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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On November 6, 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 September 30, 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 8.01 Other Events
PRMT5 Development Program Update
On November 6, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing an update on its PRMT5 development program. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
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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: November 6, 2024 By: /s/ Douglas Barry
Name: Douglas Barry
Title: Chief Legal Officer
Tango Therapeutics Reports Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results
and Provides Business Highlights
– Positive TNG462 clinical activity across multiple tumor types in the phase 1/2 clinical trial, program moving into full development with multiple combination studies –
– Clinical collaboration established with Revolution Medicines to evaluate TNG462 in combination with RAS(ON) multi- and G12D-selective inhibitors –
– Next-generation brain-penetrant MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor, TNG456, planned to enter the clinic in 1H 2025 –
– Strong cash position of $293 million as of September 30, 2024,
with cash runway into 3Q 2026 to prioritize resourcing of TNG462 and TNG456 clinical trials –
BOSTON, Mass. – November 6, 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 third quarter ended September 30, 2024, and provided business highlights.
“We have made great progress with our PRMT5 development program, including positive data from the TNG462 phase 1/2 clinical trial that showcase the best-in-class potential of TNG462 in multiple tumor types, including pancreatic and non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC). Based on these early data, we are advancing TNG462 into trials with multiple targeted and standard of care combinations, including two RAS(ON) tri-complex inhibitors from Revolution Medicines. Given that nearly all MTAP-deleted pancreatic cancer has a co-occurring RAS mutation, we believe this could be a powerful approach to changing the treatment landscape for this challenging cancer,” said Barbara Weber, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Tango Therapeutics. “As part of the expanded capabilities needed to rapidly move TNG462 development forward, Dr. Maeve Waldron-Lynch, M.D. is joining Tango as Senior Vice President, Head of Clinical Development. Dr. Waldron-Lynch has extensive late-stage oncology clinical development and regulatory experience and will be invaluable as we prepare to advance TNG462 to registration.”
In a separate press release issued earlier today, Tango Therapeutics provided an update on its ongoing PRMT5 clinical development program:
Business Highlights
Clinical collaboration with Revolution Medicines
TNG260, a first-in-class, highly selective CoREST complex inhibitor
Upcoming Milestones
Additional Business and Pipeline Highlights
Leadership Update
Maeve Waldron-Lynch, M.D. will join Tango as Senior Vice President, Head of Clinical Development later this month. In this role, Dr. Waldron-Lynch will lead clinical development functions under Adam Crystal, M.D., Ph.D., President of Research and Development at Tango. Dr. Waldron-Lynch most recently served as VP and Global Clinical Program Head at MorphoSys, where she oversaw the clinical program for tafasitamab. Prior to MorphoSys, she was a Clinical Development Medical Director at Novartis. Dr. Waldron-Lynch also has served as Senior Clinical Director, Oncology at Roche, and as Associate Director of Medical Science, Oncology at Mundipharma. Dr. Waldron-Lynch graduated from the University College Cork School of
Medicine and served as a Specialty Registrar Medical Oncology at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and a Clinical Fellow in Medical Oncology at the Yale University School of Medicine.
Financial Results
As of September 30, 2024, the Company held $293.3 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, which the Company expects to be sufficient to fund operations into the third quarter of 2026, including for additional planned TNG462 and TNG456 clinical trials.
Collaboration revenue was $11.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $10.7 million for the same period in 2023, and $25.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $26.1 million for the same period in 2023. Collaboration revenue increased due to changes to estimated costs expected to be incurred under the collaboration during the three months ended September 30, 2024.
License revenue was $0 and $12.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, compared to $0 and $5.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. The year-to-date increase is primarily due to licensing a drug discovery program to Gilead for $12.0 million during the second quarter of 2024 as compared to Gilead licensing a program for $5.0 million during the second quarter of 2023.
Research and development expenses were $33.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $27.1 million for the same period in 2023, and $110.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $83.9 million for the same period in 2023. The change is due to increased spend related to the advancement of TNG462, preclinical programs and personnel-related costs to support our research and development activities.
General and administrative expenses were $11.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $9.2 million for the same period in 2023, and $32.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $26.4 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 September 30, 2024 was $29.2 million, or $0.27 per share, compared to a net loss of $22.3 million, or $0.23 per share, in the same period in 2023. Net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $92.6 million, or $0.85 per share, compared to a net loss of $71.0 million, or $0.78 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. 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: the Company is advancing TNG462 into clinical trials as a monotherapy and with multiple targeted and standard of care combinations, including two RAS(ON) tri-complex inhibitors from Revolution Medicines, Inc.; the Company believes the combination of TNG462 with RAS(ON) inhibitors could be a powerful approach to changing the treatment landscape for pancreatic cancer; potential combination strategies for PRMT5 inhibitors; the Company’s view that TNG462 has the potential to be a best-in-class MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor in multiple tumor types, including pancreatic and non-small cell lung cancers; the Company is moving TNG462 into full development; the Company expects cash runway into the third quarter of 2026; the Company expects to share another clinical update on TNG462 in 2025; the Company’s planned and ongoing clinical trials, including the anticipated timing for enrollment and the timing to report results and updates of such trials; the Company’s understanding of the central nervous system exposure required to provide meaningful efficacy in glioblastoma and brain metastases; the Company’s plans to enroll patients in a planned Phase 1/2 clinical trial for TNG456 in the first half of 2025; the Company continues to advance TNG260 for cancers with STK11 loss-of-function mutations, with the phase 1/2 clinical trial ongoing; Tango is committed to discovering and delivering the next generation of precision cancer medicines; Dr. Weber’s statements in this press release; 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 (including for combination studies) and (v) disclosing initial, interim, additional and final clinical trial results (including for combination studies); 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: the 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 its clinical trials (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 or report clinical trial results (including final, initial or additional safety, efficacy data and proof-of-mechanism and proof-of-concept) in the anticipated timeframe (or at all); future clinical trial data releases may differ materially from initial or interim data from our current and future clinical trials; 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 orphan drug or Fast Track designation (and such designations may not advance any anticipated approval timelines); the expected benefits of our product candidates in patients as single agents and/or in combination may not be realized; the Company may experience delays or difficulties in the initiation, enrollment, or dosing of patients in clinical trials or the announcement of clinical trial results, 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 Securities and Exchange Commission (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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Nine Months Ended |
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2024 |
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2023 |
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2024 |
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2023 |
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Collaboration revenue |
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$ |
11,607 |
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$ |
10,732 |
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$ |
25,852 |
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$ |
26,096 |
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License revenue |
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— |
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— |
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12,100 |
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5,000 |
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Total revenue |
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11,607 |
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10,732 |
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37,952 |
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31,096 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Research and development |
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33,263 |
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27,149 |
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109,981 |
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83,859 |
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General and administrative |
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11,222 |
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9,209 |
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32,656 |
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26,397 |
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Total operating expenses |
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44,485 |
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36,358 |
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142,637 |
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110,256 |
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Loss from operations |
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(32,878 |
) |
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(25,626 |
) |
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(104,685 |
) |
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(79,160 |
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Other income, net |
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3,765 |
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3,386 |
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12,212 |
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8,266 |
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Loss before income taxes |
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(29,113 |
) |
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(22,240 |
) |
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(92,473 |
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(70,894 |
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Provision for income taxes |
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(54 |
) |
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(23 |
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(159 |
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(87 |
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Net loss |
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$ |
(29,167 |
) |
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$ |
(22,263 |
) |
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$ |
(92,632 |
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$ |
(70,981 |
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Net loss per common share – basic and diluted |
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$ |
(0.27 |
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$ |
(0.23 |
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$ |
(0.85 |
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$ |
(0.78 |
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Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic and diluted |
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108,507,390 |
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97,033,273 |
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108,990,011 |
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91,268,133 |
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
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September 30, |
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December 31, |
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Assets |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
53,148 |
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$ |
66,385 |
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Marketable securities |
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240,130 |
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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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7,537 |
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8,797 |
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Total current assets |
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300,815 |
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346,538 |
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Property and equipment, net |
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8,590 |
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9,908 |
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Operating lease right-of-use assets |
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40,430 |
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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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13 |
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46 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
352,415 |
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$ |
402,567 |
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
4,112 |
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$ |
2,785 |
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
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15,006 |
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15,401 |
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Operating lease liabilities |
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2,863 |
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2,082 |
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Deferred revenue |
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15,602 |
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25,670 |
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Total current liabilities |
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37,583 |
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45,938 |
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Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion |
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34,763 |
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36,838 |
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Deferred revenue, net of current portion |
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50,899 |
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66,683 |
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Total liabilities |
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123,245 |
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149,459 |
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Total stockholders’ equity |
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229,170 |
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253,108 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
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$ |
352,415 |
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$ |
402,567 |
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Tango Therapeutics Reports Positive TNG462 Clinical Data and Provides Update on PRMT5 Development Program
– TNG462 demonstrated durable clinical activity across multiple tumor types, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and pancreatic cancer, in ongoing phase 1/2 clinical trial, moving into full development –
– Multiple TNG462 combination studies planned in 1H 2025 –
– Clinical collaboration established with Revolution Medicines to evaluate TNG462 in combination with RAS(ON) multi- and G12D-selective inhibitors –
– TNG456, a next-generation brain penetrant MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor with enhanced potency and MTAP-deleted-selectivity, entering phase 1/2 clinical trial 1H 2025 to be evaluated both as a monotherapy and in combination with CDK4/6 inhibitor abemaciclib –
– TNG908 enrollment being stopped to fully resource TNG462 and TNG456 –
BOSTON, Mass. – November 6, 2024 – Tango Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNGX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to discovering and delivering the next generation of precision cancer medicines, announced an update on its PRMT5 program. Based on positive data from the dose escalation and early dose expansion cohorts of the TNG462 phase 1/2 clinical trial, the Company has selected TNG462 to move forward into full development. TNG908, an MTA-cooperative brain penetrant PRMT5 inhibitor, is clinically active and well-tolerated in non-CNS solid tumors including NSCLC and pancreatic cancer. However, TNG908 did not meet the pharmacokinetic exposure threshold for clinical efficacy in glioblastoma (GBM) in the phase 1/2 trial. Thus, the Company is introducing TNG456, a next-generation brain penetrant MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor with enhanced potency and selectivity for the treatment of GBM, NSCLC and selected other solid tumors. TNG908 enrollment is being stopped in order to fully resource TNG462 and TNG456.
“Early data from the TNG462 phase 1/2 clinical trial demonstrate activity, durability and tolerability, with the potential to be a best-in-class molecule. In this ongoing clinical trial, patients remain on treatment with a current median of 24 weeks and is still increasing,” said Adam Crystal, M.D., Ph.D., President, Research and Development of Tango Therapeutics. “In addition, we are introducing TNG456, our next-generation brain-penetrant molecule, which is
anticipated to enter the clinic in the first half of next year. Given the increased potency, selectivity and predicted brain penetrance of TNG456, we expect CNS exposure to be in the range needed for meaningful efficacy in glioblastoma and brain metastases. While it’s disappointing that, unlike in other solid tumors, TNG908 is not active in GBM, we believe this is due to lower-than-predicted central nervous system exposure. We remain steadfastly committed to bringing an effective treatment to people with glioblastoma and we are strongly positioned to achieve our goal of reaching as many patients as possible with MTAP-deleted cancers.”
“Clinical data from the phase 1/2 trial demonstrate that TNG462 has potentially best-in-class characteristics including clinical activity across multiple tumor types included in the trial, substantive durability, and a good safety and tolerability profile, thus we are moving rapidly into the next phase of development. This includes clinical evaluation of TNG462 as a monotherapy and in multiple combinations of both targeted and standard of care agents to begin in 1H 2025, in preparation for registrational trials in NSCLC and pancreatic cancer. It also includes building key capabilities within Tango to bring TNG462 to a broad range of patients in the coming years. As part of this effort, we have entered into a clinical collaboration with Revolution Medicines under which we plan to conduct the first combination trials of an MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor with the exciting class of RAS(ON) tri-complex inhibitors. Given that nearly all MTAP-deleted pancreatic cancers have a co-occurring RAS mutation, we believe this could be a powerful approach to changing the treatment landscape for this challenging cancer,” said Barbara Weber, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Tango Therapeutics.
TNG462, a potentially best-in-class MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor
TNG908, a blood-brain barrier penetrant, MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor
TNG456, a next-generation, brain penetrant MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor
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: the Company is advancing TNG462 into clinical trials as a monotherapy and with multiple targeted and standard of care combinations, including two RAS(ON) tri-complex inhibitors from Revolution Medicines, Inc.; the Company believes the combination of TNG462 with RAS(ON) inhibitors could be a powerful approach to changing the treatment landscape for pancreatic cancer; potential combination strategies for PRMT5 inhibitors; the Company’s view that TNG462 has the potential to be a best-in-class MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor in multiple tumor types, including pancreatic and non-small cell lung cancers; the Company is moving TNG462 into full development; the Company expects cash runway into the third quarter of 2026; the Company expects to share another clinical update on TNG462 in 2025; the Company continues to advance TNG260 for cancers with STK11 loss-of-function mutations, with the phase 1/2 clinical trial ongoing; Tango is committed to discovering and delivering the next generation of precision cancer medicines; Tango’s commitment to bringing effective treatment to people with glioblastoma; the Company’s planned and ongoing clinical trials, including the anticipated timing for enrollment and the timing to report results and updates of such trials; the Company’s understanding of the central nervous system exposure required to provide meaningful efficacy in glioblastoma and brain metastases; the Company’s belief that it is strongly positioned to achieve its goal of reaching as many patients as possible with MTAP-deleted cancers; the Company’s ability to build key internal capabilities; the Company’s plans to enter the clinic in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial for TNG456 in the first half of 2025; the Company’s plans to evaluate TNG456 in certain solid tumors as a monotherapy and in combination with abemaciclib; Dr. Weber’s and Dr. Crystal’s statements in this press release; the Company’s initiation of conversations with the FDA in preparation for multiple registrational studies; the potential paths to approval in a first line setting for combinations of TNG462 and standard of care chemotherapy for NSCLC and ipancreatic cancer; 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 (including for
combination studies) 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 (including for combination studies). 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: the 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 its clinical trials (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 or report clinical trial results (including final, initial or additional safety, efficacy data and proof-of-mechanism and proof-of-concept) in the anticipated timeframe (or at all); future clinical trial data releases may differ materially from initial or interim data from our current and future clinical trials; 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 orphan drug or Fast Track designation (and such designations may not advance any anticipated approval timelines); the expected benefits of our product candidates in patients as single agents and/or in combination may not be realized; the Company may experience delays or difficulties in the initiation, enrollment, or dosing of patients in clinical trials or the announcement of clinical trial results; 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 Securities and Exchange Commission (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