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Altimmune Announces Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results and Provides a Business Update
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced financial
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[{"type":"text","content":"GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altimmune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and provided a business update.\n “We are pleased with Altimmune’s progress during 2020 as we have launched two new product candidates for COVID-19, progressed our NASH candidate toward clinical testing and forged strategic alliances with Vigene Biosciences and DynPort Vaccine Company” said Vipin K. Garg, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer. “With the support of our shareholders, we now have more than $200 million of cash and investments on hand to drive continued development of our product pipeline.” Recent Highlights Received gross proceeds of $199.4 million from a public offering, warrant exercises and ATM sales since Q1 2020Since the first quarter, the Company has received $132.2 million in gross proceeds from a public offering of common stock and pre-funded warrants, $40.9 million from warrant exercises and $26.3 million in gross proceeds from ATM sales. The cash received will be used primarily for the development of AdCOVID and T-COVID, including scale up of manufacturing and advanced clinical trials; the continued development of ALT-801, a dual GLP-1/glucagon receptor agonist for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), including the first-in-human trial later this year; and for capital expenditures and general working capital purposes.Announced positive preclinical results for AdCOVIDThe Company announced positive results from the preclinical studies of its single-dose intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AdCOVID. The studies, which were conducted in collaboration with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), showed strong serum neutralizing activity and potent mucosal immunity in the respiratory tract. The induction of mucosal IgA antibody in the respiratory tract may be necessary to block both infection and transmission of the virus to prevent further spread of COVID-19. Based on these findings, the Company has initiated manufacturing of AdCOVID and plans to advance the vaccine candidate to a Phase 1 safety and immunogenicity study in Q4 of this year.Announced manufacturing agreement with Vigene Biosciences for AdCOVIDThe Company announced that it has entered into an agreement with...