Exhibit 99.2
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1)(iii) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D dated September 5, 2014 (including amendments thereto) with respect to the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Targacept, Inc. This Joint Filing Agreement shall be filed as an Exhibit to such Statement.
Dated: September 5, 2014
BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND, L.P. | INVESTMENT 10, L.L.C. | |||
By: | BVF Partners L.P., its general partner | By: | BVF Partners L.P., its investment adviser | |
By: | BVF Inc., its general partner | By: | BVF Inc., its general partner | |
By: | /s/ Mark N. Lampert | By: | /s/ Mark N. Lampert | |
Mark N. Lampert | Mark N. Lampert | |||
President | President | |||
BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND II, L.P. | MSI BVF SPV, LLC | |||
By: | BVF Partners L.P., its general partner | By: | BVF Partners L.P., its investment adviser | |
By: | BVF Inc., its general partner | By: | BVF Inc., its general partner | |
By: | /s/ Mark N. Lampert | By: | /s/ Mark N. Lampert | |
Mark N. Lampert | Mark N. Lampert | |||
President | President | |||
BVF INC. | ||||
BVF PARTNERS L.P. | By: | /s/ Mark N. Lampert | ||
Mark N. Lampert | ||||
By: | BVF Inc., its general partner | President | ||
By: | /s/ Mark N. Lampert | |||
Mark N. Lampert | /s/ Mark N. Lampert | |||
President | MARK N. LAMPERT | |||
BVF INVESTMENTS, L.L.C. | ||||
By: | BVF Partners L.P., its manager | |||
By: | BVF Inc., its general partner | |||
By: | /s/ Mark N. Lampert | |||
Mark N. Lampert | ||||
President |