ProMIS Neurosciences Inc. (PMN:TSX; ARFXF:OTCQB) is well positioned financially, is following a favorable path toward clinical value inflection and has competitive advantages in the marketplace, reported Argus Research analyst Steve Silver in an April 13 research note. As such, the independent research investment firm just commenced equity report coverage on the biotech firm.
"We see ProMIS as well positioned to attract increased attention and interest from key stakeholders over the coming quarters."
— Argus Research Analyst, Steve Silver
ProMIS is advancing its pipeline of candidates for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple system atrophy. Therapeutic candidates are proprietary antibodies selective for toxic oligomers that result from misfolded proteins.
"ProMIS' antibody capabilities are well positioned to remain at the forefront of research in the neurodegenerative disease space," wrote Silver, despite the recent introduction into the space of other technologies, such as RNAi interference and gene therapy.
Looking to 2022, Silver highlighted that as of Dec. 31, 2021, ProMIS had CA$21.5 million (CA$21.5M) in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments (versus CA$1.1M at year-end 2020). This is sufficient to support operations through this year and next.
"We foresee continued execution on its developmental strategy, combined with the potential to uplist its stock on NASDAQ, which would introduce the company to a new class of investors and expand its access to capital," Silver wrote.
Regarding ProMIS' lead candidate, PMN310, for Alzheimer's disease, the company recently announced positive preclinical results in a mouse model. In the study, PMN310 prevented a cognitive deficit as measured by performance of a specific task. The biotech is on track to launch a Phase 1b human clinical study of PMN310 in Alzheimer's disease in early 2023.
Silver purported that investors and big pharma will again become interested in the neurodegenerative disease space if the 2022 data readout of Eisai's Phase 3 trial of lecanemab, "which has a similar thesis to ProMIS," is positive. This would be good news for ProMIS, given that PMN310 represents a potential best-in-class opportunity in this market characterized by unmet needs, few drug approvals, no approved drugs tackling the cause of disease, and therapeutic failures.
Longer term, Argus expects ProMIS to partner with big pharma on select product candidates and retain others in-house, Silver wrote.
"We see ProMIS as well positioned to attract increased attention and interest from key stakeholders over the coming quarters," added Silver.
The analyst pointed out the factors that differentiate ProMIS, its treatments, and its technologies.
For one, the company's antibodies are highly selective for toxic misfolded proteins, not the proteins' normal, physiological forms. The therapeutic platform can be applied to multiple degenerative diseases that have a protein misfolding pathogenesis in common.
In addition, the biotech has abundant and expanding intellectual property, including 47 patents and 67 patent applications.
ProMIS also benefits, Silver noted, from having some of the industry's leaders on its executive team and on its advisory board. These include Dr. Neil Cashman, a leading research scientist in the emerging fields of prion biology and protein misfolding, as ProMIS' chief scientific officer, and Dr. Rudolph Tanzi, professor of neurology at Harvard University and an expert in the field, as a ProMIS advisory board member.
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