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PAVmed Provides Business Update and Third Quarter Financial Results

November 14, 2023 | Last Trade: US$0.95 0.07 8.11
  • Lucid's quarterly revenue increased 392 percent sequentially
  • Veris Health commercial expansion efforts underway, with next-generation Veris Cancer Care Platform launching in Q4
  • Conference call and webcast to be held tomorrow, November 15th at 8:30 AM EST

NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PAVmed Inc. (NASDAQ: PAVM, PAVMZ) ("PAVmed" or the "Company"), a diversified commercial-stage medical technology company, operating in the medical device, diagnostics, and digital health sectors, today provided a business update for the Company and its subsidiaries, Lucid Diagnostics Inc. (NASDAQ: LUCD) ("Lucid") and Veris Health Inc. ("Veris"), and presented financial results for the Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Conference Call and Webcast

The webcast will take place on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at 8:30 AM and is accessible in the investor relations section of the Company's website at pavmed.com.  Alternatively, to access the conference call by telephone, U.S.-based callers should dial 1-833-816-1419 and international listeners should dial 412-317-0512. All listeners should provide the operator with the conference call name "PAVmed Business Update" to join.

Following the conclusion of the conference call, a replay will be available for 30 days on the investor relations section of the Company's website at pavmed.com.

Business Update Highlights

"Lucid's sustained commercial success and Veris's future commercial execution will be the primary drivers of PAVmed's long-term success," said Lishan Aklog, M.D., PAVmed's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "As noted in yesterday's Lucid business update, Q3 was the most important quarter in Lucid's, and therefore PAVmed's, history, as we have now begun to translate increasing commercial activity into revenue and revenue growth. Whether it be commercial execution, revenue cycle management, laboratory operations, or clinical research productivity, Lucid is firing on all cylinders. As we have done with Lucid, we are now laying the foundation for Veris's future commercial success. This includes upgrading the Veris Cancer Care Platform to incorporate early adopter feedback; restructuring and expanding the commercial infrastructure; engaging with large academic cancer centers; and initiating dialogue with large pharma companies to have our platform serve as a digital companion to novel cancer therapeutics undergoing market surveillance."

Highlights from the third quarter and recent weeks include:

  • Yesterday, Lucid Diagnostics reported that quarterly EsoGuard testing volumes increased 17 percent sequentially from 2Q23 and 137 percent annually from 3Q22.
  • Lucid's upgraded revenue cycle management infrastructure showed sustained impact, driving $783K in quarterly revenue, representing a 392 percent increase sequentially from 2Q23 and a 930 percent annual increase from 3Q22.
  • Lucid substantially increased its clinical utility data portfolio to support in-network payor coverage engagement, with near-perfect clinical utility data (98-100 percent concordance) from three studies.
  • Lucid launched EsoGuard 2.0, the next generation of the EsoGuard Esophageal DNA test, which enhances performance and lowers per-sample costs.
  • Veris restructured its commercial organization, including two new hires, with expansion efforts now underway aiming to accelerate patient enrollment at small-to-medium sized oncology practices and to secure strategic accounts, such as large academic cancer centers.
  • Veris advanced development of the next-generation Veris Cancer Care Platform incorporating feedback from early adopters, including key enhancements for practice workflow and provider billing, with version 2.0 launching during 4Q23.
  • Veris is in active discussions with several pharma companies to incorporate the platform as a digital companion for novel cancer therapeutics. The biopharma module will facilitate market surveillance to allow these drugs to become first- or second-line treatment options.
  • Veris is working to upgrade the platform from an FDA-designated Medical Device Data System ("MDDS"), to a Software-as-a-Medical-Device ("SaMD"), with the goal of an FDA 510(k) submission next year. The upgraded platform will provide unlimited potential to grow into a clinical decision support tool that includes threshold alarms for faster provider response, analytical algorithms for effective triage, and digital biomarkers based on artificial intelligence and machine learning that will provide a risk assessment for cancer patients.
  • Veris remains on track for a 2024 regulatory submission of its implantable cardiac and physiologic monitor, designed to be implanted in conjunction with a vascular access port. The team has held multiple, successful FDA pre-submission meetings on various design features.

Financial Results:

  • For the three months ended September 30, 2023, revenues were $0.8 million. Operating expenses were approximately $16.3 million, which include stock-based compensation expenses of $2.2 million. GAAP net loss attributable to common stockholders was approximately $17.7 million, or $(0.16) per common share.
  • As shown below and for the purpose of illustrating the effect of stock-based compensation and other non-cash income and expenses on the Company's financial results, the Company's preliminary non-GAAP adjusted loss for the three months ended September 30, 2023, was approximately $9.7 million or $(0.09) per common share.
  • PAVmed had cash and cash equivalents of $26.4 million as of September 30, 2023, compared to $37.2 million as of June 30, 2023.
  • The unaudited financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2023 were filed with the SEC on Form 10-Q on November 13, 2023, and are available at www.pavmed.com or www.sec.gov.

PAVmed Non-GAAP Measures

  • To supplement our unaudited financial results presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), management provides certain non-GAAP financial measures of the Company's financial results. These non-GAAP financial measures include net loss before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) and non-GAAP adjusted loss, which further adjusts EBITDA for stock-based compensation expense, loss on the issuance or modification of convertible securities, the periodic change in fair value of convertible securities, and loss on debt extinguishment. The foregoing non-GAAP financial measures of EBITDA and non-GAAP adjusted loss are not recognized terms under U.S. GAAP.
  • Non-GAAP financial measures are presented with the intent of providing greater transparency to the information used by us in our financial performance analysis and operational decision-making. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful information to assist investors, shareholders, and other readers of our unaudited financial statements in making comparisons to our historical financial results and analyzing the underlying performance of our results of operations. These non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to be, and should not be, a substitute for, considered superior to, considered separately from, or as an alternative to, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
  • Non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance readers' overall understanding of our current financial results and to provide further information for comparative purposes. Management believes the non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to management and investors by isolating certain expenses, gains, and losses that may not be indicative of our core operating results and business outlook. Specifically, the non-GAAP financial measures include non-GAAP adjusted loss, and its presentation is intended to help the reader understand the effect of the loss on the issuance or modification of convertible securities, the periodic change in fair value of convertible securities, the loss on debt extinguishment and the corresponding accounting for non-cash charges on financial performance. In addition, management believes non-GAAP financial measures enhance the comparability of results against prior periods.
  • A reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure of all non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, and 2022 are as follows:
  

For the three months ended

September 30,

 

For the nine months ended

September 30,

  

2023

 

2022

 

2023

 

2022

(in thousands except per-share amounts)

        

Revenue

 

$                791

 

$                  76

 

$             1,403

 

$                265

Operating expenses

 

16,319

 

23,443

 

53,815

 

66,751

Other (Income) Expense

 

6,222

 

6,565

 

9,443

 

12,180

Net Loss

 

21,750

 

29,932

 

61,855

 

78,666

Net income (loss) per common share, basic and diluted

 

$             (0.16)

 

$             (0.29)

 

$             (0.48)

 

$             (0.78)

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

 

(17,748)

 

(26,197)

 

(50,365)

 

(68,732)

Preferred Stock dividends and deemed dividends

 

77

 

71

 

226

 

209

Net income (loss) as reported

 

(17,671)

 

(26,126)

 

(50,139)

 

(68,523)

Adjustments:

        

Depreciation and amortization expense1

 

733

 

700

 

2,207

 

1,731

Interest expense, net2

 

35

 

471

 

162

 

986

NCI ownership share of Interest and Depreciation adjustments

 

(159)

 

(136)

 

(470)

 

(312)

EBITDA

 

(17,062)

 

(25,091)

 

(48,240)

 

(66,118)

         

Other non-cash or financing related expenses:

        

Stock-based compensation expense3

 

2,245

 

4,764

 

9,171

 

14,583

ResearchDx acquisition paid in stock

 

 

188

 

713

 

427

Change in FV convertible debt2

 

4,392

 

(261)

 

5,772

 

1,739

Offering costs convertible debt2

 

 

1,232

 

1,186

 

4,332

Loss on debt extinguishment

 

1,764

 

5,123

 

3,032

 

5,123

Change in fair value - derivative liability

 

31

 

 

291

 

Other non-cash charges

 

 

25

 

 

82

NCI ownership share of non-GAAP adjustments

 

(1,040)

 

(864)

 

(2,733)

 

(2,721)

Non-GAAP adjusted (loss)

 

$           (9,670)

 

$         (14,884)

 

$         (30,808)

 

$         (42,553)

Basic and Diluted shares outstanding

 

111,941

 

89,759

 

104,516

 

87,724

Non-GAAP adjusted (loss) income per share

 

$(0.09)

 

$(0.17)

 

$(0.29)

 

$(0.49)

1 Included in general and administrative expenses in the financial statements.

2 Included in other income and expenses.

3 Stock-based compensation ("SBC") expense included in operating expenses is detailed as follows in the table below by category within operating expenses for the non-GAAP Net operating expenses:

Reconciliation of GAAP Operating Expenses to Non-GAAP Net Operating Expenses

(in thousands except per-share amounts)

 

For the three months ended

September 30,

 

For the nine months ended

September 30,

  

2023

 

2022

 

2023

 

2022

         

Cost of revenue

 

$             1,779

 

$             1,626

 

$             4,809

 

$             1,996

Stock-based compensation expense3

 

(32)

 

(9)

 

(86)

 

(9)

Net cost of revenue

 

1,747

 

1,617

 

4,723

 

1,987

         

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

 

505

 

505

 

1,516

 

1,278

         

Sales and marketing

 

4,016

 

4,736

 

12,893

 

13,559

Stock-based compensation expense3

 

(403)

 

(643)

 

(1,302)

 

(1,859)

Net sales and marketing

 

3,613

 

4,093

 

11,591

 

11,700

         

General and administrative

 

6,858

 

10,374

 

23,916

 

31,254

Depreciation expense

 

(228)

 

(195)

 

(691)

 

(453)

Stock-based compensation expense3

 

(1,499)

 

(3,854)

 

(6,761)

 

(12,016)

Net general and administrative

 

5,131

 

6,325

 

16,464

 

18,785

         

Research and development

 

3,161

 

6,202

 

10,681

 

18,664

Stock-based compensation expense3

 

(311)

 

(258)

 

(1,022)

 

(699)

Net research and development

 

2,850

 

5,944

 

9,659

 

17,965

         

Total operating expenses

 

16,319

 

23,443

 

53,815

 

66,751

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

(733)

 

(700)

 

(2,207)

 

(1,731)

Stock-based compensation expense3

 

(2,245)

 

(4,764)

 

(9,171)

 

(14,583)

Net operating expenses

 

$           13,341

 

$           17,979

 

$           42,437

 

$           50,437

         

About PAVmed and its Subsidiaries

PAVmed Inc. is a diversified commercial-stage medical technology company operating in the medical device, diagnostics, and digital health sectors. Its majority-owned subsidiary, Lucid Diagnostics Inc. (NASDAQ: LUCD), is a commercial-stage cancer prevention medical diagnostics company that markets the EsoGuard® Esophageal DNA Test and EsoCheck® Esophageal Cell Collection Device—the first and only commercial tools for widespread early detection of esophageal precancer to mitigate the risks of esophageal cancer deaths. Its other majority-owned subsidiary, Veris Health Inc., is a digital health company focused on enhanced personalized cancer care through remote patient monitoring using implantable biologic sensors with wireless communication along with a custom suite of connected external devices. Veris is concurrently developing an implantable physiological monitor, designed to be implanted alongside a chemotherapy port, which will interface with the Veris Cancer Care Platform.

For more and for more information about PAVmed, please visit pavmed.com.

For more information about Lucid Diagnostics, please visit luciddx.com.

For more information about Veris Health, please visit verishealth.com

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are any statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements, which are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of PAVmed's and Lucid's management, are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that may cause such differences include, among other things, volatility in the price of PAVmed's and Lucid's common stock; PAVmed's Series Z warrants; general economic and market conditions; the uncertainties inherent in research and development, including the cost and time required to advance PAVmed's and Lucid's products to regulatory submission; whether regulatory authorities will be satisfied with the design of and results from PAVmed's and Lucid's clinical and preclinical studies; whether and when PAVmed's and Lucid's products are cleared by regulatory authorities; market acceptance of PAVmed's and Lucid's products once cleared and commercialized; PAVmed's and Lucid's ability to raise additional funding as needed; and other competitive developments. In addition, new risks and uncertainties may arise from time to time and are difficult to predict. For a further list and description of these and other important risks and uncertainties that may affect PAVmed's and Lucid's future operations, see Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors," in PAVmed's and Lucid's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the same may be updated in Part II, Item 1A, "Risk Factors" in any Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by PAVmed or Lucid after its most recent Annual Report. PAVmed and Lucid disclaim any intention or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in its expectations or in events, conditions, or circumstances on which those expectations may be based, or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.

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