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| We feel very strongly that centers of excellence is the right approach |
| I think that we have demonstrated what good looks like and what essential is to our business in the United States |
| account productivity grow to over five cases per active established center by year-end 2023 |
| Internationally, we are confident in our opportunity to drive further market penetration, particularly in Europe, as growth in the U.S |
| We are very pleased with our fourth quarter performance, capping off an exciting year for Pulmonx in which we achieved record sales |
| In the fourth quarter, we delivered $19.3 million in worldwide sales, driven by another record U.S |
| Lastly, our revenue growth, strong balance sheet and healthy gross margins together provide us with a clear path to cash flow break-even |
| Gross margin for the fourth quarter of 2023 was 75% compared to 73% in the prior year, reflecting benefits from efficiencies in production and increasing pricing |
| Beyond revenue growth, 2023 represents a year of strong execution |
| Our strong performance was driven by sustained momentum across the U.S |
| In summary, we are very pleased with our 2023 performance and remain as confident as ever in our strategy and long-term growth trajectory of our business |
| I'm also very pleased with our forward going plans, and as well as the many wonderful people who will continue to deliver both performance and on the execution, ongoing execution of these plans |
| Again, I'm very pleased with our 2023 performance and what it says about the future |
| Our success in 2023 positions us well for another strong year |
| We believe our efforts will collectively serve as the foundation for sustained growth in the future |
| In summary, we are very pleased with our fourth quarter and full year 2023 performance and remain confident in our ability to execute on our commercial and clinical development goals to drive long-term sustained growth |
| Meanwhile, we were very pleased to have achieved our goal to see average U.S |
| As Glenn mentioned, we also expect to continue to see much stronger growth in the U.S |
| continues to grow, that has a positive impact on our global gross margin number |
| As we look ahead, we expect to continue to benefit from year-over-year gains in activity and productivity on an annualized basis |
| And I think that we're going to get things moving in a good and solid direction this year, probably harvesting a good bit of the upside in 2025 |
| And as I talked about before, volume also positively impacts |
| And I would imagine that as we look across the year, if you were to say, if hypothetically there was upside to what we're talking about, it would probably come from continuing to execute very well on that additional element |
| Excluding non-cash stock-based compensation expense, our operating expense guidance implies an increase in operating expenses of 11% to 13% in 2024 over 2023, demonstrating operating leverage as we expect to increase our cash operating expenses at a meaningfully lower rate than we expect to grow revenue |
| Steve brings nearly three decades of MedTech industry experience, driving revenue growth, innovative product launches, and numerous acquisitions and global expansion initiatives across high growth and well-established public companies |
| Most of the performance that we have seen over the last five quarters has been driven by the second point, which is facilitating best practices and increasing efficiency at our Zephyr Valve centers, sort of taking them from left to right on this very well-defined process that we've established |
| Total worldwide revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2023 was a record $19.3 million, a 25% increase from $15.4 million in the same period of the prior year and an increase of 23% on a constant currency basis |
| revenue in the fourth quarter reached a new high of $13.7 million, a 45% increase from $9.5 million during the prior year period |
| And so that too could be a contributor, but we've had what I would say is less experience in that vein to this point, although we've tested it over the last several years and are very confident in our ability to bend the curve in a positive way there |
| account productivity metrics as our focused commercial strategy gained traction throughout the year |
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| International revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023 was $5.6 million, a 7% decrease from $6 million during the same period last year and a decrease of 12% on a constant currency basis |
| As is typical in our business, we expect sales in the first quarter of 2024 to be down sequentially compared to the fourth quarter of 2023 before seeing improvement throughout the balance of the year similar to what we saw in 2023 |
| Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $13.9 million or a loss of $0.36 per share as compared to a net loss of $14.3 million or a loss of $0.38 per share for the same period of the prior year |
| Adjusted EBITDA loss for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $8.4 million as compared to $9.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| I will say that on the margin side of things, our business is sensitive or our margins are sensitive to volume |
| So I wouldn't say the shape of the curve is in any way a surprise |
| But the good news, I think about this situation that we're in is the magnitude of the impact it could have on our business and the probability that as we say, this thing falls jelly side up, meaning whenever you do one of these trials, there's always a risk associated with an unforeseen outcome |
| In 2024, we expect gross margin to fall within the range of 74% to 75%, remaining near 74% in the first half of the year and trending towards 75% in the back half of the year |
| And 20% of the time, those patients get woken up and told and they're incredibly disappointed |
| There's some counterbalancing elements, increasing costs associated with raw materials and so forth, which factor into that |
| And I know that we're not nearly where we want to be with that process |
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