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Nature of Operations
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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Nature of Operations

1. Nature of Operations

 

Nuvation Bio Inc. and subsidiaries (“Nuvation Bio”), a Delaware corporation, is a global commercial-stage oncology company focused on tackling some of the toughest challenges in cancer treatment by developing therapies that create a profound, positive impact on patients’ lives. Nuvation Bio was incorporated on March 20, 2018 (inception date) and has offices in New York, San Francisco, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Yantai.

On February 10, 2021, (the “Closing Date”), Nuvation Bio Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Legacy Nuvation Bio”), Panacea Acquisition Corp. (“Panacea”), and Panacea Merger Subsidiary Corp, a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Panacea (“Merger Sub”) consummated the transactions contemplated by an Agreement and Plan of Merger among them dated October 20, 2020 (“Merger Agreement”).

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, a business combination of Panacea and Legacy Nuvation Bio was effected through the merger of Merger Sub with and into Legacy Nuvation Bio, with Legacy Nuvation Bio surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Panacea (the “Merger”) and, collectively with the other transactions described in the Merger Agreement. On the Closing Date, Legacy Nuvation Bio changed its name to Nuvation Bio Operating Company Inc. and Panacea changed its name to Nuvation Bio Inc. (the “Company” or “Nuvation Bio”).

On April 9, 2024, (the "Acquisition Date"), the Company completed its acquisition of AnHeart Therapeutics Ltd., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“AnHeart”), pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "AnHeart Merger Agreement"), by and among the Company, AnHeart, Artemis Merger Sub I, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Artemis Merger Sub II, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.