SAN CARLOS, Calif., Aug. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CARGO Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRGX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company positioned to advance next generation, potentially curative cell therapies for cancer patients, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024, and provided a business update.
“The second quarter was marked by continued execution of our potentially pivotal Phase 2 clinical study for firi-cel in addition to our tri-specific CAR T program, CRG-023. Importantly, we continued to demonstrate our ability to produce predictable and reliable drug product supply with a greater than 95% success rate and a fast manufacturing turnaround time, which we believe further validates our unique CMC capabilities,” said Gina Chapman, President and Chief Executive Officer of CARGO. “With our successful PIPE financing and strong balance sheet, we remain well positioned to execute on our strategy.”
Corporate Highlights
Second Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights
About CARGO Therapeutics
CARGO Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company positioned to advance next- generation, potentially curative cell therapies for cancer patients. CARGO’s programs, platform technologies, and manufacturing strategy are designed to directly address the limitations of approved cell therapies, including limited durability of effect, safety concerns and unreliable supply. CARGO is currently evaluating its lead program, firicabtagene autoleucel (firi-cel) (CRG-022), an autologous CD22 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy candidate, in a potentially pivotal Phase 2 clinical study in patients with large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) whose disease relapsed or was refractory (R/R) to CD19 CAR T-cell therapy. CARGO also plans to evaluate firi-cel in patients at earlier stages of disease, including LBCL and other hematologic malignancies. Beyond its lead program, CARGO is leveraging its proprietary cell engineering platform technologies to develop a pipeline of programs that incorporate multiple transgene therapeutic “cargo” designed to enhance CAR T-cell persistence and trafficking to tumor lesions, as well as to help safeguard against tumor resistance and T-cell exhaustion. This includes the CRG-023 program, which incorporates a tri-specific CAR T with CD2 co-stimulation. CARGO’s founders are pioneers and world-class experts in CAR T-cell therapy, and its team has significant experience and success in developing, manufacturing, launching and commercializing oncology and cell therapy products. For more information, please visit the CARGO Therapeutics website at https://cargo-tx.com/.
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CARGO Therapeutics, Inc. Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (in thousands, except share and per share data) | ||||||||||||||||
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Research and development | $ | 37,458 | $ | 13,929 | $ | 67,961 | $ | 26,491 | ||||||||
General and administrative | 11,860 | 3,867 | 22,163 | 6,552 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | 49,318 | 17,796 | 90,124 | 33,043 | ||||||||||||
Loss from operations | (49,318 | ) | (17,796 | ) | (90,124 | ) | (33,043 | ) | ||||||||
Other income (expense), net | 4,970 | (56 | ) | 9,965 | 2,444 | |||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (44,348 | ) | $ | (17,852 | ) | $ | (80,159 | ) | $ | (30,599 | ) | ||||
Other comprehensive loss: | ||||||||||||||||
Unrealized loss on marketable securities | (44 | ) | — | (323 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Comprehensive loss | $ | (44,392 | ) | $ | (17,852 | ) | $ | (80,482 | ) | $ | (30,599 | ) | ||||
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | $ | (1.02 | ) | $ | (26.56 | ) | $ | (1.90 | ) | $ | (48.21 | ) | ||||
Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | 43,344,345 | 672,253 | 42,170,123 | 634,704 | ||||||||||||
CARGO Therapeutics, Inc. Condensed Balance Sheet Data (in thousands) | ||||||||
June 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 153,582 | $ | 405,732 | ||||
Marketable securities | 289,896 | — | ||||||
Other assets | 46,536 | 47,304 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 490,014 | $ | 453,036 | ||||
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||
Liabilities | $ | 53,913 | $ | 47,650 | ||||
Stockholders’ equity | 436,101 | 405,386 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 490,014 | $ | 453,036 | ||||
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