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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 29, 2020

ALKERMES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Ireland

 

001-35299

 

98-1007018

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connaught House , 1 Burlington Road

Dublin 4 , Ireland D04 C5Y6

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: + 353 - 1-772-8000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Ordinary shares, $0.01 par value

 

ALKS

 

Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

 

 

Emerging growth company  

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 


 

Item 2.02 Results of Operatio ns and Financial Condition.

On April 29, 2020, Alkermes plc (the “Company”) announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and withdrew its financial expectations for the year ending December 31, 2020 due to uncertainties relating to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its operating and financial results. Copies of the related press release and the investor presentation to be displayed during the Company’s conference call on April 29, 2020 discussing such financial results and withdrawal of financial expectations for the year ending December 31, 2020 are furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively. This information, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release issued by Alkermes plc dated April 29, 2020 announcing financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and withdrawal of financial expectations for the year ending December 31, 2020.

99.2

 

Investor presentation to be displayed by Alkermes plc on April 29 , 2020.

104

 

Cover page interactive data file (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

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SIGNA TURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

ALKERMES PLC

 

 

Date: April 29, 2020

By:

 

/s/ James M. Frates

 

 

 

James M. Frates

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

Alkermes Contacts:

 

 

For Investors:

Sandy Coombs     +1 781 609 6377

 

For Media:  

Eva Stroynowski +1 781 609 6823

 

Alkermes Plc Reports First Quarter 2020 Financial Results and Provides COVID-19 Related Business Update

— First Quarter Revenues of $246.2 Million, Primarily Driven by 30% Year-Over-Year Growth of Proprietary Product Net Sales

— Company Reports Diluted GAAP Net Loss per Share of $0.24 and Diluted Non-GAAP
Earnings per Share of $0.01

Company Withdraws Previously Provided 2020 Financial Expectations Due to COVID-19 Uncertainties

 

DUBLIN, Ireland, Apr. 29, 2020 Alkermes plc (Nasdaq: ALKS) today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2020, and provided commentary related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the business.

 

“In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Alkermes has adapted our business practices so that we can both continue to operate safely and meet our public health responsibilities. People living with serious mental illness and addiction have an ongoing need for their medicines and care, yet many are facing challenges in accessing their caregivers and the healthcare system,” said Richard Pops, Chief Executive Officer of Alkermes. “We immediately mobilized to change the way we do business to protect the health and wellbeing of our employees and maintain business continuity, including preserving our ability to provide uninterrupted supply of the medicines we manufacture. I am grateful and proud of the resiliency and adaptability demonstrated by employees across the company. In the next stage of our response, we are focusing on how we can learn from the challenges posed by this pandemic and be creative in developing new best practices that have the potential to have a lasting positive impact on our business.”

 

“We entered 2020 with clear operational objectives: drive the growth of VIVITROL ® and ARISTADA ® ; prepare for the potential approval and launch of ALKS 3831; and advance our research and development portfolio, including the clinical development program for ALKS 4230 in oncology. We have made progress against all these objectives and our first quarter results reflect solid commercial execution for our proprietary products,” continued Mr. Pops. “We will continue to adapt as needed in this dynamic environment to advance these key priorities. ALKS 4230 and ALKS 3831 represent the next major potential value drivers for the business. The potential of ALKS 4230 continues to be supported by the accumulating clinical data across our studies of both intravenous and subcutaneous administration in monotherapy and combination settings. We look forward to sharing data at a medical meeting later this year. For ALKS 3831, we will be finalizing our commercial launch planning as we approach the November 2020 PDUFA date. ALKS 3831 offers an important opportunity to drive operating leverage and efficiencies related to our existing psychiatry commercial infrastructure and drive long-term profitability.”

 

Quarter Ended March 31, 2020 Financial Highlights

 

Total revenues for the quarter were $246.2 million. This compared to $223.1 million for the same period in the prior year.

 

Net loss according to generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (GAAP) was $38.7 million for the quarter, or a basic and diluted GAAP net loss per share of $0.24. This compared to GAAP net loss of $96.4 million, or a basic and diluted GAAP net loss per share of $0.62, for the same period in the prior year.

 

Non-GAAP net income was $1.7 million for the quarter, or a non-GAAP basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.01. This compared to non-GAAP net loss of $26.0 million, or a non-GAAP basic and diluted net loss per share of $0.17, for the same period in the prior year.


 

Quarter Ended March 31, 2020 Financial Results

Revenues

 

Net sales of proprietary products were $129.7 million, compared to $99.5 million for the same period in the prior year.

 

o

Net sales of VIVITROL were $78.8 million, compared to $69.2 million for the same period in the prior year, representing an increase of approximately 14%.

 

o

Net sales of ARISTADA 1    were $51.0 million, compared to $30.3 million for the same period in the prior year, representing an increase of approximately 68%.

 

Manufacturing and royalty revenues were $116.3 million, compared to $108.9 million for the same period in the prior year.

 

o

Manufacturing and royalty revenues from RISPERDAL CONSTA ® , INVEGA SUSTENNA ® /XEPLION ® and INVEGA TRINZA ® /TREVICTA ® were $82.2 million, compared to $75.6 million for the same period in the prior year.

 

Costs and Expenses

 

Total operating expenses were $283.6 million, compared to $299.1 million for the same period in the prior year.

 

o

Research and Development (R&D) expenses were $93.3 million, compared to $102.6 million for the same period in the prior year.

 

o

Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) expenses were $133.4 million, compared to $141.2 million for the same period in the prior year.

 

Balance Sheet

 

At March 31, 2020, Alkermes recorded cash, cash equivalents and total investments of $549.7 million, compared to $614.4 million at Dec. 31, 2019. Cash on hand at March 31, 2020 significantly exceeded the company’s total debt outstanding of $276.6 million under its term loan, which matures in March 2023.

 

“Our first quarter results were slightly ahead of expectations, reflecting 30% year-over-year growth in net sales of our proprietary products, and continued focus on advancing our pipeline of novel oncology and neuroscience candidates,” commented James Frates, Chief Financial Officer of Alkermes. “Due to the uncertain duration and extent of COVID-19 disruptions to the healthcare system, including patient access to treatment, we cannot reliably estimate the future impact that COVID-19 may have on our business and are withdrawing our 2020 financial expectations at this time. We remain focused on driving the growth of VIVITROL and ARISTADA, advancing our research and development activities, and maintaining disciplined expense management. We believe Alkermes is financially well-positioned, with sufficient capital and liquidity to weather the impacts of this pandemic. We will continue to take proactive steps to help ensure business continuity and advance our business objectives.”

 

Financial Expectations for 2020

Due to uncertainties regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Alkermes’ operating and financial results, Alkermes withdraws the financial expectations for 2020 set forth in its press release dated Feb. 13, 2020. The company expects that the extent of the impact of COVID-19 on its business will be driven primarily by the severity and duration of the pandemic. While the company has adopted practices to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 disruptions, at this time, it is unable to reasonably estimate the impact of the pandemic on future results.

 

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COVID-19 Update

Protection of Employee Well-Being

 

The company has instituted a global remote work policy that will continue until further notice for those employees who can work remotely, including field-based employees. For those manufacturing and lab-based employees who work on critical research and manufacturing tasks, the company has instituted additional equipment, sanitization and physical distancing practices to help protect their health and safety as they continue to advance important research and deliver medicines for patients.

Manufacturing & Supply

 

At this time, the company continues to operate its manufacturing facilities in Wilmington, Ohio and Athlone, Ireland and does not anticipate any interruptions in its ability to supply commercial product to the patients that rely on VIVITROL, ARISTADA and the third-party products it manufactures, and investigational product for ongoing clinical trials. Together with its critical supply chain vendors, the company is working to continually assess and mitigate the potential impact of COVID-19 on Alkermes’ manufacturing operations.

Supporting Patients & Healthcare Providers

 

The company has taken action to support people living with schizophrenia, opioid dependence and alcohol dependence and help assure that they have access to the information, resources and medicines that may assist in their treatment. To support these efforts, the company is:

 

o

identifying new healthcare providers who are currently available to administer injections of its medicines, including appropriate retail pharmacies and clinics;

 

o

updating the provider locators on VIVITROL.com and ARISTADA.com with information on these healthcare providers and injection sites; and

 

o

working closely with healthcare providers, including pharmacies, and payers to help navigate new challenges that may arise for patients in accessing their prescribed medications.

 

For the safety of employees and in consideration of national and local guidelines, in mid-March the company suspended all in-person meetings and interactions with the healthcare community for field-based sales personnel. The company remains dedicated to supporting the needs of healthcare providers and patients through virtual interactions.

Research and Development

 

Clinical trials: The company has been in frequent communication with investigators regarding the impact of the current environment on the conduct of its ongoing clinical trials and is focused on supporting treatment continuity and ensuring patient safety. While COVID-19 has impacted timelines of certain clinical trials, ongoing studies are continuing with the appropriate precautions, managed in consultation with investigators and academic institutions.

 

Regulatory: At this time, the company continues its regulatory activities relating to ALKS 3831, including preparation for an Advisory Committee meeting in advance of the November 2020 Prescription Drug User Fee Act (“PDUFA”) target action date for ALKS 3831.

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Conference Call

Alkermes will host a conference call and webcast presentation with accompanying slides at 8:00 a.m. ET (1:00 p.m. BST) on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, to discuss these financial results and provide an update on the company. The webcast may be accessed on the Investors section of Alkermes’ website at www.alkermes.com. The conference call may be accessed by dialing +1 877 407 2988 for U.S. callers and +1 201 389 0923 for international callers. In addition, a replay of the conference call will be available from 11:00 a.m. ET (4:00 p.m. BST) on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, through Wednesday, May 6, 2020, and may be accessed by visiting Alkermes’ website or by dialing +1 877 660 6853 for U.S. callers and +1 201 612 7415 for international callers. The replay conference ID is 13701480.

 

About Alkermes plc

Alkermes plc is a fully integrated, global biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines in the fields of neuroscience and oncology. The company has a portfolio of proprietary commercial products focused on addiction and schizophrenia, and a pipeline of product candidates in development for schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder, neurodegenerative disorders and cancer. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Alkermes plc has an R&D center in Waltham, Massachusetts; a research and manufacturing facility in Athlone, Ireland; and a manufacturing facility in Wilmington, Ohio. For more information, please visit Alkermes’ website at www.alkermes.com .

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release includes information about certain financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, including non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share. These non-GAAP measures are not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by GAAP and are not necessarily comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.

 

Non-GAAP net income (loss) adjusts for one-time and non-cash charges by excluding from GAAP results: share-based compensation expense; amortization; depreciation; non-cash net interest expense; certain other one-time or non-cash items; and the income tax effect of these reconciling items.

 

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

 

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

 

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements set forth in this press release constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including, but not limited to, statements concerning: the company’s expectations concerning future financial and operating performance, business plans or prospects, including the resilience of the company’s business model and its ability to weather the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the company’s potential to drive long-term profitability and continued revenue growth from its commercial products and royalty streams; the potential therapeutic and commercial value of the company’s marketed and development products; the company’s expectations regarding the impact of COVID-19 on its business; the company’s

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expectations regarding its ability to adapt its business to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, mitigate its impacts on the business and maintain business continuity, including its ability to protect the safety and well-being of its employees, to continue to operate its manufacturing facilities and support uninterrupted supply of its medicines and patient and healthcare provider access to such medicines, to continue its ongoing clinical trials and other development activities, and to otherwise advance its business objectives; expectations concerning future regulatory activities including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) target PDUFA action date for, and potential approval of, the NDA for ALKS 3831 and preparations for interactions with the FDA in advance thereof; expectations concerning future development activities, including accumulating data in the ALKS 4230 clinical development program in support of its potential and plans to present such data at a medical meeting; and expectations concerning the company’s commercial activities, including preparations for the potential launch of ALKS 3831. The company cautions that forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain. The forward-looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees and they are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk. Actual performance and results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements due to various risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, among others: the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate its spread on the company’s business, results of operations or financial condition, including impacts on the vendors or distribution channels in its supply chain, impacts on its ability to continue to manufacture its products, impacts on its ability to continue its discovery activities, impacts on the conduct of its clinical trials, including with respect to enrollment rates, availability of investigators and clinical trial sites or monitoring of data, impacts on healthcare systems that serve people living with opioid dependence, alcohol dependence and schizophrenia and on patient and healthcare provider access to the company’s medicines, impacts on the regulatory agencies with which the company interacts in the development, review, approval and commercialization of its medicines, impacts on reimbursement for its products, including its Medicaid rebate liability, and for services related to the use of its products, and impacts on the U.S., Irish and/or global economies more broadly; the unfavorable outcome of litigation, including so-called “Paragraph IV” litigation and other patent litigation, related to any of the company’s products or products using the company’s proprietary technologies, which may lead to competition from generic drug manufacturers; data from clinical trials may be interpreted by the FDA in different ways than the company interprets it; the FDA may not agree with the company’s regulatory approval strategies or components of its regulatory filings, including the company’s clinical trial designs, conduct and methodologies and the adequacy of the data included in its filings to support the FDA’s requirements for approval of the proposed indications; clinical development activities may not be completed on time or at all; the results of the company’s clinical development activities may not be positive, or predictive of real-world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; regulatory submissions may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; the company and its licensees may not be able to continue to successfully commercialize their products; there may be a reduction in payment rate or reimbursement for the company’s products or an increase in the company’s financial obligations to governmental payers; the FDA or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding the company’s products; the company’s products may prove difficult to manufacture, be precluded from commercialization by the proprietary rights of third parties, or have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuse; and those risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” in the company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in subsequent filings made by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov . Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, the company disclaims any intention or responsibility for updating or revising any forward-looking statements contained in this press release .

 

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VIVITROL ® is a registered trademark of Alkermes, Inc.; ARISTADA ® and ARISTADA INITIO ® are registered trademarks of Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited; and RISPERDAL CONSTA ® , INVEGA SUSTENNA ® , XEPLION ® , INVEGA TRINZA ® and TREVICTA ® are registered trademarks of Johnson & Johnson .

 

(tables follow)

 

 

1  

The term “ARISTADA” as used in this press release refers to ARISTADA and ARISTADA INITIO, unless the context indicates otherwise.

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Alkermes plc and Subsidiaries

 

Selected Financial Information (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - GAAP

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

(In thousands, except per share data)

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product sales, net

 

$

129,726

 

 

$

99,481

 

Manufacturing and royalty revenues

 

 

116,251

 

 

 

108,915

 

Research and development revenue

 

 

243

 

 

 

14,706

 

Total Revenues

 

 

246,220

 

 

 

223,102

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods manufactured and sold

 

 

47,211

 

 

 

45,361

 

Research and development

 

 

93,279

 

 

 

102,570

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

133,372

 

 

 

141,220

 

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

 

 

9,728

 

 

 

9,952

 

Total Expenses

 

 

283,590

 

 

 

299,103

 

Operating Loss

 

 

(37,370

)

 

 

(76,001

)

Other Income (Expense), net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

2,760

 

 

 

3,570

 

Interest expense

 

 

(2,857

)

 

 

(3,500

)

Change in the fair value of contingent consideration

 

 

6,800

 

 

 

(22,600

)

Other expense, net

 

 

(658

)

 

 

(1,721

)

Total Other Income (Expense), net

 

 

6,045

 

 

 

(24,251

)

Loss Before Income Taxes

 

 

(31,325

)

 

 

(100,252

)

Income Tax Provision (Benefit)

 

 

7,329

 

 

 

(3,854

)

Net Loss — GAAP

 

$

(38,654

)

 

$

(96,398

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Loss) Earnings Per Share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP loss per share — basic and diluted

 

$

(0.24

)

 

$

(0.62

)

Non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share — basic and diluted

 

$

0.01

 

 

$

(0.17

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Number of Ordinary Shares Outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted — GAAP and Non-GAAP

 

 

158,095

 

 

 

156,336

 

Basic — Non-GAAP

 

 

158,095

 

 

 

156,336

 

Diluted — Non-GAAP

 

 

159,038

 

 

 

156,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An itemized reconciliation between net loss on a GAAP basis and non-GAAP net income (loss) is as follows:

 

Net Loss — GAAP

 

$

(38,654

)

 

$

(96,398

)

Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

19,812

 

 

 

24,616

 

Depreciation expense

 

 

10,881

 

 

 

9,690

 

Amortization expense

 

 

9,728

 

 

 

9,952

 

Income tax effect related to reconciling items

 

 

5,920

 

 

 

2,972

 

Non-cash net interest expense

 

 

167

 

 

 

169

 

Change in the fair value of warrants and equity method investments

 

 

 

 

 

433

 

Acquisition of IPR&D

 

 

674

 

 

 

 

Change in the fair value of contingent consideration

 

 

(6,800

)

 

 

22,600

 

Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss)

 

$

1,728

 

 

$

(25,966

)


 

 


 

 

 

Alkermes plc and Subsidiaries

 

Selected Financial Information (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Cash, cash equivalents and total investments

 

$

549,738

 

 

$

614,370

 

Receivables

 

 

246,716

 

 

 

257,086

 

Contract assets

 

 

14,199

 

 

 

8,386

 

Inventory

 

 

109,314

 

 

 

101,803

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

46,361

 

 

 

59,716

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

362,539

 

 

 

362,168

 

Intangible assets, net and goodwill

 

 

233,788

 

 

 

243,516

 

Other assets

 

 

263,291

 

 

 

158,358

 

Total Assets

 

$

1,825,946

 

 

$

1,805,403

 

Long-term debt — current portion

 

$

2,843

 

 

$

2,843

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

337,006

 

 

 

388,269

 

Long-term debt

 

 

273,751

 

 

 

274,295

 

Contract liabilities — long-term

 

 

21,156

 

 

 

22,068

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

128,172

 

 

 

32,486

 

Total shareholders' equity

 

 

1,063,018

 

 

 

1,085,442

 

Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

 

$

1,825,946

 

 

$

1,805,403

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ordinary shares outstanding (in thousands)

 

 

158,685

 

 

 

157,779

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This selected financial information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Alkermes plc's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020, which the company intends to file in April 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

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First Quarter 2020 Financial Results & Business Update April 29, 2020 Exhibit 99.2

Slide 2

Forward-Looking Statements and Non-GAAP Financial Information Certain statements set forth in this presentation constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including, but not limited to, statements concerning: the company’s expectations with respect to its future financial and operating performance, business plans or prospects, including the sufficiency of the company’s capital and liquidity position to advance its business objectives; the potential therapeutic and commercial value of the company’s marketed and development products; the company’s expectations regarding the impact of COVID-19 on its business; the company’s expectations regarding its ability to adapt its business to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, mitigate its impacts on the business and maintain business continuity, including the company’s ability to protect the safety and well-being of its employees, to continue to operate its manufacturing facilities and support uninterrupted supply of its medicines and patient and healthcare provider access to such medicines, to continue its ongoing clinical trials and other development activities, and to otherwise advance its business objectives; expectations concerning future regulatory activities and interactions including expected timing of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) target Prescription Drug User Fee Act (“PDUFA”) action date for, and potential approval of, the new drug application for ALKS 3831 and the related advisory committee meeting with the FDA; expectations concerning future development activities, including activation of ex-U.S clinical sites for the ALKS 4230 program; and expectations concerning the company’s commercial activities, including its adapted commercial strategy in response to COVID-19 and preparations for the potential launch of ALKS 3831. The company cautions that forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain. Actual performance and results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements due to various risks and uncertainties. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include, among others: the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate its spread on the company’s business, results of operations or financial condition, including impacts on the vendors or distribution channels in its supply chain, impacts on its ability to continue to manufacture its products, impacts on its ability to continue its discovery activities, impacts on the conduct of its clinical trials, including with respect to enrollment rates, availability of investigators and clinical trial sites or monitoring of data, impacts on healthcare systems that serve people living with opioid dependence, alcohol dependence and schizophrenia and on patient and healthcare provider access to the company’s medicines, impacts on the regulatory agencies with which the company interacts in the development, review, approval and commercialization of its medicines, impacts on reimbursement for its products, including its Medicaid rebate liability, and for services related to the use of its products, and impacts on the U.S., Irish and/or global economies more broadly; the unfavorable outcome of litigation, including so-called “Paragraph IV” litigation and other patent litigation, related to any of the company’s products, which may lead to competition from generic drug manufacturers; data from clinical trials may be interpreted by the FDA in different ways than the company interprets it; the FDA may not agree with the company’s regulatory approval strategies or components of the company’s filings for its products, including its clinical trial designs, conduct and methodologies or the adequacy of the company’s filings or the data included in the company’s filings to support the FDA’s requirements for approval of the proposed indications; the company’s development activities may not be completed on time or at all; the results of the company’s development activities may not be positive, or predictive of real-world results or of results in subsequent trials, and preliminary or interim results of the company’s development activities may not be predictive of final results of such activities, results of future preclinical or clinical trials or real-world results; regulatory submissions may not occur or be submitted or approved in a timely manner; the company and its licensees may not be able to continue to successfully commercialize their products; there may be a reduction in payment rate or reimbursement for the company’s products or an increase in the company’s financial obligations to governmental payers; the FDA or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding the company’s products; the company’s products may prove difficult to manufacture, be precluded from commercialization by the proprietary rights of third parties, or have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuse; and those risks, assumptions and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” in the company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in subsequent filings made by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, and on the company’s website at www.alkermes.com in the ‘Investors – SEC filings’ section. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, the company disclaims any intention or responsibility for updating or revising any forward-looking statements contained in this presentation. Non-GAAP Financial Measures: This presentation includes information about certain financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (GAAP), including non-GAAP net (loss) income. These non-GAAP measures are not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by GAAP and are not necessarily comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures can be found in the Alkermes plc Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 29, 2020. Note Regarding Trademarks: The company is the owner of various U.S. federal trademark registrations (®) and other trademarks (TM), including ARISTADA®, ARISTADA INITIO® and VIVITROL®. VUMERITY® is a registered trademark of Biogen MA Inc., used by Alkermes under license. Any other trademarks referred to in this presentation are the property of their respective owners. Appearances of such other trademarks herein should not be construed as any indicator that their respective owners will not assert their rights thereto.

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Introduction Sandy Coombs, VP, Investor Relations COVID-19 Update Richard Pops, Chief Executive Officer Q1 2020 Commercial Review Todd Nichols, SVP, Sales and Marketing Q1 2020 Financial Results; 2020 Financial Outlook Jim Frates, Chief Financial Officer Business Update Richard Pops, Chief Executive Officer Agenda

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Operational Priorities in Response to COVID-19 Protecting the Well-Being of Employees Remote work policy for those who can carry out responsibilities remotely Virtual customer engagements for field-based personnel Additional employee safety precautions in labs and manufacturing facilities Business Continuity Preserve ability to supply: VIVITROL®, ARISTADA® & ARISTADA INITIO® Third-party commercial products Investigational product for ongoing clinical trials Innovation Find streamlined ways of working Develop new best practices that may have a lasting positive impact 1 2 3

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Net Sales From Proprietary Commercial Medicines Proprietary Commercial Product Net Sales ($M)

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VIVITROL® Performance Q1 year-over-year net sales growth of 14% to $78.8M, driven by unit growth of 13% Gross-to-net deductions: 49% in Q1’20, compared to 49% in Q1’19 and 48% in Q4’19 Sequential decrease in net sales driven by seasonal inventory drawdown in Q1’20 VIVITROL Quarterly Net Sales ($M)

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ARISTADA® Performance Q1 year-over-year net sales growth of 68% to $51.0M, driven by unit growth of 70% Growth reflects strong underlying demand and the impact of the significant inventory drawdown in Q1’19 Gross-to-net deductions: 52% in Q1’20, compared to 49% in Q1’19 and 51% in Q4’19 Sequential decrease in net sales driven by seasonal inventory drawdown in Q1’20 ARISTADA Quarterly Net Sales ($M)* *Inclusive of ARISTADA INITIO®

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ARISTADA®: Prescription Growth Trends Q1 year-over-year growth of 43% on TRx months of therapy (MOT) basis Compared to overall atypical long-acting injectable (LAI) market growth of 13% Q1 sequential growth of 7% on TRx MOT basis Compared to overall atypical LAI market growth of 2% Market share: NRx: 10% of atypical LAI market prescriptions (MOT) in March 2020 ARISTADA Quarterly TRx MOT Source: IMS NPA

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Adapted Commercial Strategy in Response to COVID-19 Transitioned customer engagement strategy to a virtual model Advance digital capabilities while continuing to support broad access to VIVITROL®, ARISTADA® and ARISTADA INITIO® Dedicated to supporting evolving needs of healthcare providers and patients Virtual educational materials Support in navigating reimbursement Increased patient services resources Expansion of injection site network Updates to provider locators

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Q1 2020 Financial Results Summary

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First Quarter 2020 Revenue Summary In millions, except % Q1’20 Q1’19 ∆ Q1’20 vs. Q1’19 VIVITROL® $78.8 $69.2 14% ARISTADA® $51.0 $30.3 68% Manufacturing & Royalty Revenue $116.3 $108.9 7% R&D Revenue $0.2 $14.7 (98%)* Total Revenue $246.2 $223.1 10% Amounts in the table above do not sum due to rounding. * R&D revenues related to reimbursement for VUMERITY® development expenses largely concluded in Q4’19 following FDA approval

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2020 Financial Outlook Well-positioned financially with sufficient capital and liquidity to advance business objectives Cash, cash equivalents and total investments of $549.7M at March 31, 2020 Cash on hand significantly exceeded the company’s total debt outstanding of $276.6M under its term loan, which matures in March 2023 2020 financial expectations* withdrawn Due to uncertainties regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Alkermes cannot reasonably estimate the extent of the impact that the pandemic will have on Alkermes’ operating and financial results for 2020* * Financial expectations for 2020 provided by the company in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on Feb. 13, 2020.

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ALKS 3831 ALKS 4230 Selective HDAC Inhibitors Research and Development Pipeline: Status and Priorities Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) target action date: Nov. 15, 2020 Preparing for Advisory Committee meeting anticipated in Fall 2020 Patient enrollment ongoing in ARTISTRY-1 and ARTISTRY-2 Activation of select ex-U.S. sites primarily in the Asia Pacific region and Europe expected in Q2’20 Maintain momentum and prepare for IND- enabling activities Ongoing Clinical Studies COVID-19 Impact and Response Focus on supporting treatment continuity and ensuring patient safety Frequent communication with investigators regarding impact of the current environment on conduct of clinical trials Ongoing studies continuing with appropriate precautions; COVID-19 has impacted enrollment rates and timelines of certain clinical trials

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2020 Key Objectives Drive growth of VIVITROL® and ARISTADA® through commercial execution Prepare for potential launch of ALKS 3831 for the treatment of schizophrenia and the treatment of bipolar I disorder Advance the development of ALKS 4230 in oncology

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