Stoke Therapeutics Q1 2024 Earnings Report
Key Takeaways
Stoke Therapeutics reported a net loss of $26.4 million, or $0.57 per share, for the first quarter of 2024. The company's cash and cash equivalents totaled $178.6 million as of March 31, 2024. Revenue for the quarter was $4.2 million, primarily from the Acadia Pharmaceuticals collaboration.
Shared positive new data from 81 patients treated in the Phase 1/2a and OLE studies of STK-001 in children and adolescents with Dravet syndrome.
Plans to meet with regulatory agencies to discuss a randomized, controlled registrational study design with initial doses of 70mg of STK-001 followed by continued dosing at 45mg.
Completed an underwritten public offering of common stock and pre-funded warrants that resulted in net proceeds of $120.3 million.
Expanded and strengthened its management team with the appointments of Jason Hoitt as Chief Commercial Officer and Thomas (Tommy) Leggett as Chief Financial Officer.
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Forward Guidance
The company plans to meet with regulatory agencies to discuss registrational study design for STK-001 and anticipates an update in the second half of 2024.
Positive Outlook
- Advancing STK-001, a disease-modifying medicine for Dravet syndrome.
- Data showed substantial and durable reductions in seizure frequency.
- Clinically meaningful improvements across multiple measures of cognition and behavior.
- Working with a sense of urgency to meet with regulatory agencies.
- Plans to initiate the Phase 1 study (OSPREY) of STK-002 for the treatment of Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy (ADOA) in 2024.
Challenges Ahead
- Risks related to the ability to advance, obtain regulatory approval of, and ultimately commercialize product candidates.
- The timing of data readouts and interim and final results of preclinical and clinical trials is uncertain.
- Receipt and timing of potential regulatory decisions are uncertain.
- Positive results in a clinical trial may not be replicated in subsequent trials.
- Successes in early stage clinical trials may not be predictive of results in later stage trials.