RedHill Biopharma — FDA accepts TALICIA’s NDA

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RedHill Biopharma — FDA accepts TALICIA’s NDA

On 3 July 2019, RedHill announced that the FDA has accepted for review the new drug application (NDA) for TALICIA for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. As TALICIA is a designated Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP), the FDA also granted a priority review, which will shorten the usual review time from the standard 10 months to six months. As a result, 2 November 2019 was set as the target Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date. Based on the data released, we assign a high likelihood of FDA approval due to the clean dataset from the Phase III trials. If approved, TALICIA could be launched by end 2019.

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FDA accepts TALICIA’s NDA

FDA accepts TALICIA’s NDA

Pharma & biotech

11 July 2019

Price

US$6.59

Market cap

US$187m

NIS3.60/US$

Net cash ($m) at end Q119

45.5

Shares in issue

283.7m

Free float

90%

Code

RDHL

Primary exchange

TASE

Secondary exchange (ADS 1:10)

NASDAQ

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(8.6)

(23.5)

(32.3)

Rel (local)

(11.8)

(26.1)

(36.8)

52-week high/low

US$11.4

US$5.2

Business description

RedHill is a speciality company with an R&D pipeline focusing on gastrointestinal (GI) and inflammatory diseases; earlier-stage assets also target various cancers. The most advanced products are TALICIA for H. pylori infection, RHB-104 for Crohn’s disease, RHB-204 for nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections and BEKINDA for gastroenteritis and IBS-D. RedHill also promotes four GI products in the US.

Next events

Expected FDA response on TALICIA’s NDA

2 November 2019

Initiation of pivotal Phase III trial with RHB-204 for NTM infections

H219

Analysts

Jonas Peciulis

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Alice Nettleton

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RedHill Biopharma is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

On 3 July 2019, RedHill announced that the FDA has accepted for review the new drug application (NDA) for TALICIA for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. As TALICIA is a designated Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP), the FDA also granted a priority review, which will shorten the usual review time from the standard 10 months to six months. As a result, 2 November 2019 was set as the target Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date. Based on the data released, we assign a high likelihood of FDA approval due to the clean dataset from the Phase III trials. If approved, TALICIA could be launched by end 2019.

Year end

Revenue ($m)

PBT*
($m)

EPS*
($)

DPS
($)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/17

4.0

(45.5)

(0.26)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/18

8.4

(38.8)

(0.17)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/19e

10.0

(36.5)

(0.13)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/20e

13.0

(35.8)

(0.13)

0.0

N/A

N/A

Note: *PBT and EPS are normalised, excluding amortisation of acquired intangibles and exceptional items.

Clean Phase III dataset

Top-line results from the TALICIA (rifabutin, amoxicillin and omeprazole) confirmatory Phase III study (ERADICATE Hp2) in first-line treatment of H. pylori infection regardless of ulcer status were announced on 3 December 2018. The primary endpoint, H. pylori eradication rate with TALICIA vs the active comparator of amoxicillin + omeprazole, was met with high statistical significance (p<0.0001). The TALICIA treatment group achieved an 84% eradication rate (n=228) vs 58% with the active comparator (n=227). TALICIA was found to be safe and well tolerated. Notably, the culture results showed that resistance rates to the most common antibiotics metronidazole and clarithromycin were 44% and 17% respectively, while no resistance to rifabutin was seen. This confirmed the widely acknowledged fact that H. pylori front-line treatment is ineffective in many cases.

TALICIA could be launched before end-2019

RedHill plans to use its existing commercial platform to market TALICIA to healthcare practitioners and expects a minimal incremental cost of launch (several senior new hires were announced in May). Commercial manufacturing is already in scale-up mode and RedHill is ready to start discussions with payors. We believe TALICIA is a potentially very interesting proposition. The 2017 ACG Guidelines describe therapies that include rifabutin as a salvage treatment, citing ‘moderate quality of evidence’, rifabutin cost and rare but serious safety concerns, but note a very low H. pylori resistance rate to rifabutin. RedHill’s Phase III programme (two large trials) should address any residual data quality concerns and confirm the efficacy. Safety data appear excellent at the lower doses used in the trial.

Valuation: $518m or $18.3 per ADS

We keep our RedHill valuation unchanged at $518m or $18.3 per ADS (SOTP breakdown published in 28 May 2019 report). TALICIA’s launch is the main catalyst this year, while the planned initiation of the pivotal Phase III study with RHB-204 for non-tuberculous mycobacteria infections (NTMs) in H219 is a notable R&D event.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

$'000s

 

2016

2017

2018

2019e

2020e

December

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

101

4,007

8,360

10,000

13,000

Cost of Sales

0

(2,126)

(2,837)

(3,500)

(4,550)

Gross Profit

101

1,881

5,523

6,500

8,450

Research and development

(25,241)

(32,969)

(24,862)

(22,684)

(22,976)

EBITDA

 

 

(30,499)

(51,891)

(39,241)

(36,451)

(35,682)

Operating Profit (before amort. and except.)

(30,543)

(51,972)

(30,543)

(51,972)

(39,331)

Intangible Amortisation

0

0

0

0

0

Exceptionals

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

0

Operating Profit

(30,543)

(51,972)

(39,331)

(36,545)

(35,781)

Net Interest

1,173

6,428

511

0

0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

(29,370)

(45,544)

(38,820)

(36,545)

(35,781)

Profit Before Tax (reported)

 

 

(29,370)

(45,544)

(38,820)

(36,545)

(35,781)

Tax

0

0

0

0

0

Profit After Tax (norm)

(29,370)

(45,544)

(38,820)

(36,545)

(35,781)

Profit After Tax (reported)

(29,370)

(45,544)

(38,820)

(36,545)

(35,781)

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

128.5

128.5

176.6

231.2

283.8

EPS - normalised ($)

 

 

(0.23)

(0.26)

(0.17)

(0.13)

(0.13)

EPS - normalised ($)

 

 

(0.24)

(0.26)

(0.17)

(0.13)

(0.13)

EPS - (reported) ($)

 

 

(0.23)

(0.26)

(0.17)

(0.13)

(0.13)

Dividend per share ($)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Gross Margin (%)

100.0

46.9

66.1

65.0

65.0

EBITDA Margin (%)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Operating Margin (before GW and except.) (%)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

6,397

5,667

5,623

5,587

5,546

Intangible Assets

6,095

5,285

5,320

5,355

5,390

Tangible Assets

165

230

163

92

16

Investments

137

152

140

140

140

Current Assets

 

 

67,815

51,676

56,788

23,832

5,134

Stocks

0

653

769

1,300

1,300

Debtors

1,661

4,818

2,834

2,834

2,834

Cash

53,786

16,455

29,005

19,698

1,000

Other*

12,368

29,750

24,180

0

0

Current Liabilities

 

 

(5,356)

(11,830)

(10,381)

(11,457)

(11,457)

Creditors

(5,356)

(11,830)

(10,381)

(11,457)

(11,457)

Short term borrowings

0

0

0

0

0

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(6,155)

(448)

(844)

(1,300)

(15,664)

Long term borrowings

0

0

0

0

(14,364)

Other long term liabilities

(6,155)

(448)

(844)

(1,300)

(1,300)

Net Assets

 

 

62,701

45,065

51,186

16,662

(16,440)

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

(28,258)

(44,769)

(34,462)

(32,929)

(33,004)

Net Interest

0

0

0

0

0

Tax

0

0

0

0

0

Capex

(85)

(146)

(23)

(23)

(23)

Acquisitions/disposals

0

0

0

0

0

Financing

36,017

25,653

42,263

0

0

Other**

24,596

(18,069)

4,772

23,645

(35)

Dividends

0

0

0

0

0

Net Cash Flow

32,270

(37,331)

12,550

(9,307)

(33,062)

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(21,516)

(53,786)

(16,455)

(29,005)

(19,698)

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(53,786)

(16,455)

(29,005)

(19,698)

13,364

Source: RedHill’s accounts, Edison Investment Research. Note: *Bank deposits and financial assets at fair value. **Includes bank deposits converted to cash and cash equivalents.


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