Diaceutics PLC (AIM: DXRX), a diagnostic commercialisation company for precision testing, reports its audited results for the year-ended 31 December 2020.
The previous 12 months reflect a challenging year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Group continued on its mission to become the leading provider of precision testing data and commercialisation services for the global Pharma industry.
Financial Highlights
- Revenue decreased by 6% to £12.7m (2019: £13.4m)
- Gross profit decreased by 8% to £9.4m (2019: £10.3m)
- Gross margin of 75% (2019: 77%)
- Adjusted loss before tax* (£0.3m) (2019: adjusted profit before tax £1.8m)
- Loss before tax £0.7m (2019: profit before tax £0.5m)
- Adjusted EBITDA* of £0.5m (2019: £2.4m)
- EBITDA £0.2m (2019: £1.0m)
- Net assets of £40.2m (2019: £20.1m)
- Net cash inflow of £13.6m reflecting a gross raise of £20.5m (2019: inflow of £9.7m reflecting a gross raise of £17.0m)
- Strong balance sheet with net cash of £25.3m (2019: net cash of £11.7m)
*Adjusted for exceptional costs of £0.4m in relation to a restructuring event.
Operational Highlights
- Strengthened the balance sheet in June with an equity placing of £20.5m (before costs)
- Successfully launched the DXRX platform in October 2020 within budget
- Completion of restructuring exercise by the year-end, resulting in a £1.9m annual reduction in cost base but resulted in exceptional costs of £0.4m
- Provided data and services to 53 therapy brands in 29 countries serving 39 clients – maintaining our brand engagement through a difficult COVID-19 year
- Strong client repeat business at 92% of revenue (2019: 87%)
- Added seven new clients to our customer list – now servicing 39 clients (2019: 36 clients)
- Integration and online access to all our 365 million patient testing records and 49 Diagnostic Deductive Pathways TM (DDPs)
- Added 138 million new patient testing records to our data lake (2019: 112m)
Peter Keeling, Chief Executive Officer, commented: “Recent Market data indicates that US Pharma commercial activity had returned to 95% of pre-COVID-19 levels by the end of December 2020. This has a direct link to Pharma commercial investment and consequently we observe greater predictability returning to Pharma budgeting. This combines with the on-track adoption of our DXRX platform by clients in the first three months of being on market.
“As a result, we have seen an increased level of engagement from clients in the past quarter and our business development team continue to see positive steps towards a more predictable pipeline position. The Group is well placed to respond to these opportunities, and feedback from our clients has been positive. That said, we recognise that we are not immune to ongoing challenges within the global market, particularly as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“On balance, given the positive and cautious approach to H1 2021, the board have approved the re-instatement of guidance for 2021. I am pleased with this decision and my management team remain focused on accelerating adoption of our DXRX platform.”
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Enquiries:
Diaceutics PLC | |||
Philip White, Chief Financial Officer | Via Walbrook PR | ||
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Callum Davidson / Giles Balleny | |||
Michael Johnson (Sales) | |||
Walbrook PR | Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or [email protected] | ||
Anna Dunphy | Tel: +44 (0)7876 741 001 | ||
Paul McManus | Tel: +44 (0)7980 541 893 | ||
About Diaceutics
At Diaceutics we believe that every patient should get the precision medicine they deserve. We are a data analytics and end-to-end services provider enabled by DXRX – our Proprietary Diagnostic Network solution for the development and commercialisation of precision medicine diagnostics. The Company, listed on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange, has created commercially useful data sets for every precision medicine that has come to market. We have built the world’s largest repository of diagnostic testing data with a growing network of 2,500 laboratories in 51 countries. www.diaceutics.com
About DXRX – The Diagnostic Network®
DXRX is Diaceutics’ proprietary diagnostic network for precision medicine. DXRX is an end-to-end solution for the development and commercialisation of Precision Medicine diagnostics. The platform enables a vibrant marketplace where all stakeholders in Precision Medicine come to find trusted partners and collaborations in a secure, standardised way. DXRX provides access to a pipeline of global diagnostic testing data on one secure platform.