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REPLICATING RETROVIRUSES FOR MANIPULATION OF THE TUMOR IMMUNE ECOSYSTEM: PRECLINICAL AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES. Douglas Jolly Executive VP R&D Tocagen Inc. PEGS 2018 IT Track Boston May 1 2018

Outline Phase 1 data from patients with recurrent high grade glioma Preclinical mechanism of action Clinical immune measurements & correlation with responses Level of transduction that leads to an anti-tumor response Phase 3 trial in recurrent high grade glioma (rhgg) enrolling 2

Toca 511 (vocimagene amiretrorepvec) Retroviral replicating vector: encodes a prodrug activator enzyme, selectively infects tumor tissue, spreads without cell killing, prodrug administration leads to local chemotherapy Regulatory genes Structural RRV genes CD gene Regulatory genes Tumor selectivity and replication in cancers cells is driven by: Defects in the innate immune system of cancer cells Virus may abortively infect some normal cells, but is rapidly eliminated by innate and acquired immunity Virus spreads through tumor without triggering immune system Virus only infects dividing cells 5-FC (Toca FC) Orally Available Antifungal Prodrug Optimized CD (cytosine deaminase) 5-FU Anticancer Drug 5-FU has a very short half-life with direct cell killing localized to cancer microenvironment RRV= Retroviral replicating vector 3

Pre-clinically, Toca 511 & 5-FC yields sustained high levels of 5-FU selectively in tumors Designed to increase efficacy and minimize side-effects to improve outcomes Setting Treatment Tumor 5-FU (µg/g) 1 Data on file 2 Peters, et.al. Cancer Chemotherapy Pharmacology, 1993. 31(4): p. 269-76 Plasma 5-FU (µg/g) Rat F98 glioma 1 Toca 511 & 5-FC 69 0.4 Human CRC 2 IV 5-FU 0.1-2.8 52 Reversed 5-FU from blood to tumor Toca 511 & 5-FC generates 100 fold IC 50 level of 5-FU in the tumor Toca 511 and 5-FC does not generate clinically relevant 5-FU in the blood 5-FU produced in tumor microenvironment has a very short half-life in blood 4

Toca 511 & Toca FC Initial Development in Recurrent High Grade Glioma (rhgg) Development in HGG: A Deadly and Aggressive Disease Newly diagnosed GBM Recurrent GBM or AA 8 months 8 months Brain tumor by MRI Surgery, radiation, Temodar Recurrence by MRI Approved drugs and or trials Hospice Newly diagnosed GBM Surgery, radiation, Temodar SOC HGG includes glioblastoma (GBM) and anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) Limited treatment options Recurrent HGG Bevacizumab, lomustine, carmustine wafer NCCN guidelines recommend consideration of clinical trials ~ 8 months median survival 5

Three phase 1 ascending dose trials* in recurrent high grade glioma setting evaluating delivery approaches (n=127) Resection Injection into cavity wall after removal of tumor Intratumoral Direct injection into tumor Intravenous Injection IV prior to resection and into cavity wall at resection NCT01470794 (n = 56) NCT01156584 (n = 54) NCT01985256 (n = 17) *All three trials finished enrollment 6

7 Adverse Events Related to Toca 511 and Toca FC Data Pooled Across Three Phase 1 Studies Toca 511 associated with a very low % of treatment-related AEs, across all Grades Treatment-Related Adverse Events Toca 511 n = 127 Grade 1/2 Grade 3 n (%) n (%) Any treatment-related event 32 (25.2) 9 (7.1) Treatment-related event in 3 patients Fatigue 14 (11.0) 1 (0.8) Headache 6 (4.7) 1 (0.8) Convulsion 6 (4.7) 0 Confusional state 5 (3.9) 0 Pyrexia 5 (3.9) 0 Nausea 4 (3.1) 0 Hemiparesis 3 (2.4) 0 Vasogenic cerebral edema 1 (0.8) 2 (1.6) Any treatment-related SAE 1 (0.8) 7 (5.5) *No deaths considered related to Toca 511; ^No deaths considered related to Toca FC. Data cutoff 17 Apr 2017; excludes data from continuation study. Toca FC has very limited Grade 3 treatment-related toxicities Treatment-Related Adverse Events Toca FC n = 122 Grade 1/2 Grade 3* n (%) n (%) Any treatment-related event 50 (41.0) 4 (3.3) Treatment-related event in 3 patients Fatigue 27 (22.1) 0 Diarrhea 16 (13.1) 1 (0.8) Nausea 12 (9.8) 0 Decreased appetite 6 (4.9) 0 Vomiting 4 (3.3) 0 Rash 3 (2.5) 0 Any treatment-related SAE 0 2 (1.6) AE Leading to Discontinuation 1 (0.8) 2 (1.6) Adapted from Cloughesy et al. AACR-NCI-EORTC Conference, 2017.

Overall survival comparable in both surgical and non-surgical settings Resection Tg 511-11-01 (n = 23)* Intratumoral Tg 511-08-01 (n = 24) Intravenous Tg 511-13-01 (n = 17) mos, months (95% CI) 14.4 (11.3, 28.1) 13.8 (7.1, 22.2) 13.6 (5.8, 19.7) *Patients at 1 st /2 nd recurrence with no prior Avastin, tumor 5 cm, in high-dose cohorts. Patients receiving Toca 511 via biopsy needle. 8 Preliminary, unaudited data cutoff Aug 2017 for Tg511-11-01, May 2016 for Tg511-08-01, Apr 2017 for Tg511-13-01

Phase 1 Experience in 127 Patients RESECTION Injection into cavity wall after tumor de-bulking n=56 INTRATUMORAL Direct injection into the brain tumor n=54 INTRAVENOUS Injection IV prior to resection and into cavity wall at resection n=17 Resection Study Data Highlights* Increased survival versus historic benchmarks 6 CRs all remain alive up to 57.5 months and counting Favorable safety profile Phase 1 patients at Toca 5 dose and entry criteria^ 43.5% clinical benefit rate mos of 14.4 months 26.1% survival at 3 years *Efficacy evaluable patients (n=53), which includes 10 patients who received combination therapy that included Toca 511 & Toca FC. ^ n=23 with data cutoff date August 15 th, 2017. 9

A positive association of durable response with overall survival Best response & survival post progression All Responses are Durable Complete Responses & Associated with Long Term Survival Toca 511-11-01 Overall Survival and the Best Response 1 st /2 nd Recurrence, No prior bevacizumab, <=5cm, Higher Dose Cohorts (N=23) Patient 017 019 033 034 032 041 037 026 031 046 028 036 043 014 044 025 040 035 039 021 042 045 018 GBM, IDH1 wt PD SD PR CR Alive at last contact GBM, IDH1 wt GBM, IDH1 wt GBM, NA AA, IDH1 mt AA, IDH1 mt mos Toca 511 & Toca FC* = 14.4 months Responses occurred gradually over time ~ 6-19 months, consistent with immunologic response All Responders alive 38.0+ to 57.5+ months, so far All CRs confirmed CRs received no additional brain cancer treatment after entering trial Each CR occurred in a different clinical site Median duration of response not reached Cloughesy MD, AAN, April 24 th, 2018 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Months Data cutoff date Dec. 20 th, 2017

Complete Response in a Patient with Progressive GBM, IDH1 wt screening scan 1 day post-op baseline scan for response assessment tumor progression resection of enhancing tumor then Toca 511 injection tumor progression 8/13/14 10/2/14 10/10/14 11/12/14 stable disease 11 1/7/15 Cloughesy MD, AAN, April 24 th, 2018 SD partial response 6/2/16 complete response 5/11/17 Toca FC cycles (1 week per 6 weeks) Alive and with ongoing complete response > 36 months PR and CR by independent Radiology Review, Macdonald criteria.

Preclinical Mechanism of Action

Toca 511 & 5-FC Activates a Durable Anti-Cancer Immune Response Pre-Clinical Evidence of Durable Immune Activation ` Cured Mice Reject Re-Challenge of Same Tumor in Flank CONTROL IMMUNE DEFICIENT IMMUNE COMPETENT Images modified for illustrative purposes T Cells From Cured Mice Increase Survival in Adoptive Transfer Model Multiple cycles of tumor-associated antigen (TAA) release during FC treatment cycles, coupled with simultaneous depletion of immune suppressive cells in the tumor microenvironment, leads to immune activation, effective TAA presentation, and lymphocytic infiltration, resulting in gradual killing and shrinkage of the tumor, sometimes completely, over a long period of time. 13 Ostertag et al. NeuroOnc. 2012; Hiraoka et al. NeuroOnc 2017 Adapted from Mitchell et al., Neuro-Oncol. 2017 and Hiraoka et al., Neuro-Oncol. 2017.

Toca 511 and 5-FC efficacy in a subcutaneous glioma model efficacy based on tumor selective, high dose, 5-FU Tumor volume (mm 3 ) 800 600 400 200 * PBS 5-FC 0 20 25 30 35 5-FC treatment SID Collection Time point Days post 5-FC start 3 6 9 14 Mitchell et al. NeuroOnc 2017

Toca 511 and 5-FC alters the tumor microenvironment immunosuppressive myeloid cell depletion followed by T cell infiltration Mitchell et al. NeuroOnc 2017

Toca 511 and 5-FC alter immune profile in the tumor microenvironment true in intracranial, subcutaneous, and liver metastases models Toca 511 & 5-FC Systemic immune cells spared effects of 5-FU Placebo Control Baseline T cells (CD4, CD8) T-regs not significantly impacted B cells Day 0 Day 3 Day 6 Day 9 Day 14 Immune-suppressive myeloid cells (MDSCs, TAMs, Monocytes) Tumor Burden 16 Mitchell et al. NeuroOnc 2017 Yagiz et al Mol. Ther. Oncolytics 2017

Clinical Immune Measurements & Correlation with Clinical Responses

High DNA Mutation Frequency Not Associated with Response or Survival 18 Left barplot shows the total number of high confidence mutations called by MUSE from exome sequencing data of patient tumors before treatment with Toca 511 and Toca FC ; OS in months is shown in the Right-side barplot Ostertag et al. Poster 4405 SNO Annual Mtg 2017

Longitudinal Patient Cytokine Measurements in Patient Sera Goals Demonstrate immune signaling in responders vs non-responders Find shorter-term blood marker of response than survival to facilitate drug development and adaptive trial design Methods Serum from 25 patients sent for multiplex ELISA Up to 6 samples from different time points for each patient (6 responders, 19 SD or PD) Total of 87 serum samples were assessed Each serum sample had 40 different inflammatory cytokines measured 19

Cytokines putatively associated with patient outcomes Identified by multivariate analysis Survival Crude p-value = 0.34 Adjusted p-value = 0.45 Crude p-value = 0.16 Adjusted p-value = 0.013 (Wald test p-values +/- age and gender adjustment displayed) 20

Survival-associated cytokine principal components (scores) Identified by multivariate analysis Crude p-value = 0.069 Adjusted p-value = 0.042 Crude p-value = 0.037 Adjusted p-value = 0.024 21 (p-values from Wald test, adjustment for Age and Gender) Ostertag et al. Poster 4405 SNO Annual Mtg 2017

Specific pre-existing immune cell subtypes in tumor may predict response to therapy X Cell Type RNAseq analyses of resected tumors CR/PR SD/PD PD CR 22

What % of tumor infection is enough to elicit anti-tumor activity?

Three phase 1 ascending dose trials* in recurrent high grade glioma setting evaluating delivery approaches (n=127) Resection Injection into cavity wall after removal of tumor Intratumoral Direct injection into tumor Intravenous Injection IV prior to resection and into cavity wall at resection NCT01470794 (n = 56) NCT01156584 (n = 54) NCT01985256 (n = 17) *All three trials finished enrollment 24

IV Administration of Toca 511 Results in Expression of Cytosine Deaminase Protein in Tumor DAPI Cytosine Deaminase gag Merge Nuclear stain Target protein encoded by Toca 511 1 of 3 major proteins encoded by the retroviral genome gag protein localizes with cytosine deaminase expression after IV delivery of Toca 511 Walbert et al. Society of Neuro-Oncology Conference, 2017 25

Exploiting resistance mechanisms to generate translational models that represent lower infection rates in responding patients RRV-control vector Toca 511 Superinfection Resistant RRV-Infected Cells at Various Ratios By limiting Toca 511 infection to a known percentage of tumor cells we can investigate: Minimum effective transduction level necessary for efficacy Minimum effective transduction level necessary to induce alterations in tumor immune infiltrate A transduction level that lacks full efficacy so that successful combinations can be more readily evaluated 26

Dose-dependent response with Toca 511 100% tumor cell transduction is not necessary for efficacy, 3% is enough to see some benefit Viral transduction over 15% did not provide additional benefit in this model 27

Conclusions Phase 1 trials showed overall survival comparable in both surgical and non-surgical settings In the resection study 6/23 patient in the Phase 3 eligible cohort survived over 36 month (longest is 57.5 months ) 6 had highly durable CR that have not relapsed (median duration of response = 35.7 mos) Treatment was well tolerated limited Grade 3 drug-related toxicities in three phase 1 studies (127 patients) In the intravenous study: vector deposition in tumor same observation in liver metastatases with solid tumors Toca 511 & 5-FC activates durable T-cell mediated immune responses pre-clinically CD4 and CD8 T cell dependent, with local myeloid cell depletion Immunological correlates to responses in tumor and blood in clinical trials Evidence for anti-tumor efficacy at 2-3% transduction in several animal models Phase 3 trial in rhgg enrolling 28

Toca 5 Pivotal Phase 3 Trial Ongoing Primary Endpoint: Overall Survival Secondary Endpoints Include Durable Response Rate Eligibility GBM or AA First and 2 nd recurrence Tumor 5cm Surgery And Randomization N=380 Stratify by IDH1 mutation status KPS (70-80 vs. 90-100) and region 1:1 Toca 511* * Administered at time of surgery ** Begins 6 weeks post-surgery Toca FC** Chemotherapy** (lomustine or temozolomide) or bevacizumab ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02414165 Biomarker monitoring includes blood (lymphocytes, immune activation markers, cytokines) and tumor (TILS and immune-suppressive myeloid cells) 29

Thanks to all the patients, their families and caregivers who have supported this work and to the Clinical Investigators for the Phase1 trials. Financial support provided by 30