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Evotec SE — Interim / Quarterly Report 2014
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Nine-month report 2014 – Execute on Innovate strategy
Evotec AG, Nine-month 2014 Interim Report, 12 November 2014
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Welcome from the Evotec management team
Nine-month 2014 Interim Report
Agenda
Highlights of the first nine months 2014
Business and strategy update
Financial performance and outlook
Strong operational performance; positive EBITDA; very strong cash position
First nine months of 2014 – State of play
Financials
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- Group revenues amounted to € 58.9 m (2013: € 60.3m); revenues excluding milestones, upfronts and licences rose by 5%, up 7% at constant 2013 FX rates
- Positive adjusted1) EBITDA of € 0.3 m for the Group and € 9.8 m for EVT Execute
- Impairment charges of € 8.7 m triggered by termination of DiaPep277® development
- Very strong liquidity position of € 90.3 m despite acquisitions and significant growth investments; high and stable equity ratio at 72.8%
EVT Execute
- Expansion of protein production capabilities initiated in US to serve a major US Pharma partner (after period-end)
- Important initial milestone achieved as part of multi-target alliance with Bayer HealthCare
- Collaboration expansion with the Jain Foundation
- Three-year extension and expansion of collaboration with CHDI Foundation to fight Huntington's disease
- Long-term compound management collaboration with Medicines for Malaria Venture
EVT Innovate
- Phase IIb trial of EVT302 in Alzheimer's disease within Roche alliance progressing according to plan
- Continued development of the EVT100 series in the field of CNS diseases with Janssen
- Successful completion of all safety studies for EVT201 and initiation of late-stage clinical programmes for registration in China
- Setback with announcement that Hyperion is terminating its DiaPep277®; Evotec will take legal steps to secure shareholder value
- Further milestones achieved in strategic alliance with J&J Innovation within TargetAD collaboration
- Public grants awarded to Evotec to develop new drug candidates for treatment of multiple sclerosis
- New collaboration with Fraunhofer IME in joint drug discovery programmes
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Agenda
Highlights of the first nine months 2014
Business and strategy update
Financial performance and outlook
Our end product: The "PDC"
Evotec's core competence and strategic business focus
Evotec's business model for innovation efficiency
ONE company – TWO segments
EVT Execute
"Low risk, service business"
EVT Execute
- Fee for service, highest quality offering
- Platform selling with low risk
- Selective milestone- and royalty-driven projects
EVT Innovate (Cure X/Target X)
- First-in-class investments within core competences
- Early partnering strategy
- Performance-based alliances with upfronts, milestones and product royalties
EVT Innovate "High risk – high reward innovation business"
Strong operational performance despite low milestone income in Q1–Q3
EVT Execute – Comprehensive drug discovery platforms
Execute on strategy
- Strategic expansion of protein production in US with major Pharma partner
- Extensions of existing alliances (e.g. Jain Foundation, CHDI, ...)
- Initial milestone achieved (Bayer)
- Long-term compound management collaboration with Medicines for Malaria Venture
- Integration of Euprotec complete and business performing to expectations
Growth driven by long-term alliances and technology upgrade strategy
EVT Execute strategy 2014
- New long-term alliances with big and mid-sized Pharma and biotech
- New integrated alliances with EU biotech and especially US East Coast start-ups
• Expansion of technology/disease portfolio offering
Systematic, unbiased and comprehensive pipeline building in major disease areas
EVT Innovate – Cure X and Target X initiatives
Large portfolio of product opportunities with significant upside
Partnership portfolio1)
| Molecule | Indication | Partner | Discovery | Pre-clinical | Phase I | Phase II | Phase III | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVT3022) | AD | |||||||
| EVT201 | Insomnia | |||||||
| al c ni |
Somatoprim | Acromegaly | ||||||
| EVT100 | CNS diseases | |||||||
| Cli | EVT401 | Inflammation | ||||||
| ND3) | Oncology | |||||||
| ND3) | Oncology | |||||||
| al | ND3) | Pain | ||||||
| c ni |
ND3) | Oncology | ||||||
| cli | Various | Endometriosis | ||||||
| e- | EVT770 | Diabetes – type 2/1 |
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| Pr | ND3) | Pain | ||||||
| Various | Inflammation | |||||||
| EVT0704) | Diabetes – type 2 |
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| y | Various | Diabetes – type 2/1 |
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| er v o |
Various | Diabetes – type 2/1 |
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| c s |
Various | Kidney disease | ||||||
| Di | Various | Oncology | ||||||
| Various | Alzheimer's disease | |||||||
| Various | CNS/MS | NEU2 / Bionamics |
1) DiaPep277® taken from the pipeline chart due to the announcement of Hyperion; Phase III will be completed by Hyperion, legal uncertainties exist
2) RO4602522 3) Not disclosed
4) Under evaluation
Strategic focus on diabetes and diabetic complications
Diabetes and diabetic complications pipeline overview
| Project(s) | Indication (mechanism) | Partner | Status | Next milestone | Commercials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVT770 | Type 1 and 2 diabetes (beta cell regeneration) |
Pre-clinical | Phase I | € 5 m upfront, high margin research payments, up to € 254 m milestones, significant royalties |
|
| ALM | Type 1 and 2 diabetes (beta cell regeneration) |
Discovery | Phase I | € 2 m upfront, high margin research payments, up to € 183 m milestones/product, significant royalties |
|
| EVT0702) | Type 2 diabetes (insulin resistance) |
Discovery | Pre-clinical candidate | € 7 m upfront high margin research payments, up to € 237 m milestones, significant royalties |
|
| Various | Kidney disease | ND1) | ND1) | Undisclosed upfront, high margin research payments, milestones/product, royalties |
|
| TargetEEM | Type 1 and 2 diabetes (enteroendocrine) |
Discovery | Pharma partnership | ||
| CureNephron | Chronic kidney disease | Discovery | Pharma partnership | ||
| CureBeta | Type 1 and 2 diabetes (beta cell regeneration) |
Discovery | Pharma partnership | ||
DeveloGen outlicensed DiaPep277® in 2007 – Evotec has no involvement in clinical development
History and status of DiaPep277®
History
- DiaPep277® is a immune intervention therapy for new onset type 1 diabetes; beginning of development of the asset started in the 1980s at the Weizmann Institute/Peptor and later DeveloGen
- 2007
DeveloGen sold all rights of DiaPep277® to Andromeda Biotech, Ltd., a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd.
• 2010
Evotec acquired DeveloGen and inherited DeveloGen's rights to certain milestones and single-digit royalties arising from DiaPep277®
• Andromeda continued development and was responsible for conduct and analysis of all Phase III studies
Status
• H1 2014
Hyperion Therapeutics acquired Andromeda Biotech, the owner of DiaPep277®
• H2 2014
Hyperion uncovered alleged evidence that certain employees of Andromeda engaged in serious misconduct involved with the Phase III trial data of DiaPep277®
- Hyperion will complete the Phase III trial, but will not further invest in DiaPep277®
- Evotec still has an open receivable against Andromeda amounting to € 3.4 m
- Evotec to take legal steps against Andromeda to recover all Evotec claims and potential damages that result from recent incidents in relation to DiaPep277®
Further milestones achieved in TargetAD alliance – Collaboration with CHDI extended
Neurology pipeline overview
| Molecule(s) | Indication (mechanism) | Partner | Status | Next milestone | Commercials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVT302 | Alzheimer's disease (MAO-B) |
Phase IIb, recruitment completed |
Completion of Phase II, Phase III start |
\$ 10 m upfront, up to \$ 820 m milestones, significant royalties |
|
| EVT201 | Insomnia | Phase II | Start clinical trials | Milestones, royalties |
|
| EVT100 series | CNS diseases (TRD) | Phase II/Pre-clinical | Confirmation of pre clinical study/ Phase II start |
\$ 2 m upfront, up to \$ 173 m milestones, significant royalties |
|
| Various | CNS/Multiple sclerosis | NEU2 / Bionamics | Pre-clinical/Various | ND1) | ND1) |
| Various | Huntington's disease |
Discovery | ND1) | Research payments; funds up to 52 FTEs |
|
| Not disclosed | Neurodegeneration | Discovery | ND1) | Research payments | |
| Not disclosed | Fabry's disease | Discovery | ND1) | Research payments | |
| TargetAD | Alzheimer's disease (Novel MoA) |
Discovery | ND1) | Up to \$ 10 m research payments, approx. \$ 125-145 m milestones, royalties |
|
| TargetASIC | Multiple sclerosis | Undisclosed Pharma |
Discovery | Lead status | Co-funded |
| CureMN | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) |
ND1) | Pharma partnership |
EVT302 – Recruitment of Phase IIb completed
Product development alliance with
Alzheimer's disease (AD)
- AD is the most common form of dementia
- 44 m people diagnosed with dementia in 2013 worldwide
- Approx. 7.7 m new cases of dementia are diagnosed each year
EVT 302/RG1577/ RO4602522
A potent small molecule inhibitor of monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) which reduces the formation of toxic reactive oxygen species in the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients where overexpression of MAO-B is postulated to contribute to neuronal damage
Status
- One of the very few latestage small molecule AD clinical trials in this specific AD patient population
- Patient recruitment for Phase IIb, multicentre, randomised, doubleblind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety in patients with moderate severity Alzheimer disease completed (n=544, 52 week trial)
Expected key milestones
• Results of Phase IIb trial expected in H1 2015
Novel pain and inflammation targets
Pain and inflammation pipeline overview
| Molecule(s) | Indication (mechanism) | Partner | Status | Next milestone | Commercials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVT401 | Inflammation (P2X7 inhibitor) |
Phase I/II | Phase II start | Up to € 60 m milestones, royalties |
|
| Various | Endometriosis | Pre-clinical | Pre-clinical candidate | € 12 m upfront, up to approx. € 580 m milestones, royalties |
|
| Various | Various/Pain | Pre-clinical | Phase I start | Undisclosed upfront, research payments, milestones, royalties |
|
| Not disclosed | Various/Pain | Pre-clinical | Successful PoC1) | Research payments, milestones, royalties |
|
| Various | Inflammation | Discovery | Pre-clinical | Research payments, up to € 183 m milestones/product, significant royalties |
|
| Not disclosed | Pain | Discovery | Pre-clinical | Milestones, significant royalties |
Long-term vision in novel fields of oncology
Oncology pipeline overview
| Molecule(s) | Indication (mechanism) | Partner | Status | Next milestone | Commercials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somatoprim (DG3173) |
Acromegaly/NET | Phase IIa | Pharma partnership | Consulting fees, royalties |
|
| ND1) | Oncology | Phase I | ND1) | Research payments, milestones, royalties |
|
| ND1)/Biomarker | Oncology | Phase I | ND1) | Success-based milestones | |
| ND1) | Oncology | Pre-clinical | ND1) | Research payments, milestones, royalties |
|
| TargetImmuniT | Various (Immunotherapy) |
Discovery | Pharma partnership | Shared research costs, milestones, royalties |
|
| TargetKDM | Various (Epigenetic targets) |
Discovery | Pharma partnership | ND1) | |
| TargetDBR | Glioblastoma (brain tumour) |
Discovery | Pharma partnership | ND1) | |
| TargetCanMet | Various | Discovery | ND1) | Research payments, milestones, royalties |
Establishing an infectious disease portfolio
Anti-infectives pipeline overview
| Molecule(s) | Indication (mechanism) | Partner | Status | Next milestone | Commercials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TargetPicV | Viral host targets | Discovery | Pre-clinical candidate | ||
| TargetPGB | Antibiotics | Discovery | Pre-clinical candidate |
Bridging the gap
The discovery highway
Expanding and broadening "The Bridge"
EVT Innovate initiated R&D projects
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 (ytd) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CureBeta (Harvard Stem Cell Institute) |
CureNephron1) (Harvard, BWH, USC, AstraZeneca) TargetSP (Internal) TargetASIC1) (BMBF/undisclosed Pharma partner) Somatoprim (Aspireo) TargetPicV (Haplogen) TargetCanMet1) (Debiopharm) |
TargetImmuniT (Apeiron) TargetDBR (Yale) TargetFX (Internal) TargetPGB (Harvard) TargetKDM (Dana-Farber, Belfer) CureMN (Harvard) TargetEEM (Harvard) TargetAD1) (NBB/J&J) |
TargetSX (undisclosed) TargetBCD (Internal) TargetDR (Internal) TargetColCan (Internal) TargetKX (undisclosed) TargetCytokine (Internal) Undisclosed (Fraunhofer) … |
Continuing the strategy of building a partnered product pipeline
EVT Innovate strategy 2014
- Expansion of network of top-class academic alliances
- Accelerated investments in existing and new Cure X/Target X initiatives
- Progress of clinical pipeline within partnerships
• Partnering of at least one Cure X/Target X initiative
Agenda
Highlights of the first nine months 2014
Business and strategy update
Financial performance and outlook
Base business up 5%; positive EBITDA
Key financials first nine months 2014: Condensed profit & loss statement (IFRS)
| In € m |
20131) | 20141) | % vs. 2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 60.3 | 58.9 | (2)% | • Revenues excl. mile |
| Gross margin | 35.9% | 28.3% | stones, upfronts and | |
| • R&D expenses |
(7.5) | (9.2) | +23% | licences up 5% (7% at constant FX rates) |
| • SG&A expenses |
(12.3) | (12.8) | +4% | compared to the first |
| • Amortisation of intangible assets |
(2.4) | (1.9) | – | nine months of 2013 |
| • Impairment of intangible assets |
– | (8.7) | – | • Higher investments in Innovate R&D |
| • Restructuring expenses |
(0.4) | – | – | • Impairment charges |
| • Impairment of goodwill & tangible assets |
(3.0) | – | – | of € 8.7 m for DiaPep277® |
| • Other op. expenses (income), net |
(0.3) | 7.2 | – | • Other operating income of € 7.2 m primarily due |
| Operating income (loss) | (4.2) | (8.7) | – | to fair value adjustment |
| Net income (loss) | (4.9) | (8.0) | of the DiaPep277® earn-out provision |
|
| EBITDA, adjusted2) | 5.9 | 0.3 |
1) Nine months ended 30 September
2) Adjusted EBITDA: EBITDA was adjusted for changes in contingent considerations as well as for extraordinary effects with regards to the bargain purchase resulting from the acquisition of Bionamics
Adjusted EBITDA of EVT Execute positive despite low milestone contribution
Condensed profit & loss statement based on segments for the first nine months of 2014
| In € m |
EVT | EVT | Inter segment |
Evotec |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Execute | Innovate | elimination | Group | |
| Revenues | 61.5 | 10.6 | (13.2) | 58.9 |
| Gross margin | 24.8% | 32.0% | 28.3% | |
| • R&D expenses |
(0.8) | (10.4) | 2.0 | (9.2) |
| • SG&A expenses |
(9.8) | (3.0) | – | (12.8) |
| • Amortisation of intangible assets |
(1.6) | (0.3) | – | (1.9) |
| • Impairment of intangible assets |
– | (8.7) | – | (8.7) |
| • Other op. expenses (income), net |
1.0 | 6.2 | – | 7.2 |
| Operating income (loss) | 4.1 | (12.8) | – | (8.7) |
| EBITDA, adjusted1) | 9.8 | (9.5) | – | 0.3 |
- Increased investment in Cure X and Target X initiatives within EVT Innovate and the broadening of the Innovate project portfolio
- Strongly positive adjusted EBITDA of € 9.8 m in EVT Execute despite low milestone contribution in the first nine months 2014
1) Depreciation split on estimated basis/Adjusted EBITDA: EBITDA was adjusted for changes in contingent considerations as well as for extraordinary effects with regards to the bargain purchase resulting from the acquisition of Bionamics
Decline in revenues due to lower milestone contributions compared with prior year period
Key financials Q3 2014: Condensed profit & loss statement (IFRS)
| In € m |
Q3 2013 | Q3 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 23.6 | 18.8 |
| Gross margin | 46.9% | 26.0% |
| • R&D expenses |
(2.7) | (2.9) |
| • SG&A expenses |
(4.2) | (3.9) |
| • Amortisation of intangible assets |
(0.7) | (0.6) |
| • Impairment of intangible assets |
– | (8.7) |
| • Restructuring expenses |
(0.4) | – |
| • Impairment of goodwill & tangible assets |
(3.0) | – |
| • Other op. expenses (income), net |
– | 6.1 |
| Operating income (loss) | 0.2 | (5.2) |
| Net income (loss) | (0.3) | (3.6) |
| EBITDA, adjusted1) | 5.4 | (0.3) |
• Decrease of revenues due to smaller milestone contributions in Q3 2014 compared to Q3 2013, which recorded large milestone contributions from Boehringer Ingelheim and a first milestone from UCB
• Impairment charges of € 8.7 m for DiaPep277®
1) Adjusted EBITDA: EBITDA was adjusted for changes in contingent considerations as well as for extraordinary effects with regards to the bargain purchase resulting from the acquisition of Bionamics
Continuing growth trend in base business
Revenues & gross margin for the first nine months 2014
Strategic and accelerated investments in R&D
Overview R&D and SG&A for the first nine months 2014
In € m
Strategic investments in Cure X and Target X initiatives
Planned SG&A increase to support future growth
Guidance confirmed, important milestones expected for the remainder of the year
Guidance 2014
| 1 | Revenues | • High single-digit percentage growth excluding milestones, upfronts and licences • Ongoing high volatility of milestones from quarter to quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Improved profitability |
• Positive EBITDA1) before changes in contingent considerations at a similar level to 2013 • Positive operating cash flow • Liquidity2) is expected to exceed € 90 m at the end of 2014 |
| 3 | R&D investments |
• Investments of approx. € 10–14 m mainly in the strategic Cure X/ Target X initiatives • Upgrades in capacity and technology platforms continued with approx. € 5–7 m |
1) EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation of intangibles. EBITDA excludes impairments on intangible and tangible assets as well as the total non-operating result
2) Before potential cash outflow for M&A transactions and related payments
Execute on Innovation strategy
Expected key events 2014
Key milestones
EVT Execute
- Expansion of existing drug discovery alliances
- New long-term deals with big and mid-sized Pharma and biotech
- At least 1 new integrated technology/disease alliance
EVT Innovate
- Expansion of network of top-class academic alliances
- Increased investments in Cure X/Target X initiatives
- Strong progress of clinical pipeline within partnerships (at least 2 clinical starts)
- Partnering of at least one Cure X/Target X initiative