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Q4 2019 Earnings Call· Thu, Feb 13, 2020

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Operator

Operator

Greetings. Welcome to CryoLife's Fourth Quarter and Year End 2019 Financial Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Lynn Lewis from the Gilmartin Group. Please go ahead.

Lynn Lewis

Analyst

Thank you. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining the call today. Joining me today from CryoLife's management team are Pat MacKin, CEO; and Ashley Lee, CFO. Before we begin, I would like to make the following statements to comply with the Safe Harbor requirements of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Comments made on this call that look forward in time involve risks and uncertainties and are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements include statements made as to the company's or management's intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations or predictions of the future. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, estimates and assumptions that may cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning certain risks and uncertainties that may impact these forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in the company's SEC filings and in the press release that was issued earlier today. With that, I'll turn the call over to Cryolife's CEO, Pat MacKin.

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Thanks Lynn and good afternoon everyone. Thanks for joining us. On today's call we'll discuss fourth quarter and full year results including progress we're making on our key pipeline products, supply chain headwinds and our 2020 objectives and financial guidance. Before we begin, I'd like to discuss the positive developments that took place in the quarter that are not only readily apparent by reviewing our fourth quarter financial results, which were affected by supply chain headwinds. We believe that we're at the beginning of a multi-year period over which we'll expect to deliver multiple new product introductions, and see market expansion of previously approved products. Our pipeline is one of the most compelling reasons to consider Cryolife as an investment, as it has the potential to increase our growth rate, and address our addressable market opportunity at the same time. In early December, we received CE Mark for the E-nya our next-generation thoracic stent graft and E-nside, the first and only off-the-shelf thoraco-abdominal stent graft with inner branch technology. We believe enhancements designed into these next generation products provide us with highly competitive and comprehensive stent graft offering. We also announced our collaboration with Endospan, which provides us with immediate distribution rights in the EU to the NEXUS product. The only off-the-shelf endovascular graph approved the repair of both dissections and aneurysms in the aortic arch. A global market that could exceed $1 billion, once regulatory approvals are achieved. NEXUS complements our JOTEC portfolio of endovascular aortic repair products and allow us to cross-sell these products. In addition, we received FDA authorization to commence the PROACT Xa clinical study, a prospective randomized trial to determine if patients with the On-X mechanical aortic valve could be maintained safely and effectively on Eliquis rather than warfarin. If we hit the primary endpoint…

Ashley Lee

Analyst

Thanks Pat and good afternoon to everyone. Total company revenues increased 3% to $69.7 million and grew 4% on a non-GAAP constant currency basis compared to the fourth quarter of 2018. For the full year, revenues increased 5% on a GAAP basis to $276.2 million dollars and 7% percent on a constant currency basis compared to 2018. Looking at the product lines. JOTEC tech revenues for the fourth quarter decreased 4% on a GAAP basis and increased less than 1% on a non-GAAP constant currency basis, both compared to the fourth quarter of 2018. Excluding the OEM business, JOTEC revenues decreased less than 1% on a GAAP basis and increased 4% on a non-GAAP constant currency basis compared to the fourth quarter of 2018. For the full year, JOTEC revenues grew 3% on a net basis and 9% on a constant currency basis compared to the full year of 2018. On-X revenues for the fourth quarter increased to 18% on a GAAP and non-GAAP constant currency basis both compared to the fourth quarter of 2018. For the full year, On-X grew 12% on a GAAP and non-GAAP get constant currency basis. BioGlue revenues in the fourth quarter decreased to less than 1% on a GAAP basis and we're flat on a non-GAAP constant currency basis both compared to the fourth quarter of 2018. For the full year BioGlue revenue increased 3% on a GAAP basis and close to 5% on a non-GAAP constant currency basis. Total tissue processing revenues for the fourth quarter increased 6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2018 and 5% for the full year. Cardiac revenues grew 12% for the fourth quarter and 15% for the full year. Vascular revenues decreased 1% for the fourth quarter and decreased 4% for the full year. But as Pat…

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Thanks Ashley. So, in summary, we believe we're on track and we're delivering on our key objectives. If we look at the short-term headwinds that impacted our financial performance this quarter, none had anything to do with demand for our products. And despite the headwinds we faced in 2019, we still delivered constant currency growth of 7% year-over-year. Entering 2020, we believe we've resolved our vascular supply issues. We're confident the JOTEC supply will improve throughout the year. In addition to the upcoming three JOTEC launches, we also have NEXUS, as well as the commencement of enrollment in the PROACT 10A clinical trial. We also have a steady cadence of potential new product approvals over the next few years including BioGlue China and the FDA approval of PerClot as well as PROACT Mitral or low [Indiscernible] Mitral valve. We remain confident in our ability to deliver consistent high single digit revenue growth over the next several years. Our pipeline is now beginning to unfold in patients around the world with the aortic disease and begin to benefit from our innovative new products. To that end, I would like to thank all of our employees are continuing to turn our vision into reality. With that, we will now open the line to questions. Operator, can you please proceed.

Operator

Operator

Certainly. [Operator Instructions]. The first question is from Jason Mills of Canaccord Genuity. Please go ahead.

Unidentified Analyst

Analyst

Hi. This is actually Cecilia on for Jason today. I was wondering, could you walk through On-X growth drivers in Q4. What really drove this strength? And then, as you're looking at 2020 just both the drivers and sustainability of growth ahead of an expanded indication. And does your expectations around commercial cadence in 2020? As well as the potential positive impact of kind of ramping awareness and in just over the near term?

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yes. So, the first part of your question was on On-X outside the U.S. and we saw as you know we're direct in the U.S. and Europe, but we're primarily using distributors everywhere else in the world. You can't tend to see lumpy ordering patterns kind of quarter-to-quarter, so we'd like to look at a full year basis. So, I don't think a 45% growth in OUS is a sustainable growth rate. I look at -- frankly I look at the full year of On-X growing 12%, which I think is very strong and that's obviously before the PROACT 10A trial started. And the second -- can you repeat the second question.

Unidentified Analyst

Analyst

Does the impact to that 10A could have over the near term driving awareness and interest in On-X?

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yes. I've been -- ones -- since a trail has been approved by the FDA just in conversations with people who I've run into who are on Eliquis, I've been taken aback by how benign that drug is and how they basically say it has really any impact on their life. And in fact one of the a friend of mine who needs a -- he's got an ascending aneurysm and a by custody aortic valve. He's going to need it replaced. He's probably 55 years old. And he said if you guys had a mechanical On-X valve and I could just keep taking Eliquis he said, it's just that is a total game changer for him. The second thing I would say is we had a -- there was a view of the clinical protocol at the recent heart surgery meeting STS, at the end of the January. So it’s a couple of weeks ago. And the first question from the crowd was, this is a total game changer. This is exactly what I've been waiting for. So I think it's hard to handicap what it could do. Clearly, we're not off label promoting the product. But I will tell you that there's a ton of excitement about what the promise if this trial works, what it could mean for patients around the world? The fact that you could get one operation go on Eliquis through a minimally invasive incision and I think have a great outcome on compared to what your other options are. And finally our market research shows that not only do we become the market share leader on the mechanical side, but we take significant share from bioprosthetic valves in patients under the age of 70. So, again I think this is a -- we're very excited. Ashley, commented that we're spending $6 million this year on the trial. That's $0.12 of earnings. But this is a $400 million to $500 million market opportunity for the company. So I think it's money well invested.

Unidentified Analyst

Analyst

And that's super helpful. And then I guess just turning to NEXUS, if you could provide a little more insight into your initial takeaways just from the limited launch, as well as the target centers, you're going to initially going forward and the ability to open up competitor accounts?

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yes. So there are no competitive accounts because no one else has the product like this. So it's actually one of the great things about the product, right? This is -- we're the only ones in town. We did a limited market release in the fourth quarter. I would say, there's the typical kind of launch growing pains. We obviously have a partner that's been very good to work with. But we're also being very careful, I mentioned in my comments. This is really the last frontier of stent grafting, I mean, going up into the arch and doing a single branched procedure totally through a catheter system has never been done before commercially. And this -- we're the first one, so we're obviously being very prudent and careful to ensure good patient outcomes. And what does that mean? That means we have a very rigorous training program for our surgeons. That takes time. Once a surgeon gets up and trained then you move on to the next one. So, I think you will see a ramp. We've seen a nice steady build of a caseload of patients who are going to be treated even this quarter. So I think this is something that's actually going to build as we get the training out and get cases under our belt going forward.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. The next question is from Suraj Kalia of Oppenheimer. Please go ahead.

Suraj Kalia

Analyst

Good afternoon gentlemen. Can you hear me right?

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yes. Good afternoon Suraj.

Suraj Kalia

Analyst

Hey, that's patch. So let me start out with one of the comments you made on PROACT 10A and I'll kind of reverse -- try to reverse engineer it. Cumulatively, how many On-x patients exist in the U.S. How do you factor in existing patients with an 18-month timeline for PROACT 10A enrollment?

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yes. It's a good question Suraj. And again, a trial like this has never been done before, right? So it's hard to answer like what could this thing enroll faster. So, let me give you some rough numbers. There are about 10,000 On-X aortic valve patients in the U.S. today that are in that what you call the patient population pool that could access PROACT 10A. And this is also again for others on -- this is a very unique trial. This is not a procedure where you're going to do the index case in the hospital. This is a drug trial for patients who have already had the On-X valve implanted that are three months after surgery. So that patient population is about 10,000. So we need about 10% to join the trial. From our conversations with our investigators, I think this is a very doable thing. People -- our patients are very excited about this concept. Any time you do a clinical trial and I've been involved lots of in my career. There is a ramp, right? You have to go through the IRB at the hospital, you've got to go through the contracting with the hospital. So that that includes some of the enrollment. So it's not like when you get the IDE approved that all of a sudden you wave a wand and everybody starts jumping in the trial. The biggest, I'd say six months of that enrollment is just getting the IRBs and the contracts done. So, I do think that the enrollment could go quick. And Ashley alluded to this in his comments, we're projecting -- we have an internal projection that gets you to the 6 million, that could go a lot faster. It could also go slower. So I mean, our EPS could swing and we've talked about this on previous calls. We will call out the enrollment in spending on PROACT 10A because it has a direct such a meaningful impact on our EPA. So we're positive, a lot of excitement. We have our investigator meeting here in March with 60 centers and we've got centers -- we expect to enroll the first patients in Q1 and the next, call it, the next two months. So this things going to start taking hold. And how quickly enroll, we'll have to see and monitor as we go.

Suraj Kalia

Analyst

Got it. So, Pat, JOTEC, now that it has anniversaried, and the supply issue that has persisted I believe for Q2, Q3 and now Q4. Obviously, you guys are trying to mitigate that. I'm completely drawing a blank, Pat, remind me what would normalized growth rate for JOTEC have been. Had this supply issue not existent. So that would be one question. And the second thing is if you keep the supply issue aside we know that's beyond your control. What has met your expectations? What still requires work on the JOTEC side?

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yes. I think -- so a couple of things. I would say, it's actually the supply chain issues are totally in our control and as the CEO it's my responsibility. So there's no one else to point the finger at with me. And I've been doing this a long time. I was frankly caught off guard by it and I don't want to get into the details around it. But at the same time, the first, we acquired the product. We acquired it in December of 17. We owned it for the first year of 2018 and we grew 25% without a single supply issue. So, going into 20 19 supply issues were not on my list and it was a multitude of factors that happened -- some lot of them related to the European MDR, but a lot of the things that again some in our control, some out of our control. But I can tell you, we've been working very hard as a team to put this behind us once and for all. The biggest challenge on this is the hiring of scholars and I mentioned that in the script, right, which is -- it takes three months to get -- you get to hire somebody then you got to train them. So it takes three months as a long lead time in that. we've been hiring very quickly. The great news is we're in the process of bringing on a second source supplier that will basically eliminate any supplier problems we have. So, from an investor standpoint the good news is that the worst part of it is behind us. Each quarter will get better. And by the time we get to the fourth quarter the supply issue should be gone. And as we move into 2021…

Suraj Kalia

Analyst

Great. And finally, Pat and Ashley, as we look at FY 2020, help us understand what is the level of conservatism built into guidance. And the reason I ask is obviously first half slightly slower than the second half per your commentary, new product approvals, NEXUS. So we get that just in terms of cadence. But if I look at core JOTEC. If I look at core On-X, how should we look at the different levers moving up? How should we think about it from a housekeeping perspective? Any additional color would be great. Gentlemen, thank you for taking the questions.

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yes. No, I think look and this is not -- again, I've been doing us a long time. And this is this is not a kind of like we just sat around and back and loaded the plant. I mean, it is real and the real thing is right, we because of the late approvals of JOTEC products, we're not really selling any new JOTEC products in the first quarter and we still have kind of lingering supply issues. So the first quarter is not much different than the fourth quarter. That all start changing in Q2, right? We are now starting to build the devices for the limited market release for the new product. So all three new JOTEC products start the limited market -- marker releasing in Q2. Supply will continue to improve. We moved a full market release in Q3 and we're going to have unbridled supply by Q4. So again, the roll out of these products is significant and I think that you will see the JOTEC number accelerate through Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 and be better every quarter. So I think that's a big piece of how this is -- the other piece I would say is, I can't remember the last time we kind of like put out a number. I mean if you take TMR out of last year and out of this year. we're given guidance of 9% to 10%. We're being extremely conservative on the TMR re-approval. I don't have direct control over the FDA and I frankly don't have direct control over my supplier. And I'm not going to risk my plan based on a reinspection that I don't have total control over. So we've taken TMR totally out of the plan. There is a chance it comes back in the second half. If it does, it'll be upside. But I think the thing you should look at as an investor is it's not a strategic product line to us. It's unfortunate that this happened but it happened. But if you look at the underlying operating performance of this business and you take it out, we're growing nine -- but we're giving guidance of 9% to 10%. And so I don't think it's conservative.

Suraj Kalia

Analyst

Thanks.

Operator

Operator

The next question is from Mike Matson of Needham & Company. Please go ahead.

David Saxon

Analyst

Hi, Pat and actually its David Saxon on from Mike. Thanks for taking the questions. I guess first just on PerClot. Just wondering if you've seen that data and if so, how does that look? And then just on the commercial strategy, what's your plan on selling it. Just given that it's going to touch a lot of other call points then your current sales force currently covers?

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yes. So, basically the trial hasn't rolled and it met its primary endpoint and we feel very confident from both the safety and the efficacy data that came out of that trial that we should receive an FDA approval. So we're actually very confident in that. Your second part your question is something we've talked about previously on these calls, which is you're correct. PerClot as Ashley mentioned earlier, we had one product in our R&D pipeline when I joined the company and it was PerClot. And obviously we've since traumatically changed the strategy of the company to be an aortic company and we've done the acquisitions of On-X and JOTEC and the partnership with NEXUS with the Arch device we just talked about. So this is obviously a very different company. At the same time, we've invested and as a responsibility to shareholders we've invested a lot of money in PerClot. And it's also a $200 million market at 80% gross margin that's growing 15%. So it's attractive. Our sales forces around the world call on heart vascular surgeons. That represents about 20% of the opportunity for PerClot, which obviously is not going to maximize our investment. So we are exploring options of who we can partner with. We could either sell it ourselves. We could partner with somebody else. We could do a flat-out transaction and we're exploring all those different options. I will tell you that I -- my goal is to get the best return for our shareholders in the process of doing that and I do think having an FDA approved PMA product in a market of that size at that margin will provide -- will be an interesting opportunity for some companies.

David Saxon

Analyst

Okay. Thanks. And then just on the TMR handpiece, can you quantify the impact to the fourth quarter? And then just going forward given that it isn't really a strategic product, have you considered just exiting that?

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yes. It's a good question. I don't know if Ashley, you can comment on the actual number from the fourth quarter, but we actually had this conversation with the board, which is again, it's not a strategic product. Ideally you'd want to divest it and actually get some money for it. And that's what we may well do. But at the same time we're -- right now, we're in the process of trying to get the product back on the market and then we'll explore the options going forward. But again I think for an investor to look at our what is what is CryoLife about. We're an aortic company. This is a product that was again a legacy product that was here that's not strategic, not growing. It's very profitable, which is the unfortunate part of it. So we'll just have to be thoughtful when we -- as we move forward. But it may -- we took it out of 2020 because we got burned on regulatory approvals in 2019. So, I'd say, we're being very conservative on that, but we'll see how this thing unfolds throughout the year.

Ashley Lee

Analyst

In regards to the hand pieces in the fourth quarter, we did not have any that we were able to sell and that impacted TMR revenue by approximately $1.2 million to $1.4 million in the quarter.

David Saxon

Analyst

Okay. Thanks.

Operator

Operator

The next question is from Jeffrey Cohen of Landenburg Thalmann. Please go ahead.

Jeffrey Cohen

Analyst

Hey, Pat and Ashley, thanks for taking the questions. I wanted to go back to the some of JOTEC questions from Suraj earlier. So, as far as the second source and devices in supply toward the back half the year, is that -- are the two sides going to work in kind of parallel or series? Do you expect the different devices will be in different locations?

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yes. I don't want to get too much into the detail of a second source. It's probably not appropriate. But I mean the big thing we're talking about is selling. We're not really talking about it. Frankly, in other places, other people in the field do the same thing. So this is not anything new. It's really around selling. And we're going to look at our portfolio and we may have them produce one product for us, which will free up tons of capacity for the German facility. So this both facilities will be selling. We're going to continue to show in our facility in Germany. This is just going to be adding another supplier that will sell for us and they already do this for other companies in the stent graft field. So, I think it's a very low risk and a really nice option for us. And Frank like I said, when we move into Q4 and we get all these approvals of the second supplier, we will leave this year with ability to supply. The other thing I would ask you to think about it not only on the JOTEC side, where we have -- go from no new product revenue from JOTEC in Q1, limited market release with improving supply in Q2, full market release with improving supply in Q3 and then full stride in Q4 with full supply. But we're also going to start hitting all of our international approvals with full supply. So Latin America, Asia Pacific. So as we move into Q4 and actually into kind of 2021, I think we're going to see this. This is a great portfolio. And again, it got -- everything got moved back six months because of this approval delay. So, I'm extremely bullish on what this portfolio is going to do going forward.

Jeffrey Cohen

Analyst

Okay. And then with the new products coming out, what have you done already and what's still to be done as far as the commercial readiness particularly of the sales force in Europe?

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yes. So the sales force, I was at our -- we do a European kickoff sales meeting every year in early January. I was at the meeting. And the whole meeting was dedicated to training. We've got about 95 reps and we're hiring. We'll probably be at 100 reps by the end of year. That team has been fully trained. They are kind of chomping at the bit to get the products. And as I mentioned a second ago, Q2 will start to limited market release. So it's not far away. They're trained. We need to train their customers. We need to kind of do the first cases, start building the inventory to support the launch. And as that JOTEC improves each quarter, we will continue to get more prime in the pump with devices out there. So, yes, so I mean I think the sales side is ready to go. We're just waiting on product.

Jeffrey Cohen

Analyst

Okay. Got it And then lastly a quick one for me. Have you seen anything risk related on the flu side of things in any territories? Potentially, does that take away some of the regular procedures being done in some institutions?

Pat MacKin

Analyst

We -- I mean it's like a good news, bad news. I mean, we do not have a lot of business in China. It's been most kind of profound in China where there's people have been staying home and not going out and not going out of their houses. I think we did around a million dollars in China roughly last year. We were very bullish on China going forward. I think the two impacts -- I mean, I don't think it can be a big impact for CryoLife from a revenue standpoint. I think the biggest potential impact is BioGlue China. We specifically had our panel meeting for BioGlue scheduled in the next 30 days and that's now been postponed because of the coronavirus. So that's where I think we might feel the pain is -- I don't know, nobody knows how this thing is going to unfold going forward. But if this thing continues to linger and people aren't going into the offices I mean does that push back our approval for BioGlue China, which is not by the way, there's no revenue in 2020 for BioGlue China. So it's not a 2020 risk. It's just a do we get it later in 2021 because of this.

Jeffrey Cohen

Analyst

Got it. Okay great. And we'll hear more about the rebrand and I'm glad you're focusing on the top line. Thanks very much.

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yep.

Operator

Operator

The next question is from Brooks O'Neil of Lake Street Capital Markets. Please go ahead.

Brooks O'Neil

Analyst

Good afternoon guys. So a lot of details, lot of moving parts. I was hoping you could kind of summarize where you think the company is heading? And sort of what the profile will look like? And maybe give us a sense for when you think you're going to get there in terms of what are the core businesses? What sort of top line revenue? What's the top line growth rate? What's the gross margin? What's the earning power of this business as you realize your vision for what this company can become? Thank you.

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yes. I think you know look. I think Ashley touched on a little bit. I think it was put into context right? So, I started here five years ago. We had one product in our pipeline and we had one person in Asia-Pacific and Latin America. The company has doubled in the last five years. Our gross margin has gone up 700 to 800 basis points. We are creating a company with our eyes set on creating a billion dollar company. Our guidance puts you at like 297 to 298 this year. We have a pipeline now that has 10 robust products in the pipeline. We're now spending $30 million in R&D. We have a big increase because of PROACT 10A which is going to take some EPS. But the great news is we're one of the very few companies of this size is actually profitable, so shareholders don't have to go out and worry about us doing a capital raise because we don't have enough money to pay for our pipeline. We're also investing in Asia Pacific and Latin America because we have huge opportunity to take our existing products like On-X, like JOTEC, like BioGlue to Asia and Latin America that's never been done because we never had anybody there. That takes resources. We're building that infrastructure. So I think those are the two biggest things that we want our shareholders to understand is that we're building a company, we're not at scale. We're investing in the pipeline and we're invested in the channels. And the way that operative operating leverage drops through is as you get to scale with your channel and then the pipeline starts spitting products out, you don't need to hire new reps right? So, we've talked and Ashley talked about in his comments. We have a goal in the late, call it, 24 -- 23, 24, we're going to be moving towards a 20% operating margin. But we're going to be investing in the pipeline in the channels between now and then. And the whole purpose behind that is to drive top line revenue growth. The greatest value creation for a small cap medical device company is revenue growth and margin expansion. We're going to give you one point of margin expansion this year and we're going to look to move our high single digits to get into the double digit range as our pipeline and our channels expand. So that's the simple story.

Brooks O'Neil

Analyst

That is perfect pair and I think it's a great vision. Thank you very much.

Operator

Operator

The next question is from Joe Munda of First Analysis. Please go ahead.

Joe Munda

Analyst

Good afternoon Pat and Ashley. Lot of my questions have been answered, but two real quick questions. You talk about the OUS infrastructure build out in your guidance as well as you touched a little bit there on R&D. Can you give us a sense of what you're doing at OUS as far as infrastructure is concerned and spend that you're forecasting out. As well as on the R&D line, the bump up in R&D spend. Maybe you could walk us through a little bit of the moving pieces? You've got a couple trials going here. But really where the incremental sort of spend is occurring, as well as the new products you're launching or plan for launch? Thank you.

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Yes. So again, you can imagine, right? So I'll talk to the investment in Asia-Pacific and Latin America. I mean we had one person in Asia. We've now got a team of probably about 15 or 18 in Asia. We're going to be adding more in that region this year. Sales people, you also have to add the back office support. We partnered. We're not being heavy on the back office side. We're much more skewed to kind of the sales and marketing commercial. But really the real investment in Asia-Pacific and Latin America is around the feet on the street. The educational programs and just getting out in front of customers and also the regulatory approvals, right? So, if you think about it, we've got you know tons of approvals of existing products just moving them into the market. So -- and we think these are the seeds we're planting that we expect that our Asia-Pacific and Latin America regions will be significant contributors to popping up our growth rate. They had decent years this year and I think as we invest in those channels they will continue to be providers of accelerating our growth rate. As it relates to R&D, I mean the biggest change in the R&D was PROACT 10A and that's $0.12 of EPS. So it's a six month -- $6 million delta for 2020. The rest of the pipeline, there's moving parts underneath. But we we've got 10 products in our pipeline and they're all advancing. We're working on bringing the part of the JOTEC portfolio to the U.S. We're going to be -- we've finished the enrollment of the PROACT Mitral trial. We've got lots of other things in the works, but that that increment in R&D is really highly correlated to the PROACT 10A trial.

Joe Munda

Analyst

Great. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

Mr. MacKin, there are no further questions at this time. I would like to turn the floor back over to management for closing comments.

Pat MacKin

Analyst

Great. Thanks for participating in the call. Hopefully you can hear it in my voice that we're very excited about what's in front of us. I'm not thrilled about the JOTEC supply or the TMR hand piece, but those are transient issues. I look at kind of what we have going into 2020 through the four quarters. I mean, our vascular tissue is back, the supply is back there. We've got E-nya approved. We'll be launching the LMR in Q2. We got E-nside approved. We'll be doing the LMR in Q2. PROACT 10A trial is approved and we're going to start enrollment. We didn't even talk about the Misonix NeoPatch deal. We've got minimal revenue this year, but I think that's a nice opportunity. NEXUS is moving into full mark release in this quarter. We should get E-vita OPEN NEO, our last of the new JOTEC products approved this quarter and we'll announce that when it's ready. And throughout the year, we think JOTEC supply will improve to the point where in Q4 it's no longer an issue. And we talked about taking out our TMR handpiece revenue for the full year, because we're being very conservative on it. And our guidance without it, if you take it out of last year and this year, it is 9% to 10%. So I think that's a pretty good target for this company. We are investing in our channels. We're investing in our pipeline and we're investing in building a company. We're also going to be looking at a rebranding initiative, because we don't feel that the current brand represents what we do given all the changes we've been through. So we're very excited about the future and we look forward to giving you updates on our progress throughout the year. Thanks for attending.

Operator

Operator

This concludes today's conference. And you may disconnect your lines at this time. Thank you for your participation.