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2 - Results of Operations.
−Removed: This section provides an analysis of our results of operations for the first quarter of fiscal 2023
−Removed: in comparison to the first quarter of fiscal 2023.
+Added: This section provides an analysis of our results of operations for the first half and second quarter
+Added: of fiscal 2024 in comparison to the first half and second quarter of fiscal 2023.
3 - Financial Liquidity and Capital Resources.
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Therapeutics Corp.
−Removed: (the “Company”), is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that is developing novel immunotherapies to
−Removed: transform cancer care.
−Removed: Immunotherapies have come to the forefront in the fight against cancer as they harness the body’s own immune
−Removed: system to recognize and destroy cancer cells.
−Removed: The Company is currently advancing its Bria-IMT™ targeted immunotherapy in combination
−Removed: with an immune check point inhibitor in a pivotal 1 Phase 3 study in advanced metastatic breast cancer.
−Removed: BriaCell recently reported
−Removed: benchmark-beating patient survival and clinical benefit in advanced metastatic breast with median overall survival of 13.5 months in
−Removed: BriaCell’s advanced metastatic breast cancer patients vs.
−Removed: 6.7-9.8 months for similar patients reported in the literature 2 .
−Removed: A completed Bria-IMT™ Phase 1 combination study with retifanlimab (an anti-PD1 antibody manufactured by Incyte) confirmed tolerability
−Removed: and early-stage efficacy.
−Removed: BriaCell is also developing a personalized off-the-shelf immunotherapy, Bria-OTS™, which provides a platform
−Removed: technology to develop personalized off-the-shelf immunotherapies for numerous types of cancer, and a soluble CD80 protein therapeutic
−Removed: which acts both as a stimulator of the immune system as well as an immune checkpoint inhibitor.
+Added: (the “Company”), is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that is developing novel immunotherapies
+Added: to transform cancer care.
+Added: Immunotherapies have come to the forefront in the fight against cancer as they harness the body’s
+Added: own immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells.
+Added: The Company is currently advancing its Bria-IMT™ targeted
+Added: immunotherapy in combination with an immune check point inhibitor (Retifanlimab) in a pivotal 1 Phase 3 study in
+Added: advanced metastatic breast cancer.
+Added: Bria-IMT™ is currently under Fast Track Designation by the U.S.
+Added: FDA intended to accelerate
+Added: the review process of novel treatments that address unmet medical needs.
+Added: Positive completion of the pivotal study, following review
+Added: by FDA, could lead to full approval of the Bria-IMT™ immune checkpoint inhibitor combination in advanced metastatic breast
+Added: BriaCell reported benchmark-beating patient survival and clinical benefit in advanced metastatic breast cancer with median
+Added: overall survival of 13.4 months in BriaCell’s advanced metastatic breast cancer patients vs.
+Added: 6.7-9.8 months for similar
+Added: patients reported in the literature in its Phase 2 study of Bria-IMT™ combination study with retifanlimab at the 2023 San
+Added: Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
+Added: A completed Bria-IMT™ Phase 1 combination study with retifanlimab (an anti-PD1 antibody
+Added: manufactured by Incyte) confirmed tolerability and early-stage efficacy.
+Added: BriaCell is also developing a personalized off-the-shelf
+Added: immunotherapy, Bria-OTS™, which provides a platform technology to develop personalized off-the-shelf immunotherapies for
+Added: numerous types of cancer, and a soluble CD80 protein therapeutic which acts both as a stimulator of the immune system as well as an
+Added: immune checkpoint inhibitor.
+Added: is an industry term referring to a Phase 3 clinical study intended to show and confirm the safety and efficacy of a treatment.
August 31, 2023, the Company closed the previously announced plan of arrangement spinout transaction (the “Arrangement”)
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Stock Market and Toronto Stock Exchange, and BriaPro is an unlisted reporting issuer in Canada.
−Removed: Computershare
−Removed: Investor Services Inc.
−Removed: (“Computershare”) will forward replacement certificates to each Company shareholder that is entitled
−Removed: to receive certificates, representing their allotted number of BriaPro common shares and BriaCell common shares in accordance with the
−Removed: Letters of transmittal have been mailed to registered holders of BriaCell common shares, which must be completed and returned
−Removed: to Computershare together with the share certificates of BriaCell common shares at the address specified in the letter of transmittal
−Removed: in order for Company shareholders to receive common shares of BriaPro and new common shares of BriaCell.
−Removed: A copy of the letter of transmittal
−Removed: is also available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
−Removed: noted above, immediately following the closing of the Arrangement, the Company controls 2/3rd of the BriaPro common shares representing
−Removed: approximately 66.6% of the issued and outstanding common shares of BriaPro.
−Removed: As a result of the Arrangement, there are approximately 47,945,178 BriaPro
−Removed: common shares issued and outstanding.
−Removed: The Corporation now beneficially owns or controls approximately 31,963,452 BriaPro common shares,
−Removed: representing 2/3rd of the issued and outstanding BriaPro common shares.
−Removed: is an industry term referring to a Phase 3 clinical study intended to show and confirm the safety and efficacy of a treatment.
−Removed: of Operations for the Three Months Ended October 31, 2023, and 2022
−Removed: Three months ended October 31,
+Added: noted above, immediately following the closing of the Arrangement, the Company controlled 2/3rd of the BriaPro common shares
+Added: representing approximately 66.6% of the issued and outstanding common shares of BriaPro As a result of the Arrangement, there were
+Added: approximately 47,945,178 BriaPro common shares issued and outstanding immediately following consummation of the Arrangement.
+Added: The Corporation now beneficially owns or controls
+Added: approximately 31,963,452 BriaPro common shares, representing 2/3rd of the issued and outstanding BriaPro common shares.
+Added: October 3, 2023, BriaCell initiated its pivotal Phase 3 Study of Bria-IMT™ in advanced metastatic breast Cancer.
+Added: The study will
+Added: evaluate the efficacy and safety of the Bria-IMT™ combination regimen with an immune check point inhibitor (Retifanlimab) in patients
+Added: who have failed at least two approved therapies for the disease.
+Added: Bria-IMT™ is currently under Fast Track Designation by the U.S.
+Added: FDA intended to accelerate the review process of novel treatments that address unmet medical needs.
+Added: Positive completion of the pivotal
+Added: study, following review by FDA, could lead to full approval of the Bria-IMT™ immune checkpoint inhibitor combination in advanced
+Added: metastatic breast cancer.
+Added: FDA has agreed that improvement in overall survival in the Bria-IMT™ combination arm as compared to the
+Added: physician’s choice of treatment arm will be the primary endpoint of the study.
+Added: The study will enroll 177 patients in the Bria-IMT™
+Added: combination therapy arm and 177 patients in the treatment of physician’s choice arm.
+Added: To gather additional information on the Bria-IMT™
+Added: regimen alone, 50 patients will be enrolled in this regimen and will be eligible for combination therapy following their initial post
+Added: treatment evaluation.
+Added: BriaCell expects frequent and responsive FDA communication under its Fast Track status during the pivotal Phase
+Added: The successful completion of the pivotal Phase 3 study would allow BriaCell to subsequently submit a Biologics License Application
+Added: and accelerate the path to commercialization.
+Added: of Operations for the Three Months Ended January 31, 2024 and 2023
+Added: Three months ended
Operating Expenses:
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Operating loss
−Removed: Financial income, net
−Removed: Interest income
−Removed: Change in fair value of warrant liability
−Removed: Foreign exchange gain
−Removed: Total financial income, net
−Removed: Income (loss) for the period
−Removed: Losses attributable to noncontrolling interest
−Removed: Income (loss) for the period attributable to BriaCell
−Removed: Net earnings (loss) per share attributable to BriaCell
−Removed: Net earnings (loss) per share attributable to BriaCell
+Added: Financial expenses, net
+Added: Share of loss on equity investments
+Added: Net loss for the period
+Added: $ (11,333,910 )
+Added: $ (11,881,762 )
+Added: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
+Added: Net loss for the period attributable to BriaCell
+Added: (11,294,603 )
+Added: (11,881,762 )
+Added: Net loss per share attributable to BriaCell – basic and diluted
+Added: and Development Costs
+Added: costs are comprised primarily of (i) salaries and wages to Company employees at our laboratory;
+Added: and (ii) clinical trials and investigational
+Added: drug costs, which include the testing and manufacture of our investigational drugs and costs of our clinical trials.
+Added: following is a breakdown of our research and development costs by project:
+Added: Three months ended January 31,
+Added: Clinical trials
+Added: Pre-clinical projects
+Added: Chemical, Manufacturing and Control Costs (“CMC Costs”)
+Added: clinical trial expenses include the extra costs for our immunotherapy program, Bria-IMT™, Phase I/IIa clinical
+Added: Clinical trial expenses increased in 2024 as patients stayed in the trial for a longer period of time (i.e.
+Added: a longer than expected overall survival).
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: our costs increased significantly compared with the same period in 2023 for much higher set up
+Added: costs for the pivotal Phase 3 study of Bria-IMT™ combination regimen with Retifanlimab in advanced breast cancer, and additional expenses in preparation
+Added: for the upcoming clinical studies of Bria-OTS™.
+Added: projects include expenses incurred in our off-the-shelf personalized immunotherapies, including Bria-OTS+™, and Bria-PROS™.
+Added: Our pre-clinical costs have increased in 2024 as we hired more staff to accelerate our existing pre-clinical program and added an additional
+Added: pre-clinical program (sCD80).
+Added: costs are ancillary expenses we incur such as costs to maintain our patents, investigation of early-stage projects, scientific advisory
+Added: board expenses, contracts with vendors for pre-clinical work, and administration costs associated with all our research and development
+Added: Other costs increased in 2024 as we investigated additional potential pre-clinical projects.
+Added: following is a breakdown of our research and development costs by nature of expenses:
+Added: Three months ended January 31,
+Added: Clinical trial sites and investigational drug costs
+Added: Wages and salaries
+Added: Laboratory Rent
+Added: Professional fees
+Added: Share-based compensation
+Added: the three-month period ended January 31, 2024, total research costs amounted to $8,257,455 as compared to $3,053,357 for the three-month
+Added: period ended January 31, 2023.
+Added: The rise in these costs is primarily attributed to the continued expansion of the Company’s clinical
+Added: trials, specifically our Bria-IMT™ trial.
+Added: Clinical trials and investigational drug costs increased from $1,288,577 in 2023 to $6,200,980
+Added: Laboratory costs increase during 2024 as well, including the hiring of additional lab employees which increased from $1,282,441
+Added: in 2023 to $1,401,679 in 2024 and increased supplies from $207,061 in 2023 to $312,543 in 2024.
+Added: Finally, the increase in share-based
+Added: compensation (non-cash) expenses, from $225,091 in 2023 to $234,253 in 2024 also contributed to the increase in research and development
+Added: and Administrative Expenses
+Added: the three-month period ended January 31, 2024, general and administrative expenses amounted to $1,571,991 as compared to $1,432,966 for
+Added: the three-month period ended January 31, 2023.
+Added: The increase relates primarily to shareholder communication expenses and in share-based compensation (non-cash) expense, offset by a decrease in insurance expenses and professional fees.
+Added: income (expenses), net
+Added: the three-month period ended January 31, 2024, financial expense, net, amounted to $1,486,119 as compared to $7,395,439 for the three-month
+Added: period ended January 31, 2023.
+Added: The large difference is due to the change in value of the Company’s warrant liability which amounted
+Added: to a loss of $1,567,746 in the three-month period ending January 31, 2024, and a loss of $7,629,502 in the three-month period ending
+Added: January 31, 2023.
+Added: for the period
+Added: Company reported a loss for the three-month period ended January 31, 2024, of $11,294,603, as compared to a loss of $11,881,762 for the
+Added: three-month period ended January 31, 2023.
+Added: The loss in 2024 is due to a significant increase in operational spending.
+Added: The loss in the
+Added: prior period is primarily due to the large increase in fair value of the warrant liability.
+Added: of Operations for the Six Months Ended January 31, 2024 and 2023
+Added: Six months ended
+Added: Operating Expenses:
+Added: Research and development expenses
+Added: General and administrative expenses
+Added: Total operating expenses
+Added: Operating loss
+Added: (18,332,474 )
+Added: Financial expenses, net
+Added: Share of loss on equity investments
+Added: Net loss for the period
+Added: $ (5,375,038 )
+Added: (12,988,303 )
+Added: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
+Added: Net loss for the period attributable to BriaCell
+Added: (12,988,303 )
+Added: Net loss per share attributable to BriaCell – basic and diluted
Weighted average number of shares used in computing net basic earnings per share of common stock
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and Development Costs
−Removed: costs are comprised primarily of (i) salaries and wages to Company employees at our laboratory and (ii) clinical trials and investigational
+Added: costs are comprised primarily of (i) salaries and wages to Company employees at our laboratory;
+Added: and (ii) Clinical trials and investigational
drug costs, which include the testing and manufacture of our investigational drugs and costs of our clinical trials.
following is a breakdown of our research and development costs by project:
−Removed: Three months ended October 31,
+Added: Six months ended January 31,
Clinical trials
Pre-clinical projects
−Removed: Chemical, Manufacturing and Control Costs (“CMC Costs”)
−Removed: clinical trial expenses include our immunotherapy program, Bria-IMT™, a 46-subject Phase I/IIa clinical trial.
−Removed: Clinical trial expenses
−Removed: increased in 2023 as we recruited more patients into the Bria-IMT™ trial and began setting up the Bria-OTS™ trial.
−Removed: projects include expenses incurred in our off-the-shelf personalized immunotherapies, including Bria-OTS+™, Bria-PROS™, and pre-clinical work on our BriaPro Assets.
+Added: clinical trial expenses include the extra costs for our immunotherapy program, Bria-IMT™, Phase I/IIa clinical trial.
+Added: trial expenses increased in 2024 as patients stayed in the trial for a longer period of time (i.e.
+Added: longer than expected overall survival).
+Added: Additionally, our costs increased significantly compared with those in the same period in 2023 for much higher set up costs for the pivotal
+Added: Phase 3 study of Bria-IMT™ combination regimen with Retifanlimab in advanced breast cancer, and additional expenses in preparation
+Added: for the upcoming clinical studies of Bria-OTS™.
+Added: projects include expenses incurred in our off-the-shelf personalized immunotherapies, including Bria-OTS+™, and Bria-PROS™.
Our pre-clinical costs have increased in 2023 as we hired more staff to accelerate our existing pre-clinical program and added an additional
pre-clinical program (sCD80).
−Removed: costs include the manufacturing of Bria-IMT™ and Bria-OTS™ and all quality control and quality assurance testing on the investigational
−Removed: CMC costs increased in 2023 to support the additional patients in our trials.
+Added: Costs include the manufacturing of Bria-IMT™ and Bria-OTS™.
+Added: CMC Costs increased in 2024 to support the pivotal Phase 3 study,
+Added: and the upcoming clinical studies of Bria-OTS™.
costs are ancillary expenses we incur such as costs to maintain our patents, investigation of early-stage projects, scientific advisory
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following is a breakdown of our research and development costs by nature of expenses:
−Removed: Three months ended October 31,
+Added: Six months ended January 31,
Clinical trial sites and Investigational drug costs
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Share-based compensation
−Removed: the three-month period ending October 31, 2023, research costs amounted to $6,857,257, a significant increase from the $3,255,215 incurred
−Removed: during the same period in 2022.
−Removed: This upturn was primarily fueled by the expansion of the Company’s Bria-IMT™ trial and heightened
−Removed: costs associated with clinical trials and investigational drugs, surging from $2,041,939 in 2022 to $5,397,438 in 2023.
−Removed: Concurrently,
−Removed: laboratory costs increased due to the recruitment of additional employees, growing from $48,000 to $88,480.
−Removed: Notably, non-cash share-based
−Removed: compensation expenses decreased from $350,256 in 2022 to $257,809 in 2023, mitigating some of the overall increase in research and development
+Added: the six-month period ending January 31, 2024, research costs amounted to $15,114,712, a significant increase from the $6,308,572
+Added: incurred during the same period in 2023.
+Added: This upturn was primarily fuelled by the expansion of the Company’s Phase 2 trial,
+Added: and initiation of the Phase 3 trial of the Bria-IMT™ regimen, and heightened costs associated with clinical trials and
+Added: investigational drugs, surging from $3,330,516 in 2023 to $11,598,418 in 2024.
+Added: Concurrently, laboratory costs increased due to the
+Added: recruitment of additional employees, growing from $96,000 to $196,480.
+Added: Notably, non-cash share-based compensation expenses decreased
+Added: from $575,347 in 2023 to $492,062 in 2024, mitigating some of the overall increase in research and development expenses.
and Administrative Expenses
−Removed: the three-month period ending October 31, 2023, general and administrative expenses amounted to $1,645,771, showing a decrease from $2,147,936
−Removed: in the same period of 2022.
−Removed: This reduction is mainly attributed to a decrease in non-cash share-based compensation expenses, which declined
−Removed: from $761,685 in 2022 to $276,007 in 2023.
+Added: the six-month period ended January 31, 2024, general and administrative expenses amounted to $3,217,762 as compared to $3,580,902 for
+Added: the six-month period ended January 31, 2023.
+Added: This reduction is mainly attributed to a decrease in non-cash share-based compensation expenses,
+Added: which declined from $803,438 in 2023 to $541,909 in 2024 and insurance expenses which declined from $847,241 in 2023 to $583,997 in 2024.
income (expenses), net
−Removed: the three-month period ending October 31, 2023, net financial income amounted to $14,461,900, a significant increase from the
+Added: the six-month period ending January 31, 2024, net financial income amounted to $12,975,781, a significant increase from the loss of $3,098,829
recorded in the same period of 2023.
−Removed: This substantial difference is primarily attributed to the change in the value of
−Removed: the Company’s warrant liability, which is directly affected by the shortened life of the warrants and decrease in share price,
−Removed: resulting in a gain of $14,282,078 for the three-month period ended October 31, 2023, compared to a gain of $4,117,790 in the
−Removed: three-month period ended October 31, 2022.
−Removed: (loss) for the period
−Removed: the three-month period ended October 31, 2023, the Company reported a profit of $5,958,872 compared to a loss of $1,106,541 for the
−Removed: same period in 2022.
−Removed: The profit in 2023 primarily resulted from increased operational spending, offset by a large gain due to the decrease
−Removed: in fair value of the warrant liability.
−Removed: In contrast, the loss in the prior period was primarily due to a smaller change in the value
−Removed: of the Company’s warrant liability.
+Added: This substantial difference is primarily attributed to the change in the value of the Company’s
+Added: warrant liability, which is directly affected by the shortened life of the warrants and decrease in share price, resulting in a gain
+Added: of $12,714,331 for the six-month period ended January 31, 2024, compared to a loss of $3,511,712 in the six-month period ended January
+Added: for the period
+Added: Company reported a loss for the period ended January 31, 2024, of $5,375,038, as compared to $12,988,303 for the period ended January
+Added: The reduced loss in 2024 was primarily due to a significant increase in operational spending, offset by a large gain resulting
+Added: from the decrease in the fair value of the warrant liability.
+Added: In contrast, the larger loss in the prior period was primarily due to higher
+Added: operational spending and an increase in the value of the Company’s warrant liability.
Concern Uncertainty
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upon its ability to continue to raise adequate financing and to commence profitable operations in the future.
−Removed: of October 31, 2023, the Company has total assets of $18,619,235 (July 31, 2023 - $27,163,577) and a positive working capital balance
+Added: of January 31, 2024, the Company has total assets of $12,231,047 (July 31, 2023 - $27,163,577) and a positive working capital balance
of $7,817,634 (July 31, 2023 -$25,147,050).
−Removed: Company is planning to finance its research and developmental activities from its existing and future working capital resources and
−Removed: will continue to evaluate additional sources of capital and financing.
−Removed: The Company believes that its existing capital resources will
−Removed: be adequate to satisfy its expected liquidity requirements for at least twelve months from the issuance of the condensed
−Removed: consolidated financial statements.
+Added: The Company had negative cash flows from operating activities during the
+Added: six-month period ended January 31, 2024 of $15,006,564.
+Added: Company is planning to finance its research and developmental activities from its existing and future working capital resources and will
+Added: continue to evaluate additional sources of capital and financing.
+Added: The uncertainty of the Company’s ability to raise such financial
+Added: capital casts significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
and Capital Resources
−Removed: of October 31, 2023, the Company has working capital of $17,361,478 (July 31, 2023 - $25,147,050) and an accumulated deficit of $74,560,688 (July 31, 2023 - $80,652,231).
−Removed: of October 31, 2023, the Company’s capital resources consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, comprising mostly
−Removed: of cash on deposit with banks, investments in money market funds, investments in U.S.
+Added: of January 31, 2024, the Company has working capital of $7,817,634 (July 31, 2023 - $25,147,050) and an accumulated deficit of $85,945,291
+Added: (July 31, 2023 - $80,652,231).
+Added: of January 31, 2024, the Company’s capital resources consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, comprising mostly of cash
+Added: on deposit with banks, investments in money market funds, investments in U.S.
government securities, U.S.
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and investment grade corporate debt securities.
−Removed: Our investment policy and strategy are focused
−Removed: on preservation of capital and supporting our liquidity requirements.
+Added: Our investment policy and strategy are focused on preservation of capital and supporting
+Added: our liquidity requirements.
Historically,
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no assurance that such a plan will be successful.
−Removed: the period ended October 31, 2023, the Company’s overall position of cash and cash equivalents decreased by $7,605,245 from the
−Removed: period ended October 31, 2022 (including effects of foreign exchange).
−Removed: This decrease in cash can
−Removed: be attributed to the following:
−Removed: Company’s net cash used in operating activities during the period ended October 31, 2023, was $7,605,245 as compared to $3,542,382
−Removed: for the period ended October 31, 2022.
−Removed: used in financing activities for the period ended October 31, 2023, was nil as compared to $47,294 for the period ended October 31, 2022.
+Added: the six-month period ended January 31, 2024, the Company’s overall position of cash and cash equivalents decreased by $15,006,563
+Added: from the six-month period ended January 31, 2023 (including effects of foreign exchange).
+Added: This decrease in cash can be attributed to
+Added: the following:
+Added: Company’s net cash used in operating activities during the six-month period ended January 31, 2024, was $15,006,564, as compared
+Added: to $7,494,122 for the six-month period ended January 31, 2023.
+Added: used in financing activities for the six-month period ended January 31, 2024, was nil, as compared to $47,294 for the six-month period
+Added: ended January 31, 2023.
Sheet Arrangements
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Accounting Policies Adopted
−Removed: Company did not adopt any new accounting policies during the period ended October 31, 2023.
+Added: Company did not adopt any new accounting policies during the six-month period ended January 31, 2024.
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