Half Year 2026 Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holding AG Earnings Call
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Speaker #1: Before we begin, I'd like to submit the following poll: I'd now like to hand you over to Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holdings team. Good afternoon.
Speaker #2: Good afternoon, and welcome to the first half results for the 6-months ending the 30th of June be our new CEO, Orlanda Oliveira. Myself, Catherine Isted, and our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shabir Hassam.
Catherine Isted: Good afternoon, and welcome to the H1 results for the six months ending 30 June 2026. Giving the presentation today will be our new CEO, Orlando Oliveira, myself, Catherine Isted, and our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shabir Hasham. Can I please encourage you to type in questions into the Q&A box as we go along, and we will answer these at the end of the presentation. As always, we have a disclaimer. Please feel free to read this at your leisure. I now hand over to Orlando to go through the highlights of the H1 of the year.
Catherine Isted: Good afternoon, and welcome to the H1 results for the six months ending 30 June 2026. Giving the presentation today will be our new CEO, Orlando Oliveira, myself, Catherine Isted, and our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shabir Hasham. Can I please encourage you to type in questions into the Q&A box as we go along, and we will answer these at the end of the presentation. As always, we have a disclaimer. Please feel free to read this at your leisure. I now hand over to Orlando to go through the highlights of the H1 of the year.
Speaker #2: Can I please encourage you to type in questions into the Q&A box as we go along, and we will answer these at the end of the presentation?
Speaker #2: As always, we have a disclaimer: please feel free to read this at your leisure. I now hand over to Orlando to go through the highlights of the first half of the year.
Speaker #3: Thank you very much, Catherine. Good afternoon, everyone. 2026 has been a strong year so far, and we have achieved a lot of success in terms of market access initiatives.
Orlando Oliveira: Thank you very much, Catherine. Good afternoon, everyone. 2026 has been a strong year so far, and we have achieved a lot of success in terms of market access initiatives. I would like to take you through a few of our major achievements during the first six months. The first one, clearly, four out of the five major new markets now are commercially launched. Pricing reimbursement has been secured in Spain and Italy. We continue strong commercial momentum in Germany, with volumes up 50% in the H1 of 2026 versus the H1 of 2025. In the UK, we are up 40% in Q2 2026 versus Q1 2026. Our strategic APAC licensing agreements signed with Nxera Pharma has been a key achievement as well. This licensing, to remind everyone, is focused on Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.
Orlando Oliveira: Thank you very much, Catherine. Good afternoon, everyone. 2026 has been a strong year so far, and we have achieved a lot of success in terms of market access initiatives. I would like to take you through a few of our major achievements during the first six months. The first one, clearly, four out of the five major new markets now are commercially launched. Pricing reimbursement has been secured in Spain and Italy. We continue strong commercial momentum in Germany, with volumes up 50% in the H1 of 2026 versus the H1 of 2025. In the UK, we are up 40% in Q2 2026 versus Q1 2026. Our strategic APAC licensing agreements signed with Nxera Pharma has been a key achievement as well. This licensing, to remind everyone, is focused on Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.
Speaker #3: I would like to take you through a few of our major achievements during the first 6 months. The first one clearly 4 out of the 5 major EU markets now are commercially launched.
Speaker #3: Pricing reimbursement has been secured in Spain and Italy. We continue strong commercial momentum in Germany, with volumes up 50% in the first half of '26 versus the first half of '25.
Speaker #3: And the UK, we're up 40% in Q2 '26 versus Q1 '26. Our strategic APAC licensing agreements signed with Nexera have been a key achievement as well.
Speaker #3: This licensing to remind everyone is focused on Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. The total deal value is up to 250 million dollars plus royalties, including 30 million dollars in cash and 10 million dollars in equity investment in Santhera.
Orlando Oliveira: The total deal value is up to $250 million plus royalties, including $30 million in cash and $10 million in equity investment in Santhera. We have made continued progress as well across our smaller markets. Swissmedic has approved AGAMREE in Switzerland in January 2026, and pricing and reimbursement was agreed in Luxembourg in August 2026, making this the first Benelux market to secure a reimbursement. We continue our efforts to distribute our drug across the world, and we have expanded our distributor markets as footprints by dealing with Biomedica and expanding the deal with Biomedica in July to include Georgia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan. GENESIS Pharma, our partner in Central Eastern Europe, has also secured marketing authorization for Serbia in September, further expanding patient access across that territory.
Orlando Oliveira: The total deal value is up to $250 million plus royalties, including $30 million in cash and $10 million in equity investment in Santhera. We have made continued progress as well across our smaller markets. Swissmedic has approved AGAMREE in Switzerland in January 2026, and pricing and reimbursement was agreed in Luxembourg in August 2026, making this the first Benelux market to secure a reimbursement. We continue our efforts to distribute our drug across the world, and we have expanded our distributor markets as footprints by dealing with Biomedica and expanding the deal with Biomedica in July to include Georgia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan. GENESIS Pharma, our partner in Central Eastern Europe, has also secured marketing authorization for Serbia in September, further expanding patient access across that territory.
Speaker #3: We have made continued progress as well across our smaller markets. Swiss Medic has approved a gammae in Switzerland in January 2026, and pricing and reimbursement was agreed in Luxembourg in August 2026, making this the first Benelux market to secure reimbursement.
Speaker #3: We continue our efforts to distribute our drug across the world, and we have expanded our distributed markets as a footprint by dealing with biomedic and expanding the deal with biomedic in July, to include Georgia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan.
Speaker #3: Genesis, our partner in Central Eastern Europe, has also secured marketing authorization for Serbia in September, further expanding patient access across that territory. If we look at long-term data, we've also been able to present, at the NDA meeting in March 2026, data from up to 8 years of a gammae treatment, including baseline results from the ongoing phase 4 Guardian study.
Orlando Oliveira: If we could look at long-term data, we've also been able to present at the MDA meeting in March 2026, data from up to eight years of AGAMREE treatment, including baseline results from the ongoing phase IV GUARDIAN study. The data has demonstrated comparable long-term effectiveness to standard of care corticosteroids alongside clinically meaningful safety advantages. On the regulatory front, we have also had a CHMP adopted positive opinion recommending extension of AGAMREE in EU to patients from two years of age. Data from real-world experience in adults was presented at ICNMD meeting in Florence in 2026, and this data in adults, non-ambulatory DMD patients, showed stabilization or improvement in upper limb function in this patient population. In terms of executive and board changes, I've been appointed CEO in July 2026.
Orlando Oliveira: If we could look at long-term data, we've also been able to present at the MDA meeting in March 2026, data from up to eight years of AGAMREE treatment, including baseline results from the ongoing phase IV GUARDIAN study. The data has demonstrated comparable long-term effectiveness to standard of care corticosteroids alongside clinically meaningful safety advantages. On the regulatory front, we have also had a CHMP adopted positive opinion recommending extension of AGAMREE in EU to patients from two years of age. Data from real-world experience in adults was presented at ICNMD meeting in Florence in 2026, and this data in adults, non-ambulatory DMD patients, showed stabilization or improvement in upper limb function in this patient population. In terms of executive and board changes, I've been appointed CEO in July 2026.
Speaker #3: The data has demonstrated comparable long-term effectiveness to standard-of-care corticosteroids, alongside clinically meaningful safety advantages. On the regulatory front, we've also had a CHNP-adopted positive opinion recommending extension of a gammae in EU to patients from 2 years of age.
Speaker #3: Data from real-world experience in adults was presented at ICNMD meeting in Florence in 2026, and this data in adults nonambulatory DND patients showed stabilization or improvement in upper limb function in this patient population.
Speaker #3: In terms of exact event board changes, I've been appointed CEO in July, 2026. Mark Claus has joined us as Chief Commercial Officer in June, 2026, and Dr. Shrishti Gupta has been elected to the Santhera Board of Directors in May, 2026.
Orlando Oliveira: Marc Clausse has joined us as Chief Commercial Officer in June 2026, and Dr. Srishti Gupta has been elected to the Santhera Board of Directors in May 2026. I would like now to show a snapshot of our current situation in Europe, both in our direct markets but also our distributors. I said before, we have now commercialized AGAMREE in four key countries out of the five major markets, Germany, UK, Spain, and Italy. Additionally, we've already launched in Austria and Luxembourg. We're focusing now on getting reimbursement in France. The process of reimbursement in France will require a full resubmission of data, so the commercial launch is not expected before 2028. We remain confident in getting reimbursement in this key country, and we're exploring potential routes to accelerate access as we speak.
Orlando Oliveira: Marc Clausse has joined us as Chief Commercial Officer in June 2026, and Dr. Srishti Gupta has been elected to the Santhera Board of Directors in May 2026. I would like now to show a snapshot of our current situation in Europe, both in our direct markets but also our distributors. I said before, we have now commercialized AGAMREE in four key countries out of the five major markets, Germany, UK, Spain, and Italy. Additionally, we've already launched in Austria and Luxembourg. We're focusing now on getting reimbursement in France. The process of reimbursement in France will require a full resubmission of data, so the commercial launch is not expected before 2028. We remain confident in getting reimbursement in this key country, and we're exploring potential routes to accelerate access as we speak.
Speaker #3: I would like now to show a snapshot of our current situation in Europe, both in our direct markets but also our distributors. As said before, we have now commercialized a gammae in 4 key countries out of the 5 major markets.
Speaker #3: Germany, UK, Spain, and Italy. Additionally, we've already launched in Austria and Luxembourg. We're focusing now in getting reimbursement in France, the process of reimbursement in France will require a full resubmission of data so the commercial launch is not expected before 2028.
Speaker #3: We remain confident in getting reimbursement in these key countries, and we're exploring potential routes to accelerate access as we speak. Other mid-sized countries like Nordics, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, or Ireland are going ongoing in terms of market access and pricing discussions.
Orlando Oliveira: Other mid-sized countries like Nordics, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, or Ireland are ongoing in terms of market action pricing discussions. We are focused in achieving pricing that appropriately reflects AGAMREE's value and is consistent with established major European markets. To not forget our collaboration with GENESIS Pharma in the CE region, we're now covering with them or through them 13 countries. I have a piece of news to share. We have been able to secure national reimbursement in Poland as of 1 October, as of tomorrow. This is definitely a major advance in our role and our goal to really expand the use of AGAMREE across the world. To remind everyone, Poland is the sixth biggest market in Europe for DMD. Focusing now on the early launch countries in the EU markets. We've seen really fantastic growth in Germany.
Orlando Oliveira: Other mid-sized countries like Nordics, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, or Ireland are ongoing in terms of market action pricing discussions. We are focused in achieving pricing that appropriately reflects AGAMREE's value and is consistent with established major European markets. To not forget our collaboration with GENESIS Pharma in the CE region, we're now covering with them or through them 13 countries. I have a piece of news to share. We have been able to secure national reimbursement in Poland as of 1 October, as of tomorrow. This is definitely a major advance in our role and our goal to really expand the use of AGAMREE across the world. To remind everyone, Poland is the sixth biggest market in Europe for DMD. Focusing now on the early launch countries in the EU markets. We've seen really fantastic growth in Germany.
Speaker #3: We are focused in achieving pricing that appropriately reflects a gammae's value and is consistent with established major European markets. To not forget our collaboration with Genesis in the CE region, we're now covering with them or through them 13 countries.
Speaker #3: And I have a piece of news to share: we have been able to secure national reimbursement in Poland as of the 1st of October, as of tomorrow, this is definitely a major advance in our role and our goal to really expand the user of a gammae across the world.
Speaker #3: To remind everyone, Poland is the 6th biggest market in Europe, for DND. Focusing now on the early launch countries in the EU markets. We've seen really a fantastic growth in Germany in the first half of '26, as mentioned before, the volumes were up 50% versus the same period last year.
Orlando Oliveira: In H1 2026, as mentioned before, the volumes were up 50% versus the same period last year. AGAMREE has now 40% share of steroid-using DMD patients, and this comes from newly diagnosed patients but also switching patients. We see more and more an increasing number of older DMD patients on AGAMREE. This is really encouraging and in alignment with our strategy. To mention, a new mandatory government-imposed pricing discount will be in effect as of Q1 2027, and we have accounted for this, and this will be compensated by volume increases as of next year. In the United Kingdom, orders have increased by more than 40% in Q2 2026 compared to Q1 2026. This uptake continued to progress, supported by increasing systematic adoption across specialty DMD centers. We have also benefited from updated treatment guidelines and improved access initiatives, including home delivery programs.
Orlando Oliveira: In H1 2026, as mentioned before, the volumes were up 50% versus the same period last year. AGAMREE has now 40% share of steroid-using DMD patients, and this comes from newly diagnosed patients but also switching patients. We see more and more an increasing number of older DMD patients on AGAMREE. This is really encouraging and in alignment with our strategy. To mention, a new mandatory government-imposed pricing discount will be in effect as of Q1 2027, and we have accounted for this, and this will be compensated by volume increases as of next year. In the United Kingdom, orders have increased by more than 40% in Q2 2026 compared to Q1 2026. This uptake continued to progress, supported by increasing systematic adoption across specialty DMD centers. We have also benefited from updated treatment guidelines and improved access initiatives, including home delivery programs.
Speaker #3: A gammae has now 40% share of steroid-using DND patients, and this comes from newly diagnosed patients but also switching patients and we see more and more an increasing number of older DND patients on a gammae.
Speaker #3: This is really encouraging and in alignment with our strategy. To mention, a new mandatory government-imposed pricing discount will be in effect as of Q1 '27, and we have accounted for this and this will be compensated by volume increases as of next year.
Speaker #3: In the United Kingdom, orders have increased by more than 40% in Q2 '26 compared to Q1 '26. This update continued to progress, supported by increasing systematic adoption across specialty DMD centers.
Speaker #3: We have also benefited from updated treatment guidelines and improved access initiatives, including home delivery programs. For Austria, another early launch country, we have now 50% share of steroid usage in DMD patients.
Orlando Oliveira: For Austria, another early launch country, we have now 50% share of steroid usage in DMD patients. Looking then in more detail at distributor markets. As mentioned before, GENESIS Pharma, our partner in the CE region, and MegaPharm in Israel both have delivered strong growth in their regions. in September, GENESIS Pharma has secured marketing authorization in Serbia, which is a key milestone in our expansion in Eastern Europe. Also in July 2026, as mentioned before, we have expanded our agreement with Biomedica to include Central Asia and Caucasus countries. To note, this region has more than 2,000 additional DMD patients, which represents a significant growth in terms of our market potential. We thought it would be good to remind everyone the progress that has been achieved since mid-last year, which is roughly 12 months.
Orlando Oliveira: For Austria, another early launch country, we have now 50% share of steroid usage in DMD patients. Looking then in more detail at distributor markets. As mentioned before, GENESIS Pharma, our partner in the CE region, and MegaPharm in Israel both have delivered strong growth in their regions. in September, GENESIS Pharma has secured marketing authorization in Serbia, which is a key milestone in our expansion in Eastern Europe. Also in July 2026, as mentioned before, we have expanded our agreement with Biomedica to include Central Asia and Caucasus countries. To note, this region has more than 2,000 additional DMD patients, which represents a significant growth in terms of our market potential. We thought it would be good to remind everyone the progress that has been achieved since mid-last year, which is roughly 12 months.
Speaker #3: Looking then in more detail at distributed markets, as mentioned before, CE is Genesis is our partner in the CE region, and Megapharm in Israel both have delivered strong growth in their regions.
Speaker #3: In September, Genesis has secured marketing authorization in Serbia, which is a key milestone in our expansion in Eastern Europe. Also in July 2026, as mentioned before, we have expanded our agreement with Biomedica to include Central Asia and Caucasus countries.
Speaker #3: To note, these regions have more than 2,000 additional DND patients which represents a significant growth in terms of our market potential. We thought it would be good to remind everyone the progress that has been achieved since mid last year which is roughly 12 months.
Speaker #3: We have expanded significantly our footprint through distributors and partners carving a very important part of the world from Asia, to other countries like Australia, and New Zealand, Japan, we've already mentioned, and now our focus is really about going to Latin America the only remaining key region to be partner and we expect to have news on this relatively soon.
Orlando Oliveira: We have expanded significantly our footprint for distributors and partners, covering a very important part of the world from APAC to other countries like Australia and New Zealand, Japan was already mentioned, and now our focus is really about going to Latin America, the only remaining key region to be partnered, and we expect to have news on this relatively soon. Zooming in on our deal with Nxera Pharma, which is definitely a transformative deal for the organization. As mentioned before, the total deal value is up to $250 million distributed by significant upfront milestones and of course tiered royalties based on sales. I want to remind everyone that Japan is a very important market with more than 2,000 DMD patients and where steroids are used in 60% to 70% of those patients. Nxera Pharma is a fully commercial company, fully integral commercial company with regulatory, commercial, and manufacturing activities.
Orlando Oliveira: We have expanded significantly our footprint for distributors and partners, covering a very important part of the world from APAC to other countries like Australia and New Zealand, Japan was already mentioned, and now our focus is really about going to Latin America, the only remaining key region to be partnered, and we expect to have news on this relatively soon. Zooming in on our deal with Nxera Pharma, which is definitely a transformative deal for the organization. As mentioned before, the total deal value is up to $250 million distributed by significant upfront milestones and of course tiered royalties based on sales. I want to remind everyone that Japan is a very important market with more than 2,000 DMD patients and where steroids are used in 60% to 70% of those patients. Nxera Pharma is a fully commercial company, fully integral commercial company with regulatory, commercial, and manufacturing activities.
Speaker #3: Zooming in in our deal with Nexera which is definitely a transformative deal for the organization. As mentioned before, the total deal value is up to $250 million distributed by a significant upfront, milestones, and of course sealed royalties based on sales.
Speaker #3: I want to remind everyone that Japan is a very important market with more than 2,000 DND patients and where steroids are used in 60 to 70% of those patients.
Speaker #3: Nexera is a fully commercial company fully integral commercial company with regulatory commercial and manufacturing activities. What is exciting to share going to the next slide is that Nexera's publicly announced their intention that beyond DMD, which they are targeting to file in the second half of 2027, they are starting potentially 3 additional indications which could expand significantly the potential of a gammae as a drug for new diseases meaning including Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy, pediatric nephrotic syndrome, and juvenile dermatomyositis.
Orlando Oliveira: What is exciting to share, going to the next slide, is that Nxera Pharma has publicly announced their intention that beyond DMD, which they are targeting to file in the second half of 2027, they are studying potentially three additional indications, which could expand significantly the potential of AGAMREE as a drug for new diseases, including Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy, pediatric nephrotic syndrome, and juvenile dermatomyositis. We will be collaborating with them, of course, in this expansion as part of our agreement, and we will be benefiting from royalty if eventually these indications will become one day commercial. Besides Japan, Nxera Pharma is also looking to, of course, expand in their region, and one important milestone was the fact that Nxera Pharma has announced they were on track to submit a marketing authorization application for AGAMREE in South Korea following receiving ODD and HIRA designations from the South Korean regulatory authorities.
Orlando Oliveira: What is exciting to share, going to the next slide, is that Nxera Pharma has publicly announced their intention that beyond DMD, which they are targeting to file in the second half of 2027, they are studying potentially three additional indications, which could expand significantly the potential of AGAMREE as a drug for new diseases, including Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy, pediatric nephrotic syndrome, and juvenile dermatomyositis. We will be collaborating with them, of course, in this expansion as part of our agreement, and we will be benefiting from royalty if eventually these indications will become one day commercial. Besides Japan, Nxera Pharma is also looking to, of course, expand in their region, and one important milestone was the fact that Nxera Pharma has announced they were on track to submit a marketing authorization application for AGAMREE in South Korea following receiving ODD and HIRA designations from the South Korean regulatory authorities.
Speaker #3: We will be collaborating with them, of course, in this expansion as part of our agreement and we will be benefiting from royalty if eventually this indications will become one day commercial.
Speaker #3: Besides Japan, Nexera is also looking to, of course, expanding their region and one important milestone was the fact that Nexera has announced they were on track to submit a marketing authorization application for a gammae in South Korea following receiving ODD and gift designations from the South Korean Regulatory Authorities.
Speaker #3: As you might recall, Catalyst is our partner in the US. Catalyst has now been acquired by Angelini Pharma. A gammae has been launched in March 2024.
Orlando Oliveira: As you might recall, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals is our partner in the US. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals has now been acquired by Angelini Pharma. AGAMREE has been launched in March 2024. The US is a very, very significant market for us, with 11,000 to 13,000 patients, potentially with DMD, and the usage of steroids is roughly around 70%. The momentum has continued strong. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals reported AGAMREE net product sales of $36.7 million in Q1 2026, up from $22 million in Q1 2025. Angelini Pharma has completed the acquisition of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals on 16 July 2026, an acquisition of a value of $4.1 billion, expanding their presence in the US with a direct US commercial footprint. in January 2026, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals had noted publicly already that 90% of DMD Centers of Excellence were using AGAMREE. And in February 2026, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals had communicated expectations of sales for the US between $140 million and $160 million.
Orlando Oliveira: As you might recall, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals is our partner in the US. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals has now been acquired by Angelini Pharma. AGAMREE has been launched in March 2024. The US is a very, very significant market for us, with 11,000 to 13,000 patients, potentially with DMD, and the usage of steroids is roughly around 70%. The momentum has continued strong. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals reported AGAMREE net product sales of $36.7 million in Q1 2026, up from $22 million in Q1 2025. Angelini Pharma has completed the acquisition of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals on 16 July 2026, an acquisition of a value of $4.1 billion, expanding their presence in the US with a direct US commercial footprint. in January 2026, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals had noted publicly already that 90% of DMD Centers of Excellence were using AGAMREE. And in February 2026, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals had communicated expectations of sales for the US between $140 million and $160 million.
Speaker #3: The US is a very, very significant market for us with 11 to 13,000 patients potentially DMD and the usage of steroids is roughly around 70%.
Speaker #3: The momentum has continued strong. Catalyst reported a gammae net product sales of $36.7 million in Q1 '26, up from $22 million in Q1 '25.
Speaker #3: Angelini has completed the acquisition of Catalyst on July 16, 2026, an acquisition of the value of $4.1 billion. Expanding their presence in the US with a direct US commercial footprint.
Speaker #3: In January '26, Catalyst had noted publicly already that 90% of DND centers of excellence were using a gammae. And in February '26, Catalyst had communicated expectations of sales for the US between $140 and $150 million.
Speaker #3: In June '26, Catalyst also reported phase one data suggesting a gammae delivers glucocorticoid and anti-inflammatory activity without significant immunosuppressive effects but approved dosing. Supporting its potential evaluation across a broader range of chronic inflammatory rare diseases.
Orlando Oliveira: In June 2026, Catalyst also reported phase I data suggesting AGAMREE delivers glucocorticoid and anti-inflammatory activity without significant immunosuppressive effects at approved dosing, supporting its potential evaluation across a broader range of chronic inflammatory rare diseases. Another key market for us, China, is progressing well following a commercial launch roughly a year ago. If you recall, this was a non-reimbursable commercial rollout, and so far, close to 1,000 patients have been treated with our drug. We expect Sperogenix, our partners, to continue to progress in terms of trying to obtain National Reimbursement Drug List, which would allow us to cover even more patients in the future. I will pass to Shabir, our Chief Medical Officer.
Orlando Oliveira: In June 2026, Catalyst also reported phase I data suggesting AGAMREE delivers glucocorticoid and anti-inflammatory activity without significant immunosuppressive effects at approved dosing, supporting its potential evaluation across a broader range of chronic inflammatory rare diseases. Another key market for us, China, is progressing well following a commercial launch roughly a year ago. If you recall, this was a non-reimbursable commercial rollout, and so far, close to 1,000 patients have been treated with our drug. We expect Sperogenix, our partners, to continue to progress in terms of trying to obtain National Reimbursement Drug List, which would allow us to cover even more patients in the future. I will pass to Shabir, our Chief Medical Officer.
Speaker #3: Another key market for us, China, is progressing well following a commercial launch roughly a year ago. If you recall, this was a non-reimbursement commercial rollout.
Speaker #3: And so far, close to 1,000 patients have been treated with our drug. We expect sperogenics our partner to continue to do progress in terms of trying to obtain national reimbursement drug listing which would allow us to cover even more patients in the future.
Speaker #3: And now I will pass to Shabir, our chief medical officer.
Speaker #2: Thank you, Orlando. We previously discussed our real-world long-term data including The Guardian study. But for those attendees who may not be familiar with the importance and the impact of these new data, let me summarize some of the key outcomes.
Shabir Hasham: Thank you, Orlando. We previously discussed our real-world long-term data, including the GUARDIAN study. For those attendees who may not be familiar with the importance and the impact of these new data, let me summarize some of the key outcomes, which were announced in March at the MDA Congress this year in the US. We have shown patients treated with vamorolone in a real-world setting for a median of five and up to eight years have durable efficacy equivalent to current corticosteroid standards of care, and I will go into a little bit more detail momentarily. They were able to have the same durable efficacy as measured with time to loss of ambulation. Patients maintained a higher dose level over the eight years of about 80% of starting dose, which is in contrast to what we know about current standards of care.
Shabir Hasham: Thank you, Orlando. We previously discussed our real-world long-term data, including the GUARDIAN study. For those attendees who may not be familiar with the importance and the impact of these new data, let me summarize some of the key outcomes, which were announced in March at the MDA Congress this year in the US. We have shown patients treated with vamorolone in a real-world setting for a median of five and up to eight years have durable efficacy equivalent to current corticosteroid standards of care, and I will go into a little bit more detail momentarily. They were able to have the same durable efficacy as measured with time to loss of ambulation. Patients maintained a higher dose level over the eight years of about 80% of starting dose, which is in contrast to what we know about current standards of care.
Speaker #2: Which were announced in March at the NDA Congress this year in the US. We've shown patients treated with Amarone in a real-world setting for a median of 5 and up to 8 years have durable efficacy equivalent to current corticosteroid standards of care and I'll go into a little bit more detail momentarily.
Speaker #2: But they were able to have the same durable efficacy as measured with time to loss of ambulation. Patients maintained a higher dose level over the 8 years of about 80% of starting dose which is in contrast to what we know about current standards of care.
Speaker #2: Children were able to maintain growth at a normal trajectory and again in contrast to corticosteroids. 80% fewer vertical fractures improvements in overall eye health and a benefit risk profile that was consistent with the development program and therefore no new safety signals.
Shabir Hasham: Children were able to maintain growth at a normal trajectory, and again, in contrast to corticosteroids. 80% fewer vertebral fractures, improvements in overall eye health, and a benefit-risk profile that was consistent with the development program, and therefore no new safety signals. The impressive thing that we saw in the impact of these data were when they were announced in March, within one or two months, we started to see changes in prescribing behavior, but also uptake across patient segments. I am happy to answer questions regarding that at the end of the presentation. Next slide, please. This slide is just an example of the data that was presented. It shows a very impressive reduction in the frequency and severity of vertebral fractures. You will see in the panel that the patients on vamorolone had 8.1% of patients had fractures versus 41.9% on deflazacort.
Shabir Hasham: Children were able to maintain growth at a normal trajectory, and again, in contrast to corticosteroids. 80% fewer vertebral fractures, improvements in overall eye health, and a benefit-risk profile that was consistent with the development program, and therefore no new safety signals. The impressive thing that we saw in the impact of these data were when they were announced in March, within one or two months, we started to see changes in prescribing behavior, but also uptake across patient segments. I am happy to answer questions regarding that at the end of the presentation. Next slide, please. This slide is just an example of the data that was presented. It shows a very impressive reduction in the frequency and severity of vertebral fractures. You will see in the panel that the patients on vamorolone had 8.1% of patients had fractures versus 41.9% on deflazacort.
Speaker #2: The impressive thing that we saw in the impact of these data or when they were announced in March within one or two months we started to see changes in prescribing behavior but also uptake across patient segments and I'm happy to answer questions regarding that at the end of the presentation.
Speaker #2: Next slide, please. This slide is just an example of the data that was presented. It shows a very impressive reduction in the frequency and severity of vertical fractures.
Speaker #2: You'll see in the panel that patients on Amarone had 8.1% of patients had fractures versus 41.9% on Duplazacort. We saw an improvement both in terms of the frequency but also the severity of fractures.
Shabir Hasham: We saw an improvement both in terms of the frequency but also the severity of fractures. Next slide, please. The other thing that we showed, and this was really a turning point for us in terms of data that really shaped the market, we were able to establish with vamorolone eight years efficacy data. What you see on the panel on the left is time to loss of ambulation. This is a very important measure. It is a clinically accepted hard outcome measure, but it is also predictive of future disease progression. What we were definitively able to show was that the vamorolone patients had the same durable efficacy as current standards of care. On the right-hand side, we show height. You will see in the blue line it is a Z-score, which is basically a measure of age appropriateness. A flat blue line which shows that trajectory was normal for age.
Shabir Hasham: We saw an improvement both in terms of the frequency but also the severity of fractures. Next slide, please. The other thing that we showed, and this was really a turning point for us in terms of data that really shaped the market, we were able to establish with vamorolone eight years efficacy data. What you see on the panel on the left is time to loss of ambulation. This is a very important measure. It is a clinically accepted hard outcome measure, but it is also predictive of future disease progression. What we were definitively able to show was that the vamorolone patients had the same durable efficacy as current standards of care. On the right-hand side, we show height. You will see in the blue line it is a Z-score, which is basically a measure of age appropriateness. A flat blue line which shows that trajectory was normal for age.
Speaker #2: Next slide, please. The other thing that we've showed and this was really a turning point for us in terms of data that really shaped the market.
Speaker #2: We were able to establish with Amarone 8 years efficacy data and what you see on the panel on the left is time to loss of ambulation.
Speaker #2: This is a very important measure. It's a clinically accepted hard outcome measure but it's also predictive of future disease progression. And what we were definitively able to show was that with Amarone patients had the same durable efficacy as current standards of care.
Speaker #2: On the right-hand side, we show height. You'll see in the blue line it's a Z score which is basically a measure of age-appropriateness. A flat blue line which shows that trajectory was normal for age.
Speaker #2: Children on Amarone were able to grow normally. Whereas you'll see in the panel on the red line which is decreasing children on Duplazacort prednisone were stunted.
Shabir Hasham: Children on vamorolone were able to grow normally. Whereas you will see in the panel on the red line, which is decreasing, children on deflazacort prednisone were stunted. These are well-known facts. They are very consistent what we see in natural history and registry data. At the end of 8 years, we saw about a 12-centimeter height difference. So boys on vamorolone were 12 centimeters taller. These two slides are very important because today the recommendation physicians used to have was that in order to treat children appropriately, they needed to be short. They needed to look much younger than they were, and this caused a lot of psychological upset amongst the community, especially the boys. We are the only corticosteroid to have shown now in several clinical trials that you can maintain normal growth, you can look normal for age, whilst remaining efficacious.
Shabir Hasham: Children on vamorolone were able to grow normally. Whereas you will see in the panel on the red line, which is decreasing, children on deflazacort prednisone were stunted. These are well-known facts. They are very consistent what we see in natural history and registry data. At the end of 8 years, we saw about a 12-centimeter height difference. So boys on vamorolone were 12 centimeters taller. These two slides are very important because today the recommendation physicians used to have was that in order to treat children appropriately, they needed to be short. They needed to look much younger than they were, and this caused a lot of psychological upset amongst the community, especially the boys. We are the only corticosteroid to have shown now in several clinical trials that you can maintain normal growth, you can look normal for age, whilst remaining efficacious.
Speaker #2: Now these are well-known facts. They're very consistent what we see in natural history and registry data. And at the end of 8 years we saw about a 12 centimeter height difference.
Speaker #2: So boys on Amarone were 12 centimeters taller. These two slides are very important because today the recommendation physicians used to have was that in order to treat children's appropriately they needed to be short.
Speaker #2: They needed to look much younger than they were and this caused a lot of psychological upset amongst the community especially the boys. So we are the only corticosteroid to have shown now in several clinical trials that you can maintain normal growth.
Speaker #2: You can look normal for age whilst remaining efficacious. As we go into the end of 2026 and we go into 2027, we obviously plan to collect much more data and our children are getting older which means that they're in now a more advanced stage of disease.
Shabir Hasham: As we go into the end of 2026 and we go into 2027, we obviously plan to collect much more data. Our children are getting older, which means that they are now in a more advanced stage of disease. We have the next cut of the long-term data, the GUARDIAN data, in Q2 2027. That is going to be an important inflection point for us. We have a very good safety and efficacy data set for younger children and those who are approaching wheelchair age. In 2027 onwards, we will be focused on generating data now in children who are older. We will be collecting a broader set of efficacy and safety measures more appropriate to inform physicians about the use of vamorolone in older children. As an example, we want to highlight data. It is an independent study that was presented at the ICNMD Congress this year in non-ambulant population.
Shabir Hasham: As we go into the end of 2026 and we go into 2027, we obviously plan to collect much more data. Our children are getting older, which means that they are now in a more advanced stage of disease. We have the next cut of the long-term data, the GUARDIAN data, in Q2 2027. That is going to be an important inflection point for us. We have a very good safety and efficacy data set for younger children and those who are approaching wheelchair age. In 2027 onwards, we will be focused on generating data now in children who are older. We will be collecting a broader set of efficacy and safety measures more appropriate to inform physicians about the use of vamorolone in older children. As an example, we want to highlight data. It is an independent study that was presented at the ICNMD Congress this year in non-ambulant population.
Speaker #2: We have the next cut of the long-term data. The Guardian data in Q2 '27. That's going to be an important inflection point for us.
Speaker #2: We have a very good safety and efficacy data set for younger children and those who are approaching wheelchair age. In '27 onwards we will be focused on generating data now in children who are older.
Speaker #2: We will be collecting a broader set of efficacy and safety measures more appropriate to inform physicians about the use of Amarone in older children.
Speaker #2: And as an example we want to highlight data it's an independent study that was presented at the ICNMD Congress this year in non-ambulance populations.
Speaker #2: The thing to appreciate is as global standards of care are being adhered to and more patients are being treated the proportion of children who are living longer and becoming adults is increasing.
Shabir Hasham: The thing to appreciate is as global standards of care are being adhered to and more patients are being treated, the proportion of children who are living longer and becoming adults is increasing. It is a general acceptance that this is probably under-reported at the moment. The exciting thing for us is that a proportion of these patients have either down-titrated because of tolerability issues or have discontinued treatment, and we are seeing increased interest in patients either switching to vamorolone or restarting treatment. The data that was presented, this independent study, while small, is directionally important for us. Of the patients within one center, and this is data around 25 patients, one center, 8 patients were treated. 8 of 8 patients showed stabilization or improvement of muscle function. Here we are talking about wheelchair-bound children who entirely rely on the use of their upper limbs.
Shabir Hasham: The thing to appreciate is as global standards of care are being adhered to and more patients are being treated, the proportion of children who are living longer and becoming adults is increasing. It is a general acceptance that this is probably under-reported at the moment. The exciting thing for us is that a proportion of these patients have either down-titrated because of tolerability issues or have discontinued treatment, and we are seeing increased interest in patients either switching to vamorolone or restarting treatment. The data that was presented, this independent study, while small, is directionally important for us. Of the patients within one center, and this is data around 25 patients, one center, 8 patients were treated. 8 of 8 patients showed stabilization or improvement of muscle function. Here we are talking about wheelchair-bound children who entirely rely on the use of their upper limbs.
Speaker #2: And it's a general acceptance that this is probably underreported at the moment. The exciting thing for us is that a proportion of these patients have either down-titrated because of tolerability issues or have discontinued treatment and we are seeing increased interest in patients either switching to Amarone or restarting treatment.
Speaker #2: The data that was presented this independent study whilst small is directionally important for us. Of the patients within one center and this is data around of 25 patients one center 8 patients were treated.
Speaker #2: 8 of 8 patients showed stabilization or improvement of muscle function. Now here we're talking about wheelchair bound children who entirely rely on the use of their upper limbs.
Speaker #2: In those children's function was actually maintained or improved when taking Amarone and the exciting fact is that these patients were either half previously treated and switched but half were actually restarted.
Shabir Hasham: In those children, function was actually maintained or improved when taking vamorolone. The exciting fact is that these patients were either half previously treated and switched, but half were actually restarters. Of those who had restarted, they actually started either at full dose or slightly below full dose, and in proportion of those who were on lower doses started to increase the dose. Again, this is very important for a segment of the patient population that have no treatment option, for them to be able to actually come back to a corticosteroid, not only to preserve upper arm function but also respiratory and cardiac function, which of course are the leading causes of death. It becomes very important for physicians who are looking after these older populations to have a treatment choice.
Shabir Hasham: In those children, function was actually maintained or improved when taking vamorolone. The exciting fact is that these patients were either half previously treated and switched, but half were actually restarters. Of those who had restarted, they actually started either at full dose or slightly below full dose, and in proportion of those who were on lower doses started to increase the dose. Again, this is very important for a segment of the patient population that have no treatment option, for them to be able to actually come back to a corticosteroid, not only to preserve upper arm function but also respiratory and cardiac function, which of course are the leading causes of death. It becomes very important for physicians who are looking after these older populations to have a treatment choice.
Speaker #2: And of those who had restarted they actually started either at full dose or slightly below full dose and in proportion of those who were on lower doses started to increase the dose.
Speaker #2: Again this is very important for a segment of the patient population that have no treatment option. For them to be able to actually come back to a corticosteroid.
Speaker #2: Not only to preserve upper arm function but also respiratory and cardiac function which of course are the leading causes of death. And so it becomes very important for physicians who are looking after these older populations to have a treatment choice.
Speaker #2: We will continue to collect long-term data in these older boys as we go into 2027.
Catherine Isted: We will continue to collect long-term data in these older boys as we go into 2027. We now move on to the financial highlights for the H1 of the year. We are delighted to say that revenues grew by over 100%, so at CHF 48.3 million. This was due to very strong growth in our AGAMREE sales, as well as, of course, recognizing the income component of the Nxera Pharma licensing agreement. Looking at product sales, so that is from our direct markets, but also from the distributors, which are growing. That total amount of product sales grew by 48% this half over the prior year. As we move into the H2 of the year, we are excited to add in sales from Italy and Spain. Looking at royalties. In terms of royalties and milestones, we received CHF 29.1 million.
Shabir Hasham: We will continue to collect long-term data in these older boys as we go into 2027.
Speaker #1: Okay. We now move on to the financial highlights for the first 6 months of the year. We're delighted to say that revenues grew by over 100% so at 48.3 million.
Catherine Isted: We now move on to the financial highlights for the H1 of the year. We are delighted to say that revenues grew by over 100%, so at CHF 48.3 million. This was due to very strong growth in our AGAMREE sales, as well as, of course, recognizing the income component of the Nxera Pharma licensing agreement. Looking at product sales, so that is from our direct markets, but also from the distributors, which are growing. That total amount of product sales grew by 48% this half over the prior year. As we move into the H2 of the year, we are excited to add in sales from Italy and Spain. Looking at royalties. In terms of royalties and milestones, we received CHF 29.1 million.
Speaker #1: This was due to very strong growth in our gamma sales. As well as of course recognizing the income component of the next year of licensing agreement.
Speaker #1: Looking at product sales so that's from our direct markets but also from the distributors. Which are growing. That total amount of product sales. Grew by 48% over this half over the prior year.
Speaker #1: And obviously as we move into the second half of the year we're excited to add in sales from Italy and Spain. Looking at royalties in terms of royalties and milestones we received 29.1 million.
Speaker #1: This was obviously primarily driven by the 30 million dollar cash upfront received from Nextera. As well as the royalty payments that we receive from Catalyst and Spherogenics.
Catherine Isted: This was primarily driven by the $30 million cash upfront received from Nxera Pharma, as well as the royalty payments that we received from Catalyst Pharmaceuticals and Sperogenix. In terms of revenue from supply of products and services to partners, this was CHF 2.1 million. As I had highlighted at the H1 of the year, this is a reduction on where we saw last year, and this is due to Catalyst Pharmaceuticals now transitioning to direct sourcing. So that is in line with expectations. Looking at the global sales of the AGAMREE, so that includes our licensing as well as distribution partners. We exceeded $175 million over four consecutive quarters. What that meant is that that triggered a $20 million milestone payment to our partner, ReveraGen, and this is recognized in cost of sales. I am pleased to say that we controlled costs well.
Catherine Isted: This was primarily driven by the $30 million cash upfront received from Nxera Pharma, as well as the royalty payments that we received from Catalyst Pharmaceuticals and Sperogenix. In terms of revenue from supply of products and services to partners, this was CHF 2.1 million. As I had highlighted at the H1 of the year, this is a reduction on where we saw last year, and this is due to Catalyst Pharmaceuticals now transitioning to direct sourcing. So that is in line with expectations. Looking at the global sales of the AGAMREE, so that includes our licensing as well as distribution partners. We exceeded $175 million over four consecutive quarters. What that meant is that that triggered a $20 million milestone payment to our partner, ReveraGen, and this is recognized in cost of sales. I am pleased to say that we controlled costs well.
Speaker #1: In terms of revenue from supply of products and services to partners this was 2.1 million. As I'd highlighted at the first half of the year this is a reduction on where we saw last year and this is due to Catalyst now transitioning to direct sourcing.
Speaker #1: So that is in line with expectations. Looking at the global sales of a gamma so that includes our licensing as well as distribution partners.
Speaker #1: We exceeded 175 million dollars over four consecutive quarters. And what that meant is that that triggered a 20 million dollar milestone payment to our partner Reverogen and this is recognized in cost of sales.
Speaker #1: I'm pleased to say that we controlled costs well. So actually operating expenses were down 8.4% to 25 million. As a reminder we're guiding for 50 to 55 for the full year.
Catherine Isted: Operating expenses were down 8.4% to CHF 25 million. As a reminder, we are guiding for CHF 50 to 55 million for the full year, so we are keeping a tight eye on costs. The main reason for the reduction on the prior year was a reduction in development costs as we continue to complete some of our post-marketing studies that were required by regulators. Our operating loss narrows to CHF 6.6 million for the year from CHF 35.4 million the prior year. If we look at cash, we had a healthy cash balance of CHF 41.8 million as at 30 June 2026. Going on to the financial guidance for the year. In terms of the 2026, you will see that this is actually unchanged from the guidance that we gave at the full year results back in May. To reiterate that is full-year revenues, we are expecting CHF 80 to 90 million.
Catherine Isted: Operating expenses were down 8.4% to CHF 25 million. As a reminder, we are guiding for CHF 50 to 55 million for the full year, so we are keeping a tight eye on costs. The main reason for the reduction on the prior year was a reduction in development costs as we continue to complete some of our post-marketing studies that were required by regulators. Our operating loss narrows to CHF 6.6 million for the year from CHF 35.4 million the prior year. If we look at cash, we had a healthy cash balance of CHF 41.8 million as at 30 June 2026. Going on to the financial guidance for the year. In terms of the 2026, you will see that this is actually unchanged from the guidance that we gave at the full year results back in May. To reiterate that is full-year revenues, we are expecting CHF 80 to 90 million.
Speaker #1: So we're keeping a tight eye on costs. The main reason for the reduction on the prior year was a reduction in development costs. As we continue to complete some of our post-marketing studies that were acquired by regulators.
Speaker #1: Our operating loss narrows to 6.6 million. For the year from '35.4 million the prior year. And if we look at cash we had a healthy cash balance of 41.8 million.
Speaker #1: As at the 30th of June 2026. Going on to the financial guidance for the year. In terms of the 2026 you'll see that this is actually unchanged from the guidance that we gave at the full year results back in May.
Speaker #1: So to reiterate that that is full year revenues were expecting 80 to 90 million. Within that we're expecting product sales to grow by more than 50%.
Catherine Isted: Within that, we are expecting product sales to grow by more than 50%. We are expecting royalty income to increase year-on-year. However, this will slightly lag the underlying sales from Catalyst Pharmaceuticals. In terms of milestone income, that is going to be primarily driven by the $30 million upfront that we received from Nxera Pharma. I have not included any additional sales milestones in this 2026 guidance. However, we continue to monitor that as the year goes on. In terms of revenues from supply and products and services, as I previously mentioned on the earlier slide, that will be lower than last year. However, I will say the H2 will be higher than the H1 due to extensive product sales to Sperogenix in the Q3.
Catherine Isted: Within that, we are expecting product sales to grow by more than 50%. We are expecting royalty income to increase year-on-year. However, this will slightly lag the underlying sales from Catalyst Pharmaceuticals. In terms of milestone income, that is going to be primarily driven by the $30 million upfront that we received from Nxera Pharma. I have not included any additional sales milestones in this 2026 guidance. However, we continue to monitor that as the year goes on. In terms of revenues from supply and products and services, as I previously mentioned on the earlier slide, that will be lower than last year. However, I will say the H2 will be higher than the H1 due to extensive product sales to Sperogenix in the Q3.
Speaker #1: We're expecting royalty income to increase a year on year however this will slightly lag the underlying sales from Catalyst. In terms of milestone income obviously that is going to be primarily driven by the 30 million upfront that we received from Nextera.
Speaker #1: I have not included any additional sales milestones in this 2026 guidance. However we are we continue to monitor that as the year goes on.
Speaker #1: In terms of revenues from supply and products and services as I previously mentioned on the earlier slide that will be lower than last year.
Speaker #1: However I will say the second half will be higher than the first half due to extensive product sales to Spherogenics in the third quarter.
Speaker #1: In terms of operating expenses again as I previously mentioned that remains in the range 50 to 55 million for the full year. In terms of cash outlook the cash is expected to be broadly stable from the 30th of September through to the year end.
Catherine Isted: In terms of operating expenses, again, as I previously mentioned, that remains in the range of CHF 50 to 55 million for the full year. In terms of cash outlook, the cash is expected to be broadly stable from 30 September through to the year-end. However, we have had some changes that have affected our cash profile as we go into 2027. The first one is a mandatory German price reduction effective 1 January 2027. This was unexpected and wasn't in our modeling. That, combined with a movement of reasonably large inventory purchases into Q1 2027, does mean that we will have a decline in cash during the H1 of 2027. However, we will be returning to cash generation in the H2 of the year. Importantly, while we have got a change in cash flow profile, we will not require to seek any additional funding.
Catherine Isted: In terms of operating expenses, again, as I previously mentioned, that remains in the range of CHF 50 to 55 million for the full year. In terms of cash outlook, the cash is expected to be broadly stable from 30 September through to the year-end. However, we have had some changes that have affected our cash profile as we go into 2027. The first one is a mandatory German price reduction effective 1 January 2027. This was unexpected and wasn't in our modeling. That, combined with a movement of reasonably large inventory purchases into Q1 2027, does mean that we will have a decline in cash during the H1 of 2027. However, we will be returning to cash generation in the H2 of the year. Importantly, while we have got a change in cash flow profile, we will not require to seek any additional funding.
Speaker #1: However we have had some changes that have affected our cash profile as we go into 2027. The first one is a mandatory German. Price reduction effective of 1st of January 2027.
Speaker #1: This was unexpected and wasn't in our modeling. That combined with a movements of reasonably large inventory purchases into Q1 2027 does mean that we will have a declining cash during the first half of '27.
Speaker #1: However we will be returning to cash generation in the second half of the year. Importantly while we have got a change in cash profile we will not require to seek any additional funding.
Speaker #1: Looking longer term and you would have seen this guidance before for 2028 we have talked about achieving 150 million euros of sales. This is from direct and distributor markets as well as royalties.
Catherine Isted: Looking longer term, and you would've seen this guidance before for 2028, we have talked about achieving EUR 150 million of sales. This is from direct and distributor markets as well as royalties. As we report in Swiss francs, we actually wanted to move that into Swiss francs. So our new guidance going forward, and this is purely just using the exchange rate, will be CHF 140 million. Also, looking further out, we thought it was more helpful to have a guidance for 2030 that encompasses all our areas of revenue, so direct markets, distributor, and the royalties. So comparing like for like from 2028 to 2030, we're targeting EUR 250 million of revenues by 2030. I now move on to the expected news flow through the remaining quarter of this year, as well as into 2027.
Catherine Isted: Looking longer term, and you would've seen this guidance before for 2028, we have talked about achieving EUR 150 million of sales. This is from direct and distributor markets as well as royalties. As we report in Swiss francs, we actually wanted to move that into Swiss francs. So our new guidance going forward, and this is purely just using the exchange rate, will be CHF 140 million. Also, looking further out, we thought it was more helpful to have a guidance for 2030 that encompasses all our areas of revenue, so direct markets, distributor, and the royalties. So comparing like for like from 2028 to 2030, we're targeting EUR 250 million of revenues by 2030. I now move on to the expected news flow through the remaining quarter of this year, as well as into 2027.
Speaker #1: As we report in Swiss francs we actually wanted to move that into Swiss francs. So our new guidance going forward and this is purely just using the exchange rate will be 140 million Swiss francs.
Speaker #1: Also looking further out we thought it was more helpful to have a guidance for 2030 that encompasses all our areas of revenue. So direct markets distributor and the royalties so comparing like for like from 28 to 30 we're targeting 250 million euros of revenues by 2030.
Speaker #1: I now move on to the expected news flow through the remaining quarter of this year as well as into 2027. We'll be continuing on our discussions in terms of pricing and commercial launches in other mid-sized European countries and we will update you as we progress those.
Catherine Isted: We'll be continuing on our discussions in terms of pricing and commercial launches in other mid-sized European countries, and we will update you as we progress those. As Orlando has already mentioned, we're looking to sign a distribution agreement in South America. That is the last remaining large geography where we don't have a distribution partner. As Shabir's talked about, we will have another cut of our GUARDIAN data that will be coming out during approximately the Q1 of next year. So we look forward to sharing that with you. In terms of indication expansion, we have already highlighted in this presentation the recent update from Nxera Pharma in terms of their guidance of where they are looking to expand AGAMREE beyond DMD.
Catherine Isted: We'll be continuing on our discussions in terms of pricing and commercial launches in other mid-sized European countries, and we will update you as we progress those. As Orlando has already mentioned, we're looking to sign a distribution agreement in South America. That is the last remaining large geography where we don't have a distribution partner. As Shabir's talked about, we will have another cut of our GUARDIAN data that will be coming out during approximately the Q1 of next year. So we look forward to sharing that with you. In terms of indication expansion, we have already highlighted in this presentation the recent update from Nxera Pharma in terms of their guidance of where they are looking to expand AGAMREE beyond DMD.
Speaker #1: As Orlando has already mentioned we're looking to sign a distribution agreement in South America that is the last remaining large geography. Where we don't have a distribution partner.
Speaker #1: As Shabir has talked about we will have another cut of our guardian data that will be coming out during approximately the first quarter of next year.
Speaker #1: So we look forward to sharing that with you. In terms of indication expansion we have already highlighted in this presentation the recent update from Nextera in terms of their guidance of where they are looking to expand a gamma beyond VMD.
Speaker #1: We are hopeful to be able to provide an update from our partners Angelini but obviously that is now up to them in terms of how much information they give the market post them acquiring Catalyst in the middle of the year.
Catherine Isted: We are hopeful to be able to provide an update from our partners, Angelini Pharma, but obviously that is now up to them in terms of how much information they give the market post them acquiring Catalyst Pharmaceuticals in the middle of the year. We continue on looking for additional products to in-license in. This is really important for our operational efficiency, and Orlando will come back to that shortly. And finally, we note that Nxera Pharma is targeting Japanese regulatory filing in the H2 of 2027. With that, I'll hand the slides back to Orlando, who will discuss the strategic outlook and priorities for this year and next.
Catherine Isted: We are hopeful to be able to provide an update from our partners, Angelini Pharma, but obviously that is now up to them in terms of how much information they give the market post them acquiring Catalyst Pharmaceuticals in the middle of the year. We continue on looking for additional products to in-license in. This is really important for our operational efficiency, and Orlando will come back to that shortly. And finally, we note that Nxera Pharma is targeting Japanese regulatory filing in the H2 of 2027. With that, I'll hand the slides back to Orlando, who will discuss the strategic outlook and priorities for this year and next.
Speaker #1: We continue on looking for additional products to in license in. This is really important for our operational efficiency and Orlando will come back to that shortly.
Speaker #1: And finally we note that Nextera is targeting Japanese regulatory filing in the second half of '27. With that I'll move back I'll hand the slides back to Orlando who will discuss the strategic outlook and priorities for this year and next.
Speaker #2: Thank you Catherine. These are indeed exciting times at Santera and I mean strategy remains clear. And really in four pillars of revenue generation. As mentioned already during the presentation going direct in Europe remains the cornerstone for us.
Orlando Oliveira: Thank you, Catherine. These are indeed exciting times at Santhera, and our main strategy remains clear and in four pillars of revenue generation. As mentioned already during the presentation, going direct in Europe remains the cornerstone for us. We want to maximize the opportunity in our currently launched markets, and definitely secure reimbursement in France and remaining mid-size countries. Geographical expansion is important through our current partners, and we continue to focus on that, maximizing the current business that is already lined up, but also securing a LatAm distribution deal, as mentioned before. Acquiring rights to additional synergistic late-stage rare or orphan assets is also a priority for us and continues to be a priority during the coming year.
Orlando Oliveira: Thank you, Catherine. These are indeed exciting times at Santhera, and our main strategy remains clear and in four pillars of revenue generation. As mentioned already during the presentation, going direct in Europe remains the cornerstone for us. We want to maximize the opportunity in our currently launched markets, and definitely secure reimbursement in France and remaining mid-size countries. Geographical expansion is important through our current partners, and we continue to focus on that, maximizing the current business that is already lined up, but also securing a LatAm distribution deal, as mentioned before. Acquiring rights to additional synergistic late-stage rare or orphan assets is also a priority for us and continues to be a priority during the coming year.
Speaker #2: We want to maximize the opportunity in our currently launched markets and definitely secure reimbursement in France and remaining mid-sized countries. Geographical expansion is important through our current partners and we continue to focus on that maximizing the current business that has already lined up but also securing a latte distribution deal as mentioned before.
Speaker #2: Acquiring rights to additional synergistic late stage rare or orphan assets is also a priority for us and continues to be a priority during the coming year.
Speaker #2: And looking into additional indications through our partners as already mentioned Nextera Angelini will remain a key focus for us as we do see a lot of potential upside and opportunity with our current assets a gammy.
Orlando Oliveira: Looking into additional indications through our partners, as already mentioned, Nxera, Angelini, will remain a key focus for us as we do see a lot of potential upside and opportunity with our current asset, AGAMREE. With this, we have now finalized the presentation and are ready to go into question and answers. Thank you.
Orlando Oliveira: Looking into additional indications through our partners, as already mentioned, Nxera, Angelini, will remain a key focus for us as we do see a lot of potential upside and opportunity with our current asset, AGAMREE. With this, we have now finalized the presentation and are ready to go into question and answers. Thank you.
Speaker #2: And with this we have now finalized the presentation. And are ready to go into question and answers. Thank you.
Speaker #3: Orlando thank you very much indeed. And thank you to the team for presenting. Ladies and gentlemen do you please continue to submit your questions just using the Q&A tab situated in the right hand corner of your screen.
Operator: Orlando, thank you very much indeed. Thank you to the team for presenting. Ladies and gentlemen, do please continue to submit your questions, just using the Q&A tab situated in the right-hand corner of your screen. Just while the company take a few moments to review those questions submitted there, I would like to remind you the recording of the presentation, along with a copy of the slides and the published Q&A, can be accessed by your investor dashboard. As you can see, guys, we have had a number of questions from investors today, and thank you for all of those. If I may just ask you just to read out the question where appropriate to do so, and I will pick up from you at the end.
Operator: Orlando, thank you very much indeed. Thank you to the team for presenting. Ladies and gentlemen, do please continue to submit your questions, just using the Q&A tab situated in the right-hand corner of your screen. Just while the company take a few moments to review those questions submitted there, I would like to remind you the recording of the presentation, along with a copy of the slides and the published Q&A, can be accessed by your investor dashboard. As you can see, guys, we have had a number of questions from investors today, and thank you for all of those. If I may just ask you just to read out the question where appropriate to do so, and I will pick up from you at the end.
Speaker #3: Just one moment the company take a few moments to review those questions submitted there. I'd like to remind you the recording of the presentation along with a copy of the slides and the published Q&A can be accessed by your investor dashboard.
Speaker #3: As you can see guys we've had a number of questions from investors today and thank you for all of those. If I may just ask you just to read out the question where appropriate to do so and I'll pick up from you at the end.
Speaker #1: Okay. I think we'll start with the first question here. So I'll hand this to Orlando. So what lessons from Germany and the UK are helping you accelerate new launches?
Catherine Isted: Okay. I think we will start with the first question here. I will hand this to Orlando. What lessons from Germany and the UK are helping you accelerate new launches?
Catherine Isted: Okay. I think we will start with the first question here. I will hand this to Orlando. What lessons from Germany and the UK are helping you accelerate new launches?
Speaker #2: No I love that question. I think I mean UK Germany but also Austria as we saw was 50% market share at the moment. I think we've learned that definitely being appropriately staffed ensuring that we are on message and we work closely with our European leaders.
Orlando Oliveira: I love that question. I think you mean UK, Germany, but also Austria, as we saw we are at a 50% market share at the moment. I think we have learned that definitely being appropriately staffed, ensuring that we are on message, that we work closely with our key opinion leaders, and ensure that also the benefits of our drug, both on the efficacy and safety side, are well compared will be important. What I think will be different in Italy and Spain, as some of you might know, is that we are talking about the more regional distribution in terms of market access after guaranteeing national reimbursement. We are now working to secure regional and sometimes hospital access. This will be slightly different from a country like Germany. Having said that, we have a very strong Chief Commercial Officer in place. We have very strong general managers in the countries.
Orlando Oliveira: I love that question. I think you mean UK, Germany, but also Austria, as we saw we are at a 50% market share at the moment. I think we have learned that definitely being appropriately staffed, ensuring that we are on message, that we work closely with our key opinion leaders, and ensure that also the benefits of our drug, both on the efficacy and safety side, are well compared will be important. What I think will be different in Italy and Spain, as some of you might know, is that we are talking about the more regional distribution in terms of market access after guaranteeing national reimbursement. We are now working to secure regional and sometimes hospital access. This will be slightly different from a country like Germany. Having said that, we have a very strong Chief Commercial Officer in place. We have very strong general managers in the countries.
Speaker #2: And ensure that also the benefits of our drug both on the efficacy and safety side are well comprehend will be important. What I think will be different in Italy and Spain as some of you might know is that we're talking about a more regional distribution in terms of market access.
Speaker #2: After guarantees national reimbursement we're now working secure regional and sometimes hospital vials hospital access. And this will be slightly different from a country like Germany.
Speaker #2: Having said that you know we have a very strong chief commercial officer in place. We have very strong general managers in the countries. And we see both those processes in Italy and Spain progressing really well and remain very very confident that we know we will achieve our ambition to have at least the same share than Austria and Germany and UK we have today.
Orlando Oliveira: We see both those processes in Italy and Spain progressing really well. We remain very confident that we know we will achieve our ambition to have at least the same share than Austria and Germany and UK we have today with those two countries. Definitely the fact that we already launched and learned so much with the early launch countries will help us get there.
Orlando Oliveira: We see both those processes in Italy and Spain progressing really well. We remain very confident that we know we will achieve our ambition to have at least the same share than Austria and Germany and UK we have today with those two countries. Definitely the fact that we already launched and learned so much with the early launch countries will help us get there.
Speaker #2: With those two countries. And definitely the fact that we've already launched and learned so much with the early launch countries will help us get there.
Speaker #1: Okay. We've now got two financial questions which I'll take I'll read them out independently. So the first one is you've previously guided to reaching cash flow break even during Q3 26.
Catherine Isted: Okay. We have now got two financial questions, which I will take. I will read them out independently. The first one is, you previously guided to reaching cash flow breakeven during Q3 2026. Given the positive operating cash flow already achieved in the H1 2026, should we view the milestone as effectively achieved? When can we expect breakeven on a more sustainable underlying basis, excluding milestone income? When do you expect the business to become consistently cash generative? To take that. In terms of the guidance reaching cash flow breakeven. We have during the Q4, obviously, our cash, I expect as of now, will remain constant till the end of the year.
Catherine Isted: Okay. We have now got two financial questions, which I will take. I will read them out independently. The first one is, you previously guided to reaching cash flow breakeven during Q3 2026. Given the positive operating cash flow already achieved in the H1 2026, should we view the milestone as effectively achieved? When can we expect breakeven on a more sustainable underlying basis, excluding milestone income? When do you expect the business to become consistently cash generative? To take that. In terms of the guidance reaching cash flow breakeven. We have during the Q4, obviously, our cash, I expect as of now, will remain constant till the end of the year.
Speaker #1: Given the positive operating cash flow already achieved in the first half of 26 should we view the milestone as effectively achieved. When can we expect break even on a more sustainable underlying basis excluding milestone income.
Speaker #1: And when do you expect the business to become consistently cash generative. So to take that. So in terms of the guidance reaching cash flow break even.
Speaker #1: So we have during the fourth quarter obviously we're our cash I expect as of as of now will remain constant till the end of the year.
Speaker #1: As I highlighted in the presentation there have been some one unexpected change in terms of the increased German discounts that has changed our forecasts.
Catherine Isted: As I highlighted in the presentation, there have been some, one unexpected change in terms of the increased German discount that has changed our forecast, as well as some movement in inventory, and that does impact our H1 numbers in terms of our cash position. In terms of underlying, we are in a very good position in an underlying. If you exclude the sales milestones in and out and also exclude financing costs, you can actually, we are operationally cash positive. I appreciate that that is sometimes difficult to see. In terms of when do we expect the business to become consistently cash generative? Well, that does slightly depend on some of the timings of some of these milestones that are received and have to be paid. The timings of those are like, I try to guide to them.
Catherine Isted: As I highlighted in the presentation, there have been some, one unexpected change in terms of the increased German discount that has changed our forecast, as well as some movement in inventory, and that does impact our H1 numbers in terms of our cash position. In terms of underlying, we are in a very good position in an underlying. If you exclude the sales milestones in and out and also exclude financing costs, you can actually, we are operationally cash positive. I appreciate that that is sometimes difficult to see. In terms of when do we expect the business to become consistently cash generative? Well, that does slightly depend on some of the timings of some of these milestones that are received and have to be paid. The timings of those are like, I try to guide to them.
Speaker #1: As well as some movements in inventory and that does impact our H1 numbers in terms of our cash position. In terms of underlying so we are in a very good position in an underlying if you exclude the sales milestones in and out and also exclude financing costs you can actually we are operationally cash positive.
Speaker #1: I appreciate that that is sometimes difficult to see. And in terms of when do we expect the business to become consistently cash generative. Well that does slightly depend on some of the timings of some of these milestones that are received.
Speaker #1: So and have to be paid. So the timings of those are I try to guide to them. So for example in the second half of this year I noted that a P&R milestone so that's a pricing and reimbursement milestone fell due.
Catherine Isted: For example, in the H2 of this year, I noted that a P&R milestone, so that is a pricing reimbursement milestone, fell due. That is a CHF 20 million milestone of which, in terms of cash payment, is around 75% of that is paid in cash. We do have those fluctuations in the business. But underlying that, we are in a good position. Looking at the second question around reaching the CHF 80 million to 90 million of revenue guidance. Are you expecting any significant milestone payments in H2? Or should we assume this is basically underlying business? This is the underlying business. I actually mentioned that in the guidance. I have not included any potential sales milestones. We will wait to see how the US and China progresses in the H2 of the year, and if that triggers an additional milestone.
Catherine Isted: For example, in the H2 of this year, I noted that a P&R milestone, so that is a pricing reimbursement milestone, fell due. That is a CHF 20 million milestone of which, in terms of cash payment, is around 75% of that is paid in cash. We do have those fluctuations in the business. But underlying that, we are in a good position. Looking at the second question around reaching the CHF 80 million to 90 million of revenue guidance. Are you expecting any significant milestone payments in H2? Or should we assume this is basically underlying business? This is the underlying business. I actually mentioned that in the guidance. I have not included any potential sales milestones. We will wait to see how the US and China progresses in the H2 of the year, and if that triggers an additional milestone.
Speaker #1: That is a 20 million milestone. Of which in terms of cash payment it's around 75% of that is paid in cash. So we do have those fluctuations in the business.
Speaker #1: But underlying that we are in a good position. Looking at the second question around reaching the 80 to 90 million of revenue guidance. Are you expecting any significant milestone payments in H2.
Speaker #1: Or should we assume this is underlying basically underlying business. This is the underlying business. I actually mentioned that in the guidance. So I have not included any potential sales milestones.
Speaker #1: We will wait to need to wait to see how the US and China progresses in the second half of the year. And if that triggers an additional milestone.
Speaker #1: So if there is an additional sales milestone that would be on top of this guidance. But we wait to see how they progress in the second half of the year.
Catherine Isted: If there is an additional sales milestone, that would be on top of this guidance. But, we wait to see how they progress in the H2 of the year. I think that answers those two questions. There is another one, which I think is going to be a question for Orlando and myself. This is in relation to the Angelini acquisition of Catalyst, and the question is: do you expect continuity in commercial investment and launch execution? Is the first part of the question. Are there any provisions in the license that could affect royalties, milestones or Santhera's strategic options? Very quickly on the second part, there are no changes. That is quite an easy answer. Orlando, I do not know if you want to comment on the first part of that.
Catherine Isted: If there is an additional sales milestone, that would be on top of this guidance. But, we wait to see how they progress in the H2 of the year. I think that answers those two questions. There is another one, which I think is going to be a question for Orlando and myself. This is in relation to the Angelini acquisition of Catalyst, and the question is: do you expect continuity in commercial investment and launch execution? Is the first part of the question. Are there any provisions in the license that could affect royalties, milestones or Santhera's strategic options? Very quickly on the second part, there are no changes. That is quite an easy answer. Orlando, I do not know if you want to comment on the first part of that.
Speaker #1: So I think that answers those two questions. There's another one which I think is going to be a question for Orlando and myself. So this is in relation to the Angelini acquisition of Catalyst.
Speaker #1: And the question is do you expect continuity in commercial investment and launch execution. Is the first part of the question. And are there any provisions in the license that could affect royalties milestones or Santhera's strategic options.
Speaker #1: Very quickly on the second part there's no changes. So that that's quite an easy answer. Orlando I don't know if you want to comment on the first part of that.
Speaker #2: No absolutely. I mean we know that Angelini saw the Catalyst acquisition as a key driver for them in terms of revenue growth but also in terms of expansion to the US.
Orlando Oliveira: No, absolutely. I mean, we know that Angelini saw the Catalyst acquisition as a key driver for them in terms of revenue growth, but also in terms of expansion to the US. Not only we would expect a continuation, but I am sure even maybe an acceleration of the efforts. As we know, the company is really, really focused on making the portfolio of Catalyst a success. And obviously, AGAMREE is a very, very important component of that portfolio.
Orlando Oliveira: No, absolutely. I mean, we know that Angelini saw the Catalyst acquisition as a key driver for them in terms of revenue growth, but also in terms of expansion to the US. Not only we would expect a continuation, but I am sure even maybe an acceleration of the efforts. As we know, the company is really, really focused on making the portfolio of Catalyst a success. And obviously, AGAMREE is a very, very important component of that portfolio.
Speaker #2: So not only we would expect a continuation but I'm sure even maybe an acceleration of the efforts as we know the company is really being focused on making the portfolio of Catalyst success.
Speaker #2: And obviously a Garmin is a very very important component of that portfolio.
Speaker #1: Okay. So this is about reinvestments into the future. So the question moved. As a Garmin generates increasing profits how do you intend to balance reinvesting those profits into further growth with returning capital to shareholders.
Catherine Isted: Okay. This is about reinvestments into the future. The question is: as AGAMREE generates increasing profits, how do you intend to balance reinvesting those profits into further growth with returning capital to shareholders? Could you elaborate on whether you would prioritize investments in additional indications, new rare disease assets, or other growth initiatives versus potential shareholder returns such as dividends, share buybacks or special distributions? Okay. I think we have seen from the strategic slide that it is really important for operational efficiency to bring in another asset. You have got to remember that our CHF 50 million to 55 million of OpEx can support one or two other assets.
Catherine Isted: Okay. This is about reinvestments into the future. The question is: as AGAMREE generates increasing profits, how do you intend to balance reinvesting those profits into further growth with returning capital to shareholders? Could you elaborate on whether you would prioritize investments in additional indications, new rare disease assets, or other growth initiatives versus potential shareholder returns such as dividends, share buybacks or special distributions? Okay. I think we have seen from the strategic slide that it is really important for operational efficiency to bring in another asset. You have got to remember that our CHF 50 million to 55 million of OpEx can support one or two other assets.
Speaker #1: Could you elaborate on whether you would prioritize investments in additional indications new rare disease assets or other growth initiatives versus potential shareholder returns such as dividends share buybacks or special distributions.
Speaker #1: Okay. So I think we've seen from the strategic slide that it's really important for operational efficiency to bring in another asset. You've got to remember that our 50 to 55 million of OpEx can support one or two other assets.
Speaker #1: So bring in a late stage asset. And when we mean late stage we've said something that has completed its commercial development and therefore is very close to market or potentially even on market.
Catherine Isted: Bringing in a late-stage asset, and when we mean late stage, we have said it is something that has completed its commercial development and therefore is very close to market or potentially even is even on market, would provide us that cash to the bottom line. We need to think about how we are growing this business, and not just remain a single asset company. In terms of additional indications, again, in line with what we have said previously, we are delighted that our partners are looking to expand indications. As a reminder, we have an opt-in right on those indications. For example, if there is a large indication being developed in one of the countries and we realize that that indication could be available to be commercialized by, say 2029, 2030, we can have the discussions at that time of the opt-in right.
Catherine Isted: Bringing in a late-stage asset, and when we mean late stage, we have said it is something that has completed its commercial development and therefore is very close to market or potentially even is even on market, would provide us that cash to the bottom line. We need to think about how we are growing this business, and not just remain a single asset company. In terms of additional indications, again, in line with what we have said previously, we are delighted that our partners are looking to expand indications. As a reminder, we have an opt-in right on those indications. For example, if there is a large indication being developed in one of the countries and we realize that that indication could be available to be commercialized by, say 2029, 2030, we can have the discussions at that time of the opt-in right.
Speaker #1: Would provide us that cash to the bottom line. So we need to think about how we are growing this business and not just remain a single asset company.
Speaker #1: In terms of additional indications again in line with what we've said previously we're delighted that our partners are looking to expand indications and as a reminder we have an opt in right on those indications.
Speaker #1: So for example if there is a large indication being developed in one of the countries and we realize that that indication could be available to be commercialized by say 2029 2030 we can have the discussions at that time of the opt in right.
Speaker #1: And the amount that we would pay to opt in would obviously depend on the amount of time we have left on our patent. With our patents running out to 2035.
Catherine Isted: The amount that we would pay to opt in would obviously depend on the amount of time we have left on our patent, with our patents running out to 2035. This is the best way of us benefiting from that indication expansion, in terms of, because we know how long we have got left effectively on our patent clock when we are paying the financing for that. I think most people would see, especially a pharma company at our stage as not at the stage of developing and paying dividends, or share buybacks. I think that is something you would expect maybe once you are far more mature, with a number of products under your belt, and that you have not got other potential areas to invest in. I do not know if, Orlando, if you have any other-
Catherine Isted: The amount that we would pay to opt in would obviously depend on the amount of time we have left on our patent, with our patents running out to 2035. This is the best way of us benefiting from that indication expansion, in terms of, because we know how long we have got left effectively on our patent clock when we are paying the financing for that. I think most people would see, especially a pharma company at our stage as not at the stage of developing and paying dividends, or share buybacks. I think that is something you would expect maybe once you are far more mature, with a number of products under your belt, and that you have not got other potential areas to invest in. I do not know if, Orlando, if you have any other-
Speaker #1: This is the best way of us benefiting from that indication expansion in terms of because we know how long we've got left effectively on our patent clock when we're paying the financing for that.
Speaker #1: I think most people would see especially pharma company at our stage as not at the stage of developing and paying dividends. Or share buybacks.
Speaker #1: I think that is something you would expect maybe once you're far more mature with a number of products under your belt. And that you haven't got other potential areas to invest in.
Speaker #1: I don't know if Orlando if you have any suggestions.
Speaker #2: Oh yes perfect. Yeah perfect.
Orlando Oliveira: I think that is perfect.
Orlando Oliveira: I think that is perfect.
Catherine Isted: Yeah.
Catherine Isted: Yeah.
Orlando Oliveira: That is perfect.
Orlando Oliveira: That is perfect.
Speaker #1: Right. I will next one. Question is can you please update on current market shares in your launch markets. Obviously Germany Austria and UK and comment on Spain and Italy and how you expect them to evolve in H2.
Catherine Isted: Right. Next one. Question is: can you please update on current market shares in your launch markets of Germany, Austria, and UK, and comment on Spain and Italy and how you expect them to evolve in H2?
Catherine Isted: Right. Next one. Question is: can you please update on current market shares in your launch markets of Germany, Austria, and UK, and comment on Spain and Italy and how you expect them to evolve in H2?
Speaker #2: No great question. So I think I mean you guys have seen in the slides Austria is leading the way with 50% share in DMD patients.
Orlando Oliveira: No, great question. I mean, you guys have seen in the slides Austria is leading the way with 50% share in DMD patients, Germany with 40%. We do see still potential in these two markets for growth. UK, we're growing. We don't have validated market share tracking as we have in the other two countries that I've just mentioned, through IQVIA. But we're growing. We're not at the level yet of Germany, but there's a significant steep growth. I mean, if you look again at our sales growth from Q2 from Q1, it's pretty inspiring. And nothing would be against us getting the same type of market share as we have in Germany and Austria today with the UK. I think for Italy and Spain, it's too early to comment on market shares. We got reimbursement over the summer.
Orlando Oliveira: No, great question. I mean, you guys have seen in the slides Austria is leading the way with 50% share in DMD patients, Germany with 40%. We do see still potential in these two markets for growth. UK, we're growing. We don't have validated market share tracking as we have in the other two countries that I've just mentioned, through IQVIA. But we're growing. We're not at the level yet of Germany, but there's a significant steep growth. I mean, if you look again at our sales growth from Q2 from Q1, it's pretty inspiring. And nothing would be against us getting the same type of market share as we have in Germany and Austria today with the UK. I think for Italy and Spain, it's too early to comment on market shares. We got reimbursement over the summer.
Speaker #2: Germany with 40%. We do see still potential in these two markets for growth. UK we're growing. We don't have validated market share tracking as we have in the other two countries that I've just mentioned.
Speaker #2: Through IQVIA. But we're growing. We're not at the level yet of Germany. But there's a significant steep growth. I mean if you look again at our sales growth from Q2 from Q1.
Speaker #2: It's pretty inspiring. And nothing would be against us getting the same type of market shares we have in Germany and Austria today with the UK.
Speaker #2: I think for Italy and Spain it's too early. I mean to comment on market shares. We got reimbursement over the summer. We're now really working hard on securing regional market access.
Orlando Oliveira: We're now really working hard on securing regional market access. We see significant sales in both those countries already coming in, but it would be way too early for me to talk about market shares. That would not be the right metric, let's say, at this stage for these two countries. Having said that, for the second half of the year, we expect to continue expansion in all these countries. And of course, Austria at the moment is the benchmark for everyone else, at least. And we have a competitive team here, so I know everyone wants to either match or exceed those shares, and that's what we're striving for.
Orlando Oliveira: We're now really working hard on securing regional market access. We see significant sales in both those countries already coming in, but it would be way too early for me to talk about market shares. That would not be the right metric, let's say, at this stage for these two countries. Having said that, for the second half of the year, we expect to continue expansion in all these countries. And of course, Austria at the moment is the benchmark for everyone else, at least. And we have a competitive team here, so I know everyone wants to either match or exceed those shares, and that's what we're striving for.
Speaker #2: We see significant sales in both those countries already coming in. But it would be way too early for me to talk about market shares.
Speaker #2: That would not be the right metric let's say at this stage for these two countries. I think said that for the second half of the year we expect to continue expansion in all these countries.
Speaker #2: And of course I mean Austria at the moment is the benchmark for everyone else at least. And you know we have a competitive team here.
Speaker #2: So I know everyone wants to either match or exceed those shares. And that's why we're striving for.
Speaker #1: So another question here. This is around the mandatory pricing discount in Germany that we have from Q1 27 which as I mentioned was unexpected.
Catherine Isted: So another question here. This is around the mandatory pricing discount in Germany that we have from Q1 2027, which as I mentioned, was unexpected. It said, "Could you elaborate on the underlying trigger and how should we think about the magnitude versus the pricing impact experienced in the first half of 2026?" Yes, this was an unusual move by the German government. So they have done an across-the-board discount on all pharmaceutical companies and all pharmaceutical products. We haven't seen that before, which is why I said it came as a surprise, and we've had to obviously adjust our cash models for that. The order of magnitude is around an 8.5% additional discount that starts in the first, well, beginning of 2027. I think that answers both parts of that question. Moving on to the next question.
Catherine Isted: So another question here. This is around the mandatory pricing discount in Germany that we have from Q1 2027, which as I mentioned, was unexpected. It said, "Could you elaborate on the underlying trigger and how should we think about the magnitude versus the pricing impact experienced in the first half of 2026?" Yes, this was an unusual move by the German government. So they have done an across-the-board discount on all pharmaceutical companies and all pharmaceutical products. We haven't seen that before, which is why I said it came as a surprise, and we've had to obviously adjust our cash models for that. The order of magnitude is around an 8.5% additional discount that starts in the first, well, beginning of 2027. I think that answers both parts of that question. Moving on to the next question.
Speaker #1: It said could you elaborate on the underlying trigger and how should we think about the magnitude versus the pricing impact experience in the first half of 26.
Speaker #1: So yes this was an unusual move by the German government. So they have done an across the board discount on all pharmaceutical companies and all pharmaceutical products.
Speaker #1: We haven't seen that before. Which is why said it came as a surprise and we've had to obviously adjust our cash models for that.
Speaker #1: The order of magnitude is around an 8.5% additional discount that starts in the first beginning of 2027. I think that answers both parts of that question.
Speaker #1: Moving on to the next question. Regarding the markets where reimbursement discussions are ongoing can you clarify what is meant by alternative axis routes. Are these intended to support patient access until full reimbursement is secured or are there markets you expect such pathways to remain the primary source to commercialization on a longer term basis.
Catherine Isted: Regarding the markets where reimbursement discussions are ongoing, can you clarify what is meant by alternative access routes? Are these intended to support patient access until full reimbursement is secured, or are there markets you expect such pathways to remain a primary source to commercialization on a longer-term basis?
Catherine Isted: Regarding the markets where reimbursement discussions are ongoing, can you clarify what is meant by alternative access routes? Are these intended to support patient access until full reimbursement is secured, or are there markets you expect such pathways to remain a primary source to commercialization on a longer-term basis?
Speaker #2: So it's a great question. I think I mean we'll have to look into country by country situation. But indeed the plan would be here to adopt an early access program in some of these countries.
Orlando Oliveira: So it's a great question. I think we'll have to look into country-by-country situation. But indeed, the plan would be here to adopt an early access program in some of these countries, either a cohort program or named patient programs. This will vary, obviously, by country, the approach. The idea would be indeed to try to bridge between now and a reimbursed, let's say, drug. More details to follow, but this is what we're looking at in collaboration with the medical team at the moment.
Orlando Oliveira: So it's a great question. I think we'll have to look into country-by-country situation. But indeed, the plan would be here to adopt an early access program in some of these countries, either a cohort program or named patient programs. This will vary, obviously, by country, the approach. The idea would be indeed to try to bridge between now and a reimbursed, let's say, drug. More details to follow, but this is what we're looking at in collaboration with the medical team at the moment.
Speaker #2: Either a cohort program or name patient programs. And this will vary obviously by country. The approach. And the idea would be indeed to try to bridge between now and a reimbursed let's say drug.
Speaker #2: More details to follow but this is what we're looking at in collaboration with the medical team at the moment.
Speaker #1: Okay. The next question is around guidance. You mentioned 250 million euros sorry 250 million euros discount. 250 million Swiss francs. Target. So Swiss francs.
Catherine Isted: Okay. The next question is around guidance. You mentioned EUR 250 million. Sorry, EUR 250 million. That's francs.
Catherine Isted: Okay. The next question is around guidance. You mentioned EUR 250 million. Sorry, EUR 250 million. That's francs.
Orlando Oliveira: Swiss francs.
Orlando Oliveira: Swiss francs.
Catherine Isted: 250 million Swiss francs target. So Swiss francs. Could you give more details regarding the parts of that? Just to be clear, the guidance is CHF 250 million. I wanted to make sure it was actually in the currency that we report in. Hence, that is why we moved the 2028 guidance also into Swiss francs as well. We have talked about in the past that, and I am now going to switch into euros, targeting EUR 150 million in our own direct markets. That remains the same. Otherwise, the other components for that are distributor markets, which I think people generally underestimate. We have tried to give you a bit more color in this presentation about the potential there. As Orlando said, we actually now have Poland, which is the sixth largest country in Europe as of 1 October as well.
Catherine Isted: 250 million Swiss francs target. So Swiss francs. Could you give more details regarding the parts of that? Just to be clear, the guidance is CHF 250 million. I wanted to make sure it was actually in the currency that we report in. Hence, that is why we moved the 2028 guidance also into Swiss francs as well. We have talked about in the past that, and I am now going to switch into euros, targeting EUR 150 million in our own direct markets. That remains the same. Otherwise, the other components for that are distributor markets, which I think people generally underestimate. We have tried to give you a bit more color in this presentation about the potential there. As Orlando said, we actually now have Poland, which is the sixth largest country in Europe as of 1 October as well.
Speaker #1: Could you give more details regarding the parts of that. So just to be clear the guidance is 250 million Swiss francs. I wanted to make sure it was actually in the currency that we report in and hence that's why we moved the 2028 guidance also into Swiss francs as well.
Speaker #1: We have talked about in the past that and I am now going to switch into euros targeting 150 million euros in our own direct markets.
Speaker #1: So that remains the same. Otherwise the other components of that are distributor markets which I think people generally underestimate. And we've tried to give you a bit more color in this presentation about the potential there.
Speaker #1: And as Orlando said you know we actually now have Poland which is the sixth largest country in Europe as of the first of October as well.
Speaker #1: And then there are the revenues from our royalties I should say from our licensing partners which by 2030 will be not only catalyst and sperogenics but we're also expecting next year as well.
Catherine Isted: Then there are the revenues from our royalties, I should say, from our licensing partners, which by 2030 will be not only Catalyst and Sperogenix, but we are also expecting Nxera as well. I will say that those royalties, however, are only on DMD. If by 2030 any of those licensing partners are also selling products, selling AGAMREE in other indications, that will be additional royalties. So we get royalties on any indication they are in, but those other indications are not factored into the guidance. That would be upside. The one area that is different from today, we would not expect any revenues from our supply of products and services by 2030. The reason is that Nxera is producing their own product. So is Catalyst. By then we would also expect Sperogenix, it is around 2028, to be producing their own products as well. Hopefully, that helps with that question.
Catherine Isted: Then there are the revenues from our royalties, I should say, from our licensing partners, which by 2030 will be not only Catalyst and Sperogenix, but we are also expecting Nxera as well. I will say that those royalties, however, are only on DMD. If by 2030 any of those licensing partners are also selling products, selling AGAMREE in other indications, that will be additional royalties. So we get royalties on any indication they are in, but those other indications are not factored into the guidance. That would be upside. The one area that is different from today, we would not expect any revenues from our supply of products and services by 2030. The reason is that Nxera is producing their own product. So is Catalyst. By then we would also expect Sperogenix, it is around 2028, to be producing their own products as well. Hopefully, that helps with that question.
Speaker #1: I will say that those royalties however are only on DMD. So if by 2030 any of those licensing partners are also selling products selling a gamma in other indications that will be additional royalties.
Speaker #1: So we get royalties on any indication they're in. But those other indications are not factored into the guidance. So that would be upside. The one area that is different from today we wouldn't expect any revenues from our supply of products and services.
Speaker #1: By 2020 by 2030 the reason is that Nextera is producing their own product so is catalyst. And by then we'd also expect sperogenics. It's around 2028 to be producing their own products as well.
Speaker #1: Hopefully that helps with that question. The next question. Does the unexpected price cut in Germany bear the risk of further price and pressure in some of your other markets.
Catherine Isted: The next question. "Does the unexpected price cut in Germany bear the risk of further pricing pressure in some of your other markets?
Catherine Isted: The next question. "Does the unexpected price cut in Germany bear the risk of further pricing pressure in some of your other markets?
Speaker #2: Yeah. No that's a good question. I mean not necessarily because it will not affect the initial listed price that was negotiated. And also to reassure everyone Germany has anyway one of the highest list prices in Europe which you know puts us in a very good space anyway in terms of reference pricing towards other markets.
Orlando Oliveira: Yeah. No, that is a good question. I mean, not necessarily because it will not affect the initial listed price that was negotiated. Also to reassure everyone, Germany has anyway one of the highest list prices in Europe, which puts us in a very good space anyway in terms of reference pricing towards other markets.
Orlando Oliveira: Yeah. No, that is a good question. I mean, not necessarily because it will not affect the initial listed price that was negotiated. Also to reassure everyone, Germany has anyway one of the highest list prices in Europe, which puts us in a very good space anyway in terms of reference pricing towards other markets.
Speaker #1: And I think actually to add that even with that additional 8.5% reduction this is significantly above the guidance that we gave of 2000 euros a bottle.
Catherine Isted: I think actually to add that even with that additional 8.5% reduction, this is significantly above the guidance that we gave of EUR 2,000 a bottle. I think we have to remember that. That the guidance for 150 is based on only EUR 2,000 a bottle. So we are well above that. Moving on to the next question. "Can you give some indication- One second. "Which part of the milestones and royalties on sales are going to financial companies now, and which percentage of royalties will go to Santhera now versus 2030?" That. Okay. There is a second part to the question I will come back to. Just as a reminder that as of last year, all of our royalties from Catalyst and Sperogenix are currently going to our royalty partners, that is CBC and Partners Group. We expect to pay that back in the circa 2030 timeframe.
Catherine Isted: I think actually to add that even with that additional 8.5% reduction, this is significantly above the guidance that we gave of EUR 2,000 a bottle. I think we have to remember that. That the guidance for 150 is based on only EUR 2,000 a bottle. So we are well above that. Moving on to the next question. "Can you give some indication- One second. "Which part of the milestones and royalties on sales are going to financial companies now, and which percentage of royalties will go to Santhera now versus 2030?" That. Okay. There is a second part to the question I will come back to. Just as a reminder that as of last year, all of our royalties from Catalyst and Sperogenix are currently going to our royalty partners, that is CBC and Partners Group. We expect to pay that back in the circa 2030 timeframe.
Speaker #1: So I think we have to remember that. That the guidance for 150 is based on only 2000 euros a bottle. So we're well above that.
Speaker #1: Moving on to the next question. Can you give some indication well which part of the milestones and royalties on sales are going to financial companies now and which percentage of royalties will go to Santhera in 20 now versus 2030.
Speaker #1: That's okay. There's a second part to the question I'll come back to. So just as a reminder that as of last year we have all of our royalties from catalyst and sperogenics.
Speaker #1: Our currently going to our royalty partners that's CDC and partners group. We expect to pay that back in the 20 circa 2030 time frame.
Speaker #1: However if there are launches in other indications which mean that sales are higher then that potentially could be brought forward. Also if there is NRDL listing in China which would significantly increase the market size and potential in China.
Catherine Isted: However, if there are launches in other indications which mean that sales are higher, then that potentially could be brought forward. Also, if there is an NRDL listing in China, which would significantly increase the market size and potential in China, that could also potentially bring the time to pay back forward from the 2030 timeframe. So that is that question. "How many products are planned to in-license in the coming years, and how will in-licensing additional products be financed?
Catherine Isted: However, if there are launches in other indications which mean that sales are higher, then that potentially could be brought forward. Also, if there is an NRDL listing in China, which would significantly increase the market size and potential in China, that could also potentially bring the time to pay back forward from the 2030 timeframe. So that is that question. "How many products are planned to in-license in the coming years, and how will in-licensing additional products be financed?
Speaker #1: That could also potentially bring the time to pay back forward from the 2030 time frame. So that's that question. How many products are planned to in-license in the coming years and how will in-licensing additional products be financed.
Speaker #1: So indeed.
Speaker #2: Thank you. No I mean definitely we will go step by step. Our goal is first to secure one product. And I think as mentioned before our desire would be to get a product that is synergistic ideally commercially ready or very close to be commercial.
Orlando Oliveira: Thank you. No, definitely we will go step by step. Our goal is first to secure one product, and I think as mentioned before, our desire would be to get a product that is synergistic, ideally commercially ready or very close to be commercial. I think once we achieve that, we will be thinking and continuing expanding the portfolio, maybe one day adding a pipeline even. But I think we need to be cognizant that this has a cost. So, I will be very happy if we go step by step as the first asset and then keep you up to date in further potential developments on the BD side.
Orlando Oliveira: Thank you. No, definitely we will go step by step. Our goal is first to secure one product, and I think as mentioned before, our desire would be to get a product that is synergistic, ideally commercially ready or very close to be commercial. I think once we achieve that, we will be thinking and continuing expanding the portfolio, maybe one day adding a pipeline even. But I think we need to be cognizant that this has a cost. So, I will be very happy if we go step by step as the first asset and then keep you up to date in further potential developments on the BD side.
Speaker #2: And I think once we've you know really achieved that we'll be thinking and continuing expanding the portfolio. Maybe one day adding a pipeline even.
Speaker #2: But I think we need to be cognizant that this has a cost. So I mean I'll be very happy if we go step by step in license the first asset and then keep you up to date in you know further potential developments on the DT side.
Speaker #1: The second component of that is in terms of in-licensing additional products. Well it is quite interesting. It depends on what structure you have. So if you are in-licensing normally the upfront would be in the order of magnitude of about 10% of peak sales.
Catherine Isted: The second component of that is in terms of in-licensing additional products. Well, it is quite easy. It depends on what structure you have. So if you are in-licensing, normally the upfront would be in the order of magnitude of about 10% of peak sales. As a reminder, the approximate size of peak sales we are looking at is 50 to 200 million of peak sales. However, that is a licensing deal. We could also look at a distribution deal, which then has the option to convert into a licensing deal. An upfront of a distribution deal is very small. It would be in the low single-digit millions. So it really depends on the type of deal structure that we work with. Also, in terms of financing, I think we have a number of options open to us.
Catherine Isted: The second component of that is in terms of in-licensing additional products. Well, it is quite easy. It depends on what structure you have. So if you are in-licensing, normally the upfront would be in the order of magnitude of about 10% of peak sales. As a reminder, the approximate size of peak sales we are looking at is 50 to 200 million of peak sales. However, that is a licensing deal. We could also look at a distribution deal, which then has the option to convert into a licensing deal. An upfront of a distribution deal is very small. It would be in the low single-digit millions. So it really depends on the type of deal structure that we work with. Also, in terms of financing, I think we have a number of options open to us.
Speaker #1: As a reminder the approximate size of peak sales we're looking at is 50 to 200 million of peak sales. However that is a licensing deal.
Speaker #1: We could also look at a distribution deal which then has the option to convert into a licensing deal. An upfront of a distribution deal is very small.
Speaker #1: It would be in the low single digit million. So it really depends on the type of deal structure that we that we work with.
Speaker #1: Also in terms of financing I think we have a number of options open to us. I don't think it's appropriate to go into all of those at the current time.
Catherine Isted: I don't think it's appropriate to go into all of those at the current time. But we certainly have a lot of people interested in our company if we are looking to add an additional product because they can see the benefit of that operational efficiency. This one is, I think, for yourself.
Catherine Isted: I don't think it's appropriate to go into all of those at the current time. But we certainly have a lot of people interested in our company if we are looking to add an additional product because they can see the benefit of that operational efficiency. This one is, I think, for yourself.
Speaker #1: But we certainly have a lot of people interested in our company if we are looking to add an additional product because they can see the benefits of that operational efficiency.
Speaker #1: So this one is I think for yourself. So now there's a multi-part question here. So I'll start with the first one. In Germany and the 50% volume growth.
Orlando Oliveira: Yeah.
Orlando Oliveira: Yeah.
Catherine Isted: So, now there's a multi-part question here, I'll start with the first one. "In Germany, in the 50% volume growth," this is talking about the growth, "what is the mix of new switchers and older patients? Previously, would you have been majority switching, but perhaps mix shifting?
Catherine Isted: So, now there's a multi-part question here, I'll start with the first one. "In Germany, in the 50% volume growth," this is talking about the growth, "what is the mix of new switchers and older patients? Previously, would you have been majority switching, but perhaps mix shifting?
Speaker #1: So this is talking about the growth. What is the mix of new switches and older patients. Previously would you have been majority switching but perhaps mixed.
Speaker #2: Mixed switching.
Speaker #1: Shifting.
Orlando Oliveira: Mix shifting. No, I think that's a great question. Definitely you're right. The initial part of our business was really coming from switches from deflazacort and prednisolone. But now we see an evolution, indeed, with new patients coming in as well. What is exciting is that older patients are also now being treated with AGAMREE. We don't have precise numbers in terms of share, and I will not try to guess here, but we definitely see that dynamic, which also explains, you're right, the significant volume growth we have assisted so far. The commercial team is now very focused in going more granular in their strategy in terms of patient types, patient ages, and so forth, and I think this is paying off. I think number 2 we've already responded. Pricing discount, reference pricing.
Orlando Oliveira: Mix shifting. No, I think that's a great question. Definitely you're right. The initial part of our business was really coming from switches from deflazacort and prednisolone. But now we see an evolution, indeed, with new patients coming in as well. What is exciting is that older patients are also now being treated with AGAMREE. We don't have precise numbers in terms of share, and I will not try to guess here, but we definitely see that dynamic, which also explains, you're right, the significant volume growth we have assisted so far. The commercial team is now very focused in going more granular in their strategy in terms of patient types, patient ages, and so forth, and I think this is paying off. I think number 2 we've already responded. Pricing discount, reference pricing.
Speaker #2: No I think that's a great question. I mean definitely you're right. The initial part of our business was really coming from switches from the Pfizer court and prednisolone.
Speaker #2: But now we see an evolution indeed. The new patients coming in as well. And what is exciting is that older patients are also now being treated with the Gamri.
Speaker #2: We don't have precise numbers in terms of share and I will not try to guess here but we definitely see that dynamic which also explains you're right the volume the significant volume growth we have assisted so far.
Speaker #2: I mean the commercial team is now very focused in going more granular in their strategy in terms of patient types patient ages and so forth.
Speaker #2: And I think this is paying off. I think number two is what you responded pricing discount reference pricing.
Speaker #1: That's how we mitigate. So it's also on Germany pricing and the discounts that's coming in in January is there anything you could do to mitigate that and given Germany is often a reference price what the implications for pricing on the markets.
Catherine Isted: It's how we mitigate.
Catherine Isted: It's how we mitigate.
Orlando Oliveira: Yeah.
Orlando Oliveira: Yeah.
Catherine Isted: So on Germany pricing and the discounts that is coming in in January
Catherine Isted: So on Germany pricing and the discounts that is coming in in January
Orlando Oliveira: 15 January.
Orlando Oliveira: 15 January.
Catherine Isted: Is there anything for you to do to mitigate that? And given Germany is often a reference price, what is the implications for pricing in other markets? Actually, there is not any implications for other markets because this is a discount. The actual price that you see remains the same. So, thankfully, there is no knock-on impact for this 8.5% reduction. So it is just a slightly different way of how they calculate it, rather than the list price reducing. I think otherwise, we have commented on how we will mitigate the drop, which obviously we are expecting continued sales growth in that territory. And as we saw, the data that we have got in older patients in Germany, I am sure will be helpful to that. The third question, sorry, that has been answered. What is the breakdown of the 2030 target? Any update on your progression seeking new products to license, acquire to leverage your platform?
Catherine Isted: Is there anything for you to do to mitigate that? And given Germany is often a reference price, what is the implications for pricing in other markets? Actually, there is not any implications for other markets because this is a discount. The actual price that you see remains the same. So, thankfully, there is no knock-on impact for this 8.5% reduction. So it is just a slightly different way of how they calculate it, rather than the list price reducing. I think otherwise, we have commented on how we will mitigate the drop, which obviously we are expecting continued sales growth in that territory. And as we saw, the data that we have got in older patients in Germany, I am sure will be helpful to that. The third question, sorry, that has been answered. What is the breakdown of the 2030 target? Any update on your progression seeking new products to license, acquire to leverage your platform?
Speaker #1: Actually there isn't any implications for other markets because this is a discount. It's actually the actual price that you see remains the same. So thankfully there is no knock on impact for this.
Speaker #1: This 8.5% reduction. So it is just slightly different way of how they calculate it rather than the list price reducing. I think otherwise we'd commented on I mean how we'll mitigate the drop was obviously we have we're expecting continued sales growth in that territory and as we saw the data that we've got in older patients in Germany I'm sure will be helpful to that.
Speaker #1: The third question sorry that has been answered. What's the breakdown of the 2030 target. Any up whether or not so any update on your progress in seeking new products to license acquired to leverage your platform.
Speaker #2: Yeah no I mean the only update I think was already referred. We have a new head of BD that joined us also in June which has been very very active in screening and assessing opportunities along with the team.
Orlando Oliveira: Yeah. No, the only update I think was already referred. We have a new head of BD that joined us also in June, which has been very, very active in screening and assessing opportunities along with the team. So no concrete update, but just that we are really busy and active in trying to identify the right asset. And of course, we want to do a deal, but it has to be the right asset.
Orlando Oliveira: Yeah. No, the only update I think was already referred. We have a new head of BD that joined us also in June, which has been very, very active in screening and assessing opportunities along with the team. So no concrete update, but just that we are really busy and active in trying to identify the right asset. And of course, we want to do a deal, but it has to be the right asset.
Speaker #2: So any no concrete update but just that we're really busy and active in trying to identify the right asset. And of course we want to do a deal but it has to be the right asset.
Speaker #1: And then a question around LatAm. What is the potential timing for a partnership in LatAm.
Catherine Isted: And then a question around Latam. "What is the potential timing for a partnership in Latam?
Catherine Isted: And then a question around Latam. "What is the potential timing for a partnership in Latam?
Speaker #2: I think we have communicated before that we would like to do it in 26. My answer will be similar to the one previously. We want to get the right partner.
Orlando Oliveira: I think we have communicated before that we would like to do it in 2026. My answer will be similar to the one previously. We want to get the right partner. We have great candidates at the moment, but we need to make sure the terms are right, that the conditions are right, that the deal is elaborated the right way. We would hope that this is to come soon, but we cannot share a precise timeline at the moment.
Orlando Oliveira: I think we have communicated before that we would like to do it in 2026. My answer will be similar to the one previously. We want to get the right partner. We have great candidates at the moment, but we need to make sure the terms are right, that the conditions are right, that the deal is elaborated the right way. We would hope that this is to come soon, but we cannot share a precise timeline at the moment.
Speaker #2: We have great candidates at the moment but we need to make sure the terms are right that the conditions are right that the deal is elaborate the right way.
Speaker #2: So we would hope that this is to come soon. But we cannot share a precise timeline at the moment.
Speaker #1: Okay. And at the moment this is going to be the final question unless any others come up. I like this question. Can you elaborate on how prescription behavior has changed after the presentation of the Guardian study.
Catherine Isted: Okay. At the moment, this is going to be the final question, unless any others come up. I like this question. "Can you elaborate on how prescription behavior has changed after the presentation of the GUARDIAN study, and how do you expect it to impact your peak sales potential in DMD?
Catherine Isted: Okay. At the moment, this is going to be the final question, unless any others come up. I like this question. "Can you elaborate on how prescription behavior has changed after the presentation of the GUARDIAN study, and how do you expect it to impact your peak sales potential in DMD?
Speaker #1: And how do you expect it to impact your peak sales potential in DMD.
Speaker #2: Cool. No I think we all love that question. I mean the short answer there has been an impact on prescription behavior. Moreover there's been an impact on reimbursement behavior.
Orlando Oliveira: Cool. No, I think we all love that question. I mean, the short answer, there has been an impact on prescription behavior. Moreover, there has been an impact on reimbursement behavior. It is fair to say that the long-term GUARDIAN data has helped us significantly achieving reimbursement in Italy and Spain, and of course, that has also driven prescription behavior positively in countries that are more established, like Germany, Austria, and the UK. I will pass the ball quickly to Shabir, which can add a bit more color.
Orlando Oliveira: Cool. No, I think we all love that question. I mean, the short answer, there has been an impact on prescription behavior. Moreover, there has been an impact on reimbursement behavior. It is fair to say that the long-term GUARDIAN data has helped us significantly achieving reimbursement in Italy and Spain, and of course, that has also driven prescription behavior positively in countries that are more established, like Germany, Austria, and the UK. I will pass the ball quickly to Shabir, which can add a bit more color.
Speaker #2: I mean it's fair to say that the long-term Guardian data has helped us significantly achieving reimbursement in Italy and Spain. And of course that has also driven you know prescription behavior positively in countries that are more established like Germany Austria and the UK.
Speaker #2: But I'll pass the ball quickly to Shabir which can add a little bit more color.
Speaker #1: Thank you Orlando. So there's a couple of perspective I'd like to add to this in terms of where the impact is and why. And then you'll understand why we're so excited.
Shabir Hasham: Thank you, Orlando. There is a couple of perspectives I would like to add to this in terms of where the impact is and why, and then you will understand why we are so excited. When we look at corticosteroids, we know that currently they are used across all segments of patients. What we have deliberately done is had an approach to trying to generate the most effective data for each segment, addressing the problems for each segment, and there are distinct problems by patient age. The GUARDIAN data basically showed for us what was the most important data set was the durability and efficacy. That was really the door that opened for us that we could not previously demonstrate. Physicians have two main problems. They start steroids late because these kids are very young. They do not want to arrest growth. They do not want to cause fractures in a very young child.
Shabir Hasham: Thank you, Orlando. There is a couple of perspectives I would like to add to this in terms of where the impact is and why, and then you will understand why we are so excited. When we look at corticosteroids, we know that currently they are used across all segments of patients. What we have deliberately done is had an approach to trying to generate the most effective data for each segment, addressing the problems for each segment, and there are distinct problems by patient age. The GUARDIAN data basically showed for us what was the most important data set was the durability and efficacy. That was really the door that opened for us that we could not previously demonstrate. Physicians have two main problems. They start steroids late because these kids are very young. They do not want to arrest growth. They do not want to cause fractures in a very young child.
Speaker #1: When we look at corticosteroids we know that currently they're used across all segments of patients. And so what we have deliberately done is had an approach to trying to generate the most effective data for each segment addressing the problems for each segment.
Speaker #1: And there are distinct problems by patient age. The Guardian data basically showed for us what was the most important data set was the durability and efficacy.
Speaker #1: That was really the door that opened for us that we couldn't previously demonstrate. Physicians have two main problems. They start steroids late because these kids are very very young.
Speaker #1: They don't want to arrest growth. They don't want to cause fractures in a very young child. And so of course for us to be able to demonstrate that in the young child you could treat earlier without the fear of stunting growth and a much reduced risk of bone has really helped uptake in new patients especially now that we can show long-term efficacy.
Shabir Hasham: For us to be able to demonstrate that in the young child, you could treat earlier without the fear of stunting growth and a much-reduced risk of bone has really helped uptake in new patients, especially now that we can show long-term efficacy. So they start straight away with vamorolone. I should add that this year we also got approval in our label to expand the patient population, which is now 2 years and older, as it was 4 years and older previously. So physicians now really have the option to treat younger, and that is actually opening the market. These are previously untreated patients. In terms of the older switch segment, which of course is the largest segment and a key focus for us. Initially at launch, we were looking at safety switches.
Shabir Hasham: For us to be able to demonstrate that in the young child, you could treat earlier without the fear of stunting growth and a much-reduced risk of bone has really helped uptake in new patients, especially now that we can show long-term efficacy. So they start straight away with vamorolone. I should add that this year we also got approval in our label to expand the patient population, which is now 2 years and older, as it was 4 years and older previously. So physicians now really have the option to treat younger, and that is actually opening the market. These are previously untreated patients. In terms of the older switch segment, which of course is the largest segment and a key focus for us. Initially at launch, we were looking at safety switches.
Speaker #1: So they start straight away with Remoron. And I should add that this year we also got approval in our label to expand the patient older as it was four years and older previously.
Speaker #1: So physicians now really have the option to treat younger and that's actually opening the market. These are previously untreated patients. In terms of the older switch segment which of course is the largest segment and at launch we were looking at safety switches.
Speaker #1: So these were children who were having issues with tolerability issues on current standards of care and of course these were switched quite rapidly in the initial uptake phase.
Shabir Hasham: These were children who were having issues, tolerability issues on current standards of care. Of course, these were switched quite rapidly in the initial uptake phase. But now we are able to show durable efficacy. That hesitancy in switch has gone. We are seeing a lot more physicians aggressively moving to vamorolone now because we have demonstrated equivalent efficacy where safety becomes important because now they are treating before the safety problems and the tolerability problems. So there is a philosophy to try to treat now earlier with vamorolone to avoid issues. Of course, the poster that we presented and the data that we plan to collect now in 2027 focus very much more on this switch segment and older boy segment with data that is very particular to their stage of disease. So we will be looking at upper limb function.
Shabir Hasham: These were children who were having issues, tolerability issues on current standards of care. Of course, these were switched quite rapidly in the initial uptake phase. But now we are able to show durable efficacy. That hesitancy in switch has gone. We are seeing a lot more physicians aggressively moving to vamorolone now because we have demonstrated equivalent efficacy where safety becomes important because now they are treating before the safety problems and the tolerability problems. So there is a philosophy to try to treat now earlier with vamorolone to avoid issues. Of course, the poster that we presented and the data that we plan to collect now in 2027 focus very much more on this switch segment and older boy segment with data that is very particular to their stage of disease. So we will be looking at upper limb function.
Speaker #1: But now we're able to show durable efficacy that hesitancy in switch has gone. We're seeing a lot more physicians aggressively moving to Remoron now because we have demonstrated equivalent efficacy where safety becomes important because now you're treating before the safety problems and the tolerability problems.
Speaker #1: So there's a philosophy to try to treat now earlier with Remoron to avoid issues. And of course the poster that we presented and the data that we plan to collect now in 2027 focus very much more on this switch segment and older boy segment with data that is very particular to their stage of disease.
Speaker #1: So we'll be looking at upper limb function. We'll be looking at respiratory function. Some signals within cardiac function. Of course these are really the important efficacy measures.
Shabir Hasham: We will be looking at respiratory function, some signals within cardiac function. Of course, these are really the important efficacy measures. But we will also be looking at measures that are very important to families and boys. Puberty we will be looking at. We will be looking at blood pressure, glucose metabolism. So there is a wealth of data that were coming out. The exciting thing for us is we can actually see changes in the market as we announce these data. I get feedback from a lot of the physicians that I speak to that their confidence in vamorolone is improving, and their willingness to switch is also increasing earlier. That is really a very logical expansion of the market, but also uptake and increase in market share across segments.
Shabir Hasham: We will be looking at respiratory function, some signals within cardiac function. Of course, these are really the important efficacy measures. But we will also be looking at measures that are very important to families and boys. Puberty we will be looking at. We will be looking at blood pressure, glucose metabolism. So there is a wealth of data that were coming out. The exciting thing for us is we can actually see changes in the market as we announce these data. I get feedback from a lot of the physicians that I speak to that their confidence in vamorolone is improving, and their willingness to switch is also increasing earlier. That is really a very logical expansion of the market, but also uptake and increase in market share across segments.
Speaker #1: But we will also be looking at measures that are very important for families and boys. Puberty we will be looking at. We'll be looking at blood pressure, glucose metabolism.
Speaker #1: So there's a wealth of data that we're coming out. The exciting thing for us is we can actually see changes in the market as we announce these data I get feedback from a lot of the physicians that I speak to that they're confident in Remoron is improving and they're willingness to switch is also increasing.
Speaker #1: The earlier and so that's really a very logical expansion of the market but also uptake and increasing market share across segments. Thanks Shabir. We've had one last question coming in.
Catherine Isted: Thanks, Shabbir. We have had one last question coming in. Just coming back on the in-licensing topic. It says, "Is the uncertainty around MFN pricing still impacting your partner discussions, or are, in particular US companies, more open again to discuss out-licensing assets to the EU?
Catherine Isted: Thanks, Shabbir. We have had one last question coming in. Just coming back on the in-licensing topic. It says, "Is the uncertainty around MFN pricing still impacting your partner discussions, or are, in particular US companies, more open again to discuss out-licensing assets to the EU?
Speaker #1: Just coming back on the in-licensing topic. And it says is the uncertainty around MFN pricing still impacting your partner discussions or are in particular US companies more open again to discuss out-licensing assets to the EU.
Speaker #4: No, it's a fair question. And I think it's fair to say, yes, there's still some nervousness by US biotechs to come to Europe because of MFN.
Orlando Oliveira: No, it is a fair question, and I think it is fair to say yes, there is still some nervousness by US biotechs to come to Europe because of MFN. Having said that, what is interesting for us is if you look into rare diseases, essentially pediatric rare diseases, the delta between pricing between US and Europe is normally much lower than other areas. So the risk there is much lower. We also know that innovation that is maybe European-focused could be of interest for us. As US biotechs are bringing innovation, but more and more Chinese biotechs are bringing innovation. This has also been a focus for our BD team to assess assets that could come from other parts of the world beyond the US with the right level of innovation, with the right focus in rare diseases that could be interesting, let us say, for more ex-US markets.
Orlando Oliveira: No, it is a fair question, and I think it is fair to say yes, there is still some nervousness by US biotechs to come to Europe because of MFN. Having said that, what is interesting for us is if you look into rare diseases, essentially pediatric rare diseases, the delta between pricing between US and Europe is normally much lower than other areas. So the risk there is much lower. We also know that innovation that is maybe European-focused could be of interest for us. As US biotechs are bringing innovation, but more and more Chinese biotechs are bringing innovation. This has also been a focus for our BD team to assess assets that could come from other parts of the world beyond the US with the right level of innovation, with the right focus in rare diseases that could be interesting, let us say, for more ex-US markets.
Speaker #4: Having said that, I mean, what is interesting for us is if you look into rare diseases, essentially pediatric rare diseases, the delta between pricing between US and Europe is normally much lower than other areas.
Speaker #4: So the risk there is much lower. We also know that innovation that is maybe European-focused could be of interest for us. I mean, there's US biotechs that bring innovation, but more and more Chinese biotechs are bringing innovation.
Speaker #4: This has also been a focus for our BD team to assess assets that could come from other parts of the world beyond the US with the right level of innovation, with the right focusing on rare diseases that could be interesting, let's say, for more ex-US markets.
Speaker #4: And this is something we've been putting some more effort, but we have definitely not given up talking with our US counterparts because, you know, people are waiting to see what MFN really plays out.
Orlando Oliveira: This is something we have been putting some more effort. But we have definitely not given up talks with our US counterparts because people are waiting to see what MFN really plays out. Again, there are areas where MFN has little to no impact, namely pediatric rare diseases.
Orlando Oliveira: This is something we have been putting some more effort. But we have definitely not given up talks with our US counterparts because people are waiting to see what MFN really plays out. Again, there are areas where MFN has little to no impact, namely pediatric rare diseases.
Speaker #4: And again, there are areas where MFN has little to no impact. Namely pediatric rare diseases.
Speaker #5: That's the last question. Fantastic. No, so look, thank you for answering every single question you had through, and there's a fair few of them, so thank you very much indeed for that.
Catherine Isted: That is the last question.
Catherine Isted: That is the last question.
Operator: Fantastic. No, thank you for answering every single question that you had through, and there is a fair few of them. Thank you very much indeed for that. Just before redirecting investors to provide you their feedback, I know it is particularly important to you and the team. Orlando, may I just ask you for a few closing comments, please?
Operator: Fantastic. No, thank you for answering every single question that you had through, and there is a fair few of them. Thank you very much indeed for that. Just before redirecting investors to provide you their feedback, I know it is particularly important to you and the team. Orlando, may I just ask you for a few closing comments, please?
Speaker #5: Just before redirecting investors to provide you their feedback. I know it's particularly important to you and the team. Orlando, may I just ask you for a few closing comments, please?
Speaker #5: No, absolutely. Thank you so much for spending this afternoon
Orlando Oliveira: Absolutely. Thank you so much for spending this afternoon with us. I just wanted to say again the team is very excited about the prospects of AGAMREE. We have achieved a few milestones, but there is still a few more to achieve, and we remain very, very confident that we will be executing on those in the coming months. We have a great team, we have a great product, and that is all that you need to be successful. Please stay tuned and thanks for going on this ride with us.
Orlando Oliveira: Absolutely. Thank you so much for spending this afternoon with us. I just wanted to say again the team is very excited about the prospects of AGAMREE. We have achieved a few milestones, but there is still a few more to achieve, and we remain very, very confident that we will be executing on those in the coming months. We have a great team, we have a great product, and that is all that you need to be successful. Please stay tuned and thanks for going on this ride with us.
Speaker #4: with us. I mean, I just wanted to say again, the team is very excited about the prospects for the gamri. We have achieved a few milestones, but there's still a few more to achieve, and we remain very, very confident that we'll be executing on those in the coming months.
Speaker #4: We have a great team, we have a great product, and that's all that you need to be successful. So please stay tuned. And thanks for, you know, going this ride with us.
Speaker #4: Fantastic.
Operator: Fantastic.
Operator: Fantastic.
Speaker #6: Okay.
Orlando Oliveira: Okay.
Orlando Oliveira: Okay.
Speaker #5: Thank you very much indeed, Orlando. And could I please ask investors not to close the session? You'll be automatically redirected to provide your feedback in order the management team can better understand your views and expectations.
Operator: Thank you very much indeed, Orlando. Could I please ask investors not to close the session? You should be automatically redirected to provide your feedback in order the management team can better understand your views and expectations. This will only take a few moments to complete and is greatly valued by the company. On behalf of the management team of Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holding AG, we would like to thank you for attending today's presentation. That concludes today's session, and good afternoon to you all.
Operator: Thank you very much indeed, Orlando. Could I please ask investors not to close the session? You should be automatically redirected to provide your feedback in order the management team can better understand your views and expectations. This will only take a few moments to complete and is greatly valued by the company. On behalf of the management team of Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holding AG, we would like to thank you for attending today's presentation. That concludes today's session, and good afternoon to you all.
Speaker #5: This will only take a few moments to complete and is greatly valued by the company. On behalf of the management team of Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holdings AG, we'd like to thank you for attending today's presentation.
