Omeros (OMER) Misses Q4 EPS by 8c, Revenues Beat

Omeros (NASDAQ: OMER) reported Q4 EPS of ($0.58), $0.08 worse than the analyst estimate of ($0.50). Revenue for the quarter came in at $33.42 million versus the consensus estimate of $31.57 million.

• 4Q 2019 OMIDRIA® revenues were $33.4 million, Omeros’ highest revenue quarter to date and representing another quarter of double-digit growth of 12 percent compared to 3Q 2019.
• Full year 2019 OMIDRIA revenues were $111.8 million, a 274 percent increase from the prior year.
• Net loss in 4Q 2019 was $29.2 million, or $0.58 per share. Net loss for the full year 2019 was $84.5 million, or $1.71 per share. Non-cash expenses for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2019 were $6.3 million, or $0.12 per share, and $24.8 million, or $0.50 per share, respectively. Included in both 4Q and full year net loss is $12.6 million, or $0.25 per share, in connection with Omeros’ election to accelerate the manufacturing schedule for a one-time set of five narsoplimab process validation and commercial lots. These lots were successfully manufactured, provide data to satisfy the BLA process validation requirements, and can be used for commercial sales following approval.
• At December 31, 2019, the company had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments available for operations of $60.8 million.
• Data from the narsoplimab pivotal registration trial met the FDA-agreed primary efficacy endpoint, with complete response rates of 54 percent (p<0.0001) in all patients receiving at least one dose of narsoplimab and 65 percent (p<0.0001) in all patients receiving at least the protocol-specified four weeks of dosing, well surpassing the FDA-agreed threshold for efficacy of 15 percent.
• On the secondary endpoint of 100-day survival, 68 percent of all patients receiving at least one dose of narsoplimab achieved 100-day survival, with 83 percent of patients receiving at least the protocol-specified four weeks of dosing and 93 percent of responders achieving the endpoint. Experts familiar with the pivotal trial data would expect a 100-day survival rate of less than 20 percent in this population.

“2019 was a year of tremendous accomplishment for Omeros,” stated Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D., Omeros’ chairman and chief executive officer. “Our pivotal trial in HSCT-TMA generated data that substantially surpass FDA’s agreed threshold for efficacy and enabled submission of the first sections of our rolling BLA, OMIDRIA delivered record annual sales of $112 million, and we discovered a cancer immunity axis controlled by GPR174, a target that we control and expect could change the immuno-oncology landscape. And 2020 is shaping up to be an even better year. We are on track to complete submission of the narsoplimab BLA for HSCT-TMA and look forward to FDA’s review and approval as we move the drug toward two additional indications in IgA nephropathy and aHUS. We expect that 2020 will also bring continued growth in OMIDRIA sales, further clinical development of our OMS527 addiction program, a Phase 1 trial for our MASP-3 inhibitor OMS906, and ongoing progress with our MASP-2 small-molecule inhibitor and next-generation antibody as well as our GPR174 antagonists, driving them toward the clinic. We’ve built a top-tier group of first-in-kind assets, are delivering on their promise, and expect that they will significantly improve the lives of patients and their families.”

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