UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31,September 30, 2019

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from         to         

Commission File Number: 001-37785

 

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

DELAWAREDelaware

 

11-3651945

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

2801 Gateway Dr, Suite 1505320 Legacy Drive
Irving,Plano, Texas

 

7506375024

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

(972) 865-2219

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 865-2219code)

2801 Gateway Drive, Suite 150

Irving, Texas 75063

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changes since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share

RETA

NASDAQ Global Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes      No 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes     No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, an emerging growth company, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

 

  

Accelerated filer

 

Non-accelerated filer

 

☐  

  

Smaller reporting company

 

Emerging growth company

 

 

 

 

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes      No 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share

RETA

NASDAQ Global Market

As of May 6,November 7, 2019, the registrant had 24,416,77324,765,410 shares of Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and 5,639,2045,506,495 shares of Class B common stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding.

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

1

DEFINED TERMS

3

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

4

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

4

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

5

 

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

6

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

7

 

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

8

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

1416

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

2935

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

3035

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

3036

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

3036

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

3036

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

3036

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

3036

Item 5.

Other Information

3036

Item 6.

Exhibits

3137

Signatures

3238

 

 

 

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKINGFORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties.  We make such forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws.  All statements, other than statements of historical or present facts, including statements regarding our future financial condition, future revenues, projected costs, prospects, business strategy, and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements.  In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “believe,” “will,” “may,” “might,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “model,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,” “could,” “seek,” “goals,” “potential,” and similar terms or expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, plans, or intentions.  These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

our expectations regarding the timing, costs, conduct, and outcome of our clinical trials, including statements regarding the timing of the initiation and availability of data from such trials;

the timing and likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals for our product candidates;

our ability to obtain funding for our operations, including funding necessary to complete further development and commercialization of our product candidates;

our plans to research, develop, and commercialize our product candidates;

the commercialization of our product candidates, if approved;

the rate and degree of market acceptance of our product candidates;

our expectations regarding the potential market size and the size of the patient populations for our product candidates, if approved for commercial use, and the potential market opportunities for commercializing our product candidates;

the success of competing therapies that are or may become available;

our expectations regarding our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our product candidates;

the ability to license additional intellectual property relating to our product candidates and to comply with our existing license agreements;

our ability to maintain and establish relationships with third parties, such as contract research organizations, suppliers, and distributors;

our ability to maintain and establish collaborators with development, regulatory, and commercialization expertise;

our ability to attract and retain key scientific or management personnel;

our ability to grow our organization and increase the size of our facilities to meet our anticipated growth;

the accuracy of our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements, and needs for additional financing;

our expectations regarding the time during which we will be an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act;

our expectations related to the use of our available cash;

our ability to develop, acquire, and advance product candidates into, and successfully complete, clinical trials;

the initiation, timing, progress, and results of future preclinical studies and clinical trials, and our research and development programs;

1


 

our expectations regarding the timing, costs, conduct, and outcome of our clinical trials, including statements regarding the timing of the initiation and availability of data from such trials;

 

the timing and likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals for our product candidates;

our ability to obtain funding for our operations, including funding necessary to complete further development and commercialization of our product candidates;

our plans to research, develop, and commercialize our product candidates;

the commercialization of our product candidates, if approved;

the rate and degree of market acceptance of our product candidates;

our expectations regarding the potential market size and the size of the patient populations for our product candidates, if approved for commercial use, and the potential market opportunities for commercializing our product candidates;

the success of competing therapies that are or may become available;

our expectations regarding our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our product candidates;

the ability to license additional intellectual property relating to our product candidates and to comply with our existing license agreements;

our ability to maintain and establish relationships with third parties, such as contract research organizations, suppliers, and distributors;

our ability to maintain and establish collaborators with development, regulatory, and commercialization expertise;

our ability to attract and retain key scientific or management personnel;

our ability to grow our organization and increase the size of our facilities to meet our anticipated growth;

the accuracy of our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements, and needs for additional financing;

our expectations related to the use of our available cash;

our ability to develop, acquire, and advance product candidates into, and successfully complete, clinical trials;

the initiation, timing, progress, and results of future preclinical studies and clinical trials, and our research and development programs;

the impact of governmental laws and regulations and regulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries;

developments and projections relating to our competitors and our industry; and

developments and projections relating to our competitors and our industry; and


other risks and uncertainties, including those described under the heading “Risk Factors” included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2019.

other risks and uncertainties, including those described under the heading “Risk Factors” included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2019, as supplemented by our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, filed with the SEC on August 8, 2019.

Any forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q reflect our current views with respect to future events or to our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.  Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, those described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents that we have filed as exhibits to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect.  Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available in the future.


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DEFINED TERMS

Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “Reata,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q refer to Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its subsidiaries.  We also have used several other terms in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, most of which are explained or defined below.

 

Abbreviated Term

 

Defined Term

6MWD

 

6-minute walk distance

AbbVie

 

AbbVie Inc.

ADPKD

 

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

ASU

 

Accounting Standards Update

BardBardoxolone

 

Bardoxolone methyl

CKD

 

Chronic kidney disease

CRO

 

Contract research organization

CTD-PAH

 

Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with connective tissue disease

DMC

Data monitoring committee

DSMB

 

Data safety monitoring board

EGC

Emerging growth company

eGFR

 

Estimated glomerular filtration rate

ESKD

 

End stage kidney disease

Exchange Act

 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

FA

 

Friedreich’s ataxia

FASB

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board

FDA

 

United States Food and Drug Administration

FSGS

 

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

GFR

 

Glomerular filtration rate

IgAN

 

IgA nephropathy

I-PAH

 

Idiopathic form of PAH

IPO

 

Initial public offering

IRS

 

Internal Revenue Service

JOBS Act

 

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012

KHKKKC

 

Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (formerly KHK or Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.)

mFARS

 

Modified Friedreich’s Ataxia Rating Scale

NDA

 

New Drug Application

Omav

Omaveloxolone

PAH

 

Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Retained eGFR

 

eGFR change after a four-week withdrawal of drug

SAE

 

Serious adverse event

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

 

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

SEC

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

T1D CKD

 

Type 1 diabetic CKD

T2D CKD

 

Type 2 diabetic CKD

 


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PART I - FINANCIALFINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

Item 1. Financial Statements.

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share data)

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

December 31,

2018

 

 

September 30, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

313,056

 

 

$

337,790

 

 

$

240,149

 

 

$

337,790

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

4,416

 

 

 

4,483

 

 

 

6,382

 

 

 

4,483

 

Total current assets

 

 

317,472

 

 

 

342,273

 

 

 

246,531

 

 

 

342,273

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

2,693

 

 

 

1,445

 

 

 

2,859

 

 

 

1,445

 

Other assets

 

 

11,120

 

 

 

1,490

 

 

 

9,733

 

 

 

1,490

 

Total assets

 

$

331,285

 

 

$

345,208

 

 

$

259,123

 

 

$

345,208

 

Liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

 

3,500

 

 

 

4,473

 

 

 

3,582

 

 

 

4,473

 

Accrued direct research liabilities

 

 

16,263

 

 

 

15,416

 

 

 

19,848

 

 

 

15,416

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

10,107

 

 

 

4,696

 

 

 

14,398

 

 

 

4,696

 

Current portion of long-term debt, net of debt issuance cost

 

 

5,313

 

 

 

 

Current portion of deferred revenue

 

 

31,335

 

 

 

31,335

 

 

 

31,421

 

 

 

31,335

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

61,205

 

 

 

55,920

 

 

 

74,562

 

 

 

55,920

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

8,472

 

 

 

524

 

 

 

6,198

 

 

 

524

 

Term loan, net of current portion and debt issuance costs

 

 

79,558

 

 

 

79,219

 

Long-term debt, net of current portion and debt issuance cost

 

 

74,923

 

 

 

79,219

 

Deferred revenue, net of current portion

 

 

186,660

 

 

 

194,386

 

 

 

170,863

 

 

 

194,386

 

Total noncurrent liabilities

 

 

274,690

 

 

 

274,129

 

 

 

251,984

 

 

 

274,129

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ (deficit) equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock A, $0.001 par value:

500,000,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding – 24,403,477

and 24,000,683 shares at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018

 

 

24

 

 

 

24

 

Common stock B, $0.001 par value:

150,000,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding – 5,639,666

and 5,728,175 shares at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018

 

 

6

 

 

 

6

 

Common stock A, $0.001 par value:

500,000,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding – 24,525,768 and

24,000,683 at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively

 

 

25

 

 

 

24

 

Common stock B, $0.001 par value:

150,000,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding – 5,598,731

and 5,728,175 shares at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018

 

 

6

 

 

 

6

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

444,837

 

 

 

435,452

 

 

 

456,097

 

 

 

435,452

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(449,477

)

 

 

(420,323

)

 

 

(523,551

)

 

 

(420,323

)

Total stockholders’ (deficit) equity

 

 

(4,610

)

 

 

15,159

 

 

 

(67,423

)

 

 

15,159

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity

 

$

331,285

 

 

$

345,208

 

 

$

259,123

 

 

$

345,208

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.


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Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Collaboration revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License and milestone

 

$

7,726

 

 

$

32,168

 

 

$

7,898

 

 

$

4,766

 

 

$

23,437

 

 

$

44,452

 

Other revenue

 

 

44

 

 

 

224

 

 

 

344

 

 

 

409

 

 

 

409

 

 

 

685

 

Total collaboration revenue

 

 

7,770

 

 

 

32,392

 

 

 

8,242

 

 

 

5,175

 

 

 

23,846

 

 

 

45,137

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

 

26,114

 

 

 

21,407

 

 

 

32,279

 

 

 

27,144

 

 

 

87,948

 

 

 

71,979

 

General and administrative

 

 

10,038

 

 

 

6,628

 

 

 

14,283

 

 

 

7,486

 

 

 

36,027

 

 

 

24,802

 

Depreciation

 

 

170

 

 

 

101

 

 

 

258

 

 

 

105

 

 

 

659

 

 

 

311

 

Total expenses

 

 

36,322

 

 

 

28,136

 

 

 

46,820

 

 

 

34,735

 

 

 

124,634

 

 

 

97,092

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income

 

 

1,797

 

 

 

335

 

 

 

1,311

 

 

 

1,094

 

 

 

4,812

 

 

 

1,787

 

Interest expense

 

 

(2,397

)

 

 

(509

)

 

 

(2,389

)

 

 

(2,360

)

 

 

(7,199

)

 

 

(3,773

)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,007

)

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

Total other income (expense)

 

 

(600

)

 

 

(174

)

 

 

(1,078

)

 

 

(1,266

)

 

 

(2,380

)

 

 

(2,993

)

(Loss) income before taxes on income

 

 

(29,152

)

 

 

4,082

 

Loss before taxes on income

 

 

(39,656

)

 

 

(30,826

)

 

 

(103,168

)

 

 

(54,948

)

Provision for taxes on income

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

15

 

Net (loss) income

 

$

(29,154

)

 

$

4,082

 

Net (loss) income per share—basic

 

$

(0.98

)

 

$

0.16

 

Net (loss) income per share—diluted

 

$

(0.98

)

 

$

0.15

 

Weighted-average number of common shares used in net (loss) income per

share basic

 

 

29,830,114

 

 

 

26,155,141

 

Weighted-average number of common shares used in net (loss) income per

share diluted

 

 

29,830,114

 

 

 

26,633,521

 

Net loss

 

$

(39,694

)

 

$

(30,835

)

 

$

(103,228

)

 

$

(54,963

)

Net loss per share—basic and diluted

 

$

(1.32

)

 

$

(1.07

)

 

$

(3.44

)

 

$

(2.03

)

Weighted-average number of common shares used in

net loss per share basic and diluted

 

 

30,110,391

 

 

 

28,704,853

 

 

 

30,004,211

 

 

 

27,022,269

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.


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Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

Common Stock A

 

 

Common Stock B

 

 

Additional Paid-In

 

 

Shareholder

Notes

 

 

Total

Accumulated

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2019

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Receivable

 

 

Deficit

 

 

(Deficit) Equity

 

 

Common Stock A

 

 

Common Stock B

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

 

 

Shareholder

Notes

 

 

Total

Accumulated

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

 

24,000,683

 

 

$

24

 

 

 

5,728,175

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

435,452

 

 

$

 

 

$

(420,323

)

 

$

15,159

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Receivable

 

 

Deficit

 

 

(Deficit) Equity

 

Balance at June 30, 2019

 

 

24,466,407

 

 

$

24

 

 

 

5,631,527

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

450,354

 

 

$

 

 

$

(483,857

)

 

$

(33,473

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(29,154

)

 

 

(29,154

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(39,694

)

 

 

(39,694

)

Compensation expense

related to stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,227

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,227

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,380

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,380

 

Exercise of options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

314,285

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,051

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,051

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,565

 

 

 

 

 

 

363

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

363

 

Conversion of common stock

Class B to Class A

 

 

402,794

 

 

 

 

 

 

(402,794

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

59,361

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

(59,361

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Other shareholder transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

107

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

107

 

Balance at March 31, 2019

 

 

24,403,477

 

 

$

24

 

 

 

5,639,666

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

444,837

 

 

$

 

 

$

(449,477

)

 

$

(4,610

)

Balance at September 30, 2019

 

 

24,525,768

 

 

$

25

 

 

 

5,598,731

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

456,097

 

 

$

 

 

$

(523,551

)

 

$

(67,423

)

 

 

 

Common Stock A

 

 

Common Stock B

 

 

Additional Paid-In

 

 

Shareholder

Notes

 

 

Total

Accumulated

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Receivable

 

 

Deficit

 

 

(Deficit) Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

 

19,975,340

 

 

$

20

 

 

 

6,166,166

 

 

$

7

 

 

$

190,145

 

 

$

(2

)

 

$

(337,143

)

 

$

(146,973

)

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,082

 

 

 

4,082

 

Compensation expense

   related to stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,485

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

2,492

 

Exercise of options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,093

 

 

 

 

 

 

332

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

332

 

Conversion of common stock

   Class B to Class A

 

 

15,742

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15,742

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adoption of new accounting

   guidance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,634

)

 

 

(2,634

)

Balance at March 31, 2018

 

 

19,991,082

 

 

$

20

 

 

 

6,171,517

 

 

$

7

 

 

$

192,962

 

 

$

(2

)

 

$

(335,688

)

 

$

(142,701

)

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

 

 

 

Common Stock A

 

 

Common Stock B

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

 

 

Shareholder

Notes

 

 

Total

Accumulated

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Receivable

 

 

Deficit

 

 

(Deficit) Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

 

24,000,683

 

 

$

24

 

 

 

5,728,175

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

435,452

 

 

$

 

 

$

(420,323

)

 

$

15,159

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

(103,228

)

 

 

(103,228

)

Compensation expense

   related to stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

14,090

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,090

 

Exercise of options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

395,641

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,448

 

Conversion of common stock

   Class B to Class A

 

 

525,085

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

(525,085

)

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Other shareholder

   transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

107

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

107

 

Balance at September 30, 2019

 

 

24,525,768

 

 

$

25

 

 

 

5,598,731

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

456,097

 

 

$

 

 

$

(523,551

)

 

$

(67,423

)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2018

 

 

 

Common Stock A

 

 

Common Stock B

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

 

 

Shareholder

Notes

 

 

Total

Accumulated

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Receivable

 

 

Deficit

 

 

(Deficit) Equity

 

Balance at June 30, 2018

 

 

20,244,675

 

 

$

20

 

 

 

5,961,183

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

196,013

 

 

$

 

 

$

(363,913

)

 

$

(167,874

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(30,835

)

 

 

(30,835

)

Compensation expense

   related to stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,745

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

2,735

 

Exercise of options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,672

 

 

 

 

 

 

672

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

672

 

Public offering of common stock, net of offering costs

 

 

3,450,000

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

232,843

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

232,847

 

Conversion of common stock

   Class B to Class A

 

 

189,290

 

 

 

 

 

 

(189,290

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2018

 

 

23,883,965

 

 

$

24

 

 

 

5,813,565

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

432,273

 

 

$

 

 

$

(394,758

)

 

$

37,545

 

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

 

 

 

Common Stock A

 

 

Common Stock B

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

 

 

Shareholder

Notes

 

 

Total

Accumulated

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Receivable

 

 

Deficit

 

 

(Deficit) Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

 

19,975,340

 

 

$

20

 

 

 

6,166,166

 

 

$

7

 

 

$

190,145

 

 

$

(2

)

 

$

(337,143

)

 

$

(146,973

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(54,963

)

 

 

(54,963

)

Compensation expense

   related to stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,781

 

 

 

 

 

 

(18

)

 

 

7,763

 

Exercise of options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

106,024

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,498

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,498

 

Proceeds from payments of

   shareholder promissory

    notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

Public offering of common stock, net of offering costs

 

 

3,450,000

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

232,843

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

232,847

 

Conversion of common stock

   Class B to Class A

 

 

458,625

 

 

 

 

 

 

(458,625

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

Adoption of new accounting

   guidance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,634

)

 

 

(2,634

)

Balance at September 30, 2018

 

 

23,883,965

 

 

$

24

 

 

 

5,813,565

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

432,273

 

 

$

 

 

$

(394,758

)

 

$

37,545

 


Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

 

$

(29,154

)

 

$

4,082

 

Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating

activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(103,228

)

 

$

(54,963

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

170

 

 

 

101

 

 

 

659

 

 

 

311

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs

 

 

339

 

 

 

59

 

 

 

1,017

 

 

 

549

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

4,227

 

 

 

2,485

 

 

 

14,090

 

 

 

7,783

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

 

 

1,007

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts earned or due from collaboration agreements

 

 

573

 

 

 

(25,307

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

(506

)

 

 

(174

)

 

 

(1,899

)

 

 

(1,304

)

Other assets

 

 

6

 

 

 

273

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

14

 

Accounts payable

 

 

(522

)

 

 

(1,065

)

 

 

(440

)

 

 

2,933

 

Accrued direct research and other current and long-term liabilities

 

 

3,861

 

 

 

2,636

 

 

 

11,442

 

 

 

10,836

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

(7,726

)

 

 

(7,111

)

 

 

(23,437

)

 

 

(13,452

)

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(28,732

)

 

 

(24,021

)

 

 

(101,776

)

 

 

(46,286

)

Investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

 

(1,160

)

 

 

(151

)

 

 

(2,420

)

 

 

(370

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(1,160

)

 

 

(151

)

 

 

(2,420

)

 

 

(370

)

Financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

 

 

 

 

 

232,846

 

Proceeds from long-term debt

 

 

 

 

 

60,000

 

Payments on deferred issuance costs

 

 

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,289

)

Exercise of options

 

 

5,051

 

 

 

332

 

 

 

6,448

 

 

 

1,504

 

Other shareholder transactions

 

 

107

 

 

 

 

 

 

107

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

5,158

 

 

 

329

 

 

 

6,555

 

 

 

292,061

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(24,734

)

 

 

(23,843

)

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(97,641

)

 

 

245,405

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

 

 

337,790

 

 

 

129,780

 

 

 

337,790

 

 

 

129,780

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

313,056

 

 

$

105,937

 

 

$

240,149

 

 

$

375,185

 

Supplemental disclosures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

2,052

 

 

$

445

 

 

$

6,226

 

 

$

2,715

 

Purchases of equipment in accounts payable and other current liabilities

 

$

750

 

 

$

74

 

 

$

145

 

 

$

31

 

Accrued deferred offering cost

 

$

 

 

$

22

 

Non-cash activity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations

 

$

9,636

 

 

$

 

 

$

8,262

 

 

$

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 


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Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

1. Description of Business

The Company’s mission is to identify, develop, and commercialize innovative therapies that change patients’ lives for the better.  The Company focuses on developing small-molecule therapeutics with novel mechanisms of action for the treatment of severe, life-threatening diseases with few or no approved therapies.  The Company’s lead programs are in rare forms of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and rare forms of neurological diseases.  The Company’s lead product candidates, bardoxolone methyl (Bard)(bardoxolone) in CKD and omaveloxolone (Omav),in neurological diseases, activate the transcription factor Nrf2 which plays an important role in regulating the cellular response to injury.  By activating Nrf2, Bard and Omav normalize mitochondrial function, restore redox balance, and resolve inflammation.  Because mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and inflammation are features of many diseases, the Company believes bardoxolone and omaveloxolone have many potential clinical applications.

The Company has fully enrolled tworeported top-line efficacy and safety Year 1 results from its registrational CARDINAL Phase 3 clinical trials: CARDINAL, studying Bardtrial of bardoxolone in chronic kidney disease (CKD)CKD caused by Alport syndrome.  Alport syndrome is a rare and serious hereditary disease with no approved therapy.  The trial met its primary and key secondary Year 1 endpoints.  CARDINAL demonstrated a statistically significant change in the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) relative to placebo after 48 weeks of treatment and in retained eGFR, which is the change in eGFR after 48 weeks of treatment and a four-week withdrawal period. Subject to discussions with regulatory authorities, the Company plans to proceed with the submission of regulatory filings for marketing approval in the United States and internationally.

The Company has reported top-line efficacy and safety results from its registrational part 2 portion of the MOXIe studying OmavPhase 2 trial of omaveloxolone in Friedreich’s ataxia (FA).  CKD caused by Alport syndromeFA is a rare, inherited, debilitating, and FA are rare, serious diseasesdegenerative neuromuscular disorder with no approved therapy.  The Company designed CARDINAL and MOXIe based on the resultstrial demonstrated statistically significant evidence of earlier clinical studies and guidance from the FDA on a potential path to approval.  The Company expects to have top-line data from bothefficacy for its primary endpoint of these clinical trialschange in the second halfmodified Friedreich’s Ataxia Rating Scale (mFARS) relative to placebo after 48 weeks of 2019.  With eachtreatment. Subject to discussions with regulatory authorities, the Company plans to proceed with the submission of these indications, FDAregulatory filings for marketing approval may provide expansion opportunities into other related indications.  in the United States and internationally.

The Company is also conducting two additional registrational trials,trials:  FALCON, studying bardoxolone in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), and CATALYST, to study Bardstudying bardoxolone in patients with a rare and serious form of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) caused by connective tissue disease (CTD-PAH).  The Company initiated enrollment of FALCON in May 2019, and FALCON, to study Bard in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).  Thethe Company expects to have top-line data from CATALYST during the first half of 2020 and to initiate enrollment in FALCON in May 2019.  The Company expects its current cash to fund its operations through data readouts for CARDINAL, MOXIe, and CATALYST.  In addition to its lead programs, the Company is currently exploring a battery of additional clinical and preclinical programs in diseases that may include meaningful expansion opportunities for Bard and Omav.mid-2020.

The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of all majority-owned subsidiaries.  Accordingly, the Company’s share of net earnings and losses from these subsidiaries is included in the consolidated statements of operations.  Intercompany profits, transactions, and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019.  The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2018, has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements.  For further information, refer to the annual consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto of the Company.

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (2018 Annual Report


on Form 10-K).  During the first quarter of 2019, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). As a result of the adoption of Topic 842, the Company has updated its Leases accounting policies. There were no other changes to its significant accounting policies from those disclosed in its 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Liquidity

As of September 30, 2019, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $240,149,000. The Company has experienced losses and negative operating cash flows for many years since inception and has no marketed drug or other products. The Company’s ability to generate future revenue depends upon the results of its development programs, the success of which cannot be guaranteed.

The Company expects its current cash and its access to additional equity or debt funding will enable it to meet its current obligations through December 31, 2020. See Note 9, Subsequent Events.

Leases

TheAt the inception of an arrangement, the Company determines if an arrangement is, or contains, a lease at inception.based on the unique facts and circumstances present in that arrangement. Lease assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. These assets and liabilities are initially recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term calculated using its incremental borrowing rate

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based on the information available at commencement unless the implicit rate is readily determinable.  Lease assets also include upfront lease payments, lease incentives paid, and direct costs incurred and exclude lease incentives received.  The lease term used to calculate the lease assets and related lease liabilities includes the options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise those options. Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected lease term as an operating expense while the expense for finance leases is recognized as depreciation expense over the expected lease term unless there is a transfer of title or purchase option reasonably certain of exercise.

The Company will account for each separate lease component separately from the nonlease components.  The depreciable life of lease assets and leasehold improvements is limited by the expected lease term unless there is a transfer of title or purchase option reasonably certain of its exercise.

Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet, and the expenseexpenses for these short-term leases and operating leases isare recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

The Company is an “emergingemerging growth company (EGC), as defined in the JOBS Act.  Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time as those standards apply to private companies.  The Company has irrevocably elected not to avail itself of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards, and, therefore, will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as public companies that are not emerging growth companies.  The Company will remain an EGC until December 31, 2019.

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Topic 842, amended by ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements. The new guidance requires a lessee to recognize assets and liabilities for all leases with lease terms of more than 12 months and provide additional disclosures. Topic 842 requires adoption using a modified retrospective transition approach with either 1) transition provisions at the beginning of the earliest comparative period records its cumulative adjustment to retained earnings at the beginning of the earliest period presented or 2) a cumulative-effect adjustment recognized to the opening balance of retained earnings on the adoption.  We adopted this standard on January 1, 2019 using the cumulative-effect adjustment approach. We elected the package of practical expedients in transition for leases that commenced prior to January 1, 2019 whereby these contracts were not reassessed or reclassified from their previous assessment as of December 31, 2018.

As a result of implementing Topic 842, the Company recognized an operating lease right-of-use asset of $1,544,000 and an operating lease liability of $1,659,000 on January 1, 2019, with no impact on its beginning retained earnings, consolidated statements of income (loss),operations, or cash flows.  See Note 5, Leases, for further details.


In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-09, Codification Improvements (ASU 2018-09).  This ASU provided various minor codification updates and improvements to address comments that the FASB had received regarding unclear or vague accounting guidance.  The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim reporting periods within that fiscal year.  The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or disclosures.

In July 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-07, Codification Updates to SEC Sections. The ASU clarifies or improves the disclosure and presentation requirements of a variety of codification topics by aligning them with the SEC’s regulations, thereby eliminating redundancies and making the codification easier to apply.  The guidance is effective upon issuance. The adoption of this guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s reported consolidated financial results.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement: Disclosure Framework (Topic 820) (ASU 2018-13).  This ASU eliminates, modifies, and adds certain disclosure requirements for fair value measurements.  This update is effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2019, and early adoption is permitted.  The added disclosure requirements and the modified disclosure on the narrative description of measurement uncertainty should be applied prospectively for only the most recent interim or annual period presented.  All other changes to disclosure requirements in this update should be applied retrospectively to all periods presented upon their effective date.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact on its financial statements of adopting this guidance.

In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-18, Collaborative Arrangements (Topic 808) (ASU 2018-18).  This update provides clarification on the interaction between Revenue Recognition (Topic 606) and

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Collaborative Arrangements (Topic 808) including the alignment of unit of account guidance between the two topics.  This update is effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2020, and early adoption is permitted.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact on its financial statements of adopting this guidance.

3. Collaboration Agreements

AbbVie

In December 2011, the Company entered into a collaboration agreement with AbbVie Inc. (AbbVie) (the AbbVie Collaboration Agreement) to jointly research, develop, and commercialize the Company’s portfolio of second and later generation oral Nrf2 activators.  The terms of the agreementCollaboration Agreement include payment to the Company of a nonrefundable, up-front payment of $400,000,000. The Company is also participating with AbbVie on joint steering committees.  

The up-front payment and the Company’s collaboration on research, development, and commercialization are accounted for as a single unit of accounting.  Revenue is being recognized ratably through December 2026, which is the estimated minimum period that is needed to complete the deliverablesperformance obligations under the terms of the AbbVie Collaboration Agreement.  The Company began recognizing revenue related to the up-front payment upon execution of the agreement and, accordingly, recognized approximately $6,570,000 as collaboration revenue duringCollaboration Agreement. During the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018.2018, the Company recognized approximately $6,717,000, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, recognized $19,931,000, as collaboration revenue.  As of March 31,September 30, 2019, the Company recorded deferred revenue totaling approximately $205,074,000$191,714,000 of which approximately $26,720,000 is reflected as the current portion of deferred revenue.

On October 9, 2019, the Company and AbbVie entered into an Amended and Restated License Agreement (the Amended AbbVie Agreement) pursuant to which the Company reacquired the development, manufacturing, and commercialization rights concerning its proprietary Nrf2 activator product platform originally licensed to AbbVie in the License Agreement, dated as of September 21, 2010, which the Company entered into with AbbVie (the License Agreement), and the Collaboration Agreement. See Note 9, Subsequent Events.

KHKKKC

In December 2009, the Company entered a license agreement with Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (KHK)(KKC) (the KHK agreement)KKC Agreement), which granted KHKKKC an exclusive license to develop and commercialize Bardbardoxolone in the licensed territory.  The Company received a nonrefundable, up-front license fee of $35,000,000 in 2009 and regulatory milestones totaling $45,000,000 in 2010, 2012, and 2018 and could receive additional regulatory milestones of $52,000,000 and commercial milestones of $140,000,000, as well as tiered royalties ranging from the low teens to the low 20 percent range, depending on the country of sale and the amount of annual net sales, on net sales by KHKKKC in the licensed territory.  

The up-front payment and regulatory milestones are accounted for as a single unit of accounting.  Revenue is being recognized ratably through December 2021, which is the estimated minimum period that is needed to


complete the deliverables under the terms of the KHK agreement.KKC Agreement.  The Company began recognizing revenue related to the up-front payment upon execution of the agreement and, accordingly, recognized approximately $1,156,000 and $25,598,000 as collaboration revenue duringKKC Agreement. During the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.the Company recognized approximately $1,181,000 and $(2,951,000), respectively, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, recognized $3,506,000 and $23,521,000, respectively, as collaboration revenue.  As of March 31,September 30, 2019, the Company recorded deferred revenue totaling approximately $12,922,000$10,570,000 of which approximately $4,701,000 is reflected as the current portion of deferred revenue.

4. Term Loan

On June 14, 2018, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (Restated(the Restated Loan Agreement) with Oxford Finance LLC and Silicon Valley Bank (collectively, the Lenders), which amended and restated the Loan and Security Agreement entered into among Reata and the Lenders on March 31, 2017, as amended on November 3, 2017 (Loan(the Loan Agreement).

Under the Restated Loan Agreement, the Term A Loan was increased to $80,000,000, and the Term B Loan availability was increased to $45,000,000, uponavailable to be drawn within 30 days, but no later than December 31, 2019, after the achievement of one of two milestones by the earlier of 30 days after the achievement of a milestone or December 31, 2019.milestones.  If the Company is entitled to draw the Term B Loan but does not draw the Term B Loan by December 31, 2019, the Company is obligated to pay a non-utilization fee of $450,000.

All outstanding Term Loans will mature on June 1, 2023.  Under the Term A Loan, the Company will make interest-only payments for 24 months through June 1, 2020; however, if the Company draws the Term B Loan, the Company will make interest-only payments for 36 months through June 1, 2021.  The interest-only payment period

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will be followed by 36 equal monthly payments, or 24 equal monthly payments if the Company draws the Term B Loan, of principal and interest payments. The Term Loans will bear interest at a floating per annum rate calculated as 7.79% plus the greater of the 30-day U.S. Dollar LIBOR rate reported in The Wall Street Journal on the last business day of the month that immediately precedes the month in which the interest will accrue or 1.91%, with a minimum rate of 9.7% and maximum rate of 12.29%.

The Company has the option to prepay all, but not less than all, of the borrowed amounts, provided that the Company will be obligated to pay a prepayment fee equal to (a) the aggregate amount of interest that the Company would have paid through the maturity date if prepayment is made on or before the first anniversary of the applicable funding date of the Term Loan, (b) 4.0% of the outstanding principal balance of the applicable Term Loan if prepayment is made after the first anniversary date and on or before the second anniversary of the applicable funding date, (c) 3.0% of the outstanding principal balance of the applicable Term Loan if prepayment is made after the second anniversary date and on or before the third anniversary of the applicable funding date, or (d) 1.5% of the outstanding principal balance of the applicable Term Loan if prepayment is made after the third anniversary date and on or before the fourth anniversary of the applicable funding date.  The Company will also be required to make a final exit fee payment of 6.5% of the principal balance of the Term A Loan and 4.0% of the Term B Loan, payable on the earliest of the prepayment of the Term Loans, acceleration of any Term Loan, or at maturity of the Term Loans.  As of September 30, 2019, the Term A Loan has an effective interest rate of 10.71% before debt issuance costs and final exit fee and 13.26% including debt issuance costs and final exit fee.  The Company was in compliance with all covenants under the Restated Loan Agreement as of September 30, 2019.

The Company may use the proceeds from the Term Loans for working capital and to fund its general business requirements.  The Company’s obligations under the Restated Loan Agreement are secured by substantially all of its current and future assets, including its owned intellectual property.


As of March 31, 2019, the Company had $80,000,000 outstanding under the Term A Loan which was recorded at its initial carrying value of $80,000,000, lessand unamortized discount and debt issuance costs of approximately $5,642,000.  In connection with the Term A Loan, the discount and debt issuance costs were recordedcost balance are as a reduction to debt on its balance sheet and are being accreted to interest expense over the life of the Term A Loan.  Additionally, the final exit fee of approximately $5,200,000 is being accrued over the life of the Term A Loan through interest expense.  The Term A Loan has a current effective interest rate of 11.05% before debt issuance costs and final exit fee and 13.60% including debt issuance costs and final exit fee.  The Company is in compliance with all covenants under the Restated Loan Agreement as of March 31, 2019.follows:

 

 

As of September 30, 2019

 

As of December 31, 2018

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Current portion of long-term debt1

 

$

6,667

 

$

 

Less current portion of unamortized issuance cost

 

 

1,354

 

 

 

Total current portion of long-term debt, net of debt issuance cost

 

 

5,313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal Amount

 

 

80,000

 

 

80,000

 

Exit Fee

 

 

5,200

 

 

5,200

 

Less long-term unamortized issuance cost

 

 

3,610

 

 

5,981

 

Less current portion of long-term debt

 

 

6,667

 

$

 

Total long-term debt, net of current portion and debt issuance cost

 

$

74,923

 

$

79,219

 

1 Current portion of principal payments reflects the interest-only payment period under the Term A Loan. If the Company draws the Term B Loan, the interest-only period will extend through June 1, 2021, and the current portion will be $0 until July 1, 2020.

 

The future principal payments by fiscal year for the Company’s Term A Loan as of March 31, 2019 are as follows (in thousands):Loan:

 

2019

 

$

 

 

As of September 30, 2019

 

 

(in thousands)

 

2019 (remaining three months)

 

$

 

2020

 

 

15,555

 

 

 

15,555

 

2021

 

 

26,667

 

 

 

26,667

 

2022

 

 

26,667

 

 

 

26,667

 

2023

 

 

11,111

 

 

 

11,111

 

 

$

80,000

 

 

$

80,000

 

 

On October 9, 2019, the Company entered into the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the Amendment) with the Lenders, which amended the Restated Loan Agreement. See Note 9, Subsequent Events.

5. Leases

 

The Company’s corporate headquarters areCompany has offices located in Irving, Texas, where it leases approximately 34,890 square feet of office and laboratory space. In February 2019, the Company commenced a lease forspace, and in Plano, Texas, where it leases approximately 122,000 square feet of additional office space in Plano, Texas.  

space.

The Company’s leases have remaining contractual terms of up to approximately 3933 months, which includes the options to extend the leases for up to one year.  Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

At March 31,September 30, 2019, the weighted average incremental borrowing rate and the weighted average remaining lease term for the operating leases held by the Company were 8.3% and 3.02.5 years, respectively.  During the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, cash paid for amounts included for the measurement of lease liabilities was $237,000$1,667,000. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 the Company recorded operating lease expense of $663,000.$911,000 and $2,489,000, respectively.  The Company has elected to net the amortization

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of the right-of-use assets and the reduction of the lease liabilities principal in accrued direct research and other current and long-term liabilities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to ourthe Company’s operating leases is as follows:

 

 

Balance Sheet Classification

 

As of

March 31, 2019

 

 

Balance Sheet Classification

 

As of September 30, 2019

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Non-current right-of-use assets

 

Other assets

 

$

9,636

 

 

Other assets

 

$

8,262

 

Current lease liabilities

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

2,149

 

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

2,941

 

Non-current lease liabilities

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

7,972

 

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

6,198

 

 


Maturities of lease liabilities by fiscal year for ourthe Company’s operating leases:

 

 

As of

March 31, 2019

 

 

As of September 30, 2019

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

(in thousands)

 

2019

 

$

2,149

 

2019 (remaining three months)

 

$

718

 

2020

 

 

3,999

 

 

 

3,999

 

2021

 

 

4,090

 

 

 

4,090

 

2022

 

 

1,178

 

 

 

1,178

 

Total lease payments

 

 

11,416

 

 

 

9,985

 

Less: Imputed interest

 

 

(1,295

)

 

 

(846

)

Present value of lease liabilities

 

$

10,121

 

 

$

9,139

 

 

On October 15, 2019, the Company entered into a lease agreement, relating to the lease of approximately 327,400 square feet of office and laboratory space located in Plano, Texas (Lease Agreement).  See Note 9, Subsequent Events.

6. Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rate varies with the statutory rate due primarily to the impact of nondeductible stock-based compensation and the changes in valuation allowance related to certain deferred tax assets generated or utilized in the applicable period.  The Company’s deferred tax assets have been fully offset by a valuation allowance at March 31,September 30, 2019, and the Company expects to maintain this valuation allowance until there is sufficient evidence that future earnings can be achieved, which is uncertain at this time.

The IRS examination team has completed its examination of the Company’s 2013, 2014, and 2015 U.S. tax returns and proposed adjustments with respect to certain items that were reported by the Company for the 2013 tax year.  In June 2018, the Company received the Revenue Agent Report from the IRS.  The Company believes that it has accurately reported all amounts in its tax returns and has submitted an administrative protest with the IRS contesting the examination team’s proposed adjustments.  The Company intends to vigorously defend its reported positions and believes the ultimate resolution of the adjustments proposed by the IRS examination team will not have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial statements.

7. Stock-Based Compensation

Stock Options

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense reflected in the consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):operations:

 

 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Research and development

 

$

1,691

 

 

$

961

 

 

$

1,885

 

 

$

988

 

 

$

5,235

 

 

$

2,924

 

General and administrative

 

 

2,536

 

 

 

1,524

 

 

 

3,495

 

 

 

1,757

 

 

 

8,855

 

 

 

4,859

 

 

$

4,227

 

 

$

2,485

 

 

$

5,380

 

 

$

2,745

 

 

$

14,090

 

 

$

7,783

 

 


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The following table summarizes stock option activity as of March 31,September 30, 2019, and changes during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, under the 2007Second Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan (the 2007 LTIP) and standalone option agreements:

 

 

Number of

Options

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Exercise

Price

 

 

Number of Options

 

 

Weighted-Average

Exercise Price

 

Outstanding at January 1, 2019

 

 

3,320,571

 

 

 

21.20

 

 

 

3,320,571

 

 

 

21.20

 

Granted

 

 

1,032,375

 

 

 

57.33

 

 

 

1,624,133

 

 

 

64.94

 

Exercised

 

 

(314,285

)

 

 

16.07

 

 

 

(395,641

)

 

 

16.30

 

Forfeited

 

 

(257,897

)

 

 

33.07

 

 

 

(276,306

)

 

 

34.42

 

Expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2019

 

 

3,780,764

 

 

 

30.78

 

Exercisable at March 31, 2019

 

 

1,405,785

 

 

 

19.96

 

Outstanding at September 30, 2019

 

 

4,272,757

 

 

 

37.51

 

Exercisable at September 30, 2019

 

 

1,743,886

 

 

 

22.56

 

 

The total intrinsic value of all outstanding options and exercisable options at March 31,September 30, 2019 was $206,899,000$184,473,000 and $92,094,000,$100,782,000, respectively.

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

As of September 30, 2019, the Company granted 50,000 RSUs under a Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. As the awards granted are performance-based, there was $3,635,000 of unrecognized compensation expense related to these RSUs.

 

 

 

Number Performance Based RSUs

 

 

Weighted-Average

Grant Date Fair Value

 

Outstanding at January 1, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

72.70

 

Vested

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at September 30, 2019

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

72.70

 

 

8. Net (Loss) IncomeLoss per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net (loss) incomeloss per share attributable to common stockholders:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

(in thousands, except share

and per share data)

 

Numerator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income (in thousands)

 

$

(29,154

)

 

$

4,082

 

Denominator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average number of common shares used in net (loss)

   income per share – basic

 

 

29,830,114

 

 

 

26,155,141

 

Dilutive potential common shares

 

 

 

 

 

478,380

 

Weighted-average number of common shares used in net (loss)

   income per share – diluted

 

 

29,830,114

 

 

 

26,633,521

 

Net (loss) income per share – basic

 

$

(0.98

)

 

$

0.16

 

Net (loss) income per share – diluted

 

$

(0.98

)

 

$

0.15

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

Numerator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(39,694

)

 

$

(30,835

)

 

$

(103,228

)

 

$

(54,963

)

Denominator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average number of common shares

   used in net loss per share – basic

 

 

30,110,391

 

 

 

28,704,853

 

 

 

30,004,211

 

 

 

27,022,269

 

Dilutive potential common shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average number of common shares

   used in net loss per share – diluted

 

 

30,110,391

 

 

 

28,704,853

 

 

 

30,004,211

 

 

 

27,022,269

 

Net loss per share – basic

 

$

(1.32

)

 

$

(1.07

)

 

$

(3.44

)

 

$

(2.03

)

Net loss per share – diluted

 

$

(1.32

)

 

$

(1.07

)

 

$

(3.44

)

 

$

(2.03

)

 

The number of weighted average options that were not included in the diluted earnings per share calculation because the effect would have been anti-dilutive represented 3,780,7644,272,757 and 2,131,2193,337,262 shares for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.


9. Subsequent Events

On October 9, 2019, the Company and AbbVie entered into the Amended AbbVie Agreement pursuant to which the Company reacquired the development, manufacturing, and commercialization rights concerning its proprietary Nrf2 activator product platform originally licensed to AbbVie in the License Agreement and the Collaboration Agreement. Except as otherwise set forth in the Amended AbbVie Agreement, the other provisions of the License Agreement and the Collaboration Agreement have been terminated. Under the Amended AbbVie Agreement, certain licenses granted to AbbVie will continue, for which AbbVie has granted exclusive sublicenses to the Company, resulting in its reacquiring worldwide rights to bardoxolone, excluding certain Asian countries that the Company previously licensed to KKC, and worldwide rights to omaveloxolone and the other second-generation Nrf2 activators (the Second-Generation Activators), in each case that the Company had licensed to AbbVie under the License Agreement and the Collaboration Agreement.  In exchange, the Company will pay AbbVie $330,000,000, of which $75,000,000 is payable on December 8, 2019, $150,000,000 is payable on June 30, 2020, and $105,000,000 is payable on November 30, 2021.  If the Company raises cash proceeds of $200,000,000 or more in one or more equity offerings, it is required to prepay AbbVie $25,000,000, which prepayment will reduce the amount payable to AbbVie on November 30, 2021, from $105,000,000 to $80,000,000.  The Company also will pay AbbVie an escalating, low single-digit royalty on worldwide net sales, on a product-by-product basis, of omaveloxolone and an identified list of existing Second-Generation Activators. By reacquiring its rights, the Company was relieved from its obligations under the License Agreement and the Collaboration Agreement.  

On October 9, 2019, the Company entered into the Amendment with the Lenders, which amended the Restated Loan Agreement entered into among Reata and the Lenders on June 14, 2018.  Under the Amendment, the Term B Loan availability was increased from $45,000,000 to $75,000,000 and the availability period was increased from within 30 days to 60 days after the achievement of the one of two milestones. As one of the milestones was achieved on October 14, 2019, the availability period will end on December 13, 2019.  

Under the Restated Loan Agreement, the Company has significantly increased its current obligations, but the Company believes that its current cash, along with its access to additional equity or debt funding, will enable the Company to meet its current obligations through December 31, 2020.  

On October 15, 2019, the Company entered into the Lease Agreement, relating to the lease of approximately 327,400 square feet of office and laboratory space located in Plano, Texas. The term of the Lease is estimated to commence mid-2022, when construction is completed, and continue for 16 years, with up to 10 years of extension at the Company’s option. The initial annual base rent will be determined based on the project cost, subject to an initial annual cap of approximately $13,344,000, which may increase in certain circumstances.  Beginning in the third lease year, the base rent will increase 1.95% per annum each year.  In addition to the annual base rent, the Company will pay for taxes, insurance, utilities, operating expenses, assessments under private covenants, maintenance and repairs, certain capital repairs and replacements, and building management fees.

 


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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes and other financial information appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.  Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, operations, and product candidates, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, those described under the heading “Risk Factors” and discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Overview

We are a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing, and commercializing innovative therapies that change patients’ lives for the better.  We concentrate on small-molecule therapeutics with novel mechanisms of action for the treatment of severe, life-threatening diseases with few or no approved therapies.  WeOur lead programs are currently conducting registrational trials with ourin rare forms of CKD and rare forms of neurological disease.  The Company’s lead product candidates, Bardbardoxolone in CKD and Omav, whichomaveloxolone in neurological disease, activate the transcription factor Nrf2 to normalize mitochondrial function, restore redox balance, and resolve inflammation.  Because mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and inflammation are features of many diseases, we believe bardoxolone and omaveloxolone have many potential clinical applications.

Our lead registrational programs are evaluating our product candidates forOn November 11, 2019, we announced that the treatmentPhase 3 portion of four rare diseases:the CARDINAL study of bardoxolone in patients with CKD caused by Alport syndrome met its primary and key secondary Year 1 endpoints.  After 48 weeks of treatment, patients treated with bardoxolone had a statistically significant improvement compared to placebo in ourmean eGFR of 9.50 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p<0.0001).  After 48 weeks of treatment and a four-week withdrawal period, patients treated with bardoxolone had a statistically significant improvement compared to placebo in mean retained eGFR of 5.14 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p=0.0012).  Bardoxolone treatment was generally reported to be well-tolerated and showed a similar safety profile to the Phase 2 portion of the CARDINAL study,study.  Based on these positive results, and subject to discussions with regulatory authorities, the Company plans to proceed with the submission of regulatory filings for marketing approval in the United States and internationally.

On October 14, 2019, we announced that the registrational Part 2 portion of the MOXIe Phase 2 trial of omaveloxolone in patients with FA met its primary endpoint of change in mFARS relative to placebo after 48 weeks of treatment.  Patients treated with omaveloxolone (150 mg/day) demonstrated a statistically significant, placebo-corrected 2.40 point mean improvement (decrease) in mFARS after 48 weeks of treatment (p=0.014).  Omaveloxolone treatment was generally reported to be well-tolerated.  Based on these positive results, and subject to discussions with regulatory authorities, the Company plans to proceed with the submission of regulatory filings for marketing approval of omaveloxolone for the treatment of FA in our MOXIe study, CTD-PAHthe United States and internationally.

We are also conducting two additional registrational trials:  FALCON, studying bardoxolone in ourpatients with ADPKD, and CATALYST, study,studying bardoxolone in patients with a rare and ADPKDserious form of CTD-PAH.  We initiated enrollment in our FALCON study.in May 2019.  We have fully enrolled CARDINAL and MOXIecompleted enrollment of CATALYST and expect to have top-line data from both of these clinical trials in the second half of 2019.  We expect to complete enrollment of CATALYST this year and have top-line data during the first half of 2020.  We expect to begin enrollment of FALCON in May 2019.  If we receive FDA approval for any of these indications, it may provide expansion opportunities into other related indications.mid-2020.  We have received orphan drug designation from the FDAUnited States Food and the European CommissionDrug Administration (FDA) for Bardbardoxolone for the treatment of Alport syndrome, PAH, and ADPKD and for Omavomaveloxolone for the treatment of FA and from the FDA for Bard for the treatment of PAH.FA.


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The chart below is a summary of our current registrational programs:

 

Program

Current Registrational Programs

ProgramTrial

Next Expected Milestone

Timing of Milestone

  CKD caused by Alport syndrome

Phase 3 DataCARDINAL

2H 2019Regulatory Filings

BardBardoxolone

  Friedreich’s ataxiaFA

Phase 2 Part 2 DataMOXIe

2H 2019Regulatory Filings

OmavOmaveloxolone

  ADPKD

FALCON

Completion of Enrollment

Bardoxolone

  CTD-PAH

CATALYST

Phase 3 Data

1H 2020

Bard

  ADPKD

First Patient Enrolled

May 2019

BardBardoxolone

 

BardPrograms in CKD Caused by Alport Syndrome and Additional Rare Forms

We are developing bardoxolone for the treatment of CKD

Bard has been evaluated in multiple clinical trials enrolling over 2,000 patients exposed to active drug and has demonstrated consistent, clinically meaningful improvement in kidney function across several disease states as measured by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and other markers of kidney function.  Specifically, we have observed statistically significant increases in eGFR in all Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials in seven distinct patient populations treated with Bard, including patients with CKD caused by type 2 diabetes (T2D CKD), PAH, CKD caused by Alport syndrome, ADPKD, IgA nephropathy (IgAN), type 1 diabetic  CKD (T1D CKD), and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).  We believe these data support the potential for Bard to delay or prevent dialysis, kidney transplant, and death in patients with Alport syndrome and otherfollowing rare forms of CKD.  Additional observations from the clinical trials of Bard include the following:CKD:  

Statistically significant increases in directly-measured GFR using the “gold standard” inulin clearance method, improvements in creatinine clearance, and reduction in the levels of blood waste products filtered by the kidney.  

Statistically significant improvements in eGFR versus baseline or placebo in six different types of CKD, including Alport syndrome, ADPKD, IgAN, T1D CKD, T2D CKD, and FSGS.

Sustained improvement in kidney function in long-term trials:  

 

o

In the Phase 2 portion ofAlport syndrome in our registrational CARDINAL Bard treatment produced a statistically significant increase from baseline in mean eGFR of 10.4 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p<0.0001) after 48 weeks of treatment, which, based on historical data available for 22 of the patients prior to enrolling in the trial, represents a recovery of over two years of average decline in kidney function.study;

 

o

In two large, placebo-controlled clinical studies (BEAMADPKD in our registrational FALCON study; and BEACON) in patients with T2D CKD, statistically significant increases in mean eGFR of 14.9 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p<0.001) and 5.6 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p<0.001), respectively, were sustained for at least one year.

Reduction in risk of adverse kidney outcomes, suggesting that Bard treatment preserves kidney function and may delay the onset of kidney failure in patients with T2D and stage 4 CKD:

o

In BEACON, patients randomized to Bard were significantly less likely to experience adverse kidney outcomes as defined by a composite endpoint consisting of ≥30% decline from baseline in eGFR, eGFR <15 mL/min/1.73 m2, or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) events (HR=0.48, p<0.0001).  

 

o

In BEACON, Bard treatment resulted in a decreased number of kidney-related serious adverse events (SAEs) and ESKD events.  

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Statistically significant improvement in retained eGFR, which is the eGFR change after a four-week withdrawal of drug, above baseline in BEAM, BEACON, and the Phase 2 portion of CARDINAL.  To our knowledge, Bard is the first therapy to produce a retained eGFR benefit that is above baseline in a long-term CKD trial.  

o

The FDA has provided guidance to us andthree other sponsors that clinical trials with a retained eGFR benefit versus placebo may support approval in certain rare forms of CKD.  The FDA has provided guidance to us that,CKD in patients with CKD caused by Alport syndrome or ADPKD, a retained eGFR benefit versus placebo after one year of Bard treatment may support accelerated approval and after two years of Bard treatment may support full approval.

o

We believe the retained eGFR benefit observed in these clinical trials demonstrates that Bard treatment improved the structure of the kidney, modified the course of the disease, and may prevent or delay kidney failure and the need for dialysis or a kidney transplant.our Phase 2 PHOENIX study.  

We are developing Bard for the treatment of patients with CKD caused by Alport syndrome in our registrational CARDINAL study, for the treatment of patients with ADPKD in our registrational FALCON study, and for the treatment of patients with four rare forms of CKD, which were studied in our Phase 2 PHOENIX study.  In addition, KHK, one ofKKC, our strategic collaborators,collaborator in CKD, is currently conducting its registrational trial of Bardbardoxolone in diabetic (type 1 and 2) kidney diseaseCKD in Japan, withJapan.  KKC completed patient enrollment in this trial in June 2019 and expects to have topline data expected in the first half of 2022.

CARDINAL,CKD is characterized by a Studyprogressive worsening in Patientsthe rate at which the kidney filters waste products from the blood, called the glomerular filtration rate (GFR).  When GFR gets too low, patients develop end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and require dialysis or a kidney transplant to survive.  Dialysis leads to a reduced quality of life and increases the likelihood of serious and life-threatening complications.  The five-year survival rate for hemodialysis patients is only approximately 42%.  

eGFR is an estimate of GFR that nephrologists use to track the decline in kidney function and progression of CKD.  In 11 separate CKD clinical trials, bardoxolone has been shown to improve eGFR in patients with diverse etiologies of CKD.  We believe that bardoxolone treatment has the potential to delay or prevent GFR declines that cause the need for dialysis or a transplant in patients with Alport syndrome, ADPKD, and other rare forms of CKD.  

Bardoxolone in CKD Caused by Alport Syndrome

Alport syndrome is a rare and serious hereditary disease that manifestscan manifest as early as the first decade of life, and causes average annual declines in eGFR of approximately 3 to 4 mL/min/1.73 m2, and affects approximately 30,000 to 60,000 patients in the United States.  In patients with the most severe forms of the disease, approximately 50% of patients progress to dialysis by age 25, 90% by age 40, and nearly 100% by age 60.  There are no approved therapies for Alport syndrome anywhere in the world.  

In 2018,On November 11, 2019, we announced positive interim safety and efficacy data for the ongoing open-label Phase 2 portion of CARDINAL.  The Phase 2 portion of the trial enrolled 30 patients, and 25 patients were available for analysis through one year.  No patients discontinued due to drug-related adverse events.  Data demonstrate that Bard significantly improved kidney function in patients with Alport syndrome as measured by eGFR.  Intopline, Year 1 results from the Phase 23 portion of CARDINAL we noted the following:

A statistically significant increase from baseline in mean eGFR at Week 48 of 10.4 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p<0.0001) in 25 patients was observed, which positively correlates with the previously-announced Week 12 eGFR increase from baseline of 13.4 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p<0.0001) in 30studying bardoxolone in Alport syndrome patients.  

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Historical data were available for 22 of the 25 CARDINAL Phase 2 patients.  These patients’ eGFR declined an average of 4.2 mL/min/1.73 m2 per year in the three-year period prior to enrolling in the trial.

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This magnitude of improvement in eGFR represents the recovery of over two years of average decline in kidney function in patients with Alport syndrome in this trial.

A statistically significant increase from baseline in mean retained eGFR at Week 52 of 4.1 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p<0.05) in 25 patients was observed.  

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Bard and any active metabolites are eliminated from the body within approximately 10 days after withdrawal, so we believe this retained eGFR benefit is a measure of the effect of long-term treatment on the structure of the kidney and its disease-modifying potential.

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We believe this retained eGFR benefit provides evidence that increases in eGFR observed with Bard therapy may prevent or delay kidney failure.

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We utilized the Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC) instrument, in which the patients provide self-assessments, and the Clinician Global Impression of Change (CGIC), in which clinicians provide their assessments of their patients, to assess patient quality-of-life factors after one year of treatment. Per the PGIC, 78% of patients reported that they were clinically improved while, per the CGIC, 83% of clinicians reported that their patients were clinically improved.

Urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) is a primary method used to detect elevated urinary protein.  Persistent, increased protein in the urine may be a significant risk factor for kidney damage and renal disease.  Mean changes in UACR during the 48 weeks on Bard were not clinically significant.  At Week 52, the mean UACR was not clinically significant and was not statistically significantly different from baseline.  We believe these findings further demonstrate that Bard does not increase eGFR through a damaging mechanism.

No safety concerns were reported by the data monitoring committee (DMC) that oversees the trial and reviews all safety data.

The Phase 3 portion of CARDINAL is an international, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized registrational trial that is studyingenrolled 157 patients with Alport syndrome at approximately 50 study sites in the safetyUnited States, Europe, Japan, and efficacyAustralia.  Pediatric patients represented approximately 15% of Bardenrolled patients.  Patients were randomized one-to-one to bardoxolone or placebo.  The primary endpoint for the study was the change in eGFR, an important measure of the ability of the kidney to filter waste products out of the blood, after 48 weeks of treatment.  The key secondary endpoint for the study was the change in retained eGFR after 48 weeks of treatment and withdrawal of drug for four weeks.  After 52 weeks, patients who completed the first 48 weeks of treatment are restarted on study drug with their original treatment assignments and continue on study drug for a second year.  The second-year on-treatment eGFR will be measured after 100 weeks of treatment and the retained eGFR will be measured at Week 104 after withdrawal of drug for four weeks.  Additionally, patients who complete the study and meet eligibility requirements can participate in the open-label extension.  The FDA has provided us with written guidance that, in patients with CKD caused by


Alport syndrome.  We are currently conducting the Phase 3 portion of CARDINAL. The protocol allows for enrollment of approximately 150 patients randomized evenly to either Bard or placebo, and the trial has been fully enrolled with 157 patients.  The FDA has provided us with guidance thatsyndrome, an analysis of retained eGFR demonstrating an improvement versus placebo after one year of Bardbardoxolone treatment may support ana NDA submission for accelerated approval of Bard for the treatment of CKD caused by Alport syndrome, and data demonstrating an improvement versus placebo in retained eGFR after two years of treatment may support full approval.  We expect

After 48 weeks of treatment, patients treated with bardoxolone had a statistically significant improvement compared to have one year top-line results availableplacebo in mean eGFR of 9.50 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p<0.0001).  Patients treated with bardoxolone experienced a statistically significant increase from baseline in mean eGFR of 4.72 mL/min/1.73 m2(p<0.0004), while patients treated with placebo experienced a statistically significant decline from baseline in mean eGFR of -4.78 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p<0.0002).  Patients’ retained eGFR was also assessed at Week 52, after 48 weeks of treatment and four weeks of drug withdrawal.  At Week 52, patients treated with bardoxolone had a statistically significant improvement compared to placebo in mean retained eGFR of 5.14 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p=0.0012).  Patients treated with bardoxolone experienced a nonsignificant decline from baseline in mean retained eGFR of -0.96 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p=0.45), while patients treated with placebo experienced a statistically significant decline from baseline in mean retained eGFR of -6.11 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p<0.0001).  Similar efficacy at Week 48 and Week 52 was observed across multiple subgroups, including among pediatric patients.

Bardoxolone was generally reported to be well tolerated in this study and showed a similar safety profile to the Phase 2 portion of the CARDINAL study.  Seventy-five patients (97%) receiving bardoxolone and 73 patients (91%) receiving placebo experienced an adverse event (AE).  Nine patients (12%) receiving bardoxolone and four patients (5%) receiving placebo discontinued study drug due to an AE, and no individual AE contributed to more than two discontinuations in either group.

Four patients (5%) receiving bardoxolone and 10 patients (13%) receiving placebo experienced a treatment-emergent serious adverse event (SAE).  No fluid overload or major adverse cardiac events were reported in patients treated with bardoxolone.  Blood pressure was reduced relative to baseline in the second halfbardoxolone group but was not significantly different between the two groups.  The reported AEs were generally mild to moderate in intensity, and the most common AEs observed more frequently in patients treated with bardoxolone compared to patients treated with placebo were increases in aminotransferases and muscle spasms.  Increases in aminotransferases are a pharmacological effect of 2019.  Based on retained eGFR benefitbardoxolone, which increases production of aminotransferases in vitro. The aminotransferase increases observed in CARDINAL Phase 2 patientswere associated with improvements (reductions) in total bilirubin and were not associated with liver injury, and we believe they are related to restoration of mitochondrial function.  Laboratory markers associated with pharmacodynamic activity, including urinary albumin to creatinine ratio and aminotransferases, were unchanged relative to placebo at Week 52 we believe the Phase 3 portion of CARDINAL is conservatively powered.  No safety concerns have been reported by the DMC.after a four week withdrawal.

FALCON, a StudyBardoxolone in Patients with ADPKD

ADPKD is an inherited, rare form of CKD caused by a genetic defect in PKD1 or PKD2 and is characterized by formation of fluid-filled cysts in the kidneys.  Inflammation appears to play a role in cyst growth and is associated with disease progression in ADPKD.  PKD1 is the most common mutation, causing about 85% of ADPKD cases, and patients generally progress to ESKD, on average, by age 54.  ADPKD is the most common single-gene disorder of the kidneys, and there are an estimated 400,000 patients in the United States, with approximately 140,000 diagnosed.  The only therapy currently approved for ADPKD is tolvaptan, which was approved in the United States in 2018.

We are initiatinghave initiated a registrational Phase 3 trial called FALCON in patients with ADPKD.  FALCON is an international, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial studying the safety and efficacy of Bardbardoxolone in approximately 300 patients with ADPKD randomized one-to-one to active drug or placebo.  We plan to enroll the first ADPKD patientbegan enrollment in FALCON in May 2019.  The FDA has provided us with guidance that, in patients with ADPKD, an analysis of retained eGFR, demonstrating an improvement versus placebo after one year of bardoxolone treatment, may support an NDA submission for accelerated approval of bardoxolone for the treatment of ADPKD, and data demonstrating an improvement versus placebo in retained eGFR after two years of treatment may support full approval.  We will measure the retained eGFR benefit versus placebo at 52 weeks after treatment on study drug for 48 weeks and a four-week withdrawal of drug.  After 52 weeks, patients will resume study drug and will continue on study drug for a second year.  The second-year retained eGFR benefit will be measured at Week 104.


PHOENIX, a StudyBardoxolone in Patients withOther Rare Forms of CKD

PHOENIX was an open-label, multi-center Phase 2 trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of Bardbardoxolone in patients with ADPKD, IgAN, T1DIgA nephropathy (IgAN), type 1 diabetic CKD or FSGS.(T1D CKD), and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).  In aggregate, the prevalence of these diseases exceeds 700,000 patients in the United States, representing a meaningful market for Bardbardoxolone in rare forms of CKD.  A total of 103 patients were enrolled in the studytrial in four separate cohorts, including 31 patients with ADPKD, 26 with IgAN, 28 with T1D CKD, and 18 with FSGS.  Patients were treated with Bardbardoxolone for 12 weeks in all four cohorts, and each cohort showed statistically significant increases in mean eGFR.,eGFR, with the mean change in mean eGFR from baseline across all four cohorts of 7.8 mL/min/1.73 m2m2 (n=103; p<0.0001).  Of the patients that reached Week 12, 88% experienced increases in eGFR at Week 12.  BardWe observed that bardoxolone significantly reduced mean systolic blood pressure by 3.8 mmHg (n=103; p=0.002) and mean diastolic blood pressure by 2.8mmHg2.8 mmHg (n=103; p=0.0009).  Urinary albumin excretion was low upon study entry and remained unchanged by Bardbardoxolone treatment (n=103; p=0.6).  The most commonly reported adverse eventAE across all cohorts was muscle spasms, which were not associated with clinical signs or symptoms of muscle injury.  NoThe overall rate of SAEs was low, with three patients reporting SAEs while they received trial drug, none of which were reported as related to Bard.

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Based on the eGFR improvements observed in PHOENIX patients, we plan to pursue IgAN, T1D CKD, and FSGS as commercial indications.  We believe that registrational clinical trials similar to the design of the Phase 3 CARDINAL and FALCON trials, with a two-year duration and a retained eGFR benefit endpoint after one and two years of treatment, would be sufficient to form the basis of an NDA submission to the FDA seeking approval of Bardbardoxolone for the treatment of these forms of CKD.

OmavHistorical Development of Bardoxolone

Prior to our CARDINAL Phase 3 trial, bardoxolone has been evaluated in FAmultiple clinical trials enrolling over 2,000 patients exposed to active drug and has demonstrated consistent, clinically meaningful improvement in kidney function across several disease states as measured by eGFR and other markers of kidney function.  Specifically, we have observed statistically significant increases in eGFR in all Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials in seven distinct patient populations treated with bardoxolone, including patients with PAH and CKD caused by type 2 diabetes (T2D CKD), Alport syndrome, ADPKD, IgAN, T1D CKD, and FSGS.  

We believe these data, in addition to the CARDINAL Phase 3 data, support the potential for bardoxolone to delay or prevent dialysis, kidney transplant, and death in patients with Alport syndrome and other rare forms of CKD.  Additional observations from the prior clinical trials of bardoxolone include the following:

Statistically significant increases in directly-measured GFR using the “gold standard” inulin clearance method, improvements in creatinine clearance, and reduction in the levels of blood waste products filtered by the kidney.  

Statistically significant improvements in eGFR versus baseline or placebo in six different types of CKD, including Alport syndrome, ADPKD, IgAN, T1D CKD, T2D CKD, and FSGS.

Sustained improvement in kidney function in long-term trials:  

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In the Phase 2 portion of CARDINAL, bardoxolone treatment produced a statistically significant increase from baseline in mean eGFR of 10.4 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p<0.0001) after 48 weeks of treatment, which, based on historical data available for 22 of the patients prior to enrolling in the trial, represents a recovery of over two years of average decline in kidney function.

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In two large, placebo-controlled clinical studies (BEAM and BEACON) in patients with T2D CKD, statistically significant increases in mean eGFR of 14.9 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p<0.001) and 5.6 mL/min/1.73 m2 (p<0.001), respectively, were sustained for at least one year.

Reduction in risk of adverse kidney outcomes, suggesting that bardoxolone treatment preserves kidney function and may delay the onset of kidney failure in patients with T2D and stage 4 CKD:

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In BEACON, patients randomized to bardoxolone were significantly less likely to experience adverse kidney outcomes as defined by a composite endpoint consisting of ≥30% decline from baseline in eGFR, eGFR <15 mL/min/1.73 m2, or ESKD events (HR=0.48, p<0.0001).  


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In BEACON, bardoxolone treatment resulted in a decreased number of kidney-related SAEs and ESKD events.  

Statistically significant improvement in retained eGFR, which is the eGFR change after a four-week withdrawal of drug, above baseline in BEAM, BEACON, and the Phase 2 portion of CARDINAL.  To our knowledge, bardoxolone is the first therapy to produce a retained eGFR benefit that is above baseline in a long-term CKD trial.  

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The FDA has provided guidance to us and other sponsors that clinical trials with a retained eGFR benefit versus placebo may support approval in certain rare forms of CKD.  The FDA has provided guidance to us that, in patients with CKD caused by Alport syndrome or ADPKD, a retained eGFR benefit versus placebo after one year of bardoxolone treatment may support accelerated approval and after two years of bardoxolone treatment may support full approval.

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We believe the retained eGFR benefit observed in these clinical trials demonstrates that bardoxolone treatment improved the structure of the kidney, modified the course of the disease, and may prevent or delay kidney failure and the need for dialysis or a kidney transplant.

Recently, the mechanism underlying the regulation of GFR by the Keap1/Nrf2 pathway was investigated in the laboratory of Dr. Naoki Kashihara at the Kawasaki Medical School in Japan.  RTA dh404 (10 mg/kg/day) increased single nephron GFR in the control group but not in mice lacking the Nrf2 gene (p<0.05).  The glomerular afferent/efferent arteriole ratio was not significantly altered in any group, indicating that activation of the Keap1/Nrf2 pathway increases GFR by increasing glomerular effective filtration area without affecting the afferent/efferent arteriole ratio.

Programs in Neurological Diseases

We are developing Omavomaveloxolone for the treatment of patients with FA and recently announced the results of our registrational Phase 2 MOXIe trial in patients with FA.  In addition, we have studied omaveloxolone and other Nrf2 activators in preclinical models of Huntington’s disease, ALS, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy, and we plan to pursue the development of omaveloxolone and our other Nrf2 activators for one or more of these diseases.  We are also developing RTA 901 in neurodegeneration and neuroprotection indications.

Omaveloxolone in FA

We are developing omaveloxolone for the treatment of patients with FA, an inherited, debilitating, and degenerative neuromuscular disorder whichthat is normallyusually diagnosed during adolescence and is caused by a mutation in the frataxin gene.  Patients with FA typically become dependent on wheelchairs 10can ultimately lead to 15 years after disease onset, with a median age of death in the mid-30s.premature death.  Patients with FA experience an average annual worsening,progressive loss of coordination, muscle weakness, and fatigue, which commonly progress to motor incapacitation and wheelchair reliance.  Symptoms generally occur in children, with patients requiring a wheelchair by their teens or increase, in modified Friedreich’s Ataxia Rating Scale (mFARS) scores of one to two points.  FA is an ultra-orphan disease that, basedearly 20s.  Based on literature and proprietary research, we believe FA affects approximately 22,000 people globally, including 6,0005,000 children and adults in the United States.  Approximately 2,700 worldwide patients are identified in patient registries, including approximately 1,500 in the United States.States and 22,000 globally.  There are no currently approved therapies for the treatment of FA anywhere in the world.  

MOXIe, a Study in Patients with FA

Our Phase 2 trial, called MOXIe, iswas a two-part, international, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled registrational trial that studiesstudied the safety and efficacy of Omavomaveloxolone in patients with FA.  In partAdditionally, patients who completed the study and meet eligibility requirements can participate in the open-label extension.  Part 1 of MOXIe at thewas a dose-ranging study designed to assess safety and identify an optimal dose level of Omav, we notedomaveloxolone to test in the following at Week 12:

registrational part 2 portion of the study. A statistically significant improvement, or decrease, in mFARS scoresdose of 3.8 points (p=0.0001) versus baseline150 mg per day was observed.  This improvement represents approximately two years of average decline in MOXIe patient mFARS scores.

A placebo-corrected decrease in mFARS scores of 2.3 points (p=0.06) was observed.  This improvement represents at least one year of average decline in MOXIe patient mFARS scores.

Noselected for part 2, and no safety concerns were noted by the data safety monitoring board (DSMB) that overseesoversaw the trial and reviewsreviewed all safety data.

We are currently conducting the registrationalBased on data from part 1 of MOXIe, we designed and powered part 2 of MOXIe.MOXIe, an international, multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized registrational Phase 2 trial, that enrolled 103 patients with FA at 11 trial sites in the United States, Europe, and Australia.  Part 2 of MOXIe is the largest global, interventional trial ever conducted in FA.  Patients were randomized one-to-one to omaveloxolone or placebo.  The protocol allows for enrollmentprimary analysis population included patients without pes cavus (n=82), a musculoskeletal foot deformity that may interfere with the patient’s ability to perform some components of approximately 100 patientsthe neurological exam used to score the primary endpoint of the study.  Safety analyses were evaluated in the all randomized evenly to either 150 mg of Omav or placebo, and the trial has been fully enrolled with 103 patients.  population (n=103).


The primary endpoint of part 2 offor the trial iswas the change from baseline in the mFARS score a neurological and functional assessment tool, in patients treated with Omav comparedrelative to placebo at 48 weeks. The FDA has provided us with guidance that an analysis of mFARS scores demonstrating an improvement versus placebo after 48 weeks of Omav treatment may supporttreatment.  The mFARS is a physician-assessed neurological rating scale used to measure FA disease progression.  The FDA has indicated that mFARS is an NDA submission for accelerated or full approvalacceptable primary endpoint to evaluate the effect of Omavomaveloxolone for the treatment of patients with FA.  We expect to have top-line dataOmaveloxolone treatment demonstrated statistically significant evidence of efficacy for the primary endpoint of the trial, producing a placebo-corrected 2.40 point mean improvement (decrease) in mFARS (n=82; p=0.014).  Patients treated with omaveloxolone experienced a mean improvement (decrease) in mFARS of 1.55 points from MOXIe availablebaseline, while patients treated with placebo experienced a mean worsening (increase) in mFARS of 0.85 points from baseline.  

Further, the observed placebo-corrected improvements in mFARS were time-dependent, increasing over the course of treatment with the largest improvement observed after 48 weeks of treatment.  Omaveloxolone treatment also demonstrated statistically significant evidence of efficacy in mFARS at Week 48 when the pes cavus patients were included in the second halfanalysis (the all randomized population).  In the all randomized population, omaveloxolone treatment produced a statistically significant, placebo-corrected 1.93 point mean improvement (decrease) in mFARS (n=103; p=0.034).  Omaveloxolone treatment also improved several secondary endpoints included in the trial.

Omaveloxolone was reported to be generally well-tolerated in this trial.  Four (8%) omaveloxolone patients and two (4%) placebo patients discontinued trial drug due to an AE.  The reported AEs were generally mild to moderate in intensity, and the most common AEs (i.e., reported in > 20% of 2019.patients in either treatment group) observed more frequently in omaveloxolone compared to placebo were headache, nausea, increased aminotransferases, fatigue, and abdominal pain.  Increases in aminotransferases are a pharmacological effect of omaveloxolone, which increases production of aminotransferases in vitro, which we believe are related to restoration of mitochondrial function.  In MOXIe, the aminotransferase increases were associated with improvements (reductions) in total bilirubin and were not associated with liver injury.  

The overall rate of SAEs was low, with three patients on omaveloxolone and three patients on placebo reporting SAEs while on treatment.  Two additional omaveloxolone-treated patients reported SAEs approximately two weeks after receiving their final dose.  No new safety concerns have beensignals were identified, and the reported bySAEs were sporadic and generally expected in FA patients.  In the DSMB.three omaveloxolone patients who reported SAEs while receiving omaveloxolone, none led to discontinuation.  Atrial fibrillation was balanced and reported in one omaveloxolone and one placebo patient.  One omaveloxolone patient reported anemia that was due to a complication of a procedure and was considered unrelated to omaveloxolone.  One omaveloxolone patient reported multiple SAEs, including viral upper respiratory tract infection and laryngitis, along with palpitations, non-cardiac chest pain, and sinus tachycardia.  While several of these SAEs were considered possibly related to omaveloxolone, no imbalances in infection or arrhythmia adverse events were observed overall in the trial.

Bard in Connective Tissue Disease Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

CATALYST, a Study in Patients with CTD-PAH

We are studying Bard in CTD-PAH, which is a late and often fatal manifestation of many types of autoimmune disease, including systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), systemic lupus erythematosus, mixed connective tissue disease, and others.  CTD-PAH is a subset of PAH, which results in a progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance, ultimately leading to right ventricular heart failure and death.  Based on literaturethe positive MOXIe results, and proprietary research,subject to discussions with regulatory authorities, we believe there are approximately 12,000 patientsplan to proceed with CTD-PAHthe submission of regulatory filings for marketing approval in the United States and 50,000 worldwide.  

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In comparison to patients with the idiopathic form of PAH (I-PAH), patients with CTD-PAH generally have a worse prognosisRTA 901 in Neurodegeneration and experience a higher occurrence of small vessel fibrosis and pulmonary veno-obstructive diseases.  CTD-PAH represents approximately 30% of the overall PAH population and approximately 10 to 15% of patients with scleroderma or lupus erythematosus. Patients with CTD-PAH are less responsive to existing vasodilator therapies than patients with I-PAH and have a five-year survival rate of approximately 44%, in contrast with a five-year survival rate of approximately 68% for patients with I-PAH.  Currently approved therapies, all systemic vasodilators, are used to treat all etiologies of PAH.  By a meta-analysis of 11 registrational trials comprised of more than 2,700 patients, the currently approved therapies were shown to be less beneficial for patients with CTD-PAH compared to patients with I-PAH as measured by 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) responses in patients with CTD-PAH of 9.6 meters, or approximately one-third, compared to the responses in patients with I-PAH of 30 meters.  Bard is an Nrf2 activator, not a systemic vasodilator, and directly targets the bioenergetic and inflammatory components of PAH.  Additionally, because Bard does not have systemic hemodynamic effects or cause drug-drug interactions in patients with PAH, it may be used in combination with other therapies to a greater incremental effect than an additional vasodilator.

Initial results from our Phase 2 LARIAT trial in patients with PAH showed that Bard provided the greatest improvement in 6MWD to patients with CTD-PAH.  Patients with CTD-PAH treated with Bard demonstrated a statistically significant increase of 38.2 meters (p<0.001) in mean 6MWD compared to baseline and a placebo-corrected change in 6MWD of 28.4 meters (p=0.07).  Further analysis of data from patients with CTD-PAH who would be eligible for inclusion in our Phase 3 trial, CATALYST, demonstrated a statistically significant increase of 42.7 meters (p<0.001) in mean 6MWD compared to baseline and a placebo-corrected change in 6MWD of 48.5 meters (p=0.005).

We are currently conducting CATALYST, an international, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 trial that studies the safety and efficacy of Bard in patients with CTD-PAH when added to standard-of-care therapy.  The protocol includes 200 patients with CTD-PAH, and we expect to have top-line data from the CATALYST trial in the first half of 2020.  Data from CATALYST demonstrating an improvement in 6MWD versus placebo may support an NDA submission for approval of Bard for the treatment of CTD-PAH.  No safety concerns have been reported by the DSMB that oversees the trial and reviews all data.

Other ProgramsNeuroprotection Diseases

RTA 901 is the lead product candidate from our Hsp90 modulator program, which includes highly potent and selective C-terminal modulators of Hsp90.  We have observed favorable activity of RTA 901 in a range of preclinical models of neurodegeneration and neuroprotection, including models of diabetic neuropathy, neural inflammation, and neuropathic pain.  RTA 901, administered orally once-daily, has been observed to rescue existing nerve function, restore thermal and mechanical sensitivity, and improve nerve conductance velocity and mitochondrial function in rodent disease models.  We have completed a Phase 1 trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic profile of RTA 901 in healthy adult volunteers.  No safety or tolerability concerns were reported.  We are the exclusive licensee of RTA 901 and have worldwide commercial rights.

Other Programs

In addition to our lead programs in rare forms of CKD and rare forms of neurological diseases, we are exploring additional clinical and preclinical programs.  We believe bardoxolone has many potential clinical applications, and we are studying bardoxolone in CTD-PAH in our registrational Phase 3 CATALYST trial.  RTA 1701 is the lead product candidate from our proprietary series of RORγt inhibitors for the potential treatment of a broad range of autoimmune, inflammatory, and fibrotic diseases.  We have completed a Phase 1 trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic profile of RTA 1701 in healthy adult volunteers.  


Bardoxolone in CTD-PAH

We are studying bardoxolone in CTD-PAH, which is a late and often fatal manifestation of many types of autoimmune diseases, including systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), systemic lupus erythematosus, mixed connective tissue disease, and others.  CTD-PAH is a subset of PAH, which results in a progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance, ultimately leading to right ventricular heart failure and death.  Based on literature and proprietary research, we believe there are approximately 12,000 patients with CTD-PAH in the United States and 50,000 worldwide.

In comparison to patients with the idiopathic form of PAH (I-PAH), patients with CTD-PAH generally have a worse prognosis and experience a higher occurrence of small vessel fibrosis and pulmonary veno-obstructive diseases.  CTD-PAH represents approximately 30% of the overall PAH population and approximately 10 to 15% of patients with scleroderma or lupus erythematosus. Patients with CTD-PAH are less responsive to existing vasodilator therapies than patients with I-PAH and have a five-year survival rate of approximately 44%, in contrast with a five-year survival rate of approximately 68% for patients with I-PAH.  Currently approved therapies, all systemic vasodilators, are used to treat all etiologies of PAH.  A meta-analysis of 11 registrational trials comprised of more than 2,700 patients demonstrated that the currently approved therapies are less beneficial for patients with CTD-PAH compared to patients with I-PAH as measured by 6-minute walk distance (6MWD).  Patients with CTD-PAH experienced improvement in their 6MWD of only 9.6 meters, or approximately one-third, compared to the improvements observed in patients with I-PAH of 30 meters.  Bardoxolone is an Nrf2 activator, not a systemic vasodilator, and directly targets the bioenergetic and inflammatory components of PAH.  Additionally, because bardoxolone does not have systemic hemodynamic effects or cause drug-drug interactions in patients with PAH, it may be used in combination with other therapies to a greater incremental effect than an additional vasodilator.

Initial results from our Phase 2 LARIAT trial in patients with PAH showed that bardoxolone provided the greatest improvement in 6MWD to patients with CTD-PAH.  Patients with CTD-PAH treated with bardoxolone demonstrated a statistically significant increase in mean 6MWD of 38.2 meters (p<0.001) compared to baseline and a placebo-corrected change in 6MWD of 28.4 meters (p=0.07).  Further analysis of data from patients with CTD-PAH who would be eligible for inclusion in our Phase 3 trial, CATALYST, demonstrated a statistically significant increase in mean 6MWD of 42.7 meters (p<0.001) compared to baseline and a placebo-corrected change in 6MWD of 48.5 meters (p=0.005).

We are currently conducting CATALYST, an international, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 trial that studies the safety and efficacy of bardoxolone in patients with CTD-PAH when added to standard-of-care therapy.  The trial has been fully enrolled with 202 patients with CTD-PAH, and we expect to have top-line data from the CATALYST trial in mid-2020.  Data from CATALYST demonstrating an improvement in 6MWD versus placebo may support an NDA submission for approval of bardoxolone for the treatment of CTD-PAH.  No safety concerns have been reported by the DSMB.

RTA 1701 in Autoimmune Diseases

RTA 1701 is the lead product candidate from our proprietary series of RORγt inhibitors for the potential treatment of a broad range of autoimmune, inflammatory, and fibrotic diseases.  RTA 1701 is an orally-bioavailable, RORγt-selective allosteric inhibitor that suppresses Th17 differentiation in vitro and demonstrates strong efficacy in rodent disease models of autoimmune disease.  RTA 1701 also potently suppresses production of IL-17A, a clinically important cytokine, in human immune cells and when dosed orally to non-human primates.  We are currently conductinghave conducted a Phase 1 trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic profile of RTA 1701 in healthy adult volunteers, with initial results expected in the first half of 2019.volunteers.  No safety or tolerability concerns were reported, and we observed an acceptable pharmacokinetic profile.  We retain all rights to our RORγt inhibitors, which are not subject to any existing commercial collaborations.

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Financial Operations Overview

To date, we have focused most of our efforts and resources on developing our product candidates and conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials.  We have historically financed our operations primarily through revenue generated from our collaborations with AbbVie and KHK, fromKKC, sales of our securities, and secured loans.  We have not received any payments or revenue from collaborations other than nonrefundable upfront, milestone, and cost sharing payments from our collaborations with AbbVie and KHKKKC and reimbursements of expenses under the


terms of our agreement with KHK.KKC.  We have incurred losses in each year since our inception, other than in 2014.  As of March 31,September 30, 2019, we had $313.1$240.1 million of cash and cash equivalents and an accumulated deficit of $449.5$523.6 million.  

On October 9, 2019, we and AbbVie entered into the Amended AbbVie Agreement pursuant to which we reacquired the development, manufacturing, and commercialization rights concerning its proprietary Nrf2 activator product platform originally licensed to AbbVie in the License Agreement and the Collaboration Agreement. Except as otherwise set forth in the Amended AbbVie Agreement, the other provisions of the License Agreement and the Collaboration Agreement have been terminated. Under the Amended AbbVie Agreement, certain licenses granted to AbbVie will continue, for which AbbVie has granted exclusive sublicenses to us, resulting in our reacquiring worldwide rights to bardoxolone, excluding certain Asian countries that we previously licensed to KKC, and worldwide rights to omaveloxolone and the Second-Generation Activators, in each case that we had licensed to AbbVie under the License Agreement and the Collaboration Agreement.  In exchange, we will pay AbbVie $330 million, of which $75 million is payable on December 8, 2019, $150 million is payable on June 30, 2020, and $105 million is payable on November 30, 2021. If we raise cash proceeds of $200 million or more in one or more equity offerings, we are required to prepay AbbVie $25 million, which prepayment will reduce the amount payable to AbbVie on November 30, 2021, from $105 million to $80 million. We also will pay AbbVie an escalating, low single-digit royalty on worldwide net sales, on a product-by-product basis, of omaveloxolone and an identified list of existing Second-Generation Activators.  By reacquiring its rights, we were relieved from our obligations under the License Agreement and the Collaboration Agreement.  

We continue to incur significant research and development and other expenses related to our ongoing operations.  Despite contractual product development commitments and the potential to receive future paymentspayment from our collaborators,KKC, we anticipate that we will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future, and we anticipate that our losses will increase as we continue our development of, and seek regulatory approval for, our product candidates.  If we do not successfully develop and obtain regulatory approval of our existing product candidates or any future product candidates and effectively manufacture, market, and sell any products that are approved, we may never generate revenue from product sales.  Furthermore, even if we do generate revenue from product sales, we may never again achieve or sustain profitability on a quarterly or annual basis.  Our prior losses, combined with expected future losses, have had and will continue to have an adverse effect on our stockholders’ equity and working capital.  Our failure to become and remain profitable could depress the market price of our Class A common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital, expand our business, diversify our product offerings, or continue our operations.

Revenue

Our revenue to date has been generated primarily from licensing fees received under our collaborative license agreements and reimbursements for expenses.  We currently have no approved products and have not generated any revenue from the sale of products to date.  In the future, we may generate revenue from product sales, royalties on product sales, reimbursements for collaboration services under our current collaboration agreements,the KKC Agreement, or license fees, milestones, or other upfront payments if we enter into any new collaborations or license agreements.  We expect that our future revenue will fluctuate from quarter to quarter for many reasons, including the uncertain timing and amount of any such payments and sales.

Our license and milestone revenue has been generated primarily from our license agreement with KHK, our license agreementthe KKC Agreement, the License Agreement with AbbVie, and our collaboration agreementthe Collaboration Agreement with AbbVie and consists of upfront payments and milestone payments.  License revenue recorded with respect to the KHK agreement,KKC Agreement, the AbbVie License Agreement, and the AbbVie Collaboration Agreement consists solely of the recognition of deferred revenue.  Under our revenue recognition policy, licensecollaboration revenue associated with upfront, non-refundable license payments received under theour license and collaboration agreements with AbbVie and KHK are deferred and recognized ratably over the expected term of the performance obligations under the agreements.each agreement.  The AbbVie CollaborationLicense Agreement and the KHK agreement extendCollaboration Agreement with AbbVie were terminated under the Amended AbbVie Agreement.  The related remaining balance of deferred revenue for the License Agreement was fully recognized in 2017 and, as discussed below, the remaining deferred balance of $191.7 million related to the Collaboration Agreement will be terminated in the fourth quarter of 2019.  Based on existing collaboration agreements, we only expect to recognize revenue under the KKC Agreement, which extends through 2021, and 2026, respectively.  2021.


Research and Development Expenses

The largest component of our total operating expenses has historically been our investment in research and development activities, including the clinical development of our product candidates.  From our inception through March 31,September 30, 2019, we have incurred a total of $672.9$734.7 million in research and development expense, the majority of which relates to the development of Bardbardoxolone and Omav.omaveloxolone.  We expect our research and development expense to continue to increase in the future as we advance our product candidates through clinical trials and expand our product candidate portfolio.  The process of conducting the necessary clinical research to obtain regulatory approval is costly and time-consuming, and we consider the active management and development of our clinical pipeline to be crucial to our long-term success.  The actual probability of success for each product candidate and preclinical program may be affected by a variety of factors, including the safety and efficacy data for product candidates, investment in the program, competition, manufacturing capability, and commercial viability.

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Research and development expenses include:

expenses incurred under agreements with clinical trial sites that conduct research and development activities on our behalf;

expenses incurred under agreements with clinical trial sites that conduct research and development activities on our behalf;

expenses incurred under contract research agreements and other agreements with third parties;

expenses incurred under contract research agreements and other agreements with third parties;

employee and consultant-related expenses, which include salaries, benefits, travel, and stock-based compensation;

employee and consultant-related expenses, which include salaries, benefits, travel, and stock-based compensation;

laboratory and vendor expenses related to the execution of preclinical and non-clinical studies and clinical trials;

laboratory and vendor expenses related to the execution of preclinical and non-clinical studies and clinical trials;

the cost of acquiring, developing, manufacturing, and distributing clinical trial materials;

the cost of acquiring, developing, manufacturing, and distributing clinical trial materials;

the cost of development, scale up and process validation activities to support product registration; and

the cost of development, scale up, and process validation activities to support product registration; and

facilities, depreciation, and other expenses, which include direct and allocated expenses for rent and maintenance of facilities, insurance, and other supply costs.

facilities, depreciation, and other expenses, which include direct and allocated expenses for rent and maintenance of facilities, insurance, and other supply costs.

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.  Costs for certain development activities such as clinical trials are recognized based on an evaluation of the progress to completion of specific tasks using information and data provided to us by our vendors and our clinical sites.

We base our expense accruals related to clinical trials on our estimates of the services received and efforts expended pursuant to contracts with multiple research institutions and contract research organizations (CROs) that conduct and manage clinical trials on our behalf.  The financial terms of these agreements vary from contract to contract and may result in uneven payment flows.  Payments under some of these contracts depend on factors such as the successful enrollment of patients and the completion of clinical trial milestones.  In accruing costs, we estimate the time period over which services will be performed and the level of effort to be expended in each period.  If we do not identify costs that we have begun to incur or if we underestimate or overestimate the level of services performed or the costs of these services, our actual expenses could differ from our estimates.

To date, we have not experienced significant changes in our estimates of accrued research and development expenses after a reporting period.  However, due to the nature of estimates, we cannot assure you that we will not make changes to our estimates in the future as we become aware of additional information about the status or conduct of our clinical trials and other research activities.

Currently, AbbVieKKC is not participating in the development of Bard for the treatment of CKD caused by Alport syndrome, ADPKD, CTD-PAH, or other rare kidney diseases, and we are therefore incurring all costs for this program.  AbbVie has the right to opt-in to these programs at any time during development.  Upon opting-in, AbbVie would be required to pay an agreed upon amount of all development costs accumulated up to the point of exercising their opt-in right.  All development costs incurred after AbbVie’s opt-in would be split equally.

In September 2016, we and AbbVie mutually agreed that we would continue unilateral development of Omav.  Therefore, AbbVie no longer co-funds the exploratory development costs of this program, but retains the right to opt back in.  Depending upon what point, if any, AbbVie opts back into development, AbbVie may retain its right to commercialize a product outside the United States, or we may be responsible for commercializing the product on a worldwide basis.  Upon opting back in, AbbVie would be required to pay an agreed upon amount of all development costs accumulated up to the point of exercising their opt-in right, after which development costs incurred and product revenue worldwide would be split equally.

Currently, KHK is not participating in the development of Bardbardoxolone in CTD-PAH, ADPKD, or other rare kidney diseases but is reimbursing us the majority of the costs for our registrational trial in CKD caused by Alport syndrome in Japan and is responsible for the costs for our registrational trial in ADPKD in Japan.  The Company’sOur expenses were reduced by $0.3$0.5 million for KHK’sKKC’s share of the study costs for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019.  


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The following table summarizes our research and development expenses incurred:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

(unaudited; in thousands)

 

Bardoxolone methyl

 

$

8,679

 

 

$

9,790

 

 

$

12,511

 

 

$

11,281

 

 

$

31,904

 

 

$

32,337

 

Omaveloxolone

 

 

5,803

 

 

 

2,581

 

 

$

5,999

 

 

 

6,817

 

 

 

17,478

 

 

 

14,105

 

RTA 901

 

 

337

 

 

 

384

 

 

$

560

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

1,616

 

 

 

328

 

RTA 1701

 

 

328

 

 

 

961

 

 

$

452

 

 

 

621

 

 

 

1,433

 

 

 

2,125

 

Other research and development expenses

 

 

10,967

 

 

 

7,691

 

 

$

12,757

 

 

 

8,363

 

 

 

35,517

 

 

 

23,084

 

Total research and development expenses

 

$

26,114

 

 

$

21,407

 

 

$

32,279

 

 

$

27,144

 

 

$

87,948

 

 

$

71,979

 

 

The program-specific expenses summarized in the table above include costs that we directly allocate to our product candidates.  Our other research and development expenses include employee-related expenses for research and development salaries, benefits, stock-based compensationfunctions and preclinical, research, and discovery costs, which we do not allocate on a program-specific basis.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses for executive, operational, finance, legal, compliance, and human resource functions.  Other general and administrative expenses include facility-related costs, professional fees, accounting and legal services, depreciation expense, other external services, and expenses associated with obtaining and maintaining our intellectual property rights.

We anticipate that our general and administrative expenses will increase in the future as we increase our headcount to support our continued research and development and potential commercialization of our product candidates.  We have also incurred, and anticipate incurring in the future, increased expenses associated with being a public company, including exchange listing and SEC requirements, director and officer insurance premium, legal, audit, and tax fees, compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, regulatory compliance programs, and investor relations costs.  Additionally, ifBased on positive results from CARDINAL and whenMOXIe, and subject to discussions with regulatory authorities, we believeplan to proceed with the firstsubmission of regulatory filings for marketing approval of one of our product candidates appears likely,in the United States and internationally. Accordingly, we have increased and anticipate an increasecontinued increases in payroll and related expenses as a result of our preparation for commercial operations, especially for the sales and marketing of our product candidates.

Other Income

Other income represents interest and gains earned on our cash and cash equivalents, which include money market funds.

Provision for Taxes on Income

Provision for taxes on income consists of net loss, taxed at federal tax rates and adjusted for certain permanent differences.  We maintain a full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets.  Changes in this valuation allowance also affect the tax provision.

 


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Results of Operations

Comparison of the Three Months Ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)

The following table sets forth our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019:September 30:

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Change $

 

 

Change %

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Change $

 

 

Change %

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Collaboration revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License and milestone

 

$

7,726

 

 

$

32,168

 

 

$

(24,442

)

 

 

(76

)

 

$

7,898

 

 

$

4,766

 

 

$

3,132

 

 

 

66

 

Other revenue

 

 

44

 

 

 

224

 

 

 

(180

)

 

 

(80

)

 

 

344

 

 

 

409

 

 

 

(65

)

 

 

(16

)

Total collaboration revenue

 

 

7,770

 

 

 

32,392

 

 

 

(24,622

)

 

 

(76

)

 

 

8,242

 

 

 

5,175

 

 

 

3,067

 

 

 

59

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

 

26,114

 

 

 

21,407

 

 

 

4,707

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

32,279

 

 

 

27,144

 

 

 

5,135

 

 

 

19

 

General and administrative

 

 

10,038

 

 

 

6,628

 

 

 

3,410

 

 

 

51

 

 

 

14,283

 

 

 

7,486

 

 

 

6,797

 

 

 

91

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

170

 

 

 

101

 

 

 

69

 

 

 

68

 

Depreciation

 

 

258

 

 

 

105

 

 

 

153

 

 

 

146

 

Total expenses

 

 

36,322

 

 

 

28,136

 

 

 

8,186

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

46,820

 

 

 

34,735

 

 

 

12,085

 

 

 

35

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income

 

 

1,797

 

 

 

335

 

 

 

1,462

 

 

 

436

 

 

 

1,311

 

 

 

1,094

 

 

 

217

 

 

 

20

 

Interest expense

 

 

(2,397

)

 

 

(509

)

 

 

(1,888

)

 

 

(371

)

 

 

(2,389

)

 

 

(2,360

)

 

 

(29

)

 

 

(1

)

Total other income (expense)

 

 

(600

)

 

 

(174

)

 

 

(426

)

 

 

(245

)

 

 

(1,078

)

 

 

(1,266

)

 

 

188

 

 

 

15

 

(Loss) income before taxes on income

 

 

(29,152

)

 

 

4,082

 

 

 

(33,234

)

 

 

(814

)

Loss before taxes on income

 

 

(39,656

)

 

 

(30,826

)

 

 

(8,830

)

 

 

(29

)

Provision for taxes on income

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

322

 

Net (loss) income

 

$

(29,154

)

 

$

4,082

 

 

$

(33,236

)

 

 

(814

)

Net loss

 

$

(39,694

)

 

$

(30,835

)

 

$

(8,859

)

 

 

(29

)

 

Collaboration Revenue

License and milestone revenue represented approximately 99%96% and 92% of total revenue for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  License and milestone revenue increased by $3.1 million or 66% during the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018.  A reduction in revenue related to an adjustment in the calculation of a regulatory milestone revenue included as variable consideration in the transaction price under the KKC Agreement was recognized in the prior year period. Since we did not have a similar event in the current period, the revenue increased by comparison.

Other revenue was immaterial for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.

The following table summarizes the sources of our revenue for the three months ended September 30:

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

License and milestone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collaboration Agreement

 

$

6,717

 

 

$

6,717

 

KKC Agreement

 

 

1,181

 

 

 

(2,951

)

Other

 

 

 

 

 

1,000

 

Total license and milestone

 

 

7,898

 

 

 

4,766

 

Other revenue

 

 

344

 

 

 

409

 

Total collaboration revenue

 

$

8,242

 

 

$

5,175

 


Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses increased by $5.1 million, or 19%, for the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018.  The increase was primarily due to $3.3 million in increased personnel and equity compensation expenses to support growth of our development activities, $0.9 million in increased medical affairs and other research activities, and $0.7 million caused by two components: increased manufacturing to support product registration and startup activities for FALCON and the extension trials for our registrational programs, which were offset by decreased clinical expenses due to fully enrolled and completed studies.

Research and development expenses, as a percentage of total expenses, was 69% and 78% for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  The decrease of 9% was primarily due to a proportionately larger increase in general and administrative expenses such as personnel and equity compensation expenses and rent and office expenses to support growth in our development activities.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses increased by $6.8 million, or 91%, for the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018.  The increase was primarily due to $3.3 million in increased personnel and equity compensation expenses, $1.7 million in increased rent and office expenses to support growth in our development activities, $0.3 million in increased professional fees related to audit, legal, and tax-related services, and $0.9 million in increase patent fees.

General and administrative expenses, as a percentage of total expenses, was 31% and 22%, for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  The increase of 9% was primarily due to a proportionately larger increase in general and administrative expenses, compared to research and development expenses.

Depreciation

Depreciation was increased by $0.2 million, or 146%, for the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018, due to increases in property and equipment related to growth in personnel and office space.

Investment Income

Investment income increased by $0.2 million, or 20%, for the three months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018, due to investment and interest income earned on higher average balances of cash and cash equivalents.

Interest Expenses

Interest expense during the three months ended September 30, 2019 was consistent with the three months ended September 30, 2018.

Provision for Taxes on Income

Provision for taxes on income was immaterial for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.


Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)

The following table sets forth our results of operations for the nine months ended September 30:

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Change $

 

 

Change %

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Collaboration revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License and milestone

 

$

23,437

 

 

$

44,452

 

 

$

(21,015

)

 

 

(47

)

Other revenue

 

 

409

 

 

 

685

 

 

 

(276

)

 

 

(40

)

Total collaboration revenue

 

 

23,846

 

 

 

45,137

 

 

 

(21,291

)

 

 

(47

)

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

 

87,948

 

 

 

71,979

 

 

 

15,969

 

 

 

22

 

General and administrative

 

 

36,027

 

 

 

24,802

 

 

 

11,225

 

 

 

45

 

Depreciation

 

 

659

 

 

 

311

 

 

 

348

 

 

 

112

 

Total expenses

 

 

124,634

 

 

 

97,092

 

 

 

27,542

 

 

 

28

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income

 

 

4,812

 

 

 

1,787

 

 

 

3,025

 

 

 

169

 

Interest expense

 

 

(7,199

)

 

 

(3,773

)

 

 

(3,426

)

 

 

(91

)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

 

 

(1,007

)

 

 

1,007

 

 

 

100

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

100

 

Total other income (expense)

 

 

(2,380

)

 

 

(2,993

)

 

 

613

 

 

 

20

 

Loss before taxes on income

 

 

(103,168

)

 

 

(54,948

)

 

 

(48,220

)

 

 

(88

)

Provision for taxes on income

 

 

60

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

45

 

 

 

300

 

Net loss

 

$

(103,228

)

 

$

(54,963

)

 

$

(48,265

)

 

 

(88

)

Collaboration Revenue

License and milestone revenue represented approximately 98% of total revenue for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.  License and milestone revenue decreased by $24.4$21.0 million, or 76%47%, for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018.  The decrease was primarily due toAdditional revenue recognized related to variable consideration that was no longer constrained and was included in the transaction price under the KHK agreement forKKC Agreement was recognized in the three months ended March 31, 2018.prior year period.  Since we did not have a similar event in the current period, the revenue decreased by comparison.

Other revenue decreased by $0.2$0.3 million or 80%40%, during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018, primarily due to a decrease in reimbursements of expenses from KHKKKC for expenses incurred.

The following table summarizes the sources of our revenue for the threenine months ended March 31:September 30:

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

(in thousands)

 

License and milestone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AbbVie collaboration agreement

 

$

6,570

 

 

$

6,570

 

KHK agreement

 

 

1,156

 

 

 

25,598

 

Collaboration Agreement

 

$

19,931

 

 

$

19,931

 

KKC Agreement

 

 

3,506

 

 

 

23,521

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

1,000

 

Total license and milestone

 

 

7,726

 

 

 

32,168

 

 

 

23,437

 

 

 

44,452

 

Other revenue

 

 

44

 

 

 

224

 

 

 

409

 

 

 

685

 

Total collaboration revenue

 

$

7,770

 

 

$

32,392

 

 

$

23,846

 

 

$

45,137

 

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Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses increased by $4.7$16.0 million, or 22%, for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018.  The increase was primarily due to $1.3$8.6 million in increased scale uppersonnel and process validation equity compensation expenses to support growth of our development


activities, $3.3 million in increased medical affairs and other research activitiesto support our registrational trials, and $3.6 million caused by two components: increased manufacturing to support product registration and startup activities for FALCON and the extension trialtrials for CARDINAL,our registrational programs, which were offset by decreases indecreased clinical expenses as well as increases of $2.4 million in personneldue to fully enrolled and equity compensation expense to support growth of our development activities, and $0.6 million in medical affairs activities.completed studies.

Research and development expenses, as a percentage of total expenses, was 72%71% and 76%74% for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The decrease in the ratio of research and development expenses to total expenses of 4% was3% is primarily due to a proportionately larger increase in general and administrative costs for additional headcountexpenses such as personnel and equity compensation expenses and rent and office spaceexpenses to support the growth ofin our operations.development activities.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses increased by $3.4$11.2 million, or 51%45%, for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018.  The increase was primarily due to $2.2$8.4 million in increased personnel and equity compensation expenses, and $0.6$3.8 million in increased rent and office rent expenseexpenses to support growth in our development activities, and $0.2$0.9 million in commercial research activities.increased professional fees related to audit, legal, and tax-related services, which were offset by a decrease in sublicense fees of $2.5 million and other expenses related to the achievement of a KKC milestone in 2018.

General and administrative expenses, as a percentage of total expenses, was 28%29% and 24%26%, for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The 3% increase of 4% was primarily due to additional headcounta proportionately larger increase in general and administrative expenses, compared to research and development expenses.

Depreciation

Depreciation was increased by $0.3 million, or 112%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2018, due to increases in property and equipment related to growth in personnel and office space to support the growth of our operations.space.

Investment Income

Investment income increased by $1.5$3.0 million, or 436%169%, for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018, due to investment and interest income earned on higher average balances of cash and cash equivalents.

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased by $1.9$3.4 million, or 371%91%, for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018, due to increased interest charges associated with additional borrowings under our Restated Loan Agreement entered in June 2018.

Provision for Taxes on Income

Provision for taxes on income was immaterial for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018.

Cash-based Operating Expenses (non-GAAP) for the Three and Nine Months ended March 31,Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)

Total expenses (GAAP) were $46.8 million and $124.6 million for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, and March 31, 2018 were $36.3respectively, compared to $34.7 million and $28.1$97.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. Our cash-based operating expenses (a non-GAAP measure calculated as total expenses, less stock-based compensation expense and depreciation expense) were $31.9$41.2 million and $25.6$109.9 million for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, and 2018, respectively.

Total expenses (GAAP) were $36.3respectively, compared to $31.9 million and $33.4$89.0 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2019three and December 31, 2018, respectively.  Cash-based operating expenses for the quarters ended March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were $31.9 million and $30.5 million, respectively.  Cash-based operating expenses for the threenine months ended December 31,September 30, 2018, included the additional sublicense fees and other expenses from the achievement of the KHK milestone. respectively.


We expect our cash-based operating expenses to continue to increase in the future as we advance Bardbardoxolone and Omavomaveloxolone through ongoing and future clinical trials, scale manufacturing for registrational and validation purposes, advance other product candidates into mid and later stage clinical trials, expand our product candidate portfolio, increase both our research and development and administrative personnel, and plan for commercialization of our product candidates.  

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We believe cash-based operating expenses, in addition to GAAP financial measures, provides a meaningful measure of our ongoing business and operating performance, by allowing investors to analyze our financial results similarly to how management analyzes our financial results by viewing period expense totals more indicative of effort directly expended to advance the business and our product candidates. The table below reconciles cash-based operating expenses to total expenses as reported on the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended:Operations:

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

March 31

 

 

December 31

 

 

September 30

 

 

June 30

 

 

March 31

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

(in thousands)

 

(in thousands)

 

Total expenses - GAAP

 

$

36,322

 

 

$

33,373

 

 

$

34,735

 

 

$

34,223

 

 

$

28,136

 

$

46,820

 

 

$

34,735

 

 

$

124,634

 

 

$

97,092

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

(4,227

)

 

 

(2,768

)

 

 

(2,745

)

 

 

(2,552

)

 

 

(2,485

)

 

(5,380

)

 

 

(2,745

)

 

 

(14,090

)

 

 

(7,783

)

Depreciation

 

 

(170

)

 

 

(120

)

 

 

(105

)

 

 

(105

)

 

 

(101

)

 

(258

)

 

 

(105

)

 

 

(659

)

 

 

(311

)

Cash-based operating expenses - Non-GAAP

 

$

31,925

 

 

$

30,485

 

 

$

31,885

 

 

$

31,566

 

 

$

25,550

 

$

41,182

 

 

$

31,885

 

 

$

109,885

 

 

$

88,998

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change from previous quarter

 

$

1,440

 

 

$

(1,400

)

 

$

319

 

 

$

6,016

 

 

$

961

 

Percentage change from previous quarter

 

 

5

%

 

 

-4

%

 

 

1

%

 

 

24

%

 

 

4

%

 

For additional information about our non-GAAP financial measure, see “Non-GAAP“—Non-GAAP Financial Measure” below.

.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Since our inception, we have funded our operations primarily through collaboration and license agreements, the sale of preferred and common stock, and secured loans.  Through March 31,September 30, 2019, we have raised gross cash proceeds of $476.6 million through the sale of convertible preferred stock and $780.0 million from payments under license and collaboration agreements. We also obtained $402.3 million in net proceeds from our IPO and follow-on offerings of our Class A common stock, and $77.2 million in net proceeds from our Restated Loan Agreement.  We have not generated any revenue from the sale of any products.  As of March 31,September 30, 2019, we had available cash and cash equivalents of approximately $313.1$240.1 million.  Our cash and cash equivalents are invested in accordance with our investment policy, primarily with a view to liquidity and capital preservation.

Cash Flows

The following table sets forth the primary sources and uses of cash for each of the threenine months ended March 31 set forth below:September 30 (unaudited):

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Net cash (used in) provided by:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

$

(28,732

)

 

$

(24,021

)

 

$

(101,776

)

 

$

(46,286

)

Investing activities

 

 

(1,160

)

 

 

(151

)

 

 

(2,420

)

 

 

(370

)

Financing activities

 

 

5,158

 

 

 

329

 

 

 

6,555

 

 

 

292,061

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

(24,734

)

 

$

(23,843

)

 

$

(97,641

)

 

$

245,405

 

 

 


Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $28.7$101.8 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, consisting primarily of a net loss of $29.2$103.2 million adjusted for non-cash items including stock-based compensation expense of $4.2$14.1 million, depreciation and amortization expense of $0.5$1.7 million, and a net increasedecrease in operating assets and liabilities of $4.2$14.4 million.  The significant items in the change in operating assets that impacted our use of cash in operations include increases in accrued direct research and other current and long-term liabilities of $3.9$11.4 million primarily due to activities directly related to our clinical trials and other activities to support our registrational trials, an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $1.9 million due to manufacturing activities related to clinical trialsincreases in prepaid subscriptions and personnel-related activitiesinsurance premiums, and a decreasedecreases in amounts earned or due from collaboration agreements and deferred revenue of $7.7$23.4 million.  The decrease in deferred revenue is due to the ratable recognition of revenue over the expected term of the performance obligations under our collaboration agreements with AbbVie and KHK,KKC, which resulted in recognition of $7.7$23.4 million of license and milestone revenue.

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Net cash used in operating activities was $24.0$46.3 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018, consisting primarily of a net incomeloss of $4.1$55.0 million adjusted for non-cash items including stock-based compensation expense of $2.5$7.8 million, depreciation and amortization expense of $0.1$0.9 million, loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.0 million, and a net decreaseincrease in operating assets and liabilities of $30.7$1.0 million.  The significant items in the change in operating assets and liabilities include an increase ofin prepaid expenses, other current assets, and other assets of $25.2$1.3 million primarily due to a contract assetreceivables from KKC related to a milestone payment we partially recognized in accordance with Topic 606 that we received later in 2018, a decrease in accounts payable of $1.1 million due to timing of vendor payments,reimbursement for expenses incurred, an increase in accrued direct research and other current and long-term liabilities of $2.6$10.8 million due to clinical trial activities, and a decrease in deferred revenue of $7.1$13.5 million.  The decrease in deferred revenue is due to the ratable recognition of revenue over the expected term of the performance obligations under our collaboration agreements with AbbVie and KHK,KKC, which resulted in recognition of $7.1$43.5 million of license and milestone revenue, offset by the achievement of the regulatory milestone of $30 million related to the KKC Agreement, which was recognized as deferred revenue.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities consisted of purchases$2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 were primarily due to capital expenditures in connection with an expansion of our office space and salespurchases of property and equipment.

Net cash used in investing activities for the threenine months ended March 31, 2019 andSeptember 30, 2018 werewas not significant.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was $5.2 million and $0.3of $6.6 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and were primarily due to stock option exercises.

Net cash provided by financing activities of $292.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 were primarily due to net proceeds of $232.8 million from our follow-on public offering and $57.7 million from our Restated Loan Agreement.

Operating Capital Requirements

To date, we have not generated any revenue from product sales.  We do not know when or whether we will generate any revenue from product sales.  We do not expect to generate significant revenue from product sales unless and until we obtain regulatory approval of and commercialize one or more of our current or future product candidates.  We anticipate that we will continue to generate losses for the foreseeable future, and we expect the losses to increase as we continue the development of, and seek regulatory approvals for, our product candidates, and begin to commercialize any approved products.  We are subject to all the risks related to the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics, and we may encounter unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays, and other unknown factors that may adversely affect our business.  We continue to incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company.  We anticipate that we will need substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations.


On October 15, 2019, we entered into a Lease Agreement, relating to the lease of approximately 327,400 square feet of office and laboratory space located in Plano, Texas. The term of the Lease is estimated to commence mid-2022, when construction is completed, and continue for 16 years, with up to 10 years of extension at our option. The initial annual base rent will be determined based on the project cost, subject to an initial annual cap of approximately $13.3 million, which may increase in certain circumstances.  Beginning in the third lease year, the base rent will increase 1.95% per annum each year.  In addition to the annual base rent, we will pay for taxes, insurance, utilities, operating expenses, assessments under private covenants, maintenance and repairs, certain capital repairs and replacements, and building management fees.

On October 9, 2019, we and AbbVie entered into the Amended AbbVie Agreement pursuant to which we reacquired the development, manufacturing, and commercialization rights concerning its proprietary Nrf2 activator product platform originally licensed to AbbVie in the License Agreement and the Collaboration Agreement. In exchange, we will pay AbbVie $330 million, of which $75 million is payable on December 8, 2019, $150 million is payable on June 30, 2020, and $105 million is payable on November 30, 2021. If we raise cash proceeds of $200 million or more in one or more equity offerings, we are required to prepay AbbVie $25 million, which prepayment will reduce the amount payable to AbbVie on November 30, 2021, from $105 million to $80 million. We also will pay AbbVie an escalating, low single-digit royalty on worldwide net sales, on a product-by-product basis, of omaveloxolone and an identified list of existing Second-Generation Activators.  As a result of entering into the Amended AbbVie Agreement, while we are finalizing our assessment of the accounting for the transaction, we anticipate that we will recognize a charge in the fourth quarter of 2019, which will reflect the repurchase of the rights and the termination of the future obligations on which the Company has deferred revenue recorded as of September 30, 2019. The termination of our deferred revenue balance will not have an impact on our cash flow.

On October 9, 2019, we entered into the Amendment with the Lenders, which amended the Restated Loan Agreement entered into among us and the Lenders on June 14, 2018.  Under the Amendment, the Term B Loan availability was increased from $45 million to $75 million and the availability period was increased from within 30 days to 60 days after the achievement of the one of two milestones. As one of the milestones was achieved on October 14, 2019, the availability period will end on December 13, 2019.  If we borrow under the Term B Loan, we expect to incur additional related interest expense.  As of September 30, 2019, the current portion of the loan is $5.3 million, which is based on the interest-only payment period under the Term A Loan. If we draw the Term B Loan, the interest-only period will extend through June 1, 2021, and the current portion of the loan will be $0 until July 1, 2020.

On July 27, 2018, we closed a follow-on underwritten public offering of 3,450,000 shares of its Class A common stock for gross proceeds of $248.4 million.  Net proceeds to us from the offering were approximately $232.8 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.

On June 14, 2018, we amended and restated our Loan Agreement.  Under our Restated Loan Agreement, the Term A Loan was increased from $20.0 million to $80.0 million, of which Reata borrowed an additional $60.0 million on June 14, 2018, which resulted in an outstanding principal balance of $80.0 million under the Term A Loan at June 14, 2018.  We may, at our sole discretion, borrow additional $45.0 million under the Term B Loan, upon the achievement, of one of two milestones by the earlier of 30 days after the achievement of a milestone or December 31, 2019.  If we borrow under the Term B Loan, we expect to incur additional related interest expense.

In November 2017, the Companywe entered into an at-the-market equity offering sales agreement with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, that established a program pursuant to which they may offer and sell up to $50$50.0 million of our Class A common stock from time to time in at-the-market transactions as stated in the prospectus supplement filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5), dated as of November 9, 2017.  To date, no sales have been made under the Company’s at-the-market offering program.

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On July 27, 2018,Under the Company closed a follow-on underwritten public offering of 3,450,000 shares of its Class A common stock for gross proceeds of $248.4 million.  Net proceedsAmended AbbVie Agreement, we have significantly increased our current obligations, but we believe that our current cash, along with our access to the Company from the offering were approximately $232.9 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.

additional equity or debt funding, will enable us to meet our current obligations through December 31, 2020.  Our longer term liquidity requirements will require us to raise additional capital, such as through additional equity or debt financings.capital.  Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the receipt of milestones under our current collaboration agreementsthe KKC Agreement and the timing of our expenditures related to clinical trials.  We believe our existing cash and cash equivalents, combined with available future debt, will be sufficient to enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into 2021.  However, we anticipate opportunistically raising additional capital before that time through equity offerings, collaboration or license agreements, or additional debt, or royalty financings in order to maintain adequate capital reserves.  In addition, we may choose to raise additional capital at any time for the further development of our existing product candidates and may also need to raise additional funds sooner to pursue other development activities related to additional product candidates.  Decisions about the timing or nature of any financing will be based on, among other things, our


perception of our liquidity and of the market opportunity to raise equity or debt.  Additional securities may include common stock, preferred stock, or debt securities.  We may explore strategic collaborations or license arrangements for certain of our earlier stage assets, including RTA 901 and RTA 1701.  If we do explore any arrangements, there can be no assurance that any agreement will be reached, and we may determine to cease exploring a potential transaction for any or all of the assets at any time.  If an agreement is reached, there can be no assurance that any such transaction would provide us with a material amount of additional capital resources.

Until we can generate a sufficient amount of revenue from our product candidates, if ever, we expect to finance future cash needs through public or private equity or debt offerings, commercial loans, and collaboration or license transactions.transactions, and royalty financings.  Additional capital may not be available on reasonable terms, if at all.  If we are unable to raise additional capital in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us, we may have to significantly delay, scale back, or discontinue the development or commercialization of one or more of our product candidates.  If we raise additional funds through the issuance of additional equity or debt securities, it could result in dilution to our existing stockholders or increased fixed payment obligations, and any such securities may have rights senior to those of our common stock.  If we incur indebtedness, we could become subject to covenants that would restrict our operations and potentially impair our competitiveness, such as limitations on our ability to incur additional debt, limitations on our ability to acquire, sell, or license intellectual property rights, and other operating restrictions that could adversely affect our ability to conduct our business, and any such debt could be secured by some or all of our assets.  If we sell royalty interests, we may be required to make significant royalty payments for an extended period of time. Any of these events could significantly harm our business, financial condition, and prospects.  For a description of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with product development and raising additional capital, see “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.2018 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.

Our forecast of the period through which our financial resources will be adequate to support our operations is a forward-looking statement and involves risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary as a result of a number of factors.  We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could utilize our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect.  Our future funding requirements, both near- and long-term, will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to:

the scope, rate of progress, results, and cost of our clinical trials, preclinical testing, and other activities related to the development of our product candidates;

the number and characteristics of product candidates that we pursue;

the costs of development efforts for our product candidates that are not subject to reimbursement from our collaborators;

the costs necessary to obtain regulatory approvals, if any, for our product candidates in the United States and other jurisdictions, and the costs of post-marketing studies that could be required by regulatory authorities in jurisdictions where approval is obtained;

the continuation of our existing collaborations and entry into new collaborations and the receipt of any collaboration payments;

the time and unreimbursed costs necessary to commercialize products in territories in which our product candidates are approved for sale;

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the scope, rate of progress, results, and cost of our clinical trials, preclinical testing, and other activities related to the development of our product candidates;

 

the number and characteristics of product candidates that we pursue;

the costs of development efforts for our product candidates that are not subject to reimbursement from our collaborator;

the costs necessary to obtain regulatory approvals, if any, for our product candidates in the United States and other jurisdictions, and the costs of post-marketing studies that could be required by regulatory authorities in jurisdictions where approval is obtained;

the continuation of our existing collaboration with KKC and entry into new collaborations and the receipt of any collaboration payments;

the time and unreimbursed costs necessary to commercialize products in territories in which our product candidates are approved for sale;

the revenue from any future sales of our products for which we are entitled to a profit share, royalties, and milestones;

the level of reimbursement or third-party payor pricing available to our products;

the level of reimbursement or third-party payor pricing available to our products;

the costs of obtaining third-party commercial supplies of our products, if any, manufactured in accordance with regulatory requirements;

the costs of obtaining third-party commercial supplies of our products, if any, manufactured in accordance with regulatory requirements;

the costs associated with being a public company; and

the costs associated with any potential loss or corruption of our information or data in a cyberattack on our computer system;

the costs associated with being a public company; and

the costs we incur in the filing, prosecution, maintenance, and defense of our patent portfolio and other intellectual property rights.


the costs we incur in the filing, prosecution, maintenance, and defense of our patent portfolio and other intellectual property rights.

If we cannot expand our operations or otherwise capitalize on our business opportunities because we lack sufficient capital, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

As of March 31,September 30, 2019, there have been no material changes, outside of the ordinary course of business, in our outstanding contractual obligations from those disclosed within “Management's“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, as contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2018.

Below are our contractual obligations as of March 31, 2019:September 30, 2019 (unaudited):

 

 

Payments due by period

 

 

Less than

1 year

 

 

1 to 3

years

 

 

4 to 5

years

 

 

Total

 

 

Payments due by period

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Less than

1 year

 

 

1 to 3

years

 

 

4 to 5

years

 

 

Total

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Operating lease obligations

 

$

2,707

 

 

$

4,484

 

 

$

 

 

$

7,191

 

 

$

3,336

 

 

$

2,424

 

 

$

 

 

$

5,760

 

Outstanding secured term loan

 

 

 

 

 

48,889

 

 

 

31,111

 

 

 

80,000

 

 

 

6,666

 

 

 

55,556

 

 

 

17,778

 

 

 

80,000

 

Total contractual obligations

 

$

2,707

 

 

$

53,373

 

 

$

31,111

 

 

$

87,191

 

 

$

10,002

 

 

$

57,980

 

 

$

17,778

 

 

$

85,760

 

 

Clinical Trials

As of March 31,September 30, 2019, we have several on-going clinical trials in various stages.  Under agreements with various CROs and clinical trial sites, we incur expenses related to clinical trials of our product candidates and potential other clinical candidates.  The timing and amounts of these disbursements are contingent upon the achievement of certain milestones, patient enrollment, and services rendered or as expenses are incurred by the CROs or clinical trial sites.  Therefore, we cannot estimate the potential timing and amount of these payments and they have been excluded from the table above.

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.  The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our financial statements.  On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to revenue recognition, accrued research and development expenses, income taxes, and stock-based compensation.  We base our estimates on historical experience, known trends and events, and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.  Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

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Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 of Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in Part I, Item 7, “Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.  During the quarter ended March 31, 2019 we adopted Topic 842.  As a result of this adoption, we updated our Leases policies.  There have been no other changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates since our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Since our inception, we have not had any relationships with unconsolidated organizations or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities, that would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements, and we have not engaged in any other off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined in the rules and regulations of the SEC.


Recent Accounting Pronouncements

For a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements, please see Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to the U.S. GAAP financial measures, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes cash-based operating expenses, a non-GAAP financial measure, which the Company defines as total expenses excluding stock-based compensation expense and depreciation expense.  A reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure is included in “—Results of Operations—Cash-based Operating Expenses (non-GAAP) for the Three Monthsthree and nine months ended March 31, 2019”September 30, 2019 (unaudited)” above.  

Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not in isolation or as a substitute for, U.S. GAAP financial measures.  In addition, our non-GAAP financial measure may differ from similarly named measures used by other companies.  You should carefully evaluate our non-GAAP financial measure, the adjustments included in our non-GAAP financial measure, and the reasons we consider it appropriate for analysis supplemental to our GAAP information. This non-GAAP financial measure has important limitations as an analytical tool due to the exclusion of some but not all items that affect the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We are exposed to market risks in the ordinary course of our business.  These market risks are principally limited to interest rate fluctuations.  We had cash and cash equivalents of $313.1$240.1 million at March 31,September 30, 2019, consisting primarily of funds in operating cash accounts.  The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal and liquidity while maximizing income without significantly increasing risk.  We do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes.  Due to the short-term nature of our investment portfolio, we do not believe an immediate increase of 100 basis points in interest rates would have a material effect on the fair market value of our portfolio, and accordingly we do not expect a sudden change in market interest rates to affect materially our operating results or cash flows.

We also have interest rate exposure as a result of our Term A Loan.  As of March 31,September 30, 2019, the outstanding principal amount of our Term A Loan was $80.0 million.  Our Term A Loan bears interest at a floating per annum rate calculated as 7.79% plus the greater of the 30-day U.S. Dollar LIBOR rate reported in The Wall Street Journal or 1.91%, with a minimum rate of 9.7% and a maximum rate of 12.29%.  Changes in the U.S. Dollar LIBOR rate may therefore affect our interest expense associated with the Term A Loan.  An increase of 100 basis points in interest rates would increase expense by approximately $0.8 million annually based on the amounts currently outstanding and would not materially affect our results of operations.

We contract with research, development, and manufacturing organizations and investigational sites globally.  Generally, these contracts are denominated in United States dollars.  However, we may be subject to fluctuations in foreign currency rates in connection with agreements not denominated in United States dollars.  We do not hedge our foreign currency exchange rate risk.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31,September 30, 2019.  The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.  Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing


similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.  Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31,September 30, 2019, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.  

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, during the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

We are not currently subject to any material legal proceedings.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

In addition to other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risk factors and other cautionary statements described under the heading “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, which could materially affect our businesses, financial condition, or future results.  Additional risks and uncertainties currently unknown to us, or that we currently deem to be immaterial, also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, or future results.  There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.2018 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

None.

Item 5. Other Information.

None.


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Item 6. Exhibits.Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

 

 

 

  10.1*  3.1

 

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SecondThirteenth Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan.Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 11, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to the Company’s Form S-1 (File No. 333-208843), filed with the SEC on May 16, 2016).

 

 

 

  10.2*�� 3.2

 

Stock Option Agreement.Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated as of December 7, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (File No. 001-37785), filed with the SEC on December 7, 2016).

 

 

 

  10.3*  10.1+*

 

Notice of stock option grant forms for employeesIndemnification Agreement by and director/consultant.between the Company and Manmeet S. Soni dated August 28, 2019.

 

 

 

  10.4+  10.2+*

 

Notice of Stock Option Grant for employeesEmployment Agreement by and directors/consultants (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 tobetween the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 1-37785), filed with the SEC on FebruaryCompany and Manmeet S. Soni dated August 28, 2019).2019.

 

 

 

  31.1*  10.3+*

 

Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.

  10.4+*

Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units for employees.

  10.5#

Amended and Restated License Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (File No. 001-37785), filed with the SEC on October 10, 2019).

  10.6

First Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K (File No. 001-37785), filed with the SEC on October 10, 2019).

  10.7

Lease Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (File No. 001-37785), filed with the SEC on October 16, 2019).

  10.8

Expansion Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K (File No. 001-37785), filed with the SEC on October 16, 2019).

  10.9#

Fifth Supplement to Exclusive License and Supply Agreement, dated August 22, 2019, between Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (File No. 001-37785), filed with the SEC on August 22, 2019).

  10.10#

Sixth Supplement to Exclusive License and Supply Agreement, dated August 22, 2019, between Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K (File No. 001-37785), filed with the SEC on August 22, 2019).

  31.1*

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

  31.2*

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

  32.1**

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

  32.2**

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

101.INS*

 

Inline XBRL Instance Document

 

 

 

101.SCH*

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

 

101.CAL*

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.DEF*

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.LAB*

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.PRE*

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

*

Filed herewith.

**

Furnished herewith.

+

Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.

#

Confidential information has been omitted from this Exhibit pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission regulations.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 9,November 12, 2019

REATA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ J. Warren Huff

 

Name:

 

J. Warren Huff

 

Title:

 

Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Jason D. WilsonManmeet S. Soni

 

Name:

 

Jason D. WilsonManmeet S. Soni

 

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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