BiomX Inc. (NYSE American: PHGE, the “Company” or “BiomX”), a
clinical-stage company advancing novel natural and engineered phage
therapies that target specific pathogenic bacteria, today announced
that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with
investors in connection with a registered direct offering,
concurrent private placement of the Company’s securities, and
simultaneous exercise of certain existing common stock purchase
warrants (collectively, the “Offerings”) for expected aggregate
gross proceeds of approximately $12 million to the Company, before
deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses. The
Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offerings to
support the completion of the Phase 2b clinical study of BX004,
BiomX’s fixed phage cocktail, for the treatment of people with CF
with chronic pulmonary infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(P. aeruginosa), and analysis of real-world evidence. The Company
expects to report topline results from the Phase 2b study in Q1
2026. The Offerings were led by Deerfield Management Company and
included significant participation from the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation, with additional participation from Nantahala Capital
and other investors. The Offerings are expected to close on or
about February 27, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary
closing conditions.
“Following these offerings, we expect to have sufficient funding
to reach substantial inflection points including topline results of
our Phase 2b study of BX004 in Q1 2026 and our Phase 2 readout for
BX211 in Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis later this quarter,” said
Jonathan Solomon, BiomX’s Chief Executive Officer. “Peer-reviewed
publications report findings supporting the link between P.
aeruginosa reduction and improved clinical outcomes in people with
CF. Following communication with the FDA we intend to present our
plans to analyze real-world evidence and attain endorsement that
supports potential future regulatory filings. We anticipate further
discussion with the FDA and European Committee for Medicinal
Products for Human Use (CHMP) later this year to discuss our
proposed plan. To date, the FDA has granted BX004 Fast Track
designation and Orphan Drug Designation.”
Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. acted as sole placement agent
for the Offerings. Haynes and Boone, LLP served as legal counsel to
BiomX. Sullivan & Worcester LLP served as legal counsel to
Laidlaw.
Terms of the Offerings
Under the securities purchase agreement, the investors have
agreed to purchase an aggregate of 3,633,514 shares of the
Company’s common stock (or registered pre-funded warrants in lieu
thereof) in a registered direct offering at an effective purchase
price of $0.9306 per share of common stock (or registered
pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof). In a concurrent private
placement, the investors have agreed to purchase unregistered
pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,305,871
shares of the Company’s common stock at the same effective purchase
price. Each share of common stock (or registered pre-funded warrant
in lieu thereof) and each unregistered pre-funded warrant will be
accompanied by one unregistered warrant to purchase one share of
the Company’s common stock (or 5,939,385 shares in the
aggregate).
Exercise of the unregistered pre-funded warrants are subject to
stockholder approval and such warrants will be exercisable until
exercised in full. Exercise of the unregistered warrants are
subject to stockholder approval and such warrants will be
exercisable for a period of five years following the stockholder
approval date.
The Company also has agreed with holders of certain existing
warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 6,955,527 shares of the
Company’s common stock, which warrants were issued on March 15,
2024 with an exercise price of $2.311 per share and expiration date
of July 6, 2026, to amend such warrants effective upon the closing
of the Offerings so that the amended warrants will have a reduced
exercise price of $0.9306 per share. Such holders have agreed to
exercise such warrants for common stock (or pre-funded warrants in
lieu thereof) as part of the Offerings. As consideration for
exercising the existing warrants at the reduced exercise price, the
Company agreed to issue to the holders of the existing warrants new
warrants exercisable for up to a number of shares of the Company’s
common stock equal to 100% of the number of shares of common stock
issued upon the exercise of the existing warrants. Exercise of the
new warrants are subject to stockholder approval and such warrants
will not be exercisable until the stockholder approval date and
will expire five years following the stockholder approval date.
The offer and sale in the registered direct offering of the
shares of the Company’s common stock, registered pre-funded
warrants and shares of common stock underlying the registered
pre-funded warrants are being made by the Company pursuant to a
“shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 (333-275935), including
a base prospectus, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) on December 7, 2023 and declared effective
by the SEC on January 2, 2024 and a prospectus supplement that
forms a part of the registration statement. The prospectus
supplement relating to the registered direct offering will be filed
with the SEC and will be available at the SEC’s website located at
http://www.sec.gov.
The unregistered pre-funded warrants, unregistered warrants and
the new warrants described above were offered in a private
placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Act”) and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder. The
Company has agreed to file one or more registration statements with
the SEC covering the resale of the shares of common stock issuable
upon exercise of the unregistered pre-funded warrants, unregistered
warrants and new warrants. This press release shall not constitute
an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall
there be any sale of securities of BiomX in any state or other
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About BX004BiomX is developing BX004, a fixed
multi-phage cocktail, for the treatment of people with CF with
chronic pulmonary infections caused by P. aeruginosa, a main
contributor to morbidity and mortality in people with CF. In
November 2023, BiomX announced positive topline results from Part 2
of the Phase 1b/2a trial where BX004 demonstrated improvement in
pulmonary function associated with a reduction in P. aeruginosa
burden compared to placebo in a predefined subgroup of patients
with reduced lung function (baseline FEV1<70%). BiomX expects to
initiate a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled,
multi-center Phase 2b trial in CF patients with chronic P.
aeruginosa pulmonary infections. The trial is designed to enroll
approximately 60 patients randomized at a 2:1 ratio to BX004 or
placebo. Treatment is expected to be administered via inhalation
twice daily for a duration of 8 weeks. The trial is designed to
monitor the safety and tolerability of BX004 and is designed to
demonstrate improvement in microbiological reduction of P.
aeruginosa burden and evaluation of effects on clinical parameters
such as lung function measured by FEV1 and patient reported
outcomes. Pending progress of the trial, topline results are
expected in the first quarter of 2026. The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (“FDA”) has granted BX004 Fast Track designation and
Orphan Drug Designation.
About BX211BX211 is a personalized phage
treatment for the treatment of DFO associated with S. aureus.
The personalized phage treatment tailors a specific phage selected
from a proprietary phage-bank according to the specific strain
of S. aureus biopsied and isolated from each patient. DFO
is a bacterial infection of the bone that usually develops from an
infected foot ulcer and is a leading cause of amputation in
patients with diabetes.
The ongoing randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled,
multi-center Phase 2 trial investigating the safety, tolerability,
and efficacy of BX211 for subjects with DFO associated with S.
aureus has finished enrollment for a randomized at a 2:1 ratio
to BX211 or placebo. BX211 or placebo is designed to be
administered weekly, by topical and IV route at Week 1 and by the
topical route only at each of Weeks 2-12. Over the 12-week
treatment period, all subjects are expected to continue to be
treated in accordance with standard of care which will include
antibiotic treatment as appropriate. A first readout of study
topline results is expected at Week 13 evaluating healing of the
wound associated with osteomyelitis, followed by a second readout
at Week 52 evaluating amputation rates and resolution of
osteomyelitis based on X-ray, clinical assessments, and established
biomarkers (ESR and CRP). These readouts are expected in the first
quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, respectively.
About BiomX BiomX is a clinical-stage company
leading the development of natural and engineered phage cocktails
and personalized phage treatments designed to target and destroy
harmful bacteria for the treatment of chronic diseases with
substantial unmet needs. BiomX discovers and validates proprietary
bacterial targets and applies its BOLT (“BacteriOphage Lead to
Treatment”) platform to customize phage compositions against these
targets. For more information, please visit www.biomx.com, the
content of which does not form a part of this press release.
Safe Harbor This press release contains express
or implied “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the
“safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by
words such as: “target,” “believe,” “expect,” “will,” “may,”
“anticipate,” “estimate,” “would,” “positioned,” “future,” and
other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or
trends or that are not statements of historical matters. For
example, when BiomX refers to the closing of the Offerings, the use
of the net proceeds of the Offerings, the filing of the
registration statement with the SEC covering the resale of the
shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the unregistered
pre-funded warrants, unregistered warrants and new warrants, its
anticipated timing for reporting results for its clinical assets as
well as the design thereof, the potential of its candidates to
address the substantial unmet needs of patients with intractable
infections, and the estimates of the sufficiency of its cash, cash
equivalents and short-term deposits, it is using forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts
nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only
on BiomX management’s current beliefs, expectations and
assumptions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the
future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and
changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of
which are outside of BiomX’s control. These risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, BiomX’s ability to obtain all
necessary regulatory approvals on a timely basis, or at all;
BiomX’s ability to obtain stockholder approval on a timely basis,
or at all; the closing of the Offerings on a timely basis on the
terms described herein, or at all; changes in applicable laws or
regulations; the possibility that BiomX may be adversely affected
by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors, including
risks inherent in pharmaceutical research and development, such as:
adverse results in BiomX’s drug discovery, preclinical and clinical
development activities, the risk that the results of preclinical
studies and early clinical trials may not be replicated in later
clinical trials, BiomX’s ability to enroll patients in its clinical
trials, and the risk that any of its clinical trials may not
commence, continue or be completed on time, or at all; decisions
made by the FDA and other regulatory authorities; investigational
review boards at clinical trial sites and publication review bodies
with respect to our development candidates; BiomX’s ability to
obtain, maintain and enforce intellectual property rights for its
platform and development candidates; its potential dependence on
collaboration partners; competition; uncertainties as to the
sufficiency of BiomX’s cash resources to fund its planned
activities for the periods anticipated and BiomX’s ability to
manage unplanned cash requirements; and general economic and market
conditions. Therefore, investors should not rely on any of these
forward-looking statements and should review the risks and
uncertainties described under the caption “Risk Factors” in BiomX’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) on April 4, 2024, and additional disclosures
BiomX makes in its other filings with the SEC, which are available
on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forward-looking statements are
made as of the date of this press release, and except as provided
by law BiomX expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to
update forward-looking statements.
Contacts:
BiomX Inc.Ben Cohen
benc@biomx.com
CORE IR
Mike Masonir-biomx@biomx.com
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