Theravance Biopharma Inc. will eliminate debt from its balance sheet and improve its cash balance through the sale of its interest in Theravance Respiratory Company LLC (TRC) – representing an 85% share of sale-based royalties on worldwide sales of GSK plc’s Trelegy Ellipta – to Royalty Pharma plc for $1.1bn in cash up front plus another $450m based on the achievement of sales-based milestones.
Innoviva, Inc., which was spun out of Theravance in 2013 to collect royalties on GSK-marketed respiratory medicines, also said...






