Brian Hahn
Analyst · HC Wainwright
Thank you, Rachel. Strategically, Biotech CFOs contribute to the organization’s long-term planning efforts by identifying a range of possible future scenarios and de-capping their likelihood and preparing accordingly to ensure that resources are available to deliver on our goals. Given our companywide focus in the critically important goal of delivering top line Phase 3 data that demonstrates the full value uproleselan in AML, I want to reiterate that our R&D portfolio has always been prioritized in focused, our cash is always been prudently managed and our fixed burn rate is low to allow us to weather potential delays in the normal course of business in R&D. I’d like to elaborate on several of these points in greater detail. First, we have always managed our company with fiscal conservatism and we will continue to do so, we have just under 60 full-time employees, and our fixed burn is low given we are managing two programs in the clinic, one of which is a registrational trial and we are collaborating on two additional pivotal trials in AML. Secondly, our portfolio is already prioritized for success with a focus in the pivotal program for uproleselan where needed and to advance our programs we have relied on collaborations, such as the one with the NCI to maximize the potential commercial value of uproleselan in a cost-efficient way. In other cases, we have backed away from commitments at no longer made sense from a financial perspective, as was the case with HOVON collaboration late last year. Because of this long standing, fiscally responsible financial approach, we importantly sit here today with two years of cash in the bank. Our focus is a late-stage product portfolio, backed by our robust R&D engine. We have and will continue to manage our cash prudently. With that I’d like to summarize the results for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. As of March 31, 2020, GlycoMimetics had cash and cash equivalents of $154.8 million as compared to $158.2 million as of December 31, 2019. In January 2020, GlycoMimetics received upfront cash payments of $9 million from Apollomics pursuant to the exclusive collaboration and license agreements to the development and commercialization of uproleselan and GMI-1687 in Greater China. Beginning with R&D expenses, the Company’s research and development expenses increased to $12.7 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 as compared to $11.8 million for the quarter – first quarter of 2019. Clinical development expenses increased by $2.4 million based on higher clinical costs related to the Company’s ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of uproleselan in individuals with relapsed refractory AML and the Phase 3 clinical trial being conducted by the NCI. In addition, personnel related in stock-based compensation expenses increased by $540,000 due to annual performance adjustments processed in the quarter ended March 31, 2020. These increases were offset in part by $2.1 million decrease in manufacturing and formulation due to lower raw material expenses in the first quarter ended March 31, 2020 as compared to first quarter ended March 31, 2019. Turning now to G&A expenses, the company’s general and administrative expenses increased to $4.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 as compared to $3.4 million in the first quarter of 2019. Personnel related expenses increased by $684,000 due to additional general administrative headcount and annual salary adjustments awarded in the first quarter of 2020. Patent legal fees, consulting and other professional expenses including Director and Officers insurance premiums increased by $373,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 as compared to March 31, 2019. In summary, assuming our programs are not impacted for the long-term by the COVID-19 pandemic, GlycoMimetics remains well positioned to carry out its planned initiatives and to advance applications for its unique technology platform in 2022. I will now turn the call back over to Rachel.