“I can assure you the process to diversify our pipeline will be a thorough and thoughtful one. We will carefully consider the benefits of commencing another internal SM-88 program versus looking outside the Company for a new compound. We firmly believe that SM-88 can be an effective agent in the fight against cancer. We also recognize that bringing in a product candidate with a different mechanism of action than SM-88 would add further diversity to our pipeline,” stated Cunningham.
Third Fiscal Quarter 2022 Financial Results
As of the quarter ended December 31, 2021, the Company had approximately $92.0 million in cash and marketable securities, compared to $96.6 million as of the quarter ended September 30, 2021. TYME’s operational cash burn rate for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 was $4.5 million compared to $5.0 million for the second quarter and $5.9 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2021.
The burn rate was below the Company’s previous guidance and reflected expenses associated with ongoing clinical trials in breast cancer (OASIS), and sarcoma cancers (HopES), and the newly discontinued Precision Promise trial, as well as reduced costs associated with the discontinued pancreatic cancer trial, TYME-88-Panc Part 2. TYME anticipates that its quarterly cash usage or “cash burn rate” will range from $6.0 to $7.0 million for the remaining quarter of fiscal year 2022, based on costs associated with the Company’s active clinical trials, the ongoing and closeout activities related to the discontinued pancreatic cancer studies, the pre-clinical studies in biomarker and mechanism of action research of SM-88, and TYME-19 pre-clinical studies.
Net loss was $5.3 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, or ($0.03) per basic and diluted share, as compared to a net loss of $6.1 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2020, or ($0.05) per basic and diluted share. The decrease reflected lower ongoing trial costs primarily due to the discontinued TYME-88-Panc Part 2 trial.
Adjusted net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2021, was comparable to the GAAP net loss noted above, as the change in fair value of the warrant liability largely offset employee, director, and consultant stock options. Adjusted net loss and adjusted net loss per share are non-GAAP measures. See “Use of Non-GAAP Measures” below for a reconciliation to the comparable GAAP measures.
TYME has reported its full financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, in the Company’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). TYME’s 10-Q is located in the SEC filings section of the Company’s website.