Kazia Therapeutics — Paxalisib Chinese rights licensed

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Kazia Therapeutics — Paxalisib Chinese rights licensed

Kazia has announced it has signed an agreement for the Greater China rights to paxalisib with Simcere Pharmaceuticals. The deal includes an US$11m upfront (US$7m in cash, and US$4m in an equity investment), up to US$281m in milestone payments and royalties in the mid-teens. This is a key development for Kazia because not only does this payment help alleviate the near-term financing needs of the company, but the deal illustrates the potential value of this asset to partners.

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Kazia Therapeutics

Paxalisib Chinese rights licensed

Business update

Pharma & biotech

29 March 2021

Price

A$1.45

Market cap

A$183m

A$1.40/US$

Net cash (A$m) at 31 December 2020

19.4

Shares in issue

126.2m

Free float

57.3

Code

KZA

Primary exchange

ASX

Secondary exchange

Nasdaq

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

9.4

21.8

236.2

Rel (local)

7.5

19.3

144.5

52-week high/low

A$1.75

A$0.35

Business description

Kazia Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company with lead asset paxalisib, a PI3K inhibitor licensed from Genentech that can cross the blood-brain barrier, which is entering a pivotal study for GBM. It is also being investigated for other brain cancers such as breast cancer brain metastases.

Next events

Dana-Farber BCBM Phase II

CY21

Sloan-Kettering BM Phase II

CY21

NIH BM Phase II

CY21

Analyst

Nathaniel Calloway

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Kazia Therapeutics is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Kazia has announced it has signed an agreement for the Greater China rights to paxalisib with Simcere Pharmaceuticals. The deal includes an US$11m upfront (US$7m in cash, and US$4m in an equity investment), up to US$281m in milestone payments and royalties in the mid-teens. This is a key development for Kazia because not only does this payment help alleviate the near-term financing needs of the company, but the deal illustrates the potential value of this asset to partners.

Year end

Revenue (A$m)

PBT*
(A$m)

EPS*
(A$)

DPS
(A$)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

06/19

1.6

(7.4)

(0.13)

0.00

N/A

N/A

06/20

1.1

(10.8)

(0.14)

0.00

N/A

N/A

06/21e

16.8

4.0

0.03

0.00

45

N/A

06/22e

1.2

(12.3)

(0.09)

0.00

N/A

N/A

Note: *PBT and EPS are normalised, excluding amortisation of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments.

An established partner

Kazia’s partner for the transaction is Simcere Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded company (HKSE: 2096) with a significant presence in the Chinese pharmaceutical market. The company had sales of ¥5.0bn in 2019 and reported earnings of ¥1.0bn in 2019 from its portfolio of over 40 products, primarily branded generics. It also has existing distribution relationships with over 2,000 hospitals in China.

Simcere is part of a shift in the Chinese market

There has been significant regulatory reform in China to encourage the approval and marketing of proprietary drugs (developed domestically or licensed internationally). However, significant preference is still given to domestic drug developers and manufacturers. Simcere is well positioned to take advantage of these reforms with its existing manufacturing and distribution capacity and has been in licensing a large number of assets from both domestic sources and overseas.

GBM a major issue in China as in West

Many oncology indications have different incidence rates in China compared to other countries such as those in the West, but glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a major unmet medical need globally. The estimated rates in China (1–4 per 100,000 persons) is similar or slightly lower than the US (3.5 per 100,000).

Valuation: Increased on deal to A$301m or A$2.32

We have increased our valuation to A$301m or A$2.32 per basic share, from A$265.33m or A$2.10 per basic share. This increase is from the Simcere licensing deal (A$15.4m from upfront payments and A$19.8m from cash flows). This has reduced our expected future financing requirement to A$10m from A$20m previously.

Simcere licenses paxalisib rights in Greater China

Kazia announced in March 2021 that it has signed an agreement with Simcere Pharmaceuticals (HKSE: 2096), an established, China-based drug manufacturer, for the rights to paxalisib in Greater China. The deal terms included: a US$11m upfront as US$7m in cash and a US$4m equity investment in Kazia (shares undisclosed, priced at 20% premium “to recent trading”), up to US$281m in milestone payments and royalties in the mid-teens. Simcere will be responsible for developing and marketing paxalisib in Greater China (PRC, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan). The above milestones and royalties are for the first indication of GBM and additional undisclosed milestones are available for other indications. Kazia will remain responsible for the global development of the drug and for its role in the pivotal GBM AGILE study, but Simcere will perform any clinical development activities necessary for approval in China. The upfront payment for this deal is a similar size to other recent China regional GBM deals from Novocure (US$15m, with Zai Lab) and Mimivax (US$10m, with Fosun). The milestone payments for the Kazia deal are larger than most comparables (eg US$138m for Mimivax), but it is difficult to make conclusions given their undisclosed nature.

The Chinese pharmaceutical industry has been undergoing rapid change with the advent of new regulatory reforms aimed at both encouraging the approval of innovative, proprietary medications as well as improving access to generic medications. It has reformed its regulatory apparatus to conform with international standards and to allow for the relatively speedy approval of drugs that have been approved in other geographies. At the same time, it has instituted plans to control pricing on generic medications, such as the so-called 4+7 Volume Based Procurement Plan. Under this plan the government negotiates for lots of generic medications at steeply discounted prices. These combined developments have reshaped the landscape of the Chinese drug industry substantially in favour of developing new medicines instead of generics. This being said, the regulatory structure in China still strongly favours domestic companies and products manufactured domestically, so it is commonplace for foreign drug developers to partner their products with Chinese companies for distribution there.

Kazia’s partner Simcere reflects the above shift toward proprietary development internally as it transitions from primarily a manufacturer of branded generics to a full-fledged drug developer. It is achieving this through a combination of in licensing and internal development, and it has an extensive pipeline of early stage assets. Paxalisib, by virtue of being in the Phase II/III GBM AGILE study, will be the most advanced development asset the company has in licensed, as its other clinical programs are in Phase I or earlier. Simcere had revenue of ¥5.0bn in 2019 and reported earnings of ¥1.0bn during the period.

The reported rate of GBM in China is approximately similar to the US and Europe, if slightly lower. The yearly incidence in the US is approximately 3.5/100,000,1 whereas estimates for China are in the range of 1–4/100,000.2

  Faleh A and Juweid M (2017) Chapter 8: Epidemiology and Outcome of Glioblastoma. In: De Vleeschouwer S, editor. Glioblastoma [Internet]. Codon Publications

  Chang L, et al. (2014) Treating malignant glioma in Chinese patients: update on temozolomide. Onco Targets Ther 7, 235-244.

Valuation

We have increased our valuation to A$301m or A$2.32 per basic share, from A$265.33m or A$2.10 per basic share. This increase is from the inclusion of the Simcere licensing deal and future cash flows into our model. A$15.4m is from upfront payments (included in our net cash line), and A$19.8m is from our NPV based model. This is offset slightly by the increase in shares from the equity part of the deal which we estimate at 3.18m shares (based on a 20% premium to the five-day VWAP A$1.4685/share). Our valuation of paxalisib for the Chinese market is based on the following assumptions:

We assume a 15% royalty payable to Kazia, and that approximately half (US$130m) of the US$281m in milestones (US$30m in clinical regulatory milestones and US$100m in sales-based milestones) will be paid over the lifetime of the drug. Our first upcoming hypothetical milestone in our model is US$5m on completion of the Phase II portion of GBM AGILE in 2023.

We model approval for the drug slightly later in China (2026) compared to the US and Europe (2025) to allow for the completion of a Chinese bridging study (done at Simcere’s cost) to support approval there.

Our China pricing is lower than the US at US$29,000 at launch in 2026 (compared to US$169,000 at launch in the US). There is significant pricing pressure in China both from regulators and the market as it is still in large part a cash-pay system, or at least a cash up front, reimbursement later system.

We only consider patients covered under the government’s urban health plans (UEBMI and URBMI programs) as a viable market, reflecting approximately 35% of the population. We may change this as access to healthcare among China’s rural population improves.

Our peak penetration is 25%, the same as the US and Europe.

We are only modelling the Chinese market for GBM at this time, although we may add other indications like breast cancer brain metastases (BCBMs) in the future. Otherwise our models remain unchanged.

Exhibit 1: Valuation of Kazia

Development program

Indication

Clinical stage

Prob. of success

Launch year

Patent/ exclusivity protection

Launch pricing (US$/course)

Peak sales (US$m)

rNPV
(A$m)

Paxalisib

GBM

Phase II

35%

2025

2037

169,000

450

243.12

BCBMs

Phase II

5%

2029

2037

183,000

249

8.61

Cantrixil

OC

Phase I complete

15%

2027

2040

124,000

174

8.47

Total

260.20

Net cash and equivalents (FQ221 + Oasmia and Simcere upfronts) (A$m)

40.37

Total firm value (A$m)

300.57

Total basic shares (m)

129.3

Value per basic share (A$)

2.32

Dilutive options (m)

4.54

Total diluted shares (m)

133.88

Value per diluted share (A$)

2.27

Source: Kazia Therapeutics reports, Edison Investment Research

Financials

The only change to our near-term forecasts has been the inclusion of the cash (US$7m) and stock (US$4m) components of the Simcere upfront payment in our models for the 2021 fiscal year (as revenue and equity offerings respectively). This has reduced our expected financing requirement for the company to A$10m from A$20m (which we include as illustrative debt in 2024, compared to 2023 previously).

Exhibit 2: Financial summary

A$'k

2019

2020

2021e

2022e

Year end 30 June

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

INCOME STATEMENT

Revenue

 

 

1,565.0

1,060.9

16,804.8

1,211.1

Cost of Sales

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Gross Profit

1,565.0

1,060.9

16,804.8

1,211.1

R&D

6,475.6

9,494.3

8,185.0

6,645.0

SG&A

3,785.6

3,689.9

5,999.9

8,219.9

EBITDA

 

 

(7,365.3)

(10,776.8)

3,966.4

(12,307.4)

Normalised operating profit

 

 

(7,365.4)

(10,776.8)

3,966.4

(12,307.4)

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

(1,084.3)

(1,084.3)

(1,084.3)

(1,084.3)

Exceptionals

(1,872.3)

(642.4)

0.0

0.0

Share-based payments

(246.4)

(262.1)

(262.1)

(262.1)

Reported operating profit

(10,568.5)

(12,765.7)

2,619.9

(13,653.8)

Net Interest

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Joint ventures & associates (post tax)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Exceptionals

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

(7,365.4)

(10,776.8)

3,966.4

(12,307.4)

Profit Before Tax (reported)

 

 

(10,568.5)

(12,765.7)

2,619.9

(13,653.8)

Reported tax

298.2

298.2

(100.0)

521.1

Profit After Tax (norm)

(7,365.4)

(10,365.5)

3,815.0

(11,837.7)

Profit After Tax (reported)

(10,270.3)

(12,467.5)

2,519.9

(13,132.7)

Minority interests

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Discontinued operations

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net income (normalised)

(7,365.4)

(10,365.5)

3,815.0

(11,837.7)

Net income (reported)

(10,270.3)

(12,467.5)

2,519.9

(13,132.7)

Basic average number of shares outstanding (m)

58

73

119

136

EPS - basic normalised (A$)

 

 

(0.13)

(0.14)

0.03

(0.09)

EPS - diluted normalised (A$)

 

 

(0.13)

(0.14)

0.03

(0.09)

EPS - basic reported (A$)

 

 

(0.18)

(0.17)

0.02

(0.10)

Dividend (A$)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

13,662.3

12,410.1

17,496.4

14,412.0

Intangible Assets

13,494.5

12,410.1

11,325.8

10,241.5

Tangible Assets

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Investments & other

167.8

0.0

6,170.6

4,170.6

Current Assets

 

 

7,514.2

10,653.6

37,582.1

27,442.4

Stocks

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Debtors

1,710.7

1,352.3

1,531.5

796.3

Cash & cash equivalents

5,433.9

8,764.0

35,513.3

26,108.7

Other

369.6

537.3

537.3

537.3

Current Liabilities

 

 

(1,900.3)

(5,067.5)

(3,494.2)

(3,661.9)

Creditors

(1,763.9)

(3,488.9)

(3,165.6)

(3,333.3)

Tax and social security

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Short term borrowings

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other

(136.4)

(1,578.5)

(328.5)

(328.5)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(5,081.4)

(3,870.7)

(5,467.3)

(4,946.2)

Long term borrowings

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other long term liabilities

(5,081.4)

(3,870.7)

(5,467.3)

(4,946.2)

Net Assets

 

 

14,194.8

14,125.6

46,116.9

33,246.3

Minority interests

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Shareholders' equity

 

 

14,194.8

14,125.6

46,116.9

33,246.3

CASH FLOW

Op Cash Flow before WC and tax

(7,365.3)

(10,776.8)

3,966.4

(12,307.4)

Working capital

352.9

1,669.1

(6,326.5)

2,381.7

Exceptional & other

298.2

298.2

(100.0)

521.1

Tax

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net operating cash flow

 

 

(6,714.2)

(8,809.5)

(2,460.1)

(9,404.5)

Capex

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Acquisitions/disposals

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net interest

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Equity financing

3,815.7

12,139.7

29,209.3

0.0

Dividends

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other

2,359.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net Cash Flow

(539.4)

3,330.2

26,749.2

(9,404.5)

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(5,956.2)

(5,433.9)

(8,764.0)

(35,513.3)

FX

17.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other non-cash movements

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(5,433.9)

(8,764.0)

(35,513.3)

(26,108.7)

Source: Kazia Therapeutics reports, Edison Investment Research

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