BioCryst Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Upcoming Key Milestones
- ORLADEYO net revenue for Q4 2023 was $90.9 million, marking a 30% y-o-y increase.
- Total revenue for Q4 2023 was $93.4 million, compared to $79.5 million in Q4 2022.
- The number of U.S. patients on paid or free ORLADEYO reached 1,104, with 71.5% on paid product.
- ORLADEYO saw a net U.S. patient growth of 321 in 2023, with expanded access globally.
- R&D expenses decreased to $70.1 million in Q4 2023, while SG&A expenses increased to $64.4 million.
- Net loss for Q4 2023 was $61.7 million, with cash and investments totaling $390.8 million as of December 31, 2023.
- Full year 2023 revenues were $331.4 million, primarily driven by ORLADEYO net revenue of $326.0 million.
- R&D expenses for full year 2023 decreased to $216.6 million, while SG&A expenses increased to $213.9 million.
- Net loss for full year 2023 was $226.5 million, with expectations of positive cash flow in 2H 2025 and profitability in 2026.
- The company anticipates ORLADEYO revenue of $380-$400 million in 2024, with operating profit expected in 2024 and positive cash flow in 2H 2025.
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Insights
The reported increase in net revenue for ORLADEYO, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals' treatment for Hereditary Angioedema (HAE), reflects a strong year-over-year growth of 30%, which is significant for investors monitoring the company's financial health. The projected revenue for 2024 suggests continued confidence in the product's market penetration and sales performance. The expectation of operating profit, positive EPS and cash flow by the second half of 2025 indicates a strategic plan towards financial stability and profitability, which could potentially influence investor sentiment positively.
It's important to note that the company's R&D expenses have seen a decrease due to the discontinuation of certain programs, which may raise questions about the long-term pipeline but also suggests a more focused allocation of resources. The increase in SG&A expenses aligns with the company's efforts to expand its commercial team and international operations, which could be justified if it leads to increased revenue streams from global markets.
Interest expenses have decreased slightly, but the overall financial strategy, including debt management, will be a key area to watch. The non-GAAP net loss adjustments provide a clearer picture of the company's operational performance by excluding one-time costs, which is a common practice to aid investors in understanding the core business results.
ORLADEYO's performance in the market is a testament to its competitive positioning as an oral, once-daily therapy for HAE. The increase in the number of patients and prescribers indicates a strong market adoption and brand trust. The global expansion, with recent approvals and launches in multiple countries, opens up new revenue channels and reflects a growing addressable market for ORLADEYO.
The real-world data presented at the AAAAI meeting that supports the efficacy of ORLADEYO can be a persuasive factor for both prescribers and patients, potentially increasing its market share against other prophylaxis treatments. However, the competitive landscape should be monitored closely as any new entrants or advancements in HAE treatments could impact ORLADEYO's market position.
Hereditary Angioedema is a rare and potentially life-threatening condition and ORLADEYO's value proposition as an oral treatment that reduces attack frequency is clinically significant. The sustained attack reduction regardless of baseline attack rate or prior treatment, as highlighted by real-world data, is a strong indicator of the drug's effectiveness and can be a key driver for its adoption.
The ongoing pediatric trial and other life cycle investments suggest a commitment to expanding the treatment's indications and potentially increasing its patient base. The R&D focus on ORLADEYO and other early-stage programs, despite the discontinuation of other programs, indicates a strategic prioritization that seeks to leverage existing assets while innovating for future growth.
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023, and provided a corporate update.
“The impressive growth we are seeing with ORLADEYO has put us in a position to accelerate our path to profitability while continuing to invest in our diverse pipeline of first-in-class or best-in-class molecules that we believe will deliver our next marketed product,” said Jon Stonehouse, president and chief executive officer of BioCryst.
Program Updates and Key Milestones
ORLADEYO® (berotralstat): Oral, Once-daily Treatment for Prevention of Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) Attacks
- ORLADEYO net revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023 was
$90.9 million . - The total number of U.S. patients on paid or long-term free product reached 1,104 at the end of the fourth quarter (+30 percent y-o-y) with 71.5 percent of those patients on paid product.
- Net U.S. patient growth totaled 321 in 2023, including new patients still on short-term quick start product at the end of the quarter.
- The number of new ORLADEYO prescribers in the fourth quarter of 2023 (Q4 2023) was the largest number of new prescribers of any quarter in 2023.
- Real-world data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) annual meeting reinforced prior data showing patients switching to ORLADEYO experience sustained attack reduction regardless of baseline attack rate or prior HAE prophylaxis treatment.
- Access to ORLADEYO continues to expand to more HAE patients around the world. In Q4 2023, ORLADEYO was approved in Argentina, launched in Spain, and granted final pricing approval in Austria. In the first quarter of 2024, ORLADEYO secured final reimbursement in Italy.
“As the real-world evidence with ORLADEYO consistently underscores, patients are switching to ORLADEYO because they can achieve outstanding HAE attack control and tolerability with an oral, once-daily therapy, leading to life-changing results,” said Charlie Gayer, chief commercial officer of BioCryst.
Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Results
For the three months ended December 31, 2023, total revenues were
Research and development (R&D) expenses for the fourth quarter of 2023 decreased to
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses for the fourth quarter of 2023 increased to
Interest expense was
Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2023 was
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and investments totaled
Full Year 2023 Financial Results
For the full year ended December 31, 2023, total revenues were
R&D expenses in full year 2023 decreased to
SG&A expenses in full year 2023 increased to
Interest expense was
Other expense was comprised primarily of a loss on extinguishment of debt of
Net loss for full year 2023 was
Non-GAAP Pro forma Financial Measures
The information furnished in this release includes non-GAAP pro forma financial measures that differ from measures calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), including financial measures labeled as “non-GAAP” or “adjusted.”
We believe providing these non-GAAP measures, which show our pro forma results with these items adjusted, is valuable and useful since they allow the company and investors to better understand the company’s financial performance in the absence of these one-time events and allowed investors to more accurately understand our 2023 results and more easily compare them to future results. These non-GAAP pro forma measures also correspond with the way we expect investors and financial analysts to compare our results. Our non-GAAP pro forma measures should be considered only as supplements to, and not as substitutes for or in isolation from, our other measures of financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP, such as GAAP revenue, operating income, net income, and earnings per share.
Our references to our fourth quarter 2023 and full year 2023 “non-GAAP pro forma” financial measures of adjusted net loss and adjusted earnings per share constitute non-GAAP financial measures. They refer to our GAAP results, adjusted to show the results without the one-time loss on debt extinguishment on the repayment of the term loans under the Athyrium Credit Agreement, as well as the R&D restructuring and the postponement of previously planned capital expenditures at our Discovery Center in Alabama. A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP net loss is provided in the table below.
Financial Outlook for 2024
The company expects full year 2024 global net ORLADEYO revenue to be between
The company expects full year 2024 operating expenses to be between
This operating expense outlook does not reflect non-cash stock compensation expense, or one-time expenses related to the previously announced workforce reduction implemented in the first quarter of 2024.
Based on the company’s disciplined approach to capital allocation, and the revenue expected from ORLADEYO, the company expects to achieve a full-year operating profit in 2024 (not including non-cash stock compensation), be approaching quarterly positive earnings per share (EPS) and positive cash flow in the second half of 2025 (not including non-cash stock compensation), and be profitable on an EPS basis, with positive cash flow, for full year 2026. The company expects it can achieve these financial milestones without raising additional funds and does not intend to draw the additional
Conference Call and Webcast
BioCryst management will host a conference call and webcast at 8:30 a.m. ET today to discuss the financial results and provide a corporate update. The live call may be accessed by dialing 1-844-481-2942 for domestic callers and 1-412-317-1866 for international callers. A live webcast and replay of the call will be available online in the investors section of the company website at www.biocryst.com.
About BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is a global biotechnology company with a deep commitment to improving the lives of people living with complement-mediated and other rare diseases. BioCryst leverages its expertise in structure-guided drug design to develop first-in-class or best-in-class oral small-molecule and protein therapeutics to target difficult-to-treat diseases. BioCryst has commercialized ORLADEYO® (berotralstat), the first oral, once-daily plasma kallikrein inhibitor, and is advancing a pipeline of small-molecule and protein therapies. For more information, please visit www.biocryst.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding future results, performance or achievements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause BioCryst’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that could affect the forward-looking statements contained herein include: BioCryst’s ability to successfully implement its commercialization plans for ORLADEYO, which could take longer or be more expensive than planned; risks related to the reduction in size of BioCryst’s R&D organization; the results of BioCryst’s partnerships with third parties may not meet BioCryst’s current expectations; risks related to government actions, including that decisions and other actions, including as they relate to pricing, may not be taken when expected or at all, or that the outcomes of such decisions and other actions may not be in line with BioCryst’s current expectations; the commercial viability of ORLADEYO, including its ability to achieve market acceptance; ongoing and future preclinical and clinical development of product candidates may take longer than expected and may not have positive results; the FDA or other applicable regulatory agency may require additional studies beyond the studies planned for products and product candidates, may not provide regulatory clearances which may result in delay of planned clinical trials, may impose certain restrictions, warnings, or other requirements on products and product candidates, may impose a clinical hold with respect to product candidates, or may withhold, delay or withdraw market approval for products and product candidates; product candidates, if approved, may not achieve market acceptance; BioCryst’s ability to successfully commercialize its products and product candidates; BioCryst’s ability to successfully manage its growth and compete effectively; risks related to the international expansion of BioCryst’s business; timing for achieving profitability and positive cash flow may not meet management’s expectations; statements and projections regarding financial guidance and goals and the attainment of such goals may differ from actual results based on market factors and BioCryst’s ability to execute its operational and budget plans; and actual financial results may not be consistent with expectations, including that revenue, operating expenses and cash usage may not be within management's expected ranges. Please refer to the documents BioCryst files periodically with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically BioCryst’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K, which identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in BioCryst’s projections and forward-looking statements.
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| BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | |||||||||||||||
| CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL SUMMARY | |||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except per share) | |||||||||||||||
| Statements of Operations (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Twelve Months Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||||||
| ORLADEYO | $ | 90,883 | $ | 70,735 | $ | 325,990 | $ | 251,633 | |||||||
| Other | 2,518 | 8,810 | 5,422 | 19,194 | |||||||||||
| Total revenues | 93,401 | 79,545 | 331,412 | 270,827 | |||||||||||
| Expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Cost of product sales | 1,557 | 2,383 | 4,481 | 6,408 | |||||||||||
| Research and development | 70,052 | 73,207 | 216,566 | 253,297 | |||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 64,382 | 50,153 | 213,894 | 159,371 | |||||||||||
| Royalty | 80 | 113 | 180 | 186 | |||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 136,071 | 125,856 | 435,121 | 419,262 | |||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (42,670 | ) | (46,311 | ) | (103,709 | ) | (148,435 | ) | |||||||
| Interest and other income | 4,465 | 2,704 | 15,777 | 5,127 | |||||||||||
| Interest expense | (24,583 | ) | (26,458 | ) | (108,239 | ) | (99,092 | ) | |||||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | — | — | (29,019 | ) | — | ||||||||||
| Foreign currency losses, net | (374 | ) | (1,400 | ) | (1,039 | ) | (1,983 | ) | |||||||
| Loss before income taxes | $ | (63,162 | ) | $ | (71,465 | ) | $ | (226,229 | ) | $ | (244,383 | ) | |||
| Income tax (benefit) expense | (1,431 | ) | 76 | 310 | 2,733 | ||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (61,731 | ) | $ | (71,541 | ) | $ | (226,539 | ) | $ | (247,116 | ) | |||
| Basic and diluted net loss per common share | $ | (0.31 | ) | $ | (0.38 | ) | $ | (1.18 | ) | $ | (1.33 | ) | |||
| Weighted average shares outstanding | 201,409 | 186,922 | 192,198 | 185,908 | |||||||||||
| Balance Sheet Data (in thousands) | |||||||
| December 31, 2023 (unaudited) | December 31, 2022 (Note 1) | ||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and investments | $ | 388,987 | $ | 442,387 | |||
| Restricted cash | 1,804 | 1,472 | |||||
| Receivables | 56,950 | 50,599 | |||||
| Total assets | 516,960 | 550,000 | |||||
| Secured term loan | 303,231 | 231,624 | |||||
| Royalty financing obligation | 531,599 | 501,655 | |||||
| Accumulated deficit | (1,681,159 | ) | (1,454,620 | ) | |||
| Stockholders’ deficit | (455,528 | ) | (294,597 | ) | |||
| Shares of common stock outstanding | 205,771 | 187,906 | |||||
| Note 1: Derived from audited financial statements | |||||||
| Reconciliation of Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Twelve Months Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
| GAAP net loss | $ | (61,731 | ) | $ | (71,541 | ) | $ | (226,539 | ) | $ | (247,116 | ) | |||
| Less: One-time loss on extinguishment of Athyrium term loans | — | — | (29,019 | ) | — | ||||||||||
| Less: One-time R&D restructuring expense | (3,380 | ) | — | (3,380 | ) | — | |||||||||
| Less: One-time cost associated with expensing previously capitalized costs due to postponement of Discovery Center (AL) expansion | (1,988 | ) | — | (1,988 | ) | — | |||||||||
| Adjusted net loss | $ | (56,363 | ) | $ | (71,541 | ) | $ | (192,152 | ) | $ | (247,116 | ) | |||
| GAAP basic and diluted net loss per common share | $ | (0.31 | ) | $ | (0.38 | ) | $ | (1.18 | ) | $ | (1.33 | ) | |||
| Adjusted basic and diluted net loss per common share | $ | (0.28 | ) | $ | (0.38 | ) | $ | (1.00 | ) | $ | (1.33 | ) | |||
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