On May 3, 2023 United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR), a public benefit corporation, reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 (Press release, United Therapeutics, MAY 3, 2023, View Source [SID1234630942]). Total revenues in the first quarter of 2023 grew 10% year-over-year to $506.9 million, compared to $461.9 million in the first quarter of 2022.

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"The hard work and determination of our over 1,000 Unitherians during the first quarter of this year allowed us to reach over $500 million in revenue for the second quarter ever," said Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer. "And to sustain our mission to help patients in need, our clinical team continues to progress our four registration studies in progress: the two TETON studies of Tyvaso in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the ADVANCE OUTCOMES study of ralinepag in pulmonary arterial hypertension, and the clinical study of our CLES ex vivo lung perfusion technology."

"We are extremely pleased with the underlying strength of our Tyvaso franchise, highlighted by record referrals and starts during the quarter and net patient additions in line with prior quarters," said Michael Benkowitz, President and Chief Operating Officer. "Our other core products also performed well, led by Orenitram which achieved record revenues in the first quarter."

First Quarter 2023 Financial Results

Key financial highlights include (dollars in millions, except per share data):

Three Months Ended

March 31,

Dollar
Change

Percentage
Change

2023

2022

Total revenues

$

506.9

$

461.9

$

45.0

10

%

Net income

$

240.9

$

239.9

$

1.0

—

%

Net income, per basic share

$

5.20

$

5.31

$

(0.11)

(2

) %

Net income, per diluted share

$

4.86

$

5.03

$

(0.17)

(3

) %

Revenues

The table below presents the components of total revenues (dollars in millions):

Three Months Ended

March 31,

Dollar
Change

Percentage
Change

2023

2022

Net product sales:

Tyvaso(1)

$

238.4

$

172.0

$

66.4

39

%

Remodulin(2)

121.4

131.7

(10.3)

(8

) %

Orenitram

88.2

82.8

5.4

7

%

Unituxin

49.1

55.6

(6.5)

(12

) %

Adcirca

7.3

9.8

(2.5)

(26

) %

Other

2.5

10.0

(7.5)

(75

) %

Total revenues

$

506.9

$

461.9

$

45.0

10

%

(1)

Net product sales include both the drug product and the respective inhalation devices for both nebulized Tyvaso Inhalation Solution and the dry powder version known as Tyvaso DPI.

(2)

Net product sales include sales of infusion devices, such as the Remunity Pump.

Net product sales from our treprostinil-based products (Tyvaso, Remodulin, and Orenitram) grew by $61.5 million, or 16%, for the first quarter of 2023, as compared to the first quarter of 2022. The growth in Tyvaso revenues resulted primarily from an increase in quantities sold. The increase in quantities sold was driven by our launch of sales of Tyvaso DPI in June 2022 and continued growth in the number of patients following the Tyvaso label expansion in March 2021 to include the treatment of pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease.

Expenses

Cost of sales. The table below summarizes cost of sales by major category (dollars in millions):

Three Months Ended

March 31,

Dollar
Change

Percentage
Change

2023

2022

Category:

Cost of sales

$

52.7

$

26.6

$

26.1

98

%

Share-based compensation benefit(1)

(0.4

)

(0.7

)

0.3

43

%

Total cost of sales

$

52.3

$

25.9

$

26.4

102

%

(1)

Refer to Share-based compensation below.

Cost of sales, excluding share-based compensation. Cost of sales for the three months ended March 31, 2023 increased as compared to the same period in 2022, primarily due to an increase in Tyvaso DPI royalty expense and product costs, following the commercial launch of the product in June 2022.

Research and development expense. The table below summarizes the nature of research and development expense by major expense category (dollars in millions):

Three Months Ended

March 31,

Dollar
Change

Percentage
Change

2023

2022

Category:

External research and development(1)

$

45.1

$

40.6

$

4.5

11

%

Internal research and development(2)

34.4

32.0

2.4

8

%

Share-based compensation expense (benefit)(3)

1.3

(3.6

)

4.9

136

%

Impairments(4)

%

Other(5)

2.1

—

2.1

NM(6)

Total research and development expense

$

82.9

$

69.0

$

13.9

20

%

(1)

External research and development primarily includes fees paid to third parties (such as clinical trial sites, contract research organizations, and contract laboratories) for preclinical and clinical studies and payments to third-party contract manufacturers before FDA approval of the relevant product.

(2)

Internal research and development primarily includes salary-related expenses for research and development functions, internal costs to manufacture product candidates before FDA approval, and internal facilities-related expenses, including depreciation, related to research and development activities.

(3)

Refer to Share-based compensation below.

(4)

Impairments primarily includes impairment charges to write down the carrying value of in-process research and development and of certain property, plant, and equipment as a result of research and development activities. There were no impairment charges during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022.

(5)

Other primarily includes upfront fees and milestone payments to third parties under license agreements related to development-stage products and adjustments to the fair value of our contingent consideration obligations.

(6)

Calculation is not meaningful.

Research and development expense, excluding share-based compensation. Research and development expense for the three months ended March 31, 2023 increased as compared to the same period in 2022, primarily due to increased expenditures related to the TETON clinical studies of Tyvaso in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Selling, general, and administrative expense. The table below summarizes selling, general, and administrative expense by major category (dollars in millions):

Three Months Ended

March 31,

Dollar
Change

Percentage Change

2023

2022

Category:

General and administrative

$

83.7

$

81.3

$

2.4

3

%

Sales and marketing

16.9

14.5

2.4

17

%

Share-based compensation benefit(1)

(13.3

)

(16.8

)

3.5

21

%

Total selling, general, and administrative expense

$

87.3

$

79.0

$

8.3

11

%

(1)

Refer to Share-based compensation below.

Share-based compensation. The table below summarizes share-based compensation benefit by major category

(dollars in millions):

Three Months Ended

March 31,

Dollar
Change

Percentage
Change

2023

2022

Category:

Stock options

$

4.9

$

5.5

$

(0.6

)

(11

) %

Restricted stock units

12.2

6.3

5.9

94

%

Share tracking awards plan (STAP)

(30.0

)

(33.4

)

3.4

10

%

Employee stock purchase plan

0.5

0.5

—

—

%

Total share-based compensation benefit

$

(12.4

)

$

(21.1

)

$

8.7

41

%

The decrease in share-based compensation benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the same period in 2022, was primarily due to: (1) an increase in restricted stock unit expense driven by an increase in the number of awards granted and remaining outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the same period in 2022; and (2) a decrease in STAP benefit driven by a 19 percent decrease in our stock price and fewer awards remaining outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the same period in 2022.

Other (expense) income, net. The change in other (expense) income, net for the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the same period in 2022, was primarily due to net unrealized gains and losses on equity securities.

Income tax expense. Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $51.0 million and $68.8 million, respectively. Our effective income tax rate (ETR) for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was 17 percent and 22 percent, respectively. Our ETR for the three months ended March 31, 2023 decreased compared to our ETR for the three months ended March 31, 2022 primarily due to increased excess tax benefits from share-based compensation.

Webcast

We will host a webcast to discuss our first quarter 2023 financial results on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The webcast can be accessed live via our website at View Source A replay of the webcast will also be available at the same location on our website.

On May 3, 2023 SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing life-changing medicines for patients with severe rare diseases and cancer, reported first quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, 2023 and provided an update on recent company developments (Press release, SpringWorks Therapeutics, MAY 3, 2023, View Source [SID1234630940]).

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"In the first quarter of 2023 we continued to deliver strong results across our diversified oncology pipeline. We were very pleased that our New Drug Application for nirogacestat in desmoid tumors was accepted with Priority Review by the FDA, and that our Phase 3 DeFi trial was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Our team is energized by the opportunity to deliver the first FDA-approved therapy for this devastating disease and continues to work expeditiously to serve the desmoid tumor patient and physician communities following potential FDA approval later this year," said Saqib Islam, Chief Executive Officer of SpringWorks. "In parallel, we are advancing our Phase 2b ReNeu trial and believe that mirdametinib has the opportunity to address a substantial unmet need that remains for patients with NF1-associated plexiform neurofibromas. We are on track to report topline data from the trial later this year, with the goal of submitting an NDA in the first half of 2024. We look forward to sharing our continued progress throughout the year."

Recent Business Highlights and Upcoming Milestones

Rare Oncology

In February 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted SpringWorks’ New Drug Application (NDA) for nirogacestat, an investigational oral, small molecule gamma secretase inhibitor, in development as a monotherapy for the treatment of adults with desmoid tumors. The application has been granted Priority Review and given a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date of August 27, 2023. SpringWorks also expects to file a Marketing Authorization Application for nirogacestat with the European Medicines Agency in 2024.
Data from the Phase 3 DeFi trial of nirogacestat in adult patients with progressing desmoid tumors were published in the March 9, 2023 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
SpringWorks expects to present topline data from the pediatric and adult cohorts of the Phase 2b ReNeu trial evaluating mirdametinib, an investigational MEK inhibitor, in NF1-PN in the second half of 2023. Pending these data, SpringWorks anticipates submitting an NDA to the FDA for mirdametinib as a treatment for NF1-PN in the first half of 2024.
Patients continue to be enrolled in a Phase 2 trial evaluating nirogacestat in ovarian granulosa cell tumors.
B-cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA) Combinations in Multiple Myeloma

SpringWorks continues to evaluate nirogacestat as part of several BCMA combination therapy regimens across treatment lines in collaboration with industry leaders. In 2023, SpringWorks expects that additional clinical data of nirogacestat in combination with BCMA-directed therapies will be presented and that additional planned Phase 1 collaborator studies will be initiated.
Biomarker-Defined Metastatic Solid Tumors

Updated clinical data from the Phase 1b trial evaluating mirdametinib in combination with BeiGene’s investigational RAF dimer inhibitor, lifirafenib, in patients with advanced or refractory solid tumors with RAS mutations, RAF mutations and other MAPK pathway aberrations were presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (Free AACR Whitepaper) Annual Meeting in April 2023. The combination showed antitumor activity in patients with various KRAS, NRAS, and BRAF mutations across several solid tumor types, including low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and endometrial cancer. These data support the advancement of this combination into the dose-expansion portion of the study, which will focus on a biomarker selected patient population with a tumor agnostic approach. The expansion is expected to start in the second half of 2023.
Updated clinical data from the Phase 1a/1b study of brimarafenib (BGB-3245), an investigational, selective RAF dimer inhibitor, in adult patients with advanced or refractory solid tumors harboring MAPK pathway aberrations were presented at AACR (Free AACR Whitepaper) in April 2023. Objective responders included patients with tumors harboring BRAF V600E that had progressed on prior BRAF/MEK inhibitors with or without checkpoint inhibitor treatment, BRAF Class II mutation, BRAF fusion, NRAS and KRAS mutations. These data supported the advancement of brimarafenib into the Phase 1b dose expansion portion of the study, which has been enrolling patients since October 2022 in defined cohorts.
Patients continue to be enrolled in the SpringWorks-sponsored Phase 1/2a combination study of brimarafenib and mirdametinib.
New preclinical data for SW-682, SpringWorks’ TEAD inhibitor, were presented at AACR (Free AACR Whitepaper) in April 2023. The data provide promising evidence of SW-682’s anti-tumor activity, a favorable pharmacokinetics profile and good tolerability in mice, and further support SpringWorks’ thesis that TEAD palmitoylation represents a rational point of intervention for Hippo-driven cancers. SpringWorks expects to file an Investigational New Drug Application for SW-682 in 2023.
General Corporate

SpringWorks continues to expand and strengthen its intellectual property portfolio. In March 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 11,612,588, which is directed to the treatment of desmoid tumors with pharmaceutical compositions of nirogacestat and expires in 2042. SpringWorks now has eight Orange Book-listable patents for nirogacestat.
First Quarter 2023 Financial Results

Research and Development (R&D) Expenses: R&D expenses were $33.5 million for the first quarter of 2023, compared to $34.1 million for the comparable period of 2022. The decrease in R&D expense was primarily attributable to a decrease in external costs related to drug manufacturing, clinical trial and other research, as well as facility-related costs, offset by an increase in internal costs driven by the growth in employee costs associated with increases in the number of personnel, including an increase in stock-based compensation expense.
General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses: G&A expenses were $44.2 million for the first quarter of 2023, compared to $27.4 million for the comparable period of 2022. The increase in G&A expense was largely attributable to commercial readiness activities to support the potential U.S. launch of nirogacestat for the treatment of adults with desmoid tumors. The increase in G&A included an increase in both internal costs and in consulting and professional services. The increase in internal costs was attributable to the growth in employee costs associated with increases in the number of personnel, including an increase in stock-based compensation expense, driven by the growth of our commercial organization, which included establishing certain sales, marketing, and commercialization functions. The increase in consulting and professional services was also primarily attributable to commercial readiness activities as we expand the capabilities of the organization.
Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders: SpringWorks reported a net loss of $73.4 million, or $1.18 per share, for the first quarter of 2023. This compares to a net loss of $61.8 million, or $1.26 per share, for the comparable period of 2022.
Cash Position: Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were $528.1 million as of March 31, 2023.

On May 3, 2023 Redx (AIM:REDX), the clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel, small molecule, highly targeted therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and fibrotic disease reported additional preclinical data from the company’s fibrosis portfolio including data on lead asset RXC007, and Discodin Domain Receptor (DDR) 1/2 inhibitors will be presented both orally and in a poster, at The Resistant Tumour Microenvironment, Keystone Symposia (7-10 May 2022, Vancouver, BC, Canada) (Press release, Redx Pharma, MAY 3, 2023, View Source [SID1234630939]).

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During the session on Wednesday 10 th May 0830-1130am PDT: ‘Friend or Foe: Should we Target Cancer Associated Fibroblasts and the ECM?’ Redx Senior Scientist, Dr. Daniel Wilcock will discuss if targeting tumor fibrosis with small molecule inhibitors of Rho Associated Coiled Coil Containing Protein Kinase 2 (ROCK2) or DDR1/2 improves therapy response in preclinical models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Data presented will be from the Company’s lead fibrosis asset, RXC007 as well as the DDR discovery programme, which further complements the data set presented last year at the Extracellular Matrix Pharmacology Congress by collaboration partner, the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. In addition to Dr Wilcock’s presentation, Redx will present a poster which details the potential of RXC007 in an aggressive patient derived xenograft model of PDAC in combination with standard of care (SoC) chemotherapy, and DDR1/2 inhibition in a TNBC model in combination with anti-PD-1.

RXC007, the Company’s lead asset, is a highly potent, selective and orally-active ROCK2 inhibitor targeting multiple diseases associated with fibrosis, initially being developed for interstitial lung diseases. A Phase 2a study assessing RXC007 as a potential treatment for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is expected to report topline data in Q1 2024.

Details of the presentation are as follows:

Title: Targeting tumor fibrosis with small molecule inhibitors of ROCK2 or DDR1/2 improves therapy response in preclinical models of PDAC &TNBC
Session: Friend or Foe: Should we Target Cancer Associated Fibroblasts and the ECM?

Day/Date: Wednesday 10 th May, 2023 Time: 08:30-11:30 am PDT

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On May 3, 2023 Personalis, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSNL), a leader in advanced genomics for precision oncology, reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023 and provided recent business highlights (Press release, Personalis, MAY 3, 2023, View Source [SID1234630938]).

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Recent Business Updates

•
Announced a collaboration with Cancer Research UK, University College London, and the Francis Crick Institute to utilize our ultra-sensitive NeXT Personal tumor-informed liquid biopsy assay for the TRACERx study, a groundbreaking lung cancer initiative, to identify and track minimal residual disease (MRD) potentially before recurrence is detected through standard of care technologies

•
Presented new data to highlight NeXT Personal’s unparalleled sensitivity in four posters at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (Free AACR Whitepaper) Annual Meeting 2023, including initial findings from research with University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), which showed that NeXT Personal may improve the ability to predict responses or resistance to immunotherapy earlier than imaging

•
Extended partnership with AstraZeneca to use NeXT Personal to explore ultra-sensitive MRD measurement, including clinically relevant and personalized variant tracking, for clinical research and drug development

•
Partnered with Criterium and the Academic Breast Cancer Consortium (ABRCC) to conduct a prospective clinical trial to validate the clinical performance of the NeXT Personal assay to evaluate MRD and subsequent recurrence in patients with early-stage, resectable triple negative breast cancer (TNBC)

•
Appointed Chris Hall as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a member of the Board, in addition to his role as President; promoted Aaron Tachibana to Chief Operating Officer (COO), in addition to his role as Chief Financial Officer (CFO); and promoted Richard Chen to Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and R&D

"We grew revenue 24% in the first quarter relative to the first quarter of last year, demonstrating consistent execution against our sharpened strategic focus in both our clinical and biopharma businesses," said Chris Hall, President and CEO of Personalis. "We are continuing to pursue revenue growth in three areas: winning in the MRD space, enabling customers to develop personalized cancer vaccines, and supporting biopharmaceutical customers with their clinical trials. This focus paves the way for us to enter into the clinical diagnostics market this year and become a critical partner in cancer recurrence monitoring and detection."

First Quarter Financial Highlights

•
Reported total company revenue of $18.9 million for the first quarter of 2023, representing a 24% increase compared with $15.2 million for the first quarter of 2022

o
Revenue from pharma tests, enterprise, and other customers of $15.9 million in the first quarter of 2023, representing a 35% increase compared with $11.7 million in the first quarter of 2022; revenue from enterprise customers includes revenue from Natera of $9.5 million in the first quarter of 2023

o
Revenue from population sequencing for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Million Veterans Program (VA MVP) of $3.0 million in the first quarter of 2023, compared with $3.5 million in the first quarter of 2022

•
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $148.9 million as of March 31, 2023

•
Net loss of $28.7 million, and net loss per share of $0.61 based on a weighted-average basic and diluted share count of 46.7 million in the first quarter of 2023

Second Quarter and Full Year 2023 Outlook

Personalis expects the following for the second quarter of 2023:

•
Total company revenue of $16 million to $17 million
•
Revenue from pharma tests, enterprise sales, and other customers of $13 million to $14 million
•
Revenue from population sequencing of approximately $3 million

Personalis expects the following for the full year of 2023:

•
Total company revenue in the range of $68 million to $72 million
•
Revenue from pharma tests, enterprise sales, and all other customers in the range of $59 million to $63 million
•
Revenue from population sequencing of approximately $9 million
•
Net loss of approximately $103 million, reduced from $113 million in 2022 due to realization of headcount reduction savings, partially offset by investments in clinical evidence generation and non-cash depreciation expense for the new facility
•
Cash usage of approximately $75 million, reduced from $119 million in 2022

Webcast and Conference Call Information

Personalis will host a conference call to discuss the first quarter financial results after market close on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time / 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The conference call can be accessed live by dialing 877-451-6152 for domestic callers or 201-389-0879 for international callers.The live webinar can be accessed at View Source A replay of the webinar will be available shortly after the conclusion of the call and will be archived on the company’s website.

On May 3, 2023 OPKO Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPK) reported business highlights and financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2023 (Press release, Opko Health, MAY 3, 2023, View Source [SID1234630936]).

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First quarter business highlights include the following:

OPKO Health’s ModeX Therapeutics, Inc. (ModeX) entered into an exclusive worldwide license and collaboration agreement with Merck to develop MDX-2201 for Epstein-Barr virus. Under the terms of the agreement, OPKO received a $50.0 million upfront payment and is eligible to receive up to an additional $872.5 million upon the achievement of prespecified development and commercial milestones. In addition, upon commercial launch of MDX-2201, OPKO is eligible to receive royalties on global net sales. Merck will be responsible for clinical and regulatory costs and activities, as well as product commercialization.

Sales are underway by Pfizer for NGENLA (somatrogon) in 17 countries including Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom; NGENLA has been approved in 41 countries and Pfizer continues to work with the FDA to obtain approval in the U.S. NGENLA treats pediatric patients with decreased growth due to insufficient growth hormone and reduces the injection frequency from once daily to once weekly. NGENLA is the first once-weekly product approved for the treatment of pediatric growth hormone deficiency in Japan, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates and Brazil, and was recently approved in Korea and Turkey. Its European Union marketing authorization is valid in all EU Member States, as well as in Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein. Pfizer expects to launch in all priority international markets by year-end.

BioReference Health is one of the first commercial laboratories to offer a dual-stain triage test to enhance cervical cancer screenings. The CINtec PLUS Cytology test from Roche Diagnostics is the only approved dual-stain triage test for patients who have a high-risk human papillomavirus result. The dual-stain biomarker test allows healthcare providers to assess a patient’s risk for cervical pre-cancer more accurately and quickly. BioReference is driving innovation to its portfolio with new tests to provide valuable information for healthcare providers and their patients.
First Quarter Financial Results

Pharmaceuticals: Revenue from products in the first quarter of 2023 increased to $40.4 million from $36.6 million in the first quarter of 2022, driven by sales in our international operating companies and an increase in sales of Rayaldee to $6.6 million from $5.1 million in the prior-year period. Revenue from the transfer of intellectual property was $64.8 million in the first quarter of 2023 compared with $6.0 million in the 2022 period. The increase in revenue from the transfer of intellectual property reflects a $50.0 million upfront payment from Merck, a $7.0 million milestone payment from Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma triggered by the German price approval related to Rayaldee and a $2.5 million milestone payment from Nicoya Therapeutics related to the submission of its investigational new drug application to China’s Center for Drug Evaluation for Rayaldee. Total costs and expenses were $86.3 million in the first quarter of 2023, up from $60.7 million in the prior-year period. The increase was mainly due to a $12.5 million payment to Sanofi that accrued under a Sanofi In-License Agreement between ModeX and Sanofi, and research expenses at ModeX, which was acquired in May 2022. Operating income was $19.0 million in the first quarter of 2023, compared with an operating loss of $18.1 million in the first quarter of 2022.

Diagnostics: Revenue from services in the first quarter of 2023 was $132.4 million compared with $286.6 million in the prior-year period. Revenue decreased due to lower COVID-19 testing volume. BioReference processed approximately 68,000 COVID-19 PCR tests in the first quarter of 2023, representing 4.8% of total volume, versus 2.0 million tests in the first quarter of 2022, representing 46.9% of total volume. Furthermore, revenue decreased by $36.1 million due to the sale of GeneDx in April 2022. Total costs and expenses were $172.4 million in the first quarter of 2023 compared with $330.1 million in the first quarter of 2022, resulting in an operating loss of $40.0 million compared with an operating loss of $43.5 million in the 2022 period, which included approximately $16.0 million from GeneDx. BioReference is implementing significant cost-reduction initiatives as it strives to return to profitability.

Consolidated: Consolidated total revenues for the first quarter of 2023 were $237.6 million compared with $329.2 million for the comparable period of 2022. Operating loss for the first quarter of 2023 decreased $41.8 million to $30.6 million from $72.4 million for the 2022 quarter. Net loss for the first quarter of 2023 was $18.3 million, or $0.02 per share, compared with a net loss of $55.4 million, or $0.08 per share, for the 2022 quarter. Net loss for the first quarter of 2023 included non-cash income of $8.3 million due to an increase in the fair value of OPKO’s GeneDx Holdings (formerly Sema4 Holdings Corp) investment and non-cash income of $8.5 million as a result of GeneDx Holdings achieving specific revenue targets for the 2022 fiscal year.

Cash and cash equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents were $110.8 million as of March 31, 2023, which does not include the $50 million upfront payment from Merck that was received in April 2023.
Conference Call and Webcast Information

OPKO’s senior management will provide a business update, discuss first quarter financial results, provide financial guidance and answer questions during a conference call and live audio webcast today beginning at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. Participants are encouraged to pre-register for the conference call here. Callers who pre-register will receive a unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call and bypass the live operator. Participants may register at any time, including up to and after the call start time. Those unable to pre-register may participate by dialing 833-630-0584 (U.S.) or 412-317-1815 (International). A webcast of the call can also be accessed at OPKO’s Investor Relations page and here.

A telephone replay will be available until May 10, 2023 by dialing 877-344-7529 (U.S.) or 412-317-0088 (International) and providing the passcode 4576780. A webcast replay will be available beginning approximately one hour after the completion of the live conference call here.