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J. Joseph Kim, Ph.D.
President & CEO
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Forward Looking Statement
Our commentary and responses to your questions may contain forward-looking
statements, including comments concerning clinical trials and product
development programs, evaluation of potential opportunities, the level of
corporate expenditures, the assessment of Inovio’s technology by potential
corporate partners, capital market conditions, timing of events, cash
consumption and other subjects. Information concerning factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, our Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, and other regulatory filings from time to
time.
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• Inovio’s synthetic vaccine technology designed to:
• Treat some of today’s most challenging diseases
• Universally protect against changing infectious disease strains
• Break the body’s tolerance of cancerous cells
• Targeting unmet needs with multi-billion dollar potential:
cancers, universal flu, HIV, hepatitis B/C virus
• Multiple ongoing clinical trials: phase II and phase I
• Industry-leading potency & safety
• Best-in-class immune responses for cervical dysplasia & HIV
• Dominant global IP position (424 patents issued/pending)
• Validation:
• $35M+ in non-dilutive grant funding over last few years
• Advancing discussions for vaccine product development
partnerships and further grant funding
Inovio: Revolutionizing Vaccines
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Conventional Vaccines
• Saved millions from sickness/death
• Added decades to life expectancy
• Deliver a virus or part of a virus to
expose a unique antigen (foreign
protein)
• Generate antibodies that prevent
targeted diseases from infecting cells
• Low hanging fruit picked – old
technology has reached its limitations
• Safety concerns: can cause the
disease or other bad side effects
• Rely on technology that is often more
than 50 years old; some vaccines are
still grown in chicken eggs
Increased life expectancy
Five decade-old technology is great . . .
but does not solve tomorrow’s challenges
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Synthetic DNA Vaccine Platform
Revolutionizing vaccines through: • Strong safety profile
• SynCon® “designer vaccines” give the body the DNA instructions to produce only the
targeted antigen - nothing more
• Generate powerful T-cells to kill infected cells or tumors (therapeutic vaccines)
• Manufacturing advantages: rapid, scalable, thermal-stable
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SynCon® Universal Vaccine Design
Immune responses more cross-reactive (universal)
than those induced by single-strain vaccines
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Superior Vaccine Delivery Using Electroporation
> 10-100x enhancement in immune responses
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Best-in-Class Immune Responses in Humans
Inovio Clinical
Study
Clinical
Results
Competition
FLU-001/002
H5N1
Pandemic Flu
Broad
protective
antibody
titers against
6 different
H5N1 strains
Stockpiled
inactivated
vaccines
FLU-101
Universal Flu –
H1N1
Broad
protective
antibody
titers against
9 different
H1N1 strains
Trivalent
inactivated
virus vaccines
(TIV)
Live-attenuated
vaccines
Inovio Clinical
Study
Clinical Results Competition
HPV-001
Cervical
Cancer/
Dysplasia
Best in class T
cell responses
(magnitude and
durability)
Adenovirus vectors
MVA vectors
DNA vaccines
Peptides/proteins
HVTN-080
Preventive HIV
Vaccine
Best in class T
cell responses
(magnitude and
durability)
Adenovirus vectors
MVA vectors
DNA vaccines
Peptides/proteins
Combinations
Immune Responses
T Cell Responses Antibody Responses
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Inovio’s Strategy
• Advance/validate SynCon® + electroporation platform
• Best in-class immunogenicity established in human studies
• Develop proprietary products through proof-of-concept
human data (phase I or phase II)
• Maximize resources/opportunities; spread cost/risk
• Non-dilutive third party funding
• Direct: R&D grants
– $35M received since 2008
• Indirect: clinical trials sponsored by outside agencies
– Seven ongoing studies
• Partner/out-license product for preclinical/clinical
development and marketing
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Inovio Product Pipeline: Cancers
Indication Product (Antigen) Pre-
clinical Phase I Phase II Partner/Funding Milestone
Cancers
Cervical Dysplasia
Therapeutic
VGX-3100 (E6/E7
Type 16/18 HPV)
2H 2013
Phase II study data
Leukemia (Wilms’ tumor
gene 1)
University of
Southampton
4Q 2012
Interim Phase II data
Prostate INO-5150
(PSA + PSMA)
1H 2013
Initiate Phase I
Breast/Lung/
Prostate
V934
(hTERT) Merck
Internally Funded
Partner Funded/Supported
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Inovio Product Pipeline: Infectious Diseases
Indication Product (Antigen) Pre-
clinical Phase I Phase II Partner/Funding Milestone
Infe
cti
ous
Dis
ease
s
Hepatitis C Virus
Therapy
(NS3/4A) + SOC ChronTech 4Q 2012
Phase II interim data
INO-8000 (NS3/4A, NS4B, NS5A)
PA CARE Grant/
VGX Inter
2H 2013
Initiate Phase I
HIV Preventive
PENNVAX-B HIV Vaccine
Trials Network
Phase I final data
submitted for
publication
PENNVAX-G USMHRP/NIAID 1H 2013 Additional
Phase I data
PENNVAX-GP NIH/NIAID 1Q 2013
Initiate Phase I
HIV Therapeutic PENNVAX-B University of
Pennsylvania
4Q 2012
Final Phase I data
Pandemic Influenza
-Avian (H5N1) VGX-3400X
Manuscript in
preparation
Universal Influenza –
Healthy Adults INO-3510
NIH Transformative
Research Award
1Q 2013
Add’l Phase I data
Universal Influenza –
(H1N1) in Elderlies FVH1
U. of Manitoba/
Canadian Institute of
Health Research
1Q 2013
Interim Phase I data
Internally Funded
Partner Funded/Supported
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VGX-3100: Cervical Dysplasia/Cancer Therapy
• Cervical cancer: ~500,000 cases, 250,000 deaths yearly
• Cervical dysplasias (CIN) preceding cancer (U.S. annually)
• CIN 1: 1.4 M ; CIN 2/3: 300,000
• VGX-3100 phase I
• 18 patients, 3 dose levels
• Vaccine safe and well-tolerated
• Most robust T-cells generated by
a DNA vaccine in humans
• Stronger responses than other
vaccines, including viral vectors
• Strong T-cell response in 14 of 18
(78%) vaccinated subjects at month 4
• Durable responses: 12 of 13 responders (92%) displayed
persistent, strong T-cell responses at month 9
Low Mid High All
Dose Level
T cell
responses
by other
vaccines
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VGX-3100: Phase II Study
• Randomized, blinded, placebo controlled
• > 25 sites in multiple countries
• 148 patients with CIN 2/3
• Three vaccinations over 3 months, 6 months monitoring
• Primary endpoint: CIN 2/3 lesion clearance at month 9
• Initiated in 2011; enrollment ongoing
• Efficacy data expected 2H 2013
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• Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)
• Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
• Vaccine coded for Wilms’ tumor gene 1 (WT1)
• Overexpressed in majority of acute leukemias
• Open label phase II clinical trial
• Active: 37 CML patients, 37 AML patients
• Control group: 100-110 AML/CML patients, non-vaccinated
• Primary endpoints
• CML: molecular response to disease marker (BCR-ABL)
• AML: time to disease progression
• Initiated in 2011; enrollment ongoing; interim data expected 4Q 2012
300,000+ new cases,
222,000 deaths yearly
Leukemia Vaccine: Phase II
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ChronVac-C® Therapeutic Vaccine
• Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
• 3.5 million chronically infected in US; >170 million worldwide
• Causes liver disease/cancer
• Positive phase I study (HCV genotype 1): ChronVac-C + standard of care (SOC:
interferon & ribavirin)
• Safe & well-tolerated
• Positive T-cell immune responses
• Sustained viral response (SVR): 5 of 6 patients (83%)
• Open label, randomized phase II study (32 patients)
• Vaccinated (20): 2 vaccinations; Control (12): SOC only
• Primary endpoints
• Rapid viral response (4 weeks)
• Partial early viral response (pEVR) (12 weeks)
• Initiated in 2011; enrollment ongoing
• Interim data expected 4Q 2012
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PENNVAX-B: Phase I Studies
• Preventive study, randomized, placebo-controlled: run by HVTN
• Three vaccinations over 3 months; 48 vaccinated subjects, 3 arms: • 1 mg PENNVAX-B (n=10)
• 1 mg PENNVAX-B + DNA IL-12 delivered via EP (n=30)
• Placebo (n=8)
• T-cell immune responses superior to all other previously-tested HIV vaccines
• Submitted for publication
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• Therapeutic study, open label, 12 vaccinated subjects, run by UPenn
• Significant antigen-specific CD8+ T-cell responses:
• against at least 1 of 3 antigens (gag, pol, or env) in 75% of subjects
T-cell Responses by intracellular cytokine staining (ICS) assay
Positive Reponses Placebo Group Vaccine + DNA IL-12 + EP
Total CD4 + CD8 0% (0/8) 88.9% (24/27)
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SynCon® Universal Influenza Vaccines
Potential to shift flu vaccination
from “one bug, one drug” approach to
pre-emptive, universal prevention across
strains, subtypes and years
• H5N1 phase I data:
• Strong T-cell/antibody responses
• => 1:20 HAI titers – 71% positive
responders to at least 1 H5N1 virus
• Protection against all six
unmatched H5N1 strains tested
• H1N1 phase I data:
• Significant # of responders
exceeding 1:40 HAI titers against
different strains
• Protection against all nine
unmatched H1N1 strains tested
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Management
J. Joseph Kim, Ph.D., President &
CEO
• Decades of biotechnology/pharma
management
• Ex-Merck: hepatitis A and B vaccines
manufacturing; HIV vaccine (Ad5)
R&D
Peter Kies, CFO
• Ex-Ernst & Young
• Experience with growth companies
Niranjan Y. Sardesai, Ph.D., COO
• Extensive biotech management
and product development
experience
• Led development of diagnostics
for mesothelioma, bladder
cancer, and ovarian cancer for
Fujirebio Diagnostics
Mark L. Bagarazzi, M.D., CMO
• Clinical research experience incl.
Merck
• Led clinical/regulatory for shingles
and rotavirus vaccines; DNA vaccine
expert
Managed development and approval of several vaccines
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Board of Directors
Avtar Dhillon, M.D., Chairman, BOD
• Former President & CEO, Inovio
Biomedical
Morton Collins, Ph.D.
• General Partner, Battelle Ventures
and Innovations Valley Partners
Simon X. Benito
• Former Senior Vice President, Merck
Vaccine Division
J. Joseph Kim, Ph.D.
• President & CEO, Inovio
Angel Cabrera, Ph.D.
• President, George Mason University
• Former President, Thunderbird School
of Global Management
Adel Mahmoud, Ph.D.
• Professor, Princeton University
• Former President, Merck Vaccines
• Responsible for Gardasil®, Zostavax®,
Proquad® and Rotateq®
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Scientific Advisory Board
David B. Weiner, Ph.D., Chairman, SAB
• “Father of DNA vaccines”
• Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory
Medicine, U of PA
Thomas S. Edgington, M.D.
• Founded multiple biotech companies;
extensively published
• Emeritus Professor, Scripps Research
Institute
Philip Greenberg, M.D.
• Expert in T-cell immunology
• Head, Immunology Program, Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Anthony W. Ford-Hutchinson, Ph.D.
• Former SVP, Vaccines R&D, Merck
• Oversaw development: Singulair®,
Januvia®, Gardasil®, Zostavax®,
Proquad® and Rotateq®
Stanley A. Plotkin, M.D.
• Developed rubella and rabies vaccines
• Oversaw Sanofi flu vaccine
• Emeritus Professor, Wistar Institute &
U of Penn
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Financial Information
Cash & short term investments1 $19.5 M
Debt1 0 M
Burn rate ~$4.5 M/Q
Cash runway 3Q 2013
Listing NYSE MKT: INO
Issued & outstanding shares1 134.9 M
Recent price2 $0.63
Market cap2 $85 M
1 June 30, 2012 2 September 18, 2012
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Investment Summary
• Paradigm shifting synthetic vaccine platform displaying best-in-
class immunogenicity and other characteristics significantly
improving upon conventional and new competitive vaccine
technologies
• Strong management team with vast vaccine discovery &
development expertise
• Extensive third-party grant funding
• Important validating clinical milestones over next quarters
• Advancing discussions with large pharmaceutical
companies with the goal of securing new partnerships to
advance development and commercialization of SynCon®
vaccines
r e v o l u t i o n i z i n g v a c c i n e s
Investor Contact:
Bernie Hertel
Senior Director, Corporate Communications
858-410-3101 ● [email protected]
NYSE MKT: INO www.inovio.com