ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Reports Second Quarter 2004 Financial Results
Wednesday August 11, 4:00 pm ET
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAD - News), a biopharmaceutical company utilizing innovative science to fuel drug discovery and clinical development of novel treatments for central nervous system disorders, today reported financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2004.
ACADIA reported a net loss of $5.9 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2004, compared to a net loss of $3.0 million for the second quarter of 2003. For the six months ended June 30, 2004, ACADIA reported a net loss of $12.4 million, compared to a net loss of $6.4 million for the comparable period of 2003. At June 30, 2004, ACADIA's cash, cash equivalents, and investment securities totaled $48.8 million, compared to $27.2 million at December 31, 2003.
Second Quarter and Six Month Financial Results
Revenues totaled $1.0 million and $1.9 million for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, compared to $2.3 million and $4.1 million for the comparable periods of 2003. Revenues consisted largely of collaborative revenues earned under the company's agreements with Allergan and, for the 2003 periods, also included revenues from the company's agreement with Amgen, the research term of which was completed in late 2003.
Research and development expenses totaled $5.4 million and $11.2 million for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, compared to $4.3 million and $8.5 million for the comparable periods of 2003. The increase in research and development expenses largely reflected increased clinical development costs associated with ACADIA's proprietary drug candidates as well as increased costs associated with expansion of the company's internal research and development activities.
General and administrative expenses totaled $880,000 and $1.8 million for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, compared to $644,000 and $1.4 million for the comparable periods of 2003. The increase in general and administrative expenses was due primarily to increased professional fees and other costs associated with ACADIA's transition to becoming a publicly traded company.
Non-cash, stock-based compensation expenses increased to $614,000 and $1.3 million for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2004, respectively, compared to $218,000 and $443,000 for the comparable periods of 2003.
"The second quarter of 2004 was a productive period for ACADIA as we aggressively advanced our proprietary clinical development programs, broadened our portfolio of discovery assets, and completed our initial public offering," said Uli Hacksell, Ph.D., ACADIA's Chief Executive Officer. "We are now positioned to deliver on our key objective to complete Phase II studies in each of our three proprietary clinical programs through 2005, while continuing to build a broad portfolio of innovative therapies to treat central nervous system disorders and other areas of unmet medical need."
Second Quarter and Recent Highlights
* ACADIA presented results of a Phase Ib/IIa clinical trial of ACP-103
in patients with Parkinson's disease during the second quarter of
2004. ACP-103 was safe and well tolerated with no adverse events
reported, and did not worsen the pre-existing motor deficits of these
patients. In a subgroup of patients who entered the trial with
treatment-induced dyskinesias, these symptoms were reduced following
ACP-103 administration. This finding is consistent with the
previously demonstrated antidyskinetic activity of ACP-103 in a monkey
model of Parkinson's disease. Following these encouraging initial
findings, ACADIA is preparing to begin a clinical pharmacology study
to further explore the antidyskinetic activity of ACP-103.
* ACADIA is currently conducting a multi-center Phase II clinical trial
with ACP-103, designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of this
drug candidate in Parkinson's disease patients who suffer from
treatment-induced psychosis. During the second quarter of 2004,
ACADIA began the clinical phase of this trial and ACADIA has now
opened all trial sites and continues to enroll patients. Results from
this trial are expected during the first half of 2005.
* ACADIA is advancing with its Phase II program using ACP-103 as an
adjunctive therapy for schizophrenia. This Phase II program consists
of an ongoing clinical pharmacology study and two clinical trials
designed to evaluate the ability of ACP-103 to reduce motor
disturbances and to improve the efficacy of current antipsychotic
agents. ACADIA expects to begin the clinical trials shortly and
report results during 2005.
* ACADIA recently published research linking the mechanism of its drug
candidate ACP-104, the major metabolite of clozapine, to the unique
ability of clozapine to improve cognition in patients with
schizophrenia.
* ACADIA entered into a three-year development agreement with
The Stanley Medical Research Institute, which will provide ACADIA with
up to $5 million in funding to support the further development of
ACP-104. ACADIA expects to initiate clinical trials shortly in its
Phase II program for ACP-104.
* ACADIA closed the initial public offering of shares of its common
stock on June 2, 2004, resulting in net proceeds to ACADIA of
$31.0 million.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
Uli Hacksell, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, and Thomas H. Aasen, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will review second quarter results via conference call and webcast later today at 4:30 p.m. EDT. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 800-901-5231 for participants from the United States or Canada and 617-786-2961 for international callers (reference participant passcode 69887488). The conference call also will be webcast live on ACADIA's website at acadia-pharm.com, under the investor relations section, and will be archived there until August 25, 2004.
About ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company utilizing innovative science to fuel drug discovery and clinical development of novel treatments for central nervous system disorders. ACADIA currently has five drug programs in clinical and preclinical development directed at large unmet medical needs and major commercial markets, including Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, chronic pain, and glaucoma. Using its proprietary drug discovery platform, ACADIA has discovered all of the drug candidates in its product pipeline. ACADIA's corporate headquarters and biological research facilities are located in San Diego, California and its chemistry research facilities are located in Copenhagen, Denmark. |
