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Earnings call · FY2025 Q4

Nuvation Bio Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Nuvation Bio Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Concluded Mar 2, 2026 Audio replay
Mar 2, 2026 1:13:00 46 turns
Period
FY2025 Q4
Runtime
1:13:00
Sources
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Nuvation Bio reported Q4 2025 with 216 new patients on IBTROZI (432 total since June 2025 launch) and ended the year with $529.2 million in cash, while entering an ex-U.S. licensing deal with Eisai and receiving a $25 million milestone from Nippon Kayaku.

IBTROZI Commercial Launch 117 Pipeline Termination (NUV-1511) 25 ROS1 / TRKb Mechanism 24 IBTROZI Differentiation / Clinical Profile 17 Gross-to-Net / Pricing Access 12

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +62 · moderate hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “By the end of 2025, 432 new patients started IBTROZI, including 216 in the fourth quarter.”
  • “we believe that IBTROZI is becoming the new standard of care for ROS1-positive NSCLC”
  • “Feedback from key opinion leaders, daily interactions with healthcare providers, and results from our market research have consistently been overwhelmingly positive.”
  • “We're very confident in this launch. We like the way things are going, and we think that we will get the first-line patients as long as those NPS numbers continue anywhere remotely in that ballpark.”

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Revenue · derived Q4 $41.87M +633.1% YoY
Net income · derived Q4 -$36.59M

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • 216 new IBTROZI patient starts in Q4 2025, totaling 432 since June launch, with adoption ~6x faster than prior ROS1 TKI launches per IQVIA.
  • $25 million milestone payment received from Nippon Kayaku in Q4 2025 following Japan reimbursement price establishment.
  • Exclusive licensing and collaboration agreement with Eisai signed January 11, 2026 for taletrectinib across Europe and additional countries.
  • Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $529.2 million as of December 31, 2025.
  • Published positive Phase 2 safusidenib results in grade 2 IDH1-mutant glioma showing durable responses (ORR 44%, 88% progression-free at 24 months), supporting SIGMA Phase 3.
  • IBTROZI demonstrated confirmed ORR of 80% in 10 patients post-entrectinib progression in TRUST-II data presented at ESMO 2025.

Risks & pressure points

  • Q4 2025 gross-to-net was slightly above 25% and is expected to increase further in coming quarters, weighing on net product revenue.
  • Management acknowledged a gap investors perceived between new patient starts and reported revenue, noting later-line patients discontinue faster and first-line growth is needed.
  • No additional clinical trials are believed needed for European approval but a marketing authorization submission is still forthcoming, creating timing uncertainty.
  • Shares outstanding included in operating runway table were based on estimates as of February 24, 2026 per 10-K filing.
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