Profound Medical Announces Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results

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TORONTO, Nov. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Profound Medical Corp. (NASDAQ:PROF; TSX:PRN) (“Profound” or the “Company”), a commercial-stage medical device company that develops and markets customizable, incision-free therapies for the ablation of diseased tissue, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024. Unless specified otherwise, all amounts in this press release are expressed in U.S. dollars and are presented in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

Business Highlights

  • Q3-2024 revenue growth of 64% over Q3-2023.

  • Profound continued to see a wide variety of prostate disease patients treated by its TULSA-PRO? customers in the third quarter of 2024:

    • 64% were treated for prostate cancer only, 28% were hybrid patients suffering from both prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (“BPH”), 6% were salvage, and 2% were men with BPH only;

    • For cancer grade, 7% were GG1, 66% were GG2, 16% were GG3, and 11% were GG4 & GG5;

    • In terms of ablation, 53% were whole gland; 25% were sub-total but more than half the gland; and 22% were hemi-ablations or focal therapy; and

    • For prostate size, 6% were < 20cc; 40% were 20 – 40cc; 33% were 40-60cc; 15% were 60-100cc; and 6% were over 100cc.

  • In September 2024, Profound hosted its second ‘PRO-TALK Live!’ event in Las Vegas with 70 physicians participating, 31 of whom being existing TULSA-PRO? users and the other 39 being potential users. The program featured presentations on TULSA-PRO? and its flexibility to treat the widest variety of prostate disease patients from key opinion leaders who have gained first-hand experience with the technology. In addition, members of Profound’s management team provided clinical, technology and commercial updates, with a focus on the future of TULSA-PRO?. Finally, participants heard from representatives of two leading global medical technology companies, Siemens Healthineers and Cook Medical, who discussed their shared common vision with Profound of creating a total magnetic resonance (MR) solution to support the Modern Treatment Pathway that allows for more accurate and precise prostate disease diagnosis, the TULSA Procedure, and follow-up.

  • In October 2024, the Company announced the appointment of Tom Tamberrino as its new Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Tamberrino has an accomplished history of sales and marketing leadership, business development, executive management and entrepreneurial success, most of which was gained in the U.S. healthcare industry.

  • The ongoing Level 1 CAPTAIN trial comparing the TULSA procedure to radical prostatectomy in men with localized prostate cancer remains on track to complete patient enrollment by the end of this year, and Profound anticipates beginning to report interim data from this post-market study in the first half of 2025.

  • A few days ago, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) final rule (“Final Rule”) for the three new CPT? Category 1 codes and their descriptors covering the TULSA procedure, which will become effective on January 1, 2025. With the Final Rule, TULSA reimbursement was raised to Urology Level 7 Ambulatory Payment Classification (“APC”) from the Urology APC Level 6 proposed in July 2024.

  • The TULSA-PRO? systems installed base now totals 59. In light of the positive reimbursement news, Profound is transitioning from a pure recurring revenue model in the U.S. to a more traditional medtech business model that includes both capital and consumable sales, as well as the sale of service/maintenance contracts.

  • Today, Profound announces the promotion of Mathieu Burtnyk, PhD, from Chief Operating Officer to President to further support growth as the Company transitions to a reimbursement business model. Dr. Burtnyk, along with Rashed Dewan, Profound’s CFO, and Tom Tamberrino, its Chief Commercial Officer, will continue to report to Dr. Menawat.