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BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics, Inc.CIK 0001869105 · Health Care · SIC 2834 · Pharmaceutical Preparations
BBOT is a clinical-stage biotechnology company with the mission of transforming the lives of patients with cancers driven by RAS and PI3Kα, the two most frequently mutated oncogenes. Aberrant RAS signaling drives uncontrolled tumor growth in some of the deadliest cancers, including lung, breast,… About this business →
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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
| Description | Q2 ended Jun 30, 2026 | Q1 ended Mar 31, 2026 |
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| Operating expenses: | ||
| Research and development | 49.2 | 39.8 |
| General and administrative | 11.0 | 6.4 |
| Total operating expenses | 60.2 | 46.2 |
| Operating income | (60.2) | (46.2) |
| Other income/(expense), net | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Income tax expense/(benefit) | — | |
| Net income | (56.5) | |
| Basic earnings per share | (705.20) | (526.11) |
| Diluted earnings per share | (705.20) | (526.11) |
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| Description | Jun 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
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| Current assets: | ||
| Cash and equivalents | 54.1 | 52.7 |
| Short-term investments | 171.6 | 199.6 |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 16.0 | 14.1 |
| Total current assets | 242.4 | 266.5 |
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Deferred income taxes and other assets | 12.8 | 11.2 |
| Other long-term assets | 118.6 | 136.7 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 376.7 | 417.6 |
| Current liabilities: | ||
| Accounts payable | 6.7 | 12.1 |
| Current portion of operating lease liabilities | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Other current liabilities | 44.4 | 30.6 |
| Total current liabilities | 51.6 | 43.3 |
| Operating lease liabilities | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Total liabilities | 53.6 | 45.4 |
| Shareholders' equity: | ||
| Common stock | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Capital in excess of stated value | 779.2 | 771.9 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (1.0) | (1.0) |
| Retained earnings (deficit) | (455.1) | (398.7) |
| Total shareholders' equity | 323.1 | 372.3 |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | 376.7 | 417.6 |
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| Description | Six months ended Jun 30, 2026 | Q1 ended Mar 31, 2026 |
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| Operating Activities: | ||
| Net cash from operating activities | (80.3) | (35.9) |
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| Net cash from investing activities | (239.7) | (285.4) |
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| Net cash from financing activities | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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About BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics, Inc.
Source: Item 1 (Business) from the 10-K filed March 5, 2026. Description as filed by the company with the SEC.
Item 1. Business.
Overview
BBOT is a clinical-stage biotechnology company with the mission of transforming the lives of patients with cancers driven by RAS and PI3Kα, the two most frequently mutated oncogenes. Aberrant RAS signaling drives uncontrolled tumor growth in some of the deadliest cancers, including lung, breast, pancreas and colon cancer. This can come from mutations in RAS itself, which underlie approximately 30% of all human cancers, or from RAS-mediated overactivation of PI3Kα. Our goal is to provide meaningful benefit to patients by designing and developing new therapies to achieve high levels of target inhibition against these oncogenic drivers while maintaining a favorable tolerability profile.
Our pipeline consists of three orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitors that were designed and optimized within BBOT with the goal to provide patients with significant benefit over standard of care. Additionally, we believe BBOT has the opportunity to provide further benefit to patients with KRAS mutant tumors through combination of our inhibitors. We believe our pipeline has the opportunity to address a large number of patients afflicted with metastatic cancer.
BBO-8520 (direct KRASG12C ON/OFF) and BBO-11818 (direct panKRAS ON/OFF) programs target KRAS — the most mutated oncogene. KRAS is a small GTPase protein that acts like a molecular switch, toggling between the GTP-bound active “ON” state, and the GDP-bound inactive “OFF” state. Oncogenic mutations in KRAS disrupt the normal equilibrium of the two states, resulting in a dramatic increase in the proportion of the “ON” state, and ultimately activating pathways that result in uncontrolled cell growth and cancer progression.
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The majority of KRAS mutations occur in codon 12. In NSCLC, KRAS G12C mutation are present in approximately 15% of patients. In 2021, the FDA approved the first therapeutic that specifically targets KRAS G12C. However, this first-generation drug and others like it exclusively target the “OFF” state, which renders them susceptible to adaptive resistance, which may limit their efficacy and durability. In addition, patients treated with “OFF” state inhibitors experience significant toxicities which is worse when combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). In contrast, BBO-8520, our orally bioavailable dual KRAS G12C “ON/OFF” inhibitor, directly engages both states of the mutant protein. We believe BBO-8520’s next-gen mechanism of action and degree of potency can provide significant benefit to patients with KRAS G12C-driven NSCLC — both as monotherapy and in combination with other therapies.
ONKORAS-101 is an ongoing Phase 1 study evaluating BBO-8520 alone and in combination with pembrolizumab in subjects with locally advanced and unresectable or metastatic NSCLC with a KRAS G12C mutation. We disclosed BBO-8520 clinical data in January 2026, where BBO-8520 showed differentiated efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics with best-in-class potential. We expect to share additional clinical data from ONKORAS-101 in the second half of 2026.
BBO-11818, is an orally bioavailable pan KRAS “ON/OFF” inhibitor designed to bind directly to the target. It is able to bind to KRAS G12D, G12V, G12C and WT KRAS with picomolar affinity. In KRAS mutant cells, BBO-11818 has shown low nanomolar potency with greater than 500-fold selectivity for KRAS over H- and NRAS. Like BBO-8520, BBO-11818 was designed to inhibit KRAS in both its “ON” and “OFF” states. We believe these properties will enable BBO-11818 to achieve optimal target inhibition to
provide significant benefit to patients with tumors driven by these oncogenes while maintaining a favorable tolerability profile. The KONQUER-101 trial is a currently ongoing phase 1 study evaluating the safety and preliminary antitumor activity of BBO-11818 in heavily pretreated subjects with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic KRAS mutant solid tumors. Preliminary BBO-11818 monotherapy data is encouraging as we have observed anti-tumor activity with a favorable and differentiated safety profile. We expect to share additional clinical data from KONQUER-101 in the second half of 2026.
PI3Kα is involved in many aspects of cell physiology, including growth, differentiation, survival and migration. It also plays an important role in glucose homeostasis through direct activation of its catalytic subunit, p110a, by insulin and IGF-1. In addition to its role in physiologic processes, an oncogenic form of PI3Kα (encoded by the PIK3CA gene) as well as activating mutations in PIK3CA were identified over 20 years ago. As such, oncology drug discovery and development have explored inhibition of the kinase activity of the p110a catalytic subunit to block PI3Ka signaling. Unfortunately, all of these initial efforts have been hampered to varying degrees by undesired hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia side effects as they cannot adequately block oncogenic signaling without effects on glucose homeostasis. More recently, direct binding and activation of PI3Kα by RAS proteins has been described in tumorigenesis. Additionally, several studies in mice have shown that selective blocking of RAS activation of PI3Kα can slow tumor growth without interfering with glucose homeostasis. We set out to discover a small molecule that can block RAS activation of PI3Kα with the goal of inhibiting oncogenic signaling while avoiding hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia. If successful, we may be able to achieve high levels of target inhibition in patients while maintaining a favorable tolerability profile.
BBO-10203, our RAS:PI3Kα Breaker, is an oral drug candidate that targets the RAS-binding domain of PI3Kα, preventing its activation by HRAS, NRAS, and KRAS in tumors. BBO-10203’s mechanism of action can inhibit PI3Ka signaling in tumors and avoid hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia in preclinical models. This stems from the simple fact that insulin signaling does not rely on RAS proteins to mediate glucose uptake. Thus far, we have observed activity in preclinical models and settings where RAS or PI3Kα is known to play a role in tumorigenesis, such as tumors with oncogenic mutations in KRAS or PIK3CA. However, an important additional feature of BBO-10203 is that it is agnostic to the mutational status of RAS and PIK3CA, i.e. BBO-10203 can work in settings where either or both are wild-type. For example, we have observed activity in preclinical models with amplified or overexpressing HER2. In non-clinical testing, BBO-10203 has elicited significant tumor growth inhibition in multiple tumor types as monotherapy, and shown promising activity in combination with HER2 inhibitors, mutant KRAS inhibitors, ER antagonists, CDK4/6 inhibitors, and chemotherapy. BREAKER-101 is an ongoing Phase 1 study evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and preliminary antitumor activity of BBO-10203 as monotherapy and in combination with trastuzumab, fulvestrant ± ribociclib, or FOLFOX + bevacizumab in patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2+ breast cancer (BC), HR+/HER2- BC and KRAS mutant colorectal cancer (CRC). We disclosed the preliminary clinical data from BREAKER-101 study in January 2026. BBO-10203 showed differentiated safety profile as compared to other PI3Ka-targeting agents with no hyperglycemia observed. We expect to share additional data from the trial in the second half of 2026. In addition, we plan to initiate internal combinations with BBO-8520 and BBO-11818 this year.
BBOT is developing three precision oncology assets to serve patients with tumors driven by the two most prevalent oncogenes. We believe each has the potential to deliver meaningful benefit by achieving high levels of target inhibition while maintaining a favorable safety profile. In addition, BBOT is well positioned to develop combination therapies from within our own pipeline to inhibit both the MAPK and PI3Kα-AKT pathways simultaneously in patients with KRAS mutant tumors. While this has been a major goal in the field for over 20 years, the inability of other inhibitors to distinguish between tumor and wild-type cells has historically resulted in unacceptable toxicity. We aim to succeed where others have failed, due to BBO-10203’s unique mechanism of action that takes advantage of RAS’ distinct role in tumors. By inhibiting any RAS-driven activation of PI3Kα, BBO-10203 blocks oncogenic signaling while avoiding hyperglycemia. The fact that BBO-10203 has the potential to provide benefit and avoid hyperglycemia in WT PIK3CA setting is key to our combination approaches, as RAS and PIK3CA are very rarely co-mutated in human cancer. Hence, we will evaluate the combination of BBO-10203 and BBO-8520, and the combination of BBO-10203 and BBO-11818.
Strategy
At BBOT, we are accelerating scientific and medical breakthroughs with the goal of delivering well-tolerated, safe medicines with greater efficacy to people facing the deadliest cancers. We focus on patients with RAS- and PI3Kα-driven malignancies, including lung, breast, colorectal and pancreatic cancers. With deep expertise in small molecule targeted oncology, our team understands that maximizing target inhibition is critical to providing significant benefit to patients with oncogene-addicted tumors, requiring novel mechanisms of action and precise inhibitor design. Using state-of-the-art structure-based drug design, BBOT is advancing two approaches to achieve this goal.
First, we have designed KRAS inhibitors that bind the protein directly with high affinity, resulting in inhibition of both the ON and OFF states. By coupling ON-state inhibition — the form of KRAS that drives tumorigenesis — with high affinity, we believe we can achieve maximal suppression of oncogenic signaling in KRAS-driven tumors.
Second, we have designed highly selective PI3Kα inhibitors that exclusively block RAS-dependent signaling. This approach enables inhibition of RAS-driven PI3Kα tumorigenesis while preserving PI3Kα signaling directly activated by growth factor receptors. With this selective mechanism, we believe our RAS:PI3Kα breakers may achieve high levels of inhibition of RAS-dependent PI3Kα signaling while minimizing side effects associated with PI3Kα kinase inhibitors, such as hyperglycemia. Developing these inhibitors both as monotherapy and in combination has the potential to provide meaningful benefit to patients by safely delivering high-level inhibition of oncogenic signaling.
Overview of BBO-8520 Program
Preclinical
BBO-8520 is a direct and covalent dual inhibitor of GTP-bound (ON) and GDP-bound (OFF) KRAS G12C. KRAS G12C is an oncogenic mutation that leads to insensitivity to GTPase activating protein (GAP)– mediated hydrolysis, which significantly increases the proportion of KRAS G12C in the ON state and promotes tumor cell growth. Currently approved inhibitors of KRAS G12C bind and inhibit the OFF-form only. The mechanism of action of these inhibitors is through sequestering the OFF-form and preventing it from cycling to the ON-form. Tumor cells can adapt to this mechanism of action rather easily by activating receptor protein tyrosine kinases (RTKs) upstream of KRAS and by increasing de novo protein production through mutant allele amplification. Activation of RTKs activates SOS pushing KRAS into its ON -form where OFF-only inhibitors cannot bind. Amplification of the mutant allele also leads to increased ON-form protein as there is ten times more GTP than GDP in the cells. To prevent fast adaptation through the above -mentioned mechanisms and to achieve optimal target coverage of the KRAS G12C driver oncogene, new generation inhibitors must inhibit the ON-form of KRAS G12C. To address this critical gap in target coverage by approved OFF -only inhibitors, we have designed BBO-8520 to be a direct, covalent dual inhibitor of both OFF- and ON- forms of KRAS G12C.
Biochemical studies using MALDI-TOF show that while the OFF-only inhibitors effectively modify GDP-bound KRAS G12C, they are unable to modify the GTP-bound form. In contrast, MALDI-TOF demonstrates that BBO- 8520 modifies KRAS G12C whether it is bound to GDP or GTP. The ability to modify GTP-bound KRAS G12C provides BBO-8520 with a differentiating mechanism of action that functions by blocking effector binding instead of just trapping the OFF -form. Effector binding blockade is only possible with inhibitors that target the ON-form as this is the only form of KRAS G12C that binds effector.
BBO-8520 binds to the same switch II pocket and takes advantage of the same cysteine 12 mutant residue as OFF-only inhibitors. Head-to-head in vitro comparisons of potency, measured as kinact/Ki, show that BBO-8520 is almost three times more active than the most active OFF -only inhibitor, divarasib, and adds strong affinity against the ON-form of the protein which is completely absent in the OFF-only inhibitors. Notably, we were able to demonstrate activity in these studies against the ON -form while maintaining the selectivity of the molecule. Global cysteine proteomics shows that BBO-8520 is very specific for KRAS G12C with no significant binding to other cysteine containing proteins.
BBO-8520 has shown rapid (within 30 minutes) engagement of Cys-12 in the KRAS G12C mutant MIA PaCa-2 and SW1463 cell lines, leading to KRAS G12C covalent modification and strong pERK signal suppression, consistent with its dual (ON/OFF) mechanism of action. This early effect appears to only be achievable by engaging KRAS G12C (ON) as we have not observed it with sotorasib and adagrasib even at 5× higher concentrations (100 nmol/L). Peak downregulation of the MAPK signaling pathway was observed within the first 2 hours and lasted for at least 24 hours in both cell lines. A time course of pERK inhibition using HTRF, as a complementary method, in both MIA PaCa-2 and SW1463 cells confirmed the rapid and sustained inhibition of ERK phosphorylation by BBO-8520. To better understand the potency and selectivity of BBO-8520 in malignant cells, we have profiled BBO-8520 in a panel of approximately 50 cancer cell lines harboring either wild-type or mutant KRAS (G12C, G12D, G12S, G12V, and G13D) or a BRAFV600E mutation. BBO -8520 compared favorably against sotorasib and adagrasib in both the ERK phosphorylation inhibition and 3D viability assays, displaying better than 10 -fold gain in potency, in its results of head-to-head testing. Comparison with RMC-6291, a tricomplex KRAS G12C ON inhibitor, in six KRAS G12C cell lines showed a similar degree of inhibition for both compounds. BBO-8520 demonstrated selectivity for KRAS G12C over other KRAS codon 12 mutations approximately 50 to 500-fold selectivity and approximately 500 to 30,000-fold for 3D viability, and wild-type KRAS (>1,600-fold for pERK and >450-fold for 3D viability) and has no demonstrable activity in the BRAFV600E mutant cell line A375 (>10,000 -nmol/L IC50 for pERK and 3D viability). BBO-8520 also demonstrated inhibition of pAKT signaling in some KRASG12C cell lines with IC50 below 10 nmol/L.
In vivo activity was also studied in the NSCLC heterozygous KRAS G12C model NCI-H358. Orally administered BBO-8520, once daily for 28 days at 0.3, 1, 3, or 10 mg/kg resulted in tumor growth inhibition of 20% (0.3 mg/kg) and 71% (1 mg/kg), and mean tumor regressions of 19% (3 mg/kg) and 100% (10 mg/kg), in mice. The ED50 was 0.6 mg/kg, and ED90 was 1.6 mg/kg. Tumors from 1/10 and 10/10 mice in the 3- and 10-mg/kg BBO-8520 groups, respectively, had complete regressions. When the activity of BBO-8520 at the 3 mg/kg dose was compared to divarasib’s 5 mg/kg dose, which is equivalent to the clinically determined recommended phase 2 dose of 400 mg, we observed that BBO-8520 was able to achieve better or similar activity with about a tenth of the free drug exposure. We believe BBO-8520 is able to achieve similar effects at a much lower free drug concentration because of its ability to inhibit all KRAS G12C (ON/OFF). Inhibition of the ON-form may allow BBO-8520 to decouple PK from PD, meaning that drug does not have to be present all the time to capture the cycling of KRAS G12C as required by OFF-only inhibitors. We believe the ability to provide optimal target coverage at lower free drug concentration could significantly reduce the toxicities observed in patients as both monotherapy and in combination with anti-PD-1 antibodies. If BBO-8520 is able to achieve better tolerability in combination with anti-PD-1 antibodies, the combination could provide first line metastatic NSCLC patients a better option than OFF inhibitors where liver toxicity has been observed and is a concern.
To assess BBO-8520’s ability to combine with anti-PD-1 antibodies, we have generated preclinical data in two syngeneic mouse models with limited sensitivity to anti-PD-1 reagents. Using both a subcutaneous model and a liver metastasis model, the combination of BBO-8520 and anti-PD-1 antibodies produced strong anti-tumor activity with favorable durability.
Clinical
The ONKORAS-101 Phase 1 study is currently enrolling patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) carrying KRAS G12C mutation as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab (NCT06343402).
We disclosed encouraging updated clinical data in January 2026. As of November 15, 2025, a 65% (11/17) objective response rate (ORR) was observed in NSCLC patients with a KRAS G12C mutation across all dose levels, including 10 PRs and one complete response (CR).
Responses appear durable with a 6-month progression-free survival (PFS) of 68% and 83% of patients with at least 6-month follow-up remaining on treatment greater than 6 months.
In this interim readout, BBO-8520 has shown a generally tolerable, manageable and potentially differentiated safety profile with no dose-limiting toxicities, no grade 3 or higher liver toxicity, and only low frequency and low grade, transient, and clinically asymptomatic liver enzyme elevations. There were no grade ≥4 treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs); and no treatment-related serious adverse events (TRSAEs). Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea were the most common TRAEs.
BBO-8520 in combination with pembrolizumab showed promising efficacy in both first line and previously treated patients with NSCLC KRAS G12C. Each efficacy evaluable patient (n=8) experienced a tumor reduction regardless of PD-L1 status, and 3 out of 3 front-line patients and 2 out of 5 patients previously treated with KRASG12C inhibitor(s) achieved a PR.
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BBO-8520 was generally well tolerated from 200 mg to 500 mgin combination with pembrolizumab. Potentially, the safety profile is best-in-class with a differentiated liver toxicity profile. In 15 patients, only one instance of AST/ALT elevation was observed which was considered by the principal investigator to mainly be due to co-medications. This favorable combination safety profile was achieved using active BBO-8520 dose levels.
BBO-8520’s ON state inhibition enables efficacy with relatively lower exposure resulting in superior therapeutic index compared to OFF inhibitors. BBO-8520 exposure is approximately dose proportional achieving predicted efficacious levels at 200 mg and above. Importantly, compared with systemic exposure of BBO-8520 500 mg QD, exposures of adagrasib/sotorasib are >700 fold higher, MK1084/D3S-001 are >150 fold higher and olomorasib/divarasib are >10 fold higher. BBO-8520’s markedly lower exposure compared with OFF-state inhibitors is consistent with an ON-state mechanism that creates a favorable PK/PD profile.
We believe the high potency, promising efficacy achieved with low exposure and generally tolerable differentiated safety profile, may position BBO-8520 as the combination agent of choice with pembrolizumab for patients with KRAS G12C mutant NSCLC. Our data demonstrate that BBO-8520 can be well combined with pembrolizumab at highly active dose levels. This contrasts with what is has been reported with “OFF” state inhibitors. “OFF” inhibitors have had to significantly reduce their dose to sub-optimal levels when combined with pembrolizumab due to liver toxicity. Even at the sub-optimal dose levels, patients experienced grade 3 toxicities from 30% to 70%. In comparison, we believe BBO-8520 is well positioned to potentially differentiate in earlier settings where safety is critical.
Encouraging early efficacy signals were seen in patients with KRASG12C and STK11 and/or KEAP1 co-mutants, where all five initial patients achieved a PR. This is a highly resistant patient population for which there is currently no effective therapy.
Opportunities
Lung cancer is among the most common cancers in the United States, with an annual estimated incidence of approximately 235,000 in 2024. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for approximately 87% of diagnosed lung cancer cases and approximately 10% of these patients have KRASG12C mutations. Current FDA-approved therapies targeting KRASG12C mutations in NSCLC include Sotorasib, which received accelerated approval in 2021, and Adagrasib, which received accelerated approval in 2022. Both of these therapies are indicated for second-line monotherapy treatment in the metastatic setting and target the OFF state of the KRAS protein. Additionally, both therapies have modest efficacy compared to other precision oncology medicines, with an ORR of approximately 40% and a median PFS of approximately 6 months based on phase 3 trials and have suffered from grade 3+ toxicities in some patients. By targeting both the ON and OFF states of KRASG12C with strong affinity, we believe BBO-8520 has the potential to improve clinical outcomes for patients with KRASG12C NSCLC. BBOT aims to offer BBO-8520 to NSCLC patients who carry KRASG12C mutation across settings of the disease either as monotherapy or in combination with other agents such as immunotherapy and other candidates in BBOT’s internal pipeline.
Overview of BBO-11818 Program
Preclinical
KRAS is one of the most commonly mutated oncogenes in human cancers, with mutations found in approximately 11% to 15% of all cancers. It is particularly prevalent in lung, colorectal, and pancreatic cancers, where mutations occur in about 30%, 40%, and 90% of cases, respectively. The most common KRAS mutations occur at codon 12, accounting for 81% of all KRAS mutations. The most frequent mutations are KRASG12D (glycine to aspartate), which accounts for 33%, and KRASG12V (glycine to valine), which accounts for 23%. Every year, over 90,000 patients in the United States are diagnosed with cancers harboring KRASG12D or KRASG12V mutations. These mutations result in a significantly increased abundance of the active GTP-bound state of KRAS, disrupting the normal GAP-mediated cycling of GTP to GDP. This persistent activation leads to continuous downstream signaling, driving tumor cell growth and contributing to oncogenesis.
BBO-11818 is a selective, orally bioavailable non-covalent dual ON/OFF panKRAS inhibitor. Its discovery was facilitated by the structure-based drug design from our KRAS G12C inhibitor program that produced BBO-8520. It is designed to target KRAS G12D and G12V mutations, two of the three most common KRAS mutations in human cancers. BBO-11818 effectively binds both the inactive GDP-bound (OFF) and active GTP-bound (ON) forms of KRAS, exhibiting high affinity and specificity for KRAS over other RAS isoforms like HRAS and NRAS. In SPR assays, the KD value for the (OFF)-form of KRAS G12D is in the sub nanomolar range. In contrast, KD values for HRAS and NRAS are significantly higher, demonstrating the compound’s specificity for KRAS. BBO-11818 has also been shown to disrupt the interaction between KRAS and its effector RAF1, demonstrating strong affinity for the GTP-bound (ON) form of KRAS, which we believe is a key attribute to achieve optimal target coverage.
In cellular assays, BBO-11818 exhibited inhibition of pERK and cell viability in a range of cancer cell lines harboring KRAS mutations. The EC50 values for pERK inhibition in a series of KRAS G12D and G12V-mutant cell lines ranged from sub nanomolar to low double digit nanomolar potency. Importantly, BBO -11818 demonstrated similar activity in reducing cell viability in KRASG12D, KRASG12V, and KRASG12C -mutant cell lines, with EC50 values as low as 0.244 nM. The potency of BBO-11818 in the short-term signaling assay was consistent with what was observed in the long-term 3D-viability assay, a characteristic seen as important in translating the activity of mutant KRAS inhibitors to in vivo tumor models and clinical studies. Cell-based data using NRAS and BRAF mutant cell lines showed insensitivity to BBO-11818, reinforcing the compound’s high selectivity for KRAS mutations.
The high affinity, potency and selectivity of BBO-11818 for KRAS mutant cell lines have translated well into in vivo efficacy in animal models of human cancers. BBO-11818 exhibited robust in vivo antitumor activity in KRASG12D- and KRASG12V-driven CDX models of CRC, PDAC, and NSCLC. BBO-11818 showed a clear dose response in all three models with significant tumor regressions shown at the 100 mg/kg BID dose level in the KRAS G12D setting and stasis in the KRAS G12V setting. In the HPAC CDX model of KRAS G12D PDAC, BBO-11818 achieved ED50 of 9.0 mg/kg BID and an ED90 of 30.1 mg/kg BID.
A significant focus in the development of BBO-11818 is combinations with other targeted therapies to overcome resistance mechanisms and potentially enhance clinical activity. We believe BBOT is uniquely positioned to deliver the combination of co-inhibition of the MAPK and PI3Ka/Akt pathways with a therapeutic index. Consistent with our data showing the strong interaction between our KRAS G12C inhibitor with our BBO-10203 RAS:PI3Kα inhibitor, the combination of BBO-11818 with BBO-10203 in the PDAC Capan-2 CDX model (KRAS G12V) showed significant tumor volume regressions in the combination treatment. Notably, MOA studies demonstrated that BBO-11818 had tumor intrinsic effects on decreasing cell proliferation and increasing apoptosis, and
that the combination of BBO-11818 and BBO-10203 led to an antitumor benefit likely due to further reduction tumor cell proliferation and increase in apoptosis in this model.
Combining BBO-11818 with cetuximab, an anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody, in the LS513 model of KRAS G12D-driven CRC, led to synergy in a 2D cellular viability assay, suppression of the long-term growth of cells in a clonogenic assay, and robust 57% mean tumor regression in an efficacy study, which surpassed the antitumor effects of either compound alone. We believe this combination may be particularly beneficial for CRC patients with KRAS G12D or KRAS G12V mutations, as it targets the feedback activation of EGFR signaling, which can mediate resistance to KRAS inhibition.
The immunosuppressive nature of KRAS-mutant tumors prompted exploration of combining KRAS inhibitors with ICIs. In the CT26 syngeneic mouse model of KRAS G12D CRC, the combination of BBO-11818 and anti- PD-1 significantly prolonged survival compared to both monotherapy treatments alone and led to 44% of the mice having complete tumor regressions.
These preclinical findings provide support to the evaluation of BBO-11818 as both monotherapy and in combination particularly with EGFR inhibitors, ICIs, or PI3Ka inhibitors. We believe these combination approaches have the potential to overcome resistance mechanisms and offer superior therapeutic outcomes for patients with KRAS G12D and KRAS G12V mutations, paving the way for further clinical benefit.
Clinical
KONQUER-101 (NCT06917079) is an open- label, multi-center, Phase 1 study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of BBO-11818 alone and in combination with pembrolizumab, pembrolizumab cis/carboplatin and pemetrexed, or cetuximab in subjects with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic KRAS mutant solid tumors. We anticipate that additional clinical data from this study will be available in the second half of 2026.
As of December 10, 2025, BBO-11818 demonstrated encouraging early anti-tumor activity across dose levels and tumor types, including a PR in a patient with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) with a 56% tumor reduction, as well as tumor reductions at higher dose levels. The response was unconfirmed at the time of data cutoff but was subsequently confirmed.
BBO-11818 monotherapy treatment (n=13) appeared generally tolerable with no DLTs. TRAEs were largely gastrointestinal-related.
BBO-11818 demonstrated approximately dose-proportional exposure with 600 mg BID covering G12D and G12V mutant alleles.
Opportunities
We intend to develop BBO-11818 primarily in KRASG12D and KRASG12V mutant NSCLC, CRC, and PDAC. Lung cancer had an annual estimated incidence in the U.S. of approximately 235,000 in 2024. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for approximately 87% of diagnosed lung cancer cases and approximately 8% of patients have KRASG12D and KRASG12V mutations. As of 2024, there were an estimated 153,000 patients with colorectal cancer in the U.S. Approximately 15% of patients have KRASG12D mutations and approximately 10% of patients have KRASG12V mutations. As of 2024, there were an estimated 66,000 incident pancreatic cancer patients in the U.S., with approximately 90% of these patients presenting with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Of these patients, approximately 40% have KRASG12Dmutations and 29% have KRASG12V mutations.
There are currently no targeted therapies approved for KRASG12D and KRASG12V mutations. If approved, we believe BBO- 11818 may offer an improved product profile over current standard of care. In NSCLC, commercial opportunities include combination with immune-oncology agents such as pembrolizumab with and without platinum-based chemotherapy regimens in the first line, as well as monotherapy potential and combination with our RAS:PI3Ka Breaker BBO-10203 in 2L+ metastatic populations. CRC commercial opportunities include combination with chemotherapy and bevacizumab in 1L populations, as well as monotherapy potential and combination with BBO-10203 or EGFR antibodies. The commercial opportunity in PDAC includes combinations with chemotherapy regimens as well as monotherapy potential and combination with BBO-10203.
Overview of BBO-10203 Program
Preclinical
Phosphoinositide 3-kinases function in many aspects of cell physiology, including growth, differentiation, survival, and migration. PI3Ka is regulated by receptor tyrosine kinases and contributes to insulin homeostasis. The catalytic subunit of PI3Kα, p110α (encoded by the PIK3CA gene), is recruited to activated receptors through its direct interaction with the PI3Kα regulatory subunit p85, or in the case of insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), through p85 binding to insulin receptor substrate (IRS) proteins. Deletion of p110a causes embryonic lethality, whereas mice heterozygous for p110a survive but are glucose intolerant and suffer from hyperinsulinemia and hyperphagia, among other phenotypes associated with defective insulin signaling. An oncogenic form of PI 3-kinase a (PIK3CA) was discovered in an avian retrovirus, and activating mutations in PIK3CA were later identified in human tumors. These mutations occur in 24-46% of endometrial cancers, 20-32% of breast cancers, 20-27% of bladder cancers, and at notable frequencies in most other cancer types. Canonical RAS proteins bind directly to PI3-kinases but with lower affinity than to RAF kinases. Oncogenic RAS proteins activate PI3Ka when over-expressed. The ability to bind and activate PI3Ka gives mutant RAS the ability to co-activate both the MAPK and PI3K/AKT pathways leading to its strong tumorigenic activity.
Disrupting RAS-PI3Kα interaction through mutations T208D and K227A in the PI3Kα RAS-binding domain (RBD) severely impairs tumor formation driven by KRAS-G12D. Systemic disruption of RAS-PI3Kα interaction in mice is well tolerated and does not provoke hyperglycemia. Tumors driven by oncogenic mutants of EGFR regress after genetic disruption of RAS-PI3Ka binding, and neo-angiogenesis is impaired. These findings indicate that RAS binding to PI3Ka is not essential in normal cells, or for insulin homeostasis, but is vital for tumor formation and maintenance.
The hypothesis for the BBO-10203 program is that if we could mimic the effect of these two point mutations in the RBD domain of PI3Kα with a small molecule, we could recapitulate the benefits on the efficacy without the limitations of potential safety signals. BBO-10203 is a covalent small molecule that binds to the RBD of PI3Kα. It is specific for PI3Kα, does not inhibit the kinase activity of PI3Kα, blocks K-, H-, & NRAS from binding to PI3Kα, and it is agnostic to the mutational status of either RAS or PI3Kα. This mutation agnostic feature is important because more than 90% of human mutant RAS tumors are PI3Kα wild-type. Therefore, recently developed selective inhibitors of mutant PI3Kα cannot be combined with mutant KRAS inhibitors. BBO-10203 has single digit nanomolar affinity for the PI3Kα RBD and has shown the ability to potently inhibit signaling.
Pharmacology experiments using mouse models with BBO-10203 showed that significant inhibition of pAKT could be achieved by disrupting the interaction between PI3Kα and RAS. In a pharmacodynamic model, increasing doses of BBO-10203 were inversely correlated with pAKT levels, reaching maximal inhibition of approximately 81%. Importantly, this inhibition of pAKT resulted in 44% tumor regression as monotherapy when BBO-10203 was dosed daily, orally, for 28 days. As predicted by the genetic experiments, BBO-10203 treatment did not result in hyperglycemia. In a glucose tolerance test in male mice, BBO-10203, at three times the dose required to elicit tumor regressions, did not induce hyperglycemia when compared to the PI3Kα kinase inhibitor, alpelisib. This trait has the potential to differentiate BBO-10203 from all PI3Kα/Akt pathway inhibitors.
In the context of human tumors, PI3Kα mutations are mostly found within breast cancers. BBO-10203 as monotherapy, or in combination with standard of care, showed significant tumor growth inhibition in three PI3Kα mutant preclinical breast cancer models. In these models, which include both HER2 overexpressing and ER+ models, BBO-10203 showed tumor growth inhibition consistent with its GI arrest mechanism of action. Interestingly, when combined with standard of care inhibitors like trastuzumab, fulvestrant and palbociclib, BBO-10203 showed significantly better preclinical activity than these single agents alone.
In combination with mutant KRAS inhibitors, BBO-10203 presents a unique opportunity to co-inhibit both the MAPK and PI3Kα signaling pathways. As previously mentioned, a key attribute of mutant RAS is that it can co-activate the MAPK and PI3Kα/Akt pathways. Tumors driven by mutant KRAS can be targeted with new generation KRAS inhibitors (such as BBO-8520 and BBO-11818) resulting in strong MAPK pathway inhibition. This effect drives reactivation of the PI3Kα/AKT pathway for cell survival and resistance. In the presence of a mutant KRAS inhibitor, reactivation of PI3Kα/AKT is driven by WT RAS (K-, H-, or N-). As BBO-10203 is agnostic to the RAS isoform and/or mutation status, we believe it is the ideal therapeutic candidate to inhibit PI3Kα/AKT pathway reactivation in KRAS mutant tumors.
The combination of BBO-10203 with our KRAS G12C inhibitor BBO-8520 has shown that strong preclinical activity is achievable by inhibiting both pathways. In three different xenograft models with KRAS G12C mutations, the combination of both agents was significantly better than either alone. This is true whether the model is inherently sensitive or resistant to BBO-8520 monotherapy. In the clinically relevant H2122 xenograft model, which displays a KEAP1 mutation, the combination of BBO-8520 and BBO-10203 resulted in significantly better effects than either agent alone. Importantly, this combination led to significant decrease in cell proliferation and to increase in cellular apoptosis and was well tolerated in tumor bearing mice with no differences in body weight versus the vehicle group.
Clinical
BREAKER-101 is a multicenter, open-label, Phase 1 study evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and preliminary antitumor activity of BBO-10203 as monotherapy and in combination with trastuzumab, fulvestrant ± ribociclib, or FOLFOX + bevacizumab in patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2+ breast cancer (BC), HR+/HER2- BC and KRAS mutant colorectal cancer (CRC). BREAKER-101 has completed Phase 1a monotherapy dose escalation enrollment. Combination cohorts with fulvestrant in HR+ HER2- PIK3CA mutant BC, with trastuzmab in HER2+ BC and with FOLFOX + bevacizumab in KRAS mutant CRC are enrolling. Additional data from the study are expected to be available in the second half of 2026. BBO-10203 in combination with BBO-8520 and BBO-11818 in KRAS mutant tumors are planned this year.
As of December 10, 2025, the BBO-10203 safety profile has demonstrated the potential to be highly differentiated compared to previously reported data on other PI3Ka-targeting agents. There were no DLTs; no grade ≥3 TRAEs except for one incidence of asymptomatic hypokalemia (lab abnormality); no dose reductions; and no TRSAEs. Importantly, without restrictions on baseline enrollment HbA1c status or glucose levels, no hyperglycemia of any grade was observed, consistent with preclinical findings
BBO-10203 also achieved target systemic exposure and rapid full target engagement. Clinical benefit was observed in patients with CRC (>80% 3L+) and HR+ BC who were previously heavily treated and tumor reductions were observed in some patients. Based on safety, pharmacokinetics and target engagement, 500 mg QD has been selected as the recommended for expansion.
Opportunities
BBO-10203 is being developed in hormone receptor-positive PIK3CA mutant breast cancer in combination with HR-directed therapies and CDK4/6 inhibitors, HER2-positive breast cancer in combination with HER2-directed biologics, and KRASG12X non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), colorectal cancer (CRC), and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in combination with KRAS inhibitors.
Breast cancer is among the most common cancers in the U.S. with an annual estimated incidence of approximately 314,000 in 2024. Approximately 14% of patients have HER2+ breast cancer while 70% of patients have HR+/HER2- breast cancer with 40% of HR+/HER2- breast cancer patients presenting with PIK3CA mutations.
Lung cancer is among the most common cancers with an annual estimated incidence in the U.S. of approximately 235,000 in 2024. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for approximately 87% of diagnosed lung cancer cases and approximately 15% of these patients have KRASG12C mutations and approximately 8% of patients have KRASG12D and KRASG12V mutations. As of 2024, there were an estimated 153,000 patients with colorectal cancer in the U.S. Approximately 15% of patients have KRASG12D mutations and approximately 10% of patients have KRASG12V mutations. As of 2024, there were an estimated 66,000 pancreatic cancer patients in the U.S., with approximately 90% of these patients presenting with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Of these patients, approximately 40% have KRASG12Dmutations and 29% have KRASG12V mutations.
Intellectual Property
We pursue a layered intellectual property strategy, including by securing and/or filing for patents, trademarks, and trade secret rights, to protect our drug candidates.
Our commercial success depends in large part on our ability to protect our intellectual property rights, including our ability to obtain and maintain patent protection in the U.S. and other countries for our drug candidates, to operate without infringing valid and enforceable patents and proprietary rights of others, and to defend and enforce our intellectual property rights, in particular our patent rights. We seek to protect our proprietary position by filing, in the U.S. and certain other countries, patent applications that cover the composition of matter of our drug candidates, their methods of use and related discoveries, technologies, inventions and improvements that may be commercially important to our business. We may also rely on trade secrets and know-how to protect aspects of our business that are not amenable to, or that we do not consider appropriate for, patent protection. We also intend to take advantage of regulatory protection afforded through data exclusivity, market exclusivity and patent term extensions where available.
We have three drug candidates in our KRAS and PI3K programs. Given the early stage of development of our drug candidates, we cannot be certain that any of our intellectual property rights will provide protection for any drug candidate that may ultimately be commercialized. Our patent portfolio consists of patent applications co-owned with Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., and Company-owned patent applications. As of December 31, 2025, our patent portfolio consists of patent applications filed in the United States and in foreign jurisdictions such as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Eurasia, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, and Vietnam, directed to, for example, compositions of matter and methods of use related to our drug candidates. Of these, BBOT has 11 patent families directed to KRAS inhibitor compounds and 1 patent family each directed to methods of treatment
with BBO-8520 or BBO-11818. Of these, BBOT has 4 patent families directed to compounds disrupting RAS-PI3Kα interaction and 5 patent families directed to methods of treatment with BBO-10203 alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents. The term of any patents that issue from our U.S. and foreign patent applications will vary in accordance with the laws of each jurisdiction but is typically 20 years from the earliest non-provisional filing date. In the United States, the patent term may be shortened if a patent is terminally disclaimed over another patent that expires earlier. The term of a U.S. patent may be lengthened by patent term adjustment if there are administrative delays by the USPTO in examining and granting a patent. Any patents that may issue in the future from our pending patent applications are projected to expire between 2042 and 2046, unless extended or otherwise adjusted.
The patent positions for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies like us are generally uncertain and can involve complex legal, scientific and factual issues. Changes in either the patent laws or their interpretation in the U.S. and other countries may diminish our ability to protect our investigational products and enforce the patent rights that we own and could affect the value of such intellectual property and the business. With respect to our intellectual property, we cannot guarantee that the patent applications we are currently pursuing or may file in the future will issue as patents in any particular jurisdiction or whether the claims of any issued patents will provide sufficient proprietary protection from competitors. Our competitors may independently develop similar investigational products or technologies that are outside the scope of the rights granted under any patents that may issue. We cannot be sure that any patents granted to us will be commercially useful in protecting our products or their methods of use or manufacture. Moreover, even issued patents do not guarantee us the right to commercialize our products. For example, third parties may have blocking patents that could be used to prevent us from commercializing or manufacturing our investigational products.
In addition, the coverage claimed in a patent application may be significantly reduced before a patent is granted, and its scope can be reinterpreted and even challenged after issuance. As a result, we cannot guarantee that any of our products will be protected or remain protectable by enforceable patents. Moreover, any patents that we license or may own in the future may be challenged, circumvented, or invalidated by third parties. In addition, because of the extensive time required for clinical development and regulatory review of a product candidate we may develop, it is possible that, before our product candidate can be commercialized successfully, any related patents may expire or remain in force for only a short period following commercial launch, thereby limiting the protection such patent would afford the applicable product and any competitive advantage such patent may provide.
Because of the extensive time required for development, testing and regulatory review of an investigational product, it is possible that, before a product can be commercialized, any patent protection for such product may expire or remain in force for only a short period following commercialization, thereby reducing the commercial advantage the patent provides. In the U.S., the term of a patent covering an FDA-approved product may, in certain cases, be eligible for a patent term extension (“PTE”) under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (the “Hatch-Waxman Act”) as compensation for the loss of patent term during the FDA regulatory review process. The period of extension may be up to five years but cannot extend the remaining term of a patent beyond a total of 14 years from the date of product approval. Only one patent among those eligible for an extension may be extended and the amount of available extension to any PTE-eligible patent depends on a variety of factors, including the date on which the patent issues and certain dates related to the regulatory review period. Similar extensions may be available in Europe and in certain other jurisdictions to extend the term of a patent that covers an approved product. While we intend to seek patent term extensions in any jurisdictions where they are available to us, there is no guarantee that the applicable authorities, including the FDA or the USPTO, will agree with our assessment of whether such extensions should be granted, and even if granted, the length of such extensions.
We cannot be sure that any patents will issue from any pending or future patent applications. Even if patents do issue, we cannot be sure that the claims of these patents will be held valid or enforceable by a court of law or governmental agency, will provide us with any significant protection against competitive products, or will afford us a commercial advantage over competitive products. For example:
we might not have been the first to file patent applications for the inventions covered by our pending patent applications and any patents that issue therefrom;
others may independently develop similar or alternative technologies without infringing our intellectual property rights;
some or all of our pending patent applications may not result in issued patents or the claims that issue may be narrow in scope and not provide us with a competitive advantage;
any patents that issue from any of our pending patent applications may be challenged by a third party and invalidated;
any patents that issue from our pending patent applications may be subject to post-grant proceedings, oppositions or other administrative or court proceedings that may result in a reduction in their scope or their loss altogether;
we may not develop proprietary technologies or investigational products that are patentable; and
the patents of others may prevent us from discovering, developing or commercializing our investigational products.
The defense and prosecution of intellectual property infringement suits, post-grant proceedings, oppositions and related legal and administrative proceedings are costly, time-consuming to pursue and divert resources. The outcome of these types of proceedings is uncertain and could significantly harm our business.
The development of our investigational products and the commercialization of any resulting drugs may be impacted by patents of other companies or by companies engaged in the development of competitive programs or those with significantly greater resources. This could result in the expenditure of significant legal fees and management resources.
We also rely on trade secrets to protect our technology and product candidates, especially where we do not believe patent protection is appropriate or obtainable. However, trade secrets are often difficult to protect, especially outside of the U.S. While we believe that we use reasonable efforts to protect our trade secrets, our employees, consultants, contractors, partners and other advisors may unintentionally or willfully disclose our trade secrets to others, including competitors. Enforcing a claim that a third party illegally disclosed, obtained or is using our trade secrets would be expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome would be unpredictable. Even if we are able to maintain our trade secrets as confidential, our competitors may independently develop information that is equivalent or similar to our trade secrets.
KRAS Portfolio
The KRAS patent portfolio consists of eleven patent families, including G12C and G12D KRAS inhibitors and pan-KRAS inhibitors. The G12C portfolio includes patent applications directed to BBO-8520 composition of matter, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in treating diseases mediated by KRAS. Patent applications covering BBO-8520 are pending in the United States and foreign jurisdictions including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Eurasia, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, and Vietnam. One patent covering BBO-8520 is granted in the United States. Any patents issuing from these patent applications, if granted, are expected to expire mid-2042, without taking potential patent term adjustments or extensions into account. The pan-KRAS portfolio includes patent applications directed to BBO-11818 composition of matter, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in treating diseases mediated by KRAS. Patent applications covering BBO-11818 are pending in the United States and foreign jurisdictions including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, and Taiwan. Any patents issuing from these patent applications, if granted, are expected to expire mid-2043, not including patent term adjustments and extensions. Other filings in the KRAS portfolio, if granted, are expected to expire between 2042 and 2046, not including patent term adjustments and extensions.
PI3K Breaker Portfolio
Our PI3K breaker portfolio consists of nine patent families, including patent applications directed to BBO-10203 composition of matter, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in treating diseases associated with interruption of the interaction between a PI3K protein and a RAS protein. Patent applications covering BBO-10203 are pending in the United States and foreign jurisdictions including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Eurasia, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, and Vietnam. Any patents issuing from the patent applications, if granted, are expected to expire in February 2043, not including patent term adjustments and extensions. Other filings in the PI3K breaker portfolio, if granted, are expected to expire between 2044 and 2046, not including patent term adjustments and extensions.
Combination of a KRAS Inhibitor and a PI3K Breaker
We have one patent family directed to the use of a KRAS inhibitor compound in combination with a PI3K breaker compound. Any patents issuing from the patent applications, if granted, are expected to expire in October 2045, not including patent term adjustments and extensions.
License and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
LLNS Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
On May 22, 2018, BBOT entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (“LLNS”), as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to the cooperative research and development agreement, dated as of December 2, 2019, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to the cooperative research and development agreement, dated as of May 21, 2021, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 to the cooperative research and development agreement, dated as of June 22, 2022, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 4 to the cooperative research and development agreement, dated as of December 21, 2023, as extended by that certain No Cost Time Extension Letter, dated as of December 2, 2024, and as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 5 to the cooperative research and development agreement, dated as of May 20, 2025 (collectively, the “Livermore CRADA”). Pursuant to the Livermore CRADA, BBOT and LLNS granted each other a royalty-free,
nonexclusive, nontransferable, worldwide license to practice (a) such party’s background intellectual property and (b) the inventions of LLNS or BBOT made during the performance of work under the Livermore CRADA (the “Subject Inventions”), in each case to the extent needed by the non-granting party to perform its obligations or practice its rights under the Livermore CRADA. BBOT has the exclusive option for a specified period of time to negotiate an exclusive license to LLNS’s Subject Inventions in the field of small molecule KRAS inhibitors. The United States government retains a nonexclusive, nontransferable, irrevocable, paid-up, worldwide license to practice the Subject Inventions.
As of December 31, 2025, BBOT has contributed a total value of $28.6 million for the Livermore CRADA, of which $6.5 million was contributed funds-in and $22.1 million was contributed in-kind.
The Livermore CRADA will expire in June 2027 unless the parties mutually agree to extend the term. Either party has a right to terminate the CRADA for any reason by providing advanced written notice. The parties’ rights in the Subject Inventions and data survive the expiration of the Livermore CRADA in accordance with the terms therein.
PI3Kα Breakers Patent License Agreement
On July 7, 2022, BBOT entered into a patent license agreement with LLNS, as amended by that certain Amendment One to limited exclusive patent license agreement, dated as of November 18, 2025 (collectively, the “PI3Kα Breakers Patent License Agreement”) pursuant to which BBOT received a worldwide, exclusive, royalty-bearing, sublicensable (through no more than two tiers) license under certain patent rights relating to the PI3Kα breakers compounds to make, have made, use, import/export, develop, sell, offer to sell, and have sold licensed products and licensed services, and to practice and have practiced licensed methods for all fields of use, subject to certain retained rights by LLNS. Under certain circumstances and subject to restrictions, the United States government reserves the right to a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, nontransferable license under the licensed patent rights.
BBOT has certain typical diligence obligations under the PI3Kα Breakers Patent License Agreement, including the obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop, manufacture, and sell any licensed method, licensed product or licensed service and file and obtain relevant regulatory applications for the manufacturing, marketing, and sale of licensed products. In addition, BBOT is obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to meet specific development, regulatory and commercial performance obligations.
BBOT made a one-time, non-creditable, non-refundable upfront payment of $0.1 million to LLNS after BBOT entered into the PI3Kα Breakers Patent License Agreement. Additionally, BBOT is obligated to pay LLNS (i) an annual license maintenance fee of a specified amount until the first commercial sale or other exploitation of a licensed method, licensed product or licensed service, (ii) a creditable, tiered, minimum annual royalty in a low-to-mid hundred thousand dollar range after the first commercial sale or other exploitation of a licensed method, licensed product or licensed service, (iii) a low single-digit tiered royalty on sales of licensed products or licensed services, (iv) up to a total of $7.0 million in regulatory and commercialization milestones based upon indication, (v) a mid double-digit percentage in the range of 45% to 55% of certain non-royalty consideration received under a sublicense to a third party, subject to a specified cap, and (vi) an assignment fee of a specified amount.
As of December 31, 2025, BBOT has paid an aggregate of $0.4 million to LLNS under the PI3Kα Breakers Patent License Agreement.
The term of the PI3Kα Breakers Patent License Agreement will extend until the expiration of the last to expire of the patents and patent applications included within the licensed patent rights, unless earlier terminated. The licensed patent applications, if issued, are expected to expire in 2043. LLNS may terminate the PI3Kα Breakers Patent License Agreement or convert the exclusive license granted to a nonexclusive license upon the occurrence of certain events, including if BBOT materially breaches the PI3Kα Breakers Patent License Agreement or becomes insolvent. LLNS may immediately terminate the PI3Kα Breakers Patent License Agreement or convert the exclusive license granted to a nonexclusive license if BBOT directly or indirectly challenges the validity of any of the licensed patent rights. BBOT may terminate the PI3Kα Breakers Patent License Agreement for any reason by giving written notice to LLNS.
KRAS G12C Inhibitors Patent License Agreement
On July 7, 2022, BBOT entered into a patent license agreement with LLNS, as amended by that certain Amendment One to limited exclusive patent license agreement, dated as of November 18, 2025 (the “KRAS G12C Inhibitors Patent License Agreement”) pursuant to which BBOT received a worldwide, exclusive, royalty-bearing, sublicensable (through no more than two tiers) license under certain patent rights relating to the KRAS G12C inhibitor compounds to make, have made, use, import/export, develop, sell, offer to sell, and have sold licensed products and licensed services, and to practice and have practiced licensed methods for all fields of use, subject to certain retained rights by LLNS. Under certain circumstances and subject to restrictions, the United States government reserves the right to a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, nontransferable license under the licensed patent rights.
BBOT has certain typical diligence obligations under the KRAS G12C Inhibitors Patent License Agreement, including the obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop, manufacture, and sell any licensed method, licensed product or licensed
service and file and obtain relevant regulatory applications for the manufacturing, marketing, and sale of licensed products. In addition, BBOT is obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to meet specific development, regulatory and commercial performance obligations.
BBOT made a one-time, non-creditable, non-refundable upfront payment of less than $0.1 million to LLNS after BBOT entered into the KRAS G12C Inhibitors Patent License Agreement. Additionally, BBOT is obligated to pay LLNS (i) an annual license maintenance fee of a specified amount until the first commercial sale or other exploitation of a licensed method, licensed product or licensed service, (ii) a creditable, tiered, minimum annual royalty in a low-to-mid hundred thousand dollar range after the first commercial sale or other exploitation of a licensed method, licensed product or licensed service, (iii) a low single-digit tiered royalty on sales of licensed products or licensed services, (iv) up to a total of $7.0 million in regulatory and commercialization milestones based upon indication, (v) a mid double-digit percentage in the range of 45% to 55% of certain non-royalty consideration received under a sublicense to a third party, subject to a specified cap, and (vi) an assignment fee of a specified amount.
As of December 31, 2025, BBOT has paid $0.4 million to LLNS under the KRAS G12C Inhibitors Patent License Agreement.
The term of the KRAS G12C Inhibitors Patent License Agreement will extend until the expiration of the last to expire of the patents and patent applications included within the licensed patent rights, unless earlier terminated. The licensed patent applications, if issued, are expected to expire between 2042-2043. LLNS may terminate the KRAS G12C Inhibitors Patent License Agreement or convert the exclusive license granted to a nonexclusive license upon the occurrence of certain events, including if BBOT materially breaches the KRAS G12C Inhibitors Patent License Agreement or becomes insolvent. LLNS may immediately terminate the KRAS G12C Inhibitors Patent License Agreement or convert the exclusive license granted to a nonexclusive license if BBOT directly or indirectly challenges the validity of any of the licensed patent rights. BBOT may terminate the KRAS G12C Inhibitors Patent License Agreement for any reason by giving written notice to LLNS.
Pan-KRAS Inhibitors Agreement
On December 20, 2024, BBOT entered into a patent license agreement with LLNS, as amended by that certain Amendment One to limited exclusive patent license agreement, dated as of November 18, 2025 (the “Pan-KRAS Inhibitors Agreement”) pursuant to which BBOT received a worldwide, exclusive, royalty-bearing, sublicensable (through no more than two tiers) license, under certain patent rights relating to the Pan-KRAS inhibitor compounds to make, have made, use, import/export, develop, sell, offer to sell, and have sold licensed products and licensed services, and to practice and have practiced licensed methods, limited to the oncology indications, subject to certain retained rights by LLNS. Under certain circumstances and subject to restrictions, the United States government reserves the right to a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, nontransferable license under the licensed patent rights.
BBOT has certain typical diligence obligations under the Pan-KRAS Inhibitors Agreement, including the obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop, manufacture, and sell any licensed method, licensed product or licensed service and file and obtain relevant regulatory applications for the manufacturing, marketing, and sale of licensed products. In addition, BBOT is obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to meet specific development, regulatory and commercial performance obligations.
BBOT will make a one-time, non-creditable, non-refundable upfront payment of $100,000 to LLNS after BBOT entered into the Pan-KRAS Inhibitors Agreement. Additionally, BBOT is obligated to pay LLNS (i) an annual license maintenance fee of a specified amount until the first commercial sale or other exploitation of a licensed method, licensed product or licensed service, (ii) a creditable, tiered, minimum annual royalty in a low-to-mid hundred thousand dollar range after the first commercial sale or other exploitation of a licensed method, licensed product or licensed service, (iii) a low single-digit tiered royalty on sales of licensed products or licensed services, (iv) up to a total of $7.8 million in regulatory and commercialization milestones based upon indication, (v) a mid double-digit percentage in the range of 45% to 55% of certain non-royalty consideration received under a sublicense to a third party, subject to a specified cap, and (vi) an assignment fee of a specified amount.
As of December 31, 2025, BBOT has paid an aggregate of $0.3 million to LLNS under the Pan-KRAS Inhibitors Agreement.
The term of the Pan-KRAS Inhibitors Agreement will extend until the expiration of the last to expire of the patents and patent applications included within the licensed patent rights, unless earlier terminated. The licensed patent applications, if issued, are expected to expire between 2042-2044. LLNS may terminate the Pan-KRAS Inhibitors Agreement or convert the exclusive license granted to a nonexclusive license upon the occurrence of certain events, including if BBOT materially breaches the Pan-KRAS Inhibitors Agreement or becomes insolvent. LLNS may immediately terminate the Pan-KRAS Inhibitors Agreement or convert the exclusive license granted to a nonexclusive license if BBOT directly or indirectly challenges the validity of any of the licensed patent rights. BBOT may terminate the Pan-KRAS Inhibitors Agreement for any reason by giving written notice to LLNS.
Leidos Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
On March 3, 2017, BBOT entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with The Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. (“Leidos”), as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to the cooperative research and development agreement dated as of January 19, 2018, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to the cooperative research and development agreement dated as of January 2, 2019, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 to the cooperative research and development agreement dated as of November 14, 2019, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 4 to the cooperative research and development agreement dated as of January 13, 2020, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 5 to the cooperative research and development agreement dated as of September 22, 2021, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 6 to the cooperative research and development agreement dated as of March 27, 2023, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 7 to the cooperative research and development agreement dated as of August 20, 2024, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 8 to the cooperative research and development agreement dated as of September 2, 2025, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 9 to the cooperative research and development agreement dated as of December 3, 2025, (collectively, the “Leidos CRADA”). Pursuant to the Leidos CRADA, Leidos retains the right (a) to utilize any invention of either or both parties conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the performance of work under the Leidos CRADA (“CRADA Subject Invention”) that constitutes an improvement to a tangible material not first produced in the performance of the Leidos CRADA that is owned or controlled by BBOT and used in the performance of work under the Leidos CRADA, solely as a research tool for internal, non-profit, pre-clinical research purposes and (b) to any CRADA Subject Invention included within the scope of the retained rights under the exclusive license agreement entered into between BBOT and The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (“UCSF”) dated as of September 28, 2016 (the “UCSF License Agreement”). Leidos granted BBOT an exclusive option for a specified period of time to negotiate an exclusive or nonexclusive commercialization license to CRADA Subject Inventions made solely or jointly by Leidos for a field of use that does not exceed the scope of the work committed to under the Leidos CRADA. To the extent required by applicable law, BBOT granted the United States government a nonexclusive, nontransferable, irrevocable, paid -up, worldwide license to practice and have practiced the CRADA Subject Inventions for research and government purposes.
As of December 31, 2025, BBOT has paid an aggregate of $15.9 million to Leidos under the Leidos CRADA.
The Leidos CRADA expires on September 3, 2026. Either Party has a right to terminate the CRADA upon at least 60 days’ prior written notice.
Leidos PLA I
On August 5, 2022, BBOT entered into a patent license agreement (the “Leidos PLA I”) with Leidos, pursuant to which BBOT received a worldwide, exclusive, royalty-bearing, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) license under certain patent rights relating to the PI3Kα breaker compounds to (i) make and have made, to use and have used, to sell and have sold, to offer to sell, to develop, and to import licensed products and (ii) practice and have practiced any licensed processes, in each case (i) and (ii), for prophylactic, therapeutic, and diagnostic use in humans and animals. The licensed patent rights result from an ongoing research collaboration between BBOT and Leidos, and BBOT may opt to negotiate an exclusive license to any additional inventions resulting from such research collaboration. Under certain circumstances and subject to restrictions, Leidos and the United States government reserve the right to a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, nontransferable license under the licensed patent rights.
BBOT has certain typical diligence obligations under the Leidos PLA I, including the obligation to use reasonable commercial efforts to bring the licensed products and licensed processes to practical application, and upon the initial transfer of a licensed product or initial practice of a licensed process in exchange for compensation, the obligation to use reasonable commercial efforts to make the licensed products and licensed processes reasonably accessible to the United States public. In addition, BBOT has specific development and regulatory performance milestones to meet.
BBOT made a one-time, non-creditable, non-refundable upfront payment of $0.5 million to Leidos after BBOT entered into the Leidos PLA I. Additionally, BBOT is obligated to pay Leidos (i) a non-refundable minimum annual royalty of $150,000 until the initial transfer of a licensed product or initial practice of a licensed process in exchange for compensation, (ii) a low, single-digit royalty on sales of licensed products, (iii) up to a total of (A) $6.75 million in development milestones for the first indication for the first licensed product and (B) $1.875 million in development milestones for the second indication for each licensed product, (iv) a low double-digit percentage in the range of 5% to 15% of certain non-royalty consideration received under a sublicense to a third party, and (v) reimburse Leidos for patenting expenses for the licensed patent rights, if any. In December 2025, the parties amended the Leidos PLA I to include an additional $0.5 million payment for the first indication, triggered by the achievement of a specific development milestone after the amendment date.
As of December 31, 2025, BBOT has paid an aggregate of $1.5 million to Leidos under the Leidos PLA I.
The term of the Leidos PLA I will extend to the expiration of the last to expire of the licensed patent rights, unless earlier terminated. The licensed patent applications, if issued, are expected to expire in 2034. BBOT has the unilateral right to terminate the Leidos PLA I at any time upon prior written notice to Leidos. Additionally, the Leidos PLA I will terminate if BBOT files a claim that asserts any portion of the licensed patent rights are invalid or unenforceable, unless BBOT withdraws or cause the withdrawal of such claim within a specified period of time. Leidos may terminate the Leidos PLA I in its entirety for BBOT’s material breach that is not remediated within a specified period of time, or upon the occurrence of certain events of BBOT’s insolvency. Further, Leidos has the right to terminate or modify the Leidos PLA I if Leidos determines that BBOT (i) is not using commercially reasonable efforts to develop and commercialize the licensed patent rights, (ii) has not achieved the milestone benchmarks set forth in the Leidos PLA I, or (iii) has willfully made a false statement of, or willfully omitted a material fact in the license application or any report required by the Leidos PLA I.
Leidos PLA II
On August 5, 2022, BBOT entered into a patent license agreement (the “Leidos PLA II”) with Leidos, pursuant to which BBOT received a worldwide, exclusive, royalty-bearing, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) license under patent rights relating to the KRAS G12C inhibitor compounds to (i) make and have made, to use and have used, to sell and have sold, to offer to sell, to develop, and to import licensed products and (ii) practice and have practiced any licensed processes, in each case (i) and (ii), for prophylactic, therapeutic, and diagnostic use in humans and animals. The licensed patent rights result from an ongoing research collaboration between BBOT and Leidos, and BBOT may opt to negotiate an exclusive license to any additional inventions resulting from such research collaboration. Under certain circumstances and subject to restrictions, Leidos and the United States government reserve the right to a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, nontransferable license under the licensed patent rights.
BBOT has certain typical diligence obligations under the Leidos PLA II, including the obligation to use reasonable commercial efforts to bring the licensed products and licensed processes to practical application, and upon the initial transfer of a licensed product or initial practice of a licensed process in exchange for compensation, the obligation to use reasonable commercial efforts to make the licensed products and licensed processes reasonably accessible to the United States public. In addition, BBOT has specific development and regulatory performance milestones to meet.
BBOT made a one-time, non-creditable, non-refundable upfront payment of $0.5 million to Leidos after BBOT entered into the Leidos PLA II. Additionally, BBOT is obligated to pay Leidos (i) a non-refundable minimum annual royalty of $0.15 million until the initial transfer of a licensed product or initial practice of a licensed process in exchange for compensation, (ii) a low, single-digit royalty on sales of licensed products, (iii) up to a total of (A) $6.75 million in development milestones for the first indication for the first licensed product and (B) $1.875 million in development milestones for the second indication for each licensed product, (iv) a low double-digit percentage in the range of 5% to 15% of certain non-royalty consideration received under a sublicense to a third party, and (v) reimburse Leidos for patenting expenses for the licensed patent rights, if any. In December 2025, the parties amended the Leidos PLA II to include an additional $0.5 million payment for the first indication, triggered by the achievement of a specific development milestone after the amendment date.
As of December 31, 2025, BBOT has paid an aggregate of $1.5 million to Leidos under the Leidos PLA II.
The term of the Leidos PLA II will extend to the expiration of the last to expire of the licensed patent rights, unless earlier terminated. The licensed patent applications, if issued, are expected to expire between 2042-2043. BBOT has the unilateral right to terminate the Leidos PLA II at any time upon prior written notice to Leidos. Additionally, the Leidos PLA II will terminate if BBOT files a claim that asserts any portion of the licensed patent rights are invalid or unenforceable, unless BBOT withdraws or causes the withdrawal of such claim within a specified period of time. Leidos may terminate the Leidos PLA II in its entirety for BBOT’s material breach that is not remediated within a specified period of time, or upon the occurrence of certain events of BBOT’s insolvency. Further, Leidos has the right to terminate or modify the Leidos PLA II if Leidos determines that BBOT (i) is not using commercially reasonable efforts to develop and commercialize the licensed patent rights, (ii) has not achieved the milestone benchmarks set forth in the Leidos PLA II, or (iii) has willfully made a false statement of, or willfully omitted a material fact in the license application or any report required by the Leidos PLA II.
Leidos PLA III
On December 20, 2023, BBOT entered into a patent license agreement (the “Leidos PLA III”) with Leidos, pursuant to which BBOT received a worldwide, exclusive, royalty-bearing, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) license under certain patent rights relating to the Pan -KRAS inhibitor compounds to (i) make and have made, to use and have used, to sell and have sold, to offer to sell, to develop, and to import licensed products and (ii) practice and have practiced any licensed processes, in each case (i) and (ii), for prophylactic, therapeutic, and diagnostic use in humans and animals. The licensed patent rights result from an ongoing research collaboration between BBOT and Leidos, and BBOT may opt to negotiate an exclusive license to any additional inventions resulting
from such research collaboration. Under certain circumstances and subject to restrictions, Leidos and the United States government reserve the right to a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, nontransferable license under the licensed patent rights.
BBOT has certain typical diligence obligations under the Leidos PLA III, including the obligation to use reasonable commercial efforts to bring the licensed products and licensed processes to practical application, and upon the initial transfer of a licensed product or initial practice of a licensed process in exchange for compensation, the obligation to use reasonable commercial efforts to make the licensed products and licensed processes reasonably accessible to the United States public. In addition, BBOT has specific development and regulatory performance milestones to meet.
BBOT made a one-time, non-creditable, non-refundable upfront payment of $0.75 million to Leidos after BBOT entered into the Leidos PLA III. Additionally, BBOT is obligated to pay Leidos (i) a non-refundable minimum annual royalty of $0.2 million until the initial transfer of a licensed product or initial practice of a licensed process in exchange for compensation, (ii) a low, single-digit royalty on sales of licensed products, (iii) up to a total of (A) $6.75 million in development milestones for the first indication for the first licensed product and (B) $1.875 million in development milestones for the second indication for each licensed product, (iv) a low double-digit percentage in the range of 5% to 15% of certain non-royalty consideration received under a sublicense to a third party, and (v) reimburse Leidos for patenting expenses for the licensed patent rights, if any. In December 2025, the parties amended the Leidos PLA IIII to include an additional $0.5 million payment for the first indication, triggered by the achievement of a specific development milestone after the amendment date.
As of December 31, 2025, BBOT has paid an aggregate of $1.0 million to Leidos under the Leidos PLA III.
The term of the Leidos PLA III will extend to the expiration of the last to expire of the licensed patent rights, unless earlier terminated. The licensed patent applications, if issued, are expected to expire between 2042-2044. BBOT has the unilateral right to terminate the Leidos PLA III at any time upon prior written notice to Leidos. Additionally, the Leidos PLA III will terminate if BBOT files a claim that asserts any portion of the licensed patent rights are invalid or unenforceable, unless BBOT withdraws or causes the withdrawal of such claim within a specified period of time. Leidos may terminate the Leidos PLA III in its entirety for BBOT’s material breach that is not remediated within a specified period of time, or upon the occurrence of certain events of BBOT’s insolvency. Further, Leidos has the right to terminate or modify the Leidos PLA III if Leidos determines that BBOT (i) is not using commercially reasonable efforts to develop and commercialize the licensed patent rights, (ii) has not achieved the milestone benchmarks set forth in the Leidos PLA III, or (iii) has willfully made a false statement of, or willfully omitted a material fact in the license application or any report required by the Leidos PLA III.
Manufacturing and Supply
We currently contract with third parties to manufacture our product candidates and anticipate using third parties for all preclinical, clinical and commercial manufacturing if any of our investigational products obtain marketing approval. We do not own or operate facilities for product manufacturing, packaging, storage and distribution, or testing. We have internal personnel and utilize consultants with extensive technical, manufacturing, analytical, and quality experience to oversee contract manufacturing and testing activities. We believe that this strategy allows us to maintain a more efficient infrastructure by eliminating the need for us to invest in our own manufacturing facilities, equipment and personnel while also enabling us to focus our expertise and resources on the development of our investigational products.
Commercialization
We intend to retain significant development and commercial rights to our investigational products and, if marketing approval is obtained, to commercialize our investigational products on our own, or potentially with a partner, in the U.S. and other regions. We intend to build the necessary infrastructure and sales, marketing and commercial product distribution capabilities for the U.S., and potentially other regions, following further advancement of our investigational products. Clinical data, the size of the addressable patient population and the size of the commercial infrastructure and manufacturing needs and economics related to the foregoing may all influence or alter our commercialization plans.
Competition
The pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries are characterized by rapidly advancing technologies, intense competition and a strong emphasis on proprietary products. While we believe that our technology, development experience and scientific knowledge provide us with competitive advantages, we face potential competition from many different sources, including large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic institutions, government agencies and other public and private research organizations that conduct research, seek patent protection and establish collaborative arrangements for the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of cancer therapies. Any investigational products that we successfully develop and commercialize will compete with new therapies that may become available in the future.
We compete in the segments of the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and other related markets that develop small molecules and drug conjugates as treatments for cancer patients. There are many other companies that have commercialized and/or are developing such treatments for cancer including large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, such as AstraZeneca plc, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Merck, Pfizer in partnership with Merck KGaA, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in partnership with Sanofi Genzyme and Roche.
We are currently developing BBO-8520 in KRASG12C NSCLC as a KRASG12C ON/OFF inhibitor. If approved, BBO-8520 would compete with approved KRASG12C inhibitors Sotorasib and Adagrasib, which target the OFF state of the KRASG12C protein. There are also a number of other KRASG12C OFF inhibitor product candidates in clinical development, including Divarasib, Glecirasib, Olomorasib, and Calderasib. In addition, BBO-8520 may compete with Elironrasib, a tricomplex inhibitor of KRASG12C ON that is currently in early clinical development and FMC -376, a direct inhibitor of KRASG12C ON/OFF that is currently in early clinical development. BBO-10203 is being developed in hormone receptor-positive PIK3CA mutant breast cancer in combination with HR-directed therapies and CDK4/6 inhibitors, HER2-positive breast cancer in combination with HER2-directed biologics, and we are combining BBO-10203 with chemotherapy and bevacizumab in CRC with KRAS. We are planning to combine with our internal KRASi agents, BBO-8520 and BBO-11818.
If approved in the HR+ PIK3CAmut breast cancer setting, BBO-10203 will compete with approved non-mutant-selective PI3Kα inhibitors, Alpelisib and Inavolisib. BBO-10203 may also compete with mutant-selective PI3Kα inhibitors that are currently in clinical development such as STX-478, Zovegalisib, and OKI-219. BBO-10203 may also compete with downstream inhibitors of the PI3Kα pathway such as AKT inhibitor Capivasertib and mTOR inhibitor Everolimus as well as PI3K/mTOR inhibitors such as Gedatolisib. In HER2+ breast cancer, if approved, BBO-10203 may compete with approved small molecule inhibitors of HER2 including Tucatinib, Neratinib, and Lapatinib as well as small molecules inhibitors of HER2 that are currently in clinical development such as ELVN-002, Pyrotinib, Epertinib, IAM-1363, DZD-1516.
BBO-11818 is planned to be developed in KRASG12X mutant solid tumors with a specific focus on KRASG12D and KRASG12V mutant tumors in NSCLC, CRC, and PDAC. If approved, BBO-11818 may compete with other pan-KRAS inhibitors currently in clinical or preclinical development such as QTX-3034, BI3706674, QLC1101, PF-07934040, YL-17231, JAB-23400, LY4066434, ABT-200, QTX-3544, BPI-585359, GFH547, ERAS-4001. BBO-11818 may also compete with KRASG12D inhibitors currently in clinical or preclinical development such as RMC-9805, ASP-3082, HRS-4642, INCB161734, GHF-375, TSN1611, ASP4396, QTX-3046, SHR1127, LY3962673, HBW-012D. BBO-11818 may compete with KRASG12V inhibitors currently in early clinical development such as RMC-5127. BBO-11818 may also compete with daraxonrasib, a pan-RAS inhibitor currently in clinical development and ERAS-0015, a pan-RAS inhibitor currently in early clinical development.
Many of the companies against which we are competing or against which we may compete in the future have significantly greater financial resources and expertise in research and development, manufacturing, preclinical testing, conducting clinical trials, obtaining regulatory approvals and marketing approved drugs than we do. Mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostic industries may result in even more resources being concentrated among a smaller number of our competitors. Smaller or early-stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through collaborative arrangements with large and established companies. These competitors also compete with us in recruiting and retaining qualified scientific and management personnel and establishing clinical trial sites and enrolling subjects for our clinical trials, as well as in acquiring technologies complementary to, or necessary for, our programs.
We could see a reduction or elimination of our commercial opportunity if our competitors develop and commercialize products that are safer or more effective, have fewer or less severe side effects, are more convenient or are less expensive than any products that we or our collaborators may develop. Our competitors also may obtain FDA or foreign regulatory approval for their products more rapidly than we may obtain approval for ours, which could result in our competitors establishing a strong market position before we or our collaborators are able to enter the market. The key competitive factors affecting the success of all of our investigational products, if approved, are likely to be their degree of efficacy, tolerability profile, convenience and price, the effectiveness of companion diagnostics (if required), the level of biosimilar or generic competition and the availability of reimbursement from government and other third-party payors.
Government Regulation
Government authorities in the U.S. at the federal, state and local level and in other countries regulate, among other things, the research, development, testing, manufacture, quality control, approval, labeling, packaging, storage, record-keeping, promotion, advertising, distribution, post-approval monitoring and reporting, marketing and export and import of drug and biological products. Generally, before a new drug can be marketed, considerable data demonstrating its quality, safety and efficacy must be obtained, organized into a format specific for each regulatory authority, submitted for review and approved by the regulatory authority.
U.S. Drug Development
In the U.S., the FDA regulates drugs under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”). Drugs also are subject to other federal, state and local statutes and regulations. The process of obtaining regulatory approvals and the subsequent compliance with appropriate federal, state, local and foreign statutes and regulations requires the expenditure of substantial time and financial resources. Failure to comply with the applicable U.S. requirements at any time during the product development process, approval process or post-market may subject an applicant to administrative or judicial sanctions. These sanctions could include, among other actions, the FDA’s refusal to approve pending applications, withdrawal of an approval, a clinical hold, untitled or warning letters, product recalls or market withdrawals, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, fines, refusals of government contracts, restitution, disgorgement and civil or criminal penalties. Any agency or judicial enforcement action could have a material adverse effect on us.
Our product candidates are considered small molecule drugs and must be approved by the FDA through the new drug application (“NDA”), process before they may be legally marketed in the U.S. The process generally involves the following:
completion of extensive preclinical studies in accordance with applicable regulations, including studies conducted in accordance with the FDA’s Good Laboratory Practice (“GLP”);
submission to the FDA of an IND, which must become effective before human clinical trials may begin;
approval by an independent IRB or ethics committee at each clinical trial site before each trial may be initiated;
performance of adequate and well-controlled human clinical trials in accordance with applicable IND regulations, GCP requirements and other clinical trial-related protocols and regulations to establish substantial evidence of the safety and efficacy of the investigational product for each proposed indication;
submission to the FDA of an NDA after completion of pivotal trial(s) and other required clinical studies;
determination by the FDA within 60 days of its receipt of an NDA to accept the filing for substantive review;
satisfactory completion of an FDA pre-approval inspection of the manufacturing facility or facilities where the drug will be produced to assess compliance with current good manufacturing practice (“cGMP”) requirements to assure that the facilities, methods and controls are adequate to preserve the drug’s identity, strength, quality and purity;
potential FDA audit of the preclinical study and/or clinical trial sites that generated the data in support of the NDA filing;
FDA review and approval of the NDA, including consideration of the views of any FDA advisory committee, if applicable, prior to any commercial marketing or sale of the drug in the U.S.; and
compliance with any post-approval requirements, including the potential requirement to implement a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (“REMS”) and the potential requirement to conduct post-approval studies.
The data required to support an NDA are generated in two distinct developmental stages: preclinical and clinical. The preclinical and clinical testing and approval process requires substantial time, effort and financial resources, and we cannot be certain that any approvals for any current and future product candidates will be granted on a timely basis, or at all.
Preclinical Studies and IND
The preclinical developmental stage generally involves laboratory evaluations of drug chemistry, formulation and stability, as well as studies to evaluate toxicity in animals, which support subsequent clinical testing. The sponsor must submit the results of the preclinical studies, together with manufacturing information, analytical data, any available clinical data or literature and a proposed clinical protocol, to the FDA as part of the IND. An IND is a request for authorization from the FDA to administer an investigational product to humans and must become effective before human clinical trials may begin.
Preclinical studies include laboratory evaluation of product chemistry and formulation, as well as in vitro and animal studies to assess the potential for adverse events and in some cases to establish a rationale for therapeutic use. The conduct of preclinical studies is subject to federal regulations and requirements, including GLP regulations for safety/toxicology studies. An IND sponsor must submit the results of the preclinical tests, together with manufacturing information, analytical data, any available clinical data or literature and plans for clinical studies, among other things, to the FDA as part of an IND. Some long-term preclinical testing, such as animal tests of reproductive adverse events and carcinogenicity, may continue after the IND is submitted. An IND automatically becomes effective 30 days after receipt by the FDA, unless before that time the FDA raises concerns or questions related to one or more proposed clinical trials and places the trial on clinical hold. In such a case, the IND sponsor and the FDA must resolve any outstanding concerns before the clinical trial can begin. As a result, submission of an IND may not result in the FDA allowing clinical trials to commence.
Clinical Trials
The clinical stage of development involves the administration of the investigational product to healthy volunteers or patients under the supervision of qualified investigators, generally physicians not employed by or under the trial sponsor’s control, in accordance with GCP requirements, which include the requirement that all clinical trial subjects provide their informed consent for their participation in any clinical trial. Clinical trials are conducted under protocols detailing, among other things, the objectives of the clinical trial, dosing procedures, subject selection and exclusion criteria and the parameters to be used to monitor subject safety and assess efficacy. Each protocol, and any subsequent amendments to the protocol, must be submitted to the FDA as part of the IND. Furthermore, each clinical trial must be reviewed and approved by an IRB for each institution at which the clinical trial will be conducted to ensure that the risks to individuals participating in the clinical trials are minimized and are reasonable in relation to anticipated benefits. The IRB must also approve the informed consent form that must be provided to each clinical trial subject or his or her legal representative and must monitor the clinical trial until completed. There also are requirements governing the reporting of ongoing clinical trials and completed clinical trial results to public registries.
A sponsor who wishes to conduct a clinical trial outside of the U.S. may, but need not, obtain FDA authorization to conduct the clinical trial under an IND. If a foreign clinical trial is not conducted under an IND, the sponsor may submit data from the clinical trial to the FDA in support of an NDA. When the foreign clinical trial is not conducted under an IND, the sponsor must ensure that the study is conducted in accordance with GCP, including review and approval by an independent ethics committee (IEC) and informed consent from subjects. The GCP requirements are intended to help ensure the protection of human subjects enrolled in non-IND foreign clinical trials, as well as the quality and integrity of the resulting data. FDA must also be able to validate the data from the study through an on-site inspection if necessary. An NDA based solely on foreign clinical data meeting U.S. criteria for marketing approval may be approved if (1) the foreign data are applicable to the U.S. population and U.S. medical practice, (2) the studies have been performed by clinical investigators of recognized competence and (3) the FDA is able to validate the data through an onsite inspection or other appropriate means, if deemed necessary.
Clinical trials in the U.S. generally are conducted in three sequential phases, known as Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3, which may overlap or be combined.
Phase 1 clinical trials generally involve a small number of healthy volunteers or disease-affected patients who are initially exposed to a single dose and then multiple doses of the product candidate. The primary purpose of these clinical trials is to assess the metabolism, pharmacologic action, tolerability and safety of the drug.
Phase 2 clinical trials involve studies in disease-affected patients to determine the dose and dosing schedule required to produce the desired benefits. At the same time, safety and further pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic information is collected, possible adverse effects and safety risks are identified, and a preliminary evaluation of efficacy is conducted.
Phase 3 clinical trials generally involve a large number of patients at multiple sites and are designed to provide the data necessary to demonstrate the effectiveness of the product for its intended use, its safety in use and to establish the overall benefit/risk relationship of the product and provide an adequate basis for product approval. These trials may include comparisons with placebo and/or other comparator treatments. The duration of treatment is often extended to mimic the actual use of a product during marketing.
Post-approval trials, sometimes referred to as Phase 4 clinical trials, are conducted after initial marketing approval. These trials are used to gain additional experience from the treatment of patients in the intended therapeutic indication. In certain instances, the FDA may mandate the performance of Phase 4 clinical trials as a condition of approval of an NDA.
Progress reports detailing the results of the clinical trials, among other information, must be submitted at least annually to the FDA. The sponsor is also responsible for submitting written IND safety reports, including reports of serious and unexpected suspected adverse reactions, findings from other studies suggesting a significant risk to humans exposed to the drug, findings from animal or in vitro testing that suggest a significant risk for human subjects, and any clinically significant increase in the rate of a serious suspected adverse reaction over that listed in the protocol or investigator brochure.
Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials may not be completed successfully within any specified period, if at all. The FDA or the sponsor may suspend or terminate a clinical trial at any time on various grounds, including a finding that the clinical trial subjects or patients are being exposed to an unacceptable health risk. Similarly, an IRB can suspend or terminate approval of a clinical trial at its institution if the clinical trial is not being conducted in accordance with the IRB’s requirements or if the drug has been associated with unexpected serious harm to patients. Additionally, some clinical trials are overseen by an independent group of qualified experts organized by the clinical trial sponsor, known as a data safety monitoring board or committee. This group provides authorization for whether a trial may move forward at designated checkpoints based on access to certain data from the trial.
Concurrent with clinical trials, companies often complete additional animal safety studies and also must develop additional information about the chemistry and physical characteristics of the drug as well as finalize a process for manufacturing the product in
commercial quantities in accordance with cGMP requirements. The manufacturing process, as performed by the manufacturing facility, must be capable of consistently producing quality batches of our product candidates. Additionally, appropriate packaging must be selected and tested, and stability studies must be conducted to demonstrate that our product candidates do not undergo unacceptable deterioration over their labeled shelf life.
NDA Review Process
Following completion of the clinical trials, the results of preclinical studies and clinical trials are submitted to the FDA as part of an NDA, along with proposed labeling, chemistry and manufacturing information to ensure product quality and other relevant data, which is analyzed to assess whether the investigational product is safe and effective for the proposed indicated use or uses. In short, the NDA is a request for approval to market the drug in the U.S. for one or more specified indications and must contain proof of safety and efficacy for a drug.
The application must include both negative and ambiguous results of preclinical studies and clinical trials, as well as positive findings. Data may come from company-sponsored clinical trials intended to test the safety and efficacy of a product’s use or from a number of alternative sources, including studies initiated by investigators. To support marketing approval, the data submitted must be sufficient in quality and quantity to establish the safety and efficacy of the investigational product to the satisfaction of FDA. FDA approval of an NDA must be obtained before a drug may be legally marketed in the U.S.
Under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (“PDUFA”), as amended, each NDA must be accompanied by a user fee. FDA adjusts the PDUFA user fees on an annual basis. PDUFA also imposes an annual program fee for each marketed human drug. Fee waivers or reductions are available in certain circumstances, including a waiver of the application fee for the first application filed by a small business. Additionally, no user fees are assessed on NDAs for products designated as orphan drugs, unless the product also includes a non-orphan indication.
The FDA reviews all submitted NDAs before it accepts them for filing and may request additional information rather than accepting the NDA for filing. The FDA must make a decision on accepting an NDA for filing within 60 days of receipt. Once the submission is accepted for filing, the FDA begins an in-depth review of the NDA. Under the goals and policies agreed to by the FDA under PDUFA, the FDA has 10 months, from the filing date, in which to complete its initial review of a new molecular-entity NDA and respond to the applicant, and six months from the filing date of a new molecular-entity NDA designated for priority review. The FDA may make a decision earlier than the PDUFA goal date or, the review process may be extended by FDA requests for additional information or clarification.
Before approving an NDA, the FDA will conduct a pre-approval inspection of the manufacturing facilities for the new product to determine whether they comply with cGMP requirements. The FDA will not approve the product unless it determines that the manufacturing processes and facilities are in compliance with cGMP requirements and adequate to assure consistent production of the product within required specifications. The FDA also may audit data from clinical trials to ensure compliance with GCP requirements.
Additionally, the FDA may refer applications for novel drug products or drug products which present difficult questions of safety or efficacy to an advisory committee, typically a panel that includes clinicians and other experts, for review, evaluation and a recommendation as to whether the application should be approved and under what conditions, if any. The FDA is not bound by recommendations of an advisory committee, but it considers such recommendations when making decisions on approval. The FDA likely will reanalyze the clinical trial data, which could result in extensive discussions between the FDA and the applicant during the review process.
After the FDA evaluates an NDA, it will issue an approval letter or a complete response letter. An approval letter authorizes commercial marketing of the drug with specific prescribing information for specific indications. A complete response letter indicates that the review cycle of the application is complete, and the application will not be approved in its present form. A complete response letter usually describes all of the specific deficiencies in the NDA identified by the FDA. The complete response letter may require additional clinical data, additional pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial(s) and/or other significant and time-consuming requirements related to clinical trials, preclinical studies and/or manufacturing. If a complete response letter is issued, the applicant may resubmit the NDA, addressing all of the deficiencies identified in the letter, withdraw the application, or request the opportunity for a hearing. Even if an applicant submits the requested data and information, the FDA may decide that the NDA does not satisfy the criteria for approval. Data obtained from clinical trials are not always conclusive and the FDA may interpret data differently than we interpret the same data.
Orphan Drugs
Under the Orphan Drug Act, the FDA may grant orphan designation to a drug or biological product intended to treat a rare disease or condition, which is generally a disease or condition that affects fewer than 200,000 individuals in the U.S., or more than 200,000 individuals in the U.S. and for which there is no reasonable expectation that the cost of developing and making the product available in the U.S. for this type of disease or condition will be recovered from sales of the product.
Orphan drug designation must be requested before submitting an NDA. After the FDA grants orphan drug designation, the identity of the therapeutic agent and its potential orphan use are disclosed publicly by the FDA. Orphan drug designation does not convey any advantage in or shorten the duration of the regulatory review and approval process.
If a product that has orphan designation subsequently receives the first FDA approval for the disease or condition for which it has such designation, the product is entitled to orphan drug exclusivity, which means that the FDA may not approve any other applications to market the same drug for the same indication for seven years from the date of such approval, except in limited circumstances, such as a showing of clinical superiority to the product with orphan exclusivity by means of greater effectiveness, greater safety or providing a major contribution to patient care or in instances of drug supply issues. However, competitors may receive approval of either a different product for the same indication or the same product for a different indication but that could be used off-label in the orphan indication. Orphan drug exclusivity also could block the approval of one of our product candidates for seven years if a competitor obtains approval before we do for the same product, as defined by the FDA, for the same indication we are seeking approval, or if a product candidate is determined to be contained within the scope of the competitor’s product for the same indication. If one of our product candidates designated as an orphan drug receives marketing approval for an indication broader than that which is designated, it may not be entitled to orphan drug exclusivity. Orphan drug status in the European Union has similar, but not identical, requirements and benefits.
Expedited Development and Review Programs
The FDA has a number of programs intended to facilitate and expedite development and review of new drugs if they are intended to address an unmet medical need in the treatment of a serious or life-threatening disease or condition.
The fast track program is intended to expedite or facilitate the process for reviewing new drugs that meet certain criteria. Specifically, new drugs are eligible for fast track designation if they are intended to treat a serious or life-threatening condition and preclinical or clinical data demonstrate the potential to address unmet medical needs for the condition. Fast track designation applies to both the product and the specific indication for which it is being studied. The sponsor can request the FDA to designate the product for fast track status any time before receiving NDA approval, but ideally no later than the pre-NDA meeting with the FDA.
Any product submitted to the FDA for marketing, including under a fast track program, may be eligible for other types of FDA programs intended to expedite development and review, such as priority review and accelerated approval. Any product is eligible for priority review if it treats a serious or life-threatening condition and, if approved, would provide a significant improvement in safety and effectiveness compared to available therapies.
Additionally, a drug may be eligible for designation as a breakthrough therapy if the product is intended, alone or in combination with one or more other drugs or biologics, to treat a serious or life-threatening condition and preliminary clinical evidence indicates that the product may demonstrate substantial improvement over currently approved therapies on one or more clinically significant endpoints. The benefits of breakthrough therapy designation include the same benefits as fast track designation, plus intensive guidance from the FDA to ensure an efficient drug development program. Fast track designation, priority review, accelerated approval and breakthrough therapy designation do not change the standards for approval, but may expedite the development or approval process. Even if a product qualifies for one or more of these programs, the FDA may later decide that the product no longer meets the conditions for qualification or decide that the time period for FDA review or approval will not be shortened.
A product may also be eligible for accelerated approval, if it treats a serious or life-threatening condition and generally provides a meaningful advantage over available therapies. In addition, it must demonstrate an effect on a surrogate endpoint that is reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit or on a clinical endpoint that can be measured earlier than irreversible morbidity or mortality (“IMM”), which is reasonably likely to predict an effect on IMM or other clinical benefit. As a condition of approval, the FDA may require that a sponsor of a drug receiving accelerated approval perform adequate and well-controlled post-marketing clinical trials. FDA may withdraw drug approval or require changes to the labeled indication of the drug if confirmatory post-market trials fail to verify clinical benefit or do not demonstrate sufficient clinical benefit to justify the risks associated with the drug.
Post-approval Requirements
Following approval of a new product, the manufacturer and the approved product are subject to continuing regulation by the FDA, including, among other things, monitoring and record-keeping requirements, requirements to report adverse events and comply with promotion and advertising requirements. Further, if there are any modifications to the drug, including changes in indications, labeling or manufacturing processes or facilities, the applicant may be required to submit and obtain FDA approval of a new NDA or NDA supplement, which may require the development of additional data or preclinical studies and clinical trials.
If the FDA concludes that a drug shown to be effective can be safely used only if distribution or use is restricted, it may require such post-marketing restrictions as it deems necessary to assure safe use of the product. The FDA may also place other conditions on approvals, including the requirement for REMS, to assure the safe use of the product. A REMS could include medication guides, physician communication plans or elements to assure safe use, such as restricted distribution methods, patient registries and other risk minimization tools. Any of these limitations on approval or marketing could restrict the commercial promotion, distribution, prescription
or dispensing of products. Product approvals may be withdrawn for non-compliance with regulatory standards or if problems occur following initial marketing.
The FDA may withdraw approval if compliance with regulatory requirements and standards is not maintained or if problems occur after the product reaches the market. Later discovery of previously unknown problems with a product, including adverse events of unanticipated severity or frequency, or with manufacturing processes, or failure to comply with regulatory requirements, may result in revisions to the approved labeling to add new safety information; imposition of post-market studies or clinical studies to assess new safety risks or imposition of distribution restrictions or other restrictions under a REMS program. Other potential consequences include, among other things:
restrictions on the marketing or manufacturing of the product, complete withdrawal of the product from the market, or product recalls;
fines, warning letters, or holds on post-approval clinical studies;
refusal of the FDA to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications;
suspension or revocation of product approvals;
product seizure or detention;
refusal to permit the import or export of products; and
injunctions or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties.
FDA regulations require that approved products be manufactured in specific approved facilities and in accordance with cGMP regulations which require, among other things, quality control and quality assurance, the maintenance of records and documentation, and the obligation to investigate and correct any deviations from cGMP. Manufacturers and other entities involved in the manufacture and distribution of approved products, and those supplying products, ingredients, and components of them, are required to register their establishments with the FDA and certain state agencies, and are subject to periodic announced and unannounced inspections by the FDA and certain state agencies for compliance with cGMP requirements and other regulatory requirements. Accordingly, manufacturers must continue to expend time, money and effort in the area of production and quality control to maintain cGMP compliance. The discovery of violative conditions, including failure to conform to cGMP regulations, could result in enforcement actions.
The FDA strictly regulates marketing, labeling, advertising and promotion of products that are placed on the market. Drugs may be promoted only for the approved indications and in accordance with the provisions of the approved label. The FDA and other agencies actively enforce the laws and regulations prohibiting the promotion of off-label uses, and a company that is found to have improperly promoted off-label uses may be subject to significant liability.
From time to time, legislation is drafted, introduced, passed in Congress and signed into law that could significantly change the statutory provisions governing the approval, manufacturing, and marketing of products regulated by the FDA. In addition to new legislation, FDA regulations, guidance, and policies are often revised or reinterpreted by the agency in ways that may significantly affect the manner in which pharmaceutical products are regulated and marketed.
Other U.S. Regulatory Matters
Pharmaceutical manufacturers are subject to various healthcare laws, regulation, and enforcement by the federal government and by authorities in the states and foreign jurisdictions in which they conduct their business. Our conduct, including those of our employees, as well as our business operations and relationships with third parties, including current and future arrangements with healthcare providers, third-party payors, customers, and others may expose us to broadly applicable fraud and abuse and other healthcare laws and regulations, which may constrain the business or financial arrangements and relationships through which we research, as well as, sell, market, and distribute any products for which we obtain marketing approval. The applicable federal, state and foreign healthcare laws and regulations that may affect our ability to operate include, but are not limited to:
Anti-Kickback Statute. The federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits, among other things, persons and entities from knowingly and willfully soliciting, offering, receiving or providing remuneration (including any kickback, bribe or rebate), directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward or in return for, either the referral of an individual for or the purchase, lease or order of a good, facility, item or service for which payment may be made under a federal healthcare program such as Medicare and Medicaid. Violations are subject to civil and criminal fines and penalties for each violation, plus up to three times the remuneration involved, imprisonment, and exclusion from government healthcare programs. In addition, a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the U.S. federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the civil False Claims Act.
False Claims Laws. The federal false claims and civil monetary penalties laws, including the federal civil False Claims Act (“FCA”), impose criminal and civil penalties, including through civil whistleblower or qui tam actions against individuals or entities for, among other things, knowingly presenting or causing to be presented false or fraudulent claims for payment by a federal healthcare program or making a false statement or record material to payment of a false claim or avoiding, decreasing or concealing an obligation to pay money to the federal government, with potential liability including mandatory treble damages and significant per-claim penalties. Pharmaceutical companies can be held liable under the FCA even when they do not submit claims directly to government payors if they are deemed to “cause” the submission of false or fraudulent claims.
HIPAA. HIPAA imposes criminal and civil liability for, among other things, executing a scheme or making materially false statements in connection with the delivery of or payment for health care benefits, items or services. Additionally, HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and its implementing regulations, also imposes obligations on covered entities and their business associates that perform certain functions or activities that involve the use or disclosure of protected health information on their behalf, including mandatory contractual terms and technical safeguards, with respect to maintaining the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information.
Federal Trade Commission Act. Even when HIPAA does not apply, according to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), failing to take appropriate steps to keep consumers’ personal information secure could constitute unfair acts or practices in or affecting commerce in violation of Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTCA”). The FTC’s current guidance for appropriately securing consumers’ personal information is similar to what is required by the HIPAA security regulations, but this guidance may change in the future, resulting in increased complexity and the need to expend additional resources to ensure we are complying with the FTCA.
The U.S. Federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act. The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics and medical supplies for which payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, with specific exceptions, to report annually to CMS information related to payments or transfers of value made to physicians, other healthcare providers and teaching hospitals, as well as information regarding ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members.
Price Reporting Laws. Certain federal and state laws including U.S. federal government price reporting laws, which require manufacturers to calculate and report complex pricing metrics in an accurate and timely manner to government programs.
Analogous State and Foreign Laws. Analogous state and foreign fraud and abuse laws and regulations, such as state anti-kickback and false claims laws, can apply to sales or marketing arrangements and claims involving healthcare items or services reimbursed by non-governmental third-party payors and are generally broad and are enforced by many different federal and state agencies as well as through private actions.
Pricing and rebate programs must also comply with the Medicaid rebate requirements of the U.S. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and more recent requirements in the Affordable Care Act. If products are made available to authorized users of the Federal Supply Schedule of the General Services Administration, additional laws and requirements apply. Manufacturing, sales, promotion and other activities also are potentially subject to federal and state consumer protection and unfair competition laws. In addition, the distribution of pharmaceutical products is subject to additional requirements and regulations, including extensive record-keeping, licensing, storage and security requirements intended to prevent the unauthorized sale of pharmaceutical products.
Federal and state consumer protection laws are increasingly being applied by the FTC and states’ attorneys general to regulate the collection, use, storage and disclosure of personal or personally identifiable information, through websites or otherwise, and to regulate the presentation of website content. The FTC has authority to initiate enforcement actions against entities that mislead customers about HIPAA compliance, make deceptive statements about privacy and data sharing in privacy policies, fail to limit third-party use of personal health information, fail to implement policies to protect personal health information or engage in other unfair practices that harm customers or that may violate Section 5(a) of the FTCA, and has brought enforcement actions against companies in the healthcare space in recent years. As a result of regulatory enforcement proceedings, we may be subject to related litigation, settlements or enforcement actions that could include monetary penalties and/or compliance requirements.
Many states have laws that protect the privacy and security of sensitive and personal information, including health information, to which BBOT is subject. These laws may be similar to or even more protective than HIPAA and other federal privacy laws. For example, the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) and similar consumer privacy laws in a number of states establish privacy frameworks for covered businesses, including broad definitions of regulated personal information, data privacy rights for consumers residing in the relevant state, special rules on the collection of consumer data from minors, and an enforcement framework for violations and for businesses that fail to implement reasonable security procedures and practices to prevent data breaches. Many of the state laws
differ from each other and cover personal information other than protected health information subject to HIPAA, thus complicating compliance efforts and potentially requiring BBOT to incur additional costs and expenses to comply.
Furthermore, certain consumer health privacy laws, such as Washington’s My Health My Data Act, which became effective on March 31, 2024 and contains a private right of action, further increase compliance risks and costs. Connecticut and Nevada have also passed similar laws regulating consumer health data. In addition, other states have proposed and/or passed legislation that regulates the privacy and/or security of certain specific types of information. For example, states such as Illinois and Texas have passed laws that regulate biometric data specifically, and enforcement and litigation surrounding such laws has resulted in significant penalties, settlements and awards.
The failure to comply with any of these laws or regulatory requirements subjects firms to possible legal or regulatory action. Depending on the circumstances, failure to meet applicable regulatory requirements can result in significant civil, criminal and administrative penalties, including damages, fines, disgorgement, imprisonment, exclusion from participation in government funded healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, integrity oversight and reporting obligations, contractual damages, reputational harm, diminished profits and future earnings, injunctions, requests for recall, seizure of products, total or partial suspension of production, denial or withdrawal of product approvals or refusal to allow a firm to enter into supply contracts, including government contracts.
U.S. Patent-Term Restoration and Marketing Exclusivity
Depending upon the timing, duration and specifics of FDA approval of any future product candidates, some of our U.S. patents, if issued, may be eligible for limited patent term extension under the Hatch-Waxman Act. The Hatch-Waxman Act permits restoration of the patent term of up to five years as compensation for patent term lost during product development and FDA regulatory review process. Patent-term restoration, however, cannot extend the remaining term of a patent beyond a total of 14 years from the product’s approval date. The patent-term restoration period is generally one-half the time between the effective date of an IND or the issue date of the patent, whichever is later, and the submission date of an NDA plus the time between the submission date of an NDA or the issue date of the patent, whichever is later, and the approval of that application, except that the review period is reduced by any time during which the applicant failed to exercise due diligence. Only one patent applicable to an approved drug is eligible for the extension and the application for the extension must be submitted prior to the expiration of the patent. The USPTO, in consultation with the FDA, reviews and approves the application for any patent term extension or restoration. In the future, we may apply for restoration of patent term for our currently owned or licensed patents to add patent life beyond its current expiration date, depending on the expected length of the clinical trials and other factors involved in the filing of the relevant NDA.
Market exclusivity provisions under the FDCA also can delay the submission or the approval of certain applications. The FDCA provides a five-year period of non-patent marketing exclusivity within the U.S. to the first applicant to gain approval of an NDA for a new chemical entity. A drug is a new chemical entity if the FDA has not previously approved any other new drug containing the same active moiety, which is the molecule or ion responsible for the action of the drug substance. During the exclusivity period, the FDA may not accept for review an abbreviated new drug application (“ANDA”), or a 505(b)(2) NDA submitted by another company for a generic version of such drug where the applicant does not own or have a legal right of reference to all the data required for approval. However, an application may be submitted after four years if it contains a certification of patent invalidity or non-infringement. The FDCA also provides three years of marketing exclusivity for an NDA, 505(b) (2) NDA or supplement to an existing NDA if new clinical investigations, other than bioavailability studies, that were conducted or sponsored by the applicant are deemed by the FDA to be essential to the approval of the application, for example, new indications, dosages or strengths of an existing drug. This three-year exclusivity covers only the conditions of use associated with the new clinical investigations and does not prohibit the FDA from approving ANDAs for drugs containing the original active agent. Five-year and three-year exclusivity will not delay the submission or approval of a full NDA by another applicant. However, an applicant submitting a full NDA would be required to conduct or obtain a right of reference to all of the preclinical studies and adequate and well-controlled clinical trials necessary to demonstrate safety and effectiveness or generate such data themselves.
European Union Drug Development
Similar to the United States, the various phases of preclinical and clinical research in the European Union are subject to significant regulatory controls.
The EU Clinical Trials Directive has been repealed by the Clinical Trials Regulation (EU) No. 536/2014 (“EU Clinical Trials Regulation”), which became applicable on 31 January 2022. The EU Clinical Trials Regulation harmonizes the processes for assessment and supervision of clinical trials throughout the EU. The EU Clinical Trials Regulation enables sponsors to submit one online application via a single online platform known as the Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS) for approval to run a clinical trial in several EU Member States, making it more efficient to carry out such multinational trials and for EU Member States to evaluate and authorize such applications together, via the CTIS.
Other key benefits of the EU Clinical Trials Regulation include:
improving information-sharing and collective decision-making on clinical trials;
increasing transparency of information on clinical trials;
ensuring high standards of safety for all participants in EU clinical trials.
For clinical trials conducted in the EU, sponsors must report suspected unexpected serious adverse reactions through the EudraVigilance system.
European Union Drug Review and Approval
In the European Economic Area (“EEA”), which comprises the Member States of the European Union and three European Free Trade Association States (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), medicinal products can only be commercialized after obtaining a marketing authorization (“MA”). There are two types of MAs.
The centralized MA is issued by the European Commission through the centralized procedure, based on the opinion of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, of the EMA, and is valid throughout the entire territory of the EEA. The centralized procedure is mandatory for certain types of products,such as biotechnology medicinal products, orphan medicinal products, advanced-therapy medicines such as gene-therapy, somatic cell-therapy or tissue-engineered medicines and medicinal products containing a new active substance indicated for the treatment of HIV, AIDS, cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, diabetes, auto-immune and other immune dysfunctions and viral diseases. The centralized procedure is optional for products containing a new active substance not yet authorized in the EU, or for products that constitute a significant therapeutic, scientific or technical innovation or which are in the interest of public health in the EU.
National MAs, which are issued by the competent authorities of the Member States of the EU and only cover their respective territory, are available for products not falling within the mandatory scope of the centralized procedure. Where a product has already been authorized for marketing in a Member State of the EU, this national MA can be recognized in other EU Member States through the mutual recognition procedure. If the product has not received a national MA in any EU Member State at the time of application, it can be approved simultaneously in various EU Member States through the decentralized procedure.
Under the above-described procedures, before granting the MA, the EMA or the competent authorities of the Member States of the EU make an assessment of the risk-benefit balance of the product on the basis of scientific criteria concerning its quality, safety and efficacy.
Data and Marketing Exclusivity
In the EU, new products authorized for marketing, or reference products, qualify for eight years of data exclusivity and an additional two years of market exclusivity upon marketing authorization. The data exclusivity period prevents generic or biosimilar applicants from relying on the preclinical and clinical trial data contained in the dossier of the reference product when applying for a generic or biosimilar marketing authorization in the EU during a period of eight years from the date on which the reference product was first authorized in the EU. The market exclusivity period prevents a successful generic or biosimilar applicant from commercializing its product in the EU until 10 years have elapsed from the initial authorization of the reference product in the EU. The 10-year market exclusivity period can be extended to a maximum of eleven years if, during the first eight years of those 10 years, the marketing authorization holder obtains an authorization for one or more new therapeutic indications which, during the scientific evaluation prior to their authorization, are held to bring a significant clinical benefit in comparison with existing therapies.
Orphan Designation
In the EU, a medicinal product can be designated as an orphan drug if its sponsor can establish that the product is intended for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a life-threatening or chronically debilitating condition affecting not more than five in ten thousand persons in the EU when the application is made, or that the product is intended for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a life-threatening, seriously debilitating or serious and chronic condition in the EU and that, without incentives, it is unlikely that the marketing of the drug in the EU would generate sufficient return to justify the necessary investment in development. For either of these conditions, the applicant must demonstrate that there exists no satisfactory method of diagnosis, prevention or treatment of the condition in question that has been authorized in the EU or, if such method exists, the drug will be of significant benefit to those affected by that condition.
In the EU, an application for designation as an orphan product can be made any time prior to the filing of an application for approval to market the product. Marketing authorization for an orphan drug leads to a 10-year period of market exclusivity. During this market exclusivity period, the EMA or the EU Member State competent authorities, cannot accept another application for a marketing authorization, or grant a marketing authorization, for a similar medicinal product for the same indication as the authorized orphan product. The period of market exclusivity may be extended by two years for orphan medicines that have also complied with an agreed pediatric investigational plan.
This period may, however, be reduced to six years if, at the end of the fifth year, it is established that the product no longer meets the criteria for orphan designation, for example because the product is sufficiently profitable not to justify market exclusivity. In very select cases a marketing authorization may be granted to a similar medicinal product for the same indication as an authorized orphan product during the market exclusivity period, such as where there is consent from the marketing authorization holder for the authorized orphan product, inability to supply sufficient quantities of the authorized orphan product, or demonstration of “clinical superiority” by a similar medicinal product to the authorized orphan product. Medicinal products designated as orphan products are eligible for incentives made available by the EU and its Member States to support research into, and the development and availability of, orphan products.
All of the aforementioned EU rules are generally applicable in the EEA.
The European Commission introduced legislative proposals in April 2023 that, if implemented, will replace the current regulatory framework in the EU for all medicines (including those for rare diseases and for children). In April 2024, the European Parliament adopted its position on the legislative proposals and, in June 2025, the Council of the European Union adopted its position. A common position on the text has been agreed upon on December 11, 2025, in the context of subsequent inter-institutional trilogue negotiations. The proposed revisions remain to be adopted, and are not expected to become applicable before 2028.
Coverage and Reimbursement
Sales of our products, if approved, will depend, in part, on the extent to which our products will be covered by third-party payors, such as government health programs, commercial insurance and managed healthcare organizations. There is significant uncertainty related to third-party payor coverage and reimbursement of newly approved products. In the U.S., for example, principal decisions about reimbursement for new products are typically made by CMS. CMS decides whether and to what extent a new product will be covered and reimbursed under Medicare, and private third-party payors often follow CMS’s decisions regarding coverage and reimbursement to a substantial degree. However, no uniform policy of coverage and reimbursement for drug products exists. Accordingly, decisions regarding the extent of coverage and amount of reimbursement to be provided for any of our products will be made on a payor-by-payor basis.
Increasingly, third-party payors are requiring that drug companies provide them with predetermined discounts from list prices and are challenging the prices charged for medical products. Further, such payors are increasingly challenging the price, examining the medical necessity and reviewing the cost effectiveness of medical product candidates. There may be especially significant delays in obtaining coverage and reimbursement for newly approved drugs. Third-party payors may limit coverage to specific product candidates on an approved list, known as a formulary, which might not include all FDA -approved drugs for a particular indication. We may need to conduct expensive pharmacoeconomic studies to demonstrate the medical necessity and cost effectiveness of our products. As a result, the coverage determination process is often a time-consuming and costly process that will require us to provide scientific and clinical support for the use of our products to each payor separately, with no assurance that coverage and adequate reimbursement will be obtained. Additionally, coverage policies and third party reimbursement rates may change at any time. Even if favorable coverage and reimbursement status is attained for one or more products for which we receive regulatory approval, less favorable coverage policies and reimbursement rates may be implemented in the future.
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (“MMA”), established the Medicare Part D program to provide a voluntary prescription drug benefit to Medicare beneficiaries. Under Part D, Medicare beneficiaries may enroll in prescription drug plans offered by private entities that provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs. Unlike Medicare Part A and B, Part D coverage is not standardized. While all Medicare drug plans must give at least a standard level of coverage set by Medicare, Part D prescription drug plan sponsors are not required to pay for all covered Part D drugs, and each drug plan can develop its own drug formulary that identifies which drugs it will cover and at what tier or level. However, Part D prescription drug formularies must include drugs within each therapeutic category and class of covered Part D drugs, though not necessarily all the drugs in each category or class. Any formulary used by a Part D prescription drug plan must be developed and reviewed by a pharmacy and therapeutic committee. Government payment for some of the costs of prescription drugs may increase demand for products for which we receive marketing approval. However, any negotiated prices for our products covered by a Part D prescription drug plan likely will be lower than the prices we might otherwise obtain. Moreover, while the MMA applies only to drug benefits for Medicare beneficiaries, private third-party payors often follow Medicare coverage policy and payment limitations in setting their own payment rates.
In addition, in case a drug product needs companion diagnostics, then companion diagnostic tests require coverage and reimbursement separate and apart from the coverage and reimbursement for their companion pharmaceutical or biological products. Similar challenges to obtaining coverage and reimbursement, applicable to pharmaceutical or biological products, will apply to companion diagnostics.
In addition, in most foreign countries, the proposed pricing for a drug must be approved before it may be lawfully marketed. The requirements governing drug pricing and reimbursement vary widely from country to country. For example, the EU provides options for its Member States to restrict the range of medicinal products for which their national health insurance systems provide reimbursement and to control the prices of medicinal products for human use. An EU Member State may approve a specific price for the medicinal product or it may instead adopt a system of direct or indirect controls on the profitability of the company placing the medicinal product on the market. There can be no assurance that any country that has price controls or reimbursement limitations for pharmaceutical products will allow favorable reimbursement and pricing arrangements for any of our products. Historically, products launched in the European Union do not follow price structures of the U.S. and generally prices tend to be significantly lower.
Healthcare Reform
The U.S. government, state legislatures and foreign governments have shown significant interest in implementing cost containment programs to limit the growth of government-paid healthcare costs, including price-controls, restrictions on reimbursement and requirements for substitution of generic products for branded prescription drugs. For example, the Affordable Care Act substantially changed the way healthcare is financed by both the government and private insurers, and continues to significantly impact the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. The Affordable Care Act contains provisions that may reduce the profitability of drug products through increased rebates for drugs reimbursed by Medicaid programs, extension of Medicaid rebates to Medicaid managed care plans, mandatory discounts for certain Medicare Part D beneficiaries and annual fees based on pharmaceutical companies’ share of sales to federal healthcare programs. The Medicaid Drug Rebate Program requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to enter into and have in effect a national rebate agreement with the HHS as a condition for states to receive federal matching funds for the manufacturer’s outpatient drugs furnished to Medicaid patients. The Affordable Care Act made several changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, including increasing pharmaceutical manufacturers’ rebate liability by raising the minimum basic Medicaid rebate on most branded prescription drugs from 15.1% of average manufacturer price (“AMP”), to 23.1% of AMP and adding a new rebate calculation for “line extensions” (i.e., new formulations, such as extended release formulations) of solid oral dosage forms of branded products, as well as potentially impacting their rebate liability by modifying the statutory definition of AMP. The Affordable Care Act also expanded the universe of Medicaid utilization subject to drug rebates by requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to pay rebates on Medicaid managed care utilization and by enlarging the population potentially eligible for Medicaid drug benefits. Additionally, for a drug product to receive federal reimbursement under the Medicaid or Medicare Part B programs or to be sold directly to U.S. government agencies, the manufacturer must extend discounts to entities eligible to participate in the 340B drug pricing program. The required 340B discount on a given product is calculated based on the AMP and Medicaid rebate amounts reported by the manufacturer.
Other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted in the U.S. since the Affordable Care Act was enacted. These changes included the U.S. Budget Control Act of 2011, which among other things, included aggregate reductions to Medicare payments to providers of up to 2% per fiscal year, effective April 1, 2013, which, due to subsequent legislative amendments, will stay in effect through 2031 unless additional congressional action is taken. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, among other things, reduced Medicare payments to several providers and increased the statute of limitations period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 eliminates the statutory Medicaid drug rebate cap, currently previously set at 100% of a drug’s average manufacturer price, for single source and innovator multiple source drugs, beginning January 1, 2024. Due to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, estimated budget deficit increases resulting from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and subsequent legislation, Medicare payments to providers will be further reduced starting in 2025 absent further legislation. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) also was signed into law in August 2022. The IRA, in part, creates a $2,000 out-of-pocket cap for Medicare Part D beneficiaries, imposes new manufacturer financial liability on all drugs in Medicare Part D, allows the U.S. government to negotiate Medicare Part B and Part D pricing for certain high-cost drugs and biologics without generic or biosimilar competition, requires companies to pay rebates to Medicare for drug prices that increase faster than inflation, and delays the rebate rule that would require pass through of pharmacy benefit manager rebates to beneficiaries. The implementation of the IRA is currently subject to ongoing litigation challenging the constitutionality of the IRA’s Medicare drug price negotiation program. The effect of IRA on our business and the healthcare industry in general is not yet known. Overall, these new laws may result in additional reductions in Medicare and other healthcare funding, which could have a material adverse effect on customers for our drugs, if approved, and accordingly, our financial operations.
With respect to drug pricing reforms proposed by the Trump Administration, CMS released two proposed rules on December 19, 2025 that would introduce most-favored-nation (“MFN”) pricing principles into Medicare drug reimbursement. The first proposal, the Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing Model (“GLOBE”) for Medicare Part B, would require manufacturers of specified single source drugs and sole source biologics to pay incremental rebates based on international benchmark prices, with participation triggered for products meeting certain spending and eligibility criteria established by CMS. The second proposal, the Guarding U.S. Medicare Against Rising Drug Costs (“GUARD”) model for Medicare Part D, would similarly mandate manufacturer rebates for qualifying sole
source drugs where the Medicare net price exceeds an MFN benchmark derived from international reference pricing methodologies. As proposed, GLOBE would begin a five-year performance period on October 1, 2026 and GUARD would begin its performance period in 2027. These proposals are likely to face legal challenges that could delay or modify their implementation. Separately, in November 2025, CMS introduced the Generating Cost Reductions For U.S. Medicaid (“GENEROUS”) Model, a voluntary MFN-based framework for manufacturers participating in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. While participation is optional, the GENEROUS Model could nonetheless influence manufacturer pricing strategies and the broader drug pricing landscape.
Additionally, there has been heightened governmental scrutiny recently over the manner in which drug manufacturers set prices for their marketed products, which has resulted in several Congressional inquiries and proposed and enacted federal and state legislation designed to, among other things, bring more transparency to product pricing, review the relationship between pricing and manufacturer patient programs and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for drug products.
At the state level, legislatures have increasingly passed legislation and implemented regulations designed to control pharmaceutical and biological product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases, designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing. It is possible that additional governmental action is taken, which may impact our business. We are unable to predict the future course of federal or state healthcare legislation in the U.S. directed at broadening the availability of healthcare and containing or lowering the cost of healthcare. These and any further changes in the law or regulatory framework that reduce our revenue or increase our costs could also have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Facilities
Our principal executive office is located in South San Francisco, California, where we lease approximately 11,000 square feet of combined office and lab space under a lease that terminates in April 2030. We believe that these existing facilities will be adequate for our current needs and that suitable additional or alternative space will be available in the future on commercially reasonable terms, if required.
Human Capital
As of December 31, 2025, we had 92 employees. None of our employees are represented by labor unions or covered by collective bargaining agreements. We consider our relationship with our employees to be good.
We recognize that attracting, motivating and retaining talent at all levels is vital to our continued success. Our employees are a significant asset and we aim to create an environment that is equitable, inclusive and representative in which our employees can grow and advance their careers, with the overall goal of developing, expanding and retaining our workforce to support our current pipeline and future business goals. By focusing on employee retention and engagement, we also improve our ability to support our clinical-stage platform, business and operations, and also protect the long-term interests of our securityholders. Our success also depends on our ability to attract, engage and retain a diverse group of employees. Our efforts to recruit and retain a diverse and passionate workforce include providing competitive compensation and benefits packages and ensuring we listen to our employees.
We value agility, passion and teamwork, and are building a diverse environment where our employees can thrive and one that inspires exceptional contributions and professional and personal development in order to achieve our mission to significantly change the practice of oncology. Our human capital resources objectives include, as applicable, identifying, recruiting, retaining, incentivizing and integrating our existing and new employees, advisors and consultants. The principal purposes of our equity and cash incentive plans are to attract, retain and reward personnel through the granting of stock-based and cash-based compensation awards, in order to increase stockholder value and the success of our Company by motivating such individuals to perform to the best of their abilities and achieve our objectives. We are committed to providing a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefits package provides a balance of protection along with the flexibility to meet the individual health and wellness needs of our employees.
We plan to continue to develop our efforts related to attracting, retaining and motivating our workforce as we grow and develop and hire more employees.
Corporate and Other Information
Our business was established in August 2016 by BridgeBio Pharma Inc. (“BridgeBio Pharma”) under the name, TheRas, Inc. (“Legacy BBOT”). We operated as part of BridgeBio Pharma through April 30, 2024. Legacy BBOT entered into a definitive business combination agreement (“Business Combination Agreement”) with Helix Acquisition Corp. II, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (“Helix”) listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “HLXB.” On August 11, 2025 (the “Closing”), Helix II Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Helix, merged with and into Legacy BBOT, with Legacy BBOT surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Helix (“Merger”). In connection with the Merger, Helix changed its name to BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics, Inc., and the combined company became listed on Nasdaq under the new ticker symbol “BBOT” (“de-SPAC Transaction”). Our principal executive offices are located at 256 E. Grand Avenue, Suite 104, South San Francisco, CA 94080. Our telephone number is (650) 405-4770.
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