Lineage Cell Therapeutics Reports Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
CARLSBAD, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American and TASE: LCTX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel allogeneic, or “off the shelf”, cell therapies for serious medical conditions, today reported its third quarter 2025 financial and operating results and will host a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss these results and provide a business update.
“It has been a productive third quarter for the Lineage team,” stated Brian M. Culley, Lineage CEO. “Last quarter, I outlined five areas of focus through the end of this year, and I am pleased to report that we delivered on several of these during the third quarter, as outlined below.
“Looking ahead, we will continue to work on the other strategic initiatives I outlined, including activities designed to drive milestone revenue from our alliance with Roche and Genentech and pursuing grant funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) for our OPC1 program. We also continue to plan for a successful future by seeking to capitalize on our investments in our cell transplant platform and to utilize our manufacturing achievements as a foundation from which additional programs can be strategically advanced via funded collaborations or independently,” added Mr. Culley.
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Balance Sheet Highlights
Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities of $40.5 million as of September 30, 2025, is expected to support planned operations into Q2 2027.
Third Quarter Operating Results
Revenues: Revenue is generated primarily from collaboration revenues, royalties, and other revenues. Total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2025 were $3.7 million, a decrease of approximately $0.1 million as compared to $3.8 million for the same period in 2024. The decrease was primarily driven by lower royalty revenue and other service revenues recognized of $0.3 million, partially offset by more collaboration revenues of $0.2 million.
Operating Expenses: Operating expenses are primarily comprised of research and development (“R&D”) expenses and general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses. Total operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2025 were $7.5 million, a decrease of $0.1 million as compared to $7.6 million for the same period in 2024.
R&D Expenses: R&D expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2025 were $3.3 million, an increase of $0.1 million as compared to $3.2 million for the same period in 2024. The net increase was primarily driven by $0.2 million for our OPC1 program, $0.4 million for our preclinical programs and other undisclosed programs, partially offset by $0.5 million for our OpRegen program.
G&A Expenses: G&A expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2025 were $4.2 million, a decrease of $0.2 million as compared to $4.4 million for the same period in 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable stock-based compensation and services provided by third parties.
Loss from Operations: Loss from operations for the three months ended September 30, 2025 was $3.8 million, which was in-line with the comparative prior year period’s loss.
Other Income/(Expenses): Other income/(expenses) for the three months ended September 30, 2025 reflected other expense of $26.0 million, compared to other income of $0.8 million for the same period in 2024. The change was largely attributable to the non-cash quarterly fair value remeasurement of the warrant liabilities of $26.6 million primarily due to a change in our share price as compared to the prior year period, and $0.2 million for exchange rate fluctuations related to Lineage’s international subsidiaries.
Net Loss Attributable to Lineage: The net loss attributable to Lineage for the three months ended September 30, 2025 was $29.8 million, or $0.13 per share (basic and diluted), compared to a net loss of $3.0 million, or $0.02 per share (basic and diluted), for the same period in 2024. The change was primarily driven by the non-cash quarterly fair value remeasurement of the warrant liabilities due to a change in our share price as compared to the prior quarter.
Conference Call and Webcast
Interested parties may access the conference call on November 6, 2025, by dialing (888) 596-4144 from the U.S. and Canada and should request the “Lineage Cell Therapeutics Call”. A live webcast of the conference call will be available online in the Investors section of Lineage’s website. A replay of the webcast will be available on Lineage’s website for 30 days and a telephone replay will be available through November 14, 2025, by dialing (800) 770-2030 from the U.S. and Canada and entering conference ID number 3958367.
About Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
Lineage Cell Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel allogeneic, or “off the shelf”, cell therapies for serious medical conditions. Lineage’s programs are based on its proprietary cell-based technology platform and associated development and manufacturing capabilities. From this platform, Lineage designs, develops, manufactures, and tests specialized human cells with anatomical and physiological functions similar or identical to cells found naturally in the human body. These cells are created by applying directed differentiation protocols to established, well-characterized, and self-renewing pluripotent cell lines. These protocols generate cells with characteristics associated with specific and desired developmental lineages. Cells derived from such lineages are transplanted into patients in an effort to replace or support cells that are absent or dysfunctional due to degenerative disease, aging, or traumatic injury, and to restore or augment the patient’s functional activity. Lineage’s pipeline currently includes: (i) OpRegen ® cell therapy, a retinal pigment epithelial cell therapy in Phase 2a development under a worldwide collaboration with Roche and Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, for the treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration; (ii) OPC1, an oligodendrocyte progenitor cell therapy in Phase 1/2a development for the treatment of spinal cord injuries; (iii) ReSonance TM (ANP1), an auditory neuronal progenitor cell therapy in development under a collaboration with William Demant Invest A/S for the potential treatment of auditory neuropathy; (iv) PNC1, a photoreceptor neural cell therapy for the potential treatment of vision loss due to photoreceptor dysfunction or damage; (v) RND1, a novel hypoimmune induced pluripotent stem cell line being developed under a gene editing partnership; and ILT1, a cell therapy initiative focused on islet cell transplants for the treatment of the treatment of Type 1 Diabetes. For more information, please visit www.lineagecell.com or follow the company on X/Twitter @LineageCell.
Forward-Looking Statements
Lineage cautions you that all statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this press release, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements, can be identified by terms such as “believe,” “aim,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “design,” “intend,” “expect,” “could,” “can,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “would,” “contemplate,” “project,” “target,” “suggest,” or the negative version of these words and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to: that the planned funding under the research collaboration agreement with WDI will fund all currently planned preclinical development of ReSonance (ANP1); that Lineage’s cGMP production process for certain product candidates can produce millions of doses of a cost-effective, scalable and consistent supply of an allogeneic, cell-based product derived from a single initial cell line and that such process can be applied across one or more programs; Lineage’s plans to and its ability to apply its manufacturing capabilities to establish a production modality that can potentially solve a major hurdle to commercialization of islet cell therapy product candidates; the potential therapeutic benefits of OpRegen cell therapy in patients with GA secondary to AMD and the significance of the Phase 1/2a clinical study data reported to date; Genentech’s plans to evaluate proprietary surgical delivery devices that have potential advantages over available off-the-shelf devices in the Phase 2a GAlette Study the benefits of our services agreement with Genentech and its impact on advancing the OpRegen cell therapy program; the plans and expectations with respect to OPC1; Lineage’s belief that its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities is sufficient to support its planned operations into the second quarter of 2027. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Lineage’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this press release, including, but not limited to, the following risks: that we may need to allocate our cash to unexpected events and expenses causing us to expend our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities more quickly than expected; that development activities, preclinical activities, and clinical trials of our product candidates may not commence, progress or be completed as expected due to many factors within and outside of our control; that positive findings in early clinical and/or nonclinical studies of a product candidate may not be predictive of success in subsequent clinical and/or nonclinical studies of that candidate; that Roche and Genentech may not successfully advance OpRegen cell therapy or be successful in completing further clinical trials for OpRegen cell therapy and/or obtaining regulatory approval for OpRegen cell therapy in any particular jurisdiction; that competing alternative therapies may adversely impact the commercial potential of OpRegen cell therapy; that OPC1 clinical trials may not be successful; that the ongoing Israeli regional conflict may materially and adversely impact our manufacturing processes, including cell banking and product manufacturing for our cell therapy product candidates, all of which are conducted by our subsidiary in Jerusalem, Israel; that Lineage may not be able to manufacture sufficient clinical quantities of its product candidates in accordance with current good manufacturing practice; and those risks and uncertainties inherent in Lineage’s business and other risks discussed in Lineage’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Lineage’s forward-looking statements are based upon its current expectations and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. Further information regarding these and other risks is included under the heading “Risk Factors” in Lineage’s periodic reports with the SEC, including Lineage’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC and its other subsequent reports, which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they were made. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Lineage undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made except as required by law.
LINEAGE CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(IN THOUSANDS)
(UNAUDITED)
September 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
$
40,463
$
45,789
Marketable securities
23
2,016
Accounts receivable
127
638
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
1,647
2,554
Total current assets
42,260
50,997
NONCURRENT ASSETS
Property and equipment, net
2,157
2,251
Operating lease right-of-use assets
2,311
2,144
Deposits and other long-term assets
539
614
Goodwill
10,672
10,672
Intangible assets, net
31,700
46,540
TOTAL ASSETS
$
89,639
$
113,218
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
$
4,550
$
5,437
Operating lease liabilities, current portion
1,023
1,097
Finance lease liabilities, current portion
43
55
Deferred revenues, current portion
3,766
7,388
Total current liabilities
9,382
13,977
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Deferred tax liability
273
273
Deferred revenues, net of current portion
12,462
14,433
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion
1,515
1,295
Finance lease liabilities, net of current portion
40
67
Warrant liabilities
45,171
6,161
TOTAL LIABILITIES
68,843
36,206
Commitments and contingencies
—
—
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred shares, no par value, 2,000 shares authorized; none issued and
outstanding as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024
—
—
Common shares, no par value, 450,000 shares authorized as of
September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024; 230,328 and 220,416 shares
issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024,
respectively
494,175
484,722
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(4,286
)
(2,876
)
Accumulated deficit
(467,849
)
(403,465
)
Lineage's shareholders’ equity
22,040
78,381
Noncontrolling deficit
(1,244
)
(1,369
)
Total shareholders’ equity
20,796
77,012
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$
89,639
$
113,218
LINEAGE CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
(UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025
2024
2025
2024
REVENUES:
Collaboration revenues
$
3,544
$
3,386
$
7,346
$
5,671
Royalties, license and other revenues
137
393
602
960
Total revenues
3,681
3,779
7,948
6,631
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Cost of royalties
5
38
80
180
Research and development
3,271
3,171
9,491
9,049
General and administrative
4,191
4,410
13,608
13,770
Loss on impairment of intangible asset
—
—
14,840
—
Total operating expenses
7,467
7,619
38,019
22,999
Loss from operations
(3,786
)
(3,840
)
(30,071
)
(16,368
)
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest income, net
366
397
1,298
1,322
Gain (loss) on marketable equity securities, net
6
(6
)
(1
)
(21
)
Change in fair value of warrant liability
(26,557
)
—
(36,992
)
—
Foreign currency transaction gain (loss), net
219
448
1,666
(284
)
Other income (expense), net
—
—
(159
)
19
Total other income (expenses)
(25,966
)
839
(34,188
)
1,036
NET LOSS
(29,752
)
(3,001
)
(64,259
)
(15,332
)
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
(29
)
(33
)
(125
)
(4
)
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO LINEAGE
$
(29,781
)
$
(3,034
)
$
(64,384
)
$
(15,336
)
Net loss per common share attributable to Lineage
basic and diluted
$
(0.13
)
$
(0.02
)
$
(0.28
)
$
(0.08
)
Weighted-average common shares used to compute basic and
diluted net loss per common share
228,853
188,835
227,765
186,860
LINEAGE CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN THOUSANDS)
(UNAUDITED)
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025
2024
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss attributable to Lineage
$
(64,384
)
$
(15,336
)
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest
125
4
Adjustments to reconcile net loss attributable to Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
to net cash used in operating activities:
Issuance costs for common stock warrant liabilities
183
—
Loss on impairment of intangible asset
14,840
—
Loss on marketable equity securities, net
1
21
Accretion of income on marketable debt securities
(10
)
(184
)
Depreciation and amortization expense
513
436
Change in right-of-use assets and liabilities
(41
)
(31
)
Amortization of intangible assets
—
22
Stock-based compensation
3,654
3,762
Change in fair value of warrant liability
36,992
—
Foreign currency remeasurement
(1,721
)
309
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
511
339
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
1,077
891
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
(188
)
(1,778
)
Deferred revenue
(5,593
)
(5,201
)
Net cash used in operating activities
(14,041
)
(16,746
)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from the sale of marketable equity securities
—
18
Purchases of marketable debt securities
—
(8,761
)
Maturities of marketable debt securities
2,000
4,000
Purchase of equipment
(123
)
(200
)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
1,877
(4,943
)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from employee options exercised
487
229
Proceeds from exercise of warrants
319
—
Common shares received and retired for employee taxes paid
(15
)
(23
)
Proceeds from sale of common shares under ATM, net of offering costs
1,276
68
Proceeds from sale of common shares under registered direct financing, net of offering costs
—
13,889
Proceeds from sale of common shares with warrants under registered direct financing, net of offering costs
5,232
—
Payment of financed insurance premium
(684
)
—
Payment of finance lease liabilities
(44
)
(40
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
6,571
14,123
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
216
(120
)
NET DECREASE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND
RESTRICTED CASH
(5,377
)
(7,686
)
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH:
At beginning of the period
46,354
35,992
At end of the period
$
40,977
$
28,306