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Organization and Operations
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Organization and Operations  
Organization and Operations

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Organization and Operations

The Company

Astria Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutics for allergic and immunological diseases. The Company’s lead product candidate is navenibart, a potential best-in-class monoclonal antibody inhibitor of plasma kallikrein in clinical development for the treatment of hereditary angioedema, a rare, debilitating and potentially life-threatening disease. The Company’s second product candidate is STAR-0310, a monoclonal antibody OX40 antagonist that is in preclinical development for the treatment of atopic dermatitis, an immune disorder associated with loss of skin barrier function and itching. The Company was incorporated in the State of Delaware on June 26, 2008.

Liquidity

In June 2021, the Company entered into an Open Market Sale AgreementSM with Jefferies LLC (“Jefferies”), pursuant to which the Company could issue and sell shares of common stock under an at-the-market offering program (the “2021 ATM Program”) which was completed in the first quarter of 2024. On March 4, 2024, the Company entered into a new Open Market Sale AgreementSM with Jefferies, pursuant to which the Company is able to issue and sell up to $150.0 million of shares of common stock under an at-the-market offering program (the “2024 ATM Program” and collectively with the 2021 ATM Program, the “ATM Programs”). The Company pays Jefferies commissions of up to 3% of the gross proceeds from any common stock sold through the ATM Programs. In the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company sold an aggregate of 1,504,619 shares of common stock under the 2024 ATM Program for gross proceeds of $15.6 million and net proceeds of $15.2 million. In the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company sold an aggregate of 4,450,425 shares of common stock under the ATM programs for gross proceeds of $36.2 million and net proceeds of $35.2 million. There was no activity in the ATM Programs during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.

As of September 30, 2024, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $649.2 million and had available cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $344.3 million. The Company estimates its existing cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments are sufficient to sustain operations for at least twelve months from the issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company has been primarily involved with research and development activities and has incurred operating losses and negative cash flows from operations since its inception. The Company anticipates that it will continue to incur significant operating losses for the next several years as it continues to develop its product candidates. The Company has not generated any product revenues and has financed its operations primarily through public offerings and private placements of its equity securities. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain additional equity, debt or other financing or generate product revenue or revenues from collaborative partners, on terms acceptable to the Company, on a timely basis or at all. The failure of the Company to obtain sufficient funds on acceptable terms when needed could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations, and financial condition.

The Company is subject to a number of risks similar to other life science companies, including, but not limited to, successful discovery and development of its drug candidates, raising additional capital, development by its competitors of new technological innovations, protection of proprietary technology and regulatory approval and market acceptance of the Company’s products.