Theratechnologies Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months of Fiscal 2023 and Provides Business Updates
- Theratechnologies reported solid Q3 revenue and adjusted EBITDA. BLA submitted for F8 formulation. Revenue growth potential from F8 formulation. Tightened FY2023 revenue guidance to 3-6% growth. Net sales of EGRIFTA SV increased by 2.4% in Q3. Decrease in R&D and selling expenses.
- None.
- Q3 2023 consolidated revenue of
$20.9 million , adjusted EBITDA of$2.2 million - sBLA for F8 formulation of tesamorelin submitted to FDA
- Agreement in principle on key amendments to loan facility with Marathon
MONTREAL, Sept. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Theratechnologies Inc. (“Theratechnologies” or the “Company”) (TSX: TH) (NASDAQ: THTX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies, today reported business highlights and financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal year 2023, ended August 31, 2023. All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.
“Theratechnologies’ reported quarterly revenue of
"We continue to execute on value creation in our pipeline. A PDUFA date for the F8 formulation, the next generation of EGRIFTA SV®, is expected in the upcoming quarter and will position our commercial franchises for additional revenue growth potential. As such, we are laser focused on improvements to the bottom line through the remainder of 2023 and into the new year,” concluded Mr. Lévesque.
Revenue Summary for Third Quarter and First Nine Months of Fiscal 2023
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)
Three months ended August 31 | % change | Nine months ended August 31 | % change | |||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||
EGRIFTA®, EGRIFTA SV® net sales | 13,183 | 12,876 | 36,747 | 35,996 | ||
Trogarzo® net sales | 7,672 | 7,935 | (3.3)% | 21,565 | 22,640 | (4.7)% |
Revenue | 20,855 | 20,811 | 0.2% | 58,312 | 58,636 | (0.1)% |
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS AND PROGRAM UPDATES
Filing of sBLA for the F8 Formulation of Tesamorelin
The Company announced that it had filed a supplemental biologic license application (“sBLA”) for the F8 formulation of tesamorelin (the “F8 Formulation”) with the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) on September 25, 2023. The Company expects to receive an acknowledgment letter of the sBLA application within 30 days, along with a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (“PDUFA”) goal date.
Subject to approval by the FDA, we plan on commercializing the F8 Formulation under the tradename EGRIFTA MDVTM.
Sudocetaxel Zendusortide Development Pathway
On August 31, 2023, Theratechnologies announced that all five of the U.S.-based clinical sites participating in the conduct of the Phase 1 clinical trial of the Company’s lead investigational peptide drug conjugate, sudocetaxel zendusortide, were activated to screen, enroll and dose advanced ovarian cancer patients. A sixth site based in Canada is finalizing its start-up activity.
Amendments to the Loan Facility
On July 28, 2023, Theratechnologies announced that the Company had entered into an agreement with certain funds and accounts for which Marathon Asset Management, L.P. acts as investment manager (collectively, “Marathon”) to amend some of the terms and conditions of its credit agreement entered into in July 2022 (the “Loan Facility”) to lower the minimum liquidity the Company must maintain at any time to US
The amendments provide, inter alia, that the Company must hold this minimum amount of liquidity at all times up to and including October 31, 2023, and must comply with all of the other terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement.
On September 25, 2023, we announced that we entered into an agreement in principle with Marathon to further amend some of the terms and conditions of the Loan Facility. Subject to completion of the required legal documentation to the satisfaction of the Company and Marathon, the proposed amendments would provide for (i) the removal of the obligation to maintain at all times liquidity in the amount of US
Share Consolidation
On July 31, 2023, Theratechnologies announced completion of the consolidation of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company’s share capital on the basis of one (1) post-consolidation share for each four (4) pre-consolidation shares issued and outstanding (the “Consolidation”). No shareholder approval was required for the Consolidation to come into effect. The Company’s common shares began trading on the TSX and the NASDAQ on a consolidated basis on July 31, 2023.
Any references to the number of common shares, public offering warrants, Marathon warrants, share options, weighted average number of common shares, basic and diluted loss per share and the exercise prices of the public offering warrants, Marathon Warrants and share options have been retrospectively adjusted and restated to reflect the effect of the Consolidation, on a retrospective basis.
2023 Revised Revenue Guidance
We are tightening our FY2023 revenue guidance range to between
Third Quarter Fiscal 2023 Financial Results
The financial results presented in this press release are taken from the Company’s Management's Discussion and Analysis dated September 25, 2023 (“MD&A”) and our unaudited consolidated financial statements as at August 31, 2023 (“Interim Financial Statements”) which have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). The MD&A and the unaudited consolidated financial statements can be found at www.sedarplus.ca, on EDGAR at www.sec.gov and at www.theratech.com. Unless specified otherwise in this press release, all capitalized terms have the meaning ascribed thereto in our MD&A.
Revenue
For the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2023, consolidated revenue was
For the third quarter of fiscal 2023, net sales of EGRIFTA SV® were
Trogarzo® net sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2023 amounted to
For the nine-month period ended August 31, 2023, Trogarzo® net sales were
Cost of Sales
For the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2023, cost of sales decreased to
Cost of goods sold was
Cost of sales also included the amortization of the other asset of
R&D Expenses
R&D expenses in the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2023, amounted to
R&D expenses decreased by
Selling Expenses
Selling expenses decreased to
The amortization of the intangible asset value for the EGRIFTA SV® and Trogarzo® commercialization rights is also included under selling expenses. As such, we recorded amortization expenses of
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses in the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2023, amounted to
Net Finance Costs
Net finance costs for the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2023, were
Net finance costs for the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2023, also included accretion expense of
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA was
Net Loss
Net loss for the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2023, amounted to
Financial Position, Liquidity and Capital Resources
Going Concern Uncertainty
As part of the preparation of our Interim Financial Statements, management is responsible for identifying any event or situation that may cast doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern exists if events or conditions, considered collectively, indicate that the Company may be unable to honor its obligations as they fall due during a period of at least, but not limited to, 12 months from August 31, 2023. If the Company concludes that events or conditions cast substantial doubt on its ability to continue as a going concern, it must assess whether the plans developed to mitigate these events or conditions will remove any possible substantial doubt.
For the nine-month period ended August 31, 2023, the Company incurred a net loss of
The Company’s Loan Facility is available in four tranches and contains various covenants, including minimum liquidity covenants whereby the Company needs to maintain significant cash, cash equivalent and eligible short-term investments balances in specified accounts, which restricts the management of the Company’s liquidity (refer to Notes 18 and 24 of the annual consolidated financial statements as at November 30, 2022). A Liquidity Breach also entitles the lender to halt the advance of additional tranches and may trigger an increase of 300 basis points of the interest rate on the outstanding loan balance. In July 2023, the Company and the lender amended the terms of the Loan Facility to reduce the minimum liquidity covenant for the period of July 10 to July 28, 2023, and entered into an additional amendment to the terms of the Loan Facility to provide for the minimum liquidity covenant to be
The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least, but not limited to, 12 months from August 31, 2023, involves significant judgement and is dependent on its ability to obtain the support of the lender (including possible waivers and amendments), increase its revenues and the management of its expenses to generate sufficient positive operating cash flows and to find alternative source of funding to respect the various covenants of its Loan Facility, including obtaining the approval from the FDA for its F8 Formulation on or before March 31, 2024. Management’s plans include current negotiations with its lender to obtain amendments to its Loan Facility, exploring additional alternative sources of funding, including raising additional equity, and to generate positive operating cash flows. Some elements of these plans are outside of management’s control and the outcome cannot be predicted at this time. Should management’s plans not materialize, the Company may be in default of the Loan Facility, be forced to reduce or delay expenditures and capital additions and seek additional alternative financing, or sell or liquidate its assets. As a result, there is material uncertainty related to events or conditions that cast substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
The Interim Financial Statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern, which assumes the Company will continue its operations in the foreseeable future and will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The Interim Financial Statements do not include any adjustments to the carrying values and classification of assets and liabilities and reported expenses that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty and that may be necessary if the going concern basis was not appropriate for the Interim Financial Statements. If the Company was unable to continue as a going concern, material impairment of the carrying values of the Company’s assets, including intangible assets, could be required.
Analysis of cash flows
We ended the third quarter of fiscal 2023 with
The Company voluntarily changed its accounting policy in fiscal 2022 to classify interest paid and received as part of cash flows from operating activities, which were previously classified as cash flow from financing activities and interest received as cash flows from investing activities. The fiscal 2022 amounts presented herein have been recast to reflect the change in policy.
For the three-month period ended August 31, 2023, cash flows from operating activities were
In the third quarter of fiscal 2023, changes in operating assets and liabilities had a positive impact on cash flow from operations of
During the third quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company received net proceeds of
Non-IFRS And Non-US GAAP Measure
The information presented in this press release includes a measure that is not determined in accordance with IFRS or U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”), being the term “Adjusted EBITDA”. “Adjusted EBITDA” is used by the Corporation as an indicator of financial performance and is obtained by adding to net profit or loss, finance income and costs, depreciation and amortization, income taxes, share-based compensation from stock options, certain restructuring costs and certain write-downs (or related reversals) of inventories. “Adjusted EBITDA” excludes the effects of items that primarily reflect the impact of long-term investment and financing decisions rather than the results of day-to-day operations. The Corporation believes that this measure can be a useful indicator of its operational performance from one period to another. The Corporation uses this non-IFRS measure to make financial, strategic and operating decisions. Adjusted EBITDA is not a standardized financial measure under the financial reporting framework used to prepare the financial statements of the Corporation to which the measure relates and might not be comparable to similar financial measures disclosed by other issuers. The Corporation has reinstated its use of Adjusted EBITDA starting this quarter and has included Adjusted EBITDA for the comparative period. A quantitative reconciliation of the Adjusted EBITDA is presented in the table below:
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)
Three-month periods ended August 31 | Nine-month periods ended August 31 | |||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
Net loss | (746 | ) | (7,549 | ) | (21,202 | ) | (39,308 | ) | ||
Add : | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization1 | 868 | 856 | 2,739 | 11,531 | ||||||
Net Finance costs2 | 674 | 1,879 | 7,557 | 4,808 | ||||||
Income taxes | 126 | 151 | 348 | 300 | ||||||
Share-based compensation | 519 | 812 | 1,797 | 3,020 | ||||||
Inventory provision3 | - | - | 170 | - | ||||||
Restructuring costs4 | 719 | - | 719 | - | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | 2,160 | (3,851 | ) | (7,872 | ) | (19,649 | ) |
Conference Call Details
The conference call will be held at 8:30 a.m. (ET) on September 26, 2023 to discuss the results and recent business updates. The call will be hosted by Mr. Paul Lévesque, President and Chief Executive Officer. Joining Mr. Lévesque on the call will be other members of the management team, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Philippe Dubuc, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Christian Marsolais, and Global Commercial Officer, Mr. John Leasure who will be available to answer questions from participants following prepared remarks.
Participants are encouraged to join the call at least ten minutes in advance to secure access.
Conference call dial-in and replay information is below:
CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION | ||
Conference Call Date | September 26, 2023 | |
Conference Call Time | 8:30 a.m. EDT | |
Webcast link | https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/3ghrwkyd | |
Dial in | 1-888-317-6003 (toll free) or 1-412-317-6061 (international) | |
Access Code | 9250897 |
An archived webcast will also be available on the Company’s Investor Relations website under ‘Past Events’.
About Theratechnologies
Theratechnologies (TSX: TH) (NASDAQ: THTX) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies addressing unmet medical needs. Further information about Theratechnologies is available on the Company's website at www.theratech.com, on SEDAR at www.sedarplus.ca and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Follow Theratechnologies on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively, “Forward-Looking Statements”), within the meaning of applicable securities laws, that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. You can identify Forward-Looking Statements by terms such as "may", "will", "should", "could", “would”, "outlook", "believe", "plan", "envisage", "anticipate", "expect" and "estimate", or the negatives of these terms, or variations of them. The Forward-Looking Statements contained in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our 2023 revised fiscal year revenue guidance, our expectations regarding the commercialization of EGRIFTA SV® and Trogarzo®; our ability and capacity to grow the sales of EGRIFTA SV® and Trogarzo® successfully in the United States; our ability to generate a positive adjusted EBITDA on a quarterly basis; the approval of the F8 Formulation by the FDA; our capacity to enroll patients and complete our Phase 1 clinical trial studying sudocetaxel zendusortide; our capacity to meet the undertakings, covenants and obligations contained in the Loan Facility and to enter into legal documents acceptable to both the Company and Marathon (as defined below) in connection with future amendments to the Loan Facility; our expectations regarding our financial performance, including revenues, expenses, gross margins, profitability, liquidity, capital expenditures and income taxes; and our estimates regarding our capital requirements.
Such statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed in or implied by the Forward-Looking Statements. Certain assumptions made in preparing the Forward-Looking Statements include that: sales of EGRIFTA SV® and Trogarzo® in the United States will continue increasing over time; our expenses will remain under control; our commercial practices in the United States will not be found to be in violation of applicable laws; the long-term use of EGRIFTA SV® and Trogarzo® will not change their respective current safety profile; no recall or market withdrawal of EGRIFTA SV® and Trogarzo® will occur; no laws, regulation, order, decree or judgment will be passed or issued by a governmental body negatively affecting the marketing, promotion or sale of EGRIFTA SV® and Trogarzo® in the United States; continuous supply of EGRIFTA SV® and Trogarzo® will be available to meet market demand on a timely basis; our relations with third-party suppliers of EGRIFTA SV® and Trogarzo® will be conflict-free; the level of product returns and the value of chargebacks and rebates will not exceed our estimates in relation thereto; no biosimilar version of tesamorelin will be approved by the FDA; no vaccine or cure will be found for the prevention or eradication of HIV; the F8 Formulation will be approved by the FDA for commercialization; we will enter into the legal documentation satisfactory to both the Company and Marathon in relation to the proposed amendments to the Loan Facility; we will not default under the terms and conditions of the Loan Facility; to the extent we default under the terms of the Loan Facility, we will be successful in negotiating waivers of such default; the Corporation will continue as a going concern; we will be able to recruit patients for our Phase 1 clinical trial studying sudocetaxel zendusortide and we will be able to see signs of efficacy during such Phase 1 clinical trial without observing material adverse side effects; the timelines set forth in this press release will not be materially adversely impacted by unforeseen events that could arise subsequent to the date of this press release; our business plan will not be substantially modified; and no international event, such as a pandemic or worldwide war, will occur and adversely affect global trade.
Forward-Looking Statements assumptions are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Theratechnologies’ control that could cause actual results to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such Forward-Looking Statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those related to or arising from: the Company’s ability and capacity to grow the sales of EGRIFTA SV® and Trogarzo® successfully in the United States; the Company’s capacity to meet supply and demand for its products; the market acceptance of EGRIFTA SV® and Trogarzo® in the United States; the continuation of the Company’s collaborations and other significant agreements with its existing commercial partners and third-party suppliers and its ability to establish and maintain additional collaboration agreements; the Company’s success in continuing to seek and maintain reimbursements for EGRIFTA SV® and Trogarzo® by third-party payors in the United States; the success and pricing of other competing drugs or therapies that are or may become available in the marketplace; events that could disrupt the Company’s ability to successfully meet the timelines set forth herein; the discovery of a cure for HIV; the Company’s failure to meet the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan Facility resulting in an event of default and causing the interest rate on its loan to increase by 300 basis points and giving right to Marathon to call back the loan and foreclose on the Company’s assets; our ability to successfully negotiate further waiver or amendments to the Loan Facility; non-approval by the FDA of the F8 Formulation; difficulties in recruiting patients for the Phase 1 clinical trial studying sudocetaxel zendusortide; negative results stemming from such Phase 1 clinical trial resulting in the abandonment of this development program; the Company’s expectations regarding its financial performance, including revenues, expenses, gross margins, profitability, liquidity, capital expenditures and income taxes; and the Company’s estimates regarding its capital requirements. We refer current and potential investors to the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Information Form dated February 27, 2023, available on SEDAR at www.sedarplus.ca and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov as an exhibit to our report on Form 40-F dated February 28, 2023, under Theratechnologies’ public filings for additional risks related to the Company. The reader is cautioned to consider these and other risks and uncertainties carefully and not to put undue reliance on Forward-Looking Statements. Forward-Looking Statements reflect current expectations regarding future events and speak only as of the date of this press release and represent our expectations as of that date. We undertake no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law.
Investor inquiries:
Philippe Dubuc
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
communications@theratech.com
1-514-336-7800
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Senior Director, Communications & Corporate Affairs
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1-514-336-7800
1 Includes depreciation of property and equipment, amortization of intangible, other assets and right-of-use assets.
2 Includes all finance income and finance costs consisting of: Foreign exchange, interest income, accretion expense and amortization of deferred financing costs, interest expense, bank charges, gain or loss on financial instruments carried at fair value and loss on debt modification and gain on lease termination.
3 Inventory provision pending marketing approval of the F8 formulation.
4 Restructuring costs include severance and other expenses associated with termination of employment related to the reorganization announced in July 2023.