Nature of business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Nature of business

Nature of business

1. Nature of business

Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) is a biotechnology company whose mission is to leverage the power of human genetics to modify the course of and ultimately cure neurological diseases. Its pipeline includes programs for Alzheimer’s disease (“AD”); Friedreich’s ataxia (“FA”); Parkinson’s disease; and multiple other diseases of the central nervous system (“CNS”). Its pipeline also includes other programs it wholly owns and programs which it is advancing with licensees and collaborators including Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, or Alexion; Novartis Pharma AG, or Novartis; and Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., or Neurocrine, for the treatment of multiple other diseases of the central nervous system, or CNS.

Many of its programs are derived from the Company’s TRACER™ (Tropism Redirection of AAV by Cell-type-specific Expression of RNA) adeno-associated virus (“AAV”) capsid discovery platform, which it has used to generate novel capsids (“TRACER Capsids”) and identify associated receptors to potentially enable high brain penetration with genetic medicines following intravenous (“IV”) dosing. TRACER is a broadly applicable, RNA-based screening platform that enables rapid discovery of AAV capsids with robust penetration of the blood-brain barrier (“BBB”) and enhanced CNS tropism in multiple species, including non-human primates. The Company is also developing a second non-viral therapeutics platform focused on non-viral receptor-mediated transport across the BBB.

Despite reporting net income for the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company has a history of incurring significant losses. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $326.2 million. The Company has not generated any product revenue and has financed its operations primarily through public offerings and private placements of its equity securities and funding from fees, milestone payments, and cost reimbursements associated with its prior and current collaborations and license agreements.

As of December 31, 2024, the Company had cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities of $332.4 million. Based upon its current operating plan, the Company expects that its existing cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities at December 31, 2024 to be sufficient to meet the Company’s planned operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least twelve months from the issuance of these consolidated financial statements.

There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain additional debt or equity financing on terms acceptable to the Company or generate product revenue or revenue from collaboration partners, 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.