Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: NASDAQ:AVDL), a biopharmaceutical company focused on transforming medicines to transform lives, today provided a business update including preliminary estimates of fourth quarter and full year net revenue and cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.
“2023 was transformational for Avadel defined by significant growth and continued execution of milestones critical to Avadel’s success, beginning with the FDA approval and receipt of Orphan Drug Exclusivity for LUMRYZ. The LUMRYZ launch has thus far been marked by robust demand and overwhelmingly positive feedback from the narcolepsy community, health care providers and payers. Our team is proud of the momentum built this year, and looking toward 2024, we are excited to see LUMRYZ’s continued impact across the narcolepsy community,” said Greg Divis, Chief Executive Officer of Avadel Pharmaceuticals.
Launch Progress Through December 31, 2023:
- Greater than 1,900 patients enrolled in Avadel’s RYZUP patient support services:
- More than 1,000 patients initiated therapy.
- The majority of RYZUP enrollments and patients currently being treated with LUMRYZ are patients who switched from first generation oxybates, with the balance made up of patients who previously tried and discontinued a first generation oxybate and patients who are new to oxybate treatment.
- Signed contract with Emisar (Optum Rx GPO)
- Contracts now in place with all 3 PBM owned GPOs (Ascent/ESI, Zinc/CVS and Emisar/Optum).
- LUMRYZ moved to preferred status within the CVS commercial formularies and Optum Select as of January 1, 2024.
- Nearly 1,800 health care providers have completed the LUMRYZ REMS certification process, including both experienced oxybate prescribers as well as providers who have never previously prescribed an oxybate.
Financial Highlights:
- Approximately $19 million and $28 million of net product revenue, respectively, estimated for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023. Net product revenue consists of LUMRYZ product sales, which was launched in the U.S. on June 5, 2023.
- Approximately $105 million of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities at December 31, 2023.
Results reported above are preliminary, unaudited and are subject to change, perhaps materially, upon the audit of the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023. The Company expects to announce its full results for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 on or before February 29, 2024.
Pipeline Update:
- Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for LUMRYZ in the pediatric narcolepsy population accepted by FDA:
- LUMRYZ has the potential to significantly alleviate the burden placed on families and caregivers of children with narcolepsy who are responsible for waking up in the middle of the night to administer a second dose of twice-nightly oxybate.
- Pediatric patients currently represent approximately 5% of all oxybate treated narcolepsy patients.
About LUMRYZ™ (sodium oxybate) for extended-release oral suspension
LUMRYZ, is an extended-release sodium oxybate medication approved by the FDA on May 1, 2023, as the first and only once-at-bedtime treatment for cataplexy or excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in adults with narcolepsy.
The FDA approval of LUMRYZ was supported by results from REST-ON, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, pivotal Phase 3 trial in adults with narcolepsy. LUMRYZ demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in the three co-primary endpoints: EDS, clinicians’ overall assessment of patients’ functioning (CGI-I) and cataplexy attacks, for all three evaluated doses when compared to placebo.
With its approval, the FDA also granted seven years of Orphan Drug Exclusivity to LUMRYZ for the treatment of cataplexy or EDS in adults with narcolepsy due to a finding of clinical superiority of LUMRYZ relative to currently available oxybate treatments. In particular, the FDA found that LUMRYZ makes a major contribution to patient care over currently available, twice-nightly oxybate products by providing a once-nightly dosing regimen that avoids nocturnal arousal to take a second dose.