MIAMI, July 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OPKO Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPK) announces it has entered into a $250 million non-dilutive note purchase agreement with HealthCare Royalty (HCRx) secured by OPKO's profit share payments from Pfizer received pursuant to its license agreement relating to NGENLA™, a once-weekly treatment currently marketed to treat pediatric growth hormone deficiency. "This transaction with HCRx allows OPKO to retain a significant portion of NGENLA's profit share payments in the near term and provides upside over the long term. It also permits OPKO to maintain the full benefit of the $100 million of remaining potential milestone payments from Pfizer," said Phillip Frost, M.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of OPKO. "Additionally, it provides non-dilutive capital and financial flexibility to advance our research and development activities including our multispecific antibody programs, as well as potentially to repurchase shares of our common stock and convertible notes." The $250 million note issued under the Note Purchase Agreement bears interest at the 3-month Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) subject to a 4.0% per annum floor, plus 7.5% per annum. The note has a final ...