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Pharma Reports Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results and Continued Corporate Progress
Initial Public Offering Raising Gross Proceeds of $26.3 Million
500 Million Curated Oncology Data Points for Company's RADR A.I. Platform
Manufacturing Capabilities for LP-300 and LP-184 Trials
TX - JULY 30, 2020 - Lantern Pharma (NASDAQ: LTRN), a clinical stage biotechnology company using its proprietary
RADR artificial intelligence ("A.I.") platform to improve drug discovery and development, and identify
patients who will benefit from its portfolio of targeted oncology therapeutics, today announced its financial results for the
second quarter ended June 30, 2020, and provided an update on its R&D pipeline and other corporate developments.
Pharma achieved important scientific and operational milestones during the quarter that have us well positioned for growth as
we focus on being the leader in A.I.-enabled oncology drug development," said Panna Sharma, CEO and President of Lantern
Pharma. "Our proprietary RADR platform recently surpassed 500 million data points, further accelerating
our path to one billion curated oncology data points in the next few quarters. We have also advanced our manufacturing capabilities
and network for our upcoming clinical trials for LP-300 in non-small cell lung cancer among never smokers, and for LP-184 in genomically
defined solid tumors and glioblastoma. On June 15, we completed a successful IPO, raising gross proceeds of $26.3 million, significantly
strengthening the Company's balance sheet and provides additional resources to support the continued development of our
promising and growing pipeline of targeted cancer therapies. Our approach and vision is to bring cancer therapies to market faster
and with reduced cost and risk and ultimately improve patient outcomes. We are entering what I believe is the Golden Age of A.I.
where industries will continue to be rapidly transformed and massive advancements made that can benefit medicine, health and those
willing to invest in and develop these disruptive opportunities."
and Scientific Highlights
2020 Financial Highlights
Position: Cash and cash equivalents were $23.8 million as of June 30, 2020, compared to $1.2 million as of December 31, 2019.
The increase was primarily due to proceeds from the IPO in June 2020.
Expenses: Research and development expenses were $157,023 for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, compared to $361,273 for the
quarter ended June 30, 2019. The decrease was primarily attributable to reductions in product candidate manufacturing related
expenses reflecting completion of process development and scale-up studies conducted in the prior year period.
Expenses: General and administrative expenses were $676,399 for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, compared to $268,120 for
the quarter ended June 30, 2019. This increase was primarily due to an increase in expenses associated with transitioning to and
becoming a public company.
Loss: Net loss was $833,422 for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, compared to a net loss of $629,393 for the quarter ended
continued, "Developing drugs by leveraging artificial intelligence is central to transforming the cost and efficiency of
the pharma industry and improving the personalization of therapies for cancer patients. By identifying clinical candidates, together
with relevant genomic, clinical and phenotypic data, we believe our approach will help us design more efficient pre-clinical studies
and more targeted clinical trials, thereby accelerating our drug candidates' time to approval and eventually to market.
RADR is central to our process in achieving this outcome rapidly and with reduced costs. We currently have three
compounds in development, one in a Phase 2 trial in prostate cancer with our partner, Oncology Venture, one that is preparing
to enter into a Phase 2 trial, and one in preclinical development,"
believe we have developed a sustainable and scalable biopharma business model by combining a unique, oncology-focused big-data
platform that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning with active clinical and preclinical programs that are being
advanced in targeted cancer therapeutic areas with significant clinical needs," concluded Sharma.
Pharma will host a conference call and webcast today at 8:00 a.m. ET.
Call & Webcast Details
| Toll-free Domestic & Canada: 800.791.4813 - conference ID 10552 | ||
| International: 785-424-1102 - conference ID 10552 | ||
| US and Canada callers one touch dial: +1.800.791.4813,,10552# |
webcast will be available in the "Investors" section of the company website at https://ir.lanternpharma.com/ under the
replay of the conference call will be available for replay until 11:59 pm ET August 30, 2020.
Number: 1-888-567-0053, no passcode will be needed.
live audio-only webcast and related presentation materials will also be accessible on the Lantern Pharma corporate website: https://ir.lanternpharma.com/.
Web participants are encouraged to register 15 minutes prior to the start of the call. The webcast will be archived on the Lantern
Pharma website for 6 months.
Pharma (LTRN) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company innovating the repurposing, revitalization and development of precision
therapeutics in oncology. We leverage advances in machine learning, genomics, and artificial intelligence by using a proprietary
A.I. platform to discover biomarker signatures that help identify patients more likely to respond to our pipeline of cancer therapeutics.
Lantern's focus is to improve the outcome for patients by leveraging our technology to uncover, rescue and develop abandoned
or failed drugs. Our current pipeline of three drugs, with two programs in clinical stages and two in preclinical, focuses on
cancers that have unique and unmet clinical needs with a clearly defined patient population. We believe that the use of machine
learning, genomics and computational methods can help accelerate the revitalization, refocusing and development of small molecule-based
therapies. By targeting drugs to patients whose genomic profile identifies them as having the highest probability of benefiting
from the drug, this approach represents the potential to deliver best-in-class outcomes. Our team seeks out experienced industry
partners, world-class scientific advisors, and innovative clinical-regulatory approaches to assist in delivering cancer therapies
to patients as quickly and efficiently as possible. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.lanternpharma.com
or Twitter @lanternpharma.
press 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. These forward-looking statements include, among other things,
statements relating to: future events or our future financial performance; the potential advantages of our RADR
platform in identifying drug candidates and patient populations that are likely to respond to a drug candidate; our strategic
plans to advance the development of our drug candidates; estimates regarding the development timing for our drug candidates; our
strategic plans to expand the number of data points that our RADR platform can access and analyze; our research
and development efforts of our internal drug discovery programs and the utilization of our RADR platform to streamline
the drug development process; our intention to leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning and genomic data to streamline
the drug development process and to identify patient populations that would likely respond to a drug candidate; estimates regarding
potential markets and potential market sizes; sales estimates for our drug candidates and our plans to discover and develop drug
candidates and to maximize their commercial potential by advancing such drug candidates ourselves or in collaboration with others.
Any statements that are not statements of historical fact (including, without limitation, statements to the effect that Lantern
Pharma Inc. or our management "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "estimates",
"plans" (and similar expressions) should be considered forward-looking statements. There are a number of important
factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements, such
as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the results of our clinical trials, and the impact of competition. Additional factors
can be found in the Risk Factors section in our final prospectus, dated June 10, 2020, for our initial public offering, on file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may access our June 10, 2020 final prospectus under the investor SEC filings
tab of our website at www.lanternpharma.com or
on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Given these risks and uncertainties, we
can give no assurances that our forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, or that any other results or events projected
or contemplated by our forward-looking statements will in fact occur, and we caution investors not to place undue reliance on
these statements. All forward-looking statements in this press release represent our judgment as of the date hereof, and, except
as otherwise required by law, we disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to conform the statement to
actual results or changes in our expectations.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
| June 30, 2020 | December 31, | |||||||
| (unaudited) | 2019 | |||||||
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | 23,798,343 | $ | 1,232,030 | ||||
| Other current asset | 1,728,539 | - | ||||||
| Prepaid expense | 70,775 | 788 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 25,597,657 | 1,232,818 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 15,377 | 8,758 | ||||||
| Deferred offering costs | - | 191,000 | ||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 25,613,034 | $ | 1,432,576 | ||||
| CURRENT LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 467,988 | $ | 489,292 | ||||
| Insurance payable | 1,705,846 | - | ||||||
| Note payable | 102,831 | - | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 2,276,665 | 489,292 | ||||||
| Loan payable | 108,500 | - | ||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 2,385,165 | 489,292 | ||||||
| STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
| Preferred Stock - Par Value (1,000,000 authorized at June 30, 2020; 3,480,000 authorized at December 31, 2019; $.0001 par value) (Zero shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2020; 2,438,866 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019) | - | 244 | ||||||
| Common Stock - Par Value (25,000,000 authorized at June 30, 2020; 12,180,000 authorized at December 31, 2019; $.0001 par value) (6,217,577 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2020; 1,978,269 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019) | 622 | 198 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 31,289,650 | 7,694,547 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (8,062,403 | ) | (6,751,705 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders' equity | 23,227,869 | 943,284 | ||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | $ | 25,613,034 | $ | 1,432,576 |
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
| Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
| June 30, | June 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 676,399 | 268,120 | 1,016,571 | 536,049 | ||||||||||||
| Research and development | 157,023 | 361,273 | 294,127 | 547,317 | ||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 833,422 | 629,393 | 1,310,698 | 1,083,366 | ||||||||||||
| NET LOSS | $ | (833,422 | ) | $ | (629,393 | ) | $ | (1,310,698 | ) | $ | (1,083,366 | ) | ||||
| Net loss per share of common shares, basic and diluted | $ | (0.31 | ) | $ | (0.32 | ) | $ | (0.55 | ) | $ | (0.55 | ) | ||||
| Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted | 2,719,198 | 1,978,269 | 2,370,082 | 1,978,269 |