Immix Biopharma — Increased legroom following common-only raise

Immix Biopharma (NASDAQ: IMMX)

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Immix Biopharma — Increased legroom following common-only raise

Immix Biopharma has announced a $15m (gross), fully underwritten equity issue. The company will use the proceeds to fund clinical trials for lead CAR-T asset NXC-201, as well as to meet working capital and general corporate needs. Immix had a net cash balance of $19.6m at end September 2023 and we estimate that this capital injection will potentially extend the cash runway to end FY25 or early FY26, past the top-line readouts from its Phase Ib/IIa clinical trials for NXC-201 (NEXICART-1), which, if positive, could pave the way for a partnering deal. We view the release of further rolling data from the trial and first patient dosing in the US (NEXICART-2) across H124 as potentially key upcoming catalysts for the company.

Soo Romanoff

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Soo Romanoff

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Healthcare

Immix Biopharma

Increased legroom following common-only raise

Funding update

Pharma and biotech

7 February 2024

Price

US$3.02

Market cap

US$65.8m

Net cash (US$m) at 30 September 2023 (excluding the c $15m to be raised from the February 2024 equity issue)

19.6

Shares in issue (including 1.9m in unexercised prefunded warrants but excluding the additional shares to be issued in the February 2024 equity raise)

21.8m

Free float

42%

Code

IMMX

Primary exchange

Nasdaq

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

Business description

Immix Biopharma is developing a new class of tissue-specific therapeutics targeting oncology and immune-dysregulated disease. IMX-110 is being investigated in a Phase Ib/IIa study for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma and a Phase Ib/IIa trial in solid tumors in combination with tislelizumab. Immix’s subsidiary Nexcella (94% owned) is also developing a CAR-T therapy, NXC-201, which is in the NEXICART-1 study for the treatment of AL amyloidosis and multiple myeloma.

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Immix Biopharma is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Immix Biopharma has announced a $15m (gross), fully underwritten equity issue. The company will use the proceeds to fund clinical trials for lead CAR-T asset NXC-201, as well as to meet working capital and general corporate needs. Immix had a net cash balance of $19.6m at end September 2023 and we estimate that this capital injection will potentially extend the cash runway to end FY25 or early FY26, past the top-line readouts from its Phase Ib/IIa clinical trials for NXC-201 (NEXICART-1), which, if positive, could pave the way for a partnering deal. We view the release of further rolling data from the trial and first patient dosing in the US (NEXICART-2) across H124 as potentially key upcoming catalysts for the company.

Year end

Revenue
(US$m)

PBT*
(US$m)

EPS*
(US$)

DPS
(US$)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/21

0.0

(1.31)

(0.36)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/22

0.0

(7.70)

(0.55)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/23e

0.0

(11.96)

(0.70)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/24e

0.0

(17.38)

(0.88)

0.0

N/A

N/A

Note: *PBT and EPS are normalized, excluding amortization of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments.

NXC-201 is Immix’s lead CAR-T asset, currently being evaluated in a Phase Ib/IIa study (NEXICART-1) in relapsed/refractory (r/r) amyloid light chain amyloidosis (ALA) and r/r multiple myeloma (MM). The company has been providing rolling results for the ongoing study and recently (throughout Q423) presented encouraging data for the first 73 patients dosed in the study to date. The first 10 patients treated for r/r ALA had an overall response rate (ORR) of 100% and a complete response rate (CR) of 70%. Of the 63 patients treated for MM, 50 received the recommended Phase II dose and this group showed an ORR of 90%. The CAR-T space has been in the news recently following the US FDA’s class-wide directive on adding black box warnings for the possibility of secondary malignancies. However, Immix has assured the market that it has not observed any secondary T-cell malignancies in the interim clinical data for NXC-201.

We note that the FDA accepted Immix’s Investigational New Drug application for NXC-201 in November 2023, with first patient dosing in the US planned for H124. This followed the FDA granting orphan drug designation for NXC-201 in ALA in October 2023, which should provide seven years of market exclusivity in the US (post-approval) in addition to other benefits. Management is targeting a biologic license application submission to the FDA in 2025 for r/r ALA based on data for 40 patients, provided the positive trend from the first 10 patients extends to the remaining cohort. Given the high unmet need in this space (no standard of care), we believe that the data, if compelling, may be adequate to file for regulatory approval.

The equity raise will offer 5.5m shares at $2.71/share (a c 10% discount to the last closing price on 5 February). The underwriter (Titan Partners) holds the option to purchase another c 784k shares, which would net Immix $2.1m, if fully exercised. Immix had a net cash balance of $19.6m at end September 2023 and we expect the additional capital from the fund-raise to provide operational headroom through FY25 (previously Q424), past top-line results from the NEXICART-1 study, which, if positive, could pave the way for a partnering deal for the asset.

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