UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
____________________________________________
FORM 8-K
_____________________________________________
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
 
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
 
November 9, 2015
________________________
HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
________________________
Delaware
001-32335
 
88-0488686
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
11388 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, California
92121
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
 
(858) 794-8889
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 _________________________
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On November 9, 2015, Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. issued a press release to report its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1, which is furnished under Item 2.02 of this report and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the Exchange Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
 
 
99.1
Press release dated November 9, 2015
 
 






SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC.
  
 
 
 
 
November 9, 2015
 
By:
 
/s/ Harry J. Leonhardt,, Esq.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
Harry J. Leonhardt,, Esq.
 
 
Title:
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary





Exhibit Index

 
 
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press release dated November 9, 2015






Exhibit 99.1
Contact:
Jim Mazzola
Halozyme Therapeutics
858-704-8122
ir@halozyme.com




    
HALOZYME REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2015 FINANCIAL RESULTS
- Revenue of $20.8 million increased 42 percent from prior-year period -

- Royalty Revenue of $8.3 million increased nearly 200 percent from prior-year period -

- Company on track to close enrollment of PEGPH20 Phase 2 study in pancreatic cancer patients by year-end -

SAN DIEGO, November 9, 2015 -- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO), a biotechnology company developing novel oncology and drug-delivery therapies, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015. Revenue for the quarter of $20.8 million and a net loss of $24.5 million, or $0.19 per share, compared to revenue of $14.6 million and a net loss of $20.3 million, or $0.16 per share, for the third quarter of 2014. Financial results for the quarter were in line with company expectations and its annual financial guidance, which the company reiterated today.

“With more than 100 patients now enrolled in Stage 2 of our Phase 2 study in pancreatic cancer patients, we are on track to close enrollment by the end of the year and achieve a major milestone toward our goal of ultimately commercializing PEGPH20,” said Dr. Helen Torley, president and CEO. “Strong progress was made towards our goal of evaluating the pan tumor potential of PEGH20 by dosing the first patient in our immuno-oncology clinical trial in combination with Merck’s KEYTRUDA® and by executing well on our broader clinical trial roadmap, including planning for initiation of our Phase 3 study in pancreatic cancer at the end of the first quarter of 2016.

“At the same time, our ENHANZE™ technology platform continued to deliver a growing royalty revenue stream from collaboration and licensing agreements with Roche and Baxalta, and we achieved important milestones toward potential future royalties with Pfizer, Janssen and AbbVie. Further progress was demonstrated by Pfizer and Janssen who initiated dosing in separate Phase 1 clinical trials with ENHANZE, while AbbVie announced plans to work with Halozyme on HUMIRA® (adalimumab) with the goal to help reduce the number of induction injections and deliver additional performance benefits.”
Third Quarter 2015 Highlights and Subsequent Events include:
Enrolling more than 100 patients to date in Stage 2 of Halozyme Study 202 of investigational new drug PEGPH20 in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients. Halozyme plans to complete its target enrollment of 114 patients by the end of 2015 and present results of the study in the second half of 2016.





Submitting Study 301 protocol to the FDA and European Regulatory Authorities. This Phase 3 study of PEGPH20 in previously untreated metastatic pancreatic cancer patients is planned for initiation by the end of first quarter 2016. Halozyme also made progress during the quarter with its partner Ventana toward completing a companion diagnostic test that will be used to prospectively screen patients for high levels of hyaluronan (HA). HA is a glycosaminoglycan, or chain of natural sugars in the body that accumulate around certain tumors. PEGPH20 is designed to temporarily degrade HA, improving the access of co-administered therapies.
Dosing the first patient in Halozyme’s Phase 1b study of PEGPH20 plus Keytruda (pembrolizumab). The company is studying patients with relapsed/refractory Stage IIIB/IV non-small cell lung cancer and recurrent locally advanced or metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma. This trial is Halozyme-sponsored and is being conducted at a number of leading oncology centers with KEYTRUDA® experience.
Progressing into a second dosing cohort in the Halozyme Phase 1b/2 PRIMAL study of PEGPH20 plus docetaxel in non-small cell lung cancer patients. Actions initiated during the quarter have resulted in an increase in the number of patients screened for the study. Once a maximum tolerated dose is determined, the company plans to expand the study with additional sites outside the U.S. and screen patients prospectively for trial eligibility based on high levels of HA.
Advancing Halozyme’s clinical collaboration with Eisai toward initiation of its Phase 1b/2 study in the first quarter of 2016. Halozyme and Eisai will co-fund the clinical trial to explore whether HALAVEN® (eribulin) in combination with PEGPH20 can improve overall response rate, as compared with HALAVEN alone as a therapy for advanced HER2-negative high-HA metastatic breast cancer patients.
Achieving partner clinical milestones with the Halozyme ENHANZE™ technology platform, including Pfizer’s first dosing of healthy subjects with rivipansel and ENHANZE in a Phase 1 clinical trial; Janssen’s first dosing of the anti-CD38 daratumumab with ENHANZE in a Phase 1b clinical trial in multiple myeloma patients; and AbbVie announcing plans for HUMIRA® a (adalimumab) under a collaboration and licensing agreement formed with Halozyme in June of 2015, with a goal to help reduce the number of induction injections at higher doses and deliver additional performance benefits.
Third Quarter 2015 Financial Highlights
Revenue for the third quarter was $20.8 million, compared to $14.6 million for the third quarter of 2014, driven primarily by an increase in royalties from partner sales of Herceptin SC, MabThera SC and HyQvia. Revenue for the quarter included $8.3 million in royalties, $6.3 million in sales of bulk rHuPH20 for use in manufacturing collaboration products, $3.9 million in HYLENEX® recombinant (hyaluronidase human injection) product sales, and $2.2 million in collaboration revenue.
Research and development expenses for the third quarter were $27.6 million, compared to $19.9 million for the third quarter of 2014. The planned increase was primarily due to expenses for preclinical and clinical support of PEGPH20.
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the third quarter were $10.2 million, compared to $8.6 million for the third quarter of 2014. The increase was primarily due to an increase in personnel expenses, including stock compensation, for the period.
Net loss for the third quarter was $24.5 million, or $0.19 per share, compared to a net loss in the third quarter of 2014 of $20.3 million, or $0.16 per share.
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were $123.7 million at Sept. 30, compared to $140.7 million at June 30, 2015.
Financial Outlook
For the full year 2015, the company maintains its previously announced guidance of:

Net revenues to be in the range of $110 million to $115 million;
Operating expenses to be in the range of $160 million to $170 million; and
Net cash burn to be between $20 million to $30 million.





Webcast and Conference Call
Halozyme will webcast its quarterly update conference call today, November 9, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT. During the call, management will discuss financial results and provide a business update. To listen to the live webcast and view additional documents related to the call, please visit the "Investors" section of Halozyme's corporate website at www.halozyme.com. A webcast replay will be available shortly after the call at the same address. To participate by phone, please dial (877) 410-5657 (domestic callers) or (334) 323-7224 (international callers) using passcode 769890. A telephone replay will be available shortly after the call by dialing (877) 919-4059 (domestic callers) or (334) 323-0140 (international callers) using replay passcode 75162222.

About Halozyme
Halozyme Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing novel oncology therapies that target the tumor microenvironment. Halozyme’s lead proprietary program, investigational drug PEGPH20, applies a unique approach to targeting solid tumors, allowing increased access of co-administered cancer drug therapies to the tumor. PEGPH20 is currently in development for metastatic pancreatic cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, gastric cancer, metastatic breast cancer and has potential across additional cancers in combination with different types of cancer therapies. In addition to its proprietary product portfolio, Halozyme has established value-driving partnerships with leading pharmaceutical companies including Roche, Baxalta, Pfizer, Janssen and AbbVie for its drug delivery platform, ENHANZE™, which enables biologics and small molecule compounds that are currently administered intravenously to be delivered subcutaneously. Halozyme is headquartered in San Diego. For more information visit www.halozyme.com.

Safe Harbor Statement
In addition to historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, statements concerning the Company's future expectations and plans for growth in 2015, the development and commercialization of product candidates and the potential benefits and attributes of such product candidates and expected financial outlook for 2015) that involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are typically, but not always, identified through use of the words "believe," "enable," "may," "will," "could," "intends," "estimate," "anticipate," "plan," "predict," "probable," "potential," "possible," "should," "continue," and other words of similar meaning. Actual results could differ materially from the expectations contained in forward-looking statements as a result of several factors, including unexpected expenditures and costs, unexpected fluctuations or changes in revenues from collaborators, unexpected results or delays in development of product candidates and regulatory review, regulatory approval requirements, unexpected adverse events and competitive conditions. These and other factors that may result in differences are discussed in greater detail in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2015.





Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Product sales, net
 
$
10,301

 
$
9,617

 
$
32,503

 
$
27,679

Royalties
 
8,274

 
2,895

 
21,431

 
5,382

Revenues under collaborative agreements
 
2,205

 
2,094

 
28,896

 
11,896

Total revenues
 
20,780

 
14,606

 
82,830

 
44,957

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of product sales
 
6,180

 
5,141

 
20,818

 
16,585

Research and development
 
27,611

 
19,904

 
65,490

 
59,968

Selling, general and administrative
 
10,226

 
8,587

 
29,439

 
27,589

Total operating expenses
 
44,017

 
33,632

 
115,747

 
104,142

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating loss
 
(23,237
)
 
(19,026
)
 
(32,917
)
 
(59,185
)
Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       Investment and other income, net
 
78

 
122

 
267

 
287

       Interest expense
 
(1,301
)
 
(1,376
)
 
(3,899
)
 
(4,203
)
Net loss
 
$
(24,460
)
 
$
(20,280
)
 
$
(36,549
)
 
$
(63,101
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic and diluted net loss per share
 
$
(0.19
)
 
$
(0.16
)
 
$
(0.29
)
 
$
(0.52
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares used in computing basic and diluted
     net loss per share:
 
126,921

 
124,041

 
126,127

 
122,157






Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
 
 
September 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
71,514

 
$
61,389

Marketable securities, available-for-sale
 
52,204

 
74,234

Accounts receivable, net
 
8,392

 
9,149

Inventories
 
11,101

 
6,406

Prepaid expenses and other assets
 
9,879

 
10,143

Total current assets
 
153,090

 
161,321

Property and equipment, net
 
2,686

 
2,951

Prepaid expenses and other assets
 
2,458

 
1,205

Restricted cash
 
500

 
500

Total assets
 
$
158,734

 
$
165,977

 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$
4,437

 
$
3,003

Accrued expenses
 
18,926

 
13,961

Deferred revenue, current portion
 
5,789

 
7,367

Current portion of long-term debt, net
 
15,699

 

Total current liabilities
 
44,851

 
24,331

Deferred revenue, net of current portion
 
44,244

 
47,267

Long-term debt, net
 
34,094

 
49,860

Other long-term liabilities
 
3,746

 
3,167

Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
 
Common stock
 
128

 
126

Additional paid-in capital
 
518,647

 
491,694

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
 

 
(41
)
Accumulated deficit
 
(486,976
)
 
(450,427
)
Total stockholders’ equity
 
31,799

 
41,352

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
$
158,734

 
$
165,977


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