Inhibitex, Inc. (NASDAQ:INHX) (the “Company”) today announced
its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30,
2010.
“Our financial results and clinical progress during the second
quarter reflect our continued commitment to executing our operating
and clinical development plans in an effective and disciplined
manner,” stated Russell H. Plumb, President and CEO of Inhibitex,
Inc. “We advanced INX-189, our HCV nucleotide polymerase inhibitor,
into a first-in-man, single ascending dose study in the second
quarter, and we are on track to complete this study during the
third quarter. In addition, our ongoing Phase II trial of FV-100 in
shingles patients is enrolling well, and with the favorable
independent data safety monitoring board recommendation we received
in July to continue enrollment as planned, we expect to have
top-line data from the trial available in the fourth quarter.”
Second Quarter Financial Results
As of June 30, 2010, the Company held $29.3 million in cash,
cash equivalents and short-term investments. The Company reported a
net loss in the second quarter of $5.6 million, as compared to a
net loss of $4.2 million in the second quarter of 2009. Basic and
diluted net loss per share was $0.09 for the second quarter of 2010
as compared to $0.10 in the second quarter of 2009. The $1.4
million increase in net loss in the second quarter of 2010 was the
result of higher research and development expense, lower net
interest income and a slight increase in general and administrative
expense. The decrease in net loss per share for the second quarter
of 2010 was the result of an increase in the number of
weighted-average shares outstanding as compared to 2009, offset in
part by the increase in net loss.
Research and development expense increased to $4.9 million in
the second quarter of 2010 from $3.7 million in the second quarter
of 2009, due principally to a $1.5 million increase in direct costs
incurred in connection with the clinical development of INX-189 and
to a lesser extent, the clinical development of FV-100, offset in
part by a $0.3 million decrease in non-direct expenses.
Recent Corporate Developments
FV-100 for Shingles – In July 2010, the Company reported that
the independent data safety monitoring board (DSMB) responsible for
reviewing safety data from the Company’s ongoing Phase II clinical
trial of FV-100 met, as scheduled, after the Company had provided
it with complete 30-day follow-up safety data on the third quartile
(75%) of the patients that the Company plans to enroll in the
trial. Based upon its review, the DSMB recommended that the trial
continue as planned, without modification.
INX-189 for Chronic Hepatitis C – In May 2010, the Company
announced that it had initiated a Phase I double-blind,
placebo-controlled, single ascending dose study to evaluate the
safety and pharmacokinetics of INX-189 in healthy volunteers. The
study, which is being conducted in the U.S. under an
Investigational New Drug application filed with the FDA, is
designed to evaluate up to six escalating doses of INX-189. Each
dose cohort will include eight subjects, six of which will receive
INX-189 and two of which will receive placebo. The Company expects
to complete this study in the third quarter of 2010 and thereafter
plans to advance INX-189, subject to FDA review, into a Phase 1b
multiple ascending dose clinical trial to evaluate its safety and
viral kinetics in treatment naïve patients with chronic hepatitis
C.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
Russell H. Plumb, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Inhibitex, and other members of management will review the
Company’s second quarter operating results and financial position,
as well as provide a general update on the Company via a webcast
and conference call today at 9:00 a.m. EDT. To access the
conference call, dial (877) 407-9210 (domestic) or (201) 689-8049
(international). A replay of the call will be available from 11:00
a.m. EDT on August 11 until September 10, 2010 at midnight. To
access the replay, please dial (877) 660-6853 (domestic) or (201)
612-7415 (international) and reference the account # 286 and the
conference ID # 354732. A live audio webcast of the call and the
archived webcast will be available under the News and Events
category on the Inhibitex website at http://www.inhibitex.com.
About Shingles and FV-100
The Company is developing FV-100 to treat herpes zoster, also
commonly referred to as shingles, which is an infection caused by
the reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV), the same virus
that causes chicken pox. Published in vitro studies have
demonstrated that FV-100, an orally available nucleoside analogue,
is significantly more potent against VZV and can inhibit its
replication substantially faster than any other antiviral agent
currently approved for the treatment of shingles. Inhibitex
believes these characteristics, plus a favorable pharmacokinetic
profile, support the potential of FV-100 as a highly potent,
once-daily oral therapy to reduce the incidence, severity and
duration of shingles-related symptoms, including acute pain and
post herpetic neuralgia (PHN).
About HCV and INX-189
Hepatitis C is a disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis C
virus (HCV), which causes liver disease, cirrhosis and cancer, and
is the leading cause of liver transplants in the United States.
Inhibitex is developing a series of proprietary nucleotide
inhibitors, which it refers to as protides, which target and
inhibit the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (NS5b) of HCV. The Company
believes that INX-189 is the most potent HCV nucleotide polymerase
inhibitor in clinical development, and that preclinical studies of
INX-189 support its potential as a highly potent, once-per-day oral
therapy amenable to low fixed-dose combination with other
antivirals for the treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C
infections.
About Inhibitex
Inhibitex, Inc., headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, is a
biopharmaceutical company focused on developing products to treat
and prevent serious infectious diseases. In addition to its two
clinical-stage programs, FV-100 and INX-189, the Company’s pipeline
includes other HCV nucleotide inhibitors in preclinical
development. It has also licensed its proprietary MSCRAMM® protein
platform to Pfizer for its use in the development of staphylococcal
vaccines.
For additional information about the Company, please visit
www.inhibitex.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements,
other than historical facts included in this press release,
including statements regarding: the anticipated time when top-line
data from the ongoing Phase II clinical trial of FV-100 will be
available; the potential for FV-100 to be dosed once-per-day and
reduce the incidence, severity and duration of shingles-related
symptoms, including acute pain and PHN; the anticipated time when
the ongoing, first-in-man single ascending dose study of INX-189
will be completed; the Company’s plans to advance INX-189 into a
Phase 1b multiple ascending dose study; the Company’s belief that
INX-189 is the most potent HCV nucleotide polymerase inhibitor in
clinical development; and the results of preclinical studies of
INX-189 supporting its potential as a highly potent, once-per-day
oral therapy amenable to low fixed dose combination with other
antivirals for the treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C
infection are forward looking statements. These intentions,
expectations, or results may not be achieved in the future and
various important factors could cause actual results or events to
differ materially from the forward-looking statements that the
Company makes, including the risk of: the Company, the FDA, a DSMB,
or an institutional review board (IRB) delaying, suspending or
terminating the clinical development of FV-100 or INX-189 at any
time for a lack of safety or tolerability, manufacturing issues or
any other reason; FV-100 not demonstrating sufficient efficacy in
reducing the incidence and severity of shingles-related symptoms,
including acute pain and PHN, to be clinically relevant or
commercially viable; undisclosed data demonstrating the existence
of a more potent HCV nucleotide inhibitor in clinical development;
obtaining, maintaining and protecting the intellectual property
incorporated into and supporting the commercial viability of the
Company’s product candidates; and other cautionary statements
contained elsewhere herein and in its Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on March 26, 2010 and its
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2010, as filed with the SEC on May 13, 2010. Given these
uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this
press release.
There may be events in the future that the Company is unable to
predict accurately, or over which it has no control. The Company's
business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects
may change. The Company may not update these forward-looking
statements, even though its situation may change in the future,
unless it has obligations under the Federal securities laws to
update and disclose material developments related to previously
disclosed information. The Company qualifies all of the information
contained in this press release, and particularly its
forward-looking statements, by these cautionary statements.
Inhibitex® and MSCRAMM® are registered trademarks of Inhibitex,
Inc.
INHIBITEX, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
SHEETS
(unaudited)
June 30, December
31, 2010 2009 ASSETS Current
assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 6,907,451 $ 11,290,332
Short-term investments 22,390,181 26,625,496 Prepaid expenses and
other current assets 678,726 831,196 Accounts receivable
67,857 61,062 Total
current assets 30,044,215 38,808,086 Property and equipment, net.
1,340,401 1,621,392 Other long-term assets
35,683 40,290 Total
assets
$ 31,420,299 $
40,469,768 LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Current liabilities: Accounts payable $
2,304,142 $ 1,590,804 Accrued expenses 1,418,515 1,537,637 Current
portion of notes payable 121,528 78,125 Current portion of capital
lease obligations 218,884 207,100 Current portion of deferred
revenue 441,667 191,667 Other current liabilities
228,835 202,531
Total current liabilities 4,733,571 3,807,864 Long-term
liabilities: Notes payable, net of current portion 425,347 546,875
Capital lease obligations, net of current portion 68,313 180,792
Deferred revenue, net of current portion 12,500 87,500 Other
liabilities, net of current portion
986,562
1,096,629 Total long-term
liabilities
1,492,722
1,911,796 Total liabilities 6,226,293 5,719,660
Stockholders' equity: Preferred stock, $.001 par value; 5,000,000
shares authorized at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009; none
issued and outstanding — — Common stock, $.001 par value;
150,000,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2010 and December 31,
2009; 62,135,924 and 61,559,782 shares issued and outstanding at
June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively 62,136 61,560
Common stock warrants 11,631,670 12,133,216 Accumulated other
comprehensive (loss) income (1,683 ) 8,977 Additional paid-in
capital 268,740,043 267,432,572 Accumulated deficit
(255,238,160 )
(244,886,217 )
Total stockholders' equity
25,194,006
34,750,108 Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity
$ 31,420,299
$ 40,469,768
INHIBITEX, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Six Months
Ended June 30, June 30, 2010
2009 2010 2009 Revenue: License
fees and milestones $ 37,500 $ 37,500 $ 786,667 $ 75,000
Collaborative research and development 250,000
250,000
500,000
500,000
Total revenue 287,500 287,500 1,286,667 575,000 Operating
expense:
Research and development
4,915,899 3,680,548 9,705,514 7,177,608
General and administrative
958,834 937,354 1,982,875
2,008,844 Total operating expense 5,874,733
4,617,902 11,688,389
9,186,452 Loss from operations (5,587,233 ) (4,330,402 )
(10,401,722 ) (8,611,452 ) Other (expense) income, net 12,194
46,223 15,714 38,072 Interest income, net 16,249
54,921 34,065 148,439
Net loss
$ (5,558,790 )
$
(4,229,258
)
$ (10,351,943 )
$
(8,424,941
)
Basic and diluted net loss per
share
$ (0.09 ) $
(0.10 ) $ (0.17
) $ (0.19 )
Weighted average shares used to compute basic and diluted
net loss per share 61,835,222 43,524,715
61,698,884 43,476,613
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