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$115.1 million


follow-on financing completed in February 2021

– First patient dosed in Phase 1 clinical trial with EYP-1901 in January 2021

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$16.5 million monetization of ILUVIEN Royalty with $15 million applied to reduction in debt obligations in December 2020

– $15.7 million equity investment by Asia partner Ocumension Therapeutics in December 2020

– Total revenues for Full Year 2020 of $34.4 million including net product revenues of $20.8 million

– Management to host a conference call and webcast today at 8:30 AM ET

WATERTOWN, Mass., March 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYPT), a pharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing therapeutics to help improve the lives of patients with serious eye disorders, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020 and highlighted recent corporate developments.

“This year was transformative for EyePoint, across all clinical, financial and commercial fronts, despite the impact of COVID-19 on our business. In December 2020, we filed the IND for EYP-1901, a potential twice-yearly sustained delivery intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), and the first patient was dosed in January. We are excited about the potential for EYP-1901 to dramatically transform the treatment of wet AMD offering patients the opportunity for fewer treatments and improved results,” said Nancy Lurker, President and Chief Executive Officer of EyePoint Pharmaceuticals. “On the commercial front, despite the challenges of COVID-19 with closures in the earlier part of the year, we were pleased to see a return of customer demand of our commercial products to near pre-COVID levels in the second half of 2020.”

Ms. Lurker continued, “In addition to the advancement of EYP-1901, we have made tremendous progress to improve our balance sheet, including a recent upsized follow-on stock offering with $115.1 million of gross proceeds and a $16.5 million royalty monetization with $15 million applied to reduce outstanding debt obligations.”

Corporate Update

• In February 2021, the Company completed an upsized underwritten public offering of 10,465,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $11.00 per share, including the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase up to 1,365,000 additional shares of common stock. The gross proceeds of the offering to the Company were approximately $115.1 million, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses. Cowen and Guggenheim acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.
• In December, Ocumension Therapeutics, a China-based ophthalmic pharmaceutical company traded on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (1477.HK), made a $15.7 million equity investment in EyePoint, purchasing approximately 3.01 million shares of EyePoint’s common stock.
• Also in December, EyePoint announced a royalty monetization agreement with SWK Holdings Corporation for royalties payable to EyePoint under its license agreement with Alimera Sciences, Inc. for ILUVIEN®. EyePoint received a one-time $16.5 million payment from SWK in exchange for the rights to future royalties payable to EyePoint from the Alimera agreement. $15 million of the net proceeds from this transaction were applied toward debt obligations with CRG Servicing LLC (CRG). The remaining $1.5 million will be used to advance product pipeline programs.
  

Commercial Performance in Fourth Quarter 2020

• Net product revenue for YUTIQ and DEXYCU was $4.0 million and $2.7 million, respectively.

• Customer demand of approximately 6,200 units for DEXYCU and approximately 500 units for YUTIQ, increases of 30% and 10%, respectively, over Q3 2020.

• DEXYCU commercial alliance partner, ImprimisRx®, began driving volume through their experienced cataract surgery field force, materially adding to Q4 customer demand.
  

R&D Highlights

• In January 2021, the Company announced that the first patient was dosed in the Phase 1 clinical trial of EYP-1901 as a potential twice-yearly sustained delivery anti-VEGF treatment targeting wet AMD. EYP-1901 leverages a bioerodible formulation of the Company’s proprietary Durasert® drug delivery technology platform that has been used in four FDA-approved products, including EyePoint’s YUTIQ® for chronic non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye.
  
• In November, positive data for YUTIQ® and DEXYCU® were featured in four presentations at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting. Statistically significant efficacy results from the second Phase 3 trial of YUTIQ were presented and post-cataract surgery inflammatory reduction data from a multicenter retrospective study of real-world usage of DEXYCU were also presented.
  

Review of Results for Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2020


For the three months ended December 31, 2020, total net revenue was $7.1 million compared to $8.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2019. Net product revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2020 was $6.7 million, with $4.0 million for YUTIQ and $2.7 million for DEXYCU, compared to net product revenue for three months ended December 31, 2019 of $7.9 million with $4.8 million for YUTIQ and $3.1 million for DEXYCU. Net product revenue represents product purchased by EyePoint’s distributors whereas customer demand represents purchases of product by physician practices and ASCs from EyePoint’s distributors.

Net revenue from licenses, royalties and collaborations for the three months ended December 31, 2020 totaled $0.4 million compared to $0.7 million in the corresponding quarter in 2019.

Operating expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2020 totaled $19.9 million compared to $17.6 million in the prior year period. This increase was driven by a $1.6 million increase in G&A expense, a $1.1 million increase in cost of sales and a $1.1 million increase in R&D expense being partially offset by a $1.6 million reduction in sales and marketing expense. Non-operating expense, net, for the three months ended December 31, 2020 totaled $2.7 million of net interest expense. Net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2020 was $15.5 million, or $1.07 per share, compared to a net loss of $10.4 million, or $0.98 per share, for the prior year quarter.

Review of Results for the Full Year Ended December 31, 2020


For the full year ended December 31, 2020, total net revenue was $34.4 million compared to $20.4 million for the full year ended December 31, 2019. Net product revenue for the full year ended December 31, 2020 was $20.8 million, compared to net product revenues for the full year ended December 31, 2019 of $16.8 million.

Net revenue from royalties and collaborations for the full year ended December 31, 2020 totaled $13.6 million compared to $3.5 million in the corresponding period in 2019.

Operating expenses for the full year ended December 31, 2020 totaled $71.7 million versus $68.2 million in the prior year period. This increase was primarily due to a $3.1 million increase in cost of sales, a $2.8 million increase in G&A expense, a $2.1 million increase in R&D expense partially offset by a $4.5 million decrease in sales and marketing expense. Non-operating expense, net, totaled $8.1 million and net loss was $45.4 million, or $3.54 per share, compared to a net loss of $56.8 million, or $5.44 per share, for the prior year period.

Cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2020 totaled $44.9 million compared to $22.2 million at December 31, 2019.

Financial Outlook


We expect the cash on hand at December 31, 2020 together with the approximate $108 million of net proceeds from the February 2021 public stock offering and expected net cash inflows from our product sales will enable us to fund our current and planned operations through the second quarter of 2022.

Conference Call Information


EyePoint will host a conference call today, at 8:30 AM ET to discuss the results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2020 and recent operational developments. To access the conference call, please dial (877)-303-5828 from the U.S. and Canada or (631)-813-4828 (international) at least 10 minutes prior to the start time and refer to conference ID 1261618. A live webcast will be available on the Investor Relations section of the corporate website at

http://www.eyepointpharma.com

. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the corporate website.

About EYP-1901


EYP-1901 is a potential twice-yearly sustained delivery intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration. EYP-1901 leverages a bioerodible formulation of EyePoint’s proprietary Durasert® sustained release technology with vorolanib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Vorolanib provided clear efficacy signals in two prior human trials in wet AMD as an orally delivered therapy with no significant ocular adverse events. EYP-1901 is currently in a Phase 1 clinical trial initially targeting treatment of wet AMD, with the potential for additional indications in diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion.

About EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Nasdaq:EYPT) is a pharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics to help improve the lives of patients with serious eye disorders. The Company’s pipeline leverages its proprietary Durasert® technology for extended intraocular drug delivery including EYP-1901, a potential twice-yearly sustained delivery intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment initially targeting wet age-related macular degeneration. The Company has two commercial products: YUTIQ®, for the treatment of chronic non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye, and DEXYCU®, for the treatment of postoperative inflammation following ocular surgery. EyePoint Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts. To learn more about the Company, please visit

www.eyepointpharma.com

and connect on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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