BioDelivery Sciences Reports Solid Third Quarter 2021 Results

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BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BDSI) reported a net revenue of $41.1 million, marking a 4% increase year-over-year for Q3 2021. Key highlights include GAAP EPS of $0.07, an EBITDA margin of 27%, and operating cash flow of $7.0 million. The company closed the acquisition of ELYXYB, a new FDA-approved oral solution for acute migraine, with potential peak sales of $350 - $400 million. However, BDSI lowered its revenue guidance to $162 - $167 million for 2021 due to market challenges.

Positive

• Total net revenue increased by 4% to $41.1 million.
• GAAP EPS of $0.07 and EBITDA margin of 27%.
• BELBUCA sales reached a record of $36.9 million, up 6.3% year-over-year.
• Successful acquisition of ELYXYB, with a peak sales opportunity of $350 - $400 million.

Negative

• Lowered full-year revenue guidance to $162 - $167 million from $170 - $180 million.
• Total operating expenses increased to $25.5 million from $22.5 million year-over-year.
• GAAP net income decreased to $6.7 million from $9.4 million in Q3 2020.

Total Net Revenue of $41.1 Million, an Increase of 4% versus Prior Year

Strong profitability with GAAP EPS of $0.07, EBITDA Margin of 27% and $7.0 million Operating Cash Flow

Closed acquisition of ELYXYB, the first FDA-approved, ready-to-use oral solution for acute migraine with potential long-term peak sales opportunity of $350 - $400 million

Conference Call and Webcast Scheduled for 8:30 AM EST Today

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BDSI), a growing specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to patients living with serious and complex chronic conditions, today reported solid financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021, including the following operational and performance highlights.

Key Business Highlights

• Net sales of BELBUCA^® and Symproic^® combined grew 7.5% year-over-year. This growth was driven by record BELBUCA net sales of $36.9 million, which increased 6.3%, and Symproic net sales of $4.1 million, which increased 20%.
  
• BELBUCA delivered an all-time high quarterly market share of 4.9%, despite the situation with Alvogen which was described in our 8K filing on September 21, 2021.
  
• Total BELBUCA prescriptions were over 121,000 during the third quarter, a new record high and representing year-over-year prescription volume growth of 7.7%.
• Total Symproic prescriptions were over 19,200 in the third quarter, delivering 7.6% year-over-year growth and reflecting record high TRx volume, record high NRx volume of over 11,100 leading to a record NRx share of 14.3%.
• Continued to achieve strong profitability, delivering $6.7 million of GAAP Net Income, an attractive 27% EBITDA margin in the third quarter of 2021, GAAP EPS of $0.07, as well as generating $7.0 million in operating cash.
• Acquisition of ELYXYB for the treatment of acute migraine closed on September 9, 2021.
  

“Sales of BELBUCA and Symproic remain solid as we prepare for additional revenue growth associated with the launch of ELYXYB in the first quarter of 2022. ELYXYB, with patent protection to 2036, diversifies our portfolio, takes advantage of the synergies between pain and neurology, and leverages our current commercial infrastructure to manage ELYXYB in a very efficient way,” stated Jeff Bailey, CEO of BDSI. “Moreover, we continue our business development activities for product acquisitions and licensing opportunities, especially in the Neurology space.”

Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results

Total Company Net Revenue for the third quarter of 2021 was $41.1 million, an increase of 4.2% compared to $39.4 million in the third quarter of 2020.   Net sales of BELBUCA and Symproic combined grew 7.5% year over year.

BELBUCA Net Sales for the third quarter of 2021 were $36.9 million, an increase of 6.3% compared to $34.8 million in the third quarter of 2020. Third quarter 2020 net sales were positively impacted by the gross to net channel refresh.

Symproic Net Sales for the third quarter were $4.1 million, an increase of 20% compared to $3.5 million in the third quarter of 2020.

Other Revenue for the third quarter totaled $20 thousand of royalty revenue, compared to $1.2 million in the third quarter of 2020, which included royalty revenue of approximately $0.7 million and approximately $0.6 million of Bunavail net sales.

Total Operating Expenses for the third quarter of 2021 were $25.5 million, compared to $22.5 million in the third quarter of 2020.

GAAP Net Income for the third quarter of 2021 was $6.7 million, or $0.07 per share, compared to GAAP net income of $9.4 million, or $0.09 per share, in the third quarter of 2020.

EBITDA for the third quarter of 2021 was $11.1 million, or 27% of net sales, compared to $13.4 million or 34% of net sales, in the third quarter of 2020.

Non-GAAP Net Income for the third quarter of 2021 was $10.3 million and reflects GAAP net income excluding stock-based compensation and non-cash amortization of intangible assets as compared to non-GAAP net income of $12.7 million in the third quarter of 2020, excluding the same items.

Cash Position: As of September 30, 2021, cash and cash equivalents were approximately $100.7 million, compared to $111.6 million as of December 31, 2020. The change in year-to-date cash of ($10.9) million reflects operating cash flow generation of $27.3 million, $11.9 million in share buybacks, the prepayment of $20.0 million of debt, as well as the $6.0 million upfront payment for ELYXYB and $0.4 million in transaction related costs. For the third quarter, total cash on hand decreased by $19.1 million versus June 30, 2021, with operating cash flow generation of $7.0 million being partially offset by $20.0 million used towards an early, penalty-free debt repayment of our term loan and a $6.0 million upfront payment to Dr. Reddy’s for ELYXYB, along with $0.4 million in transaction related costs. The $20.0 million pre-payment will result in approximately $4.4 million of interest savings over the course of the remaining loan period.

Financial Guidance

For 2021 financial guidance, the Company is lowering its full year 2021 total net revenue guidance range to $162 - $167 million from $170 - $180 million previously communicated. The situation with Alvogen is a factor contributing to our amended guidance. BDSI now expects BELBUCA net sales for 2021 to be in the range of $144 - $148 million dollars. The Company continues to estimate total operating expenses for the ongoing business to be in the range of $115 - $120 million, including pre-launch investments to support the first quarter 2022 launch of ELYXYB.   EBITDA for the ongoing business, excluding ELYXYB, is projected to be at the lower end of the $40 - $50 million range in 2021. Following the acquisition of ELYXYB, total EBITDA is expected to be less than $40 million in 2021 due to the Company’s investments to prepare for the first quarter 2022 launch.

“We are investing in our future by entering into the attractive acute migraine space while driving the growth of our robust pain franchise,” stated Jeff Bailey. “We expect ELYXYB to be financially accretive within 24 months after its launch, and to be a differentiated and exciting new treatment option for both prescribers and patients. Our balance sheet remains strong and we will continue to invest to grow our current products and, through the establishment of a dedicated neurology sales force, we will be able to leverage our current infrastructure to manage the addition of ELYXYB in a very efficient way.”

Conference Call & Webcast Details

BioDelivery Sciences will host a conference call and webcast today, November 3, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. ET to present third quarter 2021 results and to provide a business update.  Dial-in details are as follows:

Date:	Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Time:	8:30 AM Eastern Time
Domestic:	877-407-0789
International:	201-689-8562
Conference ID:	13723637
Webcast:	http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=146730

ABOUT BIODELIVERY SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC.

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BDSI) is a commercial-stage specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to patients living with chronic conditions. BDSI has built a portfolio of differentiated pain and neurology products and leverages its experienced sales and marketing organization to educate prescribers on their unique features. BDSI's products address serious and debilitating conditions, including chronic pain, acute migraine and opioid-induced constipation.

CAUTIONARY NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release and any statements of employees, representatives, and partners of BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (“BDSI”) related thereto contain, or may contain, among other things, certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties. Such statements may include, without limitation, statements with respect to BDSI’s plans, objectives, projections, expectations and intentions and other statements identified by words such as “projects,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “potential” or similar expressions. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of BDSI’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in BDSI’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results including, without limitation, the expectations for: net revenue, BELBUCA net sales, operating expenses, EBITDA and operating cash flows for 2021, the planned launch of ELYXYB, including net sales of ELYXYB and potential expansion opportunities for ELYXYB, may differ materially from those set forth or implied in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based on various factors (many of which are beyond BDSI’s control) including the risk that the current COVID-19 pandemic impacts on our supply chain, commercial partners, patients and their physicians and the healthcare facilities in which they work, and our personnel are greater than we anticipate, as well as those set forth in our 2020 annual report on Form 10-K filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and subsequent filings. BDSI undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future presentations or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release includes information about certain financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP, including non-GAAP net income and EBITDA. These non-GAAP measures are not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by GAAP and are not necessarily comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.

Non-GAAP net income adjusts for one-time and non-cash charges by excluding the following from GAAP net income: stock-based compensation expense, non-cash amortization of intangible assets, and the financial impact of certain one-time items that are non-recurring, including the discontinuation of Bunavail, and costs associated with the CEO transition in Q2 2020.

EBITDA excludes net interest, including both interest expense and interest income, provision for (benefit from) income taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

The Company's management and board of directors utilize these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate the Company's performance. The Company provides these non-GAAP measures of the Company's performance to investors because management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures, when viewed with the Company's results under GAAP and the accompanying reconciliations, are useful in identifying underlying trends in ongoing operations. However, non-GAAP net income and EBITDA are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and, accordingly, should not be considered as alternatives to GAAP measures as indicators of operating performance. Further, non-GAAP net income and EBITDA should not be considered measures of our liquidity.

A reconciliation of certain GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures has been provided in the tables included in this press release.

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Contact:
Bob Yedid
LifeSci Advisors
646-597-6989
Bob@LifeSciAdvisors.com

BIODELIVERY SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(U.S. DOLLARS, IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
(Unaudited)

	September 30, 2021					December 31, 2020
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	100,710				$	111,584
Accounts receivable, net	57,572					48,150
Inventory, net	23,075					17,443
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	6,904					5,208
Total current assets	188,261					182,385
Property and equipment, net	1,525					1,418
Goodwill	2,715					2,715
License and distribution rights, net	63,569					53,376
Total assets	$	256,070				$	239,894
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	74,580				$	52,995
Notes payable, current	3,077					—
Total current liabilities	77,657					52,995
Notes payable, less current maturities	55,638					78,452
Other long-term liabilities	—					213
Total liabilities	133,295					131,660
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred Stock, 5,000,000 shares authorized; Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, 443 shares outstanding at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.	—					—
Common Stock, $0.001 par value; 235,000,000 shares authorized at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively; 102,057,290 and 101,417,441 shares issued; 98,791,606 and 101,354,447 shares outstanding at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.	104					104
Additional paid-in capital	454,738					449,264
Treasury stock, at cost, 3,265,684 and 62,994 shares, as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.	(12,155		)			(252		)
Accumulated deficit	(319,912		)			(340,882		)
Total stockholders’ equity	122,775					108,234
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	256,070				$	239,894

BIODELIVERY SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(U.S. DOLLARS, IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
(Unaudited)

	Three months ended September 30,										Nine months ended September 30,
	2021					2020					2021					2020
Revenues:
Product sales	$	41,072				$	38,785				$	122,398				$	112,946
Product royalty revenues	20					658					1,151					1,358
Total Revenues:	41,092					39,443					123,549					114,304
Cost of sales	6,365					5,376					16,470					16,371
Expenses:
Selling, general and administrative	25,468					22,461					79,007					77,408
Total Expenses:	25,468					22,461					79,007					77,408
Income from operations	9,259					11,606					28,072					20,525
Interest expense, net	(1,984		)			(2,010		)			(5,962		)			(4,997		)
Other (expense)/income, net	—					(2		)			(1		)			6
Income before income taxes	$	7,275				$	9,594				$	22,109				$	15,534
Income tax provision	(606		)			(211		)			(1,139		)			(19		)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	6,669				$	9,383				$	20,970				$	15,515
Basic
Weighted average common stock shares outstanding	98,699,857					101,031,317					99,485,399					99,377,748
Basic earnings per share	$	0.07				$	0.09				$	0.21				$	0.16
Diluted
Weighted average common stock shares outstanding	102,430,883					105,783,568					103,473,967					104,836,493
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.07				$	0.09				$	0.20				$	0.15

BIODELIVERY SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(U.S. DOLLARS, IN THOUSANDS)
(Unaudited)

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2021					2020
Operating activities:
Net income	$	20,970				$	15,515
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities
Depreciation and amortization	97					467
Accretion of debt discount and loan costs	264					231
Amortization of intangible assets	5,262					5,248
Provision for/(release of) inventory obsolescence	1,100					(297		)
Stock-based compensation expense	5,024					7,845
Net change in operating lease assets and liabilities	(30		)			—
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(9,422		)			(5,040		)
Inventories	(6,731		)			(7,278		)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(1,856		)			(1,985		)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	12,005					(701		)
Taxes payable	606					(40		)
Net cash flows provided by operating activities	27,289					13,965
Investing activities:
Product acquisitions	(6,456		)			—
Acquisitions of property, plant and equipment	(415		)			—
Net cash flows used in investing activities	(6,871		)			—
Financing activities:
Payment on notes payable	(20,000		)			—
Proceeds from notes payable	—					20,000
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	611					2,761
Payment on share repurchase	(11,903		)			—
Payment on deferred financing fees	—					(437		)
Net cash flows (used in)/provided by financing activities	(31,292		)			22,324
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	(10,874		)			36,289
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	111,584					63,888
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	100,710				$	100,177

BIODELIVERY SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP METRICS
(U.S. DOLLARS, IN THOUSANDS)
(Unaudited)

		Three Months Ended September 30,											Nine Months Ended September 30,
Reconciliation of GAAP net income to EBITDA (non-GAAP)			2021					2020						2021					2020
GAAP net income		$		6,669			$		9,383				$		20,970			$		15,515
Add back/(subtract):
Income tax provision			606					211						1,139					19
Net interest expense			1,984					2,012						5,962					4,991
Depreciation and amortization			1,837					1,754						5,359					5,715
EBITDA		$		11,096			$		13,360				$		33,430			$		26,240
Reconciliation of GAAP net income to Non-GAAP net income
GAAP net income		$	6,669				$		9,383				$	20,970				$	15,515
Non-GAAP adjustments:
Stock-based compensation expense			1,837					1,473						5,024					4,424
Amortization of intangible assets			1,795					1,734						5,262					5,248
Non-recurring financial impact of CEO transition			—					67						—					5,078
Non-recurring financial impact of BUNAVAIL discontinuation			—					—						—					295
Non-GAAP net income		$		10,301			$		12,657				$		31,256			$		30,560

 

FAQ

What are the financial results for BioDelivery Sciences in Q3 2021?

BioDelivery Sciences reported total net revenue of $41.1 million, an increase of 4% year-over-year, with GAAP EPS of $0.07.

What was the impact of the ELYXYB acquisition on BioDelivery Sciences?

The acquisition of ELYXYB, a migraine treatment, closed on September 9, 2021, and has a projected peak sales potential of $350 - $400 million.

How did BELBUCA and Symproic perform in Q3 2021?

BELBUCA net sales increased by 6.3% to $36.9 million, while Symproic net sales grew by 20% to $4.1 million.

What is the updated revenue guidance for BioDelivery Sciences for 2021?

The updated guidance for total net revenue is now $162 - $167 million, down from $170 - $180 million.

What are the key highlights from the BioDelivery Sciences conference call?

The conference call will discuss third quarter results and the launch strategy for ELYXYB, which is scheduled for Q1 2022.