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www.innateimmuno.com
ASX RELEASE 9 May 2018
Investor Presentation and Conference Call
Innate Immunotherapeutics Limited (ASX Code: IIL), following completion of the recent acquisition of Amplia Therapeutics, has prepared an Investor Presentation which is annexed hereto and will host an Investor Conference Call at 9.00 am on Thursday 10 May 2018.
The Investor Conference Call will provide shareholders, analysts, investors and interested parties with the opportunity to receive an update from the Company in relation to Amplia’s Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) pipeline, its two small molecule FAK inhibitors and the drug development program for the coming 12 months.
Investor Conference Call:
Date and Time: Thursday May 10th and at 9am (AEST)
Conference Code: 794986
Dial In Numbers:
Australia 1800 908 299 or +61 2 9007 8048
US/Canada 1855 624 0077
UK 0800 051 1453
Singapore 800 101 2702
Hong Kong 800 968 273
New Zealand 0800 452 795
Japan 0066 3386 8000
Investors can click HERE to preregister for the call or go to the following page on the Company's website: http://www.innateimmunotherapeutics.com/irm/content/presentations.aspx?RID=322
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Mr Simon Wilkinson, CEO Email: [email protected]
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Notice
The information contained in the presentation is not intended to be an offer for subscription, invitation or recommendation with respect to
shares of Innate Immunotherapeutics Limited (“Innate”) in any jurisdiction. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made in
relation to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this document or opinions expressed in the course of this
presentation. The information contained in this presentation is subject to change without notification.
This presentation contains forward-looking statements which can be identified by the use of words such as “may”, “should”, “will”,
“expect”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “intend”, “scheduled” or “continue” or similar expressions. Any forward-looking statements
contained in this presentation are subject to significant risks, uncertainties, assumptions, contingencies and other factors (many of which
are outside the control of, and unknown to Innate, and its officers, employees, agents or associates), which may cause the actual results
or performance to be materially different from any future result so performed, expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
There can be no assurance or guarantee that actual outcomes will not differ materially from these statements. The data and results
pertaining to clinical subjects used in this presentation are illustrative of medical conditions and outcomes associated with potential
applications of Innate’s acquired product pipeline. Actual results from clinical trials may vary from those shown.
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Executive Summary
The acquisition of Amplia’s Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) pipeline
represents a compelling opportunity for Innate Immunotherapeutics
to rebuild shareholder value
Multiple “shots on goal” – two molecules and multiple indications
Streamlined pathway to Phase II in both cancer and fibrosis with a
capital effective strategy that is rapid and low risk
Multiple significant value inflection points in the next 12-18 months
Experienced drug development team and strong academic partners,
backed by the Cancer CRC (Australia) and Cancer Research UK
(CRUK)
Amplia team members also bring relevant experience / networks to
review cancer development options for MIS416
Fibrosis
Fibrotic
Cancers
Cancer
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FAK
Inhibition
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Background: Amplia Therapeutics
• Founded in May 2016
• Experienced commercial/development team
• “Amplia” refers to the potent multiplication effect
of combo therapies with FAK-targeting drugs
• Scientific advisory board to be led by Prof.
Margaret Frame (Edinburgh U.) – KOL in FAK
• Focused on development of two small molecule
FAK inhibitors – AMP945 and AMP886
Discovered by Australian-based
Cooperative Research Centre for
Cancer Therapeutics (CTx).
www.cancercrc.com
In-licensed from Cancer Research
UK, CRC’s commercialisation partner
Christian Behrenbruch, D.Phil (Oxon) MBA JD
• Life sciences/medtech entrepreneur
• Director, Factor Therapeutics (ASX : FTT)
• CEO of Telix Pharmaceuticals (ASX : TLX)
Chris Burns, PhD, FRSC FRACI
• Over 20yrs experience in Pharma, biotech and academia.
• Discovered clinically trialled drugs momelotiniband lexibulin
• 50+ scientific publications, 30+ patents
Mark Devlin, PhD
• Experienced drug discovery biologist
• Head of the CRC for Cancer Therapeutics (CTx) Translational Research
Mark Sullivan
• Experienced drug development professional (ex GSK, Gilead)
• Founder and Managing Director, Medicines Development for Global Health
Warwick Tong, MB ChB MPP GAICD
• Ex-GSK, experienced drug developer
• Former CEO and Director, Cancer CRC
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• Focal Adhesion Kinase is frequently up-
regulated in many cancer types
• Signals functions that are important for cancer
development and metastases
– Adhesion / Migration / Invasion /
Proliferation / Survival
• Co-opted by cancer to assist spread and to
develop resistance to therapy
• FAK-dependent signalling drives elevated levels
of regulatory T-Cells which in turn suppress the
all important anti-tumour T-cell response
• Role in fibrosis has impact in both “fibrotic
cancers” (e.g. pancreatic/ovarian), as well as
non-cancer fibrosis (e.g. lung/liver fibrosis)
FAKMigration
InvasionImmune
Suppression
Proliferation
& Survival
1) FAK has a fundamental role in cancer. Blocking FAK
opens the door for new combination therapies using
existing approved chemotherapeutics
2) FAK plays a major role suppressing the immune
attack on tumours. Blocking FAK allows immuno-
oncology drugs (e.g. checkpoint inhibitors) to work in
tough cancers like pancreatic cancer
3) The planned clinical development pathway creates
the opportunity for multiple indications in both cancer
and non-cancer applications
Key Messages:
FAK “101”
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FAK expression contributes to tumour immunity in fibrotic cancers
FAK Expression
Chemokines /
Cytokines
Regulatory
T-cells
(Tregs)
Tregs block Killer
T-cells from
attacking tumours(Checkpoint blockade)
Diagram adapted from Symeonides et. al. J Immunother Cancer. 2017; 5: 17.
Drugs that target FAK are
novel because they target
the tumour micro-
environment, the supportive
infrastructure that enables
cancer cells to “hide” from
the immune system
Inhibiting FAK appears to
unlock the potency of
checkpoint inhibitor drugs
(i.e.PD-1/PD-L1, CTLA-4),
particularly in fibrotic
cancers like pancreatic
cancer.
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Cytotoxic
Killer T-cells
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Fibrotic cancers
Fibrotic cancers have a
very different immunologic
profile. Fibrotic cancers
use the tumour micro-
environment as part of
their defence against the
immune system.
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The biggest unmet need in cancer therapy is pancreatic cancer.
Pancreatic cancer is the epitome of a fibrotic tumour that can
potentially be attacked with a FAK inhibitor in combination with
other immuno-oncology therapies.
Pancreatic Cancer:
• worst survival outcome of the 21 most common cancers
• death rates are increasing while most other cancers declining
• predicted to overtake breast cancer as the 4th most common
cancer killer by 2030
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FAK is a proven important target in immuno-oncology
Inhibiting FAK decreases immunosuppressive cell
populations in tumours and may enable immunotherapy to
work in cancer populations that have a generally poor
response to checkpoint inhibitor drugs
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• Novel small molecule FAK inhibitors (FAKi)
AMP945 – Highly selective
AMP886 – Highly differentiated, multi-action
(FAK/FLT3/VEGFR3)
• Excellent potency and selectivity, very promising pharmacokinetics and physical-chemistry properties
• Expected superior safety profile in IO combo therapy compared to immuno-stimulatory modalities
• Scale-up (Kg scale) chemistry already developed in partnership with an international
commercial contract manufacturer
– Including methods that are suitable for GMP production of clinical trial material
– Highly cost effective common synthetic routes for both molecules
• Strong intellectual property position
– National phase filing in commercially important jurisdictions
– Clear strategy to expand scope of existing IP
The Amplia FAK assets
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AMP886 “Triple kinase FAKi” sensitizes tumours to chemotherapy*
Time after commencement of treatment (Days)
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1000
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Time vs Irinotecan
Time vs FAK 886
Time vs Irino + 886 same day
Time vs Irino + 886 pretreat
Treatment Period
Inhibiting FAK with the multi-action AMP886 agent combined with
Irinotecan, has a significant impact on tumour growth and survival in
mouse models of pancreatic cancer (human PANC-1)
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
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Irinotecan only
886 pre-treatment
before chemotherapy
*Unpublished data
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Non-cancer indications: FAK and fibrosis
• The Amplia FAK inhibitors have demonstrated excellent efficacy in standard fibrosis models*
• AMP945 has been extensively evaluated in both prevention models and treatment models, including on
a comparative basis with other FAK inhibitors under development
• Opens the potential both in fibrotic cancers, but also other chronic fibrotic diseases
Prevention Model
Bleomycin Lung Fibrosis Model
PBS (Control) Vehicle AMP-945 (40mg/kg) AMP-945 (80mg/kg) Comparator (15mg/kg)
Treatment Model
*Unpublished data
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Leads to a clinical development roadmap with multiple “shots on goal”
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Refractory/Progressive
Cancer (Ovarian Cancer)
Fibrosis(Idiopathic Pulmonary
Fibrosis - IPF)
Fibrotic
Cancers(Pancreatic Cancer)
FAK
+ Checkpoint Inhibitors
+ chemo (mTOR/BRAF, etc)
AMP945
AMP945
AMP886
Inhibition
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High-level development plan (18 months)
Initial clinical focus is to rapidly
obtain PK/PD, safety, and
tolerability data in CTN Phase 1
SAD & MAD healthy volunteer
study. This will provide IND Phase 2
enabling human data to potentially
underpin both oncology and fibrosis
patient trials.
GLP Tox
Fibrosis Indication (Partner)
Immuno-OncCombo Trial (IND)
AMP945Further Animal
Models (I/O Focus)
CTN Healthy Volunteer Study
(~50 pts)
AMP886 Further Animal Models
GLP Tox
Common Synthetic
RouteScale-Up/ GMP
Phase II – late Q3/early 4 ‘19
In progress
In progress
Oct ‘18 early ‘19
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Competitive landscape
Agent Company Status Notes
VS-4718 (PND-1186) Verastem PI First generation candidate
VS-6063 (PF-04554878) Verastem PI/PII Combo with Pfizer/Merck
GSK-2256098 GSK PI Paused
CT-707 Centaurus Pharma PI-Not yet recruiting Questions about selectivity
BI-853520 Boehringer-Ingelheim PI Two PI trials completed
ASN-006 Asana Discovery Early stage
• Established target but still relatively little commercial congestion around novel FAKi compounds
• Increased interest in the use of FAK inhibitors in the immuno-oncology setting as acombination therapy (Verastem-Pfizer partnership)
• Verastem (NASDAQ: VSTM, Market Cap USD $123m) is our nearest comparator
• Our differentiation is:
• AMP945 is extremely selective / “clean” for FAK inhibition compared with competitive products –important in immuno-oncology combo applications to maximise safety
• AMP866 has useful multi-target properties for chemotherapy combination use
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Capital requirements
• Current balance sheet sufficient to complete remaining Phase 1
enabling preclinical activities
• Running ‘virtually’ to minimise cashburn during preclinical and Phase 1
development with team build-up occurring pre Phase II
• Projected ~AUD $5m requirement to complete initial human studies and be
Phase II ready (Phase II planning assumes US IND)
• Completion of a capital raise targeted by end Q3/2018
• In parallel, several business development discussions with global
pharmaceutical companies
– Potential collaborations (pre-clinical and clinical)
– Cancer and Fibrosis
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Corporate Snapshot – 9 May 2018
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Key Statistics as at 9 May 2018
ASX Code IIL
Share price A$0.40 [post share consolidation]
Shares on issue 41,023,303
Market Cap A$16.4 million
Options 1,460,000 (A$4.00 or higher)
Cash A$2.2 million (Appendix 4C 31/03/18)
Substantial Holders ( => 5%)
CTxT Pty Ltd 11%
Christopher Collins 9.2%
Elk River Holdings (Chris Behrenbruch) 6.1%
34th Avenue Pty Ltd (Mark Devlin) 5.4%
Christopher Burns 5.4%
Citicorp Nominees Pty Ltd 5.3%
Register
Top 20 66.7%
Total shareholders 3,096
Voluntary Restricted Shares (May 2020) 18,460,308
NZ13%
Australia63%
USA17%
Other7%
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For further information please contact
Simon Wilkinson, CEO
+64 21 661 850
www.innateimmuno.com
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