8-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 23, 2023

 

RELAY THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-39385

47-3923475

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Relay Therapeutics, Inc.

399 Binney Street, 2nd Floor

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(617) 370-8837

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

 

RLAY

 

The Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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. ☐

 

 

 

 


 

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 23, 2023, Relay Therapeutics, Inc. announced its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022. A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1

 

Press release issued by Relay Therapeutics, Inc. on February 23, 2023, furnished herewith.

104

 

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

 

 


 

SIGNATURE

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.

 

 

 

RELAY THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: February 23, 2023

 

By:

/s/ Brian Adams

 

 

 

Brian Adams

 

 

 

Chief Legal Officer

 

 


EX-99

Exhibit 99.1

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Relay Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results and Corporate Highlights

 

Advanced RLY-4008: Reported interim data with 88% overall response rate at pivotal dose and 63% across all doses in pan-FGFR treatment-naïve, FGFR2-fusion cholangiocarcinoma patients & announced anticipated registrational path

 

Progressed & expanded breast cancer portfolio: Continued monotherapy and initiated combination arms in study of PI3Kα inhibitor RLY-2608 & disclosed 3 new pre-clinical programs

 

Raised $300.0 million of gross proceeds in underwritten follow-on public offering

 

Approximately $1 billion in cash, cash equivalents and investments at end of 2022, expected to fund operations into 2025

 

Cambridge, Mass. – February 23, 2023 – Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RLAY), a clinical-stage precision medicine company transforming the drug discovery process by combining leading-edge computational and experimental technologies, today reported fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results and corporate highlights.

 

“We successfully executed against our strategy in 2022, advancing multiple clinical and pre-clinical programs and continuing to demonstrate the power of our Dynamo platform,” said Sanjiv Patel, M.D., president and chief executive officer of Relay Therapeutics. “We reported additional RLY-4008 interim data showing an overall response rate of 63% across all doses and 88% at the pivotal dose, building on the previously reported early data and supporting our belief that limiting off-target effects and toxicity can allow us to improve efficacy. We also expanded our breast cancer portfolio, continuing clinical development of RLY-2608 and announcing three new programs. With a robust pipeline and cash in hand to fund us into 2025, we are excited to continue to execute on our plans and deliver against our milestones this year, as we work toward our goal of bringing life-changing therapies to patients.”

 

2022 Corporate Highlights

RLY-4008 (FGFR2 inhibitor)

Presented additional interim data from patients with FGFRi-naïve FGFR2-fusion cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) at European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2022. Key highlights included:
o
All doses – 63% interim overall response rate (ORR): across all dose levels and schedules, 24 of 38 efficacy-evaluable patients experienced a partial response (22 confirmed, 2 unconfirmed)
o
Pivotal dose (70 mg once daily) – 88% ORR: 15 of 17 efficacy-evaluable patients experienced a partial response (14 confirmed, 1 unconfirmed in an ongoing patient)
13 out of these 15 responders remain on treatment; 1 responder came off study to be resected with curative intent

 

 

 


o
Most treatment emergent adverse events were expected FGFR2 on-target, low-grade, monitorable, manageable and largely reversible
There were no observed Grade 4 or 5 adverse events, and off-target toxicities of hyperphosphatemia and diarrhea continued to be clinically insignificant
Based on discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, moved forward with a single-arm pivotal trial design for patients with pan-FGFR (FGFRi) treatment-naïve FGFR2-fusion CCA at 70 mg once daily to potentially support accelerated approval
o
Anticipate completing enrollment in pivotal cohort in the second half of 2023

 

Breast Cancer Portfolio

RLY-2608 (pan-mutant and isoform-selective PI3Kα inhibitor)
o
Monotherapy: Following December 2021 initiation of the first-in-human trial, continued to enroll dose escalation portion of trial assessing RLY-2608 as a single agent in patients with unresectable or metastatic solid tumors with PI3Kα mutation
o
Combination: In April 2022, initiated dose escalation portion of a fulvestrant combination arm in patients with HR+, HER2–, PI3Kα-mutated, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer
o
Anticipate disclosing initial clinical data from both dose escalation portions in the first half of 2023
In June 2022, disclosed three new programs:
o
Selective CDK2 inhibitor, anticipated clinical start in early 2024
o
ERα degrader, development candidate nomination in 2023
o
RLY-5836 (chemically distinct pan mutant-PI3Kα inhibitor), expected to enter the clinic in the second quarter of 2023

 

Corporate Highlights

Appointed Sekar Kathiresan, M.D., CEO of Verve Therapeutics, to Board of Directors
Raised $300.0 million of gross proceeds in an underwritten follow-on public offering

 

2023 Anticipated Milestones

RLY-4008
o
Full dose escalation data in the first half of 2023
o
Complete enrollment of pivotal cohort in the second half of 2023
o
Data from non-CCA expansion cohorts in the second half of 2023
Breast Cancer
o
RLY-2608: initial clinical data from dose escalation portions of monotherapy and combination arms of trial in the first half of 2023
o
RLY-5836: clinical start in the second quarter of 2023
o
ERα degrader: development candidate nomination in 2023
o
Selective CDK2 inhibitor: clinical start in early 2024

 

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results

 

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments: As of December 31, 2022, cash, cash equivalents and investments totaled approximately $1 billion compared to $958.1 million as of December 31, 2021.


Relay Therapeutics expects its current cash, cash equivalents and investments will be sufficient to fund its current operating plan into 2025.

 

R&D Expenses: Research and development expenses were $67.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, as compared to $51.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. The increase was primarily due to $6.8 million of additional clinical trial expenses and $6.3 million of additional employee related costs, which includes $3.1 million of additional stock-based compensation expense. Research and development expenses were $246.4 million for the full year 2022, as compared to $172.7 million for the full year 2021. The increase was primarily due to $32.7 million of additional clinical trial expenses, $24.7 million of additional employee related costs, which includes $5.7 million of additional stock-based compensation expense, and $10.8 million of additional preclinical programs and platform technologies.

 

G&A Expenses: General and administrative expenses were $16.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, as compared to $15.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. The increase was primarily due to additional employee related costs, which includes $0.5 million of additional stock-based compensation expense. General and administrative expenses were $66.0 million for the full year 2022, as compared to $57.4 million for the full year 2021. The increase was primarily due to additional employee related costs, which includes $1.9 million of additional stock-based compensation expense.

 

Net Loss: Net loss was $67.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, or a net loss per share of $0.56, as compared to a net loss of $67.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, or a net loss per share of $0.64. Net loss was $290.5 million for the full year 2022, or a net loss per share of $2.59, as compared to a net loss of $363.9 million for the full year 2021, or a net loss per share of $3.82. Net loss for the full year 2021 included one-time expenses of $134.9 million associated with the acquisition of ZebiAI Therapeutics, Inc.

 

About Relay Therapeutics

 

Relay Therapeutics (Nasdaq: RLAY) is a clinical-stage precision medicine company transforming the drug discovery process by combining leading-edge computational and experimental technologies with the goal of bringing life-changing therapies to patients. As the first of a new breed of biotech created at the intersection of complementary techniques and technologies, Relay Therapeutics aims to push the boundaries of what’s possible in drug discovery. Its Dynamo™ platform integrates an array of leading-edge computational and experimental approaches designed to drug protein targets that have previously been intractable or inadequately addressed. Relay Therapeutics’ initial focus is on enhancing small molecule therapeutic discovery in targeted oncology and genetic disease indications. For more information, please visit www.relaytx.com or follow us on Twitter.

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including, without limitation, implied and express statements regarding Relay Therapeutics’ strategy, business plans and focus; the progress and timing of the clinical development of the programs across Relay Therapeutics’ portfolio, including the expected therapeutic benefits of its programs, timing of enrollment completion, and potential efficacy and tolerability; the timing of a clinical data update for RLY-4008 and RLY-2608, the clinical initiation of RLY-5836 and Relay Therapeutics’ selective CDK2 inhibitor, and the nomination of a development candidate for Relay Therapeutics’ ERα degrader program; the possibility that unconfirmed results from these trials


will not be confirmed by additional data as the clinical trials progress; Relay Therapeutics’ expectations with respect to its potential pivotal dose for RLY-4008, including potential regulatory filings and interactions; expectations regarding Relay Therapeutics’ pipeline, operating plan, use of capital, expenses and other financial results during 2022 and in the future; and Relay Therapeutics’ cash runway projection. The words “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “expect,” “estimate,” “seek,” “predict,” “future,” “project,” “potential,” “continue,” “target” and similar words or expressions, or the negative thereof, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.

 

Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and important factors that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements contained in this press release, including, without limitation, risks associated with: the impact of global economic uncertainty, geopolitical instability, or the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on countries or regions in which Relay Therapeutics has operations or does business, as well as on the timing and anticipated results of its clinical trials, strategy, future operations and profitability; the delay of any current or planned clinical trials or the development of Relay Therapeutics’ drug candidates; the risk that the preliminary results of its preclinical or clinical trials may not be predictive of future or final results in connection with future clinical trials of its product candidates; Relay Therapeutics’ ability to successfully demonstrate the safety and efficacy of its drug candidates; the timing and outcome of its planned interactions with regulatory authorities; and obtaining, maintaining and protecting its intellectual property. These and other risks and uncertainties are described in greater detail in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Relay Therapeutics’ most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as any subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent Relay Therapeutics' views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. Relay Therapeutics explicitly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements. No representations or warranties (expressed or implied) are made about the accuracy of any such forward-looking statements.

 

 

Contact:

Caroline Glen

617-370-8837

cglen@relaytx.com

 

Media:

Dan Budwick

1AB

973-271-6085

dan@1abmedia.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Relay Therapeutics, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,

 

 

Twelve Months Ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

License and other revenue

 

$

253

 

 

$

567

 

 

$

1,381

 

 

$

3,029

 

Total revenue

 

 

253

 

 

 

567

 

 

 

1,381

 

 

 

3,029

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development expenses

 

$

67,277

 

 

$

51,907

 

 

$

246,355

 

 

$

172,650

 

In-process research and development expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

123,000

 

Loss on initial consolidation of variable interest entity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,855

 

Change in fair value of contingent consideration liability

 

 

(10,544)

 

 

 

836

 

 

 

(11,677

)

 

 

2,836

 

General and administrative expenses

 

 

16,371

 

 

 

15,547

 

 

 

65,978

 

 

 

57,386

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

73,104

 

 

 

68,290

 

 

 

300,656

 

 

 

367,727

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(72,851

)

 

 

(67,723

)

 

 

(299,275

)

 

 

(364,698

)

Other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

5,372

 

 

 

267

 

 

 

8,786

 

 

 

830

 

Other (expense) income

 

 

(24)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(20)

 

 

 

(4

)

Total other income, net

 

 

5,348

 

 

 

267

 

 

 

8,766

 

 

 

826

 

Net loss

 

$

(67,503

)

 

$

(67,456

)

 

$

(290,509

)

 

$

(363,872

)

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

 

$

0.56

 

 

$

0.64

 

 

$

2.59

 

 

$

3.82

 

Weighted average shares of common stock, basic and diluted

 

 

120,966,401

 

 

 

105,584,819

 

 

 

112,233,649

 

 

 

95,136,719

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized holding gain (loss)

 

 

2,969

 

 

 

(1,098)

 

 

 

(9,332

)

 

 

(1,152

)

Total other comprehensive (loss) income

 

 

2,969

 

 

 

(1,098)

 

 

 

(9,332

)

 

 

(1,152

)

Total comprehensive loss

 

$

(64,534

)

 

$

(68,554

)

 

$

(299,841

)

 

$

(365,024

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Relay Therapeutics, Inc.

Selected Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Data

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

December 31,

2022

 

 

December 31,

2021

 

Cash, cash equivalents and investments

 

$

998,917

 

 

$

958,073

 

Working capital (1)

 

 

955,796

 

 

 

951,921

 

Total assets

 

 

1,099,771

 

 

 

1,008,443

 

Total liabilities

 

 

149,553

 

 

 

110,635

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

950,218

 

 

 

897,808

 

Restricted cash

 

 

2,578

 

 

 

2,578

 

 

(1) Working capital is defined as current assets less current liabilities.