Apollomics Reports First Half 2025 Financial Results
1. APLM's cash reserves decreased significantly from $9.8 million to $2.1 million.
2. R&D expenses dropped from $16.9 million to $4.6 million year-over-year.
3. G&A expenses increased to $14.5 million in the first half of 2025.
4. Net loss improved to $(12.5) million from $(35.2) million in the prior year.
5. Lead drug vebreltinib is in Phase 2 clinical trials targeting lung cancer.
Despite reduced cash and losses, the clinical progress of vebreltinib shows potential. Such mixed signals typically lead to neutral sentiment around stock prices.
How important is it?
The financial results and ongoing trials present a mix of risks and opportunities, affecting APLM's future valuation.
Why Long Term?
The long-term prospects hinge on clinical trial outcomes, specifically vebreltinib's success. Historical cases like Gilead's drug developments reflect this pattern.
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Dec. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollomics Inc. (NASDAQ:APLM) ("Apollomics" or the "Company"), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company developing multiple oncology drug candidates to address difficult-to-treat and treatment-resistant cancers, today announced financial results for the first half of 2025 ended June 30, 2025.
First Half 2025 Financial Results Ended June 20, 2025
Cash, cash equivalents, bank deposits and money market funds as of June 30, 2025, were $2.1 million, compared to $9.8 million as of December 31, 2024. Based on current projections, the Company believes its cash position is sufficient to fund planned operations into the third quarter of 2026.
Research and development (R&D) expenses were $4.6 million, including share-based compensation of $0.8 million, for the first half of 2025, compared to $16.9 million, including share-based compensation of $3.7 million, for the first half of 2024.
General and administrative (G&A) expenses were $14.5 million, including share-based compensation of $2.5 million, for the first half of 2025, compared to $10.2 million, including share-based compensation of $4.5 million, for the first half of 2024.
Net loss for the first half of 2025 was $(12.5) million, or $(11.37) per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $(35.2) million, or $(37.53) per basic and diluted share, for the first half of 2024.
Apollomics Inc. is an innovative clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of oncology therapies with the potential to be combined with other treatment options to harness the immune system and target specific molecular pathways to inhibit cancer. Apollomics' lead program is vebreltinib (APL-101), a potent, selective c-Met inhibitor for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and other advanced tumors with c-Met alterations, which is currently in a Phase 2 multicohort clinical trial in the United States and other countries.
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