Mark Christopher Capone
Analyst · William Blair
Thanks, Pete. The entire Myriad team appreciates your outstanding leadership and vision over the past 2 decades, and we are committed to continue as the pioneer in personalized medicine. I am pleased to provide a more in-depth look at our operational performance in the third quarter. First, I would like to provide an update on our core Hereditary Cancer business followed by an update on our myRisk conversion progress. And finally, provide some additional detail around our pipeline opportunities. Total Hereditary Cancer revenue in the third quarter was $159 million, which was consistent with our expectations for the quarter. The third quarter typically faces headwinds from the reset of deductibles, which have become more pronounced since over 40% of patients have transitioned into high deductible plans. In addition, severe weather in the areas of the country that account for a large percentage of our revenue had a detrimental impact during the quarter which we estimate to be approximately $4 million. As expected, these headwinds differentially impact the preventive care segment which is a more elective market than the Oncology market. Based upon our in-depth analysis of ordering physicians, we saw no discernible sequential market losses during the quarter. Therefore, we believe that the Hereditary Cancer revenues this quarter reflecting underlying market performance. Importantly, our market share in the community physicians segment responsible for all of the market growth exceeds 95%. Additionally, the sample trends we saw in March and April point towards sequential growth in the fourth quarter in our Hereditary Cancer business, consistent with historical trends. This quarter, we were pleased to see a 3% sequential growth in our Oncology segment. This segment now includes the BRACAnalysis CDx product that was launched in January. We have seen significant interest by physicians who desired the highest quality FDA approved test to identify ovarian cancer patients at risk for hereditary cancers and who may be appropriate for PARP inhibitor therapy. In addition, the Oncology segment also has seen stabilization in the academic in genetic segment, where the preponderance of our share loss has occurred. In aggregate, the genetic segment now represents approximately 7% of total revenue compared to the 15% before the advent of competition. We continue to make progress on the conversion of the Hereditary Cancer market from single syndrome testing to the myRisk Hereditary Cancer panel. The weight of evidence supporting broad Hereditary Cancer panel testing continues to grow. And we are seeing update to professional guidelines supporting broader panel testing. For example, in the April NCCN -- in April, the NCCN updated their hereditary cancer guidelines to include screening for 3 additional genes. These new guidelines built on the NCCN recommendations made in the fall for physicians to consider panel-based tests for their patients. In total, 19 of the 25 genes in the myRisk panel are listed in the current NCCN guidelines. Additionally, in April, Myriad had an important peer-reviewed study published in Community Genetics that highlighted many of the issues associated with utilizing public research databases for clinical applications. In the study, a team of Myriad scientists analyzed the content of several public databases to compare and contrast calls on the set of 2017 BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations from 24,650 consecutively tested patient samples received by our laboratory that were representative of a real-world data set. The databases analyzed included ClinVar, the Breast Cancer Information Core or BIC database, an online open-access breast cancer mutation database maintained by the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, the Leiden Open Variation Database, the BRCA1 and the BRCA2 Universal Mutation Database and the Human Gene Mutation Database, HGMD. We believe there are some important key takeaways from this publication. First, 34% of the mutations we identified were not present in any of the public databases. Additionally, for the databases that allow conflicting classifications, the rate of conflicting classifications range from 4% to 13%. Finally, overall concordance among the public databases was exceptionally low. Of the 116 variants that had a pathogenic classification in at least 1 database, only 3% were classified as pathogenic in all 5 databases. This data supports why physicians and commercial payers continue to value Myriad's experience with varying classification as a key differentiator between tests. As discussed in the last conference call, the plan for our myRisk process in the third quarter was to install the necessary informatics to have the capacity for complete market conversion. We were successful in accomplishing this goal during the quarter and began expanding access to the test again late in the third quarter. Consequently, myRisk conversion increased to 58% of incoming samples by the end of the quarter. We would expect of few additional conversion during the fourth quarter and to complete the conversion by the end of September. At that point, we believe we will have converted all of our targeted customers, leaving only infrequent users with low utilization rates. Some of these low volume physicians will likely continue to send in legacy single-syndrome test kits, and we are already piloting alternative approaches to convert these customers throughout fiscal year 2016. We also continue to make progress with payers as we signed additional long-term hereditary cancer contracts in the quarter. It is worth noting that patient's out-of-pocket cost remained very low. On average, 80% of patients tested at Myriad pay nothing out of pocket. And the average patient bill is less than $100 making myRisk the best patient value on the market. Myriad's extensive customer service team will continue to ensure that patients realize the benefits of this broad insurance coverage. This extensive coverage results from payer's understanding of the very unique Hereditary Cancer market. Patient lives and those of their entire family are forever changed when they opened the envelope that contains these test results. These tests are unlike any other diagnostic test and the cost of an inaccurate test result can add hundreds of thousands of dollars of unnecessary downstream costs. Consequently, payers continue to value Myriad's most sensitive and accurate tests as a way to best serve their members and avoid material unforeseen downstream costs. Transitioning to our urology business, we are still awaiting a final LCD from Noridian for Prolaris. Originally, the comment period was to end on April 10. However, due to Medicare contractor scheduling issues, all 7 of the LCDs under consideration, including Prolaris, had the comment period extended until the end of April. As Pete mentioned, given the 45-day time line for the LCD to become effective, our guidance for the fourth quarter no longer assumes any Prolaris revenue. We do know that during the comment period, there were a large number of physicians that provided positive support for Prolaris in managing their prostate cancer patients. So while this delay will impact our fourth quarter, we anticipate that it will have no impact on fiscal year 2016. This quarter, we continue to see significant growth in Prolaris volumes, with incoming samples up 30% sequentially, which follows 32%, sequential increase we saw in the second quarter. We are currently seeing a significant amount of sales momentum as our new sales representative additions have begun to contribute meaningfully to growth. Our total ordering physician base has now grown to approximately 20% of all urologists with repeat users representing 85% of ordering physicians in the third quarter. We also have several important data presentations at the upcoming AUA meeting surrounding Prolaris. The first will be the final results from our PROCEDE-1000 clinic utility study, which was very consistent with their interim data analysis. This study -- in this study, physicians changed their clinical treatment decisions 44% of the time based upon the patient's Prolaris test score. Additionally, we will be presenting data surrounding a definitive Prolaris score threshold recommendation for active surveillance. This threshold translates to approximately a 3% risk of 10-year prostate-specific mortality. Since Prolaris is the only test that has been developed to correlate to the gold standard endpoint of prostate-specific mortality, we believe this will be an important differentiator for our product. Physicians and patients faced with a difficult decision are interested in tests that can facilitate definitive recommendations, and this new threshold will provide that information. Next I would like to provide an update on our dermatology business unit. I am pleased to announce that our first clinical validation study for myPath Melanoma has now been published in the Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. In this study, myPath Melanoma had over a 90% diagnostic accuracy in identifying melanomas from a set of 464 suspicious lesions. Additionally, we presented our third clinical utility study at the recent AAD meeting. The study followed patients for up to 12 months after their diagnosis and in 214 patients who received the benign myPath Melanoma score, there is no evidence of recurrent disease. We believe this additional data continues to provide dermatologist -- dermatopathologists greater confidence in making definitive treatment recommendations for lesions with an uncertain initial diagnosis. In aggregate, we have now completed our initial verification study to large validation studies and analytical validation, 3 clinical utility studies and a health economic model. We also received New York State licensing for this test in the quarter. Based upon the growing body of evidence supporting both the clinical validity and utility of the test, we have initiated discussions with Medicare and private insurers regarding the current dossier. We continue to believe that myPath Melanoma represents an important pioneering discovery to provide a definitive diagnosis for the over 500,000 indeterminate lesions biopsied in the United States and Europe every year. I would also like to provide an update on our companion diagnostic business since we had several important developments during the quarter. First, we saw significant demand for our BRACAnalysis CDx test for ovarian cancer patients this quarter and are very pleased with the progress we have made in our collaboration with AstraZeneca as sample demand for ovarian cancer patients increased almost 40% sequentially. Additionally, we recently signed an expanded agreement with AstraZeneca, under which we will use BRACAnalysis CDx as a companion diagnostic in support of their clinical trial in metastatic pancreatic cancer. This represents a new market opportunity for Myriad since we currently test very few pancreatic cancer patients. Every year in the United States and Europe, 152,000 patients are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. And unfortunately, most of these are diagnosed with or progress to late-stage disease. If this trial is successful, every pancreatic cancer patient would be assessed with BRACAnalysis CDx, which represents a market potential of approximately $500 million per year. We also made significant progress this quarter with our third companion diagnostic, myChoice HRD. During the quarter, we announced an expanded agreement with BioMarin, under which they will evaluate myChoice HRD as a companion diagnostic for BMN 673 in metastatic breast, ovarian cancer and potential -- potentially other tumor types. Also Tesaro recently announced their plans to utilize myChoice HRD and support of the evaluation of Niraparib for their NOVA study in ovarian cancer. In support of this prospective clinical trial as well as other planned clinical trials with our pharmaceutical partners, we have begun the construction of an FDA laboratory for myChoice HRD and are working towards the submission of an investigational device exemption, or IDE, to the FDA. Lastly, AbbVie announced positive data with myChoice HRD at the 13th International Congress on Targeted Anticancer Therapies. In the study of 71 ovarian cancer patients, 100% of the responders to ABT-767 had high HRD scores. A mounting clinical validation data for myChoice HRD will continue as we percent 5 abstracts at the upcoming ASCO meeting, including 1 podium presentation of myChoice HRD's ability to predict response to both platinum-based therapies and PARP inhibitors. myChoice HRD continues to represent yet one more pioneering effort by Myriad to transform the way cancer therapy is provided for patients. If these studies are successful in ovarian cancer, breast cancer and pancreatic cancer, almost 700,000 patients per year in the U.S. and Europe will have their therapy dictated by myChoice HRD. In closing, I'm very excited and honored to have the opportunity to follow in Pete's footsteps as the second CEO of Myriad Genetics. Fiscal 2015 has been a year full of transitions, and I'm confident that the investments we're making to transition the Hereditary Cancer market, diversify our product portfolio and expand internationally have positioned us for continued growth in the coming years. My commitment is to lead the outstanding employees of this company to become a diversified global pioneer in personalized medicine that can revolutionize patient care. In fiscal year 2016, we will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the company. To kick off this year, on September 14 in New York City, we will be hosting an Analyst Day, where we will provide more details on how we plan to achieve our 5-year vision for the company. I hope all of you will be able to attend this important event. And with that, I will turn the call over to Bryan to discuss our financials and guidance.