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SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN), a leader in genetic testing and precision medicine, today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2021 and provided an update on recent business performance and strategic transformation plans.
“We are encouraged by our third quarter performance, and the execution of our teammates on our strategic growth and transformation plans that resulted in year-over-year growth in test volumes, margins and revenue,” said Paul J. Diaz, President and Chief Executive Officer. “The quality and accuracy of our products and improving customer service levels continue to position our business for sustainable growth and profitability. I want to thank all of our 2,400 Myriad Genetics teammates for their commitment to advancing the health and well-being of all of our patients. We are encouraged by the growing market opportunities in our core businesses and see significant potential to expand access to quality genetic testing and precision medicines that improve health outcomes and access to needed healthcare services.”
Financial and Operational Highlights:
“While we still have a lot of hard work ahead of us, we are now better positioned for growth across all of our business segments as we look to 2022 and beyond,” said Diaz. “Our balance sheet is strong. As a result, we can now focus on investing further in the opportunities we see in the emerging technologies, R&D and commercial strategies that elevate our products to their full potential including, acquisitions, new partnerships, and new business development efforts. We look forward to expanding access to vital genetic testing, and precision medicine, making it easier for patients and partners to engage with us, and delivering sustainable and profitable results for all of our shareholders.”
Business Performance and Highlights:
Women’s HealthIn the Myriad Women’s Health business, Myriad serves women assessing their risk of cancer, and those who are pregnant or planning a family. Women’s Health delivered revenue of $59.1 million in the quarter, an increase of 6% year-over-year and a decrease of 12% sequentially.
OncologyMyriad's Oncology business provides hereditary cancer testing, including MyRisk®, for patients who have cancer. It also provides tumor profiling products such as the EndoPredict® breast cancer prognostic test, the Prolaris® prostate cancer test, and the myChoiceCDx® companion diagnostic test for predicting response to PARP inhibitors. The Oncology business delivered revenue of $76.8 million in the quarter, an increase of 32% year-over-year and a decrease of 2% sequentially.
Mental HealthMyriad’s Mental Health business consists of the GeneSight® psychotropic test that covers 61 medications commonly prescribed for depression, anxiety, ADHD, and other psychiatric conditions. In the pharmacogenomic category, GeneSight delivered revenue of $24.1 million in the quarter, an increase of 103% year-over-year and 7% sequentially.
Business DivestituresOn July 1, 2021, the company completed the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Myriad RBM, Inc. to Q2 Solutions.
On September 13, 2021, the company completed the sale of select operating assets and intellectual property, including the Vectra® test, to Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings.
The company intends to use a portion of the total divestiture gross proceeds of approximately $380.0 million to fund investments in technology and commercial efforts and fund the potential qui tam settlement relating to Crescendo Bioscience, Inc. The proceeds were also used to paid down its revolving credit facility.
Financial GuidanceGiven the continued unpredictability surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic (and its variant strains) as well as the impact it continues to have on the healthcare environment, customer behavior and the ability to market tests to physicians, the company will not provide financial guidance for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2021 or fiscal year 2021. We expect to resume providing financial guidance in early 2022.
Conference Call and WebcastA conference call will be held today, Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at 4:30 p.m. EDT to discuss Myriad’s financial results and business developments for the third quarter 2021. The dial-in number for domestic callers is 1-800-920-2776. International callers may dial 1-212-271-4651. All callers will be asked to reference reservation number 21998401. An archived replay of the call will be available for seven days by dialing 1-800-633-8284 and entering the reservation number above. The conference call and slide presentation will be available through a live webcast at www.myriad.com.
About Myriad GeneticsMyriad Genetics is a leading genetic testing and precision medicine company dedicated to advancing health and well-being for all, empowering individuals with vital genetic insights and enabling healthcare providers to better detect, treat and prevent disease. Myriad discovers and commercializes genetic tests that determine the risk of developing disease, assess the risk of disease progression, and guide treatment decisions across medical specialties where critical genetic insights can significantly improve patient care and lower healthcare costs. For more information, visit the company's website: www.myriad.com.
Myriad, the Myriad logo, BART, BRACAnalysis, Colaris, Colaris AP, MyRisk, Myriad MyRisk, MyRisk Hereditary Cancer, myChoice, myPlan, BRACAnalysis CDx, Tumor BRACAnalysis CDx, myChoice CDx, Vectra, Prequel, Foresight, GeneSight, RiskScore and Prolaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Myriad Genetics, Inc. or its wholly owned subsidiaries in the United States and foreign countries.
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Business Units:WH = Women’s HealthONC = OncologyMH = Mental Health
Product Categories:Hereditary Cancer – MyRisk, BRACAnalysis, BRACAnalysis CDxTumor Profiling – myChoice CDx, Prolaris, EndoPredictPrenatal – Foresight, PrequelPharmacogenomics – GeneSightAutoimmune – VectraOther – myPathPharma and clinical – RBM, COVID-19 testing
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Safe Harbor StatementThis press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to the company's business being primed for sustainable growth and profitability, the company's plans to use proceeds from the divestitures, the expected launch in late 2022 and the benefits of a combined product offering of Prequel and the Foresight carrier screen test, the expected launch in early 2022 and benefits of a combined offering of somatic, germline and CDx for ovarian cancer patients, the company's plans to expand access to vital genetic testing, make it easier for patients and partners to engage with the company, and deliver sustainable and profitable results; and the company’s strategic imperatives under the caption “About Myriad Genetics.” These “forward-looking statements” are management’s present expectations of future events and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those described in the forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to: uncertainties associated with COVID-19, including its possible effects on the company’s operations and the demand for its products and services; risks related to the company’s ability to efficiently and flexibly manage its business amid uncertainties associated with COVID-19; the risk that sales and profit margins of the company’s existing molecular diagnostic tests may decline or that the company may not be able to operate its business on a profitable basis; risks related to the company’s ability to generate sufficient revenue from its existing product portfolio or in launching and commercializing new tests; risks related to changes in governmental or private insurers’ coverage and reimbursement levels for the company’s tests or the company’s ability to obtain reimbursement for its new tests at comparable levels to its existing tests; risks related to increased competition and the development of new competing tests and services; the risk that the company may be unable to develop or achieve commercial success for additional molecular diagnostic tests in a timely manner, or at all; the risk that the company may not successfully develop new markets for its molecular diagnostic tests, including the company’s ability to successfully generate revenue outside the United States; the risk that licenses to the technology underlying the company’s molecular diagnostic tests and any future tests are terminated or cannot be maintained on satisfactory terms; risks related to delays or other problems with operating the company’s laboratory testing facilities; risks related to public concern over genetic testing in general or the company’s tests in particular; risks related to regulatory requirements or enforcement in the United States and foreign countries and changes in the structure of the healthcare system or healthcare payment systems; risks related to the company’s ability to obtain new corporate collaborations or licenses and acquire new technologies or businesses on satisfactory terms, if at all; risks related to the company’s ability to successfully integrate and derive benefits from any technologies or businesses that it licenses or acquires; risks related to the company’s projections about the potential market opportunity for the company’s products; the risk that the company or its licensors may be unable to protect or that third parties will infringe the proprietary technologies underlying the company’s tests; the risk of patent-infringement claims or challenges to the validity of the company’s patents; risks related to changes in intellectual property laws covering the company’s molecular diagnostic tests, or patents or enforcement, in the United States and foreign countries; risks related to security breaches, loss of data and other disruptions, including from cyberattacks; risks of new, changing and competitive technologies and regulations in the United States and internationally; the risk that the company may be unable to comply with financial operating covenants under the company’s credit or lending agreements; and other factors discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” contained in Item 1A of the company’s Transition Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2021, as well as any updates to those risk factors filed from time to time in the company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K.
Statement regarding use of non-GAAP financial measuresIn this press release, the company’s financial results and financial guidance are provided in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) and using certain non-GAAP financial measures. Management believes that presentation of operating results using non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplemental information to investors and facilitates the analysis of the company’s core operating results and comparison of operating results across reporting periods. Management also uses non-GAAP financial measures to establish budgets and to manage the company’s business. A reconciliation of the GAAP financial results to non-GAAP financial results is included in the attached schedules and a description of the adjustments made to the GAAP financial measures is included at the end of the schedules.
The company encourages investors to carefully consider its results under GAAP, as well as its supplemental non-GAAP information and the reconciliation between these presentations, to more fully understand its business. Non-GAAP financial results are reported in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measuresfor the Three and Nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020(unaudited data in millions, except per share amount)
Adjusted Free Cash Flow Reconciliationfor the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020(unaudited data in millions)
Following is a description of the adjustments made to GAAP financial measures: