On August 5, 2021 XOMA Corporation (Nasdaq: XOMA) reported its second quarter 2021 financial results and provided a recent operations update (Press release, Xoma, AUG 5, 2021, View Source [SID1234585912]).

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"The events we have announced over the past four months reflect many more months of hard work by our team and our partners. On the acquisition side of our potential milestone and royalty asset business, we added Day One Biopharmaceuticals’ DAY101 (pan-RAF kinase inhibitor), Checkmate Pharmaceuticals’ vidotulimod (CMP-001), and Denovo Biopharma’s vosaroxin (topoisomerase II inhibitor) to our growing list of partner-funded assets. XOMA’s legacy technology license agreements resulted in the addition of three clinical-stage assets being developed by Affimed to our portfolio," stated Jim Neal, Chief Executive Officer of XOMA.

"Our asset partners also have had successes with assets in XOMA’s portfolio. In May, Janssen launched a Phase 3 study with cetrelimab (anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody). In conjunction with the first NIS793 (anti-TGFβ monoclonal antibody) clinical data presentation at ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper) in June, Novartis announced its intention to begin a Phase 3 study with NIS793 later in 2021. Also at ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper), AVEO reported data from the ficlatuzumab Phase 2 study in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and its desire to move ficlatuzumab into Phase 3 development. Last week, we were pleased to learn of two important designations granted by the FDA. NIS793 in combination with standard of care chemotherapy now has Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, and Day One Pharmaceuticals announced DAY101 has received Rare Pediatric Drug Designation for the treatment of pediatric low-grade glioma. Each of our license partners continues to invest significant resources to bring potential new therapies one step closer to physicians and patients.

"Today, we have a very strong balance sheet, which is debt free and paired with a lean expense structure. Our April offering of Series B Perpetual Preferred Stock, which pays an 8.375% dividend, raised an additional $40 million. At the end of the second quarter, we had $78.9 million in cash. In July, we paid dividends on both the XOMAP and XOMAO Perpetual Preferred Stocks.

"We look forward to continued progress by our team and by our partners," Mr. Neal concluded.

Financial Results
XOMA recorded total revenues of $0.9 million for the second quarter of 2021, compared to $0.4 million for the second quarter of 2020. The increase for the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the same period in 2020, was primarily due to $0.5 million in revenue recognized in the second quarter of 2021 related to a milestone event under XOMA’s license agreement with Janssen.

Research and development expenses were $38,000 for both second quarters of 2021 and 2020.

General and administrative ("G&A") expenses were $3.9 million for the second quarter of 2021, compared to $3.6 million for the second quarter of 2020. The increase of $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the same period of 2020, was primarily due to a $0.3 million increase in salaries and related expenses.

In the second quarter of 2021, G&A expenses included $0.8 million in non-cash stock-based compensation expense, which was consistent with the second quarter of 2020. The Company’s net cash used in operations in the second quarter of 2021 was $4.0 million, as compared with $2.9 million during the second quarter of 2020.

In the second quarter of 2021, XOMA recorded $0.2 million in total interest expense, as compared to $0.5 million in the corresponding period of 2020. In June 2021, the Company repaid its outstanding debt obligations to Silicon Valley Bank and Novartis in full and recognized a $0.3 million non-cash loss on the extinguishment of debt.

For the quarters ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, XOMA recorded total other income of $1.3 million, and $0.1 million, respectively, reflecting the change in the fair value of equity securities.

Net loss for the second quarter of 2021 was $2.2 million, compared to net loss of $3.5 million for the second quarter of 2020.

On June 30, 2021, XOMA had cash of $78.9 million. The Company ended December 31, 2020, with cash of $84.2 million. On April 12, 2021, XOMA announced the closing of its Depositary Shares Offering and the exercise of the underwriters’ option, which resulted in approximately $38.0 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, but before expenses. On April 15, 2021, the Company paid its first dividend on Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred (Nasdaq: XOMAP) in the amount of $0.71875 per share. The Company continues to believe its current cash position will be sufficient to fund XOMA’s operations for multiple years.