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| In summary, we have entered 2024 well positioned to deliver on our financial and strategic goals |
| We believe the breadth of our expanding SPL portfolio continues to demonstrate the unique and valuable technology that MaxCyte use across cell types and editing tools |
| I firmly believe in the long term opportunity for MaxCyte as the premier enabler of nonviral cell therapies |
| We saw sequential improvement in instrument revenue and stabilization in PA revenue compared to the third quarter of 2023 |
| The approval milestones from our SPL clients in multiple geographies drove the upside to our initial guidance |
| We are encouraged by these recent SPLs and are excited to witness the clinical progress that we believe our clients may make in the upcoming months and years with the support of our platform |
| So there's nothing built in here that says, "Hey, as long as we have a big second half of the year, we're going to be able to achieve what we set out to do here." So given that we are sitting here a couple of weeks out from the end of the first quarter, we feel good about where we are today |
| We were pleased to see our business begin to stabilize in the fourth quarter and with the strong execution of our team amid a challenging environment |
| Nonviral cell therapy market trends continue to bode well for MaxCyte's platform |
| MaxCyte remains excited about the potential of our clients' assets as they progress through clinical development |
| I'd like to thank the MaxCyte team for their dedicated work which has helped solidify MaxCyte's position as a premier enabler of nonviral cell therapies |
| We are confident in our ability to grow the core business in 2024 |
| Overall, we believe our accomplishments in 2023 have further validate the endpoints of our ExPERT electroporation platform and the long-term growth potential for MaxCyte |
| I would like to close by stating that we are confident in our 2024 revenue outlook and believe that our modest cash burn and strong balance sheet will serve to support MaxCyte's long-term growth |
| And if the market improves and we do see some reason to be optimistic, then we get to actually benefit from that, but it's not built into the forecast |
| Finally, MaxCyte remains in a strong financial position and continues to expect to end 2024 with approximately $175 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments and no debt on our balance sheet |
| We remain very optimistic about the long-term prospect for CASGEVY and look forward to many patients receiving the treatment in years to come |
| We adapted to the difficult environment we saw in 2023 and are confident in our ability to execute through a stabilizing environment in 2024 |
| I believe we have substantial opportunities ahead of us in the cell therapy industry and I am committed to leading our organization with a high level of focus, along with disciplined expense management and capital deployment |
| As we look ahead in 2024, we have a robust SPL pipeline which we will continue to execute on |
| It was certainly better in many ways for the end of the third quarter |
| Innovation and complexity in cell therapy development drives demand for MaxCyte's electroporation technology |
| We believe that there is opportunity for substantial clinical milestone and commercial revenue as our SPL clients programs move towards late-stage clinical development and commercialization |
| If it does happen, that represents some upside |
| The total precommercial revenue potential for our SPL programs is now greater than $1.95 billion, up from $1.55 billion at the end of 2022, an increase of over $400 million in potential milestone payments |
| So CASGEVY gives us the ability to have those continued discussions and gives us the ability to really help us with our increasing pipeline for SPL |
| Following the success of our ability to enter into new SPLs over the past couple of years, we are continuing to build and expand the SPL pipeline |
| We are not forecasting any substantial positive or negative change in the macroeconomic environment for our customers, though I will note that the capital-raising activity by the industry and some of our customers has started off better than we expected |
| So it's not tweaking, right? So the engineering on the VLx really, we -- it's something that's -- when we launched it at the end of last year, we were able to showcase the ability to produce -- translate and produce protein at a significant amount |
| So I think that there's certainly some upside there if the market improves |
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| We faced a difficult operating environment along with many others in the industry as our customer base saw conservatism in capital spending, lower-than-expected activity levels and prioritization of programs |
| This includes revenue from cell therapy customers declining 25% year-over-year and drug discovery revenue declining 23% year-over-year |
| The year-over-year declines in revenue were due to the challenging market for our customers which resulted in conservatism of spend and pipeline prioritization |
| In the fourth quarter, we reported core revenue of $7.2 million compared to $10.6 million in the comparable prior year quarter, representing a 32% decline |
| Total revenue for the full year was $41.3 million compared to $44.3 million in 2022, representing a 7% decline |
| It was a little worse than that in Q4, down 32% |
| For the full year of 2023, we reported core revenue of $29.8 million compared to $39.6 million in 2022, representing a 25% decline |
| As I mentioned, we are operating in a challenging environment, where early-stage customers in cell therapy and drug discovery have limited access to capital, and some clinical customers have adjusted their spending and extended project timelines |
| While our instrument installed base expanded this year, both instrument sales and PA sales declined in 2023 compared to 2022 across cell therapy and drug discovery customers |
| For the full year, your core biz was down 25% |
| And I recognize Q4 was tough on a year-over-year basis |
| This includes revenue from cell therapy customers of $5.5 million, revenue from drug discovery customers of $1.6 million which declined 27% and 46% year-over-year, respectively |
| I think you were acknowledging Q4 was tough |
| While our SPL clients were not immune to funding constraints and pipeline prioritization, the magnitude of the decrease in core revenue from SPL clients was less substantial compared to our earlier-stage customers |
| Our visibility into the timing of patient dosing is quite limited |
| 2022 was a challenging but exciting year for MaxCyte |
| We did not build into our forecast that the markets will improve |
| One, it doesn't sound like you're assuming any improvement in the end market |
| Obviously, 2023 was a tough year |
| Our expectations for SPL program-related revenue for 2024 reflect the timing of this milestone and the resulting difficult year-over-year comparison |
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