Evofem Biosciences Inc
For the period ended Jun 30, 2024. Filed Aug 14, 2024.
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Jun 30, 2024 · Filed Aug 14, 2024
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q (Quarterly Report), contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are contained principally in the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” All statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this Quarterly Report, including statements regarding our strategy, future operations, future financial position, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management, are forward-looking statements. Words such as, but not limited to, “anticipate,” “aim,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “design,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “suggest,” “strategy,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions or phrases, or the negative of those expressions or phrases, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.
| ● | our ability to continue as a going concern; |
| ● | the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement, and documents related thereto; |
| ● | our ability to successfully integrate and commercialize SOLOSEC® (secnidazole) 2 g oral granules (SOLOSEC); |
| ● | our ability to remediate the material weaknesses in our internal controls and procedures identified by management; |
| ● | our ability to obtain necessary approvals of any corporate action needing stockholder, FINRA, or other approvals; |
| ● | our ability to file Annual and Quarterly Reports on a timely basis; |
| ● | our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations if and as needed; |
| ● | our ability to achieve and sustain profitability; |
| ● | our estimates regarding our future performance including, without limitation, any estimates of potential future revenues; |
| ● | estimates regarding market size; |
| ● | our estimates regarding expenses, revenues, financial performance and capital requirements, including the length of time our capital resources will sustain our operations; |
| ● | our ability to maintain the listing of our shares on the OTCQB® Venture Market; |
| ● | our ability to comply with the provisions and requirements of our debt arrangements, to avoid future defaults pursuant to our debt arrangements and to pay amounts owed, including any amounts that may be accelerated, pursuant to our debt arrangements; |
| ● | estimates regarding health care providers’ (HCPs) recommendations of Phexxi® (lactic acid, citric acid, and potassium bitartrate) vaginal gel (Phexxi) to patients; |
| ● | estimates regarding HCPs recommendations of SOLOSEC to patients suffering from the sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for which it is indicated; |
| ● | the rate and degree of market acceptance of our products; |
| ● | our ability to successfully commercialize and distribute our products and continue to develop our sales and marketing capabilities, particularly after any product rebrand; |
| ● | our estimates regarding the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; |
| ● | our strategic plans for our business, including the commercialization of our products; |
| ● | the potential for changes to current regulatory mandates requiring health insurance plans to cover U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared or -approved contraceptive products or STI treatments without cost sharing; |
| ● | our ability to obtain or maintain third-party payer coverage and adequate reimbursement, and our reliance on the willingness of patients to pay out-of-pocket for our products absent full or partial third-party payer reimbursement; |
| ● | our ability to protect and defend our intellectual property position and our reliance on third party licensors; |
| ● | our ability to obtain additional patent protection for our products; |
| ● | our dependence on third parties for the manufacture of our products; |
| ● | our ability to expand our organization to accommodate potential growth; and |
| ● | our ability to retain and attract key personnel. |
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Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this Quarterly Report, we caution you that these statements are based on our projections of the future that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, to differ. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Forward-looking statements should be regarded solely as our current plans, estimates and beliefs. You should read this Quarterly Report and the documents that we have filed as exhibits to this Quarterly Report and incorporated by reference herein completely and with the understanding that our actual results may be materially different from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment and new risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report are made as of the date of this Quarterly Report, and we do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
This Quarterly Report contains estimates and other statistical data made by independent parties and by the Company relating to market size and growth and other data about its industry. This data involves a number of assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to such estimates.
Our first commercial product, Phexxi, was approved by the FDA on May 22, 2020. Phexxi is the first and only non-hormonal prescription contraceptive gel that women only use when they have sex. Because Phexxi is hormone-free and non-systemic, it is not associated with side effects of hormonal contraceptive methods such as depression, weight gain, headaches, loss of libido, mood swings and irritability. Taking hormones may not be right for some women, especially those with certain medical conditions, including clotting disorders, hormone-sensitive cancers, diabetes or a BMI over 30 as well as women who are breast feeding, and / or smoke. More than 23.3 million women in the U.S. do not want to get pregnant and will not use a hormonal contraceptive.
We have delivered Phexxi net sales growth in each consecutive year since it was launched in September 2020. Key growth drivers for 2024 include expanded use of Phexxi in women who take oral birth control pills in conjunction with GLP-1 prescription medications like Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Zepbound for weight loss. These drugs may make oral birth control pills less effective at certain points in the dosing schedule. Per the USPI, prescribers are counselled to “advise patients using oral contraceptives to switch to a non-oral contraceptive method or add a barrier method” to prevent unintended pregnancy during these times.
Outside the U.S., the Company’s strategy is to commercialize Phexxi in global markets through commercial partnerships and/or license agreements. Phexxi was approved in Nigeria on October 6, 2022, as Femidence™ by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. Phexxi has been submitted for approval in Mexico, Ethiopia and Ghana. In July 2024, we licensed commercial rights to Phexxi in the Middle East to Pharma 1 Drug Store, LLC, an emerging Emirati health care company (Pharma 1). Pharma 1 intends to file for regulatory approval of Phexxi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the second half of 2024.
In July 2024 we acquired global rights to SOLOSEC® (secnidazole) 2g oral granules. This FDA-approved single-dose oral antimicrobial agent provides a complete course of therapy for the treatment of two common sexual health infections – bacterial vaginosis (BV) and trichomoniasis. This acquisition aligns with and advances our mission to improve access to innovative and differentiated options that impact women’s daily lives. We plan to re-launch SOLOSEC in the second half of 2024, leveraging our commercial infrastructure and strong physician relationships.
Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this Quarterly Report to “Evofem,” “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Evofem Biosciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
This Quarterly Report includes our trademarks, trade names and service marks, including “Phexxi®”, “Femidence™” and “SOLOSEC®”, which are protected under applicable intellectual property laws and are the property of Evofem Biosciences, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Solely for convenience, trademarks, trade names and service marks referred to in this Quarterly Report may appear without the ®, ™ or SM symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the right of the applicable licensor to these trademarks, trade names and service marks. We do not intend our use or display of other parties’ trademarks, trade names or service marks to imply, and such use or display should not be construed to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, these other parties.
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