HONG KONG SAR -
Media OutReach Newswire - 13 November 2025 -
Bora Pharmaceuticals (TWSE: 6472) today announced its
financial results and operational highlights for third quarter of 2025.
Quarterly Business and Financial Highlights
- - Company reported quarterly basic EPS of NT$5.09, with a loss per share of NT$1.49 from discontinued operations. Operating
income reached NT$1,063 million and net income for continued operations
came in at NT$822 million, resulting in quarterly EBITDA of NT$1,283
million, well on track to reclaim 2023 core P&L indicators.
- - By the end of 3Q25, Bora's operational integration and strategic
streamlining efforts have been fully executed, meeting all targeted
objectives. This milestone has led to a record-high CDMO business
profitability, clear evidence that Bora's dual-engine model is now
entering its next phase of balanced but scalable growth.
- - Fueled by expanded capacity and the addition of new dosage forms, Bora's
CDMO business grew 56.5% year-to-date through 3Q25, reaching over NT$7.3 billion and returning to a sequential growth trajectory.
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- Pharma sales revenues fluctuated as legacy inventory phased
out, and new products are still awaiting approvals. Generics portfolio
competitiveness remains a key focus area in the near term. Led by
Vigafyde, Bora's rare disease portfolio continued to gain impressive
market share with the vigabatrin franchise across three
dosage forms continues. The Company targets to file its next specialty
pharma product by year end to accelerate the rare neurology disease
business.
The Company also targets to market branded Deflazacort tablets by 2025 year end as a new driver for the business.
- - The Company expects NTD to remain in the range of NTD 30-31 per USD for its operational planning.
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- Share capital increased 19.99% during the quarter from stock
dividend distribution, employee stock option exercise and convertible
bond conversions.
- - The Board approved Level-1 ADR issuance with each ADR share corresponding to 1/5 common share and total ADR issuance <10% of outstanding shares to enhanced market trust and investor service.
Mr. Bobby Sheng, Chairman of Bora Group, stated, "Bora
executed a record level of post-merger CAPEX investment in 2025 and we
are progressing in line with our strategic plan. We have expanded our
Maryland aseptic fill/finish capacity by approximately 10% while solid
and liquid dosage capacity in Minneapolis and Mississauga grew around
3%. The investments allowed Bora to increase our operational efficiency
and increase revenue per headcount in the CDMO business by ~30% during
the quarter compared to beginning of the year.
The CDMO backlog rose to US$296 million, driven by 27 new contracts and
over 20 new molecules year-to-date, providing solid visibility into 2026
with 72% commercialized projects. Bora continues to leverage a unified
CDMO network to enhance cost competitiveness for our very own
Upsher-Smith generics portfolio, while paving the way for selective
in-house manufacturing of specialty assets in the U.S.
As we look ahead, Bora is entering a phase of disciplined expansion and
broader global recognition. Across our CDMO facilities in Asia and North
America, we continue to actively navigate tariff and geopolitical
challenges and turn them into new opportunities, strengthening supply
chain resilience, and deepening collaboration with multinational
partners.
On the pharma sales side, we continue to shed legacy low margin
generics, increase our cashflow, and focus on our high-value generics
pipeline, with certain PIV opportunities progressing to maturity in
2026. We remain dedicated on enhancing portfolio quality and increasing
our Branded assets through selective specialty drugs, in order to build a
more predictable and margin-accretive revenue base that mitigates
product commoditization and price degredation.
In parallel, we are expanding our capital-market reach into the United
States through the OTCQX Level-1 ADR program. We believe the Bora ADR
will improve access and transparency for global institutional investors,
while enabling overseas employees to participate in Bora's growth. With
no dilution and increasing visibility, we are laying the foundation for
a stronger and more global 2026, defined by scaled growth, operational
synergies, and increasing investor confidence.
3Q2025 Operational Achievements & Full Year Outlook
Global CDMO Operations
Global CDMO Operations (excluding intercompany orders from Upsher-Smith)
revenues arrived at NT$1.78 billion in the third quarter and back to
the sequential growth zone, representing approximately 37.13% of total
revenue. A total of 418 million doses were developed and manufactured.
Revenue contribution from global top 20 pharmaceutical companies
remained steady at approximately 33%. Year-to-date, CDMO revenues grew
18.98% over last year and reached -NT$5.27 billion. Bora continues to
execute on expanding this customer base to enhance business visibility
and stability.
- - As the Company ramps up its Maple Grove site, the momentum for U.S.
manufacturing has been encouraging. Several clinical-stage clients are
now transitioning into long-term strategic partnerships, with project
scale and client size both increasing. Maple Grove is well positioned to
be the Center of Excellence for scale-up and U.S. supply-chain
integration for Bora.
- - Large molecule CDMO operation revenues saw nearly 50% increase over
the previous quarter, driven by one new ADC client and several change
orders in addition to Cipla's own labeled product launch under the
collaboration agreement. Positioned as a one-stop CDMO platform
alongside Bora Pharmaceuticals, Bora Biologics is now fully accelerating
its CDMO operations
Pharma Sales Operations
Pharma Sales Operations in the third quarter reached a revenue of
NT$3.02 billion, down 6.4% YoY, primarily due to discontinuing several
products under significant pricing pressure. Pharma Sales accounted for
approximately 62.83% of total revenues.
- - Discontinued loss per share (from the closure of the Plymouth
production area) reflected the clearance sale of higher-cost inventories
from Upsher-Smith's legacy generics and internal supply transfer
delayed by regulatory hurdles. These inventory clearance sales are now
nearing completion. The greater-than-expected pricing pressure across
our low margin generics reinforces the need to accelerate Bora's
transition toward higher-value and Branded specialty pharma products.
- - The Vigabatrin franchise market share expansion continues with the "total patient" indicator seeing breakthrough in October.
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- Bora continues to focus on DEE (Developmental and Epileptic
Encephalopathies), where legacy compounds fail to meet significant unmet
needs. The market is poised for new NCE entrants, expanding the
addressable opportunity to roughly US$10 billion over the next 3–5
years. Bora aims to capture this growth through a Ready-to-Use 505(b)(2)
pipeline and branded generics.
Recent Investor Conference
Bora will host an English online earnings call at 8:00 p.m. Taiwan time on Nov. 13
th, 2025, followed by an investor conference hosted by Taishin Securities at the Regent Taipei at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 14
th, 2025. Both events will cover the company's Q3'25 financial and business results and outlook.
English Online Earnings Presentation Link:
https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/477519089
Bora will participate in the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in January
in San Francisco. For 1:1 meetings with management, please contact your
JP Morgan representative.
Bora 2025 Earnings Schedule
Q4 2025: Expected in the 2
nd week of March 2026