RE: Brillient news! Well Done BOD!5 Jun 2023 09:36
Operational Highlights:
· Successful completion of Evaluation Agreement with Kings College, London, resulting in the incorporation of Cytolytix Limited in August 2022 to develop CLX001.
· Initiation of Evaluation Agreement with the University of Barcelona.
· Progression of the Evaluation Project with Hokkaido University.
· Evolution of strategy to build a translational Contract Research Organisation (tCRO) from Buy and Build to Build and Buy with the set up and launch of our laboratory facility in MediCity and incorporation of Inaphaea BioLabs Limited ("Inaphaea") in January 2023.
· Director appointment of Stella Panu as Non-Executive Director.
· Senior appointments of Cathy Tralau-Stewart as Chief Scientific Officer and Zai Ahmad as Preclinical Project Manager.
· Post-period appointments of the scientific team at Inaphaea of Melissa Barr, Dominic Lowen and Amelia Hatfield (Lead Scientist, Senior Scientist and Scientist respectively) and Andrew Carnegie (Head of Strategic Commercial Development).
Financial Highlights:
· Research and developments costs of £551,233 for the year ended 31 December 2022 as compared to £303,789 in 2021, an increase of £285,964 reflecting the increase in expenditure on research for the Evaluation Projects, VAL301 and the initiation of Cytolytix.
· Administrative expenses of £1,502,355 for the year ended 31 December 2022 as compared to £1,216,391 in 2021, an increase of £285,964.
· Total comprehensive loss for the year ended 31 December 2022 of £2,366,488 as compared to £1,518,212 in 2021, an increase of £848,276 and a loss per share of 3.06p as compared to 2.34p in 2021.
· Cash balance at 31 December 2022 of £1,137,477 as compared to £593,672 in 2021.
· Cash raised through an equity placing in July 2022 of £2.5M in total before costs; and post-period cash raised through an equity placing in January 2023 of approximately £1.3M in total before costs.
· Tax credit accrued through R&D in 2022 of £192,617; payment expected in Q3 2023 as compared to £133,413 received in Q3 2022 for R&D conducted in 2021.