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Biogen Third Quarter 2015 Revenues Increase 11% to $2.8 Billion; Company Raises 2015 Full Year Guidance

October 21, 2015 7:30 AM

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) today reported third quarter 2015 results, including revenues of $2.8 billion, an 11% increase compared to the third quarter of 2014. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the third quarter of 2015 were $4.48, an increase of 18% over the third quarter of 2014. Non-GAAP net income attributable to Biogen for the third quarter of 2015 was $1.0 billion, an increase of 16% over the third quarter of 2014.

On a reported basis, GAAP diluted EPS for the third quarter of 2015 were $4.15, an increase of 15% over the third quarter of 2014. GAAP net income attributable to Biogen for the third quarter of 2015 was $966 million, an increase of 13% versus the same period in the prior year. (A reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP quarterly financial results can be found in Table 3 at the end of this release).

Biogen also announced a corporate restructuring, which includes the termination of a number of pipeline programs and an 11% reduction in workforce. These changes are expected to reduce the current annual run rate of operating expenses by approximately $250 million. The Company plans to reinvest these savings to support key commercial initiatives, including increased sales and marketing activities behind TECFIDERA, and the advancement of high potential pipeline candidates in areas such as Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and spinal muscular atrophy.

“We remain committed to maximizing the potential of our commercial portfolio, with a particular emphasis on TECFIDERA®,” said Chief Executive Officer George A. Scangos, Ph.D. “We continue to see growth for our market leading portfolio of MS products, driven by the uptake of our oral therapy TECFIDERA in recently launched countries worldwide and the introduction of PLEGRIDY® to new markets.”

“The decision to reduce the Company’s workforce was extremely difficult, but we believe these actions are necessary to fulfill our mission of bringing important new medicines to patients. We have several high-quality programs that are now or soon will be in Phase 3, and the cost savings from the restructuring will be reinvested to carry out those programs aggressively and hopefully to bring them to patients as quickly as possible,” Dr. Scangos continued. “We are grateful for the contributions of our talented and admired colleagues and we will do our best to treat everyone with fairness and dignity.”

Corporate Restructuring

The Company plans to substantially complete the majority of the 11% reduction of its global workforce by the end of 2015. The Company is in the process of notifying employees affected by the restructuring, and has initiated the required consultation processes in European countries where employees may be impacted. Biogen has also discontinued several programs, including its Phase 3 program for TECFIDERA in secondary progressive MS, the development of anti-TWEAK in lupus nephritis, and certain activities in immunology and fibrosis research.

Implementing these changes is expected to reduce the current annual run rate of operating expenses by approximately $250 million. Biogen expects to incur a charge of approximately $85-$95 million, primarily in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Additionally, the Company plans to identify additional savings in non-labor expenses by the end of the year.

The restructuring is expected to yield savings for 2016 and beyond and provides additional financial flexibility to support marketed therapies and focus on a number of meaningful pipeline opportunities, including:

Third Quarter 2015 Financial Highlights

Capital Allocation Highlights

2015 Financial Guidance

In light of the restructuring, change in capital structure, and significant share repurchases, Biogen announced an update to its full year 2015 financial guidance. This guidance consists of the following components:

Biogen may incur charges, realize gains or experience other events in 2015 that could cause actual results to vary from this guidance.

Business Development and Collaboration Highlights

Neurology Highlights

Hemophilia Highlights

Other Highlights

Conference Call and Webcast

The Company's earnings conference call for the third quarter will be broadcast via the internet at 8:30 a.m. EDT on October 21, 2015, and will be accessible through the Investors section of Biogen’s homepage, www.biogen.com. Supplemental information in the form of a slide presentation will also be accessible at the same location on the internet at the time of the conference call and will be subsequently available on the website for at least one month.

About Biogen

Through cutting-edge science and medicine, Biogen discovers, develops and delivers to patients worldwide innovative therapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, hematologic conditions and autoimmune disorders. Founded in 1978, Biogen is one of the world’s oldest independent biotechnology companies and patients worldwide benefit from its leading multiple sclerosis and innovative hemophilia therapies. For product labeling, press releases and additional information about the Company, please visit www.biogen.com.

Safe Harbor

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to: commercial product and pipeline potential and progress; anticipated benefits, cost savings, and charges related to our corporate restructuring initiatives; anticipated benefits and potential of investments, collaborations and business development activities; and updated 2015 guidance and other financial matters. These forward-looking statements may be accompanied by such words as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “project,” “target,” “will” and other words and terms of similar meaning. You should not place undue reliance on these statements.

These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such statements, including: our dependence on sales from our principal products; failure to compete effectively due to significant product competition in the markets for our products; failure to protect and enforce our data, intellectual property and other proprietary rights and the risks and uncertainties relating to intellectual property claims; uncertainty of long-term success in developing, licensing or acquiring other product candidates or additional indications for existing products; risks associated with clinical trials, including our ability to adequately manage clinical activities, unexpected concerns that may arise from additional data or analysis obtained during clinical trials, regulatory authorities may require additional information or further studies or may fail to approve or may delay approval of our drug candidates; the risk that positive results in a clinical trial may not be replicated in subsequent or confirmatory trials or success in early stage clinical trials may not be predictive of results in later stage or large scale clinical trials or trials in other potential indications; the occurrence of adverse safety events, restrictions on use with our products or product liability claims; difficulties in obtaining adequate coverage or changes in pricing or the availability of reimbursement for our products; our dependence on collaborators and other third parties for the development and commercialization of products and other aspects of our business, which are outside of our control; problems with our manufacturing processes; failure to manage our growth and execute our growth initiatives; failure to achieve the anticipated benefits and savings from our corporate restructuring efforts; failure to comply with legal and regulatory requirements; risks relating to technology failures or breaches; risks related to indebtedness; the risks of doing business internationally, including currency exchange rate fluctuations; charges and other costs relating to our properties; fluctuations in our effective tax rate; risks relating to investment in and expansion of manufacturing capacity for future clinical and commercial requirements; the market, interest and credit risks associated with our portfolio of marketable securities; risks relating to our ability to repurchase stock, including at favorable prices; risks relating to access to capital and credit markets; environmental risks; risks relating to the sale and distribution by third parties of counterfeit versions of our products; risks relating to the use of social media for our business; change in control provisions in certain of our collaboration agreements; and the other risks and uncertainties that are described in the Risk Factors section of our most recent annual or quarterly report and in other reports we have filed with the SEC.

These statements are based on our current beliefs and expectations and speak only as of the date of this press release. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements.

TABLE 1
BIOGEN INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(unaudited, in thousands, except per share amounts)
For the Three Months For the Nine Months
Ended September 30, Ended September 30,
2015 2014 2015 2014
Revenues:
Product, net $ 2,391,717 $ 2,117,366 $ 6,762,605 $ 5,916,423
Unconsolidated joint business 337,181 290,678 1,005,302 890,859
Royalty 8,989 67,148 37,386 145,348
Corporate partner 39,972 36,254 119,171 110,019
Total revenues 2,777,859 2,511,446 7,924,464 7,062,649
Cost and expenses:
Cost of sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets 310,028 302,639 908,579 873,771
Research and development 519,863 417,174 1,471,140 1,393,331
Selling, general and administrative 477,827 570,436 1,530,083 1,658,732
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 98,065 122,431 285,972 382,515
(Gain) loss on fair value remeasurement of contingent consideration 244 (49,433 ) 5,887 (46,213 )
Total cost and expenses 1,406,027 1,363,247 4,201,661 4,262,136
Gain on sale of rights - 4,379 - 12,138
Income from operations 1,371,832 1,152,578 3,722,803 2,812,651
Other income (expense), net (15,413 ) (16,290 ) (41,288 ) (17,030 )
Income before income tax expense and equity in loss of investee, net of tax 1,356,419 1,136,288 3,681,515 2,795,621
Income tax expense 330,093 274,774 904,475 721,709
Equity in loss of investee, net of tax 6,833 5,394 12,548 14,932
Net income 1,019,493 856,120 2,764,492 2,058,980
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax 53,871 (738 ) 49,053 7,660
Net income attributable to Biogen Inc. $ 965,622 $ 856,858 $ 2,715,439 $ 2,051,320
Net income per share:
Basic earnings per share attributable to Biogen Inc. $ 4.16 $ 3.63 $ 11.60 $ 8.67
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Biogen Inc. $ 4.15 $ 3.62 $ 11.57 $ 8.64
Weighted-average shares used in calculating:
Basic earnings per share attributable to Biogen Inc. 232,191 236,217 234,134 236,641
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Biogen Inc. 232,612 236,972 234,659 237,449
TABLE 2
BIOGEN INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited, in thousands)
As of As of
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014
ASSETS
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities $ 5,842,502 $ 1,845,384
Accounts receivable, net 1,327,780 1,292,445
Inventory 918,921 804,022
Other current assets 1,181,670 730,303
Total current assets 9,270,873 4,672,154
Marketable securities 1,947,354 1,470,652
Property, plant and equipment, net 2,027,821 1,765,683
Intangible assets, net 4,181,245 4,028,507
Goodwill 2,408,854 1,760,249
Investments and other assets 892,221 617,536
TOTAL ASSETS $ 20,728,368 $ 14,314,781
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current portion of notes payable and other financing arrangements $ 5,171 $ 3,136
Other current liabilities 2,628,797 2,216,570
Notes payable and other financing arrangements 6,529,275 580,283
Long-term deferred tax liability 136,761 50,656
Other long-term liabilities 861,421 650,096
Equity 10,566,943 10,814,040
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY $ 20,728,368 $ 14,314,781
TABLE 3
BIOGEN INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
GAAP TO NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION:
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO BIOGEN INC. AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
(unaudited, in millions, except per share amounts)
An itemized reconciliation between diluted earnings per share on a GAAP basis and on a non-GAAP basis is as follows:
For the Three Months For the Nine Months
Ended September 30, Ended September 30,
2015 2014 2015 2014
GAAP earnings per share - Diluted $ 4.15 $ 3.62 $ 11.57 $ 8.64
Adjustments to GAAP net income attributable to Biogen Inc. (as detailed below) 0.33 0.18 0.95 1.11
Non-GAAP earnings per share - Diluted $ 4.48 $ 3.80 $ 12.52 $ 9.75
An itemized reconciliation between net income attributable to Biogen Inc. on a GAAP basis and on a non-GAAP basis is as follows:
For the Three Months For the Nine Months
Ended September 30, Ended September 30,
2015 2014 2015 2014
GAAP net income attributable to Biogen Inc. $ 965.6 $ 856.9 $ 2,715.4 $ 2,051.3
Adjustments:
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 94.0 118.7 273.3 371.5
(Gain) loss on fair value remeasurement of contingent consideration 0.2 (49.4 ) 5.9 (46.2 )
SG&A: Stock option expense - 1.4 - 5.4
R&D: Stock option expense - 1.2 - 4.8
Donation to Biogen Foundation - - - 35.0
Income tax effect related to reconciling items (17.7 ) (29.2 ) (57.4 ) (106.2 )
Non-GAAP net income attributable to Biogen Inc. $ 1,042.2 $ 899.6 $ 2,937.2 $ 2,315.6
2015 Full Year Guidance: GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation
An itemized reconciliation between projected net income attributable to Biogen Inc. and diluted earnings per share on a GAAP basis and on a non-GAAP basis is as follows:
$ Shares Diluted EPS
Projected GAAP net income attributable to Biogen Inc. $ 3,422.0 231.2 $ 14.80
Adjustments:
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 364.0
2015 Restructuring initiatives 85.0
(Gain) loss on fair value remeasurement of contingent consideration 9.0
Income tax effect related to reconciling items (100.0 )
Projected Non-GAAP net income attributable to Biogen Inc. $ 3,780.0 231.2 $ 16.35
Numbers may not foot due to rounding.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We supplement our consolidated financial statements presented on a GAAP basis by providing additional measures which may be considered “non-GAAP” financial measures under applicable SEC rules. We believe that the disclosure of these non-GAAP financial measures provides additional insight into the ongoing economics of our business and reflects how we manage our business internally, set operational goals and forms the basis of our management incentive programs. These non-GAAP financial measures are not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and should not be viewed in isolation or as a substitute for reported, or GAAP, net income attributable to Biogen Inc. and diluted earnings per share.

Our “Non-GAAP net income attributable to Biogen Inc.” and “Non-GAAP earnings per share - Diluted” financial measures exclude the following items from "GAAP net income attributable to Biogen Inc." and "GAAP earnings per share - Diluted":

1. Purchase accounting and merger-related adjustments.

We exclude certain purchase accounting related items associated with the acquisition of businesses, assets and amounts in relation to the consolidation of variable interest entities for which we are the primary beneficiary. These adjustments include charges for in-process research and development, the amortization of certain acquired intangible assets and fair value remeasurement of our contingent consideration obligations.

2. Stock option expense recorded in accordance with the accounting standard for share-based payments.

3. Other items.

We evaluate other items on an individual basis, and consider both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the item, including (i) its size and nature, (ii) whether or not it relates to our ongoing business operations, and (iii) whether or not we expect it to occur as part of our normal business on a regular basis. We also include an adjustment to reflect the related tax effect of all reconciling items within our reconciliation of our GAAP to Non-GAAP net income attributable to Biogen Inc.

TABLE 4
BIOGEN INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
PRODUCT REVENUES
(unaudited, in millions)
For the Three Months For the Nine Months
Ended September 30, Ended September 30,
2015 2014 2015 2014
PRODUCT REVENUES
Multiple Sclerosis (MS):
TECFIDERA $ 937.4 $ 787.1 $ 2,645.6 $ 1,993.2
AVONEX 685.1 741.8 1,993.0 2,277.1
PLEGRIDY 99.7 3.4 236.0 3.4
TYSABRI 479.7 501.2 1,405.4 1,475.6
FAMPYRA 21.0 20.4 62.1 61.7
Hemophilia:
ALPROLIX 65.7 25.3 163.2 35.7
ELOCTATE 90.6 21.6 218.5 21.6
Other product revenues:
FUMADERM 12.5 16.5 38.8 48.1
Total product revenues, net $ 2,391.7 $ 2,117.3 $ 6,762.6 $ 5,916.4

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