Alvotech Q2 2026 Earnings Call - Manufacturing Ramp and BLA Resubmissions Signal Q4 Inflection

Conference Call Operator: Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Alvotech Q2 2026 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker’s presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star one one on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. Please be advised that today’s conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Benedikt Stefansson, VP of Investor Relations and Global Communication. Please go ahead.

Benedikt Stefansson, VP of Investor Relations and Global Communication, Alvotech: Thank you, and welcome to our listeners. Yesterday evening, the company issued a press release announcing our financial results for the first half of 2026. Material accompanying today’s earnings call, including a supplemental earnings report, providing additional operational details and a business update, and the presentation we will be referring to on today’s call were also published on our website, alvotech.com, under Financials in the Q2 section. Our press release, earnings report, presentation, and statements that we make on the call today may include forward-looking statements. These statements do not ensure future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are outlined in company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements that are made.

Presenting on today’s call are Róbert Wessman, Founder and Executive Chairman, Lisa Graver, Chief Executive Officer, Joseph McClellan, Chief Operating Officer, and Linda Jónsdóttir, Chief Financial Officer. Róbert will begin today’s presentation with a summary of our regulatory, funding, and commercial highlights. Lisa will then present a commercial and operations update. Joseph will provide a pipeline of regulatory updates. Linda will conclude with a discussion of the financial results. Following the presentation, our team will be happy to take your questions. With that, I would like to turn the call over to Róbert Wessman.

Róbert Wessman, Founder and Executive Chairman, Alvotech: Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us here today. The first half has been an important period for Alvotech as we made significant investments in our manufacturing facility and quality systems. These investments allowed us to resubmit our U.S. BLAs in June, and in July, the FDA formally closed the May surveillance inspection of our Reykjavik facility with a VAI classification. Our second quarter performance reflects the associated production slowdown and the preparation for our BLA resubmissions. Manufacturing returned to planned operating levels at the end of the second quarter. Our order book is strong, which will support a strong fourth quarter as we seek to gradually rebuild sufficient safety stock for our customers. During the period, we also continued to expand our commercial portfolio, make significant progress in our R&D programs, and strengthen our financial position to support the next phase of growth.

We are optimistic about our first-mover position with our Entyvio biosimilar program. We were the first to submit a BLA in the U.S., and we have also submitted a marketing application in Europe addressing a global market of $7 billion. We believe these moves position us to be among the first wave of biosimilars to this important product. Alvotech now has five biosimilars contributing to product revenue with our biosimilars to Simponi, EYLEA, and Prolia/Xgeva beginning to add to our Humira and Stelara biosimilar sales. We have built one of the largest biosimilar pipeline in the industry, and we are now entering an important execution phase. Our focus is on preparing for multiple anticipated launches, advancing the next wave of biosimilar candidates, and continuing to build the capabilities we need to develop, manufacture, and supply those products globally. Building a company of this scale requires long-term thinking and sustained investment.

Capital is the fuel that enable us to execute. The equity financing completed in June generated approximately $165 million in gross proceeds. We were very pleased with the strong demand for the offering and, more importantly, with the composition of the demand. Alongside continued support from our existing shareholders, we welcomed 20 new specialists in healthcare from across the U.S., Europe, and the Nordics. The diversification of the shareholder base is important because it brings investors with a deep understanding of the sector and our opportunity. Linda Jónsdóttir will take you through the financing in a little bit more details. We continued also to evolve our commercial model.

Our primary route to enter global market is through our network of commercial partners in a business-to-business model. At the same time, as we look ahead, we see opportunities for Alvotech to participate more directly in the U.S. markets, including by commercializing selected pipeline products ourselves. I have always believed that strategy itself is only part of building a successful company. Ultimately, it comes down to execution. You need the right people, the right capabilities, the right partners, and the financial resources to deliver. I believe we have continued to strengthen each of those elements during the first half. With that, I will hand it over to Lisa.

Lisa Graver, Chief Executive Officer, Alvotech: Thank you, Róbert. I want to start by putting our first half performance in context. As we have previously discussed, during the first half, we made significant improvements to our manufacturing facility and quality systems in Reykjavik. These activities form the foundation of our response to FDA’s inspectional observations following the July 2025 pre-license inspection and enabled us to resubmit our applications for AVT05 and AVT06. The resubmissions are a clear inflection point for the company as they pave the way for FDA approvals in the fourth quarter of 2026. In particular, it positions us to be the first, or amongst the first, biosimilars to be approved for Simponi and Simponi Aria in the U.S. Joe McClellan will provide further updates on the improvement program at our Reykjavik site and the favorable outcome of the recent GMP surveillance inspection by FDA.

While the improvement program was critical to ensuring a robust response to FDA, those activities affected manufacturing output and therefore product availability during the period. Manufacturing returned to planned operating levels at the end of the second quarter, and our focus is now on building supply in accordance with commercial requirements as we move through the second half. At the same time, the underlying commercial demand for our portfolio has remained strong. That distinction between market demand and our reported product revenue is particularly important this quarter. As a B2B company, we manufacture and supply product to our commercial partners. Our reported product revenue therefore reflects not only underlying demand, but the timing of partner orders, inventory movements, and our own product availability.

As we’ve explained previously, that can create variability between reporting periods, and it was particularly evident during the first half of 2026 and the second half of last year due to the slowdown in manufacturing necessitated by the facility improvement activities. Turning to our financial highlights, total revenue for the first half was $212 million, compared with $306 million in the first half of 2025. Adjusted EBITDA was $46 million, compared with $54 million last year, and gross margin was 54%, broadly consistent with 55% in the prior year period. Both revenues and EBITDA are in line with our expectations. We ended June with $143 million of cash following the successful equity financing completed during the quarter.

Based on our current expectations for product supply as well as anticipated contributions from milestone revenue in the second quarter, we are reaffirming our 2026 guidance of $650 million-$700 million in total revenue and $180 million-$220 million in adjusted EBITDA. Linda Jónsdóttir will take you through the financial performance and the key drivers in more detail later in the presentation. As Róbert Wessman outlined, the first half saw significant operational progress across the business. Rather than repeat those milestones, I want to focus on what they mean for the next phase of execution, particularly the performance of our commercial portfolio and our preparations for the next wave of launches. Let me start with the commercial portfolio and AVT02. The U.S. adalimumab market continues to demonstrate strong biosimilar conversion. Biosimilars now account for more than 60% of the market, compared with approximately 55% when we last reported.

SIMLANDI continues to hold the number 2 biosimilar position in the U.S. That is important because while our first half supply constraints affected the volume we could deliver to our partner, the underlying demand picture remained strong. Europe also provides an interesting indication of the longevity of these franchises. Hukyndra was first launched four years ago, yet we continue to see sustained demand across key European markets. Recent partner performance reinforces our view that successful biosimilars for chronic conditions do not necessarily reach a short-term peak and then decline. They can remain valuable commercial assets for many years. That is one of the reasons we think it is important to look beyond individual quarterly supply and focus on the development of these franchises over time. We are seeing a similar market transition with AVT04.

Biosimilar penetration of the U.S. ustekinumab market has developed considerably faster than we saw with adalimumab and is now around 60%. SELARSDI continues to participate in an expanding market. Our strategy here remains disciplined. We are focused on building sustainable business and attractive economics rather than merely pursuing volume. In Europe, biosimilars have also taken share rapidly from the originator, and Uzpruvo remains well-positioned in an increasingly established biosimilar market. Again, the important point is that the underlying market is developing as we anticipated. The next part of the commercial story is the expansion beyond AVT02 and AVT04. AVT05 and AVT06 are now launched across more than 10 European markets, including the major markets of Germany, France, the U.K., Spain, and Italy. For AVT05, we have seen encouraging early momentum, particularly in Germany and Spain.

The product was also launched in Japan in July, where it is currently the only approved golimumab biosimilar. In the U.S., we are expecting regulatory approval in the fourth quarter of this year, and we anticipate being one of only two biosimilars on the market in the near term. AVT06 has similarly established a broad European footprint. It was launched in Japan earlier this year and has seen strong early uptake. We also have a clear pathway to U.S. market entry under the settlement and licensing agreement announced in January, subject of course to regulatory approval. That agreement provides for U.S. market entry from the fourth quarter of 2026. Taken together, these products broaden our commercial base. We entered 2026 with product revenue principally driven by AVT02 and AVT04.

We now have five biosimilars contributing to product revenue, with three of those franchises still at an early stage of their commercial development. That gives us a much more diversified platform for future growth. We now enter the second half with manufacturing back at planned operating levels, supply levels improving, and a broader commercial portfolio. I will now hand over to Joe to discuss our regulatory progress and pipeline.

Joseph McClellan, Chief Operating Officer, Alvotech: Thank you, Lisa. I will briefly cover the following topics today: the status of our ongoing facility and quality improvements, U.S. regulatory updates, including on our complete response resubmissions, and updates on our biosimilar development pipeline. As we have discussed on previous calls, following the U.S. FDA’s observations in mid-2025, we initiated a comprehensive improvement program across our Reykjavik facility. By the end of 2025, we had implemented the majority of our committed and necessary corrective actions. Since then, our focus has been on demonstrating that those improvements are effective and sustainable, implementing continuous improvement opportunities, and embedding them in our routine manufacturing and quality operations.

These extensive efforts form the basis of our response to the FDA’s post-action application letters and enabled the resubmission to our four Biologics License Applications for the proposed biosimilars to Simponi Aria, EYLEA, and the dual products Prolia/Xgeva in June of this year. In their acknowledgment letters for each of the resubmissions as complete responses to the previous action letters, the FDA confirmed review completion goal dates in alignment with the standard six-month process. Separately, the FDA completed a routine GMP surveillance inspection of our Reykjavik facility in May 2026. In July, the agency formally closed that inspection with a Voluntary Action Indicated classification. Our Reykjavik facility remains an FDA-approved manufacturing site, and we continue to manufacture our on-market products both for the U.S. and rest-of-world markets. We are confident that the actions we have taken to address observations from our recent FDA inspections have effectively addressed all observations.

With the resubmissions now completed, we continue to work with the FDA as those applications progress through review to enable our important medicines to be available in the U.S. Turning to the development pipeline, Alvotech continues to build one of the largest internally developed biosimilar pipelines in the industry, with more than 30 candidates currently in development. When selecting new programs, we prioritize biologics with significant market opportunity, durable mechanisms of action, high scientific barriers where Alvotech can succeed, and opportunities for differentiation through our integrated development and manufacturing platform. These attractive molecules make up our early phase and preclinical pipeline, supported by ongoing process, product, and analytical development, manufacturing, clinical, regulatory, and intellectual property workstreams to enable future approvals and commercialization. This portfolio breadth is important because biosimilar development is inherently a portfolio business. Individual programs have different technical, regulatory, competitive, and IP profiles.

Our broader pipeline gives us multiple opportunities to create value over time. Beyond the ongoing launches, as previously discussed, our next wave of products is expected to receive approvals over the 2027-2029 time horizon. These include our proposed biosimilar to Keytruda, which is co-developed with Dr. Reddy’s, and where we have commenced a randomized, double-blind pharmacokinetic similarity study to compare it with the reference product in participants with melanoma. Also, in this near-term horizon of approvals are our proposed biosimilars to Entyvio and EYLEA HD. Our development of a proposed biosimilar to Entyvio, including both the intravenous presentation, which we denote as AVT16, and the high concentration subcutaneous presentation, which we denote as AVT80, is a good example of the capabilities we have built. Entyvio is an important therapy for inflammatory bowel disease and represents a multi-billion-dollar opportunity in the immunology market.

We are pleased the European marketing authorization application for both AVT16 and AVT80 has been validated and progressing through review. The FDA has accepted a Biologics License Application for AVT16, as we have previously announced. We are looking forward to communicating positive news on a U.S. Biologics License Application for AVT80 soon. We expect decisions on these applications in 2027. The significance of the development of our proposed biosimilar to Entyvio goes beyond one molecule. It demonstrates Alvotech’s ability to develop multiple presentations around a major biological franchise and to advance them across different regulatory pathways with speed. Turning to AVT29, as we have discussed previously, the high dose version of EYLEA supports extended dosing intervals compared with the original presentation, and we are seeing it become the leading EYLEA presentation and an increasingly important part of the global ophthalmology market.

We anticipated this shift when we selected AVT29 for development. Together with AVT06, our biosimilar to EYLEA low dose, we have the opportunity to participate across both the established and high-dose segments of what remains one of the largest markets in ophthalmology. We remain on track for our first regulatory submission this year. Further, our ALVO-EYE HD clinical study, which is a randomized clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of AVT29 compared with EYLEA HD in participants with diabetic macular edema, was the first to be initiated globally and is progressing in alignment with expectations to enable a U.S. regulatory submission in 2028. Based on these timelines, we believe AVT29 has the potential to be among the first wave of EYLEA HD biosimilars in major markets. With that, I hand over to Linda for the financial review.

Linda Jónsdóttir, Chief Financial Officer, Alvotech: I will now take you briefly through some highlights of our financials for the second quarter and the first half of 2026. Unless otherwise stated, the figures I will go through are adjusted numbers. Reconciliations to the corresponding IFRS measures are included in our earnings material, which have been published under Financials in the investor section of our website, alvotech.com. During the first half of the year, facility improvements led to manufacturing slowdown and temporarily constrained supply. As mentioned before, those slowdowns also enabled a successful close of the FDA GMP inspection during this period and our resubmission of BLAs to the FDA. These improvements provide a good foundation for growing performance heading into the second half of the year. As we have noted earlier, we expect the fourth quarter in particular to be the strongest quarter of the year.

I will begin with the second quarter highlights before covering the first six months as a whole. The second quarter was in line with expectations, and we finalized a successful equity issue, delivering strong cash position at the end of June. Total revenues were down 39% compared to the same period last year, but at level with the first quarter of the year at $106 million. Gross margin in Q2 was 51%, reflecting lower product and milestone revenues compared to previous periods. Our product margin in Q2 was down 17 basis points compared to the same quarter last year at 6%, impacted by the product mix and facility improvements, which were concluded at the end of the quarter.

Adjusted EBITDA was $23 million in the quarter, down 32% year-on-year due to lower product and milestone revenues compared to the same quarter last year, which saw the launch of our biosimilar to STELARA in the U.S. Turning to the financial highlights for the first half of 2026, total revenues were $212 million, representing a 31% decline compared to the same period last year. Gross margin was 54%, broadly in line with the same period last year, with licensing revenues contributing half of total revenues in the current period. Product margin was 8%. Margins continued to be impacted until end of Q2 by reduced manufacturing throughput associated with facility improvements at the Reykjavik site. We expect that Alvotech will be positioned to enter 2027 with a stronger margin profile. Adjusted EBITDA was $47 million, representing a margin of 22%.

Adjusted EBITDA in the same period last year was higher at $54 million, with a 4 basis point lower margin of 18%. As noted in our last earnings call, we are expecting Q4 to be the strongest quarter of the year. We will start to see Q3 regaining momentum on the product revenue side with a strong step-up expected in Q4, both for product revenues and milestones. Further on the revenues in the first half of the year. Half of the revenues come from product revenues, which were at $106 million. We now have five end-market products contributing to product revenues. In the first half of the year, launches of these three new products expanded across Europe, the U.K. and Japan.

As we have noted previously, as a B2B company, our reported product revenue reflects not only underlying market demand, but also the timing of partner orders, inventory movements, and our own product availability. During the first half, manufacturing output was affected by the improvement activities at the Reykjavik site, which constrained our product supply. Manufacturing returned to planned operating levels at the end of the second quarter. Our focus is now on rebuilding sufficient supply for our clients and meeting commercial requirements as we move through the year. Importantly, underlying market demand for our products remains strong. As supply normalizes, we expect that demand to be reflected in product revenue in subsequent periods. Licensing revenues in the first half were $106 million.

As we have also noted earlier, milestone revenue recognition will be inherently lumpy as it is driven by progress in R&D, timing of marketing authorization applications, and other contractual milestones achieved. Turning to cash flow. Cash on hand at the end of the period was $143 million, reflecting in part our equity raise completed in June. Cash from operations was $17 million during the quarter, reflecting operations and changes in working capital. But as you can see from the cash flow bridge, all the key drivers impacting cash flow in the quarter were net interest payments of $37 million per quarter, following the transition from PIK to cash interest in mid-2015, CapEx at $28 million in the quarter, primarily consisting of the cost of facility improvements, which have now been concluded, investment in intangibles of $17 million, reflecting continued investment in the advancement of our biosimilar pipeline.

Turning to the financing completed during the quarter. The equity offering completed in June generated approximately $165 million in gross proceeds. The transaction was initially launched at $125 million, increased to $152 million at pricing, and the full exercise of the overallotment option increased the total to approximately $165 million. In addition, we secured an additional term loan facility of up to $75 million with our existing lenders, which we’ve drawn on in Q3, and is therefore not included in our Q2 cash position. Together, this represents approximately $240 million of new equity and debt financing, enhancing our financial flexibility. This capital supports continued investment in our pipeline, preparation for additional product launches, global commercialization, and our manufacturing and supply requirements. These investments are focused on supporting the execution of our strategic priorities and the next phase of Alvotech’s growth.

Looking at the balance sheet, I will start with briefly summarizing key items on the asset side. From end 2025, non-current assets were up by $129 million, mainly driven by an increase in intangible assets and higher contract assets due to the timing of revenue recognition. Total current assets decreased by $29 million, reflecting collections of trade receivables, partially offset by increase in inventories and other current assets. Next, a few notes on key movements across equity and liabilities. Total equity improved by $93 million and was strengthened by the June 2026 equity financing. Non-current liabilities decreased by $20 million, mainly driven by a $15 million reduction in derivative financial liabilities due to fair value changes, and current liabilities increased by $27 million, including the recognition of a commercial provision, while contract liabilities declined as previously deferred revenue was recognized. Turning to the financial outlook for the year.

We target revenues in the range of $650 million-$700 million, representing continued double-digit annual growth from last year. Adjusted EBITDA is targeted to be in the range of $180 million-$220 million. As we look ahead to the second half of the year and into 2027, we expect to see the benefit of increased manufacturing output after the completion of facility improvements and major enhancements that have been implemented since the middle of last year. We therefore expect to be able to deliver strong year-on-year growth in 2026 with an expanded product portfolio and development milestones from our expanding pipeline. As we have noted earlier, we expect to deliver healthy de-leveraging of our balance sheet in 2027, presenting further opportunities to optimize our capital structure. With that, I will hand the call back to Lisa.

Lisa Graver, Chief Executive Officer, Alvotech: Thank you, Linda. In summary, we believe the first half of 2026 demonstrates the progress Alvotech is making across each of the areas that are critical for the next phase of growth. Our commercial portfolio is expanding, with five products now contributing to revenue and a growing presence across markets. We have important regulatory catalysts ahead and are preparing for the next wave of product launches. We continue to strengthen and scale our manufacturing platform while investing selectively in a pipeline we believe can create significant future value. With that, we will open the call for questions.

Conference Call Operator: Thank you. We will now begin the question and answer session. If you wish to ask a question, you will need to press star 1 on your telephone and wait for your name to be announced. To withdraw your question, please press star 1 again. We will take our first question. Your first question comes from the line of Christopher Uhde from SEB. Please go ahead. Your line is open.

Christopher Uhde, Analyst, SEB: Hi there. Thanks for taking my questions. Christopher Uhde from SEB here. My first question is on the Bio-Thera news. You guys haven’t mentioned it. I have no doubt you saw it. What can you say about how you’re viewing the impact on your Simponi biosimilar and how you expect it to evolve going forward? Are there any tenders perhaps that might have been one that reopen or need to be reevaluated that could be a positive for you in the short term? Obviously then the more medium and long-term picture. Thank you. That is the first one. The second one was, obviously it’s exciting to hear about your U.S. commercialization plans. Which disclosed assets are you not yet partnered for the U.S. and should we update our models for those yet, or should we wait and see? Thank you very much.

Lisa Graver, Chief Executive Officer, Alvotech: Hi, Christopher. Thanks for the question. On Bio-Thera, certainly, we are looking, and our partner in Europe, Advanz Pharma, is doing everything it can to take advantage of the fact that we are truly first in the market. From a supply perspective, we have been building in anticipation, clearly for the launch that happened late last year. We are well-positioned with supply through the rest of this year and certainly are looking to be so, as we look to 2027 and even beyond. I think our partner has done well, certainly expanding market share, I think sitting slightly north of 15% at this point and growing. What I would say is we are fully capable on both our end as well as our partner’s end to take advantage, and make sure that we access the market in the fullest possible way.

I think from a future-looking perspective, certainly we don’t know sitting here today, the long-range opportunity, but we’re preparing for it. I think we’re optimistic that this will continue to drive our European growth story, in addition to the other molecules we have in the space today. But we’re quite excited about what we’re seeing with AVT05 and golimumab. On your second question, there are a few assets that remain, especially as we look at our pipeline, which is quite robust, as you know. Several are in various phases of early and midstage development that we are still in active licensing discussions around. What I would say, Christopher, is as we look and secure those future arrangements, we will certainly update the market. I think we’ll have some news as we go throughout Q3 and Q4 on that front.

The good news for us is, given the breadth of our pipeline, we do expect to continue to see contribution from milestone revenues, both for the remainder of 2026 and as we look into 2027.

Christopher Uhde, Analyst, SEB: Okay, thanks. That’s very helpful. If I could possibly ask a quick follow-up on the Bio-Thera. What’s your expectation or what could potential knock-on effects be beyond the EU? Thank you, and that’s all for me.

Lisa Graver, Chief Executive Officer, Alvotech: Yeah. From a U.S. perspective, certainly, we can’t comment on third parties, but what I would say is this. We certainly have been positioning ourselves to, once we receive the approval, which we’re optimistic to see in the fourth quarter. We’re actively pursuing clearing any IP litigation as we speak, and we do feel very comfortable that we will be, if not the first, within that first wave in the very near term. So we’ll be positioned well, Christopher, as I said, both from an EU and U.S. perspective, from a supply and preparedness point of view, to take advantage as we look to the remainder of this year and certainly into 2027.

Christopher Uhde, Analyst, SEB: Thank you very much.

Conference Call Operator: Thank you. We will take our next question. Your next question comes from Ash Verma from UBS. Please go ahead. Your line is open.

Ash Verma, Analyst, UBS: Hey, team. Congratulations to all the progress. I wanted to ask about, first, just on this DEA that you received from the FDA for these U.S. submissions. Just wanted to get the latest, if there have been any additional communications from the FDA recently, and is there a formal acceptance of the resubmitted application or any other additional information requests that you’ve received from the FDA that are outstanding at this point? Secondly, on Simponi, can you talk about your confidence on the launch timeline for Q4 of this year? I see this Johnson & Johnson lawsuit around the infringement on 14 patents related to the method of manufacturing. Just help us understand, do you need to resolve that to be able to launch, or is there a process by which you will be able to launch without finalizing the litigation? Thanks.

Joseph McClellan, Chief Operating Officer, Alvotech: Thank you. This is Joe McClellan. I will answer the first aspect regarding the resubmissions, then I’ll hand it over to answer the second part. Regarding the resubmissions, as we communicated in early June, all of our BLAs were submitted in the complete response. We did get an acknowledgement letter for all of the submitted BLAs from the FDA that the application was submitted. It was viewed as a complete response to the action letters we received in Q4 of 2025, and we were informed of goal dates in alignment with the six-month clock upon resubmission.

Joseph McClellan, Chief Operating Officer, Alvotech: On your second question related to timing of launch. As we’ve stated in the past, we commercialize through partners, and we do not comment ahead of our partners in terms of precise launch timing. What I will say is we do expect to see a decision, in the ongoing litigation in the fourth quarter with respect to ourselves. We have also stated that we feel very strongly in our position that we will be able to be successful in that litigation, and certainly, that does pave the way to launch. Approval, again, as we noted, expected in the fourth quarter. We also expect to see a decision as part of the litigation that we’re in that fourth quarter. Again, we do feel very strongly in our IP position and that we will be successful ultimately in that litigation.

Ash Verma, Analyst, UBS: Great. Thank you.

Conference Call Operator: Thank you. We will take our next question, and the question comes from Arvid Necander from DNB Carnegie. Please go ahead. Your line is open.

Arvid Necander, Analyst, DNB Carnegie: Good afternoon, and thanks for taking my questions. The first one on AVT05, or sorry, AVT16. With the BLA accepted, how do you think about the U.S. launch window here? Teva appears to view this as a 2028 or beyond opportunity, and market expectation seems to be quite limited by similar impacts until the early 2030s. Where do you realistically see the launch window today? My second one would be on expense versus capitalized development. First off, do you still stand by the roughly $250 million in total R&D spend for 2026? Second, the consensus assumes a quite steep step-up in expense R&D from Q3. Does that make sense to you? Was there any sort of bonus or catch-up effect from the new capitalization policy that made the first half expense run rates unusually low?

It would be great to get your comment on that. Thanks.

Joseph McClellan, Chief Operating Officer, Alvotech: Maybe I’ll start with AVT16. Again, one, being careful in terms of precise launch timing. I do think with the submission, we are expecting an approval decision in early 2027. We do feel quite comfortable in our IP position on AVT16. We certainly will be working with our partner to take advantage of every opportunity to bring this into a near-term launch. We think there is opportunity here, just given our positioning and how quickly we were able to file this in advance of the rest of the field. We will pursue this, and I think we will pursue this to the point where we can get a positive, of course, approval, but also a positive outcome in any patent litigation, which at this point we are not involved in.

But to the extent that we do become, we do feel comfortable that we will be successful as well and hope for a near-term contribution from AVT16.

Linda Jónsdóttir, Chief Financial Officer, Alvotech: On the R&D part, looking at where we are today with just over $100 million in total R&D spend and roughly 50% of that capitalized, I am expecting that trend to continue. So looking at the total year, around $200 million with 50% capitalized. In terms of Q3, Q4 R&D expense, I would say assuming pretty even split between the two quarters.

Arvid Necander, Analyst, DNB Carnegie: Great. Thank you.

Conference Call Operator: Thank you. Once again, if you wish to ask a question, please press star 1 on your telephone. We will take our next question, and the question comes from Glen Santangelo from Barclays. Please go ahead. Your line is open.

Glen Santangelo, Analyst, Barclays: Yeah, good morning, and thanks for taking my question. I just wanted to ask a quick question about the guidance, and then I have a couple follow-ups. With respect to the guidance, I was hopeful that you could maybe unpack what the expectation is in terms of development milestones in the back half of the year, just given all the resubmissions and regulatory actions we’re expecting. I’m kind of trying to parse that out because I fully appreciate the constraints that you’ve had on the manufacturing side, and you’re expecting product revenues to re-accelerate, but I’m just trying to separate those two. Then maybe for Joe, I appreciate some of the comments you made, but I just wanted to verify what you said with respect to the timing of a couple of submissions.

I think, Joe, you said EYLEA is a 2028 submission, if I heard that correctly, 2029? Then the AVT80, I’m curious if you can give us a timeline on that as well. Thanks.

Joseph McClellan, Chief Operating Officer, Alvotech: On the guidance?

Linda Jónsdóttir, Chief Financial Officer, Alvotech: Yeah.

You want to start with the guidance first, and I’ll-

I’ll start with the guidance first. Just thinking about the year holistically and the timing of the upcoming approvals, that will lay the foundation for a strong full year from 2027. Given the late timing of the potential approvals this year, we do not expect any great contribution to the 2026 numbers from that. I would rather think about the year like we are targeting strong Q4. We are coming out of a period which has been impacted by a slowdown, which is concluding at the end of Q2. We basically just started to operate close to full scale now at the end of Q2. Therefore we can say on the product level, we are confident in having a strong Q4, because what we produce in Q2 will be a commercial product in Q4.

Therefore we are guiding the year with a strong Q4 on that basis. Also taking into account like Glenn says we have on the licensing side and the timing there, which can always be lumpy. I would say reaching the guidance with a strong Q4. But Q3 will still be impacted from the ramp-up that’s happening now.

Glen Santangelo, Analyst, Barclays: Yeah, I kind of get all that, right? But I’m just trying to really understand how much licensing revenue is incorporated in the second half of the year guidance to sort of so I can segregate how much strength we’re going to see on the product side.

Lisa Graver, Chief Executive Officer, Alvotech: Yeah. Maybe, Glenn, to just add to that. I think it’s going to be a contribution clearly from both. We don’t break down quarterly license versus product. But what I would say in addition to what Linda already telegraphed, there are certain earned milestones that we’re projecting, but there’s also milestones likely coming from, as I mentioned, actively engaged in new deal licensing efforts as we speak, and we do expect contribution from those activities through Q3, but most likely heavily weighted into Q4. So it is a mix. It’s a healthy mix, Glenn, between both product revenue contribution and milestones, with product increasingly contributing as we see Q4 come out.

Linda Jónsdóttir, Chief Financial Officer, Alvotech: Yeah. The only flavor we have given historically on the milestone side, in terms of numbers, is around, we have been saying it is somewhere around $250 a year. However, it can easily fluctuate up and down based on the exact timing of it. So it can be lumpy, but that is the only number flavor we have given to it holistically.

Glen Santangelo, Analyst, Barclays: Okay. That is helpful. My follow-up was the timing on AVT80 and AVT29, the timeline for submissions.

Joseph McClellan, Chief Operating Officer, Alvotech: Yep, absolutely. I will take EYLEA high dose first. For EYLEA high dose in Europe, we have committed and stated that it is a 2026 event. So we will be submitting that in Europe this year. Regarding a U.S. submission for AVT29, we will file similar to EYLEA HD. That does require a clinical study for submission in the U.S. That study has been initiated. We were the first to start a study on this. That is anticipated to be a 2028 event. Regarding AVT80, as we have communicated, we have submitted both AVT16 and AVT80 to Europe. We have communicated our 16 submission already to the U.S., and we anticipate communicating very soon that we have submission of AVT80 in the U.S.

Glen Santangelo, Analyst, Barclays: Okay. Thank you.

Conference Call Operator: Thank you. We will take our next question. Your question comes from the line of Christopher Uhde from SEB. Please go ahead. Your line is open. Christopher Uhde, your line is open. Please ask your question.

Christopher Uhde, Analyst, SEB: Oh, sorry. Sorry about that. I was on mute. My first question was, and thank you for taking my follow-ups, was on if there’s anything you can give us about the status of the FUJIFILM collaboration, and then secondly, what can you share about the provision that you took in the quarter? Was it related to the CRLs? Thank you.

Lisa Graver, Chief Executive Officer, Alvotech: Hi, Christopher. On Fuji, we are progressing well. Activities are well underway. I think we have said previously we expect to start to see product coming out of Fuji in the second half of 2027, more towards the back half of 2027. We are on track for that. I would say the collaboration is going well, and we’re continuing to look at other ways we can work with Fuji. On track, I think, is the message at this point.

Linda Jónsdóttir, Chief Financial Officer, Alvotech: On the provisioning, Lisa here. It is about commercial and contractual matters, and of course, given the nature and the size of our business and the multiple partners we are working with, I think it’s usual that provisions may be required from time to time when issues arise. We need to evaluate those topics carefully. However, the underlying details of it remains confidential, because it is commercially very sensitive, so unfortunately, I can’t really elaborate further on that now in this call.

Christopher Uhde, Analyst, SEB: Okay, understood. Thank you very much.

Conference Call Operator: Thank you. This concludes today’s question and answer session. I will now hand back for closing remarks.

Lisa Graver, Chief Executive Officer, Alvotech: Yes, thank you, and on behalf of all of us here at Alvotech, I want to thank everybody who participated in today’s call and wish you a very good rest of the day. Goodbye.

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