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Analyst · Louise Chen from Cantor. Your line is now open
Thank you, Mike, and good afternoon, everyone. As we indicated on our Q1 call in May, our business climate changed dramatically in the middle of March as a result of COVID-19. Since that time, we have taken actions which have resulted in a stronger Evolus today. In April, we rewired our business to conserve cash, significantly reduce our operating expense base and leverage our digital platform. These decisive actions resulted in a 37% reduction in our Q2 2020 non-GAAP operating expenses compared to the prior quarter. As a result, we expect to become profitable on a lower revenue base. In July, we closed a $40 million financing on attractive terms which resulted in a strong June 30, 2020 pro forma cash position of $124.8 million. Today, we exceeded expectations by reporting second quarter net revenue of $7.8 million, we are pleased with the strength and the pace of the recovery of our business during the second quarter. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, we do not plan to provide U.S. revenue guidance at this time. As we previously stated, we do not expect to launch in Europe until 2021. Moving down the P&L, our second quarter gross margin percentage was strong at 75%. During the second quarter, we launched consumer loyalty and reduced coupon activity. Going forward, our gross margin will depend on sales levels, promotional activity and other factors. Our non-GAAP operating expenses for Q2 2020 were $18.3 million, reduced by 44% from $32.9 million during the second quarter of last year when we launched Jeuveau. Q2 2020 non-GAAP operating expenses include $3 million of cash severance and related expenses associated with our restructuring. Non-GAAP operating expenses for the second quarter of 2020 excluded three non-cash items, $2.4 million for stock-based compensation, $1.7 million for depreciation and amortization and $2.4 million related to the reevaluation of the contingent loyalty obligation. We continue to anticipate our non-GAAP operating expenses for the second half of 2020 will be less than $42 million. We believe we will incur higher non-GAAP operating expenses in the third and fourth quarters of 2020 as compared to the second quarter of this year as promotional and other activity increases. Our non-GAAP net loss for the second quarter of 2020 was $12.4 million, reduced 26% from $22.9 million in the prior quarter. Our reduced operating expense footprint allows us to become profitable on a lower revenue base and assuming continued strong sales of Jeuveau, we believe we have a clear path to profitability. Cash burn during the second quarter was cut in half to $15 million from $30 million during the prior quarter. During the second quarter of 2020, we made no cash payments for inventory. We do expect our cash burn rate will be higher in Q3 than Q2 2020, due to inventory purchases and other activities. Our cash balance is expected to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months and potentially longer assuming an increasing revenue trajectory. I’d like to take a moment to thank the Evolus team for their tireless dedication and accomplishments during Q2. We reported Q2 sales above expectation, have a highly efficient business model and are in a strong cash position. And with that, I’ll turn the call back to David.