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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On May 9, 2022, ALX Oncology Holdings Inc. (the "Company"), issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information contained in this Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly stated by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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99.1 |
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104 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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ALX ONCOLOGY HOLDINGS INC. |
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Date: May 9, 2022 |
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/s/ Peter Garcia |
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Peter Garcia |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit 99.1 |
ALX Oncology Reports First Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Provides Clinical Development and Operational Highlights
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 9, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., (“ALX Oncology”) (Nasdaq: ALXO) a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing therapies that block the CD47 checkpoint pathway, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 and provided clinical development and operational highlights.
“Throughout the first quarter, we continued to realize significant progress advancing our lead program, evorpacept, through multiple clinical trials,” said Jaume Pons, Ph.D., Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of ALX Oncology. “Our highlights include dosing the first patient in ASPEN-06, our Phase 2/3 study testing evorpacept in combination with ramucirumab, trastuzumab, and paclitaxel for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive gastric cancer or gastroesophageal junction (“GEJ”) cancer and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) granting Orphan Drug Designation (“ODD”) to evorpacept for the treatment of patients with gastric/GEJ cancer.”
“Looking ahead, we are excited for clinical milestones by year-end including the expected dose optimization readout of a Phase 1b clinical trial of evorpacept in combination with azacitidine in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (“MDS”) (ASPEN-02) and updates on our Phase 1/2 collaboration with Zymeworks in evaluating the combination of evorpacept and zanidatamab in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer and other solid tumors,” Dr. Pons continued.
Recent Clinical Developments for Evorpacept
Recent Corporate Updates
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First Quarter 2022 Financial Results:
About ALX Oncology
ALX Oncology is a publicly traded, clinical-stage immuno-oncology company focused on helping patients fight cancer by developing therapies that block the CD47 checkpoint pathway and bridge the innate and adaptive immune system. ALX Oncology’s lead product candidate, evorpacept, is a next generation CD47 blocking therapeutic that combines a high-affinity CD47 binding domain with an inactivated, proprietary Fc domain. Evorpacept has demonstrated promising clinical responses across a range of hematologic and solid malignancies in combination with a number of leading anti-cancer agents. ALX Oncology intends to continue clinical development of evorpacept for the treatment of multiple solid tumor indications and hematologic malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes.
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding future results of operations and financial position, business strategy, product candidates, planned preclinical studies and clinical trials, results of clinical trials, research and development costs, regulatory approvals, timing and likelihood of success, plans and objects of management for future operations, as well as statements regarding industry trends. Such forward-looking statements are based on ALX Oncology’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to it on the date of this press release. Forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause ALX Oncology’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These and other risks are described more fully in ALX Oncology’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including ALX Oncology’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other documents ALX Oncology files with the SEC from time to time. Except to the extent required by law, ALX Oncology undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.
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ALX ONCOLOGY HOLDINGS INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
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2022 |
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2021 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Research and development |
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17,073 |
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9,849 |
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General and administrative |
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7,674 |
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4,359 |
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Total operating expenses |
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24,747 |
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14,208 |
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Loss from operations |
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(24,747 |
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(14,208 |
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Interest income |
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225 |
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25 |
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Other income (expense), net |
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Net loss |
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(24,533 |
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Net loss per share, basic and diluted |
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$ |
(0.60 |
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(0.35 |
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Weighted-average shares of common stock used to |
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40,616,302 |
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40,055,435 |
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March 31, |
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December 31, |
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2021 |
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341,705 |
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363,667 |
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Total assets |
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363,676 |
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380,183 |
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Total liabilities |
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20,080 |
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17,134 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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(226,518 |
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(201,985 |
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Total stockholders’ equity |
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343,596 |
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363,049 |
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GAAP net loss, as reported |
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(24,533 |
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(14,185 |
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Stock-based compensation expense |
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5,501 |
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1,800 |
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Non-GAAP net loss |
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(19,032 |
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(12,385 |
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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We supplement our consolidated financial statements presented on a GAAP basis by providing additional measures which may be considered “non-GAAP” financial measures under applicable SEC rules. We believe that the disclosure of these non-GAAP financial measures provides our investors with additional information that reflects the amounts and financial basis upon which our management assesses and operates our business. These non-GAAP financial measures are not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and should not be viewed in isolation or as a substitute for reported, or GAAP, net loss, and are not a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance performed in conformity with GAAP.
“Non-GAAP net loss attributable to common stockholders” is not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by GAAP and represent GAAP net loss adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation expense. Non-GAAP financial measures used by ALX Oncology may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be comparable to, non-GAAP measures used by other companies.
Investor Contact:
Peter Garcia
Chief Financial Officer, ALX Oncology
(650) 466-7125 Ext. 113
peter@alxoncology.com
Argot Partners
(212)-600-1902
alxoncology@argotpartners.com
Media Contact:
Karen Sharma
MacDougall
(781) 235-3060
alx@macbiocom.com
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