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Sorrento Therapeutics

BiotechUSAClosed 2023

Total Raised

Undisclosed

Peak Valuation

Undisclosed

Employees

Year Collapsed

2023

Business model

Clinical- and commercial-stage biopharmaceutical developing therapies for cancer, pain, and autoimmune disease.

In brief

A biopharmaceutical company with a broad portfolio spanning cancer, pain, and COVID-19 therapies, notable for having turned down a billion-dollar buyout offer in 2020 during the height of COVID-related biotech optimism. Persistent cash burn across its wide pipeline, a legal dispu…

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Key facts

Founded
2009
Closed
2023
Headquarters
San Diego, USA
Industry
Biotech
Employees
Revenue
Undisclosed
Founders
Henry Ji

Related failures

Often compared with: Regeneron, Vertex Pharmaceuticals.