NextCure Provides Update and Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

BELTSVILLE, Md., Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NextCure, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering and developing novel, first-in-class immunomedicines to treat cancer and other immune-related diseases, today provided an update and reported third quarter 2022 financial results.

“Based on current efficacy data, we have decided to discontinue our clinical development of NC318. We will continue to support Yale University through its ongoing investigator initiated trial of NC318 in combination with pembrolizumab in lung cancer patients,” said Michael Richman, NextCure’s president and chief executive officer. “We will focus our development efforts on the LAIR programs, including the recently initiated Phase 1b/2 combination trial of NC410 in solid tumors and the Phase 1 trial of NC525 that is expected to start in the first quarter of 2023. In addition, we have now initiated the NC762 expansion trial. These decisions are expected to add an additional 15 months to our cash runway and extend it into mid-2025.”

Business Highlights

NC318 (S15 mAb)

NC410 (LAIR-2 fusion)

NC525 (LAIR-1 mAb)

NC762 (B7-H4 mAb)

Financial Guidance

Financial Results for Quarter Ended September 30, 2022

About NextCure, Inc.
NextCure is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering and developing novel, first-in-class immunomedicines to treat cancer and other immune-related diseases. Through our proprietary FIND-IO™ platform, we study various immune cells to discover and understand targets and structural components of immune cells and their functional impact in order to develop immunomedicines. Our initial focus is to bring hope and new treatments to patients who do not respond to current cancer therapies, patients whose cancer progresses despite treatment and patients with cancer types not adequately addressed by available therapies. www.nextcure.com

Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements contained in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including with respect to our plans, objectives and expectations for our business, operations and financial performance and condition, including the progress and results of clinical trials, development plans regarding our immunomedicines and upcoming milestones. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “should,” “due,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “hope,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “positioned,” “seek,” “target,” “towards,” “forward,” “later,” “will,” “would” and other similar expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and future trends, or the negative of these terms or similar language.

Forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others: the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic (including the emergence of variant strains) on NextCure’s business, including NextCure’s clinical trials, third parties on which NextCure relies and NextCure’s operations; positive results in preclinical studies may not be predictive of the results of clinical trials; NextCure’s limited operating history and no products approved for commercial sale; NextCure’s history of significant losses; NextCure’s need to obtain additional financing; risks related to clinical development, marketing approval and commercialization; the unproven approach to the discovery and development of product candidates based on NextCure’s FIND-IO platform; and dependence on key personnel. More detailed information on these and additional factors that could affect NextCure’s actual results are described under the heading “Risk Factors” in NextCure’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and NextCure assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, even if expectations change.Selected Financial Information Selected Statement of Operations Items: Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 30,
September 30,(in thousands, except share and per share amounts) 2022 2021 2022 2021Operating expenses: Research and development $13,528 $13,597 $41,377 $37,928 General and administrative 5,711 4,911 16,761 15,766 Loss from operations (19,239) (18,508) (58,138) (53,694)Other income, net 328 578 705 1,244 Net loss $(18,911) $(17,930) $(57,433) $(52,450)Net loss per common share - basic and diluted $(0.68) $(0.65) $(2.07) $(1.90)Weighted-average shares outstanding - basic and diluted 27,748,844 27,615,038 27,734,271 27,607,685 Selected Balance Sheet Items: September 30, December 31, (in thousands) 2022 2021 Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities $169,214 $219,591 Total assets $189,909 $242,386 Accounts payable and accrued expenses $5,789 $6,391 Total stockholders' equity $181,541 $233,386       

Investor Inquiries
Timothy Mayer, Ph.D.
NextCure, Inc.
Chief Operating Officer
(240) 762-6486
IR@nextcure.com