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Annexon Biosciences Announces Program Highlights and Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results
Multiple Value-Creating Catalysts Across Complement-Targeted Portfolio Anticipated Through 2023
Encouraging Interim Data Reported from Phase 2 Study of ANX005 for Huntington's Disease; Full Data Expected in the Second Quarter of 2022
$243 Million in Cash and Investments at End of 2021; Operating Runway into First Quarter of 2024
BRISBANE, Calif., March 1, 2022 - Annexon, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANNX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of complement medicines for patients with classical complement-mediated autoimmune, neurodegenerative, and ophthalmic disorders, today announced recent highlights and reported fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results.
"2021 was a year of marked progress across our pipeline, which is uniquely designed to provide greater protection against complement-mediated disorders of the body, brain and eye by stopping the classical complement pathway at its start, C1q," said Douglas Love, Esq., president and chief executive officer of Annexon. "The favorable early data generated with ANX005 in both Guillain-Barr Syndrome and Huntington's disease - autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases, respectively - support our approach to fully inhibiting C1q and support the ongoing development with our lead candidate. In addition, given the known role that aberrant activation of C1q plays in driving a wide range of diseases, we are actively advancing our pipeline across three therapeutic franchises, with numerous clinical data readouts and new study initiations anticipated over the course of 2022 and 2023. This is an exciting time for Annexon, and I am confident in our potential to deliver game-changing medicines to patients in need."
Corporate Highlights
Key Anticipated Milestones
Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results
Annexon (Nasdaq: ANNX) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering a new class of complement medicines designed to stop the classical complement pathway at its start, C1q, to bring therapies to patients with classical complement-mediated autoimmune, neurodegenerative, and ophthalmic disorders. The company's proprietary complement-targeting platform utilizes well-researched classical complement-mediated autoimmune and neurodegenerative processes triggered by aberrant activation of C1q, the initiating molecule of the classical complement pathway. Annexon is advancing a broad portfolio of innovative product candidates designed to block the activity of C1q and the entire classical complement pathway, which may provide more complete protection against complement-mediated disorders of the body, brain and eye. The company's pipeline includes three clinical-stage drug candidates, ANX005 (intravenous administration), ANX007 (intravitreal administration), and ANX009 (subcutaneous administration), as well as a robust early-stage pipeline of preclinical and discovery stage programs. Annexon is deploying a disciplined, biomarker-driven strategy designed to improve the probability of technical success of its portfolio. For more information, visit www.annexonbio.com.
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candidates; any undesirable side effects or other properties of the company's product candidates; the company's reliance on third-party suppliers and manufacturers; the outcomes of any future collaboration agreements; and the company's ability to adequately maintain intellectual property rights for its product candidates. These and other risks are described in greater detail under the section titled "Risk Factors" contained in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and the company's other filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements that the company makes in this press release are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, and speak only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, the company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Research and development (1) | $ | 27,217 | $ | 17,992 | $ | 100,066 | $ | 49,271 | ||||||||
| General and administrative (1) | 10,241 | 5,199 | 30,647 | 14,198 | ||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 37,458 | 23,191 | 130,713 | 63,469 | ||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (37,458 | ) | (23,191 | ) | (130,713 | ) | (63,469 | ) | ||||||||
| Interest and other income (expense), net | 87 | (7 | ) | 390 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Net loss before taxes | (37,371 | ) | (23,198 | ) | (130,323 | ) | (63,412 | ) | ||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | - | (5 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
| Net loss | (37,371 | ) | (23,193 | ) | (130,323 | ) | (63,412 | ) | ||||||||
| Accretion on redeemable convertible preferred stock | - | - | - | (705 | ) | |||||||||||
| Deemed dividend - beneficial conversion feature on redeemable convertible preferred stock | - | - | - | (6,219 | ) | |||||||||||
| Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $ | (37,371 | ) | $ | (23,193 | ) | $ | (130,323 | ) | $ | (70,336 | ) | ||||
| Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | $ | (0.97 | ) | $ | (0.61 | ) | $ | (3.40 | ) | $ | (4.15 | ) | ||||
| Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | 38,479,221 | 38,157,618 | 38,316,273 | 16,962,398 | ||||||||||||
| (1) Includes the following stock-based compensation expense: | ||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 2,280 | $ | 990 | $ | 8,610 | $ | 2,274 | ||||||||
| General and administrative | $ | 2,075 | $ | 1,001 | $ | 7,652 | $ | 2,614 |
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
| December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 74,843 | $ | 268,565 | ||||
| Short-term investments | 167,872 | 82,641 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 4,978 | 2,805 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 247,693 | 354,011 | ||||||
| Restricted cash | 1,166 | - | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 17,848 | 1,935 | ||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 20,333 | - | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 287,040 | $ | 355,946 | ||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 11,153 | $ | 3,734 | ||||
| Accrued liabilities | 9,250 | 6,497 | ||||||
| Deferred rent, current | - | 391 | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, current | 1,202 | - | ||||||
| Other current liabilities | 139 | - | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 21,744 | 10,622 | ||||||
| Deferred rent | - | 1,046 | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 33,387 | - | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 55,131 | 11,668 | ||||||
| Stockholders' equity: | ||||||||
| Preferred stock | - | - | ||||||
| Common stock | 39 | 38 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 528,365 | 510,309 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (180 | ) | (77 | ) | ||||
| Accumulated deficit | (296,315 | ) | (165,992 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders' equity | 231,909 | 344,278 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 287,040 | $ | 355,946 |