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Biotest AG — Earnings Release 2022
Aug 11, 2022
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Biotest AG
Half Year Figures 2022
11 August 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.
Biotest Group – Overview H1 2022
• Expansion of plasma collection centres: 4 new centres in 2022 In total: 31 Plasma Collection Centres in GER, HU and CZ
- Accelerate R&D pipeline: IgG Next Gen submitted for marketing authorization; interim analysis of Fibrinogen in acquired deficiency, phase III trial, Cytotect in pregnancy phase III trial ongoing, two Trimodulin phase III trials to start in 2022
- Expansion of Production site in Dreieich, Germany (capacity 6 t IVIG) & 1 production site (BNL) in commissioning (6.5 t IVIG)
- H1 2022 Sales: € 253.1 million (-1.8%) compared to H1 2021 of € 257.8 million
- H1 2022 adjusted EBIT: € 32.4 million (+9,8%) vs H1 2021 of € 29.5 million
- H1 EBITDA 2022: € 8.8 million (+51.7%) vs H1 EBITDA 2021 of € 5.8 million
Income statement (€ million)
| H1 2021 |
H1 2022 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 257.8 | 253.1 |
| Therapy thereof: |
224.1 | 220.6 |
| Plasma & Services | 29.9 | 29.4 |
| Other Segments |
3.8 | 3.1 |
| Operating costs & expenses | -266.3 | -262.2 |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | -8.5 | -9.1 |
| Financial result, taxes | -9.7 | -10.8 |
| Earnings after tax (EAT) Biotest Group |
-18.2 | -19.9 |
Sales development of sales regions (€ million)
*: The prior-year figures have been adjusted in line with the definition of the sales regions in 2022
- Therapy sales: strong growth in Central Europe (+8.7%) and in Intercontinental region of +21.4%.
- Segment Plasma & Services: Decline of -1.7% - lower toll manufacturing due to lower plasma availability (Middle East)
EBIT reported and adjusted (€ million)
| H1 2021 |
H1 2022 |
|
|---|---|---|
| EBIT reported |
-8.5 | -9.1 |
| Biotest Next Level facility costs |
18.8 | 24.4 |
| Biotest Next Level R&D costs* | 19.2 | 17.1 |
| EBIT adjusted |
29.5 | 32.4 |
*: R&D costs for BNL development projects
+9,8%
Biotest Next Level costs in H1 2022
1. BNL facility costs: € 24.4 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: € 17.1 million; thereof:
- € 3.6 million IgG Next Generation
- € 8.0 million Trimodulin (IgM Concentrate)
- € 5.5 million Fibrinogen
Total BNL costs: € 41.5 million in H1 2022
Ramp-up of BNL: for IgG Next Generation the routine production has started in May 2022. For Trimodulin and Fibrinogen the commissioning of the production lines is being prepared.
Acceleration of phase III R&D projects Trimodulin and Fibrinogen, IgG Next Gen has been submitted.
H1 2022 at a glance
- Sales increase in Central Europe and Intercontinental compared to the previous year
- H1 EBIT 2022 on comparable level to H1 2021
- H1 2022 EBIT includes Biotest Next Level expenses of € 41.5 m (H1 2021: € 38.0 m)
- H1 adjusted EBIT: € 32.4 m (+9.8%) vs. H1 2021 EBIT of € 29.5 m
Reconciliation financial result (€ million)
| € million | |
|---|---|
| Financial result, taxes H1 2021 |
-9.2 |
| Variation in valuation of ADMA shares held by trustee |
2.9 |
| Higher interest expenses |
-2.6 |
| Financial result, taxes H1 2022 |
-8.9 |
Statement of financial position as of 30 June 2022 (€ million)
Cash flow from operating activities January – June 2022 (€ million)
Outlook 2022: Sales & risks
Sales
No decline in demand or medical necessity
BUT:
The general economic situation may reduce the "purchasing power" of health systems
Increased risk:
- Slowdown or interruption of production
- COVID-19-related staff shortage
- Delayed delivery of plasma
- Postponed inspections of new plasma centers
- Limited availability of spare parts and essential tools
- Energy shortages
Outlook 2022: EBIT
Sustainability
Can there be anything more sustainable than just securing and protecting the livelihoods of future generations and those of today?
- Based on products made from renewable raw materials
- Low environmental impact
- Climate-neutral production (scope 1 and 2)
- By switching to green electricity and
- Voluntary compensation measures for all greenhouse gas emissions
Goal: Complete climate neutrality of the Biotest Group by 2035 at the latest
Specialist for life
Three Therapeutic Areas
| Clinical Immunology Disorders of the immune system |
Haematology Diseases of the blood and blood-forming system |
Intensive Care Medicine Acute, mostly life threatening diseases |
|---|---|---|
| Intratect® Hepatect® Zutectra®, Fovepta® Cytotect® Varitect® |
Haemoctin® Haemonine® |
Pentaglobin® Human Albumin Biseko® |
Biotest produces and sells biological medicinal products in three therapeutic areas
18 Biotest AG
Basis for all our products: human blood plasma
Update Biotest product portfolio
| Clinical Immunology Intratect®,Hepatect®CP Zutectra®, Fovepta® Cytotect®CP, Varitect® |
Intratect®: Volume increases in key markets such as Central Europe. Increase in sales prices in numerous countries. Demand for IvIG high, despite difficult supply situation. Cytotect®CP: Transplantation activities slowly resume Zutectra®: New marketing authorization in Turkey Hepatect®: New marketing authorisation in Lithuania, new tenders won |
|
|---|---|---|
| Haematology Haemoctin® Haemonine® |
Haemoctin®:The current contract in Algeria was extended and a new tender was won. Significant increase in sales in Turkey. Haemonine®: A tender for Haemonine was won in Algeria |
|
| Intensive Care Pentaglobin® Human Albumin Biseko® |
Albiomin 5% and 20%: new marketing authorization in Ghana and new distributor contract in China |
IgG Next Generation Registration
Fibrinogen Phase III
Trimodulin (IgM Conc.) Phase III
New indications
*: Non-Interventional Studies (NIS)
Cytotect®CP: CMV in pregnancy Phase III
Cytotect®CP: CMV treatment Real Life Varitect®: Herpes Zoster Data* Zutectra®/Hepatect®CP: Chron. Infection
R&D pipeline progress in H1 2022
| Status of R&D development |
||
|---|---|---|
| IgG Next Generation | Two Phase III studies are in registration process since March 2022. A further study with high-dose therapy in the dermatological field is currently being planned for Europe and the USA. Submission is planned for the end of 2022. |
|
| Fibrinogen | The interim analysis in Phase III (acquired) trial (AdFirst Study) was successful. A - further interim analysis to confirm the patient number planned will take place once 80% of the planned patients have been treated. |
|
| Trimodulin (IgM Concentrate) |
The initiation of two Phase III studies in COVID-19 (TRICOVID) and sCAP (ESsCAPE) are in preparation. |
|
| Cytotect®CP | A phase III clinical trial (PreCyssion) to prevent transmission of maternal CMV infection to the unborn child is currently in the treatment phase. |
|
| Cytotect®CP, Varitect® , Zutectra®, Hepatect®CP |
interventional studies (Real life data): Cytectra®CP Non- in CMV treatment; Varitect® in Herpes Zoster; Zutectra® and Hepatect® in chronic infection treatment. |
|
IgG Next Generation: polyspecific immunoglobulin
Intratect®
Maintain:
- Excellent efficacy in immunodeficiency and autoimmune diseases
- Excellent safety
- Highest quality
IgG Next Generation
Further improve:
- Increased user-friendliness
- Highest tolerability
- Optimised yield
- Suitable for worldwide commercialisation
IgG Next Gen: Documents submitted for Marketing Authorization in March 2022
Fibrinogen – it´s essential role in blood clotting and hemostasis
Fibrinogen
is an abundant, large, and complex protein, which makes it ideally suited to be isolated from human plasma. It accounts for 95% of all coagulation factors in the blood.
Function of Fibrinogen
Fibrinogen promotes platelet aggregation. Fibrinogen is converted to fibrin which forms the connecting glue in blood clots. Fibrin clots function primarily to occlude blood vessels to stop bleeding.
Fibrinogen concentrate
is a highly pure preparation of human fibrinogen that can be used to safely replace the absence or deficit of fibrinogen - safer, much faster and with greater efficiency and precision than the current treatment options of fresh frozen plasma or cryoprecipitate.
Congenital and acquired Fibrinogen deficiency Playing an essential role in blood clotting and hemostasis
Congenital Deficiency
- Very rare, inherited bleeding disorder in which the body's ability to form blood clots is impaired
- Fibrinogen is used for treatment and prophylaxis of bleeding episodes in these patients
Acquired Deficiency
- Body's own fibrinogen lost due to major bleeding during elective surgical procedures or unexpected trauma events
- Fibrinogen is the first coagulation factor missing in major blood loss
- Replacement of lost fibrinogen is critical to restore effective hemostasis
Source: IMS Data 2-2017, LEK Critical Bleeding market assessment 2017, and Biotest market research
Global Fibrinogen Conc. Market Dev. [kg]
- Germany: 2 nd largest market for fibrinogen conc. (after China)
- Globally, markets are underdeveloped offering significant potential for growth
Promising result in congenital and acquired Fibrinogen clinical trials
| Phase I/III study: Largest clinical trial in congenital fibrinogen deficiency worldwide Treatment of adults and children |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results confirm high expectations regarding efficacy and safety… Congenital • Expected pharmaco-kinetics and -dynamics (Phase I), excellent efficacy and safety (Phase III) FD1 • 175 bleeding events (BEs) treated in 36 patients of all age groups • Overall hemostatic response assessments of 175 BEs demonstrated a treatment success in nearly all cases • Study completed |
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| Acquired FD1 |
Phase III study in severe spinal surgery and pseudomyxoma peritonei (tumor) surgery • Non-inferiority study compared to standard of care (fresh frozen plasma or cryoprecipitate) • Interim analysis with 120 patients (June '22) confirms planned patient number • Recruitment ongoing – 150 of 200 patients recruited • Other interim analysis to define final sample size expected in December '22 |
Spinal surgery Tumor surgery |
decision to treat major blood loss |
Fibrinogen Fresh frozen plasma Fibrinogen Cryoprecipitate |
1 FD: Fibrinogen deficiency
Clotting assessment: critical to monitor deficiency Monitoring patient coagulation status allows administering precise therapies
Trimodulin: unique polyvalent immunoglobulin with special Ig composition
Important functions of Trimodulin
- Recognizes pathogens, also part of innate immune system
- IgM and IgA can be secreted and are present directly on the pulmonary surface
- Strong anti-inflammatory effects by acting through cellular receptors
- Scavenge virulence factors, such as lipopolysaccharides which lead to inflammation
- Binds and modulates activated coagulation factors, complement factors, and cytokines
| IVIG | Trimodulin | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| IgM | - | ~23% | |
| IgA | - | ~21% | |
| IgG | ≥95% | ~56% | |
| Patient target |
e.g., patients with immunodeficiency |
Clinical development in severe COVID-19 and sCAP1 |
1 Severe community acquired pneumonia: Severe CAP (sCAP) is usually defined as CAP that requires admission to the intensive care unit (ICU)
sCAP1 : a leading cause of illness and death worldwide2 A high unmet medical need
Severe community acquired pneumonia: Severe CAP (sCAP) is usually defined as CAP that requires admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) Wunderink 2014, N Engl J Med 370;6. Chest Journal (CHEST) (chestnet.org) Woodhead, 2006, Critical Care 10:S1, p3. Sirvent et al. 2013, Med. Intensiva 37:308e 15.
Changing the sCAP treatment paradigm Trimodulin improves patient response with further decrease in mortality
Extensive development program in severe pneumonia Patient groups and disease stages for optimal therapy identified in two phase II Studies
1 U.S: Food Drug and Administration; 2 European Medicines Agency; 3 Paul-Ehrlich-Institute;
Leveraging on phase II results to start phase III trials in 2022
Capacities to help address the opportunity with Grifols Potential addressable markets
| Potential treatment | Opportunity | |
|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | Add-on therapy to standard of care in adult patients with severe COVID-19 and CRP ≥50 mg/L |
• Early approval will be beneficial for faster sCAP approval • Development risk covered by public funding • Even with vaccination, > 20,000 patients/year in EU are expected over the next three years |
| sCAP | Adjunctive treatment of patients with severe Community Acquired Pneumonia (sCAP) who require invasive mechanical ventilation and have CRP1 >70 mg/L |
sCAP market size initial target population ~ 350,000 > 80,000 patients/year patients • Significant upside due to higher price depends on clinical trials' data |
| Source: Biotest market research |
1 C-reactive protein (CRP)
No direct competitors for Trimodulin in sCAP Opportunity to address a critical medical need
CMV1 Infection: a disease with large unmet medical need No approved treatment for this disease
Cytotect®: tackling CMV with a high-potential specialty protein First treatment to prevent transmission from the mother to the unborn child
Cytotect®
- Cytotect® binds to CMV and avoids infections of host cells and presents CMV particles for phagocytosis
- Modulates and interacts with immune cells (dendritic cells, monocytes, B- and T-cells), exerting a positive immunological balance
- Anti-CMV antibodies in Cytotect® are actively shuttled through the placenta
- These CMV-specific antibodies block the infection from all CMV genotypes and from virus variants that are resistant to virostatics
Clinical experience suggests good efficacy of Cytotect® Significant transmission reduction when CMV IG1 is administered
Previous prospective, observational study has described success of study protocol
Adequate criteria for Phase III leveraging on previous experience:
- Inclusion and diagnosis criteria revised
- Accelerating treatment start
- Adjusting the dose
- Establishing right intervals
1 CMVIG: Cytomegalovirus Immunoglobulin
2 No intervention group (n=108), Maternal-fetal transmission at gw20: 35,2% (38/108). Kagan et al. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2019; 53(3): 383-390
3 Treatment group (n=153), Maternal-fetal transmission at gw20: 6,5% (10/153). Kagan et al. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2021; 57: 560-567
PreCyssion Trial: prevention of maternal-fetal CMV transmission Following primary maternal infection with gestational age ≤ 14 Weeks
Objective:
Demonstrate efficacy and safety of Cytotect® in preventing maternal-fetal transmission of CMV
Study Design
- Pivotal, clinical Phase III
- Open-label
- Single-arm
- Prospective
- Multicenter
- With historical control group
- 80 patients – 13 of 80 patients recruited (as of June 15, 2022). Recruitment dependent on the course of the pandemic (hygiene measures reduce CMV transmissions).
Global IgG demand growth expected to remain strong
Global IgG market development [t]
Source: Biotest based on MRB (2021), PPTA, internal analysis
- IgG market development expected to remain strong and limited by supply rather than demand
- IgG Demand did not decline significantly during COVID-19 pandemic due to mostly chronic patients
- The human Albumin market is expected to continue growing driven by strong Chinese demand
Global human Albumin market dev. [t]
2020 2027 Source: Biotest based on MRB (2022) and MarketsAndMarkets (2020)
Impact of COVID-19 on commercial plasma collections in the US and EU
- Strong and persistent impact of COVID-19 on plasma collections in the USA
-
60% of the world's plasma is collected in the USA
- Collected plasma volumes by Biotest in Europe (GER, CZ and HU) in 2021 were back on the 2019 levels, despite a difficult market environment
- In H1 2022 Biotest plasma volume showed strong growth vs. H1 2021 despite two Corona waves
Expansion of plasma collection centres – incl. access to US Plasma
Europe: 31 plasma collection centres
• 4 new centres in 2022 – 3 additional centres planed
Access to US Plasma
- Establishment of own centres
- Long-term supply contracts with Grifols
Improving plasma utilization and cost structure
Progress BNL – IgG Next Generation
Biotest AG
Next steps
Ramp-up IgG Next Generation
2022 2023 2024
Continue Commissioning
- Trimodulin (IgM-Concentrate)
- Fibrinogen
- Human Albumin
Grifols is a perfect partner in the US for Biotest
- Biotest's research pipeline is increasing in value and importance for Biotest and for the business association with Grifols
- Higher investments and thus an acceleration of developments become possible and are in the interest of all shareholders
Financial calendar 2022 and contact
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