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Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Reports Financial Results for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020

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Amphastar Pharmaceuticals reported net revenues of $83.4 million for Q3 2020, a 4% increase year-over-year. GAAP net income rose to $3.9 million, or $0.08 per share, while adjusted non-GAAP net income reached $7.6 million, or $0.15 per share. Key contributors to revenue growth included strong sales from Primatene Mist® and the successful re-launch of the epinephrine vial. The company remains focused on product development with five ANDAs targeting $1.5 billion market and three biosimilars targeting $13 billion in the pipeline.

Positive
  • Net revenues increased by 4% to $83.4 million year-over-year.
  • GAAP net income increased to $3.9 million, up from $1.3 million in Q3 2019.
  • Strong sales from Primatene Mist® contributed to revenue growth, with a 255% year-over-year increase.
  • Successful launch of the epinephrine injection multi-dose vial product in Q2 2020.
Negative
  • Decline in sales of naloxone by 18% due to increased competition.
  • Decreased sales of lidocaine and other products attributed to lower demand.

Reports Net Revenues of $83.4 Million for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Nov. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMPH) (“Amphastar” or the “Company”) today reported results for the three months ended September 30, 2020.

Third Quarter Highlights

  • Net revenues of $83.4 million for the third quarter
  • GAAP net income of $3.9 million, or $0.08 per share, for the third quarter
  • Adjusted non-GAAP net income of $7.6 million, or $0.15 per share, for the third quarter

Dr. Jack Zhang, Amphastar’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented: “We once again demonstrated growth due to the continued strength of Primatene Mist® and the re-launch of our epinephrine vial product. Additionally, we are very excited about the significant progress on our intranasal epinephrine product as this product once again illustrates our scientific and technical strengths.”

              
  Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended  
  September 30,  September 30,  
  2020 2019 2020 2019 
    
  (in thousands, except per share data) 
Net revenues $83,431 $80,137 $253,925 $238,974 
GAAP net income attributable to Amphastar $3,919 $1,310 $7,676 $49,965 
Adjusted non-GAAP net income attributable to Amphastar* $7,629 $5,169 $23,622 $14,171 
GAAP diluted EPS attributable to Amphastar stockholders $0.08 $0.03 $0.16 $1.00 
Adjusted non-GAAP diluted EPS attributable to Amphastar stockholders* $0.15 $0.10 $0.48 $0.28 

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 * Adjusted non-GAAP net income attributable to Amphastar and Adjusted non-GAAP diluted EPS attributable to Amphastar stockholders are non-GAAP financial measures.  Please see the discussion in the section entitled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and the reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures in Table III of this press release.

Third Quarter Results

             
  Three Months Ended       
  September 30,  Change 
  2020 2019 Dollars    % 
      
  (in thousands)   
Net revenues:            
Primatene Mist® $12,988 $3,654 $9,334  255 %  
Enoxaparin  11,647  9,573  2,074  22 %  
Lidocaine  10,657  11,670  (1,013) (9)%  
Phytonadione  10,470  10,916  (446) (4)%  
Naloxone  8,739  10,613  (1,874) (18)%  
Epinephrine  5,370  3,756  1,614  43 %  
Other finished pharmaceutical products  21,464  25,547  (4,083) (16)%  
Total finished pharmaceutical products net revenues $81,335 $75,729 $5,606  7 %  
API  2,096  4,408  (2,312) (52)%  
Total net revenues $83,431 $80,137 $3,294  4 %  
               

Changes in net revenues were primarily driven by:

  • Increased sales of Primatene Mist® primarily resulting from
    • The continued success of our nationwide television, radio, and digital marketing campaign
    • Growth in online sales through Amazon
    • Launching Primatene Mist® at Kroger, the largest grocery store chain in the United States
  • Increased sales of enoxaparin primarily due to higher unit volumes
  • Increased epinephrine sales due to the launch of our recently approved epinephrine injection, USP 30mg/30mL multi-dose vial product during the second quarter of 2020
  • Decreased naloxone sales due to lower average selling price because of increased competition
  • Decreased lidocaine and other finished pharmaceutical product sales due to lower demand, largely due to competitors returning to their normal distribution levels
             
  Three Months Ended       
  September 30,  Change 
  2020 2019 Dollars    % 
      
  (in thousands)   
Net revenues $83,431 $80,137 $3,294 4% 
Cost of revenues  46,923  44,885  2,038 5% 
Gross profit $36,508 $35,252 $1,256 4% 
as % of net revenues  44%  44%      

Changes in cost of revenues and the resulting gross margin were primarily driven by:

  • Increased sales of Primatene Mist® and the launch of epinephrine injection multi-dose vial, both of which have higher margins
  • Decreased sales of naloxone and other finished pharmaceutical products with higher margins
             
  Three Months Ended       
  September 30,  Change 
  2020 2019 Dollars    % 
      
  (in thousands)   
Selling, distribution, and marketing $3,673 $3,221 $452  14 % 
General and administrative  11,674  11,021  653  6 % 
Research and development  17,644  18,606  (962) (5)% 
  • Marketing and distribution expenses increased primarily related to Primatene Mist®, including the cost of a national television, radio and digital marketing campaign, which began in July 2019
  • General and administrative expenses increased primarily due to increased legal expenses
  • Research and development expenses decreased due to lower expenses in China, partially offset by increased domestic expenses related to our generic inhalation product pipeline, our insulin biosimilar programs and our intranasal epinephrine program

Cash flow provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, was $40.4 million.

Impact of COVID-19

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, during the first quarter and second quarter, sales of Primatene Mist® and certain hospital products increased, while sales of certain products frequently used in elective produces, such as Cortrosyn® and lidocaine jelly, decreased. During the third quarter of 2020, sales of these products returned to levels closer to those experienced prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company has not experienced any significant negative impacts on its cash flows or operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. All of the Company’s production facilities continued to operate during the quarter as they had prior to the COVID-19 pandemic with very little change, other than for enhanced safety measures intended to prevent the spread of the virus. It is not possible at this time to estimate the complete impact that the COVID-19 pandemic could have on our business, including our customers and suppliers, as the impact will depend on future developments of the pandemic, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

Pipeline Information

The Company currently has five ANDAs on file with the FDA targeting products with a market size of approximately $1.5 billion, three biosimilar products in development targeting products with a market size of approximately $13 billion, and nine generic products in development targeting products with a market size of approximately $12 billion. This market information is based on IQVIA data for the 12 months ended September 30, 2020. The Company is currently developing multiple proprietary products for injectable and intranasal dosage forms.

Amphastar’s Chinese subsidiary, ANP, currently has 14 Drug Master Files, or DMFs, on file with the FDA and is developing several additional DMFs.

Company Information

Amphastar is a specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses primarily on developing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling technically-challenging generic and proprietary injectable, inhalation, and intranasal products. Additionally, the Company sells insulin API products. Most of the Company’s finished products are used in hospital or urgent care clinical settings and are primarily contracted and distributed through group purchasing organizations and drug wholesalers. More information and resources are available at www.amphastar.com.

Amphastar’s logo and other trademarks or service marks of Amphastar, including, but not limited to Amphastar®, Primatene Mist®, Amphadase® and Cortrosyn®, are the property of Amphastar.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement its consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the Company is disclosing non-GAAP financial measures when providing financial results. The Company believes that an evaluation of its ongoing operations (and comparisons of its current operations with historical and future operations) would be difficult if the disclosure of its financial results were limited to financial measures prepared only in accordance with GAAP. As a result, the Company is disclosing certain non-GAAP results, including (i) Adjusted non-GAAP net income (loss) attributed to Amphastar and (ii) Adjusted non-GAAP diluted EPS attributed to Amphastar’s stockholders, which exclude amortization expense, share-based compensation, impairment charges, executive severance expense, and legal settlements, in order to supplement investors’ and other readers’ understanding and assessment of the Company’s financial performance because the Company’s management uses these measures internally for forecasting, budgeting, and measuring its operating performance. Whenever the Company uses such non-GAAP measures, it will provide a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Investors and other readers are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures set forth below and should consider non-GAAP measures only as a supplement to, not as a substitute for or as a superior measure to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Conference Call Information

The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its financial results today, November 6, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

To access the conference call, dial toll-free (877) 881-2595 or (315) 625-3083 for international callers, five minutes before the conference. The passcode for the conference call is 7086853.

The call can also be accessed on the Investors page on the Company’s website at www.amphastar.com

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements in this press release and in the conference call referenced above that are not historical are forward-looking statements, including, among other things, statements relating to the Company’s expectations regarding future financial performance, backlog, sales and marketing of its products, market size and growth, product development, the timing of FDA filings or approvals, including the DMFs of ANP, the timing of product launches, acquisitions and other matters related to its pipeline of product candidates, its share buyback program and other future events, such as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related responses of business and governments to the pandemic on our operations and personnel, and on commercial activity and demand across our business operations and results of operations. These statements are not historical facts but rather are based on Amphastar’s historical performance and its current expectations, estimates, and projections regarding Amphastar’s business, operations, and other similar or related factors. Words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “anticipate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “believe,” “estimate,” and other similar or related expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult or impossible to predict and, in some cases, beyond Amphastar’s control.  Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described in Amphastar’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2020. In particular, the extent of COVID-19’s impact on our business will depend on several factors, including the severity, duration and extent of the pandemic, as well as actions taken by governments, businesses, and consumers in response to the pandemic, all of which continue to evolve and remain uncertain at this time. You can locate these reports through the Company’s website at http://ir.amphastar.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.  The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of the date of the release. Amphastar undertakes no obligation to revise or update information or any forward-looking statements in this press release or the conference call referenced above to reflect events or circumstances in the future, even if new information becomes available or if subsequent events cause Amphastar’s expectations to change.

Contact Information: 

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Bill Peters
Chief Financial Officer
(909) 980-9484


Table I
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
(Unaudited; in thousands, except per share data)

              
  Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended  
  September 30,  September 30,  
  2020 2019  2020  2019  
              
Net revenues $83,431 $80,137  $253,925  $238,974  
Cost of revenues  46,923  44,885   147,417   140,432  
Gross profit  36,508  35,252   106,508   98,542  
              
Operating expenses:             
Selling, distribution, and marketing  3,673  3,221   10,993   9,354  
General and administrative  11,674  11,021   38,344   39,774  
Research and development  17,644  18,606   49,096   49,209  
Total operating expenses  32,991  32,848   98,433   98,337  
              
Income from operations  3,517  2,404   8,075   205  
              
Non-operating income (expenses), net  3,561  (822)  3,304   58,837  
              
Income before income taxes  7,078  1,582   11,379   59,042  
Income tax provision  2,285  598   4,490   13,292  
              
Net income $4,793 $984  $6,889  $45,750  
              
Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests $874 $(326) $(787) $(4,215) 
              
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FAQ

What were Amphastar Pharmaceuticals' Q3 2020 earnings results?

Amphastar reported net revenues of $83.4 million, GAAP net income of $3.9 million, and adjusted non-GAAP net income of $7.6 million for Q3 2020.

How did Primatene Mist® perform in Q3 2020?

Primatene Mist® saw a significant sales increase of 255%, contributing to the overall growth of Amphastar's revenues.

What is the future outlook for Amphastar's product pipeline?

Amphastar has five ANDAs targeting a market size of approximately $1.5 billion and three biosimilars targeting around $13 billion.

What challenges did Amphastar face in Q3 2020?

The company experienced an 18% decline in sales of naloxone products due to increased market competition.

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