Cidara Therapeutics Provides Corporate Update and Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results
Cidara Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CDTX) reported its Q2 2024 financial results and provided a corporate update. Key highlights include:
1. Reacquired global rights to CD388, an influenza prevention drug candidate, from J&J.
2. Closed a $240 million private placement led by RA Capital Management.
3. Divested rezafungin to Mundipharma, estimating $128 million in cost savings.
4. Received IND clearance for CBO421.
5. Q2 revenue was $0.3 million, down from $5.1 million in Q2 2023.
6. Cash and equivalents totaled $164.4 million as of June 30, 2024.
7. Net loss for Q2 2024 was $91.2 million, compared to $13.6 million in Q2 2023.
8. Phase 2b study for CD388 set to start in fall 2024 with 5,000 subjects.
Cidara Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CDTX) ha riportato i risultati finanziari del Q2 2024 e fornito un aggiornamento aziendale. I punti salienti includono:
1. Riacquisizione dei diritti globali su CD388, un candidato farmaco per la prevenzione dell'influenza, da J&J.
2. Chiusura di un collocamento privato da 240 milioni di dollari guidato da RA Capital Management.
3. Vendita di rezafungin a Mundipharma, stimando un risparmio sui costi di 128 milioni di dollari.
4. Ricevuta l'approvazione IND per CBO421.
5. I ricavi del Q2 sono stati 0,3 milioni di dollari, in calo rispetto ai 5,1 milioni di dollari del Q2 2023.
6. Liquidità e equivalenti ammontavano a 164,4 milioni di dollari al 30 giugno 2024.
7. La perdita netta per il Q2 2024 è stata di 91,2 milioni di dollari, rispetto ai 13,6 milioni di dollari del Q2 2023.
8. Lo studio di Fase 2b per CD388 inizierà nell'autunno del 2024 con 5.000 soggetti.
Cidara Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CDTX) informó sobre sus resultados financieros del Q2 2024 y proporcionó una actualización corporativa. Los aspectos más destacados incluyen:
1. Retransferencia de los derechos globales de CD388, un candidato a fármaco para la prevención de la influenza, de J&J.
2. Cierre de una colocación privada de 240 millones de dólares liderada por RA Capital Management.
3. Venta de rezafungin a Mundipharma, estimando ahorros en costos de 128 millones de dólares.
4. Recepción de la autorización IND para CBO421.
5. Los ingresos del Q2 fueron de 0,3 millones de dólares, en comparación con 5,1 millones de dólares en el Q2 2023.
6. El efectivo y equivalentes totalizaron 164,4 millones de dólares al 30 de junio de 2024.
7. La pérdida neta para el Q2 2024 fue de 91,2 millones de dólares, en comparación con 13,6 millones de dólares en el Q2 2023.
8. El estudio de fase 2b para CD388 comenzará en otoño de 2024 con 5.000 sujetos.
시다라 테라퓨틱스(Cidara Therapeutics, 나스닥: CDTX)는 2024년 2분기 재무 결과를 발표하고 기업 업데이트를 제공했습니다. 주요 사항은 다음과 같습니다:
1. J&J로부터 인플루엔자 예방 약물 후보인 CD388의 글로벌 권리를 재취득했습니다.
2. RA Capital Management가 주도한 2억 4천만 달러 규모의 사모 배정을 마쳤습니다.
3. 무디파마(Mundipharma)에 rezafungin을 매각하여 1억 2천8백만 달러의 비용 절감을 추정했습니다.
4. CBO421에 대한 IND 승인을 받았습니다.
5. 2분기 매출은 30만 달러로, 2023년 2분기 510만 달러에서 감소했습니다.
6. 2024년 6월 30일 기준 현금 및 현금성 자산은 1억 6천4백만 달러에 달했습니다.
7. 2024년 2분기 순손실은 9천1백20만 달러로, 2023년 2분기 1천3백60만 달러와 비교되었습니다.
8. CD388에 대한 2b 단계 연구가 2024년 가을에 5,000명의 참가자를 대상으로 시작될 예정입니다.
Cidara Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CDTX) a publié ses résultats financiers pour le 2ème trimestre 2024 et a fourni une mise à jour de l'entreprise. Les points saillants incluent :
1. Réacquisition des droits mondiaux sur CD388, un candidat médicament pour la prévention de la grippe, de J&J.
2. Clôture d'une levée de fonds privée de 240 millions de dollars menée par RA Capital Management.
3. Cession de rezafungin à Mundipharma, estimant des économies de coûts de 128 millions de dollars.
4. Obtention de l'autorisation IND pour CBO421.
5. Les revenus du 2ème trimestre étaient de 0,3 million de dollars, en baisse par rapport à 5,1 millions de dollars au 2ème trimestre 2023.
6. La trésorerie et les équivalents totalisaient 164,4 millions de dollars au 30 juin 2024.
7. La perte nette pour le 2ème trimestre 2024 était de 91,2 millions de dollars, comparativement à 13,6 millions de dollars au 2ème trimestre 2023.
8. L'étude de phase 2b pour CD388 doit commencer à l'automne 2024 avec 5 000 sujets.
Cidara Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CDTX) hat die Finanzergebnisse für das 2. Quartal 2024 veröffentlicht und ein Unternehmensupdate bereitgestellt. Die wichtigsten Punkte umfassen:
1. Wiedererwerb der globalen Rechte an CD388, einem Wirkstoffkandidaten zur Influenza-Prävention, von J&J.
2. Abschluss einer 240 Millionen Dollar schweren Privatplatzierung, die von RA Capital Management geleitet wurde.
3. Abgabe von rezafungin an Mundipharma mit geschätzten 128 Millionen Dollar an Kosteneinsparungen.
4. Erhalt der IND-Zulassung für CBO421.
5. Die Einnahmen im 2. Quartal betrugen 0,3 Millionen Dollar, was einen Rückgang von 5,1 Millionen Dollar im 2. Quartal 2023 bedeutet.
6. Die liquiden Mittel und Äquivalente beliefen sich zum 30. Juni 2024 auf 164,4 Millionen Dollar.
7. Der Nettverlust im 2. Quartal 2024 betrug 91,2 Millionen Dollar, im Vergleich zu 13,6 Millionen Dollar im 2. Quartal 2023.
8. Die Phase-2b-Studie für CD388 soll im Herbst 2024 mit 5.000 Probanden beginnen.
- Closed a $240 million private placement, providing significant funding
- Reacquired global rights to CD388, a potential long-acting influenza prevention drug
- Received IND clearance for CBO421, advancing pipeline
- Divested rezafungin, estimating $128 million in cost savings
- Cash position increased to $164.4 million from $35.8 million at end of 2023
- Q2 revenue decreased to $0.3 million from $5.1 million in Q2 2023
- Net loss increased to $91.2 million in Q2 2024 from $13.6 million in Q2 2023
- Acquired in-process R&D expenses of $84.9 million due to Janssen License Agreement
Insights
Cidara's Q2 2024 results reveal significant strategic shifts. The $240 million private placement and reacquisition of CD388 rights from Janssen for
The divestiture of rezafungin to Mundipharma is expected to save
Overall, while the short-term financials look challenging, the strategic moves and cash position suggest a long-term focus on the potentially lucrative CD388 program.
Cidara's pivot towards the Cloudbreak DFC platform, particularly CD388, is a bold move in influenza prevention. The planned Phase 2b study with 5,000 subjects across the US and UK is ambitious and could be a game-changer if successful. CD388's potential for season-long, universal protection against influenza with a single dose is particularly noteworthy.
The IND clearance for CBO421 adds another promising candidate to their pipeline. However, the divestiture of rezafungin, while financially prudent, removes a near-term commercial asset. The success of Cidara now heavily depends on the CD388 trial results, making it a high-risk, high-reward scenario for the company's future in infectious disease prevention.
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDTX) (the Company), a biotechnology company using its proprietary Cloudbreak® platform to develop drug-Fc conjugate (DFC) immunotherapies designed to save lives and improve the standard of care for patients facing serious diseases, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024, and provided an update on its corporate activities and product pipeline.
“We continue to focus on our Cloudbreak DFC platform with the advancement of CD388 and other programs,” said Jeffrey Stein, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Cidara. “Our Phase 2b study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of CD388, a long-acting drug candidate that provides season-long, universal protection from influenza, is on track to start in the fall of 2024 during the Northern Hemisphere influenza season with 4,000 subjects to be enrolled in the United States and 1,000 subjects to be enrolled in the United Kingdom. We believe that CD388 has important advantages over vaccines to provide long-term protection against both seasonal and pandemic strains of influenza with a single dose per flu season.”
Recent Corporate Highlights
- Reacquired exclusive global development and commercial rights to CD388: In April 2024, Cidara entered into a definitive agreement with J&J Innovative Medicine, previously Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen), to reacquire the exclusive global development and commercial rights to CD388, which is in development for the prevention of all strains of influenza A and B (Janssen License Agreement). Cidara is finalizing the protocol for a Phase 2b clinical trial, which the Company intends to initiate in the fall of 2024 during the Northern Hemisphere influenza season.
- Closed
$240.0 million private placement: In April 2024 and in conjunction with the reacquisition of CD388, Cidara closed a definitive agreement for the sale of preferred stock in a$240.0 million private placement (Private Placement) led by RA Capital Management, with significant participation from Bain Capital Life Sciences, Biotech Value Fund and Canaan Partners. The proceeds from the Private Placement were used to fund the upfront payment of$85.0 million under the agreement with Janssen and the remainder of the gross proceeds of$155.0 million are expected to provide runway beyond topline data from CD388’s planned Phase 2b trial. - Divested rezafungin to its former licensee, Mundipharma: In April 2024, Cidara entered into an asset purchase agreement with Napp Pharmaceutical Group Limited (Napp), a member of the international network of Mundipharma independent associated companies (Mundipharma), for the divestiture of rezafungin (Purchase Agreement). Cidara estimates that it will achieve approximately
$128.0 million in cost savings over the patent life of rezafungin. On July 18, 2024, Cidara received a notice of satisfaction from Mundipharma that it had completed the required performance obligations under a transition services agreement and, accordingly, the$11.1 million development milestone advance previously made to Cidara, and reimbursable to Mundipharma, was forgiven by Mundipharma. - IND Clearance for CBO421: Cidara received investigational new drug application (IND) clearance for CBO421 in July 2024.
Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results
- Revenue totaled
$0.3 million and$1.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, compared to$5.1 million and$11.3 million for the same periods in 2023, respectively. Revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 related to research and development and clinical supply services provided to Janssen under the preexisting Janssen Collaboration Agreement. The Janssen Collaboration Agreement was terminated upon the effectiveness of the Janssen License Agreement on April 24, 2024. - Cash and cash equivalents totaled
$164.4 million as of June 30, 2024, compared with$35.8 million as of December 31, 2023. - Acquired in-process research and development expenses were
$84.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and related to an upfront payment of$85.0 million paid to Janssen under the Janssen License Agreement, on April 24, 2024, plus$0.4 million in direct transaction costs, offset by a settlement gain of$0.5 million to settle the preexisting Janssen Collaboration Agreement relationship. - Research and development expenses were
$6.7 million and$12.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, compared to$8.7 million and$18.4 million for the same periods in 2023, respectively. The decrease in research and development expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 is primarily due to lower nonclinical expenses associated with our Cloudbreak platform, offset by higher personnel costs supporting our Cloudbreak platform. - Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses were
$4.7 million and$8.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively, compared to$3.2 million and$6.8 million for the same period in 2023, respectively. The SG&A expenses for all periods primarily relate to consulting, personnel and legal costs. - On April 24, 2024, Cidara entered into the Purchase Agreement with Napp, pursuant to which we sold to Napp all of its rezafungin assets and related contracts. We completed all conditions of the sale on April 24, 2024. We determined that the sale of rezafungin represented a strategic shift that will have a major effect on our operations and financial results. Accordingly, the sale of rezafungin is classified as discontinued operations. Net income from discontinued operations for the three months ended June 30, 2024, was
$3.0 million and net income from discontinued operations for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was$0.9 million , compared to net loss from discontinued operations of$7.5 million and net income from discontinued operations of$2.5 million for the same periods in 2023, respectively. - Net loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 was
$91.2 million and$101.5 million , respectively, compared to a net loss of$13.6 million and$10.6 million for the same periods in 2023, respectively. - During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, Cidara did not sell shares of common stock pursuant to its at-the-market sales agreement.
- As of June 30, 2024, Cidara had 4,568,991 shares of common stock outstanding, 240,000 shares of Series A Convertible Voting Preferred Stock outstanding, which are convertible into 16,800,000 shares of common stock, and 2,104,472 shares of Series X Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding, which are convertible into 1,052,236 shares of common stock.
- On July 18, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved the issuance of up to 16,800,000 shares of common stock upon conversion of 240,000 shares of Series A Convertible Voting Preferred Stock issued in the Private Placement completed in April 2024. On July 19, 2024, the Company issued 2,469,250 shares of common stock upon automatic conversion of 35,275 shares of Series A Convertible Voting Preferred Stock. Cidara had 7,038,241 shares of common stock issued and outstanding immediately following this automatic conversion.
About Cidara Therapeutics
Cidara Therapeutics is using its proprietary Cloudbreak® platform to develop novel drug-Fc conjugates (DFCs). These targeted immunotherapies offer the unique opportunity to create “single molecule cocktails” comprised of targeted small molecules and peptides coupled to a human antibody fragment (Fc). DFCs are designed to save lives and improve the standard of care for patients facing cancers and other serious diseases by inhibiting specific disease targets while simultaneously engaging the immune system. Cidara is headquartered in San Diego, California. For more information, please visit www.cidara.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. “Forward-looking statements” describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are generally preceded by words such as “anticipates,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “plan” or “will”. Forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, statements related to whether we will start a Phase 2b clinical trial for CD388 in the fall of 2024, whether and when we may initiate a clinical trial for CBO421 following IND clearance, and whether CD388 or CBO421 will ultimately be approved for commercial sale by regulators in the U.S. or any country or will generate any revenue. Such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, such as unanticipated delays in or negative results from Cidara’s preclinical or clinical trials, delays in action by regulatory authorities, and other obstacles on the enrollment of patients or other aspects of CD388, or other DFC development. These and other risks are identified under the caption “Risk Factors” in Cidara’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other filings subsequently made with the SEC. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made and are based on management’s assumptions and estimates as of such date. Cidara does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of the receipt of new information, the occurrence of future events or otherwise.
INVESTOR CONTACT:
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LifeSci Advisors
(212) 915-2578
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LifeSci Communications
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| CIDARA THERAPEUTICS, INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except share and per share data) | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||||||
| Collaboration revenue | $ | 302 | $ | 5,090 | $ | 1,275 | $ | 11,310 | |||||||
| Total revenues | 302 | 5,090 | 1,275 | 11,310 | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Acquired in-process research and development | 84,883 | — | 84,883 | — | |||||||||||
| Research and development | 6,657 | 8,657 | 12,576 | 18,367 | |||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 4,746 | 3,181 | 8,342 | 6,834 | |||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 96,286 | 11,838 | 105,801 | 25,201 | |||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (95,984 | ) | (6,748 | ) | (104,526 | ) | (13,891 | ) | |||||||
| Other income, net: | |||||||||||||||
| Interest income, net | 1,774 | 623 | 2,139 | 855 | |||||||||||
| Total other income, net | 1,774 | 623 | 2,139 | 855 | |||||||||||
| Net loss from continuing operations before income tax expense | (94,210 | ) | (6,125 | ) | (102,387 | ) | (13,036 | ) | |||||||
| Income tax expense | — | (40 | ) | — | (40 | ) | |||||||||
| Net loss from continuing operations | (94,210 | ) | (6,165 | ) | (102,387 | ) | (13,076 | ) | |||||||
| Income (loss) from discontinued operations (including loss on disposal of discontinued operations of | 3,001 | (7,459 | ) | 852 | 2,465 | ||||||||||
| Net loss and comprehensive loss | $ | (91,209 | ) | $ | (13,624 | ) | $ | (101,535 | ) | $ | (10,611 | ) | |||
| Basic and diluted net loss per common share from continuing operations | $ | (20.65 | ) | $ | (1.37 | ) | $ | (22.50 | ) | $ | (3.10 | ) | |||
| Basic and diluted net earnings (loss) per common share from discontinued operations | 0.66 | (1.65 | ) | 0.19 | 0.59 | ||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per common share | $ | (19.99 | ) | $ | (3.02 | ) | $ | (22.31 | ) | $ | (2.51 | ) | |||
| Shares used to compute basic and diluted net earnings (loss) per common share | 4,563,772 | 4,505,813 | 4,550,774 | 4,220,511 | |||||||||||
| Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Data | |||||||
| June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||||||
| (In thousands) | (unaudited) | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 164,369 | $ | 35,778 | |||
| Total assets | 173,357 | 67,030 | |||||
| Total liabilities | 42,421 | 75,240 | |||||
| Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) | 130,936 | (8,210 | ) | ||||
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