Kadmon Provides Business Update and Reports Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / November 7, 2019 / Kadmon Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:KDMN) today provided a business update and reported financial and operational results for the third quarter of 2019.

“Following the completion of enrollment in our registration trial of KD025 in cGVHD in August 2019, we are preparing to announce results from the pre-specified interim analysis later this month,” said Harlan W. Waksal, M.D., President and CEO of Kadmon. “Also this quarter, at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, we plan to present updated positive data from our earlier Phase 2 study of KD025 in cGVHD, which shows continued patient improvement over time.”

Dr. Waksal continued, “Today we also announced a new partnership with BioNova Pharmaceuticals to develop and commercialize KD025 for GVHD in China. We believe this joint venture with an experienced management team will allow us to pursue rapid development and approval of KD025 for GVHD patients in China.”

Q4 2019 Highlights and Anticipated Key Milestones:

KD025

Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD)

• November 2019: Report results from interim analysis of ROCKstar (KD025-213), the ongoing registration trial of KD025; data are intended to serve as the basis for an anticipated pre-New Drug Application meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• December 2019: Present updated positive data from KD025-208, the Phase 2 clinical trial of KD025 in cGVHD, at the 61^st American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
  • New data cut-off with approximately 6 months of additional follow-up showed continued improvement, with the Overall Response Rate (ORR) increasing to 65% from 59% across all three cohorts
  • Kaplan-Meier median duration of response increased to 34 weeks, from 28 weeks
  • KD025 continued to be well tolerated
• In November 2019, Kadmon entered into a partnership with BioNova Pharmaceuticals Ltd. to form a joint venture to exclusively develop and commercialize KD025 for the treatment of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in the People’s Republic of China. Under the terms of the transaction agreements, Kadmon will receive an upfront payment and is eligible to receive development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments upon the occurrence of specified events. In aggregate, the upfront payment and potential milestones could total up to $45.0 million over the term of the agreements. In addition, Kadmon is eligible to receive double-digit percentage royalty payments on sales of KD025 for GVHD in China.

Systemic Sclerosis

• Continue enrollment in ongoing double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 clinical trial of KD025-209 in systemic sclerosis

KD033

• Submit Initial New Drug (IND) application of Kadmon’s immuno-oncology candidate, KD033, an anti-PD-L1/IL-15 fusion protein

KD045

• Complete IND-enabling studies of KD045, Kadmon’s pan-ROCK inhibitor

Financial Results

Third Quarter 2019 Results

Net loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $62.4 million and $49.6 million, respectively, compared to $13.8 million and $12.7 million for the same periods in 2018. Net loss for the three month period ended September 30, 2019 was primarily driven by non-cash unrealized losses related to Kadmon’s ownership of ordinary shares of MeiraGTx Holdings plc (MeiraGTx), a publicly-traded (Nasdaq: MGTX), clinical-stage gene therapy company.

Loss from operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $23.2 million and $70.8 million, respectively, compared to $21.3 million and $58.1 million for the same periods in 2018. The increase in loss from operations was primarily related to an increase in research and development expenses.

Research and development expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 were $13.2 million and $43.3 million, respectively, compared to $11.9 million and $31.9 million for the same periods in 2018. The increase in research and development expenses was primarily related to the development of KD025, as well as the development of KD033.

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 were $10.2 million and $27.1 million, respectively, compared to $9.7 million and $26.7 million for the same periods in 2018.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At September 30, 2019, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents totaled $66.1 million, compared to $94.7 million at December 31, 2018. In addition, as of September 30, 2019, the Company maintained approximately 9.7% ownership of ordinary of MeiraGTx, which was valued at $56.4 million at September 30, 2019.

Subsequently, in October 2019, the Company entered into a transaction pursuant to which it sold approximately 1.4 million ordinary shares of MeiraGTx for gross proceeds of $22.0 million. After consummation of the transaction, the Company held approximately 5.7% of the outstanding ordinary shares of MeiraGTx. Pursuant to the Company’s existing secured credit facility, half of the proceeds received from the sale, or $11.0 million, were used to pay down part of the outstanding amounts owed under the credit facility. After this repayment, approximately $17.0 million remained outstanding under the credit facility. The remaining $11.0 million were added to the Company’s cash balances in October 2019.

About KD025

KD025 is a selective oral inhibitor of Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase 2 (ROCK2), a signaling pathway that modulates inflammatory response. Enrollment is complete in ROCKstar (KD025-213), a registration trial of KD025 in cGVHD patients who have received at least two prior lines of systemic therapy. The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation and Orphan Drug Designation to KD025 for the treatment of cGVHD. KD025 is also being studied in an ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial in adults with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (KD025-209).

About Kadmon

Kadmon is a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative products for significant unmet medical needs. Our product pipeline is focused on inflammatory and fibrotic diseases as well as immuno-oncology.

Forward Looking Statements

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CONTACT:

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