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BURLINGTON, Mass., Nov. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Minerva Neurosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NERV), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies to treat central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today reported key business updates and financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
Roluperidone Update
As announced on August 17, 2022, the company submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a New Drug Application (NDA) for roluperidone to treat negative symptoms in schizophrenia. The submission included data from two clinical trials, the company’s phase 2b and phase 3 studies, in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia with negative symptoms.
On October 17, 2022, the company announced that it had received a refusal to file letter from the FDA. The company has requested a Type A meeting and anticipates that the Type A meeting will occur by the end of this year.
“We believe that a large subset of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia do not require continuous treatment with antipsychotics for positive symptoms yet still suffer negative symptoms. We developed roluperidone as a monotherapy for this patient sub-population. We discussed with the FDA the need for a treatment for this specific sub-population of U.S. patients and the FDA has acknowledged that negative symptoms represent a significant unmet medical need for which there are currently no approved treatments,” said Dr. Remy Luthringer, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Minerva Neurosciences. “While we are disappointed that the FDA did not accept our NDA for roluperidone, the Company looks forward to discussions with the FDA at the Type A meeting.”
Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Conference Call Information:
The live webcast may be accessed here and on the Company’s website under Events and Presentations.
The archived webcast will be available on the Company’s website beginning approximately two hours after the event for 90 days.
About Minerva Neurosciences
Minerva Neurosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NERV) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing product candidates to treat central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Our goal is to transform the lives of patients with improved therapeutic options. Minerva’s portfolio of compounds includes roluperidone (MIN-101), in clinical development for negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and MIN-301 for Parkinson’s disease. For more information, please visit our website.
Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts, reflect management’s expectations as of the date of this press release, and involve certain risks and uncertainties. These statements may be identified by words such as “aims,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “forecasts,” “goal,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “possible,” “potential,” “seeks,” “will” and variations of these words or similar expressions that are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the clinical development of roluperidone as monotherapy for the treatment of negative symptoms of schizophrenia; the timing and outcomes of future interactions with the FDA; patient prevalence; and our cash runway. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and may differ materially from actual results due to a variety of factors including, without limitation, whether a Type A meeting will be granted and whether our future interactions with the FDA will have satisfactory outcomes; management’s ability to successfully achieve its goals; our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations on terms acceptable to us; and general economic conditions. Other factors that may cause our actual results to differ from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements in this press release are identified under the caption “Risk Factors” in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2022. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on our website:www.minervaneurosciences.com. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we expressly disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
For more information:
Investor inquiries:
Fred Ahlholm
CFO, Minerva Neurosciences
info@minervaneurosciences.com
Media inquiries:
Helen Shik
Principal, Shik Communications LLC
helen@ShikCommunications.com
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA | ||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||
| September 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | |||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||
| Current Assets: | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 40,220 | $ | 60,755 | ||
| Restricted cash | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Refundable regulatory fee | 3,117 | - | ||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,404 | 1,346 | ||||
| Total current assets | 44,841 | 62,201 | ||||
| Capitalized software, net | 49 | 52 | ||||
| Goodwill | 14,869 | 14,869 | ||||
| Total Assets | $ | 59,759 | $ | 77,122 | ||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) EQUITY | ||||||
| Current Liabilities: | ||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 533 | $ | 1,853 | ||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 1,664 | 966 | ||||
| Total current liabilities | 2,197 | 2,819 | ||||
| Long-Term Liabilities: | ||||||
| Liability related to the sale of future royalties | 71,808 | 66,327 | ||||
| Total liabilities | 74,005 | 69,146 | ||||
| Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity: | ||||||
| Common stock | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 345,837 | 342,676 | ||||
| Accumulated deficit | (360,084 | ) | (334,701 | ) | ||
| Total stockholders' (deficit) equity | (14,246 | ) | 7,976 | |||
| Total Liabilities and Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity | $ | 59,759 | $ | 77,122 | ||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended September 30, (in thousands, except per share amounts) | Nine Months Ended September 30 (in thousands, except per share amounts) | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 2,367 | $ | 4,513 | $ | 11,459 | $ | 13,292 | ||||||
| General and administrative | 2,840 | 3,005 | 8,703 | 10,696 | ||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 5,207 | 7,518 | 20,162 | 23,988 | ||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (5,207 | ) | (7,518 | ) | (20,162 | ) | (23,988 | ) | ||||||
| Foreign exchange gains (losses) | 2 | (5 | ) | - | (29 | ) | ||||||||
| Investment income | 180 | 4 | 260 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Non-cash interest expense for the sale of future royalties | (1,875 | ) | (1,686 | ) | (5,481 | ) | (4,595 | ) | ||||||
| Net loss | $ | (6,900 | ) | $ | (9,205 | ) | $ | (25,383 | ) | $ | (28,599 | ) | ||
| Net loss per share, basic and diluted | $ | (1.29 | ) | $ | (1.72 | ) | $ | (4.75 | ) | $ | (5.36 | ) | ||
| Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted | 5,340 | 5,340 | 5,340 | 5,340 | ||||||||||