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Transgene Provides Q3 2019 Business Update, with Focus on Recently Announced Efficacy Results of TG4001

STRASBOURG, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Transgene–Regulatory News:

Transgene (Paris:TNG) (Euronext Paris: TNG), a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapeutics against cancer, today announces its business update for the quarter ending September 30, 2019.

Key events of the third quarter 2019

Transgene confirms that the first efficacy readouts from the trial evaluating TG4010 in combination with nivolumab and chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of lung cancer will be communicated during the course of December 2019.

Operating revenue

The following table summarizes the third quarter operating revenue for 2019 compared to the same period in 2018:

 

Q3

First Nine Months

In millions of euros

2019

2018

2019

2018

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from collaborative and licensing agreements

2.0

0.4

3.4

1.0

Government financing for research expenditures

1.5

1.5

4.6

4.3

Other revenue

0.3

35.6

0.4

35.7

Operating revenue

3.8

37.5

8.4

41.0

Revenue from collaborative and licensing agreements, amounted to €3.4 million in the first nine months of 2019, compared with €1.0 million in the same period in 2018. These revenues are mainly derived from the collaboration agreement with AstraZeneca on the Invir.IO® program. An initial payment of €8.9 million ($10 million) was received in June 2019 and is recognized as income based on the progress of the activities associated with the collaboration until 2020. As of September 30, 2019, the income recognized was €2.5 million.

As of September 30, 2019, government financing for research expenditures mainly in the form of a research tax credit amounted to €4.5 million versus €4.3 million over the same period in 2018.

In the third quarter of 2018, Transgene saw a significant increase in operating revenues due to the sale of the Chinese rights of TG1050 to Tasly Biopharmaceuticals for €35.6 million ($41 million) in July 2018.

Cash, cash equivalents and other financial assets

Cash, cash equivalents, and other current financial assets stood at €53.9 million as of September 30, 2019, compared to €16.9 million as of December 31, 2018. This increase is due to the completion of a €48.7 million rights issue, that was settled on July 4, 2019. In the first nine months of 2019, Transgene’s cash burn was €10.1 million, excluding the net proceed from the rights issue, compared to €14.8 million for the same period in 2018.

Outlook

Transgene confirms that it expects to have a net cash burn target of approximately €20 million for 2019. Following the rights issue which completed in July 2019, Transgene has extended its financial visibility until 2022.

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About Transgene

Transgene (Euronext: TNG) is a publicly traded French biotechnology company focused on designing and developing targeted immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Transgene’s programs utilize viral vector technology with the goal of indirectly or directly killing infected or cancerous cells. The Company’s lead clinical-stage programs are: TG4010, a therapeutic vaccine against non-small cell lung cancer, TG4001, a therapeutic vaccine against HPV-positive cancers, and TG6002, an oncolytic virus for the treatment of solid tumors.

With its proprietary platform Invir.IO®, Transgene builds on its expertise in viral vectors engineering to design a new generation of multifunctional oncolytic viruses. myvac™, an individualized MVA-based immunotherapy platform designed to integrate neoantigens, completes this innovative research portfolio. TG4050, the first candidate selected from the myvac™ platform, will enter the clinic for the treatment of ovarian cancer and head and neck cancer.

Additional information about Transgene is available at: www.transgene.fr.

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Disclaimer

This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. The occurrence of any of these risks could have a significant negative outcome for the Company’s activities, perspectives, financial situation, results, regulatory authorities’ agreement with development phases, and development. The Company’s ability to commercialize its products depends on but is not limited to the following factors: positive pre-clinical data may not be predictive of human clinical results, the success of clinical studies, the ability to obtain financing and/or partnerships for product manufacturing, development and commercialization, and marketing approval by government regulatory authorities. For a discussion of risks and uncertainties which could cause the Company’s actual results, financial condition, performance or achievements to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors (“Facteurs de Risque”) section of the Document de Référence, available on the AMF website (http://www.amf-france.org) or on Transgene’s website (www.transgene.fr). Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and Transgene undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.

Contacts

Transgene:
Lucie Larguier
Director Corporate Communications & IR

+33 (0)3 88 27 91 04

investorrelations@transgene.fr

Media: Citigate Dewe Rogerson
David Dible/Sylvie Berrebi

+ 44 (0)20 7638 9571

transgene@citigatedewerogerson.com

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