Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
INFINITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
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| June 30, 2022 | | December 31, 2021 |
Assets | | | |
Current assets: | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 45,838 | | | $ | 80,726 | |
Available-for-sale securities | 10,737 | | | — | |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 3,035 | | | 1,542 | |
Total current assets | 59,610 | | | 82,268 | |
Property and equipment, net | 1,017 | | | 1,241 | |
Restricted cash, less current portion | 158 | | | 158 | |
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 887 | | | 1,064 | |
Other assets | 185 | | | 54 | |
Total assets | $ | 61,857 | | | $ | 84,785 | |
Liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity | | | |
Current liabilities: | | | |
Accounts payable | $ | 1,813 | | | $ | 2,320 | |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 12,526 | | | 10,980 | |
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Total current liabilities | 14,339 | | | 13,300 | |
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Liabilities related to sale of future royalties, net, less current portion (Note 9) | 47,955 | | | 48,727 | |
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Operating lease liability, less current portion | 633 | | | 917 | |
Other liabilities | 37 | | | 270 | |
Total liabilities | 62,964 | | | 63,214 | |
Commitments and contingencies | | | |
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity: | | | |
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 | — | | | — | |
Common Stock, $0.001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 89,277,873 and 89,155,311 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively | 89 | | | 89 | |
Additional paid-in capital | 834,827 | | | 833,065 | |
Accumulated deficit | (836,005) | | | (811,583) | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (18) | | | — | |
Total stockholders’ (deficit) equity | (1,107) | | | 21,571 | |
Total liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity | $ | 61,857 | | | $ | 84,785 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements.
INFINITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
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| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 2021 |
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Royalty revenue | $ | 686 | | | $ | 512 | | | $ | 1,338 | | | $ | 979 | |
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Operating expenses: | | | | | | | |
Research and development | 8,795 | | | 7,957 | | | 17,785 | | | 16,158 | |
General and administrative | 3,495 | | | 3,498 | | | 7,171 | | | 7,064 | |
Royalty expense (Note 11) | 414 | | | 308 | | | 807 | | | 590 | |
Total operating expenses | 12,704 | | | 11,763 | | | 25,763 | | | 23,812 | |
Loss from operations | (12,018) | | | (11,251) | | | (24,425) | | | (22,833) | |
Other income (expense): | | | | | | | |
Investment and other income | 77 | | | 27 | | | 93 | | | 25 | |
Non-cash interest expense (Note 9) | (45) | | | (45) | | | (90) | | | (90) | |
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Total other income (expense) | 32 | | | (18) | | | 3 | | | (65) | |
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Net loss | $ | (11,986) | | | $ | (11,269) | | | $ | (24,422) | | | $ | (22,898) | |
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Basic and diluted loss per common share: | $ | (0.13) | | | $ | (0.13) | | | $ | (0.27) | | | $ | (0.28) | |
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Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding: | 89,161,777 | | | 88,661,934 | | | 89,158,562 | | | 82,230,784 | |
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Other comprehensive loss: | | | | | | | |
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities arising during the period | 2 | | | — | | | (18) | | | 1 | |
Comprehensive loss | $ | (11,984) | | | $ | (11,269) | | | $ | (24,440) | | | $ | (22,897) | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements.
INFINITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
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| Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 |
Operating activities | | | |
Net loss | $ | (24,422) | | | $ | (22,898) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | | |
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Depreciation | 241 | | | 239 | |
Stock-based compensation | 1,682 | | | 1,202 | |
Non-cash royalty revenue | (708) | | | (518) | |
Non-cash interest expense | 90 | | | 90 | |
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Other, net | 66 | | | 24 | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | |
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Prepaid expenses and other assets | (1,624) | | | (543) | |
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 177 | | | 175 | |
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | 616 | | | (571) | |
Operating lease liability | (248) | | | (238) | |
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Net cash used in operating activities | (24,130) | | | (23,038) | |
Investing activities | | | |
Purchases of property and equipment | (17) | | | — | |
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Purchases of available-for-sale securities | (16,019) | | | — | |
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities | 5,250 | | | 5,500 | |
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Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities | (10,786) | | | 5,500 | |
Financing activities | | | |
Proceeds from public offering, net | — | | | 85,838 | |
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Proceeds from issuances of common stock, net | 28 | | | 365 | |
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Net cash provided by financing activities | 28 | | | 86,203 | |
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (34,888) | | | 68,665 | |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period | 80,884 | | | 28,908 | |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period | $ | 45,996 | | | $ | 97,573 | |
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Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash to the condensed consolidated balance sheets | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 45,838 | | | $ | 97,258 | |
Restricted cash included in prepaid expenses and other current assets | — | | | 150 | |
Restricted cash, less current portion | 158 | | | 165 | |
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 45,996 | | | $ | 97,573 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements.
INFINITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except share amounts)
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| | Common Stock | | | | | | | | |
| | Shares | | Amount | | Additional Paid-in Capital | | Accumulated Deficit | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | | Total Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) |
Balance at March 31, 2022 | | 89,155,311 | | | $ | 89 | | | $ | 833,932 | | | $ | (824,019) | | | $ | (20) | | | $ | 9,982 | |
Stock-based compensation expense | | | | | | 815 | | | | | | | 815 | |
Issuance of common stock, net | | 122,562 | | | — | | | 80 | | | | | | | 80 | |
Unrealized gain on marketable securities | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | |
Net loss | | | | | | | | (11,986) | | | | | (11,986) | |
Balance at June 30, 2022 | | 89,277,873 | | | $ | 89 | | | $ | 834,827 | | | $ | (836,005) | | | $ | (18) | | | $ | (1,107) | |
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| | Common Stock | | | | | | | | |
| | Shares | | Amount | | Additional Paid-in Capital | | Accumulated Deficit | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | | Total Stockholders’ Equity |
Balance at March 31, 2021 | | 88,647,241 | | | $ | 89 | | | $ | 829,907 | | | $ | (777,950) | | | $ | — | | | $ | 52,046 | |
Exercise of stock options | | 29,494 | | — | | | 41 | | | | | | | 41 | |
Stock-based compensation expense | | | | | | 672 | | | | | | | 672 | |
Issuance of common stock, net | | 42,804 | | | — | | | 50 | | | | | | | 50 | |
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Net loss | | | | | | | | (11,269) | | | | | (11,269) | |
Balance at June 30, 2021 | | 88,719,539 | | | $ | 89 | | | $ | 830,670 | | | $ | (789,219) | | | $ | — | | | $ | 41,540 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements.
INFINITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except share amounts)
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| | Common Stock | | | | | | | | |
| | Shares | | Amount | | Additional Paid-in Capital | | Accumulated Deficit | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | | Total Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) |
Balance at December 31, 2021 | | 89,155,311 | | | $ | 89 | | | $ | 833,065 | | | $ | (811,583) | | | $ | — | | | $ | 21,571 | |
Stock-based compensation expense | | | | | | 1,682 | | | | | | | 1,682 | |
Issuance of common stock, net | | 122,562 | | | — | | | 80 | | | | | | | 80 | |
Unrealized loss on marketable securities | | | | | | | | | | (18) | | | (18) | |
Net loss | | | | | | | | (24,422) | | | | | (24,422) | |
Balance at June 30, 2022 | | 89,277,873 | | | $ | 89 | | | $ | 834,827 | | | $ | (836,005) | | | $ | (18) | | | $ | (1,107) | |
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| | Common Stock | | | | | | | | |
| | Shares | | Amount | | Additional Paid-in Capital | | Accumulated Deficit | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income | | Total Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity |
Balance at December 31, 2020 | | 64,320,244 | | | $ | 64 | | | $ | 743,269 | | | $ | (766,321) | | | $ | (1) | | | $ | (22,989) | |
Exercise of stock options | | 206,491 | | | 1 | | | 335 | | | | | | | 336 | |
Stock-based compensation expense | | | | | | 1,202 | | | | | | | 1,202 | |
Issuance of common stock related to public offering, net of issuance costs | | 24,150,000 | | | 24 | | | 85,814 | | | | | | | 85,838 | |
Issuance of common stock, net | | 42,804 | | | — | | | 50 | | | | | | | 50 | |
Unrealized gain on marketable securities | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | |
Net loss | | | | | | | | (22,898) | | | | | (22,898) | |
Balance at June 30, 2021 | | 88,719,539 | | | $ | 89 | | | $ | 830,670 | | | $ | (789,219) | | | $ | — | | | $ | 41,540 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements.
Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
1. Organization
Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is a clinical-stage innovative biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing novel medicines for people with cancer. As used throughout these unaudited, condensed consolidated financial statements, the terms “Infinity,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the business of Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.
2. Basis of Presentation
These condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Infinity and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. We have eliminated all significant intercompany accounts and transactions in consolidation.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals and revisions of estimates, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been included. Interim results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
The information presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements and related footnotes at June 30, 2022, and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, is unaudited, and the condensed consolidated balance sheet amounts and related footnotes at December 31, 2021 have been derived from our audited financial statements. For further information, please refer to the consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on March 29, 2022, which we refer to as our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Liquidity
As of June 30, 2022, we had cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities of $56.6 million. We have primarily incurred operating losses since inception and have relied on our ability to fund our operations through collaboration and license arrangements, or other strategic arrangements, and through the sale of our common stock.
We expect to continue to spend significant resources to fund the development and potential commercialization of eganelisib, also known as IPI-549, an orally administered immuno-oncology product candidate that selectively inhibits the enzyme phosphoinositide-3-kinase-gamma, or PI3K-gamma, and to incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable future.
We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities at June 30, 2022 will be adequate to satisfy our current operating plans for at least the next twelve months from the issuance date of these financial statements.
3. Significant Accounting Policies
Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Segment Information
We operate in one business segment, which focuses on drug development. We make operating decisions based upon the performance of the enterprise as a whole and utilize our consolidated financial statements for decision making.
Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Common Share
Basic net loss per share is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, excluding restricted stock units that have been issued but have not yet vested. Diluted net loss per share is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period plus the effect of additional weighted average common equivalent shares outstanding during the period when the effect of adding such shares is dilutive. Common equivalent shares result from the assumed exercise of outstanding stock options and the exercise of outstanding warrants (the proceeds of which are then assumed to have been used to repurchase outstanding stock using the treasury stock method) and the vesting of restricted shares of common stock. In addition, the assumed proceeds under the treasury stock method include the average unrecognized compensation expense of stock options that are in-the-money. This results in the “assumed” buyback of additional shares, thereby reducing the dilutive impact of stock options. The two-class method is used for outstanding warrants as such warrants are considered to be participating securities, and this method is more dilutive than the treasury stock method. The following outstanding shares of common stock equivalents were excluded from the computation of net loss per share attributable to common stockholders for the periods presented because including them would have been antidilutive:
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| At June 30, | | |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | | | |
Stock options | 15,091,829 | | | 12,583,847 | | | | | |
Unvested restricted stock units | 50,000 | | | — | | | | | |
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New Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standard Update, or ASU, No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Statements, or ASU No. 2016-13, which requires that credit losses be reported using an expected losses model rather than the incurred losses model that is currently used, and it establishes additional disclosure requirements related to credit risks. For available-for-sale debt securities with expected credit losses, this standard now requires allowances to be recorded instead of reducing the amortized cost of the investment. In November 2019, the FASB subsequently issued ASU 2019-10, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842): Effective Dates, whereby the effective date of this standard for smaller reporting companies was deferred to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those annual reporting periods, and early adoption is still permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of ASU No. 2016-13 on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity, or ASU No. 2020-06, which simplifies the guidance on an issuer’s accounting for convertible instruments and contracts in its own equity. The provisions of ASU No. 2020-06 are applicable for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, with early adoption permitted no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. We are currently evaluating the impact of ASU No. 2020-06 on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In November 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-10, Government Assistance (Topic 832): Disclosures by Business Entities about Government Assistance, or ASU No. 2021-10, which requires additional annual disclosures about transactions with a government that are accounted for by applying a grant or contribution accounting model by analogy. The additional disclosures required by this standard include 1) information about the nature of the transactions and the related accounting policy used to account for the transactions, 2) the financial statement line items that are impacted by the transactions and the amounts applicable to each financial statement line item and 3) significant terms and conditions of the transactions, including commitments and contingencies. We adopted this standard effective January 1, 2022 on a prospective basis. The adoption of the standard has not had a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
4. Stock-Based Compensation
Total stock-based compensation expense related to all equity awards for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 was composed of the following:
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| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 2021 |
| (in thousands) |
Research and development | $ | 279 | | | $ | 165 | | | $ | 554 | | | $ | 316 | |
General and administrative | 536 | | | 507 | | | 1,128 | | | 886 | |
Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 815 | | | $ | 672 | | | $ | 1,682 | | | $ | 1,202 | |
As of June 30, 2022, we had approximately $6.9 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested common stock options and awards under our 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.7 years.
Stock Options
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, we granted options to purchase 2,776,324 shares of our common stock at a weighted average fair value of $1.11 per share and a weighted average exercise price of $1.37 per share. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, we granted options to purchase 289,040 shares of our common stock at a weighted average fair value of $2.68 per share and a weighted average exercise price of $3.37 per share. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the fair values were estimated using the Black-Scholes valuation model using the following weighted-average assumptions:
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| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 2021 |
Risk-free interest rate | 3.0 | % | | 0.8 | % | | 2.0 | % | | 0.9 | % |
Expected annual dividend yield | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | |
Expected stock price volatility | 102.2 | % | | 106.5 | % | | 105.2 | % | | 105.5 | % |
Expected term of options | 5.5 years | | 5.5 years | | 5.9 years | | 5.6 years |
5. Cash, Cash Equivalents and Available-for-Sale Securities
The following is a summary of cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities:
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| June 30, 2022 |
| Cost | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | Estimated Fair Value |
| (in thousands) |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 45,838 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 45,838 | |
Available-for-sale securities: | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury securities due in one year or less | 5,510 | | | — | | | (8) | | | 5,502 | |
Commercial paper due in one year or less | 4,493 | | | — | | | (8) | | | 4,485 | |
Asset backed securities due in one year or less | 752 | | | — | | | (2) | | | 750 | |
Total available-for-sale securities | $ | 10,755 | | | $ | — | | | $ | (18) | | | $ | 10,737 | |
Total cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities | $ | 56,593 | | | $ | — | | | $ | (18) | | | $ | 56,575 | |
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| December 31, 2021 |
| Cost | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | Estimated Fair Value |
| (in thousands) |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 80,726 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 80,726 | |
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Total cash and cash equivalents | $ | 80,726 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 80,726 | |
We held 11 debt securities at June 30, 2022 classified as available-for-sale securities with original maturity dates greater than three months that were in an unrealized loss position for less than twelve months. The fair value of these securities was $10.7 million. We held 7 debt securities at June 30, 2022 classified as cash and cash equivalents with original maturity dates less than three months that were in an unrealized loss position. The fair value of these securities was $5.0 million. We evaluated our securities for other-than-temporary impairments based on quantitative and qualitative factors. We considered the decline in market value for these securities to be primarily attributable to current economic and market conditions. It is not more likely than not that we will be required to sell these securities, and we do not intend to sell these securities before the recovery of their amortized cost basis. Based on our analysis, we do not consider these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of June 30, 2022.
We had no material realized gains or losses on our available-for-sale securities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021. There were no other-than-temporary impairments recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
6. Fair Value
The following table presents the assets and liabilities carried at fair value measured on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:
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| June 30, 2022 |
| Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 |
| (in thousands) |
Assets: | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 40,844 | | | $ | 4,994 | | | $ | — | |
U.S. Treasury securities | — | | | 5,502 | | | — | |
Commercial paper | — | | | 4,485 | | | — | |
Asset backed securities | — | | | 750 | | | — | |
Total assets | $ | 40,844 | | | $ | 15,731 | | | $ | — | |
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Liabilities: | | | | | |
Warrant liability | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 220 | |
Total liabilities | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 220 | |
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| December 31, 2021 |
| Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 |
| (in thousands) |
Assets: | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 80,726 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
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Total assets | $ | 80,726 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
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Liabilities: | | | | | |
Warrant liability | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 220 | |
Total liabilities | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 220 | |
The fair value of the available-for-sale securities and cash and cash equivalents is based on the following inputs for both U.S. Treasury securities and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise obligations: benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, offers and reference data including TRACE® reported trades. For commercial paper, the fair value is based on the three month Treasury bill rate published on the last business day of the month.
There have been no changes to our valuation methods of available-for-sale securities during the six months ended June 30, 2022. We had no available-for-sale securities that were classified as Level 3 at any point during the six months ended June 30, 2022 or during the year ended December 31, 2021.
Warrant liability relates to potential future warrants that may be issued. The fair value of the warrant liability on the date of the commitment and on each re-measurement date for those warrants classified as liabilities was estimated using the Monte Carlo simulation model, which involves a series of simulated future stock price paths over the remaining life of the commitment. The fair value is estimated by taking the average of the fair values under each of many Monte Carlo simulations. The fair value estimate is affected by our stock price, as well as estimated future financing needs, including timing and sources of the financing and subjective variables including expected stock price volatility over the remaining life of the commitment and risk-free interest rate. Due to the nature of these inputs, the valuation of the warrants is considered a Level 3 measurement. The fair value of the warrant liability as of June 30, 2022 has been included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. The fair value of the warrant liability as of December 31, 2021 has been included in other liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. See Note 9 for further discussion of the accounting for the warrants.
The carrying amounts reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets for prepaid expenses and other current assets, other assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximate their fair value due to their short-term maturities.
7. Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following:
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| June 30, 2022 | | December 31, 2021 |
| (in thousands) |
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Prepaid expenses | $ | 2,646 | | | $ | 1,143 | |
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Other current assets | 389 | | | 399 | |
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Total prepaid expenses and other current assets | $ | 3,035 | | | $ | 1,542 | |
8. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following:
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| June 30, 2022 | | December 31, 2021 |
| (in thousands) |
Accrued clinical | $ | 4,303 | | | $ | 4,998 | |
Accrued compensation and benefits | 2,289 | | | 2,835 | |
Accrued development | 2,820 | | | 755 | |
Liability related to sale of future royalties, net, current portion | 1,051 | | | 897 | |
Operating lease liability, current portion | 555 | | | 519 | |
Other | 1,508 | | | 976 | |
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $ | 12,526 | | | $ | 10,980 | |
9. Liabilities Related to Sale of Future Royalties
HCR Agreement
In 2016, we and Verastem Inc., or Verastem, entered into an amended and restated license agreement, or the Verastem Agreement, under which we granted to Verastem an exclusive worldwide license in oncology indications for the research, development, commercialization, and manufacture of duvelisib, or Copiktra®, an oral, dual inhibitor of PI3K delta and gamma, and products containing duvelisib, which we refer to as Licensed Products. In September 2020, Verastem completed a disposition of its rights, title, and interest in and to duvelisib to Secura Bio, Inc., or Secura Bio, whereby Secura Bio assumed all liabilities and obligations under the Verastem Agreement. We now refer to the Verastem Agreement as the Secura Bio Agreement.
Secura Bio is obligated to pay us royalties on worldwide net sales of Licensed Products ranging from the mid-single digits to the high-single digits, a portion of which we are obligated to share with Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited, or Takeda, as described in Note 11.
In March 2019, we entered into a royalty purchase agreement, or the HCR Agreement, with HealthCare Royalty Partners III, L.P., or HCR, providing for the acquisition by HCR of our interest in certain royalty payments based on worldwide annual net sales of Licensed Products under the Secura Bio Agreement for gross proceeds of $30.0 million, which is non-refundable. Under the HCR Agreement, HCR obtained the right to receive the royalty payments up to agreed upon thresholds of royalties, the amount of which depends on when the aggregate royalties received by HCR reach specified thresholds. If the specified threshold has been met through royalty payments from Secura Bio or if we elect to make a payment to meet the threshold amount, the HCR Agreement will automatically terminate and all rights to the royalty stream under the HCR Agreement will revert back to us. If the specified threshold has not been achieved by June 30, 2025, the HCR Agreement will continue through the term of the Secura Bio Agreement.
We recognized the receipt of the $30.0 million payment from HCR as a liability, net of debt discount and issuance costs of approximately $2.4 million. As the basis for our determination, we considered, in accordance with the relevant accounting guidance, the potential for the royalty stream to revert back to us if specified royalty thresholds have been met and our right to terminate the HCR Agreement by making a payment to achieve the threshold. We are not obligated to repay any of the proceeds received under the HCR Agreement. In order to determine the amortization of the liability, we are required to estimate the total amount of future net royalty payments to be made to HCR over the term of the HCR Agreement. The total threshold of net royalties to be paid, less the net proceeds received, will be recorded as interest expense over the life of the liability. We impute interest on the unamortized portion of the liability using the effective interest method. Interest and debt discount amortization expense is reflected as non-cash interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Over the course of the HCR Agreement, the actual interest rate will be affected by the amount and timing of royalty revenue recognized and changes in forecasted royalty revenue. On a quarterly basis, we reassess the effective interest rate and adjust the rate prospectively as needed.
The following table shows the activity within the liability account for the six months ended June 30, 2022:
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| June 30, 2022 | | | |
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Liability related to sale of future royalties, net - beginning balance | $ | 28,038 | | | | |
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Non-cash royalty revenue | (708) | | | | |
Non-cash interest expense recognized | 77 | | | | |
Liability related to sale of future royalties, net - ending balance | 27,407 | | | | |
Less: current portion | (1,051) | | | | |
Liability related to sale of future royalties, net, less current portion | $ | 26,356 | | | | |
As royalties are due to HCR by Secura Bio, the balance of the recognized liability will be effectively repaid over the life of the HCR Agreement. There are a number of factors that could materially affect the amount and timing of royalty payments from Secura Bio, none of which are within our control.
BVF Agreement
On January 8, 2020, or the BVF Closing Date, we entered into a funding agreement, or the BVF Funding Agreement, with BVF Partners, L.P., or BVF, and Royalty Security, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BVF, or the Buyer. BVF was subsequently replaced as a party to the BVF Funding Agreement with Royalty Security Holdings, LLC. The BVF Funding Agreement provides for the acquisition by the Buyer of our interest in all royalty payments based on worldwide annual net sales of a clinical-stage product candidate IPI-926, or patidegib, part of the hedgehog inhibitor program we licensed to PellePharm Inc., or PellePharm, in 2013, or the BVF Licensed Product, excluding relevant Trailing Mundipharma Royalties, as defined in Note 11, which is related to patidegib. We refer to all BVF Licensed Product royalties owed to us less Trailing Mundipharma Royalties as the Royalty or Royalties. Such Royalties are owed to us pursuant to the PellePharm Agreement, as defined in Note 11, entered into by and between us and PellePharm.
Pursuant to the BVF Funding Agreement, we received a non-refundable payment of $20.0 million, or the Upfront Purchase Price, less certain transaction expenses. We transferred to the Buyer (i) the Royalty, (ii) the PellePharm Agreement (subject to our rights to milestone payments and rights to equity in PellePharm under the PellePharm Agreement), and (iii) certain patent rights established in the BVF Funding Agreement, with (i), (ii), and (iii) together referred to as Transferred Assets. We preserved our rights under the PellePharm Agreement to receive potential regulatory, commercial, and success-based milestone payments. We have the option to terminate the BVF Funding Agreement by purchasing 100% of the outstanding equity interests of the Buyer under specified terms for a specified amount under the BVF Funding Agreement through January 8, 2023. In addition, the BVF Funding Agreement may be terminated by mutual written agreement between us and the Buyer.
We recognized the proceeds received under the BVF Funding Agreement as a related party liability that will be amortized using the effective interest method over the life of the arrangement. We recorded the receipt of the $20.0 million Upfront Purchase Price as a liability, net of debt issuance costs of approximately $0.4 million and warrant liability of $0.3 million. The related party liability has since been reclassified to liabilities related to sale of future royalties since Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P. is no longer considered our related party. We are not obligated to repay any of the proceeds received under the BVF Funding Agreement. In order to determine the amortization of the liability, we are required to estimate the total amount of potential future net royalty payments to be made by PellePharm to the Buyer over the term of the BVF Funding Agreement. The total estimated net royalties to be paid, less the net proceeds received, will be recorded as interest expense over the life of the liability. Interest and debt discount amortization expense is reflected as non-cash interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 in our condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Over the course of the BVF Funding Agreement, the actual interest rate will be affected by the amount and timing of royalty revenue recognized, if any, and changes in forecasted royalty revenue. There are a number of factors that could materially affect the amount and timing of royalty payments from PellePharm, none of which are within our control. On a quarterly basis, we will reassess the effective interest rate and adjust the rate prospectively as needed.
The following table shows the activity within the liability account for the six months ended June 30, 2022:
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| June 30, 2022 | | | |
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Liability related to sale of future royalties, net - beginning balance | $ | 21,586 | | | | |
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Non-cash interest expense recognized | 13 | | | | |
Liability related to sale of future royalties, net - ending balance | $ | 21,599 | | | | |
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For so long as we have not exercised an option to repurchase the Buyer’s equity interest under the BVF Funding Agreement, (a) if, during the 36-month period following the BVF Closing Date, we issue a specified number of shares of our common stock, which we refer to as the Warrant Threshold, and (b) any shares in excess of the Warrant Threshold are issued for consideration to us of less than $3.75 per share (as adjusted for any stock splits, reverse stock splits or other similar recapitalization events), or the Threshold Price, then we are obligated to issue to BVF warrants to purchase a number of shares of our common stock. Such warrants would equal 50% of the number of qualifying shares at an exercise price equal to 1.5 times the price per share of such qualifying shares issued. The requirement to issue warrants to BVF does not apply to certain issuances of our common stock. As of June 30, 2022, the Warrant Threshold has been met, and any future qualifying shares of our common stock issued below the Price Threshold will result in warrants to purchase our common stock to be issued to BVF. No warrants have been issued to BVF as of June 30, 2022.
We determined that the commitment to issue warrants represents a freestanding financial instrument and accounted for it as a liability as of the BVF Closing Date. The fair value of the warrant liability was estimated using the Monte Carlo simulation model. The fair value of the warrant liability as of June 30, 2022 has been included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. We will re-measure the warrant liability at each reporting date. Changes in fair value of the warrant liability are included in investment and other income in our condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. See Note 6 for further discussions of the fair value of the warrants.
10. Commitments and Contingencies
On April 5, 2019, we entered into a lease agreement, or the Lease, with Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, or the Landlord, effective April 3, 2019, or the Commencement Date, for the lease of approximately 10,097 square feet of office space at 1100 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, or the Leased Premises. The term of the Lease commenced on the Commencement Date and expires on August 1, 2024, or the Expiration Date, approximately five years after the Rent Commencement Date as defined below.
Beginning August 1, 2019, or the Rent Commencement Date, the total base rent of the Lease was $47,961 per month and increases by approximately 3% on each anniversary of the Rent Commencement Date until the Expiration Date. In addition to the base rent, we are also responsible for our share of the operating expenses, insurance, real estate taxes and certain capital costs, and we are responsible for utility expenses in the Leased Premises, all in accordance with the terms of the Lease. Pursuant to the terms of the Lease, we provided a security deposit in the form of a letter of credit in the initial amount $300,000, which was reduced to $150,000 during the year ended December 31, 2021 in accordance with the terms of the Lease. The remaining portion of the security deposit plus the associated bank fee of $7,500 is included on our condensed consolidated balance sheet as restricted cash as of June 30, 2022. The Landlord provided a lease incentive allowance of $0.6 million to fund certain improvements made by us to the Leased Premises.
As of June 30, 2022, future minimum lease payments of our operating lease liabilities are approximately $1.3 million.
11. Strategic Agreements
We have worldwide development and commercialization rights to eganelisib, subject to certain obligations to our licensor, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, or Takeda, as described in more detail below. Additionally, we are obligated to pay Mundipharma International Corporation Limited, or Mundipharma, and Purdue Pharmaceutical Products L.P., or Purdue, a 4% royalty in the aggregate on worldwide net sales of products that were previously subject to our strategic alliance with Mundipharma and Purdue that was terminated in 2012. Such products include eganelisib; duvelisib, the PI3K delta and gamma inhibitor that we licensed to Verastem in 2016, the rights to which Verastem sold to Secura Bio in 2020; and IPI-926, or patidegib, part of the hedgehog inhibitor program we licensed to PellePharm in 2013. We refer to such royalties as Trailing Mundipharma Royalties. After Mundipharma and Purdue have recovered approximately $260.0 million in royalty payments from all products that were previously subject to the strategic alliance, which represents the funding paid to us for research and development services performed by us under this strategic alliance, the Trailing Mundipharma Royalties will be reduced to a 1% royalty on net sales in the United States of such products.
PellePharm
In June 2013, we entered into a license agreement with PellePharm, under which we granted PellePharm exclusive global development and commercialization rights to our hedgehog inhibitor program, including patidegib. We refer to our license agreement with PellePharm as the PellePharm Agreement and products covered by the PellePharm Agreement as Hedgehog Products. We assessed this arrangement in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification 606 and concluded that at the date of contract inception there was only one performance obligation, consisting of the license, which was satisfied at contract inception.
Under the PellePharm Agreement, PellePharm is obligated to pay us up to $9.0 million in remaining regulatory and commercial-based milestone payments through the first commercial sale of a Hedgehog Product. PellePharm is also obligated to pay us up to $37.5 million in success-based milestone payments upon the achievement of certain annual net sales thresholds, as well as a share of certain revenue received by PellePharm in the event that PellePharm sublicenses its rights under the PellePharm Agreement and tiered royalties on annual net sales of Hedgehog Products subject to specified conditions. The remaining milestones have not been recognized as they represent variable consideration that is constrained. In making this assessment, we considered numerous factors, including the fact that achievement of the milestones is outside of our control and contingent upon the future success of clinical trials, PellePharm’s actions, and the receipt of regulatory approval. As the single performance obligation was previously satisfied, all regulatory and commercial-based milestones will be recognized as revenue in full in the period in which the constraint is removed. Any consideration related to sales-based milestone payments, including royalties, will be recognized when the related sales occur as these amounts have been determined to relate predominantly to the license granted to PellePharm and therefore are recognized at the later of when the performance obligation is satisfied or the related sales occur.
PellePharm is also obligated to pay us tiered royalties on annual net sales of Hedgehog Products, which are subject to reduction after a certain aggregate funding threshold has been achieved. On January 8, 2020, we entered into the BVF Funding Agreement, as further described in Note 9, pursuant to which we sold our interest in all royalty payments based on worldwide annual net sales of the BVF Licensed Product excluding Trailing Mundipharma Royalties related to patidegib.
Takeda
In July 2010, we entered into a development and license agreement with Intellikine, Inc., or Intellikine, under which we obtained rights to discover, develop and commercialize pharmaceutical products targeting the gamma and/or delta isoforms of PI3K, including eganelisib and duvelisib. In January 2012, Intellikine was acquired by Takeda. In December 2012, we amended and restated our development and license agreement with Takeda and further amended the agreement in July 2014, September 2016, July 2017, and March 2019. We refer to the amended and restated development and license agreement, as amended, as the Takeda Agreement.
Duvelisib
Pursuant to the Takeda Agreement, prior to March 4, 2019, we were obligated to share equally with Takeda all revenue arising from certain qualifying transactions for duvelisib, including the Secura Bio Agreement, subject to certain exceptions including revenue we receive as reimbursement for duvelisib research and development expenses. On March 4, 2019, we entered into the fourth amendment to the Takeda Agreement, or the Takeda Amendment. Pursuant to the Takeda Amendment, Takeda agreed (i) to the sale of certain royalty payments based on worldwide annual net sales of Licensed Products under the Secura Bio Agreement to HCR, (ii) to forego its rights to an equal share of the royalties due from Secura Bio during the term of the HCR Agreement, and (iii) not to seek any payment from HCR with respect to the royalties owed to Takeda. As consideration for the Takeda Amendment, we paid Takeda $6.7 million representing 25% of the $30.0 million in gross proceeds we received from the closing of the HCR Agreement, net of 25% of the expenses incurred by us in connection with the HCR Agreement. In addition, we agreed to pay Takeda 25% of the royalties that would have been payable to us by Secura Bio but for the consummation of the HCR Agreement, which we refer to as the Interim Obligation. During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, we recognized $0.2 million and $0.1 million of Interim Obligation amounts owed to Takeda as royalty expense, respectively.
We have the right to extinguish the Interim Obligation by payment to Takeda of an amount equal to (i) the $6.7 million payment multiplied by a specified multiple corresponding to the time period in which such extinguishing payment is made, minus (ii) any payments made to Takeda pursuant to the Interim Obligation. The Interim Obligation shall expire upon the termination of the HCR Agreement and the reversion of related royalties to us, at which time our obligations to share the royalties payable under the Secura Bio Agreement equally with Takeda shall be reinstated.
Eganelisib
Pursuant to the Takeda Agreement, we are obligated to pay Takeda up to $3.0 million in remaining success-based development milestone payments and up to $165.0 million in remaining regulatory and commercial-based milestone payments for one product candidate other than duvelisib, which could be eganelisib.
12. Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity
Common Stock Sales Facility
On June 28, 2019, we entered into a Capital on Demand Sales Agreement with JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC, or JonesTrading, and on July 29, 2019 we amended and restated the sales agreement to add B. Riley Securities (f/k/a B. Riley FBR, Inc.), or B. Riley Securities, as a party to the agreement. On July 27, 2021, we entered into an amendment to the agreement to increase the maximum aggregate offering price of the shares of common stock that we may issue and sell from time to time under the agreement by $75.0 million to an aggregate of $95.0 million. We refer to the amended and restated sales agreement, as amended, as the ATM Sales Agreement. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, a portion of the aggregate offering price totaling $11.8 million expired without sale. As of June 30, 2022, we had an aggregate of $75.0 million available for future sales. Pursuant to the ATM Sales Agreement we may offer and sell shares of our common stock from time to time through JonesTrading or B. Riley Securities, each acting as our sales agent. We have agreed to pay commissions to the sales agents for their services in acting as agents in the sale of our common stock in the amount of up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from sales of our common stock pursuant to the ATM Sales Agreement. Sales of shares of our common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement may be made by any method that is deemed to be an “at-the-market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. With our prior written approval, JonesTrading or B. Riley Securities may also sell the shares by any other method permitted by law, including in negotiated transactions. We and JonesTrading or B. Riley Securities may suspend or terminate the offering of shares upon notice to the other parties and subject to other conditions. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, we did not sell any shares under the ATM Sales Agreement.
Public Offering
On February 11, 2021, we entered into a purchase agreement with Piper Sandler & Co., as representative of the underwriters named therein, pursuant to which we issued and sold to the underwriters in an underwritten public offering an aggregate of 24,150,000 shares of our common stock, including 3,150,000 shares of common stock sold in connection with the exercise in full of a 15% over-allotment option by the underwriters. The public offering price was $3.80 per share. The gross proceeds to us from this offering were approximately $91.8 million. After underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, we received net proceeds from the offering of approximately $85.8 million.
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis and set forth elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward-looking statements, based on current expectations and related to future events and our future financial and operational performance, that involve risks and uncertainties. You should review the discussion under the heading “Summary of Risk Factors” and the risk factors detailed further in Item 1A, "Risk Factors" of Part 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and those included under Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.
Business Overview
We are a clinical-stage innovative biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing novel medicines for people with cancer. We combine proven scientific expertise with a passion for developing novel small molecule drugs that target disease pathways for potential applications in oncology. We are focused on advancing eganelisib, also known as IPI-549, an orally administered, clinical-stage, immuno-oncology product candidate that reprograms macrophages through selective inhibition of the enzyme phosphoinositide-3-kinase-gamma, or PI3K-gamma. We have retained worldwide development and commercialization rights to eganelisib.
Clinical Development Program
At this stage in eganelisib’s clinical development, and given the current market environment, we are prioritizing establishing potential partnerships before beginning new efficacy studies, including MARIO-4 in triple negative breast cancer, or TNBC, and the MARIO-P platform study. We believe this approach will allow us to focus our current resources on our ongoing clinical trials, extend our cash runway, and will provide the flexibility necessary to accommodate potential partners’ input on the prioritization and design of our potential next studies.
MARIO-3
MARIO-3 is a multi-arm Phase 2 study designed to evaluate eganelisib in the front-line treatment for mTNBC or metastatic renal cell carcinoma, or mRCC. The mTNBC cohort is evaluating eganelisib in combination with atezolizumab, an anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody also known as Tecentriq®, and nab-paclitaxel, an albumin-bound chemotherapy drug also known as Abraxane®, in approximately 60 patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic TNBC. The RCC cohort is evaluating eganelisib in combination with atezolizumab and bevacizumab, also known as Avastin®, in approximately 30 patients with RCC. Using the same cutoff standard used in the F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., or Roche, benchmark IMpassion130 study for PD-L1, we refer to patients with tumors that test below 1% PD-L1 at baseline as “PD-L1(-) patients” and those with tumors that test equal to or greater than 1% as “PD-L1(+) patients.” We entered into clinical supply agreements with Roche, under which Roche has agreed to supply atezolizumab and bevacizumab for our use in MARIO-3.
On December 10, 2021, we presented data at the 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, or SABCS, from the mTNBC cohort of MARIO-3 study. As of the October 2, 2021 data cutoff date for the presentation, we had enrolled 44 evaluable patients and 50 patients total, with a median duration of follow up of 9.9 months. The MARIO-3 data presented at SABCS and an investor event following SABCS include the following findings:
•Of evaluable patients, tumor reduction was observed in 92.8% of patients with PD-L1(+) tumors and 85.2% of patients with PD-L1(-) tumors
•Disease control rate (DCR)
◦92.8% (13/14) DCR in patients with PD-L1(+) tumors, complete response (CR) 14.3% (2/14), partial response (PR) 57.1% (8/14), stable disease (SD) 21.4% (3/14)
◦81.4% (22/27) DCR in patients with PD-L1(-) tumors, CR 0% (0/27), PR 48.1% (13/27), SD 33.3% (9/27)
•Progression free survival (PFS)
◦In patients with PD-L1(+) tumors, median PFS in MARIO-3 was 11.0 months, a 47% improvement in median PFS compared to the 7.5 months reported for the atezolizumab and nab-paclitaxel doublet in IMpassion130
◦In patients with PD-L1(-) tumors, median PFS in MARIO-3 was 7.3 months, a 30% improvement compared to the 5.6 months reported for the atezolizumab and nab-paclitaxel doublet in IMpassion130
•67% of the PD-L1(-) patients who reached the median PFS of 7.3 months remained on treatment
The MARIO-3 mTNBC cohort did not demonstrate any new safety signals compared to benchmark trials, and its safety profile was consistent with expectations for the three component drugs. The most common Grade 3 or higher treatment-related treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were hepatic adverse events (18%); neutropenia adverse events (16%); skin adverse events (12%); fatigue, diarrhea and peripheral sensory neuropathy (6% each); and vomiting and weight decreased (2% each). Seven patients (14%) discontinued treatment for treatment-related TEAEs and nine patients (18%) had treatment-related serious adverse events. There was one Grade 4 and no Grade 5 treatment-related TEAEs.
Translational data presented at SABCS are supportive of eganelisib’s immune modulation mechanism. Quantification across 11 paired tumor biopsies showed increased immune activation and decreased immune suppression, including an increase in CD8+ T cells, activated T cells, and anti-tumor M1 macrophages and a decrease in tumor cells and pro-tumor M2 macrophages resulting in an increase in the M1:M2 ratio. Further, paired tumor biopsy data show that treatment with eganelisib combination for two months led to increased expression of PD-L1 in 5 of 8 patients with PD-L1(-) tumors at baseline, reaching levels above the 1% PD-L1 cutoff of the standard PD-L1 biomarker assay used in MARIO-3 and the benchmark IMpassion130 study. PD-L1 expression also increased in the three patients with PD-L1(+) tumors.
We expect to provide updated data from the MARIO-3 mTNBC cohort in the second half of 2022.
MARIO-275
MARIO-275 is our global, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study evaluating the effect of adding eganelisib to nivolumab, also known as Opdivo®, in checkpoint-naïve advanced urothelial cancer, or UC, patients whose cancer has progressed or recurred following treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy. Nivolumab is an immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy commercialized by Bristol Myers Squibb Company, or BMS, that targets programmed death receptor 1, or PD-1, a checkpoint protein that helps regulate the body’s immune system. We presented MARIO-275 data at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, or ASCO GU, in February 2021, and presented updates on overall survival data in July 2021 and January 2022, as well as a two-year landmark analysis announced in a press release issued on August 9, 2022. The data from the 49 patients enrolled in the trial include the following findings:
•At a two-year landmark survival analysis as of July 29, 2022, 45% of patients in the eganelisib plus nivolumab arm are alive compared to 24% of patients in the nivolumab control arm. Durable survival benefit was also seen in the PD-L1(-) subgroup, with 38% of patients alive at two years in the eganelisib plus nivolumab arm versus 17% in the control group. No new safety signals were observed during the extended period on treatment.
•Median overall survival (mOS) in the intent to treat population as of July 2021 was 15.4 months (6.2, NE) on the eganelisib plus nivolumab combination arm as compared to 7.9 months (2.3, NE) on the control arm of nivolumab alone with a hazard ratio (HR) 0.62 (0.28, 1.36), reflecting a 38% lower probability of death.
•The mOS in PD-L1(-) patients, as updated in January 2022, was 15.3 months (4.7, NE) on the eganelisib plus nivolumab arm versus 7.9 months (1.9, NE) on the nivolumab control arm with an HR 0.58 (0.21, 1.66), reflecting a 42% lower probability of death.
The most common TEAEs for the eganelisib plus nivolumab combination arm across all doses, all causality, were pyrexia (33.3%), decreased appetite (30.3%), pruritus (27.3%), asthenia (27.3%), rash (27.3%), and increased alanine aminotransferase (24.2%); and the most common ≥Grade 3 TEAEs across all doses, all causality, were anemia (12.1%), and hepatic AEs including hepatotoxicity (15.2%), increased ALT (12.1%), and increased AST (12.1%) with no Hy’s Law. No treatment-related Grade 5 AEs were reported.
Data presented at ASCO GU demonstrated the greatest benefit of the combination of eganelisib and nivolumab was observed in the patient population (n=23) with tumors expressing low levels of PD-L1, with improvement over nivolumab monotherapy (n=7) in ORR (26% vs. 14%); DCR (57% vs. 14%); and best responses of CR (9% vs. 0%) and SD (30% vs. 0%). Of patients with PD-L1 low tumors in the combination arm, 58% (11 of 19) achieved a reduction in tumor burden, compared to 17% (1 of 6) in the nivolumab plus placebo arm.
Business Update Regarding COVID-19
In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus surfaced causing the respiratory disease COVID-19. This disease has spread worldwide and was deemed a “pandemic” by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. The following guidance regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business operations is highly uncertain and subject to change. We cannot know with certainty what the ultimate impact of the pandemic will be.
We do not anticipate disruptions to drug supply due to COVID-19. The safety and well-being of our employees remains a top priority, and we are working to mitigate risk while minimizing disruptions. However, variants of the SARS-COV-2 virus have continued to develop, and future variants could be potentially more virulent or more contagious than variants to date. Such variants may worsen or prolong the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and may be so extreme that we cannot fully mitigate their impact on our manufacturing timeline or other business interests.
Alliances, Collaborations, and Other Arrangements
We have primarily incurred operating losses since inception and will continue to fund our operations through collaboration and license arrangements or other strategic arrangements, as well as through the sale of securities or incurring debt, until such time as we are able to generate significant revenue from product sales, if ever. Such arrangements have provided access to breakthrough science, significant research and development support and funding, supply of clinical trial materials, and innovative drug development programs, all intended to help us realize the full potential of our product pipeline.
In July 2010, we entered into a development and license agreement with Intellikine, Inc., or Intellikine, under which we obtained rights to discover, develop and commercialize pharmaceutical products targeting the gamma and/or delta isoforms of PI3K, including eganelisib and duvelisib, or Copiktra®, an oral, dual inhibitor of PI3K delta and gamma. We licensed our rights related to the development of duvelisib to Verastem Inc., or Verastem, in 2016. In September 2020, Verastem completed a disposition of its rights, title, and interest in and to duvelisib to Secura Bio, Inc., or Secura Bio, wherein Secura Bio assumed all liabilities and obligations under the Verastem Agreement. We now refer to the Verastem Agreement as the Secura Bio Agreement. In January 2012, Intellikine was acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, or Takeda. In December 2012, we amended and restated our development and license agreement with Takeda and further amended the agreement in July 2014, September 2016, July 2017, and March 2019. We refer to the amended and restated development and license agreement, as amended, as the Takeda Agreement. We are obligated to pay Takeda up to $3.0 million in remaining success-based development milestone payments and up to $165.0 million in remaining regulatory and commercialization success-based milestone payments, for one product candidate other than duvelisib, which could be eganelisib.
Financial Overview
Revenue
To date, all our revenue has been generated under collaboration agreements, including payments to us of upfront license fees, funding or reimbursement of research and development efforts, milestone payments if specified objectives are achieved, and/or royalties on product sales.
We recognize revenue when we transfer goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that we expect to receive for those goods or services. These principles are applied using a five-step model: 1) identify the customer contract; 2) identify the contract’s performance obligations; 3) determine the transaction price; 4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations; and 5) recognize revenue when or as a performance obligation is satisfied. We evaluate all promised goods and services within a customer contract and determine which of those are separate performance obligations. This evaluation includes an assessment of whether the good or service is capable of being distinct and whether the good or service is separable from other promises in the contract. When a performance obligation is satisfied, we recognize as revenue the amount of the transaction price, excluding estimates of variable consideration that are constrained, that is allocated to that performance obligation. For contracts that contain variable consideration, such as milestone payments, we estimate the amount of variable consideration by using either the expected value method or the most likely amount method. In making this assessment, we evaluate factors such as the clinical, regulatory, commercial and other risks that must be overcome to achieve the milestone. Each reporting period we re-evaluate the probability of achievement of such milestones and any related constraints. We will include variable consideration, without constraint, in the transaction price to the extent it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved.
We recognize sales-based milestones and royalty revenue based upon net sales by the licensee of licensed products in licensed territories, and in the period the sales occur under the sales- and usage-based royalty exception when the sole or predominate item to which the royalty relates is a license to intellectual property.
In the event of an early termination of a collaboration agreement, any contract liabilities would be recognized in the period in which all our obligations under the agreement have been fulfilled.
Research and Development Expense
We are a drug development company. Our research and development expense has historically consisted primarily of the following:
•compensation of personnel associated with research and development activities;
•clinical testing costs, including payments made to contract research organizations;
•costs of combination and comparator drugs used in clinical studies;
•costs of manufacturing product candidates for preclinical testing and clinical studies;
•costs associated with the licensing of research and development programs;
•preclinical testing costs, including costs of toxicology studies;
•fees paid to external consultants;
•fees paid to professional service providers for independent monitoring and analysis of our clinical trials;
•costs for collaboration partners to perform research and development activities, including development milestones for which a payment is due when achieved;
•depreciation of equipment; and
•allocated costs of facilities.
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expense primarily consists of compensation of personnel in executive, finance, accounting, legal and intellectual property, information technology infrastructure, corporate communications, and human resources functions. Other costs include facilities costs not otherwise included in research and development expense and professional fees for legal and accounting services.
Royalty Expense
Royalty expense represents the expense associated with amounts owed to third parties as a result of royalty revenue recognized and the amounts owed by us to Takeda in relation to the sale of future royalties.
Other Income and Expense
Other income and expense typically consist of interest earned on cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities, non-cash interest expense, and changes in fair value of the warrant liability.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates
The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to cumulative revenue related to variable consideration, accrued expenses and estimates of future net royalty payments used in the calculation of our liability related to the sale of future royalties. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies during the six months ended June 30, 2022. Please refer to Part II, Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of our critical accounting policies and significant judgments and estimates.
Results of Operations
The following table summarizes our results of operations for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, together with the change in these items in dollars and as a percentage:
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| Three Months Ended June 30, | | $ Change | | % Change |
| 2022 | | 2021 | |
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Royalty revenue | $ | 686 | | | $ | 512 | | | $ | 174 | | | 34 | % |
Research and development expense | 8,795 | | | 7,957 | | | 838 | | | 11 | % |
General and administrative expense | 3,495 | | | 3,498 | | | (3) | | | — | % |
Royalty expense | 414 | | | 308 | | | 106 | | | 34 | % |
Investment and other income | 77 | | | 27 | | | 50 | | | 185 | % |
Non-cash interest expense | (45) | | | (45) | | | — | | | — | % |
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Net loss | (11,986) | | | (11,269) | | | (717) | | | 6 | % |
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| Six Months Ended June 30, | | $ Change | | % Change |
| 2022 | | 2021 | |
| (in thousands) | | |
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Royalty revenue | $ | 1,338 | | | $ | 979 | | | $ | 359 | | | 37 | % |
Research and development expense | 17,785 | | | 16,158 | | | 1,627 | | | 10 | % |
General and administrative expense | 7,171 | | | 7,064 | | | 107 | | | 2 | % |
Royalty expense | 807 | | | 590 | | | 217 | | | 37 | % |
Investment and other income | 93 | | | 25 | | | 68 | | | 272 | % |
Non-cash interest expense | (90) | | | (90) | | | — | | | — | % |
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Net loss | (24,422) | | | (22,898) | | | (1,524) | | | 7 | % |
Revenue
Royalty revenue for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 is related to royalties from Secura Bio and Verastem on net sales of duvelisib. A portion of royalties received is owed to Mundipharma International Corporation Limited, or Mundipharma, and Purdue Pharmaceutical Products L.P., or Purdue. We refer to such portion as the Trailing Mundipharma Royalties (see Note 11 of the notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q). We and HealthCare Royalty Partners III, L.P., or HCR, entered into a purchase and sale agreement in March 2019, or the HCR Agreement, pursuant to which HCR acquired our interest in royalties received from Verastem on net sales of duvelisib, less the Trailing Mundipharma Royalties (see Note 9 of the notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q).
Research and Development Expense
Research and development expense increased for the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021 due to an increase in compensation and hiring expenses of $1.3 million due primarily to new hires during the period and an increase in consulting expenses of $0.5 million to support the continued development of eganelisib, partially offset by a decrease in clinical development expenses of $1.1 million.
Research and development expense increased for the six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021 due to an increase in compensation and hiring expenses of $2.3 million due primarily to new hires during the period, an increase in consulting expenses of $0.4 million to support the continued development of eganelisib and an increase in information technology support expenses of $0.2 million, partially offset by a decrease in clinical development expenses of $1.5 million.
We track and accumulate expenses by major program. These expenses primarily relate to payroll and related expenses for personnel working on our programs, process development and manufacturing, preclinical toxicology studies, clinical trial costs and allocated costs of facilities. During the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, we estimated that we incurred $8.8 million and $8.0 million, respectively, on eganelisib. During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, we estimated that we incurred $17.8 million and $16.2 million of research and development expense, respectively, on eganelisib.
We do not believe that the historical costs associated with our drug development programs are indicative of the future costs associated with these programs. Due to the variability in the length of time and scope of activities necessary to develop a product candidate and uncertainties related to our cost estimates and our ability to obtain marketing approval for our product candidates, accurate and meaningful estimates of the total costs required to bring our product candidates to market are not available.
Because of the risks inherent in drug development, we cannot reasonably estimate or know:
•the nature, timing and estimated costs of the efforts necessary to complete the development of our programs;
•the completion dates of these programs; or
•the period in which material net cash inflows are expected to commence, if at all, from the programs described above and any potential future product candidates.
There is significant uncertainty regarding our ability to successfully develop any product candidates. These risks include the uncertainty of:
•the scope, rate of progress and cost of our clinical trials that we are currently conducting or may commence in the future;
•clinical trial results;
•the cost of establishing clinical supplies of any product candidates;
•the cost and availability of combination and comparator drugs, such as the current global shortage of the MARIO-3 combination drug nab-paclitaxel. Although we expect our current supply of nab-paclitaxel to be adequate to meet MARIO-3 demand through the study completion, the global shortage could impact MARIO-3 if the shortage persists beyond our current supply;
•the cost of filing, prosecuting, defending and enforcing any patent claims and other intellectual property rights relating to our programs under development;
•the terms and timing of any collaborations, licensing and other arrangements that we have or may establish in the future relating to our programs under development;
•the cost and timing of regulatory approvals;
•the effect of competing technological and market developments; and
•the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expense was comparable for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2021.
Royalty Expense
Royalty expense for both periods is related to royalties paid to Mundipharma, Purdue and Takeda on net sales of duvelisib by Secura Bio and Verastem.
Investment and Other Income (Expense)
Investment and other income increased for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 primarily as a result of higher yields on our cash and investments.
Non-cash Interest Expense
Non-cash interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 was the result of the sale of future royalties in relation to the HCR Agreement and BVF Funding Agreement, which we recognized as liabilities that are being amortized using the effective interest method over the life of the arrangements (see Note 9 of the notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q). Over the course of the arrangements, the non-cash interest expense will be affected by the amount and timing of estimated royalty revenue, if any. We reassess the effective interest rate on a quarterly basis and adjust the rate prospectively as needed.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have not generated any revenue from product sales to date, and we do not expect to generate any such revenue for the foreseeable future, if at all. We have instead relied on the proceeds from sales of equity securities, sales of future royalties, issuances of debt, interest on investments, upfront license fees, expense reimbursements, milestones, royalties and cost sharing under our collaborations to fund our operations. Because eganelisib is in clinical development, and the outcome of this effort is uncertain, we cannot estimate the actual amounts necessary to successfully complete the development and commercialization of our product candidate or whether, or when, we may achieve profitability.
The following table summarizes the components of our financial condition:
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| June 30, 2022 | | December 31, 2021 |
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Cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities | $ | 56,575 | | | $ | 80,726 | |
Working capital | 45,271 | | | 68,968 | |
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| Six Months Ended June 30, |
| 2022 | | 2021 |
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Cash (used in) provided by: | | | |
Operating activities | $ | (24,130) | | | $ | (23,038) | |
Investing activities | (10,786) | | | 5,500 | |
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Financing activities | 28 | | | 86,203 | |
Cash Flows
For the six months ended June 30, 2022 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021, our cash used in operating activities increased primarily due to increased operating expenses as we continue clinical development of eganelisib. Our cash used in operating activities in future periods may vary significantly.
Net cash provided by investing activities decreased during the six months ended June 30, 2022 primarily due to net purchases of available-for-sale securities of $10.8 million as compared to net proceeds from available-for-sale securities of $5.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
Net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was due to proceeds from the issuance of common stock to employees during the period. Net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was due to $85.8 million in net proceeds from our public offering in February 2021.
Operating Capital Requirements
As of June 30, 2022, we had cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities of $56.6 million. We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities at June 30, 2022 will be adequate to satisfy our capital needs for at least the next twelve months from the issuance date of the financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q based on our current operational plans. We expect to continue to spend significant resources to fund the development and potential commercialization of eganelisib and to incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable future.
Our estimate as to how long we expect our existing cash and cash equivalents to be able to continue to fund our operations is based on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could use our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect. Further, changing circumstances, some of which may be beyond our control, could cause us to consume capital significantly faster than we currently anticipate. Our future funding requirements, both short-term and long-term, will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to:
•the scope, progress, results and costs of developing eganelisib, currently in clinical development;
•the impact of delays in patient enrollment and site activation related to the COVID-19 pandemic;
•the timing of, and the costs involved in, obtaining regulatory approvals for eganelisib;
•subject to receipt of marketing approval, revenue, if any, received from commercial sales of eganelisib;
•the timing and amount of additional revenues, if any, received from strategic agreements and funding arrangements;
•the timing and amount of additional royalty and milestone payments owed to Takeda;
•the costs involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining, defending and enforcing patent claims, including litigation costs and the outcome of such litigation;
•any breach, acceleration event or event of default under any agreements with third parties;
•the outcome of any lawsuits that could be brought against us;
•the cost of acquiring raw materials for, and of manufacturing, eganelisib is higher than anticipated;
•the cost or quantity required of comparator or combination drugs used in clinical studies increases;
•the effect of competing technological and market developments;
•any federal government shutdown that prevents or delays the SEC from processing any future registration statements we may file to register shares for capital raising purposes; and
•a loss in our investments due to general market conditions or other reasons.
We may seek additional funds through arrangements with collaborators or other third parties, or through project financing. These arrangements would generally require us to relinquish or encumber rights to some of our technologies or product candidates, and we may not be able to enter into such agreements on acceptable terms, if at all. We may also seek additional funding through public or private financings of equity or debt securities, but such financings may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all. In addition, the terms of our financings may be dilutive to, or otherwise adversely affect, holders of our common stock, and such terms may impact our ability to make capital expenditures or incur additional debt. If we are unable to obtain additional funding on a timely basis, we may be required to curtail or terminate some or all of our development programs or to scale back, suspend or terminate our business operations.
Equity Offerings
On June 28, 2019, we entered into a Capital on Demand Sales Agreement with JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC, or JonesTrading, and on July 29, 2019 we amended and restated the sales agreement to add B. Riley Securities (f/k/a B. Riley FBR, Inc.), or B. Riley Securities, as a party to the agreement. On July 27, 2021, we entered into an amendment to the agreement to increase the maximum aggregate offering price of the shares of common stock that we may issue and sell from time to time under the agreement by $75.0 million to an aggregate of $95.0 million. We refer to the amended and restated sales agreement, as amended, as the ATM Sales Agreement. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, a portion of the aggregate offering price totaling $11.8 million expired without sale. As of June 30, 2022, we had an aggregate of $75.0 million available for future sales. Pursuant to the ATM Sales Agreement we may offer and sell shares of our common stock from time to time through JonesTrading or B. Riley Securities, each acting as our sales agent. We have agreed to pay commissions to the sales agents for their services in acting as agents in the sale of our common stock in the amount of up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from sales of our common stock pursuant to the ATM Sales Agreement. Sales of shares of our common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement may be made by any method that is deemed to be an “at-the-market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. With our prior written approval, JonesTrading or B. Riley Securities may also sell the shares by any other method permitted by law, including in negotiated transactions. We and JonesTrading or B. Riley Securities may suspend or terminate the offering of shares upon notice to the other parties and subject to other conditions. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, we did not sell any shares under the ATM Sales Agreement.
On February 11, 2021, we entered into a purchase agreement with Piper Sandler & Co., as representative of the underwriters named therein, pursuant to which we issued and sold to the underwriters in an underwritten public offering an aggregate of 24,150,000 shares of our common stock, including 3,150,000 shares of common stock sold in connection with the exercise in full of a 15% over-allotment option by the underwriters. The public offering price was $3.80 per share. The gross proceeds to us from this offering were approximately $91.8 million. After underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, we received net proceeds from the offering of approximately $85.8 million.