Sol-Gel Technologies Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update
Sol-Gel Technologies (NASDAQ: SLGL) reported Q3 2022 financial results with revenue of $0.3 million, a significant decline from $8.8 million in Q3 2021. The decreased revenue is attributed to lower sales from EPSOLAY and TWYNEO, despite improvements in prescriber adoption. Research and development expenses dropped to $2.0 million from $6.0 million year-over-year, aiding in cash management. The company reported a loss of $3.4 million, down from a profit of $1.3 million in the previous year. However, Sol-Gel's cash runway is projected to last through Q1 2024, supported by ongoing partnerships.
- Improved growth trends for TWYNEO and EPSOLAY.
- Reduced research and development expenses from $6.0 million to $2.0 million year-over-year.
- Revenue decreased from $8.8 million in Q3 2021 to $0.3 million in Q3 2022.
- Reported a net loss of $3.4 million compared to a net income of $1.3 million in Q3 2021.
- Growth trends for TWYNEO and EPSOLAY continue to improve, demonstrating robust uptake by prescribers
- Sol-Gel’s cash runway expected to extend through the end of the first quarter of 2024
NESS ZIONA, Israel, Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sol-Gel Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLGL), a dermatology company focused on identifying, developing, commercializing or partnering branded and generic topical drug products for the treatment of skin diseases, announced today financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022 and provided a corporate update.
Alon Seri-Levy, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Sol-Gel, stated, “We are very pleased with the continued growth trajectory for both TYWNEO and EPSOLAY and the effective commercial efforts of our partner, Galderma. We continue to see prescriber adoption, have received positive feedback from the dermatology community, and are pleased to report that royalty growth is now in line with volume growth.”
“We are now realizing a royalty stream from net sales of both of our partnered products and are turning our attention to building out our pipeline and to identifying new revenue-generating opportunities for our products in international markets.”
Third Quarter 2022 and Recent Corporate Developments
- Continuous improvements in growth trends, prescriber uptake and payer coverage for newly launching brands, TWYNEO and EPSOLAY.
- In October, Sol-Gel announced the appointment of Michael Glezin to the position of Vice President, Business Development.
Third Quarter Financial Results
Revenue was
Research and development expenses were
General and administrative expenses were
Sol-Gel reported a loss of
As of September 30, 2022, Sol-Gel had
About EPSOLAY
EPSOLAY is a topical cream containing benzoyl peroxide,
Visit www.epsolay.com for further information, including full Prescribing Information.
About TWYNEO
TWYNEO is a topical cream containing a fixed-dose combination of tretinoin,
Visit www.twyneo.com for further information, including full Prescribing Information.
About Sol-Gel Technologies
Sol-Gel is a dermatology company focused on identifying, developing and commercializing branded and generic topical drug products for the treatment of skin diseases. Sol-Gel leveraged its proprietary microencapsulation technology platform for TWYNEO, which is approved for the treatment of acne vulgaris in adults and pediatric patients nine years of age and older; and EPSOLAY, which is approved for the treatment of inflammatory lesions of rosacea in adults. Both drugs are exclusively licensed to Galderma for U.S. commercialization. Founded in 1981, Galderma is the world’s largest independent dermatology company.
The Company’s pipeline also includes topical drug candidates SGT-210, SGT-310 and SGT-510 under investigation for the treatment of plaque psoriasis and other dermatologic indications.
For additional information, please visit www.sol-gel.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the benefits we expect to receive under our agreement with Galderma; expected net sales and royalty income in line with volume growth of EPSOLAY and/or TWYNEO; and our expected cash runway. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, plans and objectives. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “believe,” “may,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,” “potential,” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on information we have when those statements are made or our management’s current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the risk that we will not receive all of the anticipated benefits under our agreement with Galderma, the risk that EPSOLAY and/or TWYNEO will not provide treatment to the number of patients anticipated, risks that our cash runway will be shorter than expected, risks relating to the effects of COVID-19 (coronavirus) as well as the following factors: (i) the adequacy of our financial and other resources, particularly in light of our history of recurring losses and the uncertainty regarding the adequacy of our liquidity to pursue our complete business objectives; (ii) our ability to complete the development of our product candidates; (iii) our ability to find suitable co-development partners; (iv) our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals for our product candidates in our target markets, the potential delay in receiving such regulatory approvals and the possibility of adverse regulatory or legal actions relating to our product candidates even if regulatory approval is obtained; (v) our ability to commercialize our pharmaceutical product candidates; (vi) our ability to obtain and maintain adequate protection of our intellectual property; (vii) our ability to manufacture our product candidates in commercial quantities, at an adequate quality or at an acceptable cost; (viii) our ability to establish adequate sales, marketing and distribution channels; (ix) acceptance of our product candidates by healthcare professionals and patients; (x) the possibility that we may face third-party claims of intellectual property infringement; (xi) the timing and results of clinical trials that we may conduct or that our competitors and others may conduct relating to our or their products; (xii) intense competition in our industry, with competitors having substantially greater financial, technological, research and development, regulatory and clinical, manufacturing, marketing and sales, distribution and personnel resources than we do; (xiii) potential product liability claims; (xiv) potential adverse federal, state and local government regulation in the United States, Europe or Israel; and (xv) loss or retirement of key executives and research scientists. These and other important factors discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 4, 2022, as amended, and our other reports filed with the SEC could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in this press release.
For further information, please contact:
Investors:
Irina Koffler
Investor relations, LifeSci Advisors
ikoffler@lifesciadvisors.com
+1 917 734 7387
Sol-Gel Technologies
Gilad Mamlok
Chief Financial Officer
gilad.mamlok@sol-gel.com
| SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGIES LTD. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data) (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| December 31, | September 30, | |||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||
| A s s e t s | ||||||||
| CURRENT ASSETS: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 20,085 | $ | 8,501 | ||||
| Bank deposits | 21,448 | 17,000 | ||||||
| Marketable securities | 1,709 | 9,799 | ||||||
| Receivables from collaborative arrangements | 13,065 | 10,783 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 800 | 1,472 | ||||||
| TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS | 57,107 | 47,555 | ||||||
| NON-CURRENT ASSETS: | ||||||||
| Long-term receivables from collaborative arrangements | 7,402 | - | ||||||
| Restricted long-term deposits and cash | 1,298 | 1,287 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 1,051 | 728 | ||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 1,501 | 988 | ||||||
| Funds in respect of employee rights upon retirement | 830 | 730 | ||||||
| TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS | 12,082 | 3,733 | ||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 69,189 | $ | 51,288 | ||||
| Liabilities and shareholders' equity | ||||||||
| CURRENT LIABILITIES: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 766 | $ | 167 | ||||
| Other accounts payable | 10,145 | 1,741 | ||||||
| Current maturities of operating leases liabilities | 781 | 689 | ||||||
| TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES | 11,692 | 2,597 | ||||||
| LONG-TERM LIABILITIES: | ||||||||
| Operating leases liabilities | 810 | 193 | ||||||
| Liability for employee rights upon retirement | 1,093 | 1,024 | ||||||
| TOTAL LONG-TERM LIABILITIES | 1,903 | 1,217 | ||||||
| COMMITMENTS | ||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | $ | 13,595 | $ | 3,814 | ||||
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY: | ||||||||
| Ordinary Shares, NIS 0.1 par value – authorized: 50,000,000 as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022; issued and outstanding: 23,000,782 and 23,129,469 as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively. | 638 | 638 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 233,098 | 234,116 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (178,142 | ) | (187,280 | ) | ||||
| TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | 55,594 | 47,474 | ||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | $ | 69,189 | $ | 51,288 | ||||
| SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGIES LTD. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data) (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| Nine months ended | Three months ended | ||||||||||||||
| September 30, | September 30, | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
| COLLABORATION REVENUES | $ | 2,965 | - | $ | 1,336 | - | |||||||||
| LICENSE REVENUES | $ | 7,500 | $ | 3,783 | $ | 7,500 | $ | 261 | |||||||
| TOTAL REVENUE | 10,465 | 3,783 | 8,836 | 261 | |||||||||||
| RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES | 15,388 | 8,465 | 5,989 | 2,042 | |||||||||||
| GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | 6,625 | 5,357 | 2,129 | 1,844 | |||||||||||
| OTHER INCOME, net | 554 | - | 554 | - | |||||||||||
| OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) | (10,994 | ) | (10,039 | ) | 1,272 | (3,625 | ) | ||||||||
| FINANCIAL INCOME, net | 184 | 901 | 14 | 218 | |||||||||||
| NET INCOME (LOSS) FOR THE PERIOD | $ | (10,810 | ) | $ | (9,138 | ) | $ | 1,286 | $ | (3,407 | ) | ||||
| BASIC INCOME (LOSS) PER ORDINARY SHARE | (0.47 | ) | (0.40 | ) | 0.06 | (0.15 | ) | ||||||||
| DILUTED INCOME (LOSS) PER ORDINARY SHARE | (0.47 | ) | (0.40 | ) | 0.05 | (0.15 | ) | ||||||||
| WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES | |||||||||||||||
| OUTSTANDING USED IN COMPUTATION OF INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE : | |||||||||||||||
| BASIC | 23,043,701 | 23,128,469 | 23,097,379 | 23,129,469 | |||||||||||
| DILUTED | 23,043,701 | 23,128,469 | 23,682,601 | 23,129,469 | |||||||||||
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