SLGL Sol Gel Technologies Ltd

•	Phase 3 clinical trial of SGT-610 for Gorlin Syndrome with the first patient screened, is ongoing.

•	Sol-Gel and Beimei Pharma announced an Asset Purchase Agreement to commercialize TWYNEO® in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Israel, for a total consideration of up to $115 million.

•	Sol-Gel recently initiated a proof-of-concept study for SGT-210 (topical erlotinib) in patients with Darier disease.

•	Highly encouraging clinical response for SGT-210 from a Compassionate use treatment for a pediatric patient suffering from an ultra-rare disease.

•	Sol-Gel's collaboration partner, Padagis, submitted First-to-File ANDA Drug Product Generic to Zoryve® Cream.

•	Sol-Gel maintains its cash runway into the second half of 2025.

NESS ZIONA, Israel, May 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Sol-Gel Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLGL), a dermatology company, pioneering treatments for patients with severe skin conditions, conducting a Phase 3 clinical trial of SGT-610 (patidegib gel, 2%) for Gorlin syndrome, and with two approved large-category dermatology products, TWYNEO^® and EPSOLAY^®, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 and provided a corporate update.

 

 

 

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SGT-610 Phase 3 clinical trial is ongoing. On November 30, 2023, Sol-Gel announced that it had begun for Gorlin syndrome, with the first patient screened. Sol-Gel acquired topically applied patidegib, a hedgehog signaling pathway blocker 2% from PellePharm Inc. and is currently the only therapy in development to prevent the development of new BCC lesions in Gorlin syndrome patients. SGT-610 is a new topical hedgehog inhibitor to prevent the new basal cell carcinoma (BCC) lesions in patients with Gorlin syndrome that is expected to have an improved safety profile compared to oral hedgehog inhibitors. Sol-Gel is conducting a Phase 3 clinical trial to investigate SGT-610 in approximately 140 subjects at about 40 experienced clinical centers in North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

 

 

Alon Seri-Levy, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Sol-Gel, stated: "We continue to focus on rare indications affecting the skin which have no approved treatments.  In this regard, we are continuing to enroll patients for our pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of SGT-610 for the prevention of new basal cell carcinomas in patients with Gorlin Syndrome, with a potential market estimated at more than $300 million. We also initiated a proof-of-concept study for SGT-210 (topical erlotinib) in patients with Darier disease, with results expected in H1/2025.  In addition, SGT-210 is currently being used in a Compassionate use treatment of a pediatric patient suffering from an ultra-rare disease, and given the preliminary highly encouraging response, the treatment with SGT-210 continues, and the company will explore other commercially viable keratoderma indications” said Alon Seri-Levy, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Sol-Gel.

 

"We recently signed an agreement with Beimei Pharma for the commercialization of TWYNEO in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Israel. This agreement demonstrates the potential of TWYNEO, and we expect to announce other agreements regarding the commercialization of both our FDA-approved assets, TWYNEO and EPSOLAY, in other territories,” further added Dr. Seri-Levy.

 

About Gorlin Syndrome and SGT-610

 

SGT-610, a hedgehog signaling pathway blocker, has the potential to be the first ever treatment for prevention of BCCs in Gorlin syndrome patients, if approved. Gorlin syndrome, an autosomal dominant genetic disorder affecting approximately 1 in 27,000-31,000 people in the U.S., is mostly caused by inheritance of one defective copy of the tumor suppressor patched homolog 1 (PTCH1) gene. Normally, the PTCH1 gene blocks the smoothened, frizzle class receptor (SMO) gene, turning off the hedgehog signaling pathway when it is not needed. Mutations in the PTCH1 gene may cause a loss of PTCH1 function, release of SMO, and may allow BCC tumor cells to divide uncontrollably. Patidegib, the active substance in SGT-610, is designed to block the SMO signal, thus, allowing cells to function normally and reducing the production of new tumors.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to the amounts to be received under the agreement with Beimei, out-licensing Epsolay and Twyneo in additional territories, the potential of Sol-Gel’s assets including Twyneo, Epsolay SGT-610, and SGT-210, and SGT-610’s market value.  In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “believe,” “may,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,” “potential,” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on information we have when those statements are made or our management’s current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to, a delay in the timing of our clinical trials, the success of our clinical trials, and an increase in our anticipated costs and expenses, as well as the following factors: (i) the adequacy of our financial and other resources, particularly in light of our history of recurring losses and the uncertainty regarding the adequacy of our liquidity to pursue our complete business objectives; (ii) our ability to complete the development of our product candidates; (iii) our ability to find suitable co-development partners; (iv) our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals for our product candidates in our target markets, the potential delay in receiving such regulatory approvals and the possibility of adverse regulatory or legal actions relating to our product candidates even if regulatory approval is obtained; (v) our collaborators’ ability to commercialize our pharmaceutical product candidates; (vi) our ability to obtain and maintain adequate protection of our intellectual property; (vii) our collaborators’ ability to manufacture our product candidates in commercial quantities, at an adequate quality or at an acceptable cost; (viii) our collaborators’ ability to establish adequate sales, marketing and distribution channels; (ix) acceptance of our product candidates by healthcare professionals and patients; (x) the possibility that we may face third-party claims of intellectual property infringement; (xi) the timing and results of clinical trials that we may conduct or that our competitors and others may conduct relating to our or their products; (xii) intense competition in our industry, with competitors having substantially greater financial, technological, research and development, regulatory and clinical, manufacturing, marketing and sales, distribution and personnel resources than we do; (xiii) potential product liability claims; (xiv) potential adverse federal, state and local government regulation in the United States, China, Europe or Israel; and (xv) loss or retirement of key executives and research scientists; (xvi) general market, political and economic conditions in the countries in which the Company operates; and,  (xvii) the current war between Israel and Hamas and any deterioration of the war in Israel into a broader regional conflict involving Israel with other parties. These factors and other important factors discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 13, 2024, and our other reports filed with the SEC, could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in this press release.

Sol-Gel Contact :

Gilad Mamlok

Chief Financial Officer

+972-8-9313433

Source: Sol-Gel Technologies Ltd.

 

 

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