SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmacyclics, Inc. today reported financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2009.
Upon the completion of a drug supply agreement with Servier in the quarter ended December 31, 2009, the company began recognizing revenue under GAAP from its collaboration agreement with Servier, which was entered into in April 2009. Total revenue recognized under GAAP in our most recent quarter was $4.7 million, of which $2.7 million represents the pro-rata portion of revenue attributable to the period from April 2009 (i.e. the signing of the collaboration agreement) to September 30, 2009.
As of December 31, 2009, the company's cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $30.1 million compared to $16.3 million as of June 30, 2009.
Total operating expenses were $5.5 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2010, including $0.6 million of share-based compensation expense. This compares to $4.9 million in operating expenses for the second quarter of fiscal 2009, with share-based compensation expense of $0.6 million. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to an increase in product development, manufacturing and research expenses.
Due to a change in the tax treaty between the US and France, we are anticipating to receive within this calendar year a full refund of the taxes of $0.55 million paid to the French Government in April of 2009 in association with the upfront licensing payment we received from Servier. The company therefore recorded a receivable for foreign income tax credit of $0.55 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2010. The receivable for the credit was recorded during the quarter as a result of the Protocol amending the Income Tax Treaty between the United States and France being enacted on December 23, 2009.
The GAAP net loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 was $218,000, or $0.00 per share, compared to a net loss of $4.8 million, or $0.19 per share, in the second quarter of fiscal 2009. For a non GAAP review of the quarter, please see the attached analysis on the last two pages of this press release.
Financial Guidance:
As of December 31, 2009, the company had $8.5 million of deferred revenue recorded on its balance sheet associated with the Servier agreements. It is currently expected that the $8.5 million in deferred revenue, for which the payments have already been received, will be recognized as revenue ratably between January 2010 and April 2011 (with a minimum of approximately $1.7 million per quarter).
Pharmacyclics projects total operating expenses, excluding share-based compensation of between $11.0 and $12.0 million for the remaining two quarters of fiscal year 2010, including general and administrative expenses of approximately $3.0 - $3.5 million. Including share-based compensation expense, Pharmacyclics projects total operating expenses of between $12.0 and $13.0 million for the remaining two quarters of fiscal year 2010, including general and administrative expenses of approximately $3.5 - $4.0 million. In the same time frame the company expects to receive from its collaboration partner Servier $1.0 million in research payments and approximately $0.8 million for the supply of products. The company anticipates ending its fiscal year at June 30, 2010 with a cash balance of above approximately $20.0 million.
Financial projections involve a high level of uncertainty due to, among other factors, the variability involved in predicting requirements of early state research programs and clinical trials, the potential for entering into partnering arrangements or strategic collaborations, the timing of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decisions and share-based compensation expense.
Robert W. Duggan stated, "A great deal of progress has been accomplished over the past year and especially the past quarter. The team responsible for making this happen remains dedicated to moving each of our compounds through the human clinical phase in an efficient manner. As you can read elsewhere in this release, we are making a difference for the better and we look forward to expanding upon our excellent results in treating serious unmet medicinal needs."
Recent and Upcoming Milestones and Program Updates
Conference Call and Webcast Details
The company will hold a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. EST to discuss its second fiscal quarter 2010 financial results and achievements. To participate in the conference call, please dial (866) 727-3220 (for international callers (706) 643-1591) and use the conference ID: 55218310.
To see a short slide presentation to be discussed during the call and to replay the audio broadcast, please go to the Investor Relations Section of our website, under Events & Webcasts: http://ir.pharmacyclics.com/events.cfm and click on "Second Quarter 2010 Conference Call Slides".
The archived version of the webcast will be available on the company's website for one month.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release contains non-GAAP financial measures, and includes operating and other expenses adjusted to exclude certain non-cash and non-recurring expenses. These measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. Among the items included in GAAP presentations but excluded for purposes of determining non-GAAP financial measures that we present are: non-cash interest expense associated with the loan from an affiliate of Robert W. Duggan; employee related non-cash expenses; pro-rata revenue related to prior services performed under the Servier Collaboration and the withholding tax related to the Servier transaction. We believe the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides useful information to management and investors regarding various financial and business trends relating to our financial condition and results of operations. When GAAP financial measures are viewed in conjunction with non-GAAP financial measures, investors are provided with a more meaningful understanding of our ongoing operating performance. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures are among those indicators we use as a basis for evaluating operational performance, allocating resources and planning and forecasting future periods. Non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for GAAP financial measures. To the extent this release contains historical non-GAAP financial measures, we have also provided corresponding GAAP financial measures for comparative purposes.
About Pharmacyclics
Pharmacyclics(R) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative small-molecule drugs for the treatment of immune mediated disease and cancer. The purpose of the company is to create a profitable business by generating income from products it develops, licenses and commercializes, either with one or several potential partners or alone as may best forward the economic interest of its stakeholders. The company endeavors to create novel, patentable, differentiated products that have the potential to significantly improve the standard of care in the markets it serves. Presently, Pharmacyclics has four product candidates in clinical development and two product candidates in pre-clinical development. It is Pharmacyclics' business strategy to establish collaborations with large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for the purpose of generating present and future income in exchange for adding to their product pipelines. Pharmacyclics strives to generate collaborations that allow it to retain valuable territorial rights and simultaneously fast forward the clinical development and commercialization of its products. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol PCYC. To learn more about how Pharmacyclics advances science to improve human healthcare visit us at http://www.pharmacyclics.com.
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CONTACT: Ramses Erdtmann, Vice President of Finance of Pharmacyclics,
Inc., +1-408-215-3325
Web site: http://www.pharmacyclics.com/
