Prepared remarks
Greetings. Welcome to TG Therapeutics Second Quarter Conference Call. Operator provided instructions. Please note, this conference is being recorded. At this time, I'll turn the conference over to Jenna Bosco, Chief Communications Officer. Thank you. You may begin.
Thank you. Welcome, everyone, and thank you for joining us this morning. I'm Jenna Bosco, and with me to discuss TG Therapeutics' Second Quarter 2026 financial results are Michael Weiss, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Adam Waldman, our Chief Commercial Officer; and Sean Power, our Chief Financial Officer. Following our safe harbor statement, Mike will begin with an overview of our recent corporate developments. Adam will provide an update on our commercial efforts, and Sean will review our financial results before we open the call for Q&A. Before we begin, I would like to remind everyone that today's discussion will include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may include expectations regarding our future operating and financial performance, including sales trends, revenue guidance, projected milestones, development plans and outlook for our marketed products and pipeline products. Please note that these statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that can cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated. These risks are detailed in our SEC filings. Additionally, any forward-looking statements made today reflect our views only as of this date, and we disclaim any obligation to update or revise them. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded and will be available for replay for the next 30 days on our website at www.tgtherapeutics.com. With that, I will turn the call over to Mike Weiss, our CEO.
Thank you, Jenna, and good morning, everyone. We appreciate you joining us. The second quarter of 2026 was another quarter of strong execution. More importantly, it marked an important evolution for TG Therapeutics. For the last several years, we've been singularly focused on one objective, establishing BRIUMVI as a leading therapy in relapsing multiple sclerosis. That remains our highest priority today and will remain so for years to come. But increasingly, BRIUMVI is enabling us to build something much bigger. It really represents the starting line for TG, the starting line for continued innovation from new formulations and new indications to novel therapeutic approaches to thoughtful business development and ultimately, for building an organization capable of repeatedly creating value for patients and shareholders. The second quarter provided a window into where we're headed. From a commercial perspective, we delivered another excellent quarter, once again exceeding our guidance. New patient starts continue to grow, physician adoption expanded and our commercial organization continued to execute at an exceptionally high level. As we approach $1 billion annualized run rate, we continue to believe we're still early in the life cycle of the BRIUMVI franchise. Our objective is straightforward: to become the #1 prescribed anti-CD20 therapy in relapsing MS based on dynamic market share, and we're making meaningful progress toward that goal, not only by continued commercial execution, but also by ongoing product innovation and a growing body of real-world evidence demonstrating the BRIUMVI value proposition. During the quarter, we announced positive topline Phase III results from our ENHANCE study, demonstrating that patients can initiate BRIUMVI with a single 600-milligram infusion, replacing the currently approved day 1 and day 15 initiation schedule. Based on feedback from health care providers, the ability to initiate BRIUMVI with a single infusion will be viewed very positively by both patients and infusion centers. Eliminating the need for an additional infusion visit reduces treatment burden and removes one of the barriers to switching from another anti-CD20 therapy to BRIUMVI. If all goes well, this new initiation schedule could be available as early as the middle of next year. We also reported additional real-world data from our ongoing ENABLE Phase IV study, demonstrating significant and durable improvements in patient-reported outcomes on BRIUMVI. Importantly, patients transitioning from prior anti-CD20 therapies maintained strong disease control while also reporting meaningful improvements in convenience, tolerability and overall treatment satisfaction. While we continue to strengthen our position within the IV anti-CD20 market, we also made significant progress during the quarter advancing subcutaneous ublituximab, the active agent in BRIUMVI. We reported positive Phase I bioavailability data for our proprietary subcutaneous formulation, increasing our confidence in the quarterly dosing schedule that is being evaluated in our fully enrolled Phase III study. We're expecting topline Phase III results around year-end or early next year. And to be clear, subcutaneous BRIUMVI is not simply another formulation. It has the potential to materially expand the reach of the franchise. Today, we participate in the physician-administered segment, representing approximately 60% to 65% of the overall anti-CD20 market. A successful subcutaneous BRIUMVI will allow us to compete for patients who choose a self-administered therapy, giving us the opportunity to participate across the entire anti-CD20 landscape for RMS. When pricing dynamics are considered, the subcutaneous opportunity has the potential to more than double BRIUMVI's current addressable market. And when you combine the strength we're already seeing in the IV franchise with the potential to have a best-in-class subcutaneous product, we continue to believe the long-term opportunity for the BRIUMVI franchise is substantially greater than many appreciate today. Beyond MS, we've begun extending the reach of BRIUMVI into additional autoimmune-mediated diseases. During the quarter, we announced encouraging preliminary Phase I data in patients with myasthenia gravis and initiated what we believe could be a registration-directed Phase II study. There are now multiple treatment options available for MG, but our approach, combining the rapid symptomatic relief of FcRn inhibition with the possibility for durable disease control with BRIUMVI has the potential to represent a meaningful treatment advance by reducing the long-term treatment burden of FcRn inhibition and optimizing disease control. We also initiated a Phase II study in treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Growing evidence suggests that a subset of treatment-resistant patients may have an underlying autoimmune component to their disease. Our study is designed not only to evaluate clinical outcomes, but also to better characterize that biology through biomarker analysis. The current investment is modest, but the potential upside if the biology proves correct could be significant. And we continue to evaluate additional opportunities to expand BRIUMVI. Finally, I'd like to discuss azer-cel, our allogeneic CD19 CAR-T program. We continue to make encouraging progress. We have now enrolled more than 20 patients, primarily with progressive forms of multiple sclerosis and recently expanded the study to include additional B-cell-mediated diseases. While we're focused on generating rigorous clinical evidence before drawing conclusions, we've been encouraged by the continued enthusiasm from investigators, strong patient interest and the anecdotal reports emerging from some study participants. We're looking forward to sharing a clinical update during the second half of the year. When I step back and look at everything we accomplished during the quarter — continued commercial execution, positive ENHANCE data, growing real-world evidence from ENABLE, encouraging progress with subcutaneous BRIUMVI, expansion into myasthenia gravis and schizophrenia and continued advancement of azer-cel — I see a strategy coming to life: one successful product becoming a durable engine for innovation. Our goal isn't simply to build a great product, it's to build an organization that repeatedly creates great products for patients and great opportunities for our shareholders. Before turning the call over to Adam, let me briefly touch on our capital allocation. Our philosophy remains unchanged. We will continue to invest where we believe we can create the greatest long-term value. That means, first and foremost, investing behind BRIUMVI and our commercial efforts, also advancing our pipeline and pursuing strategic business development opportunities that strengthen our long-term vision and generate attractive returns, as well as, when appropriate, continuing to repurchase our own shares. Every capital allocation decision begins with the same question: where can we create the greatest value per dollar invested? That discipline has served us well and will continue to guide us. With that, I'll turn the call over to Adam Waldman, our Chief Commercial Officer. Adam, please go ahead.
Thanks, Mike, and good morning, everyone. I'm delighted to provide a commercial update. Performance was once again very strong. The second quarter was another record quarter of new patient starts, which surpassed our prior record seen in the first quarter. Persistence continues to exceed our expectations. We're adding new prescribers, repeat prescribers continue to increase. And importantly, an increasing percentage of patients are beginning their treatment journey with BRIUMVI rather than switching to us later. We highlighted that trend last quarter as one of the strongest leading indicators of long-term franchise strength. The second quarter reinforced that view. When you combine a growing installed base, record new patient demand, strong persistence and expanding physician adoption, you create a business that becomes more durable and more predictable over time. And that's exactly what we're seeing in our business today with another excellent quarter. We generated approximately $228 million in U.S. BRIUMVI net product revenue with global revenue exceeding $240 million, once again exceeding our guidance. In the U.S., that represented quarter-over-quarter growth of approximately 17% and year-over-year growth of more than 64%. Based on the strength of the business, we're raising our full-year U.S. BRIUMVI net revenue guidance to $890 million to $905 million and now expect approximately $950 million in total global revenue for 2026. Looking to the balance of the year, we expect the fourth quarter to drive second-half growth, positioning us to exit 2026 with quarterly U.S. net revenue exceeding $250 million, our first $1 billion annualized revenue run rate and setting the stage for our first $1 billion-plus U.S. BRIUMVI revenue year in 2027. Building a blockbuster brand in less than four years doesn't happen by accident. It's the result of disciplined execution and relentless focus on the fundamentals that matter most. Over the past several years, we've built a commercial platform designed not simply to launch a product, but to support a long-duration franchise. Our field organization, market access capabilities, patient support services and direct-to-consumer investments continue to make BRIUMVI easier to prescribe, easier to access and easier to remain on. We've also been encouraged by the early response to our direct-to-consumer campaign and plan to expand those efforts during the second half of the year. We believe increasing patient awareness complements the commercial infrastructure we've built and represents another important driver of long-term growth. As the business continues to grow, we're able to leverage that commercial platform across an expanding franchise, creating increasing operating leverage over time. Looking ahead, we see two important opportunities to build on our MS franchise. The first is the new simplified IV initiation schedule supported by the positive ENHANCE Phase III results. If approved, initiating patients with a 600-milligram infusion further enhances an already strong IV offering, and we believe it will fuel additional share gains within the IV marketplace. It reduces complexity for physicians, for infusion centers and most importantly, for patients. The second opportunity is subcutaneous BRIUMVI. Today, approximately 35% to 40% of the dynamic anti-CD20 market consists of patients receiving self-administered therapy, a segment where we don't currently participate. A successful subcutaneous BRIUMVI program would allow us to compete directly in that segment with what we believe could be a highly differentiated product. But the more important point is how we think about these opportunities together. While they are two products, they will represent one franchise powered by the trusted efficacy and safety profile of BRIUMVI that HCPs have already prescribed to more than 30,000 patients globally today. Our goal isn't to ask physicians or patients to choose between IV and subcutaneous. Our goal would be to ensure whichever route of administration best fits an individual patient's need, there's a compelling BRIUMVI option. That allows us to compete across the entire anti-CD20 RMS market with a single trusted brand supported by one commercial organization, one reimbursement infrastructure, one patient support platform and one field team. That's powerful. And it's another example of how the operating leverage of this business continues to improve over time. When you step back and consider the size of the IV market, the portion of the market we'll be able to access with subcutaneous, the trajectory we're seeing today and the commercial infrastructure we've already built, it's easy to see why the long-term opportunity for the BRIUMVI franchise is substantially larger than where it sits today and reinforces our confidence that BRIUMVI has the potential to become the leading therapeutic in this category over time. We're building that opportunity on top of a patent estate extending into the 2040s. That gives us confidence to continue investing in the brand, investing in life-cycle innovation and investing in the commercial platform because we believe those investments will continue generating value for many years to come. So when I look at the business today, I don't see just another strong quarter. I see a commercial franchise that's becoming stronger, expanding its patient base, deepening physician adoption, demonstrating strong persistence and creating increasing operating leverage. That's why we remain confident that we're still in the early innings of realizing BRIUMVI's full potential. With that, I'll turn the call over to Sean.
Thanks, Adam. A lot of what you just heard from Mike and Adam shows up in the financials. Let me take you through the details. U.S. net product revenue in Q2 was approximately $228 million, up 64% versus the same quarter last year. Total net product revenue was $236 million when including product sales to our ex-U.S. partner. Add in $4.5 million of license, royalty and other revenue and total revenue for the quarter was $240 million. In terms of margins, the gross margin of our U.S. business remains remarkably consistent and predictable at approximately 87%. When factoring in sales to our ex-U.S. partner and other revenue sources, total gross margin landed at 83% for the quarter, in line with our expectations. On the expense side, OpEx, which we define as R&D and SG&A, excluding stock-based compensation, was approximately $150 million for the quarter, including roughly $55 million of charges associated with subcutaneous and secondary source manufacturing activities. Excluding those, underlying OpEx was about $95 million, consistent with our expectations and down from Q1. As a reminder, our 2026 OpEx projections include approximately $100 million for these manufacturing activities. We call those costs out separately because they are expensed through R&D as incurred. And while not all of it converts to saleable inventory, a meaningful portion does, which would represent a gross margin tailwind in future periods if the programs are successful. The result was operating income of $21.7 million for the quarter and net income of $7.8 million or $0.05 per diluted share. Excluding the manufacturing charges I referenced earlier, operating income would have been approximately $76 million, a meaningful step-up from both Q1 and the prior year period. On the same basis, net income comes to approximately $62 million, and that's the number we'd point you to as the better reflection of our underlying earnings power. Turning to the balance sheet, we ended the quarter with approximately $612 million in cash, cash equivalents and investment securities. On revenue guidance, U.S. BRIUMVI net revenue through the first half was approximately $423 million, on track for our full-year target of $890 million to $905 million. Total revenue of approximately $445 million puts us equally well positioned against our $950 million full-year global target. In terms of expenses, we expect full-year OpEx of $350 million to $400 million, excluding stock-based compensation, reflecting continued investment in our commercial organization and expanded direct-to-consumer efforts. On top of that, we expect approximately $100 million for the manufacturing-related expenses I referenced earlier. All in, it was another strong quarter financially. And as Mike and Adam have laid out, we believe the best is still ahead of us. With that, I'll now turn the call back over to the conference operator to begin the Q&A.
Questions and answers
Operator provided instructions. And our first question today comes from the line of Tara Bancroft with TD Cowen.
This is Greg Torres on for Tara. So as you evaluate the long-term opportunity for subcutaneous BRIUMVI, how different are your peak sales assumptions under a quarterly dosing regimen versus a more frequent every two-month regimen?
Thanks for the question. Adam, do you want to take that one?
Yes. Thanks for the question, Greg. We haven't given specific guidance on that in terms of revenue. But in general, we do think a less frequent dose is going to be better than a more frequent dose.
The next question is from the line of Prakhar Agrawal with Cantor Fitzgerald.
Congrats on the quarter. Maybe firstly, on the subcutaneous BRIUMVI, since this would be a Part D product, just curious how you'll approach the pricing here and contracting compared to KESIMPTA since you could have a quarterly regimen here? And any sort of initial comments on how do you think the uptake will be given the brand familiarity here? And maybe just a couple of clarifications. On the OpEx increase, can you elaborate on how much of that is driven by R&D given some of the pipeline investments versus SG&A? And then a clarification on the BRIUMVI sales that you provide to Neuraxpharm ex-U.S. seems like a meaningful increase of $25 million for the guide. Are there some one-offs here to Neuraxpharm for this year for ex-U.S. buildup? Or are you expecting more meaningful royalty contribution from ex-U.S. given this increase in ex-U.S. supply? And just to clarify if the sales to Neuraxpharm is done at a cost plus some markup on the revenue line item.
Prakhar, thank you for that five-part question. We'll try to break that down. Adam, do you want to start us off with some thoughts on subcutaneous Part D pricing and contracting and potential uptake?
Sure. Thanks for the question, Prakhar. On the subcutaneous side, we're not going to talk about pricing yet. We still have a little bit of time here. We'll do the work that we need to do. But we do think we can price it competitively in the market, and we'll take into account all the different factors you need to take into account. As far as uptake, we feel really good about the profile of the drug. We think the uptake will be strong. We continue to do market research, and we'll continue to do more as we get closer to launch. But the profile that we have in mind, we think we'll do quite well in this space.
Yes. I'll just layer on top of that. Adam and the team are doing proper market research. I do my own work when I go out in the field. I've been out in the field probably six or seven days in the last 21 days, meeting with clinicians at primarily academic, large academic centers. And I can tell you the enthusiasm and excitement for the subcutaneous product is pretty incredible, actually, pretty impressive. Particularly, it's really interesting: most of the people have heard about what we're doing. The experienced teams have been out there and they see the data. But the people who haven't yet realized that we're targeting a quarterly product that's in an auto-injector, their eyes light up. They were thinking you can't do this kind of thing with taking an IV to a subcutaneous formulation, and it's really interesting to see how excited they get. So like I said, Adam is doing the market research on the uptake properly. But I can tell you, anecdotally, in the field when I talk to folks, they're pretty enthusiastic about it. And I'll layer on top of that, they're also super excited about the enhancements through the consolidated dosing. I think that's something that's also going to be pretty interesting in how that impacts the uptake next year. All right. The part two of your question, OpEx drivers and the slight guidance increase on OpEx for the year. Sean, do you want to take a crack at the distribution there between R&D and SG&A? And Prakhar, to your point, yes, we've expanded R&D, but we've also — I'll add — Adam and his team have done a really nice job piloting some direct-to-consumer campaigns. I think we're going to lean into some of that, both on the commercial side and online. So I think you'll see some of that showing up. But Sean, maybe what else can you add to that?
Yes. I think you covered it on the SG&A side, Mike. And of course, Prakhar, as you know, we call out the $100 million in subcutaneous manufacturing, secondary source manufacturing costs as well. So we factored that into overall guidance as well. But I think the combination of those two things should cover it. I think your last question was on Neuraxpharm ex-U.S. revenue for the rest of the year. So we do model in some continued product revenue, as you noted, that we've seen throughout the first half of the year. And then there is some other, of course, license and milestone-related revenue that we model in for the remainder of the year, which drives that overall global revenue guide.
Yes, I'll just layer on top. They are moving along pretty well on driving revenues, and so royalties are picking up a bit. But yes, in the second half, it's probably more related to milestones and other payments.
The next questions are from the line of Michael DiFiore with Evercore ISI.
Two for me. Roche recently said that anti-CD20 competition was running above expectations and moved OCREVUS growth to the low end of its range. Are you seeing acceleration in BRIUMVI's share gains? And is that coming more from OCREVUS switches or treatment-naive starts? And my second question is related to the schizophrenia study. What result would you consider strong enough to justify a larger randomized study?
Sure. Thanks. So Adam, maybe you can take the Roche anti-CD20 competitive issues that they're facing in the marketplace, which I assume was referring to us. Adam, do you want to take that, and I'll take the schizophrenia question second?
Sure. Thanks for the question. This is certainly a competitive market space, and we've competed alongside the new product from Roche for several quarters, and we continue to grow our new patient business — two record quarters in a row. So we continue to grow despite the increased competition. In terms of where we're seeing it, we're seeing it from both switches from OCREVUS and treatment-naive patients. The growth in naive patients reflects increasing physicians' confidence in the brand and starting with BRIUMVI, which we see as an important indicator of long-term share growth and confidence in the brand. And then importantly, from switching from OCREVUS, we do know they have encouraged switches from their IV version to their subcutaneous version. But despite that, we're still continuing to see strength in patients switching from OCREVUS to BRIUMVI. We do see a lot of their business coming from that switching as opposed to solely from BRIUMVI itself.
Thank you, Adam. In terms of schizophrenia and the results that we would like to see to move on to Phase III: the study is designed as a Fleming two-stage design. We assumed a certain historical placebo response rate derived from the literature and set a target response rate that would be consistent with a drug effect. The design compares those two in two steps to see if we can meet the hurdle. If we reach the predefined responder rate, which is set against the historical placebo rate, we'd be pretty confident to move forward. If we're below that, we'll look at the data and consider biomarkers, which might be helpful to identify a subgroup. If biomarkers suggest a predictive subgroup, we could rerun a smaller Fleming two-stage design focused on that subgroup to confirm. This design can move quickly, provide robust preliminary information and give us an opportunity to proceed efficiently. The main driver will be the observed response rate in the broader population we're studying; biomarkers are supportive but the response rate will be key.
The next questions are from the line of Emily Bodnar with H.C. Wainwright.
I have two questions. It looks like in the second quarter, a majority of growth in the MS market is coming from the subcutaneous side. How do you see the IV market growing past that point as you advance and eventually commercialize BRIUMVI-based subcutaneous? And secondly, you mentioned you started some new indications for the azer-cel trial besides MS. Can you clarify which those are?
Our plan is to give people a choice by having an option in both markets. We believe these are fundamentally two different markets: a physician-administered market and a self-administered market. Today, we compete in the IV space and the subcutaneous will provide us the opportunity to expand into the self-administered market. That will substantially increase our market. Strategically, we think about it as one BRIUMVI franchise. Different patients will have different preferences for route of administration, but our objective is to have a compelling BRIUMVI option regardless of which approach best fits individual patients, which allows us to compete across the entire RMS space with one trusted brand and all the supporting infrastructure. We think that's a significant competitive advantage for the franchise overall.
I'll add that we are fully committed to supporting our IV brand as we move forward. Creating a subcutaneous option is about patient empowerment and choice. We want to show up where patients want to be and make sure everyone has a BRIUMVI option. Subcutaneous distribution does oscillate quarter to quarter — sometimes it's 30%, sometimes it's 35% — and we don't yet know how it will evolve over time. But either way, we want to be prepared so patients have a choice. As for the azer-cel question, we expanded the study into relapsing MS, myasthenia gravis (MG), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO).
The next question is from the line of Brian Cheng with JPMorgan.
Congrats on the quarter. Can you give us more color around your updated U.S. net product revenue guidance? How is the raise reflective of your latest thinking of the IV uptick for the rest of the year? And then secondly, on myasthenia gravis, how are you thinking about the opportunity based on the post-induction setting you're aiming for in the trial? What patient characteristics do you expect to capture that may differentiate you from other historical MG trials?
Thank you. Adam, do you want to take a crack at the first part of that question on the guidance?
First, we're excited about the second half of the year and raising our annual guidance again for the second time this year. The best way to think about the second half is how we outlined it in our prepared remarks: we continue to expect the fourth quarter to be the driver of second-half growth. We've raised the annual guidance based on the strength we've seen in the first half with the fundamentals: record new patient starts, excellent persistence and continued physician expansion. All of that gives us confidence to raise guidance and we feel good about the full-year trajectory.
I'll add that during the course of the year we've already raised our guidance by roughly $75 million-plus. We're focused on driving toward an exit velocity that's at a $1 billion annualized run rate, which we think is impressive. Regarding MG, it is a better-served marketplace than it was historically, but current treatment approaches can still be cumbersome. Typically, patients get rapid symptomatic relief from FcRn inhibitors but then require repeated treatments, which can be intensive. Our approach is to leverage rapid symptomatic relief with FcRn inhibition and layer in durable disease control with BRIUMVI, potentially reducing long-term treatment burden. If we can get patients into symptomatic remission quickly and then maintain that with less frequent dosing, including a quarterly option, that could meaningfully simplify treatment burden and be attractive to patients.
The next question is from the line of William Wood with B. Riley Securities.
Congrats on a very nice quarter. When thinking about the second half and the year-end guidance, your fourth quarter or your $1 billion exit run rate implies a fourth quarter of around $250 million, which leaves the third quarter relatively flat. How should we think about what may be driving that third-quarter flatness — seasonality, gross-to-net, or potential channel changes? And then looking beyond year-end into 2027, how should we think about the growth trajectory into 2027 and where TG should be most focused: BRIUMVI IV or the addition of subcutaneous coming to market?
I'll lead with the second half of your question. We haven't provided guidance for 2027 yet; we'll do that early next year as in prior years. We're feeling good about our trajectory. Next year, ideally we'll have ENHANCE with the consolidated dosing, which should provide another growth expansion. Then subcutaneous is a much larger opportunity: it could be comparable to or larger than the current market we serve. We're not even close to saturation of our current market share in IV, so 2027 could be an exciting year for us. If subcutaneous launches mid-year, we could see interesting share gains; by 2028, subcutaneous could be a much bigger change. We're optimistic but won't provide guidance for 2027 yet.
As we've discussed before, each quarter has unique dynamics and Q3 has some seasonal dynamics at play across the MS market. It's too early to know exactly how the quarters will land. We have greater visibility and confidence in the second half in aggregate, which is why we felt comfortable raising the full-year guidance. How it plays out between Q3 and Q4 isn't our primary focus; we're more focused on the full-year result. As reiterated, we expect fourth quarter to be the driver of second-half growth.
The next question is from the line of Cha Cha Yang with Jefferies.
This is Cha Cha on for Roger. Congrats on another great quarter. Two questions: first, can you speak more to your plans for your direct-to-consumer campaign expansion and what we can expect to see going forward? And second, you talked about persistence being longer than you expected — can you talk more about what's driving that?
Thanks for the question, Cha Cha. The response to the direct-to-consumer activities we've run so far has been positive. Leading indicators have trended in the right direction, which gives us confidence to expand. You can expect a more omnichannel presence across digital, linear television, connected television, social channels and a full complement of assets in market. As for persistence, we continue to see very good persistence and it's better than we expected. We believe these patterns are driven by the fact that when patients do well on therapy, they stay on therapy. It's a sign of confidence in BRIUMVI. We're still relatively early in the life cycle of the brand, but so far the persistence trends are very encouraging.
Our next question is from the line of Prakhar Agrawal with Cantor Fitzgerald.
I have a couple more questions. First, can you comment on gross-to-net for the quarter? I think you previously said mid-60s percent. How did it track relative to your expectations, and how should we think about gross-to-net for the rest of the year? Second, given the predictability around cash flows and meaningful cash flow starting next year, what's the appetite for doing something meaningful on the business development front? Are you looking at larger deals or more at earlier-stage opportunities?
Gross-to-net is basically unchanged from what we previously indicated. We had predicted it to be in the mid-60s, and that prediction remains accurate.
On the business development side: our goal is to maximize shareholder value. As I said in our discussion on capital allocation, we continually ask: what is the best use of our capital? I'm one of the largest shareholders, so I care deeply about how we invest. We believe we have predictable and growing cash flow and patents extending into the mid-2040s, so we think the durability of the franchise is greater than many models assume. We're going to continue looking for opportunities that create value without overly stressing our balance sheet. We're not actively pursuing large-scale consolidation deals. Instead, we're focused on single assets or smaller opportunities that complement BRIUMVI and azer-cel — for example, assets that address the same therapeutic areas where those products could be applied. The inbound opportunity set is robust and we'll continue to evaluate deals that create long-term shareholder value.
At this time, we've reached the end of our question-and-answer session. I'll hand the floor back to Mike Weiss for closing comments.
Great. Thank you, and thanks, everyone, for joining us. Just a quick summary on the second-quarter progress. We had another really strong quarter. We generated positive Phase III data from the ENHANCE trial. We advanced our subcutaneous BRIUMVI toward a pivotal readout later this year or early next. We expanded BRIUMVI into new autoimmune-mediated diseases. We continue to advance azer-cel. And as you heard from Adam, we raised our guidance to $890 million to $905 million in the U.S. alone and globally approaching $950 million. We continue to see BRIUMVI as a multibillion-dollar franchise in the making. Creating value for our shareholders is our top priority, and BRIUMVI becomes the lead of everything that we focus on as the beginning of what we're building. Finally, I want to thank our shareholders for their continued support, our employees for their commitment to our mission and the patients who we serve and the health care professionals who continue to place their trust in us. We take that really seriously. Thanks again for joining us, and have a great day.
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