BASEL, Switzerland and LONDON and NEW YORK, Aug. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Roivant (Nasdaq: ROIV) today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2024, and provided a business update.

• Immunovant completed enrollment in batoclimab pivotal myasthenia gravis (MG) trial; topline results and initiation of a potentially registrational program in MG for IMVT-1402 on track for fiscal year end (March 31, 2025)
• Brepocitinib development in non-infectious uveitis (NIU) is progressing to Phase 3 following a successful end of Phase 2 meeting with the FDA  
• Brepocitinib Phase 3 VALOR study enrollment in dermatomyositis (DM) is complete and on track to report topline data in 2H 2025; VALOR is the largest interventional DM trial ever conducted with 241 subjects enrolled across 90 sites on four continents
• VTAMA net product revenue was $18.4M for the first quarter ended June 30, 2024, with over 430,000 prescriptions written by approximately 16,000 unique prescribers since launch
  
• Roivant reported its consolidated cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $5.7B at June 30, 2024, following a $648M share repurchase announced in April 2024, and not including a $110M milestone payment received in August 2024 related to the previously announced sale of Telavant, which closed in December 2023

“This continues to be a year of investing, building, and clinical execution for Roivant. We completed enrollment in a major Phase 3 trial at each of Immunovant and Priovant with the batoclimab trial in MG and the brepocitinib trial in DM, respectively,” said Matt Gline, CEO of Roivant. “We are entering a dense period of meaningful clinical data in the coming months, particularly for our anti-FcRN franchise. We are also continuing to evaluate a number of promising additions to our pipeline, and we look forward to unveiling one such program next month.”

Recent Developments

• Immunovant: In August 2024, Immunovant announced completion of enrollment in batoclimab pivotal MG trial.

• Priovant: In June 2024, Priovant completed an end of Phase 2 meeting with the FDA and will progress brepocitinib to a Phase 3 program in NIU; detailed trial design will be shared at a later date.

In July 2024, Priovant announced completion of enrollment in VALOR, a global Phase 3 study of brepocitinib in DM. The study enrolled 241 subjects across 90 sites on four continents, making it the largest interventional DM trial ever conducted.

• Dermavant: For the first quarter ended June 30, 2024, Roivant reported VTAMA net product revenue of $18.4M. As of July 2024, over 430,000 VTAMA prescriptions have been written by approximately 16,000 unique prescribers for psoriasis. VTAMA is covered for over 141M US commercial lives, including coverage by all three of the top pharmacy benefit managers.

• Genevant: In August 2024, the parties requested an amended case schedule in Genevant’s and Arbutus’s lawsuit against Moderna in order for Moderna to accommodate certain outstanding discovery requests. If the Court approves the request, the trial will begin in September 2025.

• Roivant: Roivant reported its consolidated cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $5.7B at June 30, 2024, following a $648M share repurchase announced in April 2024, and not including a $110M milestone payment received in August 2024 related to the previously announced sale of Telavant, which closed in December 2023.

Major Upcoming Milestones

• Dermavant expects PDUFA action for VTAMA in atopic dermatitis in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2024.

• Kinevant plans to report topline data from the ongoing Phase 2 trial of namilumab for the treatment of sarcoidosis in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2024.

• Priovant plans to report topline data from the ongoing Phase 3 trial of brepocitinib in DM in the second half of calendar year 2025 and to initiate a Phase 3 program for brepocitinib in NIU in the second half of calendar year 2024.
  
• Immunovant plans to have initiated 4-5 potentially registrational programs by March 31, 2025, and plans to have initiated studies in a total of 10 indications by March 31, 2026, for IMVT-1402. In pursuit of this goal, Immunovant expects to have at least 3 IND applications active by the end of calendar year 2024. Detailed results from the batoclimab study in Graves’ disease (GD) and an overview of the development plan for IMVT-1402 in GD are expected in the fall of 2024. Batoclimab topline data in MG are expected to be reported by March 31, 2025. Results from this trial are expected to inform a decision regarding next steps for batoclimab in MG. Immunovant also expects to initiate a potentially registrational program in MG for IMVT-1402 by March 31, 2025. Initial data from period 1 of the batoclimab chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) trial and the trial design for IMVT-1402 in CIDP are both expected to be disclosed by March 31, 2025. Topline data from the current pivotal program evaluating batoclimab in thyroid eye disease (TED) continue to be expected in the first half of calendar year 2025.
  

First Quarter Ended June 30, 2024 Financial Summary

Cash Position

As of June 30, 2024, the Company had consolidated cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of approximately $5.7 billion.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development (R&D) expenses increased by $8.1 million to $133.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $125.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. This increase was primarily driven by increases in program-specific costs of $4.3 million, share-based compensation of $3.1 million, and personnel-related expenses of $1.6 million.

Within program-specific costs, the increase of $4.3 million was primarily driven by an increase in expense of $14.8 million related to the anti-FcRn franchise, partially offset by a decrease in expense of $10.9 million related to RVT-3101 for which the rights to further develop and manufacture were sold to Roche in December 2023.

Non-GAAP R&D expenses were $121.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $115.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses decreased by $7.7 million to $148.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $156.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, primarily due to a decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses of $16.1 million at Dermavant, which largely resulted from reduced marketing spend. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in personnel-related expenses of $7.3 million, primarily as a result of a special one-time cash retention bonus award granted to employees, following approval in December 2023.        

Non-GAAP SG&A expenses were $107.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $113.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Net Income (Loss)

Net income was $57.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to a net loss of $327.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. On a basic and diluted per common share basis, net income was $0.13 and $0.12, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2024. Basic and diluted net loss per common share was $0.38 for the three months ended June 30, 2023. Non-GAAP net loss was $131.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $211.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Notes to non-GAAP financial measures:

(1) Represents non-cash amortization of intangible assets associated with milestone payments made in connection with regulatory approvals.

(2) Represents non-cash share-based compensation expense.

(3) Represents non-cash depreciation and amortization expense, other than amortization of intangible assets associated with milestone payments made in connection with regulatory approvals.

(4) Represents a gain on the sale of Telavant net assets to Roche due to achievement of a one-time milestone in June 2024.

(5) Represents the unrealized (gain) loss on equity investments in unconsolidated entities that are accounted for at fair value with changes in value reported in earnings.

(6) Represents the change in fair value of debt and liability instruments, which is non-cash and primarily includes the unrealized (gain) loss relating to the measurement and recognition of fair value on a recurring basis of certain liabilities.

(7) Represents the estimated tax effect of the adjustments.

Investor Conference Call Information

Roivant will host a live conference call and webcast at 8:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, August 8, 2024, to report its financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2024, and provide a corporate update.

To access the conference call by phone, please register online using this registration link. The presentation and webcast details will also be available under “Events & Presentations” in the Investors section of the Roivant website at https://investor.roivant.com/news-events/events. The archived webcast will be available on Roivant’s website after the conference call.

About Roivant

Roivant is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company that aims to improve the lives of patients by accelerating the development and commercialization of medicines that matter. Today, Roivant’s pipeline includes VTAMA, a novel topical approved for the treatment of psoriasis and in development for the treatment of atopic dermatitis; IMVT-1402 and batoclimab, fully human monoclonal antibodies targeting the neonatal Fc receptor (“FcRn”) in development across several IgG-mediated autoimmune indications; and brepocitinib, a potent small molecule inhibitor of TYK2 and JAK1 for the treatment of dermatomyositis and non-infectious uveitis, in addition to other clinical stage molecules. We advance our pipeline by creating nimble subsidiaries or “Vants” to develop and commercialize our medicines and technologies. Beyond therapeutics, Roivant also incubates discovery-stage companies and health technology startups complementary to its biopharmaceutical business. For more information, www.roivant.com.

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