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Ritu BaralManaging Director and Senior Biotechnology Analyst

Good afternoon. Thanks, everyone, for joining us for the COMPASS Pathways Fireside chat here at the 6th Annual TD Cowen Neuropsychiatry Summit. With us from COMPASS, really big year for you guys, we have CEO Kabir Nath. We also have Chief Commercial Officer Lori Engelbert and Chief Patient Officer Steve Levine. Thank you guys for joining us. I will be leading this conversation together with my associate and Vice President, Athena Chin. As I mentioned, game-changing 12 months for you guys for COMP360 and the company at large with the rolling NDA underway, recent executive order creating tailwinds for development. Guys, you recently reported phase III extension Part C data from Study COMP005, your single-dose phase III study.

Ritu BaralManaging Director and Senior Biotechnology Analyst

I think high level at this point as we approach a potential launch, data suggests that additional doses, whether a second or third dose, provided incremental improvement with benefits sustained up to one year. We will just spend a few minutes on data before we launch into commercial. What is the data telling you about one retreatment, two retreatments, doses to remission, and how this will reflect in the real world?

Kabir NathCEO

Thanks, Rita. I am actually going to pass that to Steve. I am just going to remind everyone that we will be making forward-looking statements, and you should refer to our risk factors. Steve, as a practicing psychiatrist, over to you, please.

Steve LevineChief Patient Officer

Thanks, Kabir. Thanks, Rita. First, just a reminder on the overall study design just to set the scene. As you mentioned, this is our COMP005 study, the phase III study comparing our 25-milligram COMP360 versus placebo in a treatment-resistant depression population. That is those with major depressive disorder who have been failed by at least two treatments in their current episode and represents a very severe and chronic population with an average duration of illness of at least three years in this current episode and multiple prior episodes. The overall design of the study included a primary endpoint at week 6 of change from baseline in MADRS. There was then a blinded portion, Part B, out to week 26 or 6 months, where participants could receive a single retreatment on a blinded basis.

Steve LevineChief Patient Officer

Part C, which is the one you are asking about, and we have just reported top line on, which is open label, and this is an opportunity to receive a single 25-milligram dose, either those who have already been in the 25-milligram assignment or the placebo group. The key takeaways here is that this really reinforces the profile that has been emerging for COMP360. One thing we are really proud of, and it has been very reassuring to see across each of the points of data we have released, is how consistent they have been in each part of the study and also between COMP005 and our second study, COMP006.

Steve LevineChief Patient Officer

Indeed, in this case, what we are seeing is for those who were already in the 25-milligram arm in Parts A and B, who may now be getting either a second or a third dose, we see a response to that treatment with similar rapidity and an increased depth of response that is quite durable. For those who previously had had placebo and now are getting their first dose of COMP360, it reinforces, again, that profile we are seeing of a very rapid response with very clinically meaningful and significant reduction in MADRS that is durable out to that 52-week time point, and certainly to the point we reported of six weeks post that dose administration.

Steve LevineChief Patient Officer

Overall, what we are seeing is that with a generally safe and well-tolerated profile, there is essentially an immediate benefit for those who respond that is very durable, and with now one, two, or three treatments, durable out to 52 weeks.

Ritu BaralManaging Director and Senior Biotechnology Analyst

Got it. Now let us jump straight into the commercial prep. You have reiterated that COMPASS expects to be launch-ready by the end of this year, with approval potentially in first half. How conservative, Kabir, is this first-half timeline, and what modules of the rolling NDA remain outstanding before the NDA is complete at this point?

Kabir NathCEO

Yeah. First half is realistic because there are a number of variables, and I will get to those. In terms of status, we are completely on track to complete the filing in Q4. I can confirm that. What is outstanding is the remainder of clinical data. Now we have all the data in-house that we require. But clearly, this is two large phase III studies, and we do need to integrate some of the data from that, specifically on the safety side. Really the work that is going on right now, we have a team working really hard to put together the final integrated summaries, particularly the integrated safety summary. But that is completely on track for completing the filing in Q4. In terms of the variables thereafter, there are limited precedents for an NDA. So there are a couple of questions.

Kabir NathCEO

First, will the agency still take 60 days to accept the filing? Then while the target for approval is between 30 and 60 days, they have made clear that is a target, not a commitment. Indeed, it may be that they issue a standard priority review PDUFA and then look to beat that. But again, there are so few precedents here that there is a lot of variability around that.

Ritu BaralManaging Director and Senior Biotechnology Analyst

We have heard the division director call that 30 to 60 aspirational.

Kabir NathCEO

Clearly with a rolling submission and review, Emma, just to confirm.

Kabir NathCEO

Yeah there really is a rolling review.

Kabir NathCEO

We are getting IRs, we are responding to IRs. It is clear that there is a high level of engagement.

Ritu BaralManaging Director and Senior Biotechnology Analyst

We can talk a little bit more Sorry, Kabir, what are IRs?

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