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Sep 30, 2023

Praxis Q3 2023 Earnings Report

Praxis Precision Medicines reported financial results for the third quarter 2023.

Key Takeaways

Praxis Precision Medicines reported a net loss of $24.6 million for the third quarter of 2023, with cash and cash equivalents totaling $101.1 million as of September 30, 2023, expected to support operations into Q1 2025. The company progressed its clinical programs, including the initiation of the Essential3 Phase 3 program for ulixacaltamide and the completion of dosing for Part 1 of the EMBRAVE study for elsunersen.

Initiated Essential3 study for ulixacaltamide in essential tremor, with over 600 patients engaged in a pre-recruitment observational study.

Completed final dose for Elsunersen EMBRAVE study and is seeking FDA advice on advancing development.

PRAX-628 data in photo-paroxysmal response (PPR) is expected to be shared in the near future.

Cash and cash equivalents totaled $101.1 million as of September 30, 2023, supporting operations into Q1 2025.

Total Revenue
$468K
EPS
-$2.7
Previous year: -$14.4
-81.2%
Gross Profit
$147K
Cash and Equivalents
$101M
Previous year: $62.4M
+61.9%
Free Cash Flow
-$23.2M
Previous year: -$45M
-48.4%
Total Assets
$107M
Previous year: $137M
-22.0%

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Forward Guidance

Praxis Precision Medicines is focused on advancing its clinical programs and expects topline results from multiple studies in the near term.

Positive Outlook

  • Initiated Essential3, the Phase 3 program for ulixacaltamide.
  • Praxis shared additional analyses from the Essential1 data set.
  • Expecting topline results from the PRAX-628 Phase 2a proof-of-concept study evaluating epilepsy patients with PPR in the fourth quarter of 2023.
  • Initiate a Phase 2 study to evaluate PRAX-628 for the treatment of focal epilepsy in the first half of 2024.
  • Expecting topline results from the PRAX-562 Phase 2 EMBOLD study for the treatment of pediatric patients with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) in the first half of 2024.

Challenges Ahead

  • Uncertainties inherent in clinical trials.
  • Reported interim data from ongoing studies and trials differing materially from final data from preclinical studies and completed clinical trials.
  • The expected timing of clinical trials, data readouts and the results thereof, and submissions for regulatory approval or review by governmental authorities.
  • Regulatory approvals to conduct trials.
  • Praxis’ anticipated cash runway.