Exhibit 99.1



Kadmon Provides Business Update and Reports Third Quarter 2018 Financial Results 



NEW YORK, November 9, 2018 – Kadmon Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KDMN) today provided a business update and reported financial and operational results for the third quarter of 2018.

 

“We have made tremendous progress in recent months to advance development of KD025 for the treatment of cGVHD, including receipt of FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation and the initiation of our registration study,” said Harlan W. Waksal, M.D., President and CEO at Kadmon. “We look forward to sharing updated findings from our ongoing Phase 2 trial in an oral presentation at ASH while continuing to enroll patients in the pivotal trial. In parallel, we continue to advance our broader ROCK inhibitor research platform as well as our biologics platform developing IL-15 fusion proteins for immuno-oncology.”

 

Recent Business Highlights







Upcoming Milestones



Kadmon is advancing its product candidates and expects to reach a number of pipeline milestones in the coming periods:



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Financial Results



Third Quarter 2018 Results



Loss from operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was $21.3 million and $58.1 million, respectively,  compared to $19.8 million and $51.4 million for the respective periods in 2017.



Revenue was $0.4 million and $1.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018,  compared to $2.3 million and $10.8 million for the respective periods in 2017.  The Company does not rely on the revenue generated from its commercial operations; however, the Company leverages its commercial infrastructure to support the development of its clinical-stage product candidates by providing quality assurance, compliance, regulatory and pharmacovigilance capabilities, among others.



Research and development expenses were $11.9 million and $31.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018,  compared to $11.8 million and $30.3 million for the respective periods in 2017.



Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses were $9.7 million and $26.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018,  compared to $9.1 million and $29.1 million for the respective periods in 2017. The decrease in SG&A expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is primarily related to a non-cash decrease in share-based compensation of $2.3 million.



Liquidity and Capital Resources



As of September 30, 2018, Kadmon’s cash and cash equivalents totaled $113.4 million, compared to $67.5 million as of December 31, 2017. 



About KD025



KD025 is a selective oral inhibitor of Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase 2 (ROCK2), a signaling pathway that modulates inflammatory response. Enrollment is ongoing in KD025-213, a pivotal Phase 2 clinical trial of KD025 in adults with cGVHD who have received at least two prior lines of systemic therapy. In October 2018, the FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to KD025 for the treatment of cGVHD, which was supported by data from an ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial (KD025-208). In August 2017, the FDA granted Orphan Drug Designation to KD025 for the treatment of cGVHD.



About Kadmon Holdings, Inc.



Kadmon Holdings, Inc. is a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company developing innovative product candidates for significant unmet medical needs. Our product pipeline is focused on inflammatory and fibrotic diseases.



Forward Looking Statements



This press release contains forward-looking statements. Such statements may be preceded by the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “targets,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms

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or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We believe that these factors include, but are not limited to, (i) the initiation, timing, progress and results of our preclinical studies and clinical trials, and our research and development programs; (ii) our ability to advance product candidates into, and successfully complete, clinical trials; (iii) our reliance on the success of our product candidates; (iv) the timing or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals; (v) our ability to expand our sales and marketing capabilities; (vi) the commercialization of our product candidates, if approved; (vii) the pricing and reimbursement of our product candidates, if approved; (viii) the implementation of our business model, strategic plans for our business, product candidates and technology; (ix) the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our product candidates and technology; (x) our ability to operate our business without infringing the intellectual property rights and proprietary technology of third parties; (xi) costs associated with defending intellectual property infringement, product liability and other claims; (xii) regulatory developments in the United States, Europe and other jurisdictions; (xiii) estimates of our expenses, future revenues, capital requirements and our needs for additional financing; (xiv) the potential benefits of strategic collaboration agreements and our ability to enter into strategic arrangements; (xv) our ability to maintain and establish collaborations or obtain additional grant funding; (xvi) the rate and degree of market acceptance of our product candidates; (xvii) developments relating to our competitors and our industry, including competing therapies; (xviii) our ability to effectively manage our anticipated growth; (xix) our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and key personnel; (xx) our ability to achieve cost savings and other benefits from our efforts to streamline our operations and to not harm our business with such efforts; (xxi) the use of proceeds from our recent public offerings; (xxii) the potential benefits of any of our product candidates being granted orphan drug designation;  (xxiii) the future trading price of the shares of our common stock and impact of securities analysts’ reports on these prices; and/or (xxiv) other risks and uncertainties. More detailed information about Kadmon and the risk factors that may affect the realization of forward-looking statements is set forth in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with the SEC on the date hereof. Investors and security holders are urged to read these documents free of charge on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Company assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 

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Contact Information

Ellen Cavaleri, Investor Relations

646.490.2989

ellen.cavaleri@kadmon.com 





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