Renalytix plc
("Renalytix" or the "Company")
Audited Full Year Fiscal 2024 Results
The Company has now largely completed its reorganization from development activities to commercial sales, and has implemented a new large customer launch of kidneyintelX.dkd post-period end. With growing commercial adoption, significantly lower operating expenses, an 80% reduction of outstanding debt obligations, and an
kidneyintelX.dkd, is the only kidney prognostic test that is FDA approved; has full Medicare reimbursement granted at
Full Year Fiscal 2024 highlights
Continued commercial progress
· Achieved full Medicare reimbursement at
· Launched the FDA-approved kidneyintelX.dkd across all existing customers to replace the KidneyIntelX laboratory developed test
· Recommended for use in international clinical care guidelines (Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes)
· kidneyintelX.dkd commercial launch begun in September with a large
· Issued three-year guidance on expected revenue growth: c.
· Hired new commercial leadership with a track record of diagnostic sales success
· Revamped customer service and ordering process to improve doctor experience during test ordering
Funded to profitability in two years
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· Successfully renegotiated senior convertible loan notes and accounts payable removing more than 80% of cash obligations over next three years (c.
· US trading platform moved to OTCQB® Venture Market and expected re-instatement of Foreign Private Issuer ("FPI") status in January for additional excepted savings of up to
· Over-all monthly cash burn expected to be reduced to
Corporate Highlights
· Julian Baines, MBE appointed as Executive Chairman
· Daniel Levangie resigned from Board of Directors
James McCullough, CEO of Renalytix commented: "We now have everything in place to scale test ordering and expand our unique biomarker precision medicine services. The incoming Trump Administration's refocusing of the US Government on chronic disease cost control makes this a particularly enticing time to establish a new, FDA approved standard of care in one of the largest unmet preventative medicine opportunities, chronic kidney disease."
Investors are advised to read the results for the 12 months ended 30 June 2024, which has been filed with the
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James McCullough, CEO |
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Stifel (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) |
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Nicholas Moore / Nick Harland / Ben Good |
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Oberon Capital (Joint Broker) |
Tel: 020 3179 5300 |
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Mike Seabrook / Nick Lovering |
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Walbrook PR Limited |
Tel: 020 7933 8780 or renalytix@walbrookpr.com |
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Paul McManus / Alice Woodings |
Mob: 07980 541 893 / 07407 804 654 |
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CapComm Partners |
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Peter DeNardo |
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About Renalytix
Renalytix (LSE: RENX) (OTCQB: RNLXY) is an artificial intelligence enabled in vitro diagnostics and laboratory services company that is the global founder and leader in the field of bioprognosis™ for kidney health. In late 2023, our kidneyintelX.dkd test was recognized as the first and only FDA-authorized prognostic test to enable early-stage CKD (stages 1-3b) risk assessment for progressive decline in kidney function in T2D patients. By understanding how disease will progress, patients and clinicians can take action earlier to improve outcomes and reduce overall health system costs.
Unrecognized and uncontrolled kidney disease remains one of the largest barriers to controlling cost and suffering in
The over 10,000 patients that have been tested by kidneyintelX.dkd have produced a substantial body of real-world performance data. In patient populations where kidneyintelX.dkd has been deployed, a demonstrated and significant increase in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment rates have been recorded. kidneyintelX.dkd now has full reimbursement established by Medicare, the largest insurance payer in
For more information, visit www.renalytix.com.
CEO Statement
During the prior year we have taken considerable and painful steps to reorganize our Company and complete the transition from a development-phase organization to a commercial growth-phase business. With substantive reductions in operating expenses, restructuring of debt and payable obligations, and in November, the completion of a fresh institutional funding, we now believe that the Company will be able to achieve profitability in 2 years.
With the positive June Medicare coverage decision, kidneyintelX.dkd has just completed the trifecta of FDA approval, insurance reimbursement and guidelines recommendation. kidneyintelX.dkd is now the only regulated and reimbursed test available for early prognosis, a cornerstone in understanding who is at risk and who to treat with lifetime drug therapy for some 14 million patients with diabetic kidney disease in
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The great news is that new drug therapies such as SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP1 agonists are now available for individuals with diabetes and kidney disease and have dramatically changed the game. However, we simply cannot afford to blanket prescribe these expensive drugs across such large populations at costs approaching
kidneyintelX.dkd opens the door to heavily vetted prognostic risk assessment to front-line doctors making critical choices during the short patient visit times allotted. Indeed, world experts, including in the 2024 clinical guidelines2, are now strongly advocating prognosis to enable a personalized approach to treatment and patient identification. And to put this in perspective, kidneyintelX.dkd prognosis can be executed for less than one month's worth of drug therapy cost.
After a multi-year process, the decision in May 2024 by Medicare contractor National Government Services to provide full coverage for kidneyintelX.dkd at
We are continuing to perfect the commercial implementation of kidneyintelX.dkd into doctor practice groups using the electronic medical record system to automatically identify eligible patients for testing, accompanied by a doctor best practice alert. Our sales team is now able to walk into this message-integrated environment with doctors already alerted to at-risk patients with the actionable benefits of kidneyintelX.dkd. We are seeing the benefits of this integrated approach to order generation this quarter and expect to leverage this model with additional large group practices in calendar 2025.
The Environment is Heating Up for kidneyintelX.dkd
Chronic disease and preventative medicine are now taking center stage with regard to policy on both sides of the Atlantic to address unsustainable healthcare costs.
The return of a Trump Administration has already brought the discussion on chronic disease management policy to the forefront.
Also, of strategic importance to the kidneyintelX.dkd top line was
Reorganized for Expense Reduction and Commercial Execution
In Fiscal year 2024, we completed a substantial reorganization of our business and raised enough money to secure the run through profitability. Our execution was painful, wholly necessary and only available to us now that we have achieved the regulatory, outcomes data and reimbursement trifecta. The Company is now devoting the significant majority of resources to our sales program with much less cash required to operate. Two big moves below have allowed us to target a cash burn rate of
· Debt and Payables Reduction
Post year end, we have successfully renegotiated the terms of our
· Transfer of
Having considered the benefits versus the costs of maintaining the Nasdaq listing, we have decided to transition
Financing
Post year end, the Company raised an additional
Board changes
It is with great pleasure that Renalytix has secured Julian Baines MBE as our new Executive Chairman. Julian was formerly the Non-Executive Chairman of Renalytix from March 2018 to June 2020. I am also delighted Christopher Mills, our long-serving Chairman will continue on the Board as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.
Thank you for your continued confidence.
James McCullough, Chief Executive Officer
Notes
1Clinical practice is moving towards the "four pillars" of diabetic kidney disease therapeutic management which includes combination use of ACEi/ARB, SGLT2 inhibitors, Finerenone and GLP1 RAs. Estimated costs of SGLT2 Inhibitors, Finerenone and GLP1 RA are
2https://kdigo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/KDIGO-2024-CKD-Guideline.pdf
Financial Review
The results presented cover FY24. The presentational currency for Renalytix plc and its subsidiaries (together, the "Group") is the United States Dollar.
INCOME STATEMENT
Revenue
The Group recognized a total of
Cost of sales
The cost of sales associated with the services performed and commercial testing revenue was
Administrative costs
During FY24, administrative expenses totaled
Gain (loss) on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
The Group accounts for the investment in Verici Dx plc ("Verici Dx") equity securities at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in the income statement. During the year ended 30 June 2024, we recorded a loss of
Fair value adjustment of convertible debt
We elected to account for the convertible notes at fair value with qualifying changes in fair value recognized through the income statement until the notes are settled. This excludes fair value adjustments related to instrument-specific credit risk, which are recognized in OCI. For the year ended 30 June 2024, we recorded a loss of
Finance income (expense)
During the year ended 30 June 2024, we recognized a gain of
BALANCE SHEET
Inventory
Inventory consists of consumable materials used by the labs to carry out KidneyIntelX tests. Inventory on hand at 30 June 2024 totaled
Fixed Assets
Property, plant, and equipment consists of laboratory equipment being used to support testing and product development activities. At 30 June 2024, the group held
Intangible assets
The Group held Nil net book value of intangible assets at 30 June 2024 (FY23:
Investment in Verici Dx
At the end of FY24 the group held 8,831,682 shares in Verici Dx, the fair value of the investment in Verici Dx was
Convertible Note
In April 2022, the Company issued amortising senior convertible bonds with a principal amount of
Cash
The Group had cash on hand of
Consolidated Income Statement
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
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