Y-mAbs Reports Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Recent Corporate Developments

YMAB 11.08.2024

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  • Reported Total DANYELZA net product revenues of$18.5 millionfor the third quarter of 2024
  • Entered into exclusive license and distribution agreement withNobelpharmafor DANYELZA inJapanrecognizing an upfront payment of$2.0 millionin the fourth quarter of 2024
  • Achieved extension of primary DANYELZAU.S.patent throughFebruary 2034
  • Continued geographic expansion of DANYELZA with new market revenues recorded in the third quarter fromTurkey
  • Management reiterates Full Year 2024 guidance around Total Net Revenue, Operating Expenses, andCash Flow Investment
  • The Company will host a conference call onFriday, November 8, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. ET

NEW YORK,Nov. 08, 2024(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.(the “Company” or “Y-mAbs”) (Nasdaq: YMAB), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel radioimmunotherapy and antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer, today reported financial results for the third quarter endedSeptember 30, 2024.

“The third quarter of this year was one of continued focus and execution across our DANYELZA commercial business and our novelSADA PRITradiopharmaceutical platform development pipeline,” saidMichael Rossi, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Physician usage of DANYELZA in theU.S.continues to remain very strong for patients with relapsed/refractory high-risk neuroblastoma. In addition, we continue to drive ex-U.S. market expansion with our new exclusive license and distribution agreement withNobelpharmainJapanand the launch of our named patient program inTurkey. From aSADA PRITpipeline standpoint, we expect to complete Part A of our GD2-SADA Phase 1 trial this year and present that data in the first quarter of next year.”

Third Quarter 2024 and Recent Corporate Highlights

  • EffectiveOctober 29, 2024, Y-mAbs entered into an exclusive license and distribution agreement withNobelpharmafor the development and commercialization of DANYELZA inJapan. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company recognized an upfront payment of$2.0 millionin the fourth quarter of 2024. Y-mAbs is entitled to receive up to$31.0 millionin product and commercial milestone payments in addition to profit sharing on the commercial sales of DANYELZA, if successfully approved and commercialized inJapan.
  • Y-mAbs received notification of the accepted patent extension for DANYELZA, US 9,315,585, throughFebruary 2034.
  • The Company’s named patient program for DANYELZA launched inTurkeywith partner TRPharm İlaç Sanayi Ticaret A.Ş. andTRPharm FZ-LLC.
  • Y-mAbs presented new clinical and preclinical data from studies evaluating anti-GD2 therapy naxitamab and the Company’s first program from its Self-Assembly DisAssembly Radioimmunotherapy Technology Platform (“SADA PRIT”), GD2-SADA, respectively, in neuroblastoma in poster presentations at theAmerican Academy of Cancer Research Special Conferencein the Advanced inPediatric Cancer ResearchonSeptember 6-7, 2024inToronto, Canada.
  • The Company entered into a lease agreement for a term of ten years and nine months for office space inPrinceton, New Jersey, where the Company plans to transition its headquarters in the first half of 2025 upon being provided access to the location.

Financial Results

Revenues

Total net revenues for the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2024were$18.5 million, a 10% decline over total net revenues for the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2023of$20.5 million, which included$0.5 millionin license revenue, primarily driven by decreased net product revenues in bothU.S.and ex-U.S.markets.

Total net revenues for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024were relatively flat compared to the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2023, at$61.2 millionand$61.5 million, respectively. The slight decrease was driven by a$0.7 milliondecrease in ex-U.S.DANYELZA net product revenues in the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024, which was partially offset by increased net product revenues in theU.S.

The Company’sU.S.DANYELZA net product revenues were$15.3 millionand$16.1 millionfor the three months endedSeptember 30, 2024and 2023, respectively, representing a 5% decline, primarily due to an unfavorable price mix, partially offset by increased volume of 5% vial growth over the same time period.

Y-mAbs’ ex-U.S.DANYELZA net product revenues for the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2024were$3.1 million, a 19% decline from$3.9 millionin the comparable period in 2023, primarily driven by decreased volume fromWestern Europepartially offset by volume increases in the remaining ex-U.S.territories.

As ofSeptember 30, 2024, Y-mAbs had delivered DANYELZA to 68 centers across theU.S.since initial launch, with three new accounts added in theU.S.in the third quarter of 2024. During the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2024, approximately 65% of the vials sold in theU.S.were sold outside ofMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center(“MSK”), compared to 67% in the second quarter endedJune 30, 2024.

The Company did not have license revenue for the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2024. The Company had license revenues of$0.5 millionfor the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024, from itsLatin Americadistribution partner, Adium, related to price approval for DANYELZA inBrazilfrom the Brazilian Medicines Market Regulation Chamber. The Company had license revenues of$0.5 millionfor the quarter and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2023from Adium, recognized upon theSeptember 2023achievement of marketing authorization for DANYELZA inMexico.

Operating Costs and Expenses

Cost of Goods Sold

Cost of goods sold were$2.3 millionand$2.6 millionfor the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2024and 2023, respectively. Cost of goods sold were$7.4 millionand$9.3 millionfor the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024and 2023, respectively. Cost of goods sold included lower vial volumes of 1% and 37% in the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024, compared to the same periods in 2023, respectively. Cost of goods sold also included$0.4 millionand$0.8 millioninventory write-downs in the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2023, respectively.

The Company defines gross margin as net product revenues less cost of goods sold divided by net product revenues. The Company’s gross margins was relatively unchanged in the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2024, compared to the comparable periods in 2023. The Company’s gross margins increased in the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024, compared to the comparable period in 2023, due to a favorable gross profit mix from revenue in international regions, particularlyEastern Asiathat had an inventory stocking order in the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024, and inventory write-downs during the comparable periods in 2023, as noted above.

Research and Development

Research and development expenses were$11.2 millionfor the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2024, a decrease of$4.2 millionwhen compared with the same period in 2023. The decrease in research and development expenses was primarily attributable to the recognition of$4.1 millionof milestone and license acquisition costs related to the Company’s SADA license agreement during the three months endedSeptember 30, 2023, as certain time-based clinical milestones within the agreement were determined to be probable based on the availability of necessary data and the assessment of clinical progress in the third quarter of 2023.

For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024, research and development expenses were$36.8 million, a decrease of$4.0 millionwhen compared with the same period in 2023. The decrease in the research and development expenses was primarily attributable to recognition of$4.1 millionof milestone and license acquisition costs related to the Company’s SADA license agreement during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2023, as noted above.

Selling, General, and Administrative

Selling, general, and administrative expenses were$13.6 millionand$10.2 millionfor the quarters endedSeptember 30, 2024and 2023, respectively. The$3.4 millionincrease in the selling, general and administrative expenses was primarily attributable to a$1.2 millionincrease related to the Company’s former Chief Financial Officer’s separation and consulting agreements,$1.1 millionincrease in personnel cost, inclusive of stock-based compensation and$0.5 millionin professional and consulting fees.

For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024, selling, general, and administrative expenses were$42.3 million, an increase of$8.5 millioncompared with the same period in 2023. The increase was primarily attributable to a net impact of$3.6 millionrelated to the settlement of a shareholder class-action lawsuit in the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024, and an additional legal settlement of$0.2 millionin the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024. The increase also includes a$1.2 millionincrease related to our former Chief Financial Officer’s separation and consulting agreements, a$1.1 millionincrease in personnel cost inclusive of stock-based compensation and$0.8 millionin professional and consulting fees.

Interest and Other Income

Interest and other income were$1.9 millionfor the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2024, as compared to$0.2 millionfor the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2023. The increase of$1.7 millionwas primarily due to a$1.9 millionof foreign currency transactional gains in the three months endedSeptember 30, 2024, partially offset by a$0.2 milliondecrease in interest earned on the Company’s cash and cash equivalents.

For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024and 2023, the interest and other income was$3.0and$2.4 million, respectively. The increase of$0.6 millionwas primarily due to$1.1 millionof foreign currency transactional gains, partially offset by a$0.3 milliondecrease in interest earned on the Company’s cash and cash equivalents.

Net Loss

Y-mAbs reported a net loss for the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2024, of$7.0 million, or ($0.16) per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of$7.7 million, or ($0.18) per basic and diluted share, for the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2023. The decrease in net loss for the quarter endedSeptember 30, 2024was primarily driven by decreased operating expenses and foreign currency transactional gains, partially offset by decreased net product revenue.

For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024, the Company reported a net loss of$22.9 million, or ($0.52) per basic and diluted share, as compared to net loss of$20.4 million, or ($0.47) per basic and diluted share, for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2023. The increase in net loss for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2024was primarily driven by the net$3.8 millionin charges related to the Company’s two legal settlements, as described above.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

As ofSeptember 30, 2024, Y-mAbs had approximately$68.1 millionin cash and cash equivalents. Cash utilized in the first three quarters of 2024 was$10.5 million, which was favorable relative to the Company’s internal forecasts, and is on track to meet its corporate guidance for the full year 2024.

2024 Financial Guidance

Management reiterates its full year 2024 guidance:

  • Anticipated Total Net Revenues expected to be between$87 millionand$95 million;
  • Anticipated Operating Expenses expected to remain between$115 millionand$120 million;
  • Anticipated Total AnnualCash Investmentexpected to remain between$15 millionand$20 million; and
  • Cash and Cash Equivalents anticipated to continue to support operations as currently planned into 2027.

Webcast and Conference Call

Y-mAbs will host a conference call onFriday, November 8, 2024, at8:00 a.m. ET. To participate in the call, please use the following dial-in information:

Investors (domestic): (877) 407-0792

Investors (international): (201) 689-8263

To access the live webcast, please use thislink. Prior to the call and webcast, a slide presentation pertaining to the Company’s quarterly earnings will be made available on the Investor Relations section of the Y-mAbs website,www.ymabs.com, shortly before the call begins.

About Y-mAbs

Y-mAbs is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, radioimmunotherapy and antibody-based therapeutic cancer products. The Company’s technologies include its investigational Self-Assembly DisAssembly (“SADA”) Pretargeted Radioimmunotherapy Platform (“PRIT”) and bispecific antibodies generated using the Y-BiClone platform. The Company’s broad and advanced product pipeline includes the anti-GD2 therapy DANYELZA® (naxitamab-gqgk), the first FDA-approved treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma in the bone or bone marrow after a partial response, minor response, or stable disease to prior therapy.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our business model, including financial outlook for 2024 and beyond, including estimated operating expenses, use of cash and cash equivalents and DANYELZA product revenue and sufficiency of cash resources and related assumptions; expectations with respect to the Company’s future financial performance; implied and express statements regarding the future of the Company’s business, including with respect to expansion and its goals; expectations with respect to the Company’s plans and strategies, development, regulatory, commercialization and product distribution plans, including the timing thereof; expectations with respect to the Company’s products and product candidates, including potential territory and label expansion of DANYELZA and the potential market opportunity related thereto and potential benefits thereof, and the potential of the SADA PRIT technology and potential benefits and applications thereof; expectations relating to key anticipated development milestones, including potential expansion and advancement of commercialization and development efforts, including potential indications, applications and geographies, and the timing thereof; expectations with respect to current and future clinical and pre-clinical studies and the Company’s research and development programs, including with respect to timing and results; expectations regarding collaborations or strategic partnerships and the potential benefits thereof; and other statements that are not historical facts. Words such as ‘‘anticipate,’’ ‘‘believe,’’ “contemplate,” ‘‘continue,’’ ‘‘could,’’ ‘‘estimate,’’ ‘‘expect,’’ “hope,” ‘‘intend,’’ ‘‘may,’’ ‘‘might,’’ ‘‘plan,’’ ‘‘potential,’’ ‘‘predict,’’ ‘‘project,’’ ‘‘should,’’ ‘‘target,’’ “will,” ‘‘would’,’ “guidance,” “goal,” “objective,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Our product candidates and related technologies are novel approaches to cancer treatment that present significant challenges. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including but not limited to: risks associated with the Company’s financial condition and need for additional capital; the risks that actual results of the Company’s restructuring plan and revised business plan will not be as expected; risks associated with the Company’s development work; cost and success of the Company’s product development activities and clinical trials; the risks of delay in the timing of the Company’s or its partners’ regulatory submissions or failure to receive approval of its drug candidates; the risks related to commercializing any approved pharmaceutical product including the rate and degree of market acceptance of product candidates; development of sales and marketing capabilities and risks associated with failure to obtain sufficient reimbursement for products; risks related to the Company’s dependence on third parties including for conduct of clinical testing and product manufacture as well as regulatory submissions; the Company’s ability to enter into new partnerships or to recognize the anticipated benefits from its existing partnerships; risks related to government regulation; risks related to market approval, risks associated with protection of the Company’s intellectual property rights; risks related to employee matters and managing growth; risks related to the Company’s common stock, risks associated with macroeconomic conditions, including the conflict betweenRussiaandUkraineand sanctions related thereto, the state of war betweenIsraelandHamasand the related risk of a larger regional conflict, inflation, increased interest rates, uncertain global credit and capital markets and disruptions in banking systems; and other risks and uncertainties affecting the Company including those described in the “Risk Factors” section included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2023, and the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods endedMarch 31, 2024, andSeptember 30, 2024, and future filings and reports by the Company. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

DANYELZA® and Y-mAbs® are registered trademarks ofY-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.

Investor Contact:

Courtney DuganVP, Head of Investor Relations[email protected]

Y-MABS THERAPEUTICS, INC.Consolidated Balance Sheets(unaudited)(In thousands, except share and per share data)
September 30,December 31,
20242023
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents$68,122$78,637
Accounts receivable, net19,91622,454
Inventories9,5575,065
Other current assets1,4624,955
Total current assets99,057111,111
Property and equipment, net53224
Operating lease right-of-use assets1,0751,412
Intangible assets, net2,3662,631
Other assets18,36612,491
TOTAL ASSETS$120,917$127,869
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable$7,878$6,060
Accrued liabilities16,63813,166
Operating lease liabilities, current portion776902
Total current liabilities25,29220,128
Accrued milestones2,0005,375
Operating lease liabilities, long-term portion299517
Other liabilities897864
TOTAL LIABILITIES28,48826,884
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred stock,$0.0001par value, 5,500,000 shares authorized and none issued atSeptember 30, 2024andDecember 31, 2023——
Common stock,$0.0001par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized atSeptember 30, 2024andDecember 31, 2023; 44,766,802 and 43,672,112 shares issued and outstanding atSeptember 30, 2024andDecember 31, 2023, respectively44
Additional paid-in capital572,807558,002
Accumulated other comprehensive income(36)449
Accumulated deficit(480,346)(457,470)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY92,429100,985
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY$120,917$127,869

Y-MABS THERAPEUTICS, INC.Consolidated Statements of Net Loss and Comprehensive Loss(unaudited)(In thousands, except share and per share data)
Three months endedSeptember 30,Nine months endedSeptember 30,
2024202320242023
REVENUES
Product revenue, net$18,461$19,954$60,690$60,956
License revenue—500500500
Total revenues18,46120,45461,19061,456
OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES
Cost of goods sold2,2482,5957,3599,327
License royalties—505050
Research and development11,16815,35836,77640,831
Selling, general, and administrative13,61310,20042,27033,721
Total operating costs and expenses27,02928,20386,45583,929
Loss from operations(8,568)(7,749)(25,265)(22,473)
OTHER INCOME, NET
Interest and other income1,9161892,9952,400
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES(6,652)(7,560)(22,270)(20,073)
Provision for income taxes346187606366
NET LOSS$(6,998)$(7,747)$(22,876)$(20,439)
Other comprehensive income/(loss)
Foreign currency translation(1,083)806(485)518
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS$(8,081)$(6,941)$(23,361)$(19,921)
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted$(0.16)$(0.18)$(0.52)$(0.47)
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted44,626,94343,620,53244,145,18343,651,536

Y-MABS THERAPEUTICS, INC.Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows(unaudited)(In thousands)
Nine months endedSeptember 30,
20242023
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net loss$(22,876)$(20,439)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization433574
Stock-based compensation11,48011,330
Foreign currency and other transactions(456)(369)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net2,538(6,343)
Inventories(4,492)(411)
Other current assets3,4932,671
Other assets(5,875)(3,735)
Accounts payable2,274(6,196)
Accrued liabilities and other(363)3,722
NET CASH USEDIN OPERATING ACTIVITIES(13,844)(19,196)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES——
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from exercised stock options3,325—
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES3,325—
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents45
NET DECREASEIN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS(10,515)(19,191)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period78,637105,762
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of period$68,122$86,571
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH ACTIVITIES
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations$320$636
Acquisition of treasury shares upon repayment of secured promissory note$—$480

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