Henogenyx 2019 Results Overview1 May 2020 11:03
Fantastic annual report. For new members many of the nuggets may pass them by as they mostly relate to historical developments. Hemos primary focus is developing a new safe way to treat types of leukemia. Their platform happens to be adaptable to be able to treat other auto immune conditions, for example COVID. And their humanised mice could enable fast development of COVID antibody treatment and rapid testing of treatments and vaccines.
I'll pull out some of the key information over a number of bite sized posts.
Disclosure am holding 600k shares, with 3>5+ year time frame.
Highlights
. CDX antibody demonstrated to be effective against Acute Myeloid Leukemia ("AML") and as a Conditioning Therapeutic in vivo
· CDX antibody effective against Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ("ALL") in vitro
· Development of a new generation of the Company's humanised mice that is being used as a model for several diseases (discussing supplying for COVID testing)
· Continued development of CDX with a global pharmaceutical company involving manufacturability assessment and follow-up tests of the antibody
Post-Period End Highlights
· Hemogenyx to use its advanced humanised mice to develop potential treatments for COVID-19 and other emerging pathogens
· New CAR-T product candidate HEMO-CAR-T cells demonstrated to be effective against AML in vivo
· Approval of patents for Hu-PHEC (Human Post-natal Hemogenic Endothelial Cells) in both the US and Europe
· Placing and Subscription in January 2020 raised approximately £650,000. This is to fund their new drug candidate CAR-T therapy for acute myeloid leukaemia ("AML"), acute lymphoblastic leukaemia ("ALL"), and myelodysplastic syndrome ("MDS"). Which would replace chemotherapy and radiation.
Note that CDX, Hu-PHEC and mice development costs are paid by partnerships. I would expect if CAR-T interval testing proves successful, a development deal will also be agreed with partner to fund
This is henogenyx development plan, identify target drug in house, test on humanised mice and seek collaboration to fund the full development. Great low cost, lean business model.