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EXHIBIT 99.1

 

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Reports Financial Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018

 

Reports Net Revenues of $58.4 Million for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018

 

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA – May 9, 2018 – Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMPH) (“Amphastar” or the “Company”) today reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

First Quarter Highlights

 

·

Net revenues of $58.4 million for the first quarter

·

GAAP net loss of $7.2 million, or $0.16 per share, for the first quarter

·

Adjusted non-GAAP net loss of $2.5 million, or $0.05 per share, for the first quarter

 

Dr. Jack Zhang, Amphastar’s CEO, commented:  “We are pleased to announce that we have resubmitted our NDA for Primatene® Mist after receiving good results from our recent human factors study. While we don’t have a PDUFA date yet, we plan to begin producing inventory in preparation for a launch.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31, 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

Net revenues

    

$

58,393

    

$

56,670

GAAP net income (loss)

 

$

(7,246)

 

$

893

Adjusted non-GAAP net income (loss)*

 

$

(2,452)

 

$

4,475

GAAP diluted EPS

 

$

(0.16)

 

$

0.02

Adjusted non-GAAP diluted EPS*

 

$

(0.05)

 

$

0.09


 * Adjusted non-GAAP net income (loss) and Adjusted non-GAAP diluted EPS are non-GAAP financial measures.  Please see the discussion in the section entitled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and the reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures in Table III of this press release.

 

First Quarter Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 

 

Change

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Dollars

    

%

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenues:

    

 

    

    

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lidocaine

 

$

9,782

 

$

8,289

 

$

1,493

 

18

%

Phytonadione

 

 

9,181

 

 

7,886

 

 

1,295

 

16

%

Naloxone

 

 

8,927

 

 

10,939

 

 

(2,012)

 

(18)

%

Enoxaparin

 

 

7,007

 

 

10,410

 

 

(3,403)

 

(33)

%

Epinephrine

 

 

3,223

 

 

9,574

 

 

(6,351)

 

(66)

%

Medroxyprogesterone

 

 

2,706

 

 

 —

 

 

2,706

 

N/A

 

Other finished pharmaceutical products

 

 

12,291

 

 

8,836

 

 

3,455

 

39

%

Total finished pharmaceutical products net revenues

 

$

53,117

 

$

55,934

 

$

(2,817)

 

(5)

%

API

 

 

5,276

 

 

736

 

 

4,540

 

617

%

Total net revenues

 

$

58,393

 

$

56,670

 

$

1,723

 

 3

%

 

Changes in net revenues were primarily driven by:

·

Launch of medroxyprogesterone acetate in a vial form in January 2018 and a pre-filled syringe form in February 2018


 

·

Discontinuation of epinephrine injection vial product in the second quarter of 2017

·

Decline of enoxaparin sales due to lower unit sales at lower net average selling prices

·

Increase in sales of insulin active pharmaceutical ingredient, or API, products due to the timing of customer purchases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 

 

Change

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Dollars

    

%

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of Revenues

 

$

41,332

 

$

33,842

 

$

7,490

 

22

%

% of net revenues

 

 

71%

 

 

60%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changes in cost of revenues and the resulting gross margin were primarily due to:

·

Increased labor costs due to implementing new quality standards and increased hourly rates

·

Lower productivity at the Company’s  U.S. facilities as the Company is in the process of increasing production of newly launched products

·

Increased inventory write-down, partially due to increased cost of heparin 

·

Discontinuation of epinephrine injection vial product in the second quarter of 2017

·

Launch of medroxyprogesterone acetate, which partially offset the changes noted above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 

 

Change

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Dollars

    

%

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, distribution and marketing

 

$

1,721

 

$

1,479

 

$

242

 

16

%

General and administrative

 

 

10,998

 

 

11,338

 

 

(340)

 

(3)

%

Research and development

 

 

14,260

 

 

11,250

 

 

3,010

 

27

%

Gain on sale of intangible assets

 

 

 —

 

 

(2,643)

 

 

2,643

 

(100)

%

 

·

Selling, distribution and marketing expenses increased primarily due to increased expenses at the Company’s Amphastar Nanjing Pharmaceuticals subsidiary as well as increased freight costs.

·

General and administrative expenses decreased primarily due to lower legal fees

·

Research and development expenses increased primarily due to an NDA filing fee for a product that the Company currently markets under the grandfather exception as well as increased expenditures on materials for the Company’s pipeline products

 

Cash flow provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2018,  was $8.4 million.

Share buyback program

On May 7, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an increase of $20.0 million to the Company’s share buyback program, which is expected to continue for an indefinite period of time. The primary goal of the program is to offset dilution created by the Company’s equity compensation programs.

Purchases may be made through the open market and private block transactions pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 plans, privately negotiated transactions, or other means, as determined by the Company’s management and in accordance with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The timing and actual number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors including price, corporate and regulatory requirements, and other conditions.


 

 

Pipeline Information

 

The Company currently has three abbreviated new drug applications, or ANDAs, filed with the FDA targeting products with a market size of over $0.5 billion, three biosimilar products in development targeting products with a market size of over $15.0 billion, and 12 generic products in development targeting products with a market size of over $12.0 billion. This market information is based on IQVIA data for the 12 months ended March 31, 2018. The Company’s proprietary pipeline includes NDAs for Primatene® Mist and intranasal naloxone. The Company is currently developing four other proprietary products, which include injectable, inhalation and intranasal dosage forms.

 

Company Information

 

Amphastar is a specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses primarily on developing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling technically-challenging generic and proprietary injectable, inhalation, and intranasal products. Additionally, the Company sells insulin API products.  Most of the Company’s finished products are used in hospital or urgent care clinical settings and are primarily contracted and distributed through group purchasing organizations and drug wholesalers.  More information is available at the Company’s website at www.amphastar.com.

 

Amphastar’s logo and other trademarks or service marks of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., including, but not limited to Primatene®, Amphadase® and Cortrosyn®, are the property of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

To supplement its consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, the Company is disclosing non-GAAP financial measures when providing financial results. The Company believes that an evaluation of its ongoing operations (and comparisons of its current operations with historical and future operations) would be difficult if the disclosure of its financial results were limited to financial measures prepared only in accordance with GAAP. As a result, the Company is disclosing certain non-GAAP results, including (i) Adjusted non-GAAP net income (loss) and (ii) Adjusted non-GAAP diluted EPS, that exclude amortization expense, share-based compensation, and impairment charges in order to supplement investors’ and other readers’ understanding and assessment of the Company’s financial performance, because the Company’s management uses these measures internally for forecasting, budgeting, and measuring its operating performance. Whenever the Company uses such non-GAAP measures, it will provide a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Investors and other readers are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures set forth below and should consider non-GAAP measures only as a supplement to, not as a substitute for or as a superior measure to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

Conference Call Information

 

The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its financial results today, May 9, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

 

To access the conference call, dial toll-free (877) 881-2595 or (315) 625-3083 for international callers, five minutes before the conference. The passcode for the conference call is 5298899.  

 

The call can also be accessed on the Investors page on the Company’s website www.amphastar.com

 


 

Forward Looking Statements

 

All statements in this press release and in the conference call referenced above that are not historical are forward-looking statements, including, among other things, statements relating to the Company’s expectations regarding future financial performance, backlog, sales and marketing of its products, market size and growth, the timing of FDA filings or approvals, acquisitions and other matters related to its pipeline of product candidates, its share buyback program and other future events. These statements are not historical facts but rather are based on Amphastar’s historical performance and its current expectations, estimates, and projections regarding Amphastar’s business, operations and other similar or related factors. Words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “anticipate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “believe,” “estimate,” and other similar or related expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult or impossible to predict and, in some cases, beyond Amphastar’s control.  Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described in Amphastar’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You can locate these reports through the Company’s website at http://ir.amphastar.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.  Amphastar undertakes no obligation to revise or update information in this press release or the conference call referenced above to reflect events or circumstances in the future, even if new information becomes available or if subsequent events cause Amphastar’s expectations to change.

 

Contact Information: 

 

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Bill Peters

Chief Financial Officer

(909) 980-9484


 

Table I

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

(Unaudited; in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31, 

 

    

2018

    

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenues

    

$

58,393

    

$

56,670

Cost of revenues

 

 

41,332

 

 

33,842

Gross profit

 

 

17,061

 

 

22,828

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating (income) expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, distribution, and marketing

 

 

1,721

 

 

1,479

General and administrative

 

 

10,998

 

 

11,338

Research and development

 

 

14,260

 

 

11,250

Gain on sale of intangible assets

 

 

 —

 

 

(2,643)

Total operating expenses

 

 

26,979

 

 

21,424

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

 

 

(9,918)

 

 

1,404

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-operating income (expense), net

 

 

888

 

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

(9,030)

 

 

1,504

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

(1,784)

 

 

611

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(7,246)

 

$

893

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.16)

 

$

0.02

Diluted

 

$

(0.16)

 

$

0.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

46,514

 

 

46,069

Diluted

 

 

46,514

 

 

48,057

 


 

Table II

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

(Unaudited; in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

March 31, 

    

December 31, 

 

 

2018

 

2017

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

54,547

 

$

65,594

Short-term investments

 

 

2,826

 

 

2,635

Restricted cash and short-term investments

 

 

4,155

 

 

4,155

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

31,883

 

 

35,996

Inventories

 

 

62,780

 

 

63,609

Income tax refunds and deposits

 

 

12,194

 

 

6,036

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

5,661

 

 

9,753

Total current assets

 

 

174,046

 

 

187,778

Property, plant, and equipment, net

 

 

191,915

 

 

185,339

Goodwill and intangible assets, net

 

 

44,850

 

 

45,140

Other assets

 

 

10,714

 

 

8,663

Deferred tax assets

 

 

28,257

 

 

27,745

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

449,782

 

$

454,665

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

58,498

 

$

57,555

Income taxes payable

 

 

7,983

 

 

3,325

Current portion of long-term debt and capital leases

 

 

6,061

 

 

6,312

Total current liabilities

 

 

72,542

 

 

67,192

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term reserve for income tax liabilities

 

 

879

 

 

879

Long-term debt and capital leases, net of current portion

 

 

39,706

 

 

40,844

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

1,425

 

 

1,361

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

8,126

 

 

7,060

Total liabilities

 

 

122,678

 

 

117,336

Commitments and contingencies:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock: par value $0.0001; 20,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding

 

 

 

 

Common stock: par value $0.0001; 300,000,000 shares authorized; 50,471,687 and 46,656,793 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2018 and 50,039,212 and 46,623,581 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017, respectively

 

 

 5

 

 

 5

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

316,665

 

 

313,891

Retained earnings

 

 

69,570

 

 

76,235

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(910)

 

 

(2,100)

Treasury stock

 

 

(58,226)

 

 

(50,702)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

327,104

 

 

337,329

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

449,782

 

$

454,665

 


 

Table III

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures

(Unaudited; in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31, 

 

    

2018

    

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP net income (loss)

    

$

(7,246)

    

$

893

Adjusted for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intangible amortization

 

 

729

 

 

721

Share-based compensation

 

 

4,666

 

 

4,451

Impairment of long-lived assets

 

 

598

 

 

 —

Income tax expense on pre-tax adjustments

 

 

(1,199)

 

 

(1,590)

Non-GAAP net income (loss)

 

$

(2,452)

 

$

4,475

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.05)

 

$

0.10

Diluted

 

$

(0.05)

 

$

0.09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares used to compute non-GAAP net income (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

46,514

 

 

46,069

Diluted

 

 

46,514

 

 

48,057

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling,

 

General

 

Research

 

Income

 

 

Cost of

 

distribution

 

and

 

and

 

tax expense

 

 

revenue

 

and marketing

 

administrative

 

development

 

(benefit)

GAAP

    

$

41,332

    

$

1,721

    

$

10,998

    

$

14,260

    

$

(1,784)

Intangible amortization

 

 

(689)

 

 

 —

 

 

(40)

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

Share-based compensation

 

 

(1,160)

 

 

(107)

 

 

(2,893)

 

 

(506)

 

 

 —

Impairment of long-lived assets

 

 

(74)

 

 

 —

 

 

(3)

 

 

(521)

 

 

 —

Income tax expense on pre-tax adjustments

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

1,199

Non-GAAP

 

$

39,409

 

$

1,614

 

$

8,062

 

$

13,233

 

$

(585)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling,

 

General

 

Research

 

Income

 

 

Cost of

 

distribution

 

and

 

and

 

tax expense

 

 

revenue

 

and marketing

 

administrative

 

development

 

(benefit)

GAAP

    

$

33,842

    

$

1,479

    

$

11,338

    

$

11,250

    

$

611

Intangible amortization

 

 

(685)

 

 

 —

 

 

(36)

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

Share-based compensation

 

 

(1,131)

 

 

(84)

 

 

(2,783)

 

 

(453)

 

 

 —

Income tax expense on pre-tax adjustments

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

1,590

Non-GAAP

 

$

32,026

 

$

1,395

 

$

8,519

 

$

10,797

 

$

2,201