Annual Report 2024

Annual Report 2024

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Sources of Funds

The table below sets forth our capitalization as of December 31, 2024 on an actual basis based on the information available in our Consolidated Financial Statements:

Capitalization

(in thousands of $)

 

As of December 31, 2024

Shareholder equity

 

5,498,283

Share capital

 

7,227

Share premium

 

5,948,916

Legal reserve(s)1)

 

126,832

Retained earnings

 

(1,571,804)

Other reserves

 

987,112

Total

 

5,498,283

1)

Legal reserves are the amount of translation differences.

Since our inception in 2008, we have invested most of our resources in developing our product candidates, building our intellectual property portfolio, developing our supply chain, conducting business planning, raising capital and providing general and administrative support for these operations. To date, we have funded our operations through public and private placements of equity securities, upfront, milestone and expense reimbursement payments received from our collaborators, funding from governmental bodies, proceeds from exercise of employee stock options and interest income from the investment of our cash and cash equivalents, in addition to current financial assets. Through December 31, 2024, we have raised gross proceeds of $5.9 billion from private and public offerings of equity securities.

We currently have two products approved by the FDA, VYVGART and VYVGART SC; therefore, our commercial operations have also started to contribute to the funding of our operations. We have made product net sales of $2.2 billion during the twelve months ended December 31, 2024.

As we continue to invest in innovation and the our cash flows may fluctuate, are difficult to forecast and will depend on many factors.

We have no ongoing material financing commitments, such as lines of credit or guarantees, that are expected to affect our liquidity over the next five years, other than leases and commitments as part of our operations, which are detailed in “Note 28 Commitments” in our consolidated financial statements which are appended to our Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2024.

For more information as to the risks associated with our future funding needs, see “Risk Factors — Risk Factors Related to argenx’s Financial Position and Need for Additional Capital”.

For more information as to our financial instruments, please see “Note 25 Financial Risk Management” in our consolidated financial statements which are appended to our Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2024.

Cash Flows

Comparison for the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023

The table below summarizes our cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.

Cash flows – Comparison for the Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

(in thousands of $)

 

2024

 

2023

 

Variance

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year

 

2,048,844

 

800,740

 

1,248,104

Net cash flows used in operating activities

 

(82,747)

 

(420,327)

 

337,580

Net cash flows from/(used in) investing activities

 

(717,594)

 

308,210

 

(1,025,804)

Net cash flows from financing activities

 

279,759

 

1,336,727

 

(1,056,968)

Exchange gains/(losses) on cash and cash equivalents

 

(28,326)

 

23,494

 

(51,820)

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year

 

1,499,936

 

2,048,844

 

(548,908)

As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $1.5 billion of cash and cash equivalents compared to $2.0 billion as of December 31, 2023. For more information, please see “Note 11 Cash and Cash Equivalents” in our consolidated financial statements which are appended to our Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2024.

Net Cash Used in Operating Activities

Net cash outflow used in our operating activities decreased by $338 million to a net outflow of $83 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to a net outflow of $420 million for the year ended December 31, 2023.

The decrease in net cash used in operating activities results primarily from an increase in product net sales of VYVGART and VYVGART SC, partly offset by:

  1. the increase in research and development expenses incurred in relation to the manufacturing and clinical development activities of efgartigimod and the advancement of other clinical, preclinical and discovery-stage product candidates;
  2. the increase in personnel expenses, marketing expenses and consulting expenses incurred for the commercial growth of VYVGART and VYVGART SC; and
  3. the further increase in working capital as a result of our inventory levels, including prepaid inventory

Net Cash Used in/from Investing Activities

Investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2024, consist primarily of the net movements in current financial assets of $754 million, and interests received, partly offset by payments related to regulatory and sales based milestones to Halozyme and investment in OncoVerity, resulting in a cash outflow of $718 million.

Investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2023, consist primarily of net movements in current financial assets of $272 million, and purchase of a priority review voucher for $102 million, partly offset by payments related to regulatory and sales based milestones to Halozyme and investment in OncoVerity, resulting in a cash inflow of $308 million.

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

The net cash inflow from financing activities was $280 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to a net cash inflow of $1.3 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023. The net cash inflows were mainly attributed to proceeds received from the exercise of stock options in 2024 as compared to inflows from issuance of new shares in 2023.

Operating and Capital Expenditure Requirements

We have achieved after-tax profitability as of December 31, 2024, mainly resulting from the recognition of deferred tax assets held by argenx BV, a subsidiary of the Company. As of the year ended December 31, 2024, we had accumulated losses of $1.6 billion. Our losses resulted principally from costs incurred in research and development, preclinical testing and clinical development of our research programs, and from selling, general and administrative costs associated with commercial expansion.

We anticipate that our operating expenses will increase as we intend to continue to conduct research and development and continue our efforts to expand our sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure. Although we have generated product net sales of $2.2 billion from global product net sales of VYVGART and VYVGART SC for the treatment of gMG and CIDP for the year ended December 31, 2024, which supports our current profitability, we can provide no assurances that we will be able to be profitable or sustain net profitability in the future based on these indications alone or that we will be able to receive regulatory approval of and commercialize VYVGART and VYVGART SC in other indications or in other countries.

On the basis of current assumptions, we expect that our existing cash and cash equivalents and current financial assets will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements through at least the next twelve months. Due to the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development and commercialization of efgartigimod and our other product candidates and discovery stage programs and because the extent to which we may enter into collaborations with third parties for the development of these product candidates is unknown, we are unable to estimate the amounts of increased capital outlays and operating expenses associated with completing the research and development of our product candidates. Our future capital requirements for efgartigimod and our other product candidates and discovery stage programs will depend on many factors, including:

  • the progress, timing and completion of preclinical testing and clinical trials for our current or any future product candidates;
  • the number of potential new product candidates we identify and decide to develop;
  • the time and costs involved in obtaining regulatory approval for our product candidates and any delays we may encounter as a result of evolving regulatory requirements or adverse results with respect to any of our product candidates;
  • selling and marketing activities undertaken in connection with the commercialization of VYVGART, VYVGART SC or potential commercialization of any of our current or any future product candidates, if approved, and costs involved in the creation of an effective sales and marketing organization;
  • manufacturing activities undertaken for VYVGART, VYVGART SC and potential commercialization of any of our current or any future product candidates, if approved, and costs involved in the creation of an effective supply chain;
  • the costs involved in growing our organization to the size needed to allow for the research, development and potential commercialization of our current or any future product candidates;
  • the costs involved in filing patent applications and maintaining and enforcing patents or defending against claims or infringements raised by third parties;
  • the maintenance of our existing collaboration agreements and entry into new collaboration agreements; and
  • developments related to the global economic uncertainties and political instability.

For more information as to the risks associated with our future funding needs, see “Risk Factors — Risk Factors Related to argenx’s Financial Position and Need for Additional Capital".

Cash Investment Policy

The Company has adopted a policy whereby cash and cash equivalents and current financial assets are invested with several highly reputable banks and financial institutions. The main purpose of the Cash Investment Policy is to preserve the available cash and to ensure sufficient short-term liquidity at all times. Therefore, the Company holds its cash, cash equivalents and current financial assets mainly with banks which are independently rated A- or higher. Amounts of cash held with banks rated lower than A- are limited to insignificant balances. The maximum amount and tenor of time deposits depends on the rating of the counterparty bank. The Company also holds cash equivalents in the form of money market funds with a low historical volatility. These money market funds are highly liquid investments and can be readily convertible into a known amount of cash. The Company has adopted a policy whereby money market funds must have a minimum rating of A of which 95% should have a AAA-rating.

For more information as to our treasury policy and liquidity, please see “Note 25 Financial Risk Management” in our consolidated financial statements which are appended to our Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2024.

Working capital statement

As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $1.5 billion of cash and cash equivalents and $1.9 billion of current financial assets, while the shareholder equity amounted to $5.5 billion and the non-current and current Lease liabilities to $33 million and $7 million, respectively.

In accordance with item 3.1 of Annex 11 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/980 we make the following statement:

In our opinion, the working capital of the Company is sufficient for the Company’s present requirements, at least for a period of 12 months from the date of this Annual Report.