MAP CEO presents at Bell Potter Healthcare Conference 2023
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16 November 2023
Bell Potter Healthcare Conference 2023
Microba Life Sciences Limited (ASX: MAP) (“Microba”), is pleased to announce that it will present at the Bell Potter
Healthcare Conference today, Thursday November 16 2023, at 12:00pm – 12:25pm AEDT (Sydney/Melbourne) /
11:00am — 11:25am (Brisbane). Microba CEO, Dr Luke Reid will deliver the presentation.
A copy of the presentation is attached to this announcement.
Shareholders, investors and interested parties are encouraged to register to attend the presentation at the following link:
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This announcement has been authorised for release by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
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Chief Executive Officer
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Microba Life Sciences is a precision microbiome company driven to improve human health. With world-leading technology
for measuring the human gut microbiome, Microba is driving the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for major
chronic diseases and delivering gut microbiome testing services globally to researchers, clinicians, and consumers. Through
partnerships with leading organisations, Microba is powering the discovery of new relationships between the microbiome,
health and disease for the development of new health solutions.
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Transforming health through
the human microbiome
Bell Potter Healthcare Conference 2023
November 2023
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Two core business segments driven by a proprietary databank
Services
Databank
Therapeutics
Proprietary
databank
Customer
Testing
Microba provides testing
and data analysis for a fee
to clinicians, consumers
and research customers
Data
Health Data
Biome Data
Driving discovery of novel
therapeutic leads
Insights
Novel
Therapies
Data-driven therapeutics
platform developing
novel monoclonal microbial
cell therapies
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Company Snapshot
Continuous YoY
revenue growth over
5 years of operations
Partnerships with market leaders
incl. Sonic Healthcare (ASX: SHL),
Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA),
SYNLAB (GR:SYAB) + more
Large, unique, proprietary
microbiome databank
3 key therapeutic programs
with lead IBD drug
candidate in Phase I trial
read out expected Dec 23
World-leading technology
in the emerging and rapidly
growing US$4.9 billion
microbiome sector1
Globally leading microbiome
expertise complemented by
drug discovery experts including
Prof. Ian Frazer
1 Frost & Sullivan market report – Growth Opportunities in Human Microbiome Market Forecast to 2023 – Prepared November 2019
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Microbiome Services
Driving global revenues
and data growth
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| Q1 FY24 Highlights – Testing Services
MetaPanel progressing
to launch in Australia
65% Growth in
personal testing
Execution of Microba’s Testing Services growth strategy saw 62% and 72%
yoy revenue growth for domestic and international Personal Testing
respectively. continued growth in uptake of MetaXplore™ in Australia
with 33% growth in tests sold between June and September.
Q1 FY24 Revenue versus pcp
(A$m)
15%
1.1
0.9
Personal
Research
0.5
0.4
0.8
0.3
Q1 FY23 Q1 FY24
Microba’s advanced infectious disease testing technology MetaPanel™
progressing to launch in Australia with Sonic Healthcare (ASX: SHL)
targeting first test delivery before end of Q2 FY24.
Further European expansion
New agreement executed with SYNLAB to deliver Microba’s
testing into Norway, Serbia and additional European countries.
+65%
-42%
$26 million in cash or equivalents
as at 30 September 2023.
$6 million FY23 R&D tax expected.
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Advanced microbiome testing addressing large markets
in healthcare
Addressable Healthcare Markets
Gastrointestinal disorders
Gastrointestinal infection
Is the microbiome contributing to the patients
DGBI and how can they manage?
Does the patient have a pathogen and how can I
selectively treat it?
150M est. addressable patients worldwide1
16M est. addressable patients worldwide2
Well established out of pocket private pay
market
Well established hospital direct-bill and path
to reimbursement
1Estimated based on the prevalence of specific Disorders of the Gut-Brain Interaction across 26 countries (Av prevalence of 32.8% DOI: 10.1111/nmo.14594), and the proportion regularly seeking medical support with one or more doctor visit per month (Average
15.4% - DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.04.014)
2 Estimated based on the global number of immuno-compromised patients and other patients at high risk for gastrointestinal infection (>8.1m chemotherapy treated solid tumor cancer patients and >1.1m haematological cancer patients
DOI::https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30163-9), (>3m dialysis patients DOI: 10.1038/s41581-022-00542-7), (>140k Organ Transplant patients per year https://www.transplant-observatory.org/), (>3.5m long stay ICU patients – estimate based on data from
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/intensive-care-beds-per-100000 )
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Significant international distribution
Partners provides access into 35 countries with 16 now operational
Strategic acquisition
unlocking a geographical
base and laboratory in
the UK, supporting the
next phase of Microba’s
international growth
strategy.
Operating Team and/or Laboratory Centre's
Contracted partner/s operational
Access via current distribution partners
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| UK Strategic Aquisition
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| Taking a leading position in the UK market
Invivo together with our Sonic Healthcare partnership provides Microba with deep access
to the entire UK healthcare market spanning private practice and the public NHS environment
UK TARGET HEALTHCARE MARKET
2k
Capturing the integrative
healthcare market
Driving broad adoption
into general practice,
specialists & hospitals
8k
• Leading microbiome testing
company targeting integrative
healthcare practitioners
>49k
• Est. 10k integrative healthcare
professionals in the UK*
10k
• Growth market – more people
seeking out private health
services in the UK
healthcare
professionals
• Leading medical diagnostics
company in the UK
• Preparing to deliver MetaXplore and
MetaPanel
• Addressable UK target practitioners:
- 25k General Practitioners^
- 10k Clinical dieticians^
- 4.7k Specialists positioned to
adopt microbiome testing^
25k
5k
• Customers positioned to adopt
Microba’s MetaXplore testing
GP
Specialists
Dieticians
Nutritionist
Integrative GP
* British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine has 3,500 practicing members, Association of Nutrition has 4,400 nutritionist members, and there are an estimated 2,000 practicing integrative Medical Doctors in the UK
10 on file.
^ 4,702 specialists covering Infectious Disease, Gastroenterology, Clinical Oncology, Transplant, Nephrology and Intensive care. 27,246 General Practice Doctors minus 2,000 estimated integrative General Practitioners. Approximately 10,000 registered dieticians. References
| Invivo acquisition provides strong UK customer base
FY23
Key metrics
7,300+ tests sold
Engaged customer base
17% penetration into the UK integrative
healthcare professional market and well
positioned to accelerate growth
1,700+ ordering HCPs^
94%
of revenue
driven by repeat
customers#
51%
A$8.9m revenue*
Gross Profit
Margin
10,000+ sample biobank
Remaining market
Invivo customer
Invivo engaged lead
* *AUDGBP FX conversion rate of 0.52, Invivo has a financial year-end of 30 March, this number is pro-forma to Australian financial year-end, 30 June.
# 55.5% of healthcare practitioners (HCP) ordered more than once in the last twelve months, these repeat customers are responsible for 94% of HCP revenue
^ HCPs is an abbreviation of Healthcare Professionals
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| Strengthening Invivo's position in GI microbiome testing
A platform for UK market entry and growth of Microba’s MetaXplore™ test
79%
of Invivo’s testing
revenue is through
their GI products*.
“From our leading position in market, we expect Microba’s world leading
MetaXplore™ will become the most favoured microbiome test for healthcare
professionals in the UK” Debbie Cotton – Head of Clinical Innovation, Invivo
• Current leading GI testing product for UK
healthcare professionals
• Next generation advanced GI test using Microba’s
world leading metagenomic technology
• Featuring 7 host markers, 62 microbial markers
• Microbiome analysis via multiplex PCR
• Includes 7 host markers, 28,000 microbial markers,
19 microbiome functions
• Offers static PDF reports
• Offers both static PDF and interactive digital reports.
19%
growth in GI testing
revenue in FY23^
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Microbiome Therapeutics
Developing novel monoclonal
microbial cell therapies
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| Q1 FY24 Highlights – Therapeutics
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program
MAP315 Phase I all patients dosed. Positive MOA data generated.
Dosing and all patient visits successfully completed. Preliminary blinded data indicates that MAP315 is well tolerated. Multi-modal
mechanism of action (MOA) data generated for MAP315. Results remain on track for Dec 2023.
Immuno-Oncology Program
Confirmed potent anti-tumour activity.
Second mouse model demonstrated again that Microba’s therapeutic leads significantly reduce tumour burden. Further, immunological
studies demonstrated activity consistent with induction of a specific and targeted immune response. Additional animal studies and
immune profiling experiments are continuing with further data expected in Q2 FY24.
Autoimmune Disease Program
Primary screening >50% complete.
Microba have transferred all target strains to Ginkgo and Stage 1 activity screens are now more than 50% complete. It is expected that
Stage 1 activity screening is completed, and data available by the end of Q2 FY24. Stage 2 screening to complete in H1 2024.
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A therapeutic revolution.
Novel, precision microbiome therapeutics
Precision Microbiome Therapeutics
Precision microbiome analysis platform delivering
unparalleled accuracy, coverage & depth.
Data driven discovery platform utilising one of
the worlds most advanced & highly curated
microbiome datasets.
Next generation approach to microbiome drug
development identifying single keystone species
and their biology to develop Live Biotherapeutics.
Microba Partners
Innovative Pipeline
Excellent safety profile
Scalable GMP manufacturing for high dose oral delivery
Potent and novel biology mediated by Live Biotherapeutic strategy
Strong Corporate Profile
US Pharmaceutical Executive leadership
Technically robust multi-disciplinary team
Global partners
Team Experience
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Repeatable, scalable, data-driven platform discovering novel
monoclonal microbial cell therapies
Population
testing
Identify
groups
Healthy
AI & Advanced
Biostatistics
Monoclonal
microbial
drug lead
Disease
Proprietary microbiome databank driving multiple therapeutic
opportunities through a capital light platform
Disease
Models
Orally administered, healthy
human donor derived,
monoclonal bacterial cell
drug opportunity
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| Rapid progress tapping the therapeutic potential of the
human microbiome for major chronic diseases
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Immuno-Oncology Program
Autoimmune Diseases
PHASE I IN PROCESS
PRECLINICAL
SCREENING
Recently Completed
Recently Completed
Recently Completed
Phase I HREC approval
Leads discovered
Program commenced
cGMP manufacturing complete
Leads isolated
Strains provided to Ginkgo
Phase I trial commenced
First animal model results
First in vitro screening results
Upcoming milestones
Upcoming milestones
Upcoming milestones
• Immunological pre-clinical results
• Stage 1 activity screening complete
• Phase I complete
• Lead candidate selection
• Stage 2 activity screening complete
Phase I participant dosing complete
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The start of a therapeutic revolution
1 First Generation
Fecal Doner Derived
2 Second Generation
Bacterial Consortia
FDA approval Nov 30 2022
Feacal doner derived enema
drug product
Vedanta Biosciences
Vedanta Biosciences Raises
$106.5M in Funding
FDA approval April 27 2023
Feacal doner derived oral
capsule drug product
SER-155
Phase 1b showing engraftment
reduction in pathogens
3 Next Generation
Single Strain & Small Molecule
MAP315
Phase I – Ongoing, readout
expected December 2023
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| Executing towards pharmaceutical out-licensing transactions
Recent IBD and microbiome deals
Licensee / Acquiror
Licensor / Target
Date
Type
Deal size
Indication / clinical stage
Apr 2023
Acquisition
Total deal size: US$10.8b
Ulcerative Colitis (phase 2) Crohn’s
disease (phase 2A) Autoimmune
diseases (phase I or pre clinical)
July 2022
R&D
collaboration
and license
agreement
Total deal size: Undisclosed
Upfront: €40m
Sales / regulatory milestones:
Undisclosed
Food allergies and IBD (pre clinical)
Mar 2022
Acquisition
Total deal size: US$6.7b
Ulcerative Colitis (FDA Approved,
2023), Crohn’s disease (phase2/3),
Atopic dermatitis (phase 2 complete)
Nov 2021
R&D
collaboration
and license
agreement
Total deal size: US$605m
Upfront: US$15m
Additional payments: US$590m
IBD (Discovery)
Jul 2021
Licensing
agreement in
US/Canada
Total deal size: US$525m
Upfront: US$175m
Sales / regulatory milestones: Up
to US$225m
Recurrent Clostridioides difficile
infection (Phase 3)
https://www.merck.com/news/merck-strengthens-immunology-pipeline-with-acquisition-of-prometheus-biosciences-inc/
https://www.enterome.com/news-events/enterome-signs-major-strategic-rd-collaboration-with-nestle-health-science-to-develop-and-commercialize-new-allermimics-and-endomimics-immunotherapies-for-food-allergies-and-inflamm/
https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-completes-acquisition-arena-pharmaceuticals
http://novomebio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Novome-and-Genentech-Enter-into-Strategic-Collaboration.pdf
https://ir.serestherapeutics.com/news-releases/news-release-details/seres-therapeutics-nestle-health-science-announce-ser-109-co
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Outlook
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Upcoming Milestones for 2023
2023
JAN – MAR
2023
APR - JUN
Services
Services
New healthcare product full launch
New international distribution deals
Services
Therapeutics - IBD MAP 315 program
New international distribution deals
Therapeutics - IBD MAP 315 program
Phase I HREC Submission
Therapeutics - IBD MAP 315 program
FDA Pre-IND meeting outcome
HREC Approval for Phase I trial
Therapeutics - IBD MAP 315 program
GMP manufacture complete Phase I
Therapeutics - IBD MAP 315 program
Phase I trial commencement
2023
JUL - DEC
Services
New country expansion
Services
First Sonic partners operational
Therapeutics - IBD MAP 315 program
Phase I participant dosing complete
Therapeutics - IBD MAP 315 program
Phase I complete
Therapeutics - IO Program
Therapeutics – IO Program
Therapeutics – Autoimmune Program
Therapeutics - Autoimmune Program
Pre-clinical results
First in vitro screening results
Immunological pre-clinical results
Stage 1 activity screening complete
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Dr Luke Reid
Chief Executive Officer
luke.reid@microba.com
Head Office
Pasquale Rombola
Level 10, 324 Queen Street
Brisbane QLD Australia
pasquale.rombola@microba.com
Laboratory
Chairman
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Woolloongabba QLD Australia
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