Innoviva Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results; Highlights Recent Company Progress

Innoviva, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVA) (“Innoviva” or the “Company”), a diversified holding company with a core royalties portfolio, a leading critical care and infectious disease platform known as Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics (“IST”), and a portfolio of strategic investments in healthcare assets, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023 and highlighted select corporate achievements.

Pavel Raifeld, Chief Executive Officer of Innoviva, said: “2023 was a successful and transformational year for Innoviva. We have seen continued strong cash flow from our core royalty portfolio, which we have been investing prudently with a laser focus on driving long-term shareholder value. Last year showcased the success of our approach with the formation and significant pipeline and commercial progress of our therapeutics platform, which is focused on becoming the industry leader in critical care and infectious disease.”

Matthew Ronsheim, Ph.D., President of IST, noted, “Our therapeutics platform achieved tremendous success in its first year: we saw the approval and launch of XACDURO, the first pathogen targeted antibacterial approved by the FDA for life threatening Acinetobacter infections caused by susceptible isolates; we reported positive Phase III data for zoliflodacin, the potential first novel oral treatment for gonorrhea; and our targeted and lean commercial platform delivered meaningful growth in our core marketed products GIAPREZA and XERAVA. With our best-in-class capabilities and leverageable commercial infrastructure, we are excited about our ability to deliver life-saving drugs to patients in areas of high unmet medical need and about our significant growth prospects in the coming years.”

Mr. Raifeld concluded, “Innoviva’s strong financials reflect a new royalty base (following value-accretive 2022 TRELEGY ELLIPTA royalties monetization), a full year of integrated operations for our therapeutics platform, and significant value creation in our strategic healthcare assets. Innoviva continued to exercise financial discipline and ended the year with over $275 million in cash and account receivables, while returning capital with share repurchases of over $75 million and paying down outstanding debt of nearly $100 million. We believe our diversified growth strategy, a strong leadership team, and our focus on cost discipline position us well to deliver shareholder value.”

Financial Highlights

• Royalty revenue: Fourth quarter 2023 gross royalty revenue from Glaxo Group Limited (“GSK”) was $69.6 million and full year was $252.7 million, compared to $54.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 and $253.4 million for the full year 2022.

• Net Product Sales: Fourth quarter 2023 net product sales and license revenue were $19.7 million, which included $13.1 million from GIAPREZA, $5.2 million from XERAVA, and $1.4 million from XACDURO, compared to $14.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2022. Full year 2023 net product sales and license revenue was $71.6 million, which included $41.3 million from GIAPREZA, $17.3 million from XERAVA, $2.0 million from XACDURO, and $11.0 million in milestone payments from our partners.

• Equity and long-term investments: Fourth quarter and full year 2023 change in fair values of equity and long-term investments of $25.5 million and $88.5 million, respectively, was primarily attributable to Armata Pharmaceuticals (“Armata”) share price appreciation.

• Net income: Fourth quarter 2023 net income was $61.5 million, or $0.97 basic per share, compared to a net loss of $68.3 million, or $(0.98) basic per share, for the fourth quarter 2022, driven primarily by higher revenue and positive impact of change in fair values of equity. Full year 2023 net income was $179.7 million, or $2.75 basic per share, compared to net income of $213.9 million, or $3.07 basic per share, for the full year 2022.

• Share repurchase: During the fourth quarter 2023, Innoviva repurchased 1,121,835 shares of its outstanding common stock for $15.4 million. During the year 2023, Innoviva repurchased 6,173,565 shares of its outstanding common stock for $76.5 million. Approximately $15 million of the authorized program remains outstanding as of year-end.

• Cash and cash equivalents: Totaled $193.5 million. Royalty and net product sales receivables totaled $84.1 million as of December 31, 2023.

Key 2023 R&D Highlights

• Zoliflodacin: potential first-in-class oral antibiotic to treat uncomplicated gonorrhea
  • In November 2023, in collaboration with The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP), Innoviva announced that zoliflodacin, a first-in-class antibiotic, met its primary endpoint in a global pivotal phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea. The Company expects a New Drug Application to be submitted to the U.S. FDA in the next twelve months.

• XACDURO (sulbactam for injection; durlobactam for injection), co-packaged for intravenous use: targeted antibacterial for HABP/VABP caused by Acinetobacter
  • In May 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved XACDURO for use in patients 18 years of age and older for the treatment of hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (HABP/VABP) caused by susceptible isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex.
  • Earlier in May, The Lancet Infectious Diseases published detailed results from the pivotal Phase 3 ATTACK trial of sulbactam-durlobactam.

Update on Strategic Healthcare Assets

• Our portfolio of strategic assets under the Company’s various subsidiaries was valued at $561.0 million as of December 31, 2023. In fourth quarter 2023, Innoviva invested an additional $5.0 million in one of our assets, Gate Neurosciences, to support its strategy of developing next generation targeted CNS therapies.

About Innoviva

Innoviva is a diversified holding company with a core royalties portfolio, a leading critical care and infectious disease platform known as Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics (“IST”), and a portfolio of strategic investments in healthcare assets. Innoviva’s royalty portfolio includes respiratory assets partnered with Glaxo Group Limited (“GSK”) Innoviva is entitled to receive royalties from GSK on sales of RELVAR/BREO ELLIPTA and ANORO ELLIPTA. Innoviva’s other innovative healthcare assets include infectious disease and critical care assets stemming from acquisitions of Entasis Therapeutics, including XACDURO (sulbactam for injection; durlobactam for injection), co-packaged for intravenous use approved for the treatment of adults with hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia caused by susceptible strains of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex and the investigational zoliflodacin currently being developed for the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea, and La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company, including GIAPREZA (angiotensin II), approved to increase blood pressure in adults with septic or other distributive shock and XERAVA (eravacycline) for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections in adults.

ANORO, RELVAR, BREO and TRELEGY are trademarks of the GSK group of companies.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains certain “forward-looking” statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding, among other things, statements relating to goals, plans, objectives, and future events. Innoviva intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “anticipate”, “expect”, “goal”, “intend”, “objective”, “opportunity”, “plan”, “potential”, “target” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve substantial risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. These statements are based on the current estimates and assumptions of the management of Innoviva as of the date of this press release and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, changes in circumstances, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results of Innoviva to be materially different from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include, among others, risks related to: expected cost savings; lower than expected future royalty revenue from respiratory products partnered with GSK; the commercialization of RELVAR/BREO ELLIPTA, ANORO ELLIPTA, GIAPREZA, XERAVA and XACDURO in the jurisdictions in which these products have been approved; the strategies, plans and objectives of Innoviva (including Innoviva’s growth strategy and corporate development initiatives); the timing, manner, and amount of potential capital returns to shareholders; the status and timing of clinical studies, data analysis and communication of results; the potential benefits and mechanisms of action of product candidates; expectations for product candidates through development and commercialization; the timing of regulatory approval of product candidates; and projections of revenue, expenses and other financial items; the impact of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”); the timing, manner and amount of capital deployment, including potential capital returns to stockholders; and risks related to the Company’s growth strategy. Other risks affecting Innoviva are described under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contained in Innoviva’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. No forward-looking statements can be guaranteed, and actual results may differ materially from such statements. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The information in this press release is provided only as of the date hereof, and Innoviva assumes no obligation to update its forward-looking statements on account of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

INNOVIVA, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
		Three Months Ended								Year Ended
		December 31,								December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022
Revenue:
Royalty revenue, net (1)		$	66,165			$	51,216			$	238,846			$	311,645
Net product sales			19,675				14,587				60,617				19,694
License Revenue			-				-				11,000				-
Total revenue			85,840				65,803				310,463				331,339
Expenses:
Cost of products sold (inclusive of amortization of inventory fair value adjustments)			13,130				10,113				41,040				13,793
Cost of license revenue			-				-				1,600				-
Selling, general and administrative			26,319				17,454				98,232				63,538
Research and development			2,356				9,985				33,922				41,432
Amortization of acquired intangible assets			6,510				4,070				21,784				5,581
Gain on TRC sale			-				-				-				(266,696	)
Loss on debt extinguishment			-				-				-				20,662
Changes in fair values of equity method investments, net			(9,506	)			117,274				(77,392	)			161,749
Changes in fair values of equity and long-term investments, net			(16,016	)			(31,868	)			(11,129	)			(8,462	)
Interest and dividend income			(4,786	)			(3,188	)			(15,818	)			(6,369	)
Interest expense			5,952				4,028				19,157				15,789
Other expense (income), net			680				2,623				4,969				3,373
Total expenses			24,639				130,491				116,365				44,390
Income before income taxes			61,201				(64,688	)			194,098				286,949
Income tax expense			(330	)			3,626				14,376				66,687
Net income			61,531				(68,314	)			179,722				220,262
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest			-				-				-				6,341
Net income attributable to Innoviva stockholders		$	61,531			$	(68,314	)		$	179,722			$	213,921
Basic net income per share attributable to Innoviva stockholders		$	0.97			$	(0.98	)		$	2.75			$	3.07
Diluted net income per share attributable to Innoviva stockholders		$	0.76			$	(0.98	)		$	2.20			$	2.37
Shares used to compute basic net income per share			63,710				69,656				65,435				69,644
Shares used to compute diluted net income per share			84,995				69,656				86,876				95,248

(1) Total net revenue is comprised of the following (in thousands):
		Three Months Ended								Year Ended
		December 31,								December 31,
			2023				2022				2023				2022
		(unaudited)								(unaudited)
Royalties		$	69,620			$	54,671			$	252,669			$	325,468
Amortization of capitalized fees			(3,455	)			(3,455	)			(13,823	)			(13,823	)
Royalty revenue, net		$	66,165			$	51,216			$	238,846			$	311,645

INNOVIVA, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
		December 31,			December 31,
			2023			2022
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$	193,513		$	291,049
Royalty and product sale receivables			84,075			64,073
Inventory, net			40,737			55,897
Prepaid expense and other current assets			25,894			32,492
Property and equipment, net			483			170
Equity and long-term investments			560,978			403,013
Capitalized fees			83,784			97,607
Right-of-use assets			2,536			3,265
Goodwill			17,905			26,713
Intangible assets			230,335			252,919
Other assets			3,267			4,299
Total assets		$	1,243,507		$	1,231,497
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Other current liabilities		$	33,435		$	32,322
Accrued interest payable			3,422			4,359
Deferred revenues			1,277			2,094
Convertible subordinated notes, due 2023, net			-			96,193
Convertible senior notes, due 2025, net			191,295			190,583
Convertible senior notes, due 2028, net			254,939			253,597
Other long term liabilities			71,870			70,918
Deferred tax liabilities			563			5,771
Income tax payable - long term			11,751			9,872
Innoviva stockholders’ equity			674,955			565,788
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		$	1,243,507		$	1,231,497

INNOVIVA, INC.
Cash Flows Summary
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
		Year Ended December 31,
			2023				2022
Net cash provided by operating activities		$	141,064			$	201,726
Net cash used in investing activities			(66,761	)			(56,634	)
Net cash used in financing activities			(171,839	)			(55,568	)
Net change		$	(97,536	)		$	89,524
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period			291,049				201,525
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		$	193,513			$	291,049

 

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