GENERAL ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS AND LIQUIDITY |
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GENERAL ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS AND LIQUIDITY | |
GENERAL ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS AND LIQUIDITY | NOTE 1. GENERAL ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS AND LIQUIDITY General Organization and Business Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering a transformational approach to treating cancer by harnessing the human immune system’s ability to recognize and destroy diverse cancer cells using therapies personalized for each patient. The Company’s mission is to be the global leader in innovating, developing and delivering tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (“TIL”) cell therapies for patients with solid tumor cancers. The Company is executing the U.S. launch of Amtagvi® (lifileucel), the first product within its autologous TIL cell therapy platform, while also marketing Proleukin® (aldesleukin), an interleukin-2 (“IL-2”) product used in the Amtagvi® treatment regimen and in other applications. Amtagvi® is the first and the only one-time, individualized T cell therapy to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approval for a solid tumor cancer. Amtagvi® is a tumor-derived autologous T cell immunotherapy indicated for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma previously treated with a PD-1 blocking antibody, and if BRAF V600 mutation positive, a BRAF inhibitor with or without a MEK inhibitor. This indication was approved under accelerated approval based on overall response rate (“ORR”). Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in future confirmatory trials. Amtagvi® and Proleukin® are part of a treatment regimen that includes lymphodepletion. Beyond the U.S., the Company plans to launch Amtagvi® into additional markets with a high prevalence of advanced melanoma, including the European Union (“EU”), United Kingdom (“UK”), Canada, Switzerland, and Australia. In June 2024, the Company submitted a centralized marketing authorization application (“MAA”) to the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) for lifileucel. In August 2024, the MAA was validated and accepted for review by the EMA. In October 2024, an MAA was submitted to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the UK. A new drug submission (“NDS”) was deemed eligible for Notice of Compliance with Conditions (“NOC/c”) by Health Canada and submitted in December 2024 and then accepted in January 2025. The NOC/c policy includes a prioritized 200-day review process for potential NDS approval in mid-2025. If approved, lifileucel is expected to be the first and only approved therapy in this treatment setting in these markets. Across the U.S. and other targeted global markets, Amtagvi® has the potential to address more than 20,000 previously treated advanced melanoma patients annually. The Company was founded to build upon the promise of TIL cell therapy that was previously demonstrated in single-center clinical trials at academic research centers, including the National Cancer Institute (“NCI”). The Company’s multi-center trials, novel TIL products, manufacturing processes, facilities, and bioanalytical platforms have transformed TIL cell therapy into a commercially viable treatment which thousands of patients with cancer can access. The Company manufactures Amtagvi® and its investigational TIL cell therapies using centralized, scalable, and proprietary manufacturing processes which rejuvenate and multiply polyclonal T cells unique to each patient into the billions and yields a cryopreserved, individualized therapy. Amtagvi® is manufactured for commercial use at the Company’s manufacturing facility, the Iovance Cell Therapy Center (the “iCTC”), and by a contract manufacturing organization (“CMO”). The Company’s development pipeline includes multicenter trials of TIL cell therapies in additional treatment settings and indications for solid tumor cancers. To potentially improve outcomes for patients, the Company is investigating TIL monotherapies for patients previously treated with standard of care therapies and TIL cell therapy in combination with standard of care therapies for patients in earlier treatment settings. The Company is conducting two ongoing registrational trials to support a supplementary BLA (“sBLA”), of lifileucel in frontline advanced melanoma and in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (“NSCLC”) following standard of care chemo-immunotherapy. The Company is also developing next generation therapies, such as genetically modified TIL cell therapy and next generation cytokines for use in the TIL cell therapy regimen. Basis of Presentation of Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Information The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the requirements for reporting on Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for audited financial statements. However, such information reflects all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments), which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair presentation of the Company's financial position and results of operations. Results shown for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2025 or for any other period. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 27, 2025. Liquidity As of March 31, 2025, the Company had $366.1 million in cash, cash equivalents, short term-investments, and restricted cash ($171.7 million of cash and cash equivalents, $188.0 million in short-term investments, and $6.4 million in restricted cash). The Company has recently launched its first internally developed commercial product and continues to be engaged in the development of therapeutics to fight cancer, specifically solid tumors. With the recent approval of the Biologics License Application (“BLA”), the Company began to generate revenue from the sale of its product Amtagvi® in the second quarter of 2024. Furthermore, following the acquisition of the worldwide rights to Proleukin® (as discussed below in Note 4 - Proleukin® Acquisition) in 2023, the Company began to generate revenue from the sales of Proleukin®. However, such revenues for Amtagvi® and Proleukin® may not be material enough to generate positive operational cash flows during the 12 months from the date the condensed consolidated financial statements are issued and this Form 10-Q is filed. The Company has incurred a net loss of $116.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and used $103.7 million of cash in its operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The Company expects to continue to incur significant expenses to support its execution of the commercial launch of Amtagvi®, fund ongoing clinical programs, including its NSCLC registrational study, IOV-LUN-202, and its frontline advanced melanoma Phase 3 confirmatory trial, TILVANCE-301, continue the development of its pipeline candidates, and for other general corporate purposes. Based on the funds the Company has available as of the date these condensed consolidated financial statements are issued, the Company believes that it has sufficient capital to fund its anticipated operating expenses and capital expenditures as planned for at least the next twelve months from the date these condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. Concentrations of Risk The Company is subject to credit risk from its portfolio of cash, cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable and investments. Under its investment policy, the Company limits amounts invested in securities by credit rating, maturity, industry group, investment type and issuer, except for securities issued by the U.S. government. The Company does not believe it is exposed to any significant concentrations of credit risk from these financial instruments. The goals of its investment policy are safety and preservation of principal, diversification of risk, and liquidity of investments sufficient to meet cash flow requirements. |