Newron Pharmaceuticals: Next Up - R&D Day
Edison | Oct 11, 2018 06:51AM ET
Newron Pharmaceuticals SpA (SIX:NWRN) continued to made steady progress in H118. A fuller debrief of pipeline assets including sarizotan (Rett syndrome) and Evenamide (schizophrenia) will take place at the R&D day in NYC, scheduled for 31 October. Royalty income from sales of Xadago (Parkinson’s disease, PD) rose by 54% to €2m, driven mainly by increased sales in the EU and Switzerland. However, the US sales contribution remained small (launched by partner US WorldMeds in H217). In H118 Newron reported an operating loss of €7.6m (vs a profit of €2.3m in H117 due to a €10.3m one-time milestone payment in the period), and revised cash and financial investments of €50.6m at July 2018 should enable funding to key value inflection points in 2020. We value Newron at CHF788m.
Xadago sales uplift needed
Newron has reported €2.0m in Xadago (safinamide) royalties in H118 (vs €2.8m in FY17 and €1.3m in H117). Xadago is now available in 14 European countries as an add-on therapy to levodopa in mid- to late-stage PD. The drug was also launched in H217 into the US market for PD patients (as add-on therapy), and regional partner US WorldMeds expects an uplift in sales in 2019 once its Medicare negotiations come to fruition. Xadago is making slow and steady progress, but a ramp-up in sales is required if it is to reach our global peak sales of €653m (in PD alone). Partner Meiji Seika plans to file for marketing approval in Japan in H218 (following positive Phase II/III data in Japanese patients).
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