Atai Life Sciences N.V. Q2 FY2022 Earnings Call

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Executive and Financial Highlights
  • Leadership Transition: Greg Weaver is stepping down as CFO, effective immediately after the call. Stephen Bardin, formerly with BridgeBio, has been appointed as the new CFO.
  • Cash Position: Operating cash use for Q2 was $23M, in line with expectations.
  • Runway Extension: Total available cash of $312M, plus access to a newly announced $175M Hercules debt facility, extending the cash runway into 2025—one year beyond prior guidance.
  • Cost Discipline: Strategic pipeline reprioritization and cost tightening were emphasized as major contributors to runway extension.
Pipeline and Strategic Update
  • Pipeline Focus: Going forward, Atai will focus more explicitly on advancing its seven (soon to be eight) clinical-stage programs, all of which are expected to deliver proof-of-concept (POC) data within two years.
  • Business Development: Despite prioritizing clinical development, the company remains open to targeted M&A and BD to expand its neuropsychiatric platform, especially in light of lowered valuations across the sector.

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Greg Weaver: Hi, everyone. Welcome and thanks for joining us for the Atai Second Quarter Earnings Call. I’m Greg Weaver, CFO of Atai Life Sciences. We’re very pleased to have you join us. I’m joined by our CSO, Srini Rao; our CEO, Florian Brand; and Stephen Bardin, our Deputy CFO, who joined our team last month and was most recently from BridgeBio. Today is my last earnings call as Atai’s CFO. I’m very pleased and confident to be handing the CFO range over to Stephen. He’ll be taking on the role as of tomorrow, and I’ll remain one of the advisor to the company through the end of the year. Stephen, do you want to jump in and do an introduction? Stephen Bardin: Yes, of course. And thank you so much, Greg. And I’ll keep this brief. I’m incredibly honored to be selected as the next CFO of Atai. My first month at Atai has been incredible. And I’m thrilled to be joining this fantastic team. And I can’t wait to make a huge impact in the field of mental health. Back to you, Greg. Greg Weaver: Thanks, Stephen. It’s great to have you on board. But today, the interview format will be led by two of our long-term analysts, Andrew Tsai from Jefferies and Judah Frommer from Credit Suisse. Over the next 30 minutes, Andrew and Judah will be asking us a series of questions on our Q2 activities, pipeline and a business update. So forgive me for this bit, but as a reminder, our discussion today may include forward-looking statements about Atai’s future results and performance, subject to risks a

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