Agenus Inc 10-Q for FY2025 Q1
Agenus Inc (AGEN)
About this 10-Q
Agenus Inc filed this 10-Q on May 12, 2025, covering the quarter ended March 31, 2025 (FY2025 Q1).
Headline figures
Quarter ended March 31, 2025, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Revenue
- $24.07M
- down 14.1% from $28.01M a year earlier
- Net loss
- $26.37M
- compared with a net loss of $63.45M a year earlier
- Diluted EPS
- -$1.03
- compared with -$3.04 a year earlier
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Number of shares outstanding of the issuer’s Common Stock as of May 6, 2025:
Agenus Inc.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
AGENUS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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AGENUS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(Unaudited)
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Total revenues |
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Operating expenses: |
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Net loss attributable to Agenus Inc. common stockholders |
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Per common share data: |
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Basic and diluted net loss attributable to Agenus Inc. common stockholders |
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Weighted average number of Agenus Inc. common shares outstanding: |
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AGENUS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
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Common Stock |
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Balance at December 31, 2024 |
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Share-based compensation |
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AGENUS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
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AGENUS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Net cash provided by investing activities |
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Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Net proceeds from sale of equity |
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Proceeds from employee stock purchases and option exercises |
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Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt, net |
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— |
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|
Purchase of treasury shares to satisfy tax withholdings |
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( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Payment of long-term debt |
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|
( |
) |
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— |
|
Payment of finance lease obligation |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
Net cash provided by financing activities |
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||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash |
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|
( |
) |
|
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period |
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||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period |
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$ |
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$ |
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||
Supplemental cash flow information: |
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Cash paid for interest |
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$ |
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$ |
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||
Supplemental disclosures - non-cash activities: |
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Insurance financing agreement |
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$ |
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|
$ |
|
||
Issuance of subsidiary stock options for payment of certain employee bonuses |
|
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— |
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|
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|
Lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities |
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||
Lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities |
|
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— |
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|
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|
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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AGENUS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2025
Note A – Business, Liquidity and Basis of Presentation
Agenus Inc. (including its subsidiaries, collectively referred to as “Agenus,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company specializing in discovering and developing therapies to activate the body's immune system against cancer and infections. Our pipeline includes immune-modulatory antibodies, adoptive cell therapies (via MiNK Therapeutics, Inc. ("MiNK")), and vaccine adjuvants (via SaponiQx, Inc. ("SaponiQx")). Our primary focus is immuno-oncology (“I-O”), and our diverse pipeline is supported by our in-house capabilities, including current good manufacturing practice (“cGMP”) manufacturing and a clinical operations platform. To succeed in I-O, innovation and speed are paramount. We are a vertically integrated biotechnology company equipped with a suite of technology platforms to advance from novel target identification through manufacturing for clinical trials of antibodies and cell therapies. By understanding each patient's cancer, we aim to substantially expand the population benefiting from current I-O therapies. In addition to a diverse pipeline, we have assembled fully integrated end-to-end capabilities including novel target discovery, antibody generation, cell line development and cGMP manufacturing. Leveraging our science and capabilities, we have established strategic partnerships to advance innovation. We believe the next generation of cancer treatment will build on clinically validated antibodies targeting CTLA-4 and PD-1 combined with novel immunomodulatory agents designed to address underlying tumor escape mechanisms.
Our I-O portfolio is driven by several platforms and programs, which we plan to utilize individually and in combination:
Our business activities include product research, preclinical and clinical development, intellectual property prosecution, manufacturing, regulatory and clinical affairs, corporate finance and development activities, and support of our collaborations. Our product candidates require successful clinical trials and approvals from regulatory agencies, as well as acceptance in the marketplace. Part of our strategy is to develop and commercialize some of our product candidates through arrangements with academic and corporate collaborators and licensees.
Our cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2025 were $
Based on our current plans and projections, we believe that our cash resources of $
Currently we are in discussions with entities including operating companies and financial entities to provide the additional funding necessary to support our operations through our planned registration and launch strategy for botensilimab/balstilimab. However, because the completion of cash funding transactions is not entirely within our control, and in accordance with accounting standards, substantial doubt continues to exist about our ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year after the date of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The financial statements have been prepared on a basis that assumes Agenus will continue as a going concern and which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business. Management continues to diligently address the Company’s liquidity needs and has continued to adjust spending in order to preserve liquidity. We expect our sources of funding to include additional out-licensing agreements, asset sales, project financing, and/or sales of equity securities.
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete annual
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consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of our management, the condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position and operating results. All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2025, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025. For further information, refer to our consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
For our foreign subsidiaries, the local currency is the functional currency. Assets and liabilities of our foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars using rates in effect at the balance sheet date while revenues and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars using average exchange rates during the period. The cumulative translation adjustment resulting from changes in exchange rates are included in the consolidated balance sheets as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in total stockholders’ deficit.
Basic net loss per common share is calculated by dividing the net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding (including common shares issuable under our Amended and Restated Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, or “DDCP”). Diluted loss per common share is calculated by dividing loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding (including common shares issuable under our DDCP) plus the dilutive effect of outstanding instruments such as warrants, stock options, non-vested shares and convertible preferred stock. Because we reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders for all periods presented, diluted loss per common share is the same as basic loss per common share, as the effect of utilizing the fully diluted share count would have reduced the net loss per common share.
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Three Months Ended March 31, |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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Warrants |
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Stock options |
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Non-vested shares |
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Series A-1 convertible preferred stock |
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Note C – Investments
Cash equivalents consisted of the following as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
|
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March 31, 2025 |
|
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December 31, 2024 |
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Cost |
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Estimated |
|
|
Cost |
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Estimated |
|
||||
Institutional money market funds |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
As a result of the short-term nature of these investments, there were minimal unrealized holding gains or losses for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
As of both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, all of the investments listed above were classified as cash equivalents on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
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Note D – Acquired Intangible Assets
Acquired intangible assets consisted of the following as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
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As of March 31, 2025 |
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Amortization |
|
Gross carrying |
|
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Accumulated |
|
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Net carrying |
|
|||
Intellectual property |
|
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$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|||
Trademarks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
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|
|||
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|||
In-process research and development |
|
Indefinite |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Total |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
||
|
|
As of December 31, 2024 |
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|
|
Amortization |
|
Gross carrying |
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
Net carrying |
|
|||
Intellectual property |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|||
Trademarks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|||
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|||
In-process research and development |
|
Indefinite |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Total |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
||
The weighted average amortization period of our finite-lived intangible assets is
Note E – Debt
Debt instrument |
|
Principal at |
|
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Unamortized |
|
|
Balance at |
|
|||
Current Portion: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Debentures |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Long-term Portion: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
2015 Subordinated Notes |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
||
Promissory Note |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
||
Debt instrument |
|
Balance at |
|
|
Unamortized |
|
|
Net balance at |
|
|||
Current Portion: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
2015 Subordinated Notes |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Debentures |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Long-term Portion: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
2015 Subordinated Notes |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Promissory Note |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
||
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the principal amount of our outstanding debt balance was $
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Promissory Note
In November 2024, we, through a subsidiary, entered into a promissory note (the “Note”) with Ocean 1181 LLC (the “Lender”) for a loan in an aggregate principal amount of $
In March 2025, we and the Lender agreed to increase the principal amount under the Note by $
Subordinated Notes
In February 2015, we issued subordinated promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $
In February 2025, we entered into an Amendment to Notes, Amendment of Warrants and Sale of New Warrants (the “Amendment”) with existing noteholders, pursuant to which we:
This Amendment was accounted for as a debt modification. As part of the Amendment, we recorded debt discount of approximately $
Note F – Liability Related to the Sale of Future Royalties and Milestones
The following table shows the activity within the liability account in the three months ended March 31, 2025 (in thousands):
|
|
Period from |
|
|
Liability related to sale of future royalties and milestones - beginning balance |
|
$ |
|
|
Non-cash royalty revenue |
|
|
( |
) |
Non-cash interest expense recognized |
|
|
|
|
Liability related to sale of future royalties and milestones - ending balance |
|
|
|
|
Less: unamortized transaction costs |
|
|
( |
) |
Liability related to sale of future royalties and milestones, net |
|
$ |
|
|
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Healthcare Royalty Partners
In January 2018, we, through our wholly-owned subsidiary Antigenics, LLC (“Antigenics”), entered into a Royalty Purchase Agreement (the “HCR Royalty Purchase Agreement”) with Healthcare Royalty Partners III, L.P. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “HCR”). Pursuant to the terms of the HCR Royalty Purchase Agreement, we sold to HCR
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we recognized $
As royalties are remitted to HCR from GSK, the balance of the recorded liability will be effectively repaid over the life of the HCR Royalty Purchase Agreement. To determine the amortization of the recorded liability, we are required to estimate the total amount of future royalty payments to be received by HCR. The sum of these amounts less the $
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
In May 2024, we and certain wholly-owned subsidiaries, entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the "Ligand Purchase Agreement") with Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ("Ligand"). Pursuant to the terms of the Ligand Purchase Agreement, Ligand will receive (i)
The total amounts payable to Ligand are subject to a
In consideration for the sale of the Purchased Assets, we received gross proceeds of $
In connection with the sale of the Purchased Assets, we issued to Ligand a warrant (the "Ligand Warrant") to purchase
The $
Liability related to sale of future royalties and milestones |
|
$ |
|
|
Ligand Warrant |
|
|
|
|
Purchaser Upsize Option |
|
|
|
|
Total Ligand Purchase Agreement gross proceeds |
|
$ |
|
As a result of our significant continuing involvement in the generation of the cash flows of the Purchased Assets, we are required to account for $
The Purchaser Upsize Option is considered a freestanding financial instrument as it is separately exercisable and can be legally transferred from the Ligand Purchase Agreement. As such, it is accounted for as a written option which is accounted for as a liability
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at fair value and remeasured at each balance sheet date with changes in fair value recorded in earnings. The fair value of the Purchaser Upsize Option at March 31, 2025 was approximately $
The Ligand Warrant is considered a freestanding financial instrument that as it is separately exercisable and can be legally transferred from the Ligand Purchase Agreement, which was determined to be equity-classified under ASC 815.
To allocate the proceeds, the Purchaser Upsize Option liability and equity-classified Ligand Warrants were recognized based on their fair values and the residual was allocated to a liability related to the sale of future royalties and milestones on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we recorded $
As royalties are remitted to us and milestone and sales are earned from the Purchased Assets, the balance of the recorded liability will be effectively repaid over the life of the Ligand Purchase Agreement. To determine the amortization of the recorded liability, we are required to estimate the total amount of future payments that Ligand is entitled to under the Ligand Purchase Agreement. The sum of these amounts less the $
Note G – Accrued and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued liabilities consisted of the following as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
|
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March 31, 2025 |
|
|
December 31, 2024 |
|
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Payroll |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Professional fees |
|
|
|
|
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|
||
Contract manufacturing costs |
|
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|
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||
Research services |
|
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|
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Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Other current liabilities consisted of the following as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
|
|
March 31, 2025 |
|
|
December 31, 2024 |
|
||
Finance lease liabilities |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
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Note H – Fair Value Measurements
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are summarized below (in thousands):
Description |
|
March 31, 2025 |
|
|
Quoted Prices in |
|
|
Significant |
|
|
Significant |
|
||||
Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Cash equivalents (Note C) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Long-term investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Purchaser Upsize Option (Note F) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Contingent purchase price consideration |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
||||
Description |
|
December 31, 2024 |
|
|
Quoted Prices in |
|
|
Significant |
|
|
Significant |
|
||||
Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Cash equivalents (Note C) |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Long-term investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Purchaser Upsize Option (Note F) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Contingent purchase price consideration |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Long-term investments are included in "Other long-term assets" in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
We are required to measure the Purchaser Upsize Option issued under the Ligand Purchase Agreement at fair value. The $
We measure our contingent purchase price considerations at fair value. The fair values of our contingent purchase price considerations at both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, of $
Note I – Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Disaggregation of Revenue
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The following table presents revenue (in thousands) for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, disaggregated by geographic region and revenue type. Revenue by geographic region is allocated based on the domicile of our respective business operations.
|
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Three months ended March 31, 2025 |
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United States |
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Rest of World |
|
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Total |
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Revenue Type |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Other services |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Non-cash royalties |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
Three months ended March 31, 2024 |
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Revenue Type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|||
Other services |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Non-cash royalties |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
Contract Balances
Contract assets primarily relate to our rights to consideration for work completed in relation to our research and development services performed but not billed at the reporting date. The contract assets are transferred to receivables when the rights become unconditional. Currently, we do not have any contract assets which have not transferred to a receivable. We had
The following table provides information about contract liabilities from contracts with customers (in thousands):
Three months ended March 31, 2025 |
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Balance at beginning of period |
|
|
Additions |
|
|
Deductions |
|
|
Balance at end of period |
|
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Contract liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Deferred revenue |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|||
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we did not recognize any revenue from amounts included in the contract asset or the contract liability balances from performance obligations satisfied in previous periods.
We primarily use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value stock options granted to employees and non-employees, including stock options granted to members of our Board of Directors. However, the fair value of stock option market-based awards is
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calculated based on a Monte Carlo simulation as of the date of issuance. All stock options have
A summary of option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 is presented below:
|
|
Options |
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
Aggregate |
|
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Outstanding at December 31, 2024 |
|
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$ |
|
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Granted |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Exercised |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
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|
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|
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|
||
Forfeited |
|
|
( |
) |
|
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Expired |
|
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( |
) |
|
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|
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|
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Outstanding at March 31, 2025 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|||
Vested or expected to vest at March 31, 2025 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
||||
Exercisable at March 31, 2025 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|||
The weighted average grant-date fair values of stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 were $
As of March 31, 2025, there was approximately $
Certain employees and consultants have been granted non-vested stock. The fair value of non-vested market-based awards is calculated based on a Monte Carlo simulation as of the date of issuance. The fair value of other non-vested stock is calculated based on the closing sale price of our common stock on the date of issuance.
A summary of non-vested stock activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 is presented below:
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Non-vested |
|
|
Weighted |
|
||
Outstanding at December 31, 2024 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
||
Granted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Vested |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
Forfeited |
|
|
( |
) |
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During the three months ended March 31, 2025,
The impact on our results of operations from share-based compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, was as follows (in thousands):
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Note K – Restricted Cash
As of both March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, we maintained non-current restricted cash of $
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash that sums to the total of the same such amounts shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands):
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Note L – Equity
On March 14, 2024, we filed a Post-effective Amendment to an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement on Form POSASR (file no. 333-272911) and a Post-Effective Amendments for Registration Statement on Form POS AM (file no. 333-272911) (together, the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement included both a base prospectus that covered the potential offering, issuance and sale from time to time of up to $
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we received net proceeds of approximately $
Note M – Non-controlling Interest
Non-controlling interest recorded in our condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, relates to the following approximate interests in certain consolidated subsidiaries, which we do not own.
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Changes in non-controlling interest for the periods ended March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, were as follows (in thousands):
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Sale of subsidiary shares in private placement |
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Sale of subsidiary shares in private placement
In May 2024, MiNK entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with a certain investor (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which MiNK issued and sold an aggregate of
Note N – Related Party Transactions
In June 2024, Dr. Jennifer Buell was appointed to our Board of Directors. Dr. Buell's spouse is a partner in the law firm of Wolf, Greenfield & Sachs, P.C. (“Wolf Greenfield”), which provides us legal services. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, we expensed Wolf Greenfield fees totaling approximately $
Note O – Segment Information
We are managed and currently operate as
Our serves as our Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) and is responsible for reviewing company performance and making decisions regarding resource allocation.
The following table presents selected financial information related to our single reportable segment for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):
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In the table above, “Other operating expenses” includes items such as depreciation and amortization expense, stock-based compensation expense, fair value adjustments and expenses related to certain foreign subsidiaries.
Note P – Contingencies
In September 2024, a putative securities class action lawsuit captioned In re Agenus Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 1:24-cv-12299, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (the “Court”) against the Company and certain of its executives and directors. The Court appointed a lead plaintiff pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, and the lead plaintiff filed an amended complaint on February 7, 2025. The amended complaint alleges that Agenus, three of its current officers,
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and one member of its advisory board violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, by making false and misleading statements and omissions of material fact related to the efficacy and commercial prospects of botensilimab and balstilimab. The lead plaintiff seeks to represent all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Agenus securities between January 23, 2023, and July 17, 2024, and seeks damages and interest, and an award of costs, including attorneys’ fees. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint on April 8, 2025, which motion remains pending. We are unable to estimate a range of loss, if any, that could result were there to be an adverse decision in this action.
The Company has been served with
In September 2024, we received a subpoena from the Boston Regional Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeking records relating to certain of our product candidates, correspondence with the FDA, public disclosure, and other matters. We have produced records pursuant to the subpoena. We are unable to estimate a range of loss, if any, that could result were there to be an adverse decision in this action.
Note Q – Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Issued, Not Yet Adopted
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. ASU 2023-09 requires incremental annual disclosures around income tax rate reconciliations, income taxes paid and other related disclosures. For public business entities, ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and is applicable for disclosures in our Annual Report on Form 10-K beginning with the year ending December 31, 2025. We are currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2023-09 will have on the notes to our consolidated financial statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (DISE). This new guidance requires all public entities to incorporate disclosures about specific types of expenses included in the expense captions presented on the face of the income statement as well as disclosures about selling expenses. Public entities must adopt ASU 2024-03 prospectively for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption and retrospective application are permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2024-03 will have on our consolidated financial statements.
No other new accounting pronouncement issued or effective during the three months ended March 31, 2025 had or is expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements or disclosures.
Note R – Subsequent Events
At the Market Offerings
During the period of April 1, 2025 through May 6, 2025, we sold approximately
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other written and oral statements we make from time to time contain certain “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). You can identify these forward-looking statements by the fact they use words such as “could,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “target,” “may,” “project,” “guidance,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “will,” “potential,” “opportunity,” “future” and other words and terms of similar meaning and expression in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance. You can also identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from current expectations. These statements relate to, among other things, our business strategy, our research and development, our product development efforts, our ability to commercialize our product candidates, the activities of our licensees, our prospects for initiating partnerships or collaborations, the timing of the introduction of products, the effect of new accounting pronouncements, uncertainty regarding our future operating results and our profitability, anticipated sources of funds as well as our plans, objectives, expectations, and intentions.
More detailed descriptions of these risks and uncertainties and other risks and uncertainties applicable to our business that we believe could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements are included in in Part I-Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. We encourage you to read those descriptions carefully. Although we believe we have been prudent in our plans and assumptions, no assurance can be given that any goal or plan set forth in forward-looking statements can be achieved. We caution investors not to place significant reliance on forward-looking statements contained in this document; such statements need to be evaluated in light of all the information contained in this document. Furthermore, the statements speak only as of the date of this document, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise these statements.
Agenus, MiNK, Prophage, Retrocyte Display and STIMULON are trademarks of Agenus Inc. and its subsidiaries. All rights reserved.
Overview
We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company specializing in discovering and developing therapies to activate the body's immune system against cancer and infections. Our pipeline includes immune-modulatory antibodies, adoptive cell therapies (via MiNK Therapeutics, Inc. ("MiNK")), and vaccine adjuvants (via SaponiQx, Inc. ("SaponiQx")). Our primary focus is immuno-oncology (“I-O”), and our diverse pipeline is supported by our in-house capabilities, including current good manufacturing practice (“cGMP”) manufacturing and a clinical operations platform. To succeed in I-O, innovation and speed are paramount. We are a vertically integrated biotechnology company equipped with a suite of technology platforms to advance from novel target identification through manufacturing for clinical trials of antibodies and cell therapies. By understanding each patient's cancer, we aim to substantially expand the population benefiting from current I-O therapies. In addition to a diverse pipeline, we have assembled fully integrated end-to-end capabilities including novel target discovery, antibody generation, cell line development and cGMP manufacturing. Leveraging our science and capabilities, we have established strategic partnerships to advance innovation. We believe the next generation of cancer treatment will build on clinically validated antibodies targeting CTLA-4 and PD-1 combined with novel immunomodulatory agents designed to address underlying tumor escape mechanisms.
Our I-O portfolio is driven by several platforms and programs, which we plan to utilize individually and in combination:
We regularly evaluate development, commercialization, and partnering strategies for each product candidate based on various factors, including pre-clinical and clinical trial results, competitive positioning, funding requirements, and available resources. Our lead program, BOT is progressing through multiple clinical programs as a monotherapy and in combination with BAL. In April 2023,
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BOT in combination with BAL received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for the treatment of patients with non-microsatellite instability-high (“MSI-H”) and/or deficient mismatch repair (“dMMR”) metastatic colorectal cancer without active liver involvement. This designation specifically targets patients who are heavily pretreated and have shown resistance or intolerance to standard chemotherapies, including fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan, as well as those who have received a VEGF inhibitor, an EGFR inhibitor, and/or a BRAF inhibitor, if indicated. Based on the BOT/BAL clinical data generated to date, we have developed designs for registration-enabling trials in Microsatellite Stable colorectal cancer across neoadjuvant, first-line, and late-line metastatic colorectal cancer. These trial(s) will launch upon completion of strategic transactions. The options being considered are partnerships, licensing, or joint ventures.
We have entered into collaborations with several companies, including Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (“BMS”), Betta Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (“Betta”), UroGen Pharma Ltd. (“UroGen”), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (“Gilead”), Incyte Corporation (“Incyte”), and Merck Sharp & Dohme (“Merck”). These collaborations, along with our internal programs, have resulted in over a dozen antibody pre-clinical or clinical development programs.
Pursuant to our collaboration agreement with Incyte, we had exclusively licensed to Incyte monospecific antibodies targeting GITR, OX40, TIM-3 and LAG-3, as well as an additional undisclosed target. Under the terms of our agreement, Incyte was responsible for all future development expenses, and we were eligible to receive up to an additional $315.0 million in potential milestone payments plus royalties on any future sales. Incyte has terminated the OX40 program, effective October 2023, and both the GITR program and undisclosed program, effective May 2024. Upon termination, the rights to the OX40, GITR, and undisclosed programs reverted back to us. In July 2024, Incyte announced that it would discontinue further development of the LAG-3 program and TIM-3 program and in February 2025, Incyte notified us of their intent to terminate the entire Collaboration Agreement, effective February 2026. Upon termination, the rights to the remaining programs will revert back to us.
Pursuant to our collaboration and license agreement with Merck, we exclusively licensed to Merck a monospecific antibody targeting ILT4 (MK-4830), which Merck advanced in a Phase 2 clinical trial. Merck is responsible for all future development expenses, and we are eligible to receive up to an additional $85.0 million in potential milestone payments, as well as royalties on future sales. In 2024 Merck notified us that the further clinical development of MK-4830 will be limited to a neoadjuvant ovarian study of MK-4830 in combination with pembrolizumab and chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab that is ongoing.
In September 2018, we, through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Agenus Royalty Fund, LLC, entered into a royalty purchase agreement (the “XOMA Royalty Purchase Agreement”) with XOMA (US) LLC (“XOMA”). Pursuant to the terms of the XOMA Royalty Purchase Agreement, XOMA purchased 33% of all future royalties and 10% of all future milestone payments that we are entitled to receive from Incyte and Merck, net of certain of our obligations to a third party.
In December 2018, we entered into collaboration agreements with Gilead for the development and commercialization of up to five novel I-O therapies (the “Gilead Collaboration Agreements”). Gilead received worldwide exclusive rights to our bispecific antibody, AGEN1423, and the exclusive option to license AGEN1223, a bispecific antibody, and AGEN2373, a monospecific antibody. Gilead elected to return AGEN1423 to us in November 2020 and terminated the license agreement. We ceased development of AGEN1223 in the third quarter of 2021, and the option and license agreement for AGEN1223 was formally terminated in October 2021. In August 2024, Gilead elected not to exercise the option to license AGEN2373 and the option and license agreement was formally terminated.
In November 2019, we entered into a license agreement with UroGen, granting them an exclusive, worldwide license (not including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and their respective territories and possessions) to develop, manufacture, and commercialize zalifrelimab for the treatment of cancers of the urinary tract via intravesical delivery. We received an upfront payment of $10.0 million and are eligible to receive up to $200.0 million in milestone payments, as well as royalties on future sales.
In June 2020, we entered into a license and collaboration agreement (the “Betta License Agreement”) with Betta, pursuant to which we granted Betta an exclusive license to develop, manufacture and commercialize balstilimab and zalifrelimab in Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (“Greater China”). Under the terms of the Betta License Agreement, we received $15.0 million upfront and are eligible to receive up to $100.0 million in milestone payments plus royalties on any future sales in Greater China.
In May 2021, we entered into a License, Development, and Commercialization Agreement with BMS for our pre-clinical anti-TIGIT bispecific antibody program, AGEN1777. BMS received an exclusive worldwide license to develop, manufacture, and commercialize AGEN1777 and its derivatives. We received a non-refundable upfront cash payment of $200.0 million. In October 2021, we achieved a $20.0 million milestone upon the dosing of the first patient in the AGEN1777 Phase 1 clinical trial and in December 2023, we announced that the first patient was dosed in an AGEN1777 Phase 2 clinical trial, triggering the achievement of a
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$25.0 million milestone. We received this milestone in January 2024. On July 30, 2024, we received notice from BMS was voluntarily terminating the BMS License Agreement, effective as of January 26, 2025. Upon termination, BMS returned AGEN1777 to us.
In May 2024, we, and certain wholly-owned subsidiaries, entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Ligand Purchase Agreement”) with Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (“Ligand”) for the sale to Ligand of (i) 31.875% of the development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments we were then eligible to receive under our agreements with BMS, UroGen, Gilead, Merck and Incyte, (the “Covered License Agreements”) (ii) 18.75% of the royalties we receive under the Covered License Agreements; and (iii) a 2.625% synthetic royalty on worldwide net sales of botensilimab and balstilimab (collectively the “Purchased Assets”). The total amounts payable to Ligand are subject to a 50% reduction in the event total payments to Ligand exceed a specified return hurdle. The synthetic royalty is subject to a reduction if annual worldwide net sales exceed a specified level, and a cap on annual worldwide net sales if annual worldwide net sales exceed a higher specified level. The synthetic royalty can increase by 1% based on the occurrence of certain future events. After taking into account our obligations under the Ligand Purchase Agreement, XOMA Royalty Purchase Agreement and the recent status of our collaboration agreements, we remain eligible to receive up to approximately $136.3 million and $49.4 million in potential development, regulatory, and commercial milestones from UroGen and Merck, respectively.
In September 2021, we launched SaponiQx to lead innovation in novel adjuvant discovery and vaccine design, focusing on our saponin-based adjuvants. We are particularly dedicated to the development of the next-generation cultured plant cell QS-21. To support this initiative, we partnered with Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. to develop SaponiQx’s saponin products from sustainably sourced raw materials. Our goal is to meet the demands of the vaccine industry, especially for pandemic vaccines.
Our bark extract QS-21 adjuvant is partnered with GSK and plays a vital role in multiple GSK vaccine programs. These programs are at various stages, including GSK’s approved shingles and RSV vaccines, SHINGRIX and AREXVY, which received FDA approval in the United States in October 2017 and May 2023, respectively. In January 2018, we entered into a Royalty Purchase Agreement with Healthcare Royalty Partners III, L.P. and certain of its affiliates (together, “HCR”), pursuant to which HCR purchased 100% of our worldwide rights to receive royalties from GSK on GSK’s sales of vaccines containing our QS-21 adjuvant. We do not incur clinical development costs for products partnered with GSK. We were also entitled to receive up to $40.35 million in milestone payments from HCR based on sales of GSK’s vaccines as follows: (i) $15.1 million upon reaching $2.0 billion last-twelve-months net sales any time prior to 2024 (the “First HCR Milestone”) and (ii) $25.25 million upon reaching $2.75 billion last-twelve-months net sales any time prior to 2026 (the “Second HCR Milestone”). We received the First HCR Milestone after GSK’s net sales of Shingrix for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019 exceeded $2.0 billion. The Second HCR Milestone was received in 2022 after GSK’s net sales of Shingrix for the twelve months ended June 30, 2022 exceeded $2.75 billion.
In October 2021, we completed the initial public offering (“IPO”) of MiNK, which trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “INKT.” MiNK is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing allogeneic invariant natural killer T (“iNKT”) cell therapies to treat cancer and other life-threatening immune diseases. MiNK’s most advanced product candidate, agenT-797, is an off-the-shelf, allogeneic, native iNKT cell therapy. MiNK is currently expanding its clinical programs, with an externally funded Phase 2 trial in second-line gastric cancer actively enrolling at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Additionally, MiNK is evaluating agenT-797 as a variant-agnostic therapy for patients with viral acute respiratory distress syndrome (“ARDS”) in planning for a randomized Phase 2 study through a predominantly externally financed program. In May 2024, MiNK secured a $5.8 million private placement financing at a 25% premium, led by GKCC, LLC. This funding will be used for the clinical development of MiNK-215, its leading allogeneic CAR-iNKT cell therapy targeting fibroblast activation protein (“FAP”) in solid tumors, which is scheduled to enter clinical trials in early 2025. In addition to its lead clinical program, MiNK has announced a collaboration with ImmunoScape, Inc. (“ImmunoScape”) to discover and develop next-generation T-cell receptor therapies targeting novel solid tumor antigens. This partnership leverages MiNK’s proprietary library of T-cell antigens and ImmunoScape’s platform for rapid discovery of novel T-cell receptors.
Our business activities include product research, preclinical and clinical development, intellectual property prosecution, manufacturing, regulatory and clinical affairs, corporate finance and development activities, and support of our collaborations. Our product candidates require successful clinical trials and approvals from regulatory agencies, as well as acceptance in the marketplace. Part of our strategy is to develop and commercialize some of our product candidates through arrangements with academic and corporate collaborators and licensees.
Our common stock is currently listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “AGEN.”
Historical Results of Operations
Three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024
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Non-cash royalty revenue related to the sale of future royalties
In January 2018, we sold 100% of our worldwide rights to receive royalties from GSK on sales of GSK’s vaccines containing our STIMULON QS-21 adjuvant to HCR. As described in Note F to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, this transaction has been recorded as a liability that amortizes over the estimated life of our Royalty Purchase Agreement with HCR. As a result of this liability accounting, even though the royalties are remitted directly to HCR, we record these royalties from GSK as revenue. Non-cash royalty revenue related to our agreement with GSK decreased $4.2 million, to approximately $23.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, from $27.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, due to decreased net sales of GSK’s vaccines containing our STIMULON QS-21 adjuvant.
Research and development expense
Research and development expense includes the costs associated with our internal research and development activities, including compensation and benefits, occupancy costs, manufacturing costs, costs of consultants, and administrative costs. Research and development expense decreased 51% to $21.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $43.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Decreased expenses in the three months ended March 31, 2025 primarily relate to a $16.3 million decrease in third-party services and other expenses, largely due to the timing of expenses related to the advancement of our antibody programs, a $3.3 million decrease in personnel related expenses, mainly due to a decrease in headcount, and a $3.3 million decrease in expenses attributable to the activities of our subsidiaries. These decreases were partially offset by a $0.4 million increase in other research and development expenses.
General and administrative expense
General and administrative expense consists primarily of personnel costs, facility expenses, and professional fees. General and administrative expenses decreased 7% to $15.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $16.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Decreased expenses in the three months ended March 31, 2025 primarily relate to a $1.5 million decrease in personnel related expenses, mainly due to a decrease in headcount, a $0.1 million decrease in other general and administrative expenses and a $0.4 million decrease in expenses attributable to the activities of our subsidiaries. These decreases were partially offset by a $0.8 million increase in professional fees.
Interest expense, net
Interest expense, net decreased to approximately $12.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $29.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, mainly due to decreased non-cash interest recorded in connection with our Royalty Purchase Agreement with HCR, primarily attributable to decreased sales forecasts of GSK’s vaccines containing our STIMULON QS-21 adjuvant, partially offset by the addition of non-cash interest expense recorded in connection with our Ligand Purchase Agreement.
Research and Development Programs
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, our research and development programs consisted largely of our antibody programs as indicated in the following table (in thousands).
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Product |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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2023 |
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2022 |
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Antibody programs |
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Various |
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$ |
11,352 |
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|
$ |
113,135 |
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$ |
178,445 |
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|
$ |
133,108 |
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Vaccine adjuvant |
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STIMULON cpcQS-21 |
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71 |
|
|
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1,844 |
|
|
|
10,296 |
|
|
|
10,789 |
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Cell therapies |
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Various |
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1,353 |
|
|
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7,558 |
|
|
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16,283 |
|
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24,300 |
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Other research and development programs |
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Various |
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8,746 |
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32,991 |
|
|
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29,545 |
|
|
|
18,494 |
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Total research and development expenses |
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|
|
$ |
21,522 |
|
|
$ |
155,528 |
|
|
$ |
234,569 |
|
|
$ |
186,691 |
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Research and development program costs include compensation and other direct costs plus an allocation of indirect costs, based on certain assumptions and our review of the status of each program. Our product candidates are in various stages of development and significant additional expenditures will be required if we start new clinical trials, encounter delays in our programs, apply for regulatory approvals, continue development of our technologies, expand our operations, and/or bring our product candidates to market. The total cost of any particular clinical trial is dependent on a number of factors such as trial design, length of the trial, number of clinical sites, number of patients, and trial sponsorship. The process of obtaining and maintaining regulatory approvals for new therapeutic products is lengthy, expensive, and uncertain. Because of the current stage of our product candidates, among other factors, we are unable to reliably estimate the cost of completing our research and development programs or the timing for bringing
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such programs to various markets or substantial partnering or out-licensing arrangements, and, therefore, when, if ever, material cash inflows are likely to commence.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have incurred annual operating losses since inception, and we had an accumulated deficit of $2.2 billion as of March 31, 2025. We expect to incur significant losses over the next several years as we continue development of our technologies and product candidates, manage our regulatory processes, initiate and continue clinical trials, and prepare for potential commercialization of products. To date, we have financed our operations primarily through corporate partnerships, advance royalty sales and the issuance of equity. From our inception through March 31, 2025, we have raised aggregate net proceeds of approximately $2.01 billion through the sale of common and preferred stock, the exercise of stock options and warrants, proceeds from our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, royalty monetization transactions, and the issuance of convertible and other notes.
We maintain an effective registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) covering up to $300.0 million of common stock, preferred stock, warrants, debt securities and units. The Registration Statement includes prospectuses covering the offer, issuance and sale of up to 20.6 million shares of our common stock from time to time in “at-the-market offerings” pursuant to an At Market Issuance Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with B. Riley Securities, Inc. as our sales agent. We sold approximately 2.8 million and 0.6 million shares of our common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and the period of April 1, 2025 through May 6, 2025, respectively, and received aggregate net proceeds totaling $7.7 million. As of May 6, 2025, approximately 14.7 million shares remained available for sale under the Sales Agreement.
Our cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2025 were $18.5 million, a decrease of $21.9 million from December 31, 2024. Cash and cash equivalents of our subsidiary, MiNK, at December 31, 2024, were $4.6 million. MiNK cash can only be accessed by Agenus through a declaration of a dividend by the MiNK Board of Directors or through settlement of intercompany balances.
As of March 31, 2025, we had debt outstanding of $36.0 million in principal, $10.5 million is due June 2026, and $24.75 million is due November 2026.
Based on our current plans and projections, we believe our cash resources of $18.5 million as of March 31, 2025, along with funding we expect to receive in 2025, will be sufficient to satisfy our critical liquidity requirements through the second quarter of 2026. To support operations on an ongoing basis we require additional funding. Since our founding we have financed our operations principally through income and revenues generated from corporate partnerships, advance royalty sales, and proceeds from debt and equity issuances. We transact at-the-market sales from time to time in order to manage our cash balances. We execute at-the-market offerings based on market conditions and our stock price. We do not have in place a program whereby at-the-market offerings are executed automatically based on our trading volume.
Currently we are in discussions with entities including operating companies and financial entities to provide the additional funding necessary to support our operations through our planned registration and launch strategy for botensilimab/balstilimab. However, because the completion of cash funding transactions is not entirely within our control, and in accordance with accounting standards, substantial doubt continues to exist about our ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year after the date of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The financial statements have been prepared on a basis that assumes Agenus will continue as a going concern and which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business. Management continues to diligently address the Company’s liquidity needs and has continued to adjust spending in order to preserve liquidity. We expect our sources of funding to include additional out-licensing agreements, asset sales, project financing, and/or sales of equity securities.
Our future cash requirements include, but are not limited to, supporting clinical trial and regulatory efforts and continuing our other research and development programs. Since inception, we have entered into various agreements with contract manufacturers, institutions, and clinical research organizations (collectively “third party providers”) to perform pre-clinical activities and to conduct and monitor our clinical studies and trials. Under these agreements, subject to the enrollment of patients and performance by the applicable third-party provider, we have estimated our total payments to be $660.7 million over the term of the related activities. Through March 31, 2025, we have expensed $618.7 million as research and development expenses and $572.0 million has been paid under these agreements. The timing of expense recognition and future payments related to these agreements is subject to the enrollment of patients and performance by the applicable third-party provider. We plan to enter into additional agreements with third party providers and we anticipate significant additional expenditures will be required to initiate and advance our various programs.
Part of our strategy is to develop and commercialize some of our product candidates by continuing our existing collaboration arrangements with academic and collaboration partners and licensees and by entering into new collaborations. As a result of our collaboration agreements, we will not completely control the efforts to attempt to bring those product candidates to market.
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Net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was $25.6 million and $38.2 million, respectively. Our future ability to generate cash from operations will depend on achieving regulatory approval and market acceptance of our product candidates, achieving benchmarks as defined in existing collaboration agreements, and our ability to enter into new collaborations. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Forward Looking Statements” in Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the risks highlighted in Part I, Item 1A "Risk Factors" of our 2024 Form 10-K.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Our primary market risk exposure is foreign currency exchange rate risk. International revenues and expenses are generally transacted by our foreign subsidiaries and are denominated in local currency. Approximately 0.6% and 2.1% of our cash used in operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and the year ended December 31, 2024, respectively, was from our foreign subsidiaries. We are exposed to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuation risk related to our transactions denominated in foreign currencies. We do not currently employ specific strategies, such as the use of derivative instruments or hedging, to manage these exposures. Our currency exposures vary but are primarily concentrated in the British Pound and Swiss Franc, in large part due to our subsidiaries, Agenus UK Limited and AgenTus Therapeutics Limited, both with operations in England, and Antigenics SA, a company with operations in Switzerland.
We had cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2025 of $18.5 million, which are exposed to the impact of interest rate changes, and our interest income fluctuates as interest rates change. Additionally, in the normal course of business, we are exposed to fluctuations in interest rates as we seek debt financing and invest excess cash. Due to the short-term nature of our investments in money market funds, our carrying value approximates the fair value of these investments at March 31, 2025.
There has been no material change to our interest rate exposure and our approach toward interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate exposures, as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
We invest our cash and cash equivalents in accordance with our investment policy. The primary objectives of our investment policy are to preserve principal, maintain proper liquidity to meet operating needs, and maximize yields. We review our investment policy periodically and amend it as deemed necessary. Currently, the investment policy prohibits investing in any structured investment vehicles and asset-backed commercial paper. Although our investments are subject to credit risk, our investment policy specifies credit quality standards for our investments and limits the amount of credit exposure from any single issue, issuer, or type of investment. We do not invest in derivative financial instruments. Accordingly, we do not believe that there is currently any material market risk exposure with respect to derivatives or other financial instruments that would require disclosure under this item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our Principal Executive Officer and our Principal Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective and were designed to ensure that information we are required to disclose in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. It should be noted that any system of controls is designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurances that the system will achieve its stated goals under all reasonably foreseeable circumstances. Our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have each concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report are effective at a level that provides such reasonable assurances.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
In September 2024, a putative securities class action lawsuit captioned In re Agenus Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 1:24-cv-12299, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (the “Court”) against the Company and certain of its executives and directors. The Court appointed a lead plaintiff pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, and the lead plaintiff filed an amended complaint on February 7, 2025. The amended complaint alleges that Agenus, three of its current officers, and one member of its advisory board violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, by making false and misleading statements and omissions of material fact related to the efficacy and commercial prospects of botensilimab and balstilimab. The lead plaintiff seeks to represent all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Agenus securities between January 23, 2023, and July 17, 2024, and seeks damages and interest, and an award of costs, including attorneys’ fees. We have not recorded any accrual for a contingent liability associated with these legal proceedings.
The Company has been served with four derivative actions filed in the Court between November 2024 and January 2025 by purported stockholders. The actions name certain of the Company’s executives and directors and allege that defendants made false or misleading statements and omissions of material fact related to the efficacy and commercial prospects of botensilimab and balstilimab. Plaintiffs seek an award of damages and an order directing the Company to reform and improve its corporate governance and internal procedures. On May 2, 2025, the Court consolidated the four actions in Case No. 1:24-cv-12823 and stayed all deadlines pending future developments in the securities class action.
In September 2024, the Company received a subpoena from the Boston Regional Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) seeking records relating to certain of our product candidates, correspondence with the FDA, public disclosure, and other matters. We have produced records pursuant to the subpoena. At this time, the Company cannot predict the outcome of the SEC’s investigation.
We are not currently a party to any other material legal proceedings. From time to time, we may be subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business activities. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have a material adverse effect on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Our results of operations and financial condition are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. There have been no material changes to the risk factors described in Part I, Item 1A "Risk Factors" of our 2024 Form 10-K.
Item 5. Other Information
Trading Plans of Our Directors and Officers
During the quarter ended March 31, 2025, none of our directors or executive officers
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AGENUS INC.
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.
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Exhibit 31.1
Certification Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
I, Garo H. Armen, certify that:
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Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer |
Exhibit 31.2
Certification Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
I, Christine M. Klaskin, certify that:
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Exhibit 32.1
Certification
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Agenus Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned to his/her knowledge hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:
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Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer |
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A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
The foregoing certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Report and should not be considered filed as part of the Report.