Why Is Quince Therapeutics (NASDAQ:QNCX) Stock Up 53% Today?

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  • Quince Therapeutics (QNCX) stock is rising on asset sale news.
  • The company is selling its legacy small molecule protease inhibitor portfolio.
  • That includes a potential Alzheimer’s disease treatment.
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Quince Therapeutics (NASDAQ:QNCX) stock is rocketing higher on Friday after completing an asset sale to Lighthouse Pharmaceuticals.

This sale covers the company’s legacy small molecule protease inhibitor portfolio. Benefits of the sale include a potential $150 million in milestone payments, a 7.5% stake in Lighthouse Pharmaceuticals, as well as reducing expenses by $500,000 per year.

The sale includes COR588, COR388, COR852, and COR803. COR588 is worth highlighting as its ready for a Phase 2 clinical trial as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.

Investors will note that Lighthouse Pharmaceuticals was co-founded by Casey Lynch. Lynch is the former CEO of Cortexyme, which is the predecessor company of Quince Therapeutics.

Dirk Thye, M.D., CEO of Quince Therapeutics, said the following about the deal:

‘This transaction represents the fulfillment of our previously stated objective to out-license Quince’s legacy protease inhibitor portfolio. We are pleased to transfer these programs to Lighthouse as they have a tremendous amount of expertise, experience, and historical knowledge of the compounds and therapeutic area.”

QNCX Stock Reactions on Friday

Following news of the asset sale, QNCX stock is seeing heavy trading as investors buy shares. This has more than 40 million shares of the stock changing hands as of this writing. To put that in perspective, the company’s daily average trading volume is only about 237,000 shares.

QNCX stock is up 52.5% as of Friday morning.

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