Odonate Therapeutics Announces Financial Results for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

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Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODT) reported financial results for Q3 and nine months ended September 30, 2020. Cash increased to $188.3 million from $180.5 million, primarily due to $87.4 million from a public offering, offset by $81.6 million in operating losses. The company incurred a net loss of $30.5 million for Q3 and $94.1 million for the nine months, compared to losses of $26.6 million and $84.0 million in 2019. Positive results from the Phase 3 CONTESSA study of tesetaxel for metastatic breast cancer were announced, with a New Drug Application planned for mid-2021.

Positive

• Cash balance increased to $188.3 million from $180.5 million.
• Received $87.4 million in net proceeds from public offering.
• Positive top-line results from CONTESSA Phase 3 study for tesetaxel.

Negative

• Net loss for Q3 2020 was $30.5 million, up from $26.6 million in Q3 2019.
• Net loss for nine months was $94.1 million, compared to $84.0 million in the same period of 2019.

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODT), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of best-in-class therapeutics that improve and extend the lives of patients with cancer, today announced financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

As of September 30, 2020, Odonate had $188.3 million in cash, compared to $180.5 million as of December 31, 2019. This increase in cash resulted primarily from the receipt of $87.4 million of net proceeds from Odonate’s September 2020 underwritten public offering, less cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 of $81.6 million. Odonate’s net loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $30.5 million and $94.1 million, or $0.93 and $3.00 per share, respectively, compared to $26.6 million and $84.0 million, or $0.88 and $3.15 per share, respectively, for the same periods in 2019.

“We are pleased to have recently announced positive top-line results from CONTESSA, Odonate’s Phase 3 study investigating tesetaxel as a potential treatment for patients with metastatic breast cancer,” said Kevin Tang, Chief Executive Officer of Odonate. “These results have been selected for an oral presentation at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in December. We continue to plan to submit a New Drug Application for tesetaxel to the FDA in mid-2021.”

About Tesetaxel

Tesetaxel is an investigational, orally administered chemotherapy agent that belongs to a class of drugs known as taxanes, which are widely used in the treatment of cancer. Tesetaxel has several pharmacologic properties that make it unique among taxanes, including: oral administration with a low pill burden; a long (~8-day) terminal plasma half-life in humans, enabling the maintenance of adequate drug levels with relatively infrequent dosing; no history of hypersensitivity (allergic) reactions; and significant activity against chemotherapy-resistant tumors. In patients with metastatic breast cancer, tesetaxel was shown to have significant, single-agent antitumor activity in two multicenter, Phase 2 studies. Tesetaxel currently is the subject of three studies in breast cancer, including a multinational, multicenter, randomized, Phase 3 study in patients with metastatic breast cancer, known as CONTESSA.

About CONTESSA

CONTESSA is a multinational, multicenter, randomized, Phase 3 study of tesetaxel, an investigational, orally administered taxane, in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). CONTESSA is comparing tesetaxel dosed orally at 27 mg/m² on the first day of each 21-day cycle plus a reduced dose of capecitabine (1,650 mg/m²/day dosed orally for 14 days of each 21-day cycle) to the approved dose of capecitabine alone (2,500 mg/m²/day dosed orally for 14 days of each 21-day cycle) in 685 patients randomized 1:1 with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative, hormone receptor (HR) positive MBC previously treated with a taxane in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting. Capecitabine is an oral chemotherapy agent that is considered a standard-of-care treatment in MBC. Where indicated, patients must have received endocrine therapy with or without a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitor. The primary endpoint is progression-free survival (PFS) as assessed by an Independent Radiologic Review Committee (IRC). The secondary efficacy endpoints are overall survival (OS), objective response rate (ORR) as assessed by the IRC and disease control rate (DCR) as assessed by the IRC.

About CONTESSA 2

CONTESSA 2 is a multinational, multicenter, Phase 2 study of tesetaxel, an investigational, orally administered taxane, in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). CONTESSA 2 is investigating tesetaxel dosed orally at 27 mg/m² on the first day of each 21-day cycle plus a reduced dose of capecitabine (1,650 mg/m²/day dosed orally for 14 days of each 21-day cycle) in approximately 125 patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative, hormone receptor (HR) positive MBC not previously treated with a taxane. Capecitabine is an oral chemotherapy agent that is considered a standard-of-care treatment in MBC. Where indicated, patients must have received endocrine therapy with or without a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitor. The primary endpoint is objective response rate (ORR) as assessed by an Independent Radiologic Review Committee (IRC). The secondary efficacy endpoints are duration of response (DoR) as assessed by the IRC, progression-free survival (PFS) as assessed by the IRC, disease control rate (DCR) as assessed by the IRC and overall survival (OS).

About CONTESSA TRIO

CONTESSA TRIO is a multi-cohort, multicenter, Phase 2 study of tesetaxel, an investigational, orally administered taxane, in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). In Cohort 1, approximately 90 patients (with potential expansion to up to 150 patients) with locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who have not received prior chemotherapy for advanced disease will be randomized 1:1:1 to receive tesetaxel dosed orally at 27 mg/m² on the first day of each 21-day cycle plus either: (1) nivolumab at 360 mg by intravenous infusion on the first day of each 21-day cycle; (2) pembrolizumab at 200 mg by intravenous infusion on the first day of each 21-day cycle; or (3) atezolizumab at 1,200 mg by intravenous infusion on the first day of each 21-day cycle. Nivolumab and pembrolizumab (PD-1 inhibitors) and atezolizumab (a PD-L1 inhibitor) are immuno-oncology (IO) agents approved for the treatment of multiple types of cancer. One of these agents, atezolizumab, in combination with the intravenously delivered taxane, nab-paclitaxel, was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a first-line treatment for patients with metastatic TNBC. The dual primary endpoints for Cohort 1 are objective response rate (ORR) and progression-free survival (PFS). Secondary endpoints include duration of response (DoR) and overall survival (OS). Efficacy results for each of the three PD-(L)1 inhibitor combinations will be assessed for correlation with the results of each of the three approved PD-L1 diagnostic assays. In Cohort 2, approximately 40 elderly patients (with potential expansion to up to 60 patients) with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative MBC will receive tesetaxel monotherapy dosed orally at 27 mg/m² on the first day of each 21-day cycle. The primary endpoint for Cohort 2 is ORR. Secondary endpoints include PFS, DoR and OS.

About Odonate Therapeutics, Inc.

Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of best-in-class therapeutics that improve and extend the lives of patients with cancer. Odonate’s initial focus is on the development of tesetaxel, an investigational, orally administered chemotherapy agent that belongs to a class of drugs known as taxanes, which are widely used in the treatment of cancer. Odonate’s goal for tesetaxel is to develop an effective chemotherapy choice for patients that provides quality-of-life advantages over current alternatives. To learn more, please visit www.odonate.com.

Forward-looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We caution investors that forward-looking statements are based on management’s expectations and assumptions as of the date of this press release and involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual outcomes to differ materially from what we currently expect. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those associated with: expectations regarding the outcome of CONTESSA, our Phase 3 study of tesetaxel in patients with metastatic breast cancer; expectations regarding the enrollment, completion and outcome of our other clinical studies; expectations regarding the timing for our planned New Drug Application submission for tesetaxel; expectations regarding our ability to obtain regulatory approval of tesetaxel; the unpredictable relationship between preclinical study results and clinical study results; and other risks and uncertainties identified in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements in this press release apply only as of the date made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

ODONATE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Condensed Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except par value and share amounts)
		September 30,				December 31,
		2020				2019
		(Unaudited)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash		$	188,258			$	180,460
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			2,469				3,468
Total current assets			190,727				183,928
Property and equipment, net			2,397				1,663
Right-of-use lease assets			4,160				1,581
Restricted cash			714				714
Other			994				941
Total assets		$	198,992			$	188,827
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		$	14,024			$	15,583
Accrued expenses			13,991				8,881
Lease liabilities, current portion			520				315
Total current liabilities			28,535				24,779
Lease liabilities, less current portion			4,856				1,748
Total liabilities			33,391				26,527
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value—100,000,000 shares authorized; 38,525,561 and 32,050,906 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively			366				300
Additional paid-in capital			499,376				402,077
Accumulated deficit			(334,141	)			(240,077	)
Total stockholders' equity			165,601				162,300
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$	198,992			$	188,827

ODONATE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Condensed Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		September 30,								September 30,
		2020				2019				2020				2019
Operating expenses:
Research and development		$	28,242			$	25,097			$	86,966			$	78,181
General and administrative			2,408				2,666				8,033				8,040
Total operating expenses			30,650				27,763				94,999				86,221
Loss from operations			(30,650	)			(27,763	)			(94,999	)			(86,221	)
Other income, net			173				1,136				935				2,247
Net loss		$	(30,477	)		$	(26,627	)		$	(94,064	)		$	(83,974	)
Net loss per share:
Basic and diluted		$	(0.93	)		$	(0.88	)		$	(3.00	)		$	(3.15	)
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic and diluted			32,821,835				30,268,295				31,376,672				26,635,107

ODONATE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)
		Nine Months Ended
		September 30,
		2020				2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss		$	(94,064	)		$	(83,974	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Equity-based compensation expense			7,522				8,695
Depreciation			318				318
Non-cash lease expense			282				456
Loss on disposal of property and equipment			83				-
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other assets			904				(3,313	)
Accounts payable			(1,559	)			2,186
Accrued expenses			5,110				4,020
Lease liabilities			(225	)			(505	)
Net cash used in operating activities			(81,629	)			(72,117	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment			(416	)			(164	)
Net cash used in investing activities			(416	)			(164	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs			87,384				135,095
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock plans			2,459				2,381
Net cash provided by financing activities			89,843				137,476
Net increase in cash and restricted cash			7,798				65,195
Cash and restricted cash, beginning of period			181,174				139,301
Cash and restricted cash, end of period		$	188,972			$	204,496
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Initial recognition of right-of-use lease assets		$	2,861			$	2,215
Tenant improvement allowance		$	719			$	-
Property and equipment purchases included in accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	-			$	1