Zosano Pharma Corporation (NASDAQ:ZSAN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020, as well as recent business highlights.

"This quarter was marked by a momentous milestone for the company with the FDA acceptance for filing of our New Drug Application (NDA) for Qtrypta™, a potential new treatment for patients with migraine utilizing our microneedle patch technology,” said Steven Lo, president and CEO of Zosano. “In preparation for our upcoming Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of October 20 of this year, we have been scaling up our pre-commercial activities, including key components such as targeting and market access. We believe Qtrypta, if approved, will provide patients an attractive option for their migraine treatment, given its potential to provide rapid and sustained headache relief, in addition to the favorable safety results demonstrated in clinical studies. We are looking forward to the opportunity to help patients with this debilitating disease.”

Recent Business Highlights

  • Received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filing acceptance of the 505(b)(2) NDA filing for Qtrypta™ for the acute treatment of migraine
  • Appointed Christine Matthews, previously the company’s interim chief financial officer, to the position of chief financial officer
  • Completed a blinded market research study conducted with high-volume physicians and payors, including 100 physician specialists and five national payors representing over 100 million covered lives, which found that:-  79% of the physicians strongly agree that there remains an unmet need in the treatment of migraine in the acute setting even in patients that respond to preventive therapy-  70% of the physicians would offer a non-oral triptan that has fast and complete pain relief that is sustained and well-tolerated

Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2020Zosano reported a net loss for the first quarter of 2020 of $8.7 million, or $0.24 per share on a basic and diluted basis, compared with a net loss of $9.4 million, or $0.79 per share on a basic and diluted basis, for the same quarter in 2019.

Research and development expenses for the first quarter of 2020 were $5.5 million, compared with $6.6 million for the same quarter in 2019. The $1.1 million decrease was primarily attributable to lower clinical trial costs due to the completion of the Qtrypta long-term safety study in 2019.

General and administrative expenses for the first quarter of 2020 were $3.1 million, compared with $2.9 million for the same quarter in 2019. The increase of $0.2 million was mainly due to costs related to intellectual property matters.

As of March 31, 2020, cash and cash equivalents were $18.6 million, compared with $6.3 million as of December 31, 2019. 

About Zosano PharmaZosano Pharma Corporation is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing products where rapid administration of approved molecules with established safety and efficacy profiles may provide substantial benefit to patients, in markets where patients remain underserved by existing therapies. The company’s intracutaneous microneedle system technology consists of titanium microneedles coated with drug that are designed to enable rapid systemic administration of therapeutics to patients. Zosano’s lead product candidate is Qtrypta™ (M207), which is a proprietary formulation of zolmitriptan delivered via its intracutaneous microneedle system technology, as a potential acute treatment for migraine. The company anticipates that many of its current and future development programs may enable the company to utilize a regulatory pathway that would streamline clinical development and accelerate the path towards commercialization. Learn more at www.zosanopharma.com.

Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the preparation for potential approval and launch of Qtrypta, the potential benefits of Qtrypta for patients and other future events and expectations described in this press release. Readers are urged to consider statements that include the words "may," "will," "would," "could," "should," "might," "believes," "estimates," "projects," "potential," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "intends," "continues," "forecast," "designed," "goal," "unaudited," "approximately" or the negative of those words or other comparable words to be uncertain and forward-looking. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict, and actual outcomes may differ materially. These include risks and uncertainties, without limitation, associated with the Company’s ability to obtain additional cash resources to continue operations for the remainder of 2020, the process of discovering, developing and commercializing products that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics, risks inherent in the effort to build a business around such products and other risks and uncertainties described under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Although Zosano believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, Zosano cannot in any way guarantee that the future results, level of activity, performance or events and circumstances reflected in forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. All forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to Zosano and Zosano assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.

Zosano Contact:Christine MatthewsChief Financial Officer(510) 745-1200

PR Contacts:Sylvia Wheeler or Alexandra Santosswheeler@wheelhouselsa.com or asantos@wheelhouselsa.com

ZOSANO PHARMA CORPORATIONCONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS(in thousands, except par value and share amounts)

  March 31, 2020   December 31, 2019
  (unaudited)    
ASSETS
Current assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents $ 18,557     $ 6,316  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 623     497  
Total current assets 19,180     6,813  
Restricted cash 455     455  
Property and equipment, net 30,164     24,636  
Operating lease right-of-use assets 5,533     5,763  
Other long-term assets 3     3  
Total assets $ 55,335     $ 37,670  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:      
Accounts payable $ 3,263     $ 4,356  
Accrued compensation 2,553     2,015  
Build-to-suit obligation, current portion 4,665     4,554  
Operating lease liabilities, current portion 1,184     1,140  
Other accrued liabilities 8,943     4,172  
Total current liabilities 20,608     16,237  
Build-to-suit obligation, long-term portion, net of debt issuance costs and discount 5,129     6,095  
Operating lease liabilities, long-term portion 5,618     5,931  
Other liabilities 10     15  
Total liabilities 31,365     28,278  
Stockholders’ equity:      
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019      
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 54,361,635 and 23,503,214 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively 5     2  
Additional paid-in capital 331,475     308,211  
Accumulated deficit (307,510 )   (298,821 )
Total stockholders’ equity 23,970     9,392  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 55,335     $ 37,670  

ZOSANO PHARMA CORPORATIONCONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)(unaudited)

  Three Months Ended March 31,
  2020   2019
       
Revenue $     $  
Operating expenses:      
Research and development 5,514     6,616  
General and administrative 3,082     2,871  
Total operating expenses 8,596     9,487  
Loss from operations (8,596 )   (9,487 )
Other income (expense):      
Interest income 10     80  
Interest expense (206 )   (41 )
Other income, net 103     22  
Loss before provision for income taxes (8,689 )   (9,426 )
Provision for income taxes      
Net loss $ (8,689 )   $ (9,426 )
Unrealized gain on marketable securities, net of tax     6  
Comprehensive loss $ (8,689 )   $ (9,420 )
       
Net loss per common share – basic and diluted $ (0.24 )   $ (0.79 )
Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per common share – basic and diluted 36,266,018     11,973,039  

 

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