Orexigen Therapeutics — Update 19 August 2016

Orexigen Therapeutics — Update 19 August 2016

Orexigen Therapeutics

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Orexigen Therapeutics

In control of its own destiny

Q216 earnings

Pharma & biotech

19 August 2016

Price

US$4.37

Market cap

US$64m

Net cash ($m) at 30 June 2016

58

Shares in issue

14.6m

Free float

92.2

Code

OREX

Primary exchange

NASDAQ

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

14.7

13.0

(87.6)

Rel (local)

13.6

5.8

(88.1)

52-week high/low

US$33.2

US$3.3

Business description

Orexigen is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on obesity treatments. The company recently reacquired the rights to sell its sole product, weight management treatment Contrave, in the US from its previous partner, Takeda. Contrave was launched in the US in October 2014 and approved in the EU in March 2015 under the trade name Mysimba.

Next events

Launches in Europe

Q416

Analysts

Maxim Jacobs

+1 646 653 7027

Nathaniel Calloway

+1 646 653 7036

Orexigen Therapeutics is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Orexigen has completed the reacquisition of the US rights to Contrave from Takeda, putting it in control of its own destiny as it is no longer depending on a partner. However, with this opportunity comes quite a bit of risk as operating expenses will balloon to $200m per year over the next few years, more than double the previous level thanks to the need to hire an internal salesforce of 160. These increased expenses are the main reason we are lowering our valuation from $14.70 to $4.80 per share.

Year
end

Revenue ($m)

PBT*
($m)

EPS*
($)

DPS
($)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/14

55.5

(37.5)

(3.17)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/15

24.5

(67.3)

(5.24)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/16e

116.7

(63.3)

(4.31)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/17e

87.3

(110.7)

(7.16)

0.0

N/A

N/A

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

Need to stabilize market share near term

As Takeda pulled back on its promotion following the announcement in March that Orexigen would be reacquiring all rights to Contrave in the US, market share fell from ~7% to 6.6%. With Orexigen just taking control of the detailing, market share could potentially fall further in the near term (as low as 6%, according to Orexigen) during this transition process.

Coverage and taking share from phentermine key

Currently, only around 19% of prescriptions for Contrave in the US are covered by insurance, up from 16% the previous quarter. The rest are paid out of pocket, which limits Orexigen’s pricing power and requires high gross-to-net discounts. Increasing coverage would help increase demand (and take share from phentermine, which has around 80% of the market), while at the same time increase the effective net selling price for Contrave.

Favorable Markman ruling a big positive

Orexigen is currently involved with patent litigation against Actavis, which is attempting to market a generic version of Contrave. In June, the judge issued a Markman ruling in favor of Orexigen, increasing the chances of its eventual success, as well as our confidence in the patent estate, which currently includes 11 patents listed in the Orange Book, the last one expiring in 2032.

Valuation: $4.80 per share

We are lowering our valuation to $70m ($4.80/share) from $213m ($14.70/share, reverse split adjusted) due to increased spending assumptions and lower net cash, although this is mitigated partly as a result of the assumption of a longer patent life, thanks to the positive Markman ruling, improved gross-to-net discount forecasts, as well as rolling forward our forecasts. We now project profitability in 2020 (vs 2019 previously) with a $70m financing requirement.

Controlling Contrave

In March, Orexigen announced that it had reacquired the US rights to Contrave from Takeda, with the expectation of a transition period of around six months. On 1 August, it announced that it had been able to take control of Contrave faster than anticipated and from that time would be selling and marketing the product in the US, with the help of a 200+ person US business unit, including 160 sales representatives with an average of 11 years’ experience.

Whenever a drug switches ownership, there is a risk of share loss as the new salesforce needs time to build relationships with prescribing physicians. According to IMS prescription data provided by the company, Contrave’s share of the total obesity market has fallen from around 7% to 6.6% and the company believes it may fall as low as 6% by the end of the year, before climbing again (see Exhibit 1). However, Contrave continues to control more than 40% of the branded obesity market, although Saxenda (injectable liraglutide originally developed for diabetes) from Novo Nordisk has been making some inroads (see Exhibit 2), which are likely to be limited by its $1,000/month price tag for uninsured prescriptions.

Exhibit 1: Contrave share of total obesity market

Exhibit 2: Contrave share of branded obesity market

Source: Orexigen, IMS

Source: Wolters Kluwer, Bloomberg

Exhibit 1: Contrave share of total obesity market

Source: Orexigen, IMS

Exhibit 2: Contrave share of branded obesity market

Source: Wolters Kluwer, Bloomberg

With Contrave already controlling a large part of the branded obesity market and Belviq XR (a once-a-day formulation of Belviq, which is currently twice a day) about to be launched by Eisai/Arena this fall, Contrave’s market share will likely have to come from phentermine, which represents around 80% of the total obesity market, rather than from the other branded products. Phentermine is related chemically and pharmacologically to amphetamines and, while efficacious, also carries with it significant abuse potential and risk for anyone with cardiovascular issues. The main driver of this share growth will be increased physician education on the product, as well as greater payer coverage. On the Q216 earnings call, the company said it estimated that around 19% of prescriptions were covered by insurance, up from the 16% it estimated last quarter.

Increased insurance coverage would have a two-pronged positive impact for the company. First, it would reduce the cost of the product for consumers, which would stimulate demand. For participants in the Contrave savings card program, those with a prescription covered by insurance pay no more than a $30 co-pay (approximately in line with the cost of phentermine), while those who do not have a covered prescription pay $90.

Second, it would increase the net realized price for Contrave as there is a much steeper discount for those paying cash compared to those paying with insurance. Right now the gross-to-net discount for Contrave as a whole is around 67%, which means that for every $3 in the gross retail price, the company only realizes $1. Orexigen believes that if insurance covered closer to 30% of prescriptions, the gross-to-net discount might fall to 40-50%. To illustrate the amount of leverage that changes to the gross-to-net discount would have, if the company can move the gross-to-net discount from 67% to 50%, it would increase the net realized price by more than 50% (for every $3 in gross retail price, it would realize $1.50 instead of $1).

The question is: how will Contrave get improved coverage? Historically, obesity medication has not been a covered indication by most insurers due to the perception that it is a “lifestyle” issue. However, due to the comorbidities associated with obesity, there is a pharmacoeconomic argument to be made that coverage of obesity treatments now will help lower costs later on (obesity is thought to cost over $100bn annually1) by reducing comorbidities like diabetes. Also, as obesity is a real national health issue, the possibility for federal and state mandates for medical coverage of obesity treatments exists, which could quickly transform the market by forcing insurance companies to cover drugs like Contrave. According to a survey of stakeholders in the commercial managed care organization (MCO), pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) and integrated healthcare system communities (IHS) communities, broad-based reimbursement of anti-obesity medications is likely by 2018.2

Increased confidence in the patent estate

Contrave is a proprietary formulation of two generic drugs, bupropion (aka Wellbutrin) and naltrexone making the strength of the patent estate weaker than that for a completely novel drug. So it came as no surprise when, in April 2015, notice of a Paragraph IV certification regarding an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA), the type of application needed to get a generic approved, was received. The generic company, Actavis, alleged that the patents listed in the FDA’s Orange Book for Contrave were invalid, unenforceable or uninfringed by the Actavis product. Contrave currently has 11 patents listed in the FDA Orange Book, each of which would have to be invalidated, uninfringed or deemed unenforceable for a generic to hit the market (see Exhibit 3).

Exhibit 3: Contrave Orange Book patents

Patent number

Title

Expiration

7,375,111

Compositions for affecting weight loss

26 March 2025

7,462,626

Compositions for affecting weight loss

20 July 2024

8,088,786

Layered pharmaceutical formulations

3 February 2029

8,318,788

Layered pharmaceutical formulations

8 November 2027

8,722,085

Layered pharmaceutical formulations

8 November 2027

8,815,889

Compositions and methods for increasing insulin sensitivity

20 July 2024

8,916,195

Sustained release formulation of naltrexone

2 February 2030

9,107,837

Sustained release formulation of naltrexone

4 June 2027

9,125,868

Methods for administering weight loss medications

8 November 2027

9,248,123

Methods of providing weight loss therapy in patients with major depression

13 January 2032

Source: FDA

In June 2016, following a May 2016 claim construction hearing, the court adopted the company’s proposed constructions with regard to the majority of the disputed claim terms in a Markman ruling. While not a definitive victory, adopting one side’s claim terms over the other’s is an indicator of potential success at trial, which is currently scheduled to begin in June 2017. Before the Markman ruling, there was an increased risk that Actavis and/or other generics would be allowed to launch on the loss of Hatch-Waxman exclusivity on the compound in September 2017, at which point Orexigen’s market opportunity in the US would almost completely disappear.

Due to our increased confidence in the patent estate, we are increasing our assumed patent life for Contrave to 2030 from 2024/5. We are not assuming that patent 9,248,123, which expires in 2032, can hold off competition as it is a method of use patent for a subgroup of obese patients.

International launches in progress

In 2016, Contrave, which is known as Mysimba in most international markets, is in the process of launching or will be launched in about a dozen countries. In June, Contrave was launched in South Korea through partner Kwangdong after just a seven-month approval process, which was faster than expected. According to the company, the Korean anti-obesity market had $71m in sales in 2015, up 21% compared to 2014. Orexigen is responsible for providing product to Kwangdong and reported net sales for the Korean market of $2.9m in the quarter, which is likely an initial inventory build-up.

Orexigen’s partner Valeant will be launching Mysimba in Q416 in 11 different countries in central and eastern Europe, namely Slovenia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania. Launch in Greece and Cyprus is expected in Q117. Additionally, the company’s local partner, Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi (ROVI), will be launching Mysimba in Spain by the end of the year.

Valuation

We are lowering our value to $70m ($4.80/share) from $213m ($14.70/share, 1:10 reverse split adjusted) due to increased spending assumptions and lower net cash, although this is mitigated partly as a result of the assumption of a longer patent life, thanks to the positive Markman ruling, improved gross-to-net discount forecasts and rolling forward our forecasts.

We have increased our expense assumptions due to increased spending guidance from the company since we last published in April. Full year 2016 operating expense guidance now totals $160-180m, with expenses averaging between $180 and $200m between 2017 and 2019.

Exhibit 4: Expense forecast changes

$000s

2016 (old)

2016 (new)

2017 (old)

2017 (new)

R&D Expenses

41,565

50,416

42,396

51,424

SG&A Expenses

59,575

118,014

86,362

122,735

Total

101,140

168,430

128,758

174,159

Source: Edison Investment Research

Changes that positively affected valuation (adding $368m to the US Contrave NPV) were the previously mentioned extension of our assumed patent life from 2024/25 to 2030 based on the positive Markman ruling and an analysis of Orexigen’s FDA Orange Book-listed patents. We have also increased the ramp-up of its net effective price through lower gross-to-net discounts over time, while keeping the gross retail price the same. Hence, we now estimate the gross-to-net discount will go from 67% this year down to 46% in 2019 and 17% in 2030. The near-term improvement should come from company negotiations with individual payers using pharmacoeconomic arguments to gain coverage, while long-term federal and state mandates for coverage of medical therapy for obesity should help lower the gross-to-net discount further. A positive long-term cardiovascular outcomes trial (expected by 2022) may also help Contrave gain further coverage.

Exhibit 5: Orexigen valuation

Product

Launch

Peak sales ($m)

Royalty rate

NPV ($m)

rNPV/share ($)

Contrave US

Oct-14

277

100%

1,164

79.94

Contrave western Europe

2016

118

30%

178

12.25

Contrave central and eastern Europe

2016

27

37.5%

46

3.17

Contrave South Korea

2016

15

37.5%

20

1.35

Contrave ROW

2017

15

37.5%

23

1.55

PV costs inc taxes

(1,418)

(97.44)

Net cash (at 30 June 2016)

58

3.98

Overall valuation (per share based on 14.6m shares outstanding)

70

4.80

Source: Edison Investment Research

However, it is important to note that small changes to assumptions in our model could have relatively large impacts on the valuation, with the number of prescriptions, the gross-to-net discount and expenses being extremely important variables. If the trajectory of the gross-to-net discount leads it to be 58% in 2019 and 36% in 2030, both improvements on today, the value of the company would be wiped out. The same is true if market share grows by 10% a year on a relative basis over the next three years instead of the 20% we currently project.

Conversely, if Orexigen can add additional products for its salesforce to sell (generally, it does not make sense from a business model point of view for a company to have a salesforce that exclusively sells one product), it could capitalize on tremendous operating leverage as it already has a 160-person salesforce and so may not need much additional spend to sell another product. Also, if Orexigen can execute on its plan, its value to an acquirer with an existing salesforce, if we assume 50% synergies on SG&A and nowhere else, would put the value of the stock at $513m or $35.25 per share.

Financials

For Q216, the last full quarter in which Takeda was in control of selling Contrave, Orexigen reported revenue of $7.8m, including $2.5m in royalties on $12.3m in US Contrave sales, $2.4m in collaborative income and $2.9m in sales to Kwangdong, its partner in South Korea. Total operating expenses were $39.2m and it had a net loss of $25.2m. It exited the quarter with $264.4m in cash, restricted cash and marketable securities and $206.4m in debt. The restricted cash is associated with the convertible senior secured notes due in 2020, which require $165m in restricted cash until year-end, then $100m until the end of Q117 and $50m until the end of Q217.

With the closure of the reacquisition agreement with Takeda, Orexigen will be recognizing the deferred revenues associated with the original Takeda licensing agreement. At the end of Q2, these deferred revenues totalled $81m. However, the company has also stated that there will be other non-cash charges associated with the acquisition, although the exact nature and size of these charges is unknown at this time (we have assumed $30m).

Due to the fall in US market share for Contrave in 2016, which we had not previously expected, we have lowered our full year US Contrave market sales forecasts from $94m to $51.0m and from $107.9m to $79.4m in 2017.

The company has stated that it expects to become profitable in 2019 without additional capital. We are more conservative in our assumptions than in our previous model and now project 2020 profitability (from 2019, mainly due to the increase in operating expenses), with $70m in additional capital necessary before the company turns cash flow positive. The main point of divergence from company guidance is US Contrave sales (we expect $160m in 2019 compared to guidance of $160-260m). We also believe we are also more conservative with regard to the potential of Contrave outside the US.

Exhibit 6: Financial summary

$'000s

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016e

2017e

Year end 31 December

US GAAP

US GAAP

US GAAP

US GAAP

US GAAP

US GAAP

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

3,428

3,428

55,521

24,459

116,694

87,339

Cost of Sales

0

0

0

0

(4,332)

(7,935)

Gross Profit

3,428

3,428

55,521

24,459

112,362

79,404

Research and development

(73,680)

(56,748)

(57,412)

(40,750)

(50,416)

(51,424)

General & administrative

(19,987)

(23,878)

(28,639)

(43,762)

(118,014)

(122,735)

EBITDA

 

 

(90,552)

(77,292)

(30,669)

(60,276)

(89,724)

(95,168)

Operating Profit (before GW and except.)

 

 

(90,239)

(77,198)

(30,530)

(60,053)

(56,068)

(94,755)

Intangible Amortisation

0

0

0

0

(33,462)

(5,769)

Exceptionals/Other

0

0

0

0

0

0

Operating Profit

(90,239)

(77,198)

(30,530)

(60,053)

(89,530)

(100,524)

Net Interest

145

(473)

(6,995)

(7,219)

(7,245)

(15,903)

Other (includes change in fair value of warrants)

0

0

0

(39)

14,384

0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

(90,094)

(77,671)

(37,525)

(67,272)

(63,313)

(110,658)

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

(90,094)

(77,671)

(37,525)

(67,311)

(82,391)

(116,427)

Tax

0

0

0

(1,376)

0

0

Deferred tax

0

0

0

0

0

0

Profit After Tax (norm)

(90,094)

(77,671)

(37,525)

(68,648)

(63,313)

(110,658)

Profit After Tax (FRS 3)

(90,094)

(77,671)

(37,525)

(68,687)

(82,391)

(116,427)

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

70.7

96.5

11.8

13.1

14.7

15.5

EPS - normalised fully diluted ($)

 

 

(1.27)

(0.80)

(3.17)

(5.24)

(4.31)

(7.16)

EPS - FRS 3 ($)

 

 

(1.27)

(0.80)

(3.17)

(5.24)

(4.31)

(7.16)

Dividend per share ($)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

260

1,839

1,655

2,694

59,263

68,374

Intangible Assets

0

0

0

0

26,538

35,769

Tangible Assets

83

630

857

1,284

1,377

1,257

Other

177

1,209

798

1,410

31,348

31,348

Current Assets

 

 

138,894

178,282

211,326

233,895

244,691

137,030

Stocks

0

0

1,198

10,802

11,458

11,458

Debtors

0

0

2,571

6,828

2,922

2,922

Cash

137,403

176,996

205,537

214,011

126,346

118,685

Other

1,491

1,286

2,020

2,254

103,965

3,965

Current Liabilities

 

 

(25,114)

(22,853)

(29,714)

(32,241)

(25,172)

(25,172)

Creditors

(25,114)

(22,853)

(29,714)

(32,241)

(25,172)

(25,172)

Short term borrowings

0

0

0

0

0

0

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(38,571)

(115,406)

(160,923)

(170,970)

(245,916)

(245,282)

Long term borrowings

0

(80,031)

(83,908)

(88,129)

(206,442)

(206,442)

Other long term liabilities

(38,571)

(35,375)

(77,015)

(82,841)

(39,474)

(38,840)

Net Assets

 

 

75,469

41,862

22,344

33,378

32,866

(65,050)

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

(68,342)

(70,817)

26,828

(54,473)

(90,177)

(92,368)

Net Interest

0

0

(3,119)

0

0

0

Tax

0

0

0

0

0

0

Capex

0

(640)

(246)

(538)

(286)

(293)

Acquisitions/disposals

0

0

0

0

(60,000)

(15,000)

Financing

58,270

1,337

2,734

64,259

139

0

Dividends

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

0

29,682

(1,533)

(3,843)

(55,836)

100,000

Net Cash Flow

(10,072)

(40,438)

24,664

5,405

(206,160)

(7,661)

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(147,593)

(137,403)

(96,965)

(121,629)

(125,882)

80,096

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

0

0

Exchange rate movements

0

0

0

29

1,434

0

Other

(118)

0

0

(1,181)

(1,252)

0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(137,403)

(96,965)

(121,629)

(125,882)

80,096

87,757

Source: Company accounts, Edison Investment Research

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Wellington +64 (0)48 948 555

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Wellington 6011

New Zealand

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Level 25, Aurora Place

88 Phillip St, Sydney

NSW 2000, Australia

Wellington +64 (0)48 948 555

Level 15, 171 Featherston St

Wellington 6011

New Zealand

Frankfurt +49 (0)69 78 8076 960

Schumannstrasse 34b

60325 Frankfurt

Germany

London +44 (0)20 3077 5700

280 High Holborn

London, WC1V 7EE

United Kingdom

New York +1 646 653 7026

245 Park Avenue, 39th Floor

10167, New York

US

Sydney +61 (0)2 9258 1161

Level 25, Aurora Place

88 Phillip St, Sydney

NSW 2000, Australia

Wellington +64 (0)48 948 555

Level 15, 171 Featherston St

Wellington 6011

New Zealand

Research: Industrials

Epwin Group — Update 18 August 2016

Epwin Group

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