1 unchanged sentence
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is intended to help the reader understand our results of operations and financial condition.
−Removed: This MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, our unaudited consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto and other disclosures included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the disclosures under Part II, Item 1A “Risk Factors,” and our audited financial information and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report .
+Added: This MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, our unaudited consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto and other disclosures included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the disclosures under Part II, Item 1A “Risk Factors,” and our audited financial information and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Annual Report”) .
Our unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S.
7 unchanged sentences
(the “Purchaser”) for the sale of a portion of the royalty rights due to us from CSL Behring under the Commercialization and License Agreement.
+Added: In August 2023, the FDA cleared the Investigational New Drug (“IND”) application for AMT-260, our gene therapy candidate for refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (“MTLE”).
+Added: On October 5, 2023, we announced a Reorganization (see definition below) of our research and technology programs.
We believe our validated technology platform and manufacturing capabilities provide us distinct competitive advantages, including the potential to reduce development risk, cost, and time to market.
3 unchanged sentences
Below is a summary of our recent significant business developments:
+Added: Reorganization
+Added: On October 5, 2023, we announced that we are implementing a reorganization plan (the “Reorganization”).
+Added: As a result of the Reorganization, we will be discontinuing investments in more than half of our research, including AMT-210 for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, and technology projects.
+Added: Following the Reorganization, we intend to prioritize advancing our clinical-stage programs, including AMT-130 for the treatment of Huntington’s disease, AMT-260 for the treatment of refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, AMT-162 for the treatment of SOD1 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and AMT-191 for the treatment of Fabry disease to proof of concept.
+Added: As a result of the Reorganization, we will eliminate approximately 20% of our total workforce and close our research laboratory in Lexington, MA.
+Added: We expect to complete the Reorganization by the end of fiscal year 2023 and expect to incur costs of approximately $2.3 million, consisting primarily of cash expenditures related to employee severance costs.
+Added: We also anticipate that there could be costs associated with the lab to be closed in Lexington and associated fixed assets if the carrying value is determined to not be recoverable as of the cease-use date, which is expected to be later in the fourth quarter of 2023.
+Added: As part of the Reorganization we will also consolidate all good manufacturing practices (“GMP”) manufacturing into our Lexington, MA manufacturing facility and consolidate process and analytical development into our Amsterdam, Netherlands facility.
+Added: As a result of the significant reduction in research activities, Ricardo Dolmetsch, Ph.D., departed as Chief Scientific Officer, effective October 4, 2023.
+Added: Dolmetsch will serve as a scientific consultant through the end of the year.
+Added: In connection with Dr.
+Added: Dolmetsch’s transition, the Board of Directors of the Company have appointed Richard Porter, Ph.D., our current Chief Business Officer, to serve as the Company’s Chief Business and Scientific Officer, effective as of October 5, 2023.
+Added: Temporal lobe epilepsy program (AMT-260)
+Added: In August 2023, the FDA cleared the IND application for AMT-260, our gene therapy candidate for refractory MTLE.
+Added: AMT-260 comprises an AAV9 vector that locally delivers two engineered micro ribonucleic acids (“miRNAs”) designed to degrade the GRIK2 gene and suppress the aberrant expression of glutamate receptor subtype GLUK2 that is believed to trigger seizures in patients with refractory MTLE.
+Added: We acquired AMT-260 as part of our acquisition of uniQure France SAS (formerly Corlieve Therapeutics) in July 2021.
+Added: In September 2023, following the IND clearance, we paid EUR 10.0 million ($10.6 million) to the former shareholders of uniQure France SAS (formerly Corlieve Therapeutics SAS), to settle a milestone payment owed in relation to our 2021 acquisition.
Huntington’s disease program (AMT-130)
−Removed: AMT-130 is our novel gene therapy candidate for the treatment of Huntington’s disease.
+Added: AMT-130 is our novel gene therapy candidate for the treatment of Huntington’s disease that utilizes our proprietary, gene-silencing miQURE platform and incorporates an AAV vector carrying a miRNA specifically designed to silence the huntingtin gene and the potentially highly toxic exon 1 protein fragment.
We are currently conducting a randomized, controlled, and blinded Phase I/II clinical trial for AMT-130 in the U.S.
2 unchanged sentences
Patients in the high-dose cohort that received imitation surgery had the option to cross over after 12 months if they met the inclusion criteria for the study.
−Removed: We are also conducting an open-label Phase Ib/II study in the EU, which includes six patients in the low-dose cohort and nine patients in the high-dose cohort.
−Removed: All 15 patients in the EU study will receive AMT-130.
+Added: We are also conducting an open-label Phase Ib/II study in the EU, which includes six patients in the low-dose cohort and seven patients in the high-dose cohort.
+Added: All 13 patients enrolled in the EU study received AMT-130.
+Added: Two remaining patients initially scheduled for the EU open-label study will now be enrolled in Cohort 3, which is expected to start enrolling in the fourth quarter of 2023 and will be comprised of up to 12 patients.
On March 21, 2022, we announced that we completed the enrollment of all 26 patients in the first two cohorts of our Phase I/II clinical trial of AMT-130 in the U.S.
3 unchanged sentences
All four crossover patients received a short course of immunosuppression therapy concurrent with the administration of AMT-130.
−Removed: On June 23, 2022, we announced that all six patients in the low-dose cohort in our Phase Ib/II study in the EU had been treated with AMT-130.
−Removed: We have continued to make progress enrolling the second, high-dose cohort of nine patients.
On June 21, 2023, we announced interim data, including up to 24-month follow-up, from 26 patients enrolled in the ongoing U.S.
9 unchanged sentences
Exploratory efficacy data
−Removed: We believe early clinical data demonstrate promising trends.
+Added: We believe early interim clinical data demonstrate promising trends.
Compared to baseline measurements, clinical function was generally preserved at 24 months for patients in the low-dose cohort and at 12 months for patients in the high-dose cohort.
1 unchanged sentence
Compared to natural history:
−Removed: ● TMS of patients in the lower dose cohort showed a mean improvement of 1.8 points at 24 months and patients in the higher dose cohort demonstrated a mean improvement of 2.7 points at 12 months;
−Removed: ● TFC of patients in the lower dose cohort showed a mean 0.8 point improvement at 24 months and patients in the higher dose cohort demonstrated a mean 0.5 point improvement at 12 months;
−Removed: ● the cUHDRS of patients in the lower dose cohort showed a mean 0.9 point improvement in cUHDRS at 24 months and patients in the higher dose cohort demonstrated a mean 1.0 point improvement at 12 months.
+Added: ● TMS of patients in the lower dose cohort demonstrated a mean improvement of 1.8 points at 24 months and patients in the higher dose cohort demonstrated a mean improvement of 2.7 points at 12 months;
+Added: ● TFC of patients in the lower dose cohort demonstrated a mean 0.8 point improvement at 24 months and patients in the higher dose cohort demonstrated a mean 0.5 point improvement at 12 months;
+Added: ● the cUHDRS of patients in the lower dose cohort demonstrated a mean 0.9 point improvement in cUHDRS at 24 months and patients in the higher dose cohort demonstrated a mean 1.0 point improvement at 12 months.
Patients in the control group appear to experience a worsening of TMS at 12 months compared to baseline and natural history.
TFC and cUHDRS was preserved in control patients at 12 months.
+Added: Exploratory Biomarkers
Patients experienced a transient increase in neurofilament lights chain in the cerebral spinal fluid (“CSF NfL”) related to the procedure that peaked at approximately one month after administration.
−Removed: These transient increases were not dose-dependent, and all patients experienced subsequent declines in CSL NfL.
+Added: These transient increases were not dose-dependent, and all patients experienced subsequent declines in CSF NfL.
Mean CSF NfL for the lower dose cohort was 12.9% below baseline compared to a predicted 22.9% increase in the natural history, with four of the five patients in the lower dose cohort having CSF NfL levels below baseline.
CSF NfL levels in the higher dose cohort were more variable through 12 months, with a mean increase of 51.5% compared to baseline.
−Removed: Four of the eight patients in the higher dose cohort with at least 12 months of follow-up had NfL levels below baseline.
+Added: Four of the eight patients in the higher dose cohort with at least 12 months of follow-up had CSF NfL levels below baseline.
Two patients in the higher dose cohort with 18 months of follow-up demonstrated a continued decline in CSF NfL to 27.4% above baseline.
4 unchanged sentences
The mean total brain volume for the control, lower dose and higher dose cohorts declined 0.74%, 1.02% and 1.23%, respectively at 12 months and were not significantly different from each other or from the natural history.
−Removed: The mean total brain volume for the control, low-dose and high-dose cohorts declined 0.74%, 1.02% and 1.23%, respectively at 12 months and do not appear to be significantly different from each other or from the natural history.
+Added: The mean total brain volume for the control, low-dose and high-dose cohorts declined 0.74%, 1.02% and 1.23%, respectively at 12 months and did not appear to be significantly different from each other or from the natural history.
+Added: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (AMT-162)
+Added: On January 31, 2023, we announced that we had entered into a global licensing agreement with Apic Bio, Inc.
+Added: (“Apic Bio”) for a one-time, intrathecally administered investigational gene therapy for ALS caused by mutations in superoxide dismutase 1 (“SOD1”), a rapidly progressing, rare motor neuron disease that leads to loss of everyday functions and is uniformly fatal.
+Added: With this agreement, we have added to our pipeline of gene therapies to treat neurological disorders.
+Added: The FDA has cleared the IND application for APB-102 and has granted Orphan Drug and Fast Track designation.
+Added: We expect to initiate patient screening in the fourth quarter of 2023 with the first patient dosing occurring in the first quarter of 2024.
+Added: Mutations in the SOD1 gene of ALS account for approximately one-fifth of all inherited forms of this fatal disease.
+Added: APB-102 is comprised of a recombinant AAVrh10 vector that expresses a miRNA designed to knock down the expression of SOD1 with the goal of slowing down or potentially reversing the progression of ALS in patients with SOD1 mutations.
+Added: We made an initial cash payment in February 2023 of $10.0 million to Apic Bio that was recognized as a research and development expense.
+Added: We owe up to $43.0 million in milestone payments to Apic Bio if AMT-162 is approved for commercialization in the U.S.
+Added: Fabry disease program (AMT-191)
+Added: AMT-191 is our novel gene therapy candidate for the treatment of Fabry disease.
+Added: AMT-191 comprises of an AAV5 capsid that incorporates the α-galactosidase A (“GLA”) transgene and a proprietary, highly potent, liver-specific promoter.
+Added: We expect to submit an IND in the fourth quarter of 2023 and to begin patient dosing in 2024.
CSL Behring commercialization and license agreement
9 unchanged sentences
We retained the rights to all other royalties, as well as contractual milestones totaling up to $1.3 billion, under the terms of the CSL Behring Agreement.
−Removed: As a result of this transaction and the first U.S.
−Removed: sale of HEMGENIX® in which we collected $100.0 million owed to us, we believe our cash and cash equivalents will fund our operations through the second quarter of 2026.
Hercules Amendment
−Removed: On May 12, 2023 we and Hercules amended the 2021 Restated Facility (“2023 Amended Facility”).
+Added: On May 12, 2023 we and Hercules Capital, Inc.
+Added: (“Hercules”) amended the 2021 Restated Facility (“2023 Amended Facility”).
The 2023 Amended Facility extends the maturity date and interest-only period from December 1, 2025 to January 5, 2027.
−Removed: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (AMT-162)
−Removed: On January 31, 2023, we announced that we had entered into a global licensing agreement with Apic Bio, Inc.
−Removed: (“Apic Bio”) for a one-time, intrathecally administered investigational gene therapy for ALS caused by mutations in superoxide dismutase 1 (“SOD1”), a rapidly progressing, rare motor neuron disease that leads to loss of everyday functions and is uniformly fatal.
−Removed: With this agreement, we have added to our pipeline of gene therapies to treat neurological disorders.
−Removed: The FDA has cleared the investigational new drug application for APB-102 and has granted Orphan Drug and Fast Track designation.
−Removed: Mutations in the SOD1 gene of ALS account for approximately one-fifth of all inherited forms of this fatal disease.
−Removed: APB-102 is comprised of a recombinant AAVrh10 vector that expresses a micro ribonucleic acids (“miRNA”) designed to knock down the expression of SOD1 with the goal of slowing down or potentially reversing the progression of ALS in patients with SOD1 mutations.
−Removed: We made an initial cash payment of $10.0 million to Apic Bio that was recognized as a research and development expense.
−Removed: We owe up to $43.0 million in milestone payments to Apic Bio if AMT-162 is approved for commercialization in the U.S.
+Added: Investment in debt securities
+Added: In July and September 2023, we invested $272.0 million and EUR 87.0 million (or a total of $366.4 million as of the investment dates) of our cash and cash equivalents into short-term U.S.
+Added: and European government bonds that are U.S.
+Added: dollar and euro denominated, respectively.
+Added: Our investment policy requires us to invest in bonds with the highest investment grade credit rating.
+Added: As of September 30, 2023, the bonds have remaining maturities ranging from one to ten months.
+Added: We classify these bonds as held-to-maturity.
Financial Overview
Key components of our results of operations include the following:
−Removed: Three months ended June 30,
−Removed: Six months ended June 30,
+Added: Three months ended September 30,
+Added: Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)
4 unchanged sentences
Selling, general and administrative expenses
−Removed: As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents and investment securities of $628.6 million and $392.8 million, respectively.
−Removed: We had a net loss of $68.5 million and $145.7 million in the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, compared to net loss of $39.1 million and $85.7 million for the same period in 2022.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had accumulated deficits of $727.6 million and $581.9 million, respectively.
−Removed: We anticipate that our expenses will increase for the foreseeable future and will include costs related to:
−Removed: ● advancing AMT-130 for our Huntington’s disease gene therapy program into phase III clinical study;
−Removed: ● advancing our gene therapy programs for rTLE, SOD1-ALS and Fabry disease into Phase I/II clinical studies;
−Removed: ● making potential future milestone payments related to the acquisition of Corlieve Therapeutics SAS (“uniQure France SAS”), if any;
−Removed: ● potentially acquiring or in-licensing rights to new therapeutic targets, product candidates and technologies.
+Added: As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents and investment securities of $658.9 million and $392.8 million, respectively.
+Added: We had a net loss of $89.6 million and $235.3 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, compared to net loss of $47.9 million and $133.6 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had accumulated deficits of $817.2 million and $581.9 million, respectively.
+Added: Compared to the current period, we expect that our expenses will decline following the Reorganization, until which time we decide to advance one of our gene therapy product candidates into late stage clinical development.
See “Results of Operations” below for a discussion of the detailed components and analysis of the amounts above.
6 unchanged sentences
A summary of our critical accounting policies as well as a discussion of our critical accounting estimates are presented in our Annual Report .
−Removed: There were no material changes to our critical accounting policies during the six months ended June 30, 2023 or reasonably possible changes of our critical accounting estimates as of June 30, 2023 that could have had a material impact on our results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.
+Added: There were no material changes to our critical accounting policies during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 or reasonably possible changes of our critical accounting estimates as of September 30, 2023 that could have had a material impact on our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Cost of contract manufacturing
23 unchanged sentences
● the timing of regulatory approvals.
−Removed: ● our ability to agree to ongoing development budgets with collaborators who share the costs of our development programs.
A change in the outcome of any of these variables with respect to the product candidates that we may develop could mean a significant change in the expenses and timing associated with the development of such product candidate.
7 unchanged sentences
Results of Operations
−Removed: Comparison of the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022
−Removed: The following table presents a comparison of our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.
−Removed: Three months ended June 30,
+Added: Comparison of the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
+Added: The following table presents a comparison of our results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
+Added: Three months ended September 30,
(in thousands)
8 unchanged sentences
Other non-operating items, net
−Removed: Net loss before income tax (expense) / benefit
−Removed: Income tax (expense) / benefit
−Removed: Our revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 was as follows:
−Removed: Three months ended June 30,
+Added: Net loss before income tax benefit
+Added: Income tax benefit
+Added: Our revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 was as follows:
+Added: Three months ended September 30,
(in thousands)
3 unchanged sentences
Total revenues
−Removed: License revenue
−Removed: We recognize royalty revenues from CSL Behring, related to HEMGENIX® sales, when earned.
−Removed: For the three months ended June 30, 2023, we recognized $0.8 million of license revenues (nil for the same period in 2022).
+Added: License revenues
+Added: We recognize license revenues from CSL Behring, related to royalty payments owed on HEMGENIX® sales, when earned.
+Added: For the three months ended September 30, 2023, we recognized $0.5 million of license revenues (nil for the same period in 2022).
Contract manufacturing revenues
−Removed: We recognize contract manufacturing revenue related to contract manufacturing HEMGENIX® for CSL Behring.
−Removed: Contract manufacturing revenue is realized when earned upon sales of HEMGENIX® to CSL Behring.
−Removed: We recognized $1.3 million contract manufacturing revenues in the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to nil for the same period in 2022.
−Removed: We did not recognize such revenues in the three months ended June 30, 2022, as we started contract manufacturing activities to supply CSL Behring with launch supplies of HEMGENIX® following their submission of a Biologics License Application (“BLA”) and MAA in the spring of 2022 .
+Added: We recognize contract manufacturing revenues related to contract manufacturing HEMGENIX® for CSL Behring.
+Added: Contract manufacturing revenues is realized when earned upon sales of HEMGENIX® drug product to CSL Behring.
+Added: We recognized $0.3 million contract manufacturing revenues in the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to nil for the same period in 2022.
+Added: We did not recognize such revenues in the three months ended September 30, 2022, as we started contract manufacturing activities to supply CSL Behring with launch supplies of HEMGENIX® following their submission of a Biologics License Application (“BLA”) and MAA in the spring of 2022 .
Collaboration revenues
1 unchanged sentence
We entered into collaboration, research, and license agreements with Bristol-Myers Squibb (“BMS”) in 2015 which were terminated on February 21, 2023.
−Removed: For the three months ended June 30, 2023, we recognized $0.3 million and nil of collaboration revenue for CSL Behring and BMS, respectively.
−Removed: For the three months ended June 30, 2022, we recognized nil and $0.5 million of collaboration revenue for CSL Behring and BMS, respectively.
+Added: For the three months ended September 30, 2023, we recognized $0.6 million of collaboration revenue for CSL Behring.
+Added: For the three months ended September 30, 2022, we recognized $1.5 million of collaboration revenue for CSL Behring and BMS.
Cost of contract manufacturing
−Removed: We incurred $1.4 million of cost of contract manufacturing related to the manufacture of HEMGENIX® in the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $0.8 million cost of contract manufacturing in the three months ended June 30, 2022.
−Removed: R&D expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2023 were $46.0 million, compared to $46.2 million for the same period in 2022.
−Removed: Other research and development expenses are separately classified in the table below.
−Removed: These other expenses are not allocated as they are deployed across multiple projects under development.
−Removed: R&D expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2023 were $46.0 million, compared to $46.2 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: We incurred $1.0 million of cost of contract manufacturing related to the manufacture of HEMGENIX® in the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $0.9 million cost of contract manufacturing in the three months ended September 30, 2022.
+Added: R&D expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2023 were $65.4 million, compared to $48.1 million for the same period in 2022.
Other research and development expenses are separately classified in the table below.
These other expenses are not allocated as they are deployed across multiple projects under development.
−Removed: Three months ended June 30,
+Added: Three months ended September 30,
(in thousands)
−Removed: Huntington's disease (AMT-130)
Temporal lobe epilepsy (AMT-260)
+Added: Huntington's disease (AMT-130)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (AMT-162)
4 unchanged sentences
Employee and contractor-related expenses
+Added: Fair value changes related to contingent consideration
Facility expenses
1 unchanged sentence
Other expenses
−Removed: Fair value changes related to contingent consideration
Total other research and development expenses
1 unchanged sentence
Direct research and development expenses
−Removed: Huntington’s disease (AMT-130)
−Removed: In the three months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, our external costs for the development of AMT-130 were primarily related to the execution of our Phase I/II clinical trials in the United States and in Europe.
Temporal lobe epilepsy (AMT-260)
−Removed: In the three months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, we incurred $2.5 million and $6.3 million respectively, for the preclinical development of AMT-260.
−Removed: Our expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2022 included additional costs related to a toxicology study.
+Added: In the three months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, we incurred costs of $4.7 million and $2.5 million respectively, for the preclinical development of AMT-260.
+Added: Huntington’s disease (AMT-130)
+Added: In the three months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, our external costs for the development of AMT-130 were primarily related to the execution of our Phase I/II clinical trials in the United States and in Europe.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis caused by mutations in SOD1 (AMT-162)
On January 31, 2023, we entered into a global licensing agreement with Apic Bio for AMT-162.
−Removed: In the three months ended June 30, 2023, we incurred $0.6 million of costs (nil in the prior period), related to our preclinical activities for AMT-162.
+Added: In the three months ended September 30, 2023, we incurred $2.4 million of costs (nil in the prior period), related to our preclinical activities for AMT-162.
Fabry disease (AMT-191)
−Removed: In the three months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, we incurred $0.4 million and $0.5 million of costs, respectively, related to our preclinical research of AMT-190.
+Added: In the three months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, we incurred costs of $0.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively, related to our preclinical development of AMT-191.
Etranacogene dezaparvovec (AMT-060/061)
We have incurred external costs for our hemophilia B program related to the execution of our Phase III clinical trial and the long-term follow-up of patients in our Phase I/II clinical trial of AMT-060 and our Phase IIb clinical trial of etranacogene dezaparvovec.
−Removed: CSL Behring is responsible for the clinical and regulatory activities and commercialization of the Product.
−Removed: However, we managed the trials on behalf of CSL Behring until such responsibilities were transitioned to CSL Behring in December 2022.
−Removed: Direct research and development expenses related to clinical development and other regulatory activities and commercialization expenses incurred in the three months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022 are presented net of reimbursements due from CSL Behring and include settlement amounts from the transition.
+Added: Prior to the transition of these activities to CSL Behring in December 2022, we managed the trials and incurred related expenses.
+Added: Direct research and development expenses related to clinical development and other regulatory activities and commercialization expenses incurred in the three months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022 are presented net of reimbursements due from CSL Behring and include settlement amounts from the transition.
Preclinical programs & platform development
−Removed: In the three months ended June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2022, we incurred $2.3 million and $1.7 million of costs, respectively, primarily related to our preclinical activities associated with product candidates for various other research programs and technology innovation projects.
+Added: In the three months ended September 30, 2023, and September 30, 2022, we incurred $3.1 million and $0.9 million of costs, respectively, primarily related to our preclinical activities associated with product candidates for various other research programs and technology innovation projects.
Other research & development expenses
−Removed: ● We incurred $17.8 million in personnel and contractor-related expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $15.1 million for the same period in 2022.
−Removed: The increase was primarily a result of an increase in personnel and contractor-related expenses to support our growth;
−Removed: ● We incurred $7.7 million in operating expenses and depreciation expenses related to our rented facilities in the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $5.4 million in the same period in 2022.
−Removed: The increase primarily related to additional sites in Lexington, Massachusetts which commenced in May and November 2022;
−Removed: ● We incurred $5.9 million in disposable costs in the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $4.5 million for the same period in 2022;
−Removed: ● We incurred $4.7 million in share-based compensation expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $4.3 million for the same period in 2022;
−Removed: ● We incurred $1.8 million of other expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $2.1 million for the same period in 2022;
−Removed: ● We incurred $0.2 million of expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2023 related to an increase in the fair value of contingent consideration associated with the acquisition of uniQure France SAS, compared to $0.2 million decrease in fair value for the same period in 2022.
+Added: ● We incurred $19.4 million in personnel and contractor-related expenses in the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $15.6 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: The increase was primarily related to the hiring of personnel and contractors to support our clinical-stage programs and manufacturing operations, as well as an increase in severance costs;
+Added: ● We incurred $14.2 million of expenses in the three months ended September 30, 2023 related to an increase in the fair value of contingent consideration associated with the acquisition of uniQure France SAS, compared to $5.5 million an increase in fair value for the same period in 2022.
+Added: The change was primarily due to the increase in the probability of making a future milestone payment related to the first patient dosed in the Phase I/II clinical trial of AMT-260;
+Added: ● We incurred $6.7 million in operating expenses and depreciation expenses related to our rented facilities in Amsterdam and Lexington, Massachusetts in the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $6.5 million in the same period in 2022;
+Added: ● We incurred $5.6 million in share-based compensation expenses in the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $3.7 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: The increase was primarily a result of recognizing compensation cost related to performance share units granted in December 2021, for which achievement of related performance conditions was deemed probable in the three months ended September 30, 2023.
+Added: Compensation cost was not recognized in the three months ended September 30, 2022 as achievement of related performance conditions was not deemed probable at this time;
+Added: ● We incurred $4.7 million in disposable costs in the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $6.0 million for the same period in 2022;
+Added: ● We incurred $1.1 million of other expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $2.2 million for the same period in 2022.
Selling, general and administrative expenses
−Removed: Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2023 were $21.2 million, compared to $12.5 million for the same period in 2022.
−Removed: ● We incurred $6.4 million in personnel and contractor-related expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $5.2 million in the same period in 2022.
−Removed: The increase was primarily as a result of an increase in personnel and contractor-related expenses to support our growth;
−Removed: ● We incurred $4.0 million in share-based compensation expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $3.4 million in the same period in 2022.
−Removed: The increase was primarily a result of an increase in awards granted, including those to newly recruited personnel;
−Removed: ● We incurred $2.5 million in professional fees in the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $1.5 million in the same period in 2022.
+Added: Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2023 were $18.1 million, compared to $13.3 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: ● We incurred $6.4 million in personnel and contractor-related expenses in the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $5.2 million in the same period in 2022;
+Added: ● We incurred $5.1 million in share-based compensation expenses in the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $3.8 million in the same period in 2022.
+Added: The increase was primarily a result of an increase in expense related to performance share units granted in 2021;
+Added: ● We incurred $2.8 million in professional fees in the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $1.6 million in the same period in 2022.
We regularly incur accounting, audit and legal fees associated with operating as a public company;
−Removed: ● We incurred $3.8 million in financial advisory fees in relation to our licensing transaction with CSL Behring in the three months ended June 30, 2023 (nil in prior period);
● We incurred $2.
−Removed: 2 million in other operating expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $1.9 million in the same period in 2022.
−Removed: The increase was primarily a result of an increase in information technology expenses to support operational improvements within the Company.
+Added: 8 million in other operating expenses in the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $2.0 million in the same period in 2022.
Other items, net
−Removed: We recognized $1.2 million in other income from payments received from European authorities to subsidize our research and development efforts in the Netherlands in the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $2.6 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: We recognized $1.4 million in other income from payments received from European authorities to subsidize our research and development efforts in the Netherlands in the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $1.3 million for the same period in 2022.
Other items, net for the periods presented primarily related to income from the subleasing of our Amsterdam facility and expenses we incur in relation to the subleasing facility.
Other non-operating items, net
−Removed: Our other non-operating items, net, for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:
−Removed: Three months ended June 30,
+Added: Our other non-operating items, net, for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:
+Added: Three months ended September 30,
(in thousands)
2 unchanged sentences
Foreign currency gains, net
−Removed: Other non-operating losses
−Removed: Total other non-operating income, net
+Added: Total non-operating (expense) / income, net
We recognize interest income associated with our cash and cash equivalents and investment securities.
−Removed: We recognized $3.2 million in interest income in the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $0.0 million in the same period in the prior year.
−Removed: Our interest income increased by $3.2 primarily due to the interest income earned on investment securities as well as cash on hand during the three months ended June 30, 2023.
−Removed: We recognized $6.8 million in interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and $2.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
−Removed: Our interest expense in 2023 increased due to an increase in market interest rates related to the Hercules debt as well as the recognition of $3.2 million of interest expense related to the Royalty Financing Agreement.
+Added: We recognized $7.5 million in interest income in the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $0.0 million in the same period in the prior year.
+Added: Our interest income increased by $7.5 million due to the interest income earned on investment securities as well as cash on hand during the three months ended September 30, 2023.
+Added: We recognized $15.4 million in interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and $3.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022.
+Added: Our interest expense in 2023 increased due to an increase in market interest rates related to the Hercules debt as well as the recognition of $11.8 million of interest expense related to the Royalty Financing Agreement that we entered into in May 2023.
We hold monetary items and enter into transactions in foreign currencies, predominantly in euros and U.S.
We recognize foreign exchange results related to changes in these foreign currencies.
−Removed: We recognized a net foreign currency gain, related to our borrowings from Hercules, the Royalty Financing Agreement and our cash and cash equivalents and investment securities as well as loans between entities within the uniQure group, of $0.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to a net gain of $19.4 million during the same period in 2022.
−Removed: We recognized fair value changes related to the derivative financial liability related to a contingent payment due to BMS upon the consummation of a change of control transaction in the period ended June 30, 2022 (nil in the period ended June 30, 2023).
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, we derecognized the derivative financial liability.
+Added: We recognized a net foreign currency gain, related to our borrowings from Hercules, the Royalty Financing Agreement and our cash and cash equivalents and investment securities as well as loans between entities within the uniQure group, of $0.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to a net gain of $14.4 million during the same period in 2022.
Income tax benefit
−Removed: We recognized $0.2 million of deferred tax expense in the three months ended June 30, 2023, and $0.3 million of deferred tax benefit for the same period in 2022.
−Removed: Comparison of the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022
−Removed: The following table presents a comparison of our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022:
−Removed: Six months ended June 30,
+Added: We recognized $0.1 million of deferred tax benefit in the three months ended September 30, 2023, and $0.3 million of deferred tax benefit for the same period in 2022.
+Added: Comparison of the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
+Added: The following table presents a comparison of our results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022:
+Added: Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)
10 unchanged sentences
Income tax benefit
−Removed: Our revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 was as follows:
−Removed: Six months ended June 30,
+Added: Our revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 was as follows:
+Added: Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)
4 unchanged sentences
License revenue
−Removed: We recognize royalty revenues from CSL Behring, related to HEMGENIX® sales, when earned.
−Removed: For the six months ended June 30, 2023, we recognized $0.8 million of license revenue (nil for the same period in 2022).
+Added: We recognize license revenues from CSL Behring related to royalty payments owed on HEMGENIX® sales, when earned.
+Added: For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we recognized $1.3 million of license revenue (nil for the same period in 2022).
Contract manufacturing revenues
−Removed: We recognize contract manufacturing revenue related to contract manufacturing HEMGENIX® for CSL Behring.
−Removed: Contract manufacturing revenue is realized when earned upon sales of HEMGENIX® to CSL Behring.
−Removed: We recognized $6.2 million contract manufacturing revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to nil for the same period in 2022.
−Removed: We did not recognize such revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2022, as we started contract manufacturing activities to supply CSL Behring with launch supplies of HEMGENIX® following their submission of a BLA and MAA in the spring of 2022 .
+Added: We recognize contract manufacturing revenue related to contract manufacturing HEMGENIX® drug product for CSL Behring.
+Added: Contract manufacturing revenues is realized when earned upon sales of HEMGENIX® to CSL Behring.
+Added: We recognized $6.6 million contract manufacturing revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to nil for the same period in 2022.
+Added: We did not recognize such revenues in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as we started contract manufacturing activities to supply CSL Behring with launch supplies of HEMGENIX® following their submission of a BLA and MAA in the spring of 2022 .
Collaboration revenues
We provide services to CSL Behring in accordance with the CSL Behring Agreement.
−Removed: We entered into collaboration, research, and license agreements with Bristol-Myers Squibb (“BMS”) in 2015 which were terminated on February 21, 2023.
−Removed: For the six months ended June 30, 2023, we recognized $0.7 million and nil of collaboration revenue for CSL Behring and BMS, respectively.
−Removed: For the six months ended June 30, 2022, we recognized $1.4 million and $0.8 million of collaboration revenue for CSL Behring and BMS, respectively.
+Added: We entered into collaboration, research, and license agreements with BMS in 2015 which were terminated on February 21, 2023.
+Added: For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we recognized $1.3 million of collaboration revenue for CSL Behring.
+Added: For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we recognized $3.7 million of collaboration revenue for CSL Behring and BMS.
Cost of contract manufacturing
−Removed: We incurred $3.8 million of cost of contract manufacturing related to the manufacture of HEMGENIX® in the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $0.8 million cost of contract manufacturing in the six months ended June 30, 2022.
−Removed: R&D expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2023 were $106.8 million, compared to $91.2 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: We incurred $4.8 million of cost of contract manufacturing related to the manufacture of HEMGENIX® in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $1.7 million cost of contract manufacturing in the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
+Added: R&D expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 were $172.2 million, compared to $139.3 million for the same period in 2022.
Other research and development expenses are separately classified in the table below.
These other expenses are not allocated as they are deployed across multiple projects under development.
−Removed: Six months ended June 30,
+Added: Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (AMT-162)
−Removed: Huntington's disease (AMT-130)
Temporal lobe epilepsy (AMT-260)
+Added: Huntington's disease (AMT-130)
Fabry disease (AMT-191)
5 unchanged sentences
Share-based compensation expense
−Removed: Other expenses
Fair value changes related to contingent consideration
+Added: Other expenses
Total other research and development expenses
3 unchanged sentences
On January 31, 2023, we entered into a global licensing agreement with Apic Bio for AMT-162.
−Removed: We have incurred $10.6 million expenses recorded to research and development expense in relation to the acquisition of assets without an alternative future use during the six-month period ended June 30, 2023.
+Added: We have incurred $13.0 million expenses recorded to research and development expense related to the acquisition, as well as for preclinical activities of AMT-162 during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023.
+Added: Temporal lobe epilepsy (AMT-260)
+Added: In the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, we incurred costs of $12.0 million and $11.4 million, respectively, for the preclinical development of AMT-260.
Huntington’s disease (AMT-130)
−Removed: In the six months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, our external costs for the development of AMT-130 were primarily related to the execution of our Phase I/II clinical trials in the U.S.
+Added: In the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, our external costs for the development of AMT-130 were primarily related to the execution of our Phase I/II clinical trials in the U.S.
and in Europe.
−Removed: Temporal lobe epilepsy (AMT-260)
−Removed: In the six months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, we incurred $7.3 million and $8.9 million respectively, for the preclinical development of AMT-260.
Fabry disease (AMT-191)
−Removed: In the six months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, we incurred $1.5 million and $1.1 million of costs, respectively, related to our preclinical research of AMT-190.
+Added: In the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, we incurred costs of $1.8 million and $1.7 million, respectively, related to our preclinical development of AMT-191.
Etranacogene dezaparvovec (AMT-060/061)
We have incurred external costs for our hemophilia B program related to the execution of our Phase III clinical trial and the long-term follow-up of patients in our Phase I/II clinical trial of AMT-060 and our Phase IIb clinical trial of etranacogene dezaparvovec.
−Removed: CSL Behring is responsible for the clinical and regulatory activities and commercialization of the Product.
−Removed: However, we managed the trials on behalf of CSL Behring until such responsibilities were transitioned to CSL Behring in December 2022.
−Removed: Direct research and development expenses related to clinical development and other regulatory activities and commercialization expenses incurred in the six months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022 are presented net of reimbursements due from CSL Behring and include settlement amounts from the transition.
+Added: Prior to the transition of these activities to CSL Behring in December 2022, we managed the trials and incurred related expenses.
+Added: Direct research and development expenses related to clinical development and other regulatory activities and commercialization expenses incurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022 are presented net of reimbursements due from CSL Behring and include settlement amounts from the transition.
Preclinical programs & platform development
−Removed: In the six months ended June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2022, we incurred $4.1 million and $3.0 million of costs, respectively, primarily related to our preclinical activities associated with product candidates for various other research programs and technology innovation projects.
+Added: In the nine months ended September 30, 2023, and September 30, 2022, we incurred costs of $7.2 million and $3.9 million, respectively, primarily related to our preclinical activities associated with product candidates for various other research programs and technology innovation projects.
Other research & development expenses
−Removed: ● We incurred $36.5 million in personnel and contractor-related expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $31.2 million for the same period in 2022.
−Removed: The increase was primarily a result of an increase in personnel and contractor-related expenses to support our growth;
−Removed: ● We incurred $14.5 million in operating expenses and depreciation expenses related to our rented facilities in the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $10.7 million in the same period in 2022.
−Removed: The increase primarily related to additional sites in Lexington which commenced in May and November 2022;
−Removed: ● We incurred $9.8 million in disposable costs in the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $9.1 million for the same period in 2022;
−Removed: ● We incurred $9.0 million in share-based compensation expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $8.4 million for the same period in 2022;
−Removed: ● We incurred $5.7 million of other expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $4.7 million for the same period in 2022.
−Removed: The increase primarily related to contractual payments of $3.1 million we owed to a licensor upon the Europeans Medicines Agency approval of HEMGENIX® in February 2023, which were partially offset by a reduction in consultant-related expenses;
−Removed: ● We incurred $1.2 million of expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2023 related to an increase in the fair value of contingent consideration associated with the acquisition of uniQure France SAS, compared to $2.0 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: ● We incurred $55.9 million in personnel and contractor-related expenses in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $46.8 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: The increase was primarily related to the hiring of personnel and contractors to support our clinical-stage programs and manufacturing operations, as well as an increase in severance costs;
+Added: ● We incurred $21.1 million in operating expenses and depreciation expenses related to our rented facilities in Amsterdam and Lexington, Massachusetts in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $17.2 million in the same period in 2022.
+Added: The increase primarily related to operating expenses and depreciation expense incurred from additional sites in Lexington which commenced in May and November 2022;
+Added: ● We incurred $15.4 million of expenses in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 related to an increase in the fair value of contingent consideration associated with the acquisition of uniQure France SAS, compared to $7.5 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: The change was primarily due to the increase in the probability of making a future milestone payment related to the first patient dosed in the Phase I/II clinical trial of AMT-260;
+Added: ● We incurred $14.7 million in share-based compensation expenses in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $12.1 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: The increase was primarily a result of an increase in awards granted as well as from recognizing compensation cost related to performance share units granted in December 2021, for which achievement of related performance conditions was deemed probable in the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
+Added: Compensation cost was not recognized in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 as achievement of related performance conditions was not deemed probable at this time;
+Added: ● We incurred $14.5 million in disposable costs in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $15.1 million for the same period in 2022;
+Added: ● We incurred $6.8 million of other expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $6.9 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: There was an increase related to contractual payments of $3.1 million which we owed to a licensor upon the Europeans Medicines Agency approval of HEMGENIX® in February 2023, which were offset by a reduction in consultant-related expenses.
Selling, general and administrative expenses
−Removed: Selling, general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2023 were $39.0 million, compared to $23.5 million for the same period in 2022.
−Removed: ● We incurred $12.4 million in personnel and contractor-related expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $9.5 million in the same period in 2022.
−Removed: The increase was primarily as a result of an increase in personnel and contractor-related expenses to support our growth;
−Removed: ● We incurred $7.8 million in share-based compensation expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $6.2 million in the same period in 2022.
−Removed: The increase was primarily a result of an increase in awards granted, including those to newly recruited personnel;
−Removed: ● We incurred $5.7 million in professional fees in the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $2.7 million in the same period in 2022.
+Added: Selling, general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 were $57.1 million, compared to $36.8 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: ● We incurred $18.8 million in personnel and contractor-related expenses in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $14.8 million in the same period in 2022.
+Added: The increase was primarily related to the hiring of personnel and contractors to support our business operations;
+Added: ● We incurred $12.9 million in share-based compensation expenses in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $9.9 million in the same period in 2022.
+Added: The increase was primarily a result of an increase in awards grants and from recognizing compensation cost for performance share units granted in December 2021 that were deemed probable in the nine months ended September 30, 2023;
+Added: ● We incurred $8.5 million in professional fees in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $4.3 million in the same period in 2022.
We regularly incur accounting, audit and legal fees associated with operating as a public company.
−Removed: The increase from the prior period includes an increase in professional fees related to our global licensing agreement with Apic Bio;
−Removed: ● We incurred $3.8 million in financial advisory fees in relation to our licensing transaction with CSL Behring in the six months ended June 30, 2023 (nil in prior period);
−Removed: ● We incurred $2.4 million in intellectual property fees including registration and professional fees in the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to $0.7 million in the same period in 2022.
+Added: The increase from the prior period includes an increase in professional fees related to our global licensing agreement with Apic Bio and other corporate initiatives;
+Added: ● We incurred $3.8 million in financial advisory fees in relation to our licensing transaction with CSL Behring in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 (nil in prior period);
+Added: ● We incurred $3.3 million in intellectual property fees including registration and professional fees in the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to $1.2 million in the same period in 2022.
The increase mainly related to an increase in professional fees;
−Removed: ● We incurred $6.
−Removed: 2 million in other operating expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $3.9 million in the same period in 2022.
−Removed: The increase was primarily a result of an increase in information technology expenses to support operational improvements within the Company.
+Added: ● We incurred $9.0 million in other operating expenses in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $6.0 million in the same period in 2022.
+Added: The increase was primarily a result of an increase in information technology expenses.
Other items, net
−Removed: We recognized $2.5 million in other income from payments received from European authorities to subsidize our research and development efforts in the Netherlands in the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $2.7 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: We recognized $3.9 million in other income from payments received from European authorities to subsidize our research and development efforts in the Netherlands in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $3.9 million for the same period in 2022.
Other items, net for the periods presented, primarily related to income from the subleasing of our Amsterdam facility and expenses we incur in relation to the subleasing facility.
Other non-operating items, net
−Removed: Our other non-operating items, net, for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:
−Removed: Six months ended June 30,
+Added: Our other non-operating items, net, for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:
+Added: Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)
5 unchanged sentences
We recognize interest income associated with our cash and cash equivalents and investment securities.
−Removed: We recognized $4.9 million in interest income in the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $0.1 million in the same period in the prior year.
−Removed: Our interest income increased by $4.8 million primarily due to the interest income earned on investment securities as well as cash on hand during the six months ended June 30, 2023.
−Removed: We recognized $10.4 million in interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and $5.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
−Removed: Our interest expense in 2023 increased due to an increase in market interest rates related to the Hercules debt as well as the recognition of $3.2 million of interest expense related to the Royalty Financing Agreement.
+Added: We recognized $12.4 million in interest income in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $0.1 million in the same period in the prior year.
+Added: Our interest income increased by $12.3 million due to the interest income earned on investment securities as well as cash on hand during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
+Added: We recognized $25.8 million in interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and $8.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
+Added: Our interest expense in 2023 increased due to an increase in market interest rates related to the Hercules debt as well as the recognition of $14.9 million of interest expense related to the Royalty Financing Agreement that we entered into in May 2023.
We hold monetary items and enter into transactions in foreign currencies, predominantly in euros and U.S.
We recognize foreign exchange results related to changes in these foreign currencies.
−Removed: We recognized a net foreign currency loss, related to our borrowings from Hercules, the Royalty Financing Agreement and our cash and cash equivalents and investment securities as well as loans between entities within the uniQure group, of $2.0 million during the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to a net gain of $28.0 million during the same period in 2022.
−Removed: We recognized fair value changes related to the derivative financial liability related to a contingent payment due to BMS upon the consummation of a change of control transaction in the six months ended June 30, 2022 (nil in the same period ended June 30, 2023).
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, we derecognized the derivative financial liability.
+Added: We recognized a net foreign currency loss, related to our borrowings from Hercules, the Royalty Financing Agreement and our cash and cash equivalents and investment securities as well as loans between entities within the uniQure group, of $1.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to a net gain of $42.3 million during the same period in 2022.
Income tax benefit
−Removed: We recognized $1.0 million of deferred tax benefit in the six months ended June 30, 2023, and $0.9 million of deferred tax benefit for the same period in 2022.
+Added: We recognized $1.1 million of deferred tax benefit in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, and $1.3 million of deferred tax benefit for the same period in 2022.
Financial Position, Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: As of June 30, 2023, we had cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, and investment securities of $631.8 million.
+Added: As of September 30, 2023, we had cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, and investment securities of $662.1 million.
U ntil such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial cash flows from successfully commercializing our proprietary product candida tes, we expect to finance our cash needs through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, strategic alliances and marketing, royalty monetization financings, distribution, and licensing arrangements.
−Removed: We believe that our cash and cash equivalents and investment securities will fund our operations into the second quarter of 2026.
+Added: Based on our current operating plan, research and development plans and our timing expectations related to the progress of our programs and following the Reorganization, we believe that our cash and cash equivalents and investment securities will fund our operations into the second quarter of 2027.
+Added: We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could exhaust our available capital resources sooner than we expect.
+Added: We expect that we will require additional funding if we decide to advance AMT-130 for our Huntington’s disease gene therapy program or any of our other product candidates into late stage clinical development.
Our material cash requirements include the following contractual and other obligations:
−Removed: As of June 30, 2023, we had an outstanding loan amount owed to Hercules Capital, Inc.
+Added: As of September 30, 2023, we had an outstanding loan amount owed to Hercules Capital, Inc.
(“Hercules”) for an aggregate principal amount of $100.0 million.
7 unchanged sentences
We entered into lease arrangements for facilities, including corporate, manufacturing and office space.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2023, we had fixed lease payment obligations of $56.7 million, with $8.2 million payable within 12 months.
+Added: As of September 30, 2023, we had fixed lease payment obligations of $54.8 million, with $8.3 million payable within 12 months.
Commitments related to uniQure France SAS acquisition (nominal amounts)
1 unchanged sentence
The commitments include payments related to post-acquisition services that we agreed to as part of the transaction.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2023, our commitment amounts include up to $43.5 million in potential milestone payments through Phase I/II development and $174.2 million in potential milestone payments associated with Phase III development and the approvals of AMT-260 in the U.S.
+Added: In September 2023, we made a payment of EUR 10.0 million ($10.6 million) to the former shareholders of uniQure France SAS following the FDA’s clearance of the IND application for AMT-260.
+Added: As of September 30, 2023, our remaining commitment amounts include a EUR 30.0 million ($31.7 million) milestone payment due upon treating the first patient in Phase I/II clinical trial and EUR 160.0 million ($169.2 million) in potential milestone payments associated with Phase III development and the approvals of AMT-260 in the U.S.
and European Union.
The timing of achieving these milestones and consequently the timing of payments, as well as whether the milestone will be achieved at all, is generally uncertain.
−Removed: These payments are owed in Euro and have been translated at the foreign exchange rate as of June 30, 2023, of $1.09/€1.00.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2023, we expect these obligations will become payable between 2023 and 2031.
+Added: These payments are owed in euro and have been translated at the foreign exchange rate as of September 30, 2023, of $1.06/€1.00.
+Added: As of September 30, 2023, we expect these obligations will become payable between early 2024 and 2031.
If and when due, up to 25% of the milestone payments can be settled with our ordinary shares.
2 unchanged sentences
We also owe payments to a financial advisor related to certain payments we will collect under the CSL Behring Agreement.
−Removed: The table below summarizes our consolidated cash flow data for the six months ended:
−Removed: Six months ended June 30,
+Added: The table below summarizes our consolidated cash flow data for the nine months ended:
+Added: Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)
1 unchanged sentence
Net cash used in operating activities
−Removed: Net cash generated from / (used in) investing activities
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities
Net cash generated from financing activities
4 unchanged sentences
We continue to incur losses in the current period.
−Removed: We recorded a net loss of $68.5 million and $145.7 million in the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, compared to a net loss of $39.1 million and $85.7 million during the same period in 2022.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2023, we had an accumulated deficit of $727.6 million.
+Added: We recorded a net loss of $89.6 million and $235.3 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, compared to a net loss of $47.9 million and $133.6 million during the same period in 2022.
+Added: As of September 30, 2023, we had an accumulated deficit of $817.2 million.
Sources of liquidity
2 unchanged sentences
We have collected $55.0 million related to CSL Behring’s global regulatory submissions for etranacogene dezaparvovec in March and April 2022, and $100.0 million in July 2023 related to the first sale milestone of HEMGENIX® in the U.S., and are eligible to receive additional milestone payments, as well as royalties (to the extent not owed to settle the liability from royalty financing) on net sales of HEMGENIX®.
−Removed: On March 1, 2021, we entered into a Sales Agreement with SVB Leerink LLC (“SVB Leerink”) with respect to an at the market (“ATM”) offering program, under which we may, from time to time in our sole discretion, offer and sell through SVB Leerink, acting as agent, our ordinary shares, up to an aggregate offering price of $200.0 million, for as long as our Board is authorized to issue such ordinary shares.
−Removed: We will pay SVB Leerink a commission equal to 3% of the gross proceeds of the sales price of all ordinary shares sold through it as a sales agent under the Sales Agreement.
−Removed: We did not issue ordinary shares under the Sales Agreement for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022.
On May 12, 2023 we and Hercules amended the 2021 Restated Facility.
1 unchanged sentence
We are required to repay the entire principal balance of $100.0 million on the maturity date.
−Removed: The interest rate is adjustable and is the greater of (i) 7.95% and (ii) 7.95% plus the prime rate less 3.25% per annum.
+Added: The interest rate is adjustable and is the greater of (i) 7.95% or (ii) 7.95% plus the prime rate less 3.25% per annum.
Under the 2023 Amended Facility, we owe a back-end fee of $4.9 million on December 1, 2025 and a back-end fee of $1.3 million on the maturity date.
7 unchanged sentences
Net Cash used in operating activities
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities was $135.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and consisted of net loss of $145.7 million adjusted for non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization expense of $5.1 million, share-based compensation expense of $17.0 million, changes in the fair value of contingent consideration of $1.2 million, unrealized foreign exchange losses of $0.9 million, $3.2 million of interest expense related to the royalty financing and a change in deferred taxes of $1.0 million.
−Removed: Net cash generated from operating activities also included unfavorable changes in operating assets and liabilities of $15.1 million.
−Removed: There was a net decrease in accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, and other current assets and receivables of $0.9 million.
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities was $96.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and consisted of net loss of $235.3 million adjusted for non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization expense of $7.7 million, amortization of the premium/discount on investment securities of $6.5 million, share-based compensation expense of $28.1 million, changes in the fair value of contingent consideration of $15.4 million, unrealized foreign exchange losses of $3.1 million, $14.9 million of interest expense related to the royalty financing and a change in deferred taxes of $1.1 million.
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities also included favorable changes in operating assets and liabilities of $77.0 million.
+Added: There was a net decrease in accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, and other current assets and receivables of $96.6 million, primarily related to the collection of the $100.0 million milestone due from CSL Behring in July 2023 .
There was an increase in inventory balances of $8.7 million.
−Removed: These changes also relate to a net decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses, other liabilities, and operating leases of $12.6 million, primarily related to a decrease of $4.9 million from personnel related accruals.
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities was $41.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and consisted of a net loss of $85.7 million adjusted for non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization expense of $4.1 million, share-based compensation expense of $14.7 million, changes in the fair value of contingent consideration and the derivative financial liability of $1.4 million, unrealized foreign exchange gains of $24.5 million and a change in deferred taxes of $0.9 million.
+Added: There was a net decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses, other liabilities, and operating leases of $10.8 million, primarily related to a decrease of $4.8 million in accounts payable and a decrease of $6.0 million related to various accruals.
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities also includes a payment for a contingent consideration milestone of $1.9 million.
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities was $90.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and consisted of a net loss of $133.6 million adjusted for non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization expense of $6.2 million, share-based compensation expense of $22.3 million, changes in the fair value of contingent consideration and the derivative financial liability of $6.9 million, unrealized foreign exchange gains of $36.4 million and a change in deferred taxes of $1.3 million.
Net cash generated from operating activities also included favorable changes in operating assets and liabilities of $46.1 million.
There was a net decrease in accounts receivable and contract asset, prepaid expenses, and other current assets and receivables of $42.0 million, primarily related to the collection of $55.0 million of the contract asset related to CSL milestones of $55.0 million in March 2022 and April 2022.
−Removed: These changes also relate to a net increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses, other liabilities, and operating leases of $6.3 million.
−Removed: Net cash generated from / (used in) investing activities
−Removed: In the six months ended June 30, 2023, we generated $48.8 million in our investing activities compared to using $9.5 million for the same period in 2022.
−Removed: Six months ended June 30,
+Added: There was an increase in inventories of $4.1 million related to the production of etranacogene dezaparvovec under the CSL Behring Agreement.
+Added: These changes also relate to a net increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses, other liabilities, and operating leases of $8.2 million, primarily related to increase in accounts payable.
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities
+Added: In the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we used $265.2 million in our investing activities compared to using $14.5 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)
+Added: Investment in investment securities
Proceeds from maturity of investment securities
2 unchanged sentences
Acquisition of uniQure France SAS, net of cash acquired
−Removed: Total investments
−Removed: During the six months ended June 30, 2023, we received $52.2 million from the repayment of investment securities (nil for six months ended June 30, 2022).
−Removed: The build out of the Amsterdam, Netherlands and Lexington, Massachusetts sites consumed $1.3 million and $2.1 million, respectively, during the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $6.4 million and $2.2 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities
+Added: During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we invested $366.4 million of our cash on hand into euro and U.S.
+Added: dollar denominated government bonds (nil for the nine months ended September 30, 2022).
+Added: During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we received $106.3 million from the repayment of previous investments into euro and U.S.
+Added: dollar denominated government bonds (nil for nine months ended September 30, 2022).
+Added: We invested $2.2 million and $3.0 million, respectively, into our Amsterdam, Netherlands and Lexington, Massachusetts sites consumed during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $8.3 million and $4.4 million for the same period in 2022.
Net cash generated from financing activities
−Removed: In the six months ended June 30, 2023, we generated $370.3 million from financing activities compared to $0.5 million for the same period in 2022.
−Removed: Six months ended June 30,
+Added: In the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we generated $362.7 million from financing activities compared to $0.8 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands)
2 unchanged sentences
Proceeds from issuance of shares related to employee stock option and purchase plans
+Added: Contingent consideration milestone payment
Net cash generated from financing activities
In June 2023, we received $370.1 million net proceeds from the Royalty Financing Agreement.
−Removed: During the six months ended June 30, 2023, we received $0.2 million from the exercise of options to purchase ordinary shares in relation to our 2014 Plans compared to $0.5 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we received $0.3 million from the exercise of options to purchase ordinary shares in relation to our 2014 Plans compared to $0.8 million for the same period in 2022.
+Added: In September 2023, following the FDA’s clearance of the IND application for AMT-260, we made a payment of $9.5 million to the former shareholders of uniQure France SAS to settle a portion of the contingent consideration based on contractually defined milestones, of which $7.6 million was classified as cash flows from financing activities and $1.9 million was classified as a net cash flow used in operating activities.
Funding requirements
13 unchanged sentences
● the costs associated with maintaining quality compliance and optimizing our manufacturing processes, including the operating costs associated with our Lexington, Massachusetts manufacturing facility;
+Added: ● the financial impact of the Reorganization;
● the costs associated with increasing the scale and capacity of our manufacturing capabilities.
Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.