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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 6, 2025
 
 
Contineum Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
         
Delaware
  
001-42001
  
27-1467257
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission
File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
3565 General Atomics Court, Suite 200
San Diego, California 92121
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(858) 333-5280
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2):
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
  
Trading Symbol(s)
  
Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
  
CTNM
  
The Nasdaq Global Market LLC
(Nasdaq Global Select Market)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company          ☒
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
 
On March 6, 2025, Contineum Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2024. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
 
The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 2.02 (including Exhibit 99.1) hereto is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by the Company, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified as being incorporated therein by reference.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)  Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
99.1
  
104
  
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Dated: March 6, 2025
 
     
Contineum Therapeutics, Inc.
   
By:
  
 /s/ Peter Slover
   
Peter Slover
   
Chief Financial Officer
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
 
 

Exhibit 99.1

 

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CONTINEUM THERAPEUTICS REPORTS FOURTH-QUARTER 2024 FINANCIAL RESULTS; AFFIRMS KEY CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES

 

- Topline data from PIPE-791 Phase 1b positron emission tomography (PET) trial expected in the second quarter of 2025

 

- Topline data from PIPE-307 Phase 2 VISTA trial for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) anticipated in the second half of 2025

 

- Cash runway projected through 2027

 

SAN DIEGO – March 6, 2025 – Contineum Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTNM) (Contineum or the Company), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering differentiated therapies for the treatment of neuroscience, inflammation and immunology (NI&I) indications, today reported its fourth-quarter 2024 financial results and affirmed its key clinical development milestones.

 

“2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal year, as we have several important clinical data readouts and trial initiations on the horizon,” said Carmine Stengone, CEO, Contineum Therapeutics. “We expect to be sponsoring up to six clinical trials during the course of the year, with key topline data from our PIPE-791 Phase 1b positron emission tomography (PET) trial in the second quarter of 2025 and from our PIPE-307 Phase 2 VISTA trial for the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) in the second half of 2025.”

 

Stengone continued, “Our potentially best-in-class/first-in-class LPA1 and M1 receptor antagonists support our vision of seeking better and new therapies for patients that have limited options today. With capital that takes us through our critical milestones in 2027, we remain focused on executing against our key clinical development objectives.”

 

Key Clinical Development Milestones & Outlook

 

 

●

Contineum expects topline data from its PIPE-791 Phase 1b PET trial in the second quarter of 2025. This Phase 1b, open label, single-center trial is designed to measure the correlation of pharmacokinetics to receptor occupancy by PET imaging in healthy volunteers, as well as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and progressive multiple sclerosis (PrMS) patients. More information on this trial can be found at https://clinicaltrials.gov (NCT06683612).

 

 

●

 The Company anticipates completing its PIPE-791 long-term chronic toxicity studies in the first half of 2025.

 

 

●

 Upon successful completion of the PIPE-791 chronic toxicity studies, Contineum plans to initiate Phase 2 proof-of-concept clinical trials in IPF and PrMS in the second half of 2025.

 

 

●

 The Company anticipates topline data from its PIPE-791 Phase 1b chronic pain trial in early 2026. This Phase 1b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial initiated patient dosing in March 2025. PIPE-791 is being evaluated for the treatment of chronic pain associated with two separate indications, osteoarthritis (OA) and low back pain (LBP).

 

 

●

Contineum expects topline data from its PIPE-307 Phase 2 VISTA RRMS trial in the second half of 2025. This Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center, proof-of-concept trial is designed to assess safety and efficacy in RRMS patients and to measure multiple clinical and imaging endpoints sensitive to changes in remyelination in RRMS. More information on this trial can be found at https://clinicaltrials.gov (NCT06083753).

 

 

●

In December 2024, Johnson & Johnson began recruiting an estimated 124 adult participants for a Phase 2 trial of PIPE-307/JNJ-89495120. This trial is a randomized, double-blind, multicenter, placebo-controlled, proof-of-concept study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of PIPE-307/JNJ-89495120 as monotherapy in adult participants with major depressive disorder (MDD). More information on this trial can be found at https://clinicaltrials.gov (NCT06785012).

 

 

●

The Company plans to file an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for CTX-343 in the second half of 2025.

 

Fourth-Quarter 2024 Financial Results

 

 

●

Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were $204.8 million as of December 31, 2024. Contineum believes it should have sufficient cash resources to fund its planned operations through 2027.

 

 

●

Research and development expenses were $13.0 million, a 62 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2023, largely due to higher clinical development expenses related to the advancement of the Company’s PIPE-791 and PIPE-307 programs and higher employee-related costs. The Company believes its full-year 2025 research and development expenses will be significantly higher when compared to the full-year 2024 due to a meaningful increase in clinical development activity across its pipeline.

 

 

●

General and administrative expenses were $4.0 million, a $2.4 million increase from the fourth quarter of 2023. The increase was primarily driven by higher stock-based compensation expense and employee-related costs.

 

 

●

Net loss was $14.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2024, as compared to $7.8 million for the prior-year quarter.

 

About Contineum Therapeutics

 

Contineum Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CTNM) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering novel, oral small molecule therapies for NI&I indications with significant unmet need. Contineum is advancing a pipeline of internally-developed programs with multiple drug candidates now in clinical trials. PIPE-791 is an LPA1 receptor antagonist in clinical development for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, progressive multiple sclerosis and chronic pain, and PIPE-307 is a selective inhibitor of the M1 receptor in clinical development for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and major depressive disorder. For more information, please visit www.contineum-tx.com.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release, other than historical information, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s clinical trial and product development plans and timelines, including, but not limited to, the expected timing of the topline data from the PIPE-791 Phase 1b PET trial or from the PIPE-307 Phase 2 VISTA RRMS trial; whether or not the PIPE-791 long-term chronic toxicity studies will be successfully completed or the expected timing for completion; the Company’s expectations related to the FDA submission process and timelines for CTX-343; its cash runway; the indications, anticipated benefits of, and market opportunities for its drug candidates; its business strategies and plans; and the quotations of the Company’s management. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that are in some cases beyond the Company’s control and may cause its actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties, include, but are not limited to, the following: the Company is heavily dependent on the success of PIPE-791 and PIPE-307, both of which are in the early stages of clinical development, and neither of these drug candidates may progress through clinical development or receive regulatory approval; the results of earlier preclinical studies and clinical trials, including those conducted by third parties, may not be predictive of future results and unexpected adverse side effects or inadequate efficacy of the Company’s drug candidates may limit their development, regulatory approval and/or commercialization; the timing and outcome of research, development and regulatory review is uncertain; clinical trials and preclinical studies may not proceed at the time or in the manner expected, or at all; the potential for our programs and prospects to be negatively impacted by developments relating to our competitors, including the results of studies or regulatory determinations relating to our competitors; risks associated with reliance on third parties to successfully conduct clinical trials and, in the case of PIPE-307, the Company’s reliance, pursuant to a global license and development agreement, upon Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, a Johnson & Johnson company, to develop PIPE-307 for any other indication other than RRMS and, after completion of the Company’s PIPE-307 Phase 2 VISTA trial, Janssen Pharmaceutica NV’s decision, in its sole discretion, whether or not to further develop PIPE-307 for RRMS; the Company has incurred significant operating expenses since inception and it expects that its operating expenses will continue to significantly increase for the foreseeable future; the Company’s license agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV may not result in the successful development of PIPE-307; the Company may be unable to obtain, maintain and enforce intellectual property protection for its technology and drug candidates; and unstable market and economic conditions and military conflict may adversely affect our business and financial condition and the broader economy and biotechnology industry. Additional risks and uncertainties that could affect the Company’s business, operations and results are included under the captions, “Risk Factors” and "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in its most recent filing on Form 10-K and in other filings that it makes with the SEC from time to time. These documents are available on the Company’s website at www.contineum-tx.com under the Investor section and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Accordingly, readers should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Except as required by applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise.

 

Contact

Steve Kunszabo         

Contineum Therapeutics

Senior Director, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications

858-649-1158

skunszabo@contineum-tx.com

 
 

 

CONTINEUM THERAPEUTICS, INC.

BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share and par value data)

 

   

December 31,

  
   

2024

    

2023

  

Assets

                

Current assets:

                

Cash and cash equivalents

  

$

21,943

    

$

15,526

  

Marketable securities

    

182,817

      

109,664

  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    

1,628

      

2,516

  

Total current assets

    

206,388

      

127,706

  

Property and equipment, net

    

989

      

678

  

Other long-term assets

    

3

      

1,283

  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

    

5,467

      

719

  

Total assets

  

$

212,847

    

$

130,386

  

Liabilities, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit)

                

Current liabilities:

                

Accounts payable

  

$

1,811

    

$

635

  

Accrued expenses

    

6,711

      

4,385

  

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

    

1,452

      

464

  

Total current liabilities

    

9,974

      

5,484

  

Other long-term liabilities

    

—

      

110

  

Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion

    

4,807

      

108

  

Total liabilities

    

14,781

      

5,702

  

Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

                

Convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value; no shares authorized, issued, or outstanding at December 31, 2024; authorized shares—16,940,594 at December 31, 2023; issued and outstanding shares—15,906,236 shares at December 31, 2023.

    

—

      

192,620

  

Stockholders’ equity (deficit):

                

Class A common stock, $0.001 par value; authorized shares—200,000,000 and 39,630,511 at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively; issued and outstanding shares—19,125,377 and 2,349,554 at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

    

19

      

2

  

Class B common stock, $0.001 par value; authorized shares—20,000,000 at December 31, 2024; issued and outstanding shares—6,729,172 at December 31, 2024; no shares authorized, issued, or outstanding at December 31, 2023.

    

7

      

—

  

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; authorized shares—10,000,000 at December 31, 2024; no shares issued or outstanding at December 31, 2024; no shares authorized, issued, or outstanding at December 31, 2023

    

—

      

—

  

Additional paid-in-capital

    

315,371

      

7,098

  

Accumulated deficit

    

(117,402

)

    

(75,144

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income

    

71

      

108

  

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

    

198,066

      

(67,936

)

Total liabilities, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit)

  

$

212,847

    

$

130,386

  

 

 
 

 

CONTINEUM THERAPEUTICS, INC.

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

   

Three Months Ended

December 31,

    

Years Ended

December 31,

  
   

2024

    

2023

    

2024

    

2023

  

Revenue:

                                

License revenue

  

$

—

    

$

—

    

$

—

    

$

50,000

  

Operating expenses:

                                

Research and development

    

13,014

      

8,012

      

38,422

      

27,603

  

General and administrative

    

4,033

      

1,664

      

12,472

      

6,320

  

Total operating expenses

    

17,047

      

9,676

      

50,894

      

33,923

  

Income (loss) from operations

    

(17,047

)

    

(9,676)

      

(50,894

)

    

16,077

  

Other income (expense):

                                

Interest income

    

2,528

      

1,790

      

8,905

      

4,606

  

Interest expense

    

—

      

—

      

—

      

(208

)

Change in fair value of warrant liability

    

—

      

3

      

(106

)

    

5

  

Change in fair value of investor rights and obligations liability

    

—

      

—

      

—

      

2,867

  

Other expense, net

    

(46

)

    

(47

)

    

(163

)

    

(177

)

Total other income, net

    

2,482

      

1,746

      

8,636

      

7,093

  

Income (loss) before income taxes

    

(14,565

)

    

(7,930

)

    

(42,258

)

    

23,170

  

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

    

—

      

(161

)

    

—

      

450

  

Net income (loss)

  

$

(14,565

)

  

$

(7,769

)

  

$

(42,258

)

  

$

22,720

  

Other comprehensive income (loss):

                                

Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities

    

(490

) 

    

197

      

(37

)

    

184

  

Comprehensive income (loss)

  

$

(15,055

)

  

$

(7,572

)

  

$

(42,295

)

  

$

22,904

  

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders, basic

  

$

(14,565

)

  

$

(7,769

)

  

$

(42,258

)

  

$

3,146

  

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders, diluted

  

$

(14,565

)

  

$

(7,769

)

  

$

(42,258

)

  

$

274

  
Net income (loss) per share, basic (a)   $ (0.56 )   $ (3.32 )   $ (2.18 )   $ 1.36  
Net income (loss) per share, diluted (a)   $ (0.56 )   $ (3.32 )   $ (2.18 )   $ 0.08  
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, basic     25,815,670       2,337,436       19,352,859       2,308,972  
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, diluted     25,815,670       2,337,436       19,352,859       3,395,514  

_________________________

(a)

Basic and diluted per share amounts are the same for Class A and Class B shares.

 

 

 

 
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