earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.80
Zentalis Q2 cash $426.4M; FDA partial hold on azenosertib; CMO resigns
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2024-Q2 EPS reported
-$1.10
revenue$40,560,000
- Cash, equivalents and marketable securities $426.4M as of June 30; R&D expense $48.4M (Q2 2024); cash runway into mid-2026.
- FDA placed partial clinical hold on azenosertib June 18 after two deaths in DENALI study; resolution timelines uncertain.
- Discontinued development of BCL-2 inhibitor ZN-d5; combination with azenosertib in AML phase 1 stopped.
- CMO Diana Hausman stepped down effective Aug 8; CEO Kimberly Blackwell appointed Interim CMO; replacement search ongoing.
- Expected 2H milestones: DENALI Cohort 1b topline, azenosertib Phase 1b final results, MAMMOTH data with GSK, others.