Regenxbio: Flat Price Response To Key Catalysts Confirms Hold

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Investment Summary

Now that we're good into nan caller twelvemonth we proceed to counsel connected underexploited names moving to supply aesculapian breakthroughs successful analyzable illness segments. Following a heavy dive connected Duchenne muscular dystrophy ("DMD") performed during our analysis connected PepGen Inc (PEPG) we are pleased to statement nan caller developments successful competing sanction REGENXBIO Inc. (NASDAQ:NASDAQ:RGNX) pinch its caller hypotheses concerning DMD. The institution is making headway pinch its RGX-202 investigational compound for imaginable breakthrough successful DMD, on pinch its RGX-314 programme [developed successful collaboration pinch AbbVie] investigating a imaginable curen for bedewed acute macular degeneration ("wet AMD"). Recent advancements successful some objective assets person imaginable to create a meaningful alteration successful some illness segments if proven successful successful late-stage objective trials. We look to these caller updates arsenic nan bedrock forming underneath nan company's DMD and bedewed AMD hypotheses when looking ahead.

Unfortunately, contempt nan plethora of updates from RGNX regarding its pipeline, nan affirmative news hasn't been reflected successful its banal price. Instead, it's traded level since H2 FY22', aft a dense selloff successful August of that year. Here I'll make a applicable appraisal of nan caller updates and what to expect pinch RGNX banal looking up based connected nan marketplace generated data. Based connected nan market's value consequence into nan backmost extremity of FY22'-date, we are much comfortable successful watching RGNX from nan sidelines for now. Rate hold.

RGNX caller developments

As mentioned, nan caller catalysts for RGNX's maturation way are surgery into 2 substrata: 1) RGX-202 for DMD, and; 2) RGX-314 for bedewed AMD.

Looking astatine nan first component:

• First, RGNX advised it has initiated nan shape 1/2 Affinity Duchenne proceedings looking astatine RGX-202 successful DMD. Concurrently, it has begun enrolling patients into its Affinity Beyond trial. The erstwhile is an description proceedings designed to analyse information and efficacy of an IV dose of RGX-202, whereas nan second is an observational screening study. Per nan update, "[t]he superior nonsubjective is to measure nan prevalence of [anti-adeno-associated serotype 8] AAV8 antibodies successful patients pinch Duchenne up to 12 years of age". Likely, RGNX will usage information obtained from nan Beyond proceedings to place diligent candidates for early DMD studies.
• As a reminder, from our heavy dive connected DMD: "DMD is simply a rare, inherited familial disorder, characterized by progressive musculus weakness and wasting owed to a deficiency of dystrophin. The pathogenesis of DMD is frankincense caused by a mutation successful nan dystrophin gene, which is located connected nan 'X' chromosome and codes for nan accumulation of dystrophin...Without functional dystrophin, musculus cells go susceptible to harm during contraction and are incapable to repair themselves effectively. This leads to recurrent cycles of musculus wounded and repair, which culminate successful musculus fibrosis and replacement pinch adipose and connective insubstantial [also known arsenic scar tissue]...[this] tin lead to...a shortened life span...to date, has nary known prevention aliases cure." Subsequently location is perfectly an unmet request successful this illness segment.
• The intent of RGX-202 is to supply a transgene encoding for a caller microdystrophin that encompasses nan "functional elements" of nan dystrophin C-terminal ("CT") domain. Preclinical studies person evidenced nan beingness of this CT domain bolsters nan recruitment of respective pivotal proteins to nan sarcolemma, resulting successful enhanced muscular guidance to contraction-induced wounded successful mice studies. Moreover, nan transgene creation incorporates codon optimization and a simplification successful CpG content. These factors are thought to augment individual cistron expression, and heighten translational efficacy.
• Adding to nan above, RGNX also announced a peer-reviewed manuscript that was published successful nan esteemed Human Gene Therapy journal. The achromatic insubstantial discussed nan logical for an accelerated support pathway to usage microdystrophin look levels arsenic a surrogate endpoint successful bid to supply an accelerated support pathway to beforehand adeno-associated vector ("AAV") cistron therapy arsenic a level to create treatments for patients pinch DMD. Said different way, nan insubstantial calls for nan FDA to usage an expedited support pathway to beforehand imaginable AAV-linked DMD therapies, successful bid to velocity up their readiness successful nan marketplace. This coincides pinch its Beyond observational study listed earlier. The submission was made to nan FDA via nan Pathway Development Consortium, a collaboration betwixt RGNX and Solid Biosciences Inc. (SLDB). Seeing nan insubstantial was submitted to nan FDA, this whitethorn create a meaningful inflection constituent for nan invention of DMD therapies.

Moving to nan RGX-314 updates:

• The patient is conducting 3 tests for its bedewed AMD presumption successful RGX-314. The first, its shape 2 interventional study assessed nan efficacy and information of RGX-314 successful patients affected by bedewed AMD. The study intends to measure nan effect of 2 chopped dosages of RGX-314 connected 60 patients via subretinal administration: a) 6.4x1010 GC/eye, and b) 1.3x1011 GC/eye. The superior endpoint of nan study is target macromolecule attraction of RGX-314 successful nan ocular insubstantial astatine 6-months travel up. Secondary endpoints see information and tolerability, alterations successful Best Corrected Visual Acuity ("BCVA"), variations successful cardinal retinal thickness ("CRT") and request for further injections. By November past year, nan information collected from 46 patients that received dosages of RGX-314 showed a robust information profile, pinch nary superior adverse events ("SAEs"). Important to this analysis, successful nan precocious dose cohort, communal treatment-emergent adverse events ("TEAEs") were either mild aliases moderate.
• The different 2 tests are pivotal tests looking astatine accumulation of nan RGX-314 worldly pinch nan company's NAVXpress level process. The process has been incorporated into nan Atmosphere and Ascent pivotal trials, looking astatine RGX-314 successful bedewed AMD via subretinal delivery. Moreover, nan accumulation runs exhibited akin results successful nan company's respective studies discussed above, measured by nan attraction of target proteins successful nan eye. Important to nan finance debate, this proves nan institution is 1 of nan only companies pinch a cGMP installation to manufacture up to scales of 2,000 litres of material.

Collectively, some sets of momentum astir its cardinal pipeline assets are a nett affirmative for nan company's maturation way successful nan wide sense. Hypothetically speaking, nan banal should person caught a bid connected nan backmost of these developments, yet, nan value consequence to each of RGNX's latest updates has been shut up astatine best.

RGNX corresponding value action

In position of nan spate of updates listed above, nan market's value guidance has been negligent [Exhibit 1]. RGNX banal has congested sideways and yet to ace erstwhile highs. Daily measurement trends besides support nan aforesaid view, pinch a deficiency of uptick successful measurement buying.

Exhibit 1. RGNX value action since November FY22'

Data: Updata

This is contempt a bid of dense inflows into RGNX equity rolling into nan caller year. Unfortunately, there's been insufficient semipermanent request to origin an imbalance and re-rating to nan upside. What this says astir nan type of purchaser into these inflows is paramount - if it were large, institutions/funds, nan summons sizes would person apt reflected this. Yet, there's been nary guidance successful nan price.

Exhibit 2. Daily money flows for RGNX equity

Data: Updata

Subsequently, we person downside targets to $21 utilizing nan regular constituent and fig floor plan below. These are quintessential successful guiding value visibility looking up for RGNX to understand nan market's positioning and to region nan short-term fluctuations that aren't portion of a larger directional move, plus, they region nan sound of time. You'll spot they've guided value action good for RGNX to date. As such, we are looking to a $21 target connected nan downside, and a imaginable $27 target connected nan upside - either way, there's nary asymmetry successful nan risk/reward calculus connected either broadside of nan trade. This tells america that we tin expect further sideways activity successful nan RGNX value target complete nan coming weeks.

Exhibit 3. Downside targets to $21

Data: Updata

In short

Despite a number of affirmative catalysts successful RGNX's cardinal pipeline assets nan market's value consequence has been mute. Investors are doubtlessly searching for much condemnation successful nan firm's DMD and bedewed AMD hypotheses, and haven't recovered it conscionable yet. This is firmly reflected successful nan level value activity since nan backmost extremity of FY22'. Hence, we are much comfortable successful waiting for further catalysts to move nan needle for RGNX. Net-net, complaint hold.

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