Journey Medical Corporation Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Recent Corporate Highlights
Journey Medical (Nasdaq: DERM) reported a 7% year-over-year increase in total revenues for Q1 2024, reaching $13 million. This growth was driven by significant increases in the sales of Qbrexza and Accutane, despite declines in other products like Amzeeq and Zilxi. The company reported a net loss of $10.4 million, slightly higher than the $10.1 million loss in Q1 2023. Research and development expenses surged due to a $4 million FDA filing fee and a $3 million milestone payment. Journey Medical's New Drug Application for DFD-29 to treat rosacea has been accepted by the FDA, with a PDUFA goal date of November 4, 2024, potentially making it a leading systemic therapy for rosacea.
- Q1 2024 revenues increased by 7% year-over-year to $13 million.
- Qbrexza and Accutane saw over 20% year-over-year growth.
- Selling, general, and administrative expenses decreased by $4.9 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA improved to $11,000, compared to $(5.3 million) in Q1 2023.
- FDA accepted the NDA for DFD-29, with a PDUFA goal date of November 4, 2024.
- Net loss increased to $10.4 million in Q1 2024 from $10.1 million in Q1 2023.
- Research and development costs surged to $7.9 million, driven by significant FDA filing fees and contractual milestone payments.
- Decrease in net product revenues for Amzeeq, Zilxi, Targadox, and discontinued sales of Ximino.
- Cash and cash equivalents decreased from $27.4 million in December 2023 to $24.1 million in March 2024.
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Journey Medical Corporation's
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The acceptance of the New Drug Application (NDA) for DFD-29 by the FDA is a significant milestone for Journey Medical Corporation. If approved, DFD-29 could offer a first-in-class oral therapy for rosacea that addresses both inflammatory lesions and erythema, potentially transforming the treatment landscape for this chronic skin condition. The PDUFA goal date set for November 4, 2024, provides a relatively short timeline for potential market entry, positioning the company for a substantial market opportunity. However, the increased R&D expenses linked to the filing fee and contractual milestone payments highlight the substantial investment required to bring DFD-29 to market. For stakeholders, the approval of DFD-29 could represent a significant value driver, although it’s critical to monitor ongoing clinical and regulatory developments.
Rating: 1
In the dermatological pharmaceutical market, Journey Medical's current growth trajectory is largely anchored on established products like Qbrexza and Accutane, which saw over
Rating: 1
New Drug Application for DFD-29 to treat rosacea accepted for U.S. FDA review; PDUFA goal date of November 4, 2024
Total revenues for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 were
Company to hold conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss the financial results and provide a business update
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Journey Medical Corporation (Nasdaq: DERM) (“Journey Medical” or “the Company”), a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company that primarily focuses on the selling and marketing of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”)-approved prescription pharmaceutical products for the treatment of dermatological conditions, today announced financial results and recent corporate highlights for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
Claude Maraoui, Journey Medical’s Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We delivered solid first quarter results with year-over-year revenue growth of
Mr. Maraoui continued, “Additionally, we made significant progress advancing our development program for DFD-29 (Minocycline Hydrochloride Modified Release Capsules, 40 mg). Following our positive Phase 3 clinical trial results, the FDA accepted our New Drug Application (“NDA”) in March 2024, and assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (“PDUFA”) goal date of November 4, 2024. We believe this is a pivotal milestone for Journey Medical, as DFD-29, if approved, represents a significant commercial opportunity for the Company. We remain focused on driving growth and profitability from our current dermatology franchise and look forward to the opportunity to launch DFD-29 to benefit patients with rosacea and to leverage our existing commercial infrastructure.”
Financial Results:
- Total net product revenues were
$13.0 million for the first quarter of 2024, representing7% growth compared to net product revenues of$12.2 million for the first quarter of 2023. The increase is primarily due to an increase in net product revenues for Qbrexza and Accutane as the Company continues to focus marketing efforts on these products. The increase was partially offset by a decrease in net product revenues from Amzeeq® and Zilxi® as a result of lower sales volume and Targadox® and Ximino®. Targadox continues to experience erosion due to generic competition and the Company discontinued selling Ximino at the end of the third quarter 2023. - Cost of goods sold increased by
$0.4 million to$6.8 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024, from$6.4 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023, due to the increase in net product revenues. - Research and development costs were
$7.9 million in the first quarter of 2024, compared to$2.0 million in the first quarter of 2023. The increase is driven by a$4.0 million filing fee payment to the FDA in January 2024 for DFD-29 in addition to an accrued$3.0 million expense, for a contractual milestone payment owed to Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Ltd (“DRL”) triggered by the FDA’s acceptance of the DFD-29 NDA submission in March 2024. This was partially offset by lower clinical trial expenses to develop DFD-29 as the project concludes. - Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by
$4.9 million to$8.4 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024, from$13.3 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023. The decrease is due to the Company’s expense reduction efforts. - The Company’s net loss was
$10.4 million , or$(0.53) per share basic and diluted, for the first quarter of 2024, compared to a net loss of$10.1 million , or$(0.57) per share basic and diluted, for the first quarter of 2023. - The Company’s non-GAAP results in the table below reflect Adjusted EBITDA of
$11,000 , or$0.00 1 per share basic and diluted, for the first quarter of 2024, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of$(5.3 million ), or$(0.30) per share basic and diluted, for the first quarter of 2023. Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA per share basic and Adjusted EBITDA per share diluted are non-GAAP financial measures, each of which are reconciled to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP below under “Use of Non-GAAP Measures.” - At March 31, 2024, the Company had
$24.1 million in cash and cash equivalents as compared to$27.4 million in cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2023.
Recent Corporate Highlights:
- In March 2024, the FDA accepted the Company’s NDA filing for DFD-29 and set a PDUFA goal date of November 4, 2024. If approved, DFD-29 has the potential to be the only oral, systemic therapy to address inflammatory lesions and erythema (redness) from rosacea, differentiating it as a potential best-in-class solution for the millions of patients suffering from rosacea. The Company submitted its NDA to the FDA seeking approval for DFD-29 for the treatment of inflammatory lesions and erythema of rosacea in adults in January 2024.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
Journey Medical management will conduct a conference call and audio webcast on May 13, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. ET.
To listen to the conference call, interested parties within the U.S. should dial 1-866-777-2509 (domestic) or 1-412-317-5413 (international). All callers should dial in approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time and ask to be joined into the Journey Medical conference call. Participants can register for the conference here: https://dpregister.com/sreg/10188768/fc6df642e0. Please note that registered participants will receive their dial-in number upon registration.
A live audio webcast can be accessed on the News and Events page of the Investors section of Journey Medical’s website, www.journeymedicalcorp.com, and will remain available for replay for approximately 30 days after the meeting.
About Journey Medical Corporation
Journey Medical Corporation (Nasdaq: DERM) (“Journey Medical”) is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company that primarily focuses on the selling and marketing of FDA-approved prescription pharmaceutical products for the treatment of dermatological conditions through its efficient sales and marketing model. The Company currently markets seven branded and two generic products that help treat and heal common skin conditions. The Journey Medical team comprises industry experts with extensive experience in developing and commercializing some of dermatology’s most successful prescription brands. Journey Medical is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and was founded by Fortress Biotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: FBIO). Journey Medical’s common stock is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and it files periodic reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). For additional information about Journey Medical, visit www.journeymedicalcorp.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As used below and throughout this press release, the words “the Company”, “we”, “us” and “our” may refer to Journey Medical. Such statements include, but are not limited to, any statements relating to our growth strategy and product development programs and any other statements that are not historical facts. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “may,” “expect,” “will,” “could,” “project,” “intend,” “potential” and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition and stock price. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated include: the fact that our products and product candidates are subject to time and cost intensive regulation and clinical testing and as a result, may never be successfully developed or commercialized; a substantial portion of our sales derive from products that may become subject to third-party generic competition, the introduction of new competitor products, or an increase in market share of existing competitor products, any of which could have a significant adverse impact on our operating income; we operate in a heavily regulated industry, and we cannot predict the impact that any future legislation or administrative or executive action may have on our operations; our revenue is dependent mainly upon sales of our dermatology products and any setback relating to the sale of such products could impair our operating results; competition could limit our products’ commercial opportunity and profitability, including competition from manufacturers of generic versions of our products; the risk that our products do not achieve broad market acceptance, including by government and third-party payors; our reliance third parties for several aspects of our operations; our dependence on our ability to identify, develop, and acquire or in-license products and integrate them into our operations, at which we may be unsuccessful; the dependence of the success of our business, including our ability to finance our company and generate additional revenue, on the successful development and regulatory approval of the DFD-29 product candidate and any future product candidates that we may develop, in-license or acquire; clinical drug development is very expensive, time consuming, and uncertain and our clinical trials may fail to adequately demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our current or any future product candidates; our competitors could develop and commercialize products similar or identical to ours; risks related to the protection of our intellectual property and our potential inability to maintain sufficient patent protection for our technology and products; our business and operations would suffer in the event of computer system failures, cyber-attacks, or deficiencies in our or our third parties’ cybersecurity; the substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern; the effects of major public health issues, epidemics or pandemics on our product revenues and any future clinical trials; our potential need to raise additional capital; Fortress controls a voting majority of our common stock, which could be detrimental to our other shareholders; as well as other risks described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, subsequent Reports on Form 10-Q, and our other filings we make with the SEC. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in our expectations or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as may be required by law, and we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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| JOURNEY MEDICAL CORPORATION Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets ($ in thousands except for share and per share amounts) | |||||||
| March 31, | December 31, | ||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| ASSETS | |||||||
| Current assets | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 24,057 | $ | 27,439 | |||
| Accounts receivable, net of reserves | 9,799 | 15,222 | |||||
| Inventory | 10,580 | 10,206 | |||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 2,577 | 3,588 | |||||
| Total current assets | 47,013 | 56,455 | |||||
| Intangible assets, net | 19,473 | 20,287 | |||||
| Operating lease right-of-use asset, net | 79 | 101 | |||||
| Other assets | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Total assets | $ | 66,571 | $ | 76,849 | |||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||||||
| Current liabilities | |||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 15,343 | $ | 18,149 | |||
| Due to related party | 198 | 195 | |||||
| Accrued expenses | 20,033 | 20,350 | |||||
| Accrued interest | 241 | 22 | |||||
| Income taxes payable | 37 | 53 | |||||
| Installment payments – licenses, short-term | 3,000 | 3,000 | |||||
| Operating lease liability, short-term | 84 | 99 | |||||
| Total current liabilities | 38,936 | 41,868 | |||||
| Term loan, net of discount | 14,684 | 14,622 | |||||
| Operating lease liability, long-term | - | 9 | |||||
| Total liabilities | 53,620 | 56,499 | |||||
| Stockholders' equity | |||||||
| Common stock, $.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 13,932,310 and 13,323,952 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Common stock - Class A, $.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 6,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 95,746 | 92,703 | |||||
| Accumulated deficit | (82,797 | ) | (72,355 | ) | |||
| Total stockholders' equity | 12,951 | 20,350 | |||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 66,571 | $ | 76,849 | |||
| JOURNEY MEDICAL CORPORATION Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations ($ in thousands except for share and per share amounts) | |||||||
| Three-Month Periods Ended | |||||||
| | March 31, | ||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Revenue: | | | | | | ||
| Product revenue, net | $ | 13,030 | | $ | 12,165 | ||
| Other revenue | - | 48 | |||||
| Total revenue | 13,030 | 12,213 | |||||
| Operating expenses | | | | | | ||
| Cost of goods sold – product revenue | | 6,816 | | | 6,449 | ||
| Research and development | | 7,884 | | | 2,033 | ||
| Selling, general and administrative | | 8,420 | | | 13,292 | ||
| Total operating expenses | | 23,120 | | | 21,774 | ||
| Loss from operations | | (10,090 | ) | | | (9,561 | ) |
| Other expense (income) | |||||||
| Interest income | (217 | ) | | | (122 | ) | |
| Interest expense | | 548 | | | 650 | ||
| Foreign exchange transaction losses | 21 | 47 | |||||
| Total other expense (income) | | 352 | | | 575 | ||
| Loss before income taxes | | (10,442 | ) | | | (10,136 | ) |
| Income tax expense | - | - | |||||
| Net Loss | $ | (10,442 | ) | | $ | (10,136 | ) |
| Net loss per common share: | |||||||
| Basic and diluted | $ | (0.53 | ) | | $ | (0.57 | ) |
| Weighted average number of common shares: | |||||||
| Basic and diluted | 19,757,449 | 17,807,194 | |||||
Use of Non-GAAP Measures:
In addition to the GAAP financial measures as presented in our Form 10-Q that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Company has, in this press release, included certain non-GAAP measurements, including Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA per share basic and Adjusted EBITDA per share diluted. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) excluding interest, taxes and depreciation, less certain other non-cash and infrequent items not considered to be normal, recurring operating expenses, including, share-based compensation expense, amortization and impairments of acquired intangible assets, severance and foreign exchange transaction losses. In particular, we exclude the following matters for the reasons more fully described below:
- Share-Based Compensation Expense: We exclude share-based compensation from our adjusted financial results because share-based compensation expense, which is non-cash, fluctuates from period to period based on factors that are not within our control, such as our stock price on the dates share-based grants are issued.
- Non-core and Short-term Research and Development Expense: We exclude research and development costs incurred in connection with our DFD-29 product candidate, including the filing fee payment made to the FDA and contractual milestone payment, which is the only product in our portfolio not currently approved for marketing and sale, because we do not consider such costs to be normal, recurring operating expenses that are core to our long-term strategy. Instead, our long-term strategy is focused on the marketing and sale of our core FDA-approved dermatological products and the out licensing our intellectual property and related technologies.
- Amortization and impairments of Acquired Intangible assets: We exclude the impact of certain amounts recorded in connection with the acquisitions of intangible assets that are either non-cash or not normal, recurring operating expenses due to their nature, variability of amounts, and lack of predictability as to occurrence and/or timing. These amounts may include non-cash items such as the amortization impairments of acquired intangible assets.
Adjusted EBITDA per share basic and Adjusted EBITDA per share diluted are determined by dividing the resulting Adjusted EBITDA by the number of shares outstanding on an actual and fully diluted basis.
Management believes the use of these non-GAAP measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding the Company’s performance because (i) it allows for greater transparency with respect to key measures used by management in its financial and operational decision-making, (ii) it excludes the impact of non-cash or, when specified, non-recurring items that are not directly attributable to the Company’s core operating performance and that may obscure trends in the Company’s core operating performance and (iii) it is used by institutional investors and the analyst community to help analyze the Company's results. However, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA per share basic, Adjusted EBITDA per share diluted and any other non-GAAP financial measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Further, non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company and the manner in which they are calculated may differ from the non-GAAP financial measures or the calculations of the same non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies, including the Company’s competitors.
The table below provides a reconciliation from GAAP to non-GAAP measures:
| JOURNEY MEDICAL CORPORATION Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA (Dollars in thousands except for share and per share amounts) | |||||||
| Three-Month Periods Ended | |||||||
| March 31, | |||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| GAAP Net Loss | $ | (10,442 | ) | $ | (10,136 | ) | |
| EBITDA: | |||||||
| Interest | 331 | 528 | |||||
| Taxes | - | - | |||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 814 | 1,069 | |||||
| EBITDA | (9,297 | ) | (8,539 | ) | |||
| Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA: | |||||||
| Non-Cash Components: | |||||||
| Share-based compensation | 1,406 | 646 | |||||
| Non-core & Infrequent Components: | |||||||
| Short-term R&D (includes one-time DFD-29 application fee and milestone payments) | 7,740 | 1,999 | |||||
| Foreign exchange transaction losses | 21 | 47 | |||||
| Severance | 141 | 526 | |||||
| Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 11 | $ | (5,321 | ) | ||
| Net income (loss) & Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA per common share: | |||||||
| Basic | |||||||
| GAAP Net Loss | $ | (0.53 | ) | $ | (0.57 | ) | |
| Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 0.00 | $ | (0.30 | ) | ||
| Diluted | |||||||
| GAAP Net Loss | $ | (0.53 | ) | $ | (0.57 | ) | |
| Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 0.00 | $ | (0.30 | ) | ||
| Weighted average number of common shares: | |||||||
| GAAP - Basic and Diluted | 19,757,449 | 17,807,194 | |||||
| Non-GAAP - Basic | 19,757,449 | 17,807,194 | |||||
| Non-GAAP - Diluted | 23,355,226 | 17,807,194 | |||||
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