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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On May 8, 2024, Tango Therapeutics, Inc. (Tango or the Company) issued a press release relating to its results of operations and financial condition for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The press release, and the information set forth therein (including Exhibit 99.1), is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. Nor shall such document be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in the filing unless specifically stated so therein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the 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 hereunto duly authorized.
TANGO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Dated: May 8, 2024 By: /s/ Douglas Barry
Name: Douglas Barry
Title: General Counsel
Tango Therapeutics Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results
and Provides Business Highlights
– Dose expansion initiated in TNG908 phase 1/2 clinical trial –
– Dose expansion expected to initiate in TNG462 phase 1/2 clinical trial
in 2Q 2024 –
– Clinical data expected in 2H 2024 from PRMT5 program –
– Dose escalation ongoing in TNG260 and TNG348 clinical-stage precision oncology programs –
– Strong cash position of $344 million as of March 31, 2024; cash runway into late 2026 expected to fund all clinical programs through proof-of-concept –
BOSTON, Mass. – May 8, 2024 – Tango Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNGX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to discovering and delivering the next generation of precision cancer medicines, reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024, and provided business highlights.
“We are progressing both TNG908 and TNG462 into dose expansion in order to accelerate our clinical development. We look forward to sharing a comprehensive clinical data update on our PRMT5 program in the second half of this year,” said Barbara Weber, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Tango Therapeutics. “We continue to make substantial progress across our other programs as enrollment and dose escalation are continuing in the phase 1/2 clinical trials of TNG260 and TNG348. Finally, we welcomed the newest member of our leadership team, Julie Carretero, as Chief Human Resources Officer. She will play an instrumental role in growing the company while maintaining our culture at a pivotal time for the company."
Recent Business Highlights
Pipeline Update
TNG908, a blood-brain barrier penetrant, MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor
TNG462, a potentially best-in-class MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor
TNG260, a first-in-class, highly selective CoREST complex inhibitor
TNG348, a novel USP1 inhibitor
Upcoming Milestones
Scientific Publications
Leadership Update
Financial Results
As of March 31, 2024, the Company held $343.6 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, which the Company expects to be sufficient to fund operations into late 2026.
Collaboration revenue was $6.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $5.8 million for the same period in 2023. Research costs incurred under the collaboration were similar during each of the three-month periods presented which resulted in similar collaboration revenue amounts recognized.
Research and development expenses were $38.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $28.0 million for the same period in 2023. The change is due to increased spend relating to the advancement of our clinical programs and personnel-related costs to support our research and development activities.
General and administrative expenses were $10.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $8.0 million for the same period in 2023. The change was primarily due to increases in personnel-related costs.
Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $37.9 million, or $0.35 per share, compared to a net loss of $28.0 million, or $0.32 per share, in the same period in 2023.
About Tango Therapeutics
Tango Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to discovering novel drug targets and delivering the next generation of precision medicine for the treatment of cancer. Using an approach that starts and ends with patients, Tango leverages the genetic principle of synthetic lethality to discover and develop therapies that take aim at critical targets in cancer. This includes expanding the universe of precision oncology targets into novel areas such as tumor suppressor gene loss and their contribution to the ability of cancer cells to evade immune cell killing. For more information, please visit www.tangotx.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release may be considered forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events, Tango’s future operating performance and goals, the anticipated benefits of therapies and combination therapies (that include a Tango pipeline product), as well as the expectations, beliefs and development objectives for Tango’s product pipeline and clinical trials. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “should”, “expect”, “intend”, “will”, “goal”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “predict”, “designed,” “potential” or “continue”, or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. For example, implicit or explicit statements concerning the following include or constitute forward-looking statements: dose expansion expected to initiate in TNG462 phase 1/2 clinical trial in 2Q 2024; clinical data expected in 2H 2024 from PRMT5 program; Company expects cash runway into late 2026 and this cash runway is expected to fund all clinical programs through proof-of-concept; the Company is progressing both TNG908 and TNG462 into dose expansion in order to accelerate clinical development; Company expects to share a comprehensive clinical data update on our PRMT5 program in the second half of this year; Company continues to make substantial progress across other programs as enrollment and dose escalation are continuing in the phase 1/2 clinical trials of TNG260 and TNG348; early clinical data for TNG348 support switch to once-a-day dosing; single agent dose escalation pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, safety and tolerability data for TNG348 support opening of combination with olaparib in Q2 2024; a comprehensive update of the PRMT5 program, including clinical data from ongoing phase 1/2 clinical trials of TNG908 and TNG462, is expected in 2H 2024; Tango is committed to discovering and delivering the next generation of precision cancer medicines; and the expected timing of: (i) development candidate declaration for certain targets; (ii) initiating IND-enabling studies; (iii) filing INDs; (iv) clinical trial initiation, dose escalation and dose expansion and (v) disclosing initial, interim, additional and final clinical trial results; and the expected benefits of the Company's development candidates and other product candidates. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Tango and its management, are inherently uncertain. New risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all risks and uncertainties. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: benefits of product candidates seen in preclinical tests and analyses may not be evident when tested in later preclinical studies or in clinical trials or when used in broader patient populations (if approved for commercial sale); Tango has limited experience conducting clinical trials (and will rely on a third party to operate its clinical trials) and may not be able to commence the clinical trial (including opening clinical trial sites, dosing the first patient, and continued enrollment and dosing of an adequate number of clinical
trial participants) when expected, may not be able to continue dosing, initiate dose escalation and/or dose expansion on anticipated timelines, and may not generate results (including final, initial or additional safety, efficacy data and proof-of-mechanism and proof-of-concept) in the anticipated timeframe (or at all); Tango’s pipeline products may not be safe and/or effective in humans; Tango has a limited operating history and has not generated any revenue to date from product sales, and may never become profitable; other companies may be able to identify and develop product candidates more quickly than the Company and commercially introduce the product prior to the Company; the Company’s proprietary discovery platform is novel and may not identify any synthetic lethal targets for future development; the Company may not be able to identify development candidates on the schedule it anticipates due to technical, financial or other reasons; the Company may not be able to file INDs for development candidates on time, or at all, due to technical or financial reasons or otherwise; the Company may utilize cash resources more quickly than anticipated; Tango will need to raise capital in the future and if we are unable to raise capital when needed or on attractive terms, we would be forced to delay, scale back or discontinue some of our development programs or future commercialization efforts (which may delay filing of INDs, dosing patients, initiation of dose expansion, reporting clinical trial results and filing new drug applications); Tango’s approach to the discovery and development of product candidates is novel and unproven, which makes it difficult to predict the time, cost of development, and likelihood of successfully developing any products; the Company may be unable to advance our preclinical development programs into and through the clinic for safety or efficacy reasons or commercialize our product candidates or we may experience significant delays in doing so as a result of factors beyond Tango’s control; the Company may not be able to realize the benefits of ODD or Fast Track designation (and such designations may not advance any anticipated approval timelines); Tango may not identify or discover additional product candidates or may expend limited resources to pursue a particular product candidate or indication and fail to capitalize on product candidates or indications that may be more profitable or for which there is a greater likelihood of success; the Company’s product candidates may cause adverse or other undesirable side effects (or may not show requisite efficacy) that could, among other things, delay or prevent regulatory approval; our dependence on one or a limited number third parties for conducting clinical trials and producing drug substance and drug product (including drug substance, which is currently sole sourced); government regulation may negatively impact the Company’s business, including the potential approval of the BIOSECURE Act; and our ability to obtain and maintain patent and other intellectual property protection for our technology and product candidates or the scope of intellectual property protection obtained is not sufficiently broad. Additional information concerning risks, uncertainties and assumptions can be found in Tango’s filings with the SEC, including the risk factors referenced in Tango’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as supplemented and/or modified by its most recent Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements in this press release, which speak only as of the date they are made and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the cautionary statements herein. Tango specifically disclaims any duty to update these forward-looking statements.
Investor Contact:
Sam Martin/Andrew Vulis
Argot Partners
tango@argotpartners.com
Media Contact:
Amanda Brown Galgay
SVP, Corporate Communications, Tango Therapeutics
media@tangotx.com
Consolidated Statements of Operations
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2024 |
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2023 |
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Collaboration revenue |
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6,471 |
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5,766 |
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Research and development |
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38,065 |
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28,039 |
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General and administrative |
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10,661 |
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8,013 |
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Total operating expenses |
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48,726 |
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36,052 |
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Loss from operations |
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(42,255 |
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(30,286 |
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Other income, net |
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4,381 |
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2,278 |
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Loss before income taxes |
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(37,874 |
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(28,008 |
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Provision for income taxes |
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(40 |
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— |
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Net loss |
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$ |
(37,914 |
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$ |
(28,008 |
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Net loss per common share – basic and diluted |
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$ |
(0.35 |
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(0.32 |
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Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic and diluted |
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108,171,463 |
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88,193,917 |
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March 31, |
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Assets |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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61,163 |
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66,385 |
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Marketable securities |
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282,436 |
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270,500 |
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Restricted cash |
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— |
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856 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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8,437 |
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8,797 |
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Total current assets |
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352,036 |
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346,538 |
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Property and equipment, net |
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9,522 |
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9,908 |
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Operating lease right-of-use assets |
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42,086 |
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43,508 |
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Restricted cash, net of current portion |
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2,567 |
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2,567 |
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Other assets |
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11 |
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46 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
406,222 |
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$ |
402,567 |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
3,898 |
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$ |
2,785 |
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
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13,755 |
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15,401 |
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Operating lease liabilities |
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2,066 |
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2,082 |
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Deferred revenue |
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23,070 |
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25,670 |
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Total current liabilities |
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42,789 |
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45,938 |
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Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion |
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36,169 |
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36,838 |
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Deferred revenue, net of current portion |
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62,812 |
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66,683 |
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Total liabilities |
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141,770 |
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149,459 |
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Total stockholders’ equity |
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264,452 |
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253,108 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
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$ |
406,222 |
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$ |
402,567 |
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