InflaRx Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
-- Virtual R&D event to be held on June 5, 2024 from 12:00 to 2:00 PM EDT --
highlighting company plans for INF904 and the opportunity, the role of
C5aR in chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) and hidradenitis suppurativa
(HS) and C5a/C5aR signaling in human inflammatory diseases
-- INF904 multiple ascending dose $(MAD.AU)$ pharmacokinetic $(PK)$ and
pharmacodynamic $(PD)$ data supporting best-in-class potential announced,
and plans to initiate Phase IIa in CSU and HS by the end of 2024, with
data availability anticipated in 2025
-- Phase III vilobelimab pyoderma gangrenosum $(PG)$ trial expected to have an
interim analysis in 2025
-- Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of EUR85.8 million,
expected to fund operations at least into 2026
JENA, Germany, May 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InflaRx N.V. (Nasdaq: IFRX), a biopharmaceutical company pioneering anti-inflammatory therapeutics targeting the complement system, today announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and provided an operating update.
Prof. Niels C. Riedemann, Chief Executive Officer and founder of InflaRx, commented: "InflaRx made tremendous progress during the early months of 2024, and is well positioned to advance vilobelimab and INF904 toward meaningful clinical milestones. Our pivotal trial with vilobelimab in PG continues to enroll patients, with an interim analysis expected next year. Patients suffering from PG have no approved treatment alternatives and often experience tremendous suffering. Thus, PG remains an area of high unmet medical need and represents a significant market opportunity for us. Phase I data for INF904 indicate best-in-class potential, and the possibility to address multiple sizable unmet needs, spurring our plans to initiate Phase IIa in CSU and HS by the end of this year. With our clear strategic focus on immuno-dermatology, and the additional potential of our drug candidates in the broader immunology inflammation field, we are excited about the path ahead of us."
Virtual R&D event on June 5, 2024
InflaRx will host a virtual research and development event on June 5, 2024. Guided by internationally renowned thought leaders, this event will focus on the planned development of InflaRx's new orally administered, low molecular weight C5aR inhibitor, INF904, and the role of C5aR in CSU and HS. Discussions will address underlying development rationales and expected Phase IIa trial design, and provide insights into the commercial opportunity. In addition, the event will cover INF904's broader therapeutic potential in the immuno-inflammation field and recent advances in our understanding of the role of C5a/C5aR signaling as it relates to human inflammatory diseases.
Featured key opinion leaders will include Prof. Dr. Marcus Maurer (Professor of Dermatology and Allergology, Institute of Allergology, Charité -- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany), Christopher Sayed, MD (Prof. of Dermatology, University of North Carolina, Medical School; and Secretary of the HS Foundation) and Prof. Dr. Jörg Köhl (Director of the Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany). The meeting will take place on June 5, from 12:00 PM EDT / 6:00 PM CEST to 2:00 PM EDT / 8:00 PM CEST.
To participate in the virtual R&D event, participants may pre-register here to receive a dedicated link and dial-in details to access the meeting.
Capital One Securities Dermatology Panel on May 14, 2024
InflaRx will also participate in the Capital One Securities 1st Annual Biotech/Biopharma Disrupters Event, as a panelist on a panel, titled "New Potential Dermatology Treatments for Psoriasis, Urticaria, and Alopecia" on May 14, 2024, at 2:30 PM EDT / 8:30 PM CEST.
Recent Highlights and Business Update
INF904 -- Initial focus on CSU and HS, broader opportunities in I&I possible via partnering
In March 2024, InflaRx announced it had chosen two initial immuno-dermatology indications it intends to pursue with INF904 and that it plans to initiate a Phase IIa "basket study". This open-label, 4-week, multi-dose trial enrolling CSU and HS patients is expected to begin by the end of 2024 and to assess safety, as well as PK and PD parameters. InflaRx anticipates releasing data from this Phase IIa study in 2025. Similarly, the company expects to initiate a Phase IIb study in 2025 as well. InflaRx is currently conducting additional pre-clinical studies, including chronic toxicology studies, to enable longer-term dosing of INF904.
CSU and HS are two chronic inflammatory skin conditions in which C5a has been suggested to play a significant role and where a high unmet need exists. In addition, as an oral drug with a mechanism of action currently not addressed by other drugs in development for these indications, the company sees a unique opportunity for INF904 to improve the standard of care.
INF904 - Positive topline results from Phase I trial support best-in-class potential
In January 2024, InflaRx reported results from the MAD part of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase I trial in healthy volunteers to assess the safety, tolerability and PK / PD properties of its orally administered, low molecular weight C5aR inhibitor, INF904. The safety analysis of INF904 in the Phase I study demonstrated that it was well tolerated in participants over the entire dose range and resulted in no safety signals of concern. There were no serious or severe adverse events observed at any dosing level. Both the single ascending dose and the MAD part of the study showed favorable PK and PD profiles, including achieving the desired blocking activity (>90%) of C5a-induced neutrophil activation in an ex vivo challenge assay using physiological and disease-relevant levels of C5a.
Vilobelimab in PG -- Enrollment ongoing in pivotal Phase III trial
InflaRx is conducting a multi-national, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pivotal Phase III study of vilobelimab for the treatment of ulcerative PG, a rare, chronic inflammatory form of neutrophilic dermatosis characterized by accumulation of neutrophils in the affected skin areas. The trial has two arms: (1) vilobelimab plus a low dose of corticosteroids and (2) placebo plus the same low dose of corticosteroids. The primary endpoint of the study is complete closure of the target ulcer at any time up to 26 weeks after initiation of treatment.
The study has an adaptive design with an interim analysis blinded for the sponsor and investigators planned upon enrollment of approximately 30 patients (15 per arm). Depending on the results of the interim analysis, expected to occur in 2025, the trial sample size will be adapted, or the trial will be terminated due to futility. The total enrollment period is projected to be at least two years, depending on the total trial size after sample size adaptation.
Vilobelimab has been granted orphan drug designation for the treatment of PG by both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA), as well as fast track designation by the FDA.
GOHIBIC (vilobelimab) for the treatment of critically ill COVID-19 patients -- The InflaRx Commitment Program launched
In April, 2023, the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization $(EUA.UK)$ for GOHIBIC (vilobelimab) for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adults when initiated within 48 hours of receiving invasive mechanical ventilation $(IMV.UK)$ or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). In January 2024, InflaRx announced the launch of The InflaRx Commitment Program, pursuant to which the cost of GOHIBIC (vilobelimab) will be refunded for up to six (6) administered inpatient doses (the full treatment course) to institutions that meet the eligibility requirements(*) , for patients who were administered GOHIBIC (vilobelimab) in line with its EUA and who died due to COVID-19 in the intensive care unit.
InflaRx continues to explore funding options for vilobelimab as a treatment for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), including government grants as well as collaborations with third parties.
The Marketing Authorization Application $(MAA)$ for the treatment of adult patients with SARS-CoV-2 induced septic ARDS receiving IMV or ECMO is under regulatory review by the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use under the centralized procedure, which applies to all 27 member states of the European Union.
Vilobelimab abstract presentation at ATS 2024
An InflaRx abstract titled "Vilobelimab in Combination With Tocilizumab or Baricitinib Dramatically Improves Mortality in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: A Subgroup Analysis" has been accepted for presentation during a thematic poster session at the American Thoracic Society 2024 International Conference on Tuesday, May 21, from 11:30 AM PT / 2:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM CEST to 1:15 PM PT / 4:15 PM ET / 10:15 PM CEST.
Dr. Thomas Taapken, Chief Financial Officer of InflaRx, said: "In the first quarter of 2024, InflaRx strategically prioritized its efforts, focusing development activities in a select number of immuno-dermatology indications. Sharpening our profile in this way has helped put us in a strong financial position, allowing us to advance our clinical programs towards their next milestones and to fund operations at least into 2026."
Financial Highlights -- Q1 2024
Revenue
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, we realized revenues from the product sales of GOHIBIC (vilobelimab) in the amount of EUR36 thousand. Revenues reported are sales to end customers (hospitals). Sales to distributors do not constitute revenue for the InflaRx under IFRS 15. All revenues are attributed to sales made in the United States.
Cost of sales
The cost of sales during the three months ended March 31, 2024 mainly consists of write-downs of inventories that will expire prior to their expected sale.
Sales and marketing expenses
(MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires
May 08, 2024 07:30 ET (11:30 GMT)
Comments