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PTC Therapeutics Provides Corporate Update and Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results
By: PR Newswire Association LLC. - 29 Feb 2024Back to overview list

– 34% year-over-year growth in 2023 total revenue –

– Global filings of sepiapterin remain on track with first submission of the EU MAA expected in March –  

– Potential NDA submission for vatiquinone for Friedreich ataxia expected in late 2024 –

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc., (NASDAQ: PTCT) today announced a corporate update and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2023. 

"We closed out 2023 with strong revenue performance in the fourth quarter," said Matthew Klein, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, PTC Therapeutics, Inc. "We are well-positioned for a successful 2024 with several potential exciting clinical and regulatory milestones ahead. We look forward to initiating the global regulatory submissions for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU, which we see as a potential billion-dollar opportunity, as well as to advancing our PTC518, vatiquinone, and utreloxastat programs." 

Key Corporate Updates: 

  • 2023 total revenue of $938 million, representing 34% year-over-year growth
  • 2023 revenue for the DMD franchise was $611 million
    • Translarna™ (ataluren) net product revenue was $356 million, driven by new patients in existing geographies and continued geographic expansion.
    • Emflaza® (deflazacort) net product revenue was $255 million, resulting from new patient starts and high compliance.

Key Clinical and Regulatory Milestones: 

  • PTC expects to submit an MAA to the EMA for sepiapterin for the treatment of PKU in March 2024 and expects to submit an NDA to the FDA for sepiapterin no later than the third quarter of 2024.
  • PTC had a Type C meeting with the FDA in the first quarter of 2024 to discuss the vatiquinone Friedreich ataxia program. Based on discussions with the FDA, PTC has a potential path to an NDA submission in late 2024 based on the placebo-controlled results of MOVE-FA, along with data from the ongoing open-label extension study.
  • PTC expects to submit a BLA to the FDA for Upstaza™ for the treatment of AADC deficiency in March 2024.
  • PTC expects to meet with the FDA to discuss a potential NDA resubmission of Translarna in March 2024.
  • PTC expects to provide an interim data update for the PIVOT-HD trial of PTC518 for Huntington's disease patients in the second quarter of 2024. This update will include 12-month data on the initial group of subjects for which data was reported in June 2023.
  • PTC expects to report topline data for the CardinALS trial of utreloxastat for ALS in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Highlights: 

  • Total revenue was $307.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to $167.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. Total revenue was $937.8 million for full year 2023, compared to $698.8 million for full year 2022.
  • Total revenue included net product revenue across the commercial portfolio of $155.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 and $661.2 million for full year 2023, compared to $127.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 and $535.2 million for full year 2022. Total revenue also included collaboration, royalty, and manufacturing revenue of $152.0 million in fourth quarter of 2023 and $276.6 million for full year 2023, compared to $39.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 and $163.6 million for full year 2022.
  • Translarna net product revenue was $75.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to $55.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. Translarna net product revenue was $355.8 million for full year 2023, compared to $288.6 million for full year 2022. These results were driven by treatment of new patients in existing geographies and continued geographic expansion.
  • Emflaza net product revenue was $67.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to $58.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. Emflaza net product revenue was $255.1 million for full year 2023, compared to $218.3 million for full year 2022. These results were driven by new patient starts and high compliance.
  • Roche reported Evrysdi® full year 2023 sales of approximately CHF 1,419 million, resulting in full year 2023 royalty revenue of $168.9 million to PTC, as compared to $113.5 million for full year 2022. Also in the fourth quarter of 2023, PTC recorded a sales milestone of $100.0 million for the achievement of $1.5 billion in worldwide annual net sales from Evrysdi. This sales milestone was recorded as collaboration revenue.
  • Based on U.S. GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), GAAP R&D expense was $121.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to $188.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. GAAP R&D expense was $666.6 million for full year 2023, compared to $651.5 million for full year 2022. The decrease in R&D expense for the fourth quarter of 2023 reflects the strategic portfolio prioritization as the Company continues to focus its resources on its differentiated, high-potential R&D programs. The increase in R&D expense for full year 2023 is primarily due 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, partially offset by the Company's strategic portfolio prioritization.
  • Non-GAAP R&D expense was $113.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, excluding $8.1 million in non-cash, stock-based compensation expense, compared to $174.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, excluding $14.0 million in non-cash, stock-based compensation expense. Non-GAAP R&D expense was $613.6 million for full year 2023, excluding $52.9 million in non-cash, stock-based compensation expense, compared to $595.6 million for full year 2022, excluding $55.9 million in non-cash, stock-based compensation expense.
  • GAAP SG&A expense was $76.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to $92.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. GAAP SG&A expense was $332.5 million for full year 2023, compared to $326.0 million for full year 2022. The decrease in SG&A expense for the fourth quarter of 2023 was primarily due to lower employee costs as a result of the reduction in workforce. The increase in SG&A expense for full year 2023 reflected the Company's continued investment to support commercial activities, including the expanding commercial portfolio, and restructuring costs from the reduction in workforce in the year ended December 31, 2023.
  • Non-GAAP SG&A expense was $67.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, excluding $8.4 million in non-cash, stock-based compensation expense, compared to $79.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, excluding $13.4 million in non-cash, stock-based compensation expense. Non-GAAP SG&A expense was $283.8 million for full year 2023, excluding $48.7 million in non-cash, stock-based compensation expense, compared to $271.5 million for full year 2022, excluding $54.5 million in non-cash, stock-based compensation expense.
  • The intangible asset impairment was $217.8 million for full year 2023, which represented a non-cash charge. This was a result of the Company's strategic portfolio prioritization and its decision to discontinue its preclinical and early research programs in its gene therapy platform, which included FA and AS, which was announced in May 2023. No intangible asset impairment was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2023. The intangible asset impairment was $33.4 million for the fourth quarter and full year 2022, which represented a non-cash charge related to a decrease in projected cash flows for Upstaza due to refinements in market assumptions.
  • The change in the fair value of deferred and contingent consideration was a gain of $2.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to a loss of $6.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. The change in the fair value of deferred and contingent consideration was a gain of $127.7 million for full year 2023, compared to a gain of $25.9 million for full year 2022. The change in the fair value of deferred and contingent consideration was primarily related to the fair valuation of potential future consideration to be paid to former equity holders of Agilis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Agilis) in connection with PTC's acquisition of Agilis, which closed in August 2018. The Company's strategic portfolio prioritization and its decision to discontinue its preclinical and early research programs in its gene therapy platform, which included FA and AS, was announced in May 2023. As a result, PTC determined the fair value for all the contingent consideration payable related to FA and AS was $0.
  • The loss on extinguishment of debt was $137.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 and full year 2023, compared to $0.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 and full year 2022. The increase was primarily due to the early termination of the Company's Blackstone Credit Agreement, which resulted in a loss on the extinguishment of debt of $92.7 million for the period ended December 31, 2023. In addition, the Company recorded a $44.9 million loss on extinguishment of debt for the period ended December 31, 2023, relating to the A&R Royalty Purchase Agreement, which represented a non-cash charge.
  • The net loss was $155.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to a net loss of $170.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. The net loss was $626.6 million for full year 2023, compared to a net loss of $559.0 million for full year 2022.
  • Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities was $876.7 million on December 31, 2023, compared to $410.7 million at December 31, 2022.
  • Shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023, were 75,708,889.

PTC Updates Full Year 2024 Financial Guidance:

  • PTC anticipates total revenues for full year 2024 to be between $600 million and $680 million.
  • PTC anticipates GAAP R&D and SG&A expense for full year 2024 to be between $740 million and $835 million.
  • PTC anticipates Non-GAAP R&D and SG&A expense for full year 2024 to be between $660 million and $755 million, including expected R&D expense milestone payments of up to $65 million and excluding estimated non-cash, stock-based compensation expense of $80 million.
  • PTC anticipates up to $90 million of payments for full year 2024 upon achievement of potential regulatory success-based milestones from previous acquisitions, of which up to $65 million will be recorded as R&D operating expense.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

In this press release, the financial results of PTC are provided in accordance with GAAP and using certain non-GAAP financial measures. In particular, the non-GAAP R&D and SG&A expense financial measures exclude non-cash, stock-based compensation expense. These non-GAAP financial measures are provided as a complement to financial measures reported in GAAP because management uses these non-GAAP financial measures when assessing and identifying operational trends. In management's opinion, these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors and other users of PTC's financial statements by providing greater transparency into the historical and projected operating performance of PTC and the company's future outlook. Non-GAAP financial measures are not an alternative for financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Quantitative reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to their respective closest equivalent GAAP financial measures are included in the table below. 

 

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. 

Consolidated Statements of Operations 

(In thousands, except share and per share data) 



























Three Months Ended

December 31,?
 



Twelve Months Ended

December 31,
 



2023



2022



2023



2022

Revenues: 















Net product revenue 

$

155,062



$

127,508



$

661,249



$

535,228

Collaboration revenue 

100,024



28



100,030



50,052

Royalty revenue 

50,999



39,876



168,856



113,521

Manufacturing revenue 



971





-





7,687



-

Total revenues 

307,056



167,412



937,822



698,801

Operating expenses: 















Cost of product sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets 

29,118



10,893



65,486



44,678

Amortization of acquired intangible asset 

77,174



35,764



222,635



116,554

Research and development (1) 

121,353



188,694



666,563



651,496

Selling, general and administrative (2) 

76,291



92,718



332,540



325,998

Change in the fair value of deferred and contingent consideration 

(2,700)



6,300



(127,700)



(25,900)

Intangible asset impairment 

-



33,384



217,800



33,384

Total operating expenses 

301,236



367,753



1,377,324



1,146,210

Income (loss) from operations 

5,820



(200,341)



(439,502)



(447,409)

Interest expense, net 

(44,274)



(24,500)



(129,180)



(90,871)

Other income (expense), net 

18,961



35,147



10,130



(49,207)

Loss on extinguishment of debt 



(137,558)





-



(137,558)





-

Loss before income tax benefit 

(157,051)



(189,694)



(696,110)



(587,487)

Income tax benefit 

1,259



18,805



69,506



28,470

Net loss attributable to common stockholders 

$

(155,792)



$

(170,889)



$

(626,604)



$

(559,017)

















Weighted-average shares outstanding: 















Basic and diluted (in shares) 

75,490,569



72,656,790



74,838,392



71,728,634

Net loss per share—basic and diluted (in dollars per share) 

$

(2.06)



$

(2.35)



$

(8.37)



$

(7.79)

















(1) Research and development reconciliation 















GAAP research and development 

$

121,353



$

188,694



$

666,563



$

651,496

Less: share-based compensation expense 

8,113



13,973



52,941



55,869

Non-GAAP research and development 

$

113,240



$

174,721



$

613,622



$

595,627

















(2) Selling, general and administrative reconciliation 















GAAP selling, general and administrative 

$

76,291



$

92,718



$

332,540



$

325,998

Less: share-based compensation expense 

8,395



13,370



48,695



54,464

Non-GAAP selling, general and administrative  

$

67,896



$

79,348



$

283,845



$

271,534

















 

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. 

Summary Consolidated Balance Sheets 

(in thousands, except share data) 















December 31, 2023 



December 31, 2022 

Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities 

$

876,739



$

410,705

Total Assets 

$

1,895,698



$

1,705,619













Total debt 

$

284,213



$

571,722

Total deferred revenue 



801





1,351

Total liability for sale of future royalties 



1,814,097





757,886

Total liabilities 

$

2,714,253



$

2,052,705













Total stockholders' deficit (75,708,889 and 73,104,692 common shares issued and

outstanding at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively) 

$

(818,555)



$

(347,086)

Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit 

$

1,895,698



$

1,705,619

 

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. 

Reconciliation of GAAP Milestone Payments Full Year 2024 

(in millions) 









PTC Therapeutics, Inc. 



Reconciliation of GAAP  



Milestone Payments  



Full Year 2024 



(in millions) 





Projected GAAP R&D Expense Related Milestone Payments 

$

65

Projected GAAP Contingent Consideration Payable Related Milestone Payments 



25

Total Projected GAAP Milestone Payments 

$

90

 

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. 

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Projected Full Year 2024 R&D and SG&A Expense 

(In millions) 















Low End of Range 



High End of Range 

Projected GAAP R&D and SG&A Expense 

$

740



$

835

Less: projected non-cash, stock-based compensation expense 

80



80

Projected non-GAAP R&D and

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