As previously communicated, IBT had a meeting with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on November 20, 2018, to discuss IBT’s clinical development program. The development program is comprised of the clinical phase II safety-and tolerability study, concluded in 2017, and the not yet commenced phase III study, which we have named “The Connection Study”.
IBT has during the first quarter, in conjunction with external experts, amended the clinical development program based on guidance received from the FDA and other authorities in Europe. In general, this is an improvement as we now will also include the primary endpoint in the phase III study of so called feeding tolerance. These amendments to the clinical program do not render significant impact on costs or otherwise affect conducting the planned phase III study.
Parallel to the development work, IBT is also continuously evaluating potential marketing and distribution partners. We entered into an agreement in March regarding distribution of IBP-9414 in Israel. The agreement provides IBT with the possibility to long-term receive of the majority of future income from sales of IBP-9414 in Israel. IBT plans to include patients from Israel in the coming phase III study.
We are looking forward to commencing the phase III study as planned in the first half of the current year.
Stockholm May 6, 2019
Staffan Strömberg,
Chief Executive Officer
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ooo’s | 2019 Jan-Mar | 2018 Jan-Mar | 2018 Jan-Dec | |
Net sales | – | – | – | |
Operating profit/loss | -929 | -9 144 | -39 417 | |
Result after tax, SEK | -686 | -9 144 | -40 607 | |
Total assets | 561 035 | 597 313 | 563 371 | |
Cash flow for the period (SEK) | -5 647 | 422 807 | 381 544 | |
Cash flow per share for the period (SEK) | -0.50 | 44.61 | 35.36 | |
Cash | 540 514 | 581 081 | 542 170 | |
Earnings per share before and after dilution (SEK) | -0.06 | -0.96 | -3.76 | |
Equity per share (SEK) | 49.53 | 52.48 | 49.59 | |
Equity ratio (%) | 99% | 99% | 99% |
Infant Bacterial Therapeutics AB (“IBT”) is a public company domiciled in Stockholm. The company’s class B-shares shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Mid-cap (IBT B).
Infant Bacterial Therapeutics AB (publ) pharmaceutical company with a product is a clinical stage with a vision to develop drugs influencing the infant microbiome, and thereby prevent or treat rare diseases affecting infants.
IBT is currently developing the drug candidate IBP-9414, for the prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis (“NEC”) and improvement of so called feeding tolerance in premature infants. IBP-9414 contains the active compound Lactobacillus reuteri, which is a human bacterial strain naturally present in breast milk. The product portfolio also includes another project, IBP-1016, for the treatment of gastroschisis, a severe and rare disease affecting infants. By developing these drugs, IBT has the potential to fulfil unmet needs for diseases where there are currently no prevention or treatment therapies available.
Staffan Strömberg, CEO
Daniel Mackey, CFO
Infant Bacterial Therapeutics AB
Bryggargatan 10
111 21 Stockholm
Phone: +46 70 670 1226