Sean Power
Analyst · Ladenburg Thalmann. Please state your question
Thank you, Jenna. And thanks, everyone for joining us. As you may be aware, our financial results were released this afternoon and can be viewed on the Investors and Media section of our Web site at www.tgtherapeutics.com. I’d like to begin by providing an update on our cash position, followed by a brief discussion of our financial results for the full-year and fourth quarter. We ended 2015 in a strong financial position with cash, cash equivalents, investment securities and interest receivable of $102.1 million. During the first eight months of 2015, we sold approximately 4.1 million shares of common stock under our ATM facility for a aggregate gross proceeds of approximately 68.2 million at an average selling price of $16.66 per share. With our current cash position, we feel we’re well positioned to execute our current development plans and our featured growth strategies. Moving on to the results of operations. Our consolidated net loss for the year ended December 31, 2015, excluding non-cash items, was $47.3 million, including other R&D expenses of $43.4 million of which $23.4 million related to manufacturing and CMC expenses in preparation for Phase 3 clinical trials and potential commercialization. The consolidated net loss for the year ended December 31, 2015, inclusive of non-cash items, was $63 million or $1.38 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $55.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. The increase in consolidated net loss during 2015 was driven by increases in R&D expenses for both TG-1101 and TGR-1202 as a result of manufacturing and clinical trial costs related to ongoing and planned future Phase 3 registration programs, as well as launch preparation activities. The increase in R&D expenses was partially offset by expenses reported during 2014 in conjunction with our licensing agreements for TGR-1202 and the IRAK4 program, and a decrease in non-cash compensation expense over the comparable period in 2014. Our consolidated net loss for the fourth quarter of 2015, excluding non-cash items, was $14.8 million, including other R&D expenses of $13.7 million, of which $7.4 million related to manufacturing and CMC expenses in preparation for Phase 3 clinical trials and potential commercialization. The consolidated net loss for the fourth quarter of 2015, inclusive of non-cash items, was $17.6 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, compared to a consolidated net loss of $18.8 million during the fourth quarter of 2014. The decrease in consolidated net loss during the fourth quarter of 2015 was the result of a decrease in non-cash compensation expense over the comparable period in 2014, partially offset by a modest increase in other R&D expenses related to TGR-1202, which was driven by clinical trial expenses related to ongoing and planned future Phase 3 registration programs. With that, I will now turn the call over to Mike Weiss, our Executive Chairman and Interim CEO.