Iovance Biotherapeutics (IOVA) Q1 2025 Earnings Call May 08, 2025 04:30 PM ET Company Participants Sara Pellegrino - Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate CommunicationsFrederick Vogt - Interim CEO, President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & DirectorDan Kirby - Chief Commercial OfficerIgor Bilinsky - Chief Operating OfficerJean-Marc Bellemin - Chief Financial OfficerFriedrich Graf Finckenstein - Chief Medical OfficerAndrew Tsai - SVPSalim Syed - Managing Director, Equity ResearchAnd ...

Longeveron (LGVN) Q1 2025 Earnings Call May 08, 2025 04:30 PM ET Company Participants Derek Cole - PresidentJoshua Hare - Co-Founder, Chief Science Officer & ChairmanWa'el Hashad - CEO & DirectorNataliya Agafonova - Chief Medical OfficerDevin Blass - SVP & CTOLisa Locklear - CFO & TreasurerRaghuram Selvaraju - Managing Director, Healthcare Equity Research Conference Call Participants Boobalan Pachaiyappan - Managing Director, Senior Research AnalystMichael Okunewitch - Senior Biotechnology Analyst Operator ...

Longeveron (LGVN) Q1 2025 Earnings Call May 08, 2025 04:30 PM ET Speaker0 a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Derek Cole of Investor Relations Advisory Solutions. Thank you. You may begin. Speaker1 Thank you, operator. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us today to review Longgevron's twenty twenty five first quarter financial results and business update. After The U. S. Markets closed today, we issued a press release with financial r ...

Iovance Biotherapeutics (IOVA) Q1 2025 Earnings Call May 08, 2025 04:30 PM ET Speaker0 Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Iovance Biotherapeutics First Quarter twenty twenty five Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, participants are in a listen only mode. After the speakers' presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will press 11 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. ...

Investor Presentation Nasdaq (LGVN) │ May 2025 Forward Looking Statements Certain statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which reflect management's current expectations, assumptions, and estimates of future operations, performance and economic conditions, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that could cause act ...

Kytopen and Bio-Techne announce partnership on an integrated cellular engineering workflow to expedite cell therapy manufacturing. The TcBuster™ system offers a fast and scalable method to integrate large, multigene cargos with high editing efficiency in a single vector, while Flowfect® continuous flow technology enables the gentle, high-efficiency processing of billions of cells in minutes. The companies' combined technologies deliver high gene insertion efficiencies and high cell viabilities, enabling a ...

IND clearance and initiation of global basket trial exploring AlloNK® + rituximab in refractory rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren’s disease, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and systemic sclerosis First trial to explore an allogeneic cell therapy in refractory rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren’s disease in the U.S. Initial safety, translational data, and lead indication selection to be presented by year-end 2025; initial clinical response data in the lead indication to be presented in 1H2026 Longer-term clini ...

Reported positive interim results demonstrating durable responses in the ongoing Phase 2 ADVANCED-2 trial of TARA-002 in NMIBC Results from planned interim analysis of approximately 25 six-month evaluable BCG-Unresponsive patients expected by the end of 2025 Dosing of first patient in THRIVE-3 registrational trial of IV Choline Chloride in patients dependent on parenteral support expected in Q3 2025Strengthened leadership team with key appointments of Leonardo Viana Nicacio, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer, ...

Initiation of Phase 3 AURORA trial of Descartes-08 in myasthenia gravis expected in 2Q25; deep and sustained benefits observed through Month 12 after a single course of therapy in Phase 2b trial Preliminary data from Phase 2 trial of Descartes-08 in systemic lupus erythematosus expected in 2H25 Initiation of Phase 2 pediatric basket trial of Descartes-08 in select autoimmune indications expected in 2H25 Approximately $182.1 million cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of March 31, 2025 expected t ...

Financial Data and Key Metrics Changes - Total revenue for the first quarter of 2025 was $10.4 million, down 8% from $11.3 million in the first quarter of 2024 [20][21] - Core revenue remained stable at $8.2 million, reflecting a slight increase of 1% year-over-year [21] - Gross margin decreased to 86% from 88% year-over-year, while non-GAAP adjusted gross margin remained stable at 83% [23] Business Line Data and Key Metrics Changes - Instrument revenue was $1.4 million, down from $1.9 million in the first quarter of 2024, impacted by cautious capital spending from customers [21][22] - License revenue was stable at $2.5 million, while processing assembly (PA) revenue increased to $3.9 million from $3.4 million year-over-year [21] - SPL program-related revenue was $2.1 million, down from $3.2 million in the first quarter of 2024 [22] Market Data and Key Metrics Changes - 57% of core revenue was derived from SPL customers, up from 53% in the first quarter of 2024, indicating a healthy balance of early-stage to clinical-stage customers [22] - The company noted a cautious environment for capital equipment purchasing decisions among customers, leading to some hesitance in capital expenditures [10][42] Company Strategy and Development Direction - The company is focused on executing its growth plan for 2025 and beyond, despite macro uncertainties [8][10] - MaxSite is committed to enhancing operational efficiency and making targeted investments to drive long-term returns [23][24] - The integration of SecureDx is progressing smoothly, allowing the company to expand its offerings in the cell and gene therapy space [12][51] Management's Comments on Operating Environment and Future Outlook - Management expressed confidence in the long-term health of the business, despite recent regulatory changes at the FDA [31][34] - The company anticipates continued strong demand in the cell and gene therapy market, with a focus on safety assessments [12][34] - Management reiterated guidance for core revenue growth of 8% to 15% for 2025, including at least $2 million from SecureDx [24][25] Other Important Information - The company is seeking shareholder approval to delist from AIM and maintain a single listing on NASDAQ [19] - MaxSite ended the first quarter with $174.7 million in cash equivalents and investments, with no debt [24] Q&A Session Summary Question: Regulatory changes and their impact - Management indicated that it is too early to assess the impact of recent FDA leadership changes, but they do not foresee any regulatory risks affecting their business [30][34] Question: Cost savings from operational review - The company expects to save approximately $100,000 annually from delisting, and has begun realizing savings from personnel reductions [35][36] Question: Changes in customer funding strategies - Management noted some constraints on capital expenditures but remains confident in their guidance for the year [42][43] Question: SecureDx acquisition integration - The integration is going well, with opportunities to expand into in vivo customers and complementary delivery systems [51][52] Question: SPL revenue performance - SPL revenue of $2.1 million exceeded expectations, with confidence in achieving the full-year guidance of $5 million [55][56] Question: Future product launches - The company has a robust product pipeline and plans to launch meaningful products this year [64][65] Question: Pipeline and portfolio management - Management noted a status quo in program rationalization among customers, with no significant expansion observed [71][73] Question: Revenue cadence for the year - Management is comfortable modeling incremental growth, particularly in the latter half of the year, based on identified opportunities [76][77]