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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
Current
Report
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d)
of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 10, 2024
MAIA
Biotechnology, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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001-41455 |
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83-1495913 |
(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation) |
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(Commission
File
Number) |
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.) |
444
West Lake Street, Suite 1700 |
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Chicago,
IL |
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60606 |
(Address
of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip
Code) |
(312)
416-8592
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
any of the following provisions:
☐ |
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
☐ |
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
☐ |
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
☐ |
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class |
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Trading
Symbol(s) |
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Name
of each exchange on which registered |
Common
Stock |
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MAIA |
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NYSE
American |
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405)
or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging
growth company ☒
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
1.
MAIA Biotechnology, Inc. (the “Company”) has made available a presentation (the “Presentation”) management
intends to use from time to time in presentations about the Company’s operations and performance, including at the H.C.
Wainwright 26th Annual Global Investment Conference on September 10, 2024 and will also be posted to the Company’s website on
September 10, 2024. The Presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
2.
The Company has made available a summary (“Summary”) highlighting certain aspects of the Company’s business, clinical
programs and clinical supply agreement with Regeneron which was posted to the Company’s website on September 10, 2024. The Summary
is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The
information contained in each of the Presentation and the Summary is summary information that should be considered in the context of
the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other public announcements the Company may make by press
release or otherwise from time to time. Each of the Presentation and the Summary speaks as of the date of this Report. While the Company
may elect to update the Presentation and/or the Summary in the future to reflect events and circumstances occurring or existing after
the date of this Report, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so.
Each
of the Presentation and the Summary contains forward-looking statements, and as a result, investors should not place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements.
The
information set forth in this Report, including, without limitation, the Presentation and the Summary, is not be deemed to be “filed”
for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject
to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
reference in such a filing. This Report (including the exhibits hereto) will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any
information required to be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.
On
September 10, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing positive survival updates in Phase 2 Study of THIO in Non-Small Cell
Lung Cancer.
A
copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Forward-looking
Statements
The
Company cautions that all statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, or furnished
herewith, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other
factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels or activity, performance or achievements to be materially different
from those anticipated by such statements. The use of words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,”
“could,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,”
“project,” “intend,” “future,” “potential,” or “continue,” and other similar
expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements. However, the absence of these words does not mean that statements are
not forward-looking. All forward-looking statements are based on current estimates, assumptions and expectations by our management that,
although we believe to be reasonable, are inherently uncertain. Any forward-looking statement expressing an expectation or belief as
to future events is expressed in good faith and believed to be reasonable at the time such forward-looking statement is made. However,
these statements are not guarantees of future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties and other factors beyond our control
that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement, including, but not limited
to: (i) the initiation, timing, cost, progress and results of our preclinical and clinical studies and our research and development programs,
(ii) our ability to advance product candidates into, and successfully complete, clinical studies, (iii) the timing or likelihood of regulatory
filings and approvals, (iv) our ability to develop, manufacture and commercialize our product candidates and to improve the manufacturing
process, (v) the rate and degree of market acceptance of our product candidates, (vi) the size and growth potential of the markets for
our product candidates and our ability to serve those markets, and (vii) our expectations regarding our ability to obtain and maintain
intellectual property protection for our product candidates. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it was
made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated:
September 10, 2024
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MAIA
BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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By: |
/s/
Vlad Vitoc |
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Name: |
Vlad
Vitoc |
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Title: |
Chief
Executive Officer |
Exhibit
99.1
![](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878313/000149315224035572/ex99-1_001.jpg)
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Exhibit
99.2
Exhibit
99.3
MAIA
Biotechnology Announces Positive Survival Updates in Phase 2 Study of THIO in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
| ● | 16
patients surpassed 12-month survival follow-up |
| ● | THIO’s
substantial survival benefit in third line surpasses comparable standard-of-care overall
survival of 5.8 months |
| ● | Median
survival follow-up in third line was 10.6 months |
| ● | Treatment
with THIO followed by Libtayo® has been generally well-tolerated to date |
CHICAGO
– September 10, 2024 - MAIA Biotechnology, Inc., (NYSE American: MAIA) (“MAIA”, the “Company”), a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company developing targeted immunotherapies for cancer, today announces favorable interim survival benefit from its
lead clinical candidate THIO, a telomere-targeting treatment for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A Phase 2
clinical trial, THIO-101, is evaluating THIO sequenced with Regeneron’s immune checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) cemiplimab (Libtayo®)
in patients with advanced NSCLC who failed two or more standard-of-care therapy regimens.
Published
available results suggest that overall survival (OS) in third-line patients is 5.8 months.1
As
of August 01, 2024, 16 patients had survival follow-up surpassing 12 months, including 9 in third line treatment (3L). Interim median
survival follow-up in 3L was 10.6 months.
“THIO
is showing a survival benefit for patients with advanced NSCLC. As our follow-up continues, we have noted that three of the earliest
patients enrolled are approaching 17-month survival. We’re on track to achieve our survival goals in third-line therapy,”
said Vlad Vitoc, M.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MAIA. “THIO’s outperformance to date supports our thesis that
our telomere targeting agent could become a treatment option for people suffering from advanced NSCLC.”
The
12-month survival data corresponds to the Company’s most recent data from THIO-101 demonstrating favorable disease control and
overall response rates. As announced in April 2024, THIO 180mg + CPI in third-line treatment showed, in part, overall response
rate (ORR) of 38%, disease control rate (DCR) of 88% and median progression-free survival (PFS) of 5.5 months.
MAIA
expects to release full efficacy results of THIO-101 this year.
1
Girard N, et al. J Thorac Onc 2009;12:1544-1549.
About
THIO
THIO
(6-thio-dG or 6-thio-2’-deoxyguanosine) is a first-in-class investigational telomere-targeting agent currently in clinical development
to evaluate its activity in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). Telomeres, along with the enzyme telomerase, play a fundamental role
in the survival of cancer cells and their resistance to current therapies. The modified nucleotide 6-thio-2’-deoxyguanosine (THIO)
induces telomerase-dependent telomeric DNA modification, DNA damage responses, and selective cancer cell death. THIO-damaged telomeric
fragments accumulate in cytosolic micronuclei and activates both innate (cGAS/STING) and adaptive (T-cell) immune responses. The sequential
treatment with THIO followed by PD-(L)1 inhibitors resulted in profound and persistent tumor regression in advanced, in vivo cancer models
by induction of cancer type–specific immune memory. THIO is presently developed as a second or later line of treatment for NSCLC
for patients that have progressed beyond the standard-of-care regimen of existing checkpoint inhibitors.
About
THIO-101, a Phase 2 Clinical Trial
THIO-101
is a multicenter, open-label, dose finding Phase 2 clinical trial. It is the first trial designed to evaluate THIO’s anti-tumor
activity when followed by PD-(L)1 inhibition. The trial is testing the hypothesis that low doses of THIO administered prior to cemiplimab
(Libtayo®) will enhance and prolong immune response in patients with advanced NSCLC who previously did not respond or developed resistance
and progressed after first-line treatment regimen containing another checkpoint inhibitor. The trial design has two primary objectives:
(1) to evaluate the safety and tolerability of THIO administered as an anticancer compound and a priming immune activator (2) to assess
the clinical efficacy of THIO using Overall Response Rate (ORR) as the primary clinical endpoint. Treatment with THIO followed by Regeneron’s
cemiplimab (Libtayo®) has been generally well-tolerated to date in a heavily pre-treated population. For more information on this
Phase II trial, please visit ClinicalTrials.gov using the identifier NCT05208944.
About
MAIA Biotechnology, Inc.
MAIA
is a targeted therapy, immuno-oncology company focused on the development and commercialization of potential first-in-class drugs with
novel mechanisms of action that are intended to meaningfully improve and extend the lives of people with cancer. Our lead program is
THIO, a potential first-in-class cancer telomere targeting agent in clinical development for the treatment of NSCLC patients with telomerase-positive
cancer cells. For more information, please visit www.maiabiotech.com.
Forward
Looking Statements
MAIA
cautions that all statements, other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release, are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s
actual results, levels or activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those anticipated by such statements.
The use of words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expect,”
“plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “intend,”
“future,” “potential,” or “continue,” and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward
looking statements. However, the absence of these words does not mean that statements are not forward-looking. For example, all statements
we make regarding (i) the initiation, timing, cost, progress and results of our preclinical and clinical studies and our research and
development programs, (ii) our ability to advance product candidates into, and successfully complete, clinical studies, (iii) the timing
or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals, (iv) our ability to develop, manufacture and commercialize our product candidates
and to improve the manufacturing process, (v) the rate and degree of market acceptance of our product candidates, (vi) the size and growth
potential of the markets for our product candidates and our ability to serve those markets, and (vii) our expectations regarding our
ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our product candidates, are forward looking. All forward-looking
statements are based on current estimates, assumptions and expectations by our management that, although we believe to be reasonable,
are inherently uncertain. Any forward-looking statement expressing an expectation or belief as to future events is expressed in good
faith and believed to be reasonable at the time such forward-looking statement is made. However, these statements are not guarantees
of future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties and other factors beyond our control that may cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it
was made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by law. In this release, unless the context requires otherwise, “MAIA,” “Company,”
“we,” “our,” and “us” refers to MAIA Biotechnology, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Investor
Relations Contact
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