On November 13, 2018 Context Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, reported that new preclinical data on Apristor, its first-in-class full progesterone receptor antagonist, will be featured at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium taking place on December 4-8, 2018 in San Antonio, TX (Press release, Context Therapeutics, NOV 13, 2018, View Source [SID1234531332]).

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At the conference, Dr. Deepak Lala, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer of Context Therapeutics will present preclinical data highlighting Apristor in inhibiting breast cancer cell proliferation alone or when combined with Palbociclib, a CDK4/6 inhibitor or FASLODEX (Fulvestrant), an estrogen receptor antagonist. The study was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Carol Lange, Ph.D., Tickle Family Chair of Breast Cancer Research at the University of Minnesota,

The poster details are as follows:

Poster Title: The pure progesterone receptor (PR) antagonist onapristone enhances the anti-proliferative effects of CDK4/6 inhibitors in preclinical in-vitro breast cancer models

Poster: #926

Session Date: Saturday, 12/8/201

Session Time: 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM CT

Location: Henry B Gonzalez Convention Center/ Poster Hall 1

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About Apristor

Apristor (onapristone extended release) is Context’s wholly owned, first-in-class, orally active extended release formulation of onapristone, a full progesterone receptor antagonist. Progesterone receptor [PR] plays a critical role in driving breast cancer disease progression as well as therapeutic resistance to first line antiestrogen or Cdk4/6 inhibitor therapy. Apristor is the only full PR antagonist that is being developed to target breast cancer. Apristor has the potential to transform the treatment of breast cancer, through the potent inhibition of PR signaling thereby blocking breast cancer cell proliferation and overcoming resistance to first line antiestrogen and Cdk4/6 inhibitor therapy.

On November 13, 2018 Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNX), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutics for rare endocrine diseases and endocrine-related tumors, reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 and provided an update on its corporate activities and product pipeline (Press release, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, NOV 13, 2018, View Source [SID1234531330]).

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"Following the success of our July 2018 initial public offering, the Crinetics team is on track for the initiation of our Phase 2 EVOLVE and Phase 2 EDGE clinical trials in early 2019 for our lead product candidate, CRN00808, in acromegaly," said Scott Struthers, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Crinetics. "In addition, we continue to work towards advancing our other pipeline programs and expand our engagement with the scientific, medical and patient communities."

Third Quarter Highlights

Filed IND with the FDA. In August 2018, the company filed its Investigational New Product Application (IND) for CRN00808 in acromegaly. The IND is in effect, thereby allowing the company to proceed with its planned Phase 2 clinical studies, the ACROBAT EVOLVE and ACROBAT EDGE trials.

Completed initial public offering. In July 2018, the company closed its initial public offering of 6,900,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $17.00 per share. Net proceeds were approximately $106.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and offering expenses.

Third Quarter 2018 Financial Results

Research and development expenses were $6.9 million and $16.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, compared to $2.5 million and $6.7 million for the same periods in 2017. The increases were primarily attributable to manufacturing and development activities associated with the company’s clinical and preclinical programs and personnel costs.

General and administrative expenses were $1.7 million and $4.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, compared to $0.5 million and $1.5 million for the same periods in 2017. The increases were primarily due to costs to operate as a public company, as well as personnel costs to support the company’s growth.

Net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was $7.6 million, compared to a net loss of $2.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the company’s net loss was $18.6 million compared to a net loss of $6.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Cash and cash equivalents totaled $169.7 million as of September 30, 2018, which includes the net proceeds from the company’s July 2018 initial public offering, compared with $14.2 million as of December 31, 2017.

As of October 31, 2018, the company had 24,036,983 common shares outstanding.

On November 13, 2018 OncoSec Medical Inc., (OncoSec) (NASDAQ:ONCS), a company developing intratumoral cancer immunotherapies, reported that TAVO will be featured in two poster sessions during the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) taking place December 4-8 in San Antonio, Texas (Press release, OncoSec Medical, NOV 13, 2018, View Source [SID1234531329]). Posters include data on TAVO as a monotherapy and an initial project overview for KEYNOTE-890, a Phase 2 clinical trial in combination with Merck’s KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) for the treatment of late stage triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).

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"We are encouraged with the preliminary clinical observations we are seeing thus far, both in a monotherapy setting and in combination with checkpoint inhibitors," said Daniel J. O’Connor, President and Chief Executive Officer of OncoSec. "Based on this, we are excited to continue on the path toward developing novel treatment options for this large unmet medical need,"

Details on the poster presentations are as follows:

Presentation Title: Intratumoral tavokinogene telseplasmid and electroporation in pre-treated inoperable locally advanced or recurrent triple-negative breast cancer
Session Date & Time: Thursday, December 6, 7:00 – 9:00 a.m. CT (8:00 – 10:00 a.m. ET)
Session Title: Poster Session 2: Treatment: Immunotherapy (clinical)
Location: Hall 1, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

Presentation Title: A phase 2 study of intratumoral tavokinogene telseplasmid (tavo) plus electroporation with pembrolizumab in patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic triple negative breast cancer
Session Date & Time: Thursday, December 6, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. CT (6:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET)
Session Title: Ongoing Clinical Trials: Immunotherapy
Location: Hall 1, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

The abstracts for these presentations are now available online on the SABCS website at View Source

On November 13, 2018 IntelGenx Technologies Corp. (TSX-V:IGX) (OTCQX:IGXT) (the "Company" or "IntelGenx") reported the closing of Tilray, Inc.’s strategic investment in IntelGenx by way of private placement (the "Private Placement") (Press release, IntelGenx, NOV 13, 2018, View Source [SID1234531303]). Pursuant to the Private Placement, the Company issued 1,428,571 common shares ("Common Shares") at a subscription price of U.S.$0.70 per Common Share for gross proceeds of U.S.$1,000,000. The Corporation intends to use the proceeds of the Private Placement for cannabis-infused VersaFilm product development under its previously announced definitive license, development and supply agreement (the "Agreement") with Tilray Inc.

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The Common Shares issued to Tilray, Inc. are subject to a four-month statutory hold period which expires March 14, 2019. Additionally, under the Private Placement purchase agreement, Tilray, Inc. agreed that until May 14, 2019 it would not cause or permit any transfer of any Common Shares.

On November 13, 2018 OncoCyte Corporation (NYSE American: OCX), a developer of novel, non-invasive tests for the early detection of lung cancer, reported financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2018 and provided a corporate update (Press release, Oncocyte, NOV 13, 2018, View Source [SID1234531301]).

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"During the third quarter and subsequent period, we made significant progress on our DetermaVu development plan by completing the transition to a new diagnostic testing platform that is yielding very consistent and reliable data," said William Annett, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Using this equipment, we have now run over half of the 700-blood samples that are being used in our Algorithm Development Study. This study will establish a proprietary mathematical algorithm that will be used to interpret test results for DetermaVu. Once all samples have been run, development of the algorithm will begin, and we expect its completion next month."

"After the new algorithm is derived, we will move on to an R&D Validation Study that should determine the accuracy of DetermaVu to within approximately plus or minus eight percentage points. By about the end of 2018 or early 2019 we anticipate finishing this study and will then be able to confirm with a high degree of certainty whether we have a commercially-viable diagnostic test poised to address the multi-billion-dollar market for a liquid biopsy lung cancer diagnostic test. On successful completion of the R&D Validation study we will be on-track to complete all of the necessary pre-launch development work in the first half of 2019. If the test’s accuracy is maintained in the planned studies, we plan to make DetermaVu commercially available in the second half of 2019."

Highlights

Following rigorous testing, completed transition to a new Next Generation Sequencing diagnostic testing platform and quality control testing of new custom panel reagents
Initiated a 700–blood sample Algorithm Development Study to develop the proprietary mathematical algorithm that will be used to interpret the results of DetermaVu
On-track to initiate an R&D Validation Study of 250 blinded, prospectively-collected patient blood samples with results expected by the end of this year or early 2019
Remaining Validation Pathway for DetermaVu:

Approximately yearend 2018: R&D Validation study – to confirm algorithm performance on a blinded sample set in an R&D setting
1H 2019: Analytical Validation study – to establish the performance characteristics of the assay system to be validated in OncoCyte’s CLIA laboratory
1H 2019: CLIA Validation study – to confirm that the assay has been successfully transferred to the CLIA lab
1H 2019: Clinical Validation study – approximately 300 blood sample study to establish the DetermaVu performance in an independent, blinded data set
2H 2019: Commercial availability of DetermaVu
Post-launch (2019/2020): Clinical Utility study – follow-on real world tracking study to demonstrate a net improvement in patient outcomes and cost savings for the healthcare system
Third Quarter 2018 Financial Results

At September 30, 2018, OncoCyte had $10.8 million of cash and cash equivalents in addition to marketable equity securities valued at $0.8 million for a total of $11.6 million of liquid assets. This cash balance includes $3.3 million raised during the third quarter, net of financing expenses, from an at-market registered direct offering of common stock and warrants.

For the third quarter ended September 30, 2018, OncoCyte incurred a net loss of $3.0 million, or $0.07 per share, compared to a net loss of $6.9 million, or $0.22 per share, in the third quarter of 2017.

Operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2018 were $3.0 million, as reported, and were $2.6 million, on an as adjusted basis. The reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP operating expenses is provided in the financial tables included with this earnings release.

Research and development expenses for the third quarter ended September 30, 2018 were $1.5 million compared to $1.8 million for the same period in 2017, a decrease of $0.3 million.

General and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2018 were $1.3 million compared to $4.3 million for the same period in 2017, a decrease of $3.0 million.

Cash used in operations was $2.5 million for the third quarter of 2018, which compares to cash used in operations of $3.5 million during the third quarter of 2017, the reduced cash used in operating activities in the current quarter mostly resulting from OncoCyte’s staff reductions and executive sabbatical programs implemented last quarter.

Conference Call

OncoCyte will host a conference call today, Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT to discuss financial results.

The dial-in number in the U.S./Canada is 877-407-9716; for international participants, the number is +1-201-493-6779. For all callers, please refer to Conference ID 13684100. To access the live webcast, go to the investor relations section on the Company’s website, View Source

A replay of the conference call will be available for seven business days beginning about two hours after the conclusion of the live call, by calling 844-512-2921 toll-free (from U.S./Canada); international callers dial +1-412-317-6671. Use the Conference ID 13684100. Additionally, the archived webcast will be available at View Source

About DetermaVu

DetermaVu is OncoCyte’s confirmatory, non-invasive, liquid biopsy test intended to facilitate clinical decision making in lung cancer diagnosis. DetermaVu is being developed as an intermediate step to confirm the absence of cancer between imaging modalities (LDCTs) detecting suspicious lung nodules and downstream invasive procedures that determine if the nodules are malignant. OncoCyte estimates that a $4.7 billion annual market could develop in the U.S. for its confirmatory lung cancer liquid biopsy test, depending on market penetration and reimbursable pricing.

DetermaVu is a trademark of OncoCyte Corporation.