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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
  
CURRENT REPORT
    
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
    
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  March 7, 2011
  
PDL BioPharma, Inc.
   
(Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)
   
000-19756
(Commission File Number)
     
Delaware
 
94-3023969
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation)
   
 
932 Southwood Boulevard
Incline Village, Nevada  89451
(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)
  
(775) 832-8500
(Company’s telephone number, including area code)
    

  
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Company under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
  
Press Release
 
On March 7, 2011, PDL BioPharma, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release with revenue guidance for the quarter ending March 31, 2011.  The Company notes that the royalty payment it received from Genentech was complete and without a reservation of rights.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
 
Detailed Product Sales, Royalties and Manufacturing
 
On March 7, 2011, the Company distributed to analysts covering the Company’s securities and posted to its website a summary of certain information underlying the Company’s receipt of royalty payments (the “Information Sheet”) to assist those analysts and its stockholders in valuing the Company’s securities.  The Information Sheet is based on information provided to the Company by its licensees and includes reported net sales revenues by licensed product, royalty revenue by licensed product and where certain licensed products are manufactured and sold.  A copy of the Information Sheet is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.
 
Limitation of Incorporation by Reference
 
In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information in this report, including the exhibits, is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This Current Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in the report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.
 
Cautionary Statements
 
This filing, the press release and the Information Sheet include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Important factors that could impair the Company’s royalty assets or business are disclosed in the “Risk Factors” contained in the Company’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2011, and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission thereafter. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by such factors. We do not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statement except as required by law.
 
 
 

 
  
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release, dated March 7, 2011
     
99.2
 
Information Sheet
 
 
 

 
  
SIGNATURES
   
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
   
PDL BIOPHARMA, INC.
(Company)
   
By:
/s/ Christine R. Larson
 
Christine R. Larson
 
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  
Dated:  March 7, 2011
 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1  
Press Release, dated March 7, 2011
     
99.2  
Information Sheet
 
 
 

 
Unassociated Document
  
  
Contacts:
 
Cris Larson
Jennifer Williams
PDL BioPharma, Inc.
Cook Williams Communications, Inc.
775-832-8505
360-668-3701
Cris.Larson@pdl.com
jennifer@cwcomm.org
   
PDL BioPharma Provides First Quarter 2011 Revenue Guidance of $83 Million
    
INCLINE VILLAGE, NV, March 7, 2011PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDL) (NASDAQ: PDLI) today announced revenue guidance for the first quarter ending March 31, 2011 of approximately $83 million, as compared with actual results of $62 million for the first quarter of 2010, an expected 34 percent year-over-year increase.  Included in first quarter revenue guidance is the $10 million settlement received from UCB Pharma S.A. (UCB) in January 2010 resolving all legal disputes between the two companies, including those relating to UCB’s pegylated humanized antibody fragment, Cimzia®, and PDL's patents known as the Queen et al. patents.
  
Royalty revenues included in first quarter 2011 revenue guidance are $73 million as compared with actual royalty revenues of $62 million for the first quarter of 2010, an expected 18 percent year-over-year increase. The forecasted growth is primarily driven by increased fourth quarter 2010 sales of Herceptin®, Lucentis® and Tysabri® for which PDL received royalties in the first quarter of 2010.  Also contributing to the expected increase are increased royalties from sales of Avastin ® that was both manufactured and sold outside of the United States.  Ex-U.S. manufactured and sold Avastin sales represented 19 percent of total Avastin sales in the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared with five percent of total Avastin sales for same period in 2009. The first quarter royalty payment recently received from Genentech included royalties generated on all worldwide sales.
  
Sales of Avastin, Herceptin and Lucentis are subject to a tiered royalty rate for product that is made or sold in the United States and a flat royalty rate of three percent for product that is manufactured and sold outside of the United States.  The net sales thresholds and the applicable royalty rates for product that is made or sold in the United States are outlined below:
 
   
Royalty Rate
Net sales up to $1.5 billion
    3.0 %
Net sales between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion
    2.5 %
Net sales between $2.5 billion and $4.0 billion
    2.0 %
Net sales exceeding $4.0 billion
    1.0 %
 
Reported sales for Herceptin increased four percent in the fourth quarter of 2010 when compared to the same period in 2009. Roche recently reported that, in 2010, Herceptin maintained its high market penetration in HER2-positive breast cancer and achieved single-digit gains in the United States and Western Europe in advanced stomach cancer. Additionally, Roche reported that improvements in the quality of HER2 testing are expanding the patient population eligible for treatment with Herceptin. Ex-U.S. manufactured and sold Herceptin sales represented 40 percent of total Herceptin sales in the fourth quarter of 2010 as compared with 43 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009.
   
Reported sales for Lucentis increased 17 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010 when compared to the same period in 2009.  Roche recently reported that strong sales growth was driven primarily by increases in the total number of patients receiving Lucentis and the amount of time patients are on treatment.  Lucentis is approved for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration in the United States and Europe. Lucentis received approval for the treatment of macular edema following retinal vein occlusion in June 2010 in the United States as well as for diabetic macular edema in Europe in January 2011.  Roche and Novartis recently reported that fourth quarter sales grew by 17 percent in both the United States and internationally.
  
 
 

 
  
Reported sales for Tysabri increased 13 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010 when compared to the same period in 2009.  Biogen Idec recently announced that, at the end of December 2010, approximately 56,600 patients were on therapy worldwide, representing a 16 percent increase over the approximately 48,800 patients who were on therapy at the end of December 2009 and that cumulatively 78,800 patients have been treated with Tysabri in the post-marketing setting.  Tysabri royalties are determined at a flat rate as a percent of sales regardless of location of manufacture or sale.

The sales information presented above is based on information provided by PDL’s licensees in their quarterly reports to the Company as well as from public disclosures made by PDL’s licensees.

About PDL BioPharma
PDL pioneered the humanization of monoclonal antibodies and, by doing so, enabled the discovery of a new generation of targeted treatments for cancer and immunologic diseases. PDL is focused on maximizing the value of its antibody humanization patents and related assets. The Company receives royalties on sales of a number of humanized antibody products marketed by leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies today based on patents which expire in late 2014. For more information, please visit www.pdl.com.

NOTE: PDL BioPharma and the PDL BioPharma logo are considered trademarks of PDL BioPharma, Inc.
 
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Each of these forward-looking statements involves risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those, express or implied, in these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause differences between current expectations and actual results include, but are not limited to, the following:

 
·
The expected rate of growth in royalty-bearing product sales by PDL’s existing licensees;
 
·
The relative mix of royalty-bearing Genentech products manufactured and sold outside the U.S. versus made or sold in the U.S.;
 
·
The ability of our licensees to receive regulatory approvals to market and launch new royalty-bearing products and whether such products, if launched, will be commercially successful;
 
·
Changes in any of the other assumptions on which PDL’s projected royalty revenues are based;
 
·
The outcome of pending litigation or disputes;
 
·
The change in foreign currency exchange rate; and
 
·
The failure of licensees to comply with existing license agreements, including any failure to pay royalties due.

Other factors that may cause PDL's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements in this press release are discussed in PDL's filings with the SEC, including the "Risk Factors" sections of its annual and quarterly reports filed with the SEC. Copies of PDL's filings with the SEC may be obtained at the "Investors" section of PDL's website at www.pdl.com. PDL expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in PDL's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based for any reason, except as required by law, even as new information becomes available or other events occur in the future. All forward-looking statements in this press release are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
 
 

 
  
 
Royalty Revenue by Product ($ in 000's) *

Avastin
  Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4    
Total
 
2011
    22,208       -       -       -       22,208  
2010
    16,870       44,765       29,989       24,922       116,547  
2009
    13,605       35,161       21,060       15,141       84,966  
2008
    9,957       30,480       19,574       12,394       72,405  
2007
    8,990       21,842       17,478       9,549       57,859  
2006
    10,438       15,572       15,405       12,536       53,952  
                                         
Herceptin
  Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4    
Total
 
2011
    25,164       -       -       -       25,164  
2010
    23,402       38,555       27,952       25,441       115,350  
2009
    16,003       32,331       26,830       18,615       93,779  
2008
    14,092       34,383       28,122       20,282       96,880  
2007
    19,035       28,188       22,582       14,802       84,608  
2006
    15,142       19,716       21,557       20,354       76,769  
                                         
Lucentis
  Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4    
Total
 
2011
    8,878       -       -       -       8,878  
2010
    7,220       19,091       10,841       8,047       45,198  
2009
    4,621       12,863       8,123       6,152       31,759  
2008
    3,636       11,060       7,631       4,549       26,876  
2007
    2,931       6,543       6,579       3,517       19,570  
2006
    -       -       289       3,335       3,624  
                                         
Xolair
  Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4    
Total
 
2011
    4,590       -       -       -       4,590  
2010
    3,723       6,386       4,980       4,652       19,741  
2009
    2,665       5,082       4,085       3,722       15,553  
2008
    1,488       4,866       3,569       2,927       12,850  
2007
    1,684       3,942       3,332       2,184       11,142  
2006
    2,263       2,969       3,041       2,495       10,768  
                                         
Tysabri
  Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4    
Total
 
2011
    9,891       -       -       -       9,891  
2010
    8,791       8,788       8,735       9,440       35,754  
2009
    6,656       7,050       7,642       8,564       29,912  
2008
    3,883       5,042       5,949       6,992       21,866  
2007
    839       1,611       2,084       2,836       7,370  
2006
    -       -       -       237       237  
                                         
Actemra
  Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4    
Total
 
2011
    913       -       -       -       913  
2010
    1,587       237       315       688       2,827  
2009
    585       537       909       1,197       3,228  
2008
    44       116       179       369       708  
2007
    32       326       32       34       425  
2006
    -       -       -       -       -  
 
* As reported to PDL by its licensees
  
 
 

 
  
Reported Net Sales Revenue by Product ($ in 000's) *

Avastin
  Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4    
Total
 
2011
    1,597,461       -       -       -       1,597,461  
2010
    1,586,093       1,596,892       1,594,707       1,646,218       6,423,910  
2009
    1,345,487       1,295,536       1,439,730       1,514,053       5,594,806  
2008
    980,715       1,084,930       1,180,427       1,239,382       4,485,454  
2007
    678,068       746,587       797,013       875,084       3,096,752  
2006
    439,318       516,052       570,551       592,897       2,118,817  
                                         
Herceptin
  Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4    
Total
 
2011
    1,391,568       -       -       -       1,391,568  
2010
    1,337,732       1,349,512       1,300,934       1,409,310       5,397,488  
2009
    1,210,268       1,133,993       1,226,435       1,278,626       4,849,323  
2008
    1,105,426       1,195,215       1,211,982       1,186,806       4,699,428  
2007
    891,761       949,556       979,602       1,015,033       3,835,952  
2006
    529,585       659,719       761,099       803,576       2,753,979  
                                         
Lucentis
  Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4    
Total
 
2011
    887,757       -       -       -       887,757  
2010
    759,965       698,890       745,376       804,684       3,008,915  
2009
    462,103       469,736       555,296       615,212       2,102,347  
2008
    363,615       393,682       460,167       454,922       1,672,386  
2007
    224,820       219,579       299,995       322,300       1,066,695  
2006
    -       -       10,689       157,742       168,431  
                                         
Xolair
  Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4    
Total
 
2011
    267,754       -       -       -       267,754  
2010
    240,904       225,878       251,055       263,389       981,225  
2009
    184,669       181,086       211,006       219,693       796,454  
2008
    137,875       169,521       177,179       183,753       668,329  
2007
    129,172       130,700       144,250       147,754       551,876  
2006
    95,241       99,354       112,608       118,002       425,204  
                                         
Tysabri
  Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4    
Total
 
2011
    329,696       -       -       -       329,696  
2010
    293,047       287,925       293,664       316,657       1,191,292  
2009
    221,854       229,993       257,240       285,481       994,569  
2008
    129,430       163,076       200,783       233,070       726,359  
2007
    30,468       48,715       71,972       94,521       245,675  
2006
    -       -       -       7,890       7,890  
                                         
Actemra
  Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4    
Total
 
2011
    30,433       -       -       -       30,433  
2010
    52,908       5,405       10,493       22,919       91,725  
2009
    19,504       17,920       30,313       39,888       107,627  
2008
    1,452       1,377       5,981       12,305       21,116  
2007
    2,388       873       1,071       1,137       5,470  
2006
    -       -       -       -       -  
 
* As reported to PDL by its licensees
 
 
 

 
 
Manufacturing Location & Sales - Genentech / Roche & Novartis ($ in 000's) *

Avastin Sales
 
2009 - Q4
   
2010 - Q1
   
2010 - Q2
   
2010 - Q3
   
2010 - Q4
   
2011 - Q1
 
US Made & Sold
    795,199       795,453       814,872       820,453       800,139       708,539  
US Made & ex-US Sold
    718,855       703,661       355,742       338,929       415,576       580,981  
ex-US Made & Sold
    -       86,979       426,277       435,325       430,503       307,941  
Total
    1,514,053       1,586,093       1,596,892       1,594,707       1,646,218       1,597,461  
US Made & Sold
    53 %     50 %     51 %     51 %     49 %     44 %
US Made & ex-US Sold
    47 %     44 %     22 %     21 %     25 %     36 %
ex-US Made & Sold
    0 %     5 %     27 %     27 %     26 %     19 %
                                                 
Herceptin Sales
 
2009 - Q4
   
2010 - Q1
   
2010 - Q2
   
2010 - Q3
   
2010 - Q4
   
2011 - Q1
 
US Made & Sold
    386,654       394,883       406,222       410,563       416,611       409,854  
US Made & ex-US Sold
    608,046       372,146       312,792       306,085       425,303       423,053  
ex-US Made & Sold
    283,926       570,703       630,498       584,286       567,396       558,661  
Total
    1,278,626       1,337,732       1,349,512       1,300,934       1,409,310       1,391,568  
US Made & Sold
    30 %     30 %     30 %     32 %     30 %     29 %
US Made & ex-US Sold
    48 %     28 %     23 %     24 %     30 %     30 %
ex-US Made & Sold
    22 %     43 %     47 %     45 %     40 %     40 %
                                                 
Lucentis Sales
 
2009 - Q4
   
2010 - Q1
   
2010 - Q2
   
2010 - Q3
   
2010 - Q4
   
2011 - Q1
 
US Made & Sold
    266,405       323,153       300,501       326,840       360,911       378,451  
US Made & ex-US Sold
    348,808       436,812       398,389       418,536       443,773       509,307  
ex-US Made & Sold
    -       -       -       -       -       -  
Total
    615,212       759,965       698,890       745,376       804,684       887,757  
US Made & Sold
    43 %     43 %     43 %     44 %     45 %     43 %
US Made & ex-US Sold
    57 %     57 %     57 %     56 %     55 %     57 %
ex-US Made & Sold
    0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %
                                                 
Xolair Sales
 
2009 - Q4
   
2010 - Q1
   
2010 - Q2
   
2010 - Q3
   
2010 - Q4
   
2011 - Q1
 
US Made & Sold
    150,950       157,503       145,245       165,109       170,001       164,621  
US Made & ex-US Sold
    10       -       -       -       -       -  
ex-US Made & Sold
    68,733       83,401       80,632       85,945       93,388       103,133  
Total
    219,693       240,904       225,878       251,055       263,389       267,754  
US Made & Sold
    69 %     65 %     64 %     66 %     65 %     61 %
US Made & ex-US Sold
    0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %
ex-US Made & Sold
    31 %     35 %     36 %     34 %     35 %     39 %
                                                 
Total Sales
 
2009 - Q4
   
2010 - Q1
   
2010 - Q2
   
2010 - Q3
   
2010 - Q4
   
2011 - Q1
 
US Made & Sold
    1,599,208       1,670,992       1,666,840       1,722,965       1,747,662       1,661,465  
US Made & ex-US Sold
    1,675,718       1,512,620       1,081,147       1,063,551       1,284,652       1,513,340  
ex-US Made & Sold
    352,659       741,083       1,137,407       1,105,556       1,091,287       969,735  
Total
    3,627,585       3,924,694       3,885,394       3,892,072       4,123,601       4,144,540  
US Made & Sold
    44 %     43 %     43 %     44 %     42 %     40 %
US Made & ex-US Sold
    46 %     39 %     28 %     27 %     31 %     37 %
ex-US Made & Sold
    10 %     19 %     29 %     28 %     26 %     23 %
 
* As reported to PDL by its licensees