Bavarian Nordic | Interim Report Q1 2024
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FINANCIAL REVIEW
Financial statements for the period January 1 – March 31, 2024 are un-audited. Comparison figures for the same period 2023 are stated in
brackets.
Revenue
relates to the Bern production site (acquired as per May 15, 2023)
and depreciations on the rebuilt plant in Kvistgaard.
Revenue for the period was DKK 831 million (DKK 1,252 million).
Revenue was composed of DKK 447 million (DKK 373 million) from
the travel health business, DKK 344 million (DKK 848 million)
from the public preparedness business, DKK 40 million (DKK 31
million) from sale of service. The growth in the travel health
portfolio was mainly driven by strong Encepur sales 126 million
(87 million) and sales from the added products Vivotif and
Vaxchora 54 million (0 million)
Financial items
Financial items totaled a net income of DKK 15 million (net
income of DKK 7 million) and consisted of interest income of DKK
17 million (DKK 3 million), net gains on derivative financial
instruments DKK 1 million (net gain of DKK 4 million), financial
net income from securities of DKK 5 million (net income of DKK
34 million), and net foreign exchange rate gain of DKK 34 million
(gain of DKK 1 million) due to increase in USD exchange rate. This
is partly offset by interest expense on debt of DKK 2 million (DKK
6 million) and net value adjustment of deferred consideration of
DKK 39 million (DKK 29 million) from the acquisition of Encepur
and Rabipur/RabAvert and Vivotif and Vaxchora.
Production costs
Production costs totaled DKK 566 million (DKK 428 million). Costs
related directly to revenue amounted to DKK 279 million (DKK
293 million), of which cost of goods sold totaled DKK 249 million
(DKK 268 million). Contract costs totaled DKK 30 million (DKK 25
million). Amortization of product rights was recognized as part of
the production costs with a total of DKK 78 million (DKK 67
million). Amortization of product rights mainly relates to
Rabipur/RabAvert and Encepur, DKK 68 million (DKK 67 million),
whereas amortization of Vivotif and Vaxchora amounted to DKK
10 million (DKK 0 million). Other production costs totaled DKK
209 million (DKK 68 million). The increase in other production
costs is partly related to temporary close-down of bulk
production due to water damage in Kvistgaard in January leading
to less allocation of indirect production costs, additional startup
production runs for Encepur following tech transfer from GSK,
and inclusion of other production costs from the Bern site, mainly
due to cost of idle capacity in the first quarter.
The net value adjustment of deferred consideration was an
expense of DKK 39 million (DKK 29 million), consists of three
components; Adjustment of deferred consideration due to change
in estimated timing of payments of DKK 6 million expense
(expense of DKK 1 million), currency adjustments of DKK 13
million expense (expense of DKK 4 million) and unwinding of the
discounting effect related to deferred consideration of DKK 20
million (DKK 24 million), see note 6 and 7.
Income before company tax was a loss of DKK 114 million (gain of
DKK 376 million).
Tax
Sales and distribution costs
Tax on income was DKK 0 million (DKK 0 million). The effective
tax rate is -0.3% for the Group. No tax has been recognized for
the Parent Company due to a substantial non-recognized tax
asset which can be utilized to reduce future income tax
payables.
Sales and distribution costs totaled DKK 89 million (DKK 66
million) split between costs for distribution of products of DKK 12
million (DKK 15 million) and costs for running the commercial
organization and activities of DKK 77 million (DKK 51 million).
The decrease in distribution costs is linked to lower revenue,
whereas the increase in running costs is partly related to the
acquired activity from Emergent BioSolutions, acquired as of May
15, 2023.
Net profit
For the first three months of 2024, Bavarian Nordic reported a
net loss of DKK 114 million (net gain of DKK 376 million).
Research and development costs
Product rights
Research and development costs totaled DKK 185 million (DKK
298 million), primarily related to the chikungunya Phase 3 study
including running cost for the R&D facility in San Diego taken
over from Emergent BioSolutions. The amount excludes R&D costs
of DKK 30 million (DKK 25 million) recognized as production
costs, see note 5.
Product rights recognized in the balance sheet totaled DKK 4,713
million (DKK 4,791 million as of December 31, 2023) and relates
to Rabipur/RabAvert, Encepur, Vaxchora and Vivotif.
Acquired rights and development in progress
Acquired rights and development in progress consist of the
acquired chikungunya Phase 3 study and stood at DKK 1,287
million (DKK 1,287 million as of December 31, 2023). The
chikungunya development asset consists of the initial calculated
fair value of DKK 876 million, including the net present value of
probable future development milestones, DKK 499 million.
Administrative costs
Administrative costs totaled DKK 120 million (DKK 90 million).
The increase relates to the acquired activity from Emergent
BioSolutions including integration costs.
EBIT/EBITDA
Developed production processes
Income before interest and tax (EBIT) was a loss of DKK 129
million, compared to a gain of DKK 370 million in the first three
months of 2023, following the lower revenue and gross profit for
the first three months of 2024.
Developed production processes relates to the technology
transfer from GSK to Bavarian Nordic of the manufacturing
process for Rabipur/RabAvert and Encepur. The transfer project
has been running for the past 4 years in a staged process, starting
with packaging then filling and ending with the transfer of bulk
manufacturing. The Company has capitalized incurred costs
related mainly to internal labor and consultancy working on the
technology transfer process. The asset was finalized in the
beginning of 2024 with an initial value of DKK 375 million and will
EBITDA was a gain of DKK 22 million (profit of DKK 481 million).
Amortization of product rights amounted to DKK 78 million (DKK
67 million) whereas depreciation on other fixed assets amounted
to DKK 73 million (DKK 44 million). The increase in depreciations