R&D Expenses: Research and development expenses were $34.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, compared to $23.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. This increase was primarily due to an increase in research expenses associated with the company’s pre-clinical research portfolio, and an increase in personnel-related expenses related to additional headcount.
G&A Expenses: General and administrative expenses were $5.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, compared to $3.1 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. This increase was primarily due to an increase in expenses associated with operating as a public company.
Net Loss: Net loss was $27.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, compared to net loss of $12.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2019.
About Revolution Medicines, Inc.
Revolution Medicines is a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on developing novel targeted therapies to inhibit high-value frontier targets in RAS-addicted cancers. The company possesses sophisticated structure-based drug discovery capabilities built upon deep chemical biology and cancer pharmacology know-how and innovative, proprietary technologies that enable the creation of small molecules tailored to unconventional binding sites.
The company’s R&D pipeline comprises RAS(ON) Inhibitors designed to suppress diverse oncogenic variants of RAS proteins, and RAS Companion Inhibitors for use in combination treatment strategies. RAS(ON) Inhibitors include compounds targeting KRASG12C/NRASG12C(ON), KRASG12D(ON), KRASG13C(ON), KRASG12V(ON) and other RAS variants. RAS Companion Inhibitors include RMC-4630 targeting SHP2, RMC-5552 targeting mTORC1, and inhibitors of SOS1.
Keytruda® is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co. Tagrisso® is a registered trademark of the AstraZeneca group of companies. Cotellic® is the registered trademark of Genentech, Inc. (a member of the Roche Group).
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be considered “forward-looking statements,” including without limitation statements regarding Revolution Medicines’ development plans and timelines and its ability to advance its portfolio and R&D pipeline; enrollment in the company’s clinical trials and the tolerability and potential efficacy of the company’s candidates being studied; the ability of the company’s therapies to inhibit frontier targets in RAS-addicted cancers; the company’s planned expansion cohorts for single-agent RMC-4630 and RMC-4630 in combination with cobimetinib; the growth and scope of the company’s RAS(ON) Inhibitor platform; the potential advantages and effectiveness of the company’s preclinical candidates, including its RAS(ON) Inhibitors; the company’s plans to nominate development candidates from its family of RAS(ON) Inhibitors; the company’s plans to release data related to its RAS Companion Inhibitors; the company’s plan to advance RMC-5552 to IND-ready status and to begin treating patients with RMC-5552 monotherapy.