Selling, general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 totaled $48.6 million, as compared to $37.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. This was primarily due to an increase related to the costs of preparing to commercialize our proprietary drugs, if approved, and an increase in general administrative expenses including legal fees and other professional service fees, partially offset by a decrease of in administrative related compensation expense.
Net loss attributable to Athenex for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $102.0 million, or ($1.41) per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $90.3 million, or ($1.42) per diluted share, in the same period last year.
Outlook and Upcoming Milestones:
| | • | | Oral presentation of Phase III results for Oral Paclitaxel at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (December 13, 2019) |
| | • | | Expect to submit an NDA for tirbanibulin ointment in actinic keratosis (Q1 2020) |
| | • | | Expect to submit an NDA for Oral Paclitaxel in metastatic breast cancer (Q1 2020) |
Raising Financial Guidance:
Athenex provides revenue guidance for product sales only. The Company is raising its product sales guidance for the full year 2019 to an increase of 35% to 40% year-over-year from $56.4 million in 2018, versus prior guidance of 30% to 35% year-over-year. This new revenue guidance has taken into account our discontinuation of vasopressin sales and the suspension of operations at our Taihao API plant. The revenue guidance excludes license and collaboration fees.
Conference Call and Webcast Information:
The Company will host a conference call and live audio webcast today, Thursday, November 7, 2019, at 8:00am Eastern Time to discuss the financial results and provide a business update.
To participate in the call, dial877-407-0784 (domestic) or201-689-8560 (international) fifteen minutes before the conference call begins and reference the conference passcode 13694941. The live conference call and replay can also be accessed via audio webcasthere and on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website, located athttp://ir.athenex.com/.
About Athenex, Inc.
Founded in 2003, Athenex, Inc. is a global clinical stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to becoming a leader in the discovery, development and commercialization of next generation drugs for the treatment of cancer. Athenex is organized around three platforms, including an Oncology Innovation Platform, a Commercial Platform and a Global Supply Chain Platform. The Company’s current clinical pipeline is derived from four different platform technologies: (1) Orascovery, based onnon-absorbedP-glycoprotein inhibitor, (2) Src kinase inhibition,(3) T-cell receptor-engineeredT-cells(TCR-T), and (4) Arginine deprivation therapy. Athenex’s employees worldwide are dedicated to improving the lives of cancer patients by creating more active and tolerable treatments. Athenex has offices in Buffalo and Clarence, New York; Cranford, New Jersey; Houston, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Hong Kong; Taipei, Taiwan; multiple locations in Chongqing, China; Manchester, UK; Guatemala City, Guatemala and Buenos Aires, Argentina. For more information, please visitwww.athenex.com.
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