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BerGenBio

Earnings Release Nov 17, 2017

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AXL inhibition to prolong life

First-in-class medicines to treat aggressive cancers

Third Quarter 2017 presentation

17th November 2017

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1. Q3 2017 Highlights

    1. AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
    1. BGB324 and I-O therapy
    1. BGB324 in NSCLC
    1. Other studies
    1. Finance report
    1. Outlook
    1. Q&A

Q3 2017 Highlights

Phase II clinical development programmes advancing as planned – solid foundation to build value

Good progress with Phase II clinical development program with BGB324, a selective Axl inhibitor, in all initial indications

  • 4 company sponsored studies recruiting: 2x NSCLC, TBNC and AML/MDS
  • First patients dosed in international studies of BGB324/Keytruda in NSCLC and TNBC (October)
  • Investigator-sponsored studies in lung cancer (docetaxel combo) and melanoma (combination with current targeted & I-O therapies)

Promising data presented at international cancer conferences in October

  • BGB324/docetaxel combo well-tolerated; partial remission of 10 months in 1 of 3 patients (World Conference on Lung Cancer)
  • Strong recruitment and encouraging safety profile of BGB324 in combination with dabrafenib/trametinib or pembrolizumab (World Congress of Melanoma)

Design and rationale for Phase II programme in NSCLC presented (Precision: Lung Cancer)

  • BGB324 combination with standard NSCLC treatments: I/O, targeted therapy and chemotherapy
  • Demonstrates ability of BGB324 to counteract Axl-driven immune evasion and acquired resistance to improve patient outcomes

Robust Cash position of NOK 399 million at the end of Q3 2017

Cash sufficient to deliver key read-outs from four Phase II trials in 2H 2018

    1. Q3 2017 Highlights
  • 2. AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
    1. BGB324 and I-O therapy
    1. BGB324 in NSCLC
    1. Other studies
    1. Finance report
    1. Outlook
    1. Q&A

Developing AXL inhibitors to target aggressive cancers…

…and ensure that manageable cancers don't become aggressive

Aggressive cancers

evade the immune system, acquire drug resistance and spread

AXL is a key regulator of aggressive cancers driving:

  • Innate immune suppression
  • Therapy resistance
  • Cancer spread

BGB324, a selective AXL inhibitor, restores sensitivity to immune cell attack and therapy, prevents spread

Most common tumours express high AXL levels Correlates to poor prognosis – major unmet need

AXL low = Higher survival; AXL high = Poor survival

Advancing a broad clinical development pipeline

Compelling phase Ib clinical data in patients with few remaining options

NSCLC

BGB324 + erlotinib in heavily pre-treated Stage IV metastatic EGFR+ patients

  • Well tolerated
  • 50% clinical benefit rate
  • Stable disease >4 months
  • One patient on treatment >20 months

BGB324 + docetaxel in previously treated advanced NSCLC patients

  • Well tolerated
  • 1 patient (of 3) on treatment for >10 months
  • 1 patient with tumour shrinkage (PR)

BGB324 + pembrolizumab or dabrafenib & trametinib in patients with advanced melanoma

  • Both combinations well tolerated
  • Recommended dose for Phase II determined

AML / MDS

BGB324 single agent in heavily pre-treated relapsed & refractory patients

  • Well tolerated up to >15 months
  • 32% clinical benefit rate
  • 1 CR, 3 PR, 5 stable disease
  • Correlation with diagnostic

Companion diagnostic for personalised medicine

High AXL expression correlates to poor prognosis

Low AXL expression1

High AXL expression1

Benefits of CDx

  • Selecting patients most likely to benefit from treatment
  • Improving probability of approval
  • Increase reimbursement rates

8,4%

Without biomarker

Likelihood of success (Phase I to approval)

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 25,9%

With biomarker

Parallel CDx development becoming standard practice

Tumour markers

Tumour immune infiltrate

PD-L1, PD-1, CTLA-4, CD8 and CD45RO expression phenotypes

Circulation

Cell mediated immune system and other cell types Circulating factors • Soluble AXL &

  • Cytokines

12 (1) Gjerdrum (2010)

And…it's a simple pill, taken once a day

    1. Q3 2017 Highlights
    1. AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
  • 3. BGB324 and I-O therapy
  • First NSCLC and TNBC patients dosed in clinical collaboration with Merck
  • Strong recruitment in melanoma trial, presentation at World Melanoma Congress
    1. BGB324 in NSCLC
    1. Other studies
    1. Finance report
    1. Outlook
    1. Q&A

Strong rationale for combining BGB324 with checkpoint inhibitors

AXL up-regulation is the greatest change in non-responders

Combine BGB324 + CPI to increase response rate

ONLY combination study addressing the fundamental mechanism of tumour resistance to CPIs

Combination with BGB324 to increase efficacy of anti-PD1 therapy

  • § A significant proportion of patients do not respond to checkpoint inhibitor therapy
  • § Non-responders to checkpoint therapy have been shown to express AXL at higher rates
  • § Inhibiting AXL may increase the number of patients responding to checkpoint therapy
  • § Comprehensive biomarker programme analysing AXL, PD-L1 and immune signature

First patients dosed in international studies of BGB324 + Keytruda in NSCLC and TNBC: clinical collaboration with Merck

Phase II trials initiated with BGB324 in combination with KEYTRUDA in TNBC and NSCLC

BGBC007 Phase 2 –
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC)
28 patients (up to 56) with previously treated, unresectable
or metastatic TNBC
Primary endpoint: Objective response
rate
Initial read-out
expected
2H 2018
Biomarker studies (tissue sample and blood based) ongoing
in parallel; PD-L1 assay to be performed by Merck
Others endpoints: Safety, duration of
response, time to progression, survival
at 12 months, response by biomarker
Patient recruitment ongoing in Norway, UK, Spain, US expression
BGBC008 Phase 2 –
NSCLC Adenocarcinoma of the lung
22 patients (up to 48) with previously treated unresectable
adenocarcinoma of the lung
Primary endpoint: Objective response
rate
Biomarker studies (tissue sample and blood based) ongoing
in parallel; PD-L1 assay to be performed by Merck
Others endpoints: Safety, duration of
response, time to progression, survival
at 12 months, response by biomarker
Initial read-out
expected
2H 2018

Update – World Congress of Melanoma Phase II trial of BGB324 in combination with targeted and I/O therapies

BGBIL006 Phase II – Melanoma – Investigator-sponsored trial

Sponsor Investigator: Dr Oddbjørn Straume, Haukeland University Hospital and University of Bergen Center for Cancer Biomarkers

Arm 1: Pembrolizumab +/- BGB324 Arm 2: Dabrafenib and trametinib +/- BGB324

BGB324 combinations well tolerated Recommended Phase 2 dose of BGB324 + dabrafenib/trametimib established

Biomarker programme ongoing in parallel with collaborators at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Weeks

19 Source: Straume et al World Congress of Melanoma (October 2017)

    1. Q3 2017 Highlights
    1. AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
    1. BGB324 and I-O therapy
  • 4. BGB324 in NSCLC
  • AXL inhibition as cornerstone therapy for NSCLC
  • NSCLC franchise presented at World Congress of Lung in Japan
    1. Other studies
    1. Finance report
    1. Outlook
    1. Q&A

AXL inhibition as cornerstone for cancer therapy

BGB324 clinical development

Potential for BGB324 to become a cornerstone therapy for NSCLC

  • Lung cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer-related death in developed countries
  • Strategy to position BGB324 as the cornerstone of treatment for NSCLC by combining with standard of care therapies

BGB324 Lung Cancer program showcased at 18th World Conference on Lung Cancer Yokohama, Japan

BGB324 + docetaxel BGB324 + erlotinib

  • Poster presentation on BGBIL005 clinical trial
  • Compelling pre-clinical data: treatment with BGB324 increased
  • ü Efficacy of chemotherapy ü Anti-tumour innate immunity
  • Clinical update
  • ü 1 PR for 10 months ü Favourable safety

  • Oral presentation on BGBC004 clinical trial

  • Clinical update
  • ü 50% clinical benefit rate
  • ü 1 patient ongoing, experiencing sustained benefit for > 20 months
  • ü Favourable safety

Biomarker update

  • ü Change in soluble AXL levels correlating with exposure to BGB324
  • ü Biomarkers for lung injury reduced in response to treatment

BGB324 + KEYTRUDA

  • Poster presentation on BGBC008 clinical trial
  • Compelling pre-clinical data: treatment with BGB324 increased
  • ü Efficacy of checkpoint inhibitors ü Anti-tumour immunity
  • Presentation of clinical study design

Update – World Conference on Lung Cancer Phase I/II trial of BGB324 with docetaxel in NSCLC

BGBIL005 Phase I/II – NSCLC (2nd line – progressed/treatment-refractory disease) – Investigator-sponsored study

Vast majority of NSCLC patients will receive chemotherapy in 1st or 2nd line settings

BGB324 enhances the effect of chemotherapy in animal models

Trial involves (30) patients with previously treated advanced NSCLC who have exhausted all treatment options

BGB324/docetaxel combination is well tolerated One patient on treatment for 10 months One partial response (Recist 1.1) with tumour shrinkage Weeks

Sponsor Investigator: Dr David Gerber, UTSW Dallas

"The vast majority of my lung cancer patients progress onto chemotherapy, combining this with BGB324 may significantly improve the performance of the chemo and could lead to meaningful disease modification in some patients."

Update – World Conference on Lung Cancer Phase II trial of BGB324 with TARCEVA (erlotinib) in NSCLC

BGBC004 Phase II – NSCLC EGFR-mutation driven

Phase Ib/II trial in up to 66 patients with advanced NSCLC patients in 1st and 2nd line settings (to prevent and reverse erlotinib resistance, respectively)

Patients classed as Stage IIIb or IV disease driven EGFR mutation (accounts for approx. 18% of NSCLC patients)

AXL-mediated resistance to erlotinib is common

2nd Phase Ib combination of BGB324 + erlotinib

  • ü 50% CBR
  • ü 1 partial response > 20 months
  • ü 3 Stable Disease > 4 months
  • ü Soluble AXL corresponding to exposure & lung injury biomarker reduced

    1. Q3 2017 Highlights
    1. AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
    1. BGB324 and I-O therapy
    1. BGB324 in NSCLC
  • 5. Other studies
  • Abstract on biomarker programme for BGBC003 to be presented at 58th ASH meeting
    1. Finance report
    1. Outlook
    1. Q&A

Single agent activity in elderly patients with R/R AML & MDS

BGBC003 Phase II – AML/MDS

Clinical trial update to be presented at 59th American Society of Haematology (ASH) meeting in Atlanta Dec 9 - 12

Our strategy – re-thinking cancer treatment

'BGB324 as the cornerstone of cancer treatment'

AXL mediates aggressive cancers by driving

  • Immune evasion
  • Drug resistance
  • Metastasis

Patient selection

  • Proprietary biomarkers
  • Companion diagnostics development

Clinical position:

BGB324 in combination with:

  • SoC chemotherapy
  • SoC immunotherapy
  • SoC targeted therapy

    1. Q3 2017 Highlights
    1. AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
    1. BGB324 and I-O therapy
    1. BGB324 in NSCLC
    1. Other studies

6. Finance report

    1. Outlook
    1. Q&A

Key financials

Key Figures (NOK million) Q3 2017 Q3 2016 YTD2017 YTD2016 FY 2016
Operating revenues
Operating expenses -
36.6
-
16.3
-
136.2
-
103.5
-
131.6
Operating profit (loss) -36.6 -16.3 -136.2 -103.5 -131.6
Profit (loss) after tax -35.4 -15.4 -134.6 -101.9 -129.8
Basic and diluted earnings
(loss) per share (NOK)
-0.71 -45.64 -3.06 -339.63 -419.68
Net cash flow in the period -41.1 82.1 237.3 113.2 87.8
Cash position end of period 399.2 187.2 399.2 187.2 161.8

(100) - 100 200 300 400 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Cash flow

• OPEX sequentially increased by 8% in Q317 over Q217 as recruitment to our clinical studies is ramping up

• Robust cash position gives runway to deliver key clinical read outs on our ongoing clinical studies.

    1. Q3 2017 Highlights
    1. AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
    1. BGB324 and I-O therapy
    1. BGB324 in NSCLC
    1. Other studies
    1. Finance report
  • 7. Outlook
    1. Q&A

Key progress and expected milestones

Phase Ib/II study of BGB324 in combination with TARCEVA opened (1st
and 2nd
line cohorts)
IPO –
NOK 400m to fund BGB324 Phase II clinical programmes, AXL CDx
and BGB149 into the clinic
Data presentations at AACR and ASCO
Investigator-sponsored Phase
II trial of BGB324 in combination with docetaxel initiated
Investigator-sponsored Phase II trial of BGB324 with KEYTRUDA
or targeted therapy in melanoma initiated
Phase II study of BGB324 in combination with KEYTRUDA in TNBC initiated
Phase II study of BGB324 in combination with KEYTRUDA in NSCLC initiated
Presentation of Phase II studies
at World Lung / World Melanoma conferences
Presentation of Phase II studies at ASH and SABCS 2H 2017
Presentation of Phase II studies at ASCO / AACR 1H 2018
Initiation of Phase I for
BGB149
2H 2018
Phase II clinical trial
data for BGB324
-
NSCLC (EGFR+) –
combination with TARCEVA
-
NSCLC (adenocarcinoma) –
combination with KEYTRUDA
-
TNBC –
combination with KEYTRUDA
-
AML/MDS –
single agent/combination
2H 2018
Presentation of Phase II studies at World Lung / ASH / SABCS 2H 2018

Milestones 2017 & 2018

33

Summary and outlook

First-in-class drugs targeting aggressive cancers & large applicability = \$11bn addressable market

Multiple Phase II programs with BGB324 in significant cancer indications: open and recruiting

Funding in place to progress clinical and pipeline development through high-value inflection points in 2H 2018

Clear strategy to develop and commercialize assets

Thank you.

For further information please visit www.bergenbio.com

Developing first-in-class Axl inhibitors to treat aggressive cancer

    1. Q3 2017 Highlights
    1. AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
    1. BGB324 and I-O therapy
    1. BGB324 in NSCLC
    1. Other studies
    1. Finance report
    1. Outlook
  • 8. Q&A

Condensed consolidated statement of profit and loss and other comprehensive income

Note Q3 2017 Q3 2016 YTD 2017 YTD 2016 Full year
(NOK 1000) Unaudited 2016
Revenue - - - - -
Cost
Employee benefit expenses 3 6 336 1 315 18 525 14 319 20 561
Depreciation 51 60 152 150 207
Other operating expenses 6 30 174 14 965 117 519 89 068 110 802
Total operating expenses 36 561 16 341 136 197 103 536 131 570
Operating profit -36 561 -16 341 -136 197 -103 536 -131 570
Finance income 1 596 1 102 3 256 2 230 3 031
Finance expense 461 139 1 634 593 1 260
Financial items, net 1 135 964 1 622 1 637 1 771
Profit before tax -35 426 -15 377 -134 574 -101 899 -129 799
Income tax expense - - - -
Profit after tax -35 426 -15,377 -134 574 -101,899 -129,799
Other comprehensive income
Items which will not be reclassified over profit
Actuarial gains and losses on defined benefit - - - - -1 089
pension plans
Total comprehensive income for the period -35 426 -15 377 -134 574 -101 899 -130 888
Earnings per share:
- Basic and diluted per share 7 -0.71 -45.64 -3.06 -339.63 -419.68

Condensed consolidated statement of financial position

Note 30 Sep 2017 31 Dec 2016
(NOK 1000) Unaudited
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment 416 410
Total non-current assets 416 410
Current assets
Other current assets 8 18,466 12,302
Cash and cash equivalents 399,152 161,825
Total current assets 417,618 174,126
TOTAL ASSETS 418,034 174,536
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Equity
Paid in capital
Share capital 9 4,976 3,369
Share premium 9 371,063 131,875
Other paid in capital 4, 9 20,237 18,026
Paid in, not registered capital raise 9 -
Total paid in capital 396,276 153,270
Total equity 396,276 153,270
Non-current liabilities
Pension liability 10 - -
Total non-current liabilities 0 0
Current liabilities
Accounts payable 13,751 10,703
Other current liabilities 4,917 5,721
Provisions 3,091 4,843
Total current liabilities 21,759 21,266
Total liabilities 21,759 21,266
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 418,034 174,536

Condensed consolidated statement on cash flow

(NOK 1000) Unaudited Note YTD 2017 YTD 2016
Cash flow from operating activities
Loss before tax -134
574
-101 899
Non-cash adjustments to reconcile loss before tax to net cash flows
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 152 150
Calculated interest element on convertible loan - 19
Share-based payment expense 3, 4 2 212 2 210
Movement in provisions and pensions -1
752
-1
179
Working capital adjustments:
Decrease in trade and other receivables and prepayments -6
164
1 092
Increase in trade and other payables 2 245 930
Net cash flow from operating activities -137
882
-98
678
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment -
159
-
255
Net cash flow used in investing activities -
159
-
255
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issue of share capital 9 375 368 212 220
Paid in, not registered capital increase 9 - -
Proceeds from borrowings, convertible loan - -1
307
Conversion of loan by issue of share capital - 1 238
Net cash flow from financing activities 375 368 212 150
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equvivalents 237 328 113 217
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 161 825 73 993
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 399 152 187 210

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