8-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

March 1, 2022

 

Allakos Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

001-38582

 

45-4798831

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

975 Island Drive, Suite 201

Redwood City, California 94065

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(650) 597-5002

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001

ALLK

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


 

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 1, 2022, Allakos Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021. The full text of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K, including the attached Exhibit 99.1, is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

 

 

 

 99.1

 

Press Release dated March 1, 2022.

 

 

 

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Allakos Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date: March 1, 2022

 

By:

/s/ H. Baird Radford, III

 

 

 

H. Baird Radford, III
Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-99.1

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Exhibit 99.1

 

Allakos Provides Business Update and Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 1, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Allakos Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ALLK), a biotechnology company developing lirentelimab (AK002) and AK006 for the treatment of allergic and inflammatory diseases, today provided a business update and reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021.

Recent Events

Initiated a Phase 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of subcutaneous lirentelimab in patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Reported topline data from ENIGMA 2, a Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of lirentelimab in patients with eosinophilic gastritis/eosinophilic duodenitis (“EG”/“EoD”) in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Reported topline data from KRYPTOS, a Phase 2/3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of lirentelimab in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (“EoE”) in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Upcoming Milestones

Hold an End-of-Phase 2 meeting with the FDA during second quarter of 2022 to discuss the Phase 2/3 KRYPTOS data and the development path with subcutaneous lirentelimab in patients with EoE.
Report topline data from the Phase 3 study of lirentelimab in patients with EoD (EoDyssey) in the third quarter of 2022.
Initiate a Phase 2b randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of subcutaneous lirentelimab in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria in the middle of 2022.
Complete IND-Enabling studies of AK006 during 2022 and initiate the first-in-human study in the first half of 2023.

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results

Research and development expenses were $72.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 as compared to $28.5 million in the same period in 2020, an increase of $44.4 million. Research and development expenses were $196.3 million for the full year 2021 as compared to $105.5 million in the same period in 2020, an increase of $90.8 million.

General and administrative expenses were $23.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 as compared to $15.8 million in the same period in 2020, an increase of $7.4 million. General and administrative expenses were $75.1 million for the full year 2021 as compared to $51.5 million in the same period in 2020, an increase of $23.6 million.

Allakos reported a net loss of $94.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 as compared to $44.3 million in the same period in 2020, an increase of $50.1 million. Net loss per basic and diluted share was $1.73 for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to $0.86 in the same period in 2020. Net loss was $269.9 million for the full year 2021 as compared to $153.5 million in the same period in 2020, an increase of $116.4 million. Net

 


 

loss per basic and diluted share was $5.01 for the full year 2021 compared to $3.10 in the same period in 2020.

Allakos ended the fourth quarter of 2021 with $424.2 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.

About Allakos

Allakos is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing therapeutics which target immunomodulatory receptors present on immune effector cells involved in allergy, inflammatory and proliferative diseases. Activating these immunomodulatory receptors allows us to directly target cells involved in disease pathogenesis and, in the setting of allergy and inflammation, has the potential to result in broad inhibition of inflammatory cells. The Company’s most advanced antibodies are lirentelimab (AK002) and AK006. Lirentelimab selectively targets both mast cells and eosinophils, two types of white blood cells that are widely distributed in the body and play a central role in the inflammatory response. Inappropriately activated mast cells and eosinophils have been identified as key drivers in a number of severe diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract, eyes, skin, lungs and other organs. We are developing lirentelimab for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis, eosinophilic gastritis, eosinophilic duodenitis, atopic dermatitis, chronic spontaneous urticaria and potentially additional indications. Lirentelimab has received orphan disease status for EG, EoD, and EoE from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”). AK006 targets Siglec-6, an inhibitory receptor expressed selectively on mast cells. AK006 appears to provide deeper mast cell inhibition than lirentelimab and, in addition to its inhibitory activity, reduce mast cell numbers. We plan to begin human studies with AK006 in the first half of 2023. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.allakos.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 as contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, Allakos’ progress and business plans, the expected timing of anticipated study results and plans relating to its future clinical trials. Such statements are subject to numerous important factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from current expectations and beliefs, including but not limited to: Allakos’ stages of clinical drug development; Allakos’ ability to timely complete clinical trials for, and if approved, commercialize lirentelimab (AK002), its lead compound; Allakos’ ability to obtain required regulatory approvals for its product candidates; uncertainties related to the enrollment of patients in its clinical trials; Allakos’ ability to demonstrate sufficient safety and efficacy of its product candidates in its clinical trials; uncertainties related to the success of later-stage clinical trials, regardless of the outcomes of preclinical testing and early-stage trials; market acceptance of Allakos’ product candidates; uncertainties related to the projections of the size of patient populations suffering from the diseases Allakos is targeting; Allakos’ ability to advance additional product candidates beyond lirentelimab; Allakos’ ability to obtain additional capital to finance its operations; and other important risk factors set forth in Allakos’ most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2021, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 8, 2021, and future reports to be filed with the SEC. These documents contain and identify important factors that could cause the actual results for Allakos to differ materially from those contained in Allakos’ forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and Allakos specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required by law. These

 


 

forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Allakos’ views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.

 

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Source: Allakos Inc.

 

Investor Contact:

Adam Tomasi, President and COO

Alex Schwartz, VP Strategic Finance and Investor Relations

ir@allakos.com

 

Media Contact:

Denise Powell

denise@redhousecomms.com

 

 

 


 

Allakos Inc.

UNAUDITED Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Twelve Months Ended

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

$

72,868

 

 

$

28,522

 

 

$

196,328

 

 

$

105,533

 

General and administrative

 

 

23,211

 

 

 

15,823

 

 

 

75,147

 

 

 

51,524

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

96,079

 

 

 

44,345

 

 

 

271,475

 

 

 

157,057

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(96,079

)

 

 

(44,345

)

 

 

(271,475

)

 

 

(157,057

)

Interest income

 

 

70

 

 

 

274

 

 

 

377

 

 

 

4,313

 

Other income (expense), net

 

 

1,645

 

 

 

(207

)

 

 

1,238

 

 

 

(736

)

Net loss

 

 

(94,364

)

 

 

(44,278

)

 

 

(269,860

)

 

 

(153,480

)

Unrealized loss on marketable
   securities

 

 

(172

)

 

 

(159

)

 

 

(161

)

 

 

(129

)

Comprehensive loss

 

$

(94,536

)

 

$

(44,437

)

 

$

(270,021

)

 

$

(153,609

)

Net loss per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

$

(1.73

)

 

$

(0.86

)

 

$

(5.01

)

 

$

(3.10

)

Weighted-average number of common
   shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

 

54,391

 

 

 

51,475

 

 

 

53,832

 

 

 

49,492

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

allakos inc.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED balance sheets

(in thousands)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

152,822

 

 

$

207,177

 

Investments in marketable securities

 

 

271,416

 

 

 

451,820

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

27,343

 

 

 

10,270

 

Total current assets

 

 

451,581

 

 

 

669,267

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

43,100

 

 

 

8,345

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

31,707

 

 

 

39,731

 

Other long-term assets

 

 

8,436

 

 

 

2,275

 

Total assets

 

$

534,824

 

 

$

719,618

 

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

13,692

 

 

$

13,960

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

 

26,557

 

 

 

8,490

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

40,249

 

 

 

22,450

 

Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion

 

 

49,099

 

 

 

42,773

 

Total liabilities

 

 

89,348

 

 

 

65,223

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

54

 

 

 

53

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

1,058,399

 

 

 

997,298

 

Accumulated other comprehensive gain (loss)

 

 

(153

)

 

 

8

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(612,824

)

 

 

(342,964

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

445,476

 

 

 

654,395

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

534,824

 

 

$

719,618