Active Biotech Interim report January – September 2019

                                                                                                                           
Third quarter in brief

  • A new business plan for laquinimod and tasquinimod, based on the extensive preclinical and clinical data previously generated, is in progress
  • Data on laquinimod from the Phase 2 LEGATO-HD study in Huntington’s disease was presented at the International congress of Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders

Events after the end of the period

  • The first patient in the Phase 1b trial of naptumomab estafenatox in combination with durvalumab in solid tumors has been dosed
  • Preclinical data on naptumomab estafenatox was presented at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer’s 34th Annual Meeting

Financial summary

MSEK Jul-Sep Jan-Sep Full-Year
  2019 2018 2019 2018 2018
           
Net sales 0,9 4,7 7,5 15,2 20,1
Operating loss -9,3 -6,9 -21,1 -22,8 -29,8
Loss after tax -9,3 -8,7 -22,9 -28,0 -36,9
Earnings per share (SEK) -0,06 -0,06 -0,16 -0,21 -0,27
Cash and cash equivalents (at close of period)     69,9 36,0 25,6

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  Helén Tuvesson, CEO
  Tel: +46 (0)46 19 21 56

 

  Hans Kolam, CFO
  Tel: +46 (0)46 19 20 44

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