GENFIT Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Information
Lille (France), Cambridge (Massachusetts,
United States), Zurich (Switzerland), May 14, 2024 -
GENFIT (Nasdaq and Euronext: GNFT), a late-stage
biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of
patients with rare and life-threatening liver diseases, today
announced its cash position as of March 31, 2024 and revenues for
the first three months of 2024.1
Cash position
As of March 31, 2024, the Company’s cash and
cash equivalents amounted to €74.0 million compared with €128.6
million as of March 31, 2023, and €77.8 million as of December 31,
2023.
The stability in cash and cash equivalents
between December 31, 2023, and March 31, 2024 takes into account
changes in accounts receivables (notably the receipt of the €13.3
million milestone invoiced to Ipsen in December 2023) offset by our
continued research and development efforts, notably for:
- UNVEIL-IT®, our
Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating VS-01 in Acute-on-Chronic Liver
Failure (ACLF);
- our
cholangiocarcinoma program evaluating GNS561;
- our ACLF
program evaluating NTZ; and
- our
non-clinical trial of SRT-015 in ACLF.
We expect that our existing cash and cash
equivalents will enable us to fund our operating expenses and
capital expenditure requirements until approximately the fourth
quarter of 2025. This is based on current assumptions and programs
and does not include exceptional events. This estimation includes
our expectations to receive future milestone revenue in 2024,
subject to approval by applicable regulatory authorities and US and
European commercial launches of elafibranor in Primary Biliary
Cholangitis (PBC) by Ipsen, representing a total of approximately
€75.2 million.
Revenues
Revenues for the first three months of 2024
amounted to €1.1 million compared to €5.0 million for the same
period in 2023.
This revenue for the first three months of 2024
was generated under the Transition Services Agreement and Part B
Transition Services Agreement, signed in April 2022 and September
2023 respectively by GENFIT and Ipsen, in order to facilitate the
transition of certain services related to the Phase 3 ELATIVE®
clinical trial until the complete transfer of the responsibility of
the trial to Ipsen.
Of the €5.0 million in revenues for the first
three months of 2023, €4.1 million in revenue was attributable to
the partial recognition of the €40.0 million deferred income per
IFRS 15 in accordance with the Collaboration and Licensing
Agreement signed with Ipsen in 2021. €0.8 million was attributable
to re-billings made in accordance with this agreement. €0.1 million
in revenue was generated from the services rendered by GENFIT to
Ipsen in accordance with the Transition Services Agreement signed
in 2022.
ABOUT GENFIT
GENFIT is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company
committed to improving the lives of patients with rare,
life-threatening liver diseases whose medical needs remain largely
unmet. GENFIT is a pioneer in liver disease research and
development with a rich history and a solid scientific heritage
spanning more than two decades. Today, GENFIT has built up a
diversified and rapidly expanding R&D portfolio of programs at
various stages of development. The Company focuses on
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF). Its ACLF franchise includes
five assets under development: VS-01, NTZ, SRT-015, CLM-022 and
VS-02-HE, based on complementary mechanisms of action using
different routes of administration. Other active ingredients target
other serious diseases, such as cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), urea
cycle disorder (UCD) and organic acidemia (OA). GENFIT's expertise
in the development of high-potential molecules from early to
advanced stages, and in pre-commercialization, was demonstrated
with the success of the 52-week Phase 3 ELATIVE® study evaluating
elafibranor in Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). Beyond therapies,
GENFIT also has a diagnostic franchise including NIS2+® in
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH, formerly
known as NASH for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) and TS-01 focusing
on blood ammonia levels. GENFIT is headquartered in Lille, France
and has offices in Paris (France), Zurich (Switzerland) and
Cambridge, MA (USA). The Company is listed on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market and on the Euronext regulated market in Paris,
Compartment B (Nasdaq and Euronext: GNFT). In 2021, Ipsen became
one of GENFIT's largest shareholders, acquiring an 8% stake in the
Company's capital. www.genfit.com
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains certain
forward-looking statements, including those within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect
to GENFIT, including, but not limited to statements about the
Company’s eligibility to receive future milestone payments from
Ipsen relating to the development and commercial launch of
elafibranor in PBC, approval of elafibranor in PBC and potential
commercialization in the United States and Europe as early as 2024,
and expected cash runway. The use of certain words, such as
"believe", "potential", "expect", “target”, “may”, “will”,
"should", "could", "if" and similar expressions, is intended to
identify forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes
its expectations are based on the current expectations and
reasonable assumptions of the Company’s management, these
forward-looking statements are subject to numerous known and
unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results
to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or
projected by, the forward-looking statements. These risks and
uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainties inherent in
research and development, including in relation to safety of drug
candidates, cost of, progression of, and results from, our ongoing
and planned clinical trials, review and approvals by regulatory
authorities in the United States, Europe and worldwide, of our drug
and diagnostic candidates, potential commercial success of
elafibranor if approved, exchange rate fluctuations, and our
continued ability to raise capital to fund our development, as well
as those risks and uncertainties discussed or identified in the
Company’s public filings with the AMF, including those listed in
Chapter 2 "Risk Factors and Internal Control" of the Company's 2023
Universal Registration Document filed on April 5, 2024 (no.
D.24-0246) with the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF"), which
is available on GENFIT's website (www.genfit.fr) and the AMF's
website (www.amf.org), and those discussed in the public documents
and reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC"), including the Company’s 2023 Annual Report on Form 20-F
filed with the SEC on April 5, 2024 and subsequent filings and
reports filed with the AMF or SEC or otherwise made public, by the
Company. In addition, even if the results, performance, financial
position and liquidity of the Company and the development of the
industry in which it operates are consistent with such
forward-looking statements, they may not be predictive of results
or developments in future periods. These forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date of publication of this document. Other
than as required by applicable law, the Company does not undertake
any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information
or statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
CONTACT
GENFIT | Investors
Tel: +33 3 2016 4000 | investors@genfit.com
PRESS RELATIONS | Media
Stephanie Boyer – Press relations | Tel: +333
2016 4000 | stephanie.boyer@genfit.com
GENFIT | 885 Avenue Eugène Avinée, 59120 Loos -
FRANCE | +333 2016 4000 | www.genfit.com
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