Organovo sees cash runway through the end of FY26

Organovo Holdings (ONVO) provided a business update. With the closing of the sale of its FXR Program to Lilly (LLY), Organovo has received upfront payments and anticipates future milestone payments. When combined with funding from previously reported warrant exercises and additional monies raised through equity sales, the company believes it is well-positioned to repeat the FXR314 success with another IBD opportunity. The company expects an overall decrease in expenditures in the coming year, due to the elimination of costs related to pushing FXR314 into and through the clinic, as well as from eliminating spending relating to regulatory issues, drug supply, intellectual property, and other aspects of the FXR program. Organovo now expects to establish an operating cadence that leverages existing capital at a rate sufficient to push through the end of FY2026. For clarity, capital from future milestone payments expected as FXR314 advances in the clinic would be in addition to this, allowing for longer runway or increased expenditures. The Company expects to report its full year financials for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, on or about June 6-10, 2025. Organovo’s 3D human cellular models of both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are used by the company to evaluate therapeutic opportunities. Organovo believes that targets and therapies that it finds attractive based on predictive date from these models, made with primary cells from IBD patients, have a greater chance of success in clinical trials.