IMV Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2019 Financial Results and Provides Company Update

IMV Inc. (TSX: IMV; NASDAQ: IMV), a clinical stage immunotherapy company, today released its financial and operational results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019.

“At IMV, we are leveraging DPX, our no-release delivery technology that enables us to program immune cells in vivo. We continue to believe this mechanism offers potential to produce a new class of immunotherapies that elicit a more rapid, robust and sustained immune response,” said Frederic Ors, IMV's Chief Executive Officer. “In the second quarter, we reported important updates from two Phase 2 studies of our lead program, DPX-Survivac, our T cell-activating immunotherapy harnessing the power of this approach to target survivin, which is present in more than 20 solid and hematological tumor types. These results continue to validate our DPX platform and this novel target, with encouraging signs of anti-tumor activity contributing to the body of data we have accumulated to demonstrate DPX-Survivac’s potential in hard-to-treat cancers, both as a monotherapy and in combination with other agents. We look forward to providing additional data from this program by year-end, including top-line results from our Phase 2 study evaluating DPX-Survivac as a monotherapy in ovarian cancer and additional results from our Phase 2 r/r DLBCL and basket trial, evaluating DPX-Survivac in combination with Keytruda in multiple solid tumor indications.”

DPX-Survivac Clinical Program Updates:

Phase 1b/2 DeCidE1 Clinical Study in Advanced Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

In June 2019, IMV presented new data at the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting from DeCidE1, its ongoing Phase 1b/2 study evaluating the safety and efficacy of DPX-Survivac and intermittent low-dose cyclophosphamide (CPA), with and without epacadostat, in advanced recurrent ovarian cancer. These results expand on data previously reported from this study, which exhibited a durable response. Highlights of the new data from evaluable patients in the Phase 2 monotherapy arm of the trial include:

• Five out of seven patients showed signs of treatment benefits, including reduction of target lesions in two patients;
• Three out of four patients with low tumor burden showed stable disease, including two with tumour regression at first CT scan;
• Of the five patients evaluable for T cell responses, all showed survivin-specific T cell activation in the blood; and
• Treatments were well-tolerated supporting our views of the favourable safety profile of our approach.

Additionally, longer-term follow-up data from the Phase 1b portion of the study continued to demonstrate the prolonged duration of clinical benefits, surpassing two years of progression-free survival from previous treatments, including platinum-based chemotherapy.

We have enrolled 16 additional patients in the expanded monotherapy arm of the DeCidE1 trial. IMV expects to provide the top-line clinical results from this study before the end of 2019.

Phase 2 SPiReL Study of DPX-Survivac in Combination with KEYTRUDA in Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL)

In June 2019, IMV reported updated data from SpiRel, its ongoing investigator-sponsored Phase 2 clinical trial assessing DPX-Survivac in combination with intermittent low dose cyclophosphamide and Merck’s checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda, linking antitumor activity with T cell responses that correlate with expression of survivin.

At the first "on treatment" interim assessment, five of the first six patients demonstrated clinical benefit, including four patients with tumor regressions. Two patients reached a complete radiological response, one exhibited a partial response and two reached stable disease while on the study. In addition, the study continued to demonstrate an acceptable safety profile for the two therapies in combination.

Based on these data, IMV agreed with the principal investigator to increase the number of sites recruiting patients from 5 to 9. As of August 8, 2019, investigators had enrolled 12 patients across four different clinical sites in Canada. Additional patients are being screened and IMV expects to give another update on this trial before the end of 2019 and report top-line clinical data from this study in the first half of 2020.

Phase 2 Basket Trial of DPX-Survivac in Combination with KEYTRUDA in Multiple Solid Tumor Indications

Fifteen patients have been enrolled to date, while screening and enrollment of patients is ongoing across nine clinical sites in the U.S. and Canada for five cohorts of patients with bladder, liver (hepatocellular carcinoma), ovarian, or non-small cell lung (NSCLC) cancers, as well as tumors shown to be positive for the microsatellite instability high (MSI-H) biomarker.

Patients have been treated in every cohort and IMV expects to report preliminary clinical results on several of the solid tumor indications included in this basket trial before the end of 2019.

Operational Highlights:

Modification of $5M loan agreement with the province of Nova Scotia. Previously, the entire loan was payable on August 9, 2020. Per this modification, the Corporation will now repay the loan over 60 months starting in January 2021. All the other terms remain the same. This revised repayment schedule will allow IMV to focus its cash resources towards developing its clinical programs.

Upcoming Milestones:

Milestones	Key dates
Preliminary clinical results from basket trial in 5 indications	H2 2019
Top-line monotherapy clinical results in ovarian cancer	H2 2019
Clinical results update in the DLBCL combination trial (investigator-sponsored)	H2 2019
Top-line clinical results in the DLBCL combination trial (investigator-sponsored)	H1 2020
Top-line clinical results from basket trial	H1 2020

Overview of Q2 2019 Financial Results

(In Canadian dollars)

At June 30, 2019, the Corporation had cash and cash equivalents of $26.9M and working capital of $28.3M, compared with $14.9M and $12.2M, respectively at December 31, 2018. Management believes that the Corporation’s cash resources of $26.9M and its additional potential cash resources of $3.1M will be sufficient to fund operations up to Q4-2020. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, IMV's cash burn rate (defined as net loss and comprehensive loss adjusted for charges to operations not involving cash as described in the statement of cash flows) was $10.4 million. Based on the current business plan, the Corporation forecasts the quarterly cash burn rate to be between $5 million and $6 million for the remaining of 2019.

The net loss and comprehensive loss of $5.0M ($0.10 per share) for the three-month period ended June 30, 2019, was $0.2M lower than the net loss and comprehensive loss for three-month period ended June 30, 2018. This relates mainly to a $0.4M decrease in general and administrative expenses and a $0.9M increase in government assistance partly compensated by a $1.2M increase in research and development (R&D) expenses, in the three-month period ended June 30, 2019.

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2019, the net loss and comprehensive loss of $11.0M was $2.7M higher than the net loss and comprehensive loss for six-month period ended June 30, 2018. This relates mainly to a $3.3M increase in R&D expenses and a $0.2M increase in general and administrative expenses partly compensated by $1.0M increase in government assistance in the six-month period ended June 30, 2019. As of August 8, 2019, the number of issued and outstanding common shares was 50,612,125 and a total of 1,997,232 stock options, warrants, and deferred share units were outstanding at that date.

The Corporation's unaudited interim condensed consolidated results of operations, financial condition and cash flows for the three and six-months ended June 30, 2019 and the related management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

IMV will host a conference call and webcast tomorrow at 8:00 am ET to discuss these results and provide an update on the company.

Financial analysts are invited to join the conference call by dialing [phone] (U.S. and Canada) or [phone] (international) using the conference ID: 7148568.

Other interested parties will be able to access the live audio webcast at this link: https://ir.imv-inc.com/events-and-presentations. The webcast will be recorded and available on the IMV website for 30 days following the call.

About IMV

IMV Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to making immunotherapy more effective, more broadly applicable, and more widely available to people facing cancer and other serious diseases. IMV is pioneering a new class of immunotherapies based on the Corporation’s proprietary drug delivery platform. This patented technology leverages a novel mechanism of action that enables the programming of immune cells in vivo, which are aimed at generating powerful new synthetic therapeutic capabilities. IMV’s lead candidate, DPX-Survivac, is a T cell-activating immunotherapy that combines the utility of the platform with a target: survivin. IMV is currently assessing DPX-Survivac as a monotherapy in advanced ovarian cancer, as well as a combination therapy in multiple clinical studies with Merck. Connect at www.imv-inc.com

IMV Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking information under applicable securities law. All information that addresses activities or developments that we expect to occur in the future is forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements are based on the estimates and opinions of management on the date the statements are made. However, they should not be regarded as a representation that any of the plans will be achieved. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in this press release due to risks affecting the Corporation, including access to capital, the successful completion of clinical trials and receipt of all regulatory approvals. IMV Inc. assumes no responsibility to update forward-looking statements in this press release except as required by law. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, our ability to access capital, the successful and timely completion of clinical trials, the receipt of all regulatory approvals and other risks detailed from time to time in our ongoing quarterly filings and annual information form. Investors are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements and are encouraged to read IMV’s continuous disclosure documents, including its current annual information form, as well as its audited annual consolidated financial statements which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.

IMV INC. Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss
(In thousands of Canadian dollars, except shares and per share amounts)
	Three-month ended June 30				Six-month ended June 30
	2019 $		2018 $		2019 $		2018 $
Revenue
Subcontract revenue	6		17		14		45
Interest Income	180		112		254		181
Total revenue	186		129		268		226
Expenses
Research and development	3,803		2,605		7,816		4,487
General and administrative	2,184		2,640		4,144		3,930
Government assistance	(1,142)		(189)		(1,488)		(464)
Accreted interest	392		269		790		536
Total operating expenses	5,232		5,325		11,262		8,489
Net loss and comprehensive loss	(5,051)		(5,196)		(10,994)		(8,263)
Basic and diluted loss per share	(0.10)		(0.12)		(0.23)		(0.19)
Weighted-average shares outstanding	50,601,866		43,001,620		48,667,904		42,539,304

IMV INC.
Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
(In thousands of Canadian dollars, except shares and per share amounts)

	June 30,			December 31,
	2019			2018
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	26,904		$	14,895
Accounts receivable		1,285			1,337
Prepaid expenses		4,343			2,699
Investment tax credits receivable		1,750			1,111
Total current assets		34,282			20,042
Property and equipment		3,063			2,883
Total assets	$	37,345		$	22,925
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	5,733		$	7,575
Amounts due to directors		63			49
Current portion of long-term debt		86			81
Current portion of lease obligations		95			90
Total current liabilities		5,977			7,795
Lease obligation		1,259			1,308
Deferred share units		1,046			1,436
Long-term debt		7,972			8,069
Total liabilities		16,254			18,608
Equity		21,091			4,317
Total liabilities and equity	$	37,345		$	22,925

 

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