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Puma Biotechnology Reports First Quarter 2022 Financial Results
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBYI), a biopharmaceutical company, announced financial results for the first quarter ended
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[{"type":"text","content":" LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nPuma Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBYI), a biopharmaceutical company, announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. Unless otherwise stated, all comparisons are for the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021.\n\nProduct revenue, net consists entirely of revenue from sales of NERLYNX®, Puma’s first commercial product. Product revenue, net in the first quarter of 2022 was $40.7 million, compared to product revenue, net of $45.8 million in the first quarter of 2021.\n\nBased on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP), Puma reported net loss of $3.4 million, or $0.08 per basic and diluted share, for the first quarter of 2022, compared to net income of $16.5 million, or $0.41 per basic share and $0.40 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2021.\n\nNon-GAAP adjusted net loss was $0.3 million, or $0.01 per basic and diluted share, for the first quarter of 2022, compared to non-GAAP adjusted net income of $22.4 million, or $0.56 per basic share and $0.55 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2021. Non-GAAP adjusted net income excludes stock-based compensation expense. For a reconciliation of GAAP net income (loss) to non-GAAP adjusted net income (loss) and GAAP net income (loss) per share to non-GAAP adjusted net income (loss) per share, please see the financial tables at the end of this news release.\n\nNet cash used in operating activities for the first quarter of 2022 was $26.9 million, compared to $15.7 million provided by operating activities in the first quarter of 2021. At March 31, 2022, Puma had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $73.9 million, compared to cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $82.1 million at December 31, 2021.\n\n“2021 was an important year for Puma as we made operational changes to maximize the efficiency of the Puma team and the environment with which we operate,” said Alan H. Auerbach, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Puma. “We remain committed to increasing awareness of and access to NERLYNX as an option to reduce the risk of recurrence for patients battling HER2-positive breast cancer; the inclusion of NERLYNX in the updated NCCN guidelines is an important step to expanding the awareness and utilization of neratinib for high-risk patient...