UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of November 2020
Commission File Number 001-37652
Midatech Pharma PLC
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Oddfellows House,
19 Newport Road,
Cardiff, CF24 0AA, United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive offices)
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This Report on Form 6-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company’s Registration Statements on Form F-3 (File No. 333-233901) and Form F-1 (File No. 333-240984).
SUBMITTED HEREWITH
Attached to the Registrant’s Form 6-K filing for the month of November 2020, and incorporated by reference herein, is:
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Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 |
Press release, dated November 24, 2020 entitled
“MTX110 Phase I Trial Results in DIPG and Preclinical Efficacy Data in Glioblastoma presented at 2020 Annual SNO Conference” | |
SIGNATURE
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| Midatech Pharma PLC | ||
| Date: November 24, 2020 | By: | /s/ Stephen Stamp
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Stephen Stamp Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer | ||
Exhibit Index
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Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 |
Press release, dated November 24, 2020 entitled
“MTX110 Phase I Trial Results in DIPG and Preclinical Efficacy Data in Glioblastoma presented at 2020 Annual SNO Conference” | |
Exhibit 99.1
24 November 2020
Midatech Pharma PLC
(“Midatech” or the “Company”)
MTX110 Phase I Trial Results in DIPG
and
Preclinical Efficacy Data in Glioblastoma presented
at 2020 Annual SNO Conference
Midatech Pharma PLC (AIM: MTPH.L; Nasdaq: MTP), an R&D biotechnology company focused on improving the bio-delivery and biodistribution of medicines, is pleased to note that the latest research on MTX110 was presented by its collaborators at the recent annual meeting of the Society of Neuro-Oncology (SNO2020 Virtual Conference). Links to the Abstracts and Posters are provided below:
PNOC015: An Open Label Single Arm Phase I/II Study of MTX110 Delivered by Convection-Enhanced Delivery (CED) in Patients with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Previously Treated with External Beam Radiation Therapy (ABSTRACT DDRE-21) - Lead Author: Dr Sabine Mueller, Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium
The Abstract may be found at:
https://academic.oup.com/neuro-oncology/article-abstract/22/Supplement_2/ii66/5960703?redirectedFrom=fulltext
The Poster may be found at:
http://midatechpharma.com/uploads/pdf/pnoc015.pdf
Efficacy of Soluble Panobinostat (MTX110) in Preclinical Models of Adult Glioblastoma (ABSTRACT TMOD-27) - Lead Author: Dr David Ashley, Preston Tisch Brain Tumor Centre, Duke University, Durham NC 27710
The Abstract may be found at:
https://academic.oup.com/neuro-oncology/article-abstract/22/Supplement_2/ii233/5961404?redirectedFrom=fulltext
The Poster may be found at:
http://midatechpharma.com/uploads/pdf/Conlon-TMOD27.pdf
Commenting, Steve Damment, EVP R&D of Midatech, said: “These presentations provide further information on the encouraging Phase I DIPG trial results recently announced by Midatech on 19 October 2020, and preclinical efficacy data supporting the potential utility of MTX110 for the significantly larger adult glioblastoma indication.”
About MTX110
MTX110 is a water-soluble form of panobinostat free base, achieved through complexation with hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPBCD), that enables convection-enhanced delivery (CED) at potentially chemotherapeutic doses directly to the site of the tumour. Panobinostat is a hydroxamic acid and acts as a non-selective histone deacetylase inhibitor (pan-HDAC inhibitor). The currently available oral formulation of panobinostat lactate (Farydak®) is not suitable for treatment of brain cancers owing to poor blood-brain barrier penetration and inadequate brain drug concentrations. Based on favourable translational science data, MTX110 is being evaluated clinically as a treatment for DIPG (NCT03566199, NCT04264143) and recurrent medulloblastoma (NCT04315064), and preclinically for treatment of glioblastoma (SNO 2020 Abstract TMOD-27). MTX110 is delivered directly into and around the patient's tumour via a catheter system (e.g. CED or fourth ventricle infusions) to bypass the blood-brain barrier. This technique exposes the tumour to very high drug concentrations while simultaneously minimising systemic drug levels and the potential for toxicity and other side effects. Panobinostat has demonstrated high potency against DIPG tumour cells in in vitro and in vivo models, and in a key study it was the most promising of 83 anticancer agents tested in 14 patient-derived DIPG cell lines (Grasso et al, 2015. Nature Medicine 21(6), 555-559).
For more information, please contact:
Midatech Pharma PLC |
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Stephen Stamp, CEO, CFO Steve Damment, EVP R&D |
| Tel: +44 (0)29 20480 180 |
| www.midatechpharma.com |
| Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) |
| Freddy Crossley, Emma Earl (Corporate Finance) |
| Rupert Dearden (Corporate Broking) |
| Tel: +44 (0)20 7886 2500 |
| Turner Pope Investments (TPI) Limited (Joint Broker) |
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Andrew Thacker (Corporate Broking) Tel: +44 (0)20 3657 0050 |
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IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR and UK Investor Relations) |
| Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring |
| Tel: +44 (0)20 3934 6630 |
| Email: midatech@investor-focus.co.uk |
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Edison Group (US Investor Relations) Megan Paul Tel: +1 (646) 653 7034 Email: mpaul@edisongroup.com |
About Midatech Pharma PLC
Midatech Pharma PLC (dual listed on LSE AIM: MTPH; and NASDAQ: MTP) is a drug delivery technology company focused on improving the bio-delivery and bio-distribution of medicines. The Company combines approved and development medications with its proprietary and innovative drug delivery technologies to provide compelling products that have the potential to powerfully impact the lives of patients.
The Company has developed three in-house technology platforms, each with its own unique mechanism to improve delivery of medications to sites of disease. All of the Company’s technologies have successfully entered human use in the clinic, providing important validation of the potential for each platform:
| · | Q-Sphera™ platform: a disruptive micro-technology used for sustained release to prolong and control the release of therapeutics over an extended period of time (from weeks to months). |
| · | MidaSolve™ platform: an innovative nanotechnology used to dissolve insoluble drugs so that they can be administered in liquid form directly and locally into tumours. |
| · | MidaCore™ platform: a leading-edge nanotechnology used for targeting medications to sites of disease. |
The platform nature of the technologies offers the potential to develop multiple drug assets rather than being reliant on a limited number of programmes. Midatech’s technologies are supported by 36 patent families including 120 granted patents and an additional 70 patent applications. Midatech's headquarters and R&D facility is in Cardiff, UK. For more information please visit www.midatechpharma.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of legislation in the United Kingdom and/or United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements.
Reference should be made to those documents that Midatech shall file from time to time or announcements that may be made by Midatech in accordance with the London Stock Exchange AIM Rules for Companies ("AIM Rules"), the Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTRs") and the rules and regulations promulgated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which contains and identifies other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any projections or forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this announcement. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements by or concerning Midatech are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Except as may be required under the AIM Rules or the DTRs or by relevant law in the United Kingdom or the United States, Midatech does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements because of new information, future events or otherwise arising.