Calliditas Year-end report, January - December 2023

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Calliditas Therapeutics AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: CALTX)

2023: Full approval for TARPEYO in the US; a year of successes


            OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2023                                                                                                                                     
            JANUARY - DECEMBER 2023
    (COMPARED TO OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2022)                                                                                                                                (COMPARED TO JANUARY -DECEMBER 2022)

             Net sales amounted to SEK 451.6 million, of which TARPEYO(R) net sales amounted to SEK 347.3 million, for the three months ended December 31, 2023. For the          Net sales amounted to SEK 1,206.9 million, of which TARPEYO net
              three months ended December 31, 2022, net sales amounted to SEK 429.0 million, of which TARPEYO net sales amounted to SEK 167.3 million.
            Operating           sales amounted to SEK 1,075.8 million, for the year ended
              income amounted to SEK 41.8 million and SEK 32.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
            Loss per share                December 31, 2023. For the year ended December 31, 2022, net
              before and after dilution amounted to SEK 0.34 and SEK 0.07 for the three months ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
            Cash amounted to           sales amounted to SEK 802.9 million, of which TARPEYO net sales
              SEK 973.7 million and SEK 1,249.1 million as of December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.                                                                           amounted to SEK 372.2 million.
            Operating loss amounted
                                                                                                                                                                                   to SEK 373.1 million and SEK 421.9 million for the year ended
                                                                                                                                                                                   December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
            Loss per
                                                                                                                                                                                   share before and after dilution amounted to SEK 8.69 and SEK
                                                                                                                                                                                   7.78 for the year ended December 31, 2023, and 2022,
                                                                                                                                                                                   respectively.
            For the year ended December 31, 2023, no
                                                                                                                                                                                   dividend is proposed.

"In December we were granted full approval by the FDA for TARPEYO - a crowning achievement after many years of striving to bring an approved disease modifying treatment to patients with primary IgAN."

CEO Renée Aguiar-Lucander


     KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM Q4, 2023                                                                                                                                                                          
     EXPECTED KEY EVENTS UPCOMING 6 MONTHS




      In November, Calliditas' partner Everest Medicines announced that China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) had approved Nefecon for the treatment of primary immunoglobulin A           Read out of the Nefecon Open label Phase 3
       nephropathy (IgAN) in adults at risk of disease progression.
              In November, Calliditas announced the initiation of a Phase 2 clinical study to evaluate setanaxib in Alport syndrome.          extension trial, which will provide data on
           In December, Calliditas received approval (Notice of Allowance) regarding a US patent application for TARPEYO(R). In the first quarter of 2024, notice was issued regarding the patent, which      retreatment with Nefecon.
              The transfer
           provides patent in the US through 2043.
              In December, the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Calliditas full approval of TARPEYO(R) for reduction of kidney    of the Marketing Authorization Holder (MAH)
       loss in adult IgAN patients at risk of disease progression.                                                                                                                                            approval to Everest Medicines and commercial
                                                                                                                                                                                                              launch of Nefecon in China.
              European
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Commission decision regarding a potential full
                                                                                                                                                                                                              approval for Kinpeygo for Calliditas' partner
                                                                                                                                                                                                              STADA.
              Full data read out of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                              setanaxib Phase 2 trial in head and neck cancer.



OUTLOOK FOR 2024

Calliditas expects continued revenue growth:

Total net sales are estimated to be USD 150-180 million for the year ending December 31, 2024

INVESTOR PRESENTATION

February 21, 2024, 14:30 CET

Link to webcast: https://ir.financialhearings.com/calliditas-therapeutics-q4-report-2023

To participate via conference call register via this link: https://conference.financialhearings.com/teleconference/?id=50046870

For further information, please contact:
Asa Hillsten, Head of IR & Sustainability, Calliditas
Tel.: +46 76 403 35 43, Email: asa.hillsten@calliditas.com

The information in the press release is information that Calliditas is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was sent for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, on February 21, 2024, at 07:00 a.m. CET.

The following files are available for download:


     
     https://mb.cision.com/Main/16574/3932653/2618214.pdf            Calliditas interim report Q4
                                                                         2023_ENG



     
     https://mb.cision.com/Public/16574/3932653/b208fe02f5312ac1.pdf Q4 Press Release -ENG

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