Brandon Perthuis
Analyst · BTIG. Your line is now open
Thanks, Ming. This quarter, more than ever, we demonstrated the power of the Fulgent technology platform and we played a meaningful role in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. At this time, we’ve received two EUAs from the FDA. One for our RT-PCR test which is administered by providers and a second for our at-home COVID-19 test Picture by Fulgent which we launched in June. We have additional EUA spending and we will issue updates as it become available. At this time, Fulgent has an impressive array on COVID-19 customers from some of the largest municipalities in the United States, to Fortune 100 companies, large specialty care companies with thousands of locations, large hospital systems with hundreds of locations, assisted living facilities across the United States and many more. In addition, we recently just won a competitive RFP to provide testing for student athletes for a major NCAA conference. Clients are choosing Fulgent because we have EUA approval, our turnaround time is consistently among the top in our industry with a median timeframe in delivering reports within 24 hours from receipt of the sample. The availability of our custom COVID-19 portal for both ordering and reporting and our rapid ability to interface the H07, API or other methods. As an example to layer, we were able to interface with large municipalities in less than three days, We now have numerous clients sending thousands of COVID-19 samples per day and still have a bandwidth to serve small clinics in addition to these large organizations. Operationally, it’s been an impressive overhaul. We are now running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as – we’ve doubled our company headcount in the last three months to over 300. We’ve scaled COVID-19 capacity from a couple thousand tests per day to 10,000 per day and now 30,000 per day. Our points continue to scale to meet the existing and future demand for testing. To support this capacity, we have secured guaranteed contracts with key suppliers. While managing such a dynamic supply chain has been a challenge, we have had zero supply chain constraints as a result of our contract and strong relationship with our vendors. We have accomplished this while still maintaining and delivering on the largest genetic testing venues in the industry now over 18,000 tests strong. A challenging area that our high volume customers have identified has been managing our logistics and the reporting. This has been the case for testing sites for drive-through testing sites, as well as large corporations who want to do routine testing of their employees. To help our clients and to allow for them to be a more integrated part of the process, we have rolled out three end-to-end web-based solutions. The first solution is Fulgent Community COVID-19 platform. This is a complete solution for managing drive-through and walk up testing sites from the patients visiting our website, picking a location, gathering appointments, completing test questionnaire, et cetera. This new solution allow the administrators of the sites to set a number of lanes, the number of available time slots, and manage the collection process. On the back-end, we are reporting solutions that will report directly to patients’ mobile phones. It also include key amounts in contact tracing functionality. Today, San Bernardino County, Los Angeles County, the City of Long Beach, Santa Clara County and Orange County are all using this new platform to run their drive-through and walk up testing sites. The second solution is the Fulgent Enterprise COVID-19 screening platform. This is an end-to-end solution for companies who want to do routine repeat testing. We have built the solution where Fulgent provides locations with our new platform, a barcode scanner, pre-barcoded tubes and collection materials. An employee can simply approach the customer station, scan their employee badge or other identifiers, self-administer a simple nasal swab and drop into a collection box to be sent to Fulgent. A mobile version of this solution is also available which allows the same operation to be completed using mobile device either online or offline. 24 hours later, the reports are electronically delivered to the employees. The third solution is Picture COVID-19 for partners. This solution is based on the FDA EUA home collection COVID-19 test. Organizations can order Picture COVID-19 test in bulk and they can manage the bulk order and results via the Picture COVID-19 partner portal. This solution is particularly suited for schools, where students need to be tested before returning to campus. We believe these solutions are a powerful example of our technology platform and our ability to rapidly develop new solutions and products with a floor using these platforms to drive deep relationships with our clients. The demand for COVID-19 services are strong and the pipeline for additional customers is quite remarkable. In addition to our critical COVID-19 clients, we are seeing traction for our Picture at-home COVID-19 test. Patients are appreciating the convenience of an at-home test and it’s a great resource to conserve valuable physician signs and PPE. We initially launched this service at a $119 cash price. However, we recently started to accept insurance and are only charging $39 out of pocket which covers the cost of the kit and the bi-directional shipping. This new insurance component includes the upfront automated verification benefits and is integrated with our revenue cycle management system for simplified filing and insurance claims. This is just another example of how the innovative Fulgent technology platform drive efficiencies across our entire organization. We believe this reduced price and the convenience factor will drive continued adoption. In addition to COVID-19 testing, we continue to offer multiple tests through our Picture platform including Picture Newborn, and expanded newborn screening products, Picture Parenting, career test for those looking to start or add to their family and Picture Wellness, assess for those who want to learn more about the genes linked to medically passionate conditions. We see Picture as a platform to make genetic testing easier and faster to access and we believe it will be a powerful delivery model in the future. Over the last few months, much have changed regarding our go to market strategy that’s been incremental to the business and focus we have had over the last year. During Q2, we added significant number of new accounts on rare disease, reproductive health, hereditary cancer and cardiovascular genetics. These new opportunities are a result of our increased commercial strength, rapidly expanding test menu, and competitive pricing and turnaround times. As Ming mentioned, even with the unprecedented disruption our country has faced, our core business orders were essentially flat for Q1 as a result of a rebound in orders in June in the addition of several new accounts. And with our increased customer base and opportunities, we expect to return to growth in the traditional genetic testing business as the country continues to fully reopen. The other area of our business that continues to gain momentum is our sequencing as a service. This has also seen a boost from COVID-19 and mention with the sequencing test as many organizations look to sequence a genome of SARS-CoV-2. We also see material positive developments on the reimbursement coverage from commercial payers and this has been driven by the validation of our tests, quality of offerings, closer coverage by our customers, tremendous volume trajectory in our business and capabilities. Over the coming months, we will remain laser-focused on delivering quality COVID-19 testing, expanding our COVID-19 capabilities and maintaining a 24 hour turnaround time, while continuing to expand our non-COVID-19 business with the acumen of new clients, expanded test usage from the existing genetic testing clients, leveraging our expanded go to market strategy including at-home testing and additional coverage from commercial insurance payers. I’ll now turn the call over to Paul to provide the details on our financial performance in the second quarter, as well as provide updates on our outlook. Paul?