CorMedix (CRMD) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

CorMedix (CRMD) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

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DATE

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET

CALL PARTICIPANTS

• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Joseph Todisco

• EVP and Chief Operating and Commercial Officer - Elizabeth Masson-Hurlburt

• EVP and Chief Financial Officer - Susan Blum

• EVP and Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary - Beth Zelnick Kaufman

• EVP and Chief Business Officer - Matt David

Full Conference Call Transcript

Operator: Good morning, and welcome to the CorMedix Second Quarter 2026 Earnings and Corporate Update Conference Call. Today's conference call is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] At this time, I would like to turn the conference call over to Dan Ferry from LifeSci Advisors. Please go ahead.

Daniel Ferry: Good morning, and welcome to the CorMedix Second Quarter 2026 Earnings and Corporate Update Conference Call. Leading the call today is Joe Todisco, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CorMedix. He is joined by Liz Hurlburt, EVP and Chief Operating and Commercial Officer, and Susan Blum, EVP and Chief Financial Officer. In addition, Beth Zelnick Kaufman, EVP and Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary, and Dr. Matt David, EVP and Chief Business Officer, are on the line and will be available during the Q&A session.

Before we begin, I would like to remind everyone that during the call, management may make what are known as forward-looking statements within the meaning set forth in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are statements other than statements of historical fact regarding management's expectations, beliefs, goals, and plans about the company's prospects and future financial position. Actual results may differ materially from the estimates and projections on which these statements are based due to a variety of important factors, including the risks and uncertainties described in greater detail in CorMedix filings with the SEC, which are available free of charge at the SEC's website or upon request from CorMedix.

CorMedix may not actually achieve the goals or plans described in these forward-looking statements. An investor should not place undue reliance on these statements. CorMedix does not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. During this call, the company will discuss certain non-GAAP measures of its performance. GAAP to non-GAAP financial reconciliations and supplemental financial information are provided in CorMedix's earnings release and the current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC. This information is also available on the Investor Relations section of CorMedix's website. At this time, it is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Joe Todisco, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CorMedix. Joe, please go ahead.

Joseph Todisco: Thank you, Dan. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us on this call. In the second quarter, we continued to execute on our core strategic initiatives, solidifying DefenCath's market position as we navigate the evolving post-TDAPA landscape, meaningfully advancing our high-value pipeline, highlighted by the positive Phase III ReSPECT data for REZZAYO, and now working collaboratively with Mundipharma towards their submission of the sNDA for REZZAYO in the prophylaxis of invasive fungal disease. And lastly, deploying our capital in a disciplined manner to fuel sustainable growth and new business development opportunities.

We believe this combination of commercial execution, pipeline progression and strategic capital allocation positions CorMedix to drive long-term value for shareholders while building an increasingly diversified and resilient business. We announced this morning second quarter consolidated revenue of $101.9 million and adjusted EBITDA of $58.7 million. Susan will provide more granular details of second quarter financial results. Today we also announced that we've signed a multi-year commercial supply agreement for DefenCath with an additional large dialysis organization, or LDO. With this agreement, CorMedix now has commercial supply agreements in place with all 5 of the top dialysis providers in the U.S.

The newly signed LDO has placed initial order and will initially begin a pilot of DefenCath in the third quarter of this year with a potential opportunity to expand utilization in 2027. We view the signing of this agreement as an important milestone and validation of DefenCath's clinical value proposition with the largest providers in the U.S. dialysis market. Turning to guidance, we are reaffirming our full-year 2026 revenue guidance with a range of $325 million to $345 million, and raising our full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance to a new range of $125 million to $140 million. We will revisit guidance as the year progresses and as we gain additional visibility into post-TDAPA ordering patterns.

While we're only a few weeks into the third quarter, DefenCath order volumes in July have tracked consistent with the post-TDAPA forecast underlying our financial guidance. In addition to the new LDO agreement, we have signed contract amendments with our major customers covering third and fourth quarter 2026 pricing and in some instances pricing and volume commitments for 2027. These amendments give us improved visibility into pricing and utilization through year-end and are designed to keep patients on therapy through the reimbursement transition. We continue to focus significant internal resources on DefenCath growth strategy through Medicare Advantage contracting, and I'm pleased with the progress of those discussions to date.

Contracting cycles with these plans can be lengthy, and we have not assumed a contribution for Medicare Advantage in our 2026 guidance. We continue to believe Medicare Advantage represents a meaningful long-term growth avenue for DefenCath. DefenCath's clinical value and its potential for meaningful downstream cost savings continue to be supported by a growing body of real-world evidence that our partners are publishing, and we anticipate additional data presentations this fall at the American Society of Nephrology's Kidney Week and at IDWeek. Turning to our pipeline. We announced this morning that we anticipate the submission of the sNDA for REZZAYO in prophylaxis in the third quarter of this year.

This follows last quarter's announcement of positive preliminary top line clinical trial results from the ReSPECT study, a Phase III clinical study evaluating REZZAYO for the prophylaxis of invasive fungal disease in adult immunosuppressed patients undergoing allogeneic bone and marrow transplant. We believe these results position REZZAYO, if approved, to become an attractive option for clinicians in the prophylaxis of invasive fungal disease or IFD. Assuming timely submission and FDA acceptance of the filing, we would anticipate agency action in the first half of 2027.

As we begin to prepare our commercial infrastructure for a potential launch of REZZAYO for prophylaxis, we expect to incur incremental spend in the back half of the year, including the anticipated addition of 15 to 20 positions across both commercial and medical. These investments are sized to allow us to move quickly at approval while preserving flexibility if regulatory timelines shift and are already reflected in our narrowed full-year cash OpEx guidance of $145 million to $155 million. As a reminder, our cash OpEx guidance excludes non-cash charges such as stock-based compensation. I would now like to turn the call over to our Chief Operating and Commercial Officer, Liz Hurlburt to provide an update on clinical activities.

Liz, please go ahead.

Elizabeth Masson-Hurlburt: Thank you, Joe, and good morning, everyone. As Joe mentioned, we were pleased to announce preliminary top-line results of the ReSPECT study at the end of April, and following a constructive pre-NDA meeting with the FDA, are working diligently with our partner, Mundipharma, in support of their submission of the sNDA for REZZAYO in prophylaxis in the third quarter. As a reminder, the ReSPECT study met its primary endpoint for FDA of fungal-free survival at day 90, showing non-inferiority versus the standard antifungal regimen, or SAR, meeting the pre-specified non-inferiority margin.

In addition, results showed a favorable profile across multiple secondary endpoints, most notably in treatment-emergent adverse events leading to dose reduction, interruption or withdrawal of study drugs, and study discontinuation. As we stated previously, the objective with the ReSPECT study was to show comparable efficacy to standard of care while also demonstrating a favorable overall safety profile with regard to drug-drug interactions and toxicity. We believe the study has achieved this objective and that the results position REZZAYO, if approved, as a differentiated option for prophylaxis of IFD with a meaningful potential commercial opportunity.

It's important to remember that this was a global study conducted by our partner, Mundipharma, who owns global IP rights and will pursue regulatory approvals outside of the United States. Mundipharma is currently the holder of the U.S. NDA and under the terms of our agreement, transfers ownership of the NDA to CorMedix following approval of an sNDA for the prophylaxis indication, at which point CorMedix would own and control the U.S. assets. Under our agreement, the parties must work together on the publication of data and any submissions to FDA.

In terms of data publication, we currently expect additional data from the Phase III ReSPECT study to be published later this year at 1 or more medical conferences during the fourth quarter. Turning to DefenCath, we also expect additional real-world evidence to be published in the fourth quarter, with multiple abstracts having been submitted to both ASN and IDWeek. Assuming acceptance, these publications will present the final results from the U.S. Renal Care real-world evidence study, which, at interim analysis, showed a meaningful impact on infection-related hospitalizations and catheter-related bloodstream infections, as well as 2 other external studies. The first will highlight the demonstrated efficacy of DefenCath when used in combination with chlorhexidine antimicrobial caps.

And the second is expected to highlight the clinical and economic benefits of DefenCath in the outpatient hemodialysis setting related to a meaningful reduction in tPA use by facilities. All combined, we expect that these data will add to the growing body of evidence supporting the clinical and pharmacoeconomic value of DefenCath. Shifting gears to our Phase III TPN study, we recently submitted a protocol amendment to FDA that narrows certain exclusion criteria, which we believe can support increased enrollment in the coming months. And we have additionally activated additional sites. We will continue to update investors on our progress as we move through the year, and we continue to expect study completion in 2028.

I would now like to turn the call over to Susan to discuss the company's second quarter financial results and financial position. Susan?

Susan Blum: Thank you, Liz, and good morning, everyone. We are pleased to announce our second quarter results which reflect strong execution across the business, continued demand for DefenCath, and the contribution from the acquired Melinta portfolio. As a reminder, because the Melinta acquisition closed in August 2025, the second quarter of 2026 includes a full quarter of Melinta operations, while the second quarter of 2025 did not. Accordingly, year-over-year comparisons are heavily influenced by the broader product portfolio and cost structure of the combined company. We also filed our Form 10-Q this morning, and I encourage investors to review it for additional details and important disclosures.

Turning to the numbers, second quarter 2026 consolidated revenue was $101.9 million, compared with $39.7 million in the second quarter of 2025. Second quarter revenue included $66.1 million in sales of DefenCath and $35.8 million in revenue associated with the acquired Melinta portfolio. DefenCath sales increased year-over-year largely due to the onboarding of a large dialysis customer in mid-2025. Operating expenses were $34.2 million in the quarter, compared with $18.3 million in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of approximately 87%. The increase of $15.9 million over the prior year period was driven primarily by the contribution of operating expenses from the Melinta acquisition for the full quarter and reflects the larger combined company.

Research and development expenses were $6.7 million in the second quarter of 2026, compared with $2.4 million for the same period in 2025. The increase was due primarily to higher personnel and clinical trial services in support of ongoing clinical programs, including pediatric studies for several brands and continued investments in the development of DefenCath for the TPN indications. Sales and marketing expense increased approximately 95% to $12.4 million in the second quarter of 2026 from $6.4 million in the second quarter of 2025. The increase was due primarily to higher personnel costs associated with a larger product portfolio and related marketing programs.

General and administrative expenses increased approximately 59% to $15.1 million in the second quarter of 2026 from $9.5 million in the second quarter of 2025. The increase was driven by higher costs associated with operating as a combined company following the acquisition, including branded prescription drug fees and higher personnel, information technology, legal, and facilities costs. G&A expenses in the quarter also reflects a reduction to expense of $4.2 million, which represents the amount of expected insurance reimbursement of legal fees incurred by the company to support its ongoing securities litigation.

Of the $4.2 million credit reported in the second quarter, $2.7 million is the amount of credit that the company has incurred related to legal fees that were incurred in prior periods. On the bottom line, CorMedix recorded net income of $26.0 million, or $0.33 and $0.29 per basic and diluted share, respectively, in the second quarter of 2026, compared with net income of $19.8 million, or $0.29 and $0.28 per basic and diluted share, respectively, in the second quarter of 2025.

In addition to net revenue and operating expenses, EPS was impacted by income tax expense of $12.7 million, as well as non-operating income and expenses net of approximately $4.2 million associated with the mark-to-market of marketable equity securities and contingent consideration, which reflects the approximate fair value of future milestone and royalties payable to former Melinta shareholders. On a non-GAAP basis, adjusted EBITDA was $58.7 million for the second quarter of 2026, compared with adjusted EBITDA of $22.4 million in the second quarter of 2025. This adjusted EBITDA metric excludes non-cash items such as depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation, interest and other income and expense net, taxes and certain non-recurring items.

We ended the second quarter with $256.7 million in cash and cash equivalents. For the first 6 months of 2026, net cash provided by operating activities was $128.6 million, compared with $49.7 million for the first 6 months of 2025. As Joe mentioned, we are confident in our fiscal year 2026 financial guidance, which includes full-year 2026 consolidated revenue of $325 million to $345 million, full-year DefenCath revenue guidance of $175 million to $195 million, and revised full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance of $125 million to $140 million. We continue to believe we are well positioned with a strong balance sheet, meaningful cash generation, and the financial flexibility to support our operating priorities, pipeline development, and shareholder value creation.

And now I will turn the call back to Joe for closing remarks. Joe?

Joseph Todisco: Thank you, Susan. I'm confident where the company stands today and in the opportunity ahead of us. CorMedix has built meaningful momentum through the first half of 2026 across all 3 pillars of our investment thesis. First, DefenCath continues to perform in line with our internal expectations at the TDAPA expiration, demonstrating durable underlying utilization, which we believe positions the franchise to remain a meaningful value generator following the reimbursement transition. Second, we're advancing a pipeline of high-value late-stage opportunities, including REZZAYO for prophylaxis and DefenCath in TPN, which could meaningfully expand our long-term revenue opportunity.

And third, we have delivered significant profitability in cash generation over the last year. $277.8 million of adjusted EBITDA over the trailing 12 months, and $267 million of combined cash and investments at quarter end, which allows us to reinvest in growth and pursue business development opportunities. We remain confident in our outlook for this year and our path to sustained growth and profitability beyond it. This concludes our prepared remarks, and I'll ask the operator to open up now for questions.

Operator: We will now begin the question and answer session. [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from Roanna Ruiz with Leerink. Please go ahead.

Unknown Analyst: This is Anna on for Roanna. Congrats on the progress. Just wanted to check in on how the new multi-year agreement with the LDO is expected to impact your 2027 expectations and if you could give any color on how long it takes for a new site to reach this steady state production in line with other operators. And I have a follow-up.

Joseph Todisco: Okay, thanks, Anna. So we just recently signed that agreement and they're rolling out a pilot. We're waiting to see kind of actually what they're looking for and we're hopeful for additional utilization. So once we get better visibility, we'll be in a position probably to talk more about 2027. There's a lot of variables that go into 2027 guidance. I don't expect we'll be in a position to comment on it until either late this year or early next year. So there's just a lot of pushes and pulls.

We don't have any cause now to either adjust the top or bottom of that guidance, but as we move through the year and we get better visibility, we can provide updates.

Unknown Analyst: Sure, thanks. And is any of that LDO pilot included in the 2026 guidance?

Joseph Todisco: No, no, right now it's, well obviously it's tracking the revenue, so it's within the revenue that we're seeing from the pilot is within our existing guidance. And for DefenCath, we are right now tracking to the kind of mid-top part of the DefenCath guidance. So let's see where we go through the year. And as I said, we'll update as we go.

Operator: Our next question comes from Leonid Timashev with RBC Capital Markets.

Leonid Timashev: I want to ask on maybe if you can comment on what you're seeing in terms of volume growth in the existing channels thus far in this quarter, just given that we're in the post-TDAPA period now. And then related to that, just as a follow-up, how are you thinking about the potential for final ESRD guidance to increase the payment?

Joseph Todisco: All right. Thanks, Leo. So, look, in terms of volume growth, I think what we're seeing in July is really kind of stabilized volumes with the larger players, which is what we expected, and some attrition with the really small players, which is also what we expected. I think to really see volume growth in DefenCath, one of two things can happen. The new LDO is going to have to come in meaningfully with some adoption and or Medicare Advantage contracting. I think we're cautiously optimistic we're making good progress. That, you know, perhaps we have something in place that takes effect early next year and starts to really impact the DefenCath volumes.

Those are really the 2 levers that I see, you know, from the DefenCath standpoint. Now, the final ESRD rule, obviously they put out the proposed rule. It was a little bit different than what we were expecting in terms of the quarterly mechanism. I expect there's going to be a lot of comment on that. Not sure if that's actually what will make it into the final rule, but we'll expect the final rule in November, and then we will adjust accordingly.

Operator: Our next question comes from Jason Butler with Citizens.

Jason Butler: First one, can you give any more color on the size or scope of the pilot study being conducted by the new LDO? And then for REZZAYO and prophy, can you talk about, since you had the Phase III results, the feedback you're getting from potential prescribers, just what the reception to that data has been as you think about a potential label expansion?

Joseph Todisco: Yes, look, right now the size and scope of the pilot, we've shifted initial order. We think it's a couple hundred clinics. We'll see where we can go from there. I don't want to get out over my skis on the pilot yet, Jason. So we're just -- right now we're really happy to have finally gotten, right, that LDO kind of over the hump and to the point of commercialization. So we're taking that 1 day by day. On the REZZAYO prophy, the full data set is not yet out, so we really haven't been able to conduct a robust market research. As we said in the script, we are working with our partner, Mundipharma.

We would expect it to be published later in the fourth quarter at 1 or more medical conferences. And once we have that data available, we'll be able to have more substantive discussions around the data itself with clinicians.

Operator: Our next question comes from Serge Belanger with Needham & Company.

Serge Belanger: I guess first on the new LDO, first, congratulations. It's just a pilot program. I guess my question is why did the LDO decide to enter an agreement now when the product has been available for 2 years and I know the company had some meaningful efforts to sign them up? Secondly, on REZZAYO, following your FDA meeting, just curious what your expectations are for potential labeling of the product. I believe a Phase III trial was conducted in allogeneic HSCT patients. Curious if you'll be able to address the broad patient population that could benefit from REZZAYO.

Joseph Todisco: Thanks, Serge. Look, on the new LDO, I really can't speak to the motivations of the company in terms of timing. Obviously, we have built a wealth of real-world evidence around the clinical efficacy and the pharmacoeconomic benefits of DefenCath, and as I said, we're happy that now, right, they are choosing to begin implementation of DefenCath. On REZZAYO, look, it's going to be a label review issue. So until we work through this process, we don't -- just coming out of the pre-NDA meeting, we don't have yet visibility of what the final label will be.

Operator: Our next question comes from Brandon Folkes with H.C. Wainwright.

Brandon Folkes: Congrats on the progress. Maybe just 1 from me. Can you just talk about the SG&A in the quarter and the updated guidance? Did you take any actions in the quarter, whether it's -- especially on the sales and marketing infrastructure, right, just on DefenCath or the existing Melinta portfolio, just any color there on the expense discipline on the SG&A line. Thank you.

Joseph Todisco: Thanks, Brandon. I'll let Susan comment. We didn't take any deliberate actions. We're obviously trending a little bit light on the expense side. Some of the staffing, that we're bringing on or is coming in later in the year. But...

Susan Blum: Yes. And also, we did, and we disclosed this in our Form 10-Q, we had a reduction of G&A for $4.2 million in the quarter. So, it's reflecting artificially low because of that. $2.7 million of that was incurred primarily in Q1 of 2026. So we added the deductible under our insurance policies for the litigation costs. So we were able to claim the reimbursement of those, and that's what we reported in the second quarter. So it essentially eliminated those litigation legal fees that we had incurred in Q1 and in Q2 during the second quarter.

So if you think about the run rate for expenses it would be -- maybe it would be $2.7 million higher because of what we reversed from prior periods. Does that make sense?

Brandon Folkes: It does. And then just to confirm, so, there's been no actions taken on the DefenCath sales and marketing infrastructure ahead of sort of the lower reimbursement?

Susan Blum: No, there have been no actions taken in the company.

Brandon Folkes: Perfect. Congrats on the progress.

Operator: This concludes our question and answer session. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.

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