03/02/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/02/2026 06:21
You should read the following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (this "Annual Report"). The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our current plans, forecasts, estimates and beliefs and involve risks and uncertainties. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any period in the future. Our actual results, outcomes and the timing of events could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report, particularly in the section titled "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements"and "Risk Factors." We urge you to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts, reflect our current views with respect to future events, and apply only as of the date made. We do not intend, and undertake no obligation, to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Unless the context requires otherwise, references to "we," "us," "our," "Apogee" or "the Company" refer to Apogee Therapeutics, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
We are a clinical stage biotechnology company advancing optimized, novel biologics with the potential for differentiated efficacy and dosing in the largest inflammatory and immunology ("I&I") markets, including for the treatment of atopic dermatitis ("AD"), asthma, eosinophilic esophagitis ("EoE"), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ("COPD"), and other I&I indications. Our antibody programs are designed to overcome limitations of existing therapies by targeting well-established mechanisms of action and incorporating advanced antibody engineering to optimize half-life and other properties.
Our pipeline comprises multiple antibody programs being developed initially for the treatment of I&I indications as monotherapies and combinations, including zumilokibart (APG777), APG279 (zumilokibart + APG990), APG273 (zumilokibart + APG333), and APG808 (each, a "program" or "product candidate"). With four validated targets in our portfolio, we are seeking to achieve best-in-class efficacy and dosing through monotherapies and combinations of our novel antibodies. Based on a broad pipeline and depth of expertise, we believe we can deliver value and meaningful benefit to patients underserved by today's standard of care. We believe each of our product candidates has potential for broad application across multiple I&I indications.
The following is a summary of key developments affecting our business for the year ended December 31, 2025, except for updates related to our programs, which are discussed in "Item 1. Business" included in this Annual Report.
Equity Offerings
On October 10, 2025, pursuant to our Registration Statement on Form S-3, which became effective in August 2024 (File No 333-281503), we issued and sold an aggregate of 8,048,782 shares of common stock (inclusive of 1,097,561 shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares) at a public offering price of $41.00 per share, and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 365,853 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $40.99999 per pre-funded warrant (the "October 2025 Offering"). The pre-funded warrants have an exercise price of $0.00001 per share and are exercisable immediately. The aggregate net proceeds from the offering were $324.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
ATM Facility
During the year ended December 31, 2025, we sold 1,175,701 shares of common stock under our at the market offering program ("ATM Facility") for gross proceeds of $67.6 million, less commissions and other offering expenses of $2.0 million.
Net Loss
We have incurred significant operating losses since inception. Our ability to generate product revenue sufficient to achieve profitability will depend heavily on the successful development and eventual commercialization of any programs we may develop. We generated a net loss of $255.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $561.8 million. We expect to continue to incur significantly increased expenses for the foreseeable future if and as we continue to operate our business.
Macroeconomic Conditions
The global macroeconomic environment is uncertain, and could be negatively affected by, among other things, financial market volatility and uncertainty, inflation, interest rate fluctuations, changing tariff policies and trade restrictions, uncertainty with respect to the federal budget and debt ceiling and potential government shutdowns related thereto, instability in the global banking system, cybersecurity events, the impact of war or military conflict, including regional conflicts around the world, and public health pandemics. We closely monitor the impact of these factors on all aspects of our business, including the potential impacts on our clinical trial trials, supply chain, regulatory interactions, employees, third-party partners, suppliers, and vendors. The ultimate impact of global and domestic economic conditions on our business remains highly uncertain and will depend on future developments and factors that continue to evolve. As a result, we are subject to continuing risks and uncertainties and continue to closely monitor the impact of the current conditions on our business. For more information regarding these risks and uncertainties, see the section titled "Risk Factors" in this Annual Report.
Revenue
We have not generated any revenue from product sales and do not expect to generate any revenue from the sale of products for several years, if at all. If our development efforts for our programs are successful and result in regulatory approval or collaboration or license agreements with third parties, we may generate revenue in the future from product sales or payments from collaboration or license agreements that we may enter into with third parties, or any combination thereof.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses consist of (i) research and development expenses and (ii) general and administrative expenses.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of costs incurred in connection with the development and research of our programs. These expenses include:
We measure and recognize asset acquisitions or licenses to intellectual property that are not deemed to be business combinations based on the cost to acquire or license the asset or group of assets, which includes transaction costs. In an asset acquisition or license to intellectual property, the cost allocated to acquired in-process research and development, with no alternative future use is recognized as research and development expense on the acquisition date.
We expense research and development costs as incurred. Non-refundable advance payments that we make for goods or services to be received in the future for use in research and development activities are recorded as prepaid expenses. The prepaid amounts are expensed as the related goods are delivered or the services are performed, or when it is no longer expected that the goods will be delivered or the services rendered.
Our primary focus since inception has been the identification and development of our pipeline programs. Our research and development costs primarily consist of external costs, including CRO fees and fees paid to Paragon under the Option Agreements and the License Agreements. We do not separately track or segregate the amount of costs incurred under the Option Agreements due to the early-stage and discovery nature of the services. We do not allocate personnel-related costs by program because these resources are used and these costs are deployed across multiple programs under development, and, as such, are not separately classified.
We expect that our research and development expenses will increase substantially for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest in research and development activities for our programs, and any potential future programs, including investments in clinical trials and manufacturing. The success of programs we may identify and develop will depend on many factors, including the following:
Any changes in the outcome of any of these variables with respect to the development of programs that we may identify could mean a significant change in the costs and timing associated with the development of such programs. For example, if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") or another regulatory authority were to require us to conduct clinical trials beyond those that we currently anticipate will be required for the completion of clinical development of a program, or if we experience significant delays in our clinical trials due to patient enrollment, macroeconomic events or other reasons, we would be required to expend significant additional financial resources and time on the completion of clinical development. We may never obtain regulatory approval for any of our programs.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel-related expenses, including salaries, bonuses, and equity-based compensation, for individuals in our executive, finance, legal, IT, operations, human resources, business development, commercial and other administrative functions. Other significant general and administrative expenses include legal fees relating to corporate matters, professional fees for accounting, auditing, tax and administrative consulting services, insurance costs and recruiting costs. These costs relate to the operation of the business, unrelated to the research and development function, or any individual program.
We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase substantially for the foreseeable future as we increase our headcount to support the expected growth in our research and development activities and the potential commercialization of our product candidates, if approved. We also expect to continue incurring expenses associated with being a public company, including increased costs of accounting, audit, legal, regulatory and tax-related services associated with maintaining compliance with exchange listing and SEC requirements, director and officer insurance costs, and investor and public relations costs.
Other Income (Expense), Net
Interest Income
Interest income consists of interest income earned from our cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities and amortization of investment discounts.
Income Taxes
Since our inception, we have not recorded any income tax benefits for the net losses we have incurred or for the research and development tax credits generated in each period as we believe, based upon the weight of available evidence, that it is more likely than not that all of our net operating loss ("NOL") carryforwards and the vast majority of our tax credit carryforwards will not be realized.
As of December 31, 2025, we had U.S. federal NOL carryforwards of approximately $250.7 million, which may be available to reduce future taxable income and have an indefinite carryforward period but are limited in their usage to an annual deduction equal to 80% of annual taxable income. We also had state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $94.3 million, which will begin to expire in 2043 for state tax purposes. As of December 31, 2025, we also had U.S. federal and research and development tax credit carryforwards of approximately $16.7 million, which may be available to reduce future tax liabilities. We also had California research and development credit carryforwards of approximately $2.9 million. Additionally, we had Massachusetts research and development credit carryforwards of approximately $1.7 million. The U.S. federal and Massachusetts research and development tax credit carryforwards expire at various dates beginning in 2042 and the California research and development tax credit carryforwards do not expire. We have recorded a full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets at the balance sheet date.
A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to the year ended December 31, 2024 is presented below. A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023 can be found in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 3, 2025.
The following table summarizes our consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented (in thousands):
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YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, |
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2025 |
2024 |
$ CHANGE |
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Operating expenses: |
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|
Research and development |
$ |
214,712 |
$ |
167,865 |
$ |
46,847 |
||||||
|
General and administrative |
70,883 |
49,005 |
21,878 |
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|
Total operating expenses |
285,595 |
216,870 |
68,725 |
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|
Loss from operations |
(285,595 |
) |
(216,870 |
) |
(68,725 |
) |
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|
Other income, net: |
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|
Interest income |
30,030 |
34,742 |
(4,712 |
) |
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|
Total other income, net |
30,030 |
34,742 |
(4,712 |
) |
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|
Net loss before taxes |
(255,565 |
) |
(182,128 |
) |
(73,437 |
) |
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|
Provision for income taxes |
(278 |
) |
(18 |
) |
(260 |
) |
||||||
|
Net loss after taxes |
$ |
(255,843 |
) |
$ |
(182,146 |
) |
$ |
(73,697 |
) |
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Research and Development Expense
The following table summarizes our research and development expenses incurred for the periods presented (in thousands):
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YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, |
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2025 |
2024 |
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External research and development costs by program: |
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Zumilokibart (APG777) |
$ |
76,441 |
$ |
49,241 |
||||
|
APG990/APG279 |
16,250 |
20,000 |
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|
APG333/APG273 |
5,257 |
28,095 |
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|
APG808 |
3,136 |
10,311 |
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Unallocated research and development costs: |
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|
External-discovery related costs and other |
22,469 |
11,064 |
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|
Personnel-related (excluding equity-based compensation) |
68,490 |
39,013 |
||||||
|
Equity-based compensation |
22,381 |
9,964 |
||||||
|
Depreciation expense |
288 |
177 |
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|
Total research and development expenses |
$ |
214,712 |
$ |
167,865 |
||||
Research and development expenses for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 were $214.7 million and $167.9 million, respectively. The increase of $46.8 million was primarily driven by further development of our zumilokibart (APG777) program, increases in personnel costs and equity-based compensation, associated with the growth in our research and development team, and increases in external-discovery related costs and other expenses, partially offset by decreases in expenses related to our APG990/APG279, APG333/APG273 and APG808 programs.
Research and development expense related to the zumilokibart (APG777) program increased by $27.2 million in the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily driven by increases in clinical trial-related expenses and clinical manufacturing activities to support our ongoing clinical trials. Research and development expense related to the APG990/APG279 program decreased by $3.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to a reduction in clinical manufacturing activities and a decrease in expenses incurred under the Option Agreements and License Agreements, which included milestone payments of $1.0 million and $2.0 million to Paragon, related to the nomination of a development candidate in May 2024 and the first dosing of human participants in a Phase 1 clinical trial in August 2024, respectively, partially offset by an increase in clinical trial expenses. Research and development expense related to the APG333/APG273 program decreased by $22.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to a reduction in clinical manufacturing activities and a decrease in
expenses incurred under the Option Agreements and License Agreements, which included a $2.0 million research initiation fee and milestone payments of $3.0 million and $5.0 million to Paragon related to the nomination of a development candidate in October 2024 and the first dosing of a human patient in a Phase 1 clinical trial in December 2024, respectively. Research and development expense related to the APG808 program decreased by $7.2 million in the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily driven by decreases in clinical trial expenses, expenses incurred under the Option Agreements and License Agreements, including a milestone payment of $2.0 million to Paragon in March 2024 for the first dosing of a human patient in a Phase 1 trial, and a decrease in clinical manufacturing expenses.
External-discovery related costs and other expenses increased by $11.4 million in the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to increases in professional service fees and non-program specific research and development expense. Personnel-related expenses and equity-based compensation increased by $29.5 million and $12.4 million, respectively, in the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to increased headcount and an increase in the fair value of equity awards granted.
General and Administrative Expense
The following table summarizes our general and administrative expenses for the periods presented (in thousands):
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YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, |
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2025 |
2024 |
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|
Personnel-related (excluding equity-based compensation) |
$ |
26,740 |
$ |
16,935 |
||||
|
Equity-based compensation |
23,896 |
13,368 |
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|
Legal and professional fees |
4,315 |
6,451 |
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|
Depreciation expense |
1,130 |
- |
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|
Other |
14,802 |
12,251 |
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|
Total general and administrative expenses |
$ |
70,883 |
$ |
49,005 |
||||
General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2025 were $70.9 million, compared to $49.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase of $21.9 million was primarily due to increases of $9.8 million and $10.5 million in personnel-related expense and equity-based compensation, respectively, primarily driven by increased headcount and an increase in the fair value of equity awards granted.
Other Income, Net
Interest income decreased $4.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, which was primarily related to interest on our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.
Sources of Liquidity
Since our inception, we have incurred significant losses. We have not yet commercialized any of our programs, which are in various phases of early-stage and late-stage development, and we do not expect to generate revenue from sales of any of our programs for several years, if at all. To date, we have financed our operations from the proceeds from the issuance of preferred units and the sale of common stock in our IPO, our March 2024 Offering (as defined below), our ATM Facility and our October 2025 Offering. As of December 31, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of $131.5 million, marketable securities of $598.6 million and long-term marketable securities of $172.7 million.
Prior to our IPO, we received gross proceeds of $169.0 million from the sales of our preferred units. In connection with our IPO in July 2023, we issued and sold an aggregate of 20,297,500 shares of common stock (inclusive of 2,647,500 shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters' option to purchase
additional shares) at a price of $17.00 per share for net proceeds of $315.4 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, and other offering expenses.
In March 2024, we issued and sold an aggregate of 7,790,321 shares of common stock (inclusive of 1,016,128 shares pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares) at a public offering price of $62.00 per share, for net proceeds of $450.0 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, and other offering expenses (the "March 2024 Offering").
In August 2024, we entered into an Open Market Sale Agreement (the "Sale Agreement") with Jefferies LLC (the "Sales Agent"), pursuant to which we may offer and sell shares of common stock up to a maximum aggregate offering price of $300.0 million, from time to time, through an ATM Facility. During the year ended December 31, 2024, we sold 926,049 shares of common stock under the ATM Facility for gross proceeds of $44.9 million, less commissions and other offering expenses of $1.4 million. During the year ended December 31, 2025 we sold 1,175,701 shares of common stock under the ATM Facility for gross proceeds of $67.6 million, less commissions and other offering expenses of $2.0 million. As of December 31, 2025, $187.5 million remained available for sale under the Sale Agreement.
In connection with our October 2025 Offering, we issued and sold an aggregate of 8,048,782 shares of common stock (inclusive of 1,097,561 shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares) at a public offering price of $41.00 per share, and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 365,853 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $40.99999 per pre-funded warrant. The pre-funded warrants have an exercise price of $0.00001 per share and are exercisable immediately. The aggregate net proceeds from the offering were $324.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
Future Funding Requirements
To date, we have not generated any revenue from product sales. We do not expect to generate revenue from product sales unless and until we successfully complete preclinical and clinical development of, receive regulatory approval for, and commercialize a product candidate and we do not know when that will occur, if at all. We expect our expenses to increase substantially in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly as we advance the preclinical and clinical activities. In addition, if we obtain regulatory approval for any product candidates, we expect to incur significant expenses related to product sales, marketing, and distribution to the extent that such sales, marketing and distribution are not the responsibility of potential collaborators. We expect to incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company. The timing and amount of our operating expenditures will depend largely on the factors set out above. For more information, see the section titled "Risk Factors-Risks Related to Our Limited Operating History, Financial Position and Capital Requirements."
Our funding requirements and timing and amount of our operating expenditures will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to:
Adequate additional funds may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. We do not currently have any committed external source of funds. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, our stockholders' ownership interests could be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that could adversely affect our stockholders' rights.
Additional debt financing and preferred equity financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends, and may require the issuance of warrants, which could potentially dilute our stockholders' ownership interests.
If we raise additional funds through strategic collaborations, licensing arrangements, royalty financings or other collaborations with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs, or product candidates or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us. Any additional fundraising efforts may divert our management from their day-to-day activities, which may adversely affect our business.
If we are unable to raise additional funds when needed or on acceptable terms, we may be required to delay, limit, suspend, or terminate our product development programs or any future commercialization efforts or grant rights to develop and market product candidates to third parties that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves.
As of December 31, 2025, we had $131.5 million of cash and cash equivalents, $598.6 million of marketable securities and $172.7 million of long-term marketable securities. Based on our current operating plan, as of the date of this Annual Report, we estimate that our existing cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and long-term marketable securities will be sufficient to enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements through at least the next 12 months following the issuance of our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report. Moreover, based on our current operating plan, we estimate that such funds will be sufficient to enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into the second half of 2028. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could exhaust our available capital resources sooner than we expect.
Cash Flows
The following table provides information regarding our cash flows for the periods presented (in thousands):
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YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, |
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2025 |
2024 |
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Net cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash provided by (used in): |
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|
Operating activities |
$ |
(227,450 |
) |
$ |
(171,174 |
) |
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|
Investing activities |
(179,574 |
) |
(300,462 |
) |
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|
Financing activities |
396,490 |
495,109 |
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|
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |
$ |
(10,534 |
) |
$ |
23,473 |
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Net Cash used in Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities resulted primarily from our net losses adjusted for non-cash charges and changes in components of operating assets and liabilities, which are generally attributable to timing of payments, and the related effect on certain account balances, operational and strategic decisions and contracts to which we may be a party.
For the year ended December 31, 2025, operating activities used $227.5 million of cash, primarily due to a net loss of $255.8 million, net changes in our operating assets and liabilities of $15.5 million and amortization of discounts on marketable securities of $7.5 million. This was partially offset by non-cash charges of $46.3 million for equity-based compensation and $3.7 million related to lease expense.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, operating activities used $171.2 million of cash, primarily due to a net loss of $182.1 million and amortization of discounts on marketable securities of $12.2 million. This was partially offset by non-cash charges of $23.3 million for equity-based compensation and $1.7 million related to lease expense.
Net Cash used in Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $179.6 million, primarily related to the $642.3 million purchase of marketable securities and $5.1 million purchase of property and equipment. This was partially offset by the maturities of $467.9 million of marketable securities.
Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $300.5 million, primarily related to the $649.5 million purchase of marketable securities and $1.1 million purchase of property and equipment. This was partially offset by the maturities of $350.1 million of marketable securities.
Net Cash provided by Financing Activities
For the year ended December 31, 2025, financing activities provided $396.5 million of cash, primarily related to the issuance and sale of common stock from our October 2025 Offering, net of paid issuance costs, and the issuance of common stock under our ATM Facility.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, financing activities provided $495.1 million of cash, primarily related to the issuance and sale of common stock from our March 2024 Offering, net of paid issuance costs, and the issuance of common stock under our ATM Facility in December 2024.
Contractual Obligations and Other Commitments
We enter into contracts in the normal course of business with CROs, CMOs and other third parties for preclinical research studies and testing, clinical trials, manufacturing and other services. Payments due upon cancellation consist only of payments for services provided and expenses incurred up to the date of cancellation, including non-cancelable obligations of our service providers and, in some cases, wind-down costs. The exact amounts of such obligations are dependent on the timing of termination and the terms of the associated agreement. Accordingly, these payments are not disclosed as the amount and timing of such payments are not known.
Our agreements to license intellectual property include potential milestone payments that are dependent upon the development of products using the intellectual property licensed under the agreements and contingent upon the achievement of specific development and clinical milestones. As of December 31, 2025, we have incurred $17.0 million of the maximum aggregate potential milestone payments. We are also obligated to pay royalties to (i) Paragon at a royalty rate of a low single-digit percentage based on net sales of any products under the License Agreements, once commercialized and (ii) WuXi Biologics at a royalty rate of a fraction of a single digit percentage of global net sales of WuXi Biologics Licensed Products manufactured by a third-party manufacturer.
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that are material or reasonably likely to become material to our financial condition or results of operations.
Our management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported revenues recognized and expenses incurred during the reporting periods. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
We define our critical accounting policies as those accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America that are most critical to the judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. While our significant accounting policies are described in more detail in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report, we believe the following accounting policies used in preparation of our consolidated financial statements require the most significant judgments and estimates.
Research and Development Expense
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development expenses consist of costs incurred in performing research and development activities, including salaries and bonuses, overhead costs, contract services and other related costs. The value of goods and services received from CROs and CMOs in the reporting period are estimated based on the level of services performed, and progress in the period in cases when we have not received an invoice from the supplier. In circumstances where amounts have been paid in excess of costs incurred, we record a prepaid expense. When billing terms under these contracts do not coincide with the timing of when the work is performed, we are required to make estimates of outstanding obligations to those third parties as of period end. Any accrual estimates are based on a number of factors, including our knowledge of the progress towards completion of the specific tasks to be performed, invoicing to date under the contracts, communication from the vendors of any actual costs incurred during the period that have not yet been invoiced and the costs included in the contracts.
Significant judgments and estimates may be made in determining the accrued balances at the end of any reporting period. Actual results could differ from the estimates made by us.
We have reviewed all recently issued accounting standards and have determined that, other than as disclosed in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report, such standards are not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements or do not otherwise apply to our operations.
Interest Rate Risk
We are exposed to market risk related to changes in interest rates. We had cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term marketable securities of $902.9 million as of December 31, 2025, which consisted primarily of U.S. Treasury Securities, Commercial Paper, U.S. Government Bonds, and Corporate Securities.
The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve capital to fund our operations. We also seek to maximize income from our investments without assuming significant risk. To achieve our objectives, we maintain a portfolio of investments in a variety of securities of high credit quality and short and intermediate-term duration, according to our audit committee-approved investment policy. Our investments are subject to interest rate risk and could fall in value if market interest rates increase. Our primary exposure to market risk is interest income volatility, which is sensitive to changes in the general level of interest rates; however due to the low risk profiles of our investments, we do not anticipate a significant exposure to interest rate risk on the fair market value of our investments. We believe the effect of a hypothetical 10% change in market interest rates would not have had a material impact on our historical consolidated financial statements for the periods presented.
Foreign Currency Risk
The majority of our transactions occur in U.S. dollars. However, we do have certain transactions that are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, and we therefore are subject to foreign exchange risk. The fluctuation in the value of the U.S. dollar against other currencies affects the reported amounts of expenses, assets and liabilities primarily associated with a limited number of clinical and manufacturing activities. Due to the uncertain timing of expected payments in foreign currencies, we do not utilize any forward exchange contracts. All foreign transactions settle on the applicable spot exchange basis at the time such payments or transactions are made. We believe the effect of a hypothetical 10% change in foreign currency exchange rates applicable to our business would not have had a material impact on our historical consolidated financial statements for the periods presented.
Inflation Risk
Although we do not believe that inflation has had a material effect on our business, financial position or results of operations to date, we may experience some effect due to an impact on the costs to conduct clinical trials, manufacturing and supply costs, labor costs, and other operational costs. Inflationary costs could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.