On March 10, 2021 Bio-Path Holdings, Inc., (NASDAQ:BPTH), a biotechnology company leveraging its proprietary DNAbilize liposomal delivery and antisense technology to develop a portfolio of targeted nucleic acid cancer drugs, reported its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2020 and provided an update on recent corporate developments (Press release, Bio-Path Holdings, MAR 10, 2021, View Source [SID1234576413]).

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"Throughout 2020, we made significant progress advancing our DNAbilize platform technology in a variety of important indications, bringing us one step closer to bringing this potentially lifesaving therapy to patients with limited treatment options," stated Peter Nielsen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bio-Path Holdings. "We are particularly proud to have made these advances amidst the backdrop of the global pandemic, knowing that cancer continues to be a leading killer with an ongoing great need for new therapies."

"We recently strengthened our intellectual property portfolio and our balance sheet, giving us the patent protection and financial underpinning to support these clinical programs through to a number of value-creating inflection points," continued Mr. Nielsen.

Recent Corporate Highlights

Raised $13.0 Million in Public Offering. In February, Bio-Path announced the closing of a public offering for the offering of 1,710,600 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $7.60 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $13.0 million, before deducting the fees and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.

Received Third U.S. Patent Grant Related to Manufacture of Platform Technology. In February, Bio-Path announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted U.S. Patent No. 10,898,506 titled, "P-ethoxy nucleic acids for liposomal formulation." The new patent builds on earlier patents granted that protect the platform technology for DNAbilize, the Company’s novel RNAi nanoparticle drug.

Announced First Patient Dosed in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of BP1002. In November, Bio-Path announced the enrollment and dosing of the first patient in a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating the ability of BP1002 to treat refractory/relapsed lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients.
Financial Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2020

The Company reported a net loss of $10.9 million, or $2.83 per share, for the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to a net loss of $8.6 million, or $3.24 per share, for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020 increased to $6.6 million, compared to $4.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily due to increased enrollment for our Phase 2 clinical trial of prexigebersen in AML, startup costs related to our Phase 1 clinical trials for BP1002 in lymphoma and prexigebersen-A in solid tumors, increased preclinical expenses for BP1003 and increased drug material manufacturing activities.

General and administrative expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 increased to $4.3 million, compared to $4.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily due to increased franchise tax expense.

As of December 31, 2020, the Company had cash of $13.8 million, compared to $20.4 million at December 31, 2019. Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $11.0 million compared to $8.4 million for the comparable period in 2019. Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $4.3 million.
Conference Call and Webcast Information

Bio-Path Holdings will host a conference call and webcast today at 8:30 a.m. ET to review these full-year 2020 financial results and to provide a general update on the Company. To access the conference call please dial (844) 815-4963 (domestic) or (210) 229-8838 (international) and refer to the conference ID 6296959. A live audio webcast of the call and the archived webcast will be available in the Media section of the Company’s website at www.biopathholdings.com.