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

April 2, 2012

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)

Commission File No. 001-33057

 

 

CATALYST PHARMACEUTICAL PARTNERS, INC.

(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		76-0837053
(State Or Other Jurisdiction Of Incorporation Or Organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

355 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1500

Coral Gables, Florida 33134

(Address Of Principal Executive Offices)

(305) 529-2522

 

(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 CFR240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

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Item 8.01

Other Events

On April 2, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing its results of operations for the fourth quarter and the year ended December 31, 2011. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

99.1

Press release issued by the Company on April 2, 2012.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: April 2, 2012

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

NEWS RELEASE		FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Further Information Contact:
Patrick J. McEnany		Melody Carey
Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners		Rx Communications Group
Chief Executive Officer		Co-President
(305) 529-2522		(917) 322-2571
pmcenany@catalystpharma.com		mcarey@rxir.com

 

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-end 2011

Financial Results

CORAL GABLES, FL, April 2, 2012 — Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPRX), a specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on the development and commercialization of prescription drugs targeting diseases and disorders of the central nervous system, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011.

Patrick J. McEnany, Chief Executive Officer of Catalyst, commented, “We are pleased with the progress that Catalyst has made in the fourth quarter and over the last year. 2011 was an important year for the Company as we further strengthened Catalyst in pursuit of our clinical goals for CPP-109 and CPP-115. We are very close to completing enrollment in our pivotal Phase II(b) CPP-109 trial for cocaine addiction and, in December 2011, we initiated our first-in-man Phase I(a) safety study for CPP-115. We have much to look forward to in 2012. We expect to complete our pivotal Phase II(b) trial of CPP-109 by the end of the year and to obtain top-line results from this trial early in the first quarter of 2013. We also expect to complete and obtain top-line results from our Phase I(a) safety study of CPP-115 in the second quarter of 2012. As we continue to advance our programs, we are taking steps to advance discussions with potential strategic partners.”

Financial Results

For the year ended December 31, 2011, Catalyst’s net loss was $6,391,062, or $0.29 per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $4,006,323, or $0.22 per basic and diluted share, in the prior year. Research and development expenses for 2011 were $3,383,965, compared to $2,306,781 in 2010. General and administrative expenses for 2011 were $2,698,174, compared to $2,206,358 in 2010.

For the fourth quarter of 2011, Catalyst’s net loss was $2,351,934, or $0.10 per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $728,754, or $0.04 per basic and diluted share, for the same period in 2010.

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At December 31, 2011, Catalyst had cash and cash equivalents of $6.0 million and no debt. Catalyst believes that its existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to meet its projected operating requirements through the first quarter of 2013.

Clinical Development Update

CPP-109

In November 2010, Catalyst commenced a U.S. Phase II(b) 200-subject, 12-site, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate CPP-109 as an effective treatment for cocaine addiction, in partnership with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Veterans Administration Cooperative Studies Program (VA). This trial, being conducted under a protocol designed to mitigate compliance issues that were observed in Catalyst’s prior U.S. clinical studies and trials and to enhance subject recruitment to target trial subjects who appear to be genuinely interested in seeking treatment to overcome their addiction to cocaine, progressed well during 2011. Catalyst believes that NIDA’s support further validates the potential for CPP-109 to help solve the global problem of cocaine addiction. Catalyst expects to report top-line results from this trial early in the first quarter of 2013. Assuming success, Catalyst believes that this trial will serve as one of the adequate and well-controlled trials required to support approval of an NDA.

In March 2011, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania commenced a 60-subject, double-blind, placebo-controlled, investigator-sponsored study to evaluate the use of CPP-109 for the treatment of patients addicted to both cocaine and alcohol. Catalyst has provided CPP-109, matching placebo and financial support to conduct eye-safety examinations to facilitate the study. Catalyst hopes the study, if successful, will expand upon the initial promising results reported by Brodie, et al. in 2009 in The American Journal of Psychiatry, in which significantly increased abstinence from alcohol use in subjects taking vigabatrin was reported, in addition to significantly increased abstinence from cocaine use.

CPP-115

In September 2010, CPP-115 was granted orphan drug designation by the FDA for the treatment of infantile spasms. This designation is granted for novel drugs that treat diseases or conditions affecting fewer than 200,000 patients in the United States. The designation potentially provides Catalyst with a 7-year period of U.S. marketing exclusivity for CPP-115 for the treatment of infantile spasms. CPP-115 has also been granted orphan medicinal product designation in the EU for the treatment of West Syndrome (a form of infantile spasms), which potentially provides a 10-year period of EU marketing exclusivity. In addition, CPP-115 has been granted Fast Track status by the FDA for the treatment of cocaine addiction.

During the fourth quarter of 2011, Catalyst completed the Investigational Drug Application (IND) enabling studies, filed an IND with the FDA for CPP-115 and commenced a Phase I(a) human clinical trial evaluating the safety of CPP-115 in healthy volunteers. Catalyst expects to report the results of this Phase I(a) clinical trial during the second quarter of 2012.

About Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc.

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. is a development-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of prescription drugs targeting diseases and disorders of the central nervous system. Catalyst has two products in development, and is currently evaluating its lead product candidate, CPP-109 (vigabatrin), for the treatment of cocaine dependency. CPP-109 has been granted “Fast Track” status by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of cocaine dependency. Catalyst also

 

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expects to evaluate CPP-109 for the treatment of other addictions. Catalyst is also developing CPP-115, a next generation GABA aminotransferase inhibitor, which is more potent than vigabatrin and potentially has reduced side effects (e.g., visual field defects, or VFDs) from those associated with vigabatrin. Catalyst is planning to develop CPP-115 for several indications, including addiction, epilepsy (initially infantile spasms) and for other selected CNS indications. CPP-115 has been granted “Fast Track” status for the treatment of cocaine dependency by the FDA, has been granted orphan drug designation for the treatment of infantile spasms by the FDA and has been granted orphan drug medicinal designation for the treatment of West Syndrome by the European Commission (EC). Catalyst believes that it controls all current intellectual property for drugs that have a mechanism of action related to the inhibition of GABA aminotransferase. For more information about Catalyst, go to www.catalystpharma.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause Catalyst’s actual results in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. A number of factors, including (i) whether Catalyst’s ongoing clinical trials and studies will be successful; (ii) whether such trials and studies will be completed and results obtained on the expected time schedule; (iii) whether Catalyst will ever be able to file NDAs for and commercialize CPP-109 and CPP-115; and (iv) those other factors described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 that Catalyst has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) reporting its financial position and results of operations as of and for the year ended December 31, 2011, could adversely affect Catalyst’s ability to obtain these results. Copies of the Company’s filings with the SEC are available from the SEC, may be found on Catalyst’s web site or may be obtained upon request from Catalyst. Catalyst does not undertake any obligation to update the information contained herein, which speaks only as of this date.

 

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CATALYST PHARMACEUTICAL PARTNERS, INC.

(a development-stage company)

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

		Year Ended December 31,
		2011				2010				2009
Revenues – government grant		$	—			$	488,958			$	—
Operating costs and expenses:
Research and development			3,383,965				2,306,781				5,097,440
General and administrative			2,698,174				2,206,358				2,177,954
Total operating costs and expenses			6,082,139				4,513,139				7,275,394
Loss from operations			(6,082,139	)			(4,024,181	)			(7,275,394	)
Interest income			10,985				17,858				33,466
Change in fair value of warrants liability			(319,908	)			—				—
Loss before income taxes			(6,391,062	)			(4,006,323	)			(7,241,928	)
Provision for income taxes			—				—				—
Net loss		$	(6,391,062	)		$	(4,006,323	)		$	(7,241,928	)
Net loss per share—basic and diluted		$	(0.29	)		$	(0.22	)		$	(0.48	)
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic and diluted			21,728,292				18,580,223				15,066,799

 

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CATALYST PHARMACEUTICAL PARTNERS, INC.

(a development-stage company)

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

 

		December 31,
		2011				2010
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	6,029,067			$	5,475,158
Government grant receivable			—				134,025
Prepaid expenses			199,116				166,221
Total current assets			6,228,183				5,775,404
Property and equipment, net			12,186				45,573
Deposits			8,888				10,511
Total assets		$	6,249,257			$	5,831,488
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		$	263,934			$	105,933
Accrued expenses and other liabilities			569,867				193,028
Total current liabilities			833,801				298,961
Accrued expenses and other liabilities, non current			9,518				14,748
Warrants liability, at fair value			1,645,240				—
Total liabilities			2,488,559				313,709
Total stockholders’ equity			3,760,698				5,517,779
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		$	6,249,257			$	5,831,488

 

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