{"id":33144,"date":"2020-10-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ipsen.com\/press-releases\/ipsen-delivers-sales-growth-in-the-first-nine-months-of-2020-despite-the-impact-of-covid-19-and-confirms-its-2020-full-year-guidance\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T12:02:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:02:13","slug":"ipsen-delivers-sales-growth-in-the-first-nine-months-of-2020-despite-the-impact-of-covid-19-and-confirms-its-2020-full-year-guidance","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.ipsen.com\/press-releases\/ipsen-delivers-sales-growth-in-the-first-nine-months-of-2020-despite-the-impact-of-covid-19-and-confirms-its-2020-full-year-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ipsen delivers sales growth in the first nine months of 2020 despite the impact of COVID-19 and confirms its 2020 full year guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"
Paris (France), 22 October 2020 \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY), a global specialty-driven biopharmaceutical group, today announced sales for the third quarter of 2020.<\/p>\n David Loew, Chief Executive Officer of Ipsen<\/b>\u00a0stated:\u00a0\u201cThe Group delivered a resilient performance in the third quarter, despite the continued impact of the pandemic, and I am pleased to confirm our 2020 full year financial objectives. Our pipeline achieved notable progress with incremental positive data on Cabometyx and palovarotene, supporting our intention to bring these important therapies to patients. I look forward to sharing my long-term vision for Ipsen and the outcomes of a comprehensive strategic review at our Capital Markets Day on December 1st.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n COVID-19 impact<\/u><\/b> Recent pipeline highlights<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n Third quarter 2020 sales highlights<\/u><\/b> <\/p>\n Q3 2020 Group sales grew 2.2%1\u00a0to \u20ac633.3 million. Conference call<\/u><\/b> \n Attachment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\nIn the third quarter of 2020, the business recovered gradually from the impact of COVID-19. While the Specialty Care portfolio comprised of differentiated products for critical conditions remained relatively resilient, Somatuline, Decapeptyl and Onivyde sales were negatively impacted by lower patient diagnoses and missed treatments due to the ongoing impact of the pandemic and the challenging hospital environment. In neuroscience, the aesthetics market showed a stronger recovery, while the therapeutics market rebounded more slowly with the gradual re-opening of injection centers.\u00a0Consumer Healthcare sales, notably Smecta, continued to be negatively impacted across geographies.
\nThe Group continued to realize cost savings in the third quarter, resulting from digital sales detailing, lower travel throughout the Group and the conversion to virtual conference and medical meetings.
\n2020 Guidance confirmed<\/u><\/b>
\nThe Group confirms the following financial targets for the current year:<\/p>\n\n
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\nNote: Unless stated otherwise, all variations in sales are stated excluding foreign exchange impacts (currency effects established by recalculating net sales for the relevant period at the exchange rates from the previous period)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSales of\u00a0Specialty Care<\/b>\u00a0products reached \u20ac580.5 million, up 5.1% year-on-year.
\nSomatuline<\/b>\u00a0sales reached \u20ac272.9 million, up 7.1% year-on-year, driven by volume growth in North America, the U.K. and Germany and despite delays in patient diagnoses and treatment due to COVID-19. In the U.S., the performance of Somatuline in Q3 was also negatively impacted by end-user buying patterns.
\nDecapeptyl<\/b>\u00a0sales reached \u20ac94.5 million, down 2.8% year-on-year, mainly due to lower sales in China and in some European countries as a result of the impact of COVID-19.
\nCabometyx\u00a0<\/b>sales reached \u20ac76.8 million, growing 20.9% year-on-year, driven by good performance in Major Western European countries, Russia and Brazil.
\nOnivyde<\/b>\u00a0sales reached \u20ac27.5 million, up 11% year-on-year, driven by volume growth in the U.S.
\nDysport<\/b>\u00a0sales reached \u20ac87.4 million, down 1.4% year-on-year, impacted by COVID-19 despite a gradual recovery of the therapeutics market and better dynamics in the aesthetics market.
\nConsumer Healthcare\u00a0<\/b>product sales reached \u20ac52.8 million, down 21.9%1, with a decrease in\u00a0Smecta<\/b>\u00a0sales of 38% impacted by COVID-19, implementation of hospital central procurement in China and lower performance in France.<\/p>\n
\nIpsen will hold a conference call Thursday, 22 October 2020 at 2:30 p.m. (Paris time, GMT+1). Participants should dial in to the call approximately 15 minutes prior to its start.
\nParticipants can register for the call on the link below:
\nhttp:\/\/emea.directeventreg.com\/registration\/3185126<\/b><\/a>
\nConference ID:\u00a03185126<\/b>
\nA recording will be available for seven days on Ipsen\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n