Earnings Sentiment

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Bullish Statements during Earnings call

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In patients with compromised lungs, we think that the less breath required through a low-flow device will be seen as a fundamental benefit by both patients and prescribers
We continue to post solid growth in our current business with our third consecutive quarter of record revenues for Tyvaso and revenue growth for our US Remodulin business, despite the presence of competition in the market for the past five years
I think from a demand standpoint for the Tyvaso franchise, we were really happy with the demand metrics in the fourth quarter
Finally, TYVASO, Worldwide TYVASO revenue was up 45% to $351 million, our highest quarter ever
So that – maybe, you could share a little bit about the amazing job our clinical operations team does, in terms of ensuring safety and our stellar pharmaco vigilance and drug safety group
International ordering driven by our partner in Japan, was strong over a comparably soft quarter in 2022
We expect this platform strategy to emerge, as a competitive advantage over other potential DPI products should they reach the market
Importantly, we saw meaningful growth across our entire suite of products, like the Tyvaso franchise, Remodulin in the US, Orenitram and Unituxin
Our growth in PH-ILD and continued leadership in pulmonary arterial hypertension also known as PAH has led our nebulized Tyvaso and our Tyvaso DPI products combining to become the most prescribed prostacyclin therapy in the United States
As Martine noted, today we reported our highest revenue quarter ever at $615 million, up 25% from the fourth quarter of 2022 and record annual revenues of more than $2.3 billion, up 20% over 2022
revenue was up 40% to $337 million and was the highest quarter ever
These programs should enable us to continue our double-digit annual growth trend through the second half of the decade
We believe ralinepag's once-daily dosing, sustained release profile, and titratability could position it favorably against the other oral prostacyclin receptor agonists on the market as well as other therapies for PAH patients
So again, we have been well prepared for the IRA years ahead of time and all that great groundwork and preparation is certainly paying off
We have a solid commercial business, posting record results with continued strong growth ahead, a pipeline of novel therapies that continue our strong double-digit revenue growth and a long-term plan to address one of the largest, critical, unmet medical needs in medicine all while helping our patients, employees and shareholders succeed
From an inventory standpoint, as Martine alluded to and as I said in my opening remarks, I think we feel really good about where we are from an inventory standpoint
So, from a demand standpoint just really, really happy with how the commercial teams are performing, the continued uptake of Tyvaso DPI, in both PAH and PH-ILD, and then generally the continued growth in the PH-ILD business
I'm thrilled that we're in such a great position at United Therapeutics
So, it's really nice to see that we were able to really kind of buck that trend on the referral side
We're extremely proud of our continued record performance in this past quarter and the entire year and we think we're in the early stages of sustainable growth for our current commercial portfolio
We yet again achieved 20% plus quarterly and annual revenue growth for the fourth quarter and the full year 2023
Congratulations to the 1,200 Unitherians who worked tirelessly every day to help us achieve our third straight quarter of record revenue and our second straight year of record revenue
Of course, both our first and second waves of growth are subject to clinical trial outcomes, regulatory approvals, new competitive entrants and the potential impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act, but we feel good about our prospects for meeting these revenue growth targets
On top of our record performance in the fourth quarter of 2023 earlier this year, we received important external validation of the value of our Tyvaso DPI business through a royalty transaction executed by our partners at MannKind Corporation
Third, titratability is better than non-titratability
Ralinepag provides 24-hour coverage with higher potency than the other oral prostacyclin agonists as demonstrated by in-vitro assays and ralinepag significantly demonstrated more than 20% improvement in pulmonary vascular resistance in a Phase 2 study
Super, super exciting and wow, just breathing so much hope into the entire transplant space
Worldwide Unituxin revenue of $54 million in the fourth quarter was up 48% from the prior year quarter and U.S
We expect this momentum to continue in the U.S., as we had a near record number of referrals and starts during the fourth quarter, driven in part by interest in the EXPEDITE study results
Really nice quarter Martine and team, and just keep it going
       

Bearish Statements during earnings call

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Worldwide Remodulin revenue of $115 million for the fourth quarter was down 6% from last year, primarily impacted by International order timing
And therefore, our PAP utilization will continue to decline over the balance of this year and then into 2025
The problem for PAH, IPF, and many other patients with end-stage organ disease is that there aren't enough donors and transplantable organs available to address the need
Acute liver failure is a devastating condition with no approved therapies
So because of all of those factors lower out-of-pocket, eventually able to spread it out over 12 months and covers all of the drugs, I think what we're going to see is a reduction in the utilization of our patient assistance program
Nothing ever bumps safety
And really I think it's a question, as it relates to competitors, I think it's really a question for prescribers and for those manufacturers, to be honest
But coming out of the gate so to speak I would say Remodulin is probably the least likely to be impacted because patients that are on Remodulin tend to be more advanced patients more severe patients
We had a surprising number of patients that were able to switch over from patient assistance to commercial drug in the first quarter
And for many organ donations, one life sadly must be lost to save another
New patient start, which is unusual given we talk a lot about the cyclicality or the seasonality, particularly in the fourth quarter with the holidays and the fewer shipping days
   

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