Transgene Provides Business and Financial Update for Q1 2025
TG4050: Updated randomized Phase I data to be
presented in Rapid Oral Presentation at ASCO 2025
Dr. Simone Steiner appointed Chief Technical Officer
(CTO)
Business funded until the end of April 2026
Strasbourg, France, April 24, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
CET – Transgene (Euronext Paris: TNG), a biotech company that
designs and develops virus-based immunotherapies for the treatment
of cancer, today provides a business update,
including its financial position as of March 31,
2025.
Key events and upcoming milestones
Over the first quarter of 2025, all of
Transgene’s preclinical and clinical assets progressed in line with
expectations.
Individualized neoantigen therapeutic cancer
vaccine (TG4050)
Transgene will deliver a rapid oral
presentation on TG4050, its lead individualized
neoantigen therapeutic cancer vaccine based on its myvac®
platform and powered by NEC’s AI technologies, at the American
Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2025 annual
meeting in Chicago (USA).
This oral presentation, which will take place on June 1, 2025, is
part of a session that highlights clinical data that stood out
among many submissions.
The updated data will include disease-free survival (DFS) data
at 24-month follow-up for all patients in the Phase I part of the
trial evaluating TG4050 as adjuvant treatment for head and neck
cancer.
As the treatment landscape evolves, these
updated clinical data in the adjuvant treatment of operable head
and neck cancer will be instrumental in determining TG4050’s
optimal development path towards registration in this
indication.
In the Phase II part of the trial, patient
enrollment continues to progress at a good pace and randomization
is expected to be completed on schedule in Q4 2025.
The myvac® individualized cancer vaccine
platform can be applied across a range of solid tumors where in
many cases a significant unmet medical need remains. Consequently,
Transgene is starting initial preparations for a new
Phase I trial in a second undisclosed indication in an
early treatment setting, with the aim to initiate the trial in
Q4 2025.
TG4001
The Company will present a poster on clinical
data from the randomized Phase II trial of TG4001 in combination
with avelumab in HPV16-positive recurrent/metastatic anogenital and
cervical cancer at ASCO. While the primary endpoint of the Phase II
study was not met, positive signals in the cervical cancer subgroup
have been observed and further details will be included in the
poster presentation.
The abstracts will be available on the ASCO
website on May 22, 2025, at 5 p.m. ET.
Governance
Dr. Simone Steiner joined Transgene as Chief
Technical Officer (CTO) on April 1, 2025. She is responsible
for manufacturing and process development for Transgene’s
innovative immunotherapy product pipeline and leads the
optimization of the manufacturing process for individualized
neoantigen therapeutic vaccines. She is also involved in the
development of potential new candidates based on the myvac®
platform, as well as in planning potential future clinical
studies.
Dr. Steiner reports to Chairman and CEO,
Alessandro Riva, and is a member of the Executive Committee.
Upcoming milestones
TG4050 |
24-month follow-up data of all patients recruited
in the Ph. I part - Rapid Oral Presentation |
ASCO annual conference (June 1, 2025) |
Ph. II part - Randomization complete |
Q4 2025 |
Other indication - Additional Ph. I trial to start |
Q4 2025 |
TG4001 |
Clinical data to be presented – cervical cancer
Poster |
ASCO annual conference (June 2, 2025) |
TG6050 |
Initial data expected (Phase I) |
Q2 2025 |
BT-001 |
Updated data expected (Phase I/IIa) |
H2 2025 |
Operating revenue
|
Q1 |
In millions of euros |
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
|
Research Tax
Credit |
2.3 |
1.6 |
Revenue from
collaborative and licensing agreements |
0.1 |
- |
Other income |
0.1 |
0.1 |
Operating
revenue |
2.5 |
1.7 |
During the first quarter of 2025, operating
revenue mostly comprised Research Tax Credit of 2.3 million
compared to €1.6 million for the same period in 2024. This increase
reflects the progress of the ongoing Phase II part of the clinical
trial evaluating TG4050 in head and neck cancer.
Cash, cash equivalents and other financial
assets
Cash, cash equivalents and other financial
assets stood at €15.6 million as of March 31, 2025,
compared to €16.7 million as of December 31, 2024. In the first
quarter of 2025, Transgene’s net cash burn was €14.8 million
compared to €11.2 million for the same period in 2024. This results
from progress in the Phase II part of the trial evaluating
TG4050 in head and neck cancer, with sustained patient enrollment
and related expenses, including the manufacturing of individualized
batches.
In March 2025, the Company signed a
new amendment to the current account advance agreement with TSGH
(Institut Mérieux), which increases the total amount of the
facility by €15 million to €48 million. The Company
has drawn down €22.5 million from this facility as of March
31, 2025.
With this credit facility and the support of
TSGH (Institut Mérieux), Transgene is now able to fund its business
until the end of April 2026, enabling the Company to reach
important development milestones and deliver significant news flow
on its portfolio.
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About Transgene
Transgene (Euronext: TNG) is a biotechnology company focused on
designing and developing targeted immunotherapies for the treatment
of cancer. The Company’s clinical-stage programs consist of a
portfolio of viral vector-based immunotherapeutics. TG4050, the
first individualized therapeutic vaccine based on the myvac®
platform is the Company’s lead asset, with demonstrated proof of
principle in patients in the adjuvant treatment of head and neck
cancers. The portfolio also includes other viral-vector-based
immunotherapies: TG4001 for the treatment of HPV-positive cancers,
as well as BT-001 and TG6050, two oncolytic viruses based on the
Invir.IO® viral backbone. The Company also conducts innovative
discovery and preclinical work, aimed at developing novel viral
vector-based modalities.
With Transgene’s myvac® platform, therapeutic vaccination
enters the field of precision medicine with a novel immunotherapy
that is fully tailored to each individual. The myvac®
approach allows the generation of a virus-based immunotherapy that
encodes patient-specific mutations identified and selected by
Artificial Intelligence capabilities provided by its partner
NEC.
With its proprietary platform Invir.IO®, Transgene is building
on its viral vector engineering expertise to design a new
generation of multifunctional oncolytic viruses.
Additional information about Transgene is available at:
www.transgene.fr
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Chief Financial Officer (CFO) |
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Nadege Bartoli |
communication@transgene.fr |
Investor Relations Analyst
and Financial Communications Officer |
MEDiSTRAVA |
+33 (0)3 88 27 91 00/03 |
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investorrelations@transgene.fr |
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Disclaimer
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are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, which could cause
actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. The
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situation, results, regulatory authorities’ agreement with
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commercialize its products depends on but is not limited to the
following factors: positive pre-clinical data may not be predictive
of human clinical results, the success of clinical studies, the
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to update these forward-looking statements, even if new information
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