Oslo, Norway, 30 July 2025 - Photocure ASA (OSE:PHO) today reported
Hexvix®/Cysview® revenues of NOK 135.6 million in the second quarter of 2025 (Q2
2024: NOK 122.4 million), and an EBITDA of NOK 14.8 million (Q2 2024: NOK 27.8
million, including a milestone payment of NOK 21.6 million) for the company.
Photocure expects product revenue growth in the range of 7% to 11% and year-over
-year EBITDA improvement in 2025. While the company is not providing a specific
EBITDA guidance range, Photocure expects continued operating leverage flow
-through in its core commercial business and significant growth in milestones
this year.
"We delivered all-time high Hexvix/Cysview revenues, and the ninth consecutive
quarter of positive EBITDA, while continuing to make smart decisions that
accelerate and drive the topline growth. The Q2 results are driven by the solid
performance from our U.S. franchise where the team continues to increase the
number of active accounts by 24%. We continue to offset the decline in flexible
cystoscopy kits and expect the U.S. unit growth to accelerate in 2025 onwards.
In the second quarter alone, the rigid kit sales increased by 21 percent, " says
Dan Schneider, President & Chief Executive Officer of Photocure.
The company continued to execute on its plan to expand blue light cystoscopy use
in Q2 2025 with the installation of 12 new SaphiraT towers in the U.S. - 3 new
accounts and 9 blue light tower upgrades. With the increasing momentum provided
by ForTec's mobile solution, Photocure had 359 active accounts in the U.S. at
the end of the quarter, an increase of 24% versus the second quarter of 2024.
Across Europe, a total of 36 Olympus Visera Elite III blue light cystoscopy
(BLC) capable systems were installed since the launch in Q1 2025.
"We fully expect this new state-of-the art equipment to fuel Hexvix growth in
the Nordic region and throughout continental Europe this year and beyond,"
Schneider adds.
Photocure believes that the benefits of Blue Light Cystoscopy with
Hexvix®/Cysview® offering superior detection and management of bladder cancer
will continue to be adopted and become the standard of care.
"Photocure continues to explore partnerships and collaborations that combine the
use of BLC with emerging products and technologies. For example, our development
partnership with Richard Wolf is progressing well while a flexible BLC interim
solution has been made available in advance of the future launch of a state-of
-the-art high definition 4k system. Lastly, our license agreement with Asieris
for Cevira has potential to trigger a significant milestone payment when it
receives regulatory approval in China. In all, we delivered another quarter of
growth and reiterate our guidance of a product revenue growth in the range of 7%
to 11% and YoY EBITDA improvement in 2025," Schneider concludes.
Please find the full financial report and presentation enclosed.
EBITDA* and other alternative performance measures (APMs) are defined and
reconciled to the IFRS financial statements as a part of the APM section of the
second quarter 2025 financial report on page 25.
The quarterly report and presentation will be published at 07:00 CEST and will
be publicly available at www.photocure.com. Dan Schneider, CEO and Erik Dahl,
CFO, will host a live webcast at 14:00 CEST.
The presentation will be held in English and questions can be submitted
throughout the event. The streaming event is available through
https://channel.royalcast.com/landingpage/hegnarmedia/20250730_1/
The presentation is scheduled to conclude at 14:45 CEST.
For further information, please contact:
Dan Schneider
President and CEO
Photocure ASA
Email: ds@photocure.com
Erik Dahl
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +47 450 55000
Email: ed@photocure.no
Media and IR enquiries:
Geir Bjørlo
Corporate Communications (Norway)
Tel: +47 91540000
Email: geir.bjorlo@corpcom.no (geir.bjorlo@corpcom.no
)
About Photocure ASA
Photocure: The Bladder Cancer Company delivers transformative solutions to
improve the lives of bladder cancer patients. Our unique technology, making
cancer cells glow bright pink, has led to better health outcomes for patients
worldwide. Photocure is headquartered in Oslo, Norway and listed on the Oslo
Stock Exchange (OSE: PHO). For more information, please visit us at
www.photocure.com/news
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announcement was published by Tolv Hillestad, Group Controller, Photocure ASA,
on 30 July 2025 at 07:00 CEST.