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Title: EvoGenix Ltd


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  • EvoGenix Ltd
  • Building value from antibody therapies

2
EvoGenix key points
  • High demand for EvoGenix output
  • Continuing pharma focus on antibody technology
    and products
  • Building from strength
  • Proven technology platform - Simple business
    strategy
  • Reduced risk, revenues short term, blue sky
    longer term
  • Spread of interests over multiple products
    further investment in selected products to
    achieve higher returns

3
EvoGenix history
  • Founded 2001 based on technology from CSIRO
  • Strategic review 2004 - focus on high
    growth antibody sector
  • Acquired US antibody company Absalus Inc early
    2005 - EvoGenix Inc
  • IPO August 2005 (ASXEGX) raised 9 million at
    25c/share
  • 21 employees operations in Australia and the
    USA

4
Antibody therapeutics - an area of major
opportunity
  • Antibodies proven blockbusters new treatment
    opportunities, new markets
  • Major companies establishing internal antibody
    capabilities
  • Abmaxis/Merck (2006) technology - US80 million
  • Zenyth/CSL (2006) 3 early products - 108
    million
  • CAT/AstraZeneca (2006)- technology and products-
    GBP700 million
  • Strong interest from pharma in new product
    opportunities
  • Deals in the 50-100m range, plus royalty, on
    preclinical products

5
EvoGenix core assets
  • Proprietary technology for turning research
    antibodies into products ready for testing in
    patients by
  • Humanisation making mouse antibodies more like
    human proteins, to avoid rejection
  • Optimisation improving the properties of an
    antibody by making and testing a huge range of
    variants
  • Proven through work on several products
  • Validated by deals with pharma companies, US Govt
  • Demonstrated competitive benefits - Patents and
    extensive know-how block imitators

6
EvoGenix business strategy
Proven technology for creating patient-ready
antibody drugs
2. Internal product pipeline
  • Technology collaborations

Payments cover laboratory costs Portfolio of
milestone payments (4-6 million) over 5 years,
and royalties on marketed products
License out preclinical or clinical Significant
license payments - expect 30-50m over 5 years
5 to 15 (clinical stage) royalty
7
Technology CollaborationsProgress in 2005/6 -
Expectations for 2006/7
CSL
GlaxoSmithKline
  • Up to 3 projects optimisation only
  • 1st project completed, to target
  • 2 payments received
  • Results being evaluated by GSK
  • Multiple projects hum opt
  • 2 projects commenced
  • Initial RD payments received
  • 1st project for completion end 2006
  • 2nd by Q2 07
  • For 2006/7
  • New projects under existing agreements
  • A third partner to be added in 06/07

8
Product pipelineCurrent status
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EGX-010 to treat bone lossin licensing phase
  • High interest from the pharmaceutical industry in
    drugs for this multibillion dollar, growing
    market (8 bn osteoporosis, 1 bn bone cancer)
  • Version of clinically validated protein OPG,
    modified by EvoGene process
  • Treatment risk of cancer now completely
    eliminated
  • Ability to prevent bone loss fully retained
  • Highly effective in a number of standard animal
    studies osteoporosis, bone cancer
  • Lower risk development project because of the
    clinical experience with OPG

10
EGX-010 to treat bone lossin licensing phase
100
  • EGX-010 completely suppresses breakdown of bone
    by human breast cancer (orange)
  • EGX-010 reduces ability of tumour to grow in bone
    (green)

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Proportion of mice showing bone erosion (X-ray)
Proportion of bone occupied with tumour (tumour
growth)
11
EGX-220 antiviral antibody optimising to
achieve high potency
  • Expand market beyond current US 1 billion low
    potency antibody Synagis
  • Targeting the aged population at risk from viral
    lung infections (potential additional market 1
    billion)
  • Using optimisation technology to enhance the
    ability of antibody to stop virus growth
  • Optimisation phase on track for completion mid
    2007, licensing by 2008

12
EGX-150 for lung cancerEvoGenix first clinical
program
  • Application in lung cancer (3 billion market)
    melanoma (1.4 billion) substantial unmet needs
  • In-licensed (Univ. MASS, USA) April 2006
  • 1.7 million grant to support program
  • Impressive data on cancer targeting
  • Humanisation complete, optimisation by mid 2007
  • Planning for clinical development from 2008

13
EGX-150 for lung cancerEvoGenix first clinical
program
Human lung cancer growing in mice
The tumour grows rapidly when animals are
treated with an antibody without anti-tumour
activity (black circles) The parent antibody
of EGX-150 completely stops growth of human lung
cancer in mice (open squares) even after
treatment (red arrows) ceases
14
New product opportunities
  • EGX-140. Antibody for treating adult acute
    leukemia. US800m market
  • Targets only cancerous cells allows other blood
    cells to develop normally
  • Animal testing to be finished in first half of
    next year decision on promotion to pipeline?
  • EGX-160. Antibody for restricting the growth of
    solid tumours
  • Potential treatment for solid tumours
    colorectal, breast, prostate ( each gt1 billion
    dollar markets)
  • Accessed through a collaboration agreement with
    the US National Cancer Institute

15
EGX-160 background
  • Target protein, PAMP, discovered at US National
    Cancer Institute
  • Market established with antibody Avastin US
    2.3 billion sales in 2006
  • PAMP is involved in tumour blood vessel growth -
    may be more important than VEGF, the target for
    Genentech antibody Avastin

PAMP is better at inducing growth of blood
vessels than VEGF
16
High quality board and management
  • Board chaired by Chris Harris
  • Respected former pharma company CEO chair or
    director of several major Australian companies
    Argo, Adelaide Brighton, McGuigan Simeon Wines
  • Other directors George Jessup (Cyanamid
    Bionomics) and Robin Beaumont (Pacific Dunlop
    Select Vaccines, GroPep)
  • High quality, industry-experienced management
  • Strategic, financial, scientific, IP and business
    development
  • Expert advisers
  • technology
  • specific advisers for each project

17
Capital structure
As at November 1, 2006
Current market capitalisation approx 60
million Total shares on issue (25c list price)
128.9 million Options
1.33 million Shareholders approx
540
18
Financial position End Q1 2006/7
  • Cash as at Sept 30, 2006 AUD
    4.7 million
  • Burn rate (quarterly) 1.0 million
  • Revenues (2005/6) 1.16 million
  • Significantly increased revenues from
    technology collaboration in 2005/6
  • Revenues 2006/7 and onwards expected to
    escalate through further collaborations, Govt.
    Grants and product licensing

19
Longer term outlook
  • Continue current strategy, with selected products
    developed to clinical stage
  • By 2008/9, 5-6 collaborative projects completed
    1-2 internal products out-licensed
  • Substantial revenues from technology projects and
    early products out-licensed
  • By 2010-11, impending royalty income (CaT royalty
    stream for Humira antibody sold for US700m)
  • 1-2 products advancing in clinical testing for
    even higher value capture joint development
    opportunities

20
Milestones 2006/7
Internal pipeline
Technology collaborations
  • Complete first GSK project (Q4, 06)
  • Complete CSL projects (Q4, 06
    Q2,07)
  • Further projects under existing deals
  • New partner (Q1, 07)
  • 6 projects by end 2008



  • Complete work on EGX-010 (Q3 06)
  • Complete optimisation of EGX-220 and EGX-150
    (Q2, 07)
  • Testing in animals 2nd half 2007
  • Confirm clinical candidate EGX-150
  • Next product for the pipeline (Q2, 07)
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