On November 15, 2021 Kintara a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new solid tumor cancer therapies, reported financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2021 and provided a corporate update (Press release, Kintara Therapeutics, NOV 15, 2021, View Source [SID1234595587]).

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CORPORATE HIGHLIGHTS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Positioned our management team for our next stage of development by announcing that Robert E. Hoffman, our current Chairman, succeeded Saiid Zarrabian as our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hoffman will continue in his capacity as our Chairman and Mr. Zarrabian has transitioned to heading up our strategic partnerships initiative and will remain a member of our Board of Directors (November).
Activated additional clinical trial sites for glioblastoma (GBM) patients for the VAL-083 arm of the GBM AGILE registrational study sponsored by the Global Coalition for Adaptive Research (GCAR). There are over 26 activated clinical sites (August).
Reported topline results from the Phase 2 study conducted at the MD Anderson Cancer Center that affirm the safety and efficacy of VAL-083 in two different GBM patient subtypes and support continued evaluation of VAL-083 in the GBM AGILE registrational study.
Topline Phase 2 clinical study results for VAL-083 as adjuvant therapy for newly-diagnosed GBM patients were reported demonstrating progression free survival and overall survival of 10.0 months and 16.5 months, respectively, in efficacy evaluable patients (September).
Topline Phase 2 clinical study results for VAL-083 for recurrent GBM were reported demonstrating median overall survival of 8.0 months for the 48 efficacy evaluable patients initially receiving the GBM AGILE treatment dose of 30 mg/m2/day (July).
Entered into securities purchase agreements with healthcare-focused institutional investors to raise approximately $15.0 million in gross proceeds. Funding from this registered direct offering provides cash for ongoing clinical studies and corporate working capital needs (September).
Continued to advance development of REM-001 for the treatment of Cutaneous Metastatic Breast Cancer (CMBC), including taking critical steps toward manufacturing sufficient quantity of drug to allow for initiation and completion of the 15-patient confirmatory study. Enrollment of first patient is expected in the second quarter of calendar 2022.
"Our focus this past quarter was purely on executing the clinical strategy for VAL-083, our first-in-class, potentially transformational therapy for multiple oncology indications, and REM-001, our late-stage photodynamic therapeutic platform," commented Robert E. Hoffman, Kintara’s President and Chief Executive Officer. "I’m particularly pleased to report that we have exceeded our expectations regarding the pace of enrollment for the GBM AGILE study and as such, remain confident that we’ll meet the goal of advancing to the final registration stage of the study in the third quarter of calendar 2022."

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 FIRST QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

At September 30, 2021, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $19.3 million. For the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company reported a net loss of approximately $6.0 million, or $0.25 per share, compared to a net loss of approximately $19.5 million, or $1.33 per share, for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The decrease in the net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2021 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2020 was largely due to the recognition of $16.1 million of non-cash expenses related to the acquisition of in-process research and development costs associated with the merger with Adgero Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. in August 2020.