Pharming Group announces updated full year 2023 guidance and
Joenja® U.S. launch update
Expect 10% growth in RUCONEST® revenue,
significantly exceeding prior guidance
Expect Joenja® revenues of approximately
US$18 million with 81 patients on paid therapy at year
end
Leiden, The Netherlands, January 8,
2024: Pharming Group N.V. (“Pharming” or “the Company”)
(EURONEXT Amsterdam: PHARM/Nasdaq: PHAR) announces today updated
full year 2023 guidance, including RUCONEST® and Joenja® revenues,
and a progress update on the U.S. launch of Joenja® (leniolisib)
for APDS. For the full year 2023, total revenues are expected to
increase by 19% to approximately US$245 million (preliminary and
unaudited*).
Sijmen de Vries, Chief Executive
Officer, commented:
“We are pleased to have concluded an excellent
year in which we transformed Pharming into a multi-product,
commercial rare disease biopharmaceutical company. We expect 10%
growth in RUCONEST® revenues, significantly exceeding our previous
guidance for low single digit annual revenue growth. We launched
Joenja® (leniolisib) for APDS in the U.S. in April, shortly after
FDA approval, and saw fast uptake from patients for the first and
only FDA approved treatment for APDS. These results reflect the
dedication of Pharming employees to develop and deliver therapies
to otherwise unserved rare disease patients. Looking towards 2024,
we remain focused on our goals to obtain regulatory approvals and
commercialize leniolisib for APDS in additional global markets, and
to further develop our rare disease pipeline and footprint. We seek
to significantly expand the leniolisib market opportunity by
pursuing development of leniolisib for additional primary
immunodeficiencies (PIDs) beyond APDS, including a Phase 2 proof of
concept clinical trial protocol in PIDs with immune dysregulation
linked to PI3Kẟ signaling planned to start in 2Q 2024.”
Updated 2023 guidance (preliminary and
unaudited*)
RUCONEST® for HAE
- For the full
year 2023, we expect RUCONEST® revenues to increase by 10% to
approximately US$227 million, significantly exceeding our previous
low single digit growth guidance.
- New patient
enrollments in 2023 were up 25% vs. the prior year and were a
significant driver of the strong RUCONEST® revenue growth achieved
throughout 2023.
- In 2023,
Pharming saw the first full-year, post-pandemic benefit of its
first quarter 2020 restructuring and expansion of its U.S.
salesforce. The Company achieved record numbers in leading metrics
including increasing the RUCONEST® physician prescriber base by 13%
during the year, in many cases adding previously unknown HAE
prescribers.
Joenja® (leniolisib) for
APDS
- For the full
year 2023, we expect Joenja® revenues of approximately US$18
million driven by the continued increase during the fourth quarter
in patients on paid therapy. First commercial shipments of Joenja®
to patients took place in April 2023.
- As of December
31, 2023 we have 92 APDS patients enrolled in the U.S., of which 81
patients are on paid therapy.
- Our U.S. and
global APDS patient finding efforts progressed during the year. As
of December 31, 2023, Pharming has identified over 840 diagnosed
APDS patients in global markets targeted for commercialization,
including over 200 patients in the United States.
- In addition, we
have identified more than 1,100 patients in the U.S. with a number
of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) in the PIK3CD or PIK3R1
genes and are setting up validation studies with various
laboratories to confirm which of these variants should be
classified as APDS. As results become available, patients with
validated variants could be diagnosed with APDS and be eligible for
Joenja® treatment. Completion of these studies is expected during
4Q 2024.
Overall cash and marketable
securities
- Preliminary,
unaudited cash and cash equivalents, together with restricted cash
and marketable securities, are expected to total US$215.0 million
at the end of 2023, compared to US$199.2 million at the end of the
third quarter 2023 and US$208.7 million at the end of 2022.
*Updated guidance based on preliminary
selected financial results that are unaudited and subject to
adjustment. Pharming expects to issue full financial results for
the fourth quarter and full year 2023 in March 2024. The Company
has not completed its financial closing procedures for the quarter
or year ended December 31, 2023 and actual results could differ
from these preliminary financial results.
About Pharming Group N.V.
Pharming Group N.V. (EURONEXT Amsterdam:
PHARM/Nasdaq: PHAR) is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated
to transforming the lives of patients with rare, debilitating, and
life-threatening diseases. Pharming is commercializing and
developing an innovative portfolio of protein replacement therapies
and precision medicines, including small molecules, biologics, and
gene therapies that are in early to late-stage development.
Pharming is headquartered in Leiden, Netherlands, and has employees
around the globe who serve patients in over 30 markets in North
America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
For more information, visit www.pharming.com and
find us on LinkedIn.
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Pharming Group, Leiden, The NetherlandsMichael
Levitan, VP Investor Relations & Corporate CommunicationsT: +1
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Corporate Communications ManagerE: investor@pharming.com
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