On November 13, 2025 Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:XBIO) ("Xenetic" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative immuno-oncology technologies addressing difficult to treat cancers, reported its financial results for the third quarter 2025.
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"We are steadily building the foundation for potentially transformative progress in the oncology treatment paradigm as we advance our systemic DNase I program in combination with established cancer therapies," commented James Parslow, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Xenetic. "The partnerships we’ve formed continue to generate critical data that we believe will help us guide our development and regulatory strategies to fully realize the promise of our DNase technology. The underwritten public offering we completed in October 2025 extends our cash runway and provides us additional capital to continue to invest in pre-clinical efforts and exploratory studies and advance our technology toward an IND submission and Phase 1 initiation."
Xenetic continues to advance its DNase-based technology towards Phase 1 clinical development for the treatment of pancreatic carcinoma and other locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. Preclinical proof-of-concept studies combining DNase I with chemotherapy, immunotherapies, and CAR-T therapy in hematological and solid tumor and metastatic cancer models have been completed. Building on proof-of-concept success, the program has now advanced to mechanism-of-action and translational studies in preparation for a Phase 1 clinical trial.
Additionally, as previously announced in December 2024, Xenetic entered into a Clinical Trial Services Agreement with PeriNess, under which PeriNess will lead in the regulatory approval, operational execution and management of potential exploratory, investigator initiated studies of recombinant DNase as an adjunctive treatment in patients with pancreatic carcinoma and other locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors receiving chemotherapy and immunotherapy in Israeli medical centers.
Summary of Financial Results for Third Quarter 2025
Net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 was approximately $0.5 million. Research & development expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2025 increased by approximately $0.4 million, or 105.6%, to approximately $0.8 million from $0.4 million in the comparable quarter in 2024 primarily due to increased manufacturing development efforts and pre-clinical research as well as increased consulting costs. General and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2025 increased by approximately $0.1 million, or 9.3%, to approximately $0.8 million from approximately $0.7 million in the comparable quarter in 2024 primarily due to increased legal costs in connection with the Company’s strategic review process.
Revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2025 increased by approximately $0.4 million, or 67.2%, to approximately $1.0 million from approximately $0.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024. This increase represented an increase in royalty revenue related to Xenetic’s sublicense agreement with Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. as compared to the same period in 2024 primarily due to royalties recognized from certain countries during the third quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.
The Company ended the quarter with approximately $4.1 million cash. Subsequent to quarter end, the Company closed an underwritten offering for net proceeds of approximately $3.9 million.
(Press release, Xenetic Biosciences, NOV 13, 2025, View Source [SID1234659918])