Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) Earnings Call Transcript & Summary

September 8, 2025

US Health Care Pharmaceuticals Company Conference Presentations 35 min

Earnings Call Speaker Segments

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#1

All right. Thanks. I think we're going to get started. But I'm Terence Flynn, Morgan Stanley's U.S. biopharma analyst. I'm very pleased to be hosting Bristol-Myers this morning. Joining us from the company, we have Chris Boerner, the company's CEO; and Adam Lenkowsky, the company's Chief Commercial Officer. For important disclosures, please see the Morgan Stanley research disclosure website at www.morganstanley.com/researchdisclosures. If you have any questions, please reach out to your Morgan Stanley sales representative. With that, I'm going to turn it over to Chris for some opening remarks, and then we're going to go into Q&A. But thanks so much both for being with us today. Really appreciate the time.

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#2

Thank you. It's great to be here. And maybe just a quick update. I think the market is pretty familiar with the LOE exposure that we have with the company. So maybe I'll just give you a sense of where we are now almost 2 years into the journey that we're on as a company. Broadly defined, we're working against a strategy that has sort of 3 big components to it. First, we've got to deliver on the products that we have on the market that are going to drive the growth of the company as we get to the back end of the decade. And Adam obviously can speak to more details around it. But I think if you look quarter-over-quarter, we've seen consistent performance coming out of the commercial organization. Most recently, we showed very good growth in the second quarter. The growth portfolio is now well over 50% of the overall business. And when you look at that portfolio in Q2, we saw really nice growth from the products that you need to see growth from Reblozyl, Breyanzi, Camzyos, the IO portfolio, Eliquis, while not in that portfolio, also performed well. And the new launches via Qvantig or Cobenfy are also off to a good start, and Adam can talk more about that. The second key component is, in addition to those on-market products, we got to deliver on our late-stage pipeline. Over the next 2 years, we have 7 potential new molecular entities that could launch. We have at least as many meaningful life cycle management opportunities. And then if you sort of pull the aperture back just a little bit, you look towards the end of the decade, that could be 10 new medicines and at least 30 meaningful life cycle management opportunities by the end of the decade. So it's critically important that we deliver on that portfolio, and we got a full-court press there. And then, of course, we have the ability to continue to bring innovation into the company where it makes sense, and you saw us do that in the second quarter with the partnership that we announced with BioNTech as well as Philochem, which is an addition to our radiopharmaceuticals business with Rayze. And then the third thing is we've got to continue to be very financially disciplined. We've made good progress there. That means being smart about where we make investments, funding the things that are going to drive growth, but being diligent about stepping back from the things that are not. We're looking at the organization and how we operate, whether it's structure or process. You guys just put out a paper, I think, last week on AI. We put a full court press on digital and AI. And just to give you a sense of how that's going, over the last year in our supply chain, we've been able to pull out roughly $250 million as a result of the AI investments we've made in that space. So we're talking about meaningful numbers. And if you add that up, that financial flexibility translates into strategic flexibility, which is critically important for a company going through the sort of LOE exposure that we have. So we're about 2 years into this journey now. And if I had to summarize it, I feel like we've got a lot more work to do, obviously, but we're certainly heads down. And all things considered, I think we're in a good spot, and I feel good about where we are. We've got to continue to execute. But if we do that and execute at the level, I know we're capable of, I feel good about us delivering on the growth ambitions by the end of the decade.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#3

Great. Well, I know we're going to get into a lot of these topics and the resulting questions here. But maybe just the first one, the high-level side, you mentioned one of the focus areas is obviously the external investments. So as you think about your mix of internal versus external, what's the right steady-state mix as you think about where to invest those dollars internally versus externally? And then as you think about the external opportunity set, obviously, you guys have been fairly active there. Is there still a robust opportunity set? Or maybe just talk to us where we are in the cycle?

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#4

Yes. Well, I mean, obviously, both are important. Bristol has historically always sourced innovation externally, and we're going to continue to look for opportunities to do that. And I think that with respect to the opportunity to just get the second part of your question, the criteria that we use is largely unchanged. We look for opportunities that make strategic sense for us. They're in therapeutic areas that we know well, where we're the rightful owners or the rightful partners of those assets. I think that was at play with the BioNTech agreement that we signed earlier in the summer. We look for opportunities that have to make financial sense. I got to be able to stand in front of investors and say that we're going to deliver a return to investors for this investment. And it's got to be an area that we like the science. And if those 3 things are present, then we certainly have the capacity to go after and pursue it and business development remains a top priority. Having said that, you can't move away from the fact that R&D investment, internal R&D investment has to take priority. First of all, anything you bring into the company externally, you're going to put it on that R&D chassis, and that chassis needs to be running smoothly. So that's important and a high functioning, highly productive and efficient R&D engine is the lifeblood of companies in this sector. So always that will take a priority for us. And we've got a big focus, and we've had it since I became CEO, to ensure that we have the most productive and efficient R&D organization in the industry.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#5

That's a good segue to the next question I had, which is on the second quarter call, you talked about reviewing some of the near-term studies to ensure timely delivery, but also a high probability success. You alluded to that in your earlier comments, but maybe just give us an update in terms of how long that process you are right now? And then if you do find something in one of these trials, what are some of the steps you could potentially take to optimize POS?

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#6

Yes. Well, I mean we have been looking at R&D productivity since I became CEO, as I said. And I think there's a lot involved in that, but if you step back, you can think about it in 2 broad categories. The first is making sure that we have the timelines that we set when we made the investment. Our late-stage pipeline is critically important to the shape of this business as we exit the decade. So we need to make sure that we're delivering those programs on time. And so every Monday morning, Adam knows this on the commercial side, but we review commercial performance. And for those key late-stage programs, we look to see how are they doing in terms of recruitment. And if we find that some sites are running behind, we talk about it, we problem solve, and we engage to make that those sites catch up or that we're mitigating the impact. So one area is just making sure that we deliver these programs. The second is making sure that you deliver with the highest quality. And again, this is across programs, but we're looking to make sure that before we lock any databases that we are ensuring we've got data that all the data elements are present, that protocols are followed. And that's an effort that's going to be ongoing, again, not for any specific study, but really across all of these late-stage programs. And again, if we find opportunities to make improvements, we want to move and do so quickly.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#7

And the one we get questions on is just ADEPT-2 and I know we're going to talk about Cobenfy, but that trial may be an update in terms of timelines there. Is that still -- should that still be expected this month? Or is that something that's likely later in the year?

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#8

Well, as we said on the second quarter call, we still anticipate that ADEPT-2 will have a data readout by the end of the year. And keep in mind that ADEPT-2 as part of a broader portfolio of studies with ADEPT. We have ADEPT-2, again, that we expect to read out by the end of this year. We have ADEPT-1 and ADEPT-4 next year. What's the important thing to take away on the ADEPT program is first and foremost, we have a lot of confidence in the role that Cobenfy can play in this area based on data that we've seen with our existing indication, the belief that we have in the science as well as data that goes back to the late '90s that Lilly published around xanomeline. So if you add all of that up, the scientific rationale for pursuing the ADEPT programs remains very, very strong. And also, we'll have to have that full data set next year in order to file. And so the timelines for ultimately getting approval remained absolutely unchanged. So we feel good about this program. We're going to continue to prosecute it. And as I said earlier, we're going to make sure it reads out and that reads out with the highest probability of success.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#9

Okay. Great. Maybe, Adam, just over to you. Maybe just give us an update on kind of where we sit with the Cobenfy launch, obviously, a really important product in terms of that growth portfolio for the company. I think there has been a lot of focus on the weekly scripts every Friday morning, everyone's looking at those. You guys are to -- and so just where do we stand with the launch? And then I know we'll unpack some more of this.

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#10

Yes. Thanks, Terence. The Cobenfy launch is tracking well and it's tracking in line with our expectations. As I just mentioned, we're seeing steady and consistent uptake around TRxs, which is important, now surpassing 2,000 TRxs on a weekly basis. We're also looking very closely at adding new prescribers, that's a key performance metric that we are looking at closely, that's also progressing very well. I think most importantly, what we're hearing from those physicians who are prescribing is very positive feedback on Cobenfy's differentiated profile. That said, we knew it was going to take time to unlock the entrenched prescribing behavior that existed in this space for more than 30 years here. And so we're going to continue to execute our plan, and I'm happy to expound on that plan. But we feel very good about where we are today. And we believe that this could be a very big drug in schizophrenia.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#11

Can you give us any more granularity in terms of that number of prescribers, like maybe remind us like what your target is, where you are now, how you're thinking about the breadth of that further?

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#12

Well, there are roughly 30,000 writers in terms of the psychiatry community. However, only a subset represents the majority, so roughly 10,000 or so represent the majority of prescribers. And so we've done a nice job in penetrating a good portion of those Tier 1 and Tier 2 physicians, but we still have room to go, for sure. One of the things that we've been able to do over the last couple of months is continue to execute our plan. One of the things we wanted to do was number one, secure broad access and reimbursement. We've done that very well in Medicare and Medicaid with virtually 100% access. And we're making good progress on the commercial front as well. Now about 60% access in commercial. We expect to see that accelerate at the end of the year. So we've deployed now a hospital team into the Cobenfy sales organization and medical team because roughly 20% to 25% of starts are in the hospital setting. That will allow us to accelerate the number of Cobenfy initiations. And those patients then move into the community, so we're able to follow those patients and increase demand. The second thing that we've done to really drive increases in physician adoption is expand our retail team. We know that the depth and breadth of prescribing is critical. So we found that we have to increase the frequency on some of these doctors, particularly lower-tier doctors in order to change those behaviors. And we've -- finally, one of the things we've done with Cobenfy now for the first time, we've just introduced direct-to-consumer for Cobenfy to help galvanize patients their families, caregivers in order to go in and ask for Cobenfy. So taken together, we feel good about where we are, and we're very excited about the upward potential that we have with Cobenfy.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#13

Do you see the hospital team or the retail team is having more of an impact in terms of when you think about the return on investment, I guess?

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#14

Well, the retail team has responsibility for roughly 70% of the prescribing out there. So -- and we're going to win with that team. That said, 20% to 25% of schizophrenia is important and gives a really good opportunity to unlock those prescriptions there. It's going to take some time, obviously, because you got to go in and get formulary access through P&Ts that could take a monthly basis or a quarterly basis, depending on the account. So we've already seen a number of large institutions start to add Cobenfy to formulary, but we think community is our biggest opportunity followed then by the hospital segment.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#15

And then before we go over to the ADP side and commercial opportunity, just anything about gross to net dynamics that we need to be mindful of as we head into second year -- second half of this year into 2026, just from a high-level perspective?

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#16

Yes. At a high level, I think the 2 dynamics we'll see. Number one, as you move into the hospital, you're likely to see an increase in gross to net, just by the nature of going into some of the hospital settings where you may be more apt for 340B. And then the second piece is just as you're increasing volume, you're going to increase your gross to net.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#17

Okay. And then again, we get this question a lot just ahead of the ADEPT data. Just any learnings that you guys can leverage from schizophrenia into Alzheimer's disease psychosis and then how to think about the relative sizing of those 2 regulations.

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#18

Yes, it's a great question. I think these are 2 very different patient populations. And their needs are different. Just think about schizophrenia. There have been options in schizophrenia for many decades, albeit those options are clearly suboptimal, which is why Cobenfy has the opportunity that it does have to really drive leadership in schizophrenia. However, in ADP, there's nothing approved. And so when you look at where Cobenfy is, we have the opportunity to be the first product approved in ADP, there is off-label prescribing in the space, roughly 1/3 of atypical antipsychotics are used to treat ADP off-label. But recall, those products carry a box warning in the space, they have side effects like EPS, TD, which are incredibly debilitating for those patients. When I think about the similarity, though, with what you asked, I think there are some. Number one is that you're introducing a new modality, a new MOA, it's going to take time to increase prescribing behavior and comfort. Safety is going to become even more important in an elderly patient population versus a younger patient population in schizophrenia. And so the lack of carrying a box warning, I think, is going to be incredibly useful for Cobenfy there. And then finally, we talked about the importance of reach and frequency in schizophrenia. Well, there is a high overlap in the schizophrenia to ADP market with psychiatrists, but we will expand into really a larger market, which is in long-term care facilities where primary care physicians often play a critical role in treating and prescribing atypicals. Right now, in this space, Seroquel is the #1 prescribed antipsychotic in ADP. Well, you know they're using that just for sedation and not for the psychotic features of the disease. So we think we're going to be well positioned to transform the treatment of ADP.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#19

Is it bigger opportunity, same size, smaller than schizophrenia when you think about just the number of eligible people?

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#20

Yes. The bigger opportunity in Alzheimer's disease psychosis number one, because there's nothing there and you're looking at 6 million patients with Alzheimer's disease and about 30% to 50% of those patients have psychosis. They have delusions, illusions -- hallucinations, so and delusion. So those are going to be a bigger patient population than we see in schizophrenia.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#21

Okay. Before we get into the pipeline, Chris, we were talking before we kicked off just about some of the policy cross currents here, and you've been spending a lot of time in D.C., Europe, as you mentioned. So maybe just give us your kind of view on state of play here with respect to -- if that's possible with respect to tariffs and MFN because that's obviously another frequent topic that comes up in the sector right now.

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#22

Sure. Well, first and foremost, we continue to work with the administration on both of those topics. If you just step back and let's start with the broad MFN topic, if you look at the executive order that was initiated, if you -- frankly, if you look at the letters that went out, which largely replicate key elements of the executive order, there's a number of things that we are -- we feel we've got a very constructive relationship with the administration on. First and foremost, I think there's recognition that Europeans need to pay more -- a larger percentage of their health care budget for innovative medicines. That's one of the reasons that I spent as much time as I have in Europe. And there, this administration has been very supportive through trade negotiations, for example, in providing a backstop to our effort as companies to push governments to pay more for innovative medicines. And obviously, those discussions are ongoing. In addition, the President made very clear that there are opportunities to cut out middlemen. We were the first company to go direct-to-consumer with Eliquis. And that program was very well received by the administration. It's actually been very well received by patients as well. And so finding ways to make the U.S. system less complicated and thereby bring down the overall complexity and costs associated with the U.S. system is a great way to reduce the amount that patients pay in this country, which is a key objective that we agree with the administration. Where it gets a bit tricky is how do you think about this concept of foreign reference pricing and the like. And there, it becomes very important that we continue our efforts to bring costs down where that's possible, and we're working constructively with the administration, but we also need to see those prices outside of the U.S. go up. With respect to tariffs, we've had very good discussions with the administration on this topic. Keep in mind that as a company, our exposure here is a bit less than others may have, primarily because we're largely a U.S. company as a result of that, the majority of our infrastructure is already in the U.S. And of course, we've had a number of months to anticipate potential tariffs. The discussions that we've had with the administration have been pretty straightforward in that if you're going to do tariffs in this sector, you have to recognize that there are key differences between pharma and non-pharma. We're going to need time to make any changes to the supply chain in this space. Tech transfer alone can be a year or more. And that's a conversation that's been very constructive. Obviously, we need to see how things play out over the coming weeks and months, but we feel we've had a good dialogue there.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#23

And then maybe there's something during the cabinet meeting was linking tariffs to MFN. And so is your view that these are coupled together and it's when we see some resolution, it will all come together? Or are these 2 separate still parallel processes, and we're going to get resolution on one, but maybe the other one is still lingering? Like how do you think about that concept, I guess?

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#24

I think at this point; it's absolute certainty that it would be speculation. The reality is that these are fluid conversations. They've been constructive, but I think we need to let it play out, to be honest.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#25

You mentioned your DTC efforts there with Eliquis, and we've seen this from some of your peers as well. How do you think about leaning into that as a business model? Is that something that there's just very specific use cases? Or is this something that you could see leaning into more broadly at Bristol and maybe across the industry.

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#26

Well, maybe I'll start and then Adam will turn it to you. But look, I think that we were excited to be able to provide this for Eliquis patients. We think that a meaningful number of patients can benefit and certainly, we'll be looking across our portfolio to see if there are other opportunities. Conceptually, we like the approach of being able to cut out third parties that drive up the cost associated with medicines in the U.S. So we'll continue to look. But Adam, maybe you can speak too.

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#27

Yes. I mean just piggybacking off of that, Chris, we know that policymakers, patients, providers have all called for increased transparency, increased affordability. So the Eliquis direct-to-patient offering is now operational. It's up and running for patients who can go online, get Eliquis at a 40% discount to the list price today. And as Chris mentioned, we're going to continue to look across the portfolio to see what makes the most strategic sense. It's obviously harder to do that with, for example, in infusible product, selling it direct to patients. But that said, when you look at some of the products that we have in our portfolio, we'll continue to evaluate what makes the most sense for the company and importantly for patients.

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#28

We've been happy to see that other companies after we announced with Pfizer the program for Eliquis that other companies mentioned that they were going to be looking into their own portfolio to see if they could find opportunities as well. And so we'll continue to talk to the administration, not only about what we can do as a company, but potentially what we could do as an industry.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#29

Okay. Great. Maybe that's a good segue into one of your key near-term pipeline readouts as we head into '26 in milvexian your Factor XI inhibitor, potentially looking for a superior profile relative to Eliquis on bleeding. And so maybe you could just remind us the scope of your Phase III program there? And what is the differentiated opportunity as you see it on the commercial side, Adam, maybe you could start...

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#30

Yes, happy to do it. Obviously, the milvexian program is a very important program for the company. We've had a long and storied heritage in the cardiovascular space for many years talking with Plavix, Eliquis, Camzyos and hopefully with milvexian. As a reminder, we have 2 data readouts coming next year in ACS and secondary stroke prevention. So you don't have to wait that long and then the following year in atrial fibrillation. We feel very good about all 3 programs with our partner J&J. When you think about the secondary stroke prevention, we conducted a large Phase II study where we showed really robust relative risk reduction. But importantly, it was the first time to be able to demonstrate that you can use a Factor XIa in combination with dual antiplatelet therapy without exacerbating the bleeds, which has been the limitation for Factor X like Eliquis. So we look forward to that data readout. We look forward to ACS. In ACS, 1 out of every 3 patients are going to have another event within that same year. So this is a great opportunity to use milvexian on top of antiplatelets to try to limit the events that happen post treatment and then also similarly with a lower bleeding. And then the largest opportunity is, as you would imagine, in atrial fibrillation. So we'll see that data readout, as I said, in 2027. Our confidence is high based on, I think, 2 key factors. Number one, we took a very thoughtful and deliberate process working with J&J on conducting a Phase II study in TKR, where we're able to show low bleeds. There's still about 40% of patients who were untreated or undertreated with Factor X. And then the second piece is, I think what Bayer had read out now several months ago, we're not seeing that at all in our program. And so we feel very good about where we are today. Obviously, we're blinded to that data, but we look forward to that data reading out in 2027.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#31

And can you give us any -- I know you guys sometimes comment on the event rate in that AFib study. Are you able to give an update in terms of how it's tracking relative to expectations?

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#32

We don't give an update how it's tracking. What we said is we've got to deliver a profile that has a lower bleed than that of Eliquis. And when you look at what was in our white paper, looking at a 1.33% relative difference.

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#33

And we did say that, that program, we have increased the enrollment in order to have that program read out on time in light of a slower event rate. And so given the fact that, as Adam mentioned, we now have moved well beyond where Bayer was when OCEANIC was stopped. The DMC continues to review the data. Ultimately, at the end of the day, we got to see the study readout, but we have a lot of confidence in what we're seeing really across these 3 programs, and we're excited to begin to see data readouts starting next year.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#34

What -- maybe you could just speculate on this read across from the Bayer study. I mean they're going to have their SSP data Phase III later this year. I think there's a question of this lateral read across on the event that it works, or it doesn't work. I mean how would you frame the perspective on your program? I know there are a lot of differences.

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#35

Yes, there are. And I don't think you can do -- you could read through either study positive or negative, quite frankly, for what Bayer reads out. As you said, the study populations are different. The doses are different, where we're using the BID dose, there using a QD dose. We learned that from Eliquis. Just again, going back to our study, which I think is important. That's where we have a lot of confidence in what we saw in the Phase II results, and we feel very good about how the study was conducted, the dose that we chose, the patient population and eligibility criteria in that study, and we look forward to that reading out next year.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#36

Great. Maybe one more before you go to the next program is just -- you mentioned AFib, the largest opportunity. I mean you think the Factor XI are doing $18 billion, $19 billion now. You guys have the lion's share of that with Eliquis. SSP, I think, is a smaller opportunity given it's more of an acute treatment versus chronic treatment in AFib. But maybe ACS is the one where it seems like it's kind of sizing that up is a little bit trickier. So how do you think that compares relative to AFib if you had the size of ACS.

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#37

Well, ACS is probably closer in line to what SSP can deliver. But it's still -- when you think about both ACS and SSP and what we were able to deliver with Plavix. I mean these are 2 large opportunities as well, perhaps not as large as atrial fibrillation. But taken together, this is going to be assuming positive studies, multibillion dollar opportunity for both BMS and J&J, and we feel very good about the opportunity ahead.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#38

Okay. Great. The company obviously has been a leader in the immuno-oncology space for the last 15, 20 years or so. You guys have a very broad portfolio, not with just Opdivo, but Opdualag as well. You announced a partnership with BioNTech for 327, PD-L1 VEGF bispecific. So maybe just anything as we think about the scope of that program? Obviously, you guys ran very broad studies across the board with a lot of the prior IO work you did. Should that be our expectation? Or are there gating items? I think a number of us are watching to kind of read the tea leaves from competitor programs in terms of survival data, et cetera. So how do you think about the scope of the program? And are there gating steps along that path that you're waiting for before you really lean in aggressively on there?

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#39

Maybe I'll start and then Adam can speak to where we are in the clinical development plan. So we're excited about this opportunity, generally speaking. As you know, we have a long history in this space. We know it exceptionally well. We have great executional skills in this area across both clinical development and commercial. And quite frankly, what we liked about -- there were a couple of things we really like about this strategically. Number one, we like the asset. Number two, clearly, BioNTech has done a lot in this space. They know oncology quite well scientifically. And I think if you marry their expertise with respect to the design of this bispecific and what they liked about it when they brought it into the company, with the expertise that we bring to the table, it's a great marriage. Moreover, I think it does, assuming the data play out the way we hope does give us the opportunity to be kind of in a pole position across some of these larger tumors. But Adam, do you want to speak to this CDP?

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#40

Yes. So when you look at the CDP, so BioNTech and BMS. We've announced 3 studies that are up and running, 2 of which are already enrolling patients. The third will enroll by the end of the year. So very timely, Terence, because today, we'll be presenting data from our small cell lung cancer Phase II study. So we're looking forward to that presentation at World Lung later this morning, it's in standard time. So we've announced the first-line small cell lung cancer study that's enrolling. We've announced an all-comer first-line non-small cell study versus 189 standard of care. And then the third study is in triple-negative breast cancer. And all 3 provide a significant growth opportunity, but this is just the beginning for the clinical development program for BNT327. We're working very closely with BioNTech leadership to identify a very broad and encompassing clinical development program, both in monotherapy versus standard of care, but also using novel, novel combinations, which is also exciting for both companies because we believe this has a true opportunity to become a new backbone of cancer treatment.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#41

Can you give us any early glimpse of what some of those combos might look like?

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#42

We haven't shared that, Terence, yet just for competitive reason. But as soon as they're available, we'll make sure that we share that as quickly as possible, and those will be posted, of course, on clinicaltrials.gov.

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#43

But we do like the fact that one of the things that BioNTech has done very well really across their portfolios, think through rational combinations across their assets. We've done the same within our own portfolio. So obviously, we're going to think broadly about this program, and it will be a competitive space, as you well know. We have that history from the first generation of IO. And that's why we think being in the first or second position here across these big tumors is going to be important.

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#44

And the last thing I would just say is that when you look at the VEGF component, there is an opportunity to go beyond and even more broad than where PD-1 and PD-L1s play today.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#45

Okay. Great. What -- in this kind of goes back to some of the earlier conversations you're having on just BD opportunities. I mean this asset, BioNTech partnered it from a company -- a biotech company in China. Again, as you think about the opportunity set in China, I know you guys have been active there as well. But just do you see an increasing number of opportunities coming out of China? And how are you thinking about that in terms of your portfolio?

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#46

Well, China is going to be an incredibly important source of not only business on the commercial side for us, but increasingly, we view it as a key place for R&D. And BioNTech is one example of that. We've obviously had other partnerships with Chinese companies over the years. And we've, like I think many of our peer companies have made significant investments in people on the ground there because one of the things that is very clear is you're not going to be able to really navigate that market and be able to take advantage of the opportunities and you're trying to do it from the East Coast of the United States. So the way we think about China is it's a very dynamic market. It -- I was there 3- or 4-times last year. Every time I went, they came back more impressed with the quality of the science that's coming out. The speed with which programs can move forward there, the biotech market is thriving in China. And so it's an exciting place to be, and we continue to build our presence both on the commercial side, but also mainly on the R&D side.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#47

Great. Maybe just in the last couple of minutes, you could kind of walk us through what you're most excited about here. in terms of upcoming clinical catalysts throughout the balance of the next 6 to 12 months or so?

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#48

Well, look, it's hard to pick your favorite child when you have a really robust set of late-stage assets coming. But I think if you kind of step back and say where we from a therapeutic area standpoint, operating. If you start with oncology, I think we talked about some of those. BNT will continue to see data on 327 starting, as Adam mentioned today. Obviously, we're going to have data on iber and mezi coming out over the next 12 to 18 months. That's going to be important because those are big opportunities in multiple myeloma. While a big piece of that market has moved to IV, there's still a lot of demand for an oral, highly effective product. In fact, I was in the field not long ago, and I heard that from the community setting in the U.S. So that data will be exciting. Neuroscience, clearly, we talked about Cobenfy. We'll start to see data play out in ADP over the next year. But we've invested in 7 new programs, Phase III programs with Cobenfy this year. So that's the first of a string of data readouts that you'll see now to the end of the decade. If you go into immunology, we'll get data on Sotyktu and SLE in children's over the next 12 to 18 months. We will also continue to see data from NEX-T, our NEX-T cell therapy program. There, we are incredibly excited about the data that we're seeing for that program, so we'll see a continuation there. Cardiovascular, I think we've already discussed milvexian and the importance of that data. So really, when you look across the portfolio, we've got a lot of important data readouts that are coming and those are going to be important, as I mentioned at the beginning, for us to look at what the shape of this business is going to look like. But if we execute those programs effectively. Adam continues to deliver on the commercial side of the business, and we continue to be smart about how we're running the company, I feel really good about the potential for us to deliver on the growth expectations that we have as we exit this decade.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#49

Great. Maybe just last quick one on iberdomide. Any thoughts on where FDA stands on MRD and accelerated approval of possibilities?

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#50

Well, obviously, the study that we're running with iber is one that we had reviewed with the FDA. We'll have to see the data, and we'll engage with the FDA, some new players at FDA now. Having said that, we're looking forward to seeing this data and being able to engage with those conversations as the data reads out the way we think it will.

Terence Flynn

Analysts
#51

Great. Well, thank you so much, Chris, Adam. Really appreciate your time.

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#52

Great to be here.

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#53

Thank you.

Christopher Boerner

Executives
#54

Thanks.

Adam Lenkowsky

Executives
#55

Thanks for the questions.

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