Bavarian Nordic Announces Interim Results for the First Three Months of 2023
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proceeds from the capital increase amounted to DKK 1,600
of marketing authorization and upon reaching certain annual
levels of doses sold. As per March 31, 2023, the upfront payment
of DKK 80 million and further milestones amounting to DKK 560
million, in total DKK 640 million, have been received and
recognized as ‘Prepayment and loan from Government’. The last
milestone payment of DKK 160 million was invoiced end April, but
not yet received.
million.
Deferred consideration
Deferred consideration to GlaxoSmithKline for purchase of
product rights amounted to DKK 2,044 million, whereas deferred
consideration to AdaptVac related to potential future
development and sales milestones and tiered royalties amounted
to DKK 597 million as per March 31, 2023.
Prepayments
Scale-up activities to prepare for future production of drug
substance for commercial launch of ABNCoV2 is taking place at
the CMO who also produced the Phase 3 clinical trial materials.
Costs related to the scale-up activities are recognized as
prepayments and will be recognized as inventory in concurrence
with future purchase of products from the CMO. As per March 31,
2023, DKK 212 million (DKK 193 million as of December 31, 2022)
has been recognized as non-current prepayments.
Debt to credit institutions
As of March 31, 2023, debt to credit institutions amounted to DKK
18 million and consist of a mortgage loan. The repo position
amounting to DKK 1,104 million as of December 31, 2022 has
been settled following the capital increase in February 2023.
Significant risks and uncertainties
As part of the scale-up activity future commercial batches have
been produced. Since the ABNCoV2 product is not yet approved
the costs for this production, DKK 136 million (DKK 132 million as
of December 31, 2022), have been recognized as current
prepayments. Will be reclassified to inventory once product
approval is obtained.
Bavarian Nordic faces a number of risks and uncertainties,
common for the biotech/pharma industry. These relate to
operations, research and development, manufacturing,
commercial and financial activities. For further information
about risks and uncertainties which Bavarian Nordic faces, refer
to page 40-43 “Risk Management” in the 2022 Annual Report.
Part of the technology transfer of the production and packaging
activities for Encepur and Rabipur/RabAvert takes place at CMO's
(filling of Encepur, labelling, and packing). Costs related to the
technology transfer activities are recognized as prepayments
when costs incur and then recognized as inventory in concurrence
with purchase of production services from the CMO's. As per
March 31, 2023, DKK 7 million (DKK 15 million as of December 31,
2022) has been recognized as non-current prepayments.
Outlook for 2023
Bavarian Nordic maintains the financial guidance for 2023 with
expected revenue of approximately DKK 6,000 million and an
EBITDA of approximately DKK 2,200 million.
The guidance does not include financial impact from the
acquisition of the travel vaccine portfolio from Emergent
BioSolutions. The transaction is expected to close during the
second quarter of 2023. Pending closing, an updated and fully
consolidated financial guidance is expected to be issued at the
latest in connection with the announcement of the 2023 half-year
financial report in August 2023.
Securities, cash and cash equivalents
Securities, cash and cash equivalents were DKK 2,971 million as
of March 31, 2023, and no repo pledged securities included (DKK
2,845 million as of December 31, 2022, including repo pledged
securities of DKK 1,104 million). The net cash position amounts to
DKK 2,971 million (DKK 1,741 million as of December 31, 2022).
The financial expectations are based on, among others, revenue
from confirmed smallpox/mpox vaccine orders totaling
approximately DKK 4,400 million. Revenue from the rabies and
TBE vaccine businesses is expected to grow compared to 2022
with more markets expected to return to pre-COVID levels. Other
income includes among others expected milestone payments
totaling DKK 195 million from Nuance Pharma, which will be
triggered by the initiation of Phase 1 and Phase 3 clinical trials of
the RSV vaccine in China.
Cash flow
Cash flow generated by operating activities was negative by DKK
215 million (positive by DKK 24 million). Working capital
worsened by DKK 698 million (improved DKK 108 million) due to
inventory build-up and increased trade receivable position
compared to December 31, 2022. Cash flow from investment
activities was positive by DKK 331 million, including DKK 590 in
net proceed from sale of securities (negative by DKK 291 million,
including DKK 17 million in net proceed from sale of securities).
Adjusted for sale of securities the investments amounted to DKK
259 million mainly related to capitalization of the development
project cost for the COVID-19. Cash flow from financing activities
was a contribution of DKK 584 million (DKK 75 million), primarily
from capital increase (DKK 1,600 million in net proceeds) and
funding received from the Danish Ministry of Health (DKK 80
million), partly offset by repayment of repo position (DDKK 1,104
million). The net change in cash and cash equivalents was
positive by DKK 700 million (negative by DKK 192 million).
Research and development costs are expected to amount to
approximately DKK 1,900 million, including non-capitalized costs
of approximately DKK 1,600 million of which the RSV project
accounts for approximately DKK 1,000 million and capitalized
costs of approximately DKK 300 million related to ABNCoV2.
Net working capital is expected to increase by approximately DKK
1,500 million due to planned inventory build-up during tech-
transfer of manufacturing from GSK and due to increased sales.
The outlook is based on the following assumptions on currency
exchange rates of DKK 7.00 per 1 USD and DKK 7.45 per 1 EUR.
Equity
The Group’s equity as of March 31, 2023, stood at DKK 9,121
million (DKK 7,150 million as of December 31, 2022). In February
2023 an accelerated book-building was completed to partly fund
the ongoing acquisition from Emergent BioSolutions. The net
Financial calendar 2023
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