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| So where we think that they are going to be very successful is in the near term is where they're alone in the market, right? So when you think about the Japanese market, which is a substantial market for the growth hormone space where they're by themselves currently, they've had meaningful market share penetration and continued growth |
| As a result, we expect our client mix to improve and cost structure to appropriately support our go-forward strategy |
| Pfizer, our global commercial partner, has now launched NGENLA in over 40 markets worldwide, and we're optimistic about Pfizer's ability to convert users to the weekly injection from the daily to further penetrate this growing $5.5 billion market |
| ModeX made great strides last year, in particular, in executing its strategy to secure important collaborations to advance its multi-specific biologics platform into the clinic |
| And NGENLA launches in all major global markets, as mentioned by Phil, is progressing well, and we believe this drug is well positioned for significant growth |
| We think they're well positioned with their team to go ahead and take substantial share in the U.S |
| Revenue from products, including our international pharmaceutical businesses and RAYALDEE, increased by $5.1 million, reflecting from improvements in the number of prescriptions and in overall net price |
| In addition to our expense reduction efforts, BioReference has been aiming to drive growth in higher value segments with new tests, larger customers and better insurance reimbursement |
| Pharmaceutical businesses, which will allow for continued and profitable growth |
| I think what we've seen in the markets that are the most mature from Pfizer where they launched initially is good, steady growth in the conversion is happening |
| We've had success with our first-generation candidate in the Phase 1 trial and we are moving forward with a more potent next-generation tetra-specific antibody versus the previous tri-specific one |
| As you know, we implemented our REACH initiatives to reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance productivity |
| So in summary, BioReference Health made great progress last year, and we expect to continue to build these achievements in 2024 |
| Phil Frost This is a product line that is very successful and is sold by our Spanish unit |
| Our team has worked hard to improve our cost structure and enhance revenue |
| We narrowed our operating loss sequentially and through both expense reduction and revenue growth, we continue to feel confident that these efforts will further improve financial metrics and return this segment to profitability in the next few years |
| 2023 was a year of significant achievement for OPKO, and we expect continued progress in 2024 |
| This refinancing strengthened our balance sheet, reduced the number of shares outstanding and provided the company with additional cash to fund our ongoing development activities |
| In parallel, we're driving growth in various testing segments, including our higher-value specialty segments like oncology, wounds health and urology primarily through our proprietary 4Kscore test |
| Sales of RAYALDEE, our drug to treat chronic kidney disease patients with elevated parathyroid hormone and low vitamin D levels, grew 13% last year, and we're expecting further progress this year |
| GenPath continued to launch innovative testing, including an expanded hematologic malignancy panel and introducing several new tests in the market that will sustain growth of the GenPath oncology products |
| They've done a great job marketing throughout Europe as well and forcing the conversion or suggesting the conversion there as well |
| In addition, we expect that the recent expansion of insurance coverage will continue to boost those levels this year |
| It's a substantial revenue stream |
| Some of you have been asking about my long-time enthusiasm for our once-weekly oxyntomodulin product to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity |
| In consultation with our advisors at JPMorgan, we chose to issue new five-year notes, reducing our coupon interest rate to 3.75% and took advantage of the strong demand from institutional investors to raise a total of $230 million |
| But it's clear that we have an asset on our books that is, at the moment, losing money, although we're very optimistic about turning that around that highest inherent value as an asset |
| The resulting operating loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, was $16 million, a $6 million improvement from the operating loss of $22 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| Phil also mentioned our success last year in securing collaborations for ModeX Therapeutics with BARDA and Merck |
| It sounds like you're expecting growth, and it looks like Q4 had some strong growth |
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| First is the obvious passing of the adverse effects of the pandemic, which slowed the ability of our sales force to get into clinics and promote the brand, and it also slowed the ability of patients to get into the clinics to get prescriptions |
| Operating loss for our Diagnostics segment included a change in estimated collections as well as approximately $4.7 million of nonrecurring costs related to employee severance and retention programs associated with our efforts to return to profitability |
| launch occurred mid-August, and Pfizer was delayed in reporting our gross profit share amounts |
| We delayed a Phase 3 trial when other products appeared, which provided greater weight loss |
| For the fourth quarter of 2023, we reported an operating loss of $69.1 million compared to an operating loss of $55.3 million for the 2022 quarter |
| So we've got some conservatism built into that with some uncertainty on the daily portion for Genotropin and modest growth rates that we would expect for NGENLA |
| Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $66.5 million or $0.09 per share, which compares with a net loss of $85.2 million or $0.11 per share for the 2022 quarter, reflecting lower noncash mark-to-market losses related to our investment in GeneDx |
| That seems to have abated as of the beginning of Q2 of last year |
| This decline primarily reflects lower COVID testing of $7.1 million as well as a change to our estimated collections of $8.1 million, partially offset by increased testing volumes |
| Most recently with BARDA, we secured an initial $59 million grant to fund R&D and clinical evaluation through a Phase 1 study of our multi-specific antibodies against known variants of SARS-CoV-2 for the treatment and as well as prevention of COVID-19, which remains a particular threat, especially for immune-compromised patients |
| And so we're very mindful of that |
| Before considering any nonrecurring cost that may result from our restructuring activities, we expect our cost and expenses to decline sequentially by $7 million to approximately $159 million |
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