PDL BioPharma - Raising guidance
PDL BioPharma reported Q319 results with revenue of $44.2m, down 35% compared to Q318 mainly due to a $31.6m change in fair value in the Assertio royalty rights in that quarter. Importantly LENSAR revenues were $8.1m, up 22% compared to the prior year, mainly due to increased sales in Asia. Following these results, the company has increased guidance for 2019 for LENSAR from a range of $27–29m to over $29m and for cash royalties from a range of $60–65m to over $65m.PDL BioPharma is engaged in acquiring commercial stage pharmaceutical assets as well as late clinical stage pharmaceutical products. The company operates in three segments: Pharmaceutical, which consists of prescription medicine products sold under the name Tekturna?, Tekturna HCT?, Rasilez?, and Rasilez HCT?; Medical Devices, which consists of the LENSAR? Laser System; and Income Generating Assets, which consists of notes and other long-term receivables, royalty rights and hybrid notes/royalty receivables, equity investments and royalties from issued patents in the United States and elsewhere, covering the humanization of antibodies, which it refers to as the Queen et al. patents.
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