Cardiome Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Financial Results

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Cardiome to conduct conference call and webcast today,
March 7, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern (1:30 p.m. Pacific)

VANCOUVER, March 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME / TSX: COM) today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016. Amounts, unless specified otherwise, are expressed in U.S. dollars and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles used in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP).

2016 Highlights:

• Fiscal 2016 revenues of $25.3M were aligned with our estimates and represent an increase of 21% from 2015 revenues of $20.9M.
• Announced the license from Allergan Plc of XYDALBA™ (dalbavancin), a compelling acute care antibiotic in over 20 countries, including Germany, France, the UK and Canada, in May, 2016.
• Subsequently launched XYDALBA™ ahead of schedule in the UK and German markets.
• Filed a New Drug Submission with Health Canada's Therapeutics Product Directorate's seeking approval to commercialize BRINAVESS^® in Canada.
• Announced that the European Medicines Agency had approved the administration option of three 500mg vials of XYDALBA™ as a single infusion.
• Announced a term loan agreement with CRG-managed funds.
• Announced continued geographic expansion into South Korea via a commercial agreement with Chong Kun Dang for BRINAVESS^®.
• Announced that many insiders had purchased Cardiome's common shares on the open market.
• Announced initiation of direct commercial sales operations in Canada.

Commenting on Cardiome's results, Dr. William Hunter, CEO, said "2016 was a pivotal year for Cardiome that saw the benefits of our significant behind-the-scenes effort to expand our acute care, in-hospital, global commercial network culminate in a validating licence with Allergan for the breakthrough, single-dose antibiotic XYDALBA™. We could not be more excited about the preliminary feedback we have received from physicians who are considering using XYDALBA™ to significantly reduce hospital stays in patients with ABSSSI. Cardiome's commercial business met our high expectations for 2016 with revenues that met our guidance and achieved 21% revenue growth based upon BRINAVESS and AGGRASTAT sales alone. For 2017, we are excited about the prospect of augmenting this momentum with new revenues from XYDALBA™ and potentially other high quality, proprietary, growth products that are being evaluated in our business development pipeline. We believe that XYDALBA™ sales in 2017, followed by TREVYENT^® launch in 2018/19 will be the start of strong revenue growth for years to come."

Financial Results for 2016

Cardiome recorded a net loss of $19.6 million (basic loss per share of $0.78) for the year ended December 31, 2016, compared to a net loss of $24.5 million (basic loss per share of $1.34) for the year ended December 31, 2015. The decrease in net loss was due to an increase in revenue and a decrease in research and development ("R&D") expense as Cardiome made an upfront payment of $3.0 million to SteadyMed upon the execution of the license agreement for TREVYENT^® in 2015.

Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $25.3 million compared to revenue of $20.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. The increase was due to increased sales, the timing of distributor sales and a reserve recorded against revenue for the year ended December 31, 2015 in relation to disputed historical product returns with a distributor.  The dispute was subsequently settled for approximately $1.0 million in the first quarter of 2016.

Gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2016 was 75.0%, compared to 68.5% for the year ended December 31, 2015. Included in cost of goods sold for the year ended December 31, 2015 was a $1.1 million charge for a write-down of inventory as a result of the termination of a distribution agreement. 

Selling, general and administration ("SG&A") expense was $30.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, compared to $31.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. The decrease in SG&A expense was due to a one-time $0.8 million charge related to the termination of a distributor agreement in 2015.

R&D expense for the year ended December 31, 2016 was nil, compared to $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 reflecting the $3.0 million upfront payment made to SteadyMed upon the execution of the license agreement for TREVYENT^® in 2015.

Interest expense was $2.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, compared to $2.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2015.  The increase was due to an increase in long-term debt as Cardiome entered into a term loan agreement with CRG-managed funds in the second quarter of 2016.

Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2016

Cardiome recorded a net loss of $5.6 million (basic loss of $0.18 per common share) for the fourth quarter of 2016, compared to a net loss of $7.4 million (basic loss of $0.37 per common share) for the fourth quarter of 2015. 

Revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2016 was $7.0 million, compared to $4.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015. The increase was due to increased sales, the timing of distributor sales and a reserve recorded against revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2015 in relation to disputed historical product returns with a distributor.  The dispute was subsequently settled for approximately $1.0 million in the first quarter of 2016.

Cost of goods sold for the three months ended December 31, 2016 was $1.9 million, compared to $2.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015.  The decrease was due to a $1.1 million charge for a write-down of inventory during the three months ended December 31, 2015 as a result of the termination of a distribution agreement. 

SG&A expense for the three months ended December 31, 2016 was $9.1 million, compared to $8.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015. The increase was due to costs related to the launch of XYDALBA™ and to lower payroll-related expenses in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Liquidity and Outstanding Share Capital

At December 31, 2016, the company had cash and cash equivalents of $26.8 million. As of March 6, 2017, there were 31,900,185 common shares issued and outstanding, and 1,983,197 common shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options (of which 1,340,979 were exercisable) at a weighted average exercise price of CAD $5.85 per share, and 122,852 restricted share units outstanding.

Conference Call
Cardiome will hold a teleconference and webcast on March 7, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern (1:30 p.m. Pacific). To access the conference call, please dial 416-764-8688 or 888-390-0546 and use conference ID 92797238. The webcast can be accessed through Cardiome's website at www.cardiome.com.

Webcast and telephone replays of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call through April 4, 2017. Please dial 416-764-8677 or 888-390-0541 and enter code 797238# to access the replay.

About Cardiome Pharma Corp.
Cardiome Pharma Corp. is a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of innovative therapies that will improve the quality of life and health of patients suffering from disease. Cardiome has two marketed, in-hospital, cardiology products, BRINAVESS^® (vernakalant IV), approved in Europe and other territories for the rapid conversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm in adults, and AGGRASTAT^® (tirofiban HCl) a reversible GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor indicated for use in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Cardiome also commercializes ESMOCARD^® and ESMOCARD LYO^® (esmolol hydrochloride), a short-acting beta-blocker used to control rapid heart rate in a number of cardiovascular indications, on behalf of their partner AOP Orphan Pharma in select European markets. Cardiome has also licensed: XYDALBA™ (dalbavancin hydrochloride), a second generation, semi-synthetic lipoglycopeptide approved in the EU for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections in adults for select European and Middle Eastern nations and Canada from Allergan; and TREVYENT^®, a development stage drug device combination that is under development for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for Europe, the Middle East and for Canadian markets from SteadyMed Therapeutics.

Cardiome is traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market (CRME) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (COM). For more information, please visit our web site at www.cardiome.com.

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SOURCE Cardiome Pharma Corp.