TMCnet News
Better Therapeutics Reports First Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Provides Update on Key Corporate MilestonesBetter Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BTTX), a prescription digital therapeutics (PDT) company developing nutritional cognitive behavioral therapy (nCBT) to address the root causes of cardiometabolic diseases, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2022 and provided an update on progress toward achieving key corporate milestones. "Better Therapeutics has made significant progress in advancing the clinical development of its first-in-class digital therapeutic platform for the treatment of cardiometabolic diseases," stated Kevin Appelbaum, Co-Founder and CEO of Better Therapeutics. "Our pivotal trial of BT-001, evaluating the use of nCBT for the treatment of patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes achieved its primary endpoint, supporting the filing of a de novo classification request with the FDA for potentially the first ever PDT in this widespread indication. nCBT has the potential to treat a broad range of other cardiometabolic conditions and our team has achieved key pipeline milestones with the initiation of a feasibility study evaluating nCBT as a potential treatment for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). Together, these initiatives reflect an emerging standard of care for the treatment of cardiometabolic diseases, built on a foundation of behavioral therapy delivered as prescription digital therapeutics." First Quarter 2022 Financial Results Research and development expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 were $3.7 million, compared to $1.4 million for the comparable period in 2021. The increase was primarily related to the costs of advancing research in conjunction with the company's prescription digital therapeutic, BT-001. Sales and marketing expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 were $2.0 million, compared to $43 thousand for the comparable period in 2021. The increase primarily reflects personnel, marketing and consulting expenses associated with pre-launch preparations of BT-001. General and administrative expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 were $3.6 million, compared to $1.6 million for the comparable period in 2021. The increase was primarily related to personnel costs to support company growth and additional costs of being a publicly traded company. Capital resources: Cash and cash equivalents were $31.7 million on March 31, 2022, compared to $40.6 million on December 31, 2021. Borrowing capacity on the company's secured loan agreement with Hercules Capital, Inc. was $5 million on March 31, 2022. Recent Business Highlights Clinical Programs
Treatment Guidelines and Reimbursement
Expected Upcoming Milestones
Conference Call and Webcast Better Therapeutics will host a conference call and webcast today, May 13, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. ET to provide a business update. The conference call may be accessed by dialing (833) 945-2463 (domestic) or (678) 825-8211 (international) and referring to conference ID: 9776049. The live webcast may be accessed by visiting the event link at: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/xqrnp5by. Following the webcast, a replay of the webcast may be accessed from the Presentations & Events page in the Investors section of the Better Therapeutics corporate website at: investors.bettertx.com. About Better Therapeutics Better Therapeutics is a prescription digital therapeutics (PDT) company developing a novel form of cognitive behavioral therapy to address the root causes of cardiometabolic diseases. The company has developed a proprietary platform for the development of FDA-regulated, software-based solutions for type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other conditions. The cognitive behavioral therapy delivered by Better Therapeutics' PDT is designed to enable changes in neural pathways of the brain so lasting changes in behavior become possible. Addressing the underlying causes of these diseases has the potential to dramatically improve patient health while lowering healthcare costs. Better Therapeutics clinically validated mobile applications are intended to be prescribed by physicians and reimbursed like traditional medicines. For more information visit: bettertx.com Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements made in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as "plan," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "outlook," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "continue," "could," "may," "might," "possible," "potential," "predict," "should," "would" and other similar words and expressions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the timing and results of the ongoing trial of BT-001 in patients with type 2 diabetes, Better Therapeutics' plans regarding FDA submissions, the timing of and expectations regarding receipt of marketing authorization and the commercial launch of BT-001, expectations related to the potential benefits of BT-001 and nCBT and their potential treatment applications, Better Therapeutics' plans regarding the research and advancement of its product candidates for additional treatments, expectations related to the interest of healthcare providers and payers in PDTs and legislative developments affecting PDTs and the outcome of such developments, among others. These forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of Better Therapeutics and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances and their potential effects and speak only as of the date of such statement. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements including: risks related to Better Therapeutics' business, such as the willingness of the FDA to authorize PDTs for commercial distribution and insurance companies to reimburse their use, market acceptance of PDTs, the risk that the results of previously conducted studies will not be repeated or observed in ongoing or future studies involving our product candidates and other risks and uncertainties included under the heading "Risk Factors" in Better Therapeutics' annual report on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 28, 2022, available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, and those that are included in any of Better Therapeutics' future filings with the SEC. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of Better Therapeutics' assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220513005104/en/ |