Janux Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Business Highlights

August 7, 2025
  • R&D Day highlighted TRACTr, TRACIr, and ARM pipeline progress and best-in-class potential of novel bispecific ARM platform for autoimmune diseases
  • Enrollment ongoing for JANX007 and JANX008
  • Updates on JANX007 and JANX008 expected in the second half of 2025
  • First patient dosed in lead collaboration program triggers $10 million milestone payment from Merck
  • $996.0 million in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments at end of second quarter 2025

Janux Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: JANX) (Janux), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a broad pipeline of novel immunotherapies by applying its proprietary technologies to its Tumor Activated T Cell Engager (TRACTr), Tumor Activated Immunomodulator (TRACIr), and Adaptive Immune Response Modulator (ARM) platforms, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025, and provided a business update.

“The recent expansion of our TRACTr, TRACIr, and ARM development programs displays our ability to enact a strategy that attempts to both maximize the benefit and value of our current clinical programs, including JANX007, while continuing to advance other differentiated candidates in oncology and autoimmune disease,” said David Campbell, Ph.D., President and CEO of Janux. “We look forward to additional clinical data from JANX007 and JANX008 expected in the second half of 2025.”

RECENT BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS AND FUTURE MILESTONES:

  • R&D Day highlighted pipeline progress and novel bispecific platform in autoimmune disease.
    In July 2025, Janux management presented multiple product candidates identified from its preclinical pipeline to move towards clinical trials.
  • A PSMA-TRACIr designed to be combined with potentially best-in-treatment asset, JANX007, and provide CD28 co-stimulation to further differentiate depth and durability of patient responses.
  • A TROP2-TRACTr added a first-in-class opportunity targeting multiple solid tumors with preclinical data supporting differentiated safety and efficacy potential.
  • A CD19-ARM displayed rapid, deep and durable B-cell depletion in periphery and tissues with a prolonged memory B cell reset while maintaining a large safety window in non-human primates.
  • JANX007 continues to enroll in the first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial in mCRPC (NCT05519449).
  • JANX008 continues to enroll in the first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial in advanced or metastatic solid tumors (NCT05783622).
  • Clinical milestone payment of $10 million from Merck recently triggered by first patient dosed in the lead collaboration program under the companies’ 2020 Research Collaboration and Exclusive License Agreement.

Additional data from JANX007 and JANX008 will be presented at future Janux events in the second half of 2025.

SECOND QUARTER 2025 FINANCIAL RESULTS:

  • Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments: As of June 30, 2025, Janux reported cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $996.0 million, compared to $1.03 billion at December 31, 2024.
  • Research and development expenses: Research and development expenses for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 were $34.7 million, compared to $14.9 million for the comparable period in 2024.
  • General and administrative expenses: General and administrative expenses for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 were $10.5 million, compared to $7.8 million for the comparable period in 2024.
  • Net loss: For the quarter ended June 30, 2025, Janux reported a net loss of $33.9 million, compared to a net loss of $6.0 million for the comparable period in 2024.

Janux’s TRACTr, TRACIr and ARM Pipeline

Janux’s first clinical candidate, JANX007, is a TRACTr that targets prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) and is being investigated in a Phase 1 clinical trial in adult patients with mCRPC. Janux’s second clinical candidate, JANX008, is a TRACTr that targets epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and is being studied in a Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of multiple solid cancers including colorectal carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma, small cell lung cancer, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and triple-negative breast cancer. Janux is also advancing additional CD3-based TRACTr and CD28-based TRACIr programs for future clinical development, including a PSMA-TRACIr for use in combination with our PSMA-TRACTr JANX007, and a TROP2-TRACTr for the treatment of TROP2+ solid tumors. Janux is advancing its first ARM platform program candidate, a CD19-ARM for the potential treatment of autoimmune diseases toward clinical trials. Janux is also generating a number of additional TRACTr, TRACIr and ARM programs for potential future development.

About Janux Therapeutics

Janux is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a broad pipeline of novel immunotherapies by applying its proprietary technology to its Tumor Activated T Cell Engager (TRACTr), Tumor Activated Immunomodulator (TRACIr), and Adaptive Immune Response Modulator (ARM) platforms. Janux has two TRACTr therapeutic candidates in clinical trials, the first targeting PSMA is in development for prostate cancer, and the second targeting EGFR is being developed for colorectal carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma, small cell lung cancer, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and triple-negative breast cancer. For more information, please visit www.januxrx.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding, among other things, Janux’s ability to bring new treatments to cancer patients in need, expectations regarding the timing, scope and results of Janux’s development activities, including its ongoing and planned preclinical studies and clinical trials, and the potential benefits of Janux’s product candidates and platform technologies, expectations regarding the use of Janux’s platform technologies to generate novel product candidates and the strength of Janux’s balance sheet and the adequacy of cash on hand. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially include the risk that interim results of a clinical trial are not necessarily indicative of final results and one or more of the clinical outcomes may materially change as patient enrollment continues, following more comprehensive reviews of the data and as more patient data becomes available, including the risk that unconfirmed responses may not ultimately result in confirmed responses to treatment after follow-up evaluations, the risk that compounds that appear promising in early research do not demonstrate safety and/or efficacy in later preclinical studies or clinical trials, the risk that Janux may not obtain approval to market its product candidates, uncertainties associated with performing clinical trials, regulatory filings and applications, risks associated with reliance on third parties to successfully conduct clinical trials, the risks associated with reliance on outside financing to meet capital requirements, and other risks associated with the process of discovering, developing and commercializing drugs that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics, and in the endeavor of building a business around such drugs. You are urged to consider statements that include the words “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “promise,” “potential,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “continues,” “designed,” “goal,” or the negative of those words or other comparable words to be uncertain and forward-looking. For a further list and description of the risks and uncertainties Janux faces, please refer to Janux’s periodic and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at www.sec.gov. Such forward-looking statements are current only as of the date they are made, and Janux assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, which is made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Janux Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Balance Sheets
(in thousands)

June 30,
2025

December 31,
2024

Assets

(unaudited)

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

52,446

$

430,605

Short-term investments

943,565

594,568

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

9,542

8,493

Total current assets

1,005,553

1,033,666

Restricted cash

816

816

Property and equipment, net

4,688

4,864

Operating lease right-of-use assets

18,462

19,286

Other long-term assets

2,693

2,884

Total assets

$

1,032,212

$

1,061,516

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

3,477

$

4,026

Accrued expenses

16,029

11,684

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

1,873

1,749

Total current liabilities

21,379

17,459

Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion

20,317

21,276

Total liabilities

41,696

38,735

Total stockholders’ equity

990,516

1,022,781

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

1,032,212

$

1,061,516

Janux Therapeutics, Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(in thousands, except share and per share data)

Three Months Ended
June 30,

Six Months Ended
June 30,

2025

2024

2025

2024

Collaboration revenue

$

$

8,897

$

$

10,149

Operating expenses:

Research and development

34,664

14,898

59,719

28,968

General and administrative

10,454

7,821

20,296

15,164

Total operating expenses

45,118

22,719

80,015

44,132

Loss from operations

(45,118

)

(13,822

)

(80,015

)

(33,983

)

Total other income

11,260

7,863

22,649

13,264

Net loss

$

(33,858

)

$

(5,959

)

$

(57,366

)

$

(20,719

)

Other comprehensive gain (loss):

Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net

(9

)

(1,092

)

1,584

(2,281

)

Comprehensive loss

$

(33,867

)

$

(7,051

)

$

(55,782

)

$

(23,000

)

Net loss per common share, basic and diluted

$

(0.55

)

$

(0.11

)

$

(0.93

)

$

(0.40

)

Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, basic and diluted

61,902,411

54,451,666

61,847,372

51,750,690

Investors:
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Janux Therapeutics
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Source: Janux Therapeutics