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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
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
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

Financial calendar 2022

11 Nov 2022 Q1-Q3 Report

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