NASDAQ:INO Inovio Pharmaceuticals Q1 2025 Earnings Report $2.02 -0.12 (-5.40%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$2.00 -0.02 (-0.74%) As of 04:05 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. ProfileEarnings HistoryForecast Inovio Pharmaceuticals EPS ResultsActual EPS-$0.51Consensus EPS -$0.74Beat/MissBeat by +$0.23One Year Ago EPSN/AInovio Pharmaceuticals Revenue ResultsActual Revenue$0.07 millionExpected Revenue$0.01 millionBeat/MissBeat by +$55.00 thousandYoY Revenue GrowthN/AInovio Pharmaceuticals Announcement DetailsQuarterQ1 2025Date5/13/2025TimeAfter Market ClosesConference Call DateTuesday, May 13, 2025Conference Call Time4:30PM ETUpcoming EarningsInovio Pharmaceuticals' Q2 2025 earnings is scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, with a conference call scheduled on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM ET. Check back for transcripts, audio, and key financial metrics as they become available.Conference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptPress Release (8-K)Quarterly Report (10-Q)Earnings HistoryCompany ProfilePowered by Inovio Pharmaceuticals Q1 2025 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrMay 13, 2025 ShareLink copied to clipboard.There are 10 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00This call is being recorded today, Tuesday, 05/13/2025. I would now like to turn the conference over to Jenny Wilson, Director of Communications. Operator00:00:10Jenny, please go ahead. Speaker 100:00:13Good afternoon, and thank you for joining the Inovio first quarter twenty twenty five financial results conference call. Joining me today on today's call are Doctor. Jackie Shea, President and Chief Executive Officer Doctor. Mike Sumner, Chief Medical Officer Peter Keyes, Chief Financial Officer and Steve Ege, Chief Commercial Officer. Today's call will review our corporate and financial information for the quarter ended 03/31/2025, as well as provide a general business update. Speaker 100:00:43Following prepared remarks, we will conduct a question and answer session. During the call, we will be making forward looking statements regarding future events and the future performance of the company. These events relate to our business plans to develop Inovio's DNA medicines platform, which include clinical and regulatory developments and timing of clinical data readouts and planned regulatory submissions, along with capital resources and strategic matters. All of these statements are based on the beliefs and expectations of management as of today. Actual events or results could differ materially. Speaker 100:01:17We refer you to the documents we file from time to time with the SEC, which under the heading Risk Factors identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed by the company verbally, as well as statements made within this afternoon's press release. This call is being webcast live, a link can be found on our website, ir.inovio.com, and a replay will be made available shortly after this call is concluded. I will now turn the call over to Inovio's President and CEO, Doctor. Jackie Hsieh. Speaker 200:01:48Good afternoon, and thank you to everyone for joining today's call. First of all, I am very pleased to say that we remain on track to submit our BLA for INO-three thousand '1 hundred '7, our lead candidate for treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis or RRP. As previously stated, our goal is to begin rolling submission in mid-twenty twenty five, complete the submission in the second half, and receive file acceptance by the end of this year. This would allow for a PDUFA date in mid-twenty twenty six if we receive priority review. Our primary focus continues to be the submission of our BLA for 03/2007. Speaker 200:02:32We reported in March that we had resolved the manufacturing issue involving the single use array component of the Selectra device, and we have now moved on to the next step, initiating the device design verification testing, known as DB testing, required for our IND update and BLA submissions. We've also been pursuing targeted opportunities to highlight key data from our completed phase onetwo trial. We were delighted to announce the publication of clinical and immunology data from that trial in Nature Communications in February. We also look forward to the publication of the previously announced data on the longer term clinical effect of three thousand one hundred seven, which has been submitted to a peer reviewed journal. In addition, we've been very active at scientific conferences this spring, which has been integral to our strategic outreach to healthcare providers and key opinion leaders. Speaker 200:03:34Mike will provide an update on that shortly. On the commercial readiness front, ongoing market research with physicians, patients and payers continues to support our belief that 3,107 has the potential to be the preferred product for patients and physicians if approved. Steve will provide a brief overview of both market opportunity and insights from our market research with healthcare providers later in the call. And finally, a highlight from our earlier stage pipeline this quarter was the announcement of promising interim results from an ongoing phase one proof of concept trial evaluating DNA encoded monoclonal antibodies or dMAbs. We're excited about the potential of this next generation technology and what it could mean for the future of our DNA medicines pipeline. Speaker 200:04:28With that, I'll turn it over to Mike for a brief update on our progress with 03/2007 and some highlights from our recent presentations. Mike? Thanks, Jackie. As Jackie noted, we Speaker 300:04:40are making steady progress towards our BLA submission goal for INO-three thousand one hundred seven. The manufacturing issue involving the single use array component of the device has been resolved, and we have begun manufacturing the updated commercial grade arrays and initiated DV testing, which is a significant component of the device related BLA modules. As a reminder, we have completed drafting all the non device modules, including nonclinical, clinical, and CMC modules, and we'll request to begin the submission of our BLA under the FDA's rolling submission process in mid twenty twenty five. In addition, we remain on track to launch our confirmatory trial targeting more than 20 sites at major US medical centers. While that work is underway, we've leveraged several important opportunities to engage with the RRP community, sharing why we believe thirty one zero seven could be the preferred product for patients and doctors who are eager for an alternative to surgery. Speaker 300:05:49Thirty one zero seven offers the potential for a majority of patients to see significant clinical benefit that improves over time, a favorable safety profile, and a patient centric treatment regimen. This spring, we have presented key clinical and safety data at multiple scientific conferences, including the inaugural National HPV Conference, the first scientific conference in The US to focus solely on HPV research and related diseases. It was an excellent opportunity to connect with experts from across sectors and to broaden awareness of both RRP and the potential benefit of INO-three thousand one hundred seven. This week, Inovio will also be presenting a year two and three durability data at the combined otolaryngology spring meeting, otherwise known as COSM. This is the largest US national meeting for otolaryngologists, the specialist physicians who treat the majority of RRP patients. Speaker 300:06:54At these conferences, we've been able to paint a compelling picture of the potential impact of 03/2007 for the RRP community, for the patients, physicians, and caregivers who know that every single surgery comes with both significant risk and cost. As a reminder, we completed a phase one two open label trial of INO-three thousand one hundred seven called RRP001 in patients who required at least two surgeries in the previous year for the removal of HPV six and HPV eleven related papillomas. Every surgery performed after the initial dose was counted against the efficacy endpoint in our trial, where we followed the patients for twelve months. We also conducted a retrospective trial called RRP-two, where we collected data on 28 of the original 32 patients to assess the longer term treatment effect with a medium follow-up of two point eight years. The key takeaway from these two studies is clear. Speaker 300:08:01We saw a statistically significant reduction in surgeries in the first twelve months following treatment. And that clinical benefit continued to improve beyond the initial one year period into the year two and three timeframe. More specifically, in the first year, seventy two percent of patients saw a fifty to one hundred percent reduction in the number of surgeries after starting treatment with three thousand one hundred seven. With no additional dosing, this number increased to eighty six percent in the second year, with half of the patients requiring no surgeries at all. Moving on to next steps, we are focused on completing the DV testing and finalizing the device related aspects of our BLA. Speaker 300:08:49As a reminder, this testing is required for both our BLA submission and to update the IND before we can dose patients in our confirmatory trial. Our timeline for the BLA remains the same. We plan to request rolling submission and begin submitting our modules in mid-twenty twenty five and complete the full submission in the second half of the year. Our goal is to have FDA acceptance of our complete BLA filing by year end. And if we receive priority review, that could allow for a PDUFA date in mid twenty twenty six. Speaker 300:09:26After that, we plan to finalize our longer term treatment strategy with the goal of maintaining or even improving upon the clinical benefits seen to date and submit a proposed protocol to the FDA to support a supplemental BLA in the future. The ability to maintain or increase the immune response over time by continuing treatment is a key feature of our DNA medicines platform and has been demonstrated in our previous work in other HPV related indications. And finally, as we noted last quarter, deployment of our medical science liaison team is planned for this quarter, and I look forward to providing an update at our next quarterly report. I will now turn it over to our Chief Commercial Officer, Steve Ege, for some insights on the market opportunity for 03/2007. Steve? Speaker 300:10:19Thanks, Mike. I'd like to spend a few minutes on the significant market opportunity we see for three thousand one hundred seven and why we believe that three thousand one hundred seven could be the product of choice for patients and providers. I'll start by describing the market opportunity. RRP is a rare HPV related disease that affects around fourteen thousand people in The US. Because HPV vaccination rates are plateauing, and because the majority of the adult population remain unvaccinated, risk of RRP remains. Speaker 300:10:52HPV experts believe the HPV vaccine is unlikely to have a significant impact on RRP prevalence in adults in the near term, or for at least a generation. This disease is characterized by persistent wart like growth called papilloma in the respiratory tract. There are currently no regulatory approved therapeutic options available and the current standard of care is surgery, often multiple surgeries a year. These surgeries have the potential to cause irreversible harm to the vocal cords and surgery does not address the underlying disease so the papillomas can grow back repeatedly. Patients and doctors have expressed time and again the urgent need for a non surgical treatment option that addresses the underlying cause of the disease. Speaker 300:11:39And this is where we see the potential for three thousand one hundred seven. In our trial, three thousand one hundred seven provided significant clinical benefit, was well tolerated, and is delivered via a simple patient centric treatment regimen. After reviewing our data during market research, many laryngologists commented that about eight out of ten patients achieved a fifty percent to one hundred percent reduction in surgeries, meaning the vast majority of patients saw significant benefit from treatment. And this is the data that they found most compelling and that they believe will be most meaningful to patients. Treatment with three thousand one hundred seven was also well tolerated with the most common adverse events being transient injection site pain and fatigue, and there were no discontinuations. Speaker 300:12:25The simplicity of our treatment regimen is also key. Most notably, three thousand one hundred seven does not require scoping and surgeries during the window as part of the treatment regimen, which is vitally important when every single surgery comes with real risk and cost to patients. Three thousand one hundred seven can also be administered in the physician's office and does not require a referral to an infusion center, which leaves the physician in control. These and other market insights gathered to date will be critical as we continue to advance our commercial planning. We're currently refining our go to market model and planning a further build out of the commercial organization, and I look forward to providing more updates on our progress next quarter. Speaker 300:13:09With that, I'll turn it back to Jackie. Speaker 200:13:11Thanks, Steve. As I mentioned earlier, we're also making important progress with the next generation of DNA medicine with our DNA encoded monoclonal antibody, or dMAb technology. This technology leverages the strengths of our DNA medicine platform to create precisely designed DNA plasmids that encode for specific monoclonal antibodies. These plasmids can then be delivered directly into muscle cells in the arm using our CELLECTRA delivery system. The dMAbs are produced within the muscle cells and then secreted into the blood where they circulate within the body. Speaker 200:13:50This contrasts with conventional monoclonal antibodies, which are manufactured in in vitro systems and then need to be administered through regular infusions or injections. We're researching the potential of this technology in several disease targets and recently announced interim clinical data from an ongoing Phase one proof of concept trial evaluating dMAbs for COVID-nineteen, led by the Wistar Institute in collaboration with AstraZeneca, the University of Pennsylvania and Inovio and funded by DARPA and JPO, this trial provided the first clinical proof of concept that dMAbs can be durably and simultaneously produced inside the human body. The data showed long lasting in vivo antibody production across seventy two weeks, no anti drug antibodies or immune rejection of the dMAbs, and the treatment was well tolerated with no serious adverse events related to treatment. Of note, we saw that the expressed dMAbs successfully bound the SARS CoV-two spike protein receptor binding domain confirming functional activity. To be clear, this was a proof of concept study of our technology. Speaker 200:15:08Inovio does not have plans to develop these dMAbs for COVID-nineteen going forward. Part of this data will be presented at ASGCT this week by our partners at the Wistar Institute and a manuscript has been submitted to a leading peer reviewed journal and is currently available in preprint on Research Square. We believe this technology has breakthrough potential and could overcome many of the challenges seen with traditional monoclonal antibody production, offering rapid manufacturing, low cost of production, temperature stable storage and distribution, and the ability to redose, dMAb technology could help expand use, reduce cost and enable access in low resource settings. And importantly, our DNA based approach has demonstrated sustained antibody production without generating anti drug antibodies, making it a potentially promising long term solution for conditions requiring continuous therapy. We're excited about the potentially broad application we see for this technology, including the potential to leverage the sustained in vivo protein production we have observed to produce other kinds of proteins beyond monoclonal antibodies. Speaker 200:16:27For instance, to enable protein replacement therapies and as a potential alternative to gene therapy for some indications. I'll now hand over to our CFO, Peter Keyes, for a brief financial update. Peter? Speaker 400:16:43Thanks, Jackie. Today, I'd like to provide an overview of Inovio's financial results for the first quarter twenty twenty five. As Jackie mentioned, we're focusing resources on advancing our lead candidate 03/2007 and our other strategic priorities. And I'm pleased to report that we've been able to support significant progress towards those goals while continuing to reduce costs. As you can see here, we've been able to significantly reduce our operating expenses over the past year. Speaker 400:17:18This quarter's operating expenses dropped from $31,500,000 in the first quarter of twenty twenty four to $25,100,000 in the first quarter of twenty twenty five, a 20% decrease. Inovio's net loss for the first quarter of twenty twenty five was $19,700,000 or $0.51 per share basic and dilutive compared to a net loss of $30,500,000 or $1.31 per share basic and dilutive for the first quarter of twenty twenty four. We finished the first quarter of twenty twenty five with $68,400,000 in cash, cash equivalents and short term investments compared to 94,100,000.0 as of 12/31/2024. We estimate our cash runway to take us into the first quarter of twenty twenty six. This projection includes an operational net cash burn estimate of approximately $22,000,000 for the second quarter of twenty twenty five. Speaker 400:18:27These cash runway projections do not include any further capital raise activities that we may undertake. As a reminder, you can find our full financial statements in this afternoon's press release as well as in our quarterly report Form 10 Q filed with the SEC today. And with that, I'll turn it back over to Jackie. Speaker 200:18:49Thanks, Peter. I'd now like to open up the call to answer any questions you might have. Operator? Operator00:18:57Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the question and answer session. Should you have a question, please press the star followed by the one on your touch tone phone. You will hear a prompt that your hand has been raised. Should you wish to decline from the polling process, please press the star followed by the number two. Operator00:19:37Please go ahead. Speaker 500:19:38Hey, thanks for taking my questions. I guess to start, maybe can you just give any additional detail on the COSM presentation coming up in a few days? Are you going to have any data beyond year three and what else are you going to present other than surgery counts? Speaker 200:19:57Hi, Roy, nice to hear from you. Mike, do you want to give some further background on our COSM presentation? Speaker 300:20:03Yeah, absolutely. So we'll obviously be focusing on the surgery counts as obviously every surgery matters to these patients because of the risk and the cost. But we will be able to show a little bit more color around that. Also as part of having an oral presentation at COSM, you also get to submit the data to laryngoscope. So we will hopefully be having that peer reviewed publication available soon also, which will again provide additional color. Speaker 200:20:35Yeah, and I think the real importance of COSM is this is really the primary meeting for otolaryngologists who are the primary treating physicians for RRP. So it really is a good opportunity to get our data in front of the physicians who really matter for RRP patients. Speaker 500:20:53Okay, great. And then a follow on: can you remind me how many MSLs you plan to onboard? And I had a question about epidemiology. I mean, as we know that the 14,000 numbers a bit bit older, you guys and pathogens saying 27,000, although I'm not sure how they're backing that up. Are you coming up with your own number or how do you plan to think about the market and when might we see an updated number if you are? Speaker 500:21:20Thanks. Speaker 200:21:22Yeah, both great questions. So maybe we'll take the EP question first of all. So, yep, the fourteen thousand of active cases here in The US is relatively old data. It's the most commonly cited data by most experts in the field. And we have been conducting our own research to try and get a better handle on that number. Speaker 200:21:45Our own research suggests, in common with many rare diseases, that that might be an underestimate. Steve, do you want to add any other comments to that? Speaker 300:21:54Yeah, the only other thing I would add is, and this is common in rare disease, for RRP there's no diagnostic code, right? So there's no source to go to get kind of a count of the number of patients. So we have done some research and continue to do research looking at procedure codes that are used to conduct RRP procedures, even that is not particularly straightforward. But based on what we see, we do think the fourteen thousand is an underrepresentation, but we're continuing to look at this through research and as we go forward, maybe able to share more. But now, we prefer to just be conservative and quote the 14,000. Speaker 300:22:28But again, we do think it's an underrepresentation. Speaker 200:22:30And then that, of course, is the prevalent pool, and on top of that there are new cases arising every year, and the figures there are about 1.8 per 100,000 new or instant cases a year. So actually this is, you know, for a rare disease, there is actually a pretty significant pool of patients that need to be addressed. In terms of the MSLs, Mike, do you want Speaker 300:22:56I mean, we we haven't specifically guided yet as to the size of the MSL team. But, you know, as as you've heard Steve mention before, I mean, the the actual number of physicians treating RRP is not that large. And so, you know, as we are considering the number of MSLs, it's really about what we think that sort of key opinion leader base will look like and also considering just the sort of geography of where we can where we'll have those interactions and to optimize that. Speaker 500:23:27Okay. Thank you. Operator00:23:31Thank you. Your next question comes from the line of Jay Olson from Oppenheimer. Please go ahead. Speaker 600:23:38Oh, hey. Congrats on the progress, and thanks for taking the questions. Maybe to start with, as you look ahead to potential approval for 03/2007, do you expect to have a surgery sparing claim in the label? And how important is the surgery sparing benefit for differentiation from your competitors? Speaker 300:23:59Yeah. That's a great question, Mike. I mean, it's an interesting terminology. I mean, ultimately, I mean, in our discussions with the FDA, I mean, they recognize the clinical benefit is that reduction in surgeries. And so obviously, as you look at our phase onetwo data, we see a statistically significant reduction in those number of surgeries. Speaker 300:24:23How the FDA will actually sort of approach that terminology, I think it is too early to predict. But I think it will lead, you know, all paths lead to a reduction in surgeries. Speaker 600:24:39Okay, great. Thank you. And then, since you provided the update on your rolling submission of a BLA, is there any, update on your registrational strategy geographies outside The US? Speaker 200:24:55Yep, so just as a reminder, our confirmatory trial is going to be in patients who've had two or more surgeries in the prior year. It's also going to be a placebo controlled trial, two to one randomization, and in discussions with European regulators and with The UK regulators, they've been very clear that they expect to see placebo controlled data for approval. So as Mike mentioned earlier on in the call, after we've started our confirmatory trial and after our BLA is in, the next thing we're really going to be focusing on is getting in a protocol for continued treatment. That's our next immediate priority. But certainly we've had some good discussions with European regulators, and and we think we're well aligned with them in terms of the design of of any trials required there. Speaker 500:25:56Okay. Great. Thank you. Speaker 600:25:58And then, for your dMAb platform, we understand that you used COVID nineteen as a proof of concept. What are you thinking of in terms of your initial indication for the dMAb technology? Speaker 200:26:15Yep. So outside of those indications that have been disclosed through publications, we haven't disclosed the indications we're currently working on. But as you can imagine, with such a broad and versatile technology, we can apply this to monoclonal antibodies. We can also apply this to proteins that are missing or defective in certain indications, such as enzyme replacement therapies. So we'll be providing more details when we have additional data to share there. Speaker 600:26:47Okay, great. We'll look forward to that. Thanks again for taking the questions. Speaker 200:26:51Thank you. Operator00:26:55Thank you. Your next question comes from Sudan Lokanathan from Stephens. Please go ahead. Speaker 700:27:02Hi, everyone. Appreciate the update today, and congrats on the continued progress toward filing for INO-three thousand one hundred and seven. My question, you know, my first question is regarding the priority review for 03/2007. Could receiving priority review status be in any jeopardy with the potential of another RRP treatment on the market this AugustSeptember potentially with competitors therapeutic? Or is there anything else outstanding that you know, is the final steps to actually making sure that the filing is completed and for prior review status? Speaker 300:27:37Thanks Sudan. I mean, when you look at the sort of guidelines around accelerated approval, I mean, talks to obviously both the clinical benefit in most often a rare disease for RRP. But it also talks to the difference of the product we're bringing to market. I think we've always felt that based on some of the Precigen data with potentially their efficacy could be impacted by neutralizing antibodies or by the papilloma microenvironment, neither of which impact INO-three thousand one hundred seven, We've always felt there is a population that can only be uniquely treated with three thousand one hundred seven. So I don't think, you know, if we have to have that discussion with the agency, I think we have a very solid rationale of why three thousand one hundred seven should still be brought to market under the accelerated approval pathway. Speaker 700:28:40Great. Thank you. And my second question really quick is, since your filing is expected to be completed by the year end of twenty twenty five, is there any plans to add any more data to the actual filing or is it already all pencils down when it comes to adding to the data package or the filing package and just now jumping through the hoops of actually getting it submitted. Speaker 300:29:06Yeah. So I mean, obviously, one of the reasons we went ahead and performed RRP-two was to strengthen our overall clinical and safety package. But as I mentioned earlier on the call, that's all now integrated. So from a clinical perspective, it really is pencils down and they're ready to go. Speaker 200:29:28But it's an important point. We got breakthrough therapy designation and then our initial discussions with the FDA were just on that initial phase one to twelve month data. Since then, we've really strengthened the package with very detailed immunology characterization that was published in February in Nature Communications. And then, you know, what we think is very exciting year two and year three durability data, where we saw that the clinical benefit that we saw in the first twelve month period continued on into the second twelve months and the third twelve month period, and actually improved during the second twelve month period. So I think, you know, we now have a very compelling package to put in front of the FDA. Speaker 300:30:15And that's an excellent point. I mean, as we've said on previous calls, we've actually got a three year history of these patients, so we really can sort of compare like for like. And as we talked about on the call, we're seeing a very significant and impressive reduction in surgeries. And that only, I think, becomes more impressive when you look at these patient history. So all of that is now incorporated into our clinical modules. Speaker 700:30:45Great. I really appreciate all the added detail and looking forward to the execution in the second half of this year. Speaker 200:30:52Thank you. Operator00:30:55Thank you. Your next question comes from the line of Roger Song from Jefferies. Please go ahead. Speaker 300:31:02Great. Thanks for taking our question and then for the update. So, two questions from us. One is very interesting for the year two, three durability data from 03/2007. Given your initial approval will be based on the current data, how should we think about the pricing as you continue to accumulate the durability data? Speaker 300:31:31Second question is related to the confirmatory study and then commercialization. What's the current thinking about the overall cost for the next steps? And then how you will considering partnership or your own to fund this the the next steps. Thank you. Speaker 200:31:55Great, thank you. They're excellent questions. Steve, do you want to comment on our thoughts on pricing for the initial treatment regimen? Speaker 300:32:04Yeah, so we've done quite a bit of research with payers. In fact, we've spoken with payers that represent about 70 commercial lives in The US. We've gone through the data with them, talked about kind of price ranges in the rare disease kind of space. Payers felt that that was appropriate, given the product, given the benefits. And the analogy that we've shared, and we've mentioned this before, SpringWorks Therapeutics product, OXIVIO for desmoid tumors, we think is a good analogy. Speaker 300:32:35That product is priced at 360,000 per year. And that's kind of the guidance that we've provided around pricing and payers seem very open. They think that's appropriate. We haven't commented or kind of guided on kind of pricing in terms of redosing or continued treatment over time or duration. We haven't kind of guided to that. Speaker 300:33:00We've really focused on that initial four doses. Speaker 200:33:06So, in terms of funding, in The US, we plan to bring 3,107 to market ourselves in The US. We think with the relatively small number of positions that we'll need to reach, we'll be able to do that with a small and efficient field force. Ex US, certainly, we're very open to partnering to to bring 3,107 to market ex US. Speaker 300:33:35Got it. Thank you. Operator00:33:41Thank you. Your next question comes from the line of Yi Chen from H. C. Wainwright. Please go ahead. Speaker 800:33:49Thank you for taking my question. Does the current tariff policy or the most favored pricing or sales from. Speaker 200:34:09Yep. I mean and clearly, this is a a rapidly evolving situation, and I think we, like like others, are waiting to see how this plays out. But what I would say at the moment is we're very much focused on our first approval in The US. That's where our focus is. So as a first US launch without a product available in another market, that would be something that we wouldn't have to face in those initial launch years. Speaker 200:34:39But clearly, this is going to be very important for the entire sector, and we'll be paying close attention to this as it evolves. Speaker 800:34:48Got it. Thank you. Operator00:34:54Thank you. Your next question comes from the line of Gregory Renza from RBC Capital. Please go ahead. Speaker 900:35:03Hi. This is Mitch on for Greg. Thanks for taking our question. We were wondering if you were planning on disclosing baseline characteristics for the patients Speaker 500:35:11in the confirmatory trial, and how might HPV genotype affect these trial results based on the findings you disclosed in your Nature Communications paper? Thanks so much. Speaker 200:35:21Yeah, apologies, we couldn't hear the first part of your question. Could you repeat that? Speaker 300:35:27Were wondering if you were Speaker 500:35:28planning on disclosing the baseline characteristics for the patients in the confirmatory trial related to HPV genotype. Speaker 300:35:37I can't remember the details in there, but we've always talked about the HPV serotypes was actually very representative of what the normal RRP population is. There were just over sixty percent were HPV six, thirty percent were HPV eleven, and then there were some patients who were coinfected. So exactly what you'd expect to see in the the normal RRP population. I I think that's in the paper somewhere, but it's been a while since I've I've read it. So that was the that was the split in our in our phase one, trial, Mike. Speaker 300:36:18You know, in Speaker 200:36:18terms of the confirmatory trial, we're we're going to try and recruit a patient population that's very representative of the normal RRP patient population, which is, as Mike said, predominantly HPV six, skews male, and so we'll look to try and recruit the appropriate population, very similar to our phase onetwo, which we do think it was representative. Yeah. Speaker 300:36:44I mean, hopefully with, you know, the the targeted hundred patients, you know, that that will give us a greater chance to once again replicate what what the actual RRP population is. Speaker 500:36:57Thanks very much. Operator00:37:02Thank you. There are no further questions at this time. I'd like to turn the call back to Jackie Shea for final closing comments. Speaker 200:37:13Thank you. As I've outlined here today, we're making significant progress and remain focused on the catalysts ahead that will help us achieve our primary goal, submitting our BLA for 03/2007 and being prepared for a swift and efficient commercial launch, if approved. I'm really excited about how 03/2007 could change the treatment paradigm for RRP and for the patients who could benefit from it. We're moving forward knowing that each day and each surgery matters to patients and our mission. Thank you for your attention and good evening everyone. Operator00:37:56Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes your call for today. We thank you for participating and ask that you please disconnect your lines.Read morePowered by Key Takeaways Inovio remains on track to submit its BLA for INO-3107 (lead RRP candidate) via rolling submission in mid-2025, complete the filing in H2, and achieve FDA acceptance by year-end—with a potential mid-2026 PDUFA date—after resolving manufacturing issues and initiating device design verification testing. Phase 1/2 and retrospective phase 2 data demonstrate a durable reduction in surgeries for RRP patients: 72% experienced a 50–100% decrease in surgeries in year 1, improving to 86% in year 2 (with 50% surgery-free) without additional dosing. Market research among physicians, patients, and payers (in an estimated 14,000 prevalent US RRP cases) indicates INO-3107’s potential as the preferred non-surgical, in-office treatment, supported by payer willingness to consider rare-disease pricing analogous to other therapies (~$360K/year). Interim Phase 1 proof-of-concept results for the DNA-encoded monoclonal antibody (dMAb) platform show 72-week in vivo antibody production, no anti-drug antibodies, and favorable tolerability, underscoring broad future applications beyond infectious diseases. In Q1 2025, operating expenses dropped 20% year-over-year to $25.1 M, net loss narrowed to $19.7 M, and the company held $68.4 M in cash—providing a runway into Q1 2026, with an estimated $22 M burn for Q2. AI Generated. May Contain Errors.Conference Call Audio Live Call not available Earnings Conference CallInovio Pharmaceuticals Q1 202500:00 / 00:00Speed:1x1.25x1.5x2x Earnings DocumentsPress Release(8-K)Quarterly report(10-Q) Inovio Pharmaceuticals Earnings HeadlinesInovio shareholders approve board nominees and proposalsMay 24, 2025 | investing.comInovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 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(INO) Q1 2025 Earnings Call TranscriptMay 13, 2025 | seekingalpha.comSee More Inovio Pharmaceuticals Headlines Get Earnings Announcements in your inboxWant to stay updated on the latest earnings announcements and upcoming reports for companies like Inovio Pharmaceuticals? Sign up for Earnings360's daily newsletter to receive timely earnings updates on Inovio Pharmaceuticals and other key companies, straight to your email. Email Address About Inovio PharmaceuticalsInovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:INO), a biotechnology company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of DNA medicines to treat and protect people from diseases associated with human papillomavirus (HPV), cancer, and infectious diseases. Its DNA medicines platform uses precisely designed SynCon that identify and optimize the DNA sequence of the target antigen, as well as CELLECTRA smart devices technology that facilitates delivery of the DNA plasmids. Its products in pipeline include VGX-3100 for the treatment of HPV-related cervical high-grade dysplasia; INO-3107 for HPV-related recurrent respiratory papillomatosis and is under Phase 1/2 trial; INO-3112 for the treatment of HPV-related Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and is under Phase 2 trial; INO-5401 for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme and is under Phase 2 trial; INO-4201 for Ebola Virus Disease and is under Phase 1b trial; INO-4800 for COVID-19 and is under Phase 3 trial; and INO-6160 for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus and is under Phase 1 trial. 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There are 10 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00This call is being recorded today, Tuesday, 05/13/2025. I would now like to turn the conference over to Jenny Wilson, Director of Communications. Operator00:00:10Jenny, please go ahead. Speaker 100:00:13Good afternoon, and thank you for joining the Inovio first quarter twenty twenty five financial results conference call. Joining me today on today's call are Doctor. Jackie Shea, President and Chief Executive Officer Doctor. Mike Sumner, Chief Medical Officer Peter Keyes, Chief Financial Officer and Steve Ege, Chief Commercial Officer. Today's call will review our corporate and financial information for the quarter ended 03/31/2025, as well as provide a general business update. Speaker 100:00:43Following prepared remarks, we will conduct a question and answer session. During the call, we will be making forward looking statements regarding future events and the future performance of the company. These events relate to our business plans to develop Inovio's DNA medicines platform, which include clinical and regulatory developments and timing of clinical data readouts and planned regulatory submissions, along with capital resources and strategic matters. All of these statements are based on the beliefs and expectations of management as of today. Actual events or results could differ materially. Speaker 100:01:17We refer you to the documents we file from time to time with the SEC, which under the heading Risk Factors identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed by the company verbally, as well as statements made within this afternoon's press release. This call is being webcast live, a link can be found on our website, ir.inovio.com, and a replay will be made available shortly after this call is concluded. I will now turn the call over to Inovio's President and CEO, Doctor. Jackie Hsieh. Speaker 200:01:48Good afternoon, and thank you to everyone for joining today's call. First of all, I am very pleased to say that we remain on track to submit our BLA for INO-three thousand '1 hundred '7, our lead candidate for treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis or RRP. As previously stated, our goal is to begin rolling submission in mid-twenty twenty five, complete the submission in the second half, and receive file acceptance by the end of this year. This would allow for a PDUFA date in mid-twenty twenty six if we receive priority review. Our primary focus continues to be the submission of our BLA for 03/2007. Speaker 200:02:32We reported in March that we had resolved the manufacturing issue involving the single use array component of the Selectra device, and we have now moved on to the next step, initiating the device design verification testing, known as DB testing, required for our IND update and BLA submissions. We've also been pursuing targeted opportunities to highlight key data from our completed phase onetwo trial. We were delighted to announce the publication of clinical and immunology data from that trial in Nature Communications in February. We also look forward to the publication of the previously announced data on the longer term clinical effect of three thousand one hundred seven, which has been submitted to a peer reviewed journal. In addition, we've been very active at scientific conferences this spring, which has been integral to our strategic outreach to healthcare providers and key opinion leaders. Speaker 200:03:34Mike will provide an update on that shortly. On the commercial readiness front, ongoing market research with physicians, patients and payers continues to support our belief that 3,107 has the potential to be the preferred product for patients and physicians if approved. Steve will provide a brief overview of both market opportunity and insights from our market research with healthcare providers later in the call. And finally, a highlight from our earlier stage pipeline this quarter was the announcement of promising interim results from an ongoing phase one proof of concept trial evaluating DNA encoded monoclonal antibodies or dMAbs. We're excited about the potential of this next generation technology and what it could mean for the future of our DNA medicines pipeline. Speaker 200:04:28With that, I'll turn it over to Mike for a brief update on our progress with 03/2007 and some highlights from our recent presentations. Mike? Thanks, Jackie. As Jackie noted, we Speaker 300:04:40are making steady progress towards our BLA submission goal for INO-three thousand one hundred seven. The manufacturing issue involving the single use array component of the device has been resolved, and we have begun manufacturing the updated commercial grade arrays and initiated DV testing, which is a significant component of the device related BLA modules. As a reminder, we have completed drafting all the non device modules, including nonclinical, clinical, and CMC modules, and we'll request to begin the submission of our BLA under the FDA's rolling submission process in mid twenty twenty five. In addition, we remain on track to launch our confirmatory trial targeting more than 20 sites at major US medical centers. While that work is underway, we've leveraged several important opportunities to engage with the RRP community, sharing why we believe thirty one zero seven could be the preferred product for patients and doctors who are eager for an alternative to surgery. Speaker 300:05:49Thirty one zero seven offers the potential for a majority of patients to see significant clinical benefit that improves over time, a favorable safety profile, and a patient centric treatment regimen. This spring, we have presented key clinical and safety data at multiple scientific conferences, including the inaugural National HPV Conference, the first scientific conference in The US to focus solely on HPV research and related diseases. It was an excellent opportunity to connect with experts from across sectors and to broaden awareness of both RRP and the potential benefit of INO-three thousand one hundred seven. This week, Inovio will also be presenting a year two and three durability data at the combined otolaryngology spring meeting, otherwise known as COSM. This is the largest US national meeting for otolaryngologists, the specialist physicians who treat the majority of RRP patients. Speaker 300:06:54At these conferences, we've been able to paint a compelling picture of the potential impact of 03/2007 for the RRP community, for the patients, physicians, and caregivers who know that every single surgery comes with both significant risk and cost. As a reminder, we completed a phase one two open label trial of INO-three thousand one hundred seven called RRP001 in patients who required at least two surgeries in the previous year for the removal of HPV six and HPV eleven related papillomas. Every surgery performed after the initial dose was counted against the efficacy endpoint in our trial, where we followed the patients for twelve months. We also conducted a retrospective trial called RRP-two, where we collected data on 28 of the original 32 patients to assess the longer term treatment effect with a medium follow-up of two point eight years. The key takeaway from these two studies is clear. Speaker 300:08:01We saw a statistically significant reduction in surgeries in the first twelve months following treatment. And that clinical benefit continued to improve beyond the initial one year period into the year two and three timeframe. More specifically, in the first year, seventy two percent of patients saw a fifty to one hundred percent reduction in the number of surgeries after starting treatment with three thousand one hundred seven. With no additional dosing, this number increased to eighty six percent in the second year, with half of the patients requiring no surgeries at all. Moving on to next steps, we are focused on completing the DV testing and finalizing the device related aspects of our BLA. Speaker 300:08:49As a reminder, this testing is required for both our BLA submission and to update the IND before we can dose patients in our confirmatory trial. Our timeline for the BLA remains the same. We plan to request rolling submission and begin submitting our modules in mid-twenty twenty five and complete the full submission in the second half of the year. Our goal is to have FDA acceptance of our complete BLA filing by year end. And if we receive priority review, that could allow for a PDUFA date in mid twenty twenty six. Speaker 300:09:26After that, we plan to finalize our longer term treatment strategy with the goal of maintaining or even improving upon the clinical benefits seen to date and submit a proposed protocol to the FDA to support a supplemental BLA in the future. The ability to maintain or increase the immune response over time by continuing treatment is a key feature of our DNA medicines platform and has been demonstrated in our previous work in other HPV related indications. And finally, as we noted last quarter, deployment of our medical science liaison team is planned for this quarter, and I look forward to providing an update at our next quarterly report. I will now turn it over to our Chief Commercial Officer, Steve Ege, for some insights on the market opportunity for 03/2007. Steve? Speaker 300:10:19Thanks, Mike. I'd like to spend a few minutes on the significant market opportunity we see for three thousand one hundred seven and why we believe that three thousand one hundred seven could be the product of choice for patients and providers. I'll start by describing the market opportunity. RRP is a rare HPV related disease that affects around fourteen thousand people in The US. Because HPV vaccination rates are plateauing, and because the majority of the adult population remain unvaccinated, risk of RRP remains. Speaker 300:10:52HPV experts believe the HPV vaccine is unlikely to have a significant impact on RRP prevalence in adults in the near term, or for at least a generation. This disease is characterized by persistent wart like growth called papilloma in the respiratory tract. There are currently no regulatory approved therapeutic options available and the current standard of care is surgery, often multiple surgeries a year. These surgeries have the potential to cause irreversible harm to the vocal cords and surgery does not address the underlying disease so the papillomas can grow back repeatedly. Patients and doctors have expressed time and again the urgent need for a non surgical treatment option that addresses the underlying cause of the disease. Speaker 300:11:39And this is where we see the potential for three thousand one hundred seven. In our trial, three thousand one hundred seven provided significant clinical benefit, was well tolerated, and is delivered via a simple patient centric treatment regimen. After reviewing our data during market research, many laryngologists commented that about eight out of ten patients achieved a fifty percent to one hundred percent reduction in surgeries, meaning the vast majority of patients saw significant benefit from treatment. And this is the data that they found most compelling and that they believe will be most meaningful to patients. Treatment with three thousand one hundred seven was also well tolerated with the most common adverse events being transient injection site pain and fatigue, and there were no discontinuations. Speaker 300:12:25The simplicity of our treatment regimen is also key. Most notably, three thousand one hundred seven does not require scoping and surgeries during the window as part of the treatment regimen, which is vitally important when every single surgery comes with real risk and cost to patients. Three thousand one hundred seven can also be administered in the physician's office and does not require a referral to an infusion center, which leaves the physician in control. These and other market insights gathered to date will be critical as we continue to advance our commercial planning. We're currently refining our go to market model and planning a further build out of the commercial organization, and I look forward to providing more updates on our progress next quarter. Speaker 300:13:09With that, I'll turn it back to Jackie. Speaker 200:13:11Thanks, Steve. As I mentioned earlier, we're also making important progress with the next generation of DNA medicine with our DNA encoded monoclonal antibody, or dMAb technology. This technology leverages the strengths of our DNA medicine platform to create precisely designed DNA plasmids that encode for specific monoclonal antibodies. These plasmids can then be delivered directly into muscle cells in the arm using our CELLECTRA delivery system. The dMAbs are produced within the muscle cells and then secreted into the blood where they circulate within the body. Speaker 200:13:50This contrasts with conventional monoclonal antibodies, which are manufactured in in vitro systems and then need to be administered through regular infusions or injections. We're researching the potential of this technology in several disease targets and recently announced interim clinical data from an ongoing Phase one proof of concept trial evaluating dMAbs for COVID-nineteen, led by the Wistar Institute in collaboration with AstraZeneca, the University of Pennsylvania and Inovio and funded by DARPA and JPO, this trial provided the first clinical proof of concept that dMAbs can be durably and simultaneously produced inside the human body. The data showed long lasting in vivo antibody production across seventy two weeks, no anti drug antibodies or immune rejection of the dMAbs, and the treatment was well tolerated with no serious adverse events related to treatment. Of note, we saw that the expressed dMAbs successfully bound the SARS CoV-two spike protein receptor binding domain confirming functional activity. To be clear, this was a proof of concept study of our technology. Speaker 200:15:08Inovio does not have plans to develop these dMAbs for COVID-nineteen going forward. Part of this data will be presented at ASGCT this week by our partners at the Wistar Institute and a manuscript has been submitted to a leading peer reviewed journal and is currently available in preprint on Research Square. We believe this technology has breakthrough potential and could overcome many of the challenges seen with traditional monoclonal antibody production, offering rapid manufacturing, low cost of production, temperature stable storage and distribution, and the ability to redose, dMAb technology could help expand use, reduce cost and enable access in low resource settings. And importantly, our DNA based approach has demonstrated sustained antibody production without generating anti drug antibodies, making it a potentially promising long term solution for conditions requiring continuous therapy. We're excited about the potentially broad application we see for this technology, including the potential to leverage the sustained in vivo protein production we have observed to produce other kinds of proteins beyond monoclonal antibodies. Speaker 200:16:27For instance, to enable protein replacement therapies and as a potential alternative to gene therapy for some indications. I'll now hand over to our CFO, Peter Keyes, for a brief financial update. Peter? Speaker 400:16:43Thanks, Jackie. Today, I'd like to provide an overview of Inovio's financial results for the first quarter twenty twenty five. As Jackie mentioned, we're focusing resources on advancing our lead candidate 03/2007 and our other strategic priorities. And I'm pleased to report that we've been able to support significant progress towards those goals while continuing to reduce costs. As you can see here, we've been able to significantly reduce our operating expenses over the past year. Speaker 400:17:18This quarter's operating expenses dropped from $31,500,000 in the first quarter of twenty twenty four to $25,100,000 in the first quarter of twenty twenty five, a 20% decrease. Inovio's net loss for the first quarter of twenty twenty five was $19,700,000 or $0.51 per share basic and dilutive compared to a net loss of $30,500,000 or $1.31 per share basic and dilutive for the first quarter of twenty twenty four. We finished the first quarter of twenty twenty five with $68,400,000 in cash, cash equivalents and short term investments compared to 94,100,000.0 as of 12/31/2024. We estimate our cash runway to take us into the first quarter of twenty twenty six. This projection includes an operational net cash burn estimate of approximately $22,000,000 for the second quarter of twenty twenty five. Speaker 400:18:27These cash runway projections do not include any further capital raise activities that we may undertake. As a reminder, you can find our full financial statements in this afternoon's press release as well as in our quarterly report Form 10 Q filed with the SEC today. And with that, I'll turn it back over to Jackie. Speaker 200:18:49Thanks, Peter. I'd now like to open up the call to answer any questions you might have. Operator? Operator00:18:57Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the question and answer session. Should you have a question, please press the star followed by the one on your touch tone phone. You will hear a prompt that your hand has been raised. Should you wish to decline from the polling process, please press the star followed by the number two. Operator00:19:37Please go ahead. Speaker 500:19:38Hey, thanks for taking my questions. I guess to start, maybe can you just give any additional detail on the COSM presentation coming up in a few days? Are you going to have any data beyond year three and what else are you going to present other than surgery counts? Speaker 200:19:57Hi, Roy, nice to hear from you. Mike, do you want to give some further background on our COSM presentation? Speaker 300:20:03Yeah, absolutely. So we'll obviously be focusing on the surgery counts as obviously every surgery matters to these patients because of the risk and the cost. But we will be able to show a little bit more color around that. Also as part of having an oral presentation at COSM, you also get to submit the data to laryngoscope. So we will hopefully be having that peer reviewed publication available soon also, which will again provide additional color. Speaker 200:20:35Yeah, and I think the real importance of COSM is this is really the primary meeting for otolaryngologists who are the primary treating physicians for RRP. So it really is a good opportunity to get our data in front of the physicians who really matter for RRP patients. Speaker 500:20:53Okay, great. And then a follow on: can you remind me how many MSLs you plan to onboard? And I had a question about epidemiology. I mean, as we know that the 14,000 numbers a bit bit older, you guys and pathogens saying 27,000, although I'm not sure how they're backing that up. Are you coming up with your own number or how do you plan to think about the market and when might we see an updated number if you are? Speaker 500:21:20Thanks. Speaker 200:21:22Yeah, both great questions. So maybe we'll take the EP question first of all. So, yep, the fourteen thousand of active cases here in The US is relatively old data. It's the most commonly cited data by most experts in the field. And we have been conducting our own research to try and get a better handle on that number. Speaker 200:21:45Our own research suggests, in common with many rare diseases, that that might be an underestimate. Steve, do you want to add any other comments to that? Speaker 300:21:54Yeah, the only other thing I would add is, and this is common in rare disease, for RRP there's no diagnostic code, right? So there's no source to go to get kind of a count of the number of patients. So we have done some research and continue to do research looking at procedure codes that are used to conduct RRP procedures, even that is not particularly straightforward. But based on what we see, we do think the fourteen thousand is an underrepresentation, but we're continuing to look at this through research and as we go forward, maybe able to share more. But now, we prefer to just be conservative and quote the 14,000. Speaker 300:22:28But again, we do think it's an underrepresentation. Speaker 200:22:30And then that, of course, is the prevalent pool, and on top of that there are new cases arising every year, and the figures there are about 1.8 per 100,000 new or instant cases a year. So actually this is, you know, for a rare disease, there is actually a pretty significant pool of patients that need to be addressed. In terms of the MSLs, Mike, do you want Speaker 300:22:56I mean, we we haven't specifically guided yet as to the size of the MSL team. But, you know, as as you've heard Steve mention before, I mean, the the actual number of physicians treating RRP is not that large. And so, you know, as we are considering the number of MSLs, it's really about what we think that sort of key opinion leader base will look like and also considering just the sort of geography of where we can where we'll have those interactions and to optimize that. Speaker 500:23:27Okay. Thank you. Operator00:23:31Thank you. Your next question comes from the line of Jay Olson from Oppenheimer. Please go ahead. Speaker 600:23:38Oh, hey. Congrats on the progress, and thanks for taking the questions. Maybe to start with, as you look ahead to potential approval for 03/2007, do you expect to have a surgery sparing claim in the label? And how important is the surgery sparing benefit for differentiation from your competitors? Speaker 300:23:59Yeah. That's a great question, Mike. I mean, it's an interesting terminology. I mean, ultimately, I mean, in our discussions with the FDA, I mean, they recognize the clinical benefit is that reduction in surgeries. And so obviously, as you look at our phase onetwo data, we see a statistically significant reduction in those number of surgeries. Speaker 300:24:23How the FDA will actually sort of approach that terminology, I think it is too early to predict. But I think it will lead, you know, all paths lead to a reduction in surgeries. Speaker 600:24:39Okay, great. Thank you. And then, since you provided the update on your rolling submission of a BLA, is there any, update on your registrational strategy geographies outside The US? Speaker 200:24:55Yep, so just as a reminder, our confirmatory trial is going to be in patients who've had two or more surgeries in the prior year. It's also going to be a placebo controlled trial, two to one randomization, and in discussions with European regulators and with The UK regulators, they've been very clear that they expect to see placebo controlled data for approval. So as Mike mentioned earlier on in the call, after we've started our confirmatory trial and after our BLA is in, the next thing we're really going to be focusing on is getting in a protocol for continued treatment. That's our next immediate priority. But certainly we've had some good discussions with European regulators, and and we think we're well aligned with them in terms of the design of of any trials required there. Speaker 500:25:56Okay. Great. Thank you. Speaker 600:25:58And then, for your dMAb platform, we understand that you used COVID nineteen as a proof of concept. What are you thinking of in terms of your initial indication for the dMAb technology? Speaker 200:26:15Yep. So outside of those indications that have been disclosed through publications, we haven't disclosed the indications we're currently working on. But as you can imagine, with such a broad and versatile technology, we can apply this to monoclonal antibodies. We can also apply this to proteins that are missing or defective in certain indications, such as enzyme replacement therapies. So we'll be providing more details when we have additional data to share there. Speaker 600:26:47Okay, great. We'll look forward to that. Thanks again for taking the questions. Speaker 200:26:51Thank you. Operator00:26:55Thank you. Your next question comes from Sudan Lokanathan from Stephens. Please go ahead. Speaker 700:27:02Hi, everyone. Appreciate the update today, and congrats on the continued progress toward filing for INO-three thousand one hundred and seven. My question, you know, my first question is regarding the priority review for 03/2007. Could receiving priority review status be in any jeopardy with the potential of another RRP treatment on the market this AugustSeptember potentially with competitors therapeutic? Or is there anything else outstanding that you know, is the final steps to actually making sure that the filing is completed and for prior review status? Speaker 300:27:37Thanks Sudan. I mean, when you look at the sort of guidelines around accelerated approval, I mean, talks to obviously both the clinical benefit in most often a rare disease for RRP. But it also talks to the difference of the product we're bringing to market. I think we've always felt that based on some of the Precigen data with potentially their efficacy could be impacted by neutralizing antibodies or by the papilloma microenvironment, neither of which impact INO-three thousand one hundred seven, We've always felt there is a population that can only be uniquely treated with three thousand one hundred seven. So I don't think, you know, if we have to have that discussion with the agency, I think we have a very solid rationale of why three thousand one hundred seven should still be brought to market under the accelerated approval pathway. Speaker 700:28:40Great. Thank you. And my second question really quick is, since your filing is expected to be completed by the year end of twenty twenty five, is there any plans to add any more data to the actual filing or is it already all pencils down when it comes to adding to the data package or the filing package and just now jumping through the hoops of actually getting it submitted. Speaker 300:29:06Yeah. So I mean, obviously, one of the reasons we went ahead and performed RRP-two was to strengthen our overall clinical and safety package. But as I mentioned earlier on the call, that's all now integrated. So from a clinical perspective, it really is pencils down and they're ready to go. Speaker 200:29:28But it's an important point. We got breakthrough therapy designation and then our initial discussions with the FDA were just on that initial phase one to twelve month data. Since then, we've really strengthened the package with very detailed immunology characterization that was published in February in Nature Communications. And then, you know, what we think is very exciting year two and year three durability data, where we saw that the clinical benefit that we saw in the first twelve month period continued on into the second twelve months and the third twelve month period, and actually improved during the second twelve month period. So I think, you know, we now have a very compelling package to put in front of the FDA. Speaker 300:30:15And that's an excellent point. I mean, as we've said on previous calls, we've actually got a three year history of these patients, so we really can sort of compare like for like. And as we talked about on the call, we're seeing a very significant and impressive reduction in surgeries. And that only, I think, becomes more impressive when you look at these patient history. So all of that is now incorporated into our clinical modules. Speaker 700:30:45Great. I really appreciate all the added detail and looking forward to the execution in the second half of this year. Speaker 200:30:52Thank you. Operator00:30:55Thank you. Your next question comes from the line of Roger Song from Jefferies. Please go ahead. Speaker 300:31:02Great. Thanks for taking our question and then for the update. So, two questions from us. One is very interesting for the year two, three durability data from 03/2007. Given your initial approval will be based on the current data, how should we think about the pricing as you continue to accumulate the durability data? Speaker 300:31:31Second question is related to the confirmatory study and then commercialization. What's the current thinking about the overall cost for the next steps? And then how you will considering partnership or your own to fund this the the next steps. Thank you. Speaker 200:31:55Great, thank you. They're excellent questions. Steve, do you want to comment on our thoughts on pricing for the initial treatment regimen? Speaker 300:32:04Yeah, so we've done quite a bit of research with payers. In fact, we've spoken with payers that represent about 70 commercial lives in The US. We've gone through the data with them, talked about kind of price ranges in the rare disease kind of space. Payers felt that that was appropriate, given the product, given the benefits. And the analogy that we've shared, and we've mentioned this before, SpringWorks Therapeutics product, OXIVIO for desmoid tumors, we think is a good analogy. Speaker 300:32:35That product is priced at 360,000 per year. And that's kind of the guidance that we've provided around pricing and payers seem very open. They think that's appropriate. We haven't commented or kind of guided on kind of pricing in terms of redosing or continued treatment over time or duration. We haven't kind of guided to that. Speaker 300:33:00We've really focused on that initial four doses. Speaker 200:33:06So, in terms of funding, in The US, we plan to bring 3,107 to market ourselves in The US. We think with the relatively small number of positions that we'll need to reach, we'll be able to do that with a small and efficient field force. Ex US, certainly, we're very open to partnering to to bring 3,107 to market ex US. Speaker 300:33:35Got it. Thank you. Operator00:33:41Thank you. Your next question comes from the line of Yi Chen from H. C. Wainwright. Please go ahead. Speaker 800:33:49Thank you for taking my question. Does the current tariff policy or the most favored pricing or sales from. Speaker 200:34:09Yep. I mean and clearly, this is a a rapidly evolving situation, and I think we, like like others, are waiting to see how this plays out. But what I would say at the moment is we're very much focused on our first approval in The US. That's where our focus is. So as a first US launch without a product available in another market, that would be something that we wouldn't have to face in those initial launch years. Speaker 200:34:39But clearly, this is going to be very important for the entire sector, and we'll be paying close attention to this as it evolves. Speaker 800:34:48Got it. Thank you. Operator00:34:54Thank you. Your next question comes from the line of Gregory Renza from RBC Capital. Please go ahead. Speaker 900:35:03Hi. This is Mitch on for Greg. Thanks for taking our question. We were wondering if you were planning on disclosing baseline characteristics for the patients Speaker 500:35:11in the confirmatory trial, and how might HPV genotype affect these trial results based on the findings you disclosed in your Nature Communications paper? Thanks so much. Speaker 200:35:21Yeah, apologies, we couldn't hear the first part of your question. Could you repeat that? Speaker 300:35:27Were wondering if you were Speaker 500:35:28planning on disclosing the baseline characteristics for the patients in the confirmatory trial related to HPV genotype. Speaker 300:35:37I can't remember the details in there, but we've always talked about the HPV serotypes was actually very representative of what the normal RRP population is. There were just over sixty percent were HPV six, thirty percent were HPV eleven, and then there were some patients who were coinfected. So exactly what you'd expect to see in the the normal RRP population. I I think that's in the paper somewhere, but it's been a while since I've I've read it. So that was the that was the split in our in our phase one, trial, Mike. Speaker 300:36:18You know, in Speaker 200:36:18terms of the confirmatory trial, we're we're going to try and recruit a patient population that's very representative of the normal RRP patient population, which is, as Mike said, predominantly HPV six, skews male, and so we'll look to try and recruit the appropriate population, very similar to our phase onetwo, which we do think it was representative. Yeah. Speaker 300:36:44I mean, hopefully with, you know, the the targeted hundred patients, you know, that that will give us a greater chance to once again replicate what what the actual RRP population is. Speaker 500:36:57Thanks very much. Operator00:37:02Thank you. There are no further questions at this time. I'd like to turn the call back to Jackie Shea for final closing comments. Speaker 200:37:13Thank you. As I've outlined here today, we're making significant progress and remain focused on the catalysts ahead that will help us achieve our primary goal, submitting our BLA for 03/2007 and being prepared for a swift and efficient commercial launch, if approved. I'm really excited about how 03/2007 could change the treatment paradigm for RRP and for the patients who could benefit from it. We're moving forward knowing that each day and each surgery matters to patients and our mission. Thank you for your attention and good evening everyone. Operator00:37:56Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes your call for today. We thank you for participating and ask that you please disconnect your lines.Read morePowered by