Bruce Cozadd
Analyst · JPMorgan. Your line is open
Thanks, Andrea. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. 2020 was an exceptionally productive year for Jazz, driven by the expertise commitment and capabilities of our organization, and defined by operational excellence across commercial and R&D. We entered 2021 in a position of strength. We plan to execute on significant milestones that we expect will further enhance the growth and durability of our business, and to accelerate our transformation as an innovative biopharma company. I'm very proud that from this position of strength and readiness, we announced earlier this month that we signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of GW Pharmaceuticals. We're excited about the potential to add epilepsies, a third high growth commercial franchise, to our business, with Epidiolex, a potential near term blockbuster, as well as GW’s robust neuroscience pipeline. The combined company would be a leader in neuroscience, with a global commercial and operational footprint, and we expect this transaction to deliver substantial shareholder value. We are excited to be joining two companies with a shared culture, built around the same mission, innovating to transform the lives of patients. In 2020, we demonstrated the resilience of our business and our agility, innovation, and execution capabilities across the company despite the pandemic. We launched important new treatment options for patients, including Zepzelca and Xywav in the US and Sunosi in Europe, delivered robust revenue growth, and generated significant value for shareholders, successfully advanced early and late-stage clinical trials, and added multiple new innovative products and targets to our expanding pipeline. Our R&D organization initiated regulatory submissions to FDA for JZP-458 in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Under the real-time oncology review in December, and completed the rolling sNDA submission for JZP-258 in idiopathic hypersomnia this month, which positions us for two more potential product launches in 2021. Last year we also continued the expansion of our innovative oncology and neuroscience pipeline through internal and external collaborations with a focus on highly differentiated products that are durable and can be effectively commercialized, positioning us to transform patient lives and continue to deliver long-term growth. Highlights of our successful execution on key 2020 objectives include the successful launch of Zepzelca in the US in July 2020 just six months after we acquired US licensing rights. The launch of Xywav in November 2020, the treatment of cataplexy and excessive daytime sleepiness in narcolepsy. I couldn't be more pleased with our early progress on this launch. The initiation of the European rolling launch for Sunos in May 20, the initiation of a new drug submission for Zepzelca in Canada in December, the announcement of compelling topline results in the JZP-258 phase three study in idiopathic hypersomnia in October 2020, followed by the completion of the rolling supplemental NDA submission to FDA in February 2021, positioning us for a potential launch in the fourth quarter of this year. The initiation of the BLA submission to FDA for JZP-458 in ALL, in December 2020, with a potential launch in mid-2021 and deployment of capital through multiple corporate development deals to grow and diversify revenues with innovative new early to late-stage product candidates, such as JZP-150 and post-traumatic stress syndrome and Zepzelca for the treatment of small cell lung cancer. As we think about our key objectives for 2021, we are excited about the potential GW transaction and maintaining the significant momentum of GW's Epidiolex and ours Xywav and Zepzelca launches. We also remain on track to execute and deliver on to more important product approvals and launches in 2021 with JZP-468 in ALL and JZP-258 in idiopathic hypersomnia, while strategically diversifying our pipeline and revenues. As a reminder, both JZP-458 and JZP-258 are products we've taken from concept to commercial readiness underscoring the strength of our portfolio and development capabilities. Finally, the foundation we have built across our operations has resulted in a highly productive period of consistent execution and robust financial results as prepared us for this transformative transaction. I'll now turn the call over to Dan to give an overview of our commercial performance, after which Rob will provide an update on progress across our R&D programs, before Renée closes out with a financial overview. Over to you Dan.
Renée Galá: Yes. Thanks Bruce. I'm also very excited about the progress of the launches of Zepzelca and Xywav in the U.S. and Sunosi in Europe. The strong execution across our commercial, R&D and operating teams during the pandemic, continued to demonstrate our resilience and our agility to advance key corporate priorities while fully supporting our customers and our patients. We're also excited about the prospect of two U.S. product launches in 2021 of JZP-458 in ALL and JZP-258 in idiopathic hypersomnia. Now starting with Xyrem and Xywav. The successful initial launch of Xywav in November last year, which is the first asset we have taken from concept to approval and onto the market, demonstrates our execution excellence across our R&D and commercial teams. Beginning now with the fourth quarter 2020 results, we will be providing you with metrics, around the combined oxybate franchise, including Xyrem and Xywav. In addition, we will provide you with a number of patients adopting Xywav therapy. This information is intended to help you understand the growth and the durability of our entire oxybate franchise. In the fourth quarter, oxybate net product sales were $455 million, 4% higher than the same period in 2019. For full year 2020, oxybate net product sales were $1.76 billion, an increase of 7% over 2019. Total oxybate revenue bottle volume growth was 2% for the quarter and 4% for the year, compared to the same periods in the prior year. Through the fourth quarter, despite the ongoing negative impact of COVID-19 on new patient diagnosis and enrollment, average active oxybate patients increased to 15,300, a 2% increase over the same period last year. We are pleased that our initial Xywav launch efforts have resonated well with both HCPs and patients. In the first two months of launch, Xywav generated net product sales of $15 million, and we ended 2020 with approximately 1,900 active Xywav patients, we are confident that Xywav will become the preferred oxybate therapy over time through strong adoption by existing Xyrem patients, reaching patients who have been unable to take Xyrem due to sodium sensitivity and expanding opportunities with our planned fourth quarter launch this year in idiopathic hypersomnia, which would be the first FDA-approved treatment for this serious hyper somnolence disorder. We remain on track for broad commercial payer coverage of Xywav within the first six to nine months of launch. We've entered into agreements that provide coverage for two of the three largest PBMs in the U.S. with total commercial coverage now exceeding 60% of lives. We continued discussions with other major payers and PBMs. So while we continue to secure additional commercial payer coverage, we do have robust patient access programs in place to help reduce barriers to access or initiation of Xywav treatment. Our market research indicates that the significant majority of HCPs recognize the ease associated with transitioning patients over to Xywav. In November and December, our field sales team engaged with the large majority of the top HCP prescribers and in December, we also started our direct-to-patient education, most notably with Xywav leaflets added to all Xyrem shipments. We also have begun our Xywav webinar series and have had significant interest in both our KOL led HCP and patient education programs. So we look forward to continuing the strong launch of Xywav, a very important step forward an oxybate treatment for narcolepsy patients to support their total health and well-being. Additionally, we are excited to be preparing for the planned JZP-258 launch in IH in the fourth quarter this year and the opportunity for continued growth of our oxybate franchise. We are confident in, and we are on track for our goal of having the majority of all oxybate patients benefit from Xywav treatment in 2023. We set this goal taking into account that patients may have multiple oxybate treatment options to choose from in that timeframe. We believe that as we educate patients and physicians on the lifelong impact of high sodium intake, Xywav will be the oxybate therapy of choice. So before I turn to Sunosi, I'd also like to mention that we are currently expanding and realigning our neuroscience sales force into 2 teams to focus exclusively on either Xywav or Sunosi, allowing us to provide dedicated product support and invest in the unique growth opportunities ahead for each product. For Xywav, we will continue our outreach to the top narcolepsy prescribers with a dedicated sales force and reimbursement team to support the adoption of Xywav as a preferred oxybate treatment. And for Sunosi, we will continue to increase our reach and frequency of calls among the top OSA treating physicians with the goal of driving significant awareness and uptake among these prescribers. So now turning to Sunosi. During the fourth quarter, Sunosi net product sales were $9 million approximately in line with third quarter, with full year net revenue for 2020 at $28 million. Prescriptions in the fourth quarter increased 9% in the U.S. compared to the third quarter of 2020 and COVID-19 disproportionately affected our Sunosi launch, impairing our ability to build new relationships, especially with pulmonologists, the main OSA treating group who were also at the forefront in the initial battle against the pandemic. As we move into 2021, we're excited about the investments we're making in Sunosi, with our expanded and dedicated sales force and our recent initiation of our TV DTC campaign. We remain focused on driving the next phase of Sunosi growth which will build on our broad commercial payer coverage at over 90%, the positive feedback and perception of Sunosi among existing prescribers and the large opportunity of undertreatment of excessive daytime sleepiness in the OSA patient population. And lastly, we're pleased with the progression of our rolling launches in Europe including the encouraging use of Sunosi in Germany for narcolepsy, which is ahead of our OSA launch expected later this year. Turning now to Zepzelca. We were pleased with our fourth quarter Zepzelca net product sales of $53 million, and this is just the second quarter of product launch, an increase of $16 million over Q3. We continue to see significant patient growth and uptake across the community and the academic settings with use in the second-line setting in both platinum-sensitive and platinum-resistant patients. Our education and promotional campaigns remain focused toward the top small cell lung cancer treating physicians. We are seeing considerable interest, positive feedback and increased awareness across the academic and community cancer centers, reflecting the significant unmet need, the favorable Zepzelca product profile as well. So, thanks to our team's outstanding execution. This launch continues to exceed expectations. We were pleased in the U.S. hematopoietic stem cell transplants rebounded through third quarter and into fourth quarter, and we also observed robust growth in Europe, where our field teams have shared that physicians in select regions are treating the serious complications of bone marrow transplants, including VOD, earlier in order to minimize the risk of patients having to go to ICU. This resulted in fourth quarter Defitelio net product sales of $55 million, 16% higher than the same period in 2019. 2020 Defitelio net product sales were $196 million, an increase of 13% over 2019. While intensive therapies have been affected by COVID, and the entrance of new therapies, we continue to believe in the growth opportunity for Vyxeos, both in terms of our ongoing development activities and continued expansion into new markets internationally, as well as our ability to return to in-person promotional activity and continuation of our education on the importance of this clinically meaningful improvements seen, as highlighted in the recently presented five-year survival data from the pivotal study. In the fourth quarter, Vyxeos net product sales were $31 million, 2% below the same period in 2019. 2020 Vyxeos net product sales were $121 million, approximately in line with 2019. So turning now to asparaginase. In the fourth quarter, Erwinaze net product sales were $57 million, 3% above the same period in 2019. 2020 Erwinaze net product sales were $147 million or 17% below 2019. Our agreement with PBL terminated at the end of 2020 and we have the right to sell certain Erwinaze inventory post termination, and we expect to distribute this inventory during the first half of this year. Given the urgent need for a reliable and high-quality recombinant asparaginase, we remain focused on bringing JZP-458 to market as quickly as possible. Our commercial team is currently preparing for U.S. launch, which is targeted for mid-year. In summary, I'm extremely pleased with our overall fourth quarter and 2020 performance. Last year was highly productive for Jazz. We clearly demonstrated our expanded capabilities and the ability to execute across our operating teams. Highlights include the successful launches of both Zepzelca and Xywav. I'm proud of the agility and resilience of our teams, have shown to support the programs, the products and patients throughout this very challenging past year. We look forward to continuing to execute and meaningfully advance our pipeline and commercial programs through 2021, with a particular focus on our ongoing launches and following FDA approval are two planned launches for JZP-258 and JZP-458. I'm now going to turn the call over to Rob for an update on our development programs. Rob?