Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: SANA), a company focused on creating and delivering engineered cells as medicines, today reported financial results and business highlights for the second quarter 2022.
“We are pleased with the continued progress this quarter both across our platforms and with our product candidates. We made executive hires in critical operational roles, executed on key pre-IND activities for both SC291 and SG295, made business decisions that extend our cash runway to allow more potential clinical data readouts across multiple drug candidates with our current balance sheet, and presented important preclinical data across multiple platforms at various scientific conferences,” said Steve Harr, Sana’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are well-positioned with our current resources to file INDs across several platforms with multiple drug products in both 2022 and 2023, and our team is enthusiastic to understand the potential of these medicines to improve outcomes for patients.”
Continued progress in building Sana’s hypoimmune ex vivo platform and in vivo fusogen platform with presentations at AACR, ASGCT, ADA, and ISSCR
Announced expected cash runway into 2025 to enable multiple data readouts across the platforms; largest part of cash savings from plans to relocate manufacturing facility to Bothell, Washington
Announced key executive hires and appointments, building on the company’s scientific excellence and operational capabilities
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
GAAP Results
Non-GAAP Measures
A discussion of non-GAAP measures, including a reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP measures, is presented below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”
About Sana
Sana Biotechnology, Inc. is focused on creating and delivering engineered cells as medicines for patients. We share a vision of repairing and controlling genes, replacing missing or damaged cells, and making our therapies broadly available to patients. We are a passionate group of people working together to create an enduring company that changes how the world treats disease. Sana has operations in Seattle, Cambridge, South San Francisco, and Rochester.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements about Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including those related to the company’s vision, progress, and business plans; expectations for its development programs, product candidates and technology platforms, including its pre-clinical, clinical and regulatory development plans and timing expectations, including with respect to the expected timing of IND filings for the Company’s product candidates; the Company’s expected cash runway and the impact of the increase in the cash runway on the Company’s business, including with respect to the expected timing of IND filings for its product candidates; the potential ability of Sana’s HIP platform to make genomic modifications to cells that prevent allogeneic transplant rejection and prevent both adaptive and innate immune recognition and rejection; the potential of HIP allogeneic regulatory T cells to treat a variety of autoimmune disorders; the impact of the in vitro and in vivo data regarding exposure of an anti-CD47 antibody on iPSCs and HIP pancreatic islet cells on a potential safety strategy and validation of the mechanism of immune protection with respect to the HIP platform; the potential cost savings associated with moving the Company’s manufacturing plant from Fremont, CA to Bothell, WA; and the Company’s expectations with respect to the Bothell facility. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release, including, among others, statements regarding the Company’s strategy, expectations, cash runway and future financial condition, future operations, and prospects, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “design,” “due,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” “positioned,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and other similar expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and future trends, or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to vary materially, including, among others, the risks inherent in drug development such as those associated with the initiation, cost, timing, progress and results of the Company’s current and future research and development programs, preclinical and clinical trials, as well as the economic, market and social disruptions due to the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis. For a detailed discussion of the risk factors that could affect the Company’s actual results, please refer to the risk factors identified in the Company’s SEC reports, including but not limited to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated August 4, 2022. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.
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Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Unaudited Selected Consolidated Balance Sheet Data
June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | |||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities | $ | 579,566 | $ | 746,877 | ||||
Total assets | 971,089 | 1,129,407 | ||||||
Contingent consideration | 149,385 | 153,743 | ||||||
Success payment liabilities | 33,517 | 102,525 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 331,584 | 400,905 | ||||||
Total stockholders' equity | 639,505 | 728,502 |
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
(in thousands, except per share data) | ||||||||||||||||
Operating expenses (gains): | ||||||||||||||||
Research and development | $ | 72,540 | $ | 44,996 | $ | 145,229 | $ | 86,876 | ||||||||
Research and development related success payments and contingent consideration | (17,928 | ) | (76,025 | ) | (73,366 | ) | 51,025 | |||||||||
General and administrative | 18,292 | 12,477 | 32,726 | 24,298 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses (gains) | 72,904 | (18,552 | ) | 104,589 | 162,199 | |||||||||||
Gain (loss) from operations | (72,904 | ) | 18,552 | (104,589 | ) | (162,199 | ) | |||||||||
Interest income, net | 637 | 130 | 976 | 251 | ||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | (198 | ) | 1 | (300 | ) | 14 | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (72,465 | ) | $ | 18,683 | $ | (103,913 | ) | $ | (161,934 | ) | |||||
Net income (loss) per common share - basic | $ | (0.39 | ) | $ | 0.10 | $ | (0.56 | ) | $ | (1.08 | ) | |||||
Weighted-average number of common shares - basic | 187,626 | 179,899 | 186,801 | 149,683 | ||||||||||||
Net income (loss) per share - diluted | $ | (0.39 | ) | $ | 0.09 | $ | (0.56 | ) | $ | (1.08 | ) | |||||
Weighted-average shares outstanding - diluted | 187,626 | 190,508 | 186,801 | 149,683 |
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Changes in the Estimated Fair Value of Success Payments and Contingent Consideration
Success Payment Liability(1) | Contingent Consideration(2) | Total Success Payment Liability and Contingent Consideration | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||
Liability balance as of December 31, 2021 | $ | 102,525 | $ | 153,743 | $ | 256,268 | ||||||
Changes in fair value - gain | (54,910 | ) | (528 | ) | (55,438 | ) | ||||||
Liability balance as of March 31, 2022 | 47,615 | 153,215 | 200,830 | |||||||||
Changes in fair value - gain | (14,098 | ) | (3,830 | ) | (17,928 | ) | ||||||
Liability balance as of June 30, 2022 | $ | 33,517 | $ | 149,385 | $ | 182,902 | ||||||
Total change in fair value for the six months ended June 30, 2022 | $ | (69,008 | ) | $ | (4,358 | ) | $ | (73,366 | ) |
(1) Cobalt Biomedicine, Inc. (Cobalt) and the Presidents of Harvard College (Harvard) are entitled to success payments pursuant to the terms and conditions of their agreements. The success payments are recorded at fair value and remeasured at each reporting period with changes in the estimated fair value recorded in research and development related success payments and contingent consideration on the statement of operations.
(2) Cobalt is entitled to contingent consideration upon the achievement of certain milestones pursuant to the terms and conditions of the agreement. Contingent consideration is recorded at fair value and remeasured at each reporting period with changes in the estimated fair value recorded in research and development related success payments and contingent consideration on the statement of operations.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the financial results presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP), Sana uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate its business. Sana’s management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are helpful in understanding Sana’s financial performance and potential future results, as well as providing comparability to peer companies and period over period. In particular, Sana’s management utilizes non-GAAP operating cash burn, non-GAAP research and development expense and non-GAAP net loss and net loss per share. Sana believes the presentation of these non-GAAP measures provides management and investors greater visibility into the Company’s ongoing actual costs to operate its business, including actual research and development costs unaffected by non-cash valuation changes and certain one-time expenses for acquiring technology, as well as facilitating a more meaningful comparison of period-to-period activity. Sana excludes these items because they are highly variable from period to period and, in respect of the non-cash expenses, provides investors with insight into the actual cash investment in the development of its therapeutic programs and platform technologies.
These are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP measures and should be read in conjunction with Sana’s financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures differ from GAAP measures with the same captions, may be different from non-GAAP financial measures with the same or similar captions that are used by other companies, and do not reflect a comprehensive system of accounting. Sana’s management uses these supplemental non-GAAP financial measures internally to understand, manage, and evaluate Sana’s business and make operating decisions. In addition, Sana’s management believes that the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors because they enhance the ability of investors to compare Sana’s results from period to period and allows for greater transparency with respect to key financial metrics Sana uses in making operating decisions. The following are reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures:
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Unaudited Reconciliation of Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Marketable Securities to
Non-GAAP Operating Cash Burn
Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
2022 | 2021 | |||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||
Beginning cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities | $ | 746,877 | $ | 411,995 | ||||
Ending cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities | 579,566 | 930,770 | ||||||
Change in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities | (167,311 | ) | 518,775 | |||||
Cash paid to purchase property and equipment | 11,924 | 16,596 | ||||||
Change in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities, excluding capital expenditures | (155,387 | ) | 535,371 | |||||
Adjustments: | ||||||||
Cash paid to acquire technology(1) | - | 1,246 | ||||||
Net proceeds received from the initial public offering of common stock | - | (626,405 | ) | |||||
Operating cash burn - Non-GAAP | $ | (155,387 | ) | $ | (89,788 | ) |
(1) The non-GAAP adjustment of $1.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was the holdback payment related to the acquisition of Cytocardia, Inc. in 2019.
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP General and Administrative Expense
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
General and administrative - GAAP | $ | 18,292 | $ | 12,477 | $ | 32,726 | $ | 24,298 | ||||||||
Adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Write-off of construction in progress costs incurred in connection with the previously planned Fremont facility(1) | (4,474 | ) | - | (4,474 | ) | - | ||||||||||
General and administrative - Non-GAAP | $ | 13,818 | $ | 12,477 | $ | 28,252 | $ | 24,298 |
(1) The Fremont facility will be replaced with the Bothell facility.
Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Net Loss and Net Loss Per Share
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
(in thousands, except per share data) | ||||||||||||||||
Net loss - GAAP | $ | (72,465 | ) | $ | 18,683 | $ | (103,913 | ) | $ | (161,934 | ) | |||||
Adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Change in the estimated fair value of the success payment liabilities(1) | (14,098 | ) | (83,188 | ) | (69,008 | ) | 32,469 | |||||||||
Change in the estimated fair value of contingent consideration(2) | (3,830 | ) | 7,163 | (4,358 | ) | 18,556 | ||||||||||
Write-off of construction in progress costs incurred in connection with the previously planned Fremont facility3) | 4,474 | - | 4,474 | - | ||||||||||||
Net loss - Non-GAAP | $ | (85,919 | ) | $ | (57,342 | ) | $ | (172,805 | ) | $ | (110,909 | ) | ||||
Net loss per share - GAAP | $ | (0.39 | ) | $ | 0.10 | $ | (0.56 | ) | $ | (1.08 | ) | |||||
Adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||
Change in the estimated fair value of the success payment liabilities(1) | (0.08 | ) | (0.46 | ) | (0.37 | ) | 0.22 | |||||||||
Change in the estimated fair value of contingent consideration(2) | (0.02 | ) | 0.04 | (0.02 | ) | 0.12 | ||||||||||
Write-off of construction in progress costs incurred in connection with the previously planned Fremont facility(3) | 0.02 | - | 0.02 | - | ||||||||||||
Net loss per share - Non-GAAP | $ | (0.47 | ) | $ | (0.32 | ) | $ | (0.93 | ) | $ | (0.74 | ) | ||||
Weighted-average shares outstanding - basic | 187,626 | 179,899 | 186,801 | 149,683 |
(1) For the three months and six ended June 30, 2022, the gains related to the Cobalt success payment liability were $12.1 million and $58.9 million, respectively, compared to a gain of $66.6 million and an expense of $21.5 million for the same periods in 2021. For the three months and six ended June 30, 2022, the gains related to the Harvard success payment liability were $2.0 million and $10.1 million, respectively, compared to a gain of $16.6 million and an expense of $7.3 million for the same periods in 2021.
(2) The contingent consideration was recorded in connection with the acquisition of Cobalt.
(3) The Fremont facility will be replaced with the Bothell facility.
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