Athyrium Capital Management and Esperion Enter Into $50 Million Japan Royalty Financing to Support Strategic Acquisition of Corstasis TherapeuticsNEW YORK and ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Athyrium Capital Management, LP and Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESPR) today announced the entry into a $50 million royalty financing agreement under which certain funds managed by Athyrium Capital Management (the “Athyrium Funds”) will acquire 100% of Esperion’s royalty interest, held by Esperion pursuant to that certain License and Collaboration Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2020, as amended, by and among Esperion and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (“Otsuka”), of Otsuka’s net sales of bempedoic acid products in Japan from and after January 1, 2026, together with related regulatory and commercial milestone payments, subject to a cap.
