UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 8, 2018
SELECTA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-37798 | 26-1622110 | ||
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480 Arsenal Way
Watertown, MA 02472
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(617) 923-1400
(Registrant’s telephone number, include area code)
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) from time to time presents and/or distributes to the investment community at various industry and other conferences slide presentations to provide updates and summaries of its business. A copy of its current corporate slide presentation (the “Presentation”) is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. The Company undertakes no obligation to update, supplement or amend the materials attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information in Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On January 8, 2018, in connection with the presentation and/or distribution of the Presentation, the Company announced that it expects to report initial results for its Phase 2 clinical trial of SEL-212 in chronic severe gout in April 2018 and further expects to hold an End of Phase 2 Meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the second quarter of 2018.
The Company also expects to submit an investigational new drug application for SEL-302 in methylmalonic acidemia in 2019.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
SELECTA BIOSCIENCES, INC. | ||
Date: January 8, 2018 | By: | /s/ Werner Cautreels, Ph.D. |
Werner Cautreels, Ph.D. | ||
President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Investor Presentation
Nasdaq: SELB
January 2018
Safe Harbor / Disclaimer
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Any statements in this presentation about the future expectations, plans and prospects of Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (“the company”), including without limitation, the progress of
the Phase 1/2 clinical program of SEL-212, whether the company participates in an End-of-Phase 2 meeting for SEL-212 in Q2 2018, the potential of SEL-212 to treat severe
gout patients and resolve their debilitating symptoms, the ability of SVP-Rapamycin to avoid unwanted immunogenicity and unlock the full potential of a range of therapeutics,
whether higher level doses of SVP-Rapamycin or SEL-212 will show increased clinical activity and durability in line with the Phase 1b, when the company will report further data
from the Phase 2 trial, whether the FDA approves the company’s plan to provide combination therapy of SEL-212 for the entire treatment period, whether the company will
determine an appropriate dose of SEL-212 for the Phase 3, when the company will advance to a Phase 3 for SEL-212 (if at all), whether SEL-212 has the potential to address
the unmet needs of gout patients, whether SEL-212 will lower the incidence of flares, whether SEL-212 holds billion dollar potential, the ability of the company’s SVP platform,
including SVP-Rapamycin, to mitigate immune response and create better therapeutic outcomes or to improve the efficacy or safety of existing biologics, whether the SVP
platform enables the biologic to be distributed broadly to desired sites of action, the potential treatment applications for products utilizing the SVP platform in areas such as
enzyme therapy, gene therapy, oncology therapy, vaccines and treatments for allergies and autoimmune diseases, the potential of future collaborationsor licenses based on the
ability of SVP-Rapamycin, the potential of the SVP-Rapamycin platform, generally, whether the company commences a Phase 1 trial for SEL-403 in Q1 2018, whether the
company files an IND for SEL-302 in 2019, the company's expectations about receiving additional payments from Spark Therapeutics, Inc. under the license agreement and/or
the stock purchase agreement, the sufficiency of the company’s cash, cash equivalents, investments, and restricted cash and other statements containing the words
“anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “hypothesize,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “would,” and similar
expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those
indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including, but not limited to, the following: the uncertainties inherent in the initiation,
completion and cost of clinical trials including their uncertain outcomes, the availability and timing of data from ongoing and future clinical trials and the results of such trials,
whether preliminary results from a particular clinical trial will be predictive of the final results of that trial or whether results of early clinical trials will be indicative of the results of
later clinical trials, the unproven approach of the company’s SVP technology, potential delays in enrollment of patients, undesirable side effects of the company’s product
candidates, its reliance on third parties to manufacture its product candidates and to conduct its clinical trials, the company’s inability to maintain its existing or future
collaborations or licenses, its inability to protect its proprietary technology and intellectual property, potential delays in regulatory approvals, the availability of funding sufficient
for its foreseeable and unforeseeable operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements, substantial fluctuation in the price of its common stock, a significant portion of
the company’s total outstanding shares have recently become eligible to be sold into the market, and other important factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the
company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on November 7, 2017, and in other filings that the company makes with
the SEC. In addition, any forward-looking statements included in this presentation represent the company’s views only as of the date of its publication and should not be relied
upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. The company specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements included in this
presentation.
Corporate Overview
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• Clinical-stage company applying proprietary Synthetic Vaccine Particle (SVP™) platform
to avoid unwanted immunogenicity and unlock the full potential of biologic therapies
• Expect to begin Phase 3 in 2018 with SEL-212 (SVP-Rapamycin + pegsiticase) for
chronic severe gout
• IND just accepted for second product candidate: SEL-403 (SVP-Rapamycin + LMB-100)
for mesothelioma
• Proprietary gene therapy candidates in preclinical development
• License agreement in place with Spark Therapeutics, with additional potential for
collaborations and licenses in a range of therapeutic areas
Immunogenicity is Now Recognized as a Serious
Challenge for Biologic Therapies
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COMPROMISED EFFICACY
Anti-drug antibodies (ADAs)
neutralize therapeutic benefit
UNPREDICTABLE RESPONSE
Changed PK/PD through
drug-ADA interaction
SAFETY RISK
Hypersensitivity reactions can
impact patients
I M M U N O G E N I C I T Y ’ S I M P A C T
“With the explosion of biologic
products on the market and in
research pipelines, we’ve
become very concerned about
the effectiveness and safety of
these drugs.”
– Amy Rosenberg, MD, Director,
Division of Biotechnology Products
Review and Research, FDA
When the Immune System
Thwarts Lifesaving Drugs
Patients often produce antibodies to the very
treatments keeping them alive, sometimes to
disastrous effect…
January 2018 Edition
Preventing Unwanted Immunogenicity via Selecta’s
SVP-Rapamycin Technology Platform
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Spleen
Preventing ADAs
Inducing a tolerogenic
response to a biologic
drug (antigen)
Implementing
the message
Sending precise
instructions
Targeting
immune cells
• By dosing “free biologic”
separate from SVP-
Rapamycin,
it distributes broadly to desired
sites of action
• Some of the biologic co-
localizes with dendritic cells
that have taken up SVP-
Rapamycin
• The dendritic cells then induce
regulatory T cells that circulate
throughout the body and
suppress immune responses
against the biologic (i.e. ADAs)
Naïve T cell
B cell
Helper T cell
Dendritic cell
Regulatory
T cell
Potential to enable new therapies and improve efficacy/safety of existing biologics
SVP-Rapamycin Biologic drug
Kishimoto et al., Improving the efficacy and safety of biologic drugs with tolerogenic nanoparticles, Nature Nanotechnology, Aug. 2016
Leveraging Nanoparticles to Target and Deliver
Instructions to the Immune System
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I.V. Injection
(6hr post-injection)
Spleen harvested 24 hr after I.V.
Injection of fluorescent NPs
SVP
Macrophages
Dendritic cells
B cells
SVP Antigen
Spleen
Selecta’s Pipeline Development Strategy
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Chronic Therapies+
Proprietary program Potential program
Single
Treatment
Chronic
Treatment
Adult Patients with
Chronic Conditions
Cancer Patients Pediatric Patients with
Life-Threatening Conditions
Entering Phase 1:
SEL-403 for
Mesothelioma
Treatment
Cycle
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Preclinical: SEL-302 & SEL-313
Gene Therapy Candidates+
Phase 2: SEL-212 for Chronic Severe Gout
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• SVP platform holds great potential
• SEL-212 program informing other programs with
data from >100 patients
• Current clinical data demonstrate ADA
prevention and support development of our near-
term pipeline
TBD
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SEL-212: Advancing a Potential New Treatment Option
for Chronic Severe Gout Patients Toward Phase 3
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Rare and Serious Disease
• ~160,000 adults with chronic severe gout treated by U.S. rheumatologists
• Debilitating flares and joint-damaging arthritis caused by uric acid deposits; risk of renal and cardiovascular disease
Immunogenicity Barrier
• Uricases are highly effective in breaking down uric acid deposits, but are foreign to the human immune system, causing
immunogenicity in nearly all patients that can negate efficacy and present safety risks
Clear Clinical Path
• Serum uric acid level reduction – a robust FDA/EMA primary endpoint for approval – can be seen rapidly upon dosing; easy
to measure; maintenance strongly correlated with low/negative ADA titers
• Adult patient population with rapid enrollment potential
Ownership
• In-licensed pegsiticase in 2014; combined with SVP-Rapamycin to form SEL-212
Today’s Unmet Needs in Chronic Severe Gout
• Monthly dosing (vs. biweekly for today’s approved uricase therapy)
• Ability to complete full therapy cycles
- Persistent reduction in SUA
- Elimination of tophi
• Gout flare reduction
• Avoidance of “off-label” and global immunosuppressive therapies
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We believe SEL-212 has the potential to address these unmet needs and holds billion-dollar potential
Phase 1b Single Dose Patient Cohorts
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IMVACS 2016 Presentation. Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02648269
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• Data indicate SEL-212 lowers flares initially and over time during treatment
• Urate lowering therapies typically increase the incidence of flares at the beginning of therapy
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SEL-212 Generally Well Tolerated at Clinically
Active Doses
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• SEL-212 has been generally well tolerated at clinically active doses following >200
administrations
• SAEs reported in the Phase 2 trial:
- Four were reported not to be or unlikely to be related to study drug
- Seven infusion reactions:
- Four in cohorts receiving pegsiticase alone or pegsiticase in combination with the lowest dose of SVP-
Rapamycin, as anticipated
- Two due to protocol deviations related to dosing errors
- One during a repeat dose of SEL-212 in a higher dose cohort
- Each of these SAEs occurred prior to Selecta’s June data report
- None occurred after treatment period 2
• All SAEs were successfully treated and resolved without further issues
Unaudited data as of October 23, 2017 | Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02959918
SEL-212 Expected to Enter Phase 3 in 2018
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• SEL-212 (SVP-Rapamycin + pegsiticase) designed to be the first non-
immunogenic uricase treatment for chronic severe gout
• Phase 2 trial ongoing:
- SEL-212 has been demonstrated to be clinically active and generally well tolerated
- Cohorts receiving 0.125 and 0.15 mg/kg doses of SVP-Rapamycin ongoing; plan to
report initial data for these cohorts in the first half of April 2018
- Plan to begin enrolling patients in Q1 2018 that would receive combination therapy
for the entire treatment period; preparing supporting preclinical FDA submission
• Plan to participate in End-of-Phase 2 meeting in Q2 2018
• Plan to enter Phase 3 in 2018
SEL-403 for
Mesothelioma
SEL-403: A Highly Potent Recombinant
Pseudomonas Immunotoxin Targeting Mesothelin
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Rare and Serious Disease
• Mesothelin expressed in virtually all mesotheliomas (~3,000 annual U.S. diagnoses1) and pancreatic cancers (~50,000); high
percentage of ovarian, lung, breast cancers
• Certain solid tumors are particularly hard to treat and have remained evasive to immunotherapy approaches
Immunogenicity Barrier
• LMB-100 induces inhibitory antibodies upon first dose in almost all patients, limiting dosing to one or two administration cycles;
insufficient to control tumor
• Global immunosuppressants ineffective in preventing ADAs in a vast majority of patients
• SVP allowed 3+ treatment cycles in pre-clinical models, restoring LMB-100 preclinical activity
• Initial repeat dose data from ongoing SEL-212 Phase 2 bodes well for this application
Clear Clinical Path
• Both components of SEL-403 (SVP-Rapamycin and LMB-100) have been in the clinic in separate trials
• FDA acceptance of IND for combination treatment announced in January; expect Phase 1 mesothelioma trial to be underway in
Q1 2018
Ownership
• In-licensed LMB-100 from NCI in April 2017; up to $9.25 million in milestones; low single-digit royalties
• Combination with SVP-Rapamycin now known as SEL-403
1. Beebe-Dimmer et al., Mesothelioma in the United States: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) –
Medicare investigation of treatment patterns and overall survival, Clin Epidemiol., Oct. 2016
Immunotoxin LMB-100
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• LMB-100: Pseudomonas exotoxin A
linked to antibody Fab targeting
mesothelin
• Technology was licensed to Roche
but later returned to NCI
• Efficacy was limited by
immunogenicity after one or two
cycles in most patients
• Currently in Phase 1 clinical trials
LMB-100 Mesothelin is
overexpressed on
many solid tumors
Ira Pastan, M.D.
Head, Molecular
Biology Section
National Cancer
Institute
• Mesothelioma (>90%)
• Pancreatic cancer (>90%)
• Ovarian cancer (70%)
• Lung cancer (50%)
• Breast cancer (34%)
Clinical Activity of SS1P (LMB-100 Precursor)
in Mesothelioma
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• Survived 32
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despite use of immunosuppressive therapy
6 Treatment Cycles
4 Treatment Cycles
Preclinical Data Supports the Benefits of
SVP-Rapamycin + LMB-100 Combination Therapy
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Prevents formation of
anti-drug antibodies
Restores LMB-100’s
anti-tumor response
SVP alone does not
accelerate tumor growth
T u m o r G r o w t h
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Data generated in collaboration with Dr. Ira Pastan, NCI
SEL-403
SEL-403 Entering the Clinic at NCI
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• IND acceptance announced on January 2, 2018
• Expect to commence a dose-escalating Phase 1 trial
in Q1 2018 under a CRADA at NCI
• Enrolling up to 18 patients with malignant pleural or
peritoneal mesothelioma who have undergone at least one regimen of chemotherapy
• Patients to receive four treatment cycles of the combination product candidate
• Primary objective: Evaluate the safety and tolerability of the combination therapeutic
candidate in the study population
• Additional measurements: Objective response rates and ADA titers
CRADA #3157 with NCI
Proprietary &
Licensed Gene
Therapy Programs
Selecta’s Proprietary Gene Therapy Programs
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Rare and Serious Disease
• Two rare inborn error of metabolism: Methylmalonic Acidemia (MMA) and Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency
• Onset in early infancy; significantly reduces life expectancy
Immunogenicity Barrier
• Infants require treatment prior to metabolic crisis to avoid CNS effects; retreatment likely needed as patients grow
• Repeat systemic gene therapy dosing currently not possible due to neutralizing antibodies to viral capsid
• Cellular immune responses to the liver are an additional potential barrier
Clear Clinical Path
• Lead gene therapy program is SEL-302 for MMA
• Clinical endpoints include: Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase and MMA levels
• Expect to file IND in 2019
Ownership
• Two proprietary gene therapies utilizing Anc80 and AAV + SVP-Rapamycin (SEL-302 & SEL-313)
Benefits of ADA Avoidance in Gene Therapy
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Inhibiting Liver
Inflammation from First Dose
Allowing for Repeat Dosing
And Dose Titration
CD8 T cell Liver Infiltrates
Serum ALT Enzyme Levels
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Preclinical data generated in mice in collaboration with Dr. Federico Mingozzi, Genethon
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Demonstration of the Role of Regulatory T Cells
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Anc80/synMUT Proof of Concept
in Mouse Model of MMA at ASGCT 2017
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Spark Therapeutics License Agreement
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• December 2016 agreement provides Spark Therapeutics with
exclusive worldwide rights to Selecta's SVP technology for up
to five gene therapy targets
• Among the largest gene therapy and SMID-cap to SMID-cap
biotech deals announced to date
• Initial focus on combination of SVP with Spark’s Hemophilia A gene therapy
• Received $30 million of initial cash payments and investments in Selecta equity
• Subject to the terms of the license agreement, Spark also agreed to pay to Selecta:
- Up to $430 million in milestone payments for each target
- Mid-single to low-double-digit royalties on worldwide annual net sales of any resulting commercialized gene therapy
Pipeline
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* LMB-100 is currently being investigated in two Phase 1 clinical trials at the National Cancer Institute (NCI): one of LMB-100 alone in Mesothelioma and one of LMB-100 in
combination with nab-paclitaxel in Pancreatic Cancer. Phase 1 trial of SEL-403 in Mesothelioma is expected to begin in Q1 2018.
Indication Preclinical Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Proprietary ADA Mitigation Programs
Chronic Severe Gout
SEL-212
Mesothelioma & Pancreatic Cancer
SEL-403*
Methylmalonic Acidemia (MMA)
SEL-302
Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTC)
SEL-313
ADA Mitigation Program License
Hemophilia A
Financial Overview
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For the Quarter Ended
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
September 30,
2017
September 30,
2016
Grant & Collaboration Revenue $27 $1,048
Research & Development Expenses 9,504 6,021
General & Administrative Expenses 4,377 2,495
Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders $(14,676) $(7,728)
Net Loss Per Basic & Diluted Share $(0.66) $(0.43)
Wtd. Avg. Common Shares Outstanding – Basic & Diluted 22,082,207 18,108,014
As of
(In thousands)
September 30,
2017
June 30,
2017
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, Restricted Cash $104,780 $113,045
Cash runway into mid-2019
Thank You