Kamada Receives Additional Milestone Payment Under Exclusive Supply & Distribution Agreement

Kamada Ltd. recently announced the receipt of an undisclosed additional milestone payment under the supply and distribution agreement with Shire for GLASSIA, Kamada’s intravenous (IV) alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT). The milestone payment was triggered by Shire achieving a sales milestone for GLASSIA in the US.

Shire is Kamada’s strategic partner for the exclusive supply and distribution of GLASSIA for all intravenous (IV) indications in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Kamada will record the milestone payment from Shire as deferred revenue and will recognize it through the end of 2018. The milestone reflects the achievement of Shire reaching a defined sales level, as specified in the supply and distribution agreement between the companies. The most recent contract extension, signed in October 2016, represented the fourth time the companies have extended the contract for the manufacturing and supply of GLASSIA. Under the current agreement, Kamada’s minimum revenue for GLASSIA for the years 2017 to 2020 will reach approximately $237 million, and may be expanded to up to $288 million during that period.

“We are pleased to receive this milestone payment,” said Amir London, Chief Executive Officer of Kamada. “Shire continues to achieve the sales milestones related to GLASSIA under our agreement, indicating the growing demand for the product in the US. This trend continues to support our ability to achieve our forecast to grow Kamada’s total revenue to $100 million this year out of which $76 to $78 million will come from our Proprietary Products segment representing at least 36% growth year-over-year compared to 2016.”

Separately, Kamada also announced that the company recently shipped all of the Proprietary Products-related revenues, totaling approximately $11.5 million, which were previously delayed from the first quarter. As detailed by Kamada in its first quarter financial results, these revenues were shifted from the first quarter and will be recorded in the second quarter of this year.

Kamada Ltd. is focused on plasma-derived protein therapeutics for orphan indications, and has a commercial product portfolio and a robust late-stage product pipeline. The company uses its proprietary platform technology and know-how for the extraction and purification of proteins from human plasma to produce Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) in a highly-purified, liquid form, as well as other plasma-derived Immune globulins. AAT is a protein derived from human plasma with known and newly discovered therapeutic roles given its immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, tissue-protective, and antimicrobial properties. The company’s flagship product is GLASSIA, the first and only liquid, ready-to-use, intravenous plasma-derived AAT product approved by the US FDA. Kamada markets GLASSIA in the US through a strategic partnership with Baxalta (now part of Shire plc) and in other counties through local distributors. In addition to GLASSIA, Kamada has a product line of seven other pharmaceutical products administered by injection or infusion, that are marketed through distributors in more than 15 countries, including Israel, Russia, Brazil, India, and other countries in Latin America and Asia. Kamada has five late-stage plasma-derived protein products in development, including an inhaled formulation of AAT for the treatment of AAT deficiency for which a MAA was submitted to the EMA after completing a pivotal Phase 2/3 clinical trials in Europe. Kamada has also completed its Phase 2 clinical trials in the US for the treatment of AAT deficiency with inhaled AAT. In addition, Kamada’s intravenous AAT is in development for other indications such as type-1 diabetes, GvHD and prevention of lung transplant rejection. Kamada also leverages its expertise and presence in the plasma-derived protein therapeutics market by distributing more than 10 complementary products in Israel that are manufactured by third parties.