CASI Pharmaceuticals — Evomela strong despite COVID-19

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CASI Pharmaceuticals — Evomela strong despite COVID-19

CASI has made surprising progress despite COVID-19. The company reported Evomela sales of $3.37m in Q120, significantly exceeding our expectations. This is the highest single quarter revenue to date (out of three since its August 2019 approval in China). The impact of COVID-19 on sales appears to be low thus far, or at least surpassed by the underlying growth. Moreover, the company continued to advance its development programs CNCT19 and CID-103 at a steady pace.

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CASI Pharmaceuticals

Evomela strong despite COVID-19

Earnings update

Pharma & biotech

12 May 2020

Price

US$1.74

Market cap

US$175m

Net cash ($m) at 31 March 2020

53.9

Shares in issue

100.9m

Free float

51.5%

Code

CASI

Primary exchange

NASDAQ

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(11.2)

(24.7)

(48.2)

Rel (local)

(15.5)

(13.7)

(49.1)

52-week high/low

US$3.8

US$1.4

Business description

CASI Pharmaceuticals has acquired or licensed a series of drugs that it intends to market in China. These include proprietary drugs licensed from Spectrum Pharmaceuticals and a portfolio of ANDAs. The goal is to seek approval through new pathways that have been opened in the quickly changing Chinese regulatory environment.

Next events

CID-103 CTA application

H120

CID-103 trial start

Late 2020/H121

CNCT19 trials complete

End of 2020

Analyst

Nathaniel Calloway

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CASI Pharmaceuticals is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

CASI has made surprising progress despite COVID-19. The company reported Evomela sales of $3.37m in Q120, significantly exceeding our expectations. This is the highest single quarter revenue to date (out of three since its August 2019 approval in China). The impact of COVID-19 on sales appears to be low thus far, or at least surpassed by the underlying growth. Moreover, the company continued to advance its development programs CNCT19 and CID-103 at a steady pace.

Year end

Revenue ($m)

PBT*
($m)

EPS*
($)

DPS
($)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/18

0.0

(20.0)

(0.24)

0.00

N/A

N/A

12/19

4.1

(36.5)

(0.39)

0.00

N/A

N/A

12/20e

10.0

(29.7)

(0.29)

0.00

N/A

N/A

12/21e

17.5

(34.6)

(0.33)

0.00

N/A

N/A

Note: *PBT and EPS are normalised, excluding amortization of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments.

Margins affected by 2019 supply agreement

Despite the record sales of Evomela, margins on the product remained low with COGS virtually wiping out sales ($0.16m net). This is the lingering impact of the transitional supply agreement signed by the company in 2019 as it runs down this inventory. The company has signed with an alternate supplier and expects COGS to go down significantly, although a timeline has not been provided.

Other programs also remain on track

CASI also reported that its joint venture to develop the CAR-T therapy CNCT19 with its partner Juventas Cell Therapy has begun work on the product. The company has dosed the first patients in both its Phase I trial for B-Cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) and for the Phase I trial for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). These trials are expected to be complete by the end of 2020. Additionally, the company remains on course to submit its IND application for the CD38 targeted CID-103 in H120. The product for multiple myeloma is expected to enter clinical studies around the end of 2020 or H121.

Valuation: Increased to $341.4m or $3.38/share

We have increased our valuation to $341.4m or $3.38 per basic share, from $333.6m or $3.37 per basic share. We have reduced the expected impact of COVID-19 on Evomela sales and increased expected revenue for 2020 to $9.98m from $7.87m. Additionally we have rolled forward our NPVs, but otherwise our models remain unchanged. We expect the company to need $120m in additional capital before profitability in 2026.

Progress unabated by COVID-19

We are impressed by CASI’s ability to continue to make progress with its commercial and development programs in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sales of Evomela for Q120 surpassed our expectations: $3.37m for the period compared to our previous estimates of $7.9m for the year as a whole. Sales of the product to date have been lumpy (Q319: $2.75m; Q419: $1.31m), so it is unclear if Q120 represents a trend, but regardless we remain impressed at the relatively minor apparent impact of COVID-19. We have increased our revenue forecast to $9.98m for the year (from $7.87m), which reflects the annualized sales from the previous three quarters, which we believe is conservative until a clear growth trajectory has been established.

Unfortunately, despite record sales, the company was unable to recognize much cash flow from the product because revenue was almost entirely consumed by high COGS: $3.21m for the quarter. This is because of the lingering effect of the company’s transitional supply agreement it entered into in 2019 before contracting a dedicated supplier. The company is running down the inventory from this agreement, but has a new supplier in place and expects to report much improved margins in the future.

The company’s development programs also seem to be progressing at a steady pace despite the pandemic. The company recently initiated two clinical studies for its CAR-T product CNCT19 (for B-NHL and B-ALL) and the company reported that both of these studies have dosed their first patients. Delays in clinical trial timelines have been widespread across the healthcare industry as enrolment deteriorates and medical resources are diverted to the crisis, and the company is certainly not out of the woods yet, but the progress is highly encouraging. Patients with these severe diseases have very few treatment options and very high mortality, which may make this study easier to enroll in the current climate than other, less essential treatments for other diseases. Enrolment in both studies will be 18 patients, and the company expects to start CNCT19 Phase II registrational trials around the end of 2020 or the beginning of 2021.

The company’s other lead program CID-103 for the treatment of multiple myeloma also remains on track to have an IND/IMPD submitted in H120. There is potential for the regulatory process to be delayed on account of COVID-19, but we believe these applications are likely to be approved in time for the current timeline. The current plan is to initiate Phase I studies in late 2020 or H121. The company says the trial start date has been affected by the closure of clinical sites in Europe, but this is sufficiently far in the future that we would be surprised by further delays

The company ended the period with net cash of $53.9m at the end of Q120. This is actually a slight improvement over the previous quarter ($53.6m), as operational cash flow was offset by financing through the company’s ATM agreements and option exercises ($4.94m net financing cash flows during the quarter). We expect the company to need $120m in additional financing to reach profitability in 2026 ($50m in 2020, $70m in 2022, recorded as illustrative debt). The biggest near-term financial obligation for the company is its contractual agreements to finance the construction of a production facility on a plot in Wuxi ($50m total). However, the company stated on the conference call that it believes it has a significant degree of latitude with regards to these agreements. They were previously signed to support the production for the ANDA portfolio, which has since been deprioritized, but the company plans on using the land for other needs. We are retaining the costs associated with this project in our projections for the time being pending renegotiation, but a deferral of this construction would significantly reduce the company’s cash needs.

Valuation

We have increased our valuation to $341.4m or $3.38 per basic share, from $333.6m or $3.37 per basic share. We have reduced the near-term expected impact of COVID-19 on Evomela sales as described above and rolled forward our NPVs. Otherwise our models remain largely unchanged. Despite our improved outlook for Evomela, we are retaining our COVID-19 risk adjustment until we have greater visibility on the risks associated with the pandemic or they are otherwise priced into our model (eg if a trial is delayed).

Exhibit 1: Valuation of CASI

Portfolio

Asset

Region

Peak sales ($m)

Margin

Clinical risk adjustment

COVID-19 risk

Value
($m)

Hematology

Evomela

China

35.4

49%

100%

80%

57.61

Marqibo

China

9.2

56%

90%

80%

5.99

Zevalin

China

25.5

64%

90%

80%

33.33

Thiotepa

China

0.0

39%

90%

80%

3.54

CID-103

China & US & Europe

766.6

59%

5%

80%

10.92

CNCT19

China

306.2

54%

10%

80%

31.42

Generics

ANDA portfolio

China & US

145.6

48%

100%

80%

155.57

Octreotide LAI

China

15.7

41%

80%

80%

9.39

Total

307.76

Net cash and equivalents (Q120) ($m)

54.50

Noncontrolling interest

(20.88)

Total firm value ($m)

341.38

Total shares (m)

100.91

Value per basic share ($)

3.38

Dilutive warrants and options (m)

15.82

Value per diluted share ($)

3.30

Source: CASI Pharmaceuticals reports, Edison Investment Research

Exhibit 2: Financial summary

$000s

2018

2019

2020e

2021e

Year end 31 December

US GAAP

US GAAP

US GAAP

US GAAP

INCOME STATEMENT

Revenue

 

 

0.0

4,131.0

9,981.3

17,505.1

Cost of Sales

0.0

(3,935.0)

(4,037.1)

(4,359.3)

Gross Profit

0.0

196.0

5,944.2

13,145.8

EBITDA

 

 

(19,402.4)

(37,495.0)

(29,538.2)

(33,641.1)

Normalised operating profit

 

 

(19,767.9)

(38,098.0)

(29,735.2)

(34,675.1)

Amortization of acquired intangibles

(1,305.4)

(1,550.0)

(1,550.0)

(1,550.0)

Exceptionals

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Share-based payments

(6,118.1)

(7,310.0)

(7,310.0)

(7,310.0)

Reported operating profit

(27,191.4)

(46,958.0)

(38,595.2)

(43,535.1)

Net Interest

(280.1)

1,062.0

48.6

48.6

Joint ventures & associates (post tax)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Exceptionals

0.0

534.0

0.0

0.0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

(20,048.1)

(36,502.0)

(29,686.6)

(34,626.5)

Profit Before Tax (reported)

 

 

(27,471.6)

(45,362.0)

(38,546.6)

(43,486.5)

Reported tax

0.0

0.0

0.0

8,697.3

Profit After Tax (norm)

(20,048.1)

(36,502.0)

(29,686.6)

(34,626.5)

Profit After Tax (reported)

(27,471.6)

(45,362.0)

(38,546.6)

(34,789.2)

Minority interests

0.0

(670.0)

0.0

0.0

Discontinued operations

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net income (normalised)

(20,048.1)

(37,172.0)

(29,686.6)

(34,626.5)

Net income (reported)

(27,471.6)

(46,032.0)

(38,546.6)

(34,789.2)

Basic average number of shares outstanding (m)

85

96

101

106

EPS - basic normalised (c)

 

 

(23.65)

(38.74)

(29.47)

(32.73)

EPS - diluted normalised (c)

 

 

(23.65)

(38.74)

(29.47)

(32.73)

EPS - basic reported (c)

 

 

(32.41)

(47.98)

(38.26)

(32.89)

Dividend (c)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

20,845.4

41,130.0

53,653.8

80,453.7

Intangible Assets

18,784.7

16,895.0

14,895.0

13,345.0

Tangible Assets

1,750.6

985.0

15,508.8

43,858.7

Investments & other

310.0

23,250.0

23,250.0

23,250.0

Current Assets

 

 

92,564.6

61,501.0

73,572.7

21,204.9

Stocks

0.0

4,542.0

1,327.3

1,433.2

Debtors

0.0

1,293.0

1,640.8

2,877.6

Cash & cash equivalents

85,117.0

54,246.0

69,184.7

15,474.2

Other

7,447.6

1,420.0

1,420.0

1,420.0

Current Liabilities

 

 

(3,873.9)

(7,947.0)

(9,330.4)

(11,241.6)

Creditors

(968.0)

(5,113.0)

(6,496.4)

(8,407.6)

Tax and social security

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Short term borrowings

(1,499.5)

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other

(1,406.4)

(2,834.0)

(2,834.0)

(2,834.0)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(73.6)

(1,019.0)

(51,019.0)

(51,019.0)

Long term borrowings

0.0

0.0

(50,000.0)

(50,000.0)

Other long term liabilities

(73.6)

(1,019.0)

(1,019.0)

(1,019.0)

Net Assets

 

 

109,462.5

93,665.0

66,877.2

39,398.0

Minority interests

0.0

20,670.0

20,670.0

20,670.0

Shareholders' equity

 

 

109,462.5

72,995.0

46,207.2

18,728.0

CASH FLOW

Op Cash Flow before WC and tax

(19,402.4)

(37,495.0)

(29,538.2)

(33,641.1)

Working capital

(9,780.4)

4,452.0

4,250.3

568.5

Exceptional & other

598.9

9,800.0

0.0

8,697.3

Tax

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Net operating cash flow

 

 

(28,583.9)

(23,243.0)

(25,287.9)

(24,375.3)

Capex

(1,131.1)

(7,053.0)

(14,720.8)

(29,383.8)

Acquisitions/disposals

(20,642.4)

(21,005.0)

450.0

0.0

Net interest

0.0

0.0

48.6

48.6

Equity financing

92,269.8

3,545.0

4,938.0

0.0

Dividends

912.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other

0.0

20,000.0

0.0

0.0

Net Cash Flow

42,824.4

(27,756.0)

(34,572.1)

(53,710.5)

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(41,991.7)

(83,617.5)

(54,245.5)

(19,184.4)

FX

(1,197.5)

(1,328.0)

(489.0)

0.0

Other non-cash movements

(1.0)

(288.0)

0.0

0.0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(83,617.5)

(54,245.5)

(19,184.4)

34,526.1

Source: CASI Pharmaceuticals reports, Edison Investment Research


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NSW 2000, Australia

Frankfurt +49 (0)69 78 8076 960

Schumannstrasse 34b

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London +44 (0)20 3077 5700

280 High Holborn

London, WC1V 7EE

United Kingdom

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3rd Floor, New York, NY 10036

United States of America

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Level 4, Office 1205

95 Pitt Street, Sydney

NSW 2000, Australia

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Noratis — Exits likely to be postponed

Noratis continued expanding its portfolio in 2019 and plans further asset acquisitions in 2020. However, it also expects delays in project exits and has thus issued subdued full-year guidance. Over the longer term, Noratis stresses that asset sales will remain the main revenue and earnings driver while portfolio growth will be supported by equity funding from its new major shareholder. Noratis is committed to distributing 50% of its earnings to shareholders, but due to COVID-19 part of this year’s amount will be allocated to a dividend distribution reserve and a social fund. The proposed dividend of €0.80 per share (or 33% of FY19 net income) represents a yield of 4.1%.

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