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A photo of Robert Blum speaking at the STAT Summit West on May 16, 2024 — Cytokinetics CEO Robert Blum spoke last week at a talk during STAT’s Breakthrough Summit West in San Francisco. Sarah Gonzalez for STAT

Cytokinetics, a drugmaker that is expected to soon launch a promising new heart therapy called aficamten, said Wednesday that it had agreed to pay biotech firm Royalty Pharma a higher royalty on the medicine in return for up to $575 million, which will be used to fund the marketing of the drug and Cytokinetics’ ongoing research and development efforts.

Cytokinetics shares fell nearly 10% in after-hours trading after the announcement, which investors viewed as lowering the odds that the company will be purchased by a larger pharmaceutical company.

The firm also said that it would be raising $500 million through a stock sale.

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