Biogen, Inc. (BIIB) will report second-quarter 2020 results on Jul 22, before the market open. In the last reported quarter, the company delivered an earnings surprise of 18.09%.
The company’s performance has been pretty impressive, with earnings beating estimates in each of the trailing four quarters. The company has a four-quarter earnings surprise of 13.45%, on average.
Factors to Consider:
Second-quarter revenues are expected to have been adversely impacted by the absence of the first-quarter benefits. Notably, in the first quarter, MS revenues, excluding Ocrevus royalties, rose over year. First-quarter product sales had benefited from accelerated sales as people stocked up medicines amid coronavirus-led lockdown, primarily in Europe.
Biogen receives royalties on U.S. sales of Roche’s newly launched MS drug, Ocrevus which is likely to have contributed to the top line. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Ocrevus royalties is $198 million.
Among the MS drugs, Tecfidera’s revenues are likely to have been supported by global patient growth. Sales of another MS drug, Tysabri may have risen though partly offset by the impact of Ocrevus launch.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for sales of Tecfidera is pegged at $1.11 billion while that for Tysabri is $444 million.
Vumerity, launched in the United States late in 2019, recorded sequentially lower sales in the first quarter. It remains to be seen if sales have improved in the second quarter.
Spinraza’s new patient starts and regimen compliance may have declined in the United States in the second quarter, particularly among adults due to COVID-19. Outside the United States, the company expects a moderate impact on Spinraza’s demand due to COVID-19. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for sales of Spinraza is $518 million.
Tecfidera’s sales are unlikely to have been significantly affected due to COVID-19 in the second quarter as the majority of Tecfidera prescriptions in the United States are delivered via mail. However, sales of Tysabri and Spinraza are expected to have been hurt by COVID-19 in the second quarter as they are administered in a physician’s office or hospital setting. This means hospitals may have delayed Tysabri and Spinraza infusions while prioritizing treatment of COVID-19 patients or patients may have chosen to delay treatment.
Interestingly, biosimilars have contributed significantly to Biogen’s top line in the past few quarters driven mainly by Imraldi’s launch, a trend that most likely continued in the second quarter.
Investors will look for updates from management on any delay in supply and manufacturing or timeline of some clinical studies due to potential disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic when the company reports.
Key Recent Development:
Earlier this month, Biogen completed the submission of the biologics license application (BLA) to the FDA, seeking approval of aducanumab for Alzheimer’s disease. The completed BLA filing includes data from the ENGAGE and EMERGE phase III studies as well as the phase Ib PRIME study in patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. The FDA will now decide within 60 days whether to accept the application for review and also grant its priority review status if accepted.
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