8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO

SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report: November 10, 2015

(Date of earliest event reported)

LOXO ONCOLOGY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-36562	46-2996673
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

One Landmark Square, Suite 1122 Stamford, CT	06901
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(203) 653-3880

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On November 10, 2015, Loxo Oncology, Inc. (“Loxo Oncology”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The information contained in this Item 2.02 and in the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed by Loxo Oncology with the Securities and Exchange Commission, whether made before or after the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing (or any reference to this Current Report on Form 8-K generally), except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Press release issued by Loxo Oncology regarding its financial results for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015, dated November 10, 2015.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Loxo Oncology, Inc.
Date: November 10, 2015	By:	/s/ Jennifer Burstein
	Name:	Jennifer Burstein
	Title:	Vice President of Finance and
		principal financial officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Number	Description
99.1	Press release issued by Loxo Oncology regarding its financial results for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015, dated November 10, 2015.

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Loxo Oncology Announces Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results and Provides Program Updates

STAMFORD, Conn., November 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Loxo Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:LOXO), a biopharmaceutical company innovating the development of highly selective medicines for patients with genetically defined cancers, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015 and provided an update on its pipeline. Loxo Oncology will not be conducting a conference call in conjunction with this earnings release.

“In the third quarter we made tremendous progress with LOXO-101, executing ahead of plan,” said Josh Bilenker, M.D., chief executive officer of Loxo Oncology. “Our Phase 1 trial continues to mature nicely, and we were able to open our Phase 2 trial approximately six months early.  Additionally, we were proud to report that the National Cancer Institute selected LOXO-101 as the preferred and sole TRK inhibitor for relevant patients in the NCI-MATCH trial. I think we can attribute much of this success to the compelling efficacy and tolerability signals seen in Phase 1, and a growing appreciation for the diversity of TRK fusion biology across human cancer in the scientific and molecular diagnostic communities.”

Program Updates

Loxo Oncology provided the following updates on its development programs:

LOXO-101: the only potent, oral, selective inhibitor of the tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) family of proteins in clinical development

LOXO-101 Phase 2 Trial Initiated

·Loxo Oncology enrolled the first patient in its Phase 2 trial of LOXO-101, a global, multi-center, single-arm, open-label basket trial in approximately up to 150 adult patients with solid tumors that harbor a TRK fusion, as determined by any Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified or equivalently-accredited test. Patients with TRK fusions will be enrolled into one of eight cohorts: non-small cell lung cancer, thyroid cancer, sarcoma, colorectal cancer, salivary gland cancer, biliary cancer, primary central nervous system tumors and all other solid tumor histologies.

LOXO-101 Phase 1 Data Presented at EORTC

·New results from the ongoing dose-escalation Phase 1 study of LOXO-101 in patients with solid tumors refractory to standard therapy were reported in a late-breaking oral presentation at the 27th AACR-NCI-EORTC Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics.

·As of the October 20, 2015 data cutoff date, 30 patients had been enrolled and treated, including six patients with cancers harboring TRK fusions. Three of the six patients with TRK fusion cancers had been on study sufficiently long for their first efficacy assessment, and all three had achieved an objective response at the

first response assessment, as defined by standard RECIST criteria. All three of these patients remain in response and on study. The other three patients with TRK fusion cancers were recently enrolled and thus had not yet been evaluated for response as of the data cutoff date, though they all remain on study.

·LOXO-101 has been well tolerated, including the 100 mg twice-daily dose, which has been selected for Phase 2 study and has shown efficacy in TRK fusion patients. The majority of adverse events reported by investigators have been mild to moderate. A maximum tolerated dose (MTD) has not been defined, though near-term Phase 1 enrollment will focus on further characterizing the pharmacokinetics and safety of the 100 mg twice-daily dose dosing. The data presentation from the meeting can be accessed here https://ir.loxooncology.com/publications.

LOXO-101 Selected for NCI-MATCH Trial

·The independent committee of the National Cancer Institute-Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (NCI-MATCH) clinical trial chose LOXO-101 as the sole, dedicated treatment arm for patients with TRK gene fusions.

·The NCI-MATCH trial will initially enroll 3,000 patients with tumor biopsies available for comprehensive genomic profiling and assign these patients to an appropriate targeted therapy arm based on the molecular abnormalities of each tumor. Over 700 trial sites in 48 states in the United States are currently open for enrollment.

LOXO-101 Granted Orphan Drug Designation

·The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Loxo Oncology orphan drug designation for LOXO-101 for treatment of patients with soft tissue sarcoma.

Pre-clinical Programs

Data on RET and FGFR Programs Presented at AACR-NCI-EORTC

·Loxo presented two preclinical posters at AACR-NCI-EORTC containing the first publicly disclosed data for its Rearranged during Transfection (RET) and Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR) programs.

·Loxo Oncology’s novel, potent and selective RET inhibitor demonstrated potent inhibition of RET in enzyme and cellular assays with minimal activity against highly related kinases in animal models. The company is on track to initiate a Phase 1 study of its RET inhibitor in late 2016 or early 2017.

·Data for the company’s potent and selective FGFR inhibitor show that it spared FGFR1 and other related kinases and possesses high oral bioavailability and favorable PK properties in animal models.

Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results

As of September 30, 2015 Loxo had aggregate cash, cash equivalents and investments of $93.4 million, compared to $112.9 million as of December 31, 2014.

The company continues to expect cash burn of $30-$33 million in 2015, and based on the current operating plan, the company believes existing capital resources will be sufficient to fund anticipated operations into 2017.

Research and development expenses were $6.3 million for the third quarter 2015 compared to $5.1 million for the third quarter 2014. The increase was primarily due to expanded Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical development activities for LOXO-101 and additional full-time equivalents and other support dedicated to discovery, preclinical, and manufacturing activities at Array BioPharma. The company also recognized R&D-related stock-based compensation expense of $0.5 million during the third quarter of 2015 compared to $1.7 million for the third quarter of 2014.

Research and development expenses were $15.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to $9.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The increase was primarily due to expanded Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical development activities for LOXO-101 and additional full-time equivalents and other support dedicated to discovery, preclinical, and manufacturing activities at Array BioPharma. The company also recognized R&D-related stock-based compensation expense of $1.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to $2.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

General and administrative expenses were $2.6 million for the third quarter 2015 compared to $1.6 million for the third quarter 2014. The increase was primarily due to additional full-time equivalents, increased compensation costs and increased costs associated with operating as a public company. The company also recognized G&A-related stock-based compensation expense of $0.7 million during the third quarter of 2015 compared to $0.3 million for the third quarter of 2014.

General and administrative expenses were $7.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to $3.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.  The increase was primarily due to additional full-time equivalents, increased compensation costs and increased costs associated with operating as a public company. The company also recognized G&A-related stock-based compensation expense of $2.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

Net loss attributable to common stockholders was $8.8 million and $23.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively, compared to $6.7 million and $13.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively.

About LOXO-101

LOXO-101 is a potent, oral and selective investigational new drug in clinical development for the treatment of patients with cancers that harbor abnormalities involving the tropomyosin receptor kinases (TRKs). Growing research suggests that the NTRK genes, which encode for TRKs, can become abnormally fused to other genes,

resulting in growth signals that can lead to cancer in many sites of the body. In an ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial, LOXO-101 has demonstrated encouraging preliminary efficacy. LOXO-101 is also being evaluated in a global Phase 2 multi-center basket trial in patients with solid tumors that harbor TRK gene fusions. For additional information about both the LOXO-101 clinical trials, please refer to www.clinicaltrials.gov. Interested patients and physicians can contact the Loxo Oncology Physician and Patient Clinical Trial Hotline at 1-855-NTRK-123.

About Loxo Oncology

Loxo Oncology is a biopharmaceutical company innovating the development of highly selective medicines for patients with genetically defined cancers. Our pipeline focuses on cancers that are uniquely dependent on single gene abnormalities, such that a single drug has the potential to treat the cancer with dramatic effect. We believe that the most selective, purpose-built medicines have the highest probability of maximally inhibiting the intended target, thereby delivering best-in-class disease control and safety. Our management team seeks out experienced industry partners, world-class scientific advisors and innovative clinical-regulatory approaches to deliver new cancer therapies to patients as quickly and efficiently as possible. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.loxooncology.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as: “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “seek,” “believe,” “project,” “estimate,” “expect,” “strategy,” “future,” “likely,” “may,” “should,” “will” and similar references to future periods. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from what we expect. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make regarding the timing and success of our clinical trials and the potential therapeutic benefits and economic value of our lead product candidate. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect our business and its financial results are detailed in our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and other reports as filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

Financials

LOXO ONCOLOGY, INC.

Condensed Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

	September 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
	(unaudited)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	34,409		$	43,930
Short-term investments	59,013			62,362
Prepaid expenses with related party	922			663
Other prepaid expenses and current assets	2,062			821
Total current assets	96,406			107,776
Long-term investments	—			6,648
Property and equipment, net	74			12
Other assets	222			23
Total assets	$	96,702		$	114,459
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	731		$	239
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	2,108			1,548
Total liabilities	2,839			1,787
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 125,000,000 shares authorized; 16,687,436 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2015; 16,644,219 shares issued and 16,634,063 shares outstanding at December 31, 2014	2			2
Additional paid-in capital	147,825			143,660
Accumulated deficit	(53,971		)	(30,962		)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	7			(28		)
Total stockholders’ equity	93,863			112,672
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	96,702		$	114,459

LOXO ONCOLOGY, INC.

Condensed Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

	Three Months			Three Months			Nine Months			Nine Months
	Ended			Ended			Ended			Ended
	September 30, 2015			September 30, 2014			September 30, 2015			September 30, 2014
Operating expenses:
Research and development with related party	$	2,874		$	2,413		$	7,711		$	5,395
Research and development	3,387			2,708			8,095			4,543
General and administrative	2,552			1,622			7,331			3,612
Total operating expenses and loss from operations	(8,813		)	(6,743		)	(23,137		)	(13,550		)
Interest income, net	42			—			128			—
Net loss	(8,771		)	(6,743		)	(23,009		)	(13,550		)
Accretion of redeemable convertible preferred stock	—			(6		)	—			(34		)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(8,771	)	$	(6,749	)	$	(23,009	)	$	(13,584	)
Share information:
Net loss per share, basic and diluted	$	(0.53	)	$	(0.68	)	$	(1.39	)	$	(3.87	)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted	16,560,610			9,947,321			16,525,530			3,510,170

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Contacts

Loxo Oncology, Inc.

Company:

Jacob S. Van Naarden

Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy

jake@loxooncology.com

Investors:

Peter Rahmer

The Trout Group, LLC

646-378-2973

prahmer@troutgroup.com

Media:

Dan Budwick

Pure Communications, Inc.

973-271-6085

dan@purecommunicationsinc.com