resTORbio and Adicet Bio Merger April 29, 2020 Exhibit 99.2
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Deal Rationale Potential Best-In-Class Allogeneic CAR-T Cell Therapy with Significant Commercial Opportunity First Mover Advantage in the Field of Gamma-Delta CAR-T Cell Therapy Differentiated and Innovative Gamma Delta CAR-T Cell Pipeline Proprietary Intracellular Tumor-Selective Targeting Platform for Solid Tumors Potential to Capitalize the Platform in Oncology and Other Indications Leadership Team With Significant Operational and Development Expertise Established Partnership with Regeneron Post-merger entity well capitalized into 2022
resTORbio/Adicet Bio Merger Close expected 2H 2020 New company expected to be listed on NASDAQ (ticker TBD) Board of Directors expected to include five designated by Adicet + one from resTORbio + CEO On a pro forma basis, Adicet equityholders are expected to own approximately 75% of the combined company and current resTORbio equityholders are expected to own approximately 25% of the combined company
Post Merger Leadership Team Chen Schor President and CEO Stewart Abbot, PhD Chief Scientific and Operating Officer Carrie Krehlik Chief Human Resource Officer Lloyd Klickstein, MD, PhD Chief Innovation Officer Francesco Galimi, MD, PhD Chief Medical Officer
Adicet Strategic Priorities* *Additional guidance provided after deal close File IND for ADI-001 CD20 gamma-delta CAR-T Initiate Phase 1 clinical study in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma File IND for ADI-002 GPC3 gamma-delta CAR-T Initiate Phase 1 in hepatocellular carcinoma Expand pipeline in oncology and other diseases Achieve milestones from collaboration with REGN
About Adicet Bio Founded in 2015 with $44M Series A financing Completed $80M Series B financing in September 2019 Developing off-the-shelf, engineered allogeneic γδ T cell therapy for oncology indications and other diseases cGMP-compliant manufacturing from healthy donors Proprietary intracellular tumor-selective targeting platform: T Cell Receptor-like monoclonal antibodies (TCR-L) for treatment of solid tumors Strategic partnership with Regeneron
Building a Broad Pipeline of First in Class γδ CAR T Cell Therapy Abbreviations: HCC: HepatoCellular Carcinoma NH: Non-Hodgkin’s Program Target Indication Discovery Preclinical IND Phase 1 Phase 2 ADI-001 CD20 NH Lymphoma ADI-002 GPC3 HCC ADI-00x Undisclosed Solid Tumors ADI-00x Multiple Solid and Heme
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 CAR-T Cell Therapy Journey 2015 Adicet Bio Founded ~2017 Yescarta approved by US FDA for r/r DLBCL 2012 U. Penn CART19 assets acquired by Novartis 2017 Kite Pharma acquired for $11.9B 2013 Juno Therapeutics founded 2009 Kite Pharma Founded 2017-19 Adicet Bio preclinical data 2021 Adicet Bio clinical data expected 2018 Allogene IPO 2018 Juno Therapeutics acquired for $9B 2017 Allogene founded Adicet Bio Confidential ~2017 Kymriah approved by US FDA for r/r ALL
Engineered γδ T Cells Expected to Solve Key Challenges of Current Cellular Therapies Ideal Cell Therapy High efficacy- ORR/OS Target solid tumors Improved safety Available on demand Significantly lower cost of manufacturing Allogeneic CAR γδ T: Innate and adaptive immunity imparted by TCR and NK receptors MHC-independent tumor targeting Potent IFNγ production Potential for integrin-mediated trafficking to solid tumors No / low potential to cause GvHD Off-the-shelf product, potential to redose Scalable manufacturing from healthy donors γδ T cells express multiple tumor-recognizing receptors CAR DNAM-1 NCRs NCRs NKG2D γ δ
Improving Cancer Immunotherapy Presence of γδ T Cells Observed to Strongly Correlate with Positive Clinical Outcomes Meraviglia et al. 2017 Improved Disease Free Progression Colorectal Cancer γδ T cell hi γδ T cell lo γδ T cell lo / IFNγ lo Pan-Cancer: Improved Overall Prognosis Gentles et al. 2015 Godder et al. 2007 Post-HSCT Improved Survival γδ T cell hi γδ T cell lo Overall Survival
Differentiation From Other Allogeneic CAR-T Ideal Allogeneic CAR-T Therapy Attributes Allogeneic CAR αβ T Cells Allogeneic CART γδ T Cells Potency Recognize and bind tumor Predominantly CAR-mediated CAR and Multiple innate receptors Effectively kill tumor Predominantly CAR-CD8 αβ T subset All Vδ1 T cells* Active tumor homing Limited compared to normal tissues Tissue homing Safety No / low GvHD Requires deletion of αβ TCR Yes No severe cytokine release syndrome Unlikely Likely, due to limited IL-2 secretion Practicality Robust and cost effective manufacture Multiple gene edits required Minimal genetic manipulations required Scalable manufacture Limited without exhaustion Yes *Adicet’s γδ T cell products are predominantly Vδ1 cells
Large-Scale Manufacture of γδ T Cells Simplify for Robustness, Partner for Capability and Capacity Leukopheresis from a qualified donor Activate desired subsets of γδ T cells Engineer γδ T cells with CARs Expand ICP Cell Bank of final “Off the Shelf” ICP Treatment of multiple patients Production Process for γδ Immune Cell Product (ICP)
Adicet’s Platform Advantages Adicet is developing a rich pipeline of near-clinical γδ T cell therapy assets γδ T cells represent a highly active cellular immunotherapy platform γδ T cells represent a universal, off-the-shelf approach to cancer treatment Adicet’s approach is highly differentiated from potential competitors Adicet is developing enabling, scalable and proprietary cGMP-compliant manufacturing processes
ADI-001: Allogeneic (CD20-CAR-γδ T Cell)
CD20 CAR γδ T Cells Effectively Control Aggressive Lymphoma Tumors in Mice† Untreated animals succumb to highly aggressive tumors within 3 weeks 2nd generation (employing two co-stimulation domains) CD20 CAR γδ T cells effectively control multiple disseminated (iv) and localized (sc) tumors γδ T cell treatment initiated* when tumor volume ≥ 200mm3 Subcutaneous Mino Tumor Growth -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 0 1×10 10 2×10 10 3×10 10 4×10 10 5×10 10 6×10 10 7×10 10 M e a n T o t a l F l u x ( p / s ) + / - S E M Subcutaneous Raji Tumor Growth Intravenous Granta Tumor Growth Intravenous Raji Tumor Growth * * * * †internal Adicet study
CD20 γδ CAR-T Cells Effectively Control Repeat Lymphoma Challenges Repeat tumor challenge is one of the most stringent tests of anti-tumor activity CD20 CAR γδ T cell treatment initiated* when tumor volume ≥ 200mm3 Excellent tumor control in all animals at day 55 Secondary tumor challenge at day 60 CD20 CAR γδ T continue to control tumor growth to 100 days * †internal Adicet study †
CD20 CAR γδ T Cells Proliferate in Response to Activation in Tumors Substantial and specific target-mediated proliferation of CD20 CAR γδ T cells in localized lymphoma tumors at 6 days post treatment † Blood Spleen Liver Bone marrow Tumor Cell Number T cell Proliferation Day 2 Post-treatment CAR-T γδ Day 6 Post-treatment CAR-T γδ Blood Spleen Liver Tumor Bone marrow T cell Proliferation T cell Proliferation Day 6 Post-treatment CAR-T αβ †internal Adicet study
Intravenous Raji Tumor in SRG-15 Mice† Absence of GvHD with CD20 CAR γδ T Cells No GvHD observed in mice treated with γδ T cells γδ T cells not expected to induce GvHD in clinical study No gene editing required to overcome GvHD with γδ T cells αβ CAR-T cell group succumbed to GvHD αβ CART cells CAR γδ T cells Tumor alone Days Post Treatment Percentage Surviving †internal Adicet study; SRG-15 mice express human IL-15 transgene
Clinical Development of ADI-001 Phase 1 study design NHL patients relapsing from 2 or more prior lines of treatment ~3 cohorts for dose escalation/safety Up to 50 patients at the selected dose Single treatment with ADI-001 Option for retreatment in select patients Pivotal study likely in DLBCL and/or MCL Target product profile of ADI-001 (CD20 CAR γδ T cells derived from healthy donor) Effective (ORR, PFS/OS) in CD20 expressing NHL Significantly lower cytokine release syndrome No GvHD
ADI-001 Status Pre-IND meeting completed IND application enabling activities in process ADI-001 IND application preparation in process Proposed ADI-001 clinical trial design well received by key centers and KOLs Preparations for ADI-001 Phase 1 Clinical study underway
Additional Pipeline in Solid Tumors: ADI-002
CAR γδ T-Cell: Solving the Challenge of Solid Tumors Solid Tumor Challenge Adicet CAR γδ T Cell Solution Autologous cell exhaustion / dysfunction Healthy-donor derived product CMV-negative donors preserve Vδ1 proliferative capacity Potential for >30 population doublings ex vivo / in vivo Specific tumor-induced activation & proliferation Activation-induced PD-1 expression is reversible without exhaustion CAR-designs minimize tonic signaling Inability of Cells to Infiltrate into Tumor Chemokine receptor and adhesion molecule mediated infiltration - Functionality preserved after cryopreservation Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment γδ T cells inherently refractory to low glucose / low pO2 Further engineering can improve responses to tumor microenvironment factors Loss of HLA Expression HLA-independent γδ T cell innate receptor-mediated tumor recognition Loss of Target Antigen/s HLA-independent γδ T cell innate receptor-mediated tumor recognition Paucity of tractable targets Ability to target intracellular antigens
ADI-002: GPC3 Expression in Solid Tumors Baumhoer et al., Am J Clin Pathol 2008;129:899-906 Ho et al., PLoS ONE 2012; 7: e37159 IHC Detection of GPC3 in human HCC vs normal liver GPC3 is highly expressed on a broad range of solid tumors, with limited expression levels on normal tissues Adicet Bio Confidential Tumor Non-tumor
Dose Dependent Anti-Tumor Effect of Vδ1 CAR-T Cells with GPC3-Targeting sIL15 CAR γδ1 T Cells in Liver Cancer Model † GPC3-targeting chimeric antigen receptor construct also encodes secretion of IL15 Single dose CAR γδ T cell treatment was initiated* when tumor volumes reached ~200mm3 Excellent CAR γδ T dose-dependent control of tumor growth Tumor alone GPC3 CAR γδT – low dose GPC3 CAR γδT– medium dose GPC3 CAR γδT– high dose Adicet Bio Confidential †internal Adicet study
Adicet’s Advantage of ADI-002 in HCC Potential to address low target tumor densities CAR-dependent and CAR-independent tumor targeting Optimizing γδ T cells to overcome tumor microenvironment-mediated immunosuppression Enhancing persistence of CAR-γδ T cells Favorable preclinical results Opportunities in multiple tumor types Adicet Bio Confidential
TCR-L Platform: Intracellular Solid Tumor Targets
TCR-L Platform: CAR-T Using Intracellular Solid Tumor Targets Challenge Lack of disease-specific cell surface targets in solid tumors (80% of proteins are intracellular) Solution Ability to target disease-specific intracellular proteins via peptide MHC complexes highly expands the target pool Unlikely to express on normal cells Adicet has generated multiple TCR-Like (TCR-L) antibodies to various intracellular targets in key solid tumor indications Mimic TCR specificity with mAb affinity scFv for chimeric antigen receptors for cellular therapy Tyr CAR γδ T cells Tumor alone Day Post Treatment WM266.4 Tumor Growth in NSG Mice †internal Adicet study †
Deal Rationale Potential Best-In-Class Allogeneic CAR-T Cell Therapy with Significant Commercial Opportunity First Mover Advantage in the Field of Gamma-Delta CAR-T Cell Therapy Differentiated and Innovative Gamma Delta CAR-T Cell Pipeline Proprietary Intracellular Tumor-Selective Targeting Platform for Solid Tumors Potential to Capitalize the Platform in Oncology and Other Indications Leadership Team With Significant Operational and Development Expertise Established Partnership with Regeneron Post-merger entity well capitalized into 2022
RTB101: Potent Target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) inhibitor
RTB101 Expect to continue the development of RTB101 for a COVID-19 related indication, with clinical data expected by Q1 2021. The terms of the merger agreement contemplate that a contingent value right (a “CVR”) will be distributed to resTORbio stockholders as of the effective time of the merger, entitling CVR holders to receive net proceeds from the commercialization, if any, received from a third party commercial partner of the product candidate RTB101.