Forma Therapeutics Holdings Inc.

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• Forma Therapeutics Holdings Inc.
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We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to transform the lives of patients with rare hematologic diseases and cancers. Our drug discovery expertise has generated a pipeline of small molecule product candidates focused on indications with significant unmet patient need. Our pipeline consists of seven product candidates, two of which we are pursuing as core product candidates for development, FT-4202 for the treatment of sickle cell disease, or SCD, and other hemoglobinopathies, and FT-7051 for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, or mCRPC.

Our lead core product candidate, FT-4202, is a novel, oral, once-daily, potentially disease-modifying therapy initially being studied for the treatment of SCD. SCD, one of the most common single-gene disorders in the world, is a chronic hemolytic anemia that affects hemoglobin, the iron-containing protein in red blood cells, or RBCs, that delivers oxygen to cells throughout the body. SCD is often characterized by low hemoglobin levels, painful vaso-occlusive crises, or VOCs, progressive multi-organ damage and early death. FT-4202 is a potent activator of pyruvate kinase-R, or PKR, designed to improve RBC metabolism, function and survival, and potentially resulting in both increased hemoglobin levels and reduced VOCs. We are evaluating FT-4202 in a multi-center, placebo-controlled Phase I trial in SCD patients ages 12 years and older. We completed the healthy volunteer portion of the trial in May 2019 and presented data at the 2019 American Society of Hematology meeting demonstrating the tolerability and proof of mechanism of FT-4202 in healthy volunteers. We reported data from a single dose cohort in seven SCD patients in May 2020. In the single dose cohort in SCD patients, we observed a favorable tolerability profile and favorable biologic effects with evidence of pharmacodynamic activity translating into increased oxygen affinity, a shift in the Point of Sickling to lower oxygen tensions, and improved membrane deformability of sickle RBCs. Furthermore, we expect to report data from multiple ascending dose, or MAD, cohorts and a three-month open label extension in SCD patients in                 . We expect additional data from this ongoing trial throughout the course of the year. Based on the results of this trial, we intend to initiate a global pivotal Phase II/III trial in SCD patients in                 . The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, has granted Fast Track, Rare Pediatric Disease and Orphan Drug designations to FT-4202 in SCD patients.

Our other core product candidate, FT-7051, is a potent and selective inhibitor of CREB-binding protein/E1A binding protein p300, or CBP/p300, in preclinical development for the treatment of mCRPC. Prostate cancer is reported as the second and third leading cause of cancer death for men in the U.S. and in Europe, respectively, and mCRPC is the most advanced form of the disease. Prostate cancer cell growth is driven by activity of the androgen receptor, or AR, and primary treatments of mCRPC currently include therapies, such as Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) and Xtandi (enzalutamide), that reduce androgen synthesis or inhibit androgen binding and activation of the AR. Studies have shown that approximately 20% to 40% of mCRPC patients demonstrate primary resistance to such therapies and virtually all patients who demonstrate initial clinical responses eventually acquire resistance. There are currently no approved therapies specifically aimed at mCRPC having AR resistance variants, including AR-v7 splice variant. Multiple third-party studies have demonstrated that CBP/p300 is a co-activator of the AR, and, therefore, we believe that inhibiting CBP/p300 may play an important role in the suppression of mCRPC that is driven by AR-resistant molecular alterations.

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