On November 12, 2019 VolitionRx Limited (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) ("Volition") reported financial results and a business update for the third quarter ended September 30, 2019 (Press release, VolitionRX, NOV 12, 2019, View Source [SID1234551013]). Volition management will host a conference call tomorrow, November 13, at 8:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time to discuss these results. Conference call details may be found below.

Schedule your 30 min Free 1stOncology Demo!
Discover why more than 1,500 members use 1stOncology™ to excel in:

Early/Late Stage Pipeline Development - Target Scouting - Clinical Biomarkers - Indication Selection & Expansion - BD&L Contacts - Conference Reports - Combinatorial Drug Settings - Companion Diagnostics - Drug Repositioning - First-in-class Analysis - Competitive Analysis - Deals & Licensing

                  Schedule Your 30 min Free Demo!

Cameron Reynolds, President and Chief Executive Officer of Volition, upon releasing these results, commented, "I could not be more proud of our dedicated team at Volition, and the ground-breaking work we are doing. I’m happy to say that we have made excellent progress this quarter on our platform development, Nu.Q Capture, Nu.Q Vet and our colorectal cancer and lung cancer trials, particularly in Asia, and we reported our first revenues from sales of Research Use Only kits and the provision of contract research services.

We are an epigenetics company focused on advancing the science of epigenetics and exploiting these advances in human and animal health. This has been our mission since our founding, and it is coming to fruition with our Nu.Q platform at the very heart of epigenetics. We believe the last decade of work and our extensive intellectual property portfolio puts Volition in a strong position to be a significant player in this field by launching multiple products."

Click here to view an interview with Volition’s Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Reynolds further commented, "We aim to strengthen our product pipeline beyond colorectal cancer to cover several cancers, most notably in lung cancer, and so are especially delighted to have commenced two studies in lung cancer this quarter, firstly our large-scale study in lung cancer with the National Taiwan University and secondly our first study in China with Shanghai Fosun Long March Medical Science Co. Ltd. We have also expanded our colorectal cancer work with a first trial in China underway with Fosun.

"I am also delighted to announce that subsequent to quarter end we executed a contract with Texas A&M University to collaborate on the research and development of Nu.Q Vet products and help drive early revenue in the all-important veterinary market."

Additionally, Mr. Reynolds added, "During the third quarter 2019, we further strengthened our balance sheet with an existing investor exercising $4.8 million in aggregate amount of outstanding warrants to purchase shares of our common stock making a total of $16.5 million in warrants exercised during the first three quarters of 2019 and ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $19.7 million. During the third quarter we were awarded a further $1.4 million in non-dilutive grant-funding from the Walloon Region and, subsequent to quarter end, an additional $500,000 unsecured loan from SOFINEX was approved. We also recorded our first revenues this quarter from sales of our Research Use Only kits and the provision of services."

Company Highlights

Financial

Cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2019 totaled $19.7 million compared to $13.4 million as of the end of 2018.
Recorded first revenues from the sales of our Research Use Only kits and from the provision of sample processing services to a third party.
Continued to manage cash carefully with an average quarterly cash burn rate over the first three quarters of 2019 of approximately $3.6 million.
Clinical Trials

Commenced our first large-scale lung cancer study in conjunction with the prestigious National Taiwan University ("NTU"). The study is being conducted under the supervision of Professor Chen Jin-Shing in the Department of Surgery of NTU and will include 1,200 subjects receiving Low-Dose Computed Tomography scans. We expect the first data from this trial in the first half of 2020.
Commenced our first studies in China for both lung and colorectal cancer with Shanghai Fosun Long March Medical Science Co. Ltd.
Organizational

Completed the formation of a U.S.-based majority-owned subsidiary, Volition Veterinary Diagnostics Development LLC, to drive the development and commercialization of Nu.Q Vet products and appointed its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Nathan Dewsbury.
Executed agreements with Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine to collaborate on the research and development of Nu.Q Vet products.
Made strong progress in platform development, including the appointment of a Clinical Validation Expert with more than 15 years of experience in adapting assays to automated machines to greatly broaden our product platform range.
Intellectual Property

Achieved steady growth in our worldwide patent portfolio. We believe that this is a key differentiator versus many other technologies either under development or available on the market, where the patent position may be poor and/or narrow.
20 patent families related to our diagnostic tests (including both human and veterinary medicine applications).
8 patents granted in the United States.
7 patents granted in the European Union.
25 further patents granted worldwide.
106 patents pending worldwide.
Upcoming Milestones

We expect to achieve the following milestones during 2019 and through 2020:

Announce the results of multiple proof of concept cancer studies, starting in December 2019 and continuing throughout 2020.
Complete the CE Marking of IVD kits for cancer triage tests.
Advance our previously announced large-scale colorectal and lung cancer trials with a significant number of assays on the highly analytically accurate automated platform(s).
Announce preliminary results of Nu.Q’s performance in other disease conditions.
Advance the development of Nu.Q Capture by determining the level of discrimination of tumor associated nucleosomes using immunoassays and sequencing.
Through Volition Veterinary and the collaboration with Texas A&M, complete the pre-analytical and discovery studies to determine and announce the route to revenue for Nu.Q Vet products.
Submit abstracts and clinical papers for publication from our Nucleosomics work in a wide range of areas.
Mr. Reynolds concluded, "We are extremely proud of the accomplishments we have achieved thus far. I thank the dedicated Volition team for their tireless efforts. I, along with the rest of the Board and indeed the whole company, look forward to sharing our progress and the results of key studies over the remainder of 2019 and throughout 2020."

For further details please contact [email protected].

VolitionRx Limited Third Quarter 2019 Earnings
and Business Update Conference Call

Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Time: 8:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern time
U.S. & Canada Dial-in: 1-877 407 9716 (toll free)
U.K. Dial-in: 0 800 756 3429 (toll free)
Toll/International: 1-201 493 6779
Conference ID: 13696533
Cameron Reynolds, President and Chief Executive Officer of Volition, will host the call along with David Vanston, Chief Financial Officer and Scott Powell, Executive Vice President, Investor Relations. The call will provide an update on recent developments and Volition’s activities, including details of new and ongoing clinical trials, important events which have taken place in the third quarter of 2019, and milestones for 2019 and beyond.