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Author: Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited / 2023-07-24 02:09 / Source: Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited

Telix Reports Continued Double-Digit Revenue Growth and Positive Operating Cash Flow

Telix Reports Continued Double-Digit Revenue Growth and Positive Operating Cash Flow

MELBOURNE,Australia,July 19,2023 --Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX,Telix,the Company) today issues its Appendix 4C quarterly cash flow report and accompanying Activities Report for the quarter ended 30 June 2023 (Q2 2023). All figures are inAUD$ unless otherwise stated[1] and provided on an unaudited basis.

Summary

Total revenue up 21% quarter-on-quarter to $120.7M driven by global product sales

Positive operating cash flow ($10.8M,an improvement of $8.4M on the prior quarter)

Cash receipts from customers were $112.2M (up 35% from $83.2M in the prior quarter)

Closing cash balance of $131.7M (compared to $121.4M at prior quarter end)

Managing Director and Group CEO,Dr ChristianBehrenbruch commented,"Q2 2023 was another strong quarter for Telix,characterised by the ongoing trend of double-digit revenue growth from sales ofIlluccix® and continued positive operating cash flow. This is reflective of our excellent commercial performance and strength in PSMA-PETimaging[2]inall of Telix's operating markets.

"Simultaneously we are focused on the marketing authorisation of two further products for kidney and brain cancer imaging. Following successful planning meetings with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA),we are focused on preparing regulatory marketing applications,scaling up manufacturing and preparing for future product approvals and launch. Momentum also continues to build with our therapeutic pipeline,with clear clinical progress deliveredacrossourprostate,kidneyandglioblastoma programs. This activity is reflected in our investment in research and development (R&D),which remains in line with our stated plan."

During the quarterTelix opened its manufacturing site in Brussels South,[3] and announced two modest acquisitions. These strategic initiatives broaden the late-stage pipeline and further enhance Telix's position as a vertically-integrated radiopharmaceutical company to support a breadth of future product offerings across the continuum of patient care.

"Our depth and commitment to urologic oncology starts with Illuccix and,with the agreement to acquire Lightpoint Medical,[4] now continues into surgical intervention. We have also added to our artificial intelligence (AI) capability through the acquisition of Dedicaid GmbH,[5] which brings with it a dedicated team of scientists to bridge reader and clinical decision support,and eventually disease prediction.

"Finally,theinaugurationofourEuropean radiopharmaceuticalproductionfacility –Telix Manufacturing Solutions – represents a significant milestone for the Company and a vital step towards building the foundation for long-term,commercial success and delivering to the needs of patients," added DrBehrenbruch.

Commercial Activities Report

Americas region: United States (U.S.) and Canada

RevenuefromU.S.salesofIlluccix (kitforthepreparationofgalliumGa68gozetotide injection) increased by 19% to $116.0M (US$77.6M),up from $97.5M in Q1 2023.

Worldwide revenue

Totalrevenueof$120.7Mwasgeneratedduring thequarter(includingcommercialsalesofIlluccixintheU.S.). Ex-U.S. revenue (including sales of Illuccix / TLX591-CDx)[6] was $4.7M.[7]

Net cash from operating activities

Telix delivered its third consecutive quarter of positive net operating cash inflow. The net operating cash inflow for the quarter was $10.8M,an $8.4M improvement on the prior quarter (Q1 2023,net operating cash inflow $2.4M). In line with increased revenue and improved collections,cash receipts from customers improved 35% to $112.2M,up from $83.2M in the prior quarter.

The closing cash balance at 30 June 2023 was $131.7M ($121.4M 31 March 2023).

Increased product manufacturing and related costs reflect higher volume of sales and preparation for future launches. Gross margin broadly in line with the previous quarter at 64% reflects stable selling prices and manufacturing costs.

Illuccixglobalregulatoryupdate

Telix is progressing new marketing authorisations for Illuccix in a number ofjurisdictions,including the United Kingdom (U.K.)andEuropean Union(E.U.).[8] The Company's Marketing Authorisation Application(MAA) for the E.U. has now been validated by Germany's regulatory health authority,Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM),serving as Reference Competent Authority. The formal review procedure commences in July 2023. Based on the standard review timetable of 210 days,plus allowances for clock stop periods,a regulatory decision is expected in H1 2024.

Clinical Programs Update

Telixcontinuestoprogressitscoreoncology pipelineoftherapeuticanddiagnosticagents,withafocusonprostate cancer,renal (kidney) cancer,brain cancer (glioma) and rare diseases (hematologic cancers and bone marrow conditioning). The Company has over 20 clinical studies underway,including Telix-sponsored and collaborative investigator-initiated trials.

Duringthequarter,notableupdateswerepublishedonthenewssectionoftheCompany'swebsite (www.telixpharma.com/news-views) and are summarised in this section of the Activities Report.

Priority focus areas for the clinical pipeline:

Preparation of a Biologics License Application (BLA) and commercialisation of TLX250-CDx (89Zr-DFO- girentuximab),Telix'sinvestigationalkidneycancerimaging agent: As supported under the Breakthrough Therapy designation,the Company is actively engaging with the FDA as it prepares its regulatory filing. The Company participated in a Type B meeting with the agency duringthe quarter. Based on this positive discussion the Company continues to progress its BLA submission in 2023 as planned.

Telix is in the process of implementing an Expanded Access Program (EAP) in the U.S. and providing compassionate use access in the rest of world,to provide TLX250-CDx to patients and physicians in areas of unmet need,prior to obtaining marketing authorisation. During the quarter the first sites and requests were on-boarded and fulfilled. The Company is also conducting new research and clinical studies to explore the theranostic utility of this investigational asset in other cancers expressing carbonic anhydraseIX(CAIX),where there are currently high unmet medical needs.

Preparation of a New Drug Application (NDA) for TLX101-CDx (18F-FET),Telix's investigational brain cancer imagingagent: TheCompany continuestoprogress itsregulatoryfilingwiththeFDAforsubmissionduring2023,in preparation for U.S. commercial launch in 2024,pending regulatory approval.

Progression of the prostate cancer therapy program (TLX591,177Lu-DOTA-rosopatamab): Patient enrolment in the Phase I ProstACT SELECT study (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04786847) is complete,with a total of 30 patients dosed.Telixexpectstrialresults tobereportedinH22023.AustralianandotherAsiaPacificregion sitesarebeing on-boardedforthePhaseIIIProstACT GLOBALstudyofTelix'santibody-basedPSMA-targetingtherapycandidate (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04876651) with enrolment due to commence during Q3 2023.

New ZIRCON data presented atSNMMI:Supports potentialforexpanded clinicalutilityofTLX250-CDxin staging and monitoring ccRCC

Additional data from the completed pivotal Phase III ZIRCON trial (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03849118) was presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) 2023 Annual Meeting in Chicago.[9]New data demonstratedtheability ofTLX250-CDxtodetectextrarenalclearcellrenalcellcarcinoma (ccRCC),withmorelesions detected in liver and bone than with diagnostic computed tomography (CT) imaging alone. These findings support the potential clinical utility of TLX250-CDx in the metastatic or recurrent setting,enabling the staging and monitoring of high-risk patients.

Thisdatareinforcestheperformanceofthisinvestigationaldiagnosticimagingagentacrossallanalyses,withpreviously presented data showing an excellent overall sensitivity and specificity of 86% and 87%,respectively,together with excellent intra-reader agreement.[10],[11]

CAIXprogram (TLX250-CDx/TLX250): Twoadditionalstudies underwaysupporttheranostic indication expansion

Telix has launched two additional clinical studies in its CAIX program,exploring the potential of this target across a broadrangeofcancer indications.CAIX is a protein overexpressed on the surface of ccRCC,thecancertarget inTelix's successfulPhaseIIIZIRCON study.Itisalsoexpressedtovaryingdegrees inmanyotheradvanced-stagesolidtumours with poor prognoses.

Afirst patientwasdosed intheSTARBURSTstudyofTLX250-CDxduring thequarter(ClinicalTrials.gov ID:NCT05563272).[12]Thisprospective,openlabel,Phase II"basket"trialisinvestigatingCAIX expression in patients with adiverserange ofsolidtumours – including breast,cervix,colorectal,gastric,esophageal,head and neck,lung,ovarian,pancreatic and vulval cancers[13] – for potential diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

The imaging study builds on encouraging preliminary data from two investigator-initiated trials in triple-negative breast cancer and non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer[14] with the purpose of theranostic "scouting"forfuturestudies harnessing therapeutic radionuclides.

TheCompanyhasnowcommenced theSTARSTRUCKtherapeuticstudy(ClinicalTrials.govID:NCT05868174)ofTLX250 (177Lu-DOTA-girentuximab) in combination with a Merck KGaA,Darmstadt,Germany DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) inhibitor candidate,peposertib (M3814).[15]The Phase Ib,open label,single-arm,multicentre dose escalation and dose expansion study is evaluating safety profile,dosing and activity and will enrol up to 80 patients with CAIX- expressing solid tumours at Australian sites.

TLX101 brain cancer (glioblastoma)therapy programupdate

AllAustralianandNewZealand sitesinthePhaseIIPAX-2studyofTLX101 (4-L-[131I]iodo-phenylalanine,or 131I-IPA) have been activated and are screening patients. IPAX- 2 (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05450744)seekstoconfirmthe safetyprofileofTLX101 asafront-linetherapyincombinationwithstandardofcaretreatment,aheadofprogressingtoa label-indicating Phase II/III study in a larger patient population,IPAX-3.

Inparallel,building onthesuccessofTelix's PhaseI/IIIPAX-1study(ClinicalTrials.govID:NCT03849105),[16]TLX101 is being further investigated in the recurrent setting in the investigator-initiated Phase II IPAX-Linz trial,which is progressing well and has now exceeded 50% of the patient enrolment target.

GrandPharmapartnership:FirstpatientsdosedinChinese imagingstudies

Sitesareintheprocess ofopeningandpatientsarecurrentlybeingscreenedforinclusionintothepivotal PhaseIII registration study of TLX591-CDx (Illuccix) (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05847348).

The first patient has been dosed in a Phase I study of TLX250-CDx PET imaging of ccRCC.[17]ZIRDOSE-CP (ClinicalTrials.govID:NCT05861778)precedes themulti-centrePhase IIIZIRCON-CN registrationstudyinChina.

Bothstudiesarebeingconducted incollaborationwiththeCompany's strategicpartnerfortheGreater Chinaregion,Grand Pharmaceutical Group Limited (Grand Pharma) to demonstrate that the diagnostic utility of TLX591-CDx and TLX250-CDx is equivalent in Chinese and Western populations. The data generated will support future marketing authorisation applications for the Company's prostate and renal cancer imaging agents,in China.

Pipeline Expansion and Advanced Manufacturing Highlights

Urologic product offering enhanced with two acquisitions

Telix is building on its differentiated offering for the field of urologic oncology with the announcement of two acquisitions during the quarter – Lightpoint Medical (Lightpoint) and Dedicaid GmbH (Dedicaid) – which accelerate the Company'slate-stagedevelopmentprogramsinsurgical technologyandAI,respectively.Bothofthesetechnologiesare complementary to the Company's existing product and research pipeline,further enhancing Telix's innovation positionandproductdepthfortheurologycustomer andpatient.TheLightpoint acquisitionagreementissubject tocompletionof agreed closing conditions.

Lightpoint's SENSEI® device is an ultra-miniature robotic gamma probe for intra-cavital use that is able to provide radiopharmaceutical-basedsurgicalguidance (radio-guidedsurgery)byenablingtheintra-operativedetectionofcancer in real-time. Telix's initial commercial objective is to align SENSEI with Telix's Illuccix and TLX599-CDx (99ᵐTc-HYNIC- iPSMA) programs for prostate cancer. Additionally,there is considerable scope to expand into other urologic and non- urologic malignancies. Lightpoint also has innovative capabilities in AI for surgical guidance that will complement Telix's AI program. SENSEI has been approved by the FDA and has attained a Conformité Européenne (CE) Mark in Europe for intra-operative detection of sentinel lymph nodes and cancer metastasis via the lymphatic system,and is currently the only gamma probe validated for use with the Intuitive Surgical DaVinci® robotics system.[18]

TheacquisitionofDedicaidexpands Telix'sAIoffering,withtheaddition ofaclinicaldecisionsupport softwareplatform designed to predict outcomes such as the severity of disease,risk to the patient and/or inform treatment decisions.

The Dedicaid AI platform is also favourably differentiated from commercially-available AI solutions currently used in PSMA-PET imaging,which are limited to supporting clinicians in the interpretation and reading of images – without a prediction capability.

TelixManufacturingSolutions opensinBrussels South

Buildout of Stage 1 of Telix's European manufacturing site is now complete.[19]Located in the heart of Belgium's "RadiopharmaValley",the2,800squaremetrefacility isoneofEurope'slargest radiopharmaceutical productionfacilities. It will serve as the Company's primary manufacturing site for radioisotopes and commercial and clinical products for patients in the Europe,Middle East and Africa region and beyond.

Thefirststageofthebuildoutincluded installationofnineGoodManufacturingPractice(GMP)manufacturinglines,[20]two R&D laboratories (including one dedicated to alpha-therapy),quality control laboratories and warehousing space with capacity to support Telix's existing and planned future operations. The Company is also preparing to install the first of two planned cyclotrons for the site. The site is now operational for R&D activity and is undergoing final preparations to obtain GMP certification,anticipated in 2024.

Investor Call

Aninvestor webcastwillbeheldat8.30amAEST onThursday 20July(6.30pmEDT,Wednesday 19July).

Participantscanregister forthewebcastandfindaudiocalldetailsatthefollowing link:https://edge.media- server.com/mmc/p/9e2h6d8k

AboutTelix PharmaceuticalsLimited

Telix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals. Telix is headquartered in Melbourne,Australia with international operations in the United States,Europe (Belgium and Switzerland) and Japan. Telix is developing a portfolio of clinical-stage products that aims to address significant unmet medical need in oncology and rare diseases. Telix is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: TLX).

Visitwww.telixpharma.comforfurther informationaboutTelix,including details of the latest share price,announcements made to the ASX,investor and analyst presentations,news releases,event details and other publications that may be of interest. You can also followTelix on Twitter (@TelixPharma) and LinkedIn.

Telix's lead product,Illuccix® or kit for preparation of gallium-68 (68Ga) gozetotide (also known as 68Ga PSMA-11) injection,has been approved by the FDA,[21]by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA),[22]and by Health Canada.[23]TelixisalsoprogressingamarketingauthorisationapplicationforthisinvestigationalcandidateintheUnited Kingdom and the European Union.[24]With the exception of Illuccix as noted above,no Telix product has received a marketing authorisation in any jurisdiction.

TelixInvestorRelations


Ms.Kyahn Williamson


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ThisannouncementhasbeenauthorisedforreleasebytheTelixPharmaceuticalsLimited DisclosureCommitteeon behalf of the Board.

Legal Notices

This announcement is not intended as promotion or advertising directed to any healthcare professional or other audience in any country worldwide (including Australia,United States and the United Kingdom). This announcement may include forward-looking statements that relate to anticipated future events,financial performance,plans,strategies or business developments. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of words such as "may","expect","intend","plan","estimate","anticipate","outlook","forecast" and "guidance",or other similar words. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results,levels of activity,performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results,performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company's good-faith assumptions as to the financial,market,regulatory and other risks and considerations that exist and affect the Company's business and operations in the future and there can be no assurance that any of the assumptions will prove to be correct. In the context ofTelix's business,forward-lookingstatementsmayinclude,butare not limited to,statements about: theinitiation,timing,progress and results of Telix's preclinicaland clinicalstudies,and Telix's research and development programs; Telix's ability to advance product candidates into,enrol and successfully complete,clinical studies,including multi-national clinical trials; the timing or likelihood of regulatory filings andapprovals,manufacturingactivitiesandproductmarketing activities;thecommercialisationofTelix'sproduct candidates,if or when they have been approved; estimates of Telix's expenses,future revenues and capital requirements; Telix's financial performance; developments relating to Telix's competitors and industry; and the pricing and reimbursement of Telix's product candidates,if and after they have been approved.Telix's actualresults,performanceorachievementsmay be materially different from those which may be expressed or implied by such statements,and the differences may be adverse. Accordingly,you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

Exceptasrequired byapplicablelawsorregulations,Telixdoesnotundertaketopubliclyupdate orreviewanyforward- looking statements. Past performance cannot be relied on as a guide to future performance. Readers should read this announcement together with our material risks,as disclosed in our most recently filed reports with the ASX and onour website.

©2023TelixPharmaceuticalsLimited.TheTelixPharmaceuticalsandIlluccixnameandlogoaretrademarksofTelix Pharmaceuticals Limited and its affiliates (all rights reserved)

[1]Conversion to AUD$ is at the actual exchange rate on transaction date. The average exchange rate realised during the period of AUD$1 = US$0.67; AUD$1 = €0.61


[2]Imagingofprostate-specificmembrane antigenwithpositron emissiontomography.


[3]Telix mediarelease8June2023.


[4]Telix mediarelease21June2023.


[5]TelixASX disclosure 27 April 2023.


[6]Forregulatoryreasons,Telixreferstoits68Ga-PSMA-11kitasIlluccix in markets where it has received regulatory approval,and TLX591-CDx when referring to its use in both approved and unapproved markets. Registrations vary country-to-country. Always refer to local labelling.


[7] Includes pre-commercial sales from investigational,clinical trial,magisterial and compassionate use in accordance with local laws and regulations (not as a commercial diagnostic imaging product sold for routine clinical practice).


[8]Telix ASX disclosure 3 April 2023.


[9]Telix mediarelease27June2023.


[10]ToplinedatareleasedtoASX on7November 2022.


[11]Telix mediarelease 20February2023.


[12]TelixASX disclosure19June2023.


[13]LiteraturereportsofCAIXexpression(PubMed).


[14]TelixASX disclosure18October2022.


[15]Telix media release 19 July 2023.


[16]TelixASX disclosure21September2022.


[17]GrandPharma marketdisclosure27June2023.


[18] Registered trademark of Intuitive Surgical Inc.


[19]Telix mediarelease 8June2023.


[20] Subject to certification.


[21]TelixASX disclosure20December2021.


[22]TelixASX disclosure2November2021.


[23]TelixASX disclosure14October2022.


[24]TelixASXdisclosure3April2023.

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