AVROBIO ended the quarter with $155.0 million in cash and cash equivalents compared to $6.0 million as of December 31, 2017. The increase was primarily the result of the completion of the Company’s initial public offering, from which the Company received aggregate net proceeds of $104.2 million and the Series B financing completed in January 2018 that generated net proceeds of $58.3 million.
Based on its current operating plan, AVROBIO expects its cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2018, will enable it to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into 2020.
About AVROBIO, Inc.
AVROBIO, Inc., is a Phase 2 clinical stage gene therapy company focused on developing potentially curative lentiviral-based gene therapies to treat rare diseases following a single dose. AVROBIO’s gene therapies employ hematopoietic stem cells that are extracted from the patient and then modified with lentiviral vectors to insert a functional copy of the gene that is defective in the target disease. AVROBIO is focused on the development of its gene therapy,AVR-RD-01, in Fabry disease, as well as additional gene therapy programs in other lysosomal storage disorders including Gaucher disease, cystinosis and Pompe disease. AVROBIO is headquartered in Cambridge, MA and has offices in Toronto, ON. For additional information, visitwww.avrobio.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Various express or implied statements in this release concerning AVROBIO’s future expectations, plans and prospects, including without limitation, its expectations regarding the contributions of any member of its board of directors, including such member’s ability to affect AVROBIO’s development or growth plans, statements regarding the development and the continued progress of AVROBIO’s programs, including the commencement of clinical trials or expansion of trial sites, and the therapeutic potential of its product candidates, and statements regarding the Company’s cash position and expected runway, constitute forward-looking statements for the purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such statements in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on management’s current expectations of future events only as of today and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk that any one or more of AVROBIO’s product candidates will not be successfully developed or commercialized, the risk of cessation or delay of any of AVROBIO’s ongoing or planned clinical trials, and the risk that the results of previously conducted studies will not be repeated or observed in ongoing or future studies involving AVROBIO’s product candidates. For a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, and other important factors, any of which could cause AVROBIO’s actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the final prospectus related to AVROBIO’s initial public offering filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as well as discussions of potential risks, uncertainties and other important factors in AVROBIO’s subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AVROBIO explicitly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except to the extent required by law.
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