- Cash and
cash receivable balance of $20.9 million as of December 31, 2024,
expected to fund operations, including clinical activities into
2027
-
Strengthened cash position expected to support the Company through
first substantive data readout in its Phase 2 ovarian cancer trial,
with enrollment scheduled to begin H1 2025
-
Enrollment in new Phase 2 SCLC trial to begin in Q2-Q3 2025, fully
funded by the U.S. Veterans Administration
-
At-the-Market (ATM) program, initiated in March 2024, and related
Form S-3, both fully utilized and no longer active
-
Stenoparib continues to demonstrate clinical benefit in heavily
pre-treated ovarian cancer, with some patients on treatment for
more than 17 months
- Cash
balance of approximately $25 million at end of Q1 2025, reinforcing
financial stability
Boston (March 31, 2025)—Allarity Therapeutics,
Inc. (“Allarity” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ALLR), a Phase 2
clinical-stage pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing
stenoparib—a differentiated, dual PARP/WNT pathway inhibitor—today
announced financial results for the year ended December 31, 2024,
and provided a general business update.
Thomas Jensen, Chief Executive Officer of Allarity Therapeutics,
stated:"2024 was a transformational year for Allarity as we made
significant progress in advancing stenoparib as a next-generation
treatment for advanced ovarian cancer. Our clinical development
efforts continue to advance stenoparib for treatment of heavily
pre-treated patients afflicted with ovarian and other cancers. Over
the past year, we undertook a comprehensive strategic
realignment—streamlining our pipeline, simplifying our capital
structure, and strengthening our leadership team with key industry
experts. Additionally, we reinforced our financial position,
ensuring a strong foundation for continued progress as we restart
enrollment in our ongoing Phase 2 trial in ovarian cancer in the
first half of 2025. Importantly, we are now positioned with a cash
runway that extends into 2027. With this momentum, we are
well-positioned to deliver meaningful clinical milestones and
create long-term value for patients and shareholders
alike."2024 Highlights and Recent Developments
Clinical and Drug Development ProgressIn 2024,
Allarity executed a full strategic realignment to focus exclusively
on the development of stenoparib, the Company’s novel dual PARP/WNT
pathway inhibitor, discontinuing other clinical programs, including
dovitinib and IXEMPRA®. This singular focus enabled the Company to
accelerate progress across multiple fronts in the stenoparib
program and reach several achievements:
- Durable Clinical Benefit as monotherapy dosed twice daily:
Multiple patients treated with stenoparib in the ongoing Phase 2
trial for advanced ovarian cancer exceeded 30 weeks on therapy,
with some still on treatment and receiving benefit more than 17
months, underscoring the drug’s safety profile.
- New Protocol Implemented: Building on these compelling results,
the Company implemented a new Phase 2 protocol narrowing in on
platinum-resistant, advanced ovarian cancer patients, with the goal
of optimizing dosing and refining patient selection to drive
stenoparib more aggressively toward regulatory approval.
- Combination Trial Launched: Allarity announced a new Phase 2
trial evaluating stenoparib in combination with temozolomide for
recurrent small cell lung cancer (SCLC), fully funded by the U.S.
Veterans Administration. Allarity’s material contribution is
limited to supplying the necessary stenoparib drug product. This
marks the first combination therapy trial involving stenoparib and
expands stenoparib development—based on its unique therapeutic
mechanism—beyond ovarian cancer.
- Clinical Data Presented at SGO: The Company presented updated
Phase 2 clinical data at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO)
2025 Annual Meeting, demonstrating durable clinical benefit from
stenoparib in heavily pre-treated ovarian cancer patients,
including those with platinum-resistant, platinum refractory, and
BRCA wild-type disease.
Leadership Changes
- Thomas Jensen appointed as permanent Chief Executive Officer,
transitioning from Interim CEO to lead Allarity’s strategic and
clinical advancements, drawing on his deep experience in oncology
drug development and the DRP® platform.
- Jeremy Graff, Ph.D., appointed as President and Chief
Development Officer, bringing over 25 years of oncology expertise
from Eli Lilly and Company as well as numerous small cap
biotechs.
- Jose Iglesias, M.D., appointed as Consultant Chief Medical
Officer, leveraging his deep oncology experience at Lilly and
Celgene to drive stenoparib’s clinical development.
- Alex Epshinsky appointed as Chief Financial Officer, bringing
extensive biotech finance experience.
- Jesper Høiland, former President of Novo Nordisk U.S.,
appointed as Strategic Advisor, providing expertise in commercial
strategy and business development.
Financial Strengthening and Corporate
Development
- Implemented cost-reduction initiatives, streamlining operations
and reducing expenses to strengthen financial sustainability while
prioritizing the advancement of stenoparib.
- Secured a European patent for the DRP® companion diagnostic for
stenoparib, enhancing the international IP portfolio around its
core asset.
- Established Allarity Medical Laboratory as a revenue-generating
unit, securing agreements with multiple biotech companies for DRP®
analysis and gene expression services, reducing internal lab costs,
and further strengthening the Company’s position in the
industry.
- Strengthened the cash balance to provide runway into 2027,
allowing Allarity to accelerate stenoparib’s clinical development,
and enabling Company operations and trials through to the first
substantive data readout in its Phase 2 trial in platinum
resistant, advanced ovarian cancer.
- Fully utilized the Company’s At-the-Market (ATM) offering
program initiated in March 2024. With all capacity under the
related Form S-3 now exhausted, the current ATM program is
concluded.
- Authorized a $5 million share repurchase program, reinforcing
confidence in long-term shareholder value.
- Initiated efforts to combat potential illegal short selling,
engaging ShareIntel to investigate trading irregularities through
enhanced market surveillance and potential legal action.
- Ended Q1 2025 with a cash balance of approximately $25 million,
further reinforcing the Company’s financial stability and ability
to execute on clinical development objectives.
Regulatory and Compliance Resolutions
- Finalized settlement with the SEC, resolving all outstanding
regulatory matters related to past disclosures by prior management
regarding FDA interactions on the Dovitinib NDA, which was
submitted to the FDA in 2021, following receipt of a Wells Notice
in July 2024.
- Had class action lawsuit dismissed, closing all related
shareholder litigation and further clearing the path for Allarity
to focus on clinical and corporate progress.
- Secured shareholder approval and implemented 1-for-30 reverse
stock split to maintain Nasdaq listing compliance.
- Regained compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements following
a successful hearing and sustained stock price above the minimum
bid threshold while maintaining the minimum shareholder equity
threshold.
- Streamlined equity structure by consolidating to a single class
of common stock to enhance transparency and shareholder value by
eliminating variable-priced convertible securities, with only a
negligible number of legacy warrants remaining unconverted.
Anticipated Clinical Milestones in 2025
- New Ovarian Cancer Trial Protocol—New Protocol Enrollment: In
the first half of 2025, Allarity expects to begin enrollment under
a new protocol for stenoparib in advanced, recurrent,
platinum-resistant or platinum-ineligible ovarian cancer. The
updated protocol design, developed with input from leading
gynecologic cancer experts, reflects compelling, durable clinical
benefit observed to date. The protocol aims to provide the
definitive foundation for pivotal registration trials for
stenoparib in ovarian cancer.
- New Small Cell Lung Cancer Trial—VA-Funded Combination Study:
Patient enrollment will initiate in Q2-Q3 2025 in this new Phase 2
trial evaluating stenoparib in combination with temozolomide for
recurrent small cell lung cancer (SCLC), a combination that
potentially leverages stenoparib’s unique mechanism of action to
enhance the efficacy of temozolomide. Fully funded by the U.S.
Veterans Administration, the trial will assess the potential of
this novel combination to improve outcomes in recurrent SCLC
patients, patients with extremely limited therapeutic
opportunities. This study marks the first clinical evaluation of
stenoparib in combination therapy, further expanding its
development potential.
Full Year 2024 Operating Results
Cash Position: As of December 31, 2024, cash
and cash receivables totaled $20.9 million compared to $0.2 million
at December 31, 2023, an increase of $20.7 million.
R&D Expenses: Research and Development
(R&D) expenses were $6.1 million for 2024, compared to $7.1
million for 2023. Additionally, the Company recorded a $9.7 million
intangible asset impairment charge (non-cash) in 2024.
G&A Expenses: General and Administrative
(G&A) expenses were $11.4 million for 2024, including a $2.5
million accrual for the SEC settlement, compared to $10.0 million
for 2023.
Net Loss: Net loss was $24.5 million for 2024,
compared to $11.9 million for 2023. The increase from 2023 to 2024
is largely attributable to a $9.7 million non-cash impairment
charge and costs related to the SEC investigation, which include a
$2.5 million SEC settlement and legal and indemnification
expenses.
About StenoparibStenoparib is an orally
available, small-molecule dual-targeted inhibitor of PARP1/2 and
tankyrase 1/2. At present, tankyrases are attracting significant
attention as emerging therapeutic targets for cancer, principally
due to their role in regulating the WNT signaling pathway. Aberrant
Wnt/β-catenin signaling has been implicated in the development and
progression of numerous cancers. By inhibiting PARP and blocking
WNT pathway activation, stenoparib’s unique therapeutic action
shows potential as a promising therapeutic for many cancer types,
including ovarian cancer. Allarity has secured exclusive global
rights for the development and commercialization of stenoparib,
which was originally developed by Eisai Co. Ltd. and was formerly
known under the names E7449 and 2X-121.About the Drug
Response Predictor – DRP®
Companion DiagnosticAllarity uses its
drug-specific DRP® to select those patients who, by the gene
expression signature of their cancer, may have a high likelihood of
benefiting from a specific drug. By screening patients before
treatment, and only treating those patients with a sufficiently
high, drug-specific DRP score, the therapeutic benefit rate may be
enhanced. The DRP method builds on the comparison of sensitive vs.
resistant human cancer cell lines, including transcriptomic
information from cell lines, combined with clinical tumor biology
filters and prior clinical trial outcomes. DRP is based on
messenger RNA expression profiles from patient biopsies. The DRP®
platform has shown an ability to provide a statistically
significant prediction of the clinical outcome from drug treatment
in cancer patients across dozens of clinical studies (both
retrospective and prospective). The DRP platform, which may be
useful in all cancer types and is patented for dozens of
anti-cancer drugs, has been extensively published in the
peer-reviewed literature.
About Allarity TherapeuticsAllarity
Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALLR) is a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing personalized
cancer treatments. The Company is focused on development of
stenoparib, a novel PARP/tankyrase inhibitor for advanced ovarian
cancer patients, using its DRP® technology to develop a companion
diagnostic that can be used to select those patients expected to
derive the greatest clinical benefit from stenoparib. Allarity is
headquartered in the U.S., with a research facility in Denmark, and
is committed to addressing significant unmet medical needs in
cancer treatment. For more information, visit www.allarity.com.
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Forward-Looking Statements This press release
contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements provide the Company’s current expectations or forecasts
of future events. The words “anticipates,” “believe,” “continue,”
“could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,”
“possible,” “potential,” “predicts,” “project,” “should,” “would”
and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements,
but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is
not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements include, but
are not limited to, statements related to the initiation and
progress of the updated Phase 2 protocol for stenoparib in
platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, the launch and conduct of the
fully VA-funded Phase 2 trial evaluating stenoparib in combination
with temozolomide for small cell lung cancer, the durability and
regulatory potential of clinical benefit observed in ongoing
studies, the Company’s strengthened financial position and expected
ability to fund operations into 2027, potential market expansion
supported by recent patent grants, and the resolution of regulatory
and legal matters. Any forward-looking statements in this press
release are based on management’s current expectations of future
events and are subject to multiple risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from
those set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the
risk that the Company may not be able to secure sufficient capital
to support its ongoing and planned clinical development activities,
including the updated ovarian cancer protocol and the new VA-funded
SCLC trial; the risk that observed clinical benefit, including
durable responses and disease stability, may not be replicated in
larger or later-stage studies; the risk that final trial data may
differ materially from interim observations; the risk that
stenoparib may not receive regulatory approval or, if approved, may
not achieve commercial success; the potential for delays or
challenges in patient enrollment, site activation, or data
collection; the risk that the Company’s DRP® companion diagnostic
may not be validated or approved for use with stenoparib; and
broader operational risks related to market conditions, regulatory
developments, or unforeseen external events that could affect the
Company’s clinical execution or financial trajectory. For a
discussion of other risks and uncertainties, and other important
factors, any of which could cause our actual results to differ from
those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the section
entitled “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K annual report filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 31,
2025, available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, and as well as
discussions of potential risks, uncertainties and other important
factors in the Company’s subsequent filings with the SEC. All
information in this press release is as of the date of the release,
and the Company undertakes no duty to update this information
unless required by law.
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ALLARITY THERAPEUTICS,
INC.Consolidated Balance
Sheets(in thousands, except for share and per
share data)
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
$ |
19,533 |
|
|
$ |
166 |
|
Receivables from ATM sales |
|
|
1,416 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other current assets |
|
|
115 |
|
|
|
209 |
|
Prepaid expenses |
|
|
507 |
|
|
|
781 |
|
Tax credit receivable |
|
|
770 |
|
|
|
815 |
|
Total current
assets |
|
|
22,341 |
|
|
|
1,971 |
|
Non-current
assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
|
309 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Intangible assets |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9,871 |
|
Total
assets |
|
$ |
22,650 |
|
|
$ |
11,862 |
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
|
$ |
4,182 |
|
|
$ |
8,416 |
|
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
|
|
5,232 |
|
|
|
1,309 |
|
Warrant derivative liability |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
3,083 |
|
Income taxes payable |
|
|
74 |
|
|
|
59 |
|
Convertible promissory note and accrued interest |
|
|
1,350 |
|
|
|
1,300 |
|
Total current
liabilities |
|
|
10,839 |
|
|
|
14,167 |
|
Non-current
liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
446 |
|
Total
liabilities |
|
|
10,839 |
|
|
|
14,613 |
|
Commitments and
contingencies (Note 16) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’ equity (deficit) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 500,000 authorized,
20,000 designated Series A shares, 0 and 1,417 shares issued and
outstanding at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively
(liquidation preference of $17.54 at December 31, 2023) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,742 |
|
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value, 250,000,000 and 750,000,000 shares
authorized, at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively; 7,302,797
and 9,812 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 and
2023, respectively |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Additional paid-in
capital |
|
|
131,130 |
|
|
|
90,369 |
|
Accumulated other
comprehensive loss |
|
|
(354 |
) |
|
|
(411 |
) |
Accumulated
deficit |
|
|
(118,966 |
) |
|
|
(94,451 |
) |
Total stockholders’
equity (deficit) |
|
|
11,811 |
|
|
|
(2,751 |
) |
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit) |
|
$ |
22,650 |
|
|
$ |
11,862 |
|
ALLARITY THERAPEUTICS,
INC.Consolidated Statements of Operations and
Comprehensive Loss(in thousands, except for share
and per share data)
|
|
2024 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Operating
expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development |
|
$ |
6,096 |
|
|
$ |
7,103 |
|
Impairment of intangible assets |
|
|
9,703 |
|
|
|
— |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
11,442 |
|
|
|
10,026 |
|
Total operating
expenses |
|
|
27,241 |
|
|
|
17,129 |
|
Loss from
operations |
|
|
(27,241 |
) |
|
|
(17,129 |
) |
Other
income (expense) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
|
533 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
Interest expenses |
|
|
(653 |
) |
|
|
(498 |
) |
Foreign exchange gains (losses) |
|
|
(212 |
) |
|
|
133 |
|
Fair value of inducement warrants |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(4,189 |
) |
Loss on modification of warrants |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(591 |
) |
Change in fair value adjustment of warrant derivative
liabilities |
|
|
2,677 |
|
|
|
10,434 |
|
Total other
income |
|
|
2,345 |
|
|
|
5,311 |
|
Loss before income
tax expense (benefit) |
|
|
(24,896 |
) |
|
|
(11,818 |
) |
Income tax expense
(benefit) |
|
|
(381 |
) |
|
|
83 |
|
Net
loss |
|
|
(24,515 |
) |
|
|
(11,901 |
) |
Deemed dividends on Series A Preferred Stock |
|
|
(299 |
) |
|
|
(8,392 |
) |
Deemed dividend on Series A Convertible Preferred Stock |
|
|
(562 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Gain on extinguishment of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock |
|
|
222 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Deemed dividend of on Series C Preferred Stock |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(123 |
) |
Net loss
attributable to common stockholders |
|
$ |
(25,154 |
) |
|
$ |
(20,416 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
per common share, basic and diluted |
|
$ |
(15.65 |
) |
|
$ |
(6,031.31 |
) |
Weighted
average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted |
|
|
1,606,989 |
|
|
|
3,385 |
|
Other
comprehensive loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(24,515 |
) |
|
$ |
(11,901 |
) |
Change in cumulative translation adjustment |
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
310 |
|
Total
comprehensive loss |
|
$ |
(24,458 |
) |
|
$ |
(11,591 |
) |
- Allarity Therapeutics Press Release - Reports Full Year 2024
Financial Results and Provides a Business Update
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