BRANFORD, Conn. & NESS ZIONA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BiomX Inc. (NYSE American: PHGE) (“BiomX” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage microbiome company advancing novel natural and engineered phage therapies that target specific pathogenic bacteria, announced today a corporate restructuring plan to focus its resources and extend the cash runway. The Company had $55.7 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits and a $15 million debt facility as of March 31, 2022.
Due to the current market conditions, BiomX is implementing a corporate restructuring plan intended to extend the Company’s capital resources at least until the middle of 2024. As part of this plan, the Company intends to reduce its current operating costs, including a 50% reduction in personnel, while prioritizing the ongoing cystic fibrosis (“CF”) program.
“In light of the challenges our industry faces, we have decided to maximize the value of our current cash resources and reduce our operating expenses to better focus our efforts,” said Jonathan Solomon, Chief Executive Officer of BiomX. “While such decisions are clearly difficult to make, BiomX is taking this proactive course of action now so that we can be better positioned to reach key value-driving inflection points.
"Our Phase 1b/2a CF study of BX004 is progressing and remains on track, and we continue to expect the data readout from part 1 of the study in the third quarter of 2022. While the restructuring will cause a delay in our atopic dermatitis ("AD") program, we currently plan to support a range of activities that will continue to move this program forward, and we expect to provide a more detailed program update later in the year.
“Looking ahead, we believe that conserving our financial resources and achieving positive clinical results are the most important corporate objectives for the next several months. By implementing these steps, we believe BiomX will remain on a clear and solid path towards generating increased value for our shareholders.”
About BiomX
BiomX is a clinical-stage microbiome company developing both natural and engineered phage cocktails designed to target and destroy bacteria in the treatment of chronic diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, atopic dermatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and colorectal cancer. BiomX discovers and validates proprietary bacterial targets and customizes phage compositions against these targets.
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