rm panel at translational rm forum (washington dc; april 6 8, 2011)v.1
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Gregory A. BonfiglioProteus Venture PartnersApril 8, 2011
Regenerative Medicine Coalition:An International Coalition of RM Translation Centers
Agenda
I. New Economic Realties A Fundamental Shift in Biotech Economics The Valley of Death Is Expanding A New Capital Efficient Model Is Required
II. The Role of RM Translation Centers Enabling Capital Efficient RM Technology Development Facilitating Collaborations in RM Technology
Development
III. The RMC: An International Coalition of RMTCs
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New Economic Reality
Coming Out of the Worst Financial Crisis in 75+ Years
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Basic & DiscoveryResearch
Preclinical Research
Venture InvestmentsGrants to Universities & Research Institutes,
IPO & Partnering Deals
TherapeuticCandidate
Product Release
Proof of Concept.
PI$10-15MM
Probability: 66%
Probability: 70%
Probability: 40%
Preclinical Development
Clinical Phase I
Clinical Phase II
Clinical Phase III Market
1-3 years 1.4-1.8 year 2.5-3.8 years
PII$20-25MM
PIII$50-75MM
IND Safety Efficacy
Biotech Product Development IsDependent on External Funding
Probabilityof success
Steps
Outcome
InvestmentAmount
Actors
$5-10MM $75=100MM
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Key Metrics:
• Average Time to Market: 10-15 Years• Average Costs: $1B• Failure Rate: @90%• Less than 30% of approved drugs recoup
development costs
The New Economic Reality
Public Markets: Closed? • Biotech IPO Performance: Very Poor
• 2003-2007 Window: 77 Companies• Average VC Return = 1.9X • Oct 2007 (Market Peak): 59% trading below initial PPS • June 2009: 79% trading below initial PPS• 69% Trading Below Total Invested Capital
• Only 13 Biotech IPOs in the last 24 months; All Performed Poorly* (Reduced Capital Raised; Reduced Offering Price; Trading Below IPO price)
Private Equity: Dramatically Reduced • Venture Investments in Biotech are Down 45+%
• Back to pre=1990s level of capital (PWC Survey)• VCs have fled Early Stage investments • First-Time financings at lowest level in history (down 95%; 3 deals; $1M)
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Traditional Capital Sources Are Unavailable
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CLINICAL TRIALS(Phase 1 and 2)
2-3 years 2-3 years 3-4 years
Institutional Funding Is Not Readily Available Until Phase 2 Trials
“Valley of Death”Grants & Seed Money
VC InvestmentsAvailable
The Valley of Death Is Expanding
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“It’s a Very Tough Environment”
25% of All Biotech Companies have Failed since 2007
Delistings & Bankruptcies in 2008 • 22 Public Companies were Delisted from NASDAQ
• 214% increase over 2007 (7 Companies) • 6 Public Companies filed for Bankruptcy
• 200% increase over 2007 ( 2)
Biotech Casualties in 2009: • 44 Public Companies Lost (Delistings; M&A; BKs)
Cash Shortfalls (Oct 2010) • 25% (73) Public Companies have less than 6 months cash
• Better than Dec 2008: 45% of Public Co’s Had Cash Shortfall
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Many Biotech Companies in Peril
Future Losses: @5% will Fail in Next 12-18 months
A New Model Is Required: Capital Efficiency Is Critical
CAPITAL EFFICIENCY: DO MORE WITH LESSExtend Technology Development In Academic Setting• Thru Phase II
Pursue Alternate Funding Sources• Government Grants (NIH, DARPA, BARDA; Regional Development Funds;
Foundations & Disease Advocacy Groups; Partner with Pharma/Big Bio
Focus & Conserve Resources• Focus On Core Business & Projects• Reduce Infrastructure & Staffing• Outsource Clinical Development (CRO; RMTs) & Manufacturing (CMO )
Collaborate & Share Resources• Open Innovation Model • Share Facilities, Technologies, Staff & IP Resources
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A New Model Is Required: Capital Efficiency Is Critical
CAPITAL EFFICIENT BUSINESS MODELS Virtual Company
• Outsource Clinical Development To RMTC or CRO• Outsource Manufacturing To CMO • Reduce Infrastructure & Staffing
• Project Based - POC Model • Fund Specific Projects/Clinical Programs - Focus On Most
Compelling Therapeutic Application• Create & Fund Company Post-POC Data
• Partnering Model • Collaborative R&D • Shared Facilities, Staff, IP, and Other Resources
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The Role of RM Translation Centers: Enabling Capital Efficient Technology Development
RM Translation Centers Offer• State of the Art Facilities
- cGLP & cGMP Compliant - Focused on Specific RM Technologies
• Access Deep Domain Knowledge in RM – Core Expertise in Associated Academic Institution– History of Collaboration
• Clinical Development Expertise– Preclinical Thru Phase II
• Experienced Support Services – Incubator/Accelerator
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The Role of RM Translation Centers: Enabling Capital Efficient Technology Development
New RM Venture- Virtual Co
- POC Project- Application Engine
Funding Sources
• Profit• Non-Profit• Government
RM Translation Centers
• GLP/GMP Facilities• RM Expertise • Clinical Development
Experience
Pharma• Clinical
Development • Manufacturing• Marketing• Reimbursement
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Collaborative Research Leveraging Shared Resources
Open Innovation, Henry Chesbrough , Harvard Business School Press, 2006
RM Translation Centers
The Role of RM Translation Centers: Enabling Capital Efficient Technology Development
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RM Translation Centers
The Role of RM Translation Centers: Enabling Capital Efficient Technology Development
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UCI Stem Cell Research Center
Clinical Cell and Vaccine Production Facility
USC & UCSF RM Centers
Regenerative Medicine Coalition: A Coalition of RM Translation Centers
Mission of the RMC • Accelerate The Commercialization of Regenerative
Medicine Technologies• Enable the Capital Efficient Development of RM
Technologies• Facilitate Collaborative Development Projects• Reduce by the Costs and Time Involved in Early
Stage Clinical Development of RM Technologies• Share Advances in Enabling/“Platform Technologies”:
o Scale-Up, Controlling Lot-Lot Variations; Safety & Efficacy Standards; Delivery Mechanisms; etc
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Regenerative Medicine Coalition: A Coalition of RM Translation Centers
RMC
Core Members: RM Translation Centers
Associate Members: -Pharma -Biotech -Emerging RM Companies -Funding Agencies
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Regenerative Medicine Coalition: Charter Members
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Regenerative Medicine Coalition: Finance & Industry Support
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Regenerative Medicine Coalition: A Coalition of RM Translation Centers
RMC Panelist
• Tony Atala (WFIRM)• Arnie Caplan (NCRM) • John Murphy (McGowan/UPMC) • Michael May (CCRM)• Frank Roman-Lauter (BCRT)
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The Final Word
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APPENDIX
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Proteus: An Investment and Advisory Firm Focused on RM
Proteus, Inc.
Proteus Management, LLC
(Fund Management)
Proteus Insights, LLC
(Consulting Services)
Proteus Advisors, LLC
(Investment Banking Services)
RM Market: On 2nd Half of the Gartner Curve
Stage of Development
Visibility
Technology Trigger
Peak of Inflated Expectations
Trough of Disillusionment
Slope of Enlightment
Plateau of Productivity
1980 Early TE research (MIT)
1986 ATS and Organogenesis founded
1988 SyStemix founded
1992 Geron founded
1997 First FDA approved cell therapy (Carticel)
1997 Dolly the sheep
1998 Human ESCs first derived
1999 First FDA approved TE product (Apligraf)
1999 TE bladders in clinic
2000 Time Magazine:TE No. 1 job
2001 Bush “partial ban” on HESCs
2001 Dermagraft FDA approved
2001 Ortec FDA approved
2001: 3300 jobs, 73 firms, mkt cap > $2.5B
2002 ISSCR Founded
2002 ATS + Organogenesis file Chapter 11
2007 40 Public Companies: $4.7B Mrkt Cap2007 800 FDA Clinical Trials Ongoing 2007 $1.5B RM Product Revenues2007 1.2M+ Patients Treated 2007 Apligraf - 200,000 Patients Treated2006 Carticel - 10,000 Patients Treated2006 hESl s Derived From Blastomeres
Time
2009 Obama Ends Ban on hESCs
2007 iPS Technology Developed
2005 CIRM Founded
2003 UK Stem Cell Bank Formed
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2010 Dendreon’s ProvengeApproved for Prostate Cancer
2010 Cephalon & Mesoblast: $2B Deal Re MSC Technologies
RM Is Entering A New ERA
RM Market is Maturing: Key Metrics Rapidly Expanding Market:• $1.6B in 2009• $20.0B in 2014 • CAGR of 18.34%
Dramatic Revenue Growth• $130M in 2001• $1.6B+ in 2009
Worldwide funding for research Increasing• $2.5B Now• $14B in 10 Years
Clinical Programs • Over 3200 Clinical Trials• Over 400 ex-Oncology
Commercial Products • 400 on Market (Mostly Skin, Tools
Media, & Devices); – 900+ in Development
• 44 Cell Therapies on Market– 400 in Development– 28 in PIII/Pivotal Trials
1.2M+ Patients Treated with RM Products.
• 320K+ Cell Therapy Patients
RM Companies• 700+ Co’s involved in RM • 50+ Public Co’s;
– $10.0+B Total Market Cap • 250+ Private Co’s
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Big Pharma is Actively Engaged
GSK & HSCI: $25M Deal Merck, Pfizer & Lily Launch Enlight
Pfizer Forms $100M RM Division; Deals: Athersys (IBD); UCL (RPE); ViaCyte (Diabetes)
GSK, AZN & Roche Help Launch Stem Cells for Safer Medicine in UK
Johnson & Johnson Invests in Tengion & ViaCyte (NovoCell)Genzyme & Osiris: $1.25B Deal
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GE & Cytori: StemSource Cephalon & Mesoblast: $2.0B Deal
RM Has Made Great Progress, but… ….Challenges Remain
R&D Creation And Characterization Of
Optimal Cells For Therapy– Controlling Differentiation Pathways
Standards For The Field– What is an iPS Cell?
Contaminant Free Cell Lines Safe & Reliable Expansion Track Cell Migration & Engraftment
- Imaging Technology And Biological Markers
Immune Modulation
Manufacturing Technologies For Scale-up
- Safe & Reliable Expansion - Sterility Testing & Validation - Process Control & Reproducibility;
Consistent Lots- Closed Systems
Product Characterization– Safety; Identify; Potency
Process Control : Process Is The Product – COGS; QC; & cGMP
Centralized Vs. Point Of Care
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…A Few More Challenges
Regulatory& IP Landscape Regulatory Environment Needs Clarity
- Standards & Guidelines Are Evolving
- Characterization
- Safety / Efficacy / Consistency
- Cross Border Inconsistencies
IP Landscape Is Treacherous : “Patent Thicket”
- Fragmented Ownership;
- Patents Proliferating Rapidly : 25% GAGR
- Inconsistent & Competing Patents: Invites Litigation
- Need “Freedom To Operate” Opinions
Business Issues Business Model Questions
- Capital Efficient R&D- Product V. Service Models- Autologous V. Allogeneic
Reimbursement Issues- Cost Savings Justification
Sales & Marketing- Complex Channel Arrangements- Define Marketable “Product”- Educate Consumers Re: New Treatment
Paradigms
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Global Biotech IPOs: 2002 - 2009
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Source: Nature Biotechnology Volume 28, Number 8; August 2010
What Do VCs Want? “Pristine Deals”
Proprietary Commercial Technology Great Science ≠ Great Business Proof Of Concept Established Phase II Clinical Data
Strong Management Team Board SAB
Solid Intellectual Property Position Freedom To Operate Defensible IP (Patents & Trade
Secrets)
Large Market Opportunity Target markets > $1B/year
Defensible Business Model Capital Efficient Tech Development Application Engines Project Based Models Virtual Operations
Differentiation How Is Your Approach Different? Why Is It Better?
Exit Strategy M&A: Attractive Products For Acquirer Realistic Timeframe
Acceptable Risk/Return Profile Multiple Chances To Win
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Funding Sources: Government Funds
UK & EU Development Funds: MRC; Framework 7; European Research Council
Traditional US Government Funding Increasing NIH Funding & DARPA
Non-Traditional US Government Funding Is Available DoD RM Initiate: AFIRM (Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative
Medicine) HHS Initiative: BARDA (Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority)
State RM Funds: CIRM Actively Funding ($1.2BM); Many Other US States
Other Regional Development Funds: Singapore EDB/Bio*One Fund; UK Matching Grants; Gulf; India Tech Transfer; Develop Biotech Industry
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Funding Sources: Corporate & Non-Profit
Philanthropic Foundations & Disease Advocacy Groups Provide Funding JDRF; Michael J. Fox Foundation, CNS Foundation Stowers Institute
Corporate Venture Groups
JJDC (Tengion; NovoCell) Pfizer; NovoNordisk; GE Healthcare; Genzyme
Creative Sources of Funds: Out license non-core technology Provide consulting or lab services to generate cash flow Work with a strategic partner
Biotech, Pharma & Device Companies Merge with a cash rich company that is tech poor
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The Old “Relay” Model Is Very Capital Intensive
Business Models: • “Platform” Company
• Develop technology horizontally across many therapeutic applications• High research cash burn • Large R&D staff
• “Product” Company (Specialty Pharma)• Apply technology to specific therapeutic applications• Multiple clinical programs• Large clinical trial burn rate
IPO Metrics: • Lead Program in late stage development • Additional “shots on goal” (earlier clinical programs, or platform technologies) • Substantial infrastructure (“bricks & mortar” & staff)
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Strategy: Build Company Toward An IPO
Pre-IPO Capital: @$90M