Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (LNTH) FY 2023 MD&A
This page reproduces the company's own Item 7 MD&A text from the linked SEC filing. It is filer text, not grepcent analysis, scoring, or investment advice.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements related to future events and our future financial performance that are based on current expectations and subject to risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth in Part I—Item 1A. “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements.” included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
This section discusses 2023 and 2022 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2023 and 2022. Discussions of 2021 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2022 and 2021 have been excluded from this Form 10-K and can be found in “Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2023.
Overview
Our Business
We are the leading radiopharmaceutical-focused company, delivering life-changing science to enable clinicians to Find, Fight and Follow disease to deliver better patient outcomes. We classify our products in three categories: Radiopharmaceutical Oncology, Precision Diagnostics, and Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue. Our Radiopharmaceutical Oncology diagnostics and therapeutics help healthcare professionals (“HCPs”) Find, Fight and Follow cancer, with a focus on prostate cancer. Our leading Precision Diagnostic products assist HCPs to Find and Follow diseases, with a focus in cardiology. Our Strategic Partnerships focus on enabling precision medicine through the use of biomarkers, digital solutions and pharma solutions platforms.
Our commercial products are used by cardiologists, internal medicine physicians, nuclear medicine physicians, oncologists, radiologists, sonographers, technologists, and urologists working in a variety of clinical settings. We believe that our diagnostic products provide improved information that enables HCPs to better detect and characterize, or rule out, disease, with the potential to achieve better patient outcomes, reduce patient risk and limit overall costs throughout the healthcare system.
We produce and market our products throughout the United States (the “U.S.”), selling primarily to hospitals, independent diagnostic testing facilities, and radiopharmacies. We sell our products outside the U.S. through a combination of direct distribution in Canada and third party distribution relationships in Europe, Canada, Australia, Asia-Pacific, Central America and South America.
Our executive offices are located in Bedford, Massachusetts, with additional offices in North Billerica, Massachusetts; Somerset, New Jersey; Montreal, Canada; and Lund, Sweden.
Recent Developments
CEO Succession Plan
On January 23, 2024, we announced that, effective March 1, 2024, Brian Markison, our current Chair of the Board, will become our Chief Executive Officer, and Mary Anne Heino, our current Chief Executive Officer, will retire and become the Chair of the Board. As part of this leadership transition, Mr. Markison assumed the role of Executive Chair of the Board as of January 23, 2024 until the effectiveness of his Chief Executive Officer appointment in March, and Board Member Julie McHugh became Lead Independent Director.
Strategic Agreements with Perspective Therapeutics
On January 9, 2024, we announced that we entered into multiple strategic agreements with Perspective, a radiopharmaceutical company that is pursuing advanced treatment applications for cancers throughout the body. Under the agreements, we obtained an option to exclusively license Perspective’s Pb212-VMT- ⍺-NET, a clinical stage alpha therapy in development for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors, and an option to co-develop certain early-stage therapeutic candidates targeting prostate cancer using Perspective’s innovative platform technology, for an aggregate upfront payment of $28 million in cash. We also agreed to purchase up to 19.9% of Perspective’s outstanding shares of common stock for up to approximately $33 million, subject to Perspective’s completion of a qualified third-party financing transaction and certain other closing conditions. In addition, Perspective agreed to acquire the assets and associated lease of our radiopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Somerset, New Jersey, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval.
On January 22, 2024, following the satisfaction of applicable closing conditions, our subsidiary, Lantheus Alpha, purchased 56,342,355 shares of Perspective’s common stock at a purchase price of $0.37 per share in a private placement transaction. The total consideration for the purchase was approximately $20.8 million in cash, which resulted in Lantheus Alpha holding approximately
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10.74% of Perspective’s common stock as of the purchase date and retaining the right to purchase additional shares to bring its ownership up to an aggregate of 19.9%.
Exclusive License for PNT2002 and PNT2003
On December 20, 2022, we announced the closing of a set of strategic collaborations with POINT Biopharma Global Inc. (“POINT”), in which we were granted a license to exclusive worldwide rights (excluding Japan, South Korea, China (including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan), Singapore, and Indonesia) to co-develop and commercialize POINT’s PNT2002 and PNT2003 product candidates.
On December 27, 2023, Eli Lilly announced the completion of its acquisition of POINT. The acquisition is no expected to impact the status of the PNT2002 License Agreement, the PNT2003 License Agreement, or the work being performed in connection with those agreements and our collaboration with POINT.
PNT2002
With respect to PNT2002, POINT is generally responsible for funding and development activities required for FDA approval, including generating all clinical and nonclinical data, analysis and other information, and we are responsible for preparing for and seeking regulatory approval for PNT2002, as well as performing and funding all future development and commercialization following such approval. POINT will be responsible for all manufacturing of PNT2002, subject to certain exceptions described in the license and collaboration agreement between Lantheus Two and POINT, dated November 11, 2022 (the “PNT2002 License Agreement”).
In April 2023, we announced with POINT that the FDA had granted Fast Track designation for PNT2002. Fast Track is a process designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs to treat serious conditions and address unmet needs.
On December 18, 2023, we announced positive topline results from SPLASH, the Phase 3 registrational trial for PNT2002. SPLASH was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of PNT2002 in patients with mCRPC who have progressed following treatment with an androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (“ARPI”). The SPLASH trial met its primary endpoint, demonstrating a median radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) per blinded independent central review of 9.5 months for patients treated with PNT2002, compared to 6.0 months for patients treated with ARPI in the control arm, a statistically significant 29% reduction in the risk of radiographic progression or death (hazard ratio (“HR”) 0.71; p=0.0088). At the time of the analysis, interim overall survival (OS) results were immature (46% of protocol-specified target OS events reached), and the HR was 1.11. We expect more mature overall survival data in 2024 prior to the potential submission of a New Drug Application (“NDA”).
PNT2002 demonstrated a favorable safety profile with grade ≥3 treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, serious TEAEs, and TEAEs leading to discontinuation occurring at lower rates in the PNT2002 arm than in the control arm (30.1%, 17.1%, and 1.9% versus 36.9%, 23.1%, and 6.2%, respectively).
The open-label study randomized 412 patients with PSMA-expressing mCRPC who had progressed on ARPI therapy and either refused or were not eligible for chemotherapy, in a 2:1 randomization ratio. At the time of the analysis, 84.6% of patients who experienced progressive disease in the control arm subsequently crossed over to receive PNT2002. SPLASH was conducted across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the United Kingdom. Eighty percent of SPLASH patients resided in North America and approximately ten percent of all participants were Black or African American.
During 2023, we worked on establishing an EAP, for PNT2002. EAPs, which are also referred to as compassionate use programs, provide a potential pathway for patients with serious or life-threatening conditions to gain access to an investigational drug for treatment outside of a clinical trial. We expect to enroll the first patient in the EAP for PNT2002 during the first quarter of 2024.
PNT2003
With respect to PNT2003, POINT is responsible for curating all data, analysis and other information necessary for regulatory approval, and supporting us in the preparation of regulatory filings. We are responsible for preparing for and seeking regulatory approval of all such applications, as well as performing and funding all future development and commercialization following such approval. POINT will be responsible for all manufacturing of PNT2003, subject to certain exceptions described in the license and collaboration agreement between Lantheus Three and POINT, dated November 11, 2022 (the “PNT2003 License Agreement”). On January 11, 2024, we announced that our ANDA for PNT2003 had been accepted for filing by the FDA. Based on the most recent update to the FDA’s online paragraph IV database listings, we believe we are the first applicant to have filed a substantially complete ANDA for Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate containing a Paragraph IV certification under the provisions of the Hatch-Waxman Act. As the first applicant, we believe we will be eligible for 180 days of generic marketing exclusivity in the U.S. On January 26, 2024, we were sued in the District Court for the District of Delaware by Advanced Accelerator Applications USA, Inc. and Advanced Accelerator Applications SA, each a Novartis entity, for patent infringement in response to the Company’s ANDA filing and Paragraph IV
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certification, consistent with the process established by the Hatch-Waxman Act. Under the terms of the Hatch-Waxman Act, FDA approval of our ANDA filing could be subject to a stay of up to 30-months. If our filing is stayed for the full 30-month period and we are successful in obtaining FDA approval, we would expect to launch PNT2003 in 2026, although no assurance of that approval or timing can be assured.
For more information, see Note 21, “Acquisition of Assets” in our consolidated financial statements included herein.
Acquisition of Cerveau Technologies, Inc.
On February 6, 2023, we announced that we acquired Cerveau. Cerveau holds the rights under a license agreement to develop and commercialize MK-6240, an investigational second-generation F 18-labeled PET imaging agent that targets Tau tangles in Alzheimer’s disease. Under the terms of the agreement, we paid the Selling Stockholders an upfront payment of $35.0 million in February 2023 and an additional $10.0 million in May 2023 upon the successful completion of a technology transfer. The Selling Stockholders are also eligible to receive additional development and commercial milestone payments. Additionally, we will pay double-digit royalty payments for research revenue and commercial sales. Research revenue is derived from existing partnerships with pharmaceutical companies that use MK-6240 in clinical trials and includes milestone and dose-related payments. Pursuant to the terms of the stock purchase agreement for Cerveau, certain members of the Selling Stockholders will also provide transition and clinical development services for a prescribed time following the closing of the transaction.
In September 2023, MK-6240 was granted Fast Track designation by the FDA.
For more information, see Note 21, “Acquisition of Assets” in our consolidated financial statements included herein.
Sale of RELISTOR Licensed Intangible Asset Associated with Net Sales Royalties
On August 2, 2023, we sold the right to our RELISTOR net sales royalties, which is classified as a licensed intangible asset (“RELISTOR royalty asset”), under our license agreement with Bausch; we retained the rights to future sales-based milestone payments. We received an initial payment of approximately $98.0 million in connection with the sale and we have the right to receive an additional payment from the buyer of $5.0 million if worldwide net sales of RELISTOR in 2025 exceed a specified threshold. The additional payment would be recognized upon achievement of the specified threshold. Decreases of $63.6 million of license assets and $17.5 million of associated accumulated amortization, as well as a gain of $51.8 million were recorded as a result of the sale. During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company earned a $15 million sales-based milestone payment.
For more information, see Note 10, “Intangibles, Net and Goodwill” in our consolidated financial statements included herein.
Discontinuation of AZEDRA
On August 15, 2023, we announced our decision to discontinue the production and promotion of AZEDRA and that we would be winding down our Somerset, New Jersey manufacturing site. We will continue manufacturing AZEDRA into the first quarter of 2024, to the extent feasible, with the goal of providing doses of AZEDRA to current patients so they can complete their treatment regimen.
For more information, see Note 10, “Intangibles, Net and Goodwill” in our consolidated financial statements included herein.
Refinancing of 2019 Facility
In December 2022, we refinanced our existing credit facility, consisting of (i) a $200.0 million five-year term loan facility (the “2019 Term Facility”) and (ii) a $200.0 million five-year revolving credit facility (the “2019 Revolving Facility” and, together with the 2019 Term Facility, the “2019 Facility”), with a new $100.0 million delayed draw term loan facility (the “2022 Term Facility” and, the loans thereunder, the “Term Loans”) and a new $350.0 million five-year revolving credit facility (the “2022 Revolving Facility” and, together with the 2022 Term Facility, the “2022 Facility”).
We used approximately $7.8 million of cash on hand to primarily repay the principal amount of the loans outstanding related to the 2019 Facility through the nine months ended September 30, 2022. In addition, we used approximately $167.6 million of cash on hand to repay in full the aggregate remaining principal amount of the loans outstanding under the 2019 Facility and to pay related interest, transaction fees and expenses.
While the 2022 Term Facility allowed for a delayed draw term loan, the loan was not drawn upon. We recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.6 million related to the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs and debt discounts associated with the 2019 Term Facility. In addition, we incurred and capitalized $2.7 million of new deferred financing costs related to the refinancing.
Issuance of Convertible Notes
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On December 8, 2022, we issued $575.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.625% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”), which includes $75.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes sold pursuant to the full exercise of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase additional Notes. The Notes were issued under an indenture, dated as of December 8, 2022 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, LMI, as Guarantor, and U.S. Bank, as Trustee. The net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes were approximately $557.8 million, after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and offering expenses payable by us.
Key Factors Affecting Our Results
Our 2023 financial performance incorporates the results of the Cerveau Acquisition since the February 6, 2023 closing date.
Our business and financial performance have been, and continue to be, affected by the following:
Continued Growth of PYLARIFY
PYLARIFY, an F 18-labeled PET imaging agent targeting PSMA, was approved by the FDA in May 2021 and commercially launched in the U.S. in June 2021. PYLARIFY is indicated for PET imaging of PSMA-positive lesions in men with prostate cancer with suspected metastasis who are candidates for initial definitive therapy and in men with suspected recurrence based on elevated PSA levels. Both the National Comprehensive Cancer Center guidelines and the Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging appropriate use criteria note that PSMA PET imaging agents, including PYLARIFY, can be used for patient selection for PSMA-targeted radioligand therapy. PYLARIFY is available through a diverse, multi-partner network of PET manufacturing facilities (“PMFs”), including both commercial and academic partners.
The successful growth of PYLARIFY is dependent on our ability to sustain PYLARIFY as the leading PSMA PET imaging agent in an increasingly competitive marketplace. PYLARIFY’s competition includes two commercially available gallium-68-based PSMA imaging agents, an approved fluorine-18-based PSMA imaging agent, and other non-PSMA-based imaging agents commonly referred to as conventional imaging. We previously hired additional employees to assist us with the commercialization of PYLARIFY, including in Sales, Marketing, Reimbursement, Quality and Medical Affairs, and we will continue to make commercial investments necessary to drive PYLARIFY awareness and adoption. We believe that PYLARIFY currently has the largest dedicated field-based commercial team in the PSMA PET imaging agent space. Continued growth and revenue contribution from PYLARIFY will also depend on our ability to differentiate PYLARIFY in light of the potential loss of TPT Status, including through flexible and dependable access to PYLARIFY nationally, a best in class customer experience and through long-term strategic contracts.
Our HCPCS code, which enables streamlined billing, went into effect as of January 1, 2022. In addition, effective January 1, 2022, CMS granted TPT Status in the hospital outpatient setting for PYLARIFY, enabling traditional Medicare to provide an incremental payment for PET/CT scans performed with PYLARIFY in that setting. TPT Status for PYLARIFY could expire on December 31, 2024.
In 2023 rulemaking for the 2024 payment calendar year, CMS recognized the challenges of patient access to diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals and requested feedback on various payment alternatives that could provide separate reimbursement for these items, but the agency did not adopt any of these proposals in the final rule, while stating that it would continue to evaluate this issue in subsequent rulemaking. We intend to submit comments in connection with CMS’s 2024 rulemaking for 2025 payment calendar year to request that CMS establish separate payment for diagnostics instead of the current packaged payment following expiration of TPT Status.
Our plan to successfully grow PYLARIFY has also included highlighting its commercial and clinical value, as well as through strategic partnerships and collaborations, both for the commercialization of our product outside of the United States as well as for the use of our product potentially for additional indications or in connection with the development of PSMA-targeted therapeutics. With respect to commercializing PYLARIFY outside of the U.S., we previously licensed exclusive rights to Curium to develop and commercialize piflufolastat F 18 in Europe. In July 2023, Curium announced that it received marketing authorization for piflufolastat F 18 from the European Commission, which will be commercialized in the EU under the brand name PYLCLARI. With respect to the use of PYLARIFY in connection with the development of PSMA-targeted therapeutics, we have entered into multiple strategic collaborations with pharmaceutical companies. Additional information on collaborations using PYLARIFY are described further under Part I, Item 1. “Business - Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue – Oncology.”
In connection with the acquisition of Progenics in June 2020, we issued CVRs tied to the financial performance of PYLARIFY. We paid $99.6 million to the CVR holders during May 2023 in full satisfaction of our obligations under the CVRs.
PYLARIFY AI Use
During 2021, we announced that EXINI was granted 510(k) clearance by the FDA in the U.S. and received CE marking in Europe for aPROMISE. We commercially launched aPROMISE under the name PYLARIFY AI in the U.S. in November 2021. During the second quarter of 2022, we received a new 510(k) clearance for an updated version of our PYLARIFY AI platform.
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PYLARIFY AI is artificial intelligence medical device software designed to assist with the reading and quantification of PYLARIFY scans. The technology automatically analyzes a PSMA PET/CT image to segment anatomical regions – 51 bones and 12 soft tissue organs. This image segmentation enables automated localization, detection and quantification of potential PSMA-avid lesions in a PSMA PET/CT image, which data is then incorporated into the reporting system used by physicians.
During the third quarter of 2023, in collaboration with Curium, we customized and released our PYLARIFY AI platform for use in Europe. At the European Association of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Vienna, the PYLARIFY AI presentation was awarded the Top Rated Oral Presentation for response evaluation of metastatic prostate cancer patients.
Also in the third quarter of 2023, we announced a data agreement with the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial Consortium (PCCTC) on its IRONMAN Registry for development and validation of PSMA biomarkers with PYLARIFY AI. The IRONMAN is the International Registry for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer, the Registry is accumulating contextualized clinical and imaging data from more than 100 institutions across the globe.
During 2023, we also entered into an agreement with PIONEER (Prostate Cancer DIagnOsis and TreatmeNt Enhancement through the Power of Big Data in EuRope), led by the European Association of Urology (project Coordinator) and Bayer AG (private leader) to use our AI technology to help validate the clinical utility of PYLARIFY AI enabled PSMA biomarker to diagnose, treat and monitor prostate cancer patients. PIONEER is a European Network of Excellence for Big Data in Prostate Cancer, consisting of 34 private and public stakeholders in prostate cancer research and clinical care from across 9 countries.
Continued Growth of DEFINITY
We believe we will be able to increase use of DEFINITY through continued education of physicians and healthcare providers about the benefits of ultrasound enhancing agents in suboptimal echocardiograms. The U.S. market currently has three echocardiography ultrasound enhancing agents approved by the FDA; we estimate that DEFINITY will continue to hold at least an 80% share of the U.S. segment for ultrasound enhancing agents in echocardiography procedures.
As we continue to grow our microbubble franchise, our activities include:
•Patents - We continue to actively pursue additional patents in connection with DEFINITY and DEFINITY RT, both in the U.S. and internationally. In the U.S. for DEFINITY, we have six Orange Book-listed method-of-use patents, one of which expires in 2035 and five of which expire in 2037, as well as additional manufacturing patents that are not Orange Book-listed expiring in 2037. For DEFINITY RT, we have eight Orange Book-listed patents, including two composition of matter patents which expire in 2035
•VIALMIX RFID – DEFINITY is activated through the use of medical devices branded as VIALMIX and VIALMIX RFID. The activation rate and time are controlled by VIALMIX RFID through the use of radio-frequency identification technology (“RFID”) to ensure reproducible activation of DEFINITY. The RFID tag, which is affixed to the vial label, enables the DEFINITY vial to be appropriately activated with the VIALMIX RFID activation device.
•DEFINITY RT - The formulation of DEFINITY that we have branded as DEFINITY RT allows both storage and shipment at room temperature and provides clinicians an additional choice and use in broader clinical settings. Given its physical characteristics, we believe DEFINITY RT is also well-suited for inclusion in kits requiring microbubbles for other indications and applications (including in kits developed by third parties of the type described further in the paragraph entitled “Microbubble Franchise” below).
Expansion of Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue
We continue to seek ways to further increase the overall value of our portfolio of products and product candidates. We are evaluating a number of different opportunities to collaborate, in-license or acquire additional products, product candidates, businesses and technologies to drive our future growth. In particular, we are focused on late-stage radiopharmaceutical therapeutic and diagnostic product opportunities in oncology and other strategic areas that will complement our existing portfolio.
Our Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue category includes our Strategic Partnerships, Pharma Solutions, and Digital Solutions businesses and is focused on enabling precision medicine with biomarkers and digital solutions.
•Strategic Partnerships – We seek to monetize our assets through our Strategic Partnerships business, by optimizing core assets geographically and by driving value through non-core assets. For example, we have licensed the development and commercialization rights of PYLARIFY in Europe to Curium. Similarly, we licensed the commercialization rights for flurpiridaz fluorine-18 to GE Healthcare Limited.
•Pharma Solutions – We use our Pharma Solutions business to offer our Biomarkers and Microbubble Platforms to pharmaceutical and start-up companies to support their research and development of therapeutic drugs and devices. The strategic goal of our Pharma Solutions business is to gain early access to innovation, de-risk the development, data generation
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and co-funding of our pipeline through collaborations, embed our technologies in the clinical ecosystem and establish the clinical utility of product candidates and research tools in our pipeline. Our Biomarkers are intended to support patient selection and the monitoring of disease progression. For example, piflufolastat F 18 is currently being used by Curium and Regeneron in those companies’ prostate cancer therapeutic drug development programs, and was also used in the development of PNT2002. Our acquisition of Cerveau in February 2023 added MK-6240 to our biomarker portfolio. MK-6240 is currently being used in more than ninety active clinical trials for several Alzheimer’s disease therapeutic candidates. Most recently, in collaboration with Ratio, we completed a Phase 1 study for LNTH-1363S, our novel fibroblast activation protein, alpha targeted, copper-64 labeled PET imaging agent candidate, to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution and radiation dosimetry in adult healthy volunteers and plan to initiate a Phase 1/2a study in patients in 2024.
With respect to our Microbubble Platform, we generally enter into collaborations with partners that are designed to include our microbubble as part of a kit used with our partner’s medical device for therapeutic applications. In these collaborations, our microbubble is intended to be used as a vehicle to deliver a therapeutic drug.
•Digital Solutions – Our Digital Solutions are designed to enhance imaging value and the throughput, reproducibility and reliability of image analysis, as well as to inform treatment selection and response to therapy. Our Digital Solutions include aPROMISE and aBSI (as defined below), both of which are FDA cleared and CE marked. aPROMISE, which is currently sold as PYLARIFY AI in the U.S., is artificial intelligence medical device software that is designed to allow healthcare professionals and researchers to perform standardized quantitative assessment of PSMA PET/CT images in prostate cancer, including those images obtained by using PYLARIFY. Automated Bone Scan Index (“aBSI”) automatically calculates the disease burden of prostate cancer by detecting and classifying bone scan tracer uptakes as metastatic or benign lesions using an artificial neural network. The software is currently used as one of the correlative objectives of the DORA trial, an open-labeled, randomized, Phase 3 study of docetaxel versus docetaxel in combination with radium-223 (Ra-223) in subjects with mCRPC. We offer our Digital Solutions to HCPs for clinical use and to pharmaceutical companies for development purposes, and in some cases, we also obtain clinical imaging data that we may use to further develop artificial intelligence solutions.
Global Mo-99 Supply
We currently have Mo-99 supply agreements with Institute for Radioelements (“IRE”), running through December 31, 2024, with auto-renewal provisions that are terminable upon notice of non-renewal, and with NTP Radioisotopes (“NTP”), acting for itself and on behalf of its subcontractor, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (“ANSTO”), running through December 31, 2024.
Although we believe we have the most globally diverse Mo-99 supply with IRE in Belgium, NTP in South Africa, and ANSTO in Australia, we still face supplier and logistical challenges in our Mo-99 supply chain. When one supplier experiences outages, we generally rely on Mo-99 supply from the other suppliers to limit the impact of the outages. We believe we effectively manage these various supply chain challenges, but depending on reactor and processor schedules and operations, at times we have not been able to fill some or all of the demand for our TechneLite generators on certain manufacturing days. A prolonged disruption of service from one of our three Mo-99 processing sites or one of their main Mo-99-producing reactors could have a negative effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
Inventory Supply & Third Party Suppliers
We obtain a substantial portion of our imaging agents from third-party suppliers. Jubilant HollisterStier (“JHS”) is currently a significant supplier of DEFINITY and our sole source manufacturer of NEUROLITE, CARDIOLITE and evacuation vials. Our manufacturing and supply agreement with JHS (the “JHS MSA”) runs through December 31, 2027 and can be further extended by mutual agreement of the parties. The JHS MSA requires us to purchase from JHS specified percentages of our total requirements for DEFINITY, as well as specified quantities of NEUROLITE, CARDIOLITE and evacuation vial products, each year during the contract term. Either party can terminate the JHS MSA upon the occurrence of certain events, including the material breach or bankruptcy of the other party. In addition to JHS, we rely on SBL as our sole source manufacturer of DEFINITY RT.
In 2021, we completed the construction of a specialized in-house manufacturing facility at our North Billerica campus to produce the formulation of DEFINITY that requires refrigerated storage. On February 22, 2022, we received FDA approval of our supplemental new drug application authorizing commercial manufacturing of DEFINITY at our new facility. We believe this investment provides supply chain redundancy, improved flexibility and reduced costs in a potentially more price competitive environment.
Radiopharmaceuticals are decaying radioisotopes with half-lives ranging from a few hours to several days. Radiopharmaceutical finished goods, such as doses of PYLARIFY, cannot be kept in inventory because of their limited shelf lives and are subject to just-in-time manufacturing, processing and distribution, which takes place at our 54 PMF manufacturing sites across the U.S., with respect to PYLARIFY, and at our facilities in North Billerica, Massachusetts, with respect to our TechneLite generators and Xenon
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Research and Development Expenses
To ensure we remain the leading radiopharmaceutical-focused company in our industry, we have historically made and will continue to make substantial investments in new product development and lifecycle management for existing products, including:
•For PYLARIFY, we recently enrolled the first patient in a clinical trial to determine whether PYLARIFY can accurately detect the presence or absence of prostate cancer beyond the prostate gland in patients with favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer, as well as how it may change the patient’s intended management. We are also exploring opportunities for the use of PYLARIFY beyond prostate cancer.
•For PNT2002 and PNT2003, we were granted a license to exclusive worldwide rights (excluding certain countries) for $260.0 million in upfront payments during the fourth quarter of 2022 and will potentially make additional payments as described below. We also filed an ANDA for PNT2003 as described further in the section entitled “Exclusive License for PNT2002 and PNT2003” above.
•For LNTH-1363S, in collaboration with Ratio, we recently completed a Phase 1 study for LNTH-1363S to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution and radiation dosimetry in adult healthy volunteers. We plan to initiate a Phase 1/2a study in patients in 2024.
•For 1095, our PSMA-targeted iodine-131-labeled small molecule product candidate, we enrolled the last patient in our ARROW Phase 2 study during the second quarter of 2022. Patients in this study will be followed for one year after their first treatment for all efficacy endpoints and survival and safety data will be collected for an additional year.
PNT2002
Under the terms of the PNT2002 License Agreement, Lantheus Two paid POINT an upfront cash payment of $250.0 million, and could pay up to an additional $281.0 million in milestone payments upon the achievement of specified U.S. and ex-U.S. regulatory milestones related to PNT2002. POINT is also eligible to receive up to $1.3 billion in sales milestone payments upon the achievement of specified annual sales thresholds of PNT2002. In addition, after Lantheus Two achieves $500.0 million in cumulative gross profit, POINT is eligible to receive royalty payments of twenty percent of net sales of PNT2002. Prior to achieving that financial recoupment threshold, POINT is eligible to receive royalty payments of twenty percent on that portion of annual net sales of PNT2002 that generate annual gross profit in excess of specified levels.
PNT2003
Under the terms of the PNT2003 License Agreement, Lantheus Three, LLC paid POINT an upfront cash payment of $10.0 million, and could pay up to an additional $34.5 million in milestone payments upon the achievement of specified U.S. and ex-U.S. regulatory milestones related to PNT2003. POINT is also eligible to receive up to $275.0 million in sales milestone payments upon the achievement of specified annual sales thresholds of PNT2003. In addition, POINT is eligible to receive royalty payments of fifteen percent of net sales of PNT2003.
Our investments in these additional clinical activities and lifecycle management opportunities will increase our operating expenses and impact our results of operations and cash flow, and we can give no assurances as to whether any of these clinical development candidates or lifecycle management opportunities will be successful.
Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue
We continue to seek ways to further increase the overall value of our portfolio of products and product candidates. We are evaluating a number of different opportunities to collaborate, in-license or acquire additional products, product candidates, businesses and technologies to drive our future growth. In particular, we are focused on therapeutic and diagnostic radiopharmaceutical product opportunities in oncology and other strategic areas that will complement our existing portfolio.
Oncology
As we continue to pursue expanding our strategic partnerships, our Pharma Solutions activities in oncology are designed to enable precision medicine using biomarkers and digital solutions that augment diagnostic productivity. For example, in prostate cancer, we collaborate with pharmaceutical companies by supplying them with piflufolastat F 18 for use in their therapeutic drug development programs. For immuno-oncology, we intend to offer NM-01, a novel technetium-99m SPECT imaging agent that we are developing to assess PD-L1 expression in cancer cells, for potential use as an efficacy and safety biomarker in immuno-oncology therapies. With respect to pan-oncology, we are further exploring the use of LNTH-1363S as an innovative imaging biomarker that targets fibroblast activation protein.
Microbubble Franchise
In addition, we continue to expand our microbubble franchise. Some of our microbubble collaborations are with the following parties: (i) Cerevast Medical, Inc. (“Cerevast”), in which our microbubbles will be used in connection with Cerevast’s ocular ultrasound device to improve blood flow in occluded retinal veins in the eye; (ii) CarThera SAS, for the use of our microbubbles in
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combination with SonoCloud, a proprietary implantable device in development for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma; (iii) Insightec Ltd. (“Insightec”), which will use our microbubbles in connection with the development of Insightec’s transcranial guided focused ultrasound device for the treatment of glioblastoma as well as other neurodegenerative conditions; (iv) Allegheny Health Network (“AHN”), which will use our microbubbles in combination with AHN’s ultrasound-assisted non-viral gene transfer technology for the development of a proposed treatment of xerostomia; and (v) SonoThera, which will use our microbubbles in combination with their ultrasound-guided, non-viral, gene therapy platform and treatments.
flurpiridaz
In September 2022, we announced with our strategic partner GE Healthcare Limited (“GE Healthcare”) that the recent Phase 3 clinical trial of our investigational radiotracer, flurpiridaz, had met its co-primary endpoints of exceeding a 60% threshold for both sensitivity and specificity for detecting coronary artery disease (“CAD”). The findings, shared at an American Society of Nuclear Cardiology conference, also demonstrated that cardiac PET imaging with flurpiridaz has higher diagnostic efficacy and image quality in patients with suspected CAD, compared with single photon emission computed tomography (“SPECT”) Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (“MPI”), the predominant procedure currently used in nuclear cardiology. We believe SPECT MPI represents approximately 6 million procedures per year in the U.S.
Under a Collaboration and License Agreement we entered into with GE Healthcare in 2017, GE Healthcare has led the funding and development of flurpiridaz, and, if the imaging agent is approved, will have the global commercialization rights for it. GE Healthcare recently announced that it had filed an NDA with the FDA for flurpiridaz. Assuming regulatory approval, we anticipate commercialization by GE Healthcare beginning in the second half of 2024. If flurpiridaz receives regulatory approval and is commercially successful, we will receive:
• up to $60 million in regulatory and sales milestone payments,
• tiered double-digit royalties on U.S. sales., and
• mid-single digit royalties on sales outside of the U.S.
Generally, our costs in connection with the strategic partnerships relate to intellectual property, the supply of drug and other ancillary expenses and the benefits can include possible supply, milestone and royalty payments, additional intellectual property rights and strategic relationships. For flurpiridaz, under the Collaboration and License Agreement, we retained ownership of all of the licensed intellectual property and bear the cost of patent prosecution and maintenance. We can give no assurance as to if or when or if any of these collaborations and other new initiatives, including our collaboration for flurpiridaz, will be successful or accretive to earnings.
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Results of Operations
The following is a summary of our consolidated results of operations:
| Year EndedDecember 31, | 2023 vs. 2022 | 2022 vs. 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | Change $ | Change % | Change $ | Change % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | 1,296,429 | $ | 935,061 | $ | 425,208 | $ | 361,368 | 38.6 | % | $ | 509,853 | 119.9 | % | |||||||||||
| Cost of goods sold | 586,886 | 353,358 | 237,513 | 233,528 | 66.1 | % | 115,845 | 48.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 709,543 | 581,703 | 187,695 | 127,840 | 22.0 | % | 394,008 | 209.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 141,736 | 100,243 | 68,422 | 41,493 | 41.4 | % | 31,821 | 46.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 125,458 | 133,584 | 150,395 | (8,126) | (6.1) | % | (16,811) | (11.2) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | 77,707 | 311,681 | 44,966 | (233,974) | (75.1) | % | 266,715 | 593.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 344,901 | 545,508 | 263,783 | (200,607) | (36.8) | % | 281,725 | 106.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Gain on sales of assets | — | — | 15,263 | — | N/A | (15,263) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | 364,642 | 36,195 | (60,825) | 328,447 | 907.4 | % | 97,020 | (159.5) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | 20,019 | 7,185 | 7,752 | 12,834 | 178.6 | % | (567) | (7.3) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt | — | 588 | (889) | (588) | (100.0) | % | 1,477 | (166.1) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Other (income) loss, net | (66,320) | 1,703 | 7,350 | (68,023) | (3,994.3) | % | (5,647) | (76.8) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes | 410,943 | 26,719 | (75,038) | 384,224 | 1,438.0 | % | 101,757 | (135.6) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 84,282 | (1,348) | (3,759) | 85,630 | (6,352.4) | % | 2,411 | (64.1) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | 326,661 | $ | 28,067 | $ | (71,279) | $ | 298,594 | 1,063.9 | % | $ | 99,346 | (139.4) | % |
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Comparison of the Periods Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
Revenues
We classify our revenues into three product categories: Radiopharmaceutical Oncology, Precision Diagnostics, and Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue. Radiopharmaceutical Oncology consists of PYLARIFY and AZEDRA. In 2023, we announced our decision to discontinue the production and promotion of AZEDRA and we do not expect AZEDRA to contribute to the business after the first quarter of 2024. Precision Diagnostics includes DEFINITY, TechneLite and other diagnostic imaging products. Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue primarily includes out-licensing arrangements and partnerships that focus on facilitating precision medicine through the use of biomarkers, digital solutions and radiotherapeutic platforms.
Revenues are summarized by product category on a net basis as follows:
| Year Ended December 31, | 2023 vs. 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | Change $ | Change % | ||||||||||||||
| PYLARIFY | $ | 851,303 | $ | 527,405 | $ | 43,414 | $ | 323,898 | 61.4 | % | |||||||||
| Other radiopharmaceutical oncology | 3,130 | 4,102 | 5,473 | (972) | (23.7) | % | |||||||||||||
| Total radiopharmaceutical oncology | 854,433 | 531,507 | 48,887 | 322,926 | 60.8 | % | |||||||||||||
| DEFINITY | 279,768 | 244,993 | 232,759 | 34,775 | 14.2 | % | |||||||||||||
| TechneLite | 87,370 | 88,864 | 91,293 | (1,494) | (1.7) | % | |||||||||||||
| Other precision diagnostics | 22,980 | 22,825 | 26,973 | 155 | 0.7 | % | |||||||||||||
| Total precision diagnostics | 390,118 | 356,682 | 351,025 | 33,436 | 9.4 | % | |||||||||||||
| Strategic Partnerships and other revenue | 51,878 | 46,872 | 25,296 | 5,006 | 10.7 | % | |||||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 1,296,429 | $ | 935,061 | $ | 425,208 | $ | 361,368 | 38.6 | % |
The increase in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the prior year period, is primarily due to increased PYLARIFY and DEFINITY sales volume and RELISTOR milestone achievement of $15.0 million earned in the fourth quarter of 2023. The increase is offset, in part, by a decrease in Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue due to the revenue recognized from the Novartis licensing agreement in the prior year described further under Note 3, “Disaggregation of Revenue” below and the sale of the RELISTOR royalty revenue asset.
Rebates and Allowances
Estimates for rebates and allowances represent our estimated obligations under contractual arrangements with third parties. Rebate accruals and allowances are recorded in the same period the related revenue is recognized, resulting in a reduction to revenue and the establishment of a liability which is included in accrued expenses. These rebates and allowances result from performance-based offers that are primarily based on attaining contractually specified sales volumes and growth, Medicaid rebate programs for our products, administrative fees of group purchasing organizations and certain distributor related commissions. The calculation of the accrual for these rebates and allowances is based on an estimate of the third-party’s expected purchases and the resulting applicable contractual rebate to be earned over a contractual period.
An analysis of the amount of, and change in, reserves for rebates and allowances is summarized as follows:
| (in thousands) | Rebates and Allowances | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Balance, January 1, 2022 | $ | 10,977 | |
| Provision related to current period revenues | 26,683 | ||
| Adjustments relating to prior period revenues | 70 | ||
| Payments or credits made during the period | (24,331) | ||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 | 13,399 | ||
| Provision related to current period revenues | 32,308 | ||
| Adjustments relating to prior period revenues | (453) | ||
| Payments or credits made during the period | (29,184) | ||
| Balance, December 31, 2023 | $ | 16,070 |
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Gross Profit
The increase in gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the prior year period, is primarily due to increased PYLARIFY and DEFINITY sales volume and a RELISTOR milestone achievement, partially offset by the impairment of the AZEDRA currently marketed intangible asset, the Novartis licensing payment in the prior year, amortization of Cerveau intangible assets, and the loss of RELISTOR royalty revenue due to the sale of the asset.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of salaries and other related costs for personnel in field sales, marketing and customer service functions. Other costs in sales and marketing expenses include the development and utilization of advertising and promotional material, professional services, market research and sales meetings.
Sales and marketing expenses increased $41.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the prior year period. This was primarily driven by our investment in sales and marketing efforts in support of an expansion of our PYLARIFY sales force and supporting functions intended to support and expand adoption of PYLARIFY and pre-commercialization activities for certain product candidates.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist of salaries and other related costs for personnel in executive, finance, legal, information technology and human resource functions. Other costs included in general and administrative expenses are professional fees for information technology services, external legal fees, consulting and accounting services as well as bad debt expense, certain facility and insurance costs, including director and officer liability insurance.
General and administrative expenses decreased $8.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the prior year period. This was primarily driven by a $44.1 million net reduction for the fair value adjustments to the contingent asset and liabilities (refer to Note 4, “Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, for further details on contingent consideration liabilities, including CVRs) and an insurance settlement in 2023. These reductions were partially offset by increased employee-related costs, investments in technology, new lease expense, and increased professional fees.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses relate primarily to the development of new products to add to our portfolio and costs related to our medical affairs, medical information and regulatory functions.
Research and development expenses decreased $234.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the prior year period. This was primarily driven by the $260.0 million upfront payment in 2022 for the two agreements with POINT, partially offset by in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) impairment loss of $15.6 million in connection with our discontinuation of the production and promotion of AZEDRA and higher employee related costs driven by increased headcount.
Interest Expense
Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2023 increased $12.8 million as compared to the prior year period due to the issuance of the Notes on December 8, 2022.
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt
During the year ended December 31, 2022, we realized a $0.6 million loss on extinguishment of debt related to the refinancing of our existed indebtedness. There were no extinguishments on debt for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Other (Income) Loss
Other (income) loss increased by $68.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the prior year period primarily due to the gain on sale of the RELISTOR licensed intangible asset associated with net sales royalties of $51.8 million and an increase in interest income.
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Our effective tax rate for each reporting period is presented as follows:
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| Year Ended December 31, | |||
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| 2023 | 2022 | ||
| Effective tax rate | 20.5% | (5.0)% |
Our effective tax rate in fiscal 2023 differs from the U.S. statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the income tax benefits associated with stock compensation deductions, additional net operating losses available for utilization under Internal Revenue Code Section 382 as a result of the sale of our RELISTOR royalty asset, and the release of uncertain tax positions, partially offset by state income taxes.
In accordance with our accounting policy, the change in the tax liabilities, penalties and interest associated with our uncertain tax positions (net of any offsetting federal or state benefit) is recognized within income tax expense (benefit). Our uncertain tax positions include indemnified liabilities, in accordance with the Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement entered into with BMS in 2008. Changes in the liability result in offsetting changes in the indemnification receivable. As these reserves change, adjustments are included in income tax expense while the offsetting adjustment is included in other income. Assuming that the receivable from BMS continues to be considered recoverable by us, there will be no effect on net income and no net cash outflows related to these liabilities. During 2023, the Company released a significant portion of its indemnified liability due to the settlement of these positions in certain states at a cost significantly less than our accrual resulting in $5.2 million (net of federal or state benefit) income tax benefit. Refer to Note 5, Income Taxes.
Our effective tax rate in fiscal 2022 differs from the U.S. statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the income tax benefit for the release of a portion of our uncertain tax positions and the tax benefit associated with stock compensation deductions offset by tax expense from the change in fair value of contingent consideration and expense generated on the revaluation of the Company’s deferred state tax rate. During 2022, the Company released a significant portion of its indemnified liability due to the settlement of these positions in various states at a cost significantly less than our accrual resulting in $9.6 million (net of federal or state benefit) income tax benefit.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Flows
The following table provides information regarding our cash flows:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
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| (in thousands) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 305,260 | $ | 281,781 | $ | 53,916 | |||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | $ | 5,939 | $ | (276,547) | $ | 3,683 | |||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | $ | (13,062) | $ | 311,691 | $ | (39,332) |
For a discussion of our liquidity and capital resources related to our cash flow activities for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, see “Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2023.
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities of $305.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2023 was primarily comprised of net income adjusted for the net effect of non-cash items such as impairment of long-lived assets, depreciation, amortization and accretion expense, gain on sale of our RELISTOR royalty asset, deferred income taxes, and stock-based compensation expense. The primary working capital sources of cash were the timing of payments to large vendors. The primary working capital uses of cash were a decrease to accruals related to the CVR payment, an increase in trade receivables associated primarily with the increase in PYLARIFY revenues, and an increase in inventory related to the timing of batch processes.
Net cash provided by operating activities of $281.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2022 was primarily comprised of net income adjusted for charges incurred in connection with acquired IPR&D and the net effect of non-cash items such as depreciation, amortization and accretion expense, the change in fair value of contingent assets and liabilities of $34.7 million (refer to Note 4, “Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, for further details on contingent consideration liabilities, including CVRs), and stock-based compensation expense. The primary working capital sources of cash were the increase in accruals associated with PYLARIFY sales. The primary working capital uses of cash were an increase in trade receivables associated primarily with the increase in PYLARIFY revenues.
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Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2023 was primarily due to net cash proceeds of $97.8 million from the sale of our RELISTOR royalty asset offset by $45.3 million for our asset acquisition of Cerveau and $46.6 million of capital expenditures.
Net cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2022 was primarily due to the $260.0 million upfront payment to POINT and the $18.3 million of capital expenditures partially offset by $1.8 million received from the sale of our Puerto Rico subsidiary.
Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2023 is primarily attributable to the payments for minimum statutory tax withholding related to net share settlement of equity awards of $14.4 million and the CVR initial valuation as of June 30, 2020 of $3.7 million, offset by proceeds of $3.8 million from stock option exercises.
Net cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2022 is primarily attributable to the proceeds of $557.8 million received from the issuance of the Notes, proceeds of $7.5 million from stock option exercises and proceeds of $5.6 million from the voluntarily terminated interest rate swap contracts in connection with the refinancing of debt. These amounts were offset by payments on long-term debt and other borrowings of $175.0 million, repurchase of common stock of $75.0 million and payments for minimum statutory tax withholding related to net share settlement of equity awards of $7.8 million.
External Sources of Liquidity
In December 2022, we voluntarily repaid our 2019 $200.0 million five-year term loan facility. In addition, we replaced our $200.0 million revolving facility with the 2022 Revolving Facility. The terms of the 2022 Revolving Facility are set forth in the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 2, 2022, by and among us, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Citizens Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “2022 Credit Agreement”). We have the right to request an increase to the 2022 Revolver Facility or request the establishment of one or more new incremental term loan facilities, in an aggregate principal amount of up to $335.0 million or consolidated EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended, plus additional amounts, in certain circumstances.
The Company used approximately $7.8 million of cash on hand to primarily repay the principal amount of the loans outstanding related to the 2019 Facility through the nine months ended September 30, 2022. In addition, in December 2022, the Company used approximately $167.6 million of cash on hand to repay in full the aggregate remaining principal amount of the loans outstanding under the 2019 Facility and to pay related interest, transaction fees and expenses.
Under the terms of the 2022 Revolving Facility, the lenders thereunder agreed to extend credit to us from time to time until December 2, 2027 consisting of revolving loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $350.0 million at any time. The 2022 Revolving Facility includes a $20.0 million sub-facility for the issuance of letters of credit (the “Letters of Credit”). The 2022 Revolving Facility includes a $10.0 million sub-facility for swingline loans (the “Swingline Loans”). The Letters of Credit, Swingline Loans and the borrowings under the 2022 Revolving Facility are expected to be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
Please refer to Note 12, “Long-Term Debt, Net, and Other Borrowings” for further details on the 2022 Facility.
As of December 31, 2023, we were in compliance with all financial and other covenants under the 2022 Credit Agreement.
On December 8, 2022, we issued $575.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, which includes $75.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Notes sold pursuant to the full exercise of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase additional Notes. The Notes were issued under an indenture, dated as of December 8, 2022 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, LMI, as Guarantor, and U.S. Bank, as Trustee. The net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes were approximately $557.8 million, after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and offering expenses payable by us.
On March 31, 2021, we voluntarily repaid in full the entire outstanding principal on outstanding debt of Progenics that we assumed as a result of the Progenics Acquisition. The total amount we paid was $30.9 million, which included a prepayment amount of $0.5 million.
Our ability to fund our future capital needs will be affected by our ability to continue to generate cash from operations and may be affected by our ability to access the capital markets, money markets or other sources of funding, as well as the capacity and terms of our financing arrangements.
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We may from time to time repurchase or otherwise retire our debt and take other steps to reduce our debt or otherwise improve our balance sheet. These actions may include prepayments of our term loans or other retirements or refinancing of outstanding debt, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. The amount of debt that may be retired, if any, could be material and would be decided at the sole discretion of our Board and will depend on market conditions, our cash position and other considerations.
Funding Requirements
Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:
•The level of product sales and the pricing environment of our currently marketed products, particularly PYLARIFY and DEFINITY, as well as any additional products that we may market in the future;
•Revenue mix shifts and associated volume and selling price changes that could result from contractual status changes with key customers and additional competition;
•The continued costs of the ongoing commercialization of our products;
•Our investment in the further clinical development and commercialization of products and development candidates, including PNT2002, PNT2003, 1095 and MK-6240;
•The costs of acquiring or in-licensing, developing, obtaining regulatory approval for, and commercializing, new products, businesses or technologies, including any potential related milestone or royalty payments, together with the costs of pursuing opportunities that are not eventually consummated;
•The costs of investing in our facilities, equipment and technology infrastructure;
•The costs and timing of establishing or amending manufacturing and supply arrangements for commercial supplies of our products and raw materials and components;
•Our ability to have products manufactured and released from manufacturing sites in a timely manner in the future, or to manufacture products at our in-house manufacturing facilities in amounts sufficient to meet our supply needs;
•The costs of further commercialization of our existing products, particularly in international markets, including product marketing, sales and distribution and whether we obtain local partners to help share such commercialization costs;
•The legal costs relating to maintaining, expanding and enforcing our intellectual property portfolio, pursuing insurance or other claims and defending against product liability, regulatory compliance, intellectual property or other claims, including the patent infringement claim related to the filing of our ANDA for PNT2003;
•The cost of interest on any additional borrowings which we may incur under our financing arrangements; and
•The impact of sustained inflation on our costs of goods sold and operating expenses.
Disruption in our financial performance could occur if we experience significant adverse changes in product or customer mix, broad economic downturns, sustained inflation, adverse industry or company conditions or catastrophic external events, including pandemics such as COVID-19, natural disasters and political or military conflict. If we experience one or more of these events in the future, we may be required to further implement expense reductions, such as a delay or elimination of discretionary spending in all functional areas, as well as scaling back select operating and strategic initiatives.
If our capital resources become insufficient to meet our future capital requirements, we would need to finance our cash needs through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, assets securitizations, sale-leasebacks or other financing or strategic alternatives, to the extent such transactions are permissible under the covenants of our 2022 Credit Agreement. Additional equity or debt financing, or other transactions, may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all. If any of these transactions require an amendment or waiver under the covenants in our 2022 Credit Agreement, which could result in additional expenses associated with obtaining the amendment or waiver, we will seek to obtain such an amendment or waiver to remain in compliance with those covenants. However, we cannot provide assurance that such an amendment or waiver would be granted, or that additional capital will be available on acceptable terms, if at all.
At December 31, 2023, our only current committed external source of funds is our borrowing availability under our 2022 Revolving Facility. We had $713.7 million of cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2023. Our 2022 Revolving Facility contains a number of affirmative, negative, reporting and financial covenants, in each case subject to certain exceptions and materiality thresholds. Incremental borrowings under the 2022 Revolving Facility may affect our ability to comply with the covenants including the financial covenants restricting consolidated net leverage and interest coverage. Accordingly, we may be limited in utilizing the full amount of our 2022 Revolving Facility as a source of liquidity.
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Based on our current operating plans, we believe our balance of cash and cash equivalents, which totaled $713.7 million as of December 31, 2023, along with cash generated by ongoing operations and continued access to our 2022 Revolving Facility, will be sufficient to satisfy our cash requirements over the next twelve months and beyond. Our material cash requirements include the following contractual and other obligations.
Debt
We completed a sale of $575.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes due in 2027. As of December 31, 2023, we had no amounts of principal due within the next twelve months. Future interest payments associated with the Notes total $60.0 million, with $15.1 million payable within twelve months.
Leases
We have operating lease arrangements for certain facilities, including corporate and manufacturing space. As of December 31, 2023, we had fixed operating lease payment obligations of $99.5 million, with $4.6 million payable within twelve months.
We have lease arrangements for certain equipment. As of December 31, 2023, we had fixed finance lease payment obligations of $1.7 million, with $0.8 million payable within twelve months.
Purchase Obligations
We have purchase obligations that primarily consist of noncancelable obligations related to minimum quantities of goods or services that have been committed to be purchased on an annual basis. As of December 31, 2023, we had minimum purchase obligations of $10.9 million, with $2.7 million due within twelve months.
License Agreements
We have entered into license agreements in which fixed payments have been committed to be paid on an annual basis. As of December 31, 2023, we had no amount of fixed license payments due within twelve months. These amounts do not include potential milestone or contractual payment obligations contingent upon the achievement or occurrence of future milestones or events under our license agreements, because they are contingent and the amounts and timing of such potential obligations are unknown or uncertain. We may be required to pay additional amounts up to approximately $264.4 million in contingent payments under our license agreements.
Asset Acquisitions
During 2022, we entered into the POINT License Agreements, in which we made upfront payments of $260.0 million, and under which we may make additional milestone payments. The additional milestone payments are based on FDA approval and net sales and commercial milestones. Under the terms of the PNT2002 License Agreement, we have the potential to pay up to an additional $281.0 million in milestone payments and up to $1.3 billion in sales milestone payments upon the achievement of specified annual sales thresholds. Under the terms of the PNT2003 License Agreement, we have the potential to pay an additional $34.5 million in milestone payments and up to $275.0 million in sales milestone payments upon the achievement of specified annual sales thresholds. In total, we may be required to pay up to approximately $1.8 billion related to the asset acquisition. As of December 31, 2023, these contingent payments were not expected to be payable due to the uncertainty around the timing of the future cash flows.
On February 6, 2023, the Company acquired Cerveau and made an upfront payment of approximately $35.3 million to the Selling Stockholders. The Company paid the Selling Stockholders an additional $10.0 million in May 2023 upon the successful completion of a technology transfer. The Company could pay up to an additional $51.0 million in milestone payments upon achievement of specified U.S. regulatory milestones related to MK-6240. The Selling Stockholders are also eligible to receive up to $1.2 billion in sales milestone payments upon the achievement of specified annual commercial sales thresholds of MK-6240 in the event the Company pursues commercialization, as well as up to $13.5 million in research revenue milestones upon achievement of specified annual research revenue thresholds. Additionally, the Company will pay to the Selling Stockholders up to double-digit royalty payments for research revenue and commercial sales. As of December 31, 2023, these contingent payments were not expected to be payable due to the uncertainty around the timing of the future cash flows.
Other Long-Term Liabilities
Our other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet include the fair values of contingent consideration liabilities including contingent consideration liabilities related to a previous acquisition completed by Progenics in 2013. We may be required to pay up to approximately $85.0 million related to the contingent consideration. As of December 31, 2023, these contingent payments were not expected to be payable within twelve months due to the uncertainty around the timing of the future cash flows.
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Our other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet include unrecognized tax benefits and related interest and penalties. As of December 31, 2023, we had unrecognized tax benefits of $3.2 million, which included interest and penalties, classified as noncurrent liabilities. At this time, we are unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate of the timing of payments in individual years in connection with these tax liabilities.
Asset Retirement Obligation
We are required to provide the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection financial assurance demonstrating our ability to fund the decommissioning of our North Billerica, Massachusetts and Somerset, New Jersey production facilities, respectively, upon closure. We have provided this financial assurance in the form of a $30.3 million surety bond (the “Surety Bond”). As of December 31, 2023, the liability, which was approximately $22.9 million, was measured at the present value of the obligation expected to be incurred of approximately $25.1 million. These contingent payments are not expected to be payable within twelve months due to the uncertainty around the timing of the future cash flows related to the decommissioning of our radioactive operations.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As noted above, we have provided the Surety Bond to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Since inception, we have not engaged in any other off-balance sheet arrangements, including structured finance, special purpose entities or variable interest entities.
Effects of Inflation
We do not believe that inflation has had a significant impact on our revenues or results of operations. We expect our cost of product sales and other operating expenses will change in the future in line with periodic inflationary changes in price levels. Because we intend to retain and continue to use our property and equipment, we believe that the incremental inflation related to the replacement costs of those items will not materially affect our operations. However, the rate of inflation affects our expenses, such as those for employee compensation and contract services, which could increase our level of expenses and the rate at which we use our resources. While we generally believe that we will be able to offset some of the effect of price-level changes by adjusting our product prices and implementing operating efficiencies, any material unfavorable changes in price levels could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Recent Accounting Standards
Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements located under Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for information regarding recently issued accounting standards that may have a significant impact on our business.
Critical Accounting Policies
The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements require us to make estimates and judgments that affect our reported assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and other financial information. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions and conditions. In addition, our reported financial condition and results of operations could vary due to a change in the application of a particular accounting standard.
We believe the following represent our critical accounting estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements.
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Revenue is measured based on a consideration specified in a contract with a customer, and excludes any sales incentives and amounts collected on behalf of third parties. We recognize revenue when we satisfy our performance obligations by transferring control over products or services to our customers. The amount of revenue we recognize reflects the consideration to which we expect to be entitled to receive in exchange for these goods or services. To achieve this core principle, we apply the following five steps: (1) identify the contracts with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) we satisfy performance obligations.
We derive our revenues through arrangements with customers for product sales as well as licensing and royalty arrangements. We sell our products primarily to hospitals, independent diagnostic testing facilities, and radiopharmacies, and we consider customer purchase orders, which in some cases are governed by master sales or group purchasing organization agreements, to be contracts with
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our customers. In addition to these arrangements, we also enter into licensing agreements under which we license certain rights to third parties. The terms of these arrangements typically include payment to us of one or more of the following: non-refundable, up-front license fees; development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments; and royalties on net sales of licensed products. We analyze various factors requiring management judgment when applying the five-step model to our contracts with customers.
Our product revenues are recorded at the net sales price (transaction price), which represents our sales price less estimates related to reserves which are established for items such as discounts, returns, rebates and allowances that may be provided for in certain contracts with our customers. Judgment is used in determining and updating our reserves on an ongoing basis, and where appropriate, these estimates take into consideration a range of possible outcomes which are probability-weighted for relevant factors such as our historical experience, current contractual and statutory requirements, specific known market events and trends, industry data and forecasted customer buying and payment patterns. Overall, these reserves reflect our best estimates of the amount of consideration to which it is entitled based on the terms of the contract. Actual amounts of consideration ultimately received may differ from our estimates.
For our licensing and royalty arrangements, we use judgment in determining the number of performance obligations in a license agreement by assessing whether the license is distinct or should be combined with another performance obligation as well as the nature of the license. As part of the accounting for these arrangements, we develop assumptions that require judgment to determine the stand-alone selling price for each performance obligation identified in a contract. These key assumptions may include market conditions, reimbursement rates for personnel costs, development timelines and probabilities of regulatory success.
Business Combinations
We account for business combinations using the acquisition method of accounting. We recognize the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations on the basis of their fair values at the date of acquisition. We assess the fair value of assets acquired, including intangible assets, and liabilities assumed using a variety of methods. Each asset acquired and liability assumed is measured at fair value from the perspective of a market participant. The method used to estimate the fair values of intangible assets incorporates significant assumptions regarding the estimates a market participant would make in order to evaluate an asset, including a market participant’s use of the asset and the appropriate discount rates. Acquired IPR&D is recognized at fair value and initially characterized as an indefinite-lived intangible asset, irrespective of whether the acquired IPR&D has an alternative future use. Any excess purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired is allocated to goodwill. Transaction costs and restructuring costs associated with a business combination are expensed as incurred.
The fair values assigned to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed are based on our estimates and assumptions, as well as other information we have compiled, including valuations that utilize customary valuation procedures and techniques. If the actual results differ from the estimates and assumptions used in these estimates, it could result in a possible impairment of the intangible assets and goodwill, a required acceleration of the amortization expense of finite-lived intangible assets or the recognition of additional consideration, which would be expensed.
During the measurement period, which extends no later than one year from the acquisition date, we may record certain adjustments to the carrying value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the corresponding offset to goodwill. After the measurement period, all adjustments are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations as operating expenses or income.
Intangible and Long-Lived Assets
We test intangible and long-lived assets for recoverability whenever events or changes in circumstances suggest that the carrying value of an asset or group of assets may not be recoverable. We measure the recoverability of assets to be held and used by comparing the carrying amount of the asset to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If those assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment equals the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Any impairments are recorded as permanent reductions in the carrying amount of the assets. Long-lived assets, other than goodwill and other intangible assets, that are held for sale are recorded at the lower of the carrying value or the fair market value less the estimated cost to sell.
Intangible assets, consisting of trademarks, customer relationships, currently marketed products, licenses and developed technology are amortized in a method equivalent to the estimated utilization of the economic benefit of the asset.
Costs of IPR&D intangible assets acquired as part of an asset acquisition that have no alternative future use are expensed when incurred. Milestone payments made after regulatory approval are capitalized as an intangible asset and amortized over an estimated useful life of the product. Cash payments related to acquired IPR&D intangible assets are reflected as an investing cash flow in the Company's consolidated statement of cash flows.
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Our IPR&D intangible assets include intangible assets acquired in a business combination that are used in research and development activities but have not yet reached technological feasibility, regardless of whether they have alternative future use. The primary basis for determining the technological feasibility or completion of these projects is whether we have obtained regulatory approval to market the underlying products in an applicable geographic region. Because obtaining regulatory approval can include significant risks and uncertainties, the eventual realized value of the acquired IPR&D projects may vary from their fair value at the date of acquisition. We classify IPR&D intangible assets acquired in a business combination as an indefinite-lived intangible asset until the completion or abandonment of the associated research and development efforts. Upon completion of the associated research and development efforts, we will determine the useful life and begin amortizing the assets to reflect their use over their remaining lives. Upon permanent abandonment, we write-off the remaining carrying amount of the associated IPR&D intangible asset. We test our IPR&D intangible assets at least annually or when a triggering event occurs that could indicate a potential impairment and we recognize any impairment loss in our consolidated statements of operations.