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Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc
2/28/2024
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Abby and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Jazz Pharmaceuticals fourth quarter 2023 earnings conference call. Today's conference is being recorded and all lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during that time, simply press the star key followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, press star one a second time. Thank you. And I will now turn the conference over to Andrea Flynn, head of investor relations. Ms. Flynn, you may begin.
Thank you, operator, and good afternoon, everyone. Today, Jazz Pharmaceuticals reported its fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results. The slide presentation accompanying this webcast is available on the investor section of our website. Investors may also refer to the press release we issued earlier today, which is also posted to our website. On the call today are Bruce Kozad, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rene Galla, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Rob Younone, Executive Vice President, Global Head of R&D. On slide two, I'd like to remind you that today's webcast includes forward-looking statements, such as those related to our future financial and operating results, growth potential, and anticipated development and commercialization milestones and goals. which involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events, performance, and results to differ materially from those contained in these forward-looking statements. We encourage you to review the statements contained in today's press release in our slide deck and the risks and uncertainties described in our SEC filings, which identify certain factors that may cause the company's actual events, performance, and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements made on today's webcast. We undertake no duty or obligation to update our forward-looking statements. As noted on slide three, we will discuss non-GAAP financial measures on this webcast. Descriptions of these non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are included in today's press release and the slide presentation available on the Investors section of our website. I'll now turn the call over to Bruce.
Thanks, Andrea. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us today to discuss our fourth quarter and full year 2023 results and our excitement about 2024. I'll start on slide five. 2023 was a highly productive year for Jazz. Thanks to the passion and innovation of our talented employees around the world, we helped more patients, generated more than $3.8 billion in revenues, and advanced multiple pipeline programs. We believe these accomplishments position us well for success in 2024 as we focus on commercial execution and accelerating top-line growth, delivering on key pipeline catalysts, and remaining active in assessing corporate development opportunities to drive growth and value creation. Before we move on, I want to highlight our announcement from last week that Phil Johnson is joining Jazz as our Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1st. Phil comes to Jazz from Eli Lilly, where over the course of almost three decades, he led several finance functions and was most recently Group Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. As we move into 2024, we are excited to add Phil's industry experience, leadership, and strategic approach to our executive team. Turning to slide six, our performance in 2023 is reflective of the strong execution that has transformed our business over the past several years. Highlighting a few commercial accomplishments in 2023, combined revenue from our key growth drivers, Zywave, Epidiolex, and Rylase, increased 27% year-over-year. We drove more than $1.9 billion in revenue from our sleep therapeutic area, reinforcing our confidence in its durability. Epidiolex continues to grow, reflecting strong underlying demand and the execution by our commercial team. Epidiolex is now annualizing at more than $900 million and on track to deliver on its blockbuster potential. Our oncology therapeutic area surpassed $1 billion in revenue for the year, with Riley's leading the way with 40% year-over-year growth. Moving to our R&D and pipeline efforts, we have multiple near-term, late-stage catalysts targeting significant market opportunity. Given the strength of clinical data to date across multiple indications, we've used ZanyDataMap as our most de-risked asset with more than a $2 billion peak potential. On the operational front, our disciplined capital allocation provides the financial strength to invest in our continued growth and diversification while generating healthy operating cash flow and margins. We have a strong track record of successful corporate development and remain focused on evaluating additional transactions. Turning to slide seven, we made progress toward Vision 2025 based on our strong performance in 2023. On the commercial side, we've executed successful launches with leading therapies in narcolepsy and epilepsy and a growing oncology portfolio. Our investments in R&D have expanded our capabilities and the breadth and depth of our pipeline. And on operational excellence, disciplined capital allocation has put us in a strong financial position. and we continue to be mindful of making investments with the most impact to drive meaningful shareholder value. I'll now turn the call over to Renee to review our commercial performance, after which Rob will share an update on our R&D progress. I'll provide a financial overview, and then we'll open the call to Q&A. Renee?
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