We see value in self-commercialisation

At its recent R&D day in New York, PharmaMar flagged endometrial cancer as a likely fourth indication for lurbinectedin (data to be presented at ASCO). It confirmed that it is on track to achieve the key milestones of an approval decision for Aplidin for multiple myeloma in Europe, and Phase III results for lurbinectedin in ovarian cancer this year, with the most likely timing in Q4. The company emphasised its goal of commercialising lurbinectedin itself in the US market, prompting us to adopt self-commercialisation as our base case valuation scenario, which lifts our valuation by 16% to €1.50bn (vs €1.29bn), or €6.75/share (vs €5.79/share).