UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of May 2018

Commission File Number 001-38079

 

 

UROGEN PHARMA LTD.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

9 Ha’Ta’asiya Street

Ra’anana 4365007, Israel

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  ☒            Form 40-F  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ☐

 

 

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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this Report on Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Numbers 333-218992, 333-221212 and 333-222955) of UroGen Pharma Ltd. (the “Company”) and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

Exhibit 99.3 to this Report on Form 6-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act.

 

RISK FACTORS

The risk factors set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F filed on March 15, 2018 shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to the Company, or that the Company currently deems to be immaterial, also may affect its business, financial condition and/or future operating results.

PFIC STATUS

 

If we are a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, we expect to provide investors, by annually posting a “PFIC Annual Information Statement” on our website, with the information required to allow investors to make a qualified electing fund, or QEF, election for United States federal income tax purposes.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

UROGEN PHARMA LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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UROGEN PHARMA LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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UROGEN PHARMA LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

(*) Represents less than one thousand

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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UROGEN PHARMA LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(U.S. dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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UROGEN PHARMA LTD.

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1 - NATURE OF OPERATIONS

UroGen Pharma, Inc. a subsidiary of UPL, was incorporated in Delaware in October 2015 and began operating in February 2016 ("UPI").  

UPL and UPI (together the “Company”) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapies designed to change the standard of care for urological pathologies.

 

 

NOTE 2 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial statements. Accordingly, they do not contain all information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements reflect all adjustments, which include normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial position as of March 31, 2018, and the results of operations and cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017.

These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017 and notes thereto included in the Company’s annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017. The condensed balance sheet data as of December 31, 2017 included in these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements was derived from the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017 but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

The results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2018.

 

 

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UROGEN PHARMA LTD.

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 3 - RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS:

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“Topic 606”, “ASU 2014-09”, or “the New Revenue Standard”). ASU 2014-09 requires entities to recognize revenue that represents the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount equivalent to the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The following steps should be applied to determine this amount: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. ASU 2014-09 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASU 605, “Revenue Recognition,” and most industry-specific guidance in the Accounting Standards Codification. The New Revenue Standard is effective for the Company for annual reporting periods, including interim periods therein, beginning January 1, 2018. The New Revenue Standard may be applied retrospectively with the cumulative effect recognized as of the date of adoption (modified retrospective method). The Company has adopted the New Revenue Standard using modified retrospective method. The Company has completed its assessment of the New Revenue Standard and identified two revenue streams (1) licensing revenue and (2) revenue from clinical supply of RTGel per the license agreement with Allergan. The implementation of the New Revenue Standard did not have a material impact on the amount or timing of the Company’s current revenue recognition related to these revenue streams.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842 or “ASU 2016-02”). ASU 2016-02 supersedes existing guidance in Leases (Topic 840). The revised standard requires lessees to recognize the assets and liabilities arising from leases with lease terms greater than twelve months on the balance sheet, including those currently classified as operating leases, and to disclose key information about leasing arrangements. Lessees will be required to recognize a lease liability and a right-of-use asset on their balance sheets, while lessor accounting will remain largely unchanged. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

NOTE 4 – SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

The Company sold its short-term investments during March 2018 and recorded a realized loss on sale of short-term investment of $100 for the three months ended March 31, 2018. The Company also recorded increased interest income for the same period related to the short-term investment. At March 31, 2018, all the Company’s funds were in cash and cash equivalents.  

NOTE 5 - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

Fair value is based on the price that would be received from the sale of an asset or that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In order to increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements, the guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three broad levels, which are described as follows:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.

Level 2: Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets but corroborated by market data.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs.

In determining fair value, the Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible and considers counterparty credit risk in its assessment of fair value.

The Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are classified in the tables below in one of the three categories described above:

 

 

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UROGEN PHARMA LTD.

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE 5 - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT (continued)

 

The table below sets forth a summary of the changes in the fair value of the warrants for preferred shares classified as Level 3:

 

 

NOTE 6 - SHARE CAPITAL

 

 

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UROGEN PHARMA LTD.

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 6 - SHARE CAPITAL (continued)

In March 2017, the Company’s board of directors adopted the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan ("2017 Plan"), which was approved by the shareholders in April 2017. The 2017 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options to the Company's employees and for the grant of nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, performance stock awards, performance cash awards, and other forms of stock awards to the Company's employees, directors and consultants.

The maximum number of ordinary shares that may initially be issued under the 2017 Plan is 1,400,000. In addition, the number of ordinary shares reserved for issuance under the 2017 Plan will automatically increase on January 1st of each calendar year, from January 1, 2018 through January 1, 2026, so that the number of such shares reserved for issuance will equal 12% of the total number of ordinary shares outstanding on the last day of the calendar month prior to the date of each automatic increase, or a lesser number of shares determined by our board of directors. The maximum number of ordinary shares that may be issued upon the exercise of incentive stock options under the 2017 Plan is 5,600,000.  

On January 1, 2018, the share reserve increased by 250,167 to 1,650,167.

The plan administrator determines the exercise price for stock options, within the terms and conditions of the 2017 Plan, provided that the exercise price of a stock option generally cannot be less than 100% of the fair market value of the Company’s ordinary shares on the date of grant. Options granted under the 2017 Plan vest at the rate specified in the stock option agreement as determined by the plan administrator.

NOTE 7 - RELATED PARTIES

UPI entered into a lease agreement, dated as of November 2015 and commencing as of May 2016, for office space located at 689 Fifth Avenue in New York. UPI shared the office space equitably with Kite Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is a cosignatory to such lease agreement. Arie Belldegrun, M.D., UPL’s chairman, served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kite Pharma, Inc. until his resignation effective as of October 3, 2017, in connection with the acquisition of Kite Pharma, Inc. by Gilead Sciences, Inc.

During September 2017, the Company leased additional offices at 499 Park Avenue in New York, and in April 2018, terminated its lease for offices at 689 Fifth Avenue in New York. The Company expects the office to be assumed by other tenants in the near future.  

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UROGEN PHARMA LTD.

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

However, until the assumption takes place, the Company has recorded an estimate of approximately $291 in early termination expense on the lease for the three months ended March 31, 2018. The Company also recorded a loss on disposal of fixed assets of $183 for the three months ended March 31, 2018, regarding the accelerated depreciation on the leasehold improvements associated with the lease.

NOTE 8 - LOSS PER SHARE:

The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted loss per share (“LPS”) for the periods indicated:

 

 

For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017, all ordinary shares underlying outstanding options, A-1 warrants and convertible preferred shares have been excluded from the calculation of the diluted loss per share since their effect was anti-dilutive.

NOTE 9 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS:

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through May 15, 2018.

In April 2018, UPI entered into a new lease agreement for an office in Los Angeles, CA.  The lease commencement date is estimated to be in the third quarter of 2018 and terminate in 2023. The total contractual obligation for the duration of the lease is approximately $1,400.

 

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Exhibit 99.2

UROGEN PHARMA LTD.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for such periods filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 6-K, as well as our annual financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 and related discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for such periods, which were included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2018. All such financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or US GAAP. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.

Overview

We are a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapies designed to change the standard of care for urological pathologies. We have an innovative and broad pipeline of product candidates that we believe can overcome the deficiencies of current treatment options for a variety of urological conditions with a focus on uro-oncology. Our lead product candidates, UGN-101 (MitoGel^TM, also known as mitomycin urothelial gel) and UGN-102 (VesiGel^TM, also known as mitomycin intravesical gel) are proprietary formulations of the chemotherapy drug Mitomycin C, or MMC, a generic drug, which is currently used off-label for urothelial cancer treatment only in a water-based formulation as an adjuvant, or supplemental post-surgery, therapy. We are developing our product candidates as chemoablation agents, which means they are designed to remove tumors by non-surgical means, to treat several forms of non-muscle invasive urothelial cancer, including low-grade upper tract urothelial carcinoma, or UTUC, and low-grade bladder cancer. We believe that UGN-101 and UGN-102, which are both local drug therapies, have the potential to significantly improve patients’ quality of life by replacing costly, sub-optimal and burdensome tumor resection and kidney removal surgeries as the first-line standard of care. UGN-101 and UGN-102 may also reduce the need for bladder and upper urinary tract surgeries, including removal of the upper urinary tract and kidney, which are major surgical procedures typically performed when local endoscopic tumor resection fails to control the disease progression. Additionally, we believe that our product candidates, which are based on formulations of previously approved drugs, may qualify for streamlined regulatory pathways to market approval.

Our lead product candidates, UGN-101 and UGN-102 are formulated using our proprietary reverse thermally triggered hydrogel, or RTGel technology. We believe that RTGel-based drug formulations, which provide for the sustained release of an active drug, may improve the efficacy of treatment of various types of urothelial cancer without compromising the safety of the patient or interfering with the natural flow of fluids from the urinary tract to the bladder. Our formulations are designed to achieve this by increasing the dwell time as well as the tissue coverage of the active drug throughout the organ. Consequently, we believe that RTGel-based drug formulations may enable us to overcome the anatomical and physiological challenges that have historically contributed to the lack of drug development for the treatment of urothelial cancer. No drugs have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, for the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, or NMIBC, in the last 20 years.

Our clinical stage pipeline also includes UGN-201 (Vesimune^TM), our proprietary immunotherapy product candidate for the treatment of high-grade NMIBC, which may include Carcinoma in Situ, or CIS. UGN-201 is a novel, liquid formulation of Imiquimod, a generic toll-like receptor 7, or TLR7, agonist. Toll-like receptor agonists play a key role in initiating the innate immune response system. We believe that the combination of UGN-201 with additional immunotherapy drugs, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors or chemotherapy drugs, could represent a valid alternative to the current standard of care for the post-transurethral resection of bladder tumor adjuvant treatment of high-grade NMIBC.

BotuGel is our proprietary novel RTGel-based formulation of BOTOX, a branded drug, that we believe can potentially serve as an effective treatment option for patients suffering from overactive bladder. In October 2016, we announced the licensing of the worldwide rights to RTGel in combination with neurotoxins, including BOTOX, to Allergan Pharmaceuticals International Limited, or Allergan. In August 2017, we announced that Allergan had submitted an Investigational New Drug application, or IND, to the FDA in order to be able to commence clinical trials in the United States using the RTGel in combination with BOTOX. In October 2017, Allergan commenced a Phase 2 clinical trial of BotuGel for the treatment of overactive bladder.

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We have incurred net losses in each period since our formation in 2004. We incurred net losses of $13.4 million and $3.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017, respectively. As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, our accumulated deficit was $60.6 million and $47.2 million, respectively. We expect to continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future, and our losses may fluctuate significantly from year to year. We expect that our expenses will increase substantially in connection with our ongoing activities as we:

We will need substantial additional funding to support our operating activities as we advance our product candidates through clinical development, seek regulatory approval and prepare for and, if any of our product candidates are approved, proceed to commercialization. Adequate funding may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.

Allergan License Agreement

We entered into an exclusive license agreement with Allergan in October 2016. Allergan paid us a nonrefundable upfront license fee of $17.5 million, and we are eligible to receive additional milestone payments upon the successful completion of certain development, regulatory and commercial milestones. Under the Allergan Agreement, Allergan is solely responsible, at its expense, for developing, obtaining regulatory approvals for and commercializing, on a worldwide basis, pharmaceutical products that contain RTGel and clostridial toxins (including BOTOX), alone or in combination with certain other active ingredients, which we refer to collectively as the Licensed Products. Allergan is obligated to pay us a tiered royalty in the low single digits based on worldwide annual net sales of Licensed Products, subject to certain reductions for the market entry of competing products and/or loss of our patent coverage of Licensed Products. We are responsible for payments to any third party for certain RTGel-related third party intellectual properties. In July 2017, Allergan notified us that they had submitted their IND for BotuGel, our proprietary novel RTGel-based formulation of BOTOX for the treatment of overactive bladder, to the FDA. The submission of the IND triggered the second milestone under the Allergan Agreement, pursuant to which we received a payment of $7.5 million in August 2017. Allergan commenced a Phase 2 clinical trial of BotuGel in October 2017.

Components of Results of Operations

Revenues

We do not currently have any products approved for sale and, to date, we have not recognized any revenues from sales of UGN-101, UGN-102 or UGN-201. During the three months ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017, we recognized revenues of $481,000 and $19,000 that related to sales of RTGel to Allergan, per the Allergan Agreement. In the future, we may generate revenue from a combination of product sales, reimbursements, up-front payments, milestone payments and royalties in connection with the Allergan Agreement and future collaborations. If we fail to obtain regulatory approval of any of our product candidates in a timely manner, our ability to generate future revenue will be impaired.

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Research and development expenses

The largest component of our total operating expenses has historically been, and we expect will continue to be, research and development. Research and development expenses consist primarily of:

We expense all research and development costs as incurred. In light of the fact that our employees and internal resources may be engaged in projects for multiple programs at any time, our focus is on total research and development expenditures, and we do not allocate our internal research and development expenses by project.

Through March 31, 2018, we have received grants of $2.1 million in the aggregate from the Israeli Innovation Authority, or IIA for research and development funding. Pursuant to the terms of the grants, we are obligated to pay the IIA royalties of 3.0% to 5.0% on revenues from sales of products developed from a project financed in whole or in part by IIA grants, up to a limit of 100% of the amount of the grant received, plus annual interest calculated at a rate based on 12-month LIBOR.

 

In addition to paying any royalties due to the IIA, we must abide by other restrictions associated with receiving such grants under the Israeli Law for the Encouragement of Industrial Research, Development and Technological Innovation, 5754-1984, or R&D Law, and the IIA rules for granting a right to use know-how developed from research and development that was conducted pursuant to a plan approved by the IIA outside of Israel, or the Licensing Rules. These rules will continue to apply to us following full repayment to the IIA. The IIA grants we have received for research and development activities restrict our ability to manufacture products and transfer technologies outside of Israel and require us, in addition to the payment of royalties, to satisfy specified conditions. If we fail to satisfy these conditions, we may be required to refund grants previously received and incur financial penalties. Under the Allergan Agreement, Allergan has the option to manufacture products developed with IIA-funded technology outside of Israel, which would require approval from the IIA. Although Allergan has not yet exercised this option, we have requested approval from the IIA for a possible transfer of the production process. We may not receive such approval. Even if we do receive such approval, we may be required to pay increased royalties to the IIA of up to 300% of the amount of the original grant received plus interest. If the IIA deems the license to Allergan to be a technology transfer, we may be required to pay up to 600% of the amount of the original grant plus interest. Such payment and its timing will be determined by various factors, including the consideration received by us and our R&D expenditure, and in accordance with the formulas set forth in the Licensing Rules.

We are focused on advancing our product candidates, and our future research and development expenses will depend on their clinical success. Research and development expenses will continue to be significant and will increase over at least the next several years as we continue to develop our product candidates and conduct preclinical studies and clinical trials of our product candidates.

We do not believe that it is possible at this time to accurately project total expenses required for us to reach commercialization of our product candidates. Due to the inherently unpredictable nature of preclinical and clinical development, we are unable to estimate with certainty the costs we will incur and the timelines that will be required in the continued development and approval of our product candidates. Clinical and preclinical development timelines, the probability of success and development costs can differ materially from expectations. In addition, we cannot forecast which product candidates may be subject to future collaborations, if and when such arrangements will be entered into, if at all, and to what degree such arrangements would affect our development plans and capital requirements.

We deduct the IIA grants from research and development expenses as the applicable costs are incurred. We also had a preclinical collaboration for BotuGel with Allergan into which we initially entered into in February 2014. We deduct amounts received from the preclinical collaboration with Allergan from our research and development expenses as the applicable costs are incurred. As a result, our research and development expenses are shown on our financial statements net of the IIA grants and amounts received from the preclinical collaboration.

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General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs, including share-based compensation, related to directors, executive, commercial, investor relations, finance, and human resource functions, facility costs and external professional service costs, including legal, accounting and audit services and other consulting fees.

We anticipate that our general and administrative expenses will increase in the future as we increase our administrative headcount and infrastructure to support our continued research and development programs and the potential approval, manufacturing and commercialization of our product candidates. We also anticipate that we will incur increased expenses related to audit, legal, regulatory and tax-related services associated with maintaining compliance with Nasdaq and SEC requirements, director and officer insurance premiums, executive compensation, and other costs associated with being a public company.

Interest and other income, net

Interest and other income, net, for the three months ended March 31, 2018 consisted primarily of interest income on our cash and short-term investments.

Income taxes

We have yet to generate taxable income in Israel. We have historically incurred operating losses resulting in carry forward tax losses totaling approximately $24.8 million as of December 31, 2017. We anticipate that we will continue to generate tax losses for the foreseeable future and that we will be able to carry forward these tax losses indefinitely to future taxable years. Accordingly, we do not expect to pay taxes in Israel until we have taxable income after the full utilization of our carry forward tax losses. We have provided a full valuation allowance with respect to the deferred tax assets related to these carry forward losses.

 

Analysis of Results of Operations

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017

The following table summarizes our results of operations for three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

 

 

 

Revenues

Our total revenues increased by approximately $462,000 from $19,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2017 to $481,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2018 and are primarily related to sales of RTGel to Allergan, per the Allergan Agreement.

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Research and development expenses

Research and development expenses increased by $4.9 million to $7.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2018 from $2.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2017. The increase was attributable mainly to an increase of approximately $2.3 million of share-based compensation which consists primarily of $1.5 million in new grants to executive management and employees and $818,000 in increased expense to consultants due to increase in share price, an increase in direct costs associated with the UGN-101 Phase 3 clinical trial and our other products of approximately $1.4 million, and an increase of approximately $1.2 million in headcount and related costs to support increased clinical trial activities.

General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses increased by approximately $5.2 million to $6.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2018 from $875,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2017. The increase in general and administrative expenses resulted primarily from an increase in share-based compensation expense of $1.9 million which consists primarily of $1.7 million in new grant expense to directors, executive management and employees, and $288,000 increased expense to consultants due to increase in share price, an increase of approximately $947,000 in payroll and recruitment costs due to headcount and related costs to support our growing business, an increase of approximately $847,000 in consultant and Directors fees, an increase of approximately $751,000 in commercial services and an increase of approximately $643,000 to support the growth of our New York office.

Interest and other income, net

Interest and other income, net, increased by approximately $238,000 to $358,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2018 from $121,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2017. The change in income was primarily due to interest received on increased cash and short-term investment balances received from our initial public offering, or IPO, and secondary offering offset by prior year financial income from revaluation of warrants that were converted during the IPO.

Realized loss on sale of short-term investment

We recorded a realized loss of $100,000 on sale of short-term investment in March 2018.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity

Since our inception, we have incurred losses and negative cash flows from our operations. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, we incurred a net loss of $13.4 million and used net cash of $9.6 million in our operating activities. As of March 31, 2018, we had working capital of $123.2 million, and an accumulated deficit of $60.6 million. Our principal source of liquidity as of March 31, 2018 consisted of cash and cash equivalents of $127.5 million.

Capital resources

Overview

In May 2017, we completed an IPO, which raised $60.8 million, net of issuance costs and underwriting discounts and commissions, on the Nasdaq Stock Market. In January 2018, we completed a secondary public offering which raised approximately $64.2 million net of underwriting discounts and commissions and issuance costs. Through December 31, 2016, we had financed our operations primarily through private placements of equity securities and through the upfront payment received under the Allergan Agreement.

We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 12 months. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could use our capital resources sooner than we currently expect.  Our present and future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including, among other things:

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Furthermore, we expect to continue to incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company. Accordingly, we will need to obtain substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations. If we are unable to raise capital when needed or on attractive terms, we would be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate our research and development programs or future commercialization efforts.

Until such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial product revenue, we may finance our cash needs through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, your ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms of any additional securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect your rights as a shareholder. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends.

If we raise funds through additional collaborations, strategic alliances or licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or product candidates or to grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us. If we are unable to raise additional funds through equity or debt financings when needed, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development or future commercialization efforts or grant rights to develop and market product candidates that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves.

Cash flows

The following table summarizes our statement of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

The cash used in operating activities during the aforementioned periods resulted primarily from our net losses incurred during such periods, as adjusted for non-cash charges and measurements and changes in components of working capital. Adjustments to net losses for non-cash items mainly included share-based compensation, and depreciation and amortization.

Net cash used in operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2018 was approximately $9.6 million compared to $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The $6.9 million increase in expenditures is related to the UGN-101 Phase 3 clinical trial and our other products of approximately $2.4 million, as well as an increase in personnel related costs and service provider costs related to becoming a public company, commercial activity, and strengthening of our senior management team.

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

Net cash provided by investing activities was $35.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2018, compared to $82,000 used in investing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2017. The increase of $35.9 million is related to the sale of short-term investments.

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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was $64.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2018, compared to $108,000 of cash used in financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2017. The increase of approximately $64.4 million is primarily related to our secondary public offering.

 

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Exhibit 99.3

 

UroGen Pharma Reports First Quarter 2018 Financial Results and Recent Corporate Developments

 

Interim Analysis of Pivotal Phase 3 OLYMPUS Trial of UGN-101 (MitoGel™) for the Treatment of Low-Grade Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (LG UTUC) to be Presented at American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting on May 21, 2018

 

Submission of UGN-101 New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Expected in Q1 2019

 

UGN-102 (VesiGel™) Investigational New Drug (IND) Application Planned for Mid-2018

 

Conference Call Today at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time

 

Ra’anana, Israel, and New York, NY, May 15, 2018 - UroGen Pharma Ltd. (Nasdaq:URGN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments to address unmet needs in the field of urology, with a focus on uro-oncology, today announced financial results for first quarter ended March 31, 2018 and provided an overview of the Company’s recent developments.

 

“We are excited about the upcoming late-breaking presentation at AUA of the Interim Analysis of our pivotal Phase 3 OLYMPUS trial of UGN-101 (MitoGel™) for the treatment of LG UTUC. Our team remains intensely focused on our most important milestone - submitting an NDA to the FDA in Q1 2019, with the goal of UGN-101 potentially becoming the first-ever approved treatment for LG UTUC,” said Ron Bentsur, Chief Executive Officer of UroGen. “In addition to UGN-101, we continue to advance our pipeline, as demonstrated by our planned IND submission in mid-2018 for UGN-102 (VesiGel™), as well as other development programs that have the potential to transform existing treatment paradigms across a number of urologic conditions.”

 

Recent Highlights and Upcoming Milestones

 

 

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First Quarter 2018 Financial Results

 

 

 

Conference Call & Webcast Information

 

Members of UroGen’s management team will host a live conference call and webcast today at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to review the Company's financial results and provide a general business update.

 

The live webcast can be accessed by visiting the Investors section of the Company’s website at http://investors.urogen.com. Please connect at least 15 minutes prior to the live webcast to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be needed to access the webcast. Alternatively, please call (888) 771-4371 (U.S.) or (847) 585-4405 (International) to listen to the live conference call. The conference ID number for the live call will be 46778272. An archive of the webcast will be available for two weeks on the Company’s website.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UROGEN PHARMA LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

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UROGEN PHARMA LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

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About UroGen Pharma Ltd.

UroGen Pharma Ltd. (Nasdaq:URGN) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing advanced non-surgical treatments to address unmet needs in the field of urology, with a focus on uro-oncology. The Company has developed RTGel™, a proprietary sustained release, hydrogel-based platform technology that has the potential to improve therapeutic profiles of existing drugs. UroGen's sustained release technology is designed to enable longer exposure of the urinary tract tissue to medications, making local therapy a potentially more effective treatment option. UroGen's lead product candidates, UGN-101 (MitoGel™, also known as mitomycin urothelial gel) and UGN-102 (VesiGel™, also known as mitomycin intravesical gel), are designed to potentially remove tumors by non-surgical means and to treat several forms of non-muscle invasive urothelial cancer, including low-grade upper tract urothelial carcinoma and bladder cancer, respectively. UroGen is headquartered in Ra’anana, Israel with U.S. headquarters in New York.

 

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including with respect to the timing and results of clinical development and commercial prospects of the product candidates in UroGen’s pipeline, including UGN-101 (MitoGel™) and UGN-102 (VesiGel™), the scope and development of UroGen’s product candidate pipeline, results from the OLYMPUS trial, and Allergan’s Phase 2 clinical trial of BotuGel, UroGen’s expectations regarding its ability to fund its operations, and the ability of UroGen to become a leader in the field of uro-oncology, which statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to: the timing and success of clinical trials and potential complications thereof; the ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval; the labeling for any approved product; the scope, progress and expansion of developing and commercializing UroGen’s product candidates; the size and growth of the market(s) therefor and the rate and degree of market acceptance thereof vis-à-vis alternative therapies; and UroGen’s ability to attract or retain key management, members of the board of directors and personnel. In light of these risks and uncertainties, and other risks and uncertainties that are described in the Risk Factors section of UroGen’s annual report on From 20-F filed with the SEC on March 15, 2018 and other filings that UroGen makes with the SEC from time to time (which are available at

 

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http://www.sec.gov), the events and circumstances discussed in such forward-looking statements may not occur, and UroGen’s actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied thereby. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are based on information available to UroGen as of the date of this release.

 

 

UROGEN CONTACT:

 

Kate Bechtold

Director, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations

KateB@urogen.com

914-552-0456

 

 

¹ BOTOX® is a proprietary trademark of Allergan Pharmaceuticals.