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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 13, 2021
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On August 13, 2021, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. issued a press release announcing its results of operations and financial condition for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information pursuant to Item 2.02 in this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for 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 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.
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| 99.1 | |||||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on August 13, 2021.
| RECURSION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Michael Secora | |||||||
Michael Secora | ||||||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
Exhibit 99.1
Recursion Reports Second Quarter 2021 Financials and Provides Business Updates
•Expanded the total number of research and development programs from 37 to 48
•Announced first internally-developed NCE is advancing to IND-enabling studies
•Planning to expand operations to Canada, with Toronto serving as a multidisciplinary hub
•Formed Therapeutics Advisory Board chaired by Joseph Miletich, MD, PhD
SALT LAKE CITY, August 13, 2021 — Recursion (Nasdaq : RXRX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company decoding biology by integrating technological innovations across biology, chemistry, automation, data science, and engineering, today reported financial results and business updates for its second quarter ending June 30, 2021.
"We are excited with how Recursion is expanding across many fronts in order to deliver on our mission to decode biology to radically improve lives," said Recursion Co-Founder & CEO Chris Gibson, PhD. "Not only is the company continuing to advance and expand the total number of its research and development programs, but we are expanding our operations to Canada to grow our capabilities and workforce and we are enhancing our expertise in research and development by forming a Therapeutics Advisory Board. Moreover, the company continues to build on its medicinal chemistry expertise, resulting in our first internally-developed new chemical entity being advanced to IND-enabling studies for potential treatment of C. difficile colitis."
Recursion finished the second quarter of 2021 with a portfolio of 4 clinical stage programs, 4 preclinical programs, 7 late discovery programs, and 33 early discovery programs, for a total of 48 research and development programs. Additionally, Recursion continued scaling the total number of executed phenomic experiments to over 82 million, the size of its proprietary data universe to approximately 9 petabytes, and the number of biological inferences to over 179
billion. Data have been generated across 37 human cell types, an in-house chemical library of over 706 thousand compounds, an in silico library of over 12 billion small molecules, and a growing team of more than 270 Recursionauts that is balanced between life scientists and computational and technical experts. The power of the Recursion OS is exemplified by the breadth of active research and development programs.
Summary of Business Highlights
•Clinical Programs
◦Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) (REC-4881): We plan to initiate a Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of REC-4881 in classical FAP patients within the next 3 to 4 quarters.
◦Cerebral cavernous malformation (REC-994): We plan to initiate a Phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled safety, tolerability and exploratory efficacy study of REC-994 in the next 3 to 4 quarters.
◦Neurofibromatosis type 2 (REC-2282): We plan to initiate a parallel group, two stage, Phase 2/3, randomized, multicenter study within the next 3 to 4 quarters.
◦GM2 gangliosidosis (REC-3599): We plan to initiate a Phase 2 trial in the next 3 to 4 quarters.
•Notable Preclinical Programs
◦Clostridium difficile colitis (REC-3964): REC-3964 is an orally active, gut biased, small molecule C. difficile toxin B inhibitor, selected as Recursion’s first internally-developed new chemical entity (NCE) to advance to investigational new drug (IND)-enabling studies.
◦Immune checkpoint resistance in STK11-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): The lead molecule has completed dose optimization studies and has advanced into pharmacodynamic studies in rodent NSCLC models of STK11-mediated checkpoint resistance.
•Notable Late Discovery Programs
◦Cancer immunotherapy, target ‘alpha’: Undisclosed target ‘alpha’ was selected based on an inferential assessment of the strength of its relationship to known genes impacting immunotherapy response. A small molecule inhibitor of target alpha demonstrated robust single agent and combination activity with anti-PD1 in a CT26 model of immune checkpoint resistance, achieving 40% complete response in the combination arm.
◦Neuroinflammation: Multiple molecules from the lead chemical series demonstrated attenuated anti-inflammatory cytokine responses in a mouse pharmacodynamic model of neuroinflammation.
◦Oncology - small molecule MYC Inhibitors: Digital chemistry tools expanded multiple hit series with evidence of structure activity relationship. Multiple series are prioritized and undergoing optimization.
◦Batten disease: Multiple small molecule candidates are being evaluated in rodent pharmacodynamic models of Batten disease.
◦Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2A (CMT2A): Multiple small molecule mechanistic classes will be assessed in a rodent model of CMT2A.
•Bayer AG Partnership: We continue to make progress in our collaboration with Bayer to discover small molecule drug candidates with the potential to treat fibrotic diseases. In the collaboration’s first year we have developed novel disease models and successfully
leveraged the Recursion Operating System, or Recursion OS, to identify numerous active molecules and promising chemical families.
•Platform
◦PhenoMap Extensions: We began generating arrayed whole genome knockout and compound library PhenoMaps in two additional cell types. Additionally, we have made substantial progress in onboarding astrocytes as our first neuronal cell type.
◦Chemical Technology: Over the past quarter, we have incorporated additional virtual chemical library search methods into our digital chemistry tools and have begun reading out positive results from our first large-scale expansion searches for our NCE programs.
◦Orthogonomics: We have more than doubled the total number of genes and proteins measured in transcriptomic and proteomic experiments during the past quarter, leveraging these studies across multiple programs to discover new in vitro disease biomarkers that we may use to assess the efficacy of compounds.
•Facilities and Manufacturing: We have two construction projects in progress to expand our current headquarters and create a chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) site in Salt Lake City. The expansion will allow us to improve our current platform by increasing capacity and automation, growing our compound and biobank libraries, further scaling proteomics and transcriptomics capabilities, and beginning the buildout of automated chemical compound microsynthesis. The CMC site will bolster our capabilities in analytical and formulation chemistry as well as small molecule manufacturing for early clinical trials for a subset of our key programs.
•Expanding Operations to Canada: We announced our intention to launch our first major expansion beyond our Salt Lake City headquarters, with Toronto to serve as a multidisciplinary hub across data science, machine learning, engineering and computational biology. Additionally, we announced a multi-year collaboration with Mila, the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, to accelerate Recursion's machine learning capabilities.
Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results
•Cash Position: Cash and cash equivalents were $632.7 million as of June 30, 2021 and included net proceeds of $462.4 million from the company’s April 2021 initial public offering.
•Revenue: Total revenue, consisting primarily of revenue from collaborative agreements, was $2.5 million for the second quarter of 2021, compared to $186 thousand for the second quarter of 2020. The increase was primarily due to progress in our collaboration with Bayer.
•Research and Development Expenses: Research and development expenses were $29.6 million for the second quarter of 2021, compared to $13.2 million for the second quarter of 2020. The increase in research and development expenses was primarily due to an increased number of experiments run through the Recursion OS, an increased number of preclinical assets being validated, and increased clinical study-related costs.
•General and Administrative Expenses: General and administrative expenses were $13.9 million for the second quarter of 2021, compared to $5.2 million for the second quarter of 2020. The increase in general and administrative expenses was due to growth in size of the company's operations, including an increase in salaries and wages of $5.7
million, equipment costs, human resources-related costs, facilities costs, finance costs and other administrative costs associated with operating a high-growth company.
•Net Loss: Net loss was $43.4 million for the second quarter of 2021, compared to a net loss of $18.9 million for the second quarter of 2020.
Other Corporate Updates
•Therapeutics Advisory Board: A Therapeutics Advisory Board is being formed to advise Recursion's executive team and Board of Directors regarding key research and development issues. The Therapeutics Advisory Board is chaired by Joseph Miletich, MD, PhD, who previously was Merck Research Laboratories' Senior Vice President of Research Sciences and is currently Senior Scientific Advisor to Merck's CEO.
•Altitude Lab: Altitude Lab, a healthcare and life sciences incubator co-founded by Recursion in 2020, announced the launch of its Investor Coalition to fund, mentor, and provide resources for Altitude-incubated startups in Utah. The Investor Coalition aims to collectively invest $50 million in Altitude's startups over the next three years.
•Equity Index Inclusion: In Q2 2021, Recursion was added to a number of equity indices including the CRSP US Total Market, NASDAQ Composite, Russell 2000, Russell 3000, and S&P Total Market indices. These indices determine membership primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes.
About Recursion
Recursion is a clinical-stage biotechnology company decoding biology by integrating technological innovations across biology, chemistry, automation, machine learning, and engineering. Our goal is to radically improve the lives of patients and industrialize drug discovery. Central to our mission is the Recursion Operating System, which combines an advanced infrastructure layer to generate what we believe is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing proprietary biological and chemical datasets. We combine that with the Recursion Map, a suite of custom software, algorithms, and machine learning tools that we use to explore foundational biology unconstrained by human bias and navigate to new biological insights. We are a biotechnology company scaling more like a technology company. Learn more at www.Recursion.com, or connect on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Contact
Elyse Freeman - Communications and Content Manager
InvestorRelations@Recursion.com
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
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| 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||
| Revenue | |||||||||||||||||
| Grant revenue | $ | 49 | $ | 186 | $ | 111 | $ | 246 | |||||||||
| Operating revenue | 2,500 | — | 5,000 | — | |||||||||||||
| Total revenue | 2,549 | 186 | 5,111 | 246 | |||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | |||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | 29,624 | 13,244 | 53,733 | 26,086 | |||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 13,854 | 5,159 | 22,791 | 10,720 | |||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 43,478 | 18,403 | 76,524 | 36,806 | |||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (40,929) | (18,217) | (71,413) | (36,560) | |||||||||||||
| Other loss, net | (2,472) | (726) | (2,705) | (807) | |||||||||||||
| Net loss and comprehensive loss | $ | (43,401) | $ | (18,943) | $ | (74,118) | $ | (37,367) | |||||||||
| Per share data | |||||||||||||||||
| Net loss per share of Class A and B common stock, basic and diluted | $ | (0.31) | $ | (0.88) | $ | (0.91) | $ | (1.73) | |||||||||
| Weighted-average shares (Class A and B) outstanding, basic and diluted | 138,360,646 | 21,652,277 | 81,022,240 | 21,646,118 | |||||||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
(in thousands)
| June 30, | December 31, | |||||||
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| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 632,738 | $ | 262,126 | ||||
| Restricted cash | 10,232 | 5,041 | ||||||
| Accounts receivable | 49 | 156 | ||||||
| Other current assets | 4,616 | 2,155 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 647,635 | 269,478 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 48,549 | 25,967 | ||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 2,338 | 2,490 | ||||||
| Other non-current assets | 68 | 650 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 698,590 | $ | 298,585 | ||||
| Liabilities, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit) | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 3,196 | $ | 1,074 | ||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 12,710 | 10,485 | ||||||
| Current portion of unearned revenue | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Current portion of notes payable | 3,135 | 1,073 | ||||||
| Current portion of lease incentive obligation | 499 | 467 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 29,540 | 23,099 | ||||||
| Deferred rent | 2,819 | 2,674 | ||||||
| Unearned revenue, net of current portion | 11,667 | 16,667 | ||||||
| Notes payable, net of current portion | 9,423 | 11,414 | ||||||
| Lease incentive obligation, net of current portion | 2,427 | 2,708 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 55,876 | 56,562 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
Convertible preferred stock | — | 448,312 | ||||||
| Stockholders’ equity (deficit) | ||||||||
Common stock (Class A and B) | 2 | — | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 930,431 | 7,312 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (287,719) | (213,601) | ||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) | 642,714 | (206,289) | ||||||
| Total liabilities, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit) | $ | 698,590 | $ | 298,585 | ||||
Forward Looking Statements
This document contains information that includes or is based upon "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, those regarding Recursion’s mission; research and development activities; plans with respect to preclinical, clinical, and late discovery programs; collaborations; prospective products and their anticipated future applications or performance; platform; technology; facilities expansion; growth; expenses; our ability to obtain, maintain and enforce intellectual property and cybersecurity protections, and business and financial performance; and all other statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements may or may not include identifying words such as “plan,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “potential,” “continue,” “target,” and similar terms. These statements and their underlying assumptions are subject to known or unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to challenges inherent in pharmaceutical research and development, including the timing and results of preclinical and clinical programs, where the risk of failure remains high and failure can unexpectedly occur at any stage prior to regulatory approval due to lack of sufficient efficacy, safety considerations, or other factors; our ability to fund development activities and achieve development goals; the success of our collaboration activities; our ability to obtain regulatory approval of, and ultimately commercialize, drug candidates; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, clinical trials, financial condition, and results of operations; our ability to obtain, maintain, and enforce intellectual property and cybersecurity protections; our ability to attract, motivate, and retain key employees; and other risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including Recursion’s Prospectus for our initial public offering filed on April 16, 2021 and our recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements are based on management’s current estimates, projections, and assumptions, and Recursion undertakes no obligation to correct or update any such statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise, except to the extent required by applicable law.