Phase 2 data from vebreltinib (APL-101), a highly selective cMet inhibitor, in patients with NSCLC with MET exon14 skipping mutation expected second half 2023
Approximately $52.6 million in cash, cash equivalents, and investments at June 30, 2023; Cash runway to mid-year 2024
Debuted as a publicly traded targeted oncology company March 30, 2023
Management to host conference call Monday, October 2, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. ET
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Apollomics Inc. (Nasdaq: APLM) (the “Company”), a late- stage clinical biopharmaceutical company developing multiple oncology drug candidates to address difficult-to-treat and treatment-resistant cancers, today announced its financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2023, and provided a corporate update.
“The first half of 2023 was a period of significant accomplishment, culminating in the completion of our business combination and listing on Nasdaq, which positions us well to advance our lead product candidate, vebreltinib, in non-small cell lung cancer and other solid tumors with MET dysregulation, as well as other product candidates in development,” said Guo-Liang Yu, Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Apollomics. “We remain on track to generate key clinical data across our pipeline later this year and into 2024, including for our two late-stage candidates, vebreltinib and uproleselan.”
Pipeline Update
Business Highlights
First Half 2023 Financial Results
First Half 2023 Financial Results Conference Call
Apollomics’ management team will host a conference call and webcast Monday, October 2, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss the financial results and provide a corporate update.
A live webcast will be available at https://ir.apollomicsinc.com/news-events/events.
Participants may also pre-register any time before the call here. Once registration is completed, participants will be provided a dial-in number with a personalized conference code to access the call. Please dial in 15 minutes prior to the start time.
About Apollomics Inc.
Apollomics Inc. is an innovative clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of oncology therapies with the potential to be combined with other treatment options to harness the immune system and target specific molecular pathways to inhibit cancer. Apollomics currently has a pipeline of nine drug candidates across multiple programs, six of which are currently in the clinical stage of development. Apollomics’ lead programs include investigating its core product, vebreltinib (APL-101), a potent, selective c-Met inhibitor for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and other advanced tumors with c-Met alterations, which is currently in a Phase 2 multicohort clinical trial in the United States, and developing an anti-cancer enhancer drug candidate, uproleselan (APL- 106), a specific E-Selectin antagonist that has the potential to be used adjunctively with standard chemotherapy to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other hematologic cancers, which is currently in a Phase 3 bridging clinical trial in China. Outside of China, enrollment is complete utilizing uproleselan in combination with standard chemotherapy in a Phase 3 trial sponsored by GlycoMimetics in relapsed or refractory AML and a Phase 2/3 trial sponsored by the U.S. National Cancer Institute in first-line AML.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact included in this press release, regarding the Company’s future financial performance, as well as the Company’s strategy, future operations, revenue guidance, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the words “could,” “should,” “will,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” the negative of such terms and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward- looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. Apollomics cautions you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of Apollomics. In addition, Apollomics cautions you that the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are subject to unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including: (i) the impact of any current or new government regulations in the United States and China affecting Apollomics’ operations and the continued listing of Apollomics’ securities; (ii) the inability to achieve successful clinical results or to obtain licensing of third-party intellectual property rights for future discovery and development of Apollomics’ oncology projects; (iii) the failure to commercialize product candidates and achieve market acceptance of such product candidates; (iv) the failure to protect Apollomics’ intellectual property; (v) breaches in data security; (vi) risks related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and response; (vii) the risk that Apollomics may not be able to develop and maintain effective internal controls; (viii) unfavorable changes to the regulatory environment; and those risks and uncertainties discussed in the Annual Report on Form 20-F and Registration Statement on Form F-1 (as amended or supplemented from time to time) filed by Apollomics, Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the heading “Risk Factors” and the other documents filed, or to be filed, by the Company with the SEC. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on the Company’s future results and/or could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described in this press release materialize or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. New risk factors that may affect actual results or outcomes emerge from time to time and it is not possible to predict all such risk factors, nor can Apollomics assess the impact of all such risk factors on its business, or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. You should not put undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Additional information concerning these and other factors that may impact the operations and projections discussed herein can be found in the reports that Apollomics has filed and will file from time to time with the SEC. These SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Apollomics undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If Apollomics updates one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that Apollomics will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.
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APOLLOMICSINC. CONDENSEDCONSOLIDATEDINTERIMSTATEMENTSOFLOSSANDCOMPREHENSIVE LOSS (UNAUDITED) (All amounts in thousands of US$, except for per share data) |
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SixMonthsEndedJune30, | ||||
2023 | 2022 | |||
US$ | US$ | |||
Other income | 401 | 756 | ||
Foreign exchange gains and (losses) | (2,104) | (725) | ||
Fair value change of financial assets at FVTPL | 460 | 32 | ||
Fair value change of financial liabilities at FVTPL | 676 | — | ||
Fair value change of convertible preferred shares | (76,430) | 23,669 | ||
Research and development expenses | (16,518) | (17,999) | ||
Administrative expenses | (9,652) | (5,097) | ||
Finance costs | (60) | (44) | ||
Other expense | (47,457) | (4,008) | ||
Loss before taxation | (150,684) | (3,416) | ||
Income tax expenses | (10) | (1) | ||
Loss and total comprehensive loss for the period, net of taxation, attributable to owners of the Company | (150,694) | (3,417) | ||
Loss per share | ||||
Basic loss per common share (US$) | (2.55) | (0.12) | ||
Diluted loss per common share (US$) | (2.55) | (0.68) | ||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – Basic (‘000) | 59,000 | 27,982 | ||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – Diluted (‘000) | 59,000 | 46,364 |
APOLLOMICS INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION (All amounts in thousands of US$) |
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As of June 30, 2023 | As of December 31, 2022 | |||
(Unaudited) | ||||
US$ | US$ | |||
Non-current assets | ||||
Plant and equipment, net | 439 | 485 | ||
Right-of-use assets | 678 | 991 | ||
Intangible assets | 14,767 | 14,778 | ||
Rental deposits | 119 | 124 | ||
Time deposits with maturity greater than twelve months | — | 4,307 | ||
Total non-current assets | 16,003 | 20,685 | ||
Current assets | ||||
Deposits, prepayments and deferred expenses | 2,759 | 1,176 | ||
Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss (“FVTPL”) | 20,400 | 19,067 | ||
Time deposits with maturity less than twelve months | 6,920 | 2,872 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents | 25,296 | 32,675 | ||
Total current assets | 55,375 | 55,790 | ||
Total assets | 71,378 | 76,475 | ||
Current liabilities | ||||
Other payables and accruals | 12,804 | 11,675 | ||
Accounts payable and accrued offering costs | 947 | — | ||
Financial liabilities arising from unvested restricted shares | — | 68 | ||
Lease liabilities | 385 | 614 | ||
Totalcurrentliabilities | 14,136 | 12,357 | ||
Net current assets | 41,239 | 43,433 | ||
Totalassetslesscurrentliabilities | 57,242 | 64,118 | ||
Non-current liabilities | ||||
Lease liabilities | 294 | 377 | ||
Warrant liabilities | 1,251 | — | ||
Convertible preferred shares | — | 511,861 | ||
Total non-currentliabilities | 1,545 | 512,238 | ||
Netassets(liabilities) | 55,697 | (448,120) | ||
Equity | ||||
Share capital | — | 3 | ||
Apollomics class A ordinary shares | 1 | — | ||
Apollomics class B ordinary shares | 8 | — | ||
Treasury shares | — | (68) | ||
Share premium | 661,472 | 12,317 | ||
Reserves | 19,312 | 14,228 | ||
Accumulated losses | (625,096) | (474,600) | ||
Total equity (deficit) | 55,697 | (448,120) |
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