Xenon Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update
Progress Includes Initiation of XEN801 Phase 1 Clinical Trial and Achievement of Milestones in Genentech Nav1.7 Clinical Program and Pain Genetics Collaboration
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2015 Achievements to Date
Partnered Pain Programs with Teva and Genentech
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Xenon's partner
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is conducting a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2b clinical trial for TV-45070 in patients with post-herpetic neuralgia, with results expected in the second half of 2016. -
Xenon's partner
Genentech Inc. , a member of theRoche Group , is currently conducting a Phase 1 clinical trial for GDC-0276, which is expected to complete patient enrollment by the end of 2015. GDC-0276 is a selective, oral Nav1.7 small-molecule inhibitor being developed for the treatment of pain. - Genentech recently advanced a second selective, oral Nav1.7 small-molecule inhibitor, GDC-0310, into a Phase 1 clinical trial.
- Xenon and Genentech also have an active research collaboration focused on other selective, oral small molecule inhibitors of Nav1.7.
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Xenon and Genentech's second collaboration is focused on the discovery of novel pain targets in rare human pain disorders where individuals have either an inability to perceive pain or where individuals have non-precipitated spontaneous severe pain. Xenon met a key goal of this collaboration by identifying a new pain target, triggering a milestone payment in
September 2015 .
Xenon's Proprietary Programs
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XEN801, is a stearoyl Co-A desaturase, or SCD1 inhibitor, for the treatment of acne. Xenon initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial for XEN801 in
September 2015 . If supported by positive data from the Phase 1 trial, Xenon plans to initiate a Phase 2 clinical trial by the end of 2015 or early 2016 in patients with moderate to severe acne. SCD1 is an enzyme involved in lipid synthesis that is expressed in sebaceous glands in the skin. By inhibiting SCD1, XEN801 represents a novel approach to treat acne with a dual mechanism of action expected to reduce both sebum production and the size and number of sebaceous glands. - Xenon's development of a Nav1.6 sodium channel inhibitor for the treatment of Dravet Syndrome, an orphan disease of severe childhood epilepsy, continues to progress and Xenon expects to file an investigational new drug application in the second half of 2016. Xenon's approach to treating Dravet Syndrome is to develop selective and potent inhibitors of Nav1.6 which have demonstrated efficacy for seizures in a pre-clinical animal model.
- Xenon also anticipates announcing its next drug discovery program in 2015 by leveraging its Extreme Genetics discovery platform and expertise in ion channel chemistry and biology.
Glybera
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Xenon's Glybera licensee,
uniQure Biopharma B.V. (Nasdaq:QURE), has reported that its commercialization partner, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., has submitted price and reimbursement dossiers in key European countries in order to make Glybera accessible to patients. Chiesi has sole control over commercialization inEurope and neither uniQure nor Xenon will be providing additional guidance regarding commercialization progress. Glybera is the first gene therapy product approved in theEuropean Union for the treatment of the orphan disorder lipoprotein lipase deficiency, and is the first product whose active ingredient was derived from Xenon's platform to receive commercial approval. Xenon is eligible to receive a royalty on commercial sales.
Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results
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About
Xenon is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing a pipeline of differentiated therapeutics for orphan indications that it intends to commercialize on its own and for larger market indications that the company intends to partner with global pharmaceutical companies. Xenon has built a core enabling discovery platform, referred to as Extreme Genetics®, for the discovery of validated drug targets by studying rare human diseases with extreme traits, including diseases caused by mutations in ion channels, known as channelopathies. Xenon's Extreme Genetics® platform has yielded the first approved gene therapy product in the
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Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. | ||
Condensed balance sheets | ||
(Unaudited) | ||
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars except share data) | ||
September 30, | December 31, | |
2015 | 2014 | |
Assets | ||
Current assets: | ||
Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities | $65,469 | $84,041 |
Other current assets | 645 | 901 |
Other assets | 3,830 | 2,476 |
Total assets | $69,944 | $87,418 |
Liabilities | ||
Current liabilities: | ||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $2,823 | $2,664 |
Deferred revenue, current portion | 2,513 | 11,622 |
Non-current liabilities | 149 | 353 |
Total liabilities | $5,485 | $14,639 |
Shareholders' equity | 64,459 | 72,779 |
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $69,944 | $87,418 |
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. | ||||
Condensed statements of operations | ||||
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(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars except share and per share data) | ||||
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||
September 30, | September 30, | |||
2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | |
Revenue: | ||||
Collaboration revenue | $4,293 | $13,192 | $12,347 | $23,489 |
Royalties | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
4,294 | 13,193 | 12,350 | 23,492 | |
Operating expenses: | ||||
Research and development | 3,793 | 3,216 | 10,889 | 8,315 |
General and administrative | 1,321 | 1,316 | 8,219 | 4,106 |
Total operating expenses | 5,114 | 4,532 | 19,108 | 12,421 |
Income (loss) from operations | (820) | 8,661 | (6,758) | 11,071 |
Other income (expense) | (3,007) | 530 | (5,057) | 723 |
Net income (loss) | (3,827) | 9,191 | (11,815) | 11,794 |
Net income attributable to participating securities | -- | 5,596 | -- | 8,199 |
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders | $(3,827) | $3,595 | $(11,815) | $3,595 |
Net loss per share attributable to common shareholders: | ||||
Basic | $(0.27) | $2.67 | $(0.83) | $2.67 |
Diluted | $(0.27) | $1.69 | $(0.83) | $1.71 |
Weighted-average shares outstanding: | ||||
Basic | 14,298,612 | 1,348,417 | 14,251,006 | 1,346,989 |
Diluted | 14,298,612 | 2,122,766 | 14,251,006 | 2,108,403 |
CONTACT:Ian Mortimer Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. Phone: 604.484.3300 Email: investors@xenon-pharma.com