STOUGHTON, Mass., May 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (Nasdaq: COLL), a specialty pharmaceutical company committed to being the leader in responsible pain management, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019 and provided a corporate update. 

“In the first quarter of 2019, we were encouraged by the acceleration of Xtampza ER, driven by 13 new exclusive ER oxycodone payer wins that took effect January 1, 2019,” said Joe Ciaffoni, President and Chief Executive Officer of Collegium. “For the remainder of 2019, we remain focused on growing Xtampza ER, maximizing the value of the Nucynta franchise and executing our mid-term growth strategy. Collegium is well positioned to become the leader in responsible pain management.”

Recent Business Highlights

Financial Results for Quarter Ended March 31, 2019

Conference Call Information 

Collegium will host a conference call and live audio webcast on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. To access the conference call, please dial (888) 698-6931 (U.S.) or (805) 905-2993 (International) and refer to Conference ID: 419-0474. An audio webcast will be accessible from the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website: www.collegiumpharma.com. The webcast will be available for replay on the Company’s website approximately two hours after the event.

About Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Collegium is a specialty pharmaceutical company committed to being the leader in responsible pain management. Collegium’s headquarters are located in Stoughton, Massachusetts. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.collegiumpharma.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our financial results presented on a U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, basis, we have included information about non-GAAP adjusted loss. We believe that the presentation of this non-GAAP financial measure, when viewed with our results under GAAP and the accompanying reconciliation, provides supplementary information that may be useful to analysts, investors, lenders, and other third parties in assessing the Company’s performance and results from period to period. We internally use non-GAAP adjusted loss to understand, manage and evaluate the Company as we believe it represents the performance of our core business. This non-GAAP financial measure should be considered in addition to, and not a substitute for, or superior to, net income or other financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP adjusted loss is not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by GAAP and represents GAAP net loss adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation expense, amortization expense for the Nucynta intangible asset, non-cash interest expense recognized on the Nucynta minimum royalty payments, and minimum royalty payments due and payable to Assertio in connection with the Commercialization Agreement. Any non-GAAP financial measures used by us may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be comparable to, a non-GAAP measure used by other companies. Please see the section of this press release titled “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Information” for a reconciliation of non-GAAP adjusted loss to its most directly comparable GAAP measure.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We may, in some cases, use terms such as "predicts," "forecasts," "believes," "potential," "proposed," "continue," "estimates," "anticipates," "expects," "plans," "intends," "may," "could," "might," "should" or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to numerous important factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from the company's current expectations. Management's expectations and, therefore, any forward-looking statements in this press release could also be affected by risks and uncertainties relating to a number of other factors, including our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our products and product candidates; our ability to effectively commercialize in-licensed products and manage our relationships with licensors; the success of competing products that are or become available; our ability to obtain reimbursement and third-party payor contracts for our products; the rate and degree of market acceptance of our products and product candidates; the outcome of any patent infringement or other litigation that may be brought by or against us, including litigation with Purdue Pharma, L.P. and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.; our ability to secure adequate supplies of active pharmaceutical ingredient for each of our products and product candidates; our ability to comply with stringent U.S. and foreign government regulation in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products, including U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, or DEA, compliance; and the accuracy of our estimates regarding expenses, revenue, capital requirements and need for additional financing. These and other risks are described under the heading "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, and in other reports which we file with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements that we make in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release. We assume no obligation to update our forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this press release.


Alex Dasalla
adasalla@collegiumpharma.com

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Unaudited Selected Consolidated Balance Sheet Information
(in thousands)

 March 31, December 31,
 2019 2018
Cash and cash equivalents$134,910 $146,633
Accounts receivable 85,139  77,946
Inventory 8,741  7,817
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 5,053  5,116
Property and equipment, net 9,962  9,274
Operating lease assets 9,766  —
Intangible assets, net 40,567  44,255
Other long-term assets 224  204
Total assets$294,362 $291,245
    
Accounts payable and accrued expenses$33,570 $42,701
Accrued rebates, returns and discounts 152,328  144,783
Term loan payable 11,500  11,500
Operating lease liabilities 10,614  —
Other liabilities —  676
Stockholders’ equity 86,350  91,585
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$294,362 $291,245
      

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 Three months ended March 31,
 2019 2018
Product revenues, net$74,516  $63,749 
    
Costs and expenses:   
Cost of product revenues 49,164   43,106 
Research and development 2,992   2,268 
Selling, general and administrative 32,352   31,582 
Total costs and expenses 84,508   76,956 
Loss from operations (9,992)  (13,207)
    
Interest expense (234)  (5,700)
Interest income 526   255 
Net loss$(9,700) $(18,652)
    
Loss per share – basic and diluted$(0.29) $(0.57)
Weighted-average shares – basic and diluted 33,331,917   32,903,674 
    

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Information
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)

 Three months ended March 31,
 2019
 2018
    
GAAP net loss$(9,700) $(18,652)
Non-GAAP adjustments:     
Stock-based compensation expense 4,263   2,728 
Nucynta related amortization expense (1) 3,688   29,526 
Nucynta non-cash interest expense (2) —   5,528 
Nucynta minimum royalty payment due (3) —   (30,750)
Total non-GAAP adjustments$7,951  $7,032 
Non-GAAP adjusted loss$(1,749) $(11,620)
        


Explanation of Adjustments:          
(1)  Represents amortization expense of the Nucynta intangible asset.
(2)  Represents non-cash interest expense recognized related to the Nucynta minimum royalty payments.
(3)  Represents minimum royalty payment due and payable in connection with the Nucynta Commercialization Agreement.