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Latest financial statements
From 10-Q filed Aug 14, 2026 (period ending Jun 30, 2026). As printed on the EDGAR/iXBRL face — not generated by the model.
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
| Description | Three months ended June 30, 2026 | Three months ended June 30, 2025 | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | Six months ended June 30, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues: | ||||
| Collaborative and other agreements | 25,488 | 5,558 | 26,058 | 12,157 |
| Royalty revenue | 7,344 | 1,311 | 13,495 | 1,754 |
| Total revenues | 32,832 | 6,869 | 39,553 | 13,911 |
| Costs and expenses: | ||||
| Research and development | 38,780 | 40,791 | 73,754 | 80,489 |
| General and administrative | 7,904 | 9,302 | 17,614 | 20,020 |
| Total costs and expenses | 46,684 | 50,093 | 91,368 | 100,509 |
| Loss from operations | (13,852) | (43,224) | (51,815) | (86,598) |
| Loss on extinguishment of royalty monetization liability | (52,762) | — | (52,762) | — |
| Interest and other income | 1,368 | 1,414 | 2,922 | 3,093 |
| Interest and other expense | (4,396) | (802) | (9,285) | (894) |
| Loss before income taxes | (69,642) | (42,612) | (110,940) | (84,399) |
| Income tax provision | — | 105 | — | 105 |
| Net loss from continuing operations | (69,642) | (42,717) | (110,940) | (84,504) |
| Net income from discontinued operations, net of taxes | 89,157 | 6,466 | 93,681 | 7,217 |
| Net income (loss) | 19,515 | (36,251) | (17,259) | (77,287) |
| Other comprehensive income (loss): | ||||
| Unrealized gain (loss) on investments | 12 | (6) | (47) | (12) |
| Comprehensive income (loss) | 19,527 | (36,257) | (17,306) | (77,299) |
| Net income (loss) per common share - basic | ||||
| Net loss from continuing operations | (1.10) | (0.67) | (1.75) | (1.34) |
| Net income from discontinued operations | 1.40 | 0.10 | 1.47 | 0.11 |
| Net income (loss) per share basic | 0.31 | (0.57) | (0.27) | (1.23) |
| Net income (loss) per common share - diluted | ||||
| Net loss from continuing operations | (1.10) | (0.67) | (1.75) | (1.34) |
| Net income from discontinued operations | 1.40 | 0.10 | 1.47 | 0.11 |
| Net income (loss) per share diluted | 0.31 | (0.57) | (0.27) | (1.23) |
| Weighted average common shares outstanding | ||||
| Basic and diluted | 63,594,453 | 63,136,057 | 63,522,516 | 63,051,207 |
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
| Description | June 30, 2026 (unaudited) | December 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||
| Current assets: | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 113,907 | 57,217 |
| Marketable securities | 59,398 | 132,696 |
| Accounts receivable | 24,597 | 427 |
| Other receivable | 119,576 | — |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 4,209 | 7,224 |
| Total current assets associated with discontinued operations (Note 11) | — | 22,377 |
| Total current assets | 321,687 | 219,941 |
| Property, equipment and software, net | 2,387 | 2,103 |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 21,140 | 21,780 |
| Other non current assets | 195 | 207 |
| Total non current assets associated with discontinued operations (Note 11) | — | 12,815 |
| Total assets | 345,409 | 256,846 |
| Liabilities and stockholders' equity | ||
| Current liabilities: | ||
| Accounts payable | 3,442 | 3,258 |
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 29,902 | 22,061 |
| Deferred revenue | 55,503 | 1,276 |
| Lease liabilities | 4,976 | 4,905 |
| Liability related to future royalties | 14,992 | — |
| Total current liabilities associated with discontinued operations (Note 11) | — | 11,615 |
| Total current liabilities | 108,815 | 43,115 |
| Liability related to future royalties, net of current portion | 163,155 | 70,000 |
| Deferred revenue, net of current portion | — | 55,503 |
| Lease liabilities, net of current portion | 30,116 | 30,601 |
| Other non current liabilities | 450 | 1,052 |
| Total non current liabilities associated with discontinued operations (Note 11) | — | 984 |
| Total liabilities | 302,536 | 201,255 |
| Stockholders' equity: | ||
| Common stock, $0.01 par value -- 125,000,000 shares authorized, 63,645,711 and 63,318,613 shares outstanding at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively | 637 | 633 |
| Additional paid-in capital | 1,303,848 | 1,299,264 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (15) | 32 |
| Accumulated deficit | (1,261,597) | (1,244,338) |
| Total stockholders' equity | 42,873 | 55,591 |
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | 345,409 | 256,846 |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(in thousands)
| Description | Six months ended June 30, 2026 | Six months ended June 30, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash flows from operating activities | ||
| Net loss | (17,259) | (77,287) |
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | 2,395 | 3,678 |
| Amortization of premiums and discounts on marketable securities | (1,182) | (493) |
| Share-based compensation expense | 4,620 | 8,076 |
| Non-cash loss on extinguishment of royalty monetization liability | 52,762 | — |
| Non-cash royalty revenue | (13,495) | — |
| Non-cash interest expense | 8,880 | 587 |
| Non-cash lease expense | 716 | 799 |
| Gain on sale of CDMO operations before transaction costs | (94,842) | — |
| Loss on disposal of assets | 353 | — |
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||
| Accounts receivable | (23,002) | (8,223) |
| Inventory | (1,242) | (9,275) |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,183 | 4,862 |
| Other non current assets | — | 159 |
| Accounts payable | 18 | (388) |
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 7,379 | (7,651) |
| Lease liabilities | (513) | (214) |
| Deferred revenue | (2,730) | (8,205) |
| Other non current liabilities | (600) | (300) |
| Net cash used in operating activities | (76,559) | (93,875) |
| Cash flows from investing activities | ||
| Purchases of marketable securities | (35,109) | (53,428) |
| Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities | 109,542 | 26,936 |
| Purchases of property, equipment and software | (1,150) | (1,244) |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 73,283 | (27,736) |
| Cash flows from financing activities | ||
| Proceeds from stock option exercises and ESPP purchases | 184 | 66 |
| Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards | (218) | (282) |
| Net proceeds from sale of future royalties | 60,000 | 69,673 |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 59,966 | 69,457 |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | 56,690 | (52,154) |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 57,217 | 182,840 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 113,907 | 130,686 |
| Supplemental cash flow disclosures | ||
| Cash paid for income taxes | — | 105 |
| Non-cash operating and investing activities | ||
| Property and equipment included in accounts payable or accruals | 72 | 33 |
Amounts as printed on the EDGAR/iXBRL face — (in thousands, except share and per share data); (in thousands). Labels, columns, and figures are the filing face, not a GAAP stencil. Interactive statements & notes on EDGAR ↗
About MACROGENICS INC
Source: Item 1 (Business) from the 10-K filed March 9, 2026. Description as filed by the company with the SEC.
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Except as otherwise indicated herein or as the context otherwise requires, references in this annual report on Form 10-K to "MacroGenics," the "company," "we," "us" and "our" refer to MacroGenics, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. “MacroGenics®, the MacroGenics logo, DART®, TRIDENT® and the phrases Breakthrough Biologics, Life-Changing Medicines® and Developing Breakthrough Biologics, Life-Changing Medicines® are our trademarks. The other trademarks, trade names and service marks appearing in this report are the property of their respective owners.
Overview
We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. We generate our pipeline of product candidates from our proprietary suite of antibody technology platforms. We are currently developing therapeutics utilizing multiple modalities, including antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and multi-specific antibodies (which we refer to as DART and TRIDENT molecules). The combination of our technology platforms and antibody engineering expertise has allowed us to generate promising product candidates – three of which have received marketing approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – and to enter into several strategic collaborations with global biopharmaceutical companies. These collaborations have provided us with over $1.6 billion of non-dilutive funding since our inception in 2000, and have enabled us to leverage the additional expertise of our collaborators to advance the development of multiple partnered product candidates. In addition, we operate a commercial-scale cGMP antibody manufacturing facility in our Maryland headquarters. We have utilized the facility to support our clinical programs and we also provide outsourced contract development and manufacturing services to our collaborators and other third parties for commercial and clinical products to offset a significant portion of the operating costs of this facility.
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We currently have three proprietary product candidates in clinical development: lorigerlimab, a bispecific DART molecule that targets checkpoint inhibitors PD-1 and CTLA-4; MGC026, an ADC that targets B7-H3 and delivers a novel topoisomerase I inhibitor (TOP1i)-based linker-payload, and MGC028, an ADC that targets ADAM9 and delivers a novel TOP1i-based linker-payload. We are also actively developing preclinical-stage ADC and next generation T-cell engager programs.
We and our partners are developing or commercializing product candidates for which we retain certain economic rights. These include three products approved by the FDA: ZYNYZ® (retifanlimab-dlwr), an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) that we out-licensed; MARGENZA® (margetuximab-cmkb), an anti-HER2 mAb that we sold to a partner; and TZIELD® (teplizumab-mzwv), an anti-CD3 mAb that we sold to a partner. We are also collaborating with Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead) on the development of MGD024, a bispecific DART molecule targeting CD123 and CD3 that utilizes our next-generation T-cell engager technology, as well as two additional undisclosed pre-clinical DART and TRIDENT molecule development programs.
Our Portfolio of Product Candidates
The table below depicts the status of our diverse pipeline of investigational oncology product candidates for which we retain commercialization or other important rights in the U.S. or more broadly:
(a) No new patients will be enrolled in LINNET study until partial clinical hold is lifted by FDA. Current study participants may continue to receive study drug.
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Our Wholly-Owned Product Candidates
MGC026
MGC026 is an investigational ADC incorporating a B7-H3-targeting antibody and a novel TOP1i-based linker-payload, SYNtecan E™. This cleavable linker-payload is based on exatecan, a clinically validated and potent camptothecin, and is site-specifically conjugated using the GlycoConnect® technology developed by our collaboration partner, Synaffix B.V., a Lonza company (Synaffix).
An ongoing Phase 1 dose escalation study of MGC026 was initiated in 2024. Study enrollment was completed in 2025 and we anticipate sharing the initial results of this trial in mid-2026. Based on the selection of a dosing regimen in dose escalation, a Phase 1 dose expansion study of MGC026 in selected indications was initiated in 2025 and is ongoing.
In preclinical studies, MGC026 exhibited a favorable profile, with potent in vivo activity toward B7-H3-expressing tumor xenografts representing a range of cancer indications. MGC026 was tolerated in cynomolgus monkeys, a relevant toxicology model, at exposure levels exceeding those likely required for antitumor activity in patients. In preclinical studies, MGC026 was shown to have greater potency than B7-H3-directed antibodies conjugated to deruxtecan, (DXd), a topoisomerase-based payload utilized in other ADCs. In addition, the MGC026 payload has been shown to be less susceptible to multi-drug resistance (MDR) mechanisms than DXd and SN-38. Finally, compared with other B7-H3-targeted TOP1i ADC molecules, MGC026’s glycan conjugation is designed to abolish Fc-γ receptor binding, potentially reducing risk of lung toxicity associated with non-specific uptake by alveolar macrophages.
MGC028
MGC028 is an investigational, first-in-class ADC that targets ADAM9, a member of the ADAM family of multifunctional type 1 transmembrane proteins that play a role in tumorigenesis and cancer progression and is overexpressed in multiple solid tumors. MGC028 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 dose escalation study in patients with advanced solid tumors. The Company anticipates reporting initial MGC028 clinical data in the second half of 2026.
MGC030
MGC030 is a first-in-class preclinical ADC that targets an undisclosed antigen expressed across several solid tumors. An Investigational New Drug (IND) application submission to the FDA for MGC030 is targeted for the third quarter of 2026.
Lorigerlimab
Lorigerlimab (previously known as MGD019) is an investigational, bispecific tetravalent DART molecule designed to enable simultaneous and/or independent blockade of PD-1 and CTLA-4, with potentially enhanced CTLA-4 blockade on T cells co-expressing these immune checkpoint molecules. Approved mAbs that target the immune checkpoints PD-1 and CTLA-4 have shown enhanced clinical antitumor activity when given in combination in various cancers, including renal cell carcinoma, melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), esophageal cancer and microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) colorectal cancer.
We initiated the LINNET study in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC) in mid-2025. This study is evaluating lorigerlimab as monotherapy in a Simon two-stage trial in eligible patients who have previously received up to three prior lines of therapy. If a certain predefined threshold of activity is achieved in part 1 of the two-stage design, the study will be expanded with a total of up to 40 patients evaluated. In addition, the LINNET study will evaluate up to 20 patients with clear cell gynecologic cancer (CCGC) who have received at least one prior line of therapy. Any patients with PROC or CCGC who have primary platinum-refractory disease are excluded from study participation. The study’s primary endpoint is objective response rate (ORR), with multiple secondary endpoints. In February 2026, we announced the FDA’s initiation of a partial clinical hold of the LINNET study. The FDA’s partial clinical hold was initiated following the Company’s recent notification to the FDA of a temporary pause in enrollment of new participants in the LINNET trial due to the occurrence of recent safety events. The safety events that prompted the enrollment pause occurred across four patients and included Grade 4 thrombocytopenia (N=2), Grade 4 myocarditis (N=1), and Grade 4 neutropenia and concurrent septic shock (N=1) which led to a Grade 5 event. Under the partial clinical hold, no new patients will be enrolled in the LINNET study until the partial hold is lifted by the FDA. Current study participants may continue to receive study drug. We are working closely with the FDA to resolve the partial clinical hold as soon as possible. We expect to provide a clinical update on the first part of the two-stage LINNET study in mid-2026.
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In November 2025, we announced that we had determined not to pursue further development of lorigerlimab in second-line metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) based on interim data from the Phase 2 LORIKEET trial, a 150-patient randomized study evaluating lorigerlimab in combination with docetaxel and prednisone vs. docetaxel and prednisone in second-line, chemotherapy-naïve patients with mCRPC. Based on review of study data with an October 17, 2025 data cut-off, we determined that the experimental treatment arm would not reach the study’s primary goal of showing an improvement in progression-free survival (rPFS) vs. that of the control arm for the targeted patient population. We intend to present or publish the final LORIKEET data at a future date.
Product Candidates in Development under Collaborations
In addition to the molecules identified above, we have out-licensed various product candidates for which we retain certain economic rights. These molecules provide potential sources of future cash flow and platform validation.
MGD024
MGD024 is an investigational, next-generation, bispecific CD123 × CD3 DART molecule designed to engage CD3 expressed on immune effector cells, such as T cells, to kill CD123-expressing cancer cells for the potential treatment of certain hematologic malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). MGD024 was designed to minimize cytokine-release syndrome, while maintaining anti-tumor cytolytic activity, and permitting intermittent dosing through a longer half-life. CD123, the interleukin-3 receptor alpha chain, is widely overexpressed in various hematologic malignancies, including AML and MDS, making it an attractive therapeutic target.
We continue to enroll patients in a Phase 1 dose-escalation study of MGD024 in patients with CD123-positive neoplasms, including AML and MDS.
In October 2022, we and Gilead entered into an exclusive option and collaboration agreement (Gilead Agreement) to develop and commercialize MGD024 and create up to two separate bispecific cancer target research programs using our DART platform and undertake their early development. Under the Gilead Agreement, we will continue the ongoing phase 1 trial for MGD024 according to a development plan, during which Gilead will have the right to exercise an option granted to them to obtain an exclusive license to develop and commercialize MGD024 and other bispecific antibodies of ours that bind CD123 and CD3 (CD123 Option). The agreement also grants Gilead the right, within the first two years, to nominate a bispecific cancer target set for up to two research programs conducted by us and to exercise separate options to obtain an exclusive license for the development, commercialization and exploitation of molecules created under each research program (Research Program Option). Gilead nominated the first of the two research programs in September 2023. In January 2024, the parties amended the Gilead Agreement to revise certain matters related to intellectual property in the performance of the research plans under the agreement. On August 30, 2024, the parties amended the agreement by entering into a second letter agreement under which Gilead will pay us to conduct certain research and which extends the period for Gilead to select its second research target combination.
In November 2025, Gilead exercised its rights under the Gilead Agreement to nominate and license an additional MacroGenics preclinical program, triggering a $25 million payment to MacroGenics. This licensed program leverages our novel, proprietary platform with the objective of improving upon the safety and efficacy of traditional T-cell engagers. As a result of this license exercise, we and Gilead are now advancing three programs under the collaboration: MGD024, a preclinical TRIDENT molecule program, and this newly licensed preclinical DART molecule program.
As part of the Gilead Agreement, Gilead previously paid us a non-refundable upfront payment of $60.0 million. We remain eligible to receive up to approximately $1.6 billion in aggregate remaining option fees, and development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments across the three programs, assuming Gilead exercises the applicable options and successfully develops and commercializes the resulting product candidates. In addition, upon exercise of the CD123 Option, we are eligible to receive tiered, low double-digit royalties on worldwide net sales of MGD024 and any other CD123 products developed under the agreement, and upon exercise of the applicable Research Program Options, a flat royalty on worldwide net sales of any products resulting from the additional research programs.
Early Bispecific Research Programs
In September 2023, Gilead nominated the first of two potential research programs under the Research Program Option as part of the Gilead Agreement, leveraging our DART and TRIDENT platforms for generating bispecific antibodies. This
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nomination granted Gilead an exclusive option to license worldwide rights to the research program, upon achievement of a pre-defined preclinical milestone.
In November 2025, Gilead nominated and licensed the second research program under the Research Program Option as part of the Gilead Agreement. This licensed program leverages our novel, proprietary platform with the objective of improving upon the safety and efficacy of traditional T-cell engagers.
Partnered Marketed Products
TZIELD
In 2018, we entered into an asset purchase agreement (Provention APA) with Provention Bio, Inc., subsequently acquired by Sanofi S.A. (Sanofi), pursuant to which they acquired our interest in teplizumab, a mAb we had been developing for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Teplizumab was granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the FDA and PRIority MEdicines (PRIME) designation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
In November 2022, the FDA approved TZIELD (teplizumab-mzwv) to delay the onset of Stage 3 type 1 diabetes (T1D) in adult and pediatric patients aged 8 years and older with Stage 2 T1D, which triggered a $60.0 million milestone payment to us.
In March 2023, we sold our royalty interest in TZIELD to a wholly-owned subsidiary of DRI Healthcare Trust for $100.0 million. Such royalty interest was subsequently acquired by Sanofi. In July 2023, Sanofi reported that the PROTECT placebo-controlled study investigating TZIELD in patients with newly-diagnosed stage 3 T1D met its primary endpoint by demonstrating preservation of beta cell function, which triggered a $50.0 million milestone payment to us. We retain the right to receive a 50% share of the royalty on global net sales above a certain annual threshold and are also eligible to receive an additional $50.0 million milestone if TZIELD achieves a specified level of net sales.
In August and September 2025, TZIELD was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United Kingdom and by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China, respectively, triggering aggregate milestone payments of $50.0 million, which we received during the fourth quarter of 2025.
In October 2025, Sanofi announced that TZIELD had been accepted for expedited review in the United States for Stage 3 T1D under the FDA Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher (CNVP) pilot program. Sanofi subsequently announced that they anticipate an FDA decision for this indication in the first half of 2026.
In January 2026, the European Commission approved TEIZEILD (teplizumab), as its known in the European Union, to delay the onset of Stage 3 T1D in adult and pediatric patients aged eight years and older with Stage 2 T1D. Also in January 2026, the FDA accepted for priority review a supplemental biologics license application submitted by Sanofi seeking to expand the approved age indication for TZIELD in the United States to include children aged one year and older with Stage 2 T1D. Sanofi has reported that the FDA’s target action date for the supplemental application is April 29, 2026.
We remain eligible to receive a total of up to $330.0 million in additional regulatory and commercial milestone payments related to TZIELD.
ZYNYZ
In 2017, we licensed retifanlimab, a mAb targeting PD-1, to Incyte Corporation (Incyte) under a global collaboration and license agreement (Incyte License Agreement); we retain the right to develop the molecule in combination with product candidates from our pipeline.
In March 2023, the FDA approved ZYNYZ (retifanlimab-dlwr) for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic or recurrent locally advanced Merkel cell carcinoma. ZYNYZ is marketed by Incyte. In May 2025, the FDA approved ZYNYZ in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel (platinum-based chemotherapy) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with inoperable locally recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal (SCAC). In addition, the FDA granted approval for ZYNYZ as a single agent for the treatment of adult patients with locally recurrent or with metastatic SCAC with disease progression on or intolerance to platinum-based chemotherapy. In December 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved ZYNYZ as first-line therapy for adults with locally recurrent or metastatic SCAC. In addition, Incyte announced in March 2026 that the European Commission approved ZYNYZ in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel for the first-line treatment of adult patients with metastatic or inoperable locally recurrent SCAC.
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In June 2025, we received $70.0 million upon entering into a royalty purchase agreement with Sagard Healthcare Partners (Sagard) in exchange for a capped royalty interest on future global net sales of ZYNYZ. We will also continue to support a portion of the global commercial manufacturing needs for ZYNYZ. We remain eligible to receive up to $540.0 million in additional development, regulatory, and commercial milestones related to ZYNYZ.
MARGENZA
In October 2024, we announced that we had entered into an agreement in which TerSera Therapeutics LLC (TerSera), a privately-held biopharmaceutical company with a focus in oncology and non-opioid pain management, would acquire global rights to MARGENZA® (margetuximab-cmkb). Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, TerSera paid MacroGenics $40.0 million at the closing in November 2024; in addition, we are eligible to receive sales milestone payments from TerSera of up to an aggregate of $35.0 million. In November 2024, we paid an $8.0 million amendment fee to Eversana Life Sciences Services, LLC (Eversana), our former partner that had previously commercialized MARGENZA.
MARGENZA was approved by the FDA in December 2020 in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received two or more prior anti-HER2 regimens, at least one of which was for metastatic disease. The approval was based on results from the pivotal SOPHIA Phase 3 head-to-head clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of MARGENZA vs. Herceptin® (trastuzumab), both combined with chemotherapy. Margetuximab is a mAb developed using our Fc Optimization platform and targets the HER2 oncoprotein, a protein found on the surface of some cancer cells that promotes growth and is associated with aggressive disease and poor prognosis.
Discontinued Program
Vobramitamab Duocarmazine
Vobra duo was an investigational ADC with a cleavable peptide linker designed to deliver a DNA-alkylating duocarmycin payload to dividing and non-dividing cells on solid tumors that express B7-H3. The underlying ADC technology was licensed from Byondis B.V. (Byondis). We conducted a Phase 2 study, which we referred to as the TAMARACK study, of vobra duo in a total of 177 mCRPC patients and four patients with other cancer types. On July 30, 2024, we reported that after a review of accumulated study data though a July 9, 2024 data cut-off, we agreed with the study’s Independent Safety Monitoring Committee recommendation that study treatment be discontinued, for safety reasons, for the remaining mCRPC study participants who potentially could have received additional doses. In November 2024, we announced that we had paused all company-sponsored vobra duo development, pending assessment of trial results. In March 2025, we announced that the TAMARACK results did not support future company investment in vobra duo, and discontinued MacroGenics-based development of the molecule.
Ancillary Contract Development and Manufacturing Services
We provide outsourced contract development and manufacturing services to certain clients, including collaboration partners, in our commercial-scale manufacturing facility to offset a significant portion of the operating costs of the facility.
Incyte
In January 2022, we entered into an agreement with Incyte to provide manufacturing services to produce certain Incyte bulk drug substance over a three-year period. Under the terms of this agreement, we received an upfront payment of $10.0 million and are eligible to receive annual fixed payments paid quarterly over the term of the contract totaling $14.4 million. We will also be reimbursed for materials used to manufacture product as well as other costs incurred to provide manufacturing services. In July 2022, we and Incyte executed an amendment to the agreement which extended the term for one year and provided for an additional annual fixed payment of $5.1 million.
In December 2024, we and Incyte entered into a letter agreement whereby Incyte reserved additional manufacturing services with a fixed cost of $9.1 million.
In September 2025, we and Incyte entered into a new Manufacturing and Clinical Supply Agreement to provide manufacturing services to produce certain Incyte bulk drug substance over a three-year period beginning in January 2026. Based on the current manufacturing schedule contemplated in the agreement, Incyte will pay us a total fixed cost of $16.8
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million over the term of the agreement. We will also be reimbursed for materials used to manufacture product as well as other costs incurred to provide manufacturing services.
Emergent BioSolutions
In 2023, we entered into an agreement with Emergent BioSolutions (Emergent) to provide development and manufacturing services to produce certain Emergent bulk drug substances. Under the terms of the agreement, we receive payments in accordance with the manufacturing schedule and are reimbursed for materials used to manufacture product, as well as other costs incurred to provide development and manufacturing services.
TerSera
In November 2024, we sold global rights to MARGENZA to TerSera. In connection with the sale, we entered into an agreement with TerSera to provide manufacturing services to produce MARGENZA. Under the terms of the agreement, we receive payments in accordance with the manufacturing schedule and are reimbursed for materials used to manufacture product, as well as other costs incurred to provide manufacturing services.
Our Therapeutic Area Focus: Cancer
Cancer is a broad group of diseases in which cells divide and grow in an uncontrolled manner, forming malignancies that can invade other parts of the body. In normal tissues, the rates of new cell growth and cell death are tightly regulated and kept in balance. In cancerous tissues, this balance is disrupted as a result of mutations and/or other genetic or epigenetic modifications, causing unregulated cell division or proliferation that leads to tumor formation and growth. While tumors can grow slowly or rapidly, the dividing cells will nevertheless accumulate, and the normal organization of the tissue will become disrupted. Cancers subsequently can spread throughout the body by processes known as invasion and metastasis. Once cancer spreads to sites beyond the primary tumor, it generally becomes more difficult to treat and may be incurable. Cancer cells that arise in the lymphatic system and bone marrow are referred to as hematological malignancies. Cancer cells that arise in other tissues or organs are referred to as solid tumors. Cancer can arise in virtually any part of the body, with the most common types arising in the prostate gland, breast, lung, colon and skin. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, exceeded only by heart disease. An increasing number of people are also living longer with cancer.
We believe that our platforms position us very well strategically to actively develop approaches for the treatment of both solid tumors and hematologic malignancies.
Our Platforms and Technology Expertise
We apply our understanding of disease biology, immune-mediated mechanisms and next-generation antibody technologies to design specifically targeted antibody-based product candidates focused on our DART, TRIDENT, T-cell engager, and licensed ADC platforms. Through these platforms, we have designed antibody-based product candidates that have the potential to improve on standard treatments by having one or more of the following attributes: (1) recognition of multiple antigens; (2) increased abilities to leverage the body's immune system to fight tumors; (3) capacity to bind more avidly or more selectively to specific antigen targets; (4) increased therapeutic windows; (5) reduced immunogenicity or (6) the ability to target and kill cancer cells that are resistant to standard treatments. Moreover, these technology platforms are complementary in certain cases and can be combined to address the complex biology of cancer.
DART and TRIDENT Platforms: Our Proprietary Approach to Engineer Multi-Specific Antibodies
We use our DART platform to create derivatives of antibodies with the ability to bind to two distinct targets instead of a single target as with traditional mAbs. DART product candidates are therefore bispecific.
Because cancer cells have developed ways to escape the immune system, we have created DART molecules, which are alternative antibody-like structures with unique properties compared to the parent antibody molecules from which they are derived. The two variable regions of an antibody are mono-specific and target only a single antigen. For many years, researchers have sought to create recombinant molecules that are capable of targeting two antigens or epitopes (i.e., specific part of an antigen bound by the antibody) within the same molecule. The challenges in creating such molecules have been the instability of the resulting bispecific molecules sometimes associated with short half-lives, as well as the inefficiencies in manufacturing these compounds. We believe our DART platform has overcome these engineering challenges by incorporating proprietary covalent di-sulfide linkages and particular amino acid sequences that efficiently pair the chains of the DART molecule. This is designed to provide a structure with enhanced manufacturability, long-term structural stability and the ability
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to tailor the half-lives of the DART molecules to their clinical needs. This engineered antibody-like protein has a compact and stable structure and enables the targeting of two different antigens with a single recombinant molecule.
The DART platform has been specifically engineered to accommodate virtually any variable region sequence with predictable expression and antigen recognition. We believe our multi-specific platforms may provide a significant advantage over current biological interventions in cancer, autoimmune disorders and infectious diseases by enabling a range of different modalities.
In addition to the ability to tailor a DART molecule's valency, we have the capacity to modify the strength by which the binding sites attach to their targets and the molecule's half-life in the blood circulation after delivery to a patient. Furthermore, when an Fc domain is coupled with a DART molecule, additional changes can be included that can modulate the DART molecule's engagement with different immune cells.
We are currently developing product candidates using our DART technology, including lorigerlimab and MGD024, in clinical trials, as well as others in preclinical development.
We have also advanced beyond our DART platform to establish a TRIDENT platform, which reflects the continuing evolution of our multi-specific antibody-based targeting expertise. Built on the DART module, the trivalent TRIDENT platform incorporates in an Ig-like format an additional domain capable of engaging an independent antigen. With the inclusion of a third targeting arm, TRIDENT molecules enable a broader range of mechanisms of action than simpler bispecific targeting, allowing, for instance, the engagement of up to three antigens on a single or on different cells or enabling enhanced target selectivity by modulating the avidity of one of two antigens. Product candidates using this technology are currently in preclinical development.
Licensed ADC Platforms
We have licensed ADC platforms from collaboration partners to leverage their past investment in proprietary linker-toxin technology and know-how. While we don’t necessarily believe there is a single best linker-toxin technology capable of addressing all targets and indications, we have selected what we believe are best-in-class technologies for construction of each of our ADC product candidates. For example, we are currently utilizing linker payload technologies developed by Synaffix for multiple molecules, including MGC026, MGC028 and MGC030.
Our Collaborations
Throughout our company's history, we have entered into collaborations with other biopharmaceutical companies and plan to continue to do so. We enter into collaborations when there is a strategic advantage to us and when we believe the financial terms of the collaboration are favorable for helping us meet our short-term and long-term strategic objectives. We are not dependent upon any one of these collaborations, but in many cases, we have rights to receive sales royalties and other significant financial payments if the partnered product candidates achieve certain development and sales milestones. We endeavor to establish collaborations that preserve our right to participate in future commercialization, for example by securing co-promotion or profit-sharing rights under certain circumstances.
We pursue a balanced approach between product candidates that we develop ourselves and those that we develop with our collaborators. Under our strategic collaborations to date, we have received significant non-dilutive funding and continue to have rights to additional funding upon completion of certain research, achievement of key product development milestones and royalties and other payments upon the commercial sale of products. Each of our collaborations has a unique set of terms and conditions.
Intellectual Property
We strive to protect the proprietary technologies that we believe are important to our business, including seeking and maintaining patents intended to protect, for example, the composition of matter of our product candidates, their methods of use, their formulation, the technology platforms used to generate them, related technologies and/or other aspects of the inventions that are important to our business. We also rely on trade secrets, confidentiality and invention assignment agreements and careful monitoring of our proprietary information to protect aspects of our business that are not amenable to, or that we do not consider appropriate for, patent protection.
Our success will depend significantly on our ability to obtain and maintain patent and other proprietary protection for commercially important technology, inventions and know-how related to our business. In addition, there is cost and risk to our
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business in defending and enforcing our patents, maintaining our licenses to use intellectual property owned by third parties and preserving the confidentiality of our trade secrets and operating without infringing the valid and enforceable patents and other proprietary rights of third parties. We also rely on know-how, continuing technological innovation and in-licensing opportunities to develop, strengthen and maintain our proprietary positions. We currently use multiple industry-standard patent monitoring systems to monitor new United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) filings for any applications by third parties that may infringe on our patents.
The patent positions of biopharmaceutical companies like us are generally uncertain and involve complex legal, scientific and factual questions. In addition, the coverage claimed in a patent application can be significantly reduced before the patent is issued, and its scope can be reinterpreted by the courts after issuance. Consequently, we do not know whether any of our product candidates will be protectable or remain protected by enforceable patents. We cannot predict whether the patent applications we are currently pursuing will be issued as patents in any particular jurisdiction or whether the claims of any issued patents will provide sufficient proprietary protection from competitors. Any patents that we hold may be challenged, narrowed, circumvented or invalidated by third parties.
A third party may hold patents or other intellectual property rights that are important to or necessary for the development of our product candidates or use of our technology platforms. It may be necessary for us to use the patented or proprietary technology of third parties to commercialize our product candidates, in which case we would be required to obtain a license from these third parties on commercially reasonable terms, or our business could be harmed, possibly materially. Because patent applications in the United States and certain other jurisdictions can be maintained in secrecy for 18 months or potentially even longer, and because publication of discoveries in the scientific or patent literature often lags behind actual discoveries, we cannot be certain of the priority of inventions covered by pending patent applications. Moreover, we may have to participate in interference proceedings declared by the USPTO to determine priority of invention. In the ordinary course of business we participate in post-grant challenge proceedings, such as oppositions, that challenge the patentability of third party patents. Such proceedings could result in substantial cost, even if the eventual outcome is favorable to us.
Pipeline Patent Protection
As of December 31, 2025, we held 58 patents in the United States with 24 patent applications pending and 681 patents in other countries of the world with 283 patent applications pending. In addition to patents and patent applications generally providing protection for various aspects of our Fc Optimization, DART, and TRIDENT platforms, we have patent and patent applications for the composition of matter of each of our clinical pipeline product candidates and, in some cases, we also have other patents and patent application related to various aspects of the technology underlying these product candidates or their methods of use.
Patent terms may be adjusted or extended, as described in greater detail below, in certain circumstances. However, assuming no adjustments or extensions, the primary composition of matter patent for each of our clinical pipeline product candidates is expected to expire in the following timeframes:
Product or Product Candidate Expiration Date
retifanlimab 2036
lorigerlimab 2036
MGD024 2039
MGC026
2044*
MGC028
2045*
* pending
Patent Term Extension and Reference Product Exclusivity
The Hatch-Waxman Act permits a patent term extension for FDA-approved drugs, including biological products, of up to five years beyond the expiration of the patent. The length of the patent term extension is related to the length of time the drug is under regulatory review. Patent extension cannot extend the remaining term of a patent beyond a total of 14 years from the date of product approval and only one patent applicable to an approved drug may be extended. Similar provisions are available in Europe and other jurisdictions to extend the term of a patent that covers an approved drug. If and when our pharmaceutical product candidates receive FDA approval, we expect to apply, or have applied, for patent term extensions on patents covering those products. We intend to seek, and are seeking, patent term extensions to our issued patents in any jurisdiction where these are available. For example, we have submitted a request to obtain patent term extension of U.S. Patent No. 10,577,422, the primary composition of matter of retifanlimab. However, there is no guarantee that the applicable authorities, including the
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FDA in the United States, will agree with our assessment of whether such extensions should be granted, and even if granted, the length of such extensions.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Healthcare and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act (collectively the ACA) created a regulatory scheme authorizing the FDA to approve biosimilars via an abbreviated licensure pathway. In many cases, this allows biosimilars to be brought to market without conducting the full suite of clinical trials typically required of originators. Under the ACA, a manufacturer may submit an application for licensure of a biologic product that is "biosimilar to" or "interchangeable with" a previously approved biological product or "reference product." The "biosimilar" application must include specific information demonstrating biosimilarity based on data derived from: (1) analytical studies, (2) animal studies, and (3) a clinical study or studies that are sufficient to demonstrate safety, purity, and potency in one or more appropriate conditions of use for which the reference product is licensed, except that FDA may waive some of these requirements for a given application. Under this new statutory scheme, an application for a biosimilar product may not be submitted to the FDA until four years after the date of first licensure. The FDA may not approve a biosimilar product until 12 years from the date on which the reference product was first licensed. The law does not change the duration of patents granted on biological products. Even if a product is considered to be a reference product eligible for exclusivity, another company could market a competing version of that product if the FDA approves a full biologics license application (BLA) for such product containing the sponsor's own preclinical data and data from adequate and well-controlled clinical trials to demonstrate the safety, purity and potency of their product. There have been persistent proposals to repeal or modify the ACA and it is uncertain how any of those proposals, if in the future approved, would affect these provisions.
Trade Secrets
We also rely on trade secret protection for our confidential and proprietary information. Although we take steps to protect our proprietary information and trade secrets, including through contractual means with our employees and consultants, third parties may independently develop substantially equivalent proprietary information and techniques or otherwise gain access to our trade secrets or disclose our technology. Thus, we may not be able to meaningfully protect our trade secrets. It is our policy to require our employees, consultants, outside scientific collaborators, sponsored researchers and other advisors to enter into agreements with confidentiality terms prior to sharing any of our proprietary and confidential information with them. These agreements provide that all confidential information concerning our business or financial affairs developed or made known to the individual during the course of the individual's relationship with us is to be kept confidential and not disclosed to third parties except in specific circumstances. In the case of employees, the agreements provide that all inventions made, conceived, created or reduced to practice by the individual, and which are related to our current or planned business or research and development or made during normal working hours, on our premises or using our equipment or proprietary information, are our exclusive property. In many cases our agreements with consultants, outside scientific collaborators, sponsored researchers and other advisors require them to assign or grant us licenses to inventions they invent as a result the work or services they render under such agreements or grant us an option to negotiate a license to use such inventions.
In-Licensed Intellectual Property
We have entered into patent and know-how license agreements that grant us the rights to use certain technologies related to biological manufacturing for our commercial and clinical product candidates such as, but not limited to, technology related to the conjugation of cytotoxic payloads to our antibody molecules. We anticipate using these technologies for future product candidates. These licensors have businesses dedicated to licensing this type of technology and we anticipate that licenses to use these technologies for our future products will be available. The licenses typically include yearly maintenance payments and sales royalties, and may also include upfront payments or milestone payments.
Manufacturing
We currently manufacture drug substance for most of our clinical trials at our manufacturing facility located in Rockville, Maryland. We also rely on our licensees and contract manufacturers, including, Synaffix, Sterling and Millipore Sigma, for producing components of our ADC candidates. We have an FDA-approved commercial manufacturing site at 9704 Medical Center Drive in Rockville, Maryland for the manufacture of MARGENZA and ZYNYZ drug substance. We commercially produce MARGENZA and ZYNYZ for TerSera and Incyte, respectively, and intend to commercially produce any of our product candidates when, and if approved, by the FDA. In addition, we currently rely on and will continue to rely on contract fill-finish service providers, primarily PCI Pharma Services (formerly known as Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services), Symbiosis, and Simtra BioPharma Solutions, to fulfill our fill-finish needs for our current and future product candidates.
Most of the principal materials we use in our manufacturing operations are available from more than one source. However, we obtain certain raw materials principally from only one source. In the event one of these suppliers was unable to
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provide the materials or product, we generally seek to maintain sufficient inventory to supply the market until an alternative source of supply can be implemented. However, in the event of an extended failure of a supplier or general national supply chain disruption, it is possible that we could experience an interruption in supply until we established new sources or, in some cases, implemented alternative processes.
Production processes for biological therapeutic products are complex, highly regulated, and vary widely from product to product. Shifting or adding manufacturing capacity can be a very lengthy process requiring significant capital expenditures, process modifications, and regulatory approvals. Accordingly, if we were to experience extended plant shutdowns at our own facility, extended failure of a contract supplier or contract manufacturing organization, or extraordinary unplanned increases in demand, we could experience an interruption in supply of certain products or product shortages until production could be resumed or expanded.
Commercialization
Of the three products that originated from our pipeline and for which U.S. approval for commercialization has been received, MARGENZA was the only product for which we retained the majority of commercial rights, until we sold global rights to MARGENZA to TerSera in November 2024. In November 2020, we partnered with Eversana, a pioneer of next-generation commercial services to the global life sciences industry, to commercialize margetuximab in the U.S. by leveraging their integrated commercial services. Under the terms of the Eversana agreement, we maintained ownership of margetuximab, including all manufacturing, regulatory and development responsibilities for the product. Eversana received a co-exclusive right to conduct approved commercialization activities. Eversana utilized its internal capabilities to support marketing, channel management services, medical affairs and other commercial and patient access related services; we booked MARGENZA sales. We and Eversana equally shared in funding Eversana’s commercialization expenses. In exchange for co-funding these expenses, Eversana was eligible to earn future revenue share payments which were capped at 125% of Eversana’s cumulative service fees. The term of the agreement was five years following the date of FDA approval, subject to predefined termination provisions. Pursuant to the sale of MARGENZA to TerSera, we paid Eversana an amendment fee.
For our product candidates, we cannot market or promote a new product in a country until a marketing application has been approved by the appropriate regulatory authority for that jurisdiction. Subject to receiving marketing authorization in a jurisdiction, we believe we will be able to commercialize in that market through arrangements with third-party commercial partners. If we are unable to enter into third-party commercial arrangements for our product candidates that may be approved in the future, with respect to the United States we believe that we could potentially build the capabilities to commercialize our approved product or products. Outside the United States, our strategy is to enter into arrangements with third-party commercial partners for any of our product candidates that obtain marketing approval.
Competition
There are a large number of companies developing or marketing treatments for cancer, including many major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. We also face intensifying competition worldwide, including in China where research and development capabilities have expanded and accelerated significantly. These treatments consist both of small molecule drug products, as well as biologic therapeutics that work by using next-generation antibody technology platforms to address specific cancer targets.
In particular, we are developing a PD-1 and CTLA-4 directed DART molecule, which if successful, will likely face significant competition both by therapeutics that are already being marketed as well as those that will be approved for marketing before our program. The bispecific immuno-oncology field targeting PD-1 and CTLA-4 has several competitors, with treatments currently approved in China or in development for various tumor types and patient populations. Akeso, Inc., AstraZeneca plc (AstraZeneca), and Jiangsu Alphamab Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. have anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 and CTLA-4 bispecific antibodies in clinical development, all of which would compete with our PD-1 and CTLA-4 DART program and have significantly greater resources than we do.
In addition, several of our product candidates in clinical development are ADCs and many companies have ADC therapeutics in development. Such companies include, but are not limited to Abbvie Inc., AstraZeneca, BeOne Medicines, BioNTech SE, Duality Biotherapeutics, Genmab A/S, GSK plc, Hansoh Pharmaceutical, Innovent Biologics Co., Ltd., MediLink Therapeutics, Merck & Co., Inc., and Pfizer Inc. These companies have significantly greater resources than we do.
Further, several companies are also developing t-cell engager therapeutics that work by targeting multiple specificities using a single recombinant molecule. Amgen Inc. has obtained marketing approval for one such t-cell engager product in a solid tumor indication that works by targeting antigens both on immune effector cell populations and those expressed on certain
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cancer cells, and has other product candidates in development that use this mechanism. In addition, other companies are developing new t-cell engager treatments for cancer that utilize multi-specific approaches, including Abbvie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., particularly through its affiliate, Genentech, Inc., Genmab A/S, Janux Therapeutics, Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Xencor and Zymeworks, Inc.
Finally, our competition in the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) service market includes a number of full-service contract manufacturers and large pharmaceutical companies offering third-party development and manufacturing services to fill their excess capacity. Large pharmaceutical companies have been seeking to divest portions of their manufacturing capacity, and any such divested businesses may compete with us in the future. In addition, most of our competitors have substantially greater financial, marketing, technical or other resources than we do.
Many of our competitors have significantly greater financial, manufacturing, marketing, drug development, technical and human resources 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 top qualified scientific and management personnel and establishing clinical trial sites and patient registration for clinical trials, as well as in acquiring technologies complementary to, or necessary for, our programs.
The key competitive factors affecting the success of all our therapeutic product candidates, if approved, are likely to be their efficacy, safety, dosing convenience, price, the effectiveness of companion diagnostics in guiding the use of related therapeutics, the level of generic or biosimilar competition and the availability of reimbursement from government and other third-party payors. In addition, the standard of medical care provided to cancer patients continues to evolve as more scientific and medical information becomes available. These changes in medical care relate to pharmaceutical products, but are also affected by other factors, and such changes can positively or negatively affect the prospects of our product candidates as well as those of our competitors.
Our commercial opportunity for our product candidates could be reduced or eliminated if our competitors develop and commercialize products that are more effective, have fewer or less severe effects, are more convenient or are less expensive than any products that we may develop, or the standards of care for cancer patients change while our clinical trials are ongoing. Our competitors also may obtain FDA or other 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 are able to enter the market. In addition, our ability to compete may be affected in many cases by insurers or other third-party payors seeking to encourage the use of biosimilar products. Biosimilar products are expected to become available over the coming years. For example, trastuzumab biosimilars have been approved in the U.S. by the FDA.
The most common methods of treating patients with cancer are surgery, radiation and drug therapy. There are a variety of available drug therapies marketed for cancer. Many of these approved drugs are well established therapies and are widely accepted by physicians, patients and third-party payors. In many cases, these drugs are administered in combination to enhance efficacy. The treatment landscape for cancer is complex due to the sequential order in which oncology drugs are administered. Initially, first-line treatments are prescribed, followed by second-line treatments when the first no longer yields results, and so on with third-line treatments and beyond. While our product candidates may compete with many existing drug and other therapies, to the extent an approved drug is ultimately used in combination with or as an adjunct to these therapies, our product candidates will not be competitive with the approved drug.
Government Regulation and Product Approval
Government authorities in the United States, at the federal, state and local level, and in other countries extensively regulate, among other things, the research, development, testing, manufacture, packaging, storage, recordkeeping, labeling, advertising, promotion, distribution, pricing, reimbursement, marketing, import and export of pharmaceutical products such as those we are developing. The processes for obtaining regulatory approvals in the United States and in foreign countries, along with subsequent compliance with applicable statutes and regulations, require the expenditure of substantial time and financial resources.
FDA Regulation
All our current product candidates are subject to regulation in the United States by the FDA as biological products (biologics). The FDA subjects biologics to extensive pre- and post-market regulation. The Public Health Service Act, the
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Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) and other federal and state statutes and regulations, govern, among other things, the research, development, testing, manufacture, storage, recordkeeping, approval, labeling, promotion and marketing, distribution, post-approval monitoring and reporting, sampling, and import and export of biologics. Failure to comply with applicable U.S. requirements may subject a company to a variety of administrative or judicial sanctions, such as FDA refusal to file or approve pending BLAs, withdrawal of approvals, clinical holds, warning letters, product recalls, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, fines, civil penalties, or criminal penalties.
Preclinical Studies. Preclinical studies include laboratory evaluation of product chemistry, formulation and toxicity, pharmacology, as well as animal trials to assess the characteristics and potential safety and efficacy of the product. The conduct of the preclinical tests must comply with federal regulations and requirements including the FDA's good laboratory practice (GLP) regulations and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's regulations implementing the Animal Welfare Act. After laboratory analysis and preclinical testing in animals, we file an IND application with the FDA to begin human testing. An IND sponsor must submit the results of the preclinical tests, together with manufacturing information, analytical data, any available clinical data or literature, and a proposed clinical trial protocol, among other things, to the FDA as part of an IND application. Certain preclinical tests, such as animal tests of reproductive toxicity and carcinogenicity, may commence or continue even after the IND application is submitted. An IND application 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 clinical trial on a clinical hold or agrees on an alternate approach with us. In such a case, the IND sponsor and the FDA must resolve any outstanding concerns before the IND application is cleared and the clinical trial can begin. As a result, submission of an IND application may not result in the FDA allowing clinical trials to commence.
Clinical Development. Clinical trials involve the administration of the investigational drug to human participants (healthy volunteers or patients) under the supervision of a qualified investigator. Clinical trials must be conducted: (i) in compliance with all applicable federal regulations and guidance, including those pertaining to good clinical practice (GCP) standards that are meant to protect the rights, safety, and welfare of human participants and to define the roles of clinical trial sponsors, investigators, and monitors; as well as (ii) under protocols detailing, among other things, the objectives of the trial, the parameters to be used in monitoring safety, and the effectiveness criteria to be evaluated. Each protocol involving testing of a new drug in the United States (whether in patients or healthy volunteers) must be included in an IND application submission, and the FDA must be notified of subsequent protocol amendments. In addition, the protocol must be reviewed and approved by an institutional review board (IRB) and all study participants must provide informed consent prior to participating in the study. Typically, each institution participating in the clinical trial will require review of the protocol before any clinical trial commences at that institution. Information about certain clinical trials must be submitted within specific timeframes to NIH for public dissemination on their ClinicalTrials.gov website. Progress reports detailing the results of the clinical trials and any changes to the manufacturing must be submitted at least annually to the FDA and there are additional, more frequent reporting requirements exist for suspected unexpected serious adverse events.
A study sponsor might choose to discontinue a clinical trial or a clinical development program for a variety of reasons. In addition, the FDA may impose a temporary or permanent clinical hold, or other sanctions, if it believes that the clinical trial either is not being conducted in accordance with FDA requirements or presents an unacceptable risk to the clinical trial participants. An IRB may also require the clinical trial at the site to be halted, either temporarily or permanently, for failure to comply with the IRB's requirements, or may impose other conditions.
Clinical trials to support BLAs for marketing approval are typically conducted in three pre-approval phases, but the phases may overlap or be combined, particularly in testing for oncology indications. In Phase 1, testing is conducted in a small group of participants who may be patients with the target disease or condition or healthy volunteers, to evaluate its safety, determine a safe dosage range, and identify side effects. In Phase 2, the drug is given to a larger group of participants with the target condition to further evaluate the safety of the drug and gather preliminary evidence of efficacy. Phase 3 studies typically last multiple years for oncology indications. In Phase 3, the drug is given to a large group of participants with the target disease or condition (several hundred to several thousand), often at multiple geographical sites, to confirm its effectiveness, monitor side effects, and collect data to support drug approval. In some cases, the FDA may require post-market studies, known as Phase 4 studies, to be conducted as a condition of approval in order to gather additional information on the drug's effect in various populations and any side effects associated with long-term use. Depending on the risks posed by the drugs, other post-market requirements may be imposed. Only a small percentage of investigational drugs complete all three phases and obtain marketing approval.
Product Approval. After completion of the required clinical testing, a BLA can be prepared and submitted to the FDA. FDA approval of the BLA is required before marketing of the product may begin in the United States. The BLA must include the results of preclinical, clinical and other testing and a compilation of data relating to the product's chemistry, manufacture and controls. The cost of preparing and submitting a BLA is substantial. Under federal law, the submission of most BLAs is
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additionally subject to a substantial application user fee, and annual program user fees also apply. These fees are typically increased annually.
The FDA has 60 days from its receipt of a BLA to determine whether the application will be accepted for filing based on the FDA's threshold determination that it is sufficiently complete to permit substantive review. Once the submission is accepted for filing, the FDA begins a substantive review, and the review period under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act begins. The standard for reviewing a BLA is whether the product is safe, pure and potent, which has been interpreted to include that the product is safe and effective and has a favorable benefit-risk profile. The FDA's current performance goals call for the FDA to complete review of 90 percent of standard (non-priority) BLAs within 10 months of filing and within six months for priority BLAs, which is 12 months and eight months, respectively, if the 60-day review of the initial application is included in the timeline. In addition, the FDA has developed approaches intended to make certain qualifying products available to patients rapidly - Priority Review, Breakthrough Therapy, Accelerated Approval, Fast Track Designation, and the Commissioners National Priority Review Voucher Pilot Program. While the timelines for approval under these designations and pathway may be shorter, requirements and conditions are associated with each, and no assurance can be given that any of our investigational products will be able to meet the conditions or requirements necessary to receive any such designation or approval or be able to receive the benefits associated with such designations.
The FDA may refer applications for novel products or products that present difficult questions of safety or efficacy to an advisory committee, typically a panel that includes outside clinicians and other experts, for review, evaluation and a recommendation as to whether sufficient data exist in the application to support product approval. The FDA is not bound by the recommendation of an advisory committee, but it generally gives significant deference to such recommendations.
Before approving a BLA, the FDA will typically inspect one or more clinical sites and possibly the sponsor itself to assure compliance with GCP. Additionally, the FDA will typically inspect the facility or the facilities at which the drug is manufactured. The FDA will not approve the product unless compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) is satisfactory. The FDA also reviews the proposed labeling submitted with the BLA and typically requires changes in the labeling text.
After the FDA evaluates the BLA and the manufacturing and testing facilities, it issues either an approval letter or a complete response letter. Complete response letters generally outline the deficiencies in the submission and delineate the additional testing or information needed in order for the FDA to reconsider the application. If and when deficiencies outlined in a complete response letter have been addressed to the FDA's satisfaction in a resubmission of the BLA, the FDA will issue an approval letter. The FDA has committed to reviewing 90 percent of resubmissions within two or six months from receipt depending on the type of information included.
An approval letter authorizes commercial marketing of the drug for the approved indication or indications and the other conditions of use set out in the approved prescribing information. Once granted, product approvals may be withdrawn or modified if compliance with regulatory standards is not maintained or problems are identified following initial marketing.
As a condition of BLA approval, the FDA may require substantial post-approval testing and surveillance to monitor the drug's safety or efficacy and may impose other conditions, including labeling restrictions that can materially affect the potential market and profitability of the product. As a condition of approval, or after approval, the FDA also may require submission of a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) to mitigate any identified or suspected serious risks. The REMS may include medication guides, physician communication plans, assessment plans, and elements to assure safe use, such as restricted distribution methods, patient registries, or other risk minimization tools.
Other U.S. Post-Marketing Regulatory Requirements. Once a BLA is approved, a product will be subject to certain post-approval requirements, including those relating to advertising, promotion, adverse event reporting, recordkeeping, and cGMPs, as well as registration, listing, and inspection. There also are continuing, annual program user fee requirements for marketed products.
The FDA regulates the content and format of prescription drug labeling, advertising, and promotion, including direct-to-consumer advertising and promotional Internet communications. The FDA also establishes parameters for permissible non-promotional communications between industry and the medical community, including industry-supported scientific and educational activities. The FDA and other agencies actively enforce the laws and regulations prohibiting the promotion for uses not consistent with the approved labeling, and a company found to have improperly promoted off-label uses or otherwise not to have met applicable promotion rules may be subject to significant liability under both the FDCA and other statutes, including the False Claims Act. See "Other Healthcare Laws and Compliance Requirements" below for more information.
All aspects of pharmaceutical manufacture must conform to cGMPs after approval. Drug manufacturers and certain subcontractors are required to register their establishments with the FDA and certain state agencies, and are subject to periodic
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unannounced inspections by the FDA during which the FDA inspects manufacturing facilities to assess compliance with cGMPs. Changes to the manufacturing process are strictly regulated and often require prior FDA approval before implementation. FDA regulations also require investigation and correction of any deviations from cGMPs and impose reporting and documentation requirements upon the sponsor and any third-party manufacturers that the sponsor may decide to use. Accordingly, manufacturers must continue to expend time, money and effort in the areas of production and quality control to maintain compliance with cGMPs.
Products may be marketed only for the approved indications and in accordance with the provisions of the approved labeling. Changes to some of the conditions established in an approved application, including changes in indications, labeling, product formulation or manufacturing processes or facilities, require submission and FDA approval of a new BLA or BLA supplement, in some cases before the change may be implemented. A BLA supplement for a new indication typically requires clinical data similar to that in the original application, and the FDA generally uses the same procedures and actions in reviewing BLA supplements as it does in reviewing BLAs.
Manufacturers are subject to requirements for adverse event reporting and submission of periodic reports following FDA approval of a BLA. 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, or failure of Phase 4 studies to meet their specified endpoints, may result in revisions to the approved labeling to add new safety information, the need to conduct additional post-market studies or clinical trials to assess new safety risks, imposition of distribution or other restrictions under a REMS program, or recall of the product and withdrawal of the BLA.
Noncompliance with post-marketing requirements can result in one or more of the following consequences:
•Restrictions on the marketing or manufacturing of the product, complete withdrawal of the product from the market or product recalls;
•Warning letters;
•Holds on post-approval clinical trials;
•Refusal of the FDA to approve pending BLAs or supplements to approved BLAs, or suspension or revocation of product license approvals;
•Product seizure or detention, or refusal to permit the import or export of products; or
•Injunctions or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties.
In addition, the distribution of prescription pharmaceutical products is subject to the Drug Supply Chain Security Act which sets minimum standards for the registration and regulation of drug distributors by the states.
Approval of Biosimilars. The ACA authorized the FDA to approve biosimilars via a separate, abbreviated pathway. In many cases, this allows biosimilars to be brought to market without conducting the full suite of clinical trials typically required of originators. The law establishes a period of 12 years of exclusivity for reference products in order to preserve incentives for future innovation and outlines statutory criteria for science-based biosimilar approval standards that take into account patient safety considerations. Under this framework, exclusivity protects innovator products by prohibiting others, for a period of 12 years, from being granted FDA approval based in part on reliance on or reference to the innovator's data in their application to the FDA.
Other Healthcare Laws and Compliance Requirements
We may be subject to various federal and state laws pertaining to health care “fraud and abuse,” including anti-kickback and false claims laws, as well as laws related to health care transparency and data protection. Anti-kickback laws generally prohibit a prescription drug manufacturer from soliciting, offering, receiving, or paying any remuneration to generate business, including the purchase or prescription of a particular drug. Although the specific provisions of these laws vary, their scope is generally broad and there may not be regulations, guidance or court decisions that apply the laws to particular industry practices. There is therefore a possibility that such laws may apply and our practices might be challenged under such anti-kickback laws. False claims laws prohibit anyone from knowingly and willingly presenting, or causing to be presented, any claims for payment for reimbursed drugs or services to third-party payors (including Medicare and Medicaid) that are false or
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fraudulent. Violations of fraud and abuse laws may be punishable by criminal or civil sanctions, including fines and civil monetary penalties, and/or exclusion from federal health care programs (including Medicare and Medicaid).
Laws and regulations enacted by the federal government and various states to regulate the sales and marketing practices of pharmaceutical manufacturers with marketed products generally limit financial interactions between manufacturers and health care providers and/or require disclosure to the government and public of such interactions. State laws may also require disclosure of pharmaceutical pricing information and marketing expenditures. Many of these laws and regulations contain ambiguous requirements or require administrative guidance for implementation. We are subject to federal, state and foreign laws that govern the privacy and security of health information in some circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways, thus complicating compliance efforts. Given the lack of clarity in laws and their implementation, our activities could be subject to the penalty provisions of the pertinent laws and regulations.
International Regulation
In addition to regulations in the United States, we and our collaborators, may be subject to a variety of foreign regulations governing clinical trials, drug registration, commercial sales and distribution of our product candidates outside the United States. These regulations can vary between jurisdictions and can be more onerous than regulations in the United States. Whether or not we obtain FDA approval for a product candidate, we must obtain approval from the comparable regulatory authorities of foreign countries or economic areas, such as the European Union (EU) before we may commence clinical trials or market products in those countries or areas. The approval process and requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, product licensing, pricing and reimbursement vary greatly from place to place, and the time to approval may be longer or shorter than that required for FDA approval.
Certain countries outside of the United States have a process that requires the submission of a clinical trial application (CTA) much like an IND prior to the commencement of human clinical trials. In Europe, for example, a CTA must be submitted to the competent national health authority and to independent ethics committees in each country in which a company intends to conduct clinical trials. Once the CTA is approved in accordance with a country’s requirements, clinical trial development may proceed in that country. In all cases, the clinical trials must be conducted in accordance with GCP, and other applicable regulatory requirements. A separate CTA must be submitted for each clinical trial to be conducted.
In the EU, for example, to obtain regulatory approval of an investigational medicinal product, a company must submit a marketing authorization application (MAA). The content of the MAA is similar to that of a BLA filed in the United States, with the exception of, among other things, EU-specific document requirements. Under the EU regulatory system, a company may submit marketing authorization applications either under a centralized or decentralized procedure. Under the centralized procedure in the EU, a MAA is submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) where it will be evaluated by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). The maximum timeframe for a CHMP evaluation of an MAA that has been validated is 210 days, excluding time taken by an applicant to respond to questions. A favorable opinion on the application by the CHMP will typically result in the granting of the marketing authorization by the European Commission within 67 days of receipt of the opinion. Generally, the entire review process takes approximately 13-14 months. Accelerated evaluation might be granted by the CHMP in exceptional cases, when a medicinal product is expected to be of a major public health interest, particularly from the point of view of therapeutic innovation. In this circumstance, the EMA ensures that the opinion of the CHMP is given within 150 days, excluding time taken by an applicant to respond to questions.
As in the United States, we or our collaborators may apply for designation of a product as an orphan drug for the treatment of a specific indication in the EU before the MAA is made. Orphan drugs in Europe enjoy certain benefits, including up to 10 years of exclusivity for the approved indication unless another applicant can show that its product is safer, more effective or otherwise clinically superior to the orphan designated product. The PRIME initiative was established by the EMA to help promote and foster the development of new medicines in the EU that demonstrate potential for a major therapeutic advantage in areas of unmet medical need. Benefits from the PRIME designation include early confirmation of potential for accelerated assessment, early dialogue and increased interaction with relevant regulatory committees to discuss development options, scientific advice at key development milestones, and proactive regulatory support from the EMA.
If we, or our collaborators, fail to comply with applicable foreign regulatory requirements, we may be subject to, among other things, fines, suspension or withdrawal of regulatory approvals, product recalls, seizure of products, operating restrictions and criminal prosecution.
Biopharmaceutical Coverage, Pricing, Reimbursement, and Health Care Reform
In the United States and other countries, sales of any product candidates for which we receive regulatory approval for commercial sale will depend in part on the availability of adequate reimbursement from third-party payors, including government health administrative authorities, managed care providers, private health insurers, and other organizations. Third-
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party payors are increasingly examining the medical necessity and cost effectiveness of medical products and services in addition to safety and efficacy and, accordingly, significant uncertainty exists as to the reimbursement status of newly approved therapeutics. Adequate third-party reimbursement that enables us to realize an appropriate return on our investment in research and product development may not be available or optimal for our products. Further, coverage policies and third-party payor 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. In addition, 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.
Drug prices have become a subject of increased focus in recent years. Although there are currently no direct government price controls over private sector purchases in the U.S., federal law requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to pay prescribed rebates on certain government or Medicaid-reimbursed drugs to enable them to be eligible for reimbursement under certain public healthcare programs such as Medicaid and Medicare Part B. Various states have adopted further mechanisms that seek to control drug prices, including by disfavoring certain higher priced drugs or by seeking supplemental rebates from manufacturers. Managed care has also become a potent force in the marketplace that increases downward pressure on the prices of pharmaceutical products.
Public and private healthcare payors control costs and influence drug pricing through a variety of mechanisms, including through negotiating discounts with the manufacturers and through the use of tiered formularies and other mechanisms that provide preferential access to certain drugs over others within a therapeutic class. Payors also set other criteria to govern the uses of a drug that will be deemed medically appropriate and therefore reimbursed or otherwise covered.
Moreover, in the U.S., there have been several presidential executive orders, 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 products. For example, on August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was signed into law, which among other things, (i) extends enhanced subsidies for individuals purchasing health insurance coverage in ACA marketplaces through plan year 2025, (ii) authorizes HHS to negotiate the price of certain high-expenditure, single-source drugs covered under Medicare that have been on the market for at least 7 years, and (iii) imposes rebates with respect to certain drugs and biologics covered under Medicare Part B or Medicare Part D to penalize price increases that outpace inflation. These provisions began to take effect progressively starting in fiscal year 2023. Additional state and federal health reform measures may be adopted in the future, particularly in light of the recent U.S. Presidential and Congressional elections, any of which could limit the amounts that federal and state governments will pay for healthcare products and services.
Human Capital Management
As of February 28, 2026, we had 293 full-time employees, 245 of whom were primarily engaged in research, development and manufacturing activities, and 61 of whom had an M.D. and/or Ph.D. Our employees are critically important to the achievement of our company’s mission and goals.
Our senior leadership oversees all human capital management matters and is committed to attracting, developing, engaging and retaining the best people. We strive to offer our employees an intellectually challenging and diverse work environment, opportunities to expand their knowledge and skills, feedback on performance, and paths for career advancement. We believe management’s relationships with our employees is very positive and they are not subject to a collective bargaining agreement or represented by a trade or labor union.
Compensation and Benefits
Our compensation programs are designed to align our employees' interests with our business goals and stockholder returns. We provide employee wages that are competitive within our industry, and we engage an outside compensation and benefits consulting firm to independently evaluate the effectiveness of our compensation and benefit programs and to provide benchmarking against our peers within the industry. We link annual changes in compensation to overall Company performance, as well as each individual’s contribution to the results achieved. The emphasis on overall Company performance is intended to align the employee’s financial interests with the interests of stockholders. We are committed to providing our employees with a benefits program that is both comprehensive and competitive. Our benefits program offers health care, dental and vision coverage, along with benefits designed to provide increased financial security to our employees and their families.
We maintain an Employee Stock Purchase Plan under which employees may purchase Company common stock through payroll deductions at a price equal to 85% of the fair market value of the stock as of the end of the offering periods.
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Our Culture
Our Living Values are the backbone of our culture: Patients First, Do It Right, Innovate, Pitch In, Take Action and Be Inclusive. Consistent with our Living Value of “Be Inclusive” we have a number of initiatives to reinforce the importance of an inclusive workforce and culture of belonging to our Company’s success. To further champion our inclusion efforts, we formed an employee-led team with sponsorship from our senior leadership team. We have periodically conducted employee engagement surveys to understand our employees’ perspectives and endeavor to listen, change and improve on how we work together in response to these perspectives.
All employees are required to observe high standards of business and personal ethics and must adhere to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, for which they receive training annually. The Code requires reporting any actual or suspected misconduct, illegal activities or fraud. To that end, we maintain a Speak Up Culture where all employees are encouraged to raise issues, report concerns, and ask questions. We also maintain an anonymous hotline that is available to all of our employees, contractors and vendors to report any matter of concern. Communications to the hotline (which is facilitated by an independent third party) are routed to our General Counsel (or, if the General Counsel is the subject of the communication, to the Chair of our Audit Committee) for investigation and resolution. We also maintain a policy of no retaliation, where employees who report any misconduct are to be free of any harassment, retaliation or adverse employment consequence.
Learning and Development
We continue to invest in our employees to achieve their goals and to lead our company through learning and development. We conduct regular performance reviews. We encourage all employees to take advantage of our leadership, management and technical skill trainings and resources. In addition, we provide focused development for managers and emerging leaders who are designated as “key talent” based on performance and leadership potential.
Community
We believe in giving back and supporting the local communities where we work as well as initiatives consistent with our areas of focus. Employees are encouraged to participate in charitable causes and receive eight hours of voluntary paid time off annually to participate in local opportunities to give back to the community.
Available Securities and Exchange Commission Filing Information
Our main company website address is www.macrogenics.com. We post links to http://ir.macrogenics.com/financial-information/sec-filings for the following filings as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements, and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All such filings are available through our website free of charge. In addition, the SEC makes available at its website (www.sec.gov), free of charge, reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.
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