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Biotest AG
FY 2021 Results Conference call
March 24, 2022
- This document contains forward-looking statements on overall economic development as well as on the business, earnings, financial and asset situation of Biotest AG and its subsidiaries. These statements are based on current plans, estimates, forecasts and expectations of the company and thus are subject to risks and elements of uncertainty that could result in deviation of actual developments from expected developments.
- The forward-looking statements are only valid at the time of publication. Biotest does not intend to update the forward-looking statements and assumes no obligation to do so.
- All comparative figures relate to the corresponding last year´s period, unless stated otherwise.
Facts & Figures FY 2021
Biotest Group – Overview FY 2021
- Voluntary takeover offer by Grifols, S.A.: almost completed
- Expansion of EU plasma collection centres continued: now 29 centres
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R&D pipeline projects are progressing
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German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) awarded Biotest's Trimodulin project with financial support in the volume of up to € 29 million
- Sales FY 2021: € 515.6 million, +6.5% compared to FY 2020; Adjusted EBIT FY 2021: € 29.4 million after one-time write-off of € 40.1 million
- Manufacturing licence granted for Biotest Next Level facility in July 2021
- New Management Board member Dr. Jörg Schüttrumpf (CSO) appointed
Grifols S.A. – voluntary public takeover offer for all shares of Biotest AG
Grifols S.A. voluntary public takeover ongoing:
Status as of Jan 21, 2022:
- 6.22% outstanding ordinary shares and 42.24% outstanding preference shares were tendered
- After closing, Grifols S.A. will own 96.2% ordinary shares and 43.2% preference shares
- Anti-trust/merger control filings settled in Austria, Germany, Spain; ongoing in Turkey
- Closing expected within the next weeks
- Squeeze out for ordinary shares planned
5 Biotest AG
Current Status CREAT - Grifols – Biotest - as of Jan 21, 2022
Strategic considerations for Grifols S.A. takeover of Biotest
- Providing a more complete range of plasma derived products of both companies
- Improved availability of life saving medicines by combining Biotest innovative pipeline and manufacturing capacities with existing Grifols activities
- Intention: Intensify and accelerate Biotest´s Trimodulin and Fibrinogen development
Biotest COVID-19 update
- Biotest has managed well the COVID-19 situation so far
- Antigen tests introduced for employees in late 2020
- 1 st & 2nd vaccination offered to employees starting in June 2021
- Booster vaccination offer from December 2021 onwards
- Little quarantine was experienced during the past 2 years
- Current absenteeism among employees like severe flu
Corona vaccination activities
Biotest – Sustainability Report 2021
Can anything be more sustainable than ensuring and protecting not only the basis of life of future generations, but already this of today?
- based on products made from renewable raw materials
- with low environmental impact and
- climate-neutral production (Scope 1 and 2)
- due to the switch to green electricity and
- voluntary compensation measures for all greenhouse gas emissions
Report on the EU Taxonomy Regulation
Income statement (€ million)
| FY 2020 |
FY 2021 |
FY 2021 w/o FVIII one-time effect |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 484.2 | 515.6 | 515.6 |
| Therapy thereof: |
430.5 | 461.6 | |
| Plasma & Services | 46.7 | 46.7 | |
| Other Segments |
7.0 | 7.3 | |
| Operating costs & expenses | -485.5 | -562.7 | -522.6 |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | -1.3 | -47.1 | -7.0 |
| Financial result, result from joint ventures, taxes |
-30.1 | -16.3 | -16.3 |
| Earnings after tax (EAT) Biotest Group |
-31.4 | -63.4 | -23.3 |
Sales development of sales regions* (€ million)
*: In Q1 2021, Poland and the Czech Republic were reclassified from the Central Europe region to the Eastern Southern Europe region. The previous year's figures have been adjusted accordingly.
• Therapy sales up +7.2% to € 461.6.8 million in FY 2021 vs. € 430.5 million in FY 2020
Reconciliation EBIT FY 2020 – EBIT FY 2021 (€ million)
| € million* | FY 2021 w/o FVIII one-time effect |
|
|---|---|---|
| EBIT FY 2020 |
-1.3 | -1.3 |
| Reduced Gross Profit (-38.0%) |
-49.5 | -9.4 |
| Higher Marketing & Distribution expenses |
-0.9 | -0.9 |
| Higher Administrative expenses |
-1.9 | -1.9 |
| Lower R&D expenses |
3.6 | 3.6 |
| Others (Other operating income and Other Oper. Expense) |
2.9 | 2.9 |
| EBIT FY 2021 | -47.1 | -7.0 |
*: a positive sign is favorable to EBIT, an negative sign is unfavorable to EBIT
EBIT reported and adjusted (€ million)
| FY 2020 |
FY 2021 |
FY 2021 w/o FVIII one-time effect |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| EBIT reported |
-1.3 | -47.1 | -7.0 |
| Biotest Next Level costs* |
79.6 | 76.5 | 76.5 |
| Monoclonal antibodies |
0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| EBIT adjusted |
78.4 | 29.4 | 69.5 |
*: including R&D costs for BNL development projects
Biotest Next Level (BNL) costs in FY 2021
1. BNL facility costs: € 38.3 million:
- Facility costs (energy, building costs, security, etc.)
- Depreciation
- Personnel costs (for ramp-up, commissioning etc.)
- Project administration
2. BNL R&D costs in total: € 37.5 million*; thereof:
- € 13.5 million IgG Next Generation
- € 16.6 million Trimodulin (IgM Concentrate)
- € 7.4 million Fibrinogen
Total BNL costs: € 76.5 million in FY 2021
*: including external vendor cost (e.g. CRO) and internal cost of personnel and infrastructure
Reconciliation Financial Result FY 2020 – Financial Result FY 2021 (€ million)
| € million | |
|---|---|
| Financial Result FY 2020 |
-28.2 |
| Variation in valuation of ADMA shares held by trustee |
+5.4 |
| Higher interest expenses |
-0,1 |
| Positive effect of FX / hedging | +6.1 |
| Financial Result FY 2021 |
-16.8 |
Balance sheet (€ million)
Cash flow from operating activities January – December 2021 (€ million)
R&D Opportunities - Biotest with Grifols
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- Grifols to be new major shareholder
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- New strategic options for R&D developments with significant increase of market expectations due to complementary expertise and strengths
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- Wider commercial reach
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- Acceleration of R&D projects with higher R&D spending
BNL: IgG Next Generation
Clinical development
- Phase III study in PID1 (EU + US; study 991):
- Treatment of adults and children completed
- All clinical endpoints met
- Phase III study in ITP2 (EU; study 992):
- Treatment completed
- Data shows expected good efficacy and a good safety profile of the product
- Phase III study for high dose indication (EU, US; study 999): Planned to be started in 2022
- Results in EU Clinical Trials Register published
- Preparation of submission documents for Marketing Authorization for spring 2022
1 Primary Immune Deficiency; 2 Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
BNL: Fibrinogen Concentrate -
development for congenital and acquired fibrinogen deficiencies
Phase I/III study fibrinogen deficiency:
• Congenital fibrinogen deficiency is a very rare, inherited bleeding disorder in which the body's ability to form blood clots is impaired Phase I/III: completed
Phase III study acquired fibrinogen deficiency:
- In acquired fibrinogen deficiency body´s own coagulation factor fibrinogen is lost i.e. due to major bleeding
- Replacement of lost fibrinogen is critical to restore effective haemostasis
- Patients undergoing spinal surgery or tumor surgery (Pseudomyxoma peritonei) are treated with fibrinogen
Phase III: ongoing
Trimodulin – Clinical development program Phase III
- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI) recommended to continue COVID-19 development of Trimodulin in a phase III trial
- TRICOVID development is supported by a € 29 million grant by the German Government
Trimodulin Status update
- In both phase II clinical trials, the ESsCOVID trial for COVID-19 and the CIGMA trial for severe Community Acquired Pneumonia (sCAP) Biotest identified patient populations that markedly benefited from treatment with Trimodulin compared to placebo treated patients
- The Phase III program for Trimodulin will start with two trials in 2022:
- a) TRICOVID trial targeting hospitalized COVID-19 patients: First study, preparation ongoing
- b) ESsCAPE trial targeting patients with sCAP: Second study, preparation ongoing
Biotest Next Level update
BNL achievements 2021 – IgG Next Generation
BNL Update
- The last Process Performance Qualification (PPQ) batch was manufactured in August 2021; herewith all prerequisites for successful commercial production of IgG Next Generation have been established
- All data collected will be compiled as part of preparing the dossier; submission of the dossier to the competent authorities planned for spring 2022
- Approval/ marketing authorization for IgG Next Generation is expected at the end of 2022
- Start of validation & commissioning of Trimodulin and Fibrinogen plant
Next Steps
Ramp-up IgG Next Generation
Expansion of plasma collection centers ongoing – now 29 centres
Five centres opened in 2021 Two centres opened in Jan and Mar 2022
- Czech Republic:
- Brno
- Budweis
- Strakonice
- Kolin
- Ostrava
- Hungary:
- Sopron
- Szombathely
Expansion of plasma collection centres ongoing
Cara Plasma, Strakonice, Czech Republic – 11/ 2021 PDU, Sopron, Hungary – 7/ 2021
Impact of COVID-19 on US and EU Commercial Plasma Collections
- Strong and persisting impact of COVID-19 on US source plasma collections in 2021; >60% of global plasma for fractionation collected in the US
- EU (DE, HU, CZ, AT) collections less impacted and recovering faster, but with minor share of global plasma supply
- Global shortage of plasma and, consequently, shortage of IgG ongoing in 2022
Source: PPTA, Biotest internal analysis; charts not to scale
Forecasting capability for 2022 impaired by
- Weakening of the economy expected due to Russian Ukraine war
- Strong increase of energy costs: gas, electricity, oil etc. > 20%
- Significant increase of costs for other operational materials and supplies > 15%
- Supply difficulties expected: i.e. for Ethanol (alcohol), plasma and other operating materials
- Increased operational risks due to prolonged delivery times (spare parts, filters etc.)
- COVID-19 related staff shortages
- Potential production interruption
Guidance 2022: Sales & Risks
Sales
No general demand or medical need issue
But:
Overall economic situation may reduce "purchase power" of health systems
More risky:
- Production slow down or interruption
- COVID-19 induced staff shortage
- Delayed delivery of plasma
- Postponed inspections of new plasma centers
- Limited availability of spare parts, important supplies
- Energy shortages
Guidance 2022
Financial Calendar 2022 and Contact
Financial Calendar 2022
- 05 May 2022 Q1 Report
- 05 May 2022 AGM
- 11 Aug 2022 H1 Report
- 14 Nov 2022 Q1-Q3 Report
Investor Relations Public Relations
Dr. Monika Buttkereit Dirk Neumüller Tel.: +49-6103-801-4406 Tel.: +49-6103-801-269 [email protected] [email protected]