Valuation Analysis in Pharmaceutical Licensing and M&A Transactions A Tutorial By Tim Opler, Benj Garrett and Susan Langer January 2014
• Discuss role of valuation and project assessment • Introduce valuation tools
• Show how to use the tools in business development • Go over a variety of cases
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AGENDA
Agenda
Table of Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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Value Creation and Business Development Valuation of Pharmaceutical Projects Revenue Forecasting Cost Estimation Risk Estimation The Discount Rate Valuation Considerations in Licensing Valuation Considerations in M&A
VALUE CREATION AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Revenues and Costs Over Time ($ millions) 350 300
250 200 150 100 50
0 -50
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Acquisition Cost
R&D
Launch Cost
Selling Cost
Other Cost
Revenue
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VALUE IS CREATED BY INVESTMENT FOR FUTURE PROFIT
Typical Value Creating Profile
PROCESS
Value Creation Process
Assessing the projects Finding projects that fit
Negotiating deals for the projects in the face of competition
Delivering on the potential of the projects
Realizing the value
Assessment and negotiation calls for strong valuation and analysis work. This is our focus today. 6
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Evaluation Criteria
Financial Analysis • What is the time horizon to peak revenues for each product? • What will sales and marketing costs be? • What are the total cash requirements? • What is the value of each product opportunity?
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Ability to Execute / Risks • How achievable are the returns and how significant are the risks? • Do we have the competencies to succeed? • Can we control the key success factors?
Fit with Future Strategy
Perception of Wall Street / Shareholders?
• How does each product fit with our long-term vision? • Are there other products in the pipeline to realize our goals? • What is the opportunity cost of pursuing these initiatives?
• Is Wall Street likely to invest in a company pursuing these products? • How has Wall Street responded to other companies that have adopted this strategy?
HOW FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FITS INTO STRATEGY
Where Financial Analysis Fits into Business Development Strategy
Example: Licensing Process at Bristol-Myers Squibb
Identify the Opportunity
Initial Technical Evaluation
Detailed Technical Evaluation
Detailed Commercial Evaluation
Technical Due Diligence Commercial Due Diligence
Final Approval
Contract Negotiations
Source: Talk by BMS: “The Role of Licensing / Business Development in the Pharma Industry”, 2004.
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Product Profile / Pricing / Competition Sales Forecast P&L Assumption (COGS, S&M, R&D)
Deal Terms Manufacturing / Tax Considerations PTRS
Risk Adjusted NPVs & IRRs
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BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB VALUATION PROCESS
Bristol-Myers Squibb Deal Valuation Process
Illustrative Table by Kazuo Edaza of BMS Assets Opportunity ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
PTRS 92% 78% 20% 80% 74% 58% 30% 85% 27% 53% 81% 26% 59% 72% 62% 36% 40% 24% 26% 89% 55% 7% 24% 64%
ENPV 370 120 250 182 80 80 250 80 90 18 23 214 582 87 1,400 77 27 371 102 1,538 633 100 152 272
EIRR 535% 345% 318% 301% 230% 230% 210% 90% 83% 83% 76% 59% 58% 54% 48% 42% 41% 40% 40% 35% 34% 33% 31% 30%
Assets Opportunity ID 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
PTRS 6% 48% 25% 10% 82% 63% 40% 14% 21% 21% 43% 14% 35% 45% 35% 46% 19% 60% 42% 8% 31% 7% 18% 38%
ENPV 3 411 129 71 837 288 12 116 137 132 183 80 151 12 8 230 28 3 123 15 52 22 7 6
EIRR 29% 29% 27% 27% 26% 26% 26% 24% 24% 24% 24% 23% 22% 20% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 18% 18% 17% 15% 13%
PTRS = probability of technical and regulatory success eNPV = expected NPV eIRR = risk-adjusted internal rate of return 10
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Source: Talk by Kazuo Ezawa, Bristol-Myers Squibb, “Pharmaceutical Portfolio Management”, DAAG, February 2004.
PROJECT RANKING
Bristol-Myers Squibb Ranking of Potential Licensing Deals
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The approach that we will discuss today is very similar to that used by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
In fact, almost every large pharmaceutical company uses the same approach to deal valuation.
Consulting firms like BCG, Campbell Alliance, LEK, Mattson Jack and McKinsey have standardized the industry in this way.
A key area of emphasis from us is to keep an eye on risk-adjusted returns in transactions.
There are numerous fine points and ways in which firms differ in approach.
We will discuss many of these but the key focus will be on the “hands on” – how to approach to valuation.
TODAY’S DISCUSSION
Our Approach
ROI (IRR)
Examples in Specialty Pharma
Small Project Big Payoff
Big Project Big Payoff (The zone of shareholder bliss)
Small Project Low Payoff
Allergan – Botox Biovail – Wellbutrin XL Cephalon - Provigil ENDO – lidoderm patch Forest – Lexapro Gilead - Truvada King – Altace Reliant - Lovaza Salix – Rifaximin Viropharma - Vancomycin
Big Project Low Payoff
Scale of Project
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VALUE IS CREATED BY INVESTMENT FOR FUTURE PROFIT
General View: Go Big and Go for IRR / ROI to Create Value
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Big Pharma A, B, C
Sometimes employ real options tools in project assessment. The idea is to look at a drug development project as a sequence of choices or options. The most important insight is the “option to abandon” a project is valuable. A further insight involves the value of the option to expand indications.
Biotech A
Focuses largely on “pie splitting” – the sharing of the rNPV of a project. Other inputs like IRR are not looked at all. Have historically used higher discount rates for risky projects but without risk-adjustment.
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TODAY’S DISCUSSION
Some Key Differences Across Pharmaceutical Firms - Method
Big Pharma An organization called that carries out financial analysis of licensing and M&A projects. They have prepared an internal manual on how to value D every aspect of a project which standardizes their approach. Tends to do careful valuation work with reasonable discount rates. Always have at least three scenarios. Organization tends to be intelligent but financially conservative in looking at opportunities. Will occasionally look at real options and offer option deals to biotechs. Has created a management science group that engages in sophisticated Big Pharma predictive modeling of pharma product performance. Their view is that good forecasts are the most important and most difficult aspect of E pharma licensing. This group has been driving real options work but hard for organization to grasp. The focus is much more on simplicity, insight and medical soundness Big Pharma than say Big Pharma E. Every projects gets summarized on two pages (and not more ever) for either the head of commercial or the head of F R&D. Once there is a preliminary approval an AIF (autorissation investiment financiere) is prepared (30 to 50 pages). This document does not skimp on commercial analysis but uses basic rNPV models. 14
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TODAY’S DISCUSSION
Differences Across Firms - Process
VALUATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL PROJECTS
A: Profit = - $50 + $60 = $10
$10
Added Value $50
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Initial Investment
NET PRESENT VALUE
Q: Suppose we can invest $50 today & receive $60 later today. What is our increase in value?
This is the definition of NPV 60 Profit = -50 + $4.55 1.10 $4.55 The idea of an expected rate of return or discount rate reflect the time value of money, otherwise known as the underlying cost of capital in society.
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$50
Added Value Initial Investment
NET PRESENT VALUE
Q: Now suppose we can invest $50 today and receive $60 in one year. What is our increase in value given a 10% expected return?
Ct NPV C 0 (1 r)t
For two periods
With multiple periods
C1 C2 Ct NPV C0 ... 1 2 t (1 r ) (1 r ) (1 r ) N
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Ct NPV t t 1 (1 r )
Where N=Number of years t = year C = cash flow r = discount rate Sigma = Summation Symbol
NET PRESENT VALUE
NPV = PV - required investment
Net Present Value Rule
If the net present value of a project is positive then it creates value and should be carried out. If resources are finite and there are more positive NPV projects than time, money or other constraints would allow then the group of projects that maximize NPV should be implemented.
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Risk Adjusted NPV
Pharmaceutical cash flows are risky and the risk can be characterized based upon stage of development. Risk-Adjusted NPV or rNPV is a risk weighted NPV and should be used in assessing risky project.
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Revenues Total Market Prescriptions Written X Penetration of Product = Units Sold X Price = Revenue
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Costs COGS
+ Research and Development Expense
+ Selling Costs
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Other Cash Outflows
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Net Cash Flow
Capital Expenditures + Change in Working Capital Cash Taxes
+ G&A / Other Costs
+ Acquisition Costs
Risk Adjustment at Each Stage 21
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rNPV
INPUTS TO RNPV MODEL
Elements of Risk Adjusted NPV Model
RNPV FORMULA
The rNPV Formula
N
R1Ct rNPV t t 1 (1 r )
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Where N=Number of years t = year t=1 (now) C = cash flow R1 = Probability of cash flow now r = discount rate Sigma = Summation Symbol
The risk-adjusted IRR is the discount rate that would give an rNPV equal to zero. In other words, it is the expected rate of return on a project. We refer to the rIRR as the risk-adjusted IRR.
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IRR ANALYSIS
rIRR
Issue Equity
vs.
Partner Drug
Both of the choices shown at left involve bringing cash today by causing current equityholders to give up future cash flow (either by sharing the cash flow through issuance of more equity) or instead by giving away product cash flows to a partner. There is an embedded opportunity cost which is computed in the rate of return given up in future cash flows for cash today. This is the internal rate of return or IRR. When derived from a probabilized model we refer to this as a rIRR (risk-adjusted IRR).
Cash Received by Licensor t t 1
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Cash Flow Given Up to Licensee t (1 r )t
The internal rate of return is the discount rate that is impounded in the equation comparing cash received to cash flow given up.
APPLICATION OF IRR TO LOOK AT TRADE-OFFS
An Example Trade-Off
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Accounting Considerations – EPS Impact How will the expense be amortized?
– Straight-line amortization • Negative EPS impact in later years due to smaller profit share payments • Acquisition price set standard treatment – Amortize based on profit share payments • EPS accretive each year • What happens if we don’t achieve projections? Write-down – Amortize in full each until asset is gone, then recognize full benefit • Most conservative approach • Not EPS accretive in the beginning years Many pharma companies are highly focused on EPS management • Will prefer to use investment dollars over R&D dollars whenever possible • Will prefer to push out spending into the future 25
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EPS
Example of EPS Impact in a Transaction to Restructure an Alliance 2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
$0.02
$0.03
$0.05
$0.06
$0.07
$0.08
$0.04
$0.04
$0.01
$0.01
$0.01
Assumptions Discount Rate: 10%
Amortization: Based on projected profit share payments Tax rate: ~35%
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Revenue Forecasting
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Cost Assumptions
Tax and Working Capital
Risk
ACCOUN TING
TREATM
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Building an rNPV Analysis of a Project
Cash Flow Estimates
Discount Rate Selection
rNPV Computation
REVENUE FORECASTING
Estimating Product Revenue Trajectory
Analyst Bottom Up Looking at Reports and Market Similar Research Analysis Products Reports We believe the best approach is to have a good bottom up model and check the thinking by looking at external reports and similar product revenues. 29
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THREE WIDELY USED METHODS FOR REVENUE FORECASTS
Approaches to Developing Market Sizes
Market / Valuation Analysis
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Full Service Analysis / Consulting / Support
VENDORS ARE OFTEN USED FOR MARKET ANALYSIS
Commonly Used Research Vendors
Total Population, Population in Target Markets
Incidence/Prevalence
Potential Market Size
Use 10 year planning horizon: 2012-2022. Assume 2012 launch
% Diagnosed Addressable Market Size % Treated for Disease
% Prescription of Drug
Price per Day of Drug
Actual Ave Days Used
It is very common to build several scenarios (good, poor, expected)
Penetration, Pricing Studies, Competitive Analysis, Compliance Analysis, Reimbursement Analysis and Utilization Patterns Revenue Estimates over the Planning Horizon
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BUILDING A BOTTOM’S UP REVENUE FORECAST
Going from Market Size to Revenue Estimates (Bottom Up)
2000
2025
U.S. Patients are Not Controlled with ACE’s, ARBs and Beta Blockers
Trends in awareness, treatment, and control of high blood pressure in adults ages 18–74
800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Percent
Developed Market Economies
China
India
1976–80
1988–91
1991–94
1999–2000
Awareness
51
73
68
70
Treatment
31
55
54
59
Control
10
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Other Economies Source: JNC 7
Source: Kearney et.al., Lancet, 2005, 365: 217-223
Many Patients Poorly Controlled with Existing Treatments ALLHAT Study: Distribution of Patients by SBP Before and After Treatment with HCTs, CCBs and ACEi’s 40 Baseline
36 Months
30
Thin Pipeline of New Treatments
The only major recent innovation in anti-hypertensive therapy on the horizon is the direct renin inhibitor class (e.g., aliskiren/Tekturn) from Novartis.
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Direct Renin Inhibitors
ACEs, ARBs
10 0 <100 100- 110- 120- 130- 140- 150- 160- 170- 180+ 109 119 129 139 149 159 169 179
SBP (mm hg) Source: Cushman, et al. J Clin Hypertens 2002, 4:393.
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Diuretics, Beta blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers *Source: Sealey and Laragh, American Journal of Hypertension, May 2007
Renin inhibitors are not more effective than ACEs and ARBs and may be unsafe.*
EXAMPLE: NOVEL HYPERTENSION DRUG
Global Burden of Hypertension, Millions of Persons with Hypertension
Rationale for a Synergistic Effect with Current Treatments
There are four important ways in which the novel drug can take share in the hypertension market: 1. Better efficacy and/or safety than current treatments 2. Synergistic with existing treatments (e.g., consider a triple ARB, HCT, novel combo) 3. Better outcomes in certain patient subgroups 4. Better marketing in the face of generics
The Novel drug is a vasodilator that operates
Opportunity for Segmentation / Differentiation by Patient Subgroups
Better outcomes in patients on Cox-2’s and NSAIDs
Better outcomes in patients at risk of nephropathy
Better outcomes in nonresponders to existing antihypertensives Better outcomes in salt sensitive hypertensives
Novel Antihypertensive
Better outcomes by genetic biomarker
Better outcomes in obese patients Better outcomes in cardiac patients
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Better outcomes in patients with inflammation
independently of the RAAS cascade and is likely to be synergistic with RAAS inhibitors. It is likely that a many uncontrolled hypertensive persons would be controlled with the novel drug given its mechanism. Likely to be synergistic in salt-sensitive hypertension • The drug appears more effective than other meds in animals that are salt sensitive. • Salt sensitive patients are some of the poorest responders to existing medications. Likely to be synergistic in obese patients • The drug appears to be effective in the presence of obesity. • Obese patients are some of the poorest responders to existing medications.
DIFFERENTIATION OPPORTUNITY
Taking Share by Differentiation
Key Assumptions Daily Cost of Therapy ROW as % of US Market
$4 80.0%
2010
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2023
2028
2031
Begin Year Patient No. Growth in Patients
80,000,000
84,872,000 3%
90,040,705 3%
92,741,926 3%
95,524,184 101,341,607 104,381,855 117,482,697 136,194,645 148,823,566 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3%
Diagnosis Rate Treatment Rate # of Patients Treated Compliance Rate
50.0% 70.0% 28,000,000 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 29,705,200 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 31,514,247 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 32,459,674 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 33,433,464 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 35,469,562 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 36,533,649 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 41,118,944 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 47,668,126 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 52,088,248 50.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
6.0%
8.0%
12.0%
12.0%
12.0%
0 250 4.00 $ 1,000 $0.0 0.0
0 250 4.20 $ 1,050 $0.0 0.0
0 250 4.41 $ 1,103 $0.0 $ 0.0
Hypertension - US
Penetration Rate Patients on drug Average Days of Therapy Cost Per Day Cost per Day * Days of Therapy Total Revenues Probabil. Adj Revenues
0 250 0 0 $0.0 0.0
5.0%
0 250 0$ 0 $0.0 0.0
2,128,174 250 4.86 $ 1,216 2,586.81 $ 129.3
2,922,692 250 5.11 $ 1,276 3,730.18 $ 186.5
4,934,273 5,720,175 6,250,590 250 250 250 6.21 $ 7.92 $ 8.73 1,551 1,980 2,183 7,654.68 $ 11,325.56 $ 13,644.25 382.7 566.3 682.2
Hypertension - ROW Begin Year Patient No. Growth in Patients
64,000,000
67,897,600 3%
72,032,564 3%
74,193,541 3%
76,419,347 3%
81,073,285 3%
83,505,484 3%
93,986,158 108,955,716 119,058,853 3% 3% 3%
Diagnosis Rate Treatment Rate # of Patients Treated Compliance Rate
50.0% 70.0% 22,400,000 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 23,764,160 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 25,211,397 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 25,967,739 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 26,746,771 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 28,375,650 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 29,226,919 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 32,895,155 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 38,134,501 50.0%
50.0% 70.0% 41,670,598 50.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
6.0%
8.0%
12.0%
12.0%
12.0%
0 250 0$ 0 $0.0 $ 0.0 $
0 250 4.00 $ 1,000 - $ - $
0 250 4.20 $ 1,050 - $ - $
0 250 4.41 $ 1,103 - $ - $
1,702,539 250 4.86 $ 1,216 2,069.45 $ 103.47 $
2,338,154 250 5.11 $ 1,276 2,984.14 $ 149.21 $
3,947,419 250 6.21 $ 1,551 6,123.74 $ 306.19 $
- $
- $
- $
- $
4,656 $
6,714 $
13,778 $
Penetration Rate Patients on drug Average Days of Therapy Cost Per Day Cost per Day * Days of Therapy Total Revenues Probabil. Adj Revenues Total Worldwide Revenue
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0 250 0 0 $0.0 0.0
5.0% $
- $
4,576,140 5,000,472 250 250 7.92 $ 8.73 1,980 2,183 9,060.44 $ 10,915.40 453.02 $ 545.77 20,386 $
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LARGE REVENUE FOR NOVEL HYPERTENSION DRUG
Revenue Forecast for Novel Hypertension Drug
• Prevalence: • Total number of potential customers at any one point in time • Best for products purchased by same customer on a recurring basis (chronic Rx) • Incidence: • Number of new potential customers each year • Best for products treating onetime acute event (heart attack)
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ACCOUN TING
Estimate Incidence and Prevalence
TREATM
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Defining the Market
Identify Segments
Change Over Time
• All potential customers are not alike • Segmentation helps refine penetration and share forecasts • It also allows you to refine estimates and focus efforts by identifying “early adopters” • Example in RA • Severely affected patients (25% of the market) • Moderately affected • Mildly affected
• Customer base and segmentation are influenced by factors that change over time • Growth driver analysis provides insight into changing and/or emerging markets
Penetration is usually the main driver of revenue forecasts. There are a few different means to estimate the peak penetration that a new product can be expected to achieve: 1. Historical penetration of comparable products 2. Objective comparisons versus currently available treatments (efficacy, safety, convenience) 3. Physician interviews to gauge acceptance and potential use versus competing treatments (preference share analysis) 4. Analysis of likely reimbursement and factors related to achieving reimbursement from key payor groups 5. Mapping of commercial effort into physician prescribing behavior (companies often use IMS analysis) 6. Almost all “bottoms up” approaches to penetration analysis tend to overestimate penetration in practice. Preference analysis tends to do a poor job of predicting actual prescribing behavior in the face of detailing and sampling 7. Comparison versus pipeline products and relative timing to market
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Can then build low, expected and high penetration scenarios (important to understand limitation of forecasts in practice)
IMPORTANCE OF MARKET PENETRATION SCENARIOS
Building Penetration Scenarios
Primary Market Research (Structured Interviews)
Historical Analysis of Impact of Order of Entry Expected Product Market Share By Order of Entry
P&T Committees
Physicians by Segment
Payor Research
Estimates of usage and dependence on pricing
By Physician Segment
By Disease State (e.g., first line, second line)
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Total Products on Market
1st
1
100
2
58
42
3
43
31
26
4
35
26
21
18
5
30
22
18
16
6
26
19
16
14
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
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Research Sources: G. Kalyanaram,”The order of entry effect in prescription (Rx) and over-thecounter (OTC) pharmaceutical drugs,” International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, 2008, pp. 35-46. Hans Bauer and Marc Fischer, “Product life cycle patterns for pharmaceuticals and their impact on R&D profitability of late mover products,” International Business Review, 2000, 703-725.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO TAKE AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH
Research Methods for Market and Penetration Analysis
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Leads to suggested sales force sizing and territory coverage with a managed care strategy in light of a launch budget. This facilitates building a penetration forecast that is market based. Typically such forecasts are much lower than those derived from physician preference share analysis.
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COMMERCIAL ANALYSIS AND PENETRATION
Penetration Analysis Should Understand Prescriber Concentration, Sales Force Design, Prescribing Behavior and Reimbursement Positioning
Historical Ramp Speed Analysis Bauer and Fischer (2000) show that Early Movers Ramp Slowly
Source: H.H. Bauer, M. Fischer, International Business Review 9, 2000, pp 703–725
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COST ESTIMATION
ACCOUN TING
TREATM
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Estimating Costs
Research Costs / Clinical Development Costs • Identify remaining steps to IND (Toxicology, PK, etc.) • Estimate cost of remaining steps • Evaluate anticipated time and numbers of patients per phase • Examine patient enrollment issues, treatment length and cost, ease of establishing endpoints, long-term safety, regulatory complexity, etc.
COGS • Look at COGS estimates on comparable products • Use expected dosing and treatment length to generate unit sales. Estimate COGS at that sales volume • Important to be aware of fixed / variable elements of COGS • Review status and current data on scale-up issues
Sales and Marketing Costs • Examine concentration of customer base: hospital or office based physicians, etc. • Use IMS sales force sizing / penetration studies. • Evaluate potential market issues: requirements for physician training and education, patient education, direction to consumer marketing, etc.
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Estimating Costs Pre-Clinical Costs
Clinical Development Costs
From lead to IND: $5 to $15mm
Number of Patients in Trials
From target to lead: $5mm to $50mm
Complexity and Length of Protocol
Pre-Clinical Cost Drivers
Time in Trial
Difficult of chemically reaching target Existence of pool of potential targets Existence of predictive animal models
Demand for Patients / U.S. vs. ROW
Cost and complexity of pharmacology work Need for extensive animal toxicity work
Drug supply costs
Need for formulation / scale-up work
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• Raw materials • Inventories • Small molecular versus biologic
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ACCOUN TING
Input Costs
TREATM
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COGS Factors
… and production costs • Batch size • Production process (complexity, steps) • Storage and inventories • Delivery to customers
Estimating COGS can be based on a number of factors • Similarity to other drug profiles • Complexity • Economies of scale
ACCOUN TING
TREATM
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Sales Force Costs: Example of Costing Grid
Number of Personnel
Fully Loaded Cost
Total Annual Costs
Senior Management
2
$380,000
$760,000
Regional Managers
5
$260,000
$1,300,000
MSLs
8
$250,00
$4,000,000
Sales Reps
120
$180,000
$21,600,000
Support Staff
12
$80,000
$960,000
Total
$28.6 million
Level
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SG&A Typically is Typically Much Higher than Direct Sales Force Cost
Company Pfizer GlaxoSmithKline Sanofi-Aventis Novartis AstraZeneca Merck Wyeth Bristol-Myers Squibb Eli Lilly Schering-Plough King Pharmaceuticals Sepracor Reliant Pharmaceuticals Sciele
Revenues 2006 ($mil) $ 48,371 $ 45,500 $ 38,934 $ 36,749 $ 26,475 $ 22,636 $ 20,351 $ 17,914 $ 15,691 $ 10,594 $ 1,998 $ 1,196 $ 800 $ 293
SG&A Expense ($mil) $ 15,589 $ 14,268 $ 10,641 $ 13,157 $ 9,464 $ 8,165 $ 6,501 $ 6,270 $ 4,890 $ 4,718 $ 714 $ 764 $ 550 $ 145
SG&A Margin 32% 31% 27% 36% 36% 36% 32% 35% 31% 45% 36% 64% 69% 49%
Salesforce Cost ($mil) Revenue / Rep $ 4,140 $ 1,389,971 $ 4,375 $ 1,229,730 $ 3,342 $ 1,364,191 $ 1,940 $ 2,370,903 $ 1,950 $ 1,765,000 $ 1,900 $ 1,741,231 $ 1,575 $ 1,695,917 $ 1,348 $ 1,628,545 $ 2,175 $ 950,970 $ 1,618 $ 827,656 $ 193 $ 1,816,364 $ 333 $ 629,474 $ 126 $ 1,111,111 $ 114 $ 450,769
U.S. Reps 8,800 9,000 6,500 5,200 6,000 8,000 5,000 3,300 7,000 4,500 1,100 1,900 720 650
Worldwide Reps 34,800 37,000 28,540 15,500 15,000 13,000 12,000 11,000 16,500 12,800 1,100 1,900 720 650
Source: Cowen Pharma, Jan 2007 and Torreya Partners Analysis
It is important to estimate variable cost components of a new drug introduction beyond direct sales force costs.
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Illustration of a Launch Budget for a Primary Care Product New Drug Launch Costs Marketing Travel Advertorial Media Patient Starter Kit Launch Sales Aid Launch Campaign Art Small Science Flash Card Patient Ed Booklet & Holder Direct to Patient Concepts Printing Sales Aids Testing Media to PCPs and GI docs Launch Journal Advertising Launch Media Launch Convention Panels MDAlert PharmAlert Pharmacy Sell Sheet Managed Care Sales Aid Formulary Stickers Shelf Talker Web site Direct Mail Product Website Development Premium Item Give-Aw ays Launch Meeting (does not include hotel and flight arrangements) Marketing Plan -Consulting Sales Training Modules Promo Items Rebate Trade Show Booths RCW Account service fee Drug Med Ed Sample packaging Marketing Total
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2011 1,000,000 6,000,000 30,000 86,500 100,000 43,000 98,750 58,000 250,000 12,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 40,000 37,000 32,000 27,000 37,000 15,000 20,000 250,000 205,000 60,000 107,000 1,000,000 120,000 20,000 150,000 630,500 3,000,000 568,000 17,496,750
Regulatory & Prod Developm ent Surveillance system 800 number Orange book costs PDUFA establishment Total Personnel Representatives (1500) including salary, benefits & fleet Recruiting, Travel and Misc Personnel Expenses Managed care organization (100) Sales Management, MSLs, Outcomes Grp (80) Total Sam ples Manufacturing, Packaging
250,000 20,000 100,000 50,000 420,000
262,500,000 75,000,000 15,000,000 20,000,000 372,500,000
50,000,000
Sales Sales Incentive (trip/other) Training Inventory sample cost Total Shipping costs
3,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 5500000 1,000,000
Total $ 446,916,750
RISK ESTIMATION
Phase 1: Done Q3 2008
Phase 1b: Done Q2 2009
Phase 2: Done 2010
Phase 3: Done 2012
Opportunity to show range of doses
Opportunity to find clear efficacy and start to see safety profile. Hopefully, primate tox is complete and we have a backup compound in Phase 1.
Critical to get the dose right, establish a safety profile and begin to write the label. Animal carcinogenicity done.
Write the label, confirm the safety profile and dose. Consider head to head trials vs. standard of care, noting points of differentiation. Get QT study done.
Phase 3: Large safety confirmation trial / write label
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Drug Safe and Superior to existing meds Drug Safe, not Superior but adds to existing meds
Phase 3: Not Safe
Terminate / Consider Other Indications
Phase 1b: Not Safe
Terminate / Consider Other Indications
Terminate / Consider Other Indications
Terminate Development
Terminate Development
Terminate Development
Phase 1b: Initial Proof of Concept
Phase 1: Not safe
If we can beat on efficacy and match safety we have a giant drug.
Drug approvable but inferior to existing meds
Phase 2: Dose and Safety Confirmed
AR9281 Phase 1a Safety Trial
Drug Approval / Label: 2013
KEY CLINICAL EVENTS AND POTENTIAL OUTCOMES
Important to Diagram Key Development Steps and Risks
100%
80%
100%
60%
80%
Cumulative probability of success (percent) 40%
52%
20%
26% 18%
15%
0% Pre-Clinical
Successful IND Submission
Phase I/IIa Successful
Phase IIb Successful
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NDA Successful
MOST DRUG CANDIDATES FAIL TO BE APPROVED
Using Industry Average Failure Rates to Handicap Risk (PTRS)
Probability of FDA Approval Probability of FDA Approval for Products Entering (%) STUDY
Lehman Brothers (1997) Myers / Howe (1997)(1) DiMasi / Manocchia (1997) (1)
Kaitin (1995) DiMasi / Hansen / Grabowski / Lasagna (1997, 1995) Struck (1994 biotech) Struck (1994 conventional NCE) DiMasi / Seibring / Lasagna (1994) Wenzel (1993) Grabowski (1991) Tucker / Blozan / Coppinger (1988) Sheck / Cox / Davis et al. (1984) Hansen (1979) Recombinant Capital (o.D.) Bienz-Tadmor / DiCerbo / Lasagna (1992) Grosse / DiMasi / Nelson (1996) Average Average (excl. high and low)
Preclinical
Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
FDA
4 22 – – – 38 11 – – – ? – – 19 – –
10 24 – 20 23 69 25 –
63 64 – 62 64 92 66 – 63 64 ? – – 60 – –
90 75 90 75 – 100 100 83 –
29 21
30 32 – 30 31 79 33 – 30 31 ? – 50 30 – –
19 18
25 23
38 34
66 64
87 87
23 ? 17 19
? – – – – –
Notes
(2)
(3) (4)
Source: "Real Option Valuation in R&D Decision-Making in Pharmaceuticals" by Dr. Gunnar Pritsch, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Co. (1) No empirical study, but “conclusion estimates”. (2) Gastrointestinal: 79%; anti-infective: 84%; cardio: 90%; oncology: 92%; antiviral: 93%; endocrine: 94%; neuropharmacologic + radiologic: 100%. (3) Peptide hormone analogous: 24%; antiviral 29%; antineoplastics: 33%; cardiovascular: 34%. (4) Data 1980-89; number reflects average expected success for all recombiment protein and monoclonal antibody drugs; all recombinants: 19-43%; new recombinants: 15-39%; therapeutic MAbs: 4-29%.
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WIDE RANGE OF SUCCESS RATE ESTIMATES
Studies of Drug Approval Risk
Avance published a study in November 2009 of over 200 companies listed on public stock exchanges, tracking their clinical drug candidates from 2003-2009.
Cost ($ million)
Success Rate / Transition Probability (%)
Duration (Months)
Phase I
5
71%
12
Phase II
12
44%
26
Phase III
68
69%
34
NDA
3
NA
18
Total
88
21%
90
Stage
In biotech the success rate was even lower, averaging 9% for NCEs and 15% for biologicals.
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OVERALL SUCCESS RATE OF DRUG APPROVAL: 21%
Success Rates from a Recent Study
Another Updated Study: DiMasi – March 2010
Source: JA DiMasi, L Feldman, A Seckler and A Wilson, “Trends in Risks Associated With New Drug Development: Success Rates for Investigational Drugs,” Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, March 2010, pp. 272-277.
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Success Rates Depend on Therapeutic Indication
Source: DiMasi, J.A., 2001, “Risks in New Drug Development: Approval Success Rates for Investigational Drugs”, Clin Pharmacol Ther, vol. 69, p. 297-307.
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Transition Probabilities by Therapeutic Class
Source: JA DiMasi, L Feldman, A Seckler and A Wilson, “Trends in Risks Associated With New Drug Development: Success Rates for Investigational Drugs,” Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, March 2010, pp. 272-277.
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Source: JA DiMasi, L Feldman, A Seckler and A Wilson, “Trends in Risks Associated With New Drug Development: Success Rates for Investigational Drugs,” Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, March 2010, pp. 272-277.
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Discount Rates Used in Industry
Discount Rate
Company Actelion
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13.2%
HY Report 2009
Large Pharma A
Real
10%
2010 Interview
Spec Pharma A
Nominal
12%
2010 Interview
Large Biotech A
Nominal
10%
2009 Interview
Spec Pharma B
Nominal
14%
2009 Interview
Large Pharma B
Nominal
12%
2009 Interview
AstraZeneca
Nominal
11%
Annual Rpt 2008
Range
10 to 14%
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Nominal Versus Real Discount Rates
Nominal rates include the effects of inflation. Real rates have been adjusted for inflation. It is important to match cash flows in the forecast to the type of rate used: Nominal cash flows with nominal rates and real cash flows with real rates. It’s an important distinction because many pharma revenue forecasts are real whether stated or not. Price increases that are modeled in are above and beyond normal inflation.
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Discount Rate Should Reflect the Cost of Capital What is the Cost of Capital? The cost of capital is a measure of the opportunity cost of capital in an economy.
A company’s cost of capital should equal the marginal return available to investors in the next best investment opportunity of similar risk available in the capital markets The cost of capital should reflect:
The return available to investors in the economy on risk-free instruments
The return that investors require for taking systematic risk over and above the risk-free rate
Systematic risk is that which cannot be diversified away.
Traditionally measured as the weighted average of the cost of equity and debt. Known as the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC).
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Cost of Equity
Cost of Debt
Risk-Free Rate
Credit Spread
Country/ Political Risk Premium
Tax Shield
Risk-Free Rate
Equity Market Risk Premium
Equity Beta
Business Risk
Country/ Political Risk Premium
Financial Risk
WACC is a weighted average of cost of equity and debt, where the weights for cost of debt and cost of equity are determined by market values of equity and debt. Because a number of inputs to WACC are of statistical nature, WACC is a range rather than a point estimate. 60
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THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO WACC
Estimating The Cost of Capital using WACC Approach
Because equity is a long-term investment, a risk-free rate representing a long-term horizon is most appropriate. Consequently, we utilize the 30-year U.S. Treasury as the risk-free rate in the CAPM.
EQUITY MARKET RISK PREMIUM
The equity market risk premium is the excess return expected for the equity market relative to the long-term bond market. The figure that is used normally ranges between 4 and 8%.
EQUITY BETA(1)
The beta is a risk measure which represents the non-diversifiable risk associated with an equity investment measured relative to the overall equity market. It is a function of asset risk and financial risk. POLITICAL RISK PREMIUM
The political risk premium represents the incremental return investors require for use of their funds in international investments and represents nonsystematic risks such as expropriation.
(1) When calculating the asset beta for high-levered, non-investment grade companies, it is important to utilize a “debt beta” in the calculation.
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TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO WACC (CONT’D)
RISK-FREE RATE
Discount Rates in Practice
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Industry betas are better if you must use beta
We prefer to pick a fixed rate that reflects the leveraged opportunity cost of equity
Another approach is to look at industry wide implied cost of equity from actual market prices.
VALUATION CONSIDERATIONS IN LICENSING
Illustrative
Value to Original Developer
Total Program Value
NPV= $30 License
Milestones Royalties
NPV= $80 R&D
Sales
COGs R&D
NPV= $50 Sales
S&M License
Value to Partner
COGs Milestones
S&M R&D
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PARTNERSHIP AND NPV
Partnering a Program Splits the NPV Between the Original Developer and the Partner
Negotiating and Valuing Licensing Deals
NPV Split • • • •
What percent of the rNPV goes to the licensor and licensee? Generally the licensor can get more than 50% of the value Generally the split is more favorable to the licensor on earlier deals Generally the split is more favorable to the licensor when the licensee is small or in financial difficulty
rIRR to the Licensee • A key benchmark is what return on investment goes to the licensee (risk-adjusted internal rate of return) • A smart licensee avoids putting his capital to work in order to boost the rIRR • A smart licensor tries to get the lowest rIRR deal possible • Surprisingly, many counterparties in pharma negotiations pay less attention to this metric than they should.
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Partnership Economics in a Recent Torreya Advised Transaction
1. Pick deals with large scale and high rIRRs 2. Know your rIRR limit – generally in the 20 to 30% range. 3. Focus on putting largest payments after key risk points have been passed 4. Focus discussion on precedent transactions (example at right) 5. Focus discussion on key issues (e.g., reimbursement, compliance, other related product revenues) 6. Focus discussion on fit and good job that can be done 7. Include equity as consideration if licensor is cash-strapped (often is misvalued) 8. Understand liquidation preferences of licensor / seller 67
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BARGAINING TACTICS WHEN IN-LICENSING
Bargaining Tactics when In-Licensing
1. Ask licensor to show what they can do for you. Get financial forecasts if possible. Ask for a capabilities presentation. 2. Figure out the licensor’s financial modeling approach and assumptions as best as possible. 3. Figure out the licensor’s hurdle rate on rIRR. 4. Solve for the licensor’s model and the rIRR as terms change. 5. Focus less on deal comparables. 6. Try to get payments made early in the collaboration. 7. Avoid including equity as consideration.
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BARGAINING TACTICS WHEN OUT-LICENSING
Bargaining Tactics when Out-Licensing
Assume $20 million upfront, $160 million in milestones and a 22% royalty. Cash Flows to BigPharma from Partnership Transaction - US Items Forecast Revenue Cost of Goods Sold Royalty payment to Biotech BigPharma development expense SG&A and launch cost Milestone payments to Biotech BigPharma Pre-tax cash flows After-Tax Cash Flow Probability of Success in Year Probability of Payment if Deal in 2008 Probability Adjusted Cash Flow
EPS Impact with success
2008 0 0 0 5 0 20 (25) (25) 10% 100% (25) $ (0.00)
BigPharma Tax Rate
22%
BigPharma Rate of Return on Partnership
36%
Value created at BigPharma by deal:
2009 0 0 0 10 0 0 (10) (10) 20% 50% (5) $ (0.00)
2010 0 0 0 20 0 40 (60) (60) 40% 25% (15) $ (0.01)
2011 0 0 0 20 0 0 (20) (20) 40% 25% (5) $ (0.00)
$6,104 million for an investment of
2012 0 0 0 50 (30) 60 (140) (140) 70% 20% (28) $ (0.02)
$
2013 0 0 0 50 (30) 60 (140) (140) 70% 20% (28) $ (0.02)
2014 0 0 0 10 0 0 (10) (10) 85% 15% (2) $ (0.00)
$
2015 624 62 137 0 (156) 200 68 53 100% 10% 5
2016 1,686 169 371 0 (422) 0 725 565 100% 10% 57
2017 2,918 292 642 0 (642) 0 1,342 1,047 100% 10% 105
2018 4,339 434 954 0 (954) 0 1,996 1,557 100% 10% 156
0.01 $
0.08 $
0.15 $
0.22 $
(78) million in expected terms.
The deal on the table here is for a Phase 1b cardiometabolic drug. The proposal made of 20mm upfront gives the licensor (big pharma company) a generous return of 36%. However, the project is highly risky. The licensee should keep bargaining to try to get the pharma’s return down to a sub 25% area. This will require getting the upfront to be higher.
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2019 5,972 597 1,314 0 (1,314) 0 2,747 2,143 100% 10% 214
0.31 $
2024 8,836 884 1,944 0 (1,944) 0 4,064 3,170 100% 10% 317
0.45 $
2029 12,450 1,245 2,739 0 (2,739) 0 5,727 4,467 100% 10% 447
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ONE SHOULD ALWAYS TRY TO GUESS THE OTHER SIDES VALUE
Solving for the Other Side’s Model
THE M&A SETTING
M&A and Licensing Valuation Analysis are Conceptually Similar Same exercise but now we are valuing a company rather than a drug. Sum the rNPVs of the projects of the target company with adjustment for overhead costs or model the company as a whole (will shown an example for Eli Lilly). This gives the target company intrinsic valuation. Try not to overpay. Valuation is treacherous, particularly with terminal value assumptions. Problem is that most M&A deals involving later stage and marketed assets are NPV negative. Two ways to think about this:
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M&A Analysis Approach at One Pharma •
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The Pharma has a well developed approach – Step 1. Identify cash flows from identifiable products – Step 2. Discount the cash flows at a rate in the low teens to get the DCF value – Step 3. Compute the target purchase price as the equity value plus a premium of 30 to 50% (typically 40%) plus debt less cash – Step 4. Compare the DCF to purchase price of the target • The difference between enterprise value and DCF is known as pipeline or science value • If pipeline value is negative then the valuation test suggests acquire • If pipeline value is greater than 50% then the valuation test suggests avoid • If pipeline value is between 0 and 50% then study further and make a business judgment This approach leaves significant room for quantitative and qualitative judgment. It is intelligent and designed to avoid situations where the pharma overpays for targets.
Consequences of a Hypothetical 2004 Acquisition of a Specialty Pharma Operating Income (ex-Synergies) Operating Income (ex-syergies)
Revenues $3,966 $3,549 $3,163
Revenues
$3,072 $2,777
$2,725 $2,373
$2,199
$526
2005
$699
$772
$803
2006
2007
2008
Warner Chilcott
$996
$726 $625
$351
$377
2007
2008
$270
$216
2006
28.4% 41.1% 30.7%
30.6% 38.9% 32.5%
Allergan
Pro Forma
Source: Wall Street projections
$1,000 $856
$841
2005 Operating Margin
Allergan
$1,377 $1,207
30.8% 45.4% 33.9%
Warner Chilcott
31.6% 46.9% 34.5%
Pro Forma
Source: Wall Street projections
EPS
2003-2008 CAGR 19.9% accretive
18.8% accretive
14.1% accretive
$5.54 $4.62
$4.42 $3.28
$3.55
2005
$5.48
$3.87
2006 Allergan
2007 Pro Forma
Source: Wall Street projections
2008
2005-2008 CAGR
8.4% accretive
21.4% 22.4%
20.5%
$6.51 17.0% 15.2% 12.9%
17.9%
18.7%
13.3%
Revenue
Operating Income (ex-synergies)
Allergan
Warner Chilcott
Pro Forma
EPS
Factors to Consider in NPV Models of Pharmaceutical Companies
Model each drug in an additive manner. • Revenues and cost curves for each drug. • Use reasonable estimates to the curves for the models.
Take drugs out at least 10 to 15 years – past patent expiration dates • Analyst reports generally stop too soon • Pay careful attention to patent issues and associated cliffs • Use analyst reports to get the estimates started Carefully think about the role of R&D in the model. • If you keep R&D in then you need a terminal value • If you leave it out or scale it down then no terminal value required
Be aware of how your own company looks through the same lens • For the purpose of a stock for stock merger it’s important to look at each party with the same analytical approach • If you ignore their pipeline, you should ignore yours etc.
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