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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
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- AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
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- BGB324 and I-O therapy
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- BGB324 in NSCLC
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- Other studies
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- Finance report
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- Outlook
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- 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
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- Q3 2017 Highlights
- 2. AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
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- BGB324 and I-O therapy
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- BGB324 in NSCLC
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- Other studies
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- Finance report
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- Outlook
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- 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
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- Q3 2017 Highlights
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- 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
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- BGB324 in NSCLC
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- Other studies
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- Finance report
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- Outlook
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- 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) |
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| 28 patients (up to 56) with previously treated, unresectable or metastatic TNBC |
Primary endpoint: Objective response rate |
Initial read-out expected 2H 2018 |
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| 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 |
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| Patient recruitment ongoing in Norway, UK, Spain, US | expression | ||
| BGBC008 Phase 2 – NSCLC Adenocarcinoma of the lung |
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| 22 patients (up to 48) with previously treated unresectable adenocarcinoma of the lung |
Primary endpoint: Objective response rate |
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| 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)
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- Q3 2017 Highlights
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- AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
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- 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
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- Other studies
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- Finance report
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- Outlook
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- 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
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ü 1 PR for 10 months ü Favourable safety
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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
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ü Soluble AXL corresponding to exposure & lung injury biomarker reduced
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- Q3 2017 Highlights
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- AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
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- BGB324 and I-O therapy
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- BGB324 in NSCLC
- 5. Other studies
- Abstract on biomarker programme for BGBC003 to be presented at 58th ASH meeting
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- Finance report
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- Outlook
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- 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
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SoC targeted therapy
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- Q3 2017 Highlights
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- AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
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- BGB324 and I-O therapy
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- BGB324 in NSCLC
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- Other studies
6. Finance report
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- Outlook
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- Q&A
Key financials
| Key Figures (NOK million) | Q3 2017 | Q3 2016 | YTD2017 | YTD2016 | FY 2016 |
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| 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.
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- Q3 2017 Highlights
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- AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
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- BGB324 and I-O therapy
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- BGB324 in NSCLC
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- Other studies
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- Finance report
- 7. Outlook
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- Q&A
Key progress and expected milestones
| Phase Ib/II study of BGB324 in combination with TARCEVA opened (1st and 2nd line cohorts) |
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| IPO – NOK 400m to fund BGB324 Phase II clinical programmes, AXL CDx and BGB149 into the clinic |
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| Data presentations at AACR and ASCO | ✔ |
| Investigator-sponsored Phase II trial of BGB324 in combination with docetaxel initiated |
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| Investigator-sponsored Phase II trial of BGB324 with KEYTRUDA or targeted therapy in melanoma initiated |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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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
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- Q3 2017 Highlights
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- AXL Inhibition and Aggressive Cancers
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- BGB324 and I-O therapy
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- BGB324 in NSCLC
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- Other studies
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- Finance report
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- 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 | |
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| (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 | |
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| (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 |
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| 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 |
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| Cash flows from investing activities | |||
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | - 159 |
- 255 |
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| Net cash flow used in investing activities | - 159 |
- 255 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |