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BICYCLE THERAPEUTICS PLC

For the period ended Jun 30, 2025. Filed Aug 8, 2025.

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Jun 30, 2025 · Filed Aug 8, 2025

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Previous report: 10-Q

Period ended 2025-03-31; filed 2025-05-01.

0001558370-25-006049

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Current report: 10-Q

Period ended 2025-06-30; filed 2025-08-08.

0001558370-25-010843

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.

Compared 94 previous paragraphs and 101 current paragraphs.

59 unchanged; 27 reworded; 7 added; 5 removed; 3 previous and 8 current paragraphs rearranged.

Tables are not compared: 56 previous and 59 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.

A changed paragraph is not evidence that risk increased or decreased. An unchanged paragraph does not establish that risk stayed the same.

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Current report

In August 2025, we announced cost reduction initiatives that are expected to reduce planned operating costs by approximately 30% over the course of our expected financial runway period, primarily through a workforce reduction that is expected to result in a reduction of approximately 25% of our current and planned workforce. We estimate that we will incur aggregate charges, representing cash expenditure for severance and other employee termination benefits, of approximately $5.3 million, the majority of which is expected to be recognized in the third quarter of 2025.

Current report

which commenced recruiting patients in the first quarter of 2025; $5.4 million in discovery, platform and other expense due to continued development of our pipeline programs, including advancing our BRC molecule pipeline; and $4.1 million in employee and contractor related expenses primarily attributable to increased headcount. These increases were primarily offset by $4.2 million of incremental research and development incentives due to the corresponding increase in qualifying research and development spending and decreases of $2.1 million in Bicycle TICA program development expenses due to the timing of clinical program activities, including the reimbursement of $0.9 million of certain program-related costs, and $0.6 million in BT5528 clinical program expenses.

Current report

On May 23, 2024, we entered into a securities purchase agreement, or the Purchase Agreement, with purchasers named therein. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, we sold 6,764,705 ADSs, representing the same number of ordinary shares, nominal value £0.01 per share, and 19,169,001 non-voting ordinary shares, nominal value £0.01, each at a purchase price equal to $21.42 per share, or the Private Placement. We completed the Private Placement on May 28, 2024. The transaction resulted in gross proceeds to us of $555.5 million, and after deducting commissions and offering expenses of $11.4 million, net proceeds to us of $544.1 million.
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Previous report

On June 5, 2020, we entered into a Sales Agreement, or the Sales Agreement, with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., or the Sales Agents, with respect to an ATM program pursuant to which we may offer and sell through the Sales Agents, from time to time at our sole discretion, ADSs, each ADS representing one ordinary share. No ADSs were issued or sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
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Previous wording

We are a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a novel class of medicines, which we refer to as Bicycle® molecules, for diseases that are underserved by existing therapeutics. Bicycle molecules are fully synthetic short peptides constrained to form two loops which stabilize their structural geometry. This constraint facilitates target binding with high affinity and selectivity, making Bicycle molecules attractive candidates for drug development. Bicycle molecules are a unique therapeutic modality combining the pharmacology usually associated with a biologic with the manufacturing and pharmacokinetic, or PK, properties of a small molecule. The relatively large surface area presented by Bicycle molecules allows targets to be drugged that have historically been intractable to non-biological approaches. Bicycle molecules are excreted by the kidney rather than the liver and have shown no signs of immunogenicity to date, qualities which we believe explain the molecules’ favorable toxicological profile.

Current wording

We are a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a novel class of medicines, which we refer to as Bicycle® molecules, for diseases that are underserved by existing therapeutics. Bicycle molecules are fully synthetic short peptides constrained to form two loops which stabilize their structural geometry. This constraint facilitates target binding with high affinity and selectivity, making Bicycle molecules attractive candidates for drug development. Bicycle molecules are a unique therapeutic modality combining the pharmacology usually associated with a biologic with the manufacturing and pharmacokinetic, or PK, properties of a small molecule. The relatively large surface area presented by Bicycle molecules allows targets to be drugged that have historically been intractable to non-biological approaches. Bicycle molecules are excreted by the kidney rather than the liver and have shown no significant signs of immunogenicity to date, qualities which we believe explain the molecules’ favorable toxicological profile.

Previous wording

Our product candidates zelenectide pevedotin, formerly BT8009, and BT5528 are each a Bicycle Drug Conjugate, or BDCTM molecule. These Bicycle molecules are chemically attached to a toxin that when administered is cleaved from the Bicycle molecule and kills the tumor cells. We are evaluating zelenectide pevedotin, a BDC molecule targeting Nectin-4, in an ongoing company-sponsored Phase I/II clinical trial to assess the safety, pharmacokinetics and clinical activity in patients with Nectin-4 expressing advanced malignancies and an ongoing Phase II/III registrational trial called Duravelo-2, allowing for potential accelerated approval in untreated and previously treated metastatic urothelial cancer. We are also evaluating zelenectide pevedotin in an ongoing company-sponsored Phase I/II clinical trial to assess the efficacy and safety of zelenectide pevedotin in patients with NECTIN4 amplified advanced breast cancer, which commenced recruiting patients in the first quarter of 2025. Enrollment in these trials is ongoing. In addition, we are evaluating BT5528, a BDC molecule targeting Ephrin type A receptor 2, or EphA2, in a company-sponsored Phase I/II clinical trial, for which enrollment is ongoing. Additionally, our other product candidate, BT7480, is a Bicycle Tumor-Targeted Immune Cell Agonist®, or Bicycle TICA®molecule. A Bicycle TICA molecule links immune cell receptor binding Bicycle molecules to tumor antigen binding Bicycle molecules. We are evaluating BT7480, a Bicycle TICA molecule targeting Nectin-4 and agonizing CD137, in a company-sponsored Phase I/II clinical trial. Our discovery pipeline in oncology includes next-generation BDC molecules and Bicycle* *Radioconjugates, or BRC® molecules.

Current wording

Our product candidates zelenectide pevedotin, formerly BT8009, and BT5528 are each a Bicycle Drug Conjugate, or BDC® molecule. These Bicycle molecules are chemically attached to a toxin that when administered is cleaved from the Bicycle molecule and kills the tumor cells. We are evaluating zelenectide pevedotin, a BDC molecule targeting Nectin-4, in an ongoing company-sponsored Phase I/II clinical trial to assess the safety, pharmacokinetics and clinical activity in patients with Nectin-4 expressing advanced malignancies and an ongoing Phase II/III registrational trial called Duravelo-2, designed to allow for potential accelerated approval in untreated and previously treated metastatic urothelial cancer. We are also evaluating zelenectide pevedotin in ongoing company-sponsored Phase I/II clinical trials to assess the efficacy and safety of zelenectide pevedotin in patients with NECTIN4 amplified advanced breast cancer and NECTIN4 amplified advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, which commenced recruiting patients in the first and third quarters of 2025, respectively. Enrollment in these trials is ongoing. In addition, we are evaluating BT5528, a BDC molecule targeting Ephrin type A receptor 2, or EphA2, in a company-sponsored Phase I/II clinical trial, for which enrollment is ongoing. Additionally, our other product candidate, BT7480, is a Bicycle Tumor-Targeted Immune Cell Agonist®, or Bicycle TICA®molecule. A Bicycle TICA molecule links immune cell receptor binding Bicycle molecules to tumor antigen binding Bicycle molecules. We are evaluating BT7480, a Bicycle TICA molecule targeting Nectin-4 and agonizing CD137, in a company-sponsored Phase I/II clinical trial. Our discovery pipeline in oncology includes next-generation BDC molecules and Bicycle* *Radioconjugates, or BRC® molecules.

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Zelenectide pevedotin has been granted Fast Track Designation, or FTD, by the FDA as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with previously treated locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer as well as for the treatment of adult patients with previously treated, NECTIN4 gene-amplified, advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. BT5528 has been granted FTD for the treatment of adult patients with previously treated, locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer. Zelenectide pevedotin has also been selected to

Current wording

Zelenectide pevedotin has been granted Fast Track Designation, or FTD, by the FDA as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with previously treated locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer as well as for the treatment of adult patients with previously treated, NECTIN4 gene-amplified, advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. BT5528 has been granted FTD for the treatment of adult patients with

Previous wording

participate in the Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls, or CMC, Development and Readiness Pilot Program launched by the FDA to facilitate CMC development for therapies with expedited clinical development timeframes based on the anticipated clinical benefits of earlier patient access to the therapy.

Current wording

previously treated, locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer. Zelenectide pevedotin has also been selected to participate in the Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls, or CMC, Development and Readiness Pilot Program launched by the FDA to facilitate CMC development for therapies with expedited clinical development timeframes based on the anticipated clinical benefits of earlier patient access to the therapy.

Previous wording

In addition, at the ESMO Congress 2024, we announced updated Phase I/II clinical results for BT5528 in advanced solid tumors, including metastatic urothelial cancer and ovarian cancer, and updated Phase I/II clinical results for BT7480 in advanced solid tumors. In October 2024, first human imaging data for a BRC molecule targeting MT1-MMP was presented by the German Cancer Consortium, or DKTK, and we presented preclinical data about BRC molecules for radioisotope delivery to solid tumors at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, or EANM, 2024 Congress.

Current wording

In addition, at the ESMO Congress 2024, we announced updated Phase I/II clinical results for BT5528 in advanced solid tumors, including metastatic urothelial cancer and ovarian cancer, and updated Phase I/II clinical results for BT7480 in advanced solid tumors. In October 2024, first human imaging data for a BRC molecule targeting MT1-MMP was presented by the German Cancer Consortium, or DKTK, and we presented preclinical data about BRC molecules for radioisotope delivery to solid tumors at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, or EANM, 2024 Congress. In April 2025, DKTK presented additional human imaging data for a BRC molecule targeting MT1-MMP at the American Association for Cancer Research, or AACR, Annual Meeting 2025.

Previous wording

Since our inception, we have devoted substantially all of our resources to developing our Bicycle platform and our product candidates, conducting research and development of our product candidates and preclinical programs, raising capital and providing general and administrative support for our operations. To date, we have financed our operations primarily with proceeds from the sale of our equity securities; proceeds received from upfront payments, research and development payments, and development milestone payments from our collaboration agreements; and borrowings pursuant to a loan and security agreement, or the Loan Agreement, with Hercules Capital, Inc., or Hercules. From our inception in 2009 through March 31, 2025, we have received gross proceeds of $1.4 billion from the sale of our equity securities; and $236.6 million of cash payments under our collaboration arrangements, including $45.3 million from Bayer, $53.0 million from Novartis, $47.7 million from Ionis, and $56.0 million from Genentech. We do not have any products approved for sale and have not generated any revenue from product sales.

Current wording

Since our inception, we have devoted substantially all of our resources to developing our Bicycle platform and our product candidates, conducting research and development of our product candidates and preclinical programs, raising capital and providing general and administrative support for our operations. To date, we have financed our operations primarily with proceeds from the sale of our equity securities; proceeds received from upfront payments, research and development payments, and development milestone payments from our collaboration agreements; and borrowings pursuant to a loan and security agreement, or the Loan Agreement, with Hercules Capital, Inc., or Hercules. From our inception in 2009 through June 30, 2025, we have received gross proceeds of $1.4 billion from the sale of our equity securities; and $236.9 million of cash payments under our collaboration arrangements, including $45.6 million from Bayer, $53.0 million from Novartis, $47.7 million from Ionis, and $56.0 million from Genentech. We do not have any products approved for sale and have not generated any revenue from product sales.

Previous wording

Since our inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. Our ability to generate product revenue sufficient to achieve profitability will depend on the successful development and eventual commercialization of one or more of our product candidates. Our net losses were $60.8 million and $26.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of March 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $741.5 million. These losses have resulted primarily from costs incurred in connection with research and development activities and general and administrative costs associated with our operations. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and increasing operating losses for the foreseeable future.

Current wording

Since our inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. Our ability to generate product revenue sufficient to achieve profitability will depend on the successful development and eventual commercialization of one or more of our product candidates. Our net losses were $79.0 million and $139.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively. As of June 30, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $820.5 million. These losses have resulted primarily from costs incurred in connection with research and development activities and general and administrative costs associated with our operations. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and increasing operating losses for the foreseeable future.

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We anticipate that our expenses and capital requirements will increase substantially in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly as we advance our product candidates into later-stage clinical trials and continue preclinical activities and clinical trials for our pipeline programs and, if any product candidates are approved, pursue the

Current wording

We anticipate that our expenses and capital requirements will increase substantially in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly as we advance our product candidates into later-stage clinical trials and continue preclinical activities and clinical trials for our pipeline programs and, if any product candidates are approved, pursue the commercialization of such product candidates by building internal sales and marketing capabilities. We expect that our expenses and capital requirements will increase substantially if and as we:

Previous wording

As of March 31, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of $793.0 million. We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least 12 months from the date of filing of this Quarterly Report. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to

Current wording

As of June 30, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of $721.5 million. We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least 12 months from the date of filing of this Quarterly Report. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could deplete our available capital resources sooner than we expect. See “—Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “—Capital Resources and Funding Requirements.”

Previous wording

Our direct external research and development expenses are tracked on a program-by-program basis and consist of costs, such as fees paid to consultants, contract research organizations, or CROs, and contract manufacturing organizations, or CMOs, in connection with our preclinical and clinical development activities. Costs incurred after a product candidate has been designated and that are directly related to the product candidate are included in direct research and development expenses for that program. Costs incurred prior to designating a product candidate are included in discovery, platform and other expenses. We do not allocate employee costs, costs associated with our discovery efforts, laboratory supplies, and facilities, including depreciation or other indirect costs, to specific product

Current wording

Our direct external research and development expenses are tracked on a program-by-program basis and consist of costs, such as fees paid to consultants, contract research organizations, or CROs, and contract manufacturing organizations, or CMOs, in connection with our preclinical and clinical development activities. Costs incurred after a product candidate has been designated and that are directly related to the product candidate are included in direct research and development expenses for that program. Costs incurred prior to designating a product candidate are

Previous wording

Through our subsidiaries in the U.K., we receive reimbursements of certain research and development expenditures as part of a U.K. government research and development tax reliefs program. For 2024, we benefitted from the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, or SME, R&D Tax Relief program, under which we were able to surrender trading losses that arose from qualifying research and development expenses incurred by our subsidiaries in the U.K. for a cash rebate of up to 26.97% of qualifying expenditure incurred as long as we qualified as “R&D intensive” (broadly, a loss-making SME whose relevant R&D expenditure represents, for 2024, 40% of its total expenditure for the accounting period). Such rebate percentage was increased from 18.6% of qualifying expenditure, retroactively applied to expenditures incurred after April 1, 2023, upon the enactment of the Finance Act 2024 in February 2024. For accounting periods beginning on or after April 1, 2024, the Finance Act 2024 replaced the legacy research and development expenditure credit and the SME R&D Tax Relief program with a merged research and development expenditure credit scheme, or RDEC, and an enhanced research and development intensive support scheme, or ERIS. Therefore, for 2025 we qualify for the ERIS scheme as it remains R&D intensive (for 2025, a loss-making SME whose relevant R&D expenditure represents 30% of its total expenditure for the accounting period). Going forward, if we no longer qualify as an R&D intensive SME during an accounting period, we will be subject to a single 20% gross rebate rate applying to all claims under the RDEC scheme.

Current wording

Through our subsidiaries in the U.K., we receive reimbursements of certain research and development expenditures as part of a U.K. government research and development tax reliefs program. For 2024, we benefitted from the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, or SME, R&D Tax Relief program, under which we were able to surrender trading losses that arose from qualifying research and development expenses incurred by our subsidiaries in the U.K. for a cash rebate of up to 26.97% of qualifying expenditure incurred as long as we qualified as “R&D intensive” (broadly, a loss-making SME whose relevant R&D expenditure represents, for 2024, 40% of its total expenditure for the accounting period). Such rebate percentage was increased from 18.6% of qualifying expenditure, retroactively applied to expenditures incurred after April 1, 2023, upon the enactment of the Finance Act 2024 in February 2024. For accounting periods beginning on or after April 1, 2024, the Finance Act 2024 replaced the legacy research and development expenditure credit and the SME R&D Tax Relief program with a merged research and development expenditure credit scheme, or RDEC, and an enhanced research and development intensive support scheme, or ERIS. Therefore, for 2025 we qualify for the ERIS scheme, and are therefore eligible for a cash rebate up to 26.97% of qualifying expenditures, as we remain R&D intensive (for 2025, a loss-making SME whose relevant R&D expenditure represents 30% of its total expenditure for the accounting period). Going forward, if we no longer qualify as an R&D intensive SME during an accounting period, we will be subject to a single 20% gross rebate rate applying to all claims under the RDEC scheme.

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General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and other related costs, including share-based compensation, for personnel in our executive, finance, corporate and business development, commercial and administrative functions. General and administrative expenses also include professional fees for legal, patent, accounting, auditing, tax and consulting services, insurance, travel expenses and facility-related expenses, which include direct depreciation costs and allocated expenses for rent and maintenance of facilities and other operating costs.

Current wording

administrative functions. General and administrative expenses also include professional fees for legal, patent, accounting, auditing, tax and consulting services, insurance, travel expenses and facility-related expenses, which include direct depreciation costs and allocated expenses for rent and maintenance of facilities and other operating costs.

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We are subject to corporate taxation in the United States and the United Kingdom. We have generated losses since inception and have therefore not paid U.K. corporation tax. The benefit from income taxes included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss represents the tax impact from operating activities in the United States, which has generated taxable income based on intercompany service arrangements.

Current wording

We are subject to corporate taxation in the United States and the U.K. We have generated losses since inception and have therefore not paid U.K. corporation tax. The (benefit from) provision for income taxes included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss represents the tax impact from operating activities in the United States, which has generated taxable income based on intercompany service arrangements.

Previous wording

Research and development expenses increased by $24.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, due to increases of $14.6 million in clinical program expenses for zelenectide pevedotin primarily due to the ongoing Phase II/III Duravelo-2 registrational trial as well as the ongoing

Current wording

Research and development expenses increased by $31.0 million in the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2024, due to increases of $28.8 million in clinical program expenses for zelenectide pevedotin primarily due to the ongoing Phase II/III Duravelo-2 registrational trial as well as the ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial assessing zelenectide pevedotin in patients with NECTIN4 amplified advanced breast cancer,

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We begin to separately track program expenses at candidate nomination, at which point we accumulate all direct external program costs to support that program to date. Through March 31, 2025, we have incurred approximately $189.0 million and $51.3 million of direct external expenses for the development of zelenectide pevedotin and BT5528, respectively, since their candidate nominations, and an aggregate of $50.4 million of direct external expenses for the development of two named Bicycle TICA candidates since their nominations.

Current wording

We begin to separately track program expenses at candidate nomination, at which point we accumulate all direct external program costs to support that program to date. Through June 30, 2025, we have incurred approximately $233.4 million and $53.1 million of direct external expenses for the development of zelenectide pevedotin and BT5528, respectively, since their candidate nominations, and an aggregate of $50.4 million of direct external expenses for the development of two named Bicycle TICA candidates since their nominations.

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Collaboration revenue decreased by $9.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, due to decreases of $5.9 million from our collaboration with Ionis due to the completion of the combined licenses and research and discovery performance obligation in the second quarter of 2024, as well as $3.9 million from our collaboration with Genentech which was primarily due to the timing of revenue recognized upon the Genentech joint research committee’s decision to discontinue research activities for Collaboration Program #3 in the first quarter of 2024 and the notice of termination for Genentech Collaboration Program #4 in the first quarter of 2025.

Current wording

Collaboration revenue decreased by $16.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2024, due to decreases of $8.9 million from our collaboration with Ionis because of the completion of the combined licenses and research and discovery performance obligation in the second quarter of 2024; $5.2 million from our collaboration with Genentech which was primarily due to the timing of revenue recognized upon the Genentech joint research committee’s decision to discontinue research activities for Collaboration Program #3 in the first quarter of 2024 and the notice of termination for Genentech Collaboration Program #4 in the first quarter of 2025; and $2.1 million from our collaboration with Novartis due to the recognition of revenue related to the expiration of Novartis’ material rights for limited substitution rights for the first and second targets in the second quarter of 2024.

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Phase I/II clinical trial assessing zelenectide pevedotin in patients with NECTIN4 amplified advanced breast cancer, which commenced recruiting patients in the first quarter of 2025, $6.0 million resulting from a decrease in research and development incentives due to the impact of U.K. R&D tax credit reimbursement rate changes which were enacted in the first quarter of 2024, retroactively applied to April 1, 2023, $3.8 million in employee and contractor related expenses primarily attributable to increased headcount, $0.8 million in discovery, platform and other expense and $0.7 million in BT5528 clinical program expenses. These increases were primarily offset by a decrease of $1.5 million in Bicycle TICA program development expenses due to the timing of clinical program activities.

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which commenced recruiting patients in the first quarter of 2025; $7.9 million in employee and contractor related expenses primarily attributable to increased headcount; $6.2 million in discovery, platform and other expense due to continued development of our pipeline programs, including advancing our BRC molecule pipeline; and $1.8 million resulting from a decrease in research and development incentives due to the retroactive impact of U.K. R&D tax credit reimbursement rate changes that were enacted and effective in the first quarter of 2024, retroactively applied to April 1, 2023. These increases were primarily offset by a decrease of $3.6 million in Bicycle TICA program development expenses due to the timing of clinical program activities, including the reimbursement of $0.9 million of certain program-related costs.

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General and administrative expenses increased by $4.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024. This increase is primarily due to increases of $2.5 million in professional and consulting fees primarily associated with increased legal and consulting fees to support our growth, $1.3 million in personnel-related costs as a result of increased headcount, and $0.5 million of incremental share-based compensation expense primarily associated with equity grants issued since the same period in the prior year.

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General and administrative expenses increased by $7.3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2024. This increase is primarily due to increases of $3.1 million in professional and consulting fees primarily associated with increased legal and consulting fees to support our growth, $2.9 million in personnel-related costs as a result of increased headcount, and $1.1 million of incremental share-based compensation expense primarily associated with equity grants issued since the same period in the prior year.

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Other income, net increased by $3.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, which was primarily due to an increase in interest income of $2.8 million primarily related to higher average interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents balances period over period and a decrease in interest expense of $0.8 million due to the repayment and termination of the Loan Agreement in July 2024.

Current wording

Other income, net increased by $4.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2024, which was primarily due to an increase in interest income of $2.5 million primarily related to higher average interest-bearing cash and cash equivalents balances period over period, as well as a decrease in interest expense of $1.5 million due to the repayment and termination of the Loan Agreement in July 2024.

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The benefit from income taxes of $1.1 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, is mainly the result of deferred tax assets in the United States that do not have a valuation allowance against them because of profits that will be generated by an intercompany service agreement.

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The benefit from income taxes of $1.3 million and $0.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, is mainly the result of deferred tax assets in the United States that do not have a valuation allowance against them because of profits that will be generated by an intercompany service agreement.

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To date, we have financed our operations primarily with proceeds from the sale of our ordinary shares, ADSs, non-voting ordinary shares and convertible preferred shares; proceeds received from upfront payments, payments for research and development services, and development milestone payments pursuant to collaboration agreements; and borrowings pursuant to our Loan Agreement with Hercules.

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To date, we have financed our operations primarily with proceeds from the sale of our equity securities; proceeds received from upfront payments, payments for research and development services, and development milestone payments pursuant to collaboration agreements; and borrowings pursuant to our Loan Agreement with Hercules.

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Net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $86.4 million as compared to $70.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase in cash used in operations of $15.5 million is primarily due to an increase in cash payments for clinical program activities, primarily related to the multiple ongoing clinical trials for zelenectide pevedotin, including for the ongoing Phase II/III registrational trial for zelenectide pevedotin in patients with untreated and previously treated metastatic urothelial cancer and the initiation of the Phase I/II clinical trial for zelenectide pevedotin in patients with NECTIN4 amplified advanced breast cancer.

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Net cash used in operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was $159.2 million as compared to $115.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024. The increase in cash used in operations of $43.7 million is primarily due to an increase in cash payments for clinical program activities, primarily related to the multiple ongoing clinical trials for zelenectide pevedotin, including for the ongoing Phase II/III registrational trial for zelenectide pevedotin in patients with untreated and previously treated metastatic urothelial cancer and the initiation of the Phase I/II clinical trial for zelenectide pevedotin in patients with NECTIN4 amplified advanced breast cancer.

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During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, we used $0.6 million and $12,000, respectively, of cash in investing activities for purchases of property and equipment, consisting primarily of laboratory equipment.

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During the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, we used $1.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, of cash in investing activities for purchases of property and equipment, consisting primarily of laboratory equipment.

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During the three months ended March 31, 2025, net cash used in financing activities was $41,000, primarily consisting of payments of finance lease obligations.

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During the six months ended June 30, 2025, net cash used in financing activities was $0.1 million, primarily consisting of payments of finance lease obligations.

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During the three months ended March 31, 2024, net cash provided by financing activities was $1.9 million, primarily consisting of net proceeds of from the exercise of share options.

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During the six months ended June 30, 2024, net cash provided by financing activities was $551.5 million, primarily consisting of net proceeds of $545.1 million from the Private Placement and $6.4 million from the exercise of share options.

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We have also entered into separate agreements with third parties which provide for various future milestone payments upon the achievement of specified development, regulatory, commercial and sales-based milestones with an aggregate total value of $166.2 million, as well as potential future royalty and other payments at percentages ranging from very low to low single digits. These additional milestone payments are contingent upon future events that are not considered probable of achievement as of March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2025, we were unable to estimate the timing or likelihood of achieving these milestones.

Current wording

We have also entered into separate agreements with third parties which provide for various future milestone payments upon the achievement of specified development, regulatory, commercial and sales-based milestones with an aggregate total value of $105.9 million, as well as potential future royalty and other payments at percentages ranging from very low to low single digits. These additional milestone payments are contingent upon future events that are not considered probable of achievement as of June 30, 2025. As of June 30, 2025, we were unable to estimate the timing or likelihood of achieving these milestones.

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As of March 31, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of $793.0 million. We expect that our existing cash and cash equivalents will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least 12 months from the date of filing of this Quarterly Report.

Current wording

As of June 30, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of $721.5 million. We expect that our existing cash and cash equivalents will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least 12 months from the date of filing of this Quarterly Report.
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Current report — wording carried from elsewhere

included in discovery, platform and other expenses. We do not allocate employee costs, costs associated with our discovery efforts, laboratory supplies, and facilities, including depreciation or other indirect costs, to specific product development programs because these costs are deployed across multiple product development programs and, as such, are not separately classified.

Current report — wording carried from elsewhere

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and other related costs, including share-based compensation, for personnel in our executive, finance, corporate and business development, commercial and

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Collaboration revenue decreased by $6.4 million in the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2024, due to decreases of $3.0 million from our collaboration with Ionis due to the completion of the combined licenses and research and discovery performance obligation in the second quarter of 2024, $2.3 million from our collaboration with Novartis due to the recognition of revenue related to the expiration of Novartis’ material rights for limited substitution rights for the first and second targets in the second quarter of 2024, and $1.3 million from our collaboration with Genentech.

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General and administrative expenses increased by $2.5 million in the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2024. This increase is primarily due to increases of $1.5 million in personnel-related costs as a result of increased headcount and $0.6 million in professional and consulting fees primarily associated with increased legal and consulting fees to support our growth.

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The following table summarizes our results of operations for the periods presented:

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The table below summarizes our research and development expenses for the periods presented:

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Research and development expenses increased by $55.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2024, due to increases of $43.4 million in clinical program expenses for zelenectide pevedotin primarily related to the ongoing Phase II/III Duravelo-2 registrational trial as well as the ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial assessing zelenectide pevedotin in patients with NECTIN4 amplified advanced breast cancer,

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The table below summarizes our general and administrative expenses for the periods presented:
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commercialization of such product candidates by building internal sales and marketing capabilities. We expect that our expenses and capital requirements will increase substantially if and as we:

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be wrong, and we could deplete our available capital resources sooner than we expect. See “—Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “—Capital Resources and Funding Requirements.”

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development programs because these costs are deployed across multiple product development programs and, as such, are not separately classified.