Adenium Biotech
Antimicrobial peptides with novel mode of action
BIO Europe, November 2013
• Spin-out from Novozymes, founded in 2011
• Seed investment from Novo Seeds and Sunstone Capital
• Seed company with experienced management, industry experienced
Board of Directors, and top KOL scientific advisory board
• ”First-in-Class” systemic Anti Microbial Peptide (AMP) with potent &
selective activity against multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria
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Clinical Candidate, AA139, nominated and strong back-up candidate available
Bactericidal, new MoA, 2 week tox in pigs/rodents and efficacy in vivo completed
First-in-Man Phase I studies to be initiated by end of 2014
• Clear development plan
• Funding requirement:
USD 8 M to progress AA139 through Phase I
USD 25 M to progress AA139 through Phase II
• Additional AMP programs targeting Gram-positive pathogens
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Adenium Biotech - Background
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Management & Team
CEO, Peter Nordkild. Biotech entrepreneur. Previously CEO of Arts Biologics and Egalet, SVP
at Ferring and Novo Nordisk
CSO, Sergio Lociuro. Previously director of Medicinal Chemistry and Int. Project Leader in
GSK, Head of Peptide Epitope Mimetics in Polyphor Ltd and Head of Research in Arpida
COO, Søren Neve. Previously project manager for the Arenicin-3 discovery activities in
Novozymes
Board of Directors
Scientific Advisory Board
Chairman, Khalid Islam, Gentium
Anker Lundemose, Bionor
Ejner Bech Jensen, Novozymes
Andreas Segerros, Sunstone
Stephan Christgau, Novo Seeds
Casper Tind Hansen, Pcovery
Dr Bruce Montgomery (USA)
Prof. Brad Spellberg (USA)
Prof. David Livermore (UK)
Prof. Matt Cooper (AUS)
Dr Frank Fildes (UK)
Tim Joslin, Defined Health. Commercial assessment
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Adenium Biotech - Key People
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• Resistance is increasing rapidly
• Resistance is a high priority with US and EU authorities
• Even Colistin, invented in the fifties and abandoned in the sixties due to neuroand nephrotoxicity, is increasingly used but resistance is growing
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Bacterial Resistance An escalating problem calling for new MoA antibiotics
Carbapenem resistant enterobacteria
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• Most potent anti Gram-negative AMP identified by Novozymes
through screening effort comprising more than 500 organisms
• Arenicin-3 is a 21 AA peptide from the lugworm Arenicola marina
• New and dual MoA
• Novozymes has tested ≈ 250.000 Arenicin variants
• Adenium has subjected the 10 best to extensive characterization/
lead optimization and selected AA139 as the clinical candidate
• GMP manufacture initiated October 2013
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Arenicin Program
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ESKAPE pathogens
Enterobacter
Staphylococcus
Adenium Targets Gram neg GAIN act pathogens
Klebsiella
Acinetobacter
Pseudomonas
E coli
GAIN legislation from 2012 grants priority review, fast track status and extend
market exclusivity period with 5 years
E coli
Klebsiella
Pseudomonas
Adenium Lead Indication
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
Pneumonia (HAP/VAP)
Intra Abdominal Infection (IAI)
Acinetobacter
Possible 2’ Indications
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Arenicin Program Targets Unmet Medical Need
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Novel mode of action
Bactericidal
Selective and specific
Low frequency of resistance
Active against GAIN pathogens
Wide therapeutic window
Drugable
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Target Product Profile for multidrug resistant broad
spectrum Gram-negative antibiotic
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Arenicin has a completely novel MoA:
Distortion of phospholipid synthesis by
interaction with MlaC
Arenicin also inhibits protein synthesis
through inhibition of cytosolic processes
MlaC is a periplasmic binding protein
maintaining phospholipid homeostasis
Extracellular ATP after 10 min
Fold change
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Ar
10
col
pip
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Frequency of resistance <10-11
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64
x MIC
256 1024 4096
Arenicin (Ar), colistin (col), and piperacillin (pip) induced release
of ATP from E. coli. Exponential cells were incubated with drug
for 10 minutes and ATP measured. y-axis is fold change relative
to untreated and x-axis is fold MIC applied.
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Dual Mechanisms of Action – low spontaneous mutation
frequencies
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Arenicin efficacy likely driven by Cmax
AA139 has highest Cmax and largest AUC of all Arenicin variants
Plasma half life of 4.3 hours
Limited effect of Survanta (mucin analogue) on activity
Protein binding 93%
MIC90 determinations (Clinical MDR isolates)
strains
AA139
Colistin
Meropenem Ceftazidime Ciprofloxacin Gentamicin Tigecycline
N=325
MIC (µg/ml)
E.coli
N=55
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0.25
4
R
R
R
0.5
K.pneumonia
N=75
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R
R
R
R
R
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P.aeruginosa
N=75
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2
R
R
R
R
ND
A.baumanii
N=120
2
R
R
R
R
R
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Arenicin Clinical Candidate, AA139: Excellent PK properties
and efficacy against Multi Drug Resistant GAIN Pathogens
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• Mice inoculated on day -3
• Treatment, twice daily, on day 1 and 2. Sacrificed on day 3
• Bladder analyzed for bacterial load
E. coli
MIC: 0.5 µg/ml
K. pneumonia
MIC: 1µg/ml
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Arenicin Clinical Candidate, AA139: Low ED 50 against E.
Coli and K. pneumonia in UTI
Euprotec 2013
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Mice inoculated on day -3
Treatment, twice daily, on day 1 and 2. Sacrificed on day 3
Tissues analyzed for bacterial load
Comparison with standard of care, Meropenem
E.coli DSA443
Compound
µg/ml
AA139
0.12
Meropenem
<0.06
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Arenicin Clinical Candidate, AA139: Potent efficacy in UTI
against E coli at 5xED50 compared with Meropenem
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Mice inoculated on day 1
Treatment, 3 ml aerosol for 10 min at 2, 12, 24 hour post infection
Lung harvest at 34 hour post infection
Compared with standard of care, Colistin
Klebsiella Pneumonia NCTC13442
Compound
log reduction
MIC
AA139
-3.89
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-1.75
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Euprotec 2013
Colistin
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Arenicin Clinical Candidate, AA139: Excellent efficacy in
pneumonia compared with Colistin after aerosol admin.
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AA139
(7 days of multiple dosing in mice and mini-pigs)
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MTD iv (mg/kg)
25
E. coli ED50 Bladder (UTI) (mg/kg)
1
MTD/ED50 Bladder
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Protein binding
93
Histamine release and reversible proximal tubular damage only adverse event
No hERG or other cardiovascular toxicity
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Extensive Tox testing in rodents and mini pigs confirm safety
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Indications
Meropenem
Colistin
AA139
Pneumonia
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Complicated urinary tract infections
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MDR P.aeruginosa
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MDR A.baumannii
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KPC K.pneumonia
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Colistin resistant G- Bacteria
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Oral
no
no
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IV
yes
yes
yes
Aerosol
no
yes
yes
(yes)
yes
(no)
Neurological
no
yes
no
Hypersensitivity
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Coverage
MDR E.coli
Administration
Safety
Renal/Hepatic
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Product profiles of Meropenem, Colistin and Arenicin
Action
Bactericidal
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Compound
Company
Development
Spectrum
Target
E.coli
Klebsiella
Pseudomonas
Acinetobacter
Single pathogen
ACHN975
Achaogen
PhI
LpxC inhibitor
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Pol 7080
Polyphor ltd
PhI
Membrane modulator
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BioPhage PA
BioControl
Ph2
Bacteriophage
(Virus)
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IC 43
Intercell AG
(Novartis)
Ph2
Immunostimulant
(Vaccine)
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KB001
KaloBios
(Sanofi)
Ph2
PcrV antibody
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Broad Gram-Negative
AA139
Adenium
Preclinical
MlaC/protein
synthesis
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GP-4
Trius (Cubist)
Preclinical
GyrB/ParE
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RX04
Rib-X
(Sanofi)
Preclinical
50S ribosomal subunit
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SASPject™ PT3.X
Phico
Preclinical
Inactivated bacterial
DNA
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Very few new MoA Gram negative antibiotics –
most in clinical development targets Pseudomonas
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External activities and cost for development of AA139 in cUTI
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• The Arenicin platform provides opportunities for multiple
clinical indications:
• AA139 in other clinical indications than cUTI
(e.g. HAP/VAP, IAI)
• Other Arenicin variants for selected pathogens
(i.e. variants with high activity against e.g. MDR N.
Gonorrhoeae identified)
• Adenium is acquiring an additional AMP platform from
Novozymes. AP114 has high activity against C. difficile
• cGMP material AP114 available
• AP114 program targeting C. difficile infection currently
being developed
• FIM studies possible in H2-2014
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Additional programs target other GAIN pathogens
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Compound
Indication
Partner
Discovery
In vitro
In vivo
In vitro In vivo
AP114
MDR C. diff
AA139
MDR GAIN
pathogens
Arenicin
MDR N. gonorrhea
Development
Preclinical
I
Preclinical PhasePhase
I
DMID
• Lead program, AA139, will be advanced through phase II
• Additional Arenicin programs will be developed with external funding
• AP114 program will initiate phase I studies in H2 2014
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Adenium Expands AMP platform
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Development cost of USD 6 mio for AA139 through phase I
Development cost of USD 2 mio for AP114 through phase I
G&A cost of USD 2 mio
Company plans to raise a minimum of USD 10 mio in a
series A round in H1 2014
• Current investors (Sunstone Capital and Novo) will
participate in the series A round
• Plan to attract 1 – 2 additional investors to the syndicate
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Plans for series A round
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• AA139, one of very few new MoA, broad spectrum MDR
Gram-negative
• First in class antibiotic with strong patenting through 2033
• Increasing resistance problem spurs interest in new antiinfectives
• Regulatory guidelines (e.g. GAIN act) provides additional
incentives for anti-infective development
• Recent deal activity (e.g. Cubist – Trius/Optimer) confirms
interest in antibiotics
• Additional opportunities for AA139 in other indications
• AP114 program targets C. diff infection, a growing problem
with rapidly aging populations and a GAIN pathogen
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Key Value Drivers for Investment
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