The Medicines Company Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full Year 2018 Business and Financial Results

PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2018.

“During 2018 we successfully restructured our business and executed on our development plan for inclisiran, a first-in-class drug candidate with the potential to deliver potent, durable, and consistent lowering of LDL-C levels via twice-a-year dosing. 2019 is an exciting year for The Medicines Company, as we count down to topline Phase 3 ORION program results in the third quarter and subsequent NDA and MAA submissions,” said Mark Timney, Chief Executive Officer of The Medicines Company.

Fourth quarter 2018 highlights and recent developments include the following:

• In January 2019, the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) for the ongoing inclisiran Phase III clinical trials conducted its fifth planned review of un-blinded safety and efficacy data from the trials, and recommended that they continue as designed and conducted, without modification. At the time of the IDMC’s review, more than 2,450 patient years of safety data had been accumulated, with substantially all randomized patients having received three doses of inclisiran or placebo, and more than 2,000 patients having completed their 60-day follow up after the third dose of study medication.
• In December 2018, the Company announced and subsequently completed its offering of $172.5 million aggregate principal amount of 3.50% convertible senior notes due 2024 (inclusive of the over-allotment option). The net proceeds from the offering (inclusive of the full exercise of the over-allotment option) were $166.7 million, after deducting the commissions and the Company’s offering expenses, significantly enhancing the company’s capital position.

Fourth-Quarter 2018 Financial Summary from Continuing Operations

On a GAAP basis, loss from continuing operations in the fourth quarter of 2018 was $44.3 million, or $0.60 per share, compared to a loss of $159.4 million, or $2.19 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2017. Included in loss from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of 2018 was a non-cash, mark-to-market reduction in fair value of approximately $10.5 million associated with the Company’s common stock ownership in Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (Melinta), offset by a $21.6 million gain from the sale of pre-clinical products associated with our infectious disease business. On a non-GAAP basis, adjusted loss⁽¹⁾ from continuing operations in the fourth quarter of 2018 was $45.6 million, or $0.62⁽¹⁾ per share, compared to a loss of $44.4 million, or $0.61⁽¹⁾ per share, in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Full Year 2018 Financial Summary from Continuing Operations

On a GAAP basis, loss from continuing operations for the full year 2018 was $235.2 million, or $3.20 per share, compared to a loss of $607.7 million, or $8.40 per share, for the full year 2017. Included in loss from continuing operations for 2018 were non-cash, mark-to-market reduction in fair value of approximately $51.9 million associated with the Company’s common stock ownership in Melinta; restructuring charges of $11 million; and a $5.1 million non-cash impairment charge related to fixed assets associated with the early-stage infectious disease products, partially offset by a $21.6 million gain from the sale of pre-clinical products associated with our infectious disease business, and a $7.0 million gain from the sale of the Company’s rights to branded Angiomax in the United States to Sandoz Inc. On a non-GAAP basis, adjusted loss ⁽¹⁾ from continuing operations for 2018 was $199.8 million, or $2.72⁽¹⁾ per share, compared to a loss of $142.4 million, or $1.97⁽¹⁾ per share, for 2017.

⁽¹⁾ Adjusted net loss and adjusted loss per share from continuing operations are non-GAAP financial performance measures with no standardized definitions under U.S. GAAP. For further information and a detailed reconciliation, refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Performance Measures” and “Reconciliations of GAAP to Adjusted Loss From Continuing Operations and Adjusted Loss per Share” sections of this press release.

Full Year 2018 Financial Summary from Discontinued Operations

In the first quarter of 2018, the Company completed the sale of its infectious disease business, consisting of the products Vabomere™, Orbactiv^® and Minocin^® IV as well as line extensions of those products, for $270 million in upfront consideration (including Melinta common stock then valued at $55 million) and deferred payments, tiered royalty payments of 5% to 25% on worldwide net sales of Vabomere, Orbactiv and Minocin IV, and the assumption by Melinta of all royalty, milestone and other payment obligations relating to those products.

Net income from discontinued operations for the full year 2018 was $112.1 million, compared to a net loss of $100.7 million for the full year 2017. Net income from discontinued operations for 2018 included a pre-tax gain of approximately $169.0 million from the sale of the Company’s infectious disease business to Melinta.

At December 31, 2018, the Company had $238.3 million in cash and cash equivalents, compared to $151.4 million at the end of 2017.

Fourth-Quarter 2018 Conference Call and Webcast Information

The Company will host a conference call and webcast today, February 27, 2019 at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, to discuss its fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 financial results and provide clinical and operational updates. The dial-in information to access the call is as follows:

A taped replay of the conference call will be available after the call concludes, and may be accessed by telephone as follows:

A live audio webcast of the conference call may be accessed in the “Investors” section of The Medicines Company website. An archived webcast will be available after the call concludes.

About Inclisiran

Inclisiran is an investigational GalNAc-conjugated RNA interference therapeutic, which inhibits the synthesis of PCSK9 protein in liver cells, thereby reducing liver cell LDL receptor turnover, and lowering plasma LDL-C.

The Medicines Company and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Alnylam) are collaborating in the advancement of inclisiran pursuant to their 2013 agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Alnylam completed certain pre-clinical studies and the Phase I clinical study, with The Medicines Company leading and funding the development of inclisiran from Phase II forward, as well as potential commercialization.

Commercial opportunity

In the US alone, 67.5 million individuals are estimated to have sufficient cardiovascular risk to warrant lipid-lowering therapy. 27.5 million of these individuals are at a significantly elevated risk, either because of confirmed cardiovascular disease or LDL-C levels above 190 mg/dl. Of this higher risk group, 15.1 million are currently treated with lipid-lowering therapies, but only one out of five (or 2.4 million) is successfully reaching LDL-C targets with current therapies. This implies a population of at least 12.7 million Americans who could benefit from inclisiran, a first in class therapy with the potential to deliver potent, durable and consistent lowering of LDL-C levels via twice-a-year dosing.

About The Medicines Company

The Medicines Company is a biopharmaceutical company driven by an overriding purpose – to save lives, alleviate suffering and contribute to the economics of healthcare. The Company’s goal is to create transformational solutions to address the most pressing healthcare needs facing patients, physicians, and providers in cardiovascular care. The Company is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. For more information, please visit www.themedicinescompany.com and follow us on Twitter @MDCONews.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements contained in this press release about The Medicines Company that are not purely historical, and all other statements that are not purely historical, may be deemed to be forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” “should,” and “potential,” and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Important factors that may cause or contribute to such differences include the ability of the Company to effectively develop inclisiran; whether inclisiran will advance in the clinical trials process on a timely basis or at all, or succeed in achieving its specified endpoints; whether the Company will make regulatory submissions for inclisiran on a timely basis; whether its regulatory submissions will receive approvals from regulatory agencies on a timely basis or at all; the extent of the commercial success of inclisiran, if approved; the strength, durability and life of the Company’s patent protection for inclisiran and whether the Company will be successful in extending exclusivity; and such other factors as are set forth in the risk factors detailed from time to time in the Company’s periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including, without limitation, the risk factors detailed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 12, 2018, which are incorporated herein by reference. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES

In addition to financial information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, this press release also contains adjusted loss from continuing operations and adjusted loss per share from continuing operations attributable to The Medicines Company. The Company believes these measures provide investors and management with supplemental information relating to operating performance and trends that facilitate comparisons between periods and with respect to projected information.

Adjusted loss from continuing operations excludes share-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, asset impairment charges, inventory adjustments, restructuring charges, charges and gains associated with product discontinuance, changes in contingent purchase price, milestone payments, legal settlements, changes in short-term investments and non-cash interest expense. The Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures help indicate underlying trends in the Company’s business and are important in comparing current results with prior period results and understanding projected operating performance. Non-GAAP financial measures provide the Company and its investors with an indication of the Company’s baseline performance before items that are considered by the Company not to be reflective of the Company’s ongoing results. See the attached “Reconciliations of GAAP to Adjusted Loss from Continuing Operations and Adjusted Loss per Share” for explanations of the amounts excluded and included to arrive at adjusted net loss and adjusted loss per share amounts for the three- and twelve-months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

These adjusted measures are non-GAAP and should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The Company strongly encourages investors to review its consolidated financial statements and publicly-filed reports in their entirety and cautions investors that the non-GAAP measures used by the Company may differ from similar measures used by other companies, even when similar terms are used to identify such measures.

In addition to the financial information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, this press release also contains adjusted financial measures that the Company believes provide investors and management with supplemental information relating to operating performance and trends that facilitate comparisons between periods and with respect to projected information. These adjusted measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The Company strongly encourages investors to review its consolidated financial statements and publicly filed reports in their entirety and cautions investors that the non-GAAP measures used by the Company may differ from similar measures used by other companies, even when similar terms are used to identify such measures.

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