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WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mustang Bio, Inc. (“Mustang”) (Nasdaq: MBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on translating today’s medical breakthroughs in cell and gene therapies into potential cures for hematologic cancers, solid tumors and rare genetic diseases, today announced financial results and recent corporate highlights for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.
Manuel Litchman, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Mustang, said, “We continued to make progress advancing our portfolio of cell and gene therapies during the third quarter. Notably, we treated the first patient in our multicenter Phase 1/2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of MB-106, our first-in-class CD20-targeted, autologous CAR T cell therapy for the treatment of relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas (“B-NHL”) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (“CLL”). This first clinical trial under Mustang’s Investigational New Drug application (“IND”) builds upon the initial, ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial taking place at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (“Fred Hutch”). In the Fred Hutch trial, MB-106 continues to demonstrate high efficacy and a favorable safety profile across patients with a wide range of hematologic malignancies. Results from the Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (“WM”) cohort of the Fred Hutch trial were recently presented at the 11th International Workshop for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (“IWWM-11”), showing a 100% complete response (“CR”) rate in patients with WM. Our MB-106 program was granted Orphan Drug Designation (“ODD”) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for WM, and we plan to treat additional patients with WM in the Mustang-sponsored Phase 1 portion of our multicenter trial in order to support a fast-to-market Phase 2 strategy for this indication. We anticipate announcing early results from the Mustang-sponsored Phase 1 trial in December 2022.”
“In summary, our CD20 CAR T remains our lead program, and we believe the product profile is favorable compared to the approved autologous CAR Ts, which are generating an annualized run rate of $3 billion in net sales, based on reported sales in the third quarter of 2022,” said Dr. Litchman.
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About Mustang Bio
Mustang Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on translating today’s medical breakthroughs in cell and gene therapies into potential cures for hematologic cancers, solid tumors and rare genetic diseases. Mustang aims to acquire rights to these technologies by licensing or otherwise acquiring an ownership interest, to fund research and development, and to outlicense or bring the technologies to market. Mustang has partnered with top medical institutions to advance the development of CAR T therapies across multiple cancers, as well as lentiviral gene therapies for severe combined immunodeficiency. Mustang’s common stock is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Mustang files periodic reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Mustang was founded by Fortress Biotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: FBIO). For more information, visit www.mustangbio.com.
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Mustang Bio, Inc.
(781) 652-4500
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MUSTANG BIO, INC.
Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts) September 30, December 31, 2022
2021
ASSETS Current Assets: Cash and cash equivalents $91,364 $109,618 Other receivables - related party 33 50 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 3,050 2,038 Total current assets 94,447 111,706 Property, plant and equipment, net 8,950 9,025 Fixed assets - construction in process 1,095 2,027 Restricted cash 1,000 1,000 Other assets 320 362 Operating lease right-of-use asset, net 3,024 1,050 Total Assets $108,836 $125,170 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Current Liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses $12,810 $9,744 Payables and accrued expenses - related party 152 723 Operating lease liabilities - short-term 595 348 Total current liabilities 13,557 10,815 Deferred income 270 270 Note payable, long-term, net 27,293 — Operating lease liabilities - long-term 3,391 1,685 Total Liabilities 44,511 12,770 Stockholders’ Equity Preferred stock ($0.0001 par value), 2,000,000 shares authorized, 250,000 shares of Class A preferred stock issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively — — Common stock ($0.0001 par value), 200,000,000 and 150,000,000 shares authorized as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively Class A common shares, 845,385 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively — — Common shares, 106,427,767 and 93,582,991 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively 11 9 Common stock issuable, 6,987 and 2,536,607 shares as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively 4 4,329 Additional paid-in capital 374,045 359,906 Accumulated deficit (309,735) (251,844)Total Stockholders’ Equity 64,325 112,400 Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $108,836 $125,170
MUSTANG BIO, INC.
Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts) For the three months ended September 30, For the nine months ended September 30, 2022
2021
2022
2021
Operating expenses: Research and development $15,419 $14,083 $46,872 $36,603 Research and development – licenses acquired 40 630 40 1,630 General and administrative 3,389 2,364 9,815 8,371 Total operating expenses 18,848 17,077 56,727 46,604 Loss from operations (18,848) (17,077) (56,727) (46,604) Other income (expense) Grant income 669 — 669 — Interest income 216 75 366 294 Interest expense (1,034) (3) (2,199) (11)Total other income (expense) (149) 72 (1,164) 283 Net Loss $(18,997) $(17,005) $(57,891) $(46,321) Net loss per common share outstanding, basic and diluted $(0.18) $(0.19) $(0.57) $(0.54) Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted 105,917,723 91,136,969 102,289,247 86,487,092