Cantargia — Strong momentum in first nine months of FY22

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Cantargia — Strong momentum in first nine months of FY22

Cantargia’s development programme for its lead asset, nadunolimab (CAN04), continued to build momentum in Q322. The company’s results for the period report an operating loss of SEK74.2m, which was largely driven by R&D expenses of SEK69.7m. Cash outflow from operations for Q322 was SEK81.4m, bringing the total cash used in operations for 9M22 to SEK297.3m, up from SEK256.6m in 9M21, due to expanded clinical activities. Cantargia received net proceeds from the rights issue completed in August 2022 of SEK223.9m, resulting in a cash and short-term investment position of SEK496.5m at end-Q322. Our current forecasts for FY22 and FY23 see the company funded to mid-FY24, beyond commencement of important randomised late-stage trials in FY23. Our valuation of Cantargia is broadly unchanged at SEK7.5bn or SEK44.9 per share.

Soo Romanoff

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Healthcare

Cantargia

Strong momentum in first nine months of FY22

Q322 results

Pharma/biotech

11 November 2022

Price

SEK3.46

Market cap

SEK577m

SEK10.76/US$

Net cash and short-term investments (SEKm) at 30 September 2022

496.5

Shares in issue

166.99m

Free float

99%

Code

CANT

Primary exchange

Nasdaq Nordic

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(1.8)

(29.0)

(72.8)

Rel (local)

(15.1)

(28.4)

(66.2)

52-week high/low

SEK17.06

SEK3.42

Business description

Cantargia is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Sweden. It is developing two assets against IL1RAP, CAN04 and CAN10. CAN04 is being studied in several solid tumours with a main focus on NSCLC and pancreatic cancer. The most advanced trial is in Phase II.

Next events

PanCAN PDAC Phase III trial begins

2023

NSCLC Phase III trial begins

2023

Analysts

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Cantargia is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Cantargia’s development programme for its lead asset, nadunolimab (CAN04), continued to build momentum in Q322. The company’s results for the period report an operating loss of SEK74.2m, which was largely driven by R&D expenses of SEK69.7m. Cash outflow from operations for Q322 was SEK81.4m, bringing the total cash used in operations for 9M22 to SEK297.3m, up from SEK256.6m in 9M21, due to expanded clinical activities. Cantargia received net proceeds from the rights issue completed in August 2022 of SEK223.9m, resulting in a cash and short-term investment position of SEK496.5m at end-Q322. Our current forecasts for FY22 and FY23 see the company funded to mid-FY24, beyond commencement of important randomised late-stage trials in FY23. Our valuation of Cantargia is broadly unchanged at SEK7.5bn or SEK44.9 per share.

Year end

Revenue
(SEKm)

PBT*
(SEKm)

EPS*
(SEK)

DPS
(SEK)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/20

0.0

(173.1)

(1.94)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/21

0.0

(366.5)

(3.66)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/22e

0.0

(322.8)

(2.41)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/23e

0.0

(296.7)

(1.77)

0.0

N/A

N/A

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

Pipeline development continues

With Cantargia’s development pipeline generating supportive data for CAN04’s use in oncology, the company will look to leverage this to focus on the drug’s development in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and pancreatic cancer (PDAC), two indications with large unmet medical need. Two key catalysts for the company, in our view, will be the initiation of randomised trials in these indications, both of which are expected to begin in FY23. We see the sustained pipeline momentum over FY22 as a very positive sign for the company.

Funding shores up cash runway to mid-2024

Proceeds from the August 2022 rights issue provided Cantargia with an important cash injection to fund key steps in the late-stage development of nadunolimab. In FY23 we expect the company to focus on the pipeline and reduce the number of clinical trials being run. As a result, we have reduced our estimated R&D spend. Combined, our new forecasts see the company’s operations sufficiently funded to mid-FY24 (previously into H124).

Valuation: SEK7.5bn or SEK44.9 per share

We have updated our valuation of Cantargia in light of Q322 results to SEK7.5bn or SEK44.9 per share (previously SEK7.35bn or SEK44.0 per share) The slight value uplift is due to rolling our model forward three months and updating our FX rate assumptions. Our valuation is based on a risk-adjusted NPV of nadunolimab in NSCLC and PDAC and includes a net cash and short-term investment position of SEK496.5m at end-September 2022.

Sustained pipeline momentum in Q322

FY22 has been a busy year for Cantargia. The company’s clinical development programme for nadunolimab (CAN04), an IL1RAP-targeting antibody, is involved in six separate clinical trials, in four oncology indications (Exhibit 1). Momentum in H222 is continuing as the Phase Ib CIRIFOUR trial (NCT04452214), evaluating CAN04 in first-line non-squamous NSCLC in combination with pembrolizumab and platinum-based chemotherapy, treated its first patient, and the Phase I CAPAFOUR (NCT04990037) and Phase I/II CESTAFOUR (NCT05116891) completed patient enrolment. Moving forward, management’s strategy will leverage data generated from the pipeline to mainly focus on nadunolimab’s development in PDAC and lung cancer, two areas with considerable unmet medical need. In our view, important near-term inflection points, namely the commencement of the Phase II/III clinical Precision Promise trial (in collaboration with PanCAN) and the planned randomised clinical trial in NSCLC, both due in 2023, mark the beginning of late-stage development for nadunolimab.

Exhibit 1: Cantargia development pipeline

Source: Cantargia report November 2022

New data support IL1RAP strategy

In November 2022, the company reported a handful of preclinical results that, in our view, support Cantargia’s strategy of pursuing IL1RAP in oncology and inflammatory diseases. The company presented data demonstrating nadunolimab (CAN04) reduced levels of tumour-promoting molecules in a PDAC microenvironment model with similar reductions having been observed in PDAC and NSCLC patients treated with nadunolimab. Importantly, an IL-1β targeting antibody showed no such effect (nadunolimab blocks both IL-1α and IL-1β activation). Investors will recall the failure of Novartis’s canakinumab (an anti-IL-1β antibody) to demonstrate meaningful survival benefits in Phase III trials for the treatment of NSCLC in October 2021. In our view, these data provide encouraging differentiation for nadunolimab’s mechanism of action (complete IL-1 pathway abrogation) in oncology.

Further, in November 2022 Cantargia reported new preclinical data that support the potential use of the company’s second IL1RAP-binding antibody CAN10 in the treatment of systemic sclerosis (SS), a life-threatening fibrotic disease with no cure. In the report, which has been selected for an oral presentation at American College of Rheumatology Convergence 2022 on 13 November, CAN10 produced a reduction in fibrosis and inflammation in skin and lung tissues in three different in vivo models of SS and reduced IL1RAP-stimulated inflammatory biomarkers. CAN10 is currently in preclinical development, with Cantargia planning to begin Phase I trials in SS and myocarditis in early-FY23. We see this new data as encouraging for CAN10’s potential use in SS and supportive of IL1RAP as a target of interest in inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. 

SS (also known as scleroderma) is rare autoimmune disease (global incidence is estimated at 1.4/100,000 people per year) characterised by fibrosis (scar-like tissue formation) in the skin and visceral organs. Symptoms can vary widely depending on the area affected and cases that affect the lungs, heart, kidneys or digestive system can have serious implications and are often fatal. At present no curative treatments exist for SS and current medications can only control symptoms of the disease, for example anti-hypertensives, immunosuppressants and pain relief.

Hence, we see an opportunity for Cantargia in SS, providing CAN10 can translate the reported preclinical model results into the clinic. We note, however, that it is inappropriate to make specific clinical efficacy assumptions from preclinical data. Nevertheless, the in vivo SS model data is, in our view, supportive of the company’s strategy to pursue the treatment of SS with CAN10 and adds to previous evidence gathered by the company on IL1RAP’s potential utility in inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. In line with company guidance, we expect Cantargia to initiate Phase I clinical trials with CAN10 in SS in early-2023. We do not currently include CAN10 in our valuation of Cantargia. However, we will revisit this once the asset begins Phase I trials.

Financials

In Q322, management reported R&D related costs of SEK69.7m, a reduction of c 31% from the same period a year prior (Q321: SEK100.8m) and down from the higher R&D run rate of H1. The reduction in R&D expenses was driven by Cantargia’s newly implemented focus in the pipeline, with NSCLC and PDAC randomised trials being the main goal. We now expect that R&D expenses for the year will be front loaded and have therefore reduced our operating cost estimates for FY22 and FY23. In FY22 we forecast R&D expenses of SEK313.6m (previously SEK372.7m) and in FY23 SEK282.3m (previously SEK350m). This brings our estimated total operating expenditure to SEK332.9m and SEK296.3m in FY22 and FY23, respectively. With new estimates and taking into account the recent rights issue, we now estimate a cash runway for Cantargia to mid-2024; however, any changes to clinical timelines may affect this estimate.

Exhibit 2: Financial summary

SEK'000s

2019

2020

2021

2022e

2023e

Year end 31 December

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Cost of Sales

0

0

0

0

0

Gross Profit

0

0

0

0

0

Research and development

(97,477)

(158,396)

(352,709)

(313,615)

(282,253)

EBITDA

 

 

(111,577)

(170,697)

(366,821)

(330,830)

(293,957)

Operating Profit (before amort. and excepts.)

 

 

(111,589)

(173,945)

(370,267)

(332,871)

(296,249)

Exceptionals

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

0

Operating Profit

(111,589)

(173,945)

(370,267)

(332,871)

(296,249)

Net interest

479

501

924

171

429

FX income/(expense)

301

359

2,839

10,774

0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

(110,809)

(173,085)

(366,504)

(322,826)

(296,721)

Profit Before Tax (reported)

 

 

(110,809)

(173,085)

(366,504)

(322,826)

(296,721)

Tax

0

0

0

0

0

Profit After Tax (norm)

(110,809)

(173,085)

(366,504)

(322,826)

(296,721)

Profit After Tax (reported)

(110,809)

(173,085)

(366,504)

(322,826)

(296,721)

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

71.1

89.4

100.2

133.6

167.0

EPS - normalised (ore)

 

 

(155.74)

(193.65)

(365.80)

(240.98)

(177.15)

Dividend per share (ore)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Gross Margin (%)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

EBITDA Margin (%)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Operating Margin (before GW and except.) (%)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

6,868

12,622

9,556

6,633

5,440

Intangible Assets

0

7,360

6,459

5,559

4,658

Tangible Assets

6,868

5,262

3,097

1,074

782

Investments

0

0

0

0

0

Current Assets

 

 

159,190

912,893

590,687

494,629

202,336

Stocks

0

0

0

0

0

Debtors

0

0

0

0

0

Cash

39,871

693,354

247,322

217,593

162,083

Other*

119,319

219,539

343,365

277,036

40,253

Current Liabilities

 

 

(23,785)

(30,469)

(66,607)

(63,795)

(63,795)

Creditors

(23,785)

(30,469)

(66,607)

(63,795)

(63,795)

Short term borrowings

0

0

0

0

0

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

0

(3,111)

(892)

(51)

(51)

Long term borrowings

0

0

0

0

0

Other long term liabilities

0

(3,111)

(892)

(51)

(51)

Net Assets

 

 

142,273

891,935

532,744

437,416

143,930

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

(111,255)

(156,387)

(346,446)

(339,711)

(289,976)

Purchase of intangibles

0

(8,112)

0

0

0

Capex

(6,880)

(890)

0

(17)

(2,000)

Proceeds from sale of PPE

0

0

(383)

0

0

Financing

98,037

918,514

0

223,945

(317)

Net (Purchase)/Sale of short-term investments

(16,743)

(100,000)

(102,046)

75,281

236,783

Effect of FX on cash

183

359

2,839

10,774

0

Net Cash Flow

(36,658)

653,484

(446,036)

(29,729)

(55,510)

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(76,528)

(39,871)

(693,354)

(247,322)

(217,593)

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

(1)

4

(0)

0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(39,871)

(693,354)

(247,322)

(217,593)

(162,083)

Source: company accounts, Edison Investment Research



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