Inventiva: Acceleration Of The Clinical Development Activities And Consolidation Of The Financial Position In 2016

Daix (France), March 27, 2017 – 7:30 am CET - Inventiva, a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies, particularly to treat fibrosis, provides a business update and reports its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Main highlights and business overview

• Launch of the Phase IIb trial investigating IVA337 in NASH
• Patient recruitment for IVA337 Phase IIb trial in systemic sclerosis in line with the timetable announced
• Phase I/II clinical trial investigating IVA336 in Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome (MPS VI) in preparation
• Publication of the US patent covering the use of IVA336 for the treatment of MPS VI patients
• Initiation of ABBV-553 Phase I trial, the first clinical candidate resulting from the partnership with AbbVie
• New partnership agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim to develop new treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Key financial information

• Successful IPO on Euronext Paris with €48.5m raised on February 15th 2017
• Cash position as of December 31st 2016 and before taking into account the IPO proceeds, of €24.8m, an increase of €2.3m compared with 2015
• Sales of €9.4m, an increase of 94% compared to 2015
Key newsflow and expected milestones
2017
• End of recruitment for the two Phase IIb trials in systemic sclerosis and NASH
• Recruitment of the first patient for the Phase I/II trial in MPS VI
• Milestone payments from the partnerships with AbbVie and Boehringer Ingelheim 2018
• Results of IVA337 Phase IIb trial in NASH
• Results of IVA337 Phase IIb trial in systemic sclerosis
• Results of IVA336 Phase I/II trial in MPS VI

Frédéric Cren, CEO and co-founder of Inventiva, said: “Our successful IPO on Euronext Paris – one of the largest in the sector with over €48 million raised – comes after an excellent 2016. The IPO proceeds strengthen an already positive cash position and will enable us to finance the development of our project portfolio.”

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