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Mereo Biopharma

Mereo is based in London and was founded in March 2015 to fund and develop novel, innovative specialist focused products from large pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies.    Pharmaceutical companies face increasingly difficult choices in the allocation of internal resources to their drug development programs.  With significant P&L constraints and rich pipelines it has become increasingly difficult for many companies to fully fund and advance development all of their drug candidates, especially beyond Phase 2. Mereo has been formed to take advantage of the global pharmaceutical industry's drive for creative ways to progress their clinical development pipelines.    Mereo has acquired an initial mid-late stage portfolio of three exceptionally well characterised novel products for the treatment of diseases with considerable unmet medical need from Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Each of these programmes has a comprehensive dataset for both pre-clinical and proof-of-concept clinical studies.  Additional product opportunities are under evaluation.  Mereo's focus is the development of innovative medicines that have the potential to significantly transform the lives of patients suffering from rare and other specialised conditions around the world.  To do this, the Company depends on the combination of its team's expertise in selecting and acquiring product opportunities, creating value in the development pipeline and structuring creative transactions. Mereo's internal expertise is complemented by a unique partnership with a leading global CRO, ICON.  Mereo combines the operational discipline and efficiency of a small company with the financial resources to conduct comprehensive clinical studies.  Mereo will rapidly progress each of the products through further value inflection points before partnering or divesting its products.  The Company also has the option to directly commercialise products, for example in orphan disease indications.

Mereo BioPharma is a biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative therapeutics for rare diseases and oncology. The company's lead programs include setrusumab (UX143), designed for treating osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) and alvelestat for treating severe alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency-associated lung disease (AATD-LD).

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Mereo BioPharma Group plc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapeutics for rare diseases and oncology. The company has developed a portfolio of six clinical-stage product candidates, with a particular emphasis on two rare disease programs: setrusumab for osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) and alvelestat for severe Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) and Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome (BOS). Mereo's partner, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, has initiated a pivotal Phase 2/3 pediatric study for setrusumab in OI. The partnership includes potential milestone payments of up to USD 254 million and royalties to Mereo on Ultragenyx territories, while Mereo has retained EU and UK commercial rights. In June 2024, Ultragenyx and Mereo announced positive 14-month results from the Phase 2 portion of the ongoing Phase 2/3 Orbit study, demonstrating that setrusumab significantly reduced fracture incidence in OI patients and improved lumbar spine bone mineral density. Alvelestat has received US Orphan Drug Designation for AATD treatment, and positive data were reported from a Phase 2 study. In oncology, Mereo's lead candidate is etigilimab (anti-TIGIT), currently in an open-label Phase 1 billion/2 basket study. The company's second oncology product, navicixizumab for late-line ovarian cancer, has been partnered with OncXerna Therapeutics in a global licensing agreement worth up to USD 300 million in milestones and royalties. As of June 30, 2024, Mereo reported cash and cash equivalents of USD 87.4 million, which the company expects to provide runway into 2027.

Mereo BioPharma is a biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative therapeutics for rare diseases and oncology. The company's lead programs include setrusumab (UX143), designed for treating osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) and alvelestat for treating severe alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency-associated lung disease (AATD-LD).Setrusumab, developed in partnership with Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, was being evaluated in two Phase III studies as of October 2024—the Orbit study in patients aged five to 25 years and the Cosmic study in patients aged two to seven years. Recent Phase II data showed that setrusumab treatment resulted in a 67% reduction in annualized fracture rates after a mean treatment duration of 16 months. The drug also demonstrated significant improvements in bone mineral density.For alvelestat, Mereo aligned with the FDA and EMA on the primary endpoints for a pivotal Phase III study in AATD-LD. As of October 2024, the company was preparing regulatory submissions to ensure the program was Phase III-ready. Alvelestat has received US Orphan Drug Designation and Fast Track designation.In addition to its rare disease programs, Mereo has two oncology candidates: etigilimab (anti-TIGIT) and navicixizumab. Etigilimab has completed a Phase I billion/II basket study in combination with an anti-PD-1 across various tumor types. Navicixizumab, for late-line ovarian cancer, has been partnered with Feng Biosciences.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsMereo has established key partnerships to advance its pipeline. The company's collaboration with&nbsp;<a href="https://ir.ultragenyx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/ultragenyx-and-mereo-biopharma-announce-collaboration-and">Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical</a> iInitiated in December 2020) for setrusumab includes potential milestone payments and royalties on commercial sales in Ultragenyx territories. Mereo has retained commercial rights in the EU and the UK.Mereo partnered with Feng Biosciences in Q4 2023 for the global development and commercialization of navicixizumab, which includes milestone payments and royalties. The company also entered an exclusive global license agreement with ReproNovo SA in December 2023 for leflutrozole, a non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor.

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 Praxis Precision Medicines is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops precision medicine for central nervous system disorders based on neuronal imbalance caused by genetic mutations.
 
 
 The company has four clinical-stage product candidates in its pipeline for treating disorders such as depression, epilepsy, movement disorders, and pain syndromes. The company&rsquo;s drug candidates include 1) PRAX-944, which is an inhibitor for essential tremor disorder linked to Parkinson&rsquo;s disease and is set to begin Phase 3 in mid-2023, 2) PRAX-222 in Phase 2 of clinical trials targets the SCN2A gene most commonly associated with early-onset epilepsy, 3) PRAX-562 was designed to block persistent sodium for patients suffering from rare diseases such as headache disorders and severe seizures and completed Phase 1 of clinical trials, and 4) PRAX-628 in Phase 2 clinical trials for treating focal epilepsy that originates in one side or area of the brain and affects one side of the body. Additionally, the firm has six pre-clinical drug candidates.
 
 
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 The company went public in October 2020, trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol &ldquo;PRAX&rdquo;. 
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 , the company announced an underwritten public offering of its common shares and pre-funded warrants, to raise approximately USD 59.1 million. The capital raised was used to support the company&rsquo;s ongoing operations and strategic initiatives, furthering the development of its pipeline and potential future endeavors.
 
 
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 2022
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 , net losses increased by 28% YoY to USD 214 million arising from a significant increase in R&amp;D expense (up by 29% YoY). For the six months ended June 2023, the company is yet to generate revenue from drugs, however received collaboration revenue of USD 1.5 million. Further, it reported a decline in net loss by 43.0% YoY to USD 34.3 million. Its cash and cash equivalent as of June 2023 was at USD 124.3 million, compared to USD 61.6 million in December 2022, which the company believes will be adequate to fund operations till Q1 2025. 
 
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 Mirati Therapeutics is a commercial-stage biotechnology company developing oncology-targeted therapies to address KRAS mutations present in 25% of tumors, including lung, colorectal and pancreatic cancers. Mirati&rsquo;s lead product KRAZATI (adagrasib/ MRTX849) is an oral&nbsp; KRASG12C inhibitor approved in 2022 for certain non-small cell lung cancers.The company also has sitravatinib, a multi-kinase inhibitor, in Phase 3 trials for non-small cell lung cancer in combination with a Bristol-Myers Squibb checkpoint inhibitor.
 
 
 
 
 Additionally, Mirati is advancing multiple early-stage programs including KRAS G12D inhibitor MRTX1133 for pancreatic and colorectal cancers, which entered Phase 1 in 2023, as well as a synthetic lethal inhibitor MRTX1719. In December 2022, the company submitted an IND application for MRTX1133, a potent and selective KRAS G12D inhibitor, which was cleared by the FDA in January 2023. 
 
 
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 Mirati has multiple partnerships with leading biopharma companies to advance its pipeline, including discovery collaborations with Pfizer and clinical collaborations with Novartis, Boehringer Ingelheim, and 
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 . The company also has licensing agreements with BeiGene for sitravatinib and Zai Lab for MRTX849 in certain Asian markets.
 
 
 
 
 
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 The company went public in June 2013 to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol &ldquo;MRTX&rdquo;. In August 2023, the company closed an 
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 at USD 345 million. The new funds were used towards drug development and leadership expansion.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
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Mirati Therapeutics

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 Tvardi Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing precision medicine for different cancers, chronic inflammatory diseases, and fibrotic diseases. The company&rsquo;s pipeline focuses on the development of small-molecule inhibitors of STAT3, a regulatory protein that allows cancer cells to evade the immune system and survive.
 
 
 The company&rsquo;s orally administered monotherapy and lead product, TTI-101, is in Phase 1 clinical trials for patients with advanced solid tumors who have failed all other lines of therapy. Additionally, the drug is in preclinical trials for treating fibrosis and inflammation. The company is also developing TTI-102, a next-generation STAT3 inhibitor that is structurally similar but chemically different from TTI-101.&nbsp;
 
 
 Founded in 2017, the Texas-based company closed a Series B funding round in June 2021, which brought total funding to USD 81 million and the proceeds will be used to advance Tvardi&rsquo;s drug candidates through its clinical data readouts in mid-stage trials for cancer and fibrosis.
 
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Tvardi Therapeutics

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 Tango Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech company developing precision oncology therapies targeting synthetic lethality in cancer which leads to cell death. Its discovery platform identifies novel targets to develop drugs focused on: 1) countering tumor suppressor gene loss to help the immune system recognize and kill cancer cells, and 2) reversing cancer cell evasion of the immune system.
 
 
 
 
 Tango has five pipeline programs, including lead candidate TNG908, an inhibitor for multiple cancer indicators. The FDA approved TNG908's IND in January 2022 and granted it Orphan Drug Designation. TNG908 is in Phase I/II trials, with preliminary efficacy data expected in H1 2023. Tango also plans to file INDs for TNG260 (STK11 mutant cancers) and TNG348 (BRCA1/2-mutant cancers). In 
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 , the FDA cleared the IND for TNG462, a next-gen PRMT5 inhibitor for cancers with MTAP deletion.
 
 
 
 
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 Outside its pipeline, the company also entered into a collaborative partnership with big pharma Gilead Sciences Inc., in October 2018 which was later expanded for two years in August 2020 to identify new immune evasion targets.
 
 
 
 
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 Tango went public in August 2021 via a SPAC deal, trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol &ldquo;TNGX&rdquo;, and the company received gross proceeds of USD 353 million. In August 2023, the company raised USD 80 million via a 
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 , which was led by Nextech. The new funds were used toward expanding its TNG908 and TNG462 PRMT5 programs to various other indications.
 
 
 
 
 Tango has not yet generated any drug sales and does not expect to do so for several years. However, for the full-year the company reported collaboration revenue of USD 24.9 million (down 4.42% YoY) and a net loss of USD 108.2 million (up 85.9% YoY).
 
 
 
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Tango Therapeutics

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 IDEAYA Biosciences is a clinical-stage biotech developing precision cancer therapies based on synthetic lethality - when specific gene mutations pair to cause cell death. The company also studies combining synthetic lethality with immunotherapies and DNA damage to enhance treatment efficacy. While current drugs target limited mutations like BRCA1/2, IDEAYA aims to treat broader genetic subpopulations.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 Its pipeline includes synthetic lethality-driven precision medicines across four potential first-in-class clinical-stage product candidates. Of these, the company owns/controls commercial rights of the three most-advanced of these product candidates: darovasertib, IDE397, and IDE161. As of May 2024, the company was also advancing Werner Helicase program for which a development candidate has been selected in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline, and, subject to investigational new drug-, or IND-, enabling studies, are targeting an IND in 2024. In addition. the company also works on multiple earlier-stage preclinical programs. 
 
 
 By targeting specific genetic drivers, IDEAYA advances precision oncology using synthetic lethality approaches. The company is focused on developing novel targeted therapies for patient populations with high unmet need and limited treatment options.&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
 
 In December 2023, IDEAYA Biosciences teamed up with Gilead Sciences to test the combination of IDE397 and Trodelvy in a Phase I clinical trial for MTAP-deletion bladder cancer.
 
 
 
 
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 The company collaborates with pharmaceutical partners to advance its pipeline, including a strategic partnership with GSK in June 2020. The collaboration with GSK covers co-development and commercialization of two synthetic lethality programs. IDEAYA received USD 100 million upfront and USD 20 million in a direct private placement through the GSK deal. In June 2022, IDEAYA announced it would co-develop its Pol Theta candidate with GSK, with a Phase 1 trial starting in the first half of 2023.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 IDEAYA also holds an exclusive license from Novartis for LXS196 (IDE196), a PKC inhibitor for metastatic uveal melanoma. Additionally, the company is exploring IDE196 combinations with Pfizer and its potential in other rare skin diseases. In July 2022, IDEAYA signed an agreement with Amgen to evaluate IDE397 with Amgen's AMG 193 in solid tumors. Strategic pharma partnerships help advance and expand IDEAYA's pipeline of synthetic lethality precision oncology programs.
 
 
 
 
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 The company was listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol &ldquo;IDYA&rdquo; in May 2019, raising USD 50 million via an initial public offering. In September 2022, the company raised USD 92 million.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 For 2022, the company reported a net loss of USD 58.7 million (up 17.9% YoY) while collaboration revenue was USD 50.9 million (up 82.3% YoY). 
 
 
 On October 24, 2023, IDEAYA Biosciences priced an underwritten public offering of 5 million shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase 319,150 shares of common stock. The common stock offered was priced at USD 23.50 per share, while the exercise price of a pre-funded warrant was USD 0.0001. The offering was expected to bring in approximately USD 125 million in gross proceeds.
 
 
 
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IDEAYA Biosciences

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 Mereo BioPharma Group is set to raise approximately USD 50 million through an underwritten offering of 12,531,300 American Depositary Shares (ADSs) at USD 3.99 each. The direct offering sees participation from new investors like Frazier Life Sciences, Deerfield Management, Perceptive Advisors, and existing shareholders like Rubric Capital Management, Rock Springs Capital and Janus Henderson Investors. The closing of the offering is predicted to occur around June 17, 2024, pending the fulfilment of closing conditions.
 Mereo BioPharma plans to use the raised funds for the setrusumab program, its pre-launch processes in Europe, working capital, and other standard corporate purposes.
 Mereo BioPharma is a UK-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. They focus on the development of therapeutics for rare diseases and oncology. Currently, the company is working on two main rare disease candidates: setrusumab and alvelestat. Setrusumab targets osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) while alvelestat is designed for the treatment of severe alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency-associated lung disease (AATD-LD). The company is also developing oncology candidates including etigilimab and navicixizumab.
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