HONG KONG SAR -
Media OutReach Newswire - 13 August 2026 - Bora Pharmaceuticals ("Bora"; TWSE: 6472; OTCQX: BORAY) today announced its
financial results and operational highlights for 2Q2026 and provides full year outlook update.
2Q26 Business and Financial Highlights
- - Bora delivered historically record-high quarterly revenues of
NT$5,889 million in 2Q26, up 47.2% quarter-over-quarter driven by
broad-based operational momentum, with basic EPS of NT$4.36.
- - CDMO revenue growth and increased site utilization rates, along
with strong growth in the rare disease business and a return to growth
for generics business of the Pharma Sales operations lifted group
profitability, with gross margin expanding to 41.3% from 36.0% and
operating margin reaching 16.8% from 10.2% in 1Q26. Excluding one-time
costs related to the Weider Global Nutrition transaction, operating
margin was approximately 18%.
- - CDMO's strong backlog of US$317 million as of end of 2Q26, another
historical high following a strong quarter, signals that Bora's core
business continued to perform with higher demand.
- - Pharma Sales' rare disease franchise continues to show double digit
sequential growth and the increased demand from government channels
during the quarter with stabilized pricing in DLS has lifted the
generics business back to normal.
- - Reflecting Bora's recent increase in investment in Sunway Biotech,
from 35.97% to 42.27% and subsequent acquisitions of Weider Global
Nutrition's, the -Company has introduced "Consumer Healthcare (CHC)" as a
new segment in its revenue mix disclosure beginning this quarter. In
2Q26, revenues from CHC were NT$824.76 million in 2Q26, a 354.4%
increase QoQ and 234.3% YoY, and contributed to 14% of the Bora Groups
consolidated revenues, an all-time high.
- - Cash-on-hand reached an all-time high of NT$8,431 million as the
Company was preparing for MacroGenics Inc.'s Rockville facility
acquisition.
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The Company has kicked off a group-wide AI in Manufacturing, BORA
AIM, program aimed at improving process efficiency across sites,
spanning engineering, quality and production. Bora has also signed a
partnership with Insilico Medicine for AI drug discovery. The first 6
months will focus on beta version testing of the Bora AIM agents and AI
champions to drive process consolidation.
- - Share capital increased 0.3% during the quarter from employee stock option exercise.
Mr. Bobby Sheng, Chairman of Bora Group, stated,
"We are pleased to announce Bora Group's return to strong operating
profits and double to triple-digit growth on all key margins
sequentially, as well as demonstrate that our soft 1Q26 performance was
anomalous rather than structural. Our impressive sequential improvement
was driven entirely by strong demand from both our CDMO and Pharma Sales
businesses, with 2Q26 manufactured batches reaching 0.38 billion doses,
led by increased commercial production in Maple Grove and Zhunan sites
and a full quarter of operations in the Maryland injectable facility,
while our flagship products DLS and VIGAFYDE® in Pharma Sales continues
to secure leading market share.
Our focus right now is execution. CAPEX investments in our mature sites,
including facilities in Taiwan and in Canada, continue to deliver
operational leverage driven by gross margin expansion, and our recently
acquired oral solid dose facility in Maple Grove continues to show
stellar and impactful demand as we sign more projects. Our 12-month
rolling backlog is at historic high in almost all our sites, despite
projected manufacturing delays at our Maryland injectable facility as we
diligently respond to FDA audit observations from a recent audit. Bora
Group's commitment to the fast-growing Biologics manufacturing industry
took another big step as we look to integrate 12,000 liters of capacity,
and 3 commercial products from our Rockville facility, as well as see
revenue recognition from this acquisition starting Q3. As Bora's CDMO
footprint expands in the US, we continue to capture durable, high-value
demand as customers increasingly prioritize supply security and onshore
capacity.
In addition, we are seeing sustained growth and improved gross margins
in the Vigabatrin franchise, our most important, rare disease franchise,
thanks to renegotiations with our partner vendors. Accelerated state
and government orders for generics products increased 2Q26 revenues and 6
new generics launches have also supported a more diversified generics
portfolio. Together, the advancement in rare disease franchise and
generics business has positioned Bora's Pharma Sales business, operating
under the name Upsher-Smith, in a far stronger state than it was just a
quarter ago.
As announced in July, we are excited to be developing a group-wide AI in
Manufacturing program, BORA AIM, aimed at improving process efficiency
across sites, spanning engineering, quality and production. We also
announced a partnership with Insilico Medicine to enhance our
understanding of AI drug discovery and create more customized AI
manufacturing platforms for AIDD small molecules. In the next 12 months,
Bora Group will be ready to showcase some exciting AI-enabled CDMO
platforms that will truly add value to our partners and sharpen the
overall competitive advantages of Bora Group.
As our momentum carries Bora into the second half of the year, we expect
margins of our flagship products in Pharma Sales and CHC businesses to
hold steady on continuous revenue growth, and improved efficiencies in
the CDMO business in addition to consolidation of new revenues from the
Rockville facility."
2Q26 Operational Achievements & 2026 Outlook
Global CDMO Operations
Revenues increased 30.3% year-over-year and 29.0% quarter-over-quarter
including internal orders, and 33.0% and 40.2% external orders only, or
NT$2,116.4 million. The growth was primarily
driven by a
strong rebound in injectables following the semi-annual maintenance in
1Q26 and same period last year, and demand acceleration overall as we
continue to meet the increasing backlog.
CDMO business also signed a record high US$378.2 million in total
external wins. Highlighted by a 10+2-year, multi product commercial
contract in our Maple Grove facility with a new top-20 pharma company,
and 14 new molecules from pre-commercial programs from multiple new
customers. Bora is confident in its mid- to long-term growth trajectory
as pharma and biotech companies continue to look for US based CDMOs as a
part of their efforts to onshore US production and improve supply chain
resilience.
During the quarter, 0.38 billion doses, or 109 molecules, were developed
and manufactured. Contribution from the top 20 global pharmaceutical
companies stood at roughly 30% and should increase drastically in the
next 8 quarters.
Looking at 3Q26, the Company is highly optimistic, with our backlog
having climbed to an unprecedented level even after a strong quarter of
manufacturing output. We do anticipate some timing shifts in revenue
recognition related to scheduled semi-annual maintenance at our Maryland
injectable site, alongside targeted quality-enhancement activities in
connection with observations on passive RABS (Restricted Access Barrier
System) line received from an FDA audit that took place 2Q26. However,
there has been no reduction in total commercial batch productions in
2026 as we speak and several existing clients have initiated transfers
to the FlexPro isolator filling lines. RFP activity has risen, with the
first GMP PPQ campaign starting in August. On the newest, isolator-based
AST lines, factory acceptance testing (FAT) is planned for Q326, with
qualification to follow in 2027, expanding our ability to onboard
small-scale isolator programs, including tech transfers.
On biologics, Rockville facility revenue recognition started in the
first month of 3Q26 and the site has confirmed that it is on track to
deliver batch production volumes ahead of last year's run rate of around
13 batches for the remainder of 2026. We anticipate one-time
transaction costs from this acquisition of approximately 3% of the
purchase price including legal and FA fee and transition related
expenses as stated in the Transition Service Agreement. The Rockville
acquisition expands biologics capacity and brings integrated drug
substance (DS) and drug product (DP) capabilities under one roof,
strengthening our end-to-end service offering and attracting more
inbound opportunities and higher value conversion with cross selling
opportunities for our injectable business.
For our strategic investment in Tanvex Biopharma, the main Bora
Biologics platform company, although the business still operates at a
loss, Tanvex has built a strong presence in international conferences,
especially Bio International in the US in June. We have seen a positive
uptick in pipeline from leading biotechs and heavy weight biopharmas,
and stable demand for early-stage PD programs in Zhubei. The Rockville
acquisition is expected to orchestrate and accelerate opportunities for
Tanvex in the coming quarters.
Pharma Sales Operations
Revenues decreased 2.7% year-over-year and increased 30.4%
quarter-over-quarter, arriving at NT$2,934.04 million in 2Q26. The
year-over-year decrease was mainly due to a product rationalization
program in 2025 that lead to the withdrawal of a basket of legacy
generics products.
During the quarter, specialty and brand came in strongly, up 58.8% for
the quarter QoQ and displayed almost 50% growth against 2025 run rate.
The rare-disease Vigabatrin franchise demand is robust, and our
continuous investment in the segment has resulted in much broader
patient access compared to when we acquired Upsher-Smith 28 months ago.
On coverage, we are on track to achieve year-end formulary goal of
>50%, supported by more regional plans and strong physician adoption
as they gain experience with VIGAFYDE®. The Company has also
renegotiated contracts with suppliers, leading to improved gross margins
for the franchise during the quarter and expects full economic
contribution starting 3Q26. Simultaneously, the Company out-licensed its
non-core assets, Stiripentol generics and 505(b)(2), during the
quarter, fully capturing the economic value of these drug assets to
enable fueled and renewed focus on core specialty and brand business.
The generics business returned to stability as Upsher-Smith successfully
defended flagship product DLS. High value generics advanced 20.6%
sequentially from downstream restocking, narrowing the year-to-date YoY
decline against 2025 run rate to high teens.
Having executed our way through specialty and brand business growth and
generics portfolio optimization, we have returned to the 2023-2024 peaks
of Pharma Sales performance but with healthier and more resilient
operating profits. As of now, Upsher-Smith sees 6 ANDA pending approval.
CHC Operations
Bora Group has increased holdings of Sunway Biotech to 42.27% through a
private placement at $NT 596 million. Subsequently, Sunway completed the
acquisition of Weider Global Nutrition (WGN), a global nutritional
supplements company with offices in the US, Spain, and Germany and
products sold in over 60 countries. Benefitting from the consolidation
of WGN that started in May, Consumer Health business totaled NT$824.76
million in 2Q26, a 354.4% increase QoQ and 234.3% YoY. Focusing on
longevity and sports nutrition, WGN's distribution strength is expected
to meaningfully contribute to the CHC business in 2026 and beyond and
shall deliver vertical-integration synergies to Sunway's existing
ingredients' manufacturing operations. Together, the WGN acquisition is
expected to catapult Sunway Biotech into a leading global nutritional
supplements company and substantially accelerate top and bottom-line
improvements in the future.
Recent Investor Conference
Bora will host English online earnings call at 8:00 a.m. Taiwan time on Aug. 14
th, 2026. The event will cover the Company's 2Q26 financial and business results and 2H26 outlook.
English Online Earnings Presentation Link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/225504163505748?p=UyyncWl1CnOzjBCNKD
Bora will participate in Goldman Sachs 2026 CDMO day in Singapore in
Sept. For 1:1 meetings with management, please contact your GS
representative.
Bora 2026 Earnings Schedule
Q3 2026: Expected in the 2
nd week of Nov 2026
Q4 2026: Expected in the 2
nd week of Mar 2027