RARE Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc

 

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): February 13, 2025

 

 

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware			001-36276	27-2546083
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)			(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
60 Leveroni Court
Novato, California				94949
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 415 483-8800

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value		RARE		Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On February 13, 2025, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “Press Release”). A copy of the Press Release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

The information set forth under Item 2.02 and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated February 13, 2025.
104	The cover page from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 13, 2025 formatted in Inline XBRL.

 

 

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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.

			Ultragenyx, Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Date:	February 13, 2025	By:	/s/ Howard Horn
			Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Strategy

 

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Contacts Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

Investors

Joshua Higa

ir@ultragenyx.com

 

 

Ultragenyx Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results and Corporate Update

 

2024 Total Revenue of $560 million, exceeding guidance

Crysvita® revenue of $410 million and Dojolvi® revenue of $88 million

 

2025 Financial Guidance: Total Revenue between $640 million to $670 million, Crysvita revenue of $460 million to $480 million, and Dojolvi revenue of $90 million to $100 million

 

 

NOVATO, Calif. – February 13, 2025 – Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for serious rare and ultrarare genetic diseases, today reported its financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024 and shared financial guidance for 2025.

 

“We have created a next-generation rare disease company on a pathway to profitability with meaningful revenue growth from multiple global products and a series of potential new drug approvals,” said Emil D. Kakkis, M.D., Ph.D., chief executive officer and president of Ultragenyx. “The major regulatory and clinical catalysts ahead of us this year are the pending PDUFA decision for our gene therapy to treat Sanfilippo syndrome, submission of our second gene therapy biologics license application in Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia, readout of our pivotal Phase 3 results in osteogenesis imperfecta, and completion of enrollment in our Phase 3 trial in Angelman syndrome."

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Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Selected Financial Data Tables and Financial Results

Revenues (dollars in thousands), (unaudited)
	Three Months Ended December 31,								Year Ended December 31,
	2024				2023				2024				2023
Crysvita
Product sales	$	22,415			$	18,379			$	134,709			$	75,697
Revenue in Profit-Share Territory		85,534				70,124				248,966				231,574
Royalty revenue in European Territory		7,473				5,612				25,849				20,783
Total Crysvita Revenue		115,422				94,115				409,524				328,054
Dojolvi		31,103				23,286				88,194				70,633
Evkeeza		10,374				2,102				32,162				3,642
Mepsevii		7,978				7,889				30,350				30,441
Other		—				—				—				1,479
Total revenues	$	164,877			$	127,392			$	560,230			$	434,249

 

Total Revenues

Ultragenyx reported $165 million in total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2024, which represents 29% growth compared to the same period in 2023. Fourth quarter 2024 Crysvita revenue was $115 million, which represents 23% growth compared to the same period in 2023. This includes product sales of $22 million from Latin America and Turkey, which represents 22% growth compared to the same period in 2023. Dojolvi revenue in the fourth quarter 2024 was $31 million, which represents 34% growth compared to the same period in 2023. Evkeeza revenue in the fourth quarter 2024 was $10 million.

 

Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $560 million, which represents 29% growth compared to the prior year. Full year 2024 Crysvita revenue was $410 million, which represents 25% growth compared to the prior year. This includes product sales of $135 million from Latin America and Turkey, which represents 78% growth compared to the prior year. Dojolvi revenue in 2024 was $88 million, which represents 25% growth compared to the prior year. Evkeeza revenue in 2024 was $32 million, as demand continues to build following launches in the company’s territories outside of the United States.

 

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Selected Financial Data (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts), (unaudited)
	Three Months Ended December 31,								Year Ended December 31,
	2024				2023				2024				2023
Total revenues	$	164,877			$	127,392			$	560,230			$	434,249
Operating expenses:
Cost of sales		16,894				12,051				76,728				45,209
Research and development		187,766				160,557				697,865				648,449
Selling, general and administrative		82,495				76,833				321,610				309,799
Total operating expenses		287,155				249,441				1,096,203				1,003,457
Net loss	$	(133,385	)		$	(123,190	)		$	(569,183	)		$	(606,639	)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted	$	(1.39	)		$	(1.52	)		$	(6.29	)		$	(8.25	)

 

Operating Expenses

Total operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2024 were $287 million, including non-cash stock-based compensation of $40 million. Total operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2024 were $1,096 million, including $158 million of non-cash stock-based compensation.

 

Net Loss

For the fourth quarter of 2024, Ultragenyx reported net loss of $133 million, or $1.39 per share basic and diluted, compared with a net loss for the fourth quarter of 2023 of $123 million, or $1.52 per share basic and diluted. For the year ended December 31, 2024, Ultragenyx reported net loss of $569 million, or $6.29 per share basic and diluted, compared with a net loss the prior year of $607 million, or $8.25 per share, basic and diluted.

 

Cash Balance and Net Cash Used in Operations

Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable debt securities were $745 million as of December 31, 2024. Net cash used in operations for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $414 million.

 

2025 Financial Guidance

Revenues are expected to grow approximately 14-20% compared to 2024. The company will continue to prioritize expense management, focusing its investments on the execution of multiple upcoming commercial launches and advancing multiple Phase 3 programs. Together, this is expected to lead to a reduction in 2025 net cash used in operations compared to 2024.

 

For the full year 2025:

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Recent Updates and Clinical Milestones

UX143 (setrusumab) monoclonal antibody for osteogenesis imperfecta (OI): Phase 3 Orbit study progressing to second interim analysis (IA2) expected in mid-2025

Patients continue dosing in the ongoing Phase 3 Orbit and Cosmic clinical trials, which evaluate setrusumab in pediatric and young adult patients with OI. The randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 3 portion of the Orbit study is progressing towards the second interim analysis in mid-2025 or a final analysis in the fourth quarter 2025. Conduct of the study is going well and patient safety in the Phase 3 is consistent with the Phase 2. Patients in the Cosmic study also are continuing to be treated with either setrusumab or intravenous bisphosphonates (IV-BP) therapy and will be evaluated in parallel with the Orbit interim and final analyses.

 

GTX-102 an antisense oligonucleotide for Angelman syndrome: Phase 3 study enrolling; expect enrollment completion in second half of 2025

Enrollment in the global Phase 3 Aspire study began in December 2024 and is expected to enroll approximately 120 children ages four to 17 with Angelman syndrome with a genetically confirmed diagnosis of full maternal UBE3A gene deletion. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to receive GTX-102 by intrathecal injection via lumbar puncture or to the sham comparator group during the 48-week primary efficacy analysis period. The primary endpoint will be improvement in cognition assessed by Bayley-4 cognitive raw score, and the key secondary endpoint (with a 10% allocation of alpha) will be the Multi-domain Responder Index (MDRI) across the five domains of cognition, receptive communication, behavior, gross motor function, and sleep. Enrollment in the Phase 3 Aspire study is expected to complete in the second half of 2025.

The Phase 2/3 Aurora study, which will evaluate GTX-102 in other Angelman syndrome genotypes and ages, is expected to initiate in 2025.

 

UX111 AAV gene therapy for Sanfilippo syndrome type A (MPS IIIA): Biologics license application (BLA) submitted; expect Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) decision on the application and potential launch in second half of 2025

In December 2024, Ultragenyx submitted a BLA to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for UX111 supported by the available data, including from the ongoing pivotal Transpher A study. New clinical data were recently presented at WORLDSymposium™ 2025, that demonstrated treatment with UX111 led to a statistically significant improvement in the Bayley-III raw scores for the subdomains of cognition, receptive communication and expressive communication in patients with MPS IIIA compared to natural history data from untreated patients. These clinical endpoints were correlated with substantial and sustained reduction in levels of heparan sulfate in cerebrospinal fluid. A PDUFA decision and potential launch are expected in the second half of 2025.

 

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DTX401 AAV gene therapy for Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia (GSDIa): BLA filing expected in mid-2025

Ultragenyx previously announced positive topline results from the Phase 3 GlucoGene study for the treatment of patients aged eight years and older. The study achieved its primary endpoint, demonstrating that treatment with DTX401 resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in daily cornstarch intake compared with placebo at Week 48.

After the 48-week primary efficacy analysis period, crossover patients (previously treated with placebo) were eligible to receive DTX401. These patients were able to titrate cornstarch much more rapidly once they were confirmed to have been treated and had timely direct access to their glucose levels. Patients from the original DTX401 treatment arm who have reached 78 weeks also continued to reduce their daily cornstarch intake, while maintaining glycemic control. DTX401 has demonstrated a consistent and acceptable safety profile with no new safety concerns identified as of the data cut-off.

These results have been discussed with regulatory authorities in a pre-BLA meeting and will be included as part of a BLA submission in mid-2025.

 

DTX301 AAV gene therapy for Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency: Enrollment in Phase 3 study complete

Enrollment in the Phase 3 Enh3ance study has been completed with a total of 37 patients. The pivotal study enrolled participants 12 years of age and older, randomized 1:1 to DTX301 or placebo. The primary endpoints are response as measured by change in 24-hour ammonia levels and removal of ammonia-scavenger medications and protein-restricted diet. Based on the recently amended protocol, the change in 24-hour ammonia levels will be measured through Week 36 after which the study would unblind and patients will be followed for a total of up to 64 weeks to determine the complete responders able to remove safely both ammonia-scavenger medications and protein-restricted diet control.

 

UX701 AAV gene therapy for Wilson Disease: Phase 1/2/3 study ongoing; expect Cohort 4 enrollment completion in second half of 2025

In Stage 1 of the Phase 1/2/3 Cyprus2+ study, 15 patients across three sequential dose cohorts were enrolled and demonstrated clinical activity as well as improvements in copper metabolism. Multiple responders completely tapered off their standard-of-care treatment with responses seen in all three dose cohorts.

The company expects to enroll a fourth cohort in Stage 1 at a moderately increased dose and with an optimized immunomodulation regimen to enhance the efficiency and efficacy of the gene therapy, with the objective of having the majority of patients come off standard-of-care treatment before selecting a dose for the randomized placebo-controlled stage of the study. Enrollment in Cohort 4 is expected to complete in the second half of 2025.

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Conference Call and Webcast Information

Ultragenyx will host a conference call today, Thursday, February 13, 2025, at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET to discuss the fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results and provide a corporate update. The live and replayed webcast of the call will be available through the company’s website at https://ir.ultragenyx.com/events-presentations. The replay of the call will be available for three months.

 

 

About Ultragenyx

 

Ultragenyx is a biopharmaceutical company committed to bringing novel therapies to patients for the treatment of serious rare and ultrarare genetic diseases. The company has built a diverse portfolio of approved medicines and treatment candidates aimed at addressing diseases with high unmet medical need and clear biology, for which there are typically no approved therapies treating the underlying disease.

 

The company is led by a management team experienced in the development and commercialization of rare disease therapeutics. Ultragenyx’s strategy is predicated upon time- and cost-efficient drug development, with the goal of delivering safe and effective therapies to patients with the utmost urgency.

 

For more information on Ultragenyx, please visit the company's website at: www.ultragenyx.com.

 

Forward-Looking Statements and Use of Digital Media

 

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements related to Ultragenyx's expectations and projections regarding its future operating results and financial performance, anticipated cost or expense reductions, the timing, progress and plans for its clinical programs and clinical studies, future regulatory interactions, and the components and timing of regulatory submissions are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s clinical development programs, commercial success of its products and product candidates, continued collaboration with third parties, future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainty of clinical drug development and unpredictability and lengthy process for obtaining regulatory approvals, risks related to serious or undesirable side effects of our product candidates, the company’s ability to achieve its projected development goals in its expected timeframes, risks related to reliance on third party partners to conduct certain activities on the company’s behalf, our limited experience in generating revenue from product sales, risks related to product liability lawsuits,

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our dependence on Kyowa Kirin for the commercial supply of Crysvita, fluctuations in buying or distribution patterns from distributors and specialty pharmacies, the transition back to Kyowa Kirin of our exclusive rights to promote Crysvita in the United States and Canada and unexpected costs, delays, difficulties or adverse impact to revenue related to such transition, smaller than anticipated market opportunities for the company’s products and product candidates, manufacturing risks, competition from other therapies or products, and other matters that could affect sufficiency of existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments to fund operations, the company’s future operating results and financial performance, the timing of clinical trial activities and reporting results from same, and the availability or commercial potential of Ultragenyx’s products and drug candidate. Ultragenyx undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

 

For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the business of Ultragenyx in general, see Ultragenyx's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 6, 2024, and its subsequent periodic reports filed with the SEC.

 

In addition to its SEC filings, press releases and public conference calls, Ultragenyx uses its investor relations website and social media outlets to publish important information about the company, including information that may be deemed material to investors, and to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Financial and other information about Ultragenyx is routinely posted and is accessible on Ultragenyx’s Investor Relations website (https://ir.ultragenyx.com/) and LinkedIn website (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ultragenyx-pharmaceutical-inc-/).

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Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

Selected Statement of Operations Financial Data

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

	Three Months Ended December 31,								Year Ended December 31,
	2024				2023				2024				2023
Statement of Operations Data:
Revenues:
Product sales	$	71,870			$	51,656			$	285,415			$	180,413
Royalty revenue		93,007				75,736				274,815				182,652
Collaboration and license		—				—				—				71,184
Total revenues		164,877				127,392				560,230				434,249
Operating expenses:
Cost of sales		16,894				12,051				76,728				45,209
Research and development		187,766				160,557				697,865				648,449
Selling, general and administrative		82,495				76,833				321,610				309,799
Total operating expenses		287,155				249,441				1,096,203				1,003,457
Loss from operations		(122,278	)			(122,049	)			(535,973	)			(569,208	)
Change in fair value of equity investments		(1,548	)			1,889				(1,115	)			397
Non-cash interest expense on liabilities for sales of future royalties		(15,522	)			(17,328	)			(63,041	)			(66,004	)
Other income, net		5,944				10,596				32,543				26,351
Loss before income taxes		(133,404	)			(126,892	)			(567,586	)			(608,464	)
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes		19				3,702				(1,597	)			1,825
Net loss	$	(133,385	)		$	(123,190	)		$	(569,183	)		$	(606,639	)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted	$	(1.39	)		$	(1.52	)		$	(6.29	)		$	(8.25	)
Shares used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted		95,681,451				81,118,873				90,538,118				73,543,862

 

 

 

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Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

Selected Activity included in Operating Expenses

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

	Three Months Ended December 31,								Year Ended December 31,
	2024				2023				2024				2023
Non-cash stock based compensation	$	40,190			$	33,744			$	158,056			$	135,213
GTX-102 clinical milestone		30,000				—				30,000				—
UX143 clinical milestone		—				—				—				9,000

 

 

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

Selected Balance Sheet Financial Data

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

		December 31,				December 31,
		2024				2023
Balance Sheet Data:
Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable debt securities		$	745,029			$	777,110
Working capital			472,970				451,747
Total assets			1,503,456				1,491,013
Total stockholders' equity			255,297				275,414

 

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