On March 30, 2020 Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: ADMP) reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2019 and provided a business update (Press release, Adamis Pharmaceuticals, MAR 30, 2020, View Source [SID1234556000]).
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Dr. Dennis J. Carlo, President and Chief Executive Officer of Adamis Pharmaceuticals, stated, "In light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak and overall economic outlook, we have attempted to determine the impact of the outbreak on our present and future operations, including the impact on our suppliers, manufacturers and commercial partners. The good news is that at the present time we have not seen a material impact of COVID-19 on demand for our products, and we have not yet seen any significant negative impact on our supply chain or distribution network. If the outbreak appreciably worsens and/or if governmental restrictions persist for a protracted period, that could of course affect our outlook."
"Having said that, the outbreak and governmental mandated social distancing and sheltering in place have caused some near-term impact and disruption to our employees and daily operations. For that reason, and to allow some time to gain additional visibility into the 2020 year, we have determined to postpone our regularly scheduled earnings conference call. My sincere hope is that we can have a more meaningful call in the future and provide a clearer picture of the remainder of 2020 and the outlook for the company."
"In the meantime, we remained focused on completing the additional work to allow us to supplement our NDA for our naloxone injection product (ZIMHI). We are actively addressing the issues the FDA raised in the Complete Response Letter we received late last year. We continue to believe ZIMHI can play an important role in combating the ongoing public health crisis of opioid overdose, and we look forward to the eventual approval of ZIMHI. SYMJEPI sales continue to be far lower than we ever expected. We are currently working with Sandoz to determine what needs to occur to accelerate its growth in the epinephrine market. Sales of pharmaceutical preparations through our US Compounding drug outsourcing facility had strong growth for 2019 versus the year prior."
Product Updates
SYMJEPI (epinephrine) Injection
On January 16, 2019, we announced that Sandoz had launched SYMJEPI (epinephrine) 0.3 mg Injection in the U.S. market, initially available in the institutional setting. On July 9, 2019, we announced the full launch (institutional and retail) by Sandoz of both dose forms of the SYMJEPI injection products.
In addition to the U.S., Adamis continues to seek opportunities to market SYMJEPI into other territories. On October 1, 2019, the company announced it had entered into an exclusive distribution and commercialization agreement with Emerge Health to seek registration and commercialize SYMJEPI in both Australia and New Zealand.
ZIMHI (naloxone) Injection
On November 22, 2019, the company received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the company’s New Drug Application (NDA) relating to its ZIMHI high-dose naloxone injection product for the treatment of opioid overdose. On December 19, 2019, Adamis provided an update indicating that it had provided responses to the comments included in the CRL and submitted them to the FDA along with a request for a meeting. On February 12, 2020, the Company had a Type A meeting with the FDA to discuss the company’s response to the CRL and the process and timeline for resubmission of the NDA to the FDA. At the meeting, Adamis obtained concurrence from the agency on the information required for resubmission of the NDA.
The company believes it can generate the additional data, and assuming successful testing, resubmit the NDA in the second quarter of 2020. The FDA expressed its intent to review the resubmission in a rapid and timely manner consistent with agency guidelines. The company continues to have discussions with potential commercial partners for ZIMHI.
Drug Outsourcing Facility
During the fourth quarter of 2019, the company’s wholly owned drug outsourcing facility, US Compounding (USC), continued to grow its revenues by approximately 13% in the fourth quarter compared to the same quarter in the prior year. For the year, USC increased revenues approximately 22% versus 2018. USC’s increase in revenues was due to the increase in sales of USC’s sterile pharmaceutical formulations resulting in part from an increase in production capacity in order to meet product demand and from increasing sales and marketing efforts.
2019 Financial Results
Adamis total revenues increased approximately 47%, from $15.1 million to $22.1 million, for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, respectively. Total revenues increased by approximately 33%, to $5.5 million from $4.2 million fourth quarter of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018. The increase was primarily attributable to growth in sales of USC’s sterile pharmaceutical products and revenue relating to SYMJEPI.
Selling, general and administrative expenses ("SG&A") for the years ending December 31, 2019 and 2018 were approximately $25.3 million and $26.0 million, respectively, a decrease of approximately 3%. The decrease was primarily attributable to decreases of approximately $2.1 million in compensation expenses, occupancy costs, and other related expenses. These amounts were partially offset by an increase of approximately $1.4 million attributable to increases in consulting, legal, patent, insurance, PDUFA fees, marketing and selling expenses.
Research and development expenses were approximately $10.4 million and $18.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, a decrease of approximately 45%. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in development costs of our product candidates.
Cash and equivalents at the end of the year was approximately $8.8 million. In February, the Company increased its cash position by raising approximately $6.7 million before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other estimated offering expenses, in an equity financing transaction. The net loss for the year was approximately $29.3 million.
Targeted Milestones
●Increasing sales of SYMJEPI in the U.S.;
●Resubmission of New Drug Application for ZIMHI;
●FDA approval and commercial partner for ZIMHI;
●Following FDA approval, begin selling ZIMHI in the U.S.;
●Increasing sales and margins at US Compounding; and
●Completing a Phase III ulcer study in horses.