Alpha Tau Medical Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update
May 23 2023 - 3:01PM
Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. ("Alpha Tau", or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:
DRTS, DRTSW), the developer of the innovative alpha-radiation
cancer therapy Alpha DaRT™, reported first quarter 2023 financial
results and provided a corporate update.
"This year we are focused on advancing our ReSTART U.S.
multicenter pivotal trial in recurrent cutaneous squamous cell
carcinoma, which is expected to produce data in 2024, and on
initiating a series of feasibility trials in difficult-to-treat
internal organ tumors with high unmet need, such as pancreatic and
liver cancers,” stated Alpha Tau CEO Uzi Sofer. "Read-outs
from the pivotal trial and these smaller feasibility programs
should represent meaningful inflection points for our growth story
and could pave the way for larger studies that may support
potential U.S. marketing authorizations in other indications. In
parallel, we are preparing for potential future product launches by
advancing our commercial planning activities and solidifying our
supply chain. Alpha Tau remains adequately capitalized to support
all of these programs over the coming years," he concluded.
Recent Corporate
Highlights:
- In March, the Company initiated and
treated the first patients in its U.S. multicenter pivotal ReSTART
trial in recurrent squamous cell carcinoma which remains on track.
For more information, please refer to NCT05323253.
- In April, the first patient with
advanced inoperable pancreatic cancer was treated in a feasibility
and safety study of Alpha DaRT at the Jewish General Hospital in
Montreal, Canada, which is an affiliated teaching hospital of
McGill University, Faculty of Medicine. For more information,
please refer to NCT04002479.
- In March, the Company received
Health Canada approval to open a liver cancer feasibility trial.
For more information, please refer to NCT05829291.
- In May, the results of the Company’s
U.S. multicenter pilot trial in skin cancer were published in JAMA
Network Open, showing a 100% Complete Response rate at 12 weeks
post treatment and no device-related serious adverse events or
systemic toxicity reported. For more information, please see the
publication here.
- In May, the first patient with
squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva was treated in an
investigator-initiated feasibility and safety study at Addenbrookes
Hospital of the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust.
- In March, the Company received an
amended radioactive license approval from the Israeli Ministry of
Environmental Protection that could expand production to up to
300,000 Alpha DaRT sources per year in the Company’s main
manufacturing facility in Jerusalem. The Company also received
approvals from the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection and
the Animal Testing Council at the Israeli Ministry of Health to
conduct pre-clinical experiments using mice and rats, to enable the
continued exploration of potential combinations between the Alpha
DaRT and systemic therapies.
Upcoming 2023
Milestones
- Planning to begin recruitment in
Israeli feasibility trials in lung and pancreatic tumors in the
middle of 2023, having already received all necessary trial
approvals.
- Targeting recruitment in the
Canadian liver cancer feasibility trial to begin in the middle of
2023.
- Planned submission of Alpha DaRT
pivotal trial results in head and neck cancer to Japan’s regulatory
authority, PMDA in the second half of 2023, for potential marketing
authorization.
- Currently compiling longer-term data
from patients treated with the Alpha DaRT for skin, superficial or
head and neck tumors, to be released and potentially submitted for
publication in a scientific journal by the end of 2023.
Financial results for
quarter ended March
31, 2023
R&D expenses for the quarter ended March 31,
2023 were $6.3 million, compared to $5.2 million for
the same period in 2022, due to increased employee compensation and
benefits, increased operating costs, and increased pre-clinical
study and clinical trial expenses particularly as related to its
U.S. multi-center pivotal trial.
Marketing expenses for the quarter
ended March 31, 2023 were $0.4 million, compared
to $0.2 million for the same period in 2022 due to
increased employee compensation and benefits, including share-based
compensation and the hiring of its chief commercial officer.
G&A expenses for the quarter
ended March 31, 2023 were $1.9 million, compared
to $3.3 million for the same period in 2022, due to a
reduction in one-off costs, including employee compensation and
benefits, associated with its financing transaction in the first
quarter of 2022.
Financial income, net, for the quarter ended
March 31, 2023 was $0.5 million, compared to $17.0 million of
financial expense, net, for the same period in 2022, due to lower
expense from remeasurement of warrants and an increase in interest
from bank deposits.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the
Company had a net loss of $8.2 million, or $0.12 per share,
compared to a net loss of $25.7 million, or $0.54 per share,
in the first quarter of 2022.
Balance Sheet Highlights
As of March 31, 2023, the Company had
cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and deposits in the
amount of $100.5 million, compared to $105.4
million at December 31, 2022. The Company expects
that this cash balance will be sufficient to fund anticipated
operations for at least two years.
About Alpha
DaRT™
Alpha DaRT (Diffusing Alpha-emitters Radiation Therapy) is
designed to enable highly potent and conformal alpha-irradiation of
solid tumors by intratumoral delivery of radium-224 impregnated
sources. When the radium decays, its short-lived daughters are
released from the sources and disperse while emitting high-energy
alpha particles with the goal of destroying the tumor. Since the
alpha-emitting atoms diffuse only a short distance, Alpha DaRT aims
to mainly affect the tumor, and to spare the healthy tissue around
it.
About Alpha Tau Medical Ltd.Founded in 2016,
Alpha Tau is an Israeli medical device company that focuses on
research, development, and potential commercialization of the Alpha
DaRT for the treatment of solid tumors. The technology was
initially developed by Prof. Itzhak Kelson and Prof. Yona Keisari
from Tel Aviv University.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. When used herein, words including "anticipate," "being,"
"will," "plan," "may," "continue," and similar expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any
statements or information that refer to expectations, beliefs,
plans, projections, objectives, performance or other
characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any
underlying assumptions, are forward-looking. All forward-looking
statements are based upon Alpha Tau's current expectations and
various assumptions. Alpha Tau believes there is a reasonable basis
for its expectations and beliefs, but they are inherently
uncertain. Alpha Tau may not realize its expectations, and its
beliefs may not prove correct. Actual results could differ
materially from those described or implied by such forward-looking
statements as a result of various important factors, including,
without limitation: (i) Alpha Tau's ability to receive regulatory
approval for its Alpha DaRT technology or any future products or
product candidates; (ii) Alpha Tau's limited operating history;
(iii) Alpha Tau's incurrence of significant losses to date; (iv)
Alpha Tau's need for additional funding and ability to raise
capital when needed; (v) Alpha Tau's limited experience in medical
device discovery and development; (vi) Alpha Tau's dependence on
the success and commercialization of the Alpha DaRT technology;
(vii) the failure of preliminary data from Alpha Tau's clinical
studies to predict final study results; (viii) failure of Alpha
Tau's early clinical studies or preclinical studies to predict
future clinical studies; (ix) Alpha Tau's ability to enroll
patients in its clinical trials; (x) undesirable side effects
caused by Alpha Tau's Alpha DaRT technology or any future products
or product candidates; (xi) Alpha Tau's exposure to patent
infringement lawsuits; (xii) Alpha Tau's ability to comply with the
extensive regulations applicable to it; (xiii) the ability to meet
Nasdaq's listing standards; (xiv) costs related to being a public
company; (xv) changes in applicable laws or regulations; and the
other important factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors"
in Alpha Tau's annual report filed on form 20-F with the SEC on
March 9, 2023, and other filings that Alpha Tau may make with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These and other
important factors could cause actual results to differ materially
from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this
press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent
management's estimates as of the date of this press release. While
Alpha Tau may elect to update such forward-looking statements at
some point in the future, except as required by law, it disclaims
any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause its views
to change. These forward-looking statements should not be relied
upon as representing Alpha Tau's views as of any date subsequent to
the date of this press release.
Investor Relations Contact:IR@alphatau.com
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET |
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|
|
U.S. dollars in thousands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31, |
|
|
December
31, |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
Unaudited |
|
Audited |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
ASSETS: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
899 |
|
|
$ |
5,836 |
|
Restricted cash |
|
|
840 |
|
|
|
850 |
|
Short-term deposits |
|
|
98,755 |
|
|
|
98,694 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other receivables |
|
|
528 |
|
|
|
1,097 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
|
101,022 |
|
|
|
106,477 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LONG-TERM
ASSETS: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long term prepaid expenses |
|
|
441 |
|
|
|
391 |
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
|
7,399 |
|
|
|
7,471 |
|
Right-of-use asset |
|
|
7,191 |
|
|
|
5,810 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long-term assets |
|
|
15,031 |
|
|
|
13,671 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
116,053 |
|
|
$ |
120,149 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET |
|
|
U.S. dollars in thousands |
|
|
|
|
|
March
31, |
|
December
31, |
|
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|
|
Unaudited |
|
Audited |
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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CURRENT
LIABILITIES: |
|
|
|
|
Trade Payables |
|
$ |
2,068 |
|
|
$ |
1,423 |
|
Other payables and accrued expenses |
|
|
2,433 |
|
|
|
2,246 |
|
Current maturities of operating lease liabilities |
|
|
828 |
|
|
|
669 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
5,329 |
|
|
|
4,338 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
LONG-TERM
LIABILITIES: |
|
|
|
|
Warrants liability |
|
|
5,929 |
|
|
|
5,630 |
|
Operating lease liabilities |
|
|
5,618 |
|
|
|
4,524 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long-term liabilities |
|
|
11,547 |
|
|
|
10,154 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
|
|
16,876 |
|
|
|
14,492 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY: |
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|
|
|
Share capital |
|
|
|
|
Ordinary
shares of no-par value per share – |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Authorized: 362,116,800 shares as of March 31, 2023 and December
31, 2022; Issued and outstanding: 69,275,603 and 69,105,000 shares
as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively |
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
|
193,966 |
|
|
|
192,259 |
|
Accumulated deficit |
|
|
(94,789 |
) |
|
|
(86,602 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Total shareholders' equity |
|
|
99,177 |
|
|
|
105,657 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity |
|
$ |
116,053 |
|
|
$ |
120,149 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS |
U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share
data) |
|
|
Three months
ended |
|
|
March
31, |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited |
|
|
|
|
|
Research and
development, net |
|
$ |
6,306 |
|
|
$ |
5,235 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marketing
expenses |
|
|
400 |
|
|
|
208 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and
administrative expenses |
|
|
1,938 |
|
|
|
3,338 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
operating loss |
|
|
8,644 |
|
|
|
8,781 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial
(income) expenses, net |
|
|
(478 |
) |
|
|
16,961 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before
taxes on income |
|
|
8,166 |
|
|
|
25,742 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax on
income |
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss |
|
|
8,187 |
|
|
|
25,744 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
comprehensive loss |
|
|
8,187 |
|
|
|
25,744 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per
share, basic and diluted |
|
$ |
(0.12 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.54 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share, basic
and diluted |
|
|
69,205,654 |
|
|
|
47,504,979 |
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|
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