On February 26, 2020 OPKO Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPK) reported business highlights and financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2019 (Press release, Opko Health, FEB 26, 2020, View Source [SID1234554799]).

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Business Highlights

Successful Phase 3 results for Somatrogon, an investigational long-acting human growth hormone to treat children with growth hormone deficiency: On October 21, 2019, OPKO and Pfizer announced the global Phase 3 trial evaluating somatrogon dosed once-weekly in pre-pubertal children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) met its primary endpoint of non-inferiority to daily GENOTROPIN (somatropin) for injection, as measured by annual height velocity at 12 months.

Somatrogon Phase 3 clinical trial data to be presented at ENDO on March 28, 2020: Two oral presentations will be delivered at the Endocrine Society’s ENDO 2020 meeting, to be held March 28-31, 2020:

"Somatrogon Growth Hormone in the Treatment of Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency: Results of the Pivotal Phase 3" and

"Interpretation of Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF-1) Levels Following Administration of Somatrogon (a long-acting Growth Hormone-hGH-CTP)"

Somatrogon regulatory submissions: Regulatory submission in the U.S. is anticipated in 2H 2020: Europe is expected to follow upon completion of the open-label study demonstrating benefit and compliance with reduced treatment burden, which is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2020. The registration study in pediatric GHD patients in Japan is on track for completion in the first quarter of 2020.

RAYALDEE total prescriptions reported by IQVIA increased 89% in 4Q 2019 compared with 4Q 2018: Total prescriptions for the three months ended December 31, 2019 increased to more than 17,700, compared with approximately 9,400 during the comparable period of 2018.

RAYALDEE Phase 2 trial: Interim readout is expected in 1Q 2020 of the open-label Phase 2 trial with RAYALDEE in adults with vitamin D insufficiency and stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) requiring dialysis.

4Kscore test receives final Local Coverage Determination for Medicare payments: On November 15, 2019, OPKO announced that Novitas Solutions issued its final Local Coverage Determination for Medicare payments for the 4Kscore test with defined coverage criteria, effective

December 30, 2019. 4Kscore utilization remained strong with nearly 18,000 tests performed during the fourth quarter of 2019. A premarket approval submission for the 4Kscore test was accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December 2019.

Financial Highlights

Consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2019 increased to $224.3 million compared with $221.9 million for the comparable period of 2018. Revenue from services in the fourth quarter of 2019 was $177.9 million, revenue from products was $32.0 million including RAYALDEE net revenue of $12.6 million, and revenue from licensing and intellectual property was $14.4 million.

Operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2019 were $336.8 million compared with $311.9 million during the fourth quarter of 2018. Operating expenses during the three months ended December 31, 2019 included a non-cash impairment charge of $91.8 million for goodwill and intangible assets related to the acquisitions of Claros, CURNA and Transition Therapeutics, while the 2018 period included a $21.8 million non-cash impairment charge. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased during the 2019 period by $16 million to $79.1 million, while research and development expenses decreased to $23.0 million from $33.3 million for the 2018 period, primarily due to the completion of the pediatric Phase 3 study for OPKO’s long-acting human growth hormone product and other ongoing clinical trials.

The net loss for the fourth quarter of 2019, which includes a non-cash impairment charge of $91.8 million, was $112.4 million, or $0.18 per share, compared with a net loss of $76.1 million, or $0.13 per share, for the comparable period of 2018. The 2018 reported net loss benefited from inclusion of an income tax benefit of $28.3 million whereas the 2019 period included an income tax expense of $3.4 million.

Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were $85.5 million as of December 31, 2019. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the Company raised gross proceeds of $81.3 million from an underwritten public offering of common stock. On February 25, 2020, the Company entered into an unsecured credit facility providing $100 million of incremental capital on a non-dilutive basis. The credit facility is with Phillip Frost, MD, the Company’s Chairman and CEO.

CONFERENCE CALL & WEBCAST INFORMATION

OPKO’s senior management will provide a business update and discuss results in greater detail in a conference call and live audio webcast at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time today, Wednesday, February 26, 2020. The conference call dial-in and webcast information is as follows:
DOMESTIC DIAL-IN:

(877) 783-8475
INTERNATIONAL DIAL-IN:

(614) 999-1827
PASSCODE:

9678678
WEBCAST:

OPKO 4Q19 Results Conference Call

For those unable to participate in the live conference call or webcast, a replay will be available beginning approximately two hours after the close of the conference call. To access the replay, dial 855-859-2056 or 404-537-3406. The replay passcode is 9678678. The replay can be accessed for a period of time on OPKO’s website at OPKO 4Q19 Results Conference Call.