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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including statements regarding our strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenues, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “potential,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “continue,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.
The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, among other things, statements about:
| ● | our ability to negotiate, secure and maintain adequate pricing, coverage and reimbursement terms and processes on a timely basis, or at all, with third-party payors for our products or product candidates that we commercialize or may commercialize in the future; |
| ● | our ability to maintain our conditional marketing authorization for TranslarnaTM (ataluren) for the treatment of nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or nmDMD, in the European Economic Area, or EEA, including our expectations with respect to the European Commission’s potential adoption of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use’s negative opinion for the conditional marketing authorization for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD following a reexamination procedure, or our ability to identify other potential mechanisms by which we may provide Translarna to nmDMD patients in the EEA; |
| ● | our ability to maintain our marketing authorizations in other jurisdictions in which Translarna has been approved; |
| ● | our ability to utilize results from Study 041 and from our international drug registry study to support approval of a new drug application for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD in the United States; |
| ● | expectations with respect to our ability to commercialize UpstazaTM (eladocagene exuparvovec) for the treatment of Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase, or AADC deficiency, in the EEA, expectations with respect to approval of our biologics license application for eladocagene exuparvovec for the treatment of AADC deficiency in the United States, any potential regulatory submissions and potential approvals for our product candidates, and the potential achievement of development, regulatory and sales milestones and contingent payments that we may be obligated to make; |
| ● | our expectations with respect to the commercial status of Evrysdi® (risdiplam) and our program directed against spinal muscular atrophy in collaboration with F. Hoffmann La Roche Ltd and Hoffmann La Roche Inc. and the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation and our estimates regarding future revenues from sales-based royalty payments or the achievement of milestones in that program; |
| ● | our expectations and the potential financial impact and benefits related to our Collaboration and License Agreement with a subsidiary of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. including with respect to the timing of regulatory approval of Tegsedi® (inotersen) and WaylivraTM (volanesorsen) in countries in which we are licensed to commercialize them, the commercialization of Tegsedi and Waylivra, and our expectations with respect to royalty payments by us based on our potential achievement of certain net sales thresholds; |
| ● | the timing and scope of our commercialization of our products and product candidates; |
| ● | our estimates regarding the potential market opportunity for our products or product candidates, including the size of eligible patient populations and our ability to identify such patients; |
| ● | our ability to obtain additional and maintain existing reimbursed named patient and cohort early access programs for our products on adequate terms, or at all; |
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| ● | our estimates regarding expenses, future revenues, third-party discounts and rebates, capital requirements and needs for additional financing, including our ability to maintain the level of our expenses consistent with our internal budgets and forecasts and to secure additional funds on favorable terms or at all; |
| ● | the timing and conduct of our ongoing, planned and potential future clinical trials and studies for sepiapterin and our splicing and ferroptosis and inflammation programs as well as studies in our products for maintaining authorizations, label extensions and additional indications, including the timing of initiation, enrollment and completion of the trials and the period during which the results of the trials will become available; |
| ● | our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions or other strategic transactions, including the possibility that the expected impact of benefits from the acquisitions or strategic transactions will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period, significant transaction costs, the integration of operations and employees into our business, our ability to obtain marketing approval of our product candidates we acquired from the acquisitions or other strategic transactions and unknown liabilities; |
| ● | the rate and degree of market acceptance and clinical utility of any of our products or product candidates; |
| ● | the ability and willingness of patients and healthcare professionals to access our products and product candidates through alternative means if pricing and reimbursement negotiations in the applicable territory do not have a positive outcome; |
| ● | the timing of, and our ability to obtain additional marketing authorizations for our products and product candidates; |
| ● | the ability of our products and our product candidates to meet existing or future regulatory standards; |
| ● | the potential receipt of revenues from future sales of our products or product candidates; |
| ● | the expected impact of our loss of market exclusivity for Emflaza® (deflazacort) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the United States under the Orphan Drug Act of 1983; |
| ● | our sales, marketing and distribution capabilities and strategy, including the ability of our third-party manufacturers to manufacture and deliver our products and product candidates in clinically and commercially sufficient quantities and the ability of distributors to process orders in a timely manner and satisfy their other obligations to us; |
| ● | our ability to establish and maintain arrangements for the manufacture of our products and product candidates that are sufficient to meet clinical trial and commercial launch requirements; |
| ● | the extent, timing and financial aspects of our strategic pipeline prioritization and reductions in workforce; |
| ● | our ability to complete any post-marketing requirements imposed by regulatory agencies with respect to our products; |
| ● | our ability to satisfy our obligations under the terms of our lease agreements; |
| ● | our ability to satisfy our obligations under the indenture governing our 1.50% convertible senior notes due September 15, 2026; |
| ● | our regulatory submissions, including with respect to timing and outcome of regulatory review; |
| ● | our plans to advance our earlier stage programs and pursue research and development of other product candidates, including our splicing and ferroptosis and inflammation programs; |
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| ● | whether we may pursue business development opportunities, including potential collaborations, alliances, and acquisition or licensing of assets and our ability to successfully develop or commercialize any assets to which we may gain rights pursuant to such business development opportunities; |
| ● | the potential advantages of our products and any product candidate; |
| ● | our intellectual property position; |
| ● | the impact of government laws and regulations; |
| ● | the impact of litigation that has been or may be brought against us or of litigation that we are pursuing against others; and |
| ● | our competitive position. |
We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make. We have included important factors in the cautionary statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, particularly in Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors as well as in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, that we believe could cause actual results or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that we make. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make.
You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents that we have filed as exhibits to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires, references to “PTC,” “PTC Therapeutics,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and similar references refer to PTC Therapeutics, Inc. and, where appropriate, its subsidiaries. The trademarks, trade names and service marks appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are the property of their respective owners.
All website addresses given in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are for information only and are not intended to be an active link or to incorporate any website information into this document.
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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
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PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)
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PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss (unaudited)
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PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
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PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
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PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
September 30, 2024
In thousands (except share and per share amounts unless otherwise noted)
1. The Company
PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “PTC”) is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of clinically differentiated medicines that provide benefits to children and adults living with rare disorders. The Company’s ability to innovate to identify new therapies and to globally commercialize products is the foundation that drives investment in a robust and diversified pipeline of transformative medicines. The Company’s mission is to provide access to best-in-class treatments for patients who have little to no treatment options. The Company’s strategy is to leverage its strong scientific and clinical expertise and global commercial infrastructure to bring therapies to patients. The Company believes that this allows it to maximize value for all its stakeholders. The Company has a diversified therapeutic portfolio pipeline that includes several commercial products and product candidates in various stages of development, including clinical, pre-clinical and research and discovery stages, focused on the development of new treatments for multiple therapeutic areas for rare diseases relating to neurology and metabolism.
The Company has
The Company’s marketing authorization for Translarna in the EEA is subject to annual review and renewal by the European Commission (“EC”) following reassessment by the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) of the benefit-risk balance of the authorization, which the Company refers to as the annual EMA reassessment. In September 2022, the Company submitted a Type II variation to the EMA to support conversion of the conditional marketing authorization for Translarna to a standard marketing authorization, which included a report on the placebo-controlled trial of Study 041 and data from the open-label extension. In February 2023, the Company also submitted an annual marketing authorization renewal request to the EMA. In September 2023, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (“CHMP”), gave a negative opinion on the conversion of the conditional marketing authorization to full marketing authorization of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD and a negative opinion on the renewal of the existing conditional marketing authorization of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD. In January 2024, the CHMP issued a negative opinion for the renewal of the conditional marketing authorization following a re-examination procedure. In May 2024, the EC decided not to adopt the CHMP’s negative opinion for the renewal of the conditional marketing authorization of Translarna and returned such opinion to the CHMP for re-evaluation. In June 2024, following the EC’s request for re-review, the CHMP issued a negative opinion on the renewal of the conditional marketing authorization of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD. On October 18, 2024, the CHMP maintained its negative opinion for the renewal of the conditional marketing authorization following the requested reexamination procedure. In accordance with EMA regulations, the opinion will be reviewed by the EC which is expected to decide on opinion adoption approximately 67 days from the date of issuance. If the EC adopts the negative opinion, Translarna would no longer have marketing authorization in the member states of the EEA. The marketing authorization for Translarna remains in effect, pending the EC’s potential adoption of the negative opinion. Based on the timeline of these procedures, the Company expects the marketing authorization for Translarna to remain in effect approximately through the end of 2024.
Translarna is an investigational new drug in the United States. Following the Company’s announcement of top-line results from the placebo-controlled trial of Study 041 in June 2022, the Company submitted a meeting request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to gain clarity on the regulatory pathway for a potential re-submission of a New Drug Application (“NDA”) for Translarna. The FDA provided initial written feedback that Study 041 does not provide substantial evidence of effectiveness to support an NDA re-submission. The Company held a Type C meeting with the
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FDA in the fourth quarter of 2023 to discuss the totality of Translarna data. Based on feedback from the FDA, the Company re-submitted the NDA in July 2024, based on the results from Study 041 and from the Company’s international drug registry study for nmDMD patients receiving Translarna. In October 2024, the FDA accepted for review the resubmission of the NDA for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD. As this was an NDA resubmission following a complete response letter to the NDA which was filed over protest in 2016, the FDA is not obligated to follow the review timelines under Prescription Drug User Fee Act guidelines and an action date has not been provided.
The Company has developed Upstaza™ (eladocagene exuparvovec), a gene therapy used for the treatment of Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase (“AADC”) deficiency (“AADC deficiency”), a rare central nervous system (“CNS”) disorder arising from reductions in the enzyme AADC that results from mutations in the dopa decarboxylase gene. In July 2022, the EC approved Upstaza for the treatment of AADC deficiency for patients 18 months and older within the EEA. In November 2022, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency approved Upstaza for the treatment of AADC deficiency for patients 18 months and older within the United Kingdom. In March 2024, the Company submitted a biologics license application (“BLA”) for eladocagene exuparvovec for the treatment of AADC deficiency in the United States. In May 2024, the FDA accepted for filing the BLA and granted priority review with a target regulatory action date of November 13, 2024.
The Company holds the rights for the commercialization of Tegsedi® (inotersen) and Waylivra® (volanesorsen) for the treatment of rare diseases in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean pursuant to the Collaboration and License Agreement (the “Tegsedi-Waylivra Agreement”), dated August 1, 2018, by and between the Company and Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. (“Akcea”), a subsidiary of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Tegsedi has received marketing authorization in the United States, the European Union (the “EU”) and Brazil for the treatment of stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy in adult patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (“hATTR amyloidosis”). In August 2021, ANVISA, the Brazilian health regulatory authority, approved Waylivra as the first treatment for familial chylomicronemia syndrome (“FCS”) in Brazil. In December 2022, ANVISA approved Waylivra for the treatment of familial partial lipodystrophy (“FPL”). Waylivra has also received marketing authorization in the EU for the treatment of FCS.
The Company also has a spinal muscular atrophy (“SMA”) collaboration with F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd and Hoffman-La Roche Inc. (referred to collectively as “Roche”) and the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation (“SMA Foundation”). The SMA program has one approved product, Evrysdi® (risdiplam), which was approved by the FDA in August 2020 for the treatment of SMA in adults and children two months and older and by the EC in March 2021 for the treatment of 5q SMA in patients two months and older with a clinical diagnosis of SMA Type 1, Type 2 or Type 3 or with one to four SMN2 copies. Evrysdi has also received marketing authorization for the treatment of SMA in over 100 countries. In May 2022, the FDA approved a label expansion for Evrysdi to include infants under two months old with SMA. In August 2023, the EC approved an extension of the Evrysdi marketing authorization to include infants under two months old in the EU.
One of the Company’s most advanced clinical stage molecules is sepiapterin. Sepiapterin is a precursor to intracellular tetrahydrobiopterin, which is a critical enzymatic cofactor involved in metabolism and synthesis of numerous metabolic products. In May 2023, the Company announced that the primary endpoint was achieved in its registration-directed Phase 3 trial for sepiapterin for phenylketonuria (“PKU”). The primary endpoint of the study was the achievement of statistically-significant reduction in blood Phe level. In March 2024, the Company submitted a marketing authorization application (“MAA”) to the EMA for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU in the EEA, which was validated and accepted for review by the EMA in May 2024. In the third quarter of 2023, the Company participated in a pre-NDA meeting with the FDA. At that meeting, the FDA stated that the sepiapterin clinical safety and efficacy data supported NDA submission for the treatment of pediatric and adult PKU patients. However, the FDA requested that PTC complete a 26-week nonclinical mouse study to assess sepiapterin carcinogenicity potential prior to NDA submission. In July 2024, following completion of the in-life portion of the study, the Company submitted an NDA to the FDA for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU in the United States. In September 2024, the FDA accepted for filing the NDA, with a target regulatory action date of July 29, 2025. PTC also made a regulatory submission for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU in Brazil in the third quarter of 2024, and expects to do the same in Japan in the fourth quarter of 2024.
In addition to the Company’s SMA program, the Company’s splicing platform also includes PTC518, which is being developed for the treatment of Huntington’s disease (“HD”). The Company initiated a Phase 2 study of PTC518 for the treatment of HD in the first quarter of 2022, which consists of an initial 12-week placebo-controlled phase focused on
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safety, pharmacology and pharmacodynamic effects followed by a nine-month placebo-controlled phase focused on PTC518 biomarker effect. In June 2023, the Company announced interim data from the 12-week placebo-controlled phase. In June 2024, the Company announced additional interim results from the Phase 2 study of PTC518. At month 12, PTC518 treatment demonstrated durable dose-dependent lowering of mutant HTT (“mHTT”) protein in the blood and dose-dependent lowering of mHTT protein in the cerebrospinal fluid in the interim cohort of stage 2 patients. In addition, favorable trends were demonstrated on several relevant HD clinical assessments. Furthermore, following 12 months of treatment, PTC518 continued to be well tolerated. Based on its review of the interim Phase 2 study data, the FDA lifted the partial clinical hold on the program. In September 2024, the FDA granted Fast Track designation to the PTC518 program for the treatment of HD.
The Company’s ferroptosis and inflammation platform consists of small molecule compounds that target oxidoreductase enzymes that regulate oxidative stress and inflammatory pathways central to the pathology of a number of CNS diseases. The two most advanced molecules in the Company’s ferroptosis and inflammation platform are vatiquinone and utreloxastat. The Company announced topline results from a registration-directed Phase 3 trial of vatiquinone in children and young adults with Friedreich ataxia (“FA”), called MOVE-FA, in May 2023. While the study did not meet its primary endpoint, vatiquinone treatment did demonstrate significant benefit on key disease subscales, including the upright stability subscale, as well as on other disease relevant endpoints. In the first quarter of 2024, the Company met with the FDA, who expressed willingness to review an NDA for vatiquinone for the treatment of Friedreich ataxia based on the MOVE-FA trial as well as data from the ongoing open label extension study following the MOVE-FA trial. In October 2024, the Company announced that the pre-specified endpoint for two different FA long-term extension studies was met, with statistically significant evidence of durable treatment benefit on disease progression. The Company plans to submit an NDA for vatiquinone for the treatment of FA in the United States in December 2024. The Company initiated a Phase 2 registration directed trial of utreloxastat for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, in the first quarter of 2022. The Company expects topline results from this trial in the fourth quarter of 2024.
In addition, the Company has a pipeline of product candidates and discovery programs that are in early clinical, pre-clinical and research and development stages focused on the development of new treatments for multiple therapeutic areas for rare diseases.
As of September 30, 2024, the Company had an accumulated deficit of approximately $
2. Summary of significant accounting policies
The Company’s complete listing of significant accounting policies is set forth in Note 2 of the notes to the Company’s audited financial statements as of December 31, 2023 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 29, 2024 (the "2023 Form 10-K"). Selected significant accounting policies are discussed in further detail below.
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Basis of presentation
The accompanying financial information as of September 30, 2024 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 has been prepared by the Company, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements as of December 31, 2023 and notes thereto included in the 2023 Form 10-K.
In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial information as of September 30, 2024 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 reflects all adjustments, which are normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present a fair statement of financial position, results of operations, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ended December 31, 2024 or for any other interim period or for any other future year.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant estimates in these consolidated financial statements have been made in connection with the calculation of net product sales, royalty revenue, certain accruals related to the Company’s research and development expenses, valuation procedures for liability for sale of future royalties, fair value of the contingent consideration, and the provision for or benefit from income taxes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Changes in estimates are reflected in reported results in the period in which they become known.
Restricted cash
Restricted cash included in deposits and other assets on the consolidated balance sheet contains an unconditional, irrevocable and transferable letter of credit that was entered into during the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2019 in connection with obligations under a facility lease for the Company’s facility in Hopewell Township, New Jersey. The amount of the letter of credit was $
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheet that sum to the total of the same amounts shown in the statement of cash flows:
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Marketable securities
The Company’s marketable securities consists of both debt securities and equity investments. The Company considers its investments in debt securities with original maturities of greater than 90 days to be available for sale securities. Securities under this classification are recorded at fair value and unrealized gains and losses within accumulated other comprehensive income. The estimated fair value of the available for sale securities is determined based on quoted market prices or rates for similar instruments. In addition, the cost of debt securities in this category is adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount to maturity. For available for sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position, the Company assesses whether it intends to sell or if it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If either of the criteria regarding intent or requirement to sell is met, the security’s amortized cost basis is written down to fair value. If the criteria are not met, the Company evaluates whether the decline in fair value has resulted from a credit loss or other factors. In making this assessment, management considers, among other factors, the extent to which fair value is less than amortized cost, any changes to the rating of the security by a rating agency, and adverse conditions specifically related to the security. If this assessment indicates that a credit loss exists, the present value of cash flows expected to be collected from the security are compared to the amortized cost basis of the security. If the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected is less than the amortized cost basis, a credit loss exists and an allowance for credit losses is recorded for the credit loss, limited by the amount that the fair value is less than the amortized costs basis. Any impairment that has not been recorded through an allowance for credit losses is recognized in other comprehensive income. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023,
Marketable securities that are equity investments are measured at fair value, as it is readily available, and as such are classified as Level 1 assets. Unrealized holding gains and losses for these equity investments are components of other expense, net within the consolidated statement of operations.
Inventory and cost of product sales
Inventory
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value with cost determined on a first-in, first-out basis by product. The Company capitalizes inventory costs associated with products following regulatory approval when future commercialization is considered probable and the future economic benefit is expected to be realized. Products which may be used in clinical development programs are included in inventory and charged to research and development expense when the product enters the research and development process and no longer can be used for commercial purposes. Inventory used for marketing efforts are charged to selling, general and administrative expense. Amounts related to clinical development programs and marketing efforts are immaterial.
The following table summarizes the components of the Company’s inventory for the periods indicated:
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The Company periodically reviews its inventories for excess amounts or obsolescence and writes down obsolete or otherwise unmarketable inventory to its estimated net realizable value. For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the inventory write-downs were immaterial. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded inventory write-downs of $
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Cost of product sales
Cost of product sales consists of the cost of inventory sold, manufacturing and supply chain costs, storage costs, amortization of the acquired intangible asset, royalty payments associated with net product sales, and royalty payments to collaborative partners associated with royalty revenues and collaboration revenue related to milestones. Production costs are expensed as cost of product sales when the related products are sold or royalty revenues and collaboration revenue milestones are earned.
Revenue recognition
Net product revenue
The Company’s net product revenue primarily consists of sales of Translarna in territories outside of the U.S. for the treatment of nmDMD and sales of Emflaza in the U.S. for the treatment of DMD. The Company recognizes revenue when its performance obligations with its customers have been satisfied. The Company’s performance obligations are to provide products based on customer orders from distributors, hospitals, specialty pharmacies or retail pharmacies. The performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time when the Company’s customer obtains control of the product, which is typically upon delivery. The Company invoices its customers after the products have been delivered and invoice payments are generally due within 30 to 90 days of the invoice date. The Company determines the transaction price based on fixed consideration in its contractual agreements. Contract liabilities arise in certain circumstances when consideration is due for goods the Company has yet to provide. As the Company has identified only one distinct performance obligation, the transaction price is allocated entirely to product sales. In determining the transaction price, a significant financing component does not exist since the timing from when the Company delivers product to when the customers pay for the product is typically less than one year. Customers in certain countries pay in advance of product delivery. In those instances, payment and delivery typically occur in the same month.
The Company records product sales net of any variable consideration, which includes discounts, allowances, rebates related to Medicaid and other government pricing programs, and distribution fees. The Company uses the expected value or most likely amount method when estimating its variable consideration, unless discount or rebate terms are specified within contracts. The identified variable consideration is recorded as a reduction of revenue at the time revenues from product sales are recognized. These estimates for variable consideration are adjusted to reflect known changes in factors and may impact such estimates in the quarter those changes are known. Revenue recognized does not include amounts of variable consideration that are constrained.
For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, net product sales outside of the United States were $
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, net product sales outside of the United States were $
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In relation to customer contracts, the Company incurs costs to fulfill a contract but does not incur costs to obtain a contract. These costs to fulfill a contract do not meet the criteria for capitalization and are expensed as incurred. The Company considers any shipping and handling costs that are incurred after the customer has obtained control of the product as a cost to fulfill a promise. Shipping and handling costs associated with finished goods delivered to customers are recorded as a selling expense.
Collaboration and royalty revenue
The terms of these agreements typically include payments to the Company of one or more of the following: nonrefundable, upfront license fees; milestone payments; research funding and royalties on future product sales. In addition, the Company generates service revenue through agreements that generally provide for fees for research and development services and may include additional payments upon achievement of specified events.
At the inception of a collaboration arrangement, the Company needs to first evaluate if the arrangement meets the criteria in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 808 “Collaborative Arrangements” to then determine if ASC Topic 606 is applicable by considering whether the collaborator meets the definition of a customer. If the criteria are met, the Company assesses the promises in the arrangement to identify distinct performance obligations.
For licenses of intellectual property, the Company assesses, at contract inception, whether the intellectual property is distinct from other performance obligations identified in the arrangement. If the licensing of intellectual property is determined to be distinct, revenue is recognized for nonrefundable, upfront license fees when the license is transferred to the customer and the customer can use and benefit from the license. If the licensing of intellectual property is determined not to be distinct, then the license will be bundled with other promises in the arrangement into one distinct performance obligation. The Company needs to determine if the bundled performance obligation is satisfied over time or at a point in time. If the Company concludes that the nonrefundable, upfront license fees will be recognized over time, the Company will need to assess the appropriate method of measuring proportional performance.
For milestone payments, the Company assesses, at contract inception, whether the development or sales-based milestones are considered probable of being achieved. If it is probable that a significant revenue reversal will occur, the Company will not record revenue until the uncertainty has been resolved. Milestone payments that are contingent upon regulatory approval are not considered probable of being achieved until the applicable regulatory approvals or other external conditions are obtained as such conditions are not within the Company’s control. If it is probable that a significant revenue reversal will not occur, the Company will estimate the milestone payments using the most likely amount method. The Company will re-assess the development and sales-based milestones each reporting period to determine the probability of achievement. The Company recognizes royalties from product sales at the later of when the related sales occur or when the performance obligation to which the royalty has been allocated has been satisfied. If it is probable that a significant revenue reversal will not occur, the Company will estimate the royalty payments using the most likely amount method.
The Company recognizes revenue for reimbursements of research and development costs under collaboration agreements as the services are performed. The Company records these reimbursements as revenue and not as a reduction of research and development expenses as the Company has the risks and rewards as the principal in the research and development activities.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company did
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized $
Manufacturing Revenue
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The Company has manufacturing services related to the production of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid (“DNA”) and adeno-associated virus (“AAV”) vectors for gene therapy applications for external customers. Performance obligations vary but may include manufacturing plasmid DNA and/or AAV vectors, material testing, stability studies, and other services related to material development. The transaction prices for these arrangements are fixed and include amounts stated in the contracts for each promised service. Typically, the performance obligations within a manufacturing contract are highly interdependent, in which case, the Company will combine them into a single performance obligation. The Company has determined that the assets created have no alternative use to the Company, and the Company has an enforceable right to payment for the performance completed to date, therefore revenue related to these services are recognized over time and is measured using an output method based on performance of manufacturing milestones completed to date.
Manufacturing service contracts may also include performance obligations related to project management services or obtaining materials from third parties. The Company has determined that these are separate performance obligations for which revenue is recognized at the point in time the services are performed. For performance obligations related to obtaining third party materials, the Company has determined that it is the principal as the Company has control of the materials and has discretion in setting the price. Therefore, the Company recognizes revenue on a gross basis related to obtaining third party materials.
Certain arrangements require a portion of the contract consideration to be received in advance at the commencement of the contract, and such advance payment is initially recorded as a contract liability. A contract asset may be recognized in the event the Company’s satisfaction of performance obligations outpaces customer billings.
For the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company did
In June 2024, the Company sold its gene therapy manufacturing business in Hopewell Township, New Jersey. Accordingly, the Company does not expect to have manufacturing revenue going forward.
Allowance for doubtful accounts
The Company maintains an allowance for estimated losses resulting from the inability of its customers to make required payments. The Company estimates uncollectible amounts based upon current customer receivable balances, the age of customer receivable balances, the customer’s financial condition and current economic trends. The Company also assesses whether an allowance for expected credit losses may be required which includes a review of the Company’s receivables portfolio, which are pooled on a customer basis or country basis. In making its assessment of whether an allowance for credit losses is required, the Company considers its historical experience with customers, current balances, levels of delinquency, regulatory and legal environments, and other relevant current and future forecasted economic conditions. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023,
Liability for sale of future royalties
In June 2024, the Company, Royalty Pharma Investments 2019 ICAV (“Royalty Pharma”) and Royalty Pharma plc, entered into an amendment to the Amended and Restated Royalty Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2023 (as amended, the “A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement”). The A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement amended and restated in its entirety the original Royalty Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 17, 2020 (the “Original Royalty Purchase Agreement”).
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Pursuant to the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement, the Company has sold to Royalty Pharma a portion of the Company’s right to receive sales-based royalty payments (the “Royalty”) on worldwide net sales of Evrysdi and any other product developed pursuant to the License and Collaboration Agreement (the “License Agreement”), dated as of November 23, 2011, by and among the Company, Roche and, for the limited purposes set forth therein, the SMA Foundation under the SMA program.
Pursuant to the guidance in ASC 470-10-25-2, the Company determined that cash consideration obtained pursuant to the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement should be classified as debt and recorded it as “liability for sale of future royalties-current” and “liability for sale of future royalties-noncurrent” on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet based on the timing of the expected payments to be made to Royalty Pharma at the time of the transaction. Under the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement, the Company exercised a put option in June 2024, resulting in the Company receiving $
To date, the Company has sold to Royalty Pharma a total of
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
Indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of in process research and development ("IPR&D"). IPR&D acquired directly in a transaction other than a business combination is capitalized if the projects will be further developed or have an alternative future use; otherwise, they are expensed. The fair values of IPR&D projects and license agreement assets acquired in business combinations are capitalized. Several methods may be used to determine the estimated fair value of the IPR&D and license agreement assets acquired in a business combination. The Company utilizes the "income method" and uses estimated future net cash flows that are derived from projected sales revenues and estimated costs. These projections are based on factors such as relevant market size, patent protection, and expected pricing and industry trends. The estimated future net cash flows are then discounted to the present value using an appropriate discount rate. These assets are treated as indefinite-lived intangible assets until completion or abandonment of the projects, at which time the assets are amortized over the remaining useful life or written off, as appropriate. Intangible assets with indefinite lives, including IPR&D, are tested for impairment if impairment indicators arise and, at a minimum, annually. However, an entity is permitted to first assess qualitative factors to determine if a quantitative impairment test is necessary. Further testing is only required if the entity determines, based on the qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that an indefinite-lived intangible asset’s fair value is less than its carrying amount. Otherwise, no further impairment testing is required. The indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment test consists of a one-step analysis that compares the fair value of the intangible asset with its carrying amount. If the carrying amount of an intangible asset exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess. The Company considers many factors in evaluating whether the value of its intangible
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assets with indefinite lives may not be recoverable, including, but not limited to, expected growth rates, the cost of equity and debt capital, general economic conditions, the Company’s outlook and market performance of the Company’s industry and recent and forecasted financial performance.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the amount of consideration paid in excess of the fair value of net assets acquired as a result of the Company’s business acquisitions accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting. Goodwill is not amortized and is subject to impairment testing at a reporting unit level on an annual basis or when a triggering event occurs that may indicate the carrying value of the goodwill is impaired. The Company reassesses its reporting units as part of its annual segment review. An entity is permitted to first assess qualitative factors to determine if a quantitative impairment test is necessary. Further testing is only required if the entity determines, based on the qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount.
Income Taxes
On December 15, 2022, the EU Member States formally adopted the EU’s Pillar Two Directive, which generally provides for a minimum effective tax rate of 15%, as established by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) Pillar Two Framework that was supported by over 130 countries worldwide. The EU effective dates are January 1, 2024, and January 1, 2025, for different aspects of the directive. A significant number of other countries are also implementing similar legislation. As a result, the tax laws in the U.S. and other countries in which PTC and its affiliates do business could change on a prospective or retroactive basis and any such changes could materially adversely affect the Company’s business. The Company is continuing to evaluate the potential impact on future periods of the Pillar Two Framework, pending legislative adoption by additional individual countries, including those within the European Union.
On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), which significantly revised U.S. tax law by, among other provisions, lowering the U.S. federal statutory corporate income tax rate to
Since 2022, TCJA amendments to IRC Section 174 no longer permit an immediate deduction for research and development expenditures in the tax year that such costs are incurred. Instead, these IRC Section 174 development costs must now be capitalized and amortized over either a five- or 15-year period, depending on the location of the activities performed. The new amortization period begins with the midpoint of any taxable year that IRC Section 174 costs are first incurred, regardless of whether the expenditures were made prior to or after July 1, and runs until the midpoint of year five for activities conducted in the United States or year 15 in the case of development conducted on foreign soil. This tax law change is anticipated to result in an increased current taxable income of the Company by $
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and net operating loss and credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences and carryforwards are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the statement of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is not more likely than not that all or a portion of the net deferred tax assets will be realized.
On August 23, 2018, the Company completed its acquisition of Agilis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (“Agilis”), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 19, 2018 (the “Agilis Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Agility Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the Company’s wholly owned, indirect subsidiary, Agilis and, solely
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in its capacity as the representative, agent and attorney-in-fact of the equityholders of Agilis, Shareholder Representative Services LLC, (the “Agilis Merger”). The Company recorded a deferred tax liability in conjunction with the Agilis Merger of $
In May 2023, the Company announced the discontinuation of its preclinical and early research programs in gene therapy as part of a strategic portfolio prioritization. In conjunction with the announcement, the Company recorded an impairment to its indefinite-lived intangible for IP research and development relating to the Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome gene therapy assets. As a result of the impairment, the Company recorded a deferred tax benefit of $
Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. This determination generally depends on whether the arrangement conveys to the Company the right to control the use of an explicitly or implicitly identified fixed asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Control of an underlying asset is conveyed to the Company if the Company obtains the rights to direct the use of and to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from using the underlying asset. The Company has lease agreements which include lease and non-lease components, which the Company accounts for as a single lease component for all leases. Operating and finance leases are classified as right of use ("ROU") assets, short term lease liabilities, and long term lease liabilities. Operating and finance lease ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. ROU assets are amortized and lease liabilities accrete to yield straight-line expense over the term of the lease. Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability are comprised of fixed payments.
Variable lease payments associated with the Company’s leases are recognized when the event, activity, or circumstance in the lease agreement on which those payments are assessed occurs. Variable lease payments are presented in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations in the same line item as expense arising from fixed lease payments for operating leases.
Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet and the Company recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company applies this policy to all underlying asset categories.
A lessee is required to discount its unpaid lease payments using the interest rate implicit in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, its incremental borrowing rate. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company gives consideration to its recent debt issuances as well as publicly available data for instruments with similar characteristics when calculating its incremental borrowing rates.
The lease term for all of the Company’s leases includes the non-cancellable period of the lease plus any additional periods covered by either a Company option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise, or an option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease controlled by the lessor. Leasehold improvements are capitalized and depreciated over the lesser of useful life or lease term. Refer to Note 3 for further details.
Tangible asset impairment and losses (gains) on transactions, net
Tangible asset impairment and losses (gains) on transactions, net includes impairments identified on fixed assets, losses and gains on sales of fixed assets, and gains on lease terminations. For the three months ended September 30, 2024, these amounts consisted of a $
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For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, these amounts consisted of a $
Recently issued accounting standards
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) – Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. This ASU requires that a public entity provide additional segment disclosures on an interim and annual basis. The amendments in this ASU should be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements, unless impracticable. Upon transition, the segment expense categories and amounts disclosed in the prior periods should be based on the significant segment expense categories identified and disclosed in the period of adoption. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently planning to adopt this guidance when effective. The Company is assessing the impact of the adoption on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. ASU 2023-09 enhances the transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. The guidance is effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. For entities other than public business entities, the amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently planning to adopt this guidance when effective. The Company is assessing the impact of the adoption on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes.
3. Leases
Effective April 2024, the Company began utilizing the Warren Premises, as described below, as its principal office space. The Company also leases laboratory space in Bridgewater, New Jersey and other locations throughout the United States and office space in various countries for international employees primarily through workspace providers. The Company’s lease for office space in South Plainfield, New Jersey expired in August 2024.
The Company has a lease agreement (the “Warren Lease”) with Warren CC Acquisitions, LLC (the “Warren Landlord”) relating to the lease of
The Company is entitled to an allowance of approximately $
The Company also leases office and laboratory space at a facility located in Hopewell Township, New Jersey pursuant to a Lease Agreement (the “Hopewell Lease”) with Hopewell Campus Owner LLC. In connection with the disposition of
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certain assets related to gene therapy manufacturing, on June 17, 2024, the Company and Hopewell Campus Owner LLC entered into an amendment and restatement of the Hopewell Lease (the “Hopewell Lease Amendment”). At its inception, the Hopewell Lease was determined to have
The Company also has a finance lease related to its commercial manufacturing agreement with MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (“MassBio”). As of September 30, 2024, the balance of the finance lease liabilities-current and finance lease liabilities-noncurrent are $
The Company also leases certain vehicles, lab equipment, and office equipment under operating leases. The Company’s leases have remaining operating lease terms ranging from
The components of operating lease expense were as follows:
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Total operating lease cost is a component of operating expenses on the consolidated statements of operations.
Supplemental lease term and discount rate information related to leases was as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
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Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows as of September 30, 2024 and 2023:
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Changes due to lease modification and termination: | ||||||
Net decrease in right-of-use assets | $ | | $ | — | ||
Net decrease in operating lease liabilities | | — | ||||
Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable leases as of September 30, 2024 were as follows:
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Total | $ | | $ | | |||
4. Fair value of financial instruments and marketable securities
The Company follows the fair value measurement rules, which provideguidance on the use of fair value in accounting and disclosure for assets and liabilities when such accounting and disclosure is called for by other accounting literature. These rules establish a fair value hierarchy for inputs to be used to measure fair value of financial assets and liabilities. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels: Level 1 (highest priority), Level 2, and Level 3 (lowest priority).
| ● | Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the balance sheet date. |
| ● | Level 2—Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (i.e., interest rates, yield curves, etc.), and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means (market corroborated inputs). |
| ● | Level 3—Inputs are unobservable and reflect the Company’s assumptions as to what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The Company develops these inputs based on the best information available. |
Cash equivalents and marketable securities are reflected in the accompanying financial statements at fair value. The carrying amount of receivables and accounts payable and accrued expenses approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of those instruments.
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The Company owns common stock in ClearPoint Neuro, Inc. (“ClearPoint”) (formerly MRI Interventions, Inc.), a publicly traded medical device company. The ClearPoint equity investments (collectively, the “ClearPoint Equity Investments”) represent financial instruments, and therefore, are recorded at fair value, which is readily determinable. The ClearPoint Equity Investments are components of prepaids and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The Company classifies the ClearPoint Equity Investments as Level 1 assets within the fair value hierarchy, as the value is based on a quoted market price in an active market, which is not adjusted. Other than the ClearPoint Equity Investments, no other items included in prepaids and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheets are fair valued.
In January 2020, the Company purchased a $
The Company has investments in mutual funds, including
The table presented below is a summary of changes in the fair value for the Company’s marketable securities – equity investments, ClearPoint Equity Investments, and ClearPoint convertible debt security for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023:
Ending | Foreign | Ending | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance at | Currency | Balance at | |||||||||||||||||||
June 30, | Unrealized | Realized | Unrealized | Investments | Redemptions/ | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 |
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| Loss | Gain |
| Purchased |
| Sale |
| 2024 | |||||||||
Marketable securities - equity investments | $ | | | — | | | ( | $ | | ||||||||||||
ClearPoint Equity Investments | | | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
ClearPoint convertible debt security | | — | ( | — | — | ( | — | ||||||||||||||
Total Fair Value | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | |||||||
Ending | Foreign | Ending | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at | Currency | Balance at | ||||||||||||||||
June 30, | Unrealized | Unrealized | Investments | Redemptions/ | September 30, | |||||||||||||
| 2023 |
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| Loss |
| Purchased |
| Sale |
| 2023 | |||||||
Marketable securities - equity investments | $ | | | ( | | ( | $ | | ||||||||||
ClearPoint Equity Investments | | ( | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||
ClearPoint convertible debt security | | ( | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||
Total Fair Value | $ | | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | ||||||
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December 31, | Unrealized | Realized | Unrealized | Investments | Redemptions/ | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
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| Purchased |
| Sale |
| 2024 | |||||||||
Marketable securities - equity investments | $ | | | — | ( | | ( | $ | | ||||||||||||
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ClearPoint Equity Investments | | | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
ClearPoint convertible debt security | | ( | ( | — | — | ( | — | ||||||||||||||
Total Fair Value | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | |
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December 31, | Unrealized | Realized | Unrealized | Investments | Redemptions/ | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
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| Sale |
| 2023 | |||||||||
Marketable securities - equity investments | $ | | | — | ( | | ( | $ | | ||||||||||||
ClearPoint Equity Investments | | ( | ( | — | — | ( | | ||||||||||||||
ClearPoint convertible debt security | | ( | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||
Total Fair Value | $ | | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | |||||||
Fair value of marketable securities that are classified as available for sale debt securities is based upon market prices using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets quoted on the last day of the period. In establishing the estimated fair value of the remaining available for sale debt securities, the Company used the fair value as determined by its investment advisors using observable inputs other than quoted prices.
The following represents the fair value using the hierarchy described above for the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
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Marketable securities - available for sale | $ | | $ | — | $ | | $ | — | ||||
Marketable securities - equity investments | $ | | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
ClearPoint Equity Investments | $ | | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
Contingent consideration payable- development and regulatory milestones | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | ||||
Contingent consideration payable- net sales milestones | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | ||||
December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||
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Marketable securities - available for sale | $ | | $ | — | $ | | $ | — | ||||
Marketable securities - equity investments | $ | | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
ClearPoint Equity Investments | $ | | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
ClearPoint convertible debt security | $ | | $ | — | $ | | $ | — | ||||
Contingent consideration payable- development and regulatory milestones | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | ||||
Contingent consideration payable- net sales milestones and royalties | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | ||||
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The following is a summary of marketable securities accounted for as available for sale debt securities at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
September 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||
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Commercial paper | $ | | $ | | $ | — | $ | | ||||
Corporate debt securities | | | ( | | ||||||||
Government obligations | | | — | | ||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | ||||
December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||
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Commercial paper | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | ||||
Corporate debt securities |
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Government obligations | | | — | | ||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | ||||
For available for sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position, the Company assesses whether it intends to sell or if it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If either of the criteria regarding intent or requirement to sell is met, the security’s amortized cost basis is written down to fair value. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023,
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company had $
The unrealized losses and fair values of available for sale debt securities that have been in an unrealized loss position for a period of less than and greater than or equal to 12 months as of September 30, 2024 are as follows:
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| Securities in an unrealized loss |
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| position greater than or equal to 12 months | Total | ||||||||||||||
| Unrealized losses |
| Fair Value |
| Unrealized losses |
| Fair Value |
| Unrealized losses |
| Fair Value | |||||||
Corporate debt securities | $ | ( | | — | — | ( | $ | | ||||||||||
Total | $ | ( | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | ( | $ | | ||||||
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The unrealized losses and fair values of available for sale debt securities that have been in an unrealized loss position for a period of less than and greater than or equal to 12 months as of December 31, 2023 are as follows:
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| Securities in an unrealized loss |
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| Unrealized losses |
| Fair Value |
| Unrealized losses |
| Fair Value |
| Unrealized losses |
| Fair Value | |||||||
Commercial paper | $ | ( | | — | — | ( | $ | | ||||||||||
Corporate debt securities | $ | — | — | ( | | ( | $ | | ||||||||||
Total | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | ||||||
Available for sale debt securities at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 mature as follows:
September 30, 2024 | ||||||
| Less Than |
| More Than | |||
| 12 Months |
| 12 Months | |||
Commercial paper | $ | | $ | — | ||
Corporate debt securities | | — | ||||
Government obligations | | — | ||||
Total | $ | | $ | — | ||
December 31, 2023 | ||||||
| Less Than |
| More Than | |||
| 12 Months |
| 12 Months | |||
Commercial paper | $ | | $ | — | ||
Corporate debt securities |
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| — | ||
Government obligations | | — | ||||
Total | $ | | $ | — | ||
The Company classifies all of its marketable securities as current as they are all either available for sale debt securities or equity investments and are available for current operations.
Convertible senior notes
In September 2019, the Company issued $
Level 3 valuation
The contingent consideration payable is fair valued each reporting period with the change in fair value recorded as a gain or loss within the change in the fair value of contingent consideration on the consolidated statements of operations. The fair value of the development and regulatory milestones is estimated utilizing a probability adjusted, discounted cash flow approach. The discount rates are estimated utilizing Corporate B rated bonds maturing in the years of expected payments based on the Company’s estimated development timelines for the acquired product candidate. The fair value of the net sales milestones is determined utilizing a valuation framework that estimates net sales volatility to simulate a range of possible payment scenarios. The average of the payments in these scenarios is then discounted to calculate present fair value. As of September 30, 2024, the contingent consideration balance, consisting solely of the Upstaza related contingent milestones, was $
As of September 30, 2024, the weighted average discount rate for the Upstaza development and regulatory milestones was
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rate for the Upstaza net sales milestones was
The table presented below is a summary of changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 valuations for the contingent consideration payable for the periods ended September 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023:
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development and regulatory | net sales milestones and royalties | |||||
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Additions |
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Payments | ( | | ||||
Ending balance as of September 30, 2024 | $ | | $ | | ||
Level 3 liabilities | ||||||
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development and regulatory | net sales milestones and royalties | |||||
| milestones |
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Beginning balance as of December 31, 2022 | $ | | $ | | ||
Additions |
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Payments | ||||||
Ending balance as of September 30, 2023 | $ | | $ | | ||
In May 2024, the Company’s BLA for its gene therapy treatment of AADC deficiency was accepted for filing by the FDA. The application has been granted priority review with a target regulatory action date of November 13, 2024. As a result of the acceptance, in accordance with the terms of the Agilis Merger Agreement, the Company paid a $
The following significant unobservable inputs were used in the valuation of the contingent consideration payable for the periods ended September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
September 30, 2024 | ||||||||
| Fair Value |
| Valuation Technique |
| Unobservable Input |
| Range | |
Contingent consideration payable- | $ |
| Probability-adjusted discounted cash flow |
| Potential development and regulatory milestones | $ | ||
Contingent considerable payable- net sales | $ |
| Option-pricing model with Monte Carlo simulation |
| Potential net sales milestones | $ | ||
December 31, 2023 | ||||||||
| Fair Value |
| Valuation Technique |
| Unobservable Input |
| Range | |
Contingent consideration payable- | $ |
| Probability-adjusted discounted cash flow |
| Potential development and regulatory milestones | $ | ||
Contingent considerable payable- net sales | $ |
| Option-pricing model with Monte Carlo simulation |
| Potential net sales milestones | $ | ||
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The contingent consideration payables are classified Level 3 liabilities as their valuation requires substantial judgment and estimation of factors that are not currently observable in the market. If different assumptions were used for the various inputs to the valuation approaches, including but not limited to, assumptions involving probability adjusted sales estimates for the gene therapy platform and estimated discount rates, the estimated fair value could be significantly higher or lower than the fair value determined.
5. Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Accounts payable and accrued expenses at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 consist of the following:
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Employee compensation, benefits, and related accruals | $ | | $ | | |||
Income tax payable | | — | |||||
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Sales rebates |
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Total | $ | | $ | | |||
As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were $
6. Capitalization
In August 2019, the Company entered into an At the Market Offering Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald and RBC Capital Markets, LLC (together, the “Sales Agents”), pursuant to which, the Company may offer and sell shares of its common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $
7. Net loss per share
Basic and diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Potentially dilutive securities were excluded from the diluted calculation because their effect would be anti-dilutive.
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The following tables set forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share:
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Net loss | $ | ( |
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Denominator for basic and diluted net loss per share |
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Basic and diluted | $ | ( | * | $ | ( | * | $ | ( | * | $ | ( | * | |||
* In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company experienced a net loss and therefore did not report any dilutive share impact.
The following table shows historical dilutive common share equivalents outstanding, which are not included in the above historical calculation, as the effect of their inclusion is anti-dilutive during each period.
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8. Stock award plan
In May 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders approved the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, which became effective upon the closing of the Company’s initial public offering. On June 8, 2022 (the “Restatement Effective Date”), the Company’s stockholders approved the Amended and Restated 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Amended 2013 LTIP”). The Amended 2013 LTIP provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards. The number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the Amended 2013 LTIP is the sum of (A) the number of shares of the Company’s common stock (up to
There are
In January 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the 2020 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan. The 2020 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock awards and other stock-based awards for, initially, up to at the time, an aggregate of
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The Board of Directors has the authority to select the individuals to whom options are granted and determine the terms of each option, including (i) the number of shares of common stock subject to the option; (ii) the date on which the option becomes exercisable; (iii) the option exercise price, which, in the case of incentive stock options, must be at least
Inducement stock option awards
From January 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024, the Company issued a total of
Stock option activity—A summary of stock option activity is as follows:
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Vested or Expected to vest at September 30, 2024 |
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Exercisable at September 30, 2024 |
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| years | $ | | |||
The fair value of grants made in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was contemporaneously estimated on the date of grant using the following assumptions:
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The Company assumed
The expected term of options was estimated based on the Company’s historical exercise data and the expected volatility of options was estimated based on the Company’s historical stock volatility. The risk-free rate of the options was based on U.S. Government Securities Treasury Constant Maturities yields at the date of grant for a term similar to the expected term of the option.
Restricted Stock Units—Restricted stock units are granted subject to certain restrictions, including in some cases service or time conditions (restricted stock). The grant-date fair value of restricted stock units, which have been determined based upon the market value of the Company’s shares on the grant date, are expensed over the vesting period. From January 1, 2024, through September 30, 2024, the Company issued a total of
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The following table summarizes information on the Company’s restricted stock units:
Restricted Stock Units | |||||
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Average | |||||
Grant | |||||
Number of | Date | ||||
| Shares |
| Fair Value | ||
Unvested at December 31, 2023 | | $ | | ||
Granted |
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Vested |
| ( | | ||
Forfeited |
| ( | | ||
Unvested at September 30, 2024 |
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Performance-based Restricted Stock Units—In December 2023, the Company granted
Employee Stock Purchase Plan—In June 2016, the Company established an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended, “ESPP” or the "Plan”), for certain eligible employees. The Plan is administered by the Company’s Board of Directors or a committee appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors. In June 2021, the Plan was amended to increase the total number of shares available for purchase under the Plan from
The Company recorded share-based compensation expense in the statement of operations related to incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock units and the ESPP as follows:
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| 2024 |
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Research and development | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||
Selling, general and administrative |
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Total | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||
As of September 30, 2024, there was approximately $
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9. Debt
Liability for sale of future royalties
The following table shows the activity within the “liability for sale of future royalties- current” and “liability for sale of future royalties- noncurrent” accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024:
| Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||
Liability for sale of future royalties- (current and noncurrent) | 2024 | |||
Beginning balance as of December 31, 2023 | $ | | ||
Less: Non-cash royalty revenue payable to Royalty Pharma | ( | |||
Plus: Non-cash interest expense recognized | | |||
Plus: Cash received from Royalty Pharma | | |||
Ending balance | $ | | ||
Effective interest rate as of September 30, 2024 |
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Non-cash interest expense is recorded in the statement of operations within “Interest expense, net”.
Senior Secured Term Loan
On October 27, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into a credit agreement (the “Blackstone Credit Agreement”) for fundings of up to $
The Blackstone Credit Agreement provided for a senior secured term loan facility funded on the Closing Date in the aggregate principal amount of $
The Loans were to mature on the date that is
On October 19, 2023, the Company terminated the Blackstone Credit Agreement. In connection with the termination of the Credit Agreement, the Company repaid outstanding principal of $
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The Blackstone Credit Agreement consisted of the following:
| September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||||
Principal | $ | — | $ | | ||
Less: Debt issuance costs |
| — | — | |||
Repayment of senior secured term loan | — | ( | ||||
Net carrying amount | $ | — | $ | — | ||
The following table sets forth total interest expense recognized related to the Blackstone Credit Agreement:
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Contractual interest expense | $ | — | $ | | $ | — | $ | | ||||
Amortization of debt issuance costs |
| — |
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Total | $ | — | $ | | $ | — | $ | | ||||
Effective interest rate | — | % | | % | — | % | | % | ||||
2026 Convertible Notes
In September 2019, the Company issued, at par value, $
The 2026 Convertible Notes are governed by an indenture (the "2026 Convertible Notes Indenture") with U.S Bank National Association as trustee (the "2026 Convertible Notes Trustee").
Holders of the 2026 Convertible Notes may convert their 2026 Convertible Notes at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding March 15, 2026 only under the following circumstances:
| ● | during any calendar quarter commencing on or after December 31, 2019 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock for at least |
| ● | during the business day period after any consecutive trading day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price (as defined in the 2026 Convertible Notes Indenture) per $1,000 principal amount of 2026 Convertible Notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than |
| ● | during any period after the Company has issued notice of redemption until the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the relevant redemption date; or |
| ● | upon the occurrence of specified corporate events. |
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On or after March 15, 2026, until the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert their 2026 Convertible Notes at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances. Upon conversion, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of the Company’s common stock or any combination thereof at the Company’s election.
The conversion rate for the 2026 Convertible Notes was initially, and remains,
The Company was not permitted to redeem the 2026 Convertible Notes prior to September 20, 2023. The Company may redeem for cash all or any portion of the 2026 Convertible Notes, at its option, if the last reported sale price of its common stock has been at least
If the Company undergoes a “fundamental change” (as defined in the 2026 Convertible Notes Indenture), subject to certain conditions, holders of the 2026 Convertible Notes may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or part of their 2026 Convertible Notes at a repurchase price equal to
The 2026 Convertible Notes represent senior unsecured obligations and will rank senior in right of payment to the Company’s future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the notes, equal in right of payment to the Company’s existing and future unsecured indebtedness that is not so subordinated, effectively junior in right of payment to any of the Company’s secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness, and structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) incurred by the Company’s subsidiaries. The 2026 Convertible Notes Indenture contains customary events of default with respect to the 2026 Convertible Notes, including that upon certain events of default (including the Company’s failure to make any payment of principal or interest on the 2026 Convertible Notes when due and payable) occurring and continuing, the 2026 Convertible Notes Trustee by notice to the Company, or the holders of at least
The 2026 Convertible Notes consist of the following:
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As of September 30, 2024, the remaining contractual life of the 2026 Convertible Notes is approximately
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The following table sets forth total interest expense recognized related to the 2026 Convertible Notes:
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10. Commitments and contingencies
Under various agreements, the Company will be required to pay royalties and milestone payments upon the successful development and commercialization of products. The Company has entered into funding agreements with The Wellcome Trust Limited ("Wellcome Trust") for the research and development of small molecule compounds in connection with the Company’s oncology and antibacterial programs. As the Company has discontinued development under its antibacterial program, it no longer expects that milestone and royalty payments from the Company to Wellcome Trust will apply under that agreement, resulting in a change to the total amount of development and regulatory milestone payments the Company may become obligated to pay for this program. Under the oncology program funding agreement, to the extent that the Company develops and commercializes program intellectual property on a for-profit basis itself or in collaboration with a partner (provided the Company retains overall control of worldwide commercialization), the Company may become obligated to pay to Wellcome Trust development and regulatory milestone payments and single-digit royalties on sales of any research program product. The Company’s obligation to pay such royalties would continue on a country-by-country basis until the longer of the expiration of the last patent in the program intellectual property in such country covering the research program product and the expiration of market exclusivity of such product in such country. The Company made the first development milestone payment of $
The Company has also entered into a collaboration agreement with the SMA Foundation. The Company was obligated to pay the SMA Foundation single-digit royalties on worldwide net product sales of any collaboration product that was successfully developed and subsequently commercialized or, with respect to collaboration products the Company outlicensed, including Evrysdi, a specified percentage of certain payments the Company received from its licensee. The Company was not obligated to make such payments unless and until annual sales of a collaboration product exceeded a designated threshold. Since inception, the SMA Foundation has earned $
Pursuant to the asset purchase agreement ("Asset Purchase Agreement") between the Company and Marathon Pharmaceuticals, LLC (now known as Complete Pharma Holdings, LLC) (“Marathon”), Marathon is entitled to receive contingent payments from the Company based on annual net sales of Emflaza up to a specified aggregate maximum amount over the expected commercial life of the asset.
Pursuant to the Agilis Merger Agreement, Agilis equityholders were previously entitled to receive contingent consideration payments from the Company based on (i) the achievement of certain development milestones up to an aggregate maximum amount of $
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of annual net sales for Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome during specified terms, ranging from
On April 29, 2020, the Company, certain of the former equity holders of Agilis (“the Participating Rightholders”), and, for the limited purposes set forth in the agreement, Shareholder Representative Services LLC, entered into a Rights Exchange Agreement (the “Rights Exchange Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Rights Exchange Agreement, the Participating Rightholders canceled and forfeited their rights under the Agilis Merger Agreement to receive (i) $
The Rights Exchange Agreement has no effect on the Agilis Merger Agreement other than to provide for the cancellation and forfeiture of the Participating Rightholders’ rights to receive $
In July 2022, the European Commission approved Upstaza for the treatment of AADC deficiency for patients 18 months and older within the EEA. As a result of such approval, the Company paid the former equityholders of Agilis $
In March 2024, the Company submitted a BLA to the FDA for its gene therapy treatment for AADC deficiency in the United States. In May 2024, the FDA accepted the filing for the BLA and granted priority review with a target regulatory action date of November 13, 2024. As a result of the acceptance, the Company paid a $
On October 25, 2019, the Company completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of BioElectron Technology Corporation (“BioElectron”), a Delaware corporation, including certain compounds that the Company has begun to develop as part of its Bio-e platform, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement by and between the Company and BioElectron, dated October 1, 2019 (the “BioElectron Asset Purchase Agreement”). BioElectron was a private company with a pipeline focused on inflammatory and central nervous system (CNS) disorders. The lead program, vatiquinone, is in late stage development for Friedreich ataxia with substantial unmet need and significant commercial opportunity that are complementary to PTC’s existing pipeline.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the BioElectron Asset Purchase Agreement, BioElectron may become entitled to receive contingent milestone payments of up to $
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Subject to the terms and conditions of the BioElectron Asset Purchase Agreement, BioElectron may also become entitled to receive contingent payments based on a percentage of net sales of certain products.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 5, 2020 (the “Censa Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Hydro Merger Sub, Inc., the Company’s wholly owned, indirect subsidiary, and, solely in its capacity as the representative, agent and attorney-in-fact of the securityholders of Censa, Shareholder Representative Services LLC (such merger pursuant thereto, the “Censa Merger”), former Censa securityholders may become entitled to receive contingent payments from the Company based on (i) the achievement of certain development and regulatory milestones up to an aggregate maximum amount of $
In February 2023, the Company completed enrollment of its Phase 3 placebo-controlled clinical trial for sepiapterin for PKU. In connection with this event and pursuant to the Censa Merger Agreement, the Company paid a $
In May 2024, the Company announced the validation and acceptance for review of an MMA for sepiapterin by the EMA for the treatment of PKU. Pursuant to the Censa Merger Agreement, the acceptance triggered a $
In July 2024, the Company announced the submission of an NDA to the FDA for sepiapterin for the treatment of pediatric and adult patients with PKU, including the full spectrum of ages and disease subtypes. Pursuant to the Censa Merger Agreement, the decision to submit the NDA triggered a $
The Company also has the Tegsedi-Waylivra Agreement for the commercialization of Tegsedi and Waylivra, and products containing those compounds in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Akcea is entitled to receive royalty payments subject to certain terms set forth in the Tegsedi-Waylivra Agreement.
The Company has employment agreements with certain employees which require the funding of a specific level of payments, if certain events, such as a change in control or termination without cause, occur. Additionally, the Company has royalty payments associated with Translarna, Emflaza, and Upstaza net product revenue, payable quarterly or annually in accordance with the terms of the related agreements.
From time to time in the ordinary course of its business, the Company is subject to claims, legal proceedings and disputes. The Company is not currently aware of any material legal proceedings against it.
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11. Revenue recognition
Net product sales
The Company views its operations and manages its business in
During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, net product sales outside of the United States were $
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, net product sales outside of the United States were $
As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company does
Collaboration and Royalty revenue
In November 2011, the Company and the SMA Foundation entered into a licensing and collaboration agreement with Roche. Under the terms of the SMA License Agreement, Roche acquired an exclusive worldwide license to the Company’s SMA program.
Under the agreement, the Company is eligible to receive additional payments from Roche if specified events are achieved with respect to each licensed product, including up to $
The SMA program currently has
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company did
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In addition to research and development and sales milestones, the Company is eligible to receive up to double-digit royalties on worldwide annual net sales of a commercial product under the SMA License Agreement. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company has recognized $
Manufacturing Revenue
For the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company did not recognize any revenue related to the production of plasmid DNA and AAV vectors for gene therapy applications for external customers. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized $
As of September 30, 2024, the Company does
As of September 30, 2024, the Company has
In June 2024, the Company sold its gene therapy manufacturing business in Hopewell Township, New Jersey. Accordingly, the Company does not expect to have manufacturing revenue going forward.
Remaining performance obligations
There are
12. Intangible assets and goodwill
Definite-lived intangibles
Definite-lived intangible assets consisted of the following at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
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Ending Balance at | Foreign | Ending Balance at | ||||||||||
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Total definite-lived intangibles, net | $ | |
Marathon was entitled to receive contingent payments from the Company based on annual net sales of Emflaza beginning in 2018, up to a specified aggregate maximum amount over the expected commercial life of the asset, which expired February 2024. In accordance with the guidance for an asset acquisition, the Company recorded the milestone payments when they became payable to Marathon and increased the cost basis for the Emflaza rights intangible asset. As of September 30, 2024, the Emflaza rights intangible asset was fully amortized, therefore, milestones are recorded on the consolidated statement of operations within cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets from February 2024 onward.
Akcea is entitled to receive royalty payments subject to certain terms set forth in the Tegsedi-Waylivra Agreement related to sales of Waylivra and Tegsedi. In accordance with the guidance for an asset acquisition, the Company records royalty payments when they become payable to Akcea and increase the cost basis for the Waylivra and Tegsedi intangible assets. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, royalty payments of $
For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized amortization expense of $
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The weighted average remaining amortization period of the definite-lived intangibles as of September 30, 2024 is
Indefinite-lived intangibles
Indefinite-lived intangible assets consisted of the following at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
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In connection with the acquisition of the Company’s gene therapy platform from Agilis, the Company acquired rights to Upstaza, for the treatment of AADC deficiency. AADC deficiency is a rare CNS disorder arising from reductions in the enzyme AADC that result from mutations in the dopa decarboxylase gene. In accordance with the acquisition method of accounting, the Company allocated the acquisition cost for the Agilis Merger to the underlying assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based upon the estimated fair values of those assets and liabilities at the date of acquisition. The Company classified the fair value of the acquired IPR&D as indefinite lived intangible assets until the successful completion or abandonment of the associated research and development efforts. There have been
Goodwill
As a result of the Agilis Merger on August 23, 2018, the Company recorded $
13. Subsequent events
The Company has evaluated subsequent events and transactions through the filing date. There were no material events that impacted the consolidated financial statements or disclosures.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis is meant to provide material information relevant to an assessment of the financial condition and results of operations of our company, including an evaluation of the amounts and certainty of cash flows from operations and from outside resources, so as to allow investors to better view our company from management’s perspective. The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes to those financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2024, as amended, or our 2023 Annual Report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve significant risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, such as those set forth in Part II, Item 1A. (Risk Factors) of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Part I, Item 1A. (Risk Factors) of our 2023 Annual Report, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.
Our Company
We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of clinically differentiated medicines that provide benefits to children and adults living with rare disorders. Our ability to innovate to identify new therapies and to globally commercialize products is the foundation that drives investment in a robust and diversified pipeline of transformative medicines. Our mission is to provide access to best-in-class treatments for patients who have little to no treatment options. Our strategy is to leverage our strong scientific and clinical expertise and global commercial infrastructure to bring therapies to patients. We believe that this allows us to maximize value for all our stakeholders. We have a diversified therapeutic portfolio pipeline that includes several commercial products and product candidates in various stages of development, including clinical, pre-clinical and research and discovery stages, focused on the development of new treatments for multiple therapeutic areas for rare diseases relating to neurology and metabolism.
Corporate Updates
Global Commercial Footprint
Global DMD Franchise
We have two products, Translarna™ (ataluren) and Emflaza® (deflazacort), for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or DMD, a rare, life-threatening disorder. Translarna currently has conditional marketing authorization in the European Economic Area, or EEA, for the treatment of nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or nmDMD, in ambulatory patients aged two years and older. Translarna also has marketing authorization in Russia for the treatment of nmDMD in patients aged two years and older, and in Brazil for the treatment of nmDMD in ambulatory patients two years and older and for continued treatment of patients that become non-ambulatory, as well as in various other countries. During the quarter ended September 30, 2024, we recognized $72.3 million in net sales of Translarna. We hold worldwide commercialization rights to Translarna for all indications in all territories. Emflaza is approved in the United States for the treatment of DMD in patients two years and older. During the quarter ended September 30, 2024, we recognized $51.9 million in net sales of Emflaza.
Our marketing authorization for Translarna in the EEA is subject to annual review and renewal by the European Commission, or EC, following reassessment by the European Medicines Agency, or EMA, of the benefit-risk balance of the authorization, which we refer to as the annual EMA reassessment. In September 2022, we submitted a Type II variation to the EMA to support conversion of the conditional marketing authorization for Translarna to a standard marketing authorization, which included a report on the placebo-controlled trial of Study 041 and data from the open-label extension as further described below. Study 041 was an 18-month, placebo-controlled trial, followed by an 18-month open-label extension of Translarna in the treatment of ambulatory patients with nmDMD aged five years or older. In February 2023, we also submitted an annual marketing authorization renewal request to the EMA. In September 2023, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, or CHMP, gave a negative opinion on the conversion of the conditional marketing authorization to full marketing authorization of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD and a negative opinion on the
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renewal of the existing conditional marketing authorization of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD. In January 2024, the CHMP issued a negative opinion for the renewal of the conditional marketing authorization following a re-examination procedure. In May 2024, the EC decided not to adopt the CHMP’s negative opinion for the renewal of the conditional marketing authorization of Translarna and returned such opinion to the CHMP for re-evaluation. In June 2024, following the EC’s request for re-review, the CHMP issued a negative opinion on the renewal of the conditional marketing authorization of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD. On October 18, 2024, the CHMP maintained its negative opinion for the renewal of the conditional marketing authorization following the requested reexamination procedure. In accordance with EMA regulations, the opinion will be reviewed by the EC which is expected to decide on opinion adoption approximately 67 days from the date of issuance. If the EC adopts the negative opinion, Translarna would no longer have marketing authorization in the member states of the EEA. The marketing authorization for Translarna remains in effect, pending the EC’s potential adoption of the negative opinion. Based on the timeline of these procedures, we expect the marketing authorization for Translarna to remain in effect approximately through the end of 2024. We are exploring other potential mechanisms by which we may provide Translarna to nmDMD patients in the EEA if the negative opinion is adopted by the EC.
Each country, including each member state of the EEA, has its own pricing and reimbursement regulations. In order to commence commercial sale of product pursuant to our Translarna marketing authorization in any particular country in the EEA, we must finalize pricing and reimbursement negotiations with the applicable government body in such country. As a result, our commercial launch will continue to be on a country-by-country basis. We also have made, and expect to continue to make, product available under early access programs, or EAP programs, or similar styled programs both in countries in the EEA and other territories. Our ability to negotiate, secure and maintain reimbursement for product under commercial and EAP programs can be subject to challenge in any particular country and can also be affected by political, economic and regulatory developments in such country.
There is substantial risk that if the EC adopts the CHMP’s negative opinion, or we are otherwise unable to renew our EEA marketing authorization during any annual renewal cycle, or we are unable to identify other potential mechanisms by which we may provide Translarna to nmDMD patients in the EEA should the EC adopt the CHMP’s negative opinion or our product label is materially restricted, we would lose all, or a significant portion of, our ability to generate revenue from sales of Translarna in the EEA and other territories.
Translarna is an investigational new drug in the United States. During the first quarter of 2017, we filed a New Drug Application, or NDA, for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD over protest with the United States Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. In October 2017, the Office of Drug Evaluation I of the FDA issued a Complete Response Letter for the NDA, stating that it was unable to approve the application in its current form. In response, we filed a formal dispute resolution request with the Office of New Drugs of the FDA. In February 2018, the Office of New Drugs of the FDA denied our appeal of the Complete Response Letter. In its response, the Office of New Drugs recommended a possible path forward for the ataluren NDA submission based on the accelerated approval pathway. This would involve a re-submission of an NDA containing the current data on effectiveness of ataluren with new data to be generated on dystrophin production in nmDMD patients’ muscles. We followed the FDA’s recommendation and collected, using newer technologies via procedures and methods that we designed, such dystrophin data in a new study, Study 045, and announced the results of Study 045 in February 2021. Study 045 did not meet its pre-specified primary endpoint. In June 2022, we announced top-line results from the placebo-controlled trial of Study 041. Following this announcement, we submitted a meeting request to the FDA to gain clarity on the regulatory pathway for a potential re-submission of an NDA for Translarna. The FDA provided initial written feedback that Study 041 does not provide substantial evidence of effectiveness to support NDA re-submission. We held a Type C meeting with the FDA in the fourth quarter of 2023 to discuss the totality of Translarna data. Based on feedback from the FDA, we re-submitted the NDA in July 2024, based on the results from Study 041 and from our international drug registry study for nmDMD patients receiving Translarna. In October 2024, the FDA accepted for review the resubmission of the NDA for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD. As this was an NDA resubmission following a complete response letter to the NDA which was filed over protest in 2016, the FDA is not obligated to follow the review timelines under Prescription Drug User Free Act guidelines and an action date has not been provided.
We have previously relied on Emflaza’s seven-year marketing exclusivity period in the United States for its approved indications under the provisions of the Orphan Drug Act of 1983, or the Orphan Drug Act, when commercializing Emflaza.
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Emflaza’s seven-year period of orphan drug exclusivity related to the treatment of DMD in patients five years and older expired in February 2024. We expect the expiration of this orphan drug exclusivity to have a significant negative impact on Emflaza net product revenue. Emflaza’s orphan drug exclusivity related to the treatment of DMD in patients two years of age to less than five expires in June 2026.
Upstaza™ (eladocagene exuparvovec)
Our product Upstaza is a gene therapy used for the treatment of Aromatic L-Amino Decarboxylase, or AADC, deficiency, a rare central nervous system, or CNS, disorder arising from reductions in the enzyme AADC that results from mutations in the dopa decarboxylase gene. In July 2022, the EC approved Upstaza for the treatment of AADC deficiency for patients 18 months and older within the EEA. In November 2022, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency approved Upstaza for the treatment of AADC deficiency for patients 18 months and older within the United Kingdom. In March 2024, we submitted a biologics license application, or BLA, to the FDA for eladocagene exuparvovec for the treatment of AADC deficiency in the United States. In May 2024, the FDA accepted for filing the BLA for eladocagene exuparvovec for the treatment of AADC deficiency and granted priority review with a target regulatory action date of November 13, 2024.
Tegsedi® (inotersen) and Waylivra™ (volanesorsen)
We hold the rights for the commercialization of Tegsedi and Waylivra for the treatment of rare diseases in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean pursuant to a Collaboration and License Agreement, or the Tegsedi-Waylivra Agreement, dated August 1, 2018, by and between us and Akcea Therapeutics, Inc., or Akcea, a subsidiary of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Tegsedi has received marketing authorization in the United States, European Union, or EU, and Brazil for the treatment of stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy in adult patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis, or hATTR amyloidosis. In August 2021, ANVISA, the Brazilian health regulatory authority, approved Waylivra as the first treatment for familial chylomicronemia syndrome, or FCS, in Brazil. In December 2022, ANVISA approved Waylivra for the treatment of familial partial lipodystrophy, or FPL. Waylivra has also received marketing authorization in the EU for the treatment of FCS.
Evrysdi® (risdiplam)
We also have a spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, collaboration with F. Hoffman La Roche Ltd. and Hoffman La Roche inc., which we refer to collectively as Roche, and the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, or SMA Foundation. The SMA program has one approved product, Evrysdi (risdiplam), which was approved by the FDA in August 2020 for the treatment of SMA in adults and children two months and older and by the EC in March 2021 for the treatment of 5q SMA in patients two months and older with a clinical diagnosis of SMA Type 1, Type 2 or Type 3 or with one to four SMN2 copies. Evrysdi also received marketing authorization for the treatment of SMA in over 100 countries. In May 2022, the FDA approved a label expansion for Evrysdi to include infants under two months old with SMA. In August 2023, the EC approved an extension of the Evrysdi marketing authorization to include infants under two months old in the EU.
Diversified Development Pipeline
Sepiapterin
One of our most advanced clinical stage molecules is sepiapterin. Sepiapterin is a precursor to intracellular tetrahydrobiopterin, which is a critical enzymatic cofactor involved in metabolism and synthesis of numerous metabolic products. In May 2023, we announced that the primary endpoint was achieved in our registration-directed Phase 3 trial for sepiapterin for phenylketonuria, or PKU. The primary endpoint of the study was the achievement of statistically-significant reduction in blood Phe level. The primary analysis population included those patients who have a greater than 30% reduction in blood Phe levels during the Part 1 run-in phase of the trial. Sepiapterin demonstrated Phe level reduction of approximately 63% in the overall primary analysis population and Phe level reduction of approximately 69% in the subset for classical PKU patients. Additionally, sepiapterin was well tolerated with no serious adverse events. Following the placebo-controlled study, patients were eligible to enroll in a long-term open-label study, which is still ongoing and will evaluate long-term safety, durability and Phe tolerance. In March 2024, we submitted a marketing authorization
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application, or MAA, to the EMA for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU in the EEA, which was validated and accepted for review by the EMA in May 2024. In the third quarter of 2023, we participated in a pre-NDA meeting with the FDA. At that meeting, the FDA stated that the sepiapterin clinical safety and efficacy data supported NDA submission for the treatment of pediatric and adult PKU patients. However, the FDA requested that we complete a 26-week nonclinical mouse study to assess sepiapterin carcinogenicity potential prior to NDA submission. This nonclinical study was not initially required when we acquired sepiapterin, as the NDA submission was planned under the Section 505(b)(2) pathway. Given that sepiapterin is a novel therapy with distinct pharmacology, biodistribution, mechanism of action and differentiated efficacy, we subsequently decided to make the NDA submission under the Section 505(b)(1) pathway, which requires the 26-week study, which is considered a required NDA component needed to inform labeling and is typically completed prior to submission. In July 2024, following completion of the in-life portion of the study, we submitted an NDA to the FDA for sepiapterin for the treatment of pediatric and adult patients with PKU, including the full spectrum of ages and disease subtypes, in the United States. In September 2024, the FDA accepted for filing the NDA, with a target regulatory action date of July 29, 2025. We also made a regulatory submission for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU in Brazil in the third quarter of 2024, and expect to do the same in Japan in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Splicing Platform
In addition to our SMA program, our splicing platform also includes PTC518, which is being developed for the treatment of Huntington’s disease, or HD. We announced the results from our Phase 1 study of PTC518 in healthy volunteers in September 2021 demonstrating dose-dependent lowering of huntingtin messenger ribonucleic acid and protein levels, that PTC518 efficiently crosses blood brain barrier at significant levels and that PTC518 was well tolerated. We initiated a Phase 2 study of PTC518 for the treatment of HD in the first quarter of 2022, which consists of an initial 12-week placebo-controlled phase focused on safety, pharmacology and pharmacodynamic effects followed by a nine-month placebo-controlled phase focused on PTC518 biomarker effect. In June 2023, we announced interim data from the 12-week placebo-controlled phase. The study demonstrated dose-dependent lowering of Huntingtin, or HTT, protein levels in peripheral blood cells, reaching an approximate mean 30% reduction in mutant HTT levels at the 10mg dose level. In addition, PTC518 exposure in the cerebrospinal fluid was consistent with or higher than plasma unbound drug levels. Furthermore, PTC518 was well tolerated with no treatment-related serious adverse events. In June 2024, we announced additional interim results from the Phase 2 study of PTC518. At month 12, PTC518 treatment demonstrated durable dose-dependent lowering of mutant HTT, or mHTT, protein in the blood and dose-dependent lowering of mHTT protein in the cerebrospinal fluid in the interim cohort of stage 2 patients. In addition, favorable trends were demonstrated on several relevant HD clinical assessments. Furthermore, following 12 months of treatment, PTC518 continued to be well tolerated. Based on its review of the interim Phase 2 study data, the FDA lifted the partial clinical hold on the program. In September 2024, the FDA granted Fast Track designation to the PTC518 program for the treatment of HD.
Ferroptosis and Inflammation Platform
Our ferroptosis and inflammation platform consists of small molecule compounds that target oxidoreductase enzymes that regulate oxidative stress and inflammatory pathways central to the pathology of a number of CNS diseases. The two most advanced molecules in our ferroptosis and inflammation platform are vatiquinone and utreloxastat. We announced topline results from a registration-directed Phase 3 trial of vatiquinone in children and young adults with Friedreich ataxia, or FA, called MOVE-FA, in May 2023. While the study did not meet its primary endpoint of statistically significant change in modified Friedreich Ataxia Rating Scale, or mFARS, score at 72 weeks in the primary analysis population, vatiquinone treatment did demonstrate significant benefit on key disease subscales and secondary endpoints. In addition, in the population of subjects that completed the study protocol, significance was reached in the mFARS endpoint and several secondary endpoints, including the upright stability subscale. Furthermore, vatiquinone was well tolerated. In the first quarter of 2024, we met with the FDA, who expressed willingness to review an NDA for vatiquinone for the treatment of Friedreich ataxia based on the MOVE-FA trial as well as data from the ongoing open label extension study following the MOVE-FA trial. In October 2024, we announced that the pre-specified endpoint for two different FA long-term extension studies was met, with statistically significant evidence of durable treatment benefit on disease progression. We plan to submit an NDA for vatiquinone for the treatment of FA in the United States in December 2024. In the third quarter of 2021, we completed a Phase 1 trial in healthy volunteers to evaluate the safety and pharmacology of utreloxastat. Utreloxastat was found to be well-tolerated with no reported serious adverse events while demonstrating predictable
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pharmacology. We initiated a Phase 2 registration directed trial of utreloxastat for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, in the first quarter of 2022. We expect topline results from this trial in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Multi-Platform Discovery
In addition, we have a pipeline of product candidates and discovery programs that are in early clinical, pre-clinical and research and development stages focused on the development of new treatments for multiple therapeutic areas, including rare diseases.
Funding
The success of our products and any other product candidates we may develop, depends largely on obtaining and maintaining reimbursement from governments and third-party insurers. Our revenues are primarily generated from sales of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD in countries where we were able to obtain acceptable commercial pricing and reimbursement terms and in select countries where we are permitted to distribute Translarna under our EAP programs or through similar styled programs, and from sales of Emflaza for the treatment of DMD in the United States. We also generate revenue from sales of Upstaza for the treatment of AADC deficiency in the EEA and have recognized revenue associated with milestone and royalty payments from Roche pursuant to a License and Collaboration Agreement, or the SMA License Agreement, by and among us, Roche and, for the limited purposes set forth therein, the SMA Foundation, under our SMA program.
To date, we have financed our operations primarily through the private offerings of convertible senior notes, public and “at the market” offerings of common stock, proceeds from royalty purchase agreements, net proceeds from our borrowings under our credit agreement with Blackstone, private placements of our convertible preferred stock and common stock, collaborations, bank and institutional lender debt, other convertible debt, grant funding and clinical trial support from governmental and philanthropic organizations and patient advocacy groups in the disease area addressed by our product candidates.. We have relied on revenue generated from net sales of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD in territories outside of the United States since 2014, Emflaza for the treatment of DMD in the United States since 2017 and Upstaza for the treatment of AADC deficiency in the EEA since 2022. We have also relied on revenue associated with milestone and royalty payments from Roche pursuant to the SMA License Agreement, under our SMA program.
In June 2024, we entered into an amendment with Royalty Pharma Investments 2019 ICAV, or Royalty Pharma, and Royalty Pharma plc, to the Amended and Restated Royalty Purchase Agreement, dated October 18, 2023, or the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement, which amends and restates in its entirety the Royalty Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 17, 2020, or the Original Royalty Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement, we have sold to Royalty Pharma a portion of our right to receive sales-based royalty payments, or the Royalty, on worldwide net sales of Evrysdi and any other product developed pursuant to the SMA License Agreement under the SMA program. To date, Royalty Pharma has paid to us cash consideration of $1.9 billion (less Royalty payments received by us with respect to assigned Royalties, or the Assigned Royalty Rights) in exchange for 90.49% of the Royalty, which will be reduced to 83.33% after Royalty Pharma receives $1.3 billion in aggregate payments, or the Assigned Royalty Cap, from the Royalty assigned under the Original Royalty Purchase Agreement. We currently retain 9.51% of the Royalty, which increases to 16.67% after the Assigned Royalty Cap has been met. We have the option to sell our retained portions of the Royalty to Royalty Pharma in up to three tranches for the following payments: (1) $100.0 million in exchange for 3.81% of the Royalty, which increases to 6.67% after the Assigned Royalty Cap has been met, (2) $100.0 million in exchange for 3.81% of the Royalty, which increases to 6.67% after the Assigned Royalty Cap has been met, and (3) $50.0 million in exchange for 1.90% of the Royalty, which increases to 3.33% after the Assigned Royalty Cap has been met, in each case less Royalty payments received by us with respect to the Assigned Royalty Rights. See “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and capital resources—Sources of Liquidity” for additional information.
The 2026 Convertible Notes consist of $287.5 million aggregate principal amount of 1.50% convertible senior notes due 2026. The 2026 Convertible Notes bear cash interest at a rate of 1.50% per year, payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2020. The 2026 Convertible Notes will mature on September 15,
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2026, unless earlier repurchased or converted. We received net proceeds of $279.3 million after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions and the offering expenses payable by us.
In August 2019, we entered into an At the Market Offering Sales Agreement, or the Sales Agreement, with Cantor Fitzgerald and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, or together, the Sales Agents, pursuant to which, we may offer and sell shares of our common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $125.0 million from time to time through the Sales Agents by any method that is deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, we did not issue or sell any shares of common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement. The remaining shares of our common stock available to be issued and sold, under the Sales Agreement, have an aggregate offering price of up to $93.0 million as of September 30, 2024.
As of September 30, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of $3,581.0 million. We had a net loss of $297.4 million and $470.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
We anticipate that we will continue to incur significant expenses in connection with our commercialization efforts in the United States, the EEA, Latin America and other territories, including expenses related to our commercial infrastructure and corresponding sales and marketing, legal and regulatory, and distribution and manufacturing undertakings as well as administrative and employee-based expenses. In addition to the foregoing, we expect to continue to incur significant costs in connection with ongoing, planned and potential future clinical trials and studies for sepiapterin and our splicing and ferroptosis and inflammation programs as well as studies in our products for maintaining authorizations, label extensions and additional indications. We continue to seek marketing authorization for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD in territories that we do not currently have marketing authorization in. Additionally, the CHMP maintained its negative opinion for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD following the request for re-examination procedure. In accordance with EMA regulations, the opinion will be reviewed by the EC which is expected to decide on opinion adoption approximately 67 days from the date of issuance. We are also exploring other potential mechanisms by which we may provide Translarna to nmDMD patients in the EEA if the negative opinion is adopted by the EC. In March 2024, we submitted a BLA to the FDA for our gene therapy for the treatment of AADC deficiency in the United States. In May 2024, the FDA accepted the filing for the BLA and granted priority review with a target regulatory action date of November 13, 2024. In March 2024, we submitted an MAA, to the EMA for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU in the EEA. In July 2024, we submitted an NDA to the FDA for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU in the United States. In September 2024, the FDA accepted for filing the NDA, with a target regulatory action date of July 29, 2025. These efforts may significantly impact the timing and extent of our commercialization and manufacturing expenses.
We may seek to expand and diversify our product pipeline through opportunistically in-licensing or acquiring the rights to products, product candidates or technologies and we may incur expenses, including with respect to transaction costs, subsequent development costs or any upfront, milestone or other payments or other financial obligations associated with any such transaction, which would increase our future capital requirements.
In July 2024, we announced the submission of an NDA to the FDA for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU in the United States. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 5, 2020, or the Censa Merger Agreement, by and among us, Hydro Merger Sub, Inc., our wholly owned, indirect subsidiary, Censa Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or Censa, and, solely in its capacity as the representative, agent and attorney in fact of the securityholders of Censa, Shareholder Representative Services, LLC, the decision to submit the NDA triggered a $25.0 million regulatory milestone to the former Censa securityholders. In September 2024, we announced the FDA acceptance for filing of the NDA. Pursuant to the Censa Merger Agreement, the acceptance triggered a $25.0 million regulatory milestone to the former Censa securityholders. Together, the $50.0 million of regulatory milestones were recorded in research and development expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and are recorded in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2024.
Additionally, we expect to pay $4.5 million in regulatory milestone payments upon the approval of eladocagene exuparvovec for the treatment of AADC deficiency in the United States from the FDA pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 19, 2018, or the Agilis Merger Agreement, by and among us, Agility Merger Sub, Inc., a
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Delaware corporation and our wholly owned, indirect subsidiary, Agilis and, solely in its capacity as the representative, agent and attorney-in-fact of the equityholders of Agilis, Shareholder Representative Services LLC.
We also have certain significant contractual obligations and commercial commitments that require funding and we have disclosed these items under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Funding Obligations” in our 2023 Annual Report. There were no material changes to these obligations and commitments during the period ended September 30, 2024. Furthermore, since we are a public company, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur additional costs associated with operating as such including significant legal, accounting, investor relations and other expenses.
We have never been profitable and we will need to generate significant revenues to achieve and sustain profitability, and we may never do so. Accordingly, we may need to obtain substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations. Adequate additional financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. If we are unable to raise capital when needed or on attractive terms, we could be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate our research and development programs or our commercialization efforts.
Financial operations overview
Revenues
Net product revenues. To date, our net product revenues have consisted primarily of sales of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD in territories outside of the United States and sales of Emflaza for the treatment of DMD in the United States. We recognize revenue when performance obligations with customers have been satisfied. Our performance obligations are to provide products based on customer orders from distributors, hospitals, specialty pharmacies or retail pharmacies. The performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time when our customer obtains control of the product, which is typically upon delivery. We invoice customers after the products have been delivered and invoice payments are generally due within 30 to 90 days of invoice date. We determine the transaction price based on fixed consideration in its contractual agreements. Contract liabilities arise in certain circumstances when consideration is due for goods not yet provided. As we have identified only one distinct performance obligation, the transaction price is allocated entirely to the product sale. In determining the transaction price, a significant financing component does not exist since the timing from when we deliver product to when the customers pay for the product is typically less than one year. Customers in certain countries pay in advance of product delivery. In those instances, payment and delivery typically occur in the same month.
We record product sales net of any variable consideration, which includes discounts, allowances, rebates related to Medicaid and other government pricing programs, and distribution fees. We use the expected value or most likely amount method when estimating variable consideration, unless discount or rebate terms are specified within contracts. The identified variable consideration is recorded as a reduction of revenue at the time revenues from product sales are recognized. These estimates for variable consideration are adjusted to reflect known changes in factors and may impact such estimates in the quarter those changes are known. Revenue recognized does not include amounts of variable consideration that are constrained.
During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, net product sales outside of the United States were $83.5 million and $76.6 million, respectively, consisting of sales of Translarna, Tegsedi, Waylivra, and Upstaza. Translarna net revenues made up $72.3 million and $69.0 million of the net product sales outside of the United States for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, net product sales in the United States were $51.9 million and $67.4 million, respectively, consisting solely of sales of Emflaza. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, two countries, the United States and Brazil, accounted for at least 10% of the Company’s net product sales, representing $51.9 million and $29.2 million of the net product sales, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, one country, the United States, accounted for at least 10% of the Company’s net product sales, representing $67.4 million of the net product sales, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company had two and three distributors, respectively, accounted for over 10% of the Company’s net product sales.
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, net product sales outside of the United States were $289.5 million and $318.5 million, respectively consisting of sales of Translarna, Tegsedi, Waylivra and Upstaza. Translarna net revenues made up $246.2 million and $280.6 million of the net product sales outside of the United States for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, net product sales in the United States were $156.7 million and $187.7 million, respectively, consisting solely of sales of Emflaza. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, three countries, the United States, Brazil, and Russia, accounted for at least 10% of our net product sales, representing $156.7 million, $68.3 million, and $55.7 million of net product sales, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, three countries, the United States, Russia, and Brazil, accounted for at least 10% of our net product sales, representing $187.7 million, $69.0 million, and $52.5 million of net product sales, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, we had a total of two and two distributors, respectively, that each accounted for over 10% of our net product sales.
In relation to customer contracts, we incur costs to fulfill a contract but do not incur costs to obtain a contract. These costs to fulfill a contract do not meet the criteria for capitalization and are expensed as incurred. We consider any shipping and handling costs that are incurred after the customer has obtained control of the product as a cost to fulfill a promise. Shipping and handling costs associated with finished goods delivered to customers are recorded as a selling expense.
Roche and the SMA Foundation Collaboration. In November 2011, we entered into the SMA License Agreement pursuant to which we are collaborating with Roche and the SMA Foundation to further develop and commercialize compounds identified under our SMA program with the SMA Foundation. The research component of this agreement terminated effective December 31, 2014. We are eligible to receive additional payments from Roche if specified events are achieved with respect to each licensed product, including up to $135.0 million in research and development event milestones, up to $325.0 million in sales milestones upon achievement of specified sales events, and up to double digit royalties on worldwide annual net sales of a commercial product. As of September 30, 2024, we had recognized a total of $310.0 million in milestone payments and $487.5 million royalties on net sales pursuant to the SMA License Agreement. As of September 30, 2024, there are no remaining research and development event milestones that we can receive. The remaining potential sales milestones as of September 30, 2024 are $150.0 million upon achievement of certain sales events.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company did not recognize collaboration revenue related to the SMA License Agreement with Roche. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the amounts recognized for the collaboration revenue related to the SMA License Agreement with Roche were immaterial.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, we recognized $61.4 million and $145.7 million of royalty revenue, respectively, related to Evrysdi. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we recognized $50.2 million and $117.9 million of royalty revenue, respectively, related to Evrysdi.
In July 2020, we entered into the Original Royalty Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Original Royalty Purchase Agreement, we sold to Royalty Pharma 42.933%, or the Original Assigned Royalty Rights, of the Royalty for $650.0 million. At that time, we retained a 57.067% interest in the Royalty and all economic rights to receive the remaining potential regulatory and sales milestone payments under the SMA License Agreement.
Pursuant to the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement, Royalty Pharma has paid to us aggregate cash consideration of $1.9 billion (less Royalty payments received by us with respect to the Assigned Royalty Rights) in exchange for 90.49% of the Royalty, which will be reduced to 83.33% of the Royalty after Royalty Pharma receives $1.3 billion in aggregate payments from the Royalty assigned at the closing of the Original Purchase Agreement. We currently retain 9.51% of the Royalty, which increases to 16.67% after the Assigned Royalty Cap has been met, and all economic rights to receive the remaining potential regulatory and sales milestone payments under the SMA License Agreement.
We have the option to sell our retained portions of the Royalty to Royalty Pharma in up to three tranches for the following payments: (1) $100.0 million in exchange for 3.81% of the Royalty, which increases to 6.67% after the Assigned Royalty Cap has been met, (2) $100.0 million in exchange for 3.81% of the Royalty, which increases to 6.67% after the Assigned Royalty Cap has been met, and (3) $50.0 million in exchange for 1.90% of the Royalty, which increases to 3.33% after the Assigned Royalty Cap has been met, in each case less Royalty payments received by us with respect to the Assigned
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Royalty Rights. See “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and capital resources—Sources of Liquidity” for additional information.
Research and development expense
Research and development expenses consist of the costs associated with our research activities, as well as the costs associated with our drug discovery efforts, conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials, manufacturing development efforts and activities related to regulatory filings. Our research and development expenses consist of:
We use our employee and infrastructure resources across multiple research projects, including our drug development programs. We track expenses related to our clinical programs and certain preclinical programs on a per project basis.
We expect our research and development expenses to fluctuate in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly in connection with Study 041 and other studies for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD, our activities under our splicing and ferroptosis and inflammation programs and performance of our post-marketing requirements imposed by regulatory agencies with respect to our products. The timing and amount of these expenses will depend upon the outcome of our ongoing clinical trials and the costs associated with our planned clinical trials. The timing and amount of these expenses will also depend on the costs associated with potential future clinical trials of our products or product candidates and the related expansion of our research and development organization, regulatory requirements, advancement of our preclinical programs, and product and product candidate manufacturing costs.
The following tables provides research and development expense for our most advanced principal product development programs, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.
Three Months Ended September 30, | |||||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 | ||||
(in thousands) | |||||||
Development | $ | 51,839 | $ | 66,437 | |||
Research | 16,301 | 38,178 | |||||
Milestones |
| 50,000 |
| — | |||
Payroll, benefits, and share-based stock compensation | 33,950 | 46,400 | |||||
Facilities and other |
| 9,322 |
| 13,197 | |||
Total research and development | $ | 161,412 | $ | 164,212 | |||
Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 | |||
(in thousands) | ||||||
Development | $ | 155,194 | $ | 215,787 | ||
Research |
| 48,004 |
| 82,705 | ||
Milestones |
| 65,000 |
| 30,000 | ||
Payroll, benefits, and share-based stock compensation |
| 110,605 |
| 177,657 | ||
Facilities and other |
| 30,907 |
| 39,061 | ||
Total research and development | $ | 409,710 | $ | 545,210 | ||
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Development. Consists of costs incurred for product candidates following initiation of a clinical trial.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the decrease in development expenses primarily reflected the decrease in program spend related to our strategic pipeline prioritization as we continue to focus our resources on our differentiated, high potential research and development programs.
Research. Consists of costs incurred for product candidates before initiation of a clinical trial.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the decrease in research expenses was primarily related to our strategic pipeline prioritization where we discontinued several preclinical and early research programs. In 2024, we continue to focus our resources on our differentiated, high potential research and development programs.
Milestones. Consists of development and regulatory milestone expenses incurred in connection with our collaborative arrangements.
For the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, the increase in milestone expenses primarily related to the achievement of a $25.0 million regulatory milestone for the decision to submit an NDA to the FDA for sepiapterin for PKU in July 2024 and the achievement of a $25.0 million regulatory milestone for the acceptance of an NDA to the FDA for sepiapterin for PKU in September 2024, as compared to no milestones achieved in the three months ended September 30, 2023. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the increase in milestone expenses primarily related to the achievement of a $15.0 million success-based regulatory milestone for the validation and acceptance of an MMA for sepiapterin for PKU in May 2024, the achievement of a $25.0 million regulatory milestone for the decision to submit an NDA to the FDA for sepiapterin for PKU in July 2024, and the achievement of a $25.0 million regulatory milestone for the acceptance of an NDA to the FDA for sepiapterin for PKU in September 2024, as compared to the achievement of a $30.0 million success-based development milestone for the completion of enrollment of a Phase 3 clinical trial for sepiapterin for PKU in February 2023.
Payroll, benefits, and share-based stock compensation. Consists of costs incurred for salaries and wages, bonus, payroll taxes, benefits and stock-based compensation associated with employees involved in research and development activities. Stock-based compensation may fluctuate from period to period based on factors that are not within our control, such as our stock price on the dates stock-based grants are issued.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the decrease in payroll, benefits, and share-based stock compensation expenses primarily relates to our reduction in workforce in connection with our strategic pipeline prioritization and discontinuation of our preclinical and early research programs in our gene therapy platform.
Facilities and other. Consists of indirect costs incurred for the benefit of multiple programs, including information technology, and other facility-based expenses, such as rent expense.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the decrease in facilities and other expenses primarily related to decreases in facility-based expenses at our facility in Hopewell Township, New Jersey as a result of an amendment and restatement of our lease for such facility.
The successful development of our products and product candidates is highly uncertain. This is due to the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with developing drugs, including the uncertainty of:
| ● | the scope, rate of progress and expense of our clinical trials and other research and development activities; |
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| ● | the potential benefits of our products and product candidates over other therapies; |
| ● | our ability to market, commercialize and achieve market acceptance for any of our products or product candidates that we are developing or may develop in the future, including our ability to negotiate pricing and reimbursement terms acceptable to us; |
| ● | clinical trial results; |
| ● | the terms and timing of regulatory approvals; and |
| ● | the expense of filing, prosecuting, defending and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property rights. |
A change in the outcome of any of these variables with respect to the development of our products or product candidates could mean a significant change in the costs and timing associated with the development of those products or product candidates. For example, if the EMA or FDA or other regulatory authority were to require us to conduct clinical trials beyond those which we currently anticipate will be required for the completion of clinical development of any of our products or product candidates or if we experience significant delays in enrollment in any of our clinical trials, we could be required to expend significant additional financial resources and time on the completion of clinical development.
Selling, general and administrative expense
Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and other related costs for personnel, including share-based compensation expenses, in our executive, legal, business development, commercial, finance, accounting, information technology and human resource functions. Other selling, general and administrative expenses include facility-related costs not otherwise included in research and development expense; advertising and promotional expenses; costs associated with industry and trade shows; and professional fees for legal services, including patent-related expenses, accounting services and miscellaneous selling costs.
We expect that selling, general and administrative expenses will increase in future periods in connection with our continued efforts to commercialize our products, including increased payroll, expanded infrastructure, commercial operations, increased consulting, legal, accounting and investor relations expenses.
Interest expense, net
Interest expense, net consists of interest expense from the liability for the sale of future royalties related to the Original Royalty Purchase Agreement, the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement, the 2026 Convertible Notes outstanding, the Blackstone Credit Agreement that we repaid and terminated in October 2023, offset by interest income earned on investments.
Critical accounting policies and significant judgments and estimates
Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which we have prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no material changes to our critical accounting policies as reported in our 2023 Annual Report.
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Results of operations
Three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to three months ended September 30, 2023
The following table summarizes revenues and selected expense and other income data for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.
Three Months Ended | |||||||||
September 30, | Change | ||||||||
(in thousands) |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| 2024 vs. 2023 | |||
Net product revenue | $ | 135,421 | $ | 144,038 | $ | (8,617) | |||
Royalty revenue | 61,365 | 50,173 | 11,192 | ||||||
Manufacturing revenue | — | 2,365 | (2,365) | ||||||
Cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets |
| 10,848 |
| 9,493 | 1,355 | ||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
| 3,036 |
| 58,649 | (55,613) | ||||
Research and development expense |
| 161,412 |
| 164,212 | (2,800) | ||||
Selling, general and administrative expense |
| 73,456 |
| 80,886 | (7,430) | ||||
Change in the fair value of contingent consideration |
| 700 |
| 1,500 | (800) | ||||
Tangible asset impairment and losses (gains) on transactions, net | 1,844 | — | 1,844 | ||||||
Interest expense, net |
| (41,609) |
| (28,160) | (13,449) | ||||
Other expense, net |
| (1,872) |
| (20,266) | 18,394 | ||||
Income tax (expense) benefit | (8,663) | 33,620 | (42,283) | ||||||
Net product revenues. Net product revenues were $135.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $8.6 million, or 6%, from $144.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in net product revenue was primarily due to a decrease in net product sales of Emflaza, offset by an increase in net product sales of Translarna. Emflaza net product revenues were $51.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $15.5 million, or 23%, compared to $67.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. These results were driven by the expiration of Emflaza’s orphan drug exclusivity in February 2024. Translarna net product revenues were $72.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $3.3 million, or 5%, compared to $69.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. These results were due to the timing of bulk patient orders.
Royalty revenue. Royalty revenue was $61.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $11.2 million, or 22%, from $50.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increase in royalty revenue was due to higher Evrysdi sales in the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023. In accordance with the SMA License Agreement, we are entitled to royalties on worldwide annual net sales of the product.
Manufacturing revenue. Manufacturing revenues were $0.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $2.4 million, or 100%, from $2.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease was due to no manufacturing services related to the production of plasmid DNA and AAV vectors for gene therapy applications for external customers being performed in the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023. In June 2024, we sold our gene therapy manufacturing business in Hopewell Township, New Jersey. Accordingly, we do not expect to have manufacturing revenue going forward.
Cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets. Cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets were $10.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $1.4 million, or 14%, from $9.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Cost of product sales consisted primarily of royalty payments associated with Emflaza, Translarna, and Upstaza net product sales, costs associated with Emflaza, Translarna, and Upstaza products sold during the period, and royalty expense related to royalty revenues and collaboration milestone revenues. The increase in cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible asset, was primarily due to increases in royalty costs driven by Emflaza. As of February 2024, the Emflaza rights intangible
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asset was fully amortized, therefore, milestones are recorded on the consolidated statement of operations within cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets from February 2024 onward.
Amortization of acquired intangible assets. Amortization of acquired intangible assets were $3.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $55.6 million, or 95%, from $58.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. These amounts are related to the Emflaza rights acquisition, as well as the Waylivra, Tegsedi, and Upstaza intangible assets, which are all being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. The amortization decrease was driven by the Emflaza rights intangible asset being fully amortized as of February 2024, therefore, milestones are recorded on the consolidated statement of operations within cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets from February 2024 onward.
Research and development expense. Research and development expense was $161.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $2.8 million, or 2%, from $164.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in research and development expenses reflected strategic portfolio prioritization as we continued to focus our resources on our differentiated, high potential research and development programs. Research and development expense also included a total of $50.0 million regulatory success-based milestones payable to the former Censa securityholders for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to no expenses related to milestones achieved in the three months ended September 30, 2023.
Selling, general and administrative expense. Selling, general and administrative expense was $73.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $7.4 million, or 9%, from $80.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease reflected lower employee costs as a result of the reduction in workforce in 2023.
Change in the fair value of contingent consideration. The change in the fair value of contingent consideration was a loss of $0.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $0.8 million, or 53%, from a loss of $1.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The change was related to the fair valuation of the potential future consideration to be paid to former equityholders of Agilis as a result of our merger with Agilis which closed in August 2018. Changes in the fair value were due to the re-calculation of discounted cash flows for the passage of time and changes to certain other estimated assumptions.
Tangible asset impairment and losses (gains) on transactions, net. Tangible asset impairment and losses (gains) on transactions, net was $1.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $1.8 million, or 100%, from $0.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. This increase was primarily related to a $1.3 million loss for fixed asset impairments related to the South Plainfield, New Jersey office closure in August 2024, as well as a $0.5 million loss on sales of fixed assets.
Interest expense, net. Interest expense, net was $41.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $13.4 million, or 48%, from $28.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increase in interest expense, net was primarily due to interest expense recorded from the liability for the sale of future royalties related to the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement, offset by a decrease in interest expense due to the termination of our Blackstone Credit Agreement.
Other expense, net. Other expense was $1.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $18.4 million, or 91%, from other expense, net of $20.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in other expense, net primarily related to net unrealized and realized gains of $4.6 million on our ClearPoint Neuro. Inc. equity investments and convertible debt security, offset by net realized and unrealized foreign exchange losses of $6.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Other expense, net for the three months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily related to realized and unrealized foreign exchange losses of $16.4 million, and unrealized losses on our equity investments in ClearPoint Neuro, Inc. of $2.0 million and unrealized losses on our convertible debt security in ClearPoint Neuro, Inc. of $3.1 million, offset by unrealized gains of $1.1 million on marketable securities – equity investments.
Income tax (expense) benefit. Income tax expense was $8.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, a change of $42.3 million, or over 100%, compared to income tax benefit of $33.6 million for the three months ended
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September 30, 2023. The change in income tax (expense) benefit was attributable to the recognition of the revenue associated with the Royalty Pharma agreement of 2023. Additionally, we incur income tax expenses in various foreign jurisdictions, and our foreign tax liabilities are largely dependent upon the distribution of pre-tax earnings among these different jurisdictions.
Nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to nine months ended September 30, 2023
The following table summarizes revenues and selected expense and other income data for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.
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Net product revenue | $ | 446,245 | $ | 506,187 | $ | (59,942) | |||
Collaboration revenue |
| — |
| 6 | (6) | ||||
Royalty revenue | 145,702 | 117,857 | 27,845 | ||||||
Manufacturing revenue | 1,661 | 6,716 | (5,055) | ||||||
Cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets |
| 41,115 |
| 36,368 | 4,747 | ||||
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
| 57,431 |
| 145,461 | (88,030) | ||||
Research and development expense |
| 409,710 |
| 545,210 | (135,500) | ||||
Selling, general and administrative expense |
| 216,228 |
| 256,249 | (40,021) | ||||
Change in the fair value of contingent consideration |
| 5,700 |
| (125,000) | 130,700 | ||||
Intangible asset impairment | — | 217,800 | (217,800) | ||||||
Tangible asset impairment and losses (gains) on transactions, net | 3,605 | — | 3,605 | ||||||
Interest expense, net |
| (125,933) |
| (84,905) | (41,028) | ||||
Other expense, net |
| (2,306) |
| (8,832) | 6,526 | ||||
Income tax (expense) benefit | (28,989) | 68,247 | (97,236) | ||||||
Net product revenues. Net product revenues were $446.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $59.9 million, or 12%, from $506.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in net product revenue was primarily due to a decrease in net product sales of Translarna and Emflaza. Translarna net product revenues were $246.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $34.4 million, or 12%, compared to $280.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. These results were due to the timing of bulk patient orders. Emflaza net product revenues were $156.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $31.0 million, or 17%, compared to $187.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. These results were driven by the expiration of Emflaza’s orphan drug exclusivity in February 2024.
Collaboration revenue. Collaboration revenue was $0.0 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $6.0 thousand, or 100%, from $6.0 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. No milestones were triggered in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. The activity for collaboration revenue was immaterial for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Royalty revenue. Royalty revenue was $145.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $27.8 million, or 24%, from $117.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase in royalty revenue was due to higher Evrysdi sales in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023. In accordance with the SMA License Agreement, we are entitled to royalties on worldwide annual net sales of the product.
Manufacturing revenue. Manufacturing revenues were $1.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $5.1 million, or 75%, from $6.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease was due to less manufacturing services related to the production of plasmid DNA and AAV vectors for gene therapy applications for external customers being performed in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the nine months
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ended September 30, 2023. In June 2024, we sold our gene therapy manufacturing business in Hopewell Township, New Jersey. Accordingly, we do not expect to have manufacturing revenue going forward.
Cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets. Cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets were $41.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $4.7 million, or 13%, from $36.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Cost of product sales consisted primarily of royalty payments associated with Emflaza, Translarna, and Upstaza net product sales, costs associated with Emflaza, Translarna, and Upstaza products sold during the period, and royalty expense related to royalty revenues and collaboration milestone revenues. The increase in cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets, was primarily due to increases in royalty costs driven by Emflaza. As of February 2024, the Emflaza rights intangible asset was fully amortized, therefore, milestones are recorded on the consolidated statement of operations within cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets from February 2024 onward.
Amortization of acquired intangible assets. Amortization of acquired intangible assets were $57.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $88.0 million, or 61%, from $145.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. These amounts are related to the Emflaza rights acquisition, as well as the Waylivra, Tegsedi, and Upstaza intangible assets, which are all being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. The amortization decrease was driven by the Emflaza rights intangible asset being fully amortized as of February 2024, therefore, milestones are recorded on the consolidated statement of operations within cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets from February 2024 onward.
Research and development expense. Research and development expense was $409.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $135.5 million, or 25%, from $545.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in research and development expenses reflected strategic portfolio prioritization as we continued to focus our resources on our differentiated, high potential research and development programs. Research and development expense also included a total of $65.0 million regulatory success-based milestones payable to the former Censa securityholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Research and development expense included the achievement of a $30.0 million success-based development milestone for the completion of enrollment of a Phase 3 clinical trial for sepiapterin for PKU for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Selling, general and administrative expense. Selling, general and administrative expense was $216.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $40.0 million, or 16%, from $256.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease reflected lower employee costs as a result of the reduction in workforce in 2023.
Change in the fair value of contingent consideration. The change in the fair value of contingent consideration was a loss of $5.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a change of $130.7 million, or over 100%, from a gain of $125.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The change was primarily related to our strategic portfolio prioritization and decision to discontinue our preclinical and early research programs in our gene therapy platform, which included Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome, which was announced in May 2023. As a result, we fully impaired the Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome intangible assets and determined that the fair value for all of the contingent consideration payable related to Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome was $0. As a result, we recorded a fair value change of $129.8 million for the contingent consideration related to Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Intangible asset impairment. Intangible asset impairment was $0.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $217.8 million, or 100%, from intangible asset impairment of $217.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The change was due to our strategic portfolio prioritization and decision to discontinue our preclinical and early research programs in our gene therapy platform, which included Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome, which was announced in May 2023. As a result, we fully impaired the Friedreich ataxia and Angelman syndrome intangible assets and recorded impairment expense of $217.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Tangible asset impairment and losses (gains) on transactions, net. Tangible asset impairment and losses (gains) on transactions, net was $3.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $3.6 million, or 100%, from $0.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase was due to a $4.4 million loss primarily
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related to the sale of certain assets for gene therapy manufacturing, and a $1.5 million loss primarily related to fixed asset impairments in connection with the South Plainfield, New Jersey office closure in August 2024. These amounts were partially offset by a gain of $2.2 million on lease terminations and a $0.1 million gain on sales of fixed assets.
Interest expense, net. Interest expense, net was $125.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $41.0 million, or 48%, from $84.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase in interest expense, net was primarily due to interest expense recorded from the liability for the sale of future royalties related to the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement, offset by a decrease in interest expense due to the termination of our Blackstone Credit Agreement.
Other expense, net. Other expense, net was $2.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a decrease of $6.5 million, or 74%, from other expense of $8.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in other expense primarily related to net realized and unrealized losses from foreign currency of $3.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, offset by net unrealized and realized gains on our ClearPoint Neuro, Inc. convertible debt security and equity investments of $1.4 million. Other expense, net for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily related to realized and unrealized foreign exchange losses of $5.2 million and unrealized and realized losses, net, on our equity investments in ClearPoint Neuro, Inc. of $3.9 million and unrealized losses on our convertible debt security in ClearPoint Neuro, Inc. of $4.6 million. These expenses were offset by unrealized gains of $5.5 million on marketable securities – equity investments for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Income tax (expense) benefit. Income tax expense was $29.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a change of $97.2 million, or over 100%, compared to income tax benefit of $68.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The change in income tax expense (benefit) was attributable to the recognition of the revenue associated with the Royalty Pharma agreement of 2023. Additionally, we incur income tax expenses in various foreign jurisdictions, and our foreign tax liabilities are largely dependent upon the distribution of pre-tax earnings among these different jurisdictions.
Liquidity and capital resources
Sources of liquidity
Since inception, we have incurred significant operating losses.
As a growing commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, we are engaging in significant commercialization efforts for our products while also devoting a substantial portion of our efforts on research and development related to our products, product candidates and other programs. To date, our product revenue has primarily consisted of sales of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD in territories outside of the United States and from Emflaza for the treatment of DMD in the United States. Our ongoing ability to generate revenue from sales of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD is dependent upon our ability to maintain our marketing authorizations in Brazil, Russia and in the EEA and secure market access through commercial programs following the conclusion of pricing and reimbursement terms at sustainable levels in the member states of the EEA or through EAP programs or similar styled programs in the EEA and other territories. In January 2024, the CHMP issued a negative opinion for the renewal of the conditional marketing authorization following a re-examination procedure. In May 2024, the EC decided not to adopt the CHMP’s negative opinion for the renewal of the conditional marketing authorization of Translarna and returned such opinion to the CHMP for re-evaluation. In June 2024, following the EC’s request for re-review, the CHMP issued a negative opinion on the renewal of the conditional marketing authorization of Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD. On October 18, 2024, the CHMP maintained its negative opinion for the renewal of the conditional marketing authorization following the requested reexamination procedure. In accordance with EMA regulations, the opinion will be reviewed by the EC which is expected to decide on opinion adoption approximately 67 days from the date of issuance. If the EC adopts the negative opinion, Translarna would no longer have marketing authorization in the member states of the EEA. The marketing authorization for Translarna remains in effect, pending the EC’s potential adoption of the negative opinion. Based on the timeline of these procedures, we expect the marketing authorization for Translarna to remain in effect approximately through the end of 2024. We are exploring other potential mechanisms by which we may provide Translarna to nmDMD patients in the EEA if the negative opinion is adopted by the EC. Emflaza is approved in the United States for the treatment of DMD in patients two years and older.
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Our ability to generate product revenue from Emflaza will largely depend on the coverage and reimbursement levels set by governmental authorities, private health insurers and other third-party payors. Additionally, Emflaza’s seven-year period of orphan drug exclusivity related to the treatment of DMD in patients five years and older expired in February 2024. We have previously relied on this exclusivity period to commercialize Emflaza in the United States. We expect the expiration of this orphan drug exclusivity to have a significant negative impact on Emflaza net product revenue. Emflaza’s orphan drug exclusivity related to the treatment of DMD in patients two years of age to less than five expires in June 2026.
We have historically financed our operations primarily through the issuance and sale of our common stock in public offerings, our “at the market offering” of our common stock, proceeds from the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement, the private placements of our preferred stock, collaborations, bank and institutional lender debt, private offerings of convertible senior notes and convertible debt financings and grants and clinical trial support from governmental and philanthropic organizations and patient advocacy groups in the disease areas addressed by our product candidates. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses for at least the next fiscal year. The net losses we incur may fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter.
In August 2019, we entered into the Sales Agreement, pursuant to which, we may offer and sell shares of our common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $125.0 million from time to time through the Sales Agents by any method that is deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act. See “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Corporate Updates—Funding” for additional information.
In September 2019, we closed a private offering of $287.5 million aggregate principal amount of 1.50% convertible senior notes due 2026 including the full exercise by the initial purchasers of an option to purchase an additional $37.5 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Convertible Notes. The 2026 Convertible Notes bear cash interest at a rate of 1.50% per year, payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2020. The 2026 Convertible Notes will mature on September 15, 2026, unless earlier repurchased or converted. We received net proceeds of $279.3 million after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions and the offering expenses payable by us.
In October 2022, we entered into the Blackstone Credit Agreement for fundings of up to $950.0 million consisting of a committed loan facility funded on the Closing Date, in the aggregate principal amount of $300.0 million, and a delayed draw term loan facility of up to $150.0 million to be funded at our request within 18 months of the Closing Date subject to specified conditions, and further contemplating the potential for up to $500.0 million of additional financing, to the extent that we request such additional financing and subject to the Lenders’ agreement to provide such additional financing and to mutual agreement on terms. In October 2023, we terminated the Blackstone Credit Agreement. All liens and security interests securing the loans made pursuant to the Blackstone Credit Agreement were released upon termination.
We have received fundings from Royalty Pharma under the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement in July 2020, October 2023 and June 2024 totaling $1.9 billion (less Royalty payments received by us with respect to the Assigned Royalty Rights). In exchange for these fundings, we sold Royalty Pharma 90.49% of the Royalty, which will be reduced to 83.33% after Royalty Pharma receives $1.3 billion in aggregate payments, or the Assigned Royalty Cap, from the Royalty assigned under the Original Royalty Purchase Agreement. We currently retain 9.51% of the Royalty, which increases to 16.67% after the Assigned Royalty Cap has been met. We have the option to sell our retained portions of the Royalty to Royalty Pharma in up to three tranches for the following payments: (1) $100.0 million in exchange for 3.81% of the Royalty, which increases to 6.67% after the Assigned Royalty Cap has been met, (2) $100.0 million in exchange for 3.81% of the Royalty, which increases to 6.67% after the Assigned Royalty Cap has been met, and (3) $50.0 million in exchange for 1.90% of the Royalty, which increases to 3.33% after the Assigned Royalty Cap has been met, in each case less Royalty payments received by us with respect to the Assigned Royalty Rights.
The A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement includes specified negative and affirmative covenants with respect to our rights under the SMA License Agreement as well as other customary representations and warranties, covenants and other provisions. The A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement will terminate 60 days following the date on which Roche is no longer obligated to make any payments of the Royalty pursuant to the SMA License Agreement.
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Cash flows
As of September 30, 2024, we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.01 billion.
The following table provides information regarding our cash flows and our capital expenditures for the periods indicated.
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September 30, | |||||
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| 2024 |
| 2023 | |
Cash (used in) provided by: |
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Operating activities | (77,684) | (58,130) | |||
Investing activities | (223,530) | (82,319) | |||
Financing activities | 229,395 | 25,915 | |||
Net cash used in operating activities was $77.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, and $58.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily related to spend supporting clinical development and commercial activities, partially offset by the cash received from the sales milestone of $100.0 million for the achievement of $1.5 billion in worldwide net sales from Evrysdi. The net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 primarily related to supporting clinical development and commercial activities.
Net cash used in investing activities was $223.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, and $82.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily related to the acquisition of product rights, purchases of marketable securities, and purchases of fixed assets, partially offset by net sales and redemption of marketable securities, proceeds from sales of fixed assets and proceeds from principal payment of the ClearPoint convertible debt security. Cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, was primarily related to the acquisition of product rights, purchases of marketable securities-equity investments, and purchases of fixed assets, partially offset by net sales and redemption of marketable securities.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $229.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, and $25.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was primarily attributable to proceeds from sales of future royalties, proceeds from our employee stock purchase plan, and proceeds from the exercise of options, partially offset by payments on our finance lease principal and payments on contingent consideration. Cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily attributable to cash received from the exercise of options, and proceeds from our employee stock purchase plan, partially offset by payments on our finance lease principal and debt issuance costs related to the senior secured term loan.
Funding requirements
We anticipate that we will continue to incur significant expenses in connection with our commercialization efforts in the United States, the EEA, Latin America and other territories, including expenses related to our commercial infrastructure and corresponding sales and marketing, legal and regulatory, and distribution and manufacturing undertakings as well as administrative and employee-based expenses. In addition to the foregoing, we expect to continue to incur significant costs in connection with ongoing, planned and potential future clinical trials and studies for sepiapterin and our splicing and ferroptosis and inflammation programs as well as studies in our products for maintaining authorizations, label extensions and additional indications. We continue to seek marketing authorization for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD in territories that we do not currently have marketing authorization in. Additionally, the CHMP maintained its negative opinion for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD following the request for re-examination procedure. In accordance with EMA regulations, the opinion will be reviewed by the EC, which is expected to decide on opinion adoption approximately 67 days from the date of issuance. We are exploring other potential mechanisms by which we may provide Translarna to nmDMD patients in the EEA if the negative opinion is adopted by the EC. In March 2024, we submitted a BLA to the FDA for our gene therapy for the treatment of AADC deficiency in the United States. In May 2024, the FDA
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accepted the filing of the BLA and granted priority review with a target regulatory action date of November 13, 2024. Also in March 2024, we submitted an MAA to the EMA for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU, which was validated and accepted for review by the EMA in May 2024. In July 2024, we submitted an NDA to the FDA for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU. In September 2024, the FDA accepted for filing the NDA, with a target regulatory action date of July 29, 2025. These efforts may significantly impact the timing and extent of our commercialization and manufacturing expenses.
In addition, our expenses will increase if and as we:
| ● | seek to satisfy contractual and regulatory obligations that we assumed through our acquisitions and collaborations; |
| ● | execute our commercialization strategy for our products, including initial commercialization launches of our products, label extensions or entering new markets; |
| ● | are required to complete any additional clinical trials, non-clinical studies or Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls, or CMC, assessments or analyses in order to advance Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD in the United States or elsewhere; |
| ● | are required to take other steps to maintain our current marketing authorization in the EEA, Brazil and Russia for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD or to obtain further marketing authorizations for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD or other indications; |
| ● | initiate or continue the research and development of sepiapterin and our splicing and ferroptosis and inflammation programs as well as studies in our products for maintaining authorizations, label extensions and additional indications; |
| ● | seek to discover and develop additional product candidates; |
| ● | seek to expand and diversify our product pipeline through strategic transactions; |
| ● | maintain, expand and protect our intellectual property portfolio; and |
| ● | add operational, financial and management information systems and personnel, including personnel to support our product development and commercialization efforts. |
We believe that our cash flows from product sales, together with existing cash and cash equivalents, and marketable securities, will be sufficient to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next twelve months. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could use our capital resources sooner than we currently expect.
Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:
| ● | our ability to maintain our marketing authorization for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD in the EEA following the CHMP’s negative opinion on the conditional marketing authorization and the EC’s potential adoption of the negative opinion or identify other potential mechanisms by which we may provide Translarna to nmDMD patients in the EEA; |
| ● | our ability to maintain the marketing authorization for Translarna and our other products in territories outside of the EEA; |
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| ● | our ability to commercialize and market our products and product candidates that may receive marketing authorization; |
| ● | our ability to negotiate, secure and maintain adequate pricing, coverage and reimbursement terms, on a timely basis, with third-party payors for our products and products candidates; |
| ● | the amount of generic drug competition that we face for Emflaza following its loss of orphan drug exclusivity related to the treatment of DMD in patients five years and older; |
| ● | our ability to obtain marketing authorization for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU in the United States and EEA; |
| ● | our ability to obtain marketing authorization for our gene therapy for the treatment of AADC deficiency in the United States; |
| ● | the costs, timing and outcome of our efforts to advance Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD in the United States, including, whether we will be required to perform additional clinical trials, non-clinical studies or CMC assessments or analyses at significant cost which, if successful, may support approval of Translarna for nmDMD in the United States; |
| ● | unexpected decreases in revenue or increase in expenses resulting from potential widespread outbreaks of contagious disease, such as COVID-19; |
| ● | our ability to successfully complete all post-marketing requirements imposed by regulatory agencies with respect to our products; |
| ● | the progress and results of activities for sepiapterin and our splicing and ferroptosis and inflammation programs as well as studies in our products for maintaining authorizations, label extensions and additional indications; |
| ● | the scope, costs and timing of our commercialization activities, including product sales, marketing, legal, regulatory, distribution and manufacturing, for any of our products and for any of our other product candidates that may receive marketing authorization or any additional territories in which we receive authorization to market Translarna; |
| ● | the costs, timing and outcome of regulatory review of sepiapterin and our splicing and ferroptosis and inflammation programs and Translarna and Upstaza in other territories; |
| ● | our ability to satisfy our obligations under the indenture governing the 2026 Convertible Notes; |
| ● | the timing and scope of any potential future growth in our employee base; |
| ● | the scope, progress, results and costs of preclinical development, laboratory testing and clinical trials for our other product candidates, including those in our splicing and ferroptosis and inflammation programs; |
| ● | revenue received from commercial sales of our products or any of our product candidates; |
| ● | our ability to obtain additional and maintain existing reimbursed named patient and cohort EAP programs for Translarna for the treatment of nmDMD on adequate terms, or at all; |
| ● | the ability and willingness of patients and healthcare professionals to access Translarna through alternative means if pricing and reimbursement negotiations in the applicable territory do not have a positive outcome; |
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| ● | our ability to satisfy our obligations under the terms of our lease agreements; |
| ● | the costs of preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications, maintaining, and protecting our intellectual property rights and defending against intellectual property-related claims; |
| ● | the extent to which we acquire or invest in other businesses, products, product candidates, and technologies, including the success of any acquisition, in-licensing or other strategic transaction we may pursue, and the costs of subsequent development requirements and commercialization efforts, including with respect to our acquisitions of Emflaza, Agilis, our ferroptosis and inflammation platform and Censa and our licensing of Tegsedi and Waylivra; and |
| ● | our ability to establish and maintain collaborations, including our collaborations with Roche and the SMA Foundation, and our ability to obtain research funding and achieve milestones under these agreements. |
With respect to our outstanding 2026 Convertible Notes, cash interest payments are payable on a semi-annual basis in arrears, which will require total funding of $4.3 million annually.
In March 2024, we submitted a BLA to the FDA for our gene therapy for the treatment of AADC deficiency in the United States. Pursuant to the Censa Merger Agreement, the acceptance triggered a $15.0 million regulatory milestone to the former Censa securityholders, which was recorded in research and development expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. As of September 30, 2024, the $15.0 million milestone was paid. In July 2024, we announced the submission of an NDA to the FDA for sepiapterin for the treatment of pediatric and adult patients with PKU, including the full spectrum of ages and disease subtypes. Pursuant to the Censa Merger Agreement, the decision to submit the NDA triggered a $25.0 million regulatory milestone to the former Censa securityholders. In September 2024, we announced the FDA acceptance for filing of the NDA. Pursuant to the Censa Merger Agreement, the acceptance triggered a $25.0 million regulatory milestone to the former Censa securityholders. Together, the $50.0 million of regulatory milestones were recorded in research and development expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and are recorded in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2024.
In March 2024, we submitted a BLA to the FDA for our gene therapy for the treatment of AADC deficiency in the United States. In May 2024, the FDA accepted the filing for the BLA and granted priority review with a target regulatory action date of November 13, 2024. As a result of the acceptance, we paid a $20.0 million milestone payment to former equity holders of Agilis, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. As of September 30, 2024, the remaining potential regulatory milestones we expect to achieve is $11.1 million, and the remaining potential sales milestones we expect to achieve is $50.0 million, both of which relate solely to Upstaza.
We also have certain significant contractual obligations and commercial commitments that require funding and we have disclosed these items under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Funding Obligations” in our 2023 Annual Report. There were no material changes to these obligations and commitments during the period ended September 30, 2024.
We have never been profitable and we will need to generate significant revenues to achieve and sustain profitability, and we may never do so. We may need to obtain substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations. Until such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial product revenues, we expect to finance our cash needs primarily through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, strategic alliances, grants and clinical trial support from governmental and philanthropic organizations and patient advocacy groups in the disease areas addressed by our product and product candidates and marketing, distribution or licensing arrangements. Adequate additional financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, our shareholders ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our common stockholders. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. If we raise additional funds through collaborations, strategic alliances or marketing, distribution or licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to
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relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or product candidates or to grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us.
If we are unable to raise additional funds through equity, debt or other financings when needed or on attractive terms, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development or commercialization efforts or grant rights to develop and market product candidates that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
During the period ended September 30, 2024, there were no material changes in our market risk or how our market risk is managed, compared to those disclosed under the heading “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” in our 2023 Annual Report.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2024. The term “disclosure controls and procedures”, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2024, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
No change in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2024 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
From time to time in the ordinary course of our business, we are subject to claims, legal proceedings and disputes, including as a result of patients seeking to participate in our clinical trials or otherwise gain access to our product candidates. We are not currently aware of any material legal proceedings to which we are a party or of which any of our property is subject.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
We have set forth in Item 1A to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, risk factors relating to our business, our industry, our structure and our common stock. Readers of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are referred to such Item 1A for a more complete understanding of risks concerning us.
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Item 5. Other Information.
On November 5, 2024, William F. Bell, Jr., a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), notified the Company of his resignation from the Board and the Compensation Committee thereof, effective as of November 7, 2024. Mr. Bell has informed the Company that his decision is based on his need to focus on other commitments and was not due to any disagreement with the Company.
Director and Officer Trading Arrangements
A portion of the compensation of our directors and officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act) is in the form of equity awards and, from time to time, directors and officers engage in open-market transactions with respect to the securities acquired pursuant to such equity awards or other Company securities, including to satisfy tax withholding obligations when equity awards vest or are exercised, and for diversification or other personal reasons.
Transactions in Company securities by directors and officers are required to be made in accordance with our insider trading policy, which requires that the transactions be in accordance with applicable U.S. federal securities laws that prohibit trading while in possession of material nonpublic information. Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act provides an affirmative defense that enables directors and officers to prearrange transactions in Company securities in a manner that avoids concerns about initiating transactions while in possession of material nonpublic information.
The following table describes, for the quarterly period covered by this report, each trading arrangement for the sale or purchase of Company securities
Name | Action Taken | Type of Trading | Nature of Trading | Duration of Trading | Aggregate Number |
Adoption | Sale | Until | Up to | ||
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Item 6. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number |
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31.1* |
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31.2* |
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32.1* |
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32.2* |
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101.INS* |
| Inline XBRL Instance Document |
101.SCH* |
| Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
101.CAL* |
| Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
101.LAB* |
| Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Database |
101.PRE* |
| Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
101.DEF* |
| Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
104 | The cover page from this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, formatted in Inline XBRL |
* Submitted electronically herewith.
In accordance with SEC Release 33-8238, Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 are being furnished and not filed.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: November 7, 2024 | By: | /s/ Pierre Gravier |
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