In an Aug. 23, 2018 research note, analyst Jason Kolbert with H.C. Wainwright & Co. indicated the recent weakness in Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corp. (ADMP:OTCBB) shares is an opportunity.
The lower share price resulted from the announcement that Teva Pharmaceuticals received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to begin selling a generic version of Mylan's EpiPen. "The good news is that Sandoz, Adamis' partner, is well aware of Teva's initiatives and remains committed to the launch of Adamis' Symjepi," Kolbert noted. "We hope to see Sandoz aggressively launch Symjepi in time for the 'back to school' season."
Kolbert explained that while Teva's generic EpiPen "is a competitive threat," Adamis' Symjepi has "critical advantages" over it, including its small size, reliability and manufacturing cost. The cost to produce Symjepi is estimated to be lower than that for Teva's product, which should afford Adamis some flexibility in the consumer price to compete.
Symjepi will likely be adopted more in the professional market, which includes hospitals, institutions and the military, whereas generic EpiPen may be strongest in the retail segment. Also, Adamis' partner on Symjepi, Sandoz is well positioned as a market leader in generics to compete with Teva's new product.
In the report, Kolbert covered other recent news. For one, Adamis received FDA approval to start its Phase 3 trial for the beclomethasone metered dose inhaler. The start of enrollment is scheduled for Q4/18.
Two, the company raised $40 million ($40M) in capital by selling 13.3M shares at $3 apiece. Current cash on the balance sheet, wrote Kolbert, is an estimated $38M.
Three, Adamis reported its Q2/18 financials. During the quarter, the company generated $3.9M in revenues from its compounding pharmacy business, which was as expected.
Expenses "were high," Kolbert pointed out, $4.8M for research and development and $6.3M for general and administrative. The latter was due in large part to the company working on two new drug applications, for Naloxone and sublingual tadalafil.
Adamis' Q2/18 net loss was $9.7M, or $0.29 per share.
H.C. Wainwright adjusted its model on Buy-rated Adamis, accounting for the new shares issued during the capital raise. This led to a decrease in its target price on the biopharma to $7 per share from $10. In comparison, the stock is trading now at around $2.77 per share.
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