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Prosensa Corporate Overview Jefferies Healthcare Conference London, UK November 19, 2014 Hans Schikan, CEO Forward-Looking Statements This presentation may contain statements that constitute forward -looking statements within the meaning
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- 1934. Forward-looking statements are statements other than historical fact and may include
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- f Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Prosensa’s Annual Report on Form 20-F and other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and Prosensa does not undertake any obligation to update them in light of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable law. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
Forward-Looking Statements
To develop innovative, RNA-modulating therapeutics to fill unmet medical needs for patients with rare genetic diseases
Our Mission
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Rare disease company based in the Netherlands, listed on Nasdaq (RNA) Largest pipeline and clinical program in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) NDA submission under accelerated approval for drisapersen underway, followed by MAA in EU for conditional approval Orphan Drug status for 6 DMD compounds FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for drisapersen Solid intellectual property position Management with extensive experience in commercializing orphan drugs Cash position (Sept 30, 2014): EUR 62M; Cash burn (FY-2013): EUR 22M; (H1-2014): EUR 12.7M; YE 2014 cash balance guidance: EUR 52-54M
Corporate Highlights
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Our Science - RNA Modulation
Technology platform enables us to design sequences of nucleotides that bind to specified regions of pre-mRNA which may induce exon skipping or exon inclusion, reduce mutated toxic RNA or protein, remove specific protein domains or block protein expression
Indication Compound Discovery Pre-Clinical Phase I/II Phase III Drisapersen PRO044 PRO045 PRO053 PRO052 PRO055 PROSPECT PRO289 PRO135
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Huntington’s Disease Myotonic Dystrophy
R&D - Largest Pipeline in DMD
13% of DMD patients 6% of DMD patients 8% of DMD patients 8% of DMD patients 4% of DMD patients 2% of DMD patients
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Evolution of clinical symptoms of DMD
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death ventilation 24h ventilation at night very limited use of arms wheelchair - skeletal deformity walking problems Age
X-linked, rare genetic disease Rapid progression of muscle degeneration 75,000 patients in addressable populations Severely debilitating and invariably fatal progressive neuromuscular disease
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
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6MWT is a validated functional endpoint for DMD and other rare diseases Age & baseline walking ability are important variables that determine decline in the ability to walk as measured by 6MWT* Recent publication suggests clinically meaningful change in walking ability, as measured by 6MWT, to be in the range of 20-30 meters* Creatine Kinase (CK) is a marker of muscle damage - DMD patients have elevated levels of CK in their blood serum Prosensa has completed enrollment with 269 patients in an observational study to characterize the natural history and progression of DMD in addition to capturing potential biomarkers
* McDonald, Muscle & Nerve 2013
DMD Natural History and Endpoints
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6-Minute Walk Distance, m
700 100 200 600 500 400 300
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Functional Outcome - 6MWT
Conceptual Representation
Late intervention Early intervention
- Approx. age years
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7 Based on natural history, DMD boys lose approximately 40-60 meters in 6MWT per year
Lead Compound - Drisapersen
- 20-mer Antisense Oligonucleotide (AON) with specific binding to exon 51 of
dystrophin gene pre-mRNA
- Administered by once weekly subcutaneous injection (6mg/kg)
- May address up to 13% of all DMD patients
- Granted orphan drug status in US, EU, Japan, Australia
- Breakthrough Therapy designation granted by the FDA
- NDA submission initiated under rolling review and Fast Track status
- Issued patents include US patent expiring 2023; EU patent expiring 2021
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Study Phase Study design N Status
CLIN-02
DMD114673
Phase I/II + Extension Open label, repeat dose escalation (extension phase 6 mg/kg/wk intermittent); 12 Complete; extension ongoing DEMAND I
DMD114118
Phase I Placebo-controlled, pharmacokinetics/safety; single dose 20 Complete DEMAND II
DMD114117
Phase II Exploratory placebo-controlled, dose regimen comparison; ex-US, 24/48 wks 53 Complete DEMAND III
DMD114044
Phase III Randomized, placebo-controlled, confirmatory study; global, 48 wks 186 Complete DEMAND IV
DMD114349
Phase II/III Extension Open label, extension study for DEMAND II) & DEMAND III ; 96 wks 234 Closed DEMAND V
DMD114876
Phase II Exploratory placebo-controlled, dose-comparison; US only, 24 wks 51 Complete
DMD115501
Phase II/III Extension Open-label, extension study for US & Canadian subjects from DEMAND III, IV, V 72 Recruiting
Drisapersen Clinical Program
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More than 300 patients and over 450 patient treatment years in global clinical program
Overview of Supportive Studies + Analyses
*pb = placebo (DEMAND IV: pb/delayed treatment); dr = drisapersen 6 mg/kg; Tx difference on 6MWD; not all analyses shown
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Clinically meaningful treatment difference across program; DEMAND III outlier
Efficacy results up to 3.4 years (177 weeks) appear to show delay of disease progression
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 12 24 36 48 60 72 80 93 105 117 129 141 153 165 177
Distance walked (m) Weeks
Age at week 177
13.7 14.3 11.4 10.9 12.6 9.3 13.3 15.4 13.0 14.8
Long Term Study DMD114673
8 weeks on – 4 weeks off
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N=10
Mean age is 12.9 years at 177 wks
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Distance walked (m) Weeks
Mean change from baseline: +33 m [Median change from baseline: +64 m] Mean change from baseline: -25 m [Median change from baseline: +8 m]
Long-term data suggest stabilization on 6MWT Ambulant boys: N=8 All boys: N=10
Long Term Study DMD114673
Study Design Δ 6MWT (m) SD (m) Study (years) N McDonald 2010¹ Natural History
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104 1 18 Ataluren 2010¹ Placebo arm
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90 1 57 Mazzone 2011² Natural History
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74 1 71 Goemans 2012¹ Natural History
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96 1 19 McDonald 2013² Natural History
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82 1 33 Mazzone 2013² Natural History
- 122
78-97 2 113⁴ Goemans 2013² Natural History
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139 2 14 Pane, 2014³ Natural History
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146 3 68 DMD patients lose approximately 40-60 m in 6MWD in 1 year, 150 m in 3 years
¹All ages; ²Age >7, ³Age ≥7, ⁴ All patients in study
Functional Outcome - 6 Minute Walk Test
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(11) 20
DEMAND II (DMD114117) (25 week endpoint)
+32m (n=18)
DEMAND V (DMD114876) (24 week endpoint)
+16m (n=18)
- 11m (n=16)
Δ6MWD = +31m p=0.003 Δ6MWD = +27m p=0.069 Δ6MWD = +35m p=0.014
DEMAND II + DEMAND V (DMD114117 + DMD114876) (post-hoc analysis 24/25 weeks)
- 4m (n=18)
Drisapersen 6 mg/kg/week Placebo Two placebo-controlled studies show treatment benefit on 6MWD +20m (n=36)
- 11m (n=34)
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Placebo Controlled Studies - 6MWD
Visit Treatment N n Unadjusted mean baseline value (sd) Adjusted mean (se) Treatment difference (m) 95% CI P-value
All Subjects Week 48 Placebo 61 59 348 (92)
- 53 (10)
Drisapersen 125 117 337 (96)
- 42 (7)
+10 (-15,35) 0.415 ≤ 7 years at baseline Week 48 Placebo 29 29 383 (67)
- 25 (11)
Drisapersen 51 50 368 (65)
- 4 (9)
+21 (-7,50) 0.131 > 7 years at baseline† Week 48 Placebo 32 30 316 (101)
- 83 (16)
Drisapersen 74 67 316 (107)
- 76 (11)
+7 (-29,43) 0.703 > 7 years at baseline, and baseline 6MWD ≥300m and ≤450m Week 48 Placebo 15 14 351 (34)
- 67 (20)
Drisapersen 34 33 375 (42)
- 42 (13)
+25 (22,72) 0.292
Model includes terms for Treatment, Visit, Treatment by Visit, Study, Baseline 6MWD and Baseline 6MWD by Visit
DEMAND III by Age and Baseline 6MWD
†Includes subjects >11 years of age: drisapersen, n=11; placebo, n=1
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What Happened in DEMAND III?
Variability
44 clinical trial sites, across 19 countries Many centers new to DMD clinical trials Difference in standards of care
Heterogeneity
Patient population was generally
- lder, more heterogeneous & more
advanced in their disease than in the previous placebo controlled studies, as evidenced by baseline characteristics
1 in 4 pts was >7 yrs & <300m baseline 6MWT
+29% Time since diagnosis [months] 58 47 45 DEMAND III DEMAND V DEMAND II
- 21%
6MWD [meter] 337 396 428 +167% Rise from floor time [sec] 12.3 5.0 4.6 +48% 4 stairs climb- ascent time [sec] 4.7 4.6 3.1
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Muscle strength [lbs] 102 125 124 Baseline characteristics in DEMAND III; boys were generally more advanced in disease
DEMAND III - More Advanced Disease
Drisapersen arm = 6 mg/kg/week; figure shows differences for drisapersen arm; similar baseline characteristics for placebo arm
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Study Mean change in 6MWD for continuous treatment (n)* Mean change in 6MWD for placebo/delayed treatment (n)* Difference in change in 6MWD between treatment arms (n)* DEMAND IV all patients –67 m (69) –113 m (44) +46 m (113) DEMAND IV feeder study DEMAND II –5 m (17) –57 m (13) +52 m (30) DEMAND IV feeder study DEMAND III –87 m (52) –136 m (31) +49 m (83) DEMAND IV ≤ 7 years of age +8 m (31) –29 m (21) +37 m (52) DEMAND IV >7 years of age† –128 m (38) –190 m (23) +62 m (61)
*Includes all subjects (21 subjects lost ambulation during DEMAND III; 13 subjects lost ambulation during DEMAND IV. Zero values were imputed
- nce the subject had lost ambulation; zero minus baseline value).
Long Term (96 weeks) - DEMAND IV
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Time (weeks) Placebo Drisapersen Drisapersen tissue level (mg/g)
Leaky muscle fibers in DMD promote AON uptake AONs enter nuclei, bind to exon 51 of DMD pre-mRNA, and induce skipping Exon 51 skipping results in novel dystrophin production Improved muscle physiology and structure
qRT-PCR Tissue PK IFA CK
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Confirmed Mechanism of Action
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10 20 30 40 50 10,000 12,000 8,000 6,000 14,000
∆ in CK level between Drisapersen (6mg/kg/wk) and placebo
- 4,045
(p<0.001) DEMAND III (at week 48) DEMAND V (at week 24) DEMAND II (at week 25)
- 3,327
(p=0.064)
- 1,305
(p=0.439)
CK levels [IU/L]¹
DEMAND III DEMAND V² DEMAND II
Placebo Drisapersen 6mg
Week
¹Preliminary analysis; ²Treatment duration 24 weeks
Muscle Pathology: Decrease in CK
Consistent decrease in Creatine Kinase (CK) across 3 placebo controlled studies
5 10 15 Semi- tendinosus Bicep femoris Vastus medialis Vastus intermedius Vastus lateralis Rectus femoris
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Preliminary MRI data suggest reduced fat infiltration. Data are supportive for drisapersen-induced improved muscle pathology Drisapersen 6mg/kg/week (n=5) Placebo (n=5) DEMAND V: Change in apparent fat fraction from baseline [%] at 48 weeks in 6 muscle groups
Muscle Pathology: Reduced Fat Infiltration
Key Safety Data
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Drisapersen is generally well tolerated, with an adverse event (AE) profile consistent with that described previously for this class of molecule 59 SAEs reported on drisapersen, most considered unrelated: 15/59 SAEs were considered related or possibly related to drisapersen In total 12 of >300 subjects have withdrawn permanently from treatment
- wing to AEs
Most commonly reported AEs include injection-site reactions and renal abnormalities (including subclinical proteinuria); cases of (moderate to severe) thrombocytopenia have been reported
FDA Guidance Letter received on June 2, following meeting on May 14. Regulatory pathway possible under accelerated approval on existing data Rolling NDA submission underway with first module (>15,000 pages) submitted
- n October 10; next module in preparation, anticipated submission December
Regular interactions with FDA (meetings September and October); next meeting planned for January 2015, with submission of final module expected shortly thereafter Two confirmatory post-approval studies were discussed with FDA in meeting on October 22; studies planned to start prior to anticipated approval EMA - interactions ongoing, plan to file for conditional approval shortly after submission of file with FDA
Drisapersen Regulatory Update
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- 1. Open-label study of drisapersen with historical control
Prosensa’s fully enrolled Natural History Study (269 patients) may serve as a control
- 2. Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of another exon-skipping drug with
a similar mechanism of action, directed at a different exon PRO044 may serve this purpose
- Both study designs discussed with FDA
- Final protocols currently in preparation for submission to IRB’s
- Anticipated start in Q1 and Q2 2015, resp.
Confirmatory Studies - FDA Guidance
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0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 200 400 600 800 1000
% fibres
Fibre dystrophin intensity (a.u.)
Distribution dystrophin per fibre cumulative %
Dystrophin Assessment Methodology
32 40 38 36 42 2 1 10 16 6 4 9 11 7 5 3 12 15 13 8 14 23 18 17 21 20 22 30 19 24 29 28 27 26 25 35 33 31 34 44 43 41 39 37 47 46 45 49 48
Sensitive, reproducible and objective methodology for dystrophin analysis developed by Prosensa and published in peer-reviewed online journal (PLOS ONE) Objective: measures dystrophin over the entire membrane of a fibre and is operator independent Reproducible: method verified across multiple samples and experiments Sensitive: assesses dystrophin levels by immunofluorescence in muscle biopsies from BMD & DMD patients
Dystrophin Expression is Variable
Demonstration of a pharmacodynamic effect requires comparison of 2 biopsies pre- and post-treatment, taken from the same muscle, & sampled from areas of similar disease state
Follow-on Exons Moving Forward
PRO044
Positive dystrophin response detected in 12 of 21 evaluable biopsies Dose exposure modelling predicts effective dose range at 6-9 mg/kg i.v. Safety findings consistent with known class safety profile; no drug-related SAEs Dosing of first patients in extension study Q1 2015 Placebo-controlled study anticipated to start 1H 2015
PRO045
Dose finding study ongoing; preliminary results expected in Q4 2014
PRO053
Dose finding study ongoing; preliminary results expected in Q1 2015
PRO052/PRO055/PROSPECT
Preclinical studies ongoing
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PROSPECT - Multiple Exon Skipping
- Addresses rare mutations, initially in exon 10 to 40 region
- Proof-of-concept obtained in multiple patient muscle cell cultures
- Initial applicability between 5% and 20% of DMD patient population
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Q3-2014 Re-dose initial group of boys (US & EU) Q4-2014 NDA rolling submission commenced with FDA Q1-2015 Anticipated completion of NDA submission with FDA Q1-2015 Expected MAA application for drisapersen with EMA 1H-2015 Initiation of two confirmatory studies to support potential accelerated approval for drisapersen
Key Milestones Drisapersen
Rare disease company based in the Netherlands, listed on Nasdaq (RNA) Largest pipeline and clinical program in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) NDA submission under accelerated approval for drisapersen underway, followed by MAA in EU for conditional approval Orphan Drug status for 6 DMD compounds FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for drisapersen Solid intellectual property position Management with extensive experience in commercializing orphan drugs Cash position (Sept 30, 2014): EUR 62M; Cash burn (FY-2013): EUR 22M; (H1-2014): EUR 12.7M; YE 2014 cash balance guidance: EUR 52-54M
Corporate Highlights
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