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Mendus - All hands on deck as inflection points approach

With Mendus’s Q124 results, management recapped its clinical priorities, which are all progressing as expected. The focus remains on the AMLM22-CADENCE trial for lead cancer vaccine vididencel, in combination with oral azacitidine as a maintenance treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). R&D expenses came in slightly ahead of expectations with the ramp up in clinical activity, including preparation for the subsequent pivotal Phase III trial, with large-scale manufacturing of vididencel (planned initiation in H225) through Mendus’s alliance with NorthX Biologics. The second clinical-stage asset, ilixadencel, is being prepared for a new Phase II trial in soft tissue sarcomas (STS) and is scheduled to launch in Q224. The end-Q124 net cash balance of SEK87.3m was bolstered by the SEK69.1m realised through warrant conversions in April, which we estimate will provide a runway into Q325. Our overall valuation increases slightly to SEK2.11bn (from SEK2.05bn), but the per share valuation declines to SEK2.09, from SEK2.38, with the higher share count.
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Immunicum AB

Immunicum AB is a Sweden-based company principally engaged in the biopharmaceutical sector. The Company develops immunotherapy for therapeutic treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. The Company uses therapeutic vaccines to treat an already existing disease and is thus given to the already sick patients; therapeutic cancer vaccines administered to patients in order to delay or stop tumor cell growth, shrink tumors, prevent relapse, or to kill cancer cells that could not be eliminated with other treatments. The Company has several technology platforms, such as The Combig, Intuvax@, Subcuvax@ and The CD70, among others. The Company has several projects which are related to kidney cancer and liver cancer, among others.

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Sean Conroy

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