Fred Driscoll
Analyst · Raymond James. Your line is now open
Thanks, Melissa. As Mike mentioned, ZILRETTA net sales in the second quarter were $28.2 million, which reflect the gross to net reduction of 18.5%. This reduction includes rebates to healthcare providers that are variable and based on the volume of product purchased. Total provider rebates accounted for a gross to net reduction of approximately 9% in Q2, and the remaining gross to net reduction of approximately 9.5% is comprised of distributed in service fees, returns reserve and mandatory government discount rebates, including Medicaid, 340B institutions and Veterans Administrations and Department of Defense. At the end of the second quarter, the aggregate inventory held by specialty distributors were slightly above the one to three weeks we target. We reported a net loss of $22.2 million for the second quarter of 2021, compared to a net loss of $32.6 million for the same period of 2020. Our loss per share for the second quarter of 2021 was $0.44, compared to $0.76 for the same period of 2020. This improvement is due to a variety of factors, particularly the impacts of COVID on our operations last year. However, I can say that cost containment is a top of mind consideration for our management team. Cost of sales was $5 million and $5.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Gross margin was $23.2 million or 82%, compared to $10 million was 65% of sales for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The improvement year-over-year reflects the scale up in production in 2021 as compared to the shutdown and unabsorbed overhead cost in 2020 caused by COVID. Importantly, we saw a continued improvement in our gross margin rate in Q2 at the aforementioned 82% compared to 75% in Q1 as we move towards a more normalized manufacturing level. Regarding research and development expenses, they were $12.7 million and $12.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The net result reflects a decrease of $900,000 in development expenses due to reduction in ZILRETTA lifecycle management activities, and a decrease of $500,000 in salary and other employee-related costs and stock-based compensation expense related to lower headcount. The decreases were offset by increases of $600,000 and $400,000, respectively, related to the FX201 and FX301 pipeline programs due to increased clinical trial activity. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $27.4 million and $24.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Selling expenses were $18.9 million and $16.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The year-over-year increase of $2.1 million was primarily due to the partial resumption of industry conferences and physician speaker programs and increases in business travel during the quarter. General and administrative expenses were $8.5 million and $7.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which represents an increase of $600,000. Interest income was $200,000 and $100,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Interest expense was $5.2 million and $5.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of June 30, 2021, the company had approximately $131.2 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, compared with $175.3 million as of December 31st, 2020. On July 29th, 2021, we entered into a second amendment to our amended and restated credit and security agreement with Silicon Valley Bank, MidCap Financial Trust and another lenders providing for a non-dilutive term loan of up to $55 million available at closing in a revolving credit facility of up to $25 million. We borrowed the available amounts and used $48.1 million of the proceeds to repay our outstanding 2019 term loan and revolving loans. The credit facility requires interest-only payments until August 1st, 2023. We anticipate that the new agreement will result in an approximately $59 million improvement to cash flow through 2023. Net of the term loan proceeds, payment of the outstanding 2019 term loan balance and deferring principal payments for two years. As Mike mentioned, the refinancing strengthens our cash position and provides us with an estimated cash runway into 2023. Finally, with respect to our operating expenses, we continue to guide full year OpEx, including cost of sales, R&D expenses and SG&A expenses in the range of $195 million to $205 million. However, as Mike mentioned, in my first 60 days back as CFO, we have initiated a deep dive review into all aspects of spending in the company with a goal to reducing our operating costs. Once complete, we will have more to say on this in the future quarterly update. At this point, I would ask the operator to open the line for Q&A.