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Peptide Therapeutics Update

Michael K. Dunn, Ph.D.

2018 Therapeutics Symposium 1 THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF PEPTIDE THERAPEUTICS IN CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT

Compile everything known about every peptide that has ever been tested in a human, then analyze and develop compelling insights.

2 Peptide Database

° 531 compounds in the dataset ° Up to 60 data points/parameters per compound ° Data from publicly available information sources Data collected ‣ Chemical information ‣ Clinical Status/Phase Transition ‣ Molecular Pharmacology ‣ Therapeutic Indications (target, MoA) ‣ Companies Inclusion Exclusion ‣ Synthetic peptide of any length ‣ Epitope-specific vaccines ‣ Recombinant peptide <50aa ‣ Bacterial fermentation products ‣ Hybrid molecule/conjugate ‣ New formulations/uses of an with discrete peptide domain already-included peptide is excluded

3 Therapeutic Peptide Timeline

Peptide TherapeuticsCumulative peptide Timeline approvals (2000 and beyond) entering clinical study 80 Peptides entering clinical study: 5-year trailing average 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Number ofNumber Peptides 0 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Year

4 Peptide Therapeutics

64 Therapeutic Peptides approved in US and/or Europe

‣ Most recent peptide drug approvals:

163 Peptides in Active Development

5 Peptide Diversity

Type Analog Native Size 31aa / 4114 M.W. 8aa / 1046 M.W. Conjugated? Yes - lipid No Target GLP1R AT1R Target Class GPCR-B GPCR-A MoA Agonist Agonist Therapeutic Area Metabolic Critical care RoA s.c. weekly Continuous i.v. IND ‰ Approval ~ 10.5 years ~3.5 years

6 Properties of Development Peptides

‣ Number of amino acids ‣ Conjugated vs. Non-conjugated ‣ Molecular Targets ‣ Duration of Development ‣ Likelihood of Phase Progression ‣ Top-Selling Peptide Drugs

7 Size and Conjugation

Fused/conjugated/ complexed to 34% conjugated protein 24% conjugated Lipidated 8% conjugated PEGylated/conjugated to other synthetic polymer Area of pie chart Radiolabeled is proportional to % conjugation in All other/unknown conjugates each time period Conjugated to Peptide

Length of Peptides Entering Clinical Trials 80 Amino Acids 2 to 10 70 60 11 to 20 50 21 to 30 40 31 to 40 30 41 to 50 20 >50 Number Number of Peptides 10 0 Unknown 1990s 2000s 2010-present Time Period of Entry into Clinical Trials 8 Molecular Target Classes

Target Classes of Peptides Entering Development

2010-present

2000s

1990s

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Percentage of Peptides Entering Clinical Trials GPCR Catalytic and other Ig-family receptors Anti-microbial targets Ion channels Other extracellular targets Intracellular targets/unknown

9 GPCR Modalities

GPCR Modalities for All Development Peptides

1990s 2000s 2010-present

GPCR-A agonist GPCR-A antagonist GPCR-A agonist GPCR-A agonist GPCR-A antagonist GPCR-A antagonist GPCR-B agonist GPCR-B antagonist GPCR-B agonist GPCR-B antagonist GPCR-B agonist GPCR-B antagonist

10 Molecular Targets

All-Time Top Targets for All Development Peptides GLP-1 53 GnRH receptor 22 SST receptors 17 MC receptors 15 AMY receptors 12 NPR-A 11 receptor 10 By Decade 1990’s 2000’s 2010’s GnRH receptor 6 GLP-1 receptor 20 GLP-1 receptor 30 AMY receptors 4 PTH1 receptor 6 receptor 5 TRH receptors 4 MC receptors 6 AMY receptors 4 MC receptors 4 SST receptors 6 SST receptors 4 GnRH receptor 5 MC receptors 4 CXCR4 5 Ghrelin receptor 5 CD36 5 11 Note: each peptide is assigned a single target in the database Clinical Development Time

Peptides approved since 2010

Tesamorelin Lucinactant Median development time for peptides Carfilzomib approved since 2010: Linaclotide ~10.4 years Afamelanotide Etelcalcetide Plecanatide Oxodotreotide LJPC-501 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

12 Clinical Development Time

Peptides that Entered the Clinic since 1990

9 N=35 approved peptides 8 7 6 Median duration of 5 development: ~8 years 4 3 2 1 Number ofNumber Peptides 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011121314151617181920 Years in Clinical Trials

13 Likelihood of Approval

100% 95% NBE, CMR NCE, CMR Peptide, PTX DB 92% 90%

79% 80%

60% 60% 58%

41% 40%

23% 22% 20% 17% 10% 4% 0% Phase I Phase II Phase III Regulatory

Sources: CMR 2016; FRI Peptide Database (PTX DB) NBE: new biological entity; NCE: new chemical entity

14 Top-Selling Peptide Drugs, 2017

2017 Sales ($M)

Victoza, Saxenda () Copaxone (glatiramer) Trulicity (dulaglutide) Forteo () Sandostatin () Acthar () Lupron, Eligard (leuprolide) Somatuline () Kyprolis (carfilzomib) Zoladex (goserelin) Linzess (linaclotide)

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000

$ Millions

15 Current Phase 3 Peptides

• Forigerimod • • PXL-01 • Omiganan • Setmelanotide • ACT-1 • NGR-hTNF • Murepavadin • Rapastinel • Timbetasin • • Elamipretide • Difelikefalin • • Reltecimod • Glepaglutide • Efpeglenatide • BL-8040 • Dusquetide • APL-2 • TDM-621 • NA-1 • Voclosporin • B2A

Glepaglutide Rapastinel Source: Zealand Investor Slides

16 Current Phase 3 Peptides

Presented at PTS, 2006-present

• Forigerimod • Vosoritide • PXL-01 • Omiganan • Setmelanotide • ACT-1 • NGR-hTNF • Murepavadin • Rapastinel • Timbetasin • Relamorelin • Elamipretide • Difelikefalin • Dasiglucagon • Reltecimod • Glepaglutide • Efpeglenatide • BL-8040 • Dusquetide • APL-2 • TDM-621 • NA-1 • Voclosporin • B2A

Forigerimod Elamipretide

17 What next?

18 #1: Technology-Driven Progress

Continue to Develop and Apply Technology to Defy Conventional Wisdom

‣ Short half life ‰ Innovative HLE strategies

‣ Parenteral administration ‰ Oral delivery Dulaglutide

‣ Peripheral restriction ‰ Cell- and brain-penetrating peptides

O O ‣ H H Polypharmacy N N H2N N N O H O O OH NH2

NH2 Difelikefalin

LY3298176

19 Sources: TRULICITY website; Lancet 2018 (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32260-8) #2: New Target Discovery

“Hormones reveal the secret life of fat cells”, C&EN 96, Oct 6, 2018

20 Opportunities for Discovery?

“New” Endocrine Organs

Adipokines Cardiokines

Sakarai and Kizaki, Int. J. Endo, 2013 Takahashi and Herzig, Peptides, in press

21 Summary

‣ Peptide therapeutics are diverse, despite perceptions of niche application ‣ Technological advances ‰ broader utility and new applications ‣ New discoveries (targets, hormones) ‰ continuing opportunity

‣ Stay tuned: More breakthroughs to come!

22 Acknowledgements

Jolene Lau

J.L. Lau, M.K. Dunn / Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 26 (2018) 2700–2707

Contributors to Peptide Database FRI University of Lille PTF ‣ Jolene Lau ‣ Andre Tartar ‣ Pierre Riviere ‣ Phan Nguyen ‣ Philippe Pechon ‣ Janice Reichert ‣ Steve Hoffmaster ‣ Pauline Saladin ‣ Adrienne Day ‣ Rob Meadows ‣ Laura Batique ‣ Benedicte Paladini

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