Joseph Ciaffoni
Analyst · Piper Jaffray. Your line is open
Thanks, Alex. Good afternoon, and thank you, everyone, for joining the call. We’re pleased to report that we’re on track to make 2019 a breakthrough year for Collegium Pharmaceutical. We continue to make meaningful progress against our key strategic and operational priorities and our organization is focused on finishing strong in 2019.Accomplishments for the third quarter include net revenue of $72.9 million, which represents a 4% increase over the third quarter of 2018. Xtampza ER third quarter net revenue increased to $26.5 million, which represents a 56% increase versus the third quarter of 2018. Xtampza ER total prescriptions grew 44% in comparison to the third quarter of 2018.As anticipated, Xtampza ER grew at a moderated rate on a sequential basis and we expect prescriptions to grow at a similar rate in the fourth quarter. As a reminder, Xtampza ER prescription growth in 2019 was driven by 13 new exclusive ER oxycodone payer wins, representing approximately 11 million lives that took effect on January 1, 2019.OpEx for the quarter was down in comparison to the third quarter of 2018. We remain committed to leveraging, not growing, Collegium’s cost structure in 2019 and beyond. On a non-GAAP basis, we generated income from operations for the second consecutive quarter and increased cash on hand.Finally, we strengthened the leadership team with the appointment of Bart Dunn to the role of Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development, and Member of the Executive Committee. Bart will lead the execution of our midterm growth strategy.As it pertains to the ongoing industry-wide opioid litigation, we have no material updates to provide from our last call. Our quarterly report, as always, includes details of all of our pending litigation matters. As a brief recap, as of today, there are over 2,600 lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors and others relating to prescription opioids.Of these, we are aware of 26 in which we are currently named. Where we have an opportunity to do so, we are pursuing dismissal based on Collegium’s late entry to the market and the absence of allegations that we engaged in conduct that resulted in the abuse, misuse or diversion of our products. Four of the 26 cases in which we are named are in the multidistrict litigation and none of them are a track or bellwether case, so we do not expect to have engagement in the MDL for some time.Finally, we do not assume any liability for Nucynta promotion or sales that occurred prior to January of 2018. Looking forward to 2020, we believe that Xtampza ER is well positioned to take a significant step towards becoming the number 1 prescribed ER oxycodone. I’m excited to report that Collegium’s market access team has secured additional exclusive ER oxycodone formulary wins that cover over 35 million predominantly commercial lives. This is a major accomplishment.These wins all take effect on January 1, 2020. Our commercial team is preparing to successfully pull through these new opportunities, while leveraging Xtampza ER’s existing exclusive coverage and broad availability to fuel the next stage of growth. Collegium Pharmaceutical is committed to its mission of becoming the leader in responsible pain management.In addition, we’re confident that Xtampza ER is well-positioned to become the branded market leader no later than 2023. We’re encouraged by the progress that we’ve made in 2019, and we recognize that we have a lot of work to do.We’re focused on finishing strong in 2019, while at the same time preparing for a strong start to 2020. I will now hand the call over to Paul for a discussion of the financials.