BioSenic postpones its annual general meeting of the shareholders and provides temporary non-audited financial figures for 2023
24 April 2024 - 3:00PM
BioSenic postpones its annual general meeting of the shareholders
and provides temporary non-audited financial figures for 2023
PRESS RELEASE - PRIVILEGED INFORMATION
In view of the restructuring plan
announced on April 11, 2024, BioSenic has decided to postpone the
publication of its 2023 annual report as well as its annual general
meeting of shareholders, so that the Enterprise Court of Nivelles
can make a decision before the completion of the annual
formalities. The Company believes that this postponement is
preferable to ensure that the financial statements can be prepared
on a going concern basis.
Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium, 24 April
2024, 7:00 am CET – BioSenic
(Euronext Brussels and Paris: BIOS), the
clinical-stage company specializing in serious autoimmune and
inflammatory diseases, today announces the postponing of the
publication of its 2023 annual report, as well as the annual
general meeting of its shareholders, so that the Enterprise Court
of Nivelles can provide a decision before the closing of the annual
formalities.
In light of the above, the publication of the
full year results and the 2023 annual report is postponed to
Thursday 6 June 2024 and the annual general meeting to Thursday 12
July 2024. The financial calendar on the company's website will be
adapted in consequence. BioSenic can however not exclude to
postpone further if circumstances oblige.
Regarding the key financial figures in 2023, the
total operating income amounted to € 0.54 million, which is a
slight increase compared to the same period in 2022 (i.e., € 0.27
million). The operating loss for the 2023 period amounted to € 6.36
million, compared to € 2.32 million in the 2022 period. BioSenic
ended 2023 with € 0.12 million in cash and cash equivalents. Net
cash used for the 2023 period amounted to € 1.73 million, while the
cash position in 2022 increased of € 1.09 million. It should be
noted that the financial figures reflected in the present press
release are not yet audited.
François Rieger, PhD, President of the
Board and CEO of the BioSenic Group, said: "BioSenic is in
the process of finalizing the details of its restructuring plan to
be submitted to the Enterprise Court of Nivelles. In order to offer
a valid continuity perspective to all shareholders, we have agreed
to wait for the Court's decision and to publish in due course - as
soon as possible - the annual data and analyses necessary to fully
inform the market. We should then be able to work most efficiently
on the core of our mission, which is to address unmet medical needs
in the autoimmune field"
About BioSenic
BioSenic is a leading biotech company
specializing in the development of clinical assets issued from its
Medsenic’s arsenic trioxide (ATO) platform. Key target indications
for the autoimmune platform include graft-versus-host-disease
(GvHD), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and now systemic
sclerosis (SSc).Following the merger in October 2022, BioSenic
combined the strategic positionings and strengths of Medsenic and
Bone Therapeutics. The merger specifically enables
Medsenic/Biosenic to develop an entirely new arsenal of various
anti-inflammatory and anti-autoimmune formulations using the
immunomodulatory properties of ATO/oral ATO (OATO).
BioSenic is based in the Louvain-la-Neuve
Science Park in Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium. Further information is
available at http://www.biosenic.com.
About the main Medsenic/BioSenic
technology platform
The ATO platform provides
derived active products with immunomodulatory properties and
fundamental effects on the activated cells of the immune system.
One direct application is its use in onco-immunology to treat GvHD
(Graft-versus-Host Disease) in its chronic, established stage.
cGvHD is one of the most common and clinically significant
complications affecting long-term survival of allogeneic
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).
Medsenic has been successful in a phase 2 trial
with its intravenous formulation, Arscimed®, which
has orphan drug designation status by FDA and EMA. The company is
heading towards an international phase 3 confirmatory study, with
its new, IP-protected, OATO formulation. Another selected target is
moderate-to-severe forms of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),
using the same oral formulation. ATO has shown good safety and
significant clinical efficacy on several affected organs (skin,
mucosae, and the gastrointestinal tract). Systemic sclerosis is now
full part of the clinical pipeline of Medsenic/BioSenic. This
serious chronic disease badly affects skin, lungs, or
vascularization, and has no current effective treatment.
Preclinical studies on pertinent animal models are positive, giving
good grounds to launch a phase 2 clinical protocol, using new
immunomodulatory formulations of APIs recognized to be active on
the immune system.
The company is currently focusing its present
R&D and clinical activities on a selective, accelerated
development of its autoimmune platform.
Note: The allogeneic cell therapy
platform-originating from the previous listed company Bone
Therapeutics company, may be of renewed interest by using isolated
and purified differentiated bone marrow Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
(MSCs) as a starting material for further isolation of passive or
active biological subcellular elements. Indeed, these cells may
provide new subcellular vesicles potentially able to deliver a
unique and proprietary approach to organ repair. BioSenic is now
involved in determining new patentable approaches in this complex
area of cell therapy.
For further information, please
contact:
BioSenic SAFrançois Rieger, PhD,
CEOTel: +33 (0)671 73 31 59investorrelations@biosenic.com
International Media Enquiries:IB
CommunicationsMichelle BoxallTel: +44 (0)20 8943
4685michelle@ibcomms.agency
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