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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Osiris Therapeutics Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

 

COLUMBIA, Maryland – November 4, 2009 - Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIR), the leading stem cell therapeutic company focused on developing and marketing products to treat medical conditions in the inflammatory, cardiovascular and orthopedic areas, announced today its financial results for the third quarter of 2009.

 

Highlights and Recent Developments

 

Prochymal for Graft vs. Host Disease (GvHD)

 

·                  Phase III data for Prochymal in steroid-refractory GvHD (Protocol 280) showed significant improvement in response rates for both liver and gastrointestinal GvHD — the two most deadly forms of the disease.

·                  In pediatric patients with steroid-refractory GvHD, Prochymal more than doubled complete response rates compared to placebo.

·                  Strong enrollment continues in the pediatric expanded access program (Protocol 275) with more than 60 children now having received treatment with Prochymal.

·                  Survival in Protocol 275 exceeds 60% despite Prochymal’s use as a rescue agent for children who have failed an average of 3.2 lines of treatment prior to enrollment.

 

Other Corporate Developments

 

·                  Earned a $15 million milestone payment from NuVasive after they reached $35 million in cumulative Osteocel sales.

·                  Received the second $12.5 million installment payment from NuVasive related to the sale of Osteocel.

·                  Created a new Biosurgery Division focused on developing high-end biologic products for use in surgical procedures.

·                  Achieved a $750,000 milestone from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and expanded the Phase II type 1 diabetes trial to include pediatric patients.

 

“Having now treated more than 550 patients with GvHD, we are gaining a clear understanding of Prochymal’s impact in the context of this very deadly and very complex disease,” said C. Randal Mills, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Osiris.  “It appears that Prochymal’s effects are particularly profound in those patients with forms of the disease that do not respond to current standard of care.  We believe that Prochymal will play an important role in the treatment of GvHD, and along with our partners at Genzyme, remain confident and committed to bringing this first-in-class stem cell therapy to the patients who desperately need effective treatments.”

 

Third Quarter Financial Results

 

For the third quarter of 2009, Osiris reported revenues of $10.6 million, compared to $1.0 million for the same period of the prior year.  Current year third quarter revenue primarily reflects the recognition of $10.0 million in amortized license fees from Genzyme. For the third quarter of 2009, Osiris reported a net loss of $6.2 million or $0.19 per share, compared to a net gain, driven by the recognition of income from the sale of Osteocel, of $5.3 million or $0.17 per share for the same period of the prior year.

 

Research and development expenses for the third quarter of 2009 were $16.2 million, compared to $18.6 million incurred in the third quarter of 2008.  General and administrative expenses were $1.5 million for the third quarter of 2009 compared to $1.9 million for the same period of the prior year.  Net cash provided by continuing operations for the quarter was $40.7 million.

 

As of September 30, 2009, Osiris had $102.9 million of cash and short-term investments.  This figure does not include the final $15 million milestone payment from NuVasive.

 

Webcast and Conference Call

 

The Company has scheduled a webcast and conference call to discuss its financial results today, November 4, 2009, at 9:00 AM ET. To access the webcast, visit the Investor Relations section of the company’s website at

 

7015 Albert Einstein Drive · Columbia, Maryland  21046 · Ph 443.545.1800 · Fax 443.545.1701 ·  ww.Osiris.com

 



 

http://investor.osiris.com/events.cfm.  Alternatively, callers may participate in the conference call by dialing (866) 431-2027 (U.S. participants) or (719) 325-2274 (international participants).

 

A replay of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call through November 18, 2009. Callers can access the replay by dialing (888) 203-1112 (U.S. participants) or (719) 457-0820 (international participants). The audio replay passcode is 6412442. To access a replay of the webcast, visit the Investor Relations section of the company’s website at http://investor.osiris.com/events.cfm.

 

About Osiris Therapeutics

 

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. is the leading stem cell therapeutic company focused on developing products to treat serious medical conditions in the inflammatory, orthopedic and cardiovascular areas. The Company’s pipeline of internally developed biologic drug candidates under evaluation includes Prochymal for inflammatory, autoimmune, and cardiovascular indications, as well as Chondrogen for arthritis in the knee. Osiris is a fully integrated company, with capabilities in research, development, manufacturing, and distribution of stem cell products. Osiris has developed an extensive intellectual property portfolio to protect the company’s technology including 49 U.S. patents each having one or more foreign counterparts. Osiris, Prochymal and Chondrogen are registered trademarks of Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. More information can be found on the company’s website, www.Osiris.com. (OSIR-G)

 

In November 2008, Osiris and Genzyme announced a strategic alliance for the development and commercialization of Prochymal and Chondrogen. Under the terms of the agreement, Osiris retains commercialization rights to Prochymal and Chondrogen in the United States and Canada, with Genzyme having these rights in all other countries.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements include statements about our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, intentions, assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts. Words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “ongoing,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project” or similar words or phrases, or the negatives of those words or phrases, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking.  Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the following: our product development efforts; our clinical trials and anticipated regulatory requirements and the ability to successfully navigate these requirements; the success of our product candidates in development; status of the regulatory process for our biologic drug candidates; implementation of our corporate strategy; our financial performance; our product research and development activities and projected expenditures, including our anticipated timeline and clinical strategy for Prochymal, Chondrogen and our other MSC and biologic drug candidates; our cash needs; patents and proprietary rights; the safety and ability of our potential products to treat disease and the results of our scientific research; our plans for sales and marketing; our plans regarding our facilities; types of regulatory frameworks we expect will be applicable to our potential products; and results of our scientific research. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or implied by the forward-looking statements.  Risks and uncertainties related to the sale of our Osteocel assets and related transactions include typical business transactional risks, the risk of changing relationships with customers, suppliers or employees; and the risk that we may not be able to fully perform or generate or receive milestone payments.  Risks and uncertainties related to our Collaboration Agreement with Genzyme for the development and commercialization of Prochymal and Chondrogen include, among others:  typical business transactional risks; risks related to product development and clinical trial design, performance and completion; uncertainty of the success of Prochymal and Chondrogen in clinical trials and their ability to treat disease; Genzyme’s early termination and opt-out rights; the ability of Osiris and Genzyme to successfully navigate regulatory requirements and to manufacture and commercialize products; and the uncertainty as to our ability to successfully perform under the collaborative arrangement and earn milestone and royalty payments thereunder.  Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements for many reasons, including the factors described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and other Periodic Reports filed on Form 10-Q, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.  Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 



 

For additional information, please contact:

 

Erica Elchin

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.

(443) 545-1834

OsirisPR@Osiris.com

 

Media Contacts:

Jayme Maniatis/Andrew Law

Schwartz Communications

(781) 684-0770

Osiris@schwartz-pr.com

 



 

OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Condensed Balance Sheets

Amounts in thousands

 

 

 

September 30,
2009

 

December 31,
2008

 

 

 

Unaudited

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

1,572

 

$

940

 

Investments available for sale

 

101,321

 

61,298

 

Accounts receivable

 

218

 

61,287

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

2,770

 

2,060

 

Current assets of discontinued operations

 

 

3,223

 

Total current assets

 

105,881

 

128,808

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

3,797

 

394

 

Restricted cash

 

666

 

130

 

Other assets

 

453

 

615

 

Long-term assets of discontinued operations

 

 

7,520

 

Total assets

 

$

110,797

 

$

137,467

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

$

16,192

 

$

10,513

 

Deferred revenue, current portion

 

40,660

 

40,471

 

Capital lease obligations, current portion

 

5

 

6

 

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

 

493

 

7,219

 

Total current liabilities

 

57,350

 

58,209

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue, net of current portion

 

54,158

 

84,275

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

2,575

 

3

 

Total liabilities

 

114,083

 

142,487

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ deficit:

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $.001 par value, 90,000 shares authorized 32,772 and 32,676 shares outstanding in 2009 and 2008

 

33

 

33

 

Additional paid-in-capital

 

272,355

 

269,830

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

358

 

33

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(276,032

)

(274,916

)

Total stockholders’ deficit

 

(3,286

)

(5,020

)

Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit

 

$

110,797

 

$

137,467

 

 



 

OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Condensed Statements of Operations

Unaudited

Amounts in thousands, except per share data

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

2009

 

2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from collaborative research agreements, government contract and royalties

 

$

10,584

 

$

995

 

$

33,779

 

$

3,887

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

16,247

 

18,592

 

53,354

 

54,334

 

General and administrative

 

1,511

 

1,887

 

6,745

 

6,277

 

 

 

17,758

 

20,479

 

60,099

 

60,611

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from operations

 

(7,174

)

(19,484

)

(26,320

)

(56,724

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income (expense), net

 

134

 

(419

)

387

 

(800

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations, before income taxes

 

(7,040

)

(19,903

)

(25,933

)

(57,524

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax benefit

 

238

 

 

2,636

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

(6,802

)

(19,903

)

(23,297

)

(57,524

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations of discontinued operations, net of income taxes

 

(28

)

(384

)

1,069

 

6,269

 

Gain from sale of discontinued operations, net of income taxes

 

636

 

25,539

 

21,112

 

25,539

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

608

 

25,155

 

22,181

 

31,808

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(6,194

)

$

5,252

 

$

(1,116

)

$

(25,716

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted income (loss) per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

$

(0.21

)

$

(0.63

)

$

(0.71

)

$

(1.81

)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

0.02

 

0.80

 

0.68

 

1.00

 

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share

 

$

(0.19

)

$

0.17

 

$

(0.03

)

$

(0.81

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Common Shares (basic)

 

32,764

 

31,808

 

32,731

 

31,799

 

 



 

OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

Unaudited

Amounts in thousands

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

$

(23,297

)

$

(57,524

)

Adjustments to reconcile loss from continuing operations to net cash provided by (used in) continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

483

 

1,453

 

Non cash share-based payments

 

1,852

 

1,290

 

Non cash interest expense

 

 

130

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

56,101

 

(177

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

(710

)

(169

)

Other assets

 

162

 

864

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

4,670

 

(2,950

)

Deferred revenue

 

(29,928

)

 

Long-term interest payable and other liabilities

 

 

(839

)

Net cash provided by (used in) continuing operations

 

9,333

 

(57,922

)

Discontinued Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

22,181

 

31,808

 

Adjustments to reconcile income from discontinued operations to net cash (used in) provided by discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Non cash impact of the sale of discontinued operations

 

(26,595

)

(27,986

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

210

 

295

 

Provision for bad debts

 

45

 

29

 

Non cash share-based payments

 

98

 

134

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

1,516

 

844

 

Inventory and other current assets

 

1,707

 

1,066

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

(3,108

)

4,256

 

Long-term liabilities

 

 

873

 

Net cash (used in) provided by discontinued operations

 

(3,946

)

11,319

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

5,387

 

(46,603

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

(181

)

(4,029

)

Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment

 

17

 

104

 

Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations, net of transaction costs

 

9,797

 

33,636

 

Proceeds from sale of investments available for sale

 

35,578

 

12,353

 

Purchases of investments available for sale

 

(50,000

)

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

(4,789

)

42,064

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Principal payments on capital lease obligations and notes payable

 

(5

)

(8,277

)

Restricted cash

 

(536

)

150

 

Proceeds from convertible and short-term notes payable

 

 

17,000

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

 

575

 

262

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

34

 

9,135

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase in cash

 

632

 

4,596

 

Cash at beginning of period

 

940

 

704

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash at end of period:

 

$

1,572

 

$

5,300