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  • Operator

  • Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Supernus Pharmaceuticals' First Quarter 2017 Financial Results Conference Call.

  • (Operator Instructions) As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded.

  • I would now like to turn the conference over to Peter Vozzo of Westwicke Partners, investor relations for Supernus Pharmaceuticals. You may begin.

  • Peter Vozzo - MD

  • Thank you, Carmen. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today for Supernus Pharmaceuticals' First Quarter 2017 Financial Results Conference Call.

  • The update discussed today is for the 3 months ended March 31, 2017. Yesterday, after the close of the market, the company issued a press release announcing these results.

  • On the call with me today are Supernus' Chief Executive Officer, Jack Khattar; and Chief Financial Officer, Greg Patrick. Today's call is being made available via the investor relations section of the company's website at ir.supernus.com. Following remarks by management, we will open the call to questions. We expect the duration of the call to be approximately 45 minutes.

  • During the course of this call, management may make certain forward-looking statements regarding future events and the company's future performance. These forward-looking statements reflect Supernus' current perspective on existing trends and information; and can be identified by such words as expect, plan, will, may, anticipate, believe, should, intend and other words of similar meaning. Any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance; and involve risks and uncertainties, including those noted in the Risk Factors section of its 2016 annual report on Form 10-K, which was filed on March 16, 2017. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements.

  • For the benefit of those of you who may be listening to the replay, this call is being held and recorded on May 10, 2017, at approximately 9:00 a.m. Eastern time. Since then, the company may have made additional announcements related to the topics discussed. Please reference the company's most recent press releases and current filings with the SEC. Supernus declines any obligations to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable securities laws.

  • I will now turn the call over to Jack.

  • Jack A. Khattar - Founder, CEO, President, Secretary and Director

  • Thank you, Peter. Good morning, everyone, and thanks for taking the time to join us as we discuss our 2017 first quarter results.

  • We're pleased with our financial and operational performance in the first quarter and with the continued progress in our business. We continue to drive strong growth for Oxtellar XR and Trokendi XR and are excited about the recent launch of Trokendi XR in migraine.

  • During the quarter, net product sales increased by 31% and operating income grew by 161% over the first quarter of last year. Driving year-over-year performance is the continued solid prescription demand for our products. Total prescriptions for Trokendi XR and Oxtellar XR, as reported by IMS, grew by 17% in the first quarter of 2017 over the same period in 2016. Trokendi XR prescriptions for the first quarter totaled 101,695, which is an 18% increase over the same quarter last year. And for Oxtellar XR, prescriptions were at 33,160, representing an increase of 15% over the same quarter last year.

  • After receiving final approval from the FDA in April 2017, the company launched Trokendi XR as a new treatment for prophylaxis of migraine headache in adults and adolescents 12 years and older. While it is still early in the launch, for the first 3 weeks postlaunch, IMS prescription data for Trokendi XR show a strong upward trend in total and in new prescriptions. During the 3-week postlaunch, total prescriptions were 26,472 compared to 24,109 in the 3 weeks prior to the launch, representing a 10% increase. Similarly, for the same 3-week period postlaunch, new prescriptions were 12,978 compared to 10,898 in the 3 weeks prior to launch, representing an impressive 19% increase. We are very encouraged by this early IMS prescription data and continue to believe that the migraine indication will play a major role in maximizing the potential of Trokendi XR.

  • Consistent with these early data, feedback from the field indicates that physicians are very receptive to the new indication and appreciate the unique benefits that Trokendi XR brings to migraine patients. With its novel formulation, Trokendi XR provides full 24-hour coverage for patients with smooth pharmacokinetics compared to immediate-release topiramate products, making it an important, new prophylactic treatment option for adult and adolescent patients suffering from migraine headache.

  • At the recent American Academy of Neurology, AAN, annual meeting in Boston, we presented positive data that further highlights the important role Trokendi XR plays in improving the lives of patients in migraine and epilepsy. The presentation was based on retrospective study and analysis of a large national claims database including more than 10,000 patients comparing Trokendi XR extended-release topiramate to immediate-release topiramate. The analysis shows that patients on Trokendi XR have significantly higher adherence rates, longer treatment-persistent periods and much lower discontinuation rates. In addition, we were excited to see data that were independently generated and presented at the AAN meeting by Dr. John Rothrock from George Washington University on Trokendi XR in chronic migraine patients. Data from an open-label study of 51 chronic migraine patients show that patients who converted from immediate-release topiramate to Trokendi XR experienced fewer cognitive effects such as confusion and difficulty with verbal fluency or word finding and that 82% of these patients reported increased satisfaction with their treatment. These data are consistent with data that Supernus had generated in earlier studies on Trokendi XR.

  • Turning now to our pipeline; and starting with SPN-810, which is currently in development for impulsive aggression in patients 6 to 12 years of age who have ADHD. Enrollment continues in both Phase III trials. Protocol revisions that we implemented to improve patient retention during the screening period and programs to drive patient involvement for the Phase III trials are showing positive results. To date, enrollment in the open-label extension by those who completed the trials remains high, currently exceeding 80%. We continue to expect enrollment through 2017. Regarding SPN-812, currently in development for patients 6 to 12 years of age with ADHD, plans are in place to initiate Phase III clinical testing during the second half of 2017. We are on track to meet with the FDA in the second quarter of this year for an end-of-Phase II meeting.

  • Finally, we continue to be active on the corporate development side looking for neurology and psychiatry assets that represent a strategic fit with our portfolio.

  • I'll now turn the call over to Greg, who will provide more details on our first quarter operating performance.

  • Gregory S. Patrick - CFO and VP

  • Thanks, Jack. And good morning, everyone.

  • As I review our financial results, I'll remind our listeners to refer to the first quarter 2017 earnings press release issued yesterday after the market closed.

  • Net product sales for Trokendi XR for the first quarter of 2017 were $42 million, a 30% increase compared to the prior year period. Net product sales for Oxtellar XR in the first quarter of 2017 were $14.4 million, a 34.6% increase, as compared to the prior year period. Total net product sales for the first quarter of 2017 were $56.4 million compared to $43 million in the first quarter of 2016.

  • Total revenue for the quarter, $57.6 million, included net product sales of $56.4 million, noncash royalty revenue of $1.1 million and license revenue of $58,000, as compared to $43 million, $1.1 million and $50,000, respectively, in the first quarter of last year.

  • Consistent with patterns we observed in the first quarter of past years, product prescriptions and net product sales for the first quarter of 2017 were impacted by the continued shift of patients to high-deductible and high co-pay plans. In addition, lower wholesaler and retail inventory levels during the first quarter of 2017, as compared to the fourth quarter of 2016, had the effect of reducing net product sales by approximately $5 million in the first quarter of 2017. Gross-to-net deductions for the first quarter for Trokendi XR were approximately 37%, while gross-to-net deductions for Oxtellar XR in the first quarter were approximately 44%. Gross-to-net deductions are higher, as compared to the fourth quarter of 2016, primarily because of the higher co-pay support to patients.

  • Research and development expenses in the first quarter of 2017 were $9.6 million, as compared to $10.6 million in the same quarter last year. This decrease is primarily due to the completion of enrollment in the Phase IIb trial for SPN-812, which occurred in the third quarter of 2016. Selling, general and administrative expenses in the first quarter of 2017 were $28.2 million, as compared to $25.2 million in the same quarter last year. This increase is due to marketing program development, sample production and other activities related to preparing for the launch of the migraine headache indication for Trokendi XR, which occurred in April 2017.

  • For the first quarter, operating income totaled $16.8 million, a 161% increase over $6.4 million in the same period last year. This improvement in operating income is primarily driven by increased net product sales coupled with relatively flat operating expenses. Net income for the first quarter of 2017 was $10.3 million or $0.19 per diluted share, as compared to net income of $4.8 million or $0.08 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2016. Diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2017 includes an effective tax rate of 36.5%, as compared to an effective tax rate of 4% during the first quarter of 2016. We expect that the tax rate for the remainder of 2017 will approximate the tax rate for the first quarter.

  • Approximately 52.8 million weighted average diluted common shares were outstanding in the first quarter of 2017, as compared to 51.2 million diluted shares in the first quarter of 2016.

  • As of March 31, 2017, we had $176.3 million in cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and long-term marketable securities, as compared to $165.5 million as of December 31, 2016. As of May 8, 2017, approximately $1.6 million of the company's 6-year $90 million notes remain outstanding. During the second quarter of 2017, the company initiated a process of calling the remaining outstanding principal balance of its 6-year notes. We anticipate that this process will be completed during this quarter.

  • Now turning to full year 2017 guidance.

  • We continue to expect full year 2017 net product sales to be in the range of $265 million to $275 million, R&D expenses to be approximately $55 million and operating income to range from $75 million to $80 million. Full year 2017 operating income includes approximately $5 million of noncash royalty revenue.

  • I will now turn the call back to the operator for questions.

  • Operator

  • (Operator Instructions) And our first question is from the line of Ken Cacciatore with Cowen and Company.

  • Kenneth Charles Cacciatore - MD and Senior Research Analyst

  • Just a question, as you talk about business developments. I wanted to understand the sales force. You're rolling out migraine right now. Could you just talk about the capacity the sales force has in terms of taking more? And then also, when it comes to 810 and 812, maybe just a reminder of the potential market opportunity for both as kind of briefly as you can. Maybe frame it for us and give us some perspective.

  • Jack A. Khattar - Founder, CEO, President, Secretary and Director

  • Ken, regarding the capacity of the sales force, no question that currently we are very busy with the migraine launch and very excited about how the launch has been executed, although it's early in the launch at this point. So certainly, we're not looking at adding an asset right away, but if we find something, we're not going to stop pursuing it because of the capacity of the sales force. If it does require an incremental expansion of the sales force, we'll be willing to do that to accommodate the new selling effort and the new promotional effort that whatever new assets we bring onboard could require. Regarding the SPN-810 opportunity, as a reminder, this is an extremely prevalent disease, impulsive aggression, across so many disease areas. It is comorbid in ADHD, which is the first area we're pursuing in our development program. It is also comorbid with many other CNS disorders such as PTSD, schizophrenia, autism and so forth. We believe this market opportunity exceeds $5 billion. And all the research that we have done to date, some of which is very extensive, some of which is very quantitative research, points to the fact, and we believe this, that the product is in the $1 billion or more for Supernus. So this is a tremendous opportunity. We are the first company to develop a product for this indication. Again, of all the diseases, it is very well known. Psychiatrists understand this disease and know how to diagnose the disease. There's no product that is approved for the treatment of impulsive aggression, and Supernus is pioneering this whole clinical development. As you recall, we have developed a novel diagnostic tool which we are using in our clinical studies and truly pioneering the whole field in this area. So we're very excited about 810; and likewise, although you didn't asked about it, SPN-812. Given the data that we have gotten on Phase IIb, we are very excited about SPN-812 and its potential as well. And even a very small penetration of the ADHD market by SPN-812 also gets it to a $1 billion product. So we're really excited about both products in psychiatry.

  • Operator

  • And our next question comes from the line of David Steinberg with Jefferies.

  • David Michael Steinberg - Equity Analyst

  • You mentioned the uptick in scripts recently as to the results of the early stage of the migraine launch. Just curious what you're thinking about sales force. Will you rightsize if you see a significant uptick? What are you thinking about adding new reps? And how many reps might you add? And then secondly, capital allocation. Are you still actively looking? And what are you seeing in terms of prices in particular in private companies as well as individual products to add to your portfolio?

  • Jack A. Khattar - Founder, CEO, President, Secretary and Director

  • Yes, regarding the sales force sizing and adding -- potentially adding new representatives to our sales force, we continue to hold the same premise that we have mentioned earlier. We will be watching the migraine launch very closely as we are. The data that we have seen in the first 3 weeks is truly impressive. I mean specifically, when you look at the increase in new prescriptions in the last 3 weeks on a weekly sequential basis, it's increased in a very significant manner, so we're very encouraged with that. However, we will watch the migraine launch for the next quarter. So we would like to get at least a full data set for a full quarter before we make a decision on an expansion in the sales force. So probably that decision will have to come in sometime in summer or mid to late third quarter of this year, after we get the full second quarter IMS prescription data. As far as capital allocation and priorities and business development, corporate development, again, we are highly prioritizing a lot of the opportunities in the neurology and psychiatry space. In neurology, things that are very synergistic would overlap call points with our current products. And in the psychiatry, any products that we could potentially commercialize about a year ahead of SPN-810 or 812, we will certainly look at those as well. As far as prices of assets, it's always a competitive process. Its prices haven't really settled that much. There is still a lot of big premiums being paid for certain assets. And in our situation, as we've always been, we continue to be disciplined in looking at these things. We have a very solid process how we screen for opportunities and how we determine what is really the value of some of these assets so we don't end up overpaying and over-diluting the company.

  • David Michael Steinberg - Equity Analyst

  • Okay, just one quick follow-up. So your tax rate is creeping up and you will do a full tax rate shortly this year. As you look downstream, any opportunities to lower your tax rate in any way? Or should we just assume a full tax rate for the foreseeable future?

  • Gregory S. Patrick - CFO and VP

  • Yes, I -- David, this is Greg. I think it's probably best to assume that it can be -- ceteris paribus, it will continue to go forward pretty much in the same range that we indicated and I just referenced earlier today. There are some things that we're looking at actively to try to manage that down, but I would say those would be more incremental. For us to do something dramatic, we would have to be looking at some sort of transformative transaction to really effectuate step change in the tax rate. And while we've entertained that in the past, we're cognizant that our primary method is to run the business well and efficiently. We'd like to drive the tax rate down, but a tax rate issue is not going to drive our overall business strategy.

  • Operator

  • And our next question comes from the line of John Boris with SunTrust.

  • John Thomas Boris - MD

  • Jack, first question has to do with the existing assets with the litigation overhang removed off of both assets. And I think you've stated that each asset in total could be in around the range of about $500 million. In light of the longer life that each asset has and now layering in the migraine indication and possibly a bipolar indication, just your thoughts around the sizing of the aggregate of those 2 assets going forward. Second question, on Oxtellar XR and bipolar, your exploratory study, timing for that. And then can you give us maybe some history? This works on sodium channels. And I think Lamictal, valproic acid also work on sodium channels. How successful were they when they got that indication? And then lastly, Greg, can you just walk us through some of the mechanics on the tax side of the equation from an accounting standpoint that resulted in the higher tax rate in the quarter?

  • Jack A. Khattar - Founder, CEO, President, Secretary and Director

  • Yes, John, regarding the peak potential of Trokendi XR and Oxtellar XR, we've always said there are around the $500 million or more. That number always included the migraine potential for Trokendi XR, clearly, but it did not include the potential of Oxtellar XR in the bipolar indication. So when you factor into the equation the brand of Oxtellar XR in the bipolar market, we think the peak potential of both of these products combined will approach the $750 million instead of the $500 million. And the reason we say that is because the bipolar market is very significantly a large market compared to epilepsy. It consists of about 53 million prescriptions a year. And to your question about sodium channel blockers such as oxcarbazepine; and/or lamotrigine, which is the Lamictal franchise that you referenced, Lamictal actually accounts for about 16% of that 53 million prescription market. So sodium channel blockers are very well established in the community, as far as their effectiveness in the use of bipolar. Oxcarbazepine itself is currently also being utilized heavily in bipolar, although the indication was never on the label for Trileptal back in the days. And actually, about 2 million prescriptions, we estimate according to IMS, of oxcarbazepine are currently for psychiatric disorders. And we are completely excluded from that market because obviously we don't promote Oxtellar XR in psychiatrist offices. So our use in Oxtellar XR is very, very minimal in bipolar currently, and that's why we believe, if we -- and successfully develop the bipolar indication for Oxtellar XR, it will open up a whole new market for us and therefore increasing the potential for that franchise significantly. So we are very excited about that. As far as the timing of the bipolar study for this year, we expect it to start in the third quarter of this year, the investigator-initiated trial. And hopefully, with some initial positive data from that trial if it comes in, in 2018, then we will make a decision on initiation of Phase III program.

  • Gregory S. Patrick - CFO and VP

  • Regarding, John, the tax rate question, this is a little bit of a complex issue. And I'll try to be brief; and if we need a follow-up discussion, would be glad to do that. If we go back in time to when the company was a development-stage company, its early period as a commercial company: The company built up significant net operating losses, in fact, in excess of $150 million. And those net operating losses never were manifested on our balance sheet or our financial statements because, during this period, we cannot make an affirmative statement that we would more likely than not use those net operating losses going forward. And so if you went back -- and historically, you would see nothing on our financial statements that reflect any of that. The [sample effects] for us in terms of the tax situation occurred in the third quarter of last year, third quarter of 2016, when the company made the judgment that it was more likely than not that these NOLs would be in fact used going forward. The basis for that judgment is a little bit complex that we should discuss it offline, but let's just take that as a given that we made an affirmative statement that we will be able to use these NOLs going forward. And so if you look at our third quarter results, as I'm sure you've had, you'll notice a couple of very interesting things going on. Number one, all of a sudden a deferred tax asset appears on our balance sheet. That in effect represents the value of those NOLs, and we recorded that in the third quarter of last year. And at the same time, we ran through the P&L what in effect looked like and was a negative tax impact. So actually, our net income (inaudible) operating income by the amount of that charge. And so that very much landscapes completely made our third quarter results completely different and much more favorable than anybody could have ever expected. From that point on forward, what we record as a company -- fourth quarter last year was a little bit of a different quarter. I think the first quarter this year more representative. What we're recording in fact is a book tax rate which reflects really the ongoing underlying statutory rate that the company expects to be paying long term. And you might say, well, why is that? And what happened to our NOLs? Well, the NOLs, still the value of NOLs is still on our balance sheet. And the way that manifests itself is, rather than pay cash taxes -- so recording a book tax, and you can see this impact on our net income for the quarter, but rather than writing large checks in a given amount equivalent to that, we're in effect reducing the deferred tax assets. So we're reducing that liability by offsetting it but -- as a reduction against the deferred tax asset. So in effect, we look as if we are paying tax. We're paying tax on a book basis, but on a cash basis, we are not. Our cash tax will be more in line with where it has been over the past several years. Beyond 2017 is -- this is speculative, but I would expect that we would be in fact a cash-paying, full cash taxpaying entity as well as a book taxpaying entity sometime in 2018 and beyond. But for this year, we would expect to see that disparity between the book tax rate and the cash tax rate. I hope that's clear.

  • Operator

  • And our next question comes from the line of Annabel Samimy with Stifel.

  • Annabel Eva Samimy - MD

  • I had a few. First, on the gross-to-net this year for both Trokendi and Oxtellar. Is this the proper go-forward rate? Or is there some 1 quarter dynamics that would have caused it to be higher now? The second thing, specifically on Trokendi, the average net realized price. Can you just tell us, with the launch in migraine, are these patients going to be using a lower dose? Then is the blend going to put pressure on the average price of the prescription going forward? And then finally, in the -- you mentioned the bipolar indication for Oxtellar and trying to maximize that opportunity. Your -- I guess your life is out to now 2027. Is that correct? The patent.

  • Gregory S. Patrick - CFO and VP

  • Yes, that's correct.

  • Annabel Eva Samimy - MD

  • Okay, so you do have sufficient time to maximize that opportunity then. Do you have any sense of how long the program, the development program, would take? Is it just a single Phase III? Or would it be a much larger, broader program that would cut into that life?

  • Jack A. Khattar - Founder, CEO, President, Secretary and Director

  • Sure. Annabel, let me start with the last question on the bipolar for Oxtellar XR, yes. I mean the program will take probably a good 3 years from start to finish. So if we were to launch Oxtellar XR in bipolar, we're probably looking at the 2020, 2021 time frame, my guess. I mean it's a really wild guess at this point, but it should be close to what reality will end up being. So yes, we will have enough time, assuming we will have complete coverage on Oxtellar throughout to 2027, which we expect to get a good return on our investment on that program. As far your second question, Trokendi XR usage in migraine -- and again it's a little bit early for us, but typically migraine doses are lower. The daily dose for migraine is lower typically than in epilepsy. So if we are very successful in migraine, naturally we would expect the daily dose to -- on an average, to be a little bit lower versus what it used to be in the past. It's more likely to be in the 100 milligram. Although, if you actually look at the Topamax clinical data, the 100 milligram and 200 milligram are the effective doses. And when you go to 50 milligram or less, actually the data did not show any statistical significance or separation versus placebo. So given the tolerability of Trokendi XR, which we hear, continue to hear from the field that it's much better than immediate-release topiramate, we might see physicians actually using 100 milligram or higher, if they really want to get a higher efficacy. So I would wait for another quarter, as we said earlier, to see whether that will shift completely, but I could say in a fairly certain manner that the daily dose will probably be closer to the 100 milligram.

  • Gregory S. Patrick - CFO and VP

  • Right. There are no big part -- yes, you raised a question about gross-to-net, and I was going to respond to that. As I mentioned in my remarks, in the first quarter, because of the onset of the high-deductible patient programs and the effect that it has in terms of patients fulfilling their prescriptions, we have substantially enhanced our co-pay program for both products in the first quarter, and we see that manifested in higher gross-to-net deductions. For example, for Trokendi XR, compared to fourth quarter of 2016 versus the first quarter of 2017 is an impact of 3 to 4 percentage points. And most of that, let's say virtually all of that, is attributable to the co-pay program. Do we expect it to go back down to the 33% of the fourth quarter? Probably not because there are some other things going on there, but I'd certainly expect it to improve vis-à-vis the 37% that I referenced in my remarks earlier today. So yes, there is something unusual going on in the first quarter.

  • Annabel Eva Samimy - MD

  • Okay. And just if I could go back to the question on Trokendi in migraine. Do you know at this point whether physicians are using 100 milligram? Or are they still using lower than that?

  • Jack A. Khattar - Founder, CEO, President, Secretary and Director

  • Yes, currently in the migraine market, specifically on topiramate with immediate-release products, most of the usage is 50 milligram or lower. And...

  • Annabel Eva Samimy - MD

  • I mean with your product.

  • Jack A. Khattar - Founder, CEO, President, Secretary and Director

  • Well, we just launched 3 weeks ago, so we don't have really a very solid pattern at this point to point to. And I don't want to really discuss too much of our positioning of the product and so forth on the call, but I think currently people are using immediate-release products in the 50 milligram and lower, which is a very sub-therapeutic dose.

  • Operator

  • And our next question is from the line of David Amsellem with Piper Jaffray.

  • David A. Amsellem - MD and Senior Research Analyst

  • So just a question on Oxtellar in bipolar. So can you just elaborate on what you think you'd need to do in a Phase III program, how long that program would take? When do you think would be the earliest you'd get a label expansion in bipolar? And then since it's an adult psychiatry setting, I'd surmise it wouldn't necessarily synergize all that well with an adolescent and child psychiatry setting for the ADHD business. So maybe, can you talk about the kind of sales force you would need to deploy if you were to get a label expansion for Oxtellar in bipolar?

  • Jack A. Khattar - Founder, CEO, President, Secretary and Director

  • Yes, sure. Regarding the program itself, we will need to do 2 Phase III trials in bipolar. As I mentioned earlier, most likely, if the initial study that we're doing this year is positive, we'll initiate Phase III potentially next year on bipolar for Oxtellar XR, this study will take probably about a year, a little bit longer than that; and then hopefully, end up launching the product in the 2020, 2021 time frame. As far as the sales force itself, it is in psychiatry. And yes, it will be in adult psychiatry, but that is an area which eventually we will be in with our ADHD products. Our ADHD products are not going to be developed just for pediatrics. So there will be synergy eventually in the psychiatry space overall. So all going to end up depending on the timing, David, as far as Oxtellar XR launch in bipolar and then the launch of SPN-812 and 810 as well when we add adult indication for these 2 products.

  • David A. Amsellem - MD and Senior Research Analyst

  • Okay. And as a follow-up, you've talked about in the past potentially adding a psychiatry-focused asset in the near term that you can build a sales organization around. And I know you alluded to business development in your scripted remarks and earlier in Q&A, but how big of a priority is it for you to find a psychiatry asset in the near term so you can jump-start your commercial organization efforts there?

  • Jack A. Khattar - Founder, CEO, President, Secretary and Director

  • Yes. I mean the ideal timing is about a year before 812 and 810. And 812 and 810, both of them again are going to be in the 2020, 2021. We're going to have a very high-quality problem where we have actually so many opportunities in psychiatry between Oxtellar XR in bipolar, SPN-812 and SPN-810. And the timing of these 3 assets, as you would imagine, will still shift around for a while until these programs are set in place and we have more predictability and sight into the future as to when actually we'll end up launching these 3 assets. So for us to pay money to bring in another asset in psychiatry, it really has to be launched in the '19, 2019, time frame. If it's later than that, it really doesn't make any sense for us to bring it in. So well, we -- as far as priority, we continue to look for these assets because anything that could accelerate our growth and accelerate our penetration into the psychiatry office is going to be tremendously valuable for us. So it is still a priority. And we continue to look and we are looking at assets in that time frame. Although having said that, as you probably imagine, I mean, there aren't always too many assets available out there that fit exactly your timing, but that's what we get paid to manage, all these issues. But these are high-quality problems to look at.

  • Operator

  • And our last question comes from the line of Bill Tanner with Cantor Fitzgerald.

  • William Tanner - Analyst

  • Jack, I don't want to put words in your mouth, but it sounds like the migraine launch is going better than expected, so I'm just curious if you have a thought on whether the ceiling is higher potentially for that indication or if the, I guess -- or maybe the ramp is just faster. And then is there -- what would be the ways to strike while the iron is hot to take advantage of this? Thinking about promotional efforts, there may be not, just as this relates to more sales people. Maybe just your thoughts on that. And then I have one follow-up, please.

  • Jack A. Khattar - Founder, CEO, President, Secretary and Director

  • Yes, sure. Look, we are extremely excited, very excited about the first 3-week data. Now having said that, it is early in the launch. We try to be conservative, as far as to how we look at things, but we are extremely excited about the uptake. I mean the initial uptake. It is a little bit better than we expected. I will say that. Our sales force has been tremendous. I mean they've executed amazingly on the launch. And we had a very, very strong marketing program behind the product launch, so the whole commercial team did an outstanding job in launching the products. So we're extremely excited about the initial uptake. Will that mean that there is really a much higher ceiling for migraine? Will that mean that the potential of Trokendi XR in migraine is way, way much higher than we expected? Yes, that is a possibility. No question about it, if we continue the effort as we have in the last 3 weeks; if we continue that intensity, as far as our promotional effort. And at the end of the day, I mean, the product actually performs very well, and it really delivers significant benefits to the patients. Because you could have the best sales force effort, the best marketing effort, but if the product does not deliver, it doesn't really matter much. And that's -- really another exciting point in here is that actually Trokendi XR delivers extremely high, new benefits, unique benefits for these patients, and our promotional efforts therefore end up bearing the fruits of this extremely great program. So we're extremely excited about migraine. No question about it. It is a possibility that it could mean a much higher ceiling or potential for Trokendi XR than we expected. And hopefully, in the next earnings call, we will be delivering even better news than the stuff we're excited about right now. I hope that helps, but again I want to caution people. It is 3 weeks into the launch. It's still early, but I would rather have this kind of data in the first 3 weeks than something else.

  • William Tanner - Analyst

  • Sure. Well, that's helpful. And then as it relates to 810, you did tick off some other indications beyond impulse aggression: PTSD, schizophrenia and autism. I guess one question I would have is, is there any way to leverage the ADHD clinical workforce for some of the other indications so that you could, say, economically and efficiently arrive at an approval for broader indication? Is this something where obviously the -- with the reimbursement environment like it is, off label maybe look askance at? But just wondering if you would think, for these other indications, you really would need to go after them formally? And then is -- are there learning from ADHD that could maybe cut the time and obviously reduce the costs?

  • Jack A. Khattar - Founder, CEO, President, Secretary and Director

  • Well, absolutely. I mean we are going after the same indication, just to clarify. The indication is impulsive aggression. It's just that it will be studied in different patient population that have other diseases. So because of that, and we believe, impulsive aggression as a condition is not really different in an ADHD patient versus an autistic patient versus a schizophrenic patient or PTSD and so forth. Scientifically, the disease, the condition is the same across all these areas, and therefore, absolutely we expect synergies in the program moving forward. So the initial push is in the ADHD population. And then the remaining matter is really an issue of negotiating with the FDA and see what will they ask us to do. Will they ask us to do 1 more Phase III in one more area? Or will they ask us to do 2 Phase IIIs, 1 in autism, 1 in PTSD, and then we get the full indication, a much broader indication? So that remains to be seen, but the good news here, at least from our perspective, everything we have done, so far, scientifically, all the KOLs we've talked to, they believe that the disease is exactly the same regardless of the patient population. And therefore, that should help us with our discussions with the FDA to, hopefully, make the program very synergistic.

  • Gregory S. Patrick - CFO and VP

  • Yes. And Bill, in terms of learnings of the existing 810 program, I think a lot of that is directly transferable into these additional Phase III trials that Jack alluded to. We've learned a lot about some of the challenges that caregivers have in terms of recording events, dealing with a handheld device to record those events, communicating the scale to physicians and to office coordinators and the like. So I think we have learned a ton in terms of how to execute this trial that would be directly applicable to subsequent trials.

  • Operator

  • Thank you. And ladies and gentlemen, this concludes our Q&A session for today. I would like to turn the call back to Jack Khattar for final remarks.

  • Jack A. Khattar - Founder, CEO, President, Secretary and Director

  • Thanks. We are off to a great start for the year and are tracking well towards our full 2017 financial guidance and towards achieving our goals on our pipeline programs. We look forward to several key milestones this year, including continued strong execution on the launch of the migraine indication for Trokendi XR, starting new growth initiatives on Oxtellar XR

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  • Operator

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