11/13/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/13/2025 10:33
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our Condensed Financial Statements and Notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. This discussion and analysis contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results and the timing of certain events may differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including, but not limited to, those which are not within our control.
As used in this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, unless otherwise indicated, the terms "the Company", "we", "us", "our" and similar terminology refer to Inhibitor Therapeutics, Inc.
Background of Our Company
We are a pharmaceutical development company that is focused on developing and ultimately commercializing innovative therapeutics based on already approved active pharmaceuticals that have patent-protected methods of use and/or methods of delivery for patients with certain cancers and certain non-cancerous proliferation disorders. We also have explored and expect to continue to explore acquiring or licensing other innovative pre-clinical and clinical stage therapeutics addressing unmet needs for the treatment of cancer and other diseases based on repurposing active ingredients of already approved drugs.
Our current primary focus is on the development of therapies initially for basal cell carcinoma nevus syndrome ("BCCNS"), prostate and lung cancers in the United States utilizing itraconazole, a drug currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") to treat fungal infections, and which has an extensive history of safe and effective use in humans. We have developed intellectual property and know-how related to the treatment of cancer patients using itraconazole.
On December 12, 2023, we entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the "Agreement") with Johns Hopkins University ("JHU") pursuant to which, JHU granted to our Company the exclusive worldwide patent rights to a Granted US Patent, No. 8,980,930 entitled "New Angiogenesis Inhibitors" (the "Patent"). The Patent relates to the treatment of prostate cancer, basal cell carcinoma ("BCC") including BCCNS, and lung cancer. Pursuant to the Agreement, we paid JHU an upfront license fee of $40,000. In addition to compliance with customary terms and conditions included in the Agreement, we are contractually obligated to pay JHU certain additional consideration, including the following:
| ● | Royalties within the mid-single digit percentages based on net sales generated from a licensed product, with net sales generated from a licensed product that has exclusivity in the United States due solely to the patent rights provided pursuant the Agreement subject to a higher percentage; | |
| ● | Minimum Annual Royalty ("MAR") payments of $10,000 during each of the first two years of the Agreement, $15,000 during the third year of the Agreement and $50,000 during the fourth year of the Agreement and every year thereafter until the first commercial sale of an associated licensed product. Following the first commercial sale of an associated licensed product, every year thereafter throughout the remaining term of the Agreement the MAR payment is $150,000; | |
| ● | A low-double digit percentage of any consideration received from a sublicensee; and | |
| ● | Certain development-related milestone payments in the aggregate of $3.0 million upon the achieving each of a series of agreed upon milestones, including a successful Phase 3 clinical trial, as well as commercialization and FDA approval of a licensed product, as defined within the Agreement. |
In May 2024, we formally requested a Type-B, pre-investigational new drug application ("pre-IND") meeting with the FDA to obtain feedback on the overall drug development and regulatory plan to use itraconazole for the treatment of BCC tumors in BCCNS patients, for which we have engaged the services of external experts in the field to assist with the process. Our Phase IIb clinical study ("HP2001") uses a novel formulation of itraconazole, which we reference in our pre-IND submission.
In June 2024, we were granted a meeting with the Division of Dermatology of the FDA. The meeting was subsequently cancelled, with acknowledgement from the FDA, as we determined that input from the FDA's Division of Oncology would be required. The FDA requested additional information regarding our right of use to the HP2001 study data in order to address certain pre-IND questions. The FDA has agreed to consult the Division of Oncology as necessary, and we believe we have provided sufficient information regarding our right of use to the HP2001 study data to proceed with our pre-IND process.
We have engaged Avior Bio, Inc. ("Avior"), to develop a novel formulation of itraconazole. Avior has completed the formulation development process, and upon finalization, will conduct a pharmacokinetic ("PK") crossover study of the generic formulation and the formulation that was used within the HP2001 study in preparation for a new pre-IND and New Drug Application ("NDA"). As all formulations consist of the same active pharmaceutical ingredients ("API"), we expect that our new, novel formulation to exhibit pharmacological properties extremely similar to those of the formulation used in the HP2001 clinical study.
In addition, we have submitted an application to the FDA to participate in the new Rare Disease Endpoint Advancement (RDEA) pilot program - an initiative jointly led by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER).
Critical Accounting Policies
Our critical accounting policies require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements and the accompanying notes. These estimates are based on historical experience, the advice of external experts or on other assumptions management believes to be reasonable. Where actual amounts differ from estimates, revisions are included in the results for the period in which actual amounts become known. Historically, differences between estimates and actual amounts have not had a significant impact on our financial statements. Critical accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the financial statements are discussed with the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors as they are implemented and on an annual basis.
We have no material changes to our Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates disclosure as filed in our 2024 Annual Report.
Results of Operations
For the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024
Research and Development Expenses. We incurred $0.4 million of research and development expenses during each of the three months ended September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024. The expenses are primarily internal personnel costs, consisting of salaries, benefits and other related costs, as well as amounts paid to third parties to support our research and development activities. We expect research and development expenses to continue to increase in the future, depending on the results from our upcoming FDA meetings.
General and Administrative Expenses. We incurred approximately $0.4 million in general and administrative expenses during each of the three months ended September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024. During each of the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, general and administrative expenses were composed primarily of compensation costs of $0.2 million, professional services fees of $0.1 million and insurance costs of $0.1 million.
Interest income. We earned approximately $0.03 million and $0.1 million of interest income during the three months ended September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024, respectively. The interest income is generated from deposits held in our depository accounts and the decrease is the result of less deposits within our money market account during the current period.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024
Research and Development Expenses. We incurred $0.9 million of research and development expenses during each of the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024. The expenses are primarily internal personnel costs, consisting of salaries, benefits and other related costs, as well as amounts paid to third parties to support our research and development activities. We expect research and development expenses to continue to increase in the future, depending on the results from our upcoming FDA meeting.
General and Administrative Expenses. We incurred approximately $1.2 million and $1.3 million in general and administrative expenses during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, and September 30, 2024, general and administrative expenses were composed primarily of compensation costs of $0.6 million and $0.7 million, respectively, while professional services fees remained consistent at $0.3 million and insurance costs also remained consistent at $0.3 million. The slight decrease in general and administrative expenses is primarily due to a reduction in compensation costs.
Interest income. We earned approximately $0.08 million and $0.3 million of interest income during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024, respectively. The interest income is generated from deposits held in our depository accounts and the decrease of $0.2 million compared to the prior period is the result of less deposits within our money market account during the current period.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We are presently focused on our business plan for developing and ultimately commercializing innovative therapeutics based on already approved active pharmaceuticals that have patent-protected methods of use and/or methods of delivery. Utilizing the new formulation of itraconazole as the API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) which has been developed with Avior, coupled with a crossover PK study to demonstrate that our formulation of itraconazole delivers comparable levels of itraconazole as the itraconazole formulation used in prior clinical trials, and approved by the FDA, we intend to obtain justification for the submission of an NDA without requiring additional clinical trials. Based on cash on hand, totaling approximately $3.0 million as of September 30, 2025, and our current operational plan and budget, we expect to have sufficient cash to manage our business, continue to pursue the FDA process for the BCCNS product (without further clinical trials), and explore other drug development opportunities for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, upon determination of the requirements for the BCCNS NDA, which we are working to have clarification on within the next six months, we will assess capital requirements necessary to pursue additional opportunities, which may include raising additional capital through sales of equity securities or debt. However, there can be no assurances that we will be successful in the execution of its operational plan nor, if determined to be required, that we will be successful in raising additional capital on economically reasonable terms, if at all.