NewLink Genetics Announces Oral Presentation at the 2018 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting

On November 1, 2018 NewLink Genetics Corporation (NASDAQ:NLNK) reported that an abstract with data pertaining to the use of the Company’s investigational immuno-oncology molecule, indoximod, in combination therapy for patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has been accepted for an oral presentation at the 60th American Society of Hematology (ASH) (Free ASH Whitepaper) Annual Meeting and Exposition to be held at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA, December 1-4th, 2018 (Press release, NewLink Genetics, NOV 1, 2018, View Source [SID1234530681]).

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"We are pleased to have an abstract accepted for oral presentation at this year’s ASH (Free ASH Whitepaper) Annual Meeting," said Charles J. Link, Jr, MD, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Our updated Phase 1 data for indoximod plus standard-of-care chemotherapy support the potential for improved outcomes for newly diagnosed AML patients."

Abstract #332 entitled, Indoximod combined with standard induction chemotherapy is well tolerated and induces a high rate of complete remission with MRD-negativity in patients with newly diagnosed AML: results from a Phase 1 trial, Emadi, A., et al, to be presented during oral session 616 entitled, "Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Novel Therapy, excluding Transplantation: Combination Therapy," on Sunday, December 2, 2018, from 9:30-11:00 AM PT, at the ASH (Free ASH Whitepaper) Annual Meeting
As of July when the abstract was submitted, 31 newly diagnosed AML patients were consented, with 25 included in the intent-to-treat (ITT) analysis, and 19 meeting qualifications for the per-protocol (PP) analysis. Per-protocol patients were defined as those who took at least 80% of the scheduled indoximod doses. Of 25 ITT patients, 21 (84%) achieved complete response (CR), and 15 of 19 PP patients (79%) achieved CR. Twelve of the 15 PP CR patients had a minimal residual disease (MRD) sample submitted at the end of induction at the time of abstract submission. MRD negativity was defined by a flow cytometry assay at a level of < 0.02% (Hematologics, Inc., Seattle, WA). Ten of these 12 patients (83%) were MRD negative. As to the other three patients, 2 died of complications of AML treatment prior to a MRD marrow sample being submitted while one patient’s results were pending. Of the 12 patients who had MRD samples submitted at the end of induction, one patient went directly to bone marrow transplant without undergoing consolidation therapy and was therefore taken off protocol. Of the remaining 11 patients, all 11 (100%) were MRD negative at the end of consolidation, the pre-specified endpoint of the protocol.

Data from the abstract suggest that a high percentage of newly diagnosed AML patients treated with indoximod plus standard-of-care (SOC) chemotherapy achieved CR and showed no evidence of minimal residual disease, or were MRD negative. In addition, data show that indoximod was well tolerated.

The abstract may be found on the ASH (Free ASH Whitepaper) Annual Meeting website.

About Indoximod

Indoximod is an investigational, orally available small molecule targeting the IDO pathway. The IDO pathway is a key immuno-oncology target, suppressing immune response and allowing for immune escape by degrading tryptophan with the resultant production of kynurenine. Indoximod reverses the immunosuppressive effects of low tryptophan and high kynurenine through mechanisms that include modulation of the AhR-driven transcription of genes that control immune function. This results in increased proliferation of effector T cells, increased differentiation into helper T cells rather than regulatory T cells, and downregulation of IDO expression in dendritic cells. Indoximod is being evaluated in combination with treatment regimens including chemotherapy, radiation, checkpoint blockade and cancer vaccines across multiple indications including recurrent pediatric brain tumors, DIPG, and AML.

Genmab Announces Data to be Presented at 2018 ASH Annual Meeting

On November 1, 2018 Genmab A/S (Nasdaq Copenhagen: GEN) reported that 35 abstracts related to Genmab owned and partnered programs have been accepted for presentation at the 60th American Society of Hematology (ASH) (Free ASH Whitepaper) Annual Meeting taking place December 1-4 in San Diego, California (Press release, Genmab, NOV 1, 2018, View Source [SID1234530513]). Abstracts accepted for presentation include updates on multiple daratumumab and ofatumumab trials, as well as pre-clinical data from Genmab’s DuoBody-CD3xCD20 and DuoHexaBody-CD37 programs. All abstracts are available on the ASH (Free ASH Whitepaper) website at www.hematology.org. Details regarding the key abstracts to be presented are included below.

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"We are elated that out of the over eighty-five ongoing daratumumab clinical studies, a record thirty abstracts containing daratumumab data in multiple myeloma and other indications were accepted for presentation at this year’s ASH (Free ASH Whitepaper) Annual Meeting. We are also thrilled that three abstracts related to pre-clinical data from wholly owned Genmab programs were accepted for inclusion at this prestigious event, including the first proprietary DuoBody program, DuoBody-CD3xCD20, and the first ever DuoHexaBody therapeutic program, DuoHexaBody-CD37," said Jan van de Winkel, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Genmab.

Late breaking abstracts are not yet available.

Genmab Pre-Clinical Abstracts

DuoBody-CD3xCD20 Shows Unique and Potent Preclinical Anti-Tumor Activity In Vitro and In Vivo, and is Being Evaluated Clinically in Patients with B-Cell Malignancies – Poster presentation, Saturday, December 1

DuoHexaBody-CD37 a Novel Bispecific Antibody with a Hexamerization enhancing Mutation Targeting CD37, Demonstrates Superior CDC in Preclinical B-Cell Malignancy Models – Poster presentation, Monday, December 3

Targeting CD37 in B-Cell Malignancies Using the Novel Therapeutic Ab DuoHexaBody-CD37 Results in Efficient Killing of Tumor B-Cells Ex Vivo via CDC, Even in Relapsed and/or Refractory Patient Samples – Poster presentation, Monday, December 3

Daratumumab Abstracts Sponsored by Janssen Biotech, Inc.

Oral Presentations:
Efficacy and Updated Safety Analysis of a Safety Run-in Cohort from GRIFFIN, a Phase 2 Randomized Study of Daratumumab, Bortezomib, Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone Versus Bortezomib, Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Eligible for High-Dose Therapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation – Oral presentation, Saturday, December 1

LYRA – A Phase 2 Study of Daratumumab Plus Cycolphosphamide, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone in Newly Diagnosed and Relapsed Patients with Multiple Myeloma – Oral presentation, Saturday, December 1

One-Year Update of a Phase 3 Randomized Study of Daratumumab Plus Bortezomib, Melphalan, and Prednisone Versus Bortezomib, Melphalan, and Prednisone in Patients with Transplant-Ineligible Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: ALCYONE – Oral presentation, Saturday, December 1

Poster Presentations:
Three-Year Follow Up of the Phase 3 POLLUX Study of Daratumumab Plus Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone Versus Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone Alone in Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma – Poster presentation, Saturday, December 1

Subcutaneous Daratumumab in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma: Part 2 Safety and Efficacy Update of the Open-label, Multicenter, Phase 1b Study (PAVO) – Poster presentation, Saturday, December 1

Pharmacokinetics of Subcutaneous Daratumumab in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma: Primary Clinical Pharmacology Analysis of the Open-label, Multicenter, Phase 1b Study (PAVO) – Poster presentation, Saturday, December 1

Split First Dose Administration of Daratumumab for the Treatment of Patients with Multiple Myeloma: Clinical Pharmacology and Population Pharmacokinetic Analyses – Poster presentation, Saturday, December 1

Updated Results from the Phase 2 CENTAURUS Study of Daratumumab Monotherapy in Patients with Intermediate-risk or High-risk Smoldering Multiple Myeloma – Poster presentation, Saturday, December 1

Daratumumab Monotherapy for Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Natural Killer/T-cell Lymphoma (NKTCL), Nasal Type: An Open-label, Single-arm, Multicenter Phase 2 Study – Poster presentation, Saturday, December 1

Efficacy and Safety of Daratumumab, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone Versus Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone in First Relapse Patients: Two-Year Update of CASTOR – Poster presentation, Sunday, December 2

Evaluation of Sustained Minimal Residual Disease Negativity in Relapsed / Refractory Multiple Myeloma Patients Treated with Daratumumab in Combination with Lenalidomide Plus Dexamethasone or Bortezomib Plus Dexamethasone: Analysis of POLLUX and CASTOR – Poster presentation, Sunday, December 2

Efficacy of Daratumumab in Combination with Standard of Care Regimens in Lenalidomide-Exposed or Refractory Patients with Relapsed / Refractory Multiple Myeloma: Analysis of CASTOR, POLLUX and MMY1001 Studies – Poster presentation, Sunday, December 2

Ofatumumab Abstracts Sponsored by Novartis

Oral Presentation:
Results of the Primary Analysis of COMPLEMENT A+B: A Phase III Study of Ofatumumab in Combination with Bendamustine Versus Bendamustine Alone in Patients with Indolent Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma That is Unresponsive or Relapsed Following Rituximab or Rituximab-containing Regimen – Oral presentation, Sunday, December 2

Poster Presentation:
Long-Term Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Ofatumumab Added to Fludarabine & Cyclophosphamide in Subjects with Relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Final Analysis of COMPLEMENT 2 Trial – Poster presentation, Sunday, December 2

Sierra Oncology to Report Clinical Data at ASH 2018 from Translational Biology Study of Momelotinib in Transfusion Dependent Patients

On November 1, 2018 Sierra Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRRA), a clinical stage drug development company focused on advancing targeted therapeutics for the treatment of patients with significant unmet needs in hematology and oncology, reported that clinical data from a translational biology study of momelotinib in 41 transfusion dependent patients with myelofibrosis (MF) will be reported in a poster at ASH (Free ASH Whitepaper) 2018 (Press release, Sierra Oncology, NOV 1, 2018, View Source [SID1234530529]). The impact of momelotinib on serum hepcidin, along with markers of iron storage and availability, erythropoiesis and inflammation were investigated to explore the biological mechanisms underlying the favorable effects of momelotinib on MF-associated anemia.

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"The results from this translational biology clinical study provide further evidence for momelotinib’s unique anemia benefit," said Dr. Christian Hassig, Chief Scientific Officer of Sierra Oncology. "Moreover, the findings provide clinical evidence that reinforce the differentiated profile of momelotinib as a potent inhibitor of ACVR1, a principal driver of hepcidin production in the liver. As with many inflammatory diseases associated with chronic anemia, myelofibrosis is characterized by high hepcidin, resulting in functional iron deficiency. In myelofibrosis, high levels of hepcidin are inversely correlated with survival. The observed reduction in hepcidin and restoration of iron homeostasis, coupled with net increases in various measures of erythropoiesis, provide important translational biomarker data accounting for the compelling transfusion-independence rates of 34-39% achieved in this transfusion dependent study population."

"As noted in our recent KOL call* featuring Dr. Srdan Verstovsek, one of the investigators in this clinical study, almost every myelofibrosis patient develops anemia and it typically becomes worse over time, often leading to transfusion dependency, yet there are no approved therapies to treat this facet of the disease," stated Dr. Nick Glover, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sierra Oncology. "Momelotinib inhibits JAK1, JAK2 and ACVR1, and is therefore uniquely positioned to address disease-related cytopenia in myelofibrosis, including anemia and transfusion dependency, while also improving splenomegaly and constitutional symptoms."

Sierra is currently preparing for discussions with regulators to determine the registration path for momelotinib and anticipates reporting next steps in the first half of 2019.

*KOL call featuring Dr. Srdan Verstovsek:
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About the study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT02515630):
In this Phase 2 open-label, translational biology study 41 transfusion-dependent (TD; ≥4 units red blood cells [RBC] transfusion in the 8 weeks prior to first dose of momelotinib) patients with primary or post-ET/PV MF (platelets ≥50 K) received 200 mg momelotinib once daily for 24 weeks.

By week 24, 14 (34.1%, 90% CI: 22.0–48.1%) patients had a ≥12-week transfusion-independent response (TI-R) and 39.0% had no RBC transfusion for ≥8 weeks at any time (90% CI: 26.2-53.1%).
At every study visit, median blood hepcidin decreased 6 hours after dosing with momelotinib. Serum iron, transferrin, hemoglobin, reticulocytes, and hematocrit increased at week 2 in patients with TI-R. Following this peak, serum iron decreased while hemoglobin, hematocrit and platelet count increased through week 24.
Adverse events (AEs) were consistent with previous studies of momelotinib in myelofibrosis, with cough, diarrhea, nausea, and fatigue as the most common. AEs ≥Gr 3 were experienced by 21 patients, most commonly anemia and neutropenia.
Title: Hepcidin Suppression by Momelotinib Is Associated with Increased Iron Availability and Erythropoiesis in Transfusion-Dependent Myelofibrosis Patient

Authors: Stephen T. Oh, Moshe Talpaz, Aaron T. Gerds, Vikas Gupta, Srdan Verstovsek, Ruben Mesa, Carole Miller, Candido Rivera, Angela Fleischman, Swati Goel, Mark Heaney, Casey O’Connell, Murat Arcasoy, Yafeng Zhang, Jun Kawashima, Tomas Ganz, Carrie Baker Brachmann

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2018 Financial Results

On November 1, 2018 Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCRX) reported consolidated financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2018 (Press release, Pacira Pharmaceuticals, NOV 1, 2018, View Source;p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2374725 [SID1234530546]).

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"As evident from these financial results, EXPAREL continues to deliver impressive sales growth with physicians having great success delivering targeted, long-acting, opioid-free local or regional analgesia for postsurgical pain in a variety of procedures," said Dave Stack, chairman and chief executive officer of Pacira Pharmaceuticals. "Specifically we are seeing great enthusiasm around the use of EXPAREL as a brachial plexus nerve block and an increasing number of anesthesiologists incorporating EXPAREL into their suite of postsurgical pain solutions by expanding its use in newer regional anesthesia techniques, such as transverse abdominis, pectoralis and fascial iliaca plane blocks. In addition, our highly successful partnership with Johnson & Johnson remains a key growth driver as we integrate EXPAREL into multiple joint marketing programs, including a new initiative that will feature EXPAREL and TYLENOL as a platform for opioid-free postsurgical pain relief. Overall we are very pleased to be increasing our financial guidance for the second time this year."

"Looking forward we expect various initiatives to expand access to EXPAREL, particularly the assignment of new ambulatory care and dental reimbursement codes at the beginning of 2019, as well as increasing public and private payer recognition of the need for non-opioid pain relief following surgery."

Third Quarter 2018 Financial Results

EXPAREL net product sales were $82.2 million in the third quarter of 2018, a 23% increase over the $66.8 million reported for the third quarter of 2017.

Total operating expenses were $79.4 million in the third quarter of 2018, compared to $70.9 million in the third quarter of 2017.

GAAP net loss was $0.6 million, or $(0.02) per share (basic and diluted), in the third quarter of 2018, compared to a GAAP net loss of $7.6 million, or $(0.19) per share (basic and diluted), in the third quarter of 2017.

Non-GAAP net income was $12.8 million, or $0.31 per share (basic and diluted) in the third quarter of 2018, compared to non-GAAP net income of $4.4 million, or $0.11 per share (basic and diluted) in the third quarter of 2017.

Pacira ended the third quarter of 2018 with cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments ("cash") of $386.4 million.

Pacira had 41.0 million basic weighted average shares of common stock outstanding in the third quarter of 2018.

Pacira had 42.0 million diluted weighted average shares of common stock outstanding in the third quarter of 2018.
2018 Financial Guidance

Today, the company is increasing its full-year 2018 guidance for EXPAREL net product sales and improving its guidance for non-GAAP gross margins. The remainder of the company’s guidance remains unchanged from the ranges previously provided in August 2018. A summary of Pacira’s full-year 2018 financial guidance is outlined below.

EXPAREL net product sales of $325 million to $330 million.

Non-GAAP gross margins of 74% to 75%.

Non-GAAP research and development (R&D) expense of $50 million to $60 million.

Non-GAAP selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense of $150 million to $160 million.

Stock-based compensation of $30 million to $35 million.
See "Non-GAAP Financial Information" and "Reconciliations of GAAP to Non-GAAP 2018 Financial Guidance" below.

Today’s Conference Call and Webcast Reminder

The Pacira management team will host a conference call to discuss the company’s financial results and recent developments today, Thursday, November 1, at 8:30 a.m. ET. To participate in the conference call, dial 1-877-845-0779 and provide the passcode 1988603. International callers may dial 1-720-545-0035 and use the same passcode. In addition, a live audio of the conference call will be available as a webcast. Interested parties can access the event through the "Events" page on the Pacira website at investor.pacira.com.

For those unable to participate in the live call, a replay will be available at 1-855-859-2056 (domestic) or 1-404-537-3406 (international) using the passcode 1988603. The replay of the call will be available for one week from the date of the live call. The webcast will be available on the Pacira website for approximately two weeks following the call.

Non-GAAP Financial Information

This press release contains financial measures that do not comply with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), such as non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, non-GAAP cost of goods sold, non-GAAP gross margins, non-GAAP research and development (R&D) expense and non-GAAP selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense, because such measures exclude milestone revenue, stock-based compensation, amortization of debt discount, loss on early extinguishment of debt, exit costs related to the discontinuation of DepoCyt(e) production and loss on an unexercised investment purchase option.

These measures supplement the company’s financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Pacira management uses these measures to better analyze its financial results, estimate its future cost of goods sold, gross margins, R&D expense and SG&A expense outlook for 2018 and to help make managerial decisions. In management’s opinion, these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors and other users of our financial statements by providing greater transparency into the operating performance at Pacira and the company’s future outlook. Such measures should not be deemed to be an alternative to GAAP requirements or a measure of liquidity for Pacira. Non-GAAP measures are also unlikely to be comparable with non-GAAP disclosures released by other companies. See the tables below for a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures, and a reconciliation of our GAAP to non-GAAP 2018 financial guidance for gross margins, R&D expense and SG&A expense.

Genocea Reports Third Quarter 2018 Financial and Operating Results

On November 1, 2018 Genocea Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNCA), a biopharmaceutical company developing neoantigen cancer immunotherapies, reported its financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2018 (Press release, Genocea Biosciences, NOV 1, 2018, View Source [SID1234530574]).

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"In the year since our strategic pivot, we have made significant progress by advancing our lead cancer vaccine candidate, GEN-009, into the clinic and using our ATLAS platform to identify and characterize the T cell responses cancer patients make to both tumor-associated antigens and neoantigens," said Chip Clark, president & CEO of Genocea. "We continue to believe that ATLAS, which lets patients’ own T cells identify the optimal antigens for their cancer immunotherapies, stands apart from peer approaches that instead rely on software to predict antigens. We believe that the next evidence for this will emerge from our upcoming presentations at SITC (Free SITC Whitepaper) and then from the first patient cohort in our Phase 1/2a clinical trial for GEN-009, from which we expect to report immunogenicity data in the first half of 2019."

Recent Milestones & Events

October 2018: Announced multiple presentations at the upcoming meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) (Free SITC Whitepaper) (SITC 2018) taking place November 7-11, 2018 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. These posters further highlight the advantages of Genocea’s ATLAS platform over in silico methods in identifying both neoantigens for vaccine inclusion and "inhibitory" neoantigens for exclusion. Genocea believes that the "inhibitory" antigen findings may point to novel biological insights only available through ATLAS. The following posters will be presented simultaneously on Saturday, November 10 from 12:20 – 1:50 p.m. and 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. ET in Poster Hall E:

Poster Number: P154
Title: Empiric profiling of neoantigen-specific T cell responses in NSCLC patients with ATLAS reveals unexpected neoantigen and inhibitory antigen profiles

Poster Number: P166
Title: Ex vivo ATLAS-identified inhibitory neoantigens promote mouse melanoma tumor progression

Poster Number: P174
Title: A phase 1/2a study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, immunogenicity, and anti-tumor activity of GEN-009 adjuvanted neoantigen vaccine in adult patients with selected solid tumors

October 2018: Strengthened its leadership team with the addition of Thomas Davis, M.D. as Chief Medical Officer and Derek Meisner, J.D., as General Counsel. Dr. Davis joins Genocea with 20+ years of academic

and industry experience in immuno-oncology and cancer drug development. Mr. Meisner brings broad legal expertise to Genocea as the company’s first General Counsel.

Third Quarter 2018 Financial Results

Cash Position: As of September 30, 2018, cash and cash equivalents were $34.5 million compared to $12.3 million, as of December 31, 2017.

Research and Development (R&D) Expenses: R&D expenses were $6.4 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, compared to $10.2 million for the same period in 2017. The decrease was due largely to reduced headcount-related costs, external development, clinical, and consulting costs.

General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses: G&A expenses were $4.1 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, compared to $3.8 million for the same period in 2017. The increase was primarily due to increases in professional services expenses, partially offset by decreases in consulting costs.

Net Loss: Net loss was $7.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, compared to a net loss of $16.9 million for quarter ended September 30, 2017.

Financial Guidance
Genocea expects that its existing cash and cash equivalents are sufficient to support its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into the fourth quarter of 2019.

Genocea continues to explore strategic alternatives for GEN-003, its Phase 3-ready investigational immunotherapy for the treatment of genital herpes.

Conference Call
Genocea will host a conference call and webcast today at 9:00 a.m. ET. The conference call may be accessed by dialing (844) 826-0619 (domestic) or (315) 625-6883 (international) and referring to conference ID number 9864055. A live webcast of the conference call will be available online from the investor relations section of the Company’s website at View Source A webcast replay of the conference call will be available on the Genocea website beginning approximately two hours after the event and will be archived for 90 days.