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FY2025 Q2 Consolidated Financial Overview

IFRS results

Revenue for the six months under review was ¥578.5 billion (an increase of 4.6% year on year), operating profit for the six months under review was ¥273.3 billion (an increase of 5.8% year on year), and net income for the six months under review was ¥194.4 billion (an increase of 4.3% year on year). These results include non-Core items, which are excluded from the Core results that Chugai adopts to manage recurring business activities, such as amortization of intangible assets of ¥0.8 billion, impairment loss of intangible assets of ¥0.1 billion, business rebuilding expenses of ¥6.3 billion, and restructuring expenses of ¥8.4 billion (income), including gain on sales of non-current assets in conjunction with the closing of a business office.

Core results

Revenue for the six months under review was ¥578.5 billion (an increase of 4.6% year on year), due to an increase in sales.

Of revenue, sales were ¥511.4 billion (an increase of 5.3% year on year). Domestic sales exceeded the levels of the same period of the previous fiscal year due to the significant increase in the sales of new products Phesgo® and PiaSky® and the mainstay product Vabysmo®, despite the effects of the NHI drug price revisions and the market penetration of generic drugs. Overseas sales increased compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year, due to the significant increase in the export of Actemra® to Roche. Other revenue was ¥67.0 billion (a decrease of 0.4% year on year) due to the decrease in one-time income and other factors, despite the increase in income related to Hemlibra®. Furthermore, cost to sales ratio was 34.3%, a 1.3 percentage point rise year on year, reflecting a change in product mix and other factors. As a result, gross profit amounted to ¥403.3 billion (an increase of 2.7% year on year).

Research and development expenses were ¥86.3 billion (an increase of 2.7% year on year) due to increases associated with investments into drug discovery/early development and the progress of development projects, etc., and selling, general and administration expenses were ¥45.4 billion (a decrease of 2.6% year on year) due to a decrease in various expenses. Other operating income (expense) was income of ¥0.4 billion (¥0.8 billion of income for the same period of the previous fiscal year). As a result, core operating profit was ¥272.0 billion (an increase of 3.5% year on year) and core net income was ¥193.5 billion (an increase of 2.1% year on year).

Outlook for the fiscal year

(Billions of yen)

Outlook for FY 2025 % change
Revenue 1,190.0 +1.7
Sales 1,018.0 +2.0
Core operating profit 570.0 +2.5
Core net income 410.0 +3.2

Revenue

Revenues are expected to increase to ¥1,190.0 billion (an increase of 1.7% year on year).

Of revenues, domestic sales are expected to increase to ¥462.5 billion (an increase of 0.3% year on year), due to an increase in sales volume of new products Phesgo® and PiaSky® as well as mainstay products, despite the decrease in sales caused by the effects of the NHI drug price revisions and the market penetration of generic drugs.

Overseas sales are expected to increase to ¥555.5 billion (an increase of 3.5% year on year), due to factors such as the growth in sales of Hemlibra®, Alecensa® and NEMLUVIO®, despite a decrease in Actemra®.

Other revenues are expected to decrease to ¥172.0 billion (a decrease of 0.4% year on year). Royalty and profit-sharing income are forecasted to increase to ¥165.7 billion (an increase of 12.4% year on year), due to an increase in income related to Hemlibra®, despite a decrease in income related to Actemra®. Other operating income is expected to decrease to ¥6.3 billion (a decrease of 75.1% year on year) due to the decrease in one-time income.

Core Operating Profit / Core EPS

Gross profit is expected to be ¥849.0 billion (an increase of 2.0% year on year), with the assumption that the cost to sales ratio is 33.5%, which is a 0.4 percentage point improvement year on year, due to a change in the product mix, etc., in addition to the above outlook on revenues.

Research and development expenses are expected to be ¥178.0 billion (an increase of 0.6% year on year), and selling, general and administration expenses are expected to be ¥101.0 billion (a decrease of 1.2% year on year), both of which are basically at the same level as the previous year.

As a result, Core operating profit is expected to reach ¥570.0 billion (an increase of 2.5% year on year) and Core net income is expected to increase to ¥410.0 billion (an increase of 3.2% year on year). Core EPS of ¥250.00 (an increase of 3.6% year on year) is also expected.

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