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I’ve been digging into Harmony Biosciences and it’s confusing me because it doesn’t behave like most biotech names. Most are dog poop and sketchy with a ton of cash from investors.....
Financially, it actually looks like a normal profitable company. Revenue has been growing consistently, they’re solidly profitable, and they have \~$700M+ in cash with relatively low debt. No dilution (fucking 0.05B FLOAT) , no constant capital raises, none of the usual biotech red flags.
The entire business is basically built around WAKIX for narcolepsy, which is already FDA approved and generating all their revenue. I still gotta do a deep dive into their patents tho.
Where I’m less confident is evaluating the pipeline and regulatory risk. They’re running trials for additional indications like idiopathic hypersomnia and a few rare disorders. My question is: how should a value investor think about this? Is this more like a stable pharma company with optional upside, or is it still fundamentally a “pipeline bet” where future trial outcomes are make-or-break (Like a typical pharma company)... It seems like WAKIK with its potential patent coming to an end is not like a super valuable cancer killing drug, but a boring stable thing....
Specifically wondering:
– How real is the patent protection, is this drug even worth it besides the patent?
– How should I think about probability of success for new indications using an already approved drug?
– What are the biggest risks here that might not be obvious just from looking at financials? Or are the test they are doing being a flop the worst case scenario for a company with solid financials but no real competitive moat? (mannn now I gotta do a competitor analysis)
From a pure numbers perspective it looks cheap for a profitable, growing pharma company with a strong balance sheet, but I know biotech has risks that don’t show up in standard financial metrics.
Would appreciate insight from anyone with pharma or biotech investing experience.