On March 2, 2017 CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTMX), a biopharmaceutical company developing investigational Probody therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, reported full-year 2016 financial results (Press release, CytomX Therapeutics, MAR 2, 2017, View Source [SID1234517961]). Schedule your 30 min Free 1stOncology Demo! As of December 31, 2016, CytomX had cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $181.9 million. Based upon its current operating plan, the Company expects its existing capital resources will be sufficient to fund operations into 2019.
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"Over the past year, CytomX has transformed from a research organization to a clinical-stage company, bringing us one step closer to realizing our vision of transforming lives with safer and more effective therapies," said Sean McCarthy, D.Phil., president and chief executive officer of CytomX Therapeutics. "With our lead program, CX-072, in the clinic and CX-2009 closely behind, together with our world-class pharmaceutical partnerships, we are advancing a broad and deep pipeline of differentiated Probody therapeutics that are focused on some of the most compelling targets for the treatment of cancer."
2016 Business Highlights and Recent Developments
PROCLAIM-CX-072 (PD-L1 Probody) Program
Enrollment is underway in the PROCLAIM clinical study of CX-072, a PD-L1-targeting Probody therapeutic for the treatment of cancer patients.
Clinical data is expected to begin to emerge in late 2017, and throughout 2018.
CX-2009 (CD166 Probody Drug Conjugate) Program
Following completion of GMP manufacturing and GLP toxicity studies in 2016, the IND filing for CX-2009 remains on track for the first half of 2017.
CX-2009 is a first-in-class Probody drug conjugate targeting the highly expressed tumor antigen, CD166.
Clinical data is expected to begin to emerge in late 2017, and throughout 2018.
Partnerships
CytomX continues to forge biopharmaceutical partnerships that retain meaningful downstream rights to extend the reach of our technology and in order to fund its wholly-owned programs.
As part of our ongoing collaboration, Bristol-Myers Squibb selected the third and fourth targets and selected a CTLA-4 clinical candidate for a total of $25 million in payments to CytomX in 2016.
In April 2016, CytomX entered into a collaboration with AbbVie to co-develop and co-commercialize Probody Drug Conjugates against CD71 and up to two additional targets to be selected by AbbVie. CytomX received an upfront payment of $30 million.
Full-Year Financial Results
Cash, cash equivalents and investments totaled $181.9 million as of December 31, 2016, compared to $186.7 million as of December 31, 2015. The decrease reflects cash used in operations, partially offset by a $30 million upfront payment received from AbbVie in connection with the development and collaboration agreements entered into in April 2016, and $25 million in milestone payments received from Bristol-Myers Squibb in connection with its third target selection in January 2016, and fourth target selection in December 2016.
Research and development expenses were $54.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, compared to $28.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. The increase was primarily attributable to $9.6 million in manufacturing costs for the Company’s CX-072, CX-2009 and CX-2029 programs, $4.5 million in laboratory and professional services and supplies, $3.1 million in personnel-related expenses due to an increase in headcount, $3.1 million in non-cash stock-based compensation due to higher stock valuation, $2.4 million to advance CX-072 into Phase 1/2 clinical development, $1.7 million in royalty payments triggered by the payments from Bristol-Myers Squibb’s third and fourth target selections, clinical candidate selection, as well as upfront payments from AbbVie, and $1.6 million in facilities-related expenses due to a move to a larger facility in October 2016.
General and administrative expenses were $19.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, compared to $12.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. The increase was predominantly due to $3.2 million in non-cash stock based compensation due to higher stock valuation, $2 million in professional service and outside service expenses, $1.8 million in personnel-related expenses due to an increase in headcount and $0.4 million in facilities-related expense due to a move to a larger facility in October 2016.