Conference Call and Webcast Today at 4:30
p.m. ET
- Royalty revenue from
paritaprevir-containing regimens was $13.0 million
- Cash and marketable securities
totaled $245.6 million at March 31, 2016
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NASDAQ:ENTA), a research and
development-focused biotechnology company dedicated to creating
small molecule drugs for viral infections and liver diseases, today
reported financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended
March 31, 2016.
Enanta’s cash, cash equivalents and short-term and long-term
marketable securities totaled $245.6 million at March 31, 2016.
This compares to a total of $209.4 million in such accounts at
September 30, 2015. Enanta expects that its current cash, cash
equivalents and marketable securities will be sufficient to meet
the anticipated cash requirements of its existing business for the
foreseeable future.
Fiscal Second Quarter Ended March 31, 2016 Financial
Results
Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2016 was $13.0
million, compared to $57.4 million for the three months ended March
31, 2015. For the six months ended March 31, 2016, revenue was
$61.4 million compared to revenue of $134.9 million for the same
period in 2015. The decrease in revenue in the 2016 periods was due
primarily to the fact that revenue in the comparable periods in
2015 included the $50.0 million milestone payment earned in January
2015 for the European commercialization regulatory approval of
VIEKIRAX™, and the six-month period in 2015 also included the $75.0
million milestone earned in December 2014 for the approval of
VIEKIRA PAK® in the United States. The revenue decrease for the six
month period due to the decrease in milestone payments was
partially offset by higher royalties earned during the first half
of fiscal 2016 from contractually specified portions of AbbVie’s
worldwide net sales of HCV regimens containing paritaprevir. Enanta
began earning royalties from AbbVie upon its HCV product launch in
Enanta’s first fiscal quarter of 2015. Enanta’s milestone payments,
royalties and other payments received from collaborations have
varied significantly from period to period, and are expected to
continue to do so.
Research and development expenses totaled $9.1 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2016, compared to $5.4 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2015. For the six months ended March
31, 2016, research and development expenses were $18.2 million,
compared to $9.9 million for the same period in 2015. The increase
in the three and six month periods was primarily due to increased
pre-clinical and clinical costs associated with Enanta’s
wholly-owned R&D programs in NASH, RSV, HBV and HCV
cyclophilin.
General and administrative expenses totaled $4.4 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2016, compared to $3.4 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2015. For the six months ended March
31, 2016, general and administrative expenses were $8.2 million
compared to $6.2 million for the same period in 2015. The increase
in the three and six month periods primarily reflects increases in
stock-based compensation expense driven by increased headcount and
additional equity grants.
Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2016 was
$1.6 million compared to $20.0 million for the corresponding period
in 2015. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, Enanta
increased its estimate of its annual effective tax rate for fiscal
2016, which resulted in an income tax provision despite a pre-tax
loss for the quarter. Income tax expense for the six months ended
March 31, 2016 was $11.3 million compared to $48.5 million for the
corresponding period in 2015, representing annual effective tax
rates of 31.5% and 40.7%, respectively, for those periods. For the
six months ended March 31, 2016, Enanta’s effective tax rate was
lower than that in the comparable period of 2015 primarily due to
lower state income taxes and higher federal research and
development tax credits, which are factored into the annual
effective tax rate.
Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2016 was $1.6
million, or ($0.09) per diluted common share, compared to net
income of $28.8 million or $1.49 per diluted common share, for the
corresponding period in 2015. Net income for the six months ended
March 31, 2016 was $24.5 million, or $1.28 per diluted common
share, compared to net income of $70.8 million or $3.67 per diluted
common share, for the corresponding period in 2015.
“Enanta remains in a strong financial position and continues to
receive royalties from paritaprevir-containing regimens marketed
globally,” commented Jay R. Luly, Ph.D., President and Chief
Executive Officer. “These ongoing royalties and our strong cash
balance will continue to support our wholly-owned programs,
including our cyclophilin candidate, EDP-494, currently in phase 1
development, and our NASH candidate, EDP-305, which is expected to
begin phase 1 clinical development in the second half of calendar
2016.”
Development Program and Business Review
- In April, new data on Enanta’s second
protease inhibitor, ABT-493, co-formulated in combination with
AbbVie’s NS5A inhibitor ABT-530, was presented at The Liver Meeting
in Barcelona, Spain. Selected data from the SURVEYOR 1 and 2
studies demonstrated:
- 97-98 percent SVR12 with eight weeks of
treatment in genotypes 1, 2 or 3 HCV patients without
cirrhosis;
- 100 percent SVR12 with 12 weeks of
treatment in difficult-to-treat genotype 3 patients with
compensated cirrhosis (Child-Pugh A) new to therapy; and
- 100 percent SVR12 with 12 weeks of
treatment in genotypes 4, 5 or 6 patients without cirrhosis;
eight-week treatment duration is also being investigated in these
genotypes in this ongoing study.
- A phase 1 clinical trial of EDP-494,
Enanta’s cyclophilin inhibitor targeted to treat RAVs, DAA failures
and other hard to treat populations, is ongoing and Enanta plans to
initiate a proof-of-concept study next quarter.
- In April, Enanta Pharmaceuticals
announced that the U.S. FDA had approved AbbVie’s supplemental New
Drug Application for use of VIEKIRA PAK® without ribavirin in
genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C patients with compensated cirrhosis
(Child Pugh-A), which followed earlier approval in the European
Union of AbbVie’s VIEKIRAX® + EXVIERA® for similar genotype 1b
patients.
- Enanta is on track to initiate a phase
1 clinical trial in the second half of calendar 2016 with EDP-305,
Enanta’s wholly-owned Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) agonist candidate
for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and Primary Biliary
Cholangitis (PBC).
Upcoming Events and Presentations
- June 7-10, 2016 - Jefferies 2016
Healthcare Conference, New York
- June 21-22, 2016 - JMP Securities Life
Sciences Conference, New York
- Enanta plans to issue its fiscal third
quarter financial results press release, and hold a conference call
regarding those results, during the week of August 8, 2016.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
Enanta will host a conference call and webcast today at 4:30
p.m. Eastern time. To participate in the live conference call,
please dial (855) 840-0595 in the U.S. or (518) 444-4814 for
international callers. A replay of the conference call will be
available starting at approximately 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on May
9, 2016, through 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on May 13, 2016 by dialing
(855) 859-2056 from the U.S. or (404) 537-3406 for international
callers. The passcode for both the live call and the replay is
99296308. A live audio webcast of the call and replay can be
accessed by visiting the “Calendar of Events” section on the
“Investors” page of Enanta’s website at www.enanta.com.
About Enanta
Enanta Pharmaceuticals is a research and development-focused
biotechnology company that uses its robust chemistry-driven
approach and drug discovery capabilities to create small molecule
drugs for viral infections and liver diseases. Enanta’s research
and development is currently focused on four disease targets:
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Non-alcoholic
Steatohepatitis (NASH) and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).
Enanta has developed novel protease inhibitors and NS5A
inhibitors that are members of the direct-acting-antiviral (DAA)
inhibitor classes designed for use against the hepatitis C virus
(HCV). Enanta’s protease inhibitors, developed through its
collaboration with AbbVie, include paritaprevir, which is contained
in AbbVie’s marketed DAA regimens for HCV, and ABT-493, Enanta’s
second protease inhibitor, which AbbVie is developing in phase 3
studies in combination with ABT-530, AbbVie’s NS5A inhibitor.
Enanta has also discovered a cyclophilin inhibitor, EDP-494, a
novel, host-targeting mechanism for HCV, which is now in phase 1
clinical development, and EDP-305, an FXR agonist, which Enanta
plans to advance into clinical development for NASH later in 2016.
Please visit www.enanta.com for more information on Enanta’s
programs and pipeline.
Forward Looking Statements Disclaimer
This press release contains forward-looking statements,
including statements with respect to the prospects for future
royalties on sales of AbbVie’s HCV treatment regimens containing
paritaprevir, the prospects for AbbVie’s development and regulatory
approval of a new regimen containing ABT-493, the prospects for
further clinical development of Enanta’s cyclophilin inhibitor for
the treatment of HCV, the prospects for advancing EDP-305 for the
treatment of NASH into clinical trials, the prospects for
advancement of another program in HBV or RSV, and the projected
sufficiency of Enanta’s cash-equivalent resources and marketable
securities. Statements that are not historical facts are based on
management’s current expectations, estimates, forecasts and
projections about Enanta’s business and the industry in which it
operates and management’s beliefs and assumptions. The statements
contained in this release are not guarantees of future performance
and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which are
difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may
differ materially from what is expressed in such forward-looking
statements. Important factors and risks that may affect actual
results include: Enanta’s revenues in the short-term are dependent
upon the success of AbbVie’s continuing commercialization efforts
for its HCV treatment regimens containing paritaprevir; Enanta’s
longer term revenues will be dependent upon the success of AbbVie’s
planned clinical development and commercialization of its
investigational regimen containing ABT-493; regulatory actions
affecting any approval of an HCV treatment regimen containing
ABT-493; competitive pricing, market acceptance and reimbursement
rates of AbbVie’s treatment regimens containing paritaprevir or
ABT-493 compared to competitive HCV products on the market and
product candidates of other companies under development; the
discovery and development risks of early stage discovery efforts in
new disease areas such as HBV, NASH and RSV; potential competition
from the development efforts of others in those new disease areas,
as well as HCV; Enanta’s lack of clinical development experience;
Enanta’s need to attract and retain senior management and key
scientific personnel; Enanta’s need to obtain and maintain patent
protection for its product candidates and avoid potential
infringement of the intellectual property rights of others; and
other risk factors described or referred to in “Risk Factors” in
Enanta’s most recent Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September
30, 2015 and other periodic reports filed more recently with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Enanta cautions investors not
to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained
in this release. These statements speak only as of the date of this
release, and Enanta undertakes no obligation to update or revise
these statements, except as may be required by law.
ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (in thousands, except
per share amounts) Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended March 31, March 31,
2016 2015
2016 2015 Revenue
$ 13,004 $ 57,367 $ 61,449 $ 134,865 Operating expenses Research
and development 9,143 5,368 18,176 9,887 General and administrative
4,426 3,438 8,244
6,207 Total operating expenses 13,569
8,806 26,420 16,094 Income
(loss) from operations (565 ) 48,561 35,029 118,771 Other income,
net 472 210 801
511 Income (loss) before income taxes (93 ) 48,771 35,830
119,282 Income tax expense (1,552 ) (20,018 )
(11,286 ) (48,520 ) Net income (loss) $ (1,645 ) $ 28,753
$ 24,544 $ 70,762 Net income (loss) per share
Basic $ (0.09 ) $ 1.54 $ 1.30 $ 3.80 Diluted $ (0.09 ) $ 1.49 $
1.28 $ 3.67 Weighted average common shares outstanding Basic 18,921
18,680 18,848 18,641 Diluted 18,921 19,269 19,225 19,276
ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in thousands)
March 31, September 30, 2016
2015 Assets Current assets Cash and cash equivalents
$ 56,360 $ 21,726 Short-term marketable securities 164,062 123,479
Accounts receivable 13,004 15,289 Unbilled receivables - 433
Deferred tax assets 1,581 1,447 Prepaid expenses and other current
assets 7,658 8,267 Total current assets 242,665
170,641 Property and equipment, net 7,691 5,886 Long-term
marketable securities 25,224 64,238 Deferred tax assets 5,407 4,640
Restricted cash 608 608 Total assets $ 281,595 $
246,013 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Current liabilities
Accounts payable $ 2,572 $ 1,543 Accrued expenses and other current
liabilities 2,632 3,962 Income taxes payable 6,784
1,199 Total current liabilities 11,988 6,704 Warrant liability
1,223 1,276 Series 1 nonconvertible preferred stock 156 163 Other
long-term liabilities 1,813 1,713 Total liabilities
15,180 9,856 Total stockholders' equity
266,415 236,157 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $
281,595 $ 246,013
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