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Revolution Medicines Reports First Quarter Financial Results and Update on Corporate ProgressMultiple AACR Presentations Highlight Potential Advantages of RAS(ON) Inhibitors; Continued Advancement and Enrollment of Multiple RMC-4630 RAS Companion Inhibitor Combination Studies; Initiated Clinical Evaluation of RMC-5552 Successfully Completed Financing Raising $281 Million in Net Proceeds REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Revolution Medicines, Inc. (Nasdaq: RVMD), a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on developing targeted drugs to inhibit frontier targets that drive and sustain RAS-addicted cancers, today announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2021 and provided a corporate update. “Revolution Medicines has made excellent progress reinforcing our belief that the company’s cohesive portfolio of innovative clinical and preclinical assets will power compelling rational, mechanism-based combination treatments that provide benefit to patients with RAS-addicted cancers,” said Mark A. Goldsmith, M.D., Ph.D., chief executive officer and chairman of Revolution Medicines. “We presented data at the AACR Annual Meeting 2021 demonstrating the attractive preclinical profiles of two pioneering RAS(ON) inhibitor candidates that are currently undergoing IND-enabling development, RMC-6291 (KRASG12C) and RMC-6236 (RASMULTI). These first examples of RAS(ON) inhibitors intended for human use exhibit differentiated breadth, depth and durability of anti-tumor effects in human cancer models. Further, an important recent scientific paper described multiple genetic mutations causing clinical resistance to leading KRASG12C(OFF) inhibitors but with preserved sensitivity to RAS(ON) inhibitors from our collection. We believe that RMC-6291, RMC-6236 and additional emerging inhibitors in our portfolio hold great promise for use in treating, and overcoming resistance in, patients with a diverse range of RAS-addicted cancers lacking adequate targeted therapeutics. “The company also continues broad-based initiatives with our RAS Companion Inhibitor portfolio. For RMC-4630 (SHP2), combination approaches with multiple direct RAS inhibitors remain a high-priority treatment strategy supported by the clinical and preclinical anti-tumor activity, resistance and safety data observed to date across these classes of targeted agents. Amgen’s CodeBreaK 101c study evaluating the combination with sotorasib has demonstrated acceptable tolerability, has cleared early dose levels and is currently dosing patients at the target dose of RMC-4630 (200 mg on a Day 1/Day 2 weekly schedule). We also continue evaluating a second, distinct group of treatment strategies for RMC-4630 in combination with established drugs that potently suppress the RAS signaling pathway, including cobimetinib, a MEK inhibitor and osimertinib, an EGFR inhibitor, to determine whether enhanced pathway inhibition from these drug combinations delivers sufficient anti-tumor activity and tolerability to confer clinical benefit. “We are also pleased to have begun clinical evaluation of RMC-5552 (mTORC1/4EBP1) in a monotherapy dose-escalation study. In aggregate, these projects with our RAS Companion Inhibitor portfolio, including continued IND-enabling development of RMC-5845 (SOS1), support our long-term goal of combining these assets with RAS(ON) Inhibitors on behalf of patients selected by molecular tumor features. “To support the expanded and advancing pipeline, Revolution Medicines successfully completed a financing in the first quarter that helped position the company with a strong balance sheet.” R&D Highlights RAS(ON) Inhibitors – Revolution Medicines continues maturing its first-in-class RAS(ON) Inhibitor platform, including an expansive collection of tri-complex inhibitors targeting diverse oncogenic RAS variants through highly differentiated chemical and pharmacologic profiles.
RAS Companion Inhibitors – Revolution Medicines continues to advance and expand multiple clinical studies both as monotherapy and in targeted drug combinations designed to achieve maximum clinical benefit.
RMC-4630 and KRASG12C inhibitor sotorasib
RMC-4630 and AstraZeneca KRASG12C inhibitor
RMC-4630 and MEK inhibitor cobimetinib (Cotellic®)
RMC-4630 and EGFR inhibitor osimertinib (Tagrisso®)
RMC-4630 and PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda®)
RMC-4630 monotherapy
Corporate Highlights
First Quarter 2021 Financial Highlights Cash Position: Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were $681.6 million as of March 31, 2021, compared to $440.7 million as of December 31, 2020. The increase was primarily due to proceeds from the company’s equity public offering in February 2021. Revenue: Total revenue, consisting of revenue from the company’s collaboration agreement with Sanofi, was $10.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, compared to $11.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. The decrease was due to lower reimbursed research and development services for RMC-4630 resulting from lower manufacturing costs. R&D Expenses Research and development expenses were $40.9 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, compared to $27.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. The increase was primarily due to an increase in research expenses associated with the company’s pre-clinical research portfolio, an increase in personnel-related expenses related to additional headcount, and an increase in stock-based compensation. G&A Expenses: General and administrative expenses were $6.7 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, compared to $5.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. The increase was primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses related to additional headcount, and an increase in stock-based compensation. Net Loss: Net loss was $37.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, compared to net loss of $19.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. 2021 Financial Guidance Revolution Medicines continues to expect full year 2021 GAAP net loss to be between $170 million and $190 million, which includes estimated non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $20 million to $25 million. About Revolution Medicines, Inc. Revolution Medicines is a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on developing novel targeted therapies to inhibit high-value frontier targets in RAS-addicted cancers. The company possesses sophisticated structure-based drug discovery capabilities built upon deep chemical biology and cancer pharmacology know-how and innovative, proprietary technologies that enable the creation of small molecules tailored to unconventional binding sites. The company’s R&D pipeline comprises RAS(ON) Inhibitors designed to suppress diverse oncogenic variants of RAS proteins, and RAS Companion Inhibitors for use in combination treatment strategies. RAS(ON) Inhibitors in development include RMC-6291, RMC-6236, and a pipeline of research compounds targeting additional RAS variants. RAS Companion Inhibitors in development include RMC-4630, RMC-5552, and RMC-5845. Keytruda® is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co. Tagrisso® is a registered trademark of the AstraZeneca group of companies. Cotellic® is a registered trademark of Genentech, Inc. (a member of the Roche Group). Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be considered "forward-looking statements," including without limitation statements regarding the company’s development plans and timelines and its ability to advance its portfolio and R&D pipeline; the company’s belief that its assets will power compelling rational, mechanism-based combination treatments that provide benefit to patients with RAS-addicted cancers; dosing and enrollment in the company’s clinical trials and the tolerability and potential efficacy of the company’s candidates being studied; the ability of the company’s therapies to inhibit frontier targets in RAS-addicted cancers; the company’s plans to advance the IND-enabling development of RMC-6291, RMC-6236 and RMC-5845; results from the company’s single-agent and combination studies of RMC-4630; the company’s plans to study RMC-5552 in combination with RAS inhibitors; the expected timing of results from the company’s Phase 1 study of RMC-5552; the potential advantages and effectiveness of the company’s preclinical candidates, including its RAS(ON) Inhibitors; the company’s plans to nominate a third development candidate from its RAS(ON) inhibitor portfolio; and the company’s plans to release data related to its RAS Companion Inhibitors. Forward-looking statements are typically, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "would," "believe," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," and other similar terminology indicating future results. Such forward-looking statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause our development programs, future results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include without limitation risks and uncertainties inherent in the drug development process, including the company’s programs’ early stage of development, the process of designing and conducting preclinical and clinical trials, the regulatory approval processes, the timing of regulatory filings, the challenges associated with manufacturing drug products, the company’s ability to successfully establish, protect and defend its intellectual property, other matters that could affect the sufficiency of the company’s capital resources to fund operations, reliance on third parties for manufacturing and development efforts, changes in the competitive landscape and the effects on our business of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the business of Revolution Medicines in general, see Revolution Medicines’ Quarterly Report on Form 10Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2021, and its future periodic reports to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required by law, Revolution Medicines undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. REVOLUTION MEDICINES, INC.
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