PureTech Year End Update and Outlook for 2024
PureTech Year End Update and Outlook for 2024
Strong strategic and clinical progress in 2023, with multiple catalysts expected in 2024
Launching of two new Founded Entities to advance certain programs from the Wholly Owned Pipeline
Robust balance sheet position with estimated Consolidated Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments at year end of approximately
Key Highlights:
· Strong progress in 2023 included the successful LYT-300 clinical trial of acute anxiety in healthy adults and initial data from ongoing clinical trials of LYT-200 in solid tumors and acute myeloid leukemia, along with Royalty Pharma deal of up to
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· New clinical-stage neuroscience Founded Entity: Seaport Therapeutics will advance certain central nervous system (CNS) programs and relevant Glyph intellectual property. Rapid growth of neuroscience pipeline, powered by Glyph platform, including new therapeutic candidate announced today (LYT-320), and initiations of two clinical trials in 2024 (LYT-300 and LYT-310).
· New clinical-stage oncology Founded Entity: Gallop Oncology to advance LYT-200 and other galectin-9 intellectual property; additional results from clinical trials in leukemia and solid tumors expected in 2024.
· Robust balance sheet position with estimated Consolidated Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments at year end of approximately
· The PureTech Board may declare special dividends and/or share buybacks as part of an overall returns strategy.
"A good example of how our successful model has funded our pipeline and operations is our strategic deal with Royalty Pharma acquiring an interest in our royalty in KarXT for up to
"I'm also proud of our track record which includes 80 percent4 success across clinical trials, with a probability of clinical success that is six times better than the industry average5.
"Advancing programs to a key value inflection point before determining the most expedient and cost-effective path forward is a hallmark of our hub-and-spoke business model, and we've seen the success of it realized in the
"We are extremely proud of the numerous accomplishments made by our team in 2023 and look forward to a productive and exciting 2024, where we expect to deliver multiple milestones to improve the lives of patients and drive benefit to our shareholders."
Additional highlights and progress include the following:
Outlook for 2024, new Founded Entities and execution of corporate strategy
o Building on the success of early studies for LYT-100, and with the important upcoming catalyst for IPF in 2024,
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o The launch of Seaport Therapeutics will accelerate the development of new neuroscience medicines in areas of high unmet need with the addition of capital partners to bring nearer-term patient benefit. It also builds on the success
o The launch of Gallop Oncology builds on the promising clinical and preclinical data from
Wholly Owned Programs
o LYT-100 (deupirfenidone) is currently in development for the treatment of IPF, which is a rare, progressive, and fatal disease. While existing standard-of-care treatments are effective, they cause significant side effects, and as a result, three out of four people living with IPF in the
o Progressed a Phase 2b dose-ranging trial of LYT-100 in patients with IPF. Topline results are expected in Q4 2024.
o Presented expanded data at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2023 from a completed trial of LYT-100 in healthy older adults, which informed the two doses selected for the ongoing Phase 2b trial (ELEVATE IPF). In addition to supporting the improved tolerability of LYT-100 versus the FDA-approved dose of pirfenidone, the new data presented supported the selection of a higher dose of LYT-100 with the potential for improved efficacy that is now being evaluated in ELEVATE IPF.
Newly Announced Founded Entities:
o Seaport Therapeutics:
o LYT-300 (oral Glyph-allopregnanolone) is an oral prodrug of allopregnanolone, enabled by the Glyph platform, that is currently in development for the treatment of both neuropsychiatric and rare CNS conditions. Allopregnanolone has demonstrated benefit in a range of CNS conditions, but it can only be administered via IV, which has hindered its broad therapeutic use. Using the Glyph platform, LYT-300 retains the activity and potency of endogenous allopregnanolone in an oral form.
§ Successful topline results from a Phase 2a proof-of-concept trial of LYT-300 using a validated clinical model of anxiety in healthy volunteers were reported recently. Oral administration of LYT-300 achieved the trial's primary endpoint of a statistically significant reduction versus placebo in the increase from baseline to peak levels of the stress hormone salivary cortisol (p=0.0001) with a treatment effect size versus placebo of 0.72, measured by the Cohen's D.
§ LYT-300 is advancing into a Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of Fragile X-associated Tremor/ Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS), which is a rare neurological disease. A Phase 2 trial is expected to initiate in 2024.
o LYT-310 (oral Glyph-cannabidiol [CBD]), is currently in development for the treatment of epilepsies and other neurological indications. A different CBD-based product purified from plant sources, has received regulatory approval in the
§ New today: Preclinical data demonstrated LYT-310 was effective in preventing seizures in the Maximal Electroshock Model (MES), a validated and highly translatable preclinical model considered a gold standard for the assessment of anti-seizure drugs. LYT-310 was tested against various formulations of CBD, including an oral CBD formulation in sesame oil. LYT-310 showed strong anti-seizure protection activity and was shown to be more effective at preventing seizures at a dose three times lower than an oral CBD formulation. Based on the data, LYT-310 has the potential to expand the use of CBD to broader patient populations, particularly in populations and conditions where higher doses are required to achieve a therapeutic effect.
§ Initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial of LYT-310 is expected in the first half of 2024.
o New today: LYT-320 (oral Glyph-agomelatine), was nominated as a new therapeutic candidate powered by
§ LYT-320 uses the Glyph platform to bypass first-pass metabolism by the liver and thus has the potential to reduce liver exposure, hepatotoxicity, and the need for liver function monitoring.
§ Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) are first-line treatments for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and depressive disorders but have side effects and efficacy limitations. A major limitation of SSRIs and SNRIs are adverse events such as sexual dysfunction and emotional blunting.
§ Agomelatine acts through a completely different mechanism of action and offers superior overall tolerability for patients compared to standard-of-care. The drug has demonstrated clear human efficacy in multiple studies of GAD where the gold-standard Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) was used as the primary endpoint. Agomelatine is approved for major depressive disorder (MDD) in the
§ In multiple in vivo studies, LYT-320 showed oral bioavailability and plasma exposures greater than 10-fold higher than orally dosed agomelatine. Exposures comparable to approved therapeutic agomelatine doses could thus be enabled by LYT-320 comprising a reduced dose of agomelatine, which in silico modeling using the FDA-licensed DILIsym platform, has projected will greatly reduce the risk of causing clinically significant liver enzyme elevations.
§ Initiation of first-in-human enabling studies is expected in 2024 and LYT-320 is expected to advance into clinical studies in the first half of 2025.
o Gallop Oncology:
o LYT-200 (anti-galectin-9 mAb) is in development for the treatment of metastatic/locally advanced solid tumors, including head and neck and urothelial cancers, and hematological malignancies, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). A wide variety of preclinical data support the potential clinical efficacy of LYT-200 and the importance of galectin-9 as a target and suggests a potential opportunity for biomarker development.
§ Presented data from the ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of LYT-200 at the
o New today: In the ongoing Phase 1b trial evaluating LYT-200 as a single agent in relapsed/refractory AML and MDS patients, three dose escalation cohorts have completed to date at weekly doses of 2 mg/kg (cohort 1), 4 mg/kg (cohort 2) and 7.5 mg/kg (cohort 3). In a heavily pre-treated patient population, the early data demonstrates a favorable safety and tolerability profile of LYT-200 with no dose limiting toxicities. In the first cohort, disease stabilization was observed in two of the five patients treated, with one patient achieving red blood cell transfusion independence. In the second cohort, disease stabilization was observed in two of the four patients treated. In the third cohort, disease stabilization was observed in all four of the patients treated, with a reduction in bone marrow blasts observed in two of the four patients and the clearance of peripheral blasts observed in one patient. Two patients achieved more than 50 percent bone marrow blast reduction, with one of these patients observing an increase in platelet count without transfusions. The fourth cohort, evaluating a weekly regimen of LYT-200 at the 12 mg/kg dose, is still ongoing. The part 2 portion of the Phase 1b trial evaluating LYT-200 in combination with venetoclax and hypomethylating agents is also ongoing.
Founded Entities:
o Karuna Therapeutics (Nasdaq: KRTX) (Karuna)
o Announced the
o Announced positive results from its Phase 1b open-label, eight-week inpatient trial evaluating the effect of KarXT on 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure in adults with schizophrenia demonstrating that KarXT was not associated with increases in blood pressure.
o The transaction of Karuna shares as described in this paragraph constitutes a class 2 transaction for the purposes of the
o Vedanta
o Dosed the first patient in the Phase 2 COLLECTiVE202 clinical study of VE202 for the treatment of ulcerative colitis. The FDA also granted Fast Track designation to VE202.
o Expects to initiate the Phase 3 RestoratiVE303 pivotal study of VE303, designed for the prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, in the coming months.
o Vor (Nasdaq: VOR)
o Presented updated clinical data from patients treated in VBP101, its Phase 1/2a multicenter, open-label, first-in-human study of trem-cel (VOR33) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at the ASTCT/EBMT 6th
o Entrega
o Advanced its platform for the oral administration of biologics, vaccines and other drugs that are otherwise not efficiently absorbed when taken orally. Entrega's technology platform uses a proprietary, customizable hydrogel dosage form to control local fluid microenvironments in the GI tract to both enhance absorption and reduce the variability of drug exposure. Peptide therapeutics (e.g., the emerging GLP-1 agonist class) are ideally suited to benefit from Entrega's approach.
o Demonstrated increased oral peptide bioavailability of two- to three-fold over standard permeation enhancer formulations.
o Akili, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKLI) (Akili)
o Announced it received authorization from the
o Announced its strategic plan to transition from a prescription to a non-prescription business model. Akili also submitted a 510(k) application to the FDA for EndeavorOTC8 as an over-the-counter treatment for adults with ADHD.
o Announced it plans to submit data to the FDA to convert its pediatric prescription product, EndeavorRx, to OTC in 2024.
o Announced topline results of the STARS-ADHD-Adult clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of EndeavorRx (AKL-T01) in adults with ADHD. The results demonstrated attention improved in more than 80 percent of adults with ADHD, and over one-third of participants no longer exhibited an attention deficit following treatment. Improvements in attention were nearly seven times larger than those seen in the pivotal trial that supported EndeavorRx's FDA authorization for 8 to 12 year-olds with ADHD. Additionally, nearly half of adults treated with EndeavorRx met a prespecified threshold for clinically meaningful improvement in their quality of life. EndeavorRx treatment was well-tolerated, with minimal side effects and no serious device-related adverse events reported.
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o Continued to scale its sales and revenue growth through partnerships with several top health companies, providers, pharma and device original equipment manufacturers. Sonde's voice-based artificial intelligence platform has now generated over 1.2 million voice samples from more than 85,000 individuals on four continents.
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[1]The preliminary selected financial results reported by the Company are unaudited, subject to adjustment, and provided as an approximation in advance of the Company's announcement of complete financial results in
2References to "Wholly Owned Programs" refer to the Company's five therapeutic candidates (LYT-100, LYT-200, LYT-300, LYT-310 and LYT-320), Glyph platform and potential future therapeutic candidates and platforms that the Company may develop or obtain. References to "Wholly Owned Pipeline" refer to LYT-100, LYT-200, LYT-300, LYT-310 and LYT-320. Certain of the Wholly Owned Programs and certain assets within the Wholly Owned Pipeline are being advanced through the newly announced
3 Founded Entities represent companies founded by
4 The percentage includes number of successful trials out of all trials run for all therapeutic candidates advanced through at least Phase 1 by
5 Industry average data measures the probability of clinical trial success of therapeutics by calculating the number of programs progressing to the next phase vs. the number progressing and suspended (Phase 1=52%, Phase 2=29%, Phase 3=58%). BIO, PharmaIntelligence, QLS (2021) Clinical Development Success Rates 2011 -2020. This study did not include therapeutics regulated as devices.
6 Any Anxiety Disorder. (n.d.).
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/any-anxiety-disorder
7 EndeavorRx is the first-and-only FDA-authorized treatment delivered through a video game experience. EndeavorRx is indicated to improve attention function as measured by computer-based testing in children ages 8 to 12 years old with primarily inattentive or combined-type ADHD, who have a demonstrated attention issue. Patients who engage with EndeavorRx demonstrate improvements in a digitally assessed measure Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA®) of sustained and selective attention and may not display benefits in typical behavioral symptoms, such as hyperactivity. EndeavorRx should be considered for use as part of a therapeutic program that may include clinician-directed therapy, medication, and/or educational programs, which further address symptoms of the disorder. EndeavorRx is available by prescription only. It is not intended to be used as a stand-alone therapeutic and is not a substitution for a child's medication. The most common side effect observed in children in EndeavorRx's clinical trials was a feeling of frustration, as the game can be quite challenging at times. No serious adverse events were associated with its use. EndeavorRx is recommended to be used for approximately 25 minutes a day, 5 days a week, over initially at least 4 consecutive weeks, or as recommended by your child's health care provider. To learn more about EndeavorRx, please visit EndeavorRx.com.
8 EndeavorOTC is a digital therapeutic indicated to improve attention function, ADHD symptoms and quality of life in adults 18 years of age and older with primarily inattentive or combined-type ADHD. EndeavorOTC utilizes the same proprietary technology underlying EndeavorRx, a prescription digital therapeutic indicated to improve attention function in children ages 8-12. EndeavorOTC is available under the
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