UroGen Announces Refinanced Term Loan Agreement with Pharmakon Advisors
UroGen Announces Refinanced Term Loan Agreement with Pharmakon Advisors
Opportunistic refinancing meaningfully reduces cost of capital with 8.25% fixed interest rate and extends amortization period to Q1 2030
$200 million funded at closing to refinance the existing $125 million debt facility and provide additional non-dilutive capital
Additional $50 million tranche available at Company’s discretion until June 30, 2027
PRINCETON, N.J., March 02, 2026 — UroGen Pharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: URGN), a biotech company dedicated to developing and commercializing novel solutions that treat urothelial and specialty cancers, announced it has entered into an agreement with funds managed by Pharmakon Advisors, LP (Pharmakon) to revise the terms of its loan agreement entered into in March 2024.
On February 26, 2026, the Company entered into an amended and restated loan agreement with funds managed by Pharmakon for a senior secured term loan of up to $250 million in two tranches. The first tranche of $200 million was funded at closing to refinance the existing $125 million loan facility and provide additional non-dilutive capital. The second tranche of $50 million may be drawn at the Company’s discretion no later than June 30, 2027, subject to customary closing conditions. All outstanding loans with funds managed by Pharmakon will accrue interest at a fixed rate of 8.25% and be repaid in four equal quarterly payments commencing in the first quarter of 2030. There are no financial covenants associated with the amended loan.
“We are pleased to announce our expanded partnership with Pharmakon,” said Chris Degnan, Chief Financial Officer of UroGen. “This refinancing strengthens UroGen’s financial position by lowering our overall cost of capital, extending our maturity profile, and enhancing balance sheet flexibility. Importantly, it provides meaningful capital to support life-cycle management of our approved products and advancement of our pipeline. With a fixed interest rate and favorable long-dated maturity, this structure better positions UroGen to execute its long-term growth strategy and create value for both patients and shareholders.”
“Pharmakon is proud to continue supporting UroGen’s mission to address meaningful unmet needs in urothelial cancers,” said Martin Friedman, Principal at Pharmakon. “We have strong confidence in the company’s portfolio and commercial foundation, and this updated debt facility reflects our longstanding partnership and conviction in UroGen’s strategy as it enters its next phase of growth.”
TD Cowen acted as the exclusive financial advisor to UroGen on the transaction. Cooley LLP acted as legal advisor to UroGen. Akin Gump acted as legal advisor to Pharmakon.
About UroGen Pharma Ltd.
UroGen is a biotech company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative solutions that treat urothelial and specialty cancers because patients deserve better options. UroGen has developed RTGel® reverse-thermal hydrogel, a proprietary sustained-release, hydrogel-based platform technology that has the potential to improve the therapeutic profiles of existing drugs. UroGen’s sustained release technology is designed to enable longer exposure of the urinary tract tissue to medications, making local therapy a potentially more effective treatment option. Our first product to treat LG-UTUC and second product (mitomycin) for intravesical solution for patients with recurrent LG-IR-NMIBC are designed to ablate tumors by non-surgical means. UroGen is headquartered in Princeton, NJ with operations in Israel. Visit www.urogen.com to learn more or follow us on X, @UroGenPharma
About Pharmakon Advisors
Pharmakon Advisors, LP is a leading investor in non-dilutive debt for the life sciences industry and is the investment manager of the BioPharma Credit funds. Established in 2009, funds managed by Pharmakon Advisors, LP have committed up to $11 billion across 68 investments.
Summary
Opportunistic refinancing meaningfully reduces cost of capital with 8.25% fixed interest rate and extends amortization period to Q1 2030