SGX posted their 4Q06 and FY2006 figures, so it's a good time to take a look at them.
SGX's 3 main programs target Bcr-Abl, c-Met, and JAK2.
The Bcr-Abl compound was partnered last May (NVS), which garnered a $25M upfront - though I can't find it on their financial statements - , and $9M in guaranteed research support. Last month SGXP announced a 3Q07 target for an IND filing, which probably triggers a milestone payment.
Under the NVS deal, SGX is responsible for all activities thru the completion of Phase I, and retained US co-promotion rights.
The c-Met program (SGX-523) is unpartnered, and slated for IND filing "within 12 months." Also, SGXP revealed that SGX-523 has "1000-fold more selective for MET over more than 200 human kinases."
The JAK2 program is very early - the press release makes it sound like it has been HTS'd but not much else - with an IND target in 18-20 months.
SGXP has a market cap of $80M, which is a bit better than just a month ago when I last posted about SGX ($61M), including $33M in cash on hand.
The conclusions then are still valid, and are augmented by some info that SGXP published in their year end financials. Specifically, they projected 2007 cash burn at $16-$18M, prior to any partner payments. This suggests that SGXP has about 2 years of cash left, meaning that for investors, you're betting that one or more of SGXP's programs will advance enough to replenish the cash position sometime in the next 2 years.
Using the payments from NVS ($25M upfront, $4.5M in r&d) as a guide, it would only take one deal over the next 2 years for SGX to just tread water. Two development deals in 2 years, or clinical progress by the Bcr-Abl program, or success in a new program started sometime in the next two years would drive value, and only add to the favorable risk equation.
Showing posts with label Met. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Met. Show all posts
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Pre-IND= ~$750,000
SGX announced that they've selected a Met inhibitor for pre-clinical development - SGX-523, which apparently is worth $750k, as SGX stock rose $.05 on the news.
SGX - with ~$37M in cash on hand, is valued at ~$61M (incl. cash), valuing their entire platform and pipeline (the Met program and a pre-clinical bcr-abl program) at $24M. Sadly, this values a pre-clinical lead at around $10M.
This makes SGX either a zombie, or prone for a big upward explosion sooner or later, as it wouldn't be hard to imagine SGX being scooped up by a bigger fish, given interesting data. Strictly speaking, SGX intends to file 2 INDs in the next 12 months, each worth ~$100M each (= a gain of $180M above the value already built), meaning that if SGX delivers and the industry norms hold, SGX stock would quadruple (though some cash and value would be burned over period leading up to the filings.)
Of course, this all depends on the math holding, and there's a significant downside, as with any drug development.
But the SGX story is more interesting than that - SGX has a service business (contract structural genomic analysis) where SGX resells access to their beamline facility. In the first 9 months of '06, SGX earned $13M in service revenue.
The same 9 month income statement shows a loss of $23M on that $13M revenue, but a large part of the loss is due to spending on a now canceled late stage clinical program. A naive guess says that of SGX's $35M in R&D YTD, $25M or more related to the canceled program, meaning that SGX COULD be at least breakeven on an ongoing basis, which is a good thing, since I don't think they're going to raise any cash soon.
SGX - with ~$37M in cash on hand, is valued at ~$61M (incl. cash), valuing their entire platform and pipeline (the Met program and a pre-clinical bcr-abl program) at $24M. Sadly, this values a pre-clinical lead at around $10M.
This makes SGX either a zombie, or prone for a big upward explosion sooner or later, as it wouldn't be hard to imagine SGX being scooped up by a bigger fish, given interesting data. Strictly speaking, SGX intends to file 2 INDs in the next 12 months, each worth ~$100M each (= a gain of $180M above the value already built), meaning that if SGX delivers and the industry norms hold, SGX stock would quadruple (though some cash and value would be burned over period leading up to the filings.)
Of course, this all depends on the math holding, and there's a significant downside, as with any drug development.
But the SGX story is more interesting than that - SGX has a service business (contract structural genomic analysis) where SGX resells access to their beamline facility. In the first 9 months of '06, SGX earned $13M in service revenue.
The same 9 month income statement shows a loss of $23M on that $13M revenue, but a large part of the loss is due to spending on a now canceled late stage clinical program. A naive guess says that of SGX's $35M in R&D YTD, $25M or more related to the canceled program, meaning that SGX COULD be at least breakeven on an ongoing basis, which is a good thing, since I don't think they're going to raise any cash soon.
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