UNITED STATES
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Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2023
Commission file number: 001-39838
Gracell Biotechnologies Inc.
Building 12, Block B, Phase II
Biobay Industrial Park
218 Sangtian St.
Suzhou Industrial Park, 215123
People’s Republic of China
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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By: | /s/ Yili Kevin Xie | |
Name: | Yili Kevin Xie | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Date: January 6, 2023
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Developing transformational solutions to broaden the use of breakthrough cell therapies across hematological and solid tumors . REVOLUTIONIZING CAR - T cell therapy. 3 |
4 At a Glance Global, Clinical - Stage Biopharma Company Clinically - validated Technology Platforms Rich, highly differentiated Clinical Pipeline Next - day manufacturing autologous CAR - T with enhanced cell fitness Off - the - shelf allogeneic CAR - T with optimized persistence 6 100+ FASTCAR - T GC012F Lead Asset 3 100% MRD - Well capitalized with cash runway for next 24 months Candidates currently in the clinic Patients dosed since 2017, leveraging investigator - initiated studies to accelerate innovation cycle Indications: r/r multiple myeloma, newly - diagnosed multiple myeloma, r/r B - NHL Achieved in all treated r/r and newly - diagnosed multiple myeloma patients |
William Cao, Ph.D., B.M. Founder, Chairman & CEO Wendy Li, M.D. Chief Medical Officer Kevin Xie, Ph.D., M.B.A. Chief Financial Officer Samuel Zhang, Ph.D. Chief Business Officer Jenny Ni, M.D., Ph.D. Chief Technology Officer • 30+ years in biotech leadership and R&D • Co - founder and CEO of Cellular Biomedicine Group • 100+ issued patents & applications for advanced cell therapies • 20+ years of leading all critical aspects of clinical development and medical affairs • 30+ successful IND, NDA and BLA filings • CMO of EXUMA Biotech • 20+ years in healthcare investment and corporate leadership • President of Fosun Healthcare Holdings • Portfolio manager at Locust Walk Capital, Scopia Capital and Great Point Partners • 20+ years in BD, corporate strategy, and pharmaceutical commercialization • Global I - O s trategy leader at Novartis and BMS • CBO of NeoImmuneTech • 25+ years in gene & cell therapy, vaccine and contract manufacturing • Led CMC development of five IND filings / approvals for hematological and solid malignancies 5 Leadership Team Experienced in R&D and Clinical Development |
6 1. Phase 3 may not be required if Phase 2 is registrational 2. IIT (investigator - initiated trial) is optional not mandatory, and it serves as early evidence for safety and potentially efficac y for the individual programs. IND studies will build on IIT results. We intend to use the clinical data generated from China IITs in our IND filings to the FDA and the NMPA; however, we make no guarantee that such data will be ac cep ted by the FDA and/or the NMPA. R/R MM, relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma; Newly Diagnosed MM, newly - diagnosed multiple myeloma; B - NHL, B cell non - Hodgkin ’s lymphoma; B - ALL, B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; T - ALL, T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia CAR - T Pipeline Targeting Hematological and Solid Tumor Indications PROGRAM INDICATION PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT Preclinical Phase 1 Phase 2/3 1 GC012F BCMA/CD19 R/R MM Newly Diagnosed MM B - NHL GC019F CD19 Adult B - ALL GC017F AML GC502 CD19/CD7 B - ALL GC027 CD7 Adult T - ALL GC508 MM Donor - derived CAR GC007g CD19 B - ALL SMART CAR - T GC503 Mesothelin Solid tumors GC506 Claudin 18.2 Solid tumors China IIT 2 China IND |
GC012F BCMA/CD19 Dual - Targeting for Multiple Myeloma & B - NHL Autologous CAR - T Platform |
8 FasTCAR Platform Next - Day Manufacturing to Reach Patients Faster 22 to 36 HOURS 1 to 6 WEEKS Conventional CAR - T Manufacturing FASTER Availability to patients ENHANCED T - cell fitness SIGNIFICANT Cost savings ADVANTAGES |
FasTCAR Cuts Manufacturing Time to 22 - 36 Hours: Combines Activation & Transduction Steps, and Eliminates Need for ex vivo Expansion 9 FasTCAR Platform Activation Transduction ex vivo Expansion 5 days to 5 weeks 1 to 2 days 1 to 3 days Conventional Manufacturing 1 to 6 WEEKS Concurrent Activation - Transduction 22 - 36 HOURS Releasing Tests Apheresis Purification Filling Freezing Release & Infusion Isolation Apheresis Isolation Releasing Tests Purification Filling Freezing Release & Infusion 1 Gracell transforms the three primary production steps — activation, transduction and expansion — into a single “concurrent activatio n - transduction” step. With minimized ex vivo culture time, FasTCAR - T cells are younger and shows enhanced proliferation and tumor clearance activities in preclinical studies , making possible the lower cell dosage and eliminating the need for ex vivo expansion. Expansion happens in patient body, an optimal condition. 2 1 2 |
CD4 CD8 FasTCAR GC012F Conventional CAR - T With enhanced stemness and proliferation, FasTCAR - T cells may lead to lower dosage requirements and improved therapeutic results 10 Memory T cells, such as Tscm cells and Tcm cells, are indicators of T - cell youth and associated with CAR - T cell therapeutic effe cts. FasTCAR Platform Enhanced T - Cell Fitness Tscm – stem cell - like memory T cells T cm – central memory T cells Tem – effector memory T cells Teff – effector T cells T scm 48.7% T scm 88.5% T scm 38.1% T scm 16.5% FasTCAR preserves high percentage of young Tscm cells 1 |
11 1. Boucher K, Parquet N, Widen R, et al. Clin Cancer Res. 2012;18(22):6155 - 6168. 2. Hua Jiang, et al. ASH Annual Meeting 2020, 178. GC012F for Multiple Myeloma MOA Dual - Targeting to Reduce Relapse Risk BCMA/CD19 Dual CAR - T demonstrated effective elimination of MM progenitor cells 2 NT CD19 CAR - T BCMA CAR - T BCMA - CD19 Dual CAR - T Relative Colony Formation 200 150 100 50 0 **0.0053 ***0.0009 *0.0381 0.0944 0.0141 Targeting TWO antigens to address the risk of BCMA antigen loss and drive deep and durable response in the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM) BCMA A proven target for MM CD19 Expressed on MM cells and progenitor cells 1 BCMA - CD19 Dual CAR - T anti - CD19 scFv anti - BCMA scFv CD19 BCMA MM Progenitor MM cell CD19 (Low expression) |
Consistently Favorable Safety Profile Mostly low - grade CRS in r/r MM No CRS in 75% newly - diagnosed MM patients treated No neurotoxicity or ICANS 12 GC012F for Multiple Myeloma Differentiation Clear Differentiation Across Three Key Attributes Game - changing Next - day Manufacturing Approx. 22 - 36 hours Highly Competitive Efficacy 100% MRD - in all treated r/r MM and newly - diagnosed MM patients BCMA/CD19 Dual - targeting Compelling clinical data in both r/r MM and newly - diagnosed MM |
13 GC012F for r/r Multiple Myeloma S tudy Design / Patient Baseline IIT Enrollment and Dosing Completed IIT · First patient in 10/2019 · Enrollment completion 01/2022 · Data presented at ASCO & EHA 2022 IIT, investigator initiated trial; F, fludarabine; C, cyclophosphamide; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation a. By mSMART 3.0 b. By presence two of del(17p), t(4;14), t(14;16), t(14;20), gain 1q, or p53 mutation c. PI, IMiD and any other including anti - CD38 antibody; d. ≥ 1 PI (Ixazomib and Bortezomib were approved in China), ≥ 1 IMiDs (only Lenalidomide is approved for MM in China) and ≥ 3 other anti - myeloma drugs of any other class; 90% patients treated classified as high - risk according to mSMART 3.0 guidelines Patient Baseline Characteristics Total N=29 Median age, years (range) 57 (27 - 76) Male, n(%) 17 (59) Type of myeloma, n(%) IgG 13 (45) IgA 6 (21) IgD 5 (18) Light chain 5 (18) Median years since d iagnosis, years (range) 4 (1 - 10) High - risk profile a , n(%) 26 (90) Double - hit b , n(%) 3 (10) Extramedullary plasmacytomas ≥ 1, n(%) 8 (28) Patient Baseline Characteristics Total N=29 Median prior regimens of therapy, n (range) 5 (2 - 11) Median prior lines of therapy, n (range) 5 (2 - 9) Prior auto - HSCT, n (%) 11 (38) Triple - exposed c , n(%) 28 (97) PI refractory 27 (93) IMiD refractory 27 (93) anti - CD38 refractory 10 (34) Penta - exposed d , n(%) 18 (62) Primary refractory, n (%) 3 (10) Refractory to last therapy, n (%) 24 (83) DOSE LEVEL 1 1x10 5 cells/kg DOSE LEVEL 2 2x10 5 cells/kg DOSE LEVEL 3 3x10 5 cells/kg Consent and Screening Apheresis GCO12F Next Day Manufacturing QC Release Lymphodepletion (F:30mg/m 2 /day C:300mg/m 2 /day)*3days GC012F Single infusion Follow - up assessment visits D - 5 to - 3 D0 |
6.9% 10.3% 75.9% 14 ORR, overall response rate; sCR, stringent complete response; CR, complete response, VGPR, very good partial response; MRD, m ini mal residual disease *Sensitivity of MRD - : At 10 - 4 in 9 patients tested by Flow cytometry; At 10 - 6 in 20 patients tested by EuroFlow. Choice of MRD test is due to the availability at the study centers. GC012F for r/r Multiple Myeloma E fficacy Fast, Deep & Durable Responses Data cut - off 06/08/2022 · 90% of study population being high risk All patients PR VGPR CR/sCR n = 29 Time to earliest response as first assessment timepoint Median duration of response (DOR) at data cut - off with 90% of study population being high risk (95%, CI: 7.6 - 33.1) Median duration to follow - up Range 4.9 to 34.5 mos. 93.1 % ORR 27/29 patients 100 % 75.9 % MRD - sCR 22/29 patients best response achieved to date MRD - 29/29 patients * 28 DAYS 15.7 MOS. 11.0 MOS. |
15 1, Sensitivity of MRD - : At 10 - 4 in 9 patients tested by Flow cytometry; At 10 - 6 in 20 patients tested by EuroFlow. Choice of MRD test is due to the availability at the study centers. 2, Munshi NC, Blood Adv. 2020 Dec 8;4(23):5988 - 5999 GC012F for r/r Multiple Myeloma MRD Negativity 100% MRD - in All Treated Patients Data cut - off 06/08/2022 · 90% of study population being high risk MRD assessment – EuroFlow 10 - 6 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% n = 1 n = 17 MRD+ MRD - 100% of treated patients achieved MRD negativity 1 • 100% of evaluable patients assessed by EuroFlow were MRD negative at Month 6 (n=13; sensitivity 10 - 6 ) • 87.5% of evaluable patients assessed by EuroFlow were MRD negative at Month 12 • Some patients with shorter duration of follow - up could not get re - assessed by time of data cut - off, due to the Covid - 19 pandemic 94.4% 100% 87.5% MRD in evaluable patients by EuroFlow, at month 1 (n=18), month 6 (n=13) and month 12 (n=8) Month 1 n = 18 Month 6 n = 13 Month 12 n = 8 12.5% 5.6% n = 1 n = 7 Patients(%) MRD negativity could be associated with significantly improved survival outcomes 2 |
16 1 CRS criteria, ASBMT consensus grading CRS - Cytokine release syndrome, ICANS - Immune effector cell - associated neurotoxicity syndrome GC012F for r/r Multiple Myeloma Safety Consistently Favorable Safety Profile N=29 CRS 1 (n,%) ICANS (n,%) Grade 0 4 (14) 0 (0) Grade 1 14 (48) 0 (0) Grade 2 9 (31) 0 (0) Grade 3 # 2 (7) 0 (0) Grade 4 - 5 0 (0) 0 (0) CRS any grade Median (days) Min, Max (days) Time to onset 6 2,10 Duration 3 1,8 # CRS treated with Tocilizumab, vasopressors and dexamethasone Mostly Low - grade CRS · No Neurotoxicity or ICANS |
22 1. American journal of hematology. 2021; 96(10):1295 - 1312. 2. Lancet Oncol. 2019;20(1):31 - 42. 3. Blood Cancer Journal. 2020; 10:73. 4. Blood. 2017;130:2755. 5. Hum Gene Ther. 2018; 29(5): 585. GC012F for B - NHL MOA Novel Dual - Targeting Approach for B - NHL Targeting both CD19 and BCMA could potentially improve CAR - T efficacy and reduce relapse due to antigen escape CD19 CAR - T is proven to be effective for the treatment of NHL, although its efficacy is yet to be improved 1,2 BCMA is expressed in 39% to 97% clinical samples of NHL 3 - 5 , making it a valid therapeutic target B - NHL Cell CD19 - BCMA Dual CAR - T anti - BCMA scFv anti - CD19 scFv BCMA CD19 |
23 GC012F for B - NHL Study Design / Patient Baseline First - in - Human Data Presented at EHA 2022 IIT · Data presented at EHA 2022 DOSE LEVEL 1 2 - 3x10 5 cells/kg DOSE LEVEL 2 4 - 6x10 5 cells/kg DOSE LEVEL 3 8 - 12x10 5 cells/kg Consent and Screening Apheresis GCO12F Next Day Manufacturing QC Release Lymphodepletion (F:30mg/m 2 /day C:300mg/m 2 /day)*3days GC012F Single infusion Follow - up assessment visits D - 5 to - 3 D0 Patient Baseline Characteristics Total (n=3) Median age, years (range) 52 (31 - 60) Lymphoma subtype DLBCL, n (%) 3 (100) Disease stage, n (%) 1 IV 3 (100) ECOG 1, n (%) 3 (100) Anti - CD20 3 (100) Immuno - phenotype, n (%) CD19 3 (100) BCMA 2 (67) Median prior lines of therapy, n (range) 2 (2 - 3) IPI score ≥ 3, n (%) 2 (67) Relapse/refractory subgroup, n (%) Relapse 2 (67) Refractory 1 (33) Prior auto - HSCT, n (%) 0 (0) Heavily pre - treated patients with bulky disease enrolled IIT, investigator initiated trial; F, fludarabine; C, cyclophosphamide, DLBCL, diffuse large B cell lymphoma, HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation |
0 30 60 90 120 150 180 Months After Infusion Before evaluation CRS(<Grade 3) CRS(≥Grade 3) ICANS(<Grade 3) ICANS(≥Grade 3) CR PR PD/Relapse SD Following-up Death 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pt 03 Pt 01 2 x10 5 cells/kg Study is ongoing and continues to accrue patients N=2 CRS 1 (n,%) ICANS (n,%) Grade 1 2 (100) 0 (0) Grade 2 0 (0) 0 (0) Grade 3 0 (0) 0 (0) Grade 4 - 5 0 (0) 0 (0) 24 Xinfeng Chen, et al. EHA 2022 Congress, P1218 GC012F for B - NHL Clinical Data Strong Efficacy & Favorable Safety Profile Data cut - off 06/08/2022 Dose levels: 3.7 x 10 4 cells/kg - 2.0 x 10 5 cells/kg Dose level: 3.0 x 10 5 cells/kg N=1 CRS 1 (n,%) ICANS (n,%) Grade 1 - 2 0 (0) 0 (0) Grade 3 1 (100) 2 0 (0) Grade 4 - 5 0 (0) 0 (0) Pt 02 3 x10 5 cells/kg 3.7 x10 4 cells/kg 1. CRS & ICANS were graded according to the ASTCT Consensus Grading (Lee et al. 2019) 2. Reverted to Grade 2 within 2 days CR complete response, CRS, Cytokine release syndrome, ICANS, immune effector cell - associated neurotoxicity syndrome SAFETY • No neurotoxicity or ICANS • 100% (3/3) CR at month 1 • 100% (2/2) CR at month 3 EFFICACY |
Allogeneic CAR - T Platform GC502 for B - ALL CD19/CD7 GC027 for T - ALL CD7 |
26 Off - the - Shelf TruUCAR Platform MOA Novel Dual - Directed CAR Design to Enhance Persistence Host vs. graft rejection (HvG) hinders the persistence of allogeneic CAR - T cells in patient body Preventing HvG while controlling infection risk poses the key challenge in developing effective and safe off - the - shelf CAR - T therapy Gracell’s Elegant Solution • Reduces risk of rejection and extends persistence of CAR - T cells • Eliminates the need for being co - administered with additional strong immunosuppressant after conventional lymphodepletion CAR2 Tumor antigen CAR targets malignant cells and enables wide applicability for different cancers CD7 CAR Targets a patient’s T and NK cells to suppress rejection of allogeneic CAR - T cells Patient’s T cell or NK cell T - Ag KO Prevent fratricide Avoid GvHD Patient’s normal tissues Cancer cell TCR KO Enhancer Tumor lysis Prevent HvG Industry Challenge |
27 * Includes either autologous or donor derived CD19 or CD19 - CD22 targeted CAR - T therapy GC502 for B - ALL Study Design / Patient Baseline First TruUCAR Candidate with Dual - Directed CAR IIT · Data presented at AACR 2022 and EHA 2022 Patient Baseline Characteristics Total (N=4) Median age, years (range) 28 (15 - 34) Median prior lines of therapy (range) 5 (4 - 7) Extramedullary lesions, n (%) 1 (25%) Prior - CAR - T therapy, n (%) * 4 (100%) Prior allo - HSCT, n (%) 1 (25%) CD19/CD7 dual - directed GC502 comprehensively exemplifies the TruUCAR design, which aims for optimized persistence and wide applicability without the need of being co - administered with additional immunosuppressant DOSE LEVEL 1 1.0x10 7 cells/kg DOSE LEVEL 2 1.5x10 7 cells/kg DOSE LEVEL 3 2.0x10 7 cells/kg Consent and Screening Lymphodepletion GC502 Single infusion Follow - up assessment visits D0 |
28 Shiqi Li, et al. EHA 2022 Congress, P370 * Patient 01 was assessed MRD - in bone marrow but was assessed PR due to extramedullary disease. This patient received allo - HSCT at day 39 and achieved MRD - CR, however died of infection post transplant on day 95. MRD minimal residual disease, CR complete response, CRi, complete response with incomplete hematologic recovery, PR partial response, allo - HSCT allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant GC502 for B - ALL Clinical Data Promising Response Reported at EHA 2022 Data cut - off 02/22/2022 1X10 6 1X10 5 1X10 4 1X10 3 1X10 2 1X10 1 1X10 0 1X10 - 1 CAR Copies Days post Car - T cell infusion Copies/µg DNA GC502 expansions measured by qPCR were peaked around day 7 - 9 ROBUST EXPANSION SAFETY • Formulation A: 2 out of 2 Grade 3 CRS • Formulation B: 2 out of 2 Grade 2 CRS • No Grade 4 or 5 CRS, no ICANS, no GvHD 0 28 56 84 112 140 Pt 04 Pt 03 Pt 02 Pt 01 Days after infusion Formulation B Formulation A DL1: 1.0x10 7 cells/kg DL2: 1.5x10 7 cells/kg Pt 01 Pt 02 Pt 03 Pt 04 * • 75% patients achieved MRD - CR/CRi EFFICACY ▲ CRS (<Gr 3 ) ▲ CRS ( ≥ Gr 3 ) ▼ ICANS (<Gr 3 ) ▼ ICANS ( ≥ Gr 3 ) Before Evaluation ● MRD+ ● MRD - ◼︎ PR ◼︎ CR/ CRi Allo - HSCT In Follow - up Death |
Allogeneic CAR - T from HLA - Matched Donor GC 007 g for B - ALL CD 19 DONOR - DERIVED CAR |
Second Generation Enhanced CAR - T for Solid Tumors SMART CAR - T |
33 SMART CAR - T for Solid Tumors Novel Mechanism to Conquer TME SMART CAR - T in Preclinical Study ✓ More robust cell proliferation and persistence ✓ Improved resistance to TME ✓ Reduced T cell exhaustion and sustained killing capacity after repeated antigen re - challenges ✓ Persistent anti - tumor activity upon tumor re - challenge Targeting TME could unlock the vast potential of immunotherapies in treating solid tumors Immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) impacts T - cell activation and survival Solid tumor cell scFv SMART CAR - T Converted into positive signaling Proliferation Persistence Resistance to TME SMART CAR - T Industry Challenge Negative signaling of suppressive TME molecule S uppressive M olecule A ctivated & R ejuvenated T cells |
34 Locations State - of - the - Art R&D and GMP Facilities Suzhou Global Headquarters Suzhou GMP Manufacturing Facility Shanghai Headquarters Shanghai R&D Center San Diego Innovation Center • 66,000 sq. ft. standalone facility • Plasmid, vectors and cell production • Vein - to - vein, fully - closed manufacturing capability • Received Medical Products Manufacturing Certificate in 2021 |
Cash 35 Financial Highlights Strong Financial Position Supporting R&D and Corporate Strategy R&D and Corporate focus • Clinical development to advance key programs • Establishment of U.S. R&D center $ 229.1 million in cash, cash equivalents & short - term investments as of 9/30/22 Cash runway for next 24 months |
36 Corporate Milestones Anticipated Milestones Q4 2022 Accomplishments ✓ IND filings submitted in the US and China for FasTCAR - T GC012F in r/r MM ✓ FasTCAR - T GC012F in newly diagnosed MM first clinical data presented at ASH 2022 ✓ Donor - derived CAR - T GC007g in B - ALL entered registrational Phase 2 trial in China Upcoming Milestones • Provide clinical development update upon receipt of IND acceptance from FDA for FasTCAR - T GC012F in r/r MM • Initiate IND trial in US for FasTCAR - T GC012F in r/r MM • Initiate IND trial in China for FasTCAR - T GC012F in r/r MM • Longer - term follow - up data of FasTCAR - T GC012F in r/r MM from the IIT study • Initiate China IIT of SMART CAR - T GC506 targeting Claudin 18.2 - positive solid tumors • Initiate China IIT of FasTCAR - T GC017F in AML • Clinical data updates on other current and new programs at major medical conferences and/or in lead journals |
THANK YOU INVESTOR CONTACT Gracie Tong Sr. Director of Investor Relations Gracie.Tong @gracellbio.com |