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Sol-Gel Technologies Reports Full Year 2019 Financial Results and Corporate Update
GlobeNewswire GlobeNewswire•March 24, 2020

Top-line generic product revenue of $22.8 million in fiscal 2019
New Drug Applications for Epsolay® and Twyneo® remain on track for the second quarter and second half 2020, respectively

NESS ZIONA, Israel, March 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sol-Gel Technologies, Ltd. (SLGL), a clinical-stage dermatology company focused on identifying, developing and commercializing branded and generic topical drug products for the treatment of skin diseases, today provided a corporate update and reported financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2019.
“I am very proud of the major milestones that were accomplished by Sol-Gel in 2019. We announced positive top-line data from not one, but two clinical dermatological programs, Epsolay® in papulopustular rosacea and Twyneo® in acne vulgaris,” commented Dr. Alon Seri-Levy, Chief Executive Officer of Sol-Gel. “Our goals for 2020 are no less ambitious as we plan to file two New Drug Applications (NDA) in the U.S. – Epsolay in the second quarter of 2020 and Twyneo in the second half. In parallel, we are planning commercialization efforts and advancing development of our proprietary pipeline, while benefiting from our strong generic collaborations.”
“In terms of COVID-19 impact,” continued Dr. Seri-Levy, “given that Sol-Gel has completed the clinical programs required to support the NDAs for both Epsolay and Twyneo, and given that Sol-Gel recently strengthened its balance sheet, we remain on track to file both NDAs in the previously communicated timelines. This is of course, a dynamic situation which we will be monitoring closely.”
Corporate Highlights and Recent Developments
Strengthened balance sheet with underwritten public offerings of $23 million of gross proceeds in February 2020 and $11.5 million of gross proceeds in August 2019; Sol-Gel’s controlling shareholder, M. Arkin Dermatology Ltd., has agreed to invest an additional $5 million on the same terms as the February 2020 public offering, subject to shareholder approval.
In the fiscal year 2019, Sol-Gel generated revenue of $22.8 million from its collaboration agreement with Perrigo.
In September 2019, Sol-Gel was granted a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a patent covering Twyneo for the treatment of acne vulgaris. The newly granted patent will extend protection to July 2038, which Sol-Gel believes will prevent the launch of AB-rated generics of Twyneo during the life of the patent
Clinical Program Updates
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In December 2019, Sol-Gel announced that Twyneo met all co-primary endpoints in the treatment of patients with acne vulgaris. Sol-Gel expects to file a NDA in the second half of 2020. If approved, Twyneo has the potential to become a preferred treatment for acne.
In July 2019, Sol-Gel announced that Epsolay met all primary and secondary endpoints in both Phase 3 trials in papulopustular rosacea. Epsolay also demonstrated a rapid onset of action with statistically significant improvement seen as early as Week 2 compared with vehicle. Sol-Gel expects to file a NDA in the first half of 2020. If approved, Epsolay has the potential to be the first FDA-approved single-agent BPO prescription drug product and to redefine the standard of care for the treatment of inflammatory lesions associated with subtype II rosacea.
A proof of concept clinical study of SGT-210, erlotinib gel, a topical epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor, for the potential treatment of punctuate palmoplantar keratoderma type 1 initiated in January 2020. Data is expected in the first half of 2021.
In early 2020, Sol-Gel added to its pre-clinical pipeline tapinarof, an aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist, and roflumilast, a PDE4 inhibitor, each to be developed for potential treatment of psoriasis, as mono or combination therapies and other dermatological indications.

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