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Zelluna ASA Investor Presentation 2021

Feb 17, 2021

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Enabling the immune system to fight cancer

Fourth quarter 2020 presentation

17 February 2021

Carlos de Sousa, CEO Jens Bjørheim, CMO Hans Vassgård Eid, CFO

Important notice and Disclaimer

This presentation may contain certain forward-looking statements and forecasts based on uncertainty, since they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and which, by their nature, will have an impact on Ultimovacs' business, financial condition and results of operations. The terms "anticipates", "assumes", "believes", "can", "could", "estimates", "expects", "forecasts", "intends", "may", "might", "plans", "should", "projects", "programmes", "targets", "will", "would" or, in each case, their negative, or other variations or comparable terminology are used to identify forward-looking statement. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied in a forward-looking statement or affect the extent to which a particular projection is realised. Factors that could cause these differences include, but are not limited to, implementation of Ultimovacs' strategy and its ability to further grow, risks associated with the development and/or approval of Ultimovacs' products candidates, ongoing clinical trials and expected trial results, the ability to commercialise UV1, technology changes and new products in Ultimovacs' potential market and industry, the ability to develop new products and enhance existing products, the impact of competition, changes in general economy and industry conditions and legislative, regulatory and political factors. No assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Ultimovacs disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The reservation is also made that inaccuracies or mistakes may occur in this information given about current status of Ultimovacs or its business. Any reliance on the information is at the risk of the reader, and Ultimovacs disclaims any and all liability in this respect.

Table of contents

Highlights Q4 2020

Operational update Q4 2020 Key financials Q4 2020 & newsflow Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

Highlights Q4 2020

UV1 Phase II program extended from two to four trials – more than 500 patients to be enrolled

  • The DOVACC trial:
  • Collaboration study with NSGO-CTU, ENGOT and AstraZeneca
  • Ovarian cancer
  • UV1, durvalumab and Olaparib
  • 184 patients
  • The FOCUS trial:
  • Collaboration with University Medicine Halle, Germany
  • Head and neck cancer
  • UV1 and pembrolizumab
  • 75 patients

Highlights Q4 2020 (cont.)

Ongoing patient recruitment in the INITIUM and NIPU trials

  • INITIUM: 24 out of 154 patients enrolled (12 enrolled as of Q3 2020)
  • NIPU: 18 out of 118 patients enrolled (6 enrolled as of Q3 2020)

Covid-19 impact

  • The Company is actively monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic regarding patient enrollment in its Phase II clinical trials and continues to implement activities to minimize the impact
  • The longer-term effect of the pandemic on the biotech industry and the general ability to conduct clinical trials is still uncertain

Highlights Q4 2020 (cont.)

Read-out of 5-year overall survival in two Phase I trials

  • Safety confirmed
  • Encouraging signals of long-term survival benefit

New Chief Business Officer position

• Ton Berkien joined as Chief Business Officer from December 2020

Highlights Q4 2020 (cont.)

Paper published in "Frontiers in Immunology"

• Based on positive long-term follow-up data from UV1 Phase I trial in non-small cell lung cancer

Significant public grants obtained for Phase II trials

• Public grants of up to MNOK 26 obtained from Innovation Norway and the Norwegian Research Council to support the DOVACC and FOCUS Phase II trials

Table of contents

Highlights Q4 2020

Operational update Q4 2020

Key financials Q4 2020 & newsflow

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

Broad Development Pipeline: more than 500 patients in Phase II

Indication Clinical trial information Preclinical Phase
I
Phase
II
Phase
III
Partner/Collaboration
UV1 Prostate cancer Conducted at OUS, 22 patients. Completed in 2015 Oslo University Hospital
Non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC)
Conducted at OUS, 18 patients. Completed in 2016 Oslo University Hospital
Metastatic malignant
melanoma
Conducted at OUS, 12 patients. UV1 in combination with
Ipilimumab. Completed in 2016
Oslo University Hospital
Metastatic malignant
melanoma
First line phase I trial with combination UV1/pembrolizumab).
30 patients, enrolment completed in Aug-20
Metastatic malignant
melanoma
INITIUM: Phase II proof of concept trial (first line metastatic
malignant melanoma with triple combination
ipilimumab/nivolumab/UV1)
154 patients
Mesothelioma NIPU: Phase II proof of concept trial (second line
mesothelioma with triple combination
ipilimumab/nivolumab/UV1)
118 patients
Bristol Myers Squibb and Oslo
University Hospital (OUS)
Ovarian cancer DOVACC: Phase II proof of concept trial (randomized, second
line maintenance in ovarian cancer with combination
durvalumab/Olaparib/UV1)
184 patients
AstraZeneca and NSGO/ENGOT
Head and Neck cancer FOCUS: Phase II proof of concept trial (first line head and
neck cancer with combination pembrolizumab/UV1)
75 patients
University Medicine Halle (Saale) /
Martin-Luther-University
TET Prostate cancer TENDU:
phase I study to assess the safety of the TET
platform
Various First-in-class cancer vaccine solutions based on the TET
platform technology

DOVACC and FOCUS are newly initiated Phase II trials

DOVACC

  • Randomized Phase II second maintenance trial in BRCA negative ovarian cancer patients
  • Sponsored by NSGO/ENGOT in collaboration with Astra Zeneca
  • 184 patients in >40 sites in approximately 10 European countries
  • FPFV in H1 2021
  • Topline results expected 2023

FOCUS

  • Randomized phase II trial in patients with recurrent or metastatic PDL1 positive head and neck cancer
  • Sponsored by Halle University Hospital network
  • 75 patients in 10 sites in Germany
  • FPFV in 2021
  • Topline results expected 2023

FPFV = First patient first visit, LPFV=Last patient first visit, PFS = progression-free survival,

OS = overall survival, ORR = overall response rate, DOR = duration of response

INITIUM and NIPU are ongoing Phase II trials

INITIUM

  • Randomized Phase II trial in 1st line treatment of patients with metastatic malignant melanoma
  • Ultimovacs sponsored study
  • 154 patients in 40 sites in Norway, Belgium, UK and USA
  • FPFV in June 2020
  • Topline results expected H2 2022
  • 24 patients enrolled as of 16 February 2021 (vs. 12 after Q3 2020)

NIPU

  • Randomized Phase II trial in 2nd line malignant pleural mesothelioma
  • Sponsored by Oslo University Hospital in collaboration with BMS
  • 118 patients in 6 sites in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Spain and Australia
  • FPFV in June 2020
  • Topline results expected H2 2022
  • 18 patients enrolled as of 16 February 2021 (vs. 6 after Q3 2020)

FPFV = First patient first visit, LPFV=Last patient first visit, PFS = progression-free survival,

OS = overall survival, ORR = overall response rate, DOR = duration of response

Three Phase I trials are completed with 5-year follow-up

Good safety profile and signals of clinical efficacy observed (compared to historical controls)

Clinical Trial¹
Ultimovacs Trials
Historical Comparison5
Overall Survival
(OS) -
Year 5²
Median OS
(months)
Median PFS
(months)³
Overall Survival
(OS) -
Year 5
Median OS
(months)
Median PFS
(months)
Prostate
(n=22)
50% 61.8 n.a.⁴ Revelant
historical control
not available
36-42 n.a.
Q4 2020
results
NSCLC
(n=18)
33% 28.2 10.7 Below 5% ~12 3 -
4
Malignant Melanoma (n=12) 50% Will be > 54
months
6.7 ~ 20% ~16 3.5 -
4
  1. Prostate: (EudraCT No. 2021-002411-26) NSCLC: (EudraCT No. 2012-001852-20) Malignant melanoma: (EudraCT No. 2013-005582-39)

  2. Note that some patients have received other treatments upon progression, and this is likely to affect survival

  3. Median Progression-Free Survival

  4. Progression-Free Survival not possible to measure in the Prostate cancer trial. Instead, patients are followed on PSA measurements. As of today, 8 patients have normalized PSA levels

  5. References to historical comparisons:

  6. Prostate: Fizazi K et al. Lancet Oncol. 2019; 20: 686-700.

  7. NSCLC: Cortot AB et al. Eur J Cancer. 2020; 131: 27-36

  8. Malignant melanoma: Robert C et al. Lancet Oncol. 2019; 20: 1239-1251.

Ongoing Phase I trial in first line malignant melanoma patients in combination with pembrolizumab

  • Ultimovacs sponsored study running in the US
  • Patient enrolment completed Q3 2020
  • Cohort 1
  • 20 patients
  • 1 year follow up in Sep-2020:
    • Overall survival (OS) rate was 85%
    • Median Progression-Free Survival (mPFS) was not yet reached
    • A historical comparison*, demonstrated a 68% OS at 12 months and a mPFS of 11.6 months.
  • 2 year follow up in Q4 2021
  • Cohort 2
  • 10 patients
  • LPFV on 18 August 2020
  • 1 year follow up in Q4 2021

* similar sub-group in the KEYNOTE 006 trial

The TET-platform and the TENDU trial

The TET-platform (Tetanus-Epitope Targeting)

  • Next-generation vaccine technology expanding Ultimovacs' product pipeline
  • Promising approach to strengthen and increase T cell responses against cancer-specific peptides by combining antigens and the vaccine adjuvant in the same molecule
  • Expected beneficial safety profile and simplified administration
  • The platform generates new, first-in-class cancer vaccine candidates that harness the preexisting antibody response against tetanus resulting from standard tetanus vaccination
  • These vaccine candidates can be tailored to many types of cancer

The TET-platform and the TENDU trial (cont,)

The TENDU Phase I trial

  • This trial will investigate a prostate cancer specific vaccine based on the TET technology
  • The TENDU trial will be conducted at Oslo University Hospital
  • 9-12 patients will be enrolled
  • This Phase I trial will provide valuable information on safety and immune activation toward the further development of new vaccine solutions based on the TET technology
  • First patient is expected in Q1 2021

Table of contents

Highlights Q4 2020

Operational update Q4 2020

Key financials Q4 2020 & newsflow

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

Financial position

  • Total cash end of Q4 2020 amounted to MNOK 441
  • As expected, the negative cash-flow from operations has increased significantly in FY20, due to the ramp-up of the R&D activities with the initiation the Phase II trials
  • However, the increase in R&D costs in Q4 / 2020 is lower than previously guided due to certain delays of initial costs in clinical trials
  • A significant increase in R&D costs should be expected in 2021 with the increase in patient inclusion in ongoing studies (INITIUM and NIPU) and start-up of the new Phase II trials (DOVACC and FOCUS), as well as start-up of the TENDU Phase I trial
  • Based on current development plan and timeline, the existing funding is expected to last through the read-out of primary endpoints in the Phase II trials in 2022 and 2023

Key financials

Key financials per Q4-2020 - Ultimovacs Group

NOK (000) Q4-19 Q4-20 FY19 FY20
Total revenues - - - -
Payroll and payroll related expenses 8 686 14 662 20 160 50 989
External R&D and IPR expenses (incl. grants) 16 598 7 537 32 938 60 870
Other operating expenses (incl. depreciation) 2 550 3 390 13 119 12 287
Total operating expenses 27 833 25 588 66 217 124 146
Operating profit (loss) -27 833 -25 588 -66 217 -124 146
Net financial items 2 470 1 007 5 051 3 594
Profit (loss) before tax -25 363 -24 582 -61 166 -120 552
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash eq. -12 440 -12 524 284 332 42 058
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 399 607 440 925 399 607 440 925
Number of FTEs at end of period 17 19 17 19

Cash flow

YTD-20 includes increase in cash from share issue of net MNOK 152.9, and YTD-19 includes cash from IPO of net MNOK 344.5

Comments:

  • Payroll expenses
  • Higher cost in Q4/FY20 than same periods previous year due to:
  • 2 more FTEs in 2020 and higher share-option costs
  • severance pay liability of MNOK 5.0 recognized in the P&L related to the resignation of the former CEO (FY)
  • liability of MNOK 10.2 related to employees' synthetic shares was reversed in June 2019 (FY)
  • External R&D and IPR expenses
  • Higher R&D costs in FY20 primarily due to the start-up of clinical trials
  • Start-up fees
  • Site set-up / openings and patient inclusion
  • Low invoicing from trials and CMC in Q4-20, while Q4-19 had large up-front invoices related to INITIUM
  • Other operating expenses
  • Approximately at the same level as the previous year, both for Q4 and full year

Key financials – operating cash flow

NOK (000)

costs * Q4-19/20 are adjusted (increased) by MNOK 5 to exclude the receival of public grants from Skattefunn. No other adjustments made.

Comments:

  • Following relatively stable operating cash flow per quarter in FY19, the negative cash flow has increased significantly in 2020 due to higher R&D activities (as planned)
  • A further increase in operating costs related to R&D should be expected in 2021 with the initiation of the two new phase II trials, increased patient recruitment, start-up of TENDU and other R&D

Key financials – quarterly overview

Key financials per Q4-2020 - Ultimovacs Group

NOK (000) Q1-19 Q2-19 Q3-19 Q4-19 Q1-20 Q2-20 Q3-20 Q4-20
Total revenues - - - - - - - -
Payroll and payroll related expenses 7 538 -4 717 8 653 8 686 10 015 13 197 13 115 14 662
External R&D and IPR expenses (incl. grants) 4 665 4 909 6 766 16 598 18 089 19 938 15 307 7 537
Other operating expenses (incl. depreciation) 2 766 3 905 3 898 2 550 3 155 3 048 2 695 3 390
Total operating expenses 14 970 4 096 19 317 27 833 31 259 36 183 31 116 25 588
Operating profit (loss) -14 970 -4 096 -19 317 -27 833 -31 259 -36 183 -31 116 -25 588
Net financial items 247 252 2 082 2 470 922 1 274 391 1 007
Profit (loss) before tax -14 723 -3 844 -17 235 -25 363 -30 337 -34 909 -30 725 -24 582
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash e -16 110 346 740 -33 858 -12 440 -31 479 115 247 -29 186 -12 524
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 99 352 446 041 412 025 399 607 367 686 483 159 453 523 440 925
Number of FTEs at end of period 16 17 17 17 19 19 19 19

Recent and expected newsflow 2020-2021

Table of contents

Highlights Q4 2020 Operational update Q4 2020 Key financials Q4 2020 & newsflow Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

General patent application process

General patent application process

Rights protecting pharmaceutical products in the EU

Patents

  • 20 year duration
  • Extension terms on patents: up to 5 additional years via Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPC) (+0.5 years via paediatric extension (PED))

Regulatory Data Protection

  • 8 years of protection of data filed in support of a marketing authorization (MA) application for a new active substance
  • + 2 years of market exclusivity
  • + 1 additional year of market exclusivity for "new indications"

Orphan Drug Market Exclusivity

  • 10 years once MA obtained
  • + 2 years for completion of the Paediatric Investigation Plan (PIP)

Rights protecting biological products in the US

Patents

  • 20 years from filing
  • Extension terms on patents:
  • Patent term extension (PTE) to compensate for delays caused by FDA
    • Up to 5 years or up to 14 years from FDA approval (+ 0.5 years via paediatric exclusivity (PED))

Regulatory Data Protection

  • 4 years of data protection no application for biosimilar license may be submitted (+0.5 years via PED)
  • 12 years of market exclusivity (+ 0.5 years via PED)

Orphan Drug Market Exclusivity

7 years of market exclusivity once BLA obtained (+ 0.5 years via PED)

Eligible subject matter

With a focus on Europe

  • Examples of potentially patentable inventions include:
  • New chemical entities, compositions, formulations, combinations (i.e. compositions of matter)
  • 1st medical use, 2nd and subsequent medical uses
  • Dosage regimes
  • Ex vivo diagnostic methods
  • Methods of making, process intermediates
  • Methods for treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods practised on the human or animal body are not patentable
  • In contrast, in other jurisdictions, such as the US, methods of treatment are patentable
  • For example, the granted European UV1 patent includes various product claims (i.e. compositions of matter) as well as medical use claims (i.e. the product for use in medicine as well as the product for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of cancer)

Options to extend patent terms

Europe

  • Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC)
  • Up to 5 additional years via SPC (additional 6 months via paediatric extension)
  • Aim of SPCs is to compensate the patentee for the patent term "lost" while obtaining regulatory approval

USA

  • Patent Term Extension (PTE)
  • Allows patent owners to recover some of the term of the patent lost while waiting for pre-market government approval

Main UV1 patent (as example)

Patent /
patent
application
Priority
date
Status Area
covered
Geographic
area
Expiry
date
(unextended)
Expiry date (extended) Assignee
EP10250265.5 16 Feb
2010
Granted/
pending
UV1
composition
of
matter,
the
nucleic
acid
sequences
coding
for
the
vaccine
peptides,
as
well
as
use
of
the
vaccine
for
treatment
of
cancer.
Patent granted in EPO,
USA, Japan, Russia,
South-Korea, India,
China and Hong Kong.
Divisional applications
are filed.
2031 Up until 15 February
2036 via a
Supplementary
Protection Certificate
(SPC) in Europe or via
Patent Term Extension
(PTE) in the USA.
Ultimovacs

Summary of exclusivities in the US

PATENT PROTECTION

Product manufacturing process know-how is additional protection

Key take-aways from Q4 report

  • UV1 Phase II program extended from two to four trials more than 500 patients to be enrolled
  • Patient recruitment in the INITIUM and NIPU trials is proceeding despite COVID-19 challenge
  • Read-out of 5-year overall survival in two Phase I trials shows encouraging results
  • A Chief Business Officer joins the team to amplify Business Development activities
  • Publication in "Frontiers in Immunology" supports our goal of recognition by medical community
  • Significant and valuable public grants (up to MNOK 26) support our efforts to develop new treatment alternatives for cancer patients

Enabling the immune system to fight cancer

For questions

Carlos de Sousa, CEO [email protected] +47 908 92507

Hans Vassgård Eid, CFO [email protected] +47 482 48632

www.ultimovacs.com