10-Q – Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

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10-Q – Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

Scynexis has filed a 10-Q – Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)] with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Filing, 10-Q, Scynexis, 2017, MAY 8, 2017, View Source [SID1234521707]).

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First Quarter 2017 Financial Results and Business Highlights

On May 8, 2017 Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CBMG) ("CBMG" or the "Company"), clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm engaged in the development of effective immunotherapies for cancer and stem cell therapies for degenerative diseases, reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017 and provided business highlights (Press release, Cellular Biomedicine Group, MAY 8, 2017, View Source [SID1234519117]).

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"The first quarter of 2017 was very productive, with several key achievements, including the commencement of our second Phase I CAR-T clinical trial utilizing CBMG’s proprietary and optimized CD19 construct, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory CD19+ B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)," commented Tony Liu, Chief Executive Officer of CBMG. "The award of $2.29 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to support pre-clinical studies of AlloJoinTM in the U.S., moves forward our endeavor into the U.S. market and the development of an off-the-shelf stem cell product to treat Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA). The signing of a collaboration with GE Healthcare Life Sciences China to establish a joint laboratory within our own GMP facilities in Shanghai credits our GMP stature and capabilities. We are determined to build on our accomplishments from the first quarter to continue to strengthen our innovative pipelines and move our clinical assets into later stage development. We believe we are ahead of the competitive curve in addressing the manufacturing barriers to delivering consistent clinical grade cell therapies which have the potential to address the large cancer and knee osteoarthritis markets."

First Quarter 2017 Financial Performance

Cash Position:Cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2017 were $33.4 million compared to $39.3 million as of December 31, 2016.
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities:Net cash used in operating activities for the first quarter of 2017 was $4.86 million, compared to $3.58 million for the same period in 2016.
G&A Expenses:General and administrative expenses for the first quarter of 2017 were $3.2 million compared to $2.8 million for the same period in 2016. The increase is in large part attributed to the rental increase, which resulted from the new leased facilities located in the "Pharma Valley" of Shanghai from January 1, 2017.
R&D Expenses:Research and development expenses for the first quarter of 2017 were $3.0 million, compared to $2.4 million for the same period a year ago. The increase was primarily attributable to headcount increases of R&D staff and increased expenses related to advancing assets into clinical trials.
Net Loss:Net loss allocable to common stock holders was $6.2 million, compared to $4.2 million for the same period in 2016.
Business & Technology Highlights of 2017 To Date

Commenced CALL-1 ("CAR-T against Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia") Phase I clinical trial in China utilizing its optimized proprietary C-CAR011 construct of CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory (r/r) CD19+ B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL);
Awarded $2.29 million by California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), California’s stem cell agency, to support pre-clinical studies of AlloJoinTM, CBMG’s "Off-the-Shelf" Allogeneic Human Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis in the United States;
On May 4, 2017, the Company received $1.2 million from the CIRM grant, the first of four disbursements
Completed expansion of its 30,000 square foot facility in Huishan High Tech Park in Wuxi, China, with 20,000 square feet of the Wuxi GMP facility dedicated to advanced stem cell culturing, centralized plasmid and viral vector production, cell banking and development of reagents;
Began construction of a new GMP facility in "Pharma Valley" in Shanghai Zhangjiang High-Tech Park, which will consist of 40,000 square feet dedicated to advanced cell manufacturing;
Established a strategic research collaboration with GE Healthcare Life Sciences China to co-develop certain high-quality industrial control processes in Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) and stem cell manufacturing and to form a joint laboratory within CBMG’s new Shanghai Zhangjiang GMP-facility dedicated to the joint research and development of a functionally integrated and automated immunotherapy cell preparation system.

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial Results and Recent Highlights

On May 8, 2017 Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNSS) reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017. Loss from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $9.4 million (Press release, Sunesis, MAY 8, 2017, View Source;p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=2270692 [SID1234519080]). As of March 31, 2017, cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $35.2 million.

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"Following recent regulatory developments, our reversible non-covalent BTK inhibitor, SNS-062, is the central focus of our development efforts and resources," said Daniel Swisher, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunesis. "Data from SNS-062’s preclinical and healthy volunteer studies suggest a unique drug profile for this next-generation BTK inhibitor and the potential to overcome the key resistance mechanism of ibrutinib. SNS-062 has the potential to address this increasingly well-defined and prevalent unmet need in CLL and other B-cell malignancy patients with C481S mutations, and we look forward to dosing the first patient in our Phase 1B/2 study this quarter."

Mr. Swisher continued, "With regard to vosaroxin, we plan to continue to advance its development through investigator-sponsored group trials, and will carefully assess business development alternatives to support any future registration-directed studies. We expect that our current cash resources are sufficient to fund the company into June 2018."

First Quarter 2017 and Recent Highlights

Announced Withdrawal of Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for Vosaroxin in Europe and Shifted Primary Development Focus to Non-Covalent Reversible BTK Inhibitor SNS-062. On May 1st, Sunesis announced the withdrawal of its European Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for vosaroxin as a treatment for relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in patients aged 60 years and older. The decision followed recent interactions with the European Medicine Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), during which the Company made an assessment based on feedback from its rapporteurs and input from its regulatory consultants that the committee was likely to formally adopt a negative opinion and a withdrawal of its application was the best option at this time. The Company also announced its plans to reduce its investment in its AML program and shift an increasing portion of resources to the Company’s kinase inhibitor pipeline, with an emphasis on timely prosecution of SNS-062.

Progress Toward Initiation of a Phase 1b/2 Trial of Non-Covalent Reversible BTK Inhibitor SNS-062 in Patients with B-Cell Malignancies. Sunesis continues to make progress toward the initiation of treatment in a Phase 1b/2 Trial evaluating its unique, proprietary, non-covalent reversible BTK-inhibitor SNS-062 in patients with B-cell malignancies. The Company has activated multiple clinical sites across the U.S., including at U.C. Irvine Cancer Center and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. These sites are beginning to actively identify patients. An additional three top U.S. centers, Dana-Faber Cancer Institute, MD Anderson Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Cancer Center, expected to be initiated this quarter. Sunesis expects to announce the dosing of the first patient this quarter.

Announced Poster Presentation on BTK Inhibitor SNS-062 at the AACR (Free AACR Whitepaper) Annual Meeting. In March, Sunesis announced a poster presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (Free AACR Whitepaper) 2017 Annual Meeting. The poster, titled "SNS-062 demonstrates efficacy in chronic lymphocytic leukemia in vitro and inhibits C481S mutated Bruton tyrosine kinase" detailed results from The Ohio State University-sponsored preclinical study, conducted in collaboration with Sunesis, that examined the potency of SNS-062 versus ibrutinib and acalabrutinib, specifically relating to the C481S mutation.

Announced Progress in Ongoing Investigator-Sponsored Studies Evaluating Vosaroxin in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Sunesis announced today that the Vanderbilt University sponsored VITAL (Vosaroxin and Infusional Cytarabine for Frontline Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia) study of vosaroxin in combination with cytarabine in patients with previously untreated AML has progressed from Stage 1 to Stage 2. The single-arm, open-label trial enrolled 17 patients in Stage 1 and, following a one-time interim analysis by the Data Safety Monitoring Board of responses exceeding a pre-defined efficacy threshold, is now proceeding to enrollment in Stage 2. In this stage, the trial will enroll at least 24 additional patients. The study is being expanded to four additional sites including Yale University, UCLA, Medical University of South Carolina and University of Alabama.

Sunesis also announced today that vosaroxin has been selected as a treatment arm in the Phase 2/3 BIG-1 (Backbone InterGroup-1) trial. BIG-1 is an open label, multicenter phase 2/3 study with multiple randomization phases at different stages of AML treatment that is designed to improve overall survival in younger patients (18 to 60 years). The vosaroxin portion of the trial, which is expected to begin dosing imminently, will enroll up to 200 patients with favorable or intermediate risk AML, who will receive consolidation therapy of intermediate dose cytarabine with vosaroxin. The study is being conducted at multiple French centers, led by the University Hospital of Angers under the direction of Professor Norbert Ifrah, and the University Institute of Hematology at the Hôpital Saint-Louis under the direction of Professor Hervé Dombret.

Announced Organizational Updates. In March, Sunesis announced two management additions: Judy Fox Ph.D. to the position of Chief Scientific Officer and Pietro Taverna, Ph.D. to Executive Director, Translational Medicine. In April, Eric Bjerkholt resigned from his position of Chief Financial Officer. Dan Swisher, our Chief Executive Officer, has assumed the CFO responsibilities on an interim basis.
Financial Highlights

Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $35.2 million as of March 31, 2017, as compared to $42.6 million as of December 31, 2016. The decrease of $7.4 million was primarily due to $9.7 million of net cash used in operating activities offset by $2.2 million from sales of common stock through the company’s at the market facility. The Company expects that its current cash resources are sufficient to fund the company into June 2018.

Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $0.7 million, as compared to $0.6 million for the same period on 2016. Revenue in each period was primarily due to deferred revenue recognized related to the Royalty Agreement with Royalty Pharma.

Research and development expense was $6.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and for the same period in 2016, primarily relating to the vosaroxin development program in each period.

General and administrative expense was $3.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 as compared to $4.3 million for the same period in 2016. The decrease of $0.4 million in 2016 was primarily due to decrease in personnel expenses and commercial expenses.

Interest expense was $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 as compared to $0.3 million and for the same period in 2016. The increase in the 2017 period was primarily due to the increase in the notes payable.

Net other income was $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and for the same period in 2016. The other income was primarily comprised of interest income from the short-term investments.

Cash used in operating activities was $9.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to $10.7 million for the same period in 2016. Net cash used in the 2017 period resulted primarily from the net loss of $9.8 million and changes in operating assets and liabilities of $0.9 million, partially offset by net adjustments for non-cash items of $1.0 million.

Sunesis reported loss from operations of $9.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to $9.9 million for the same period in 2016. Net loss was $9.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to $10.1 million for the same period in 2016.
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OncoMed Announces First Quarter 2017 Financial Results and Demcizumab DENALI Results

On May 08, 2017 OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:OMED), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel anti-cancer therapeutics, reported first quarter financial results (Press release, OncoMed, MAY 8, 2017, View Source [SID1234518968]). As of March 31, 2017, cash, and short-term investments totaled $156.9 million.

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"We continue to drive forward our strong immuno-oncology R&D pipeline, including anti-TIGIT, wholly-owned GITRL-Fc trimer, and our novel undisclosed immuno-oncology discovery programs — as well as advancing programs in our Celgene collaboration to $98 million in potential opt-in payments within the next two years," said Paul J. Hastings, OncoMed’s Chairman and CEO. "With more than two years cash, we are dedicated to advancing our pipeline while exploring partnering opportunities to advance all of our programs."

DENALI Phase 2 Clinical Trial Update

The company is reporting top-line results from the three arm randomized Phase 2 "DENALI" clinical trial of demcizumab (anti-DLL4, OMP-21M18) in combination with carboplatin and pemetrexed in front-line non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). DENALI was designed to assess the efficacy and safety of either one or two 70 day truncated courses of demcizumab plus carboplatin and pemetrexed versus carboplatin and pemetrexed plus placebo. The primary endpoint of the study was overall response rate (ORR) and secondary endpoints were clinical benefit rate (CBR; rate of complete and partial responses and stable disease), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS) and safety. The statistical plan for DENALI was based on the expectation of enrolling 200 patients, but enrollment was discontinued at 82 patients due to the evolving treatment landscape in NSCLC. Of these 82 patients, 25 patients received carboplatin and pemetrexed plus placebo, while 57 received carboplatin, pemetrexed plus either one or two 70 day courses of demcizumab. Although these data were not fully mature at the time of analysis, demcizumab treatment failed to meet its efficacy endpoints when compared to placebo, with better outcomes apparent in the placebo group. Specifically, the ORR was 28% versus 52% (p=0.04) and CBR was 79% versus 92% (p=0.17) in the pooled demcizumab arms and the placebo arm, respectively. Median PFS was 5.5 months versus 8.7 months (p=0.02) and mOS was 15.5 months versus not reached (p=.06) in the pooled demcizumab arms and the placebo arm, respectively. No statistically significant differences in efficacy were observed between patients receiving one course or two courses of demcizumab. Demcizumab was generally well tolerated in combination with chemotherapy with nausea, fatigue, constipation, anemia and hypertension being the most common toxicities. There were no cases of Grade 3 or greater heart failure or pulmonary hypertension in this study. The overall safety profile was consistent with that observed in our other studies, and no new safety signals were identified.

OncoMed is discontinuing the dosing of all patients on the demcizumab trials, including the demcizumab plus pembrolizumab Phase 1b study, and will conduct a complete program review in the near term with its partner Celgene.

Recent Developments

Presented data from multiple preclinical studies detailing the mechanism and anti-tumor activity of anti-TIGIT alone and in combination with checkpoint inhibitors at the AACR (Free AACR Whitepaper) Annual Meeting 2017. The first patient in a Phase 1a single-agent study of OncoMed’s anti-TIGIT antibody (OMP-313M32) was recently enrolled.

Began enrollment of patients in two Phase 1b clinical trials of anti-DLL4/VEGF bispecific antibody (OMP-305B83), now known as navicixizumab, plus standard-of-care chemotherapy for the treatment of second-line colorectal and platinum-resistant ovarian cancers.

Announced partner Bayer Pharma decided not to exercise its option to license the first-in-class Wnt pathway inhibitors vantictumab (anti-Fzd, OMP-18R5) and ipafricept (Fzd8-Fc, OMP-54F28) for strategic reasons. OncoMed announced it put both programs on hold, and that it would pursue potential partnering opportunities for Wnt/IO combinations, utilizing different dosing regimens than those used in the Phase 1b studies. OncoMed has subsequently decided to cease dosing patients in the current vantictumab and ipafricept Phase 1b studies following a recent bone adverse event that occurred in a patient receiving vantictumab plus paclitaxel in the Phase 1b HER2-negative breast cancer trial.

Announced negative top-line trial results for YOSEMITE and PINNACLE Phase 2 studies and subsequent workforce reduction.

First Quarter 2017 Financial Results
Cash and short-term investments totaled $156.9 million as of March 31, 2017, compared to $184.6 million as of December 31, 2016.

Revenues for the first quarter 2017 totaled $6.2 million, as compared to $6.4 million in the first quarter of 2016. The slight decrease in revenue over the same period in 2016 was primarily due to slightly lower revenue recognized from reimbursement of research and development costs for services performed in the first quarter of 2017.

Research and development (R&D) expenses for the first quarter 2017 were $24.0 million compared with $28.4 million for the same period in 2016. The decrease was primarily due to lower external research and development costs attributable to the decrease in Phase 2 clinical trial costs of demcizumab and tarextumab programs, partially offset by an increase in internal program costs.

General and administrative (G&A) expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 were $5.0 million, compared to $5.2 million for the same period in 2016. Decreased expenses during the first quarter 2017 were due to lower consulting and outside professional service costs.

Net loss for the first quarter 2017 was $22.6 million ($0.61 per share), compared to $27.2 million ($0.90 per share) for the same period of 2016. The change in net loss from the prior year quarter was due to lower R&D and G&A expenses.

2017 Financial Guidance
OncoMed anticipates 2017 full-year cash expenses will be approximately $90 million, including the impact of one-time severance-related charges in the range of approximately $2.6 million to approximately $3.1 million related to our previously announced workforce reduction. Based on the current plan, OncoMed anticipates that its current cash balance is sufficient to fund pipeline development and company operations through the third quarter of 2019, before considering potential opt-in milestones under our Celgene collaboration. These milestones include:

Anti-TIGIT: Potential $35 million following the completion of our ongoing Phase 1a clinical trial.

Rosmantuzumab (Anti-RSPO3): Potential $38 million following the completion of our ongoing Phase 1a and Phase 1b clinical trials, focused on RSPO3-high and RSPO gene fusion patients.

Navicixizumab (Anti-DLL4/VEGF): Potential $25 million following the completion of our ongoing Phase 1a and Phase 1b clinical trials.

Following potential opt-in, OncoMed would be eligible to co-develop and co-commercialize rosmantuzumab and/or navicixizumab with Celgene, while Celgene would assume all downstream costs and development activities for anti-TIGIT post option exercise. The company could be eligible to receive approximately $1.5 billion in downstream milestones related to these three programs, plus potential royalties and/or profit-sharing.

Conference Call Today
OncoMed management will host a conference call today beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET/5:30 a.m. PT to review first quarter 2017 financial results and recent progress.

Analysts and investors can participate in the conference call by dialing 1-855-420-0692 (domestic) and 1-484-756-4194 (international) using the conference ID# 18252865. The webcast of the conference call can be accessed live on the Investor Relations section of the OncoMed website, View Source An audio replay of the conference call can be accessed by dialing 1-855-859-2056 (domestic) or 1-404-537-3406 (international) utilizing the conference ID number listed above. The web broadcast of the conference call will be available for replay through July 31, 2017 via the OncoMed website.