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Aprea Therapeutics Reports Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results and Provides Update on Business Operations
BOSTON, Nov. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: APRE), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel
About this update from Aprea Therapeutics, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"BOSTON, Nov. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: APRE), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel cancer therapeutics that reactivate the mutant tumor suppressor protein, p53, today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and provided a business update. Third Quarter Financial Results Cash and cash equivalents: As of September 30, 2021, the Company had $61.4 million of cash and cash equivalents compared to $89.0 million of cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2020. The Company expects cash burn for the full year 2021 to be between $30.0 million and $35.0 million. The Company believes its cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2021, will be sufficient to meet its current projected operating requirements into 2023. Research and Development (R&D) expenses: R&D expenses were $6.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, compared to $8.8 million for the comparable period in 2020. The decrease in R&D expenses was primarily due to decreases in clinical trial costs for our pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of eprenetapopt with azacitidine for the frontline treatment of TP53 mutant MDS which completed enrollment in Q2 2020 and our Phase 2 post-transplant MDS/AML clinical trial. These decreases were partially offset by increases in clinical trial costs for our other ongoing clinical trials.General and Administrative (G&A) expenses: G&A expenses were $3.4 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, compared to $3.5 million for the comparable period in 2020. The decrease in G&A expenses was primarily due to a decrease in pre-commercialization development activities which was partially offset by increased non-cash stock-based compensation.Net loss: Net loss was $9.5 million, or $0.45 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, compared to a net loss of $12.3 million, or $0.58 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2020. The Company had 21,360,140 shares of common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2021. Business Operations Update: Myeloid Malignancy Program On August 4, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) placed a partial clinical hold on the clinical trials of eprenetapopt in combination with azacitidine in our Phase 3 frontline MDS clinical trial, our Phase 2 MDS/AML Post-Transpla...