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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 20, 2023--
Lantern Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: LTRN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company using its proprietary RADR ® artificial intelligence ("AI") and machine learning (“ML”) platform to transform the cost, pace, and timeline of oncology drug discovery and development, today announced operational highlights and financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
“The Lantern team spent 2022 focused on preparing our unique drug candidates, LP-184 and LP-284, for the clinic, while at the same time advancing the clinical foundation and infrastructure for our Phase 2 Harmonic™ clinical trial for never-smokers with NSCLC. We have been working relentlessly towards the objective of leading the transformation of our industry’s approach to the pace, risk, and cost of drug development by leveraging large scale data, machine learning, and leading-edge artificial intelligence technologies. We believe our capabilities in the development of precision oncology medicines and ADCs will establish us as a pioneer in the field of AI-based drug discovery,” commented Panna Sharma, CEO and President of Lantern Pharma.
“During 2022 we also made significant advances in the field of CNS oncology, which resulted in several new indications for our drug candidate LP-184. We have gone from one CNS indication, GBM, to seven indications in less than 18 months and in a highly capital efficient manner. This unique achievement would have only been possible by combining our AI-driven approach along with our collaborative business model, where we engage with top-tier researchers and institutions to both validate and sharpen our development plans for specific cancer subtypes and patient populations. In 2023, we expect to launch multiple first-in-human clinical trials in targeted cancers, where there is an urgent patient need and clear evidence from both our in-silico and in-vivo studies of the potential to improve outcomes for patients. Ultimately, we believe that this will help to create significant value for investors and for the broader community of precision oncology,” continued Sharma.
Portfolio Highlights:
Formation of Starlight Therapeutics:
Lantern recently formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Starlight Therapeutics Inc. (“Starlight”), to develop drug candidate LP-184’s central nervous system (CNS) and brain cancer indications – including glioblastoma (GBM), brain metastases (brain mets.), and several rare pediatric CNS cancers. Starlight will refer to the molecule LP-184, as it is developed in CNS indications, as “STAR-001”.
The programs being developed by Starlight were born from the analysis of billions of oncology-focused data points and by using Lantern’s AI platform, RADR ®. STAR-001’s powerful anti-tumor mechanism of action, synthetic lethality, and collaborations with internationally recognized institutions, including the Kennedy Krieger Institute at Johns Hopkins and the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at UT Health – San Antonio, make it well positioned to advance in targeted and efficient clinical development programs. Starlight intends to pursue human clinical trials for multiple CNS indications starting in late 2023, building on prior IND-enabling studies and the upcoming Phase 1A clinical testing that will be conducted by Lantern.
The clinical development of STAR-001 in CNS cancers beyond the Phase 1A trial will be conducted exclusively by Starlight. Following the launch of Starlight, Lantern will continue to advance LP-184’s preclinical and clinical development for non-CNS indications (including pancreatic cancer and other solid tumors) and will also provide AI-driven bioinformatic and computational biology support to Starlight.
“The formation of Starlight as a wholly-owned subsidiary allows Lantern to sharpen the focus on advancing STAR-001 through targeted clinical trials and dedicate increased time, resources, and personnel to progress one of the most promising drug candidates for CNS cancer patients in decades,” stated Panna Sharma, Lantern’s CEO and President. “We believe that by focusing our efforts via Starlight Therapeutics we can accelerate and deepen our commitment to the CNS cancer patient community, while also creating the potential for meaningful additional upside for our investors,” continued Sharma.
RADR ® Platform Growth and Development:
RADR ® and Scientific Collaborations Update:
Operational Highlights:
Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Overview:
Earnings Call and Webinar Details:
Lantern will host its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2022 earnings call and webinar today, Monday, March 20, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. ET.
About Lantern Pharma:
Lantern Pharma (NASDAQ: LTRN) is a clinical-stage oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary RADR ® AI and machine learning platform to discover biomarker signatures that identify patients most likely to respond to its pipeline of genomically-targeted therapeutics. By targeting drugs to patients whose genomic profile identifies them as having the highest probability of benefiting from the drug, Lantern's approach represents the potential to deliver best-in-class outcomes.
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Forward-looking Statements:
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements relating to: future events or our future financial performance; the potential advantages of our RADR ® platform in identifying drug candidates and patient populations that are likely to respond to a drug candidate; our strategic plans to advance the development of our drug candidates and antibody drug conjugate (ADC) development program; estimates regarding the development timing for our drug candidates and ADC development program; expectations and estimates regarding clinical trial timing and patient enrollment; our research and development efforts of our internal drug discovery programs and the utilization of our RADR ® platform to streamline the drug development process; our intention to leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning and genomic data to streamline and transform the pace, risk and cost of oncology drug discovery and development and to identify patient populations that would likely respond to a drug candidate; estimates regarding patient populations, potential markets and potential market sizes; sales estimates for our drug candidates and our plans to discover and develop drug candidates and to maximize their commercial potential by advancing such drug candidates ourselves or in collaboration with others. Any statements that are not statements of historical fact (including, without limitation, statements that use words such as "anticipate," "believe," "contemplate," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "seek," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "target," "model," "objective," "aim," "upcoming," "should," "will," "would," or the negative of these words or other similar expressions) should be considered forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements, such as (i) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, (ii) the risk that our research and the research of our collaborators may not be successful, (iii) the risk that none of our product candidates has received FDA marketing approval, and we may not be able to successfully initiate, conduct, or conclude clinical testing for or obtain marketing approval for our product candidates, (iv) the risk that no drug product based on our proprietary RADR ® AI platform has received FDA marketing approval or otherwise been incorporated into a commercial product, and (v) those other factors set forth in the Risk Factors section in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2023. You may access our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 under the investor SEC filings tab of our website at www.lanternpharma.com or on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Given these risks and uncertainties, we can give no assurances that our forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, or that any other results or events projected or contemplated by our forward-looking statements will in fact occur, and we caution investors not to place undue reliance on these statements. All forward-looking statements in this press release represent our judgment as of the date hereof, and, except as otherwise required by law, we disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to conform the statement to actual results or changes in our expectations.
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