NASDAQ:ACHV Achieve Life Sciences Q2 2025 Earnings Report $7.54 -0.29 (-3.70%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$7.82 +0.28 (+3.74%) As of 07:55 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. ProfileEarnings HistoryForecast Achieve Life Sciences EPS ResultsActual EPS-$0.37Consensus EPS -$0.37Beat/MissMet ExpectationsOne Year Ago EPSN/AAchieve Life Sciences Revenue ResultsActual RevenueN/AExpected RevenueN/ABeat/MissN/AYoY Revenue GrowthN/AAchieve Life Sciences Announcement DetailsQuarterQ2 2025Date8/7/2025TimeBefore Market OpensConference Call DateThursday, August 7, 2025Conference Call Time8:30AM ETUpcoming EarningsAchieve Life Sciences' Q3 2026 earnings is estimated for Thursday, November 5, 2026, based on past reporting schedules, with a conference call scheduled at 8:30 AM ET. Check back for transcripts, audio, and key financial metrics as they become available.Conference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptPress Release (8-K)Quarterly Report (10-Q)Earnings HistoryCompany ProfilePowered by Achieve Life Sciences Q2 2025 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrAugust 7, 2025ShareShareShare This ReportLink copied to clipboard.Key Takeaways Positive Sentiment: Achieve reached three key milestones this quarter: submission of its cytisinicline NDA, a strategic commercial partnership with Omnicom, and a $49 million capital raise. Positive Sentiment: The NDA for cytisinicline is supported by data from over 2,000 participants and includes long-term safety results from more than 100 subjects with one-year exposure. Neutral Sentiment: Achieve expects the FDA to accept the NDA in mid-September, triggering a PDUFA date and setting the potential for cytisinicline approval and a late-2026 launch. Positive Sentiment: Interim ORCA-OL survey results show 98% of respondents felt cytisinicline helped them quit or reduce dependence and 99% would recommend it, with manageable side effects. Positive Sentiment: The $49 million financing boosts Achieve’s cash runway into 2026, supporting regulatory and pre-commercial activities while maintaining disciplined spending. AI Generated. May Contain Errors.Conference Call Audio Live Call not available Earnings Conference CallAchieve Life Sciences Q2 202500:00 / 00:00Speed:1x1.25x1.5x2xThere are 8 speakers on the call. Speaker 600:00:00Greetings and welcome to the Achieve Life Sciences second quarter 2025 earnings conference call and webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Nicole Jones, Achieve Investor Relations. Thank you. You may begin. Speaker 300:00:26Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. From Achieve Life Sciences, we are joined by Rick Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Cindy Jacobs, President and Chief Medical Officer, Jaime Xinos, Chief Commercial Officer, and Mark Oki, Chief Financial Officer. The management team will be available for Q&A following the prepared remarks. A replay will be available later today using the information in the earnings press release or by visiting the Achieve website. Today's conference call will contain certain forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the goals, strategies, beliefs, expectations, and future potential operating results of Achieve. Although management believes these statements are reasonable based on estimates, assumptions, and projections as of today, these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Time-sensitive information may no longer be accurate at the time of any telephonic or webcast replay. Speaker 300:01:23Actual results may differ materially as a result of risk, uncertainties, and other factors, including, but not limited to, the factors set forth in the company's filings with the SEC. Achieve undertakes no obligation to update or revise any of these forward-looking statements. Please refer to Achieve documents available on our website and filed with the SEC concerning factors that could affect the company. I'll now turn the call over to Rick. Speaker 400:01:50Thank you, Nicole, and good morning, everyone. We appreciate your time and participation in today's call. This quarter marks a defining moment in Achieve Life Sciences' progress toward the first new treatment for nicotine dependence in nearly 20 years. We achieved three transformative milestones. Firstly, the successful submission of our New Drug Application for cytisinicline as a treatment for nicotine dependence for smoking cessation to the FDA. Secondly, a strategic commercial partnership with the exceptional team at Omnicom. Thirdly, a $49 million capital raise that positions us to reach critical value inflection points in 2026, including potential product approval. The NDA submission starts the regulatory clock, and the PDUFA date will be defined on NDA acceptance, which we expect in mid-September. Speaker 400:02:55This is an exciting moment for Achieve Life Sciences after years of dedication to bring cytisinicline to FDA review and for patients and physicians who currently lack adequate tools to successfully quit. The opportunity to collaborate with Omnicom, a world-recognized leader in healthcare marketing, advertising, and technology, positions Achieve Life Sciences to quickly scale and leverage external expertise and infrastructure to execute our commercial launch strategy. Omnicom's deep experience and proven success with pharma and biotech clients include successfully executing more than 100 product launches and new indications over the last three years. Finally, we're profoundly grateful to our stockholders whose continued investment support reflects an unwavering belief in our potential to create meaningful change in public health. The market opportunity is huge. Twenty-nine million Americans smoke. Every year, more than 15 million try to quit with poor success rates. Speaker 400:04:07The narrative needs to change to recognize nicotine dependence as a medical condition, much like how the GLP-1s did for obesity. Patients and physicians currently lack adequate tools to be successful. For nearly a generation, innovation has stood still in nicotine dependence for smoking cessation, leaving patients frustrated, providers powerless, and public health carrying the burden of over $600 billion in annual costs in the U.S. Historically, individuals seeking to quit smoking have faced limited options, and we aim to change this. As we move forward, we will work with the FDA through the review process, and should we receive approval, be prepared to launch cytisinicline in late 2026. Before the team dives into the details, I want to express our gratitude to those who have been instrumental in supporting our progress. Firstly, the patients and physicians who participated in our clinical program, their engagement and commitment has been invaluable. Speaker 400:05:21Secondly, our entire Achieve team for their dedication in delivering the NDA submission on time through a significant company-wide effort. Thirdly, our investors for their continued support, guidance, and belief in our mission. On today's call, Cindy will update you on regulatory timelines and progress on the ORCA-OL study. Jaime will provide an update on our commercial planning, and Mark will conclude the details on the recent financing and current cash runway. In short, our three announcements this quarter demonstrate that we are advancing confidently on three fronts: regulatory, commercial, and financial. Our path is clear, and we are committed to executing it to the fullest. With that, I'll turn it over to Cindy. Speaker 500:06:18Thank you, Rick. Our regulatory accomplishment with the NDA submission during the second quarter was the result of years of focused development work. As Rick just mentioned, in June, we officially submitted our NDA for cytisinicline as a treatment for nicotine dependence to achieve smoking cessation as our first indication. This is a comprehensive and well-supported application incorporating non-clinical data and manufacturing information, as well as the clinical trial results from two well-controlled Phase 3 studies, ORCA-2 and ORCA-3, along with the long-term safety exposure data from our ORCA-OL clinical trial. The NDA submission is supported by data from over 2,000 clinical trial participants, providing a comprehensive foundation and characterizing cytisinicline efficacy, safety, and tolerability. Regarding tolerability, and as requested by the FDA, we included long-term exposure safety results in over 300 participants who had completed at least six months of cumulative cytisinicline treatment. Speaker 500:07:40Also important to highlight this last quarter was reaching the second major milestone of the FDA's request for having over 100 participants completing one year of cumulative cytisinicline treatment before approval. This safety data will be submitted in the standard 120-day safety update during the NDA review period. Meeting both critical thresholds for safety exposure data on schedule is essential in completing the NDA submission and for the FDA's review toward market approval. As of the end of July, 290 participants have completed one year of cytisinicline treatment in the OL study, and the last participant is projected to complete treatment by early October. We are also in the process of collecting exit survey responses from participants when they complete the OL study, and so far we have survey responses from 40% of the 290. Speaker 500:08:46These responses and their comments have been encouraging as to the impact cytisinicline has had on them and potentially could have on the lives of other people battling nicotine dependence. For example, 98% of the survey respondents stated they believe cytisinicline contributed to their ability to either stop or reduce their nicotine dependence, citing fewer cravings and less intense withdrawal symptoms compared to their previous quit attempts and with very few or manageable side effects. Impressively, 99% stated they would recommend cytisinicline to a friend or family member. Many also expressed their gratitude with specific comments, highlighting their extensive battle with nicotine for decades and that they finally feel that they have won. Speaker 500:09:41Although the final study results from this ORCA-OL study are not required by FDA for market approval of cytisinicline, we plan on completing all trial activities to lock the final study database by the end of this year, and we will look for future opportunities to publish and present the completed trial results in 2026. As we look ahead in the next few months, we expect to receive the Day 74 acceptance letter from FDA in September, and we will be submitting our 120-day safety update documents and data sets in October. The Day 74 acceptance letter will also indicate that the New Drug Application submission has been accepted for review and give target completion review dates, which will begin the official countdown to a potential approval decision. Now I'll turn the call over to Jaime to share more about our commercial launch preparations. Speaker 300:10:44Thank you, Cindy, and good morning, everyone. This quarter, we made meaningful progress toward executing our core commercial objective: delivering cytisinicline to patients who are ready to quit using the most advanced tools and strategies available. Over the next several months, we will be building our brand, driving stakeholder engagement, and finalizing our go-to-market activities in preparation for potential launch in 2026. Our path to launch is on track and full of momentum, as evidenced by the selection of Omnicom to provide a diverse range of critical launch capabilities. Our partnership brings together seven specialized Omnicom agencies operating as a single unified team across brand development, provider and patient initiatives, market access, public relations, media, and marketing technology. This partnership gives us access to the scale, speed, and capabilities of a much larger organization and allows us to maintain a lean internal team who will lead key functional areas. Speaker 300:11:44This collaboration also supports our commitment to a modern, data-driven approach to launch. We are building and will leverage a proprietary AI-enabled commercial platform and tool that will enable precision, agility, and measurable outcomes to support smarter decision-making across the entire organization. From targeting and engagement to performance optimization, our tech-focused strategy will help us to reduce cost, mitigate risk, and remain highly adaptive to real-world signals. Our strategy is intentional, insight-led, and focused on driving both commercial value and improved patient outcomes. As we look ahead to a potential launch in 2026, we are confident in our ability to execute efficiently, scale effectively, and deliver long-term value for patients, providers, and shareholders alike. Our launch readiness efforts are anchored in three strategic imperatives: availability, access, and awareness, all underpinned by a commitment to measurable impact to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of our investments. Speaker 300:12:51I'll provide a brief update on our recent progress and near-term priorities across each of these pillars. Starting with availability, this work stream encompasses trade and distribution activities to ensure product readiness at launch. We've made meaningful progress in this area, supported by external expert consultants and now guided by an internal Achieve lead. We've contracted with a leading third-party logistics provider, Fourth 3PL, named in our NDA, and plan to begin implementation in the fourth quarter. Our home state licensing application has been submitted, and once accepted, we'll trigger the sequential submission of additional state applications. Following a comprehensive evaluation, we have shortlisted potential partners for specialty light distribution services. We believe this capability will be especially important in the early phase of launch to help ensure that prescriptions written are prescriptions filled. On the access front, we built a strong foundation and are now accelerating our efforts. Speaker 300:13:55Our new Vice President of Market Access has joined the team, and we've engaged a best-in-class access agency to expand upon the foundational work we've already completed, including extensive payer research and market assessments to ensure the value of cytisinicline is clearly reflected in our pricing, contracting, and coverage strategies. Our key priorities in the coming quarter include finalizing our pricing strategy, refining our value message, and completing payer segmentation and communication plans. We anticipate beginning the pre-approval information exchange with payers in Q4, with outsourced account managers beginning field work in Q1 of next year. We are laser-focused on clearly defining and communicating the differentiated value of cytisinicline, backed by rigorous clinical evidence to support favorable coverage decisions. Early engagement with payers is critical to building the relationships and understanding required to enable rapid access following approval. Securing access and insurance coverage for our patients is a top priority. Speaker 300:15:02Turning to awareness, our efforts are focused on building product-specific awareness and establishing Achieve Life Sciences' reputation as a trusted, science-driven partner. Unlike therapeutic categories that require broad disease education, the need in smoking cessation is well understood. Our strategy centers on reframing nicotine dependence as a medical condition, not a lifestyle choice, and one that warrants the use of effective and well-tolerated treatments like cytisinicline. We are taking a focused, data-driven approach, engaging two high-impact audiences: motivated patients who are ready to quit and most likely to succeed with cytisinicline, and healthcare providers who are already prescribing high volumes of smoking cessation therapies. Our goal is to activate these patients to initiate conversations with their providers and ensure those providers are informed, equipped, and ready to prescribe. Speaker 300:15:58To support this strategy, we are now triangulating multiple data sources, including prescribing patterns, patient behavioral signals, and public health data sets to identify and prioritize the highest impact targets. In parallel, we're developing advanced analytics and machine learning capabilities that will continuously evaluate and optimize how we reach and convert these targets. This includes building dynamic audience models and segmentation strategies that allow us to personalize messaging based on where both patients and providers are in their decision-making journey. Whether it's raising initial awareness, addressing clinical questions, or prompting action, our content and channels will be designed to meet each stakeholder with the right message at the right time. This precision-targeted approach not only enhances effectiveness, it also improves efficiency and return on investment, ensuring that every dollar spent contributes to measurable outcomes and long-term value creation. Speaker 300:17:02As we look ahead, we are energized by the opportunity in front of us. We know that launching a drug, especially as a small company and for the first time, is often seen as a high-risk endeavor. We are not doing this alone. We have built deep strategic relationships with experienced partners, including Omnicom and others, who are not just vendors but believers in our mission and co-architects of our path forward. These partners bring a wealth of experience across every critical function, and they are fully aligned with our vision for cytisinicline to become a powerful, life-changing option for the millions of people still struggling with nicotine dependence. Their investment in our success, both operationally and philosophically, adds strength, stability, and confidence as we move toward launch. Speaker 300:17:55We are guided by data, driven by purpose, and supported by a team, both internal and external, that is all in on delivering something truly transformative. The work ahead is substantial, but our focus is clear. We believe cytisinicline can change the way the world approaches smoking cessation, and we are ready to lead that change. I'll now turn the call over to Mark to review the financials. Speaker 200:18:23Thanks, Jaime. We're excited to have closed the second quarter with a strengthened balance sheet following the successful completion of a $45 million underwritten public offering in June. Just last week, the underwriters partially exercised their overall allotment option, generating additional gross proceeds of $4.3 million to the company. The offering included common stock and warrants and was met with strong support from current shareholders, as well as new institutional and retail investors. As of June 30, 2025, we had cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaling $55.4 million. These funds are expected to support operations into the second half of 2026. Total operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, were $12.6 million and $25.5 million, respectively, consistent with our expectations as we increased investment in regulatory, quality, and pre-commercial planning. Speaker 200:19:26With respect to net loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, it was $12.7 million and $25.5 million, respectively. Our funding strategy has always been designed to support our highest priorities, and with this recent capital raise, we believe we are well positioned to execute our regulatory and early commercial initiatives while remaining committed to financial discipline. With that, I'll turn the call to Rick for closing remarks. Speaker 400:19:55Thank you, Mark. This past quarter has been a defining one for Achieve Life Sciences. We delivered three separate milestones with more to come in the next 12 months as we anticipate product approval and launch. In the near term, we expect to receive the FDA's Day 74 NDA acceptance letter in mid-September. We'll add the 100-plus paid subjects with one year's exposure from the ORCA-OL open-label safety study at the 120-day safety update, and we'll accelerate our commercial launch preparation. Achieve Life Sciences is disciplined in executing its strategy with a clear focus on financial prudency, on executing a clear regulatory strategy with the FDA, and also optimizing its product launch capabilities by collaborating with Omnicom and other external partners who are recognized leaders in the space. Speaker 400:20:55These accomplishments are the result of extraordinary determination by Achieve Life Sciences' dedicated team who've worked tirelessly to bring this vision to life, and by the over 2,000 patients who enrolled in our trials, committing to quit smoking and vaping in pursuit of better health and lifestyle. We are confident that our focused efforts will have a meaningful impact on patients and create long-term value for all stockholders. Again, thank you for your time, and we look forward to updating you on our continued progress in the coming quarters. With that, operator, we're now ready for Q&A. Speaker 600:21:37Thank you. At this time, we'll conduct our question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate that your line is in the question queue. You may press the star key followed by the number two if you would like to remove your question from the queue. For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing the star keys. One moment, please, while we pull for questions. Our first question comes from Thomas Flatten with Lake Street Capital. Please hear your question. Operator00:22:20Good morning, everyone. Thanks for taking the questions. Cindy, just a quick one for you, just to confirm. In the 120-day safety update, will you submit only 100 patients or the full 290 that you now have access to? Speaker 500:22:34We'll be submitting all of the subjects at the time of the database cut that occurred in June. It'll be more than 100, but not exactly the 290 or over the 200 that we have right now. Operator00:22:50Got it. Rick, you mentioned launch in late 2026. If we assume an approval in late June, how should we think about your ramp in commercial spending ahead of launch? Is it going to be completely approval-dependent, or will you begin ramping that spend, let's say, first half of next year? Speaker 400:23:12Yeah, it'll be incremental. We have to invest in the pre-commercial activities prior to the approval. I think you'll see an increase over the coming quarters. As soon as we reach approval, you'll see an increase. I think the key message here is that we keep a very disciplined approach to that commercial investment. Again, I think you'll look at this. Once we've got the NDA acceptance, you'll start to see a ramp-up, but not excessive. Operator00:23:50One final one if I may for Jaime. I might be getting ahead of the pricing work you're already doing, but are you assuming that a premium price relative to the generic Chantix will be available to you, or should we be thinking about something closer to the generic pricing that we see today? Speaker 300:24:09Thank you for the question. We would view this as a branded product at a premium price. I think that resonates based on the profile and what we are able to differentiate versus the current options. That's what we've been going in and having discussions with payers about. They aren't in disagreement with that. Operator00:24:29Excellent. I appreciate you taking the questions. Thank you. Speaker 600:24:33Your next question comes from John Vandermussen with Zacks. Please state your question. Operator00:24:39Great. Thank you guys for taking my question. I had a question for Jaime on just the initial contact method for reaching out to providers. I think you, in the presentation, you'd mentioned email and social. Perhaps you can walk us through all those initial contact methods and then, I guess, the flowchart based on the response, how you'd move to different levels in communicating with everyone. Speaker 300:25:05Thank you for the question. I think that's still yet to be determined because, as we've noted in a lot of our conversations, we really want to identify the individual needs of the physicians that we are targeting and meet them where they are. I think there are obviously opportunities for engagement across all of those channels that you mentioned, such as social and email, putting reps where it is appropriate, where they can get strong access and where they need to have those conversations in person. Virtual reps as well will be another option that we'll be looking at. Again, it's really going to depend on what we define further through our targeting exercise as where they want to have those engagements with pharma. Operator00:25:48Okay, thank you. Speaker 300:25:51You bet. Thank you. Speaker 600:25:54Your next question comes from Gary Nachman with Raymond James. Please state your question. Speaker 700:26:01Good morning, and congrats on all the progress. Back to the full safety data for the 290 patients at 12 months. Any commentary just on the overall safety profile if it was consistent with the six-month data? How will you be releasing that, assuming after you provide the updated safety data to the FDA at 120 days? Are there any communications with the FDA prior to the Day 74 acceptance letter, or is that the first time that you hear back from them? I'm going to have a follow-up. Speaker 500:26:36Sure. For the 120 safety day update, we will be submitting it in October. The data currently right now, and we've obviously made this public, has been reviewed by the Data Safety Monitoring Committee throughout this process. There's been no different or unique safety signals that have been seen. It is consistent with what we would expect at six months in one year. The next, I think, question was, sorry, what was the second question? Speaker 700:27:19In terms of your communications with the FDA at the Day 74 acceptance letter, is that the next time you hear from them, or is there any back and forth prior to that? Speaker 500:27:32Normally, at this time, there's back and forth with the FDA, and that's what we're experiencing, that's what's happening. It's all normal procedures in that regard. They're contacting us, asking where various things are. We're very responsive, letting them know where they are in the NDA. It is a back-and-forth process, and it's normal. Speaker 700:27:56Okay. Any chance for a priority review, or I guess you're anticipating a standard review? That's the most likely scenario? Speaker 500:28:04At this point, we are. However, you know, we're always hopeful for a priority review. We have requested it. Also, there is the new commissioner's national priority voucher that they just published a couple of weeks ago, how to kind of request it. We have requested it. We don't view that as a likely possibility, but in all of our interactions, we are trying as best as we can to highlight this submission and NDA review process for priority as best as we can. Speaker 700:28:48Okay, great. Jaime, regarding the Omnicom partnership, any specific work that you're doing together right now in the early days while you wait for the approval, or certainly until you have better visibility on timelines, does it make sense to do any unbranded marketing to physicians to get them comfortable? Obviously, they know the unmet need in nicotine dependence, but you want to reframe the message. What are you doing on that front to position you better for the launch? Speaker 300:29:27Yeah, I'll start with the first part of that question. We have engaged all seven of our agencies and are fully operational with various work streams that we view as high-priority activities that need to be conducted now to better inform what we need to do at launch and how we will deploy resources going forward. Across all of the functional areas that I mentioned on the call, as well as I think in the press release, we have teams who are activated. We are also working very aggressively towards building our launch roadmap and our AI-enabled commercial platform, which will allow each of those functional areas to work as one team seamlessly in one ecosystem where all of the data are coming in, being analyzed, and then helping us to inform decision-making and eventually performance metrics down the road. All of that is underway. Speaker 300:30:19We are obviously working very hard as a lean team within Achieve Life Sciences. We have leadership all across all the work streams, and we've got leadership within the Omnicom organizations moving this launch forward. We are well underway. Regarding awareness activities, our early focus is going to be driving that message that the conversation needs to get started again because it's been so long, 20 years, since something new has come to the market. We think it's important that they know that there will be a new treatment. We also need to elevate the seriousness of those conversations. That's the work that we'll be doing early on. The more product-specific work will come closer to launch because we want whatever efforts and whatever resources we dedicate towards that awareness to go directly to prescribing so we can track and monitor the effectiveness of those communications. Speaker 300:31:11The early work will be more around elevating the conversation, making sure we have the right patient identified for physicians who this product should be prescribed for, and changing that medical conversation that this is not a moral or a lifestyle choice. This is actually a medical condition that needs to be treated with a medical solution. Speaker 700:31:35Okay, great. Just last one quickly for Rick. Any update on the synthetic version of cytisinicline timing of that potentially, and also if there are any partnership discussions that have progressed, specifically with some comorbid conditions like COPD. Thanks. Speaker 400:31:55Yeah, thanks, Gary. We're continuing to work on the potential for the synthetic, but frankly, our focus really has been on the NDA submission and ensuring that that's been a success. We continue to work on it. In terms of partnering, I'd say exactly the same thing. You know, our focus has remained on a successful NDA submission. I would suggest that, you know, once the NDA has now been submitted, we can start to have further discussions around that. Speaker 700:32:34Okay, great. Thank you. Speaker 600:32:37Thank you. Your next question comes from Justin Walsh with Jones Trading. Please state your question. Operator00:32:43Hi. Thanks for taking the question. Congrats on all the progress. I'm wondering if you expect your partnership with Omnicom to impact potential discussions with more traditional pharma partners. Speaker 300:32:58Do you want me to take that, Rick? Speaker 400:33:02I think it's all complementary, right? As you build this out, at the center of all of this, we've got the Omnicom partnership, but there are going to be other opportunities to build out more traditional routes. For now, again, we're focused very much on ensuring that the Omnicom platform is fully functional and will bring in additional resources as required. I think that the market right now is pretty dynamic, and we need to maintain our flexibility to ensure that we've got the right resources at the right time and ultimately targeting the right patients and physicians. Speaker 300:33:47If I could just add to that, I think, as Rick mentioned in the prepared remarks, Omnicom is a well-known healthcare entity. In fact, they've launched over 100 products and new indications over the last three years with the likes of Merck, J&J, Novartis, AbbVie, CMS. They're not an unknown company to many of these large pharma players. If anything, I think our relationship and the work that we're doing with them adds credibility that we will have a complete launch package and be able to drive value in the market. Speaker 400:34:31One final thing, Justin, I think as you look at our kind of launch platform and go forward platform, you know, we are primarily focused on primary care physicians and addressing that market highly efficiently and in a very precise, targeted manner. As I've said in the past, the comorbidities associated with smoking, be that cardiovascular, hypertension, respiratory disease, it does offer the platform does offer opportunities to target what we internally call the ifs, whether that's an oncologist, cardiologist, pulmonologist, etc. I think the platform itself has got great value driving forward. Speaker 600:35:20Thank you. A reminder to the audience to ask a question at this time, press star one on your telephone keypad. To remove your question, you can press star two. Our next question comes from Boris Tokhachev with Freedom. Please state your question. Speaker 100:35:39Good morning, and thanks for taking the question. It might be too early to ask. However, I was wondering if we could expect any updates on future clinical development roadmap before the end of the year. Also, do you plan to share any interim results from the ORCA-OL trial ahead of full publication? Speaker 500:36:04I'm not sure I heard the first question. This is Cindy. We are planning on completing the entire database for the ORCA-OL study, and that's going to happen quickly, actually, by the end of this year. We will be looking at conferences as well as getting publications ready early next year for hopefully a conference maybe by quarter two or during the 2026 year, a number of times that we can present the data because there will be a lot of safety as well as efficacy data for us to present. That is the only ongoing trial we have right now. Obviously, our focus on that trial will allow us to hopefully proceed quickly with getting results in 2026 out to everyone. Speaker 400:37:01Boris, we see great value in the data from the open-label safety study. I think with one year's exposure to the drug, so far we've seen an important element, which is the tolerability of the drug to patients during that period. We think that's going to stand us in good stead in the future. As Dr. Cindy Jacobs said in her prepared remarks, the safety profile looks pretty much in line with what we've seen in the Phase 3 trials. The secondary endpoint is efficacy, and we're really, really interested to see what that long-term efficacy data will look like. Speaker 100:37:48Okay, I appreciate your answers. Thank you. Speaker 600:37:53Thank you. We have reached the end of the question and answer session. I'll hand it back to Rick Stewart for closing remarks. Speaker 400:38:00Thank you, everyone, for joining us today and for your questions. Thank you to the patients and the healthcare professionals who have participated in our clinical program to date, enabling us to submit the New Drug Application for cytisinicline. We're very excited about the potential for cytisinicline, and we look forward to providing you with future updates. Finally, I'd like to thank our shareholders for their continued support and the dedicated and talented team at Achieve Life Sciences for their commitment. Operator, that concludes today's call. Speaker 600:38:37Thank you. That concludes today's call. All parties may disconnect. 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The company is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol ACHV. Cytisinicline is a plant-derived small molecule that acts on neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors involved in nicotine addiction. Achieve is evaluating the therapy in clinical studies for smoking cessation and potential support for quitting other forms of nicotine use. The company’s development programs have included the ORCA series of clinical trials conducted in the United States. Achieve’s principal activities center on clinical development, regulatory preparation and potential commercialization of cytisinicline. 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There are 8 speakers on the call. Speaker 600:00:00Greetings and welcome to the Achieve Life Sciences second quarter 2025 earnings conference call and webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Nicole Jones, Achieve Investor Relations. Thank you. You may begin. Speaker 300:00:26Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. From Achieve Life Sciences, we are joined by Rick Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Cindy Jacobs, President and Chief Medical Officer, Jaime Xinos, Chief Commercial Officer, and Mark Oki, Chief Financial Officer. The management team will be available for Q&A following the prepared remarks. A replay will be available later today using the information in the earnings press release or by visiting the Achieve website. Today's conference call will contain certain forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the goals, strategies, beliefs, expectations, and future potential operating results of Achieve. Although management believes these statements are reasonable based on estimates, assumptions, and projections as of today, these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Time-sensitive information may no longer be accurate at the time of any telephonic or webcast replay. Speaker 300:01:23Actual results may differ materially as a result of risk, uncertainties, and other factors, including, but not limited to, the factors set forth in the company's filings with the SEC. Achieve undertakes no obligation to update or revise any of these forward-looking statements. Please refer to Achieve documents available on our website and filed with the SEC concerning factors that could affect the company. I'll now turn the call over to Rick. Speaker 400:01:50Thank you, Nicole, and good morning, everyone. We appreciate your time and participation in today's call. This quarter marks a defining moment in Achieve Life Sciences' progress toward the first new treatment for nicotine dependence in nearly 20 years. We achieved three transformative milestones. Firstly, the successful submission of our New Drug Application for cytisinicline as a treatment for nicotine dependence for smoking cessation to the FDA. Secondly, a strategic commercial partnership with the exceptional team at Omnicom. Thirdly, a $49 million capital raise that positions us to reach critical value inflection points in 2026, including potential product approval. The NDA submission starts the regulatory clock, and the PDUFA date will be defined on NDA acceptance, which we expect in mid-September. Speaker 400:02:55This is an exciting moment for Achieve Life Sciences after years of dedication to bring cytisinicline to FDA review and for patients and physicians who currently lack adequate tools to successfully quit. The opportunity to collaborate with Omnicom, a world-recognized leader in healthcare marketing, advertising, and technology, positions Achieve Life Sciences to quickly scale and leverage external expertise and infrastructure to execute our commercial launch strategy. Omnicom's deep experience and proven success with pharma and biotech clients include successfully executing more than 100 product launches and new indications over the last three years. Finally, we're profoundly grateful to our stockholders whose continued investment support reflects an unwavering belief in our potential to create meaningful change in public health. The market opportunity is huge. Twenty-nine million Americans smoke. Every year, more than 15 million try to quit with poor success rates. Speaker 400:04:07The narrative needs to change to recognize nicotine dependence as a medical condition, much like how the GLP-1s did for obesity. Patients and physicians currently lack adequate tools to be successful. For nearly a generation, innovation has stood still in nicotine dependence for smoking cessation, leaving patients frustrated, providers powerless, and public health carrying the burden of over $600 billion in annual costs in the U.S. Historically, individuals seeking to quit smoking have faced limited options, and we aim to change this. As we move forward, we will work with the FDA through the review process, and should we receive approval, be prepared to launch cytisinicline in late 2026. Before the team dives into the details, I want to express our gratitude to those who have been instrumental in supporting our progress. Firstly, the patients and physicians who participated in our clinical program, their engagement and commitment has been invaluable. Speaker 400:05:21Secondly, our entire Achieve team for their dedication in delivering the NDA submission on time through a significant company-wide effort. Thirdly, our investors for their continued support, guidance, and belief in our mission. On today's call, Cindy will update you on regulatory timelines and progress on the ORCA-OL study. Jaime will provide an update on our commercial planning, and Mark will conclude the details on the recent financing and current cash runway. In short, our three announcements this quarter demonstrate that we are advancing confidently on three fronts: regulatory, commercial, and financial. Our path is clear, and we are committed to executing it to the fullest. With that, I'll turn it over to Cindy. Speaker 500:06:18Thank you, Rick. Our regulatory accomplishment with the NDA submission during the second quarter was the result of years of focused development work. As Rick just mentioned, in June, we officially submitted our NDA for cytisinicline as a treatment for nicotine dependence to achieve smoking cessation as our first indication. This is a comprehensive and well-supported application incorporating non-clinical data and manufacturing information, as well as the clinical trial results from two well-controlled Phase 3 studies, ORCA-2 and ORCA-3, along with the long-term safety exposure data from our ORCA-OL clinical trial. The NDA submission is supported by data from over 2,000 clinical trial participants, providing a comprehensive foundation and characterizing cytisinicline efficacy, safety, and tolerability. Regarding tolerability, and as requested by the FDA, we included long-term exposure safety results in over 300 participants who had completed at least six months of cumulative cytisinicline treatment. Speaker 500:07:40Also important to highlight this last quarter was reaching the second major milestone of the FDA's request for having over 100 participants completing one year of cumulative cytisinicline treatment before approval. This safety data will be submitted in the standard 120-day safety update during the NDA review period. Meeting both critical thresholds for safety exposure data on schedule is essential in completing the NDA submission and for the FDA's review toward market approval. As of the end of July, 290 participants have completed one year of cytisinicline treatment in the OL study, and the last participant is projected to complete treatment by early October. We are also in the process of collecting exit survey responses from participants when they complete the OL study, and so far we have survey responses from 40% of the 290. Speaker 500:08:46These responses and their comments have been encouraging as to the impact cytisinicline has had on them and potentially could have on the lives of other people battling nicotine dependence. For example, 98% of the survey respondents stated they believe cytisinicline contributed to their ability to either stop or reduce their nicotine dependence, citing fewer cravings and less intense withdrawal symptoms compared to their previous quit attempts and with very few or manageable side effects. Impressively, 99% stated they would recommend cytisinicline to a friend or family member. Many also expressed their gratitude with specific comments, highlighting their extensive battle with nicotine for decades and that they finally feel that they have won. Speaker 500:09:41Although the final study results from this ORCA-OL study are not required by FDA for market approval of cytisinicline, we plan on completing all trial activities to lock the final study database by the end of this year, and we will look for future opportunities to publish and present the completed trial results in 2026. As we look ahead in the next few months, we expect to receive the Day 74 acceptance letter from FDA in September, and we will be submitting our 120-day safety update documents and data sets in October. The Day 74 acceptance letter will also indicate that the New Drug Application submission has been accepted for review and give target completion review dates, which will begin the official countdown to a potential approval decision. Now I'll turn the call over to Jaime to share more about our commercial launch preparations. Speaker 300:10:44Thank you, Cindy, and good morning, everyone. This quarter, we made meaningful progress toward executing our core commercial objective: delivering cytisinicline to patients who are ready to quit using the most advanced tools and strategies available. Over the next several months, we will be building our brand, driving stakeholder engagement, and finalizing our go-to-market activities in preparation for potential launch in 2026. Our path to launch is on track and full of momentum, as evidenced by the selection of Omnicom to provide a diverse range of critical launch capabilities. Our partnership brings together seven specialized Omnicom agencies operating as a single unified team across brand development, provider and patient initiatives, market access, public relations, media, and marketing technology. This partnership gives us access to the scale, speed, and capabilities of a much larger organization and allows us to maintain a lean internal team who will lead key functional areas. Speaker 300:11:44This collaboration also supports our commitment to a modern, data-driven approach to launch. We are building and will leverage a proprietary AI-enabled commercial platform and tool that will enable precision, agility, and measurable outcomes to support smarter decision-making across the entire organization. From targeting and engagement to performance optimization, our tech-focused strategy will help us to reduce cost, mitigate risk, and remain highly adaptive to real-world signals. Our strategy is intentional, insight-led, and focused on driving both commercial value and improved patient outcomes. As we look ahead to a potential launch in 2026, we are confident in our ability to execute efficiently, scale effectively, and deliver long-term value for patients, providers, and shareholders alike. Our launch readiness efforts are anchored in three strategic imperatives: availability, access, and awareness, all underpinned by a commitment to measurable impact to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of our investments. Speaker 300:12:51I'll provide a brief update on our recent progress and near-term priorities across each of these pillars. Starting with availability, this work stream encompasses trade and distribution activities to ensure product readiness at launch. We've made meaningful progress in this area, supported by external expert consultants and now guided by an internal Achieve lead. We've contracted with a leading third-party logistics provider, Fourth 3PL, named in our NDA, and plan to begin implementation in the fourth quarter. Our home state licensing application has been submitted, and once accepted, we'll trigger the sequential submission of additional state applications. Following a comprehensive evaluation, we have shortlisted potential partners for specialty light distribution services. We believe this capability will be especially important in the early phase of launch to help ensure that prescriptions written are prescriptions filled. On the access front, we built a strong foundation and are now accelerating our efforts. Speaker 300:13:55Our new Vice President of Market Access has joined the team, and we've engaged a best-in-class access agency to expand upon the foundational work we've already completed, including extensive payer research and market assessments to ensure the value of cytisinicline is clearly reflected in our pricing, contracting, and coverage strategies. Our key priorities in the coming quarter include finalizing our pricing strategy, refining our value message, and completing payer segmentation and communication plans. We anticipate beginning the pre-approval information exchange with payers in Q4, with outsourced account managers beginning field work in Q1 of next year. We are laser-focused on clearly defining and communicating the differentiated value of cytisinicline, backed by rigorous clinical evidence to support favorable coverage decisions. Early engagement with payers is critical to building the relationships and understanding required to enable rapid access following approval. Securing access and insurance coverage for our patients is a top priority. Speaker 300:15:02Turning to awareness, our efforts are focused on building product-specific awareness and establishing Achieve Life Sciences' reputation as a trusted, science-driven partner. Unlike therapeutic categories that require broad disease education, the need in smoking cessation is well understood. Our strategy centers on reframing nicotine dependence as a medical condition, not a lifestyle choice, and one that warrants the use of effective and well-tolerated treatments like cytisinicline. We are taking a focused, data-driven approach, engaging two high-impact audiences: motivated patients who are ready to quit and most likely to succeed with cytisinicline, and healthcare providers who are already prescribing high volumes of smoking cessation therapies. Our goal is to activate these patients to initiate conversations with their providers and ensure those providers are informed, equipped, and ready to prescribe. Speaker 300:15:58To support this strategy, we are now triangulating multiple data sources, including prescribing patterns, patient behavioral signals, and public health data sets to identify and prioritize the highest impact targets. In parallel, we're developing advanced analytics and machine learning capabilities that will continuously evaluate and optimize how we reach and convert these targets. This includes building dynamic audience models and segmentation strategies that allow us to personalize messaging based on where both patients and providers are in their decision-making journey. Whether it's raising initial awareness, addressing clinical questions, or prompting action, our content and channels will be designed to meet each stakeholder with the right message at the right time. This precision-targeted approach not only enhances effectiveness, it also improves efficiency and return on investment, ensuring that every dollar spent contributes to measurable outcomes and long-term value creation. Speaker 300:17:02As we look ahead, we are energized by the opportunity in front of us. We know that launching a drug, especially as a small company and for the first time, is often seen as a high-risk endeavor. We are not doing this alone. We have built deep strategic relationships with experienced partners, including Omnicom and others, who are not just vendors but believers in our mission and co-architects of our path forward. These partners bring a wealth of experience across every critical function, and they are fully aligned with our vision for cytisinicline to become a powerful, life-changing option for the millions of people still struggling with nicotine dependence. Their investment in our success, both operationally and philosophically, adds strength, stability, and confidence as we move toward launch. Speaker 300:17:55We are guided by data, driven by purpose, and supported by a team, both internal and external, that is all in on delivering something truly transformative. The work ahead is substantial, but our focus is clear. We believe cytisinicline can change the way the world approaches smoking cessation, and we are ready to lead that change. I'll now turn the call over to Mark to review the financials. Speaker 200:18:23Thanks, Jaime. We're excited to have closed the second quarter with a strengthened balance sheet following the successful completion of a $45 million underwritten public offering in June. Just last week, the underwriters partially exercised their overall allotment option, generating additional gross proceeds of $4.3 million to the company. The offering included common stock and warrants and was met with strong support from current shareholders, as well as new institutional and retail investors. As of June 30, 2025, we had cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaling $55.4 million. These funds are expected to support operations into the second half of 2026. Total operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, were $12.6 million and $25.5 million, respectively, consistent with our expectations as we increased investment in regulatory, quality, and pre-commercial planning. Speaker 200:19:26With respect to net loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, it was $12.7 million and $25.5 million, respectively. Our funding strategy has always been designed to support our highest priorities, and with this recent capital raise, we believe we are well positioned to execute our regulatory and early commercial initiatives while remaining committed to financial discipline. With that, I'll turn the call to Rick for closing remarks. Speaker 400:19:55Thank you, Mark. This past quarter has been a defining one for Achieve Life Sciences. We delivered three separate milestones with more to come in the next 12 months as we anticipate product approval and launch. In the near term, we expect to receive the FDA's Day 74 NDA acceptance letter in mid-September. We'll add the 100-plus paid subjects with one year's exposure from the ORCA-OL open-label safety study at the 120-day safety update, and we'll accelerate our commercial launch preparation. Achieve Life Sciences is disciplined in executing its strategy with a clear focus on financial prudency, on executing a clear regulatory strategy with the FDA, and also optimizing its product launch capabilities by collaborating with Omnicom and other external partners who are recognized leaders in the space. Speaker 400:20:55These accomplishments are the result of extraordinary determination by Achieve Life Sciences' dedicated team who've worked tirelessly to bring this vision to life, and by the over 2,000 patients who enrolled in our trials, committing to quit smoking and vaping in pursuit of better health and lifestyle. We are confident that our focused efforts will have a meaningful impact on patients and create long-term value for all stockholders. Again, thank you for your time, and we look forward to updating you on our continued progress in the coming quarters. With that, operator, we're now ready for Q&A. Speaker 600:21:37Thank you. At this time, we'll conduct our question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate that your line is in the question queue. You may press the star key followed by the number two if you would like to remove your question from the queue. For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing the star keys. One moment, please, while we pull for questions. Our first question comes from Thomas Flatten with Lake Street Capital. Please hear your question. Operator00:22:20Good morning, everyone. Thanks for taking the questions. Cindy, just a quick one for you, just to confirm. In the 120-day safety update, will you submit only 100 patients or the full 290 that you now have access to? Speaker 500:22:34We'll be submitting all of the subjects at the time of the database cut that occurred in June. It'll be more than 100, but not exactly the 290 or over the 200 that we have right now. Operator00:22:50Got it. Rick, you mentioned launch in late 2026. If we assume an approval in late June, how should we think about your ramp in commercial spending ahead of launch? Is it going to be completely approval-dependent, or will you begin ramping that spend, let's say, first half of next year? Speaker 400:23:12Yeah, it'll be incremental. We have to invest in the pre-commercial activities prior to the approval. I think you'll see an increase over the coming quarters. As soon as we reach approval, you'll see an increase. I think the key message here is that we keep a very disciplined approach to that commercial investment. Again, I think you'll look at this. Once we've got the NDA acceptance, you'll start to see a ramp-up, but not excessive. Operator00:23:50One final one if I may for Jaime. I might be getting ahead of the pricing work you're already doing, but are you assuming that a premium price relative to the generic Chantix will be available to you, or should we be thinking about something closer to the generic pricing that we see today? Speaker 300:24:09Thank you for the question. We would view this as a branded product at a premium price. I think that resonates based on the profile and what we are able to differentiate versus the current options. That's what we've been going in and having discussions with payers about. They aren't in disagreement with that. Operator00:24:29Excellent. I appreciate you taking the questions. Thank you. Speaker 600:24:33Your next question comes from John Vandermussen with Zacks. Please state your question. Operator00:24:39Great. Thank you guys for taking my question. I had a question for Jaime on just the initial contact method for reaching out to providers. I think you, in the presentation, you'd mentioned email and social. Perhaps you can walk us through all those initial contact methods and then, I guess, the flowchart based on the response, how you'd move to different levels in communicating with everyone. Speaker 300:25:05Thank you for the question. I think that's still yet to be determined because, as we've noted in a lot of our conversations, we really want to identify the individual needs of the physicians that we are targeting and meet them where they are. I think there are obviously opportunities for engagement across all of those channels that you mentioned, such as social and email, putting reps where it is appropriate, where they can get strong access and where they need to have those conversations in person. Virtual reps as well will be another option that we'll be looking at. Again, it's really going to depend on what we define further through our targeting exercise as where they want to have those engagements with pharma. Operator00:25:48Okay, thank you. Speaker 300:25:51You bet. Thank you. Speaker 600:25:54Your next question comes from Gary Nachman with Raymond James. Please state your question. Speaker 700:26:01Good morning, and congrats on all the progress. Back to the full safety data for the 290 patients at 12 months. Any commentary just on the overall safety profile if it was consistent with the six-month data? How will you be releasing that, assuming after you provide the updated safety data to the FDA at 120 days? Are there any communications with the FDA prior to the Day 74 acceptance letter, or is that the first time that you hear back from them? I'm going to have a follow-up. Speaker 500:26:36Sure. For the 120 safety day update, we will be submitting it in October. The data currently right now, and we've obviously made this public, has been reviewed by the Data Safety Monitoring Committee throughout this process. There's been no different or unique safety signals that have been seen. It is consistent with what we would expect at six months in one year. The next, I think, question was, sorry, what was the second question? Speaker 700:27:19In terms of your communications with the FDA at the Day 74 acceptance letter, is that the next time you hear from them, or is there any back and forth prior to that? Speaker 500:27:32Normally, at this time, there's back and forth with the FDA, and that's what we're experiencing, that's what's happening. It's all normal procedures in that regard. They're contacting us, asking where various things are. We're very responsive, letting them know where they are in the NDA. It is a back-and-forth process, and it's normal. Speaker 700:27:56Okay. Any chance for a priority review, or I guess you're anticipating a standard review? That's the most likely scenario? Speaker 500:28:04At this point, we are. However, you know, we're always hopeful for a priority review. We have requested it. Also, there is the new commissioner's national priority voucher that they just published a couple of weeks ago, how to kind of request it. We have requested it. We don't view that as a likely possibility, but in all of our interactions, we are trying as best as we can to highlight this submission and NDA review process for priority as best as we can. Speaker 700:28:48Okay, great. Jaime, regarding the Omnicom partnership, any specific work that you're doing together right now in the early days while you wait for the approval, or certainly until you have better visibility on timelines, does it make sense to do any unbranded marketing to physicians to get them comfortable? Obviously, they know the unmet need in nicotine dependence, but you want to reframe the message. What are you doing on that front to position you better for the launch? Speaker 300:29:27Yeah, I'll start with the first part of that question. We have engaged all seven of our agencies and are fully operational with various work streams that we view as high-priority activities that need to be conducted now to better inform what we need to do at launch and how we will deploy resources going forward. Across all of the functional areas that I mentioned on the call, as well as I think in the press release, we have teams who are activated. We are also working very aggressively towards building our launch roadmap and our AI-enabled commercial platform, which will allow each of those functional areas to work as one team seamlessly in one ecosystem where all of the data are coming in, being analyzed, and then helping us to inform decision-making and eventually performance metrics down the road. All of that is underway. Speaker 300:30:19We are obviously working very hard as a lean team within Achieve Life Sciences. We have leadership all across all the work streams, and we've got leadership within the Omnicom organizations moving this launch forward. We are well underway. Regarding awareness activities, our early focus is going to be driving that message that the conversation needs to get started again because it's been so long, 20 years, since something new has come to the market. We think it's important that they know that there will be a new treatment. We also need to elevate the seriousness of those conversations. That's the work that we'll be doing early on. The more product-specific work will come closer to launch because we want whatever efforts and whatever resources we dedicate towards that awareness to go directly to prescribing so we can track and monitor the effectiveness of those communications. Speaker 300:31:11The early work will be more around elevating the conversation, making sure we have the right patient identified for physicians who this product should be prescribed for, and changing that medical conversation that this is not a moral or a lifestyle choice. This is actually a medical condition that needs to be treated with a medical solution. Speaker 700:31:35Okay, great. Just last one quickly for Rick. Any update on the synthetic version of cytisinicline timing of that potentially, and also if there are any partnership discussions that have progressed, specifically with some comorbid conditions like COPD. Thanks. Speaker 400:31:55Yeah, thanks, Gary. We're continuing to work on the potential for the synthetic, but frankly, our focus really has been on the NDA submission and ensuring that that's been a success. We continue to work on it. In terms of partnering, I'd say exactly the same thing. You know, our focus has remained on a successful NDA submission. I would suggest that, you know, once the NDA has now been submitted, we can start to have further discussions around that. Speaker 700:32:34Okay, great. Thank you. Speaker 600:32:37Thank you. Your next question comes from Justin Walsh with Jones Trading. Please state your question. Operator00:32:43Hi. Thanks for taking the question. Congrats on all the progress. I'm wondering if you expect your partnership with Omnicom to impact potential discussions with more traditional pharma partners. Speaker 300:32:58Do you want me to take that, Rick? Speaker 400:33:02I think it's all complementary, right? As you build this out, at the center of all of this, we've got the Omnicom partnership, but there are going to be other opportunities to build out more traditional routes. For now, again, we're focused very much on ensuring that the Omnicom platform is fully functional and will bring in additional resources as required. I think that the market right now is pretty dynamic, and we need to maintain our flexibility to ensure that we've got the right resources at the right time and ultimately targeting the right patients and physicians. Speaker 300:33:47If I could just add to that, I think, as Rick mentioned in the prepared remarks, Omnicom is a well-known healthcare entity. In fact, they've launched over 100 products and new indications over the last three years with the likes of Merck, J&J, Novartis, AbbVie, CMS. They're not an unknown company to many of these large pharma players. If anything, I think our relationship and the work that we're doing with them adds credibility that we will have a complete launch package and be able to drive value in the market. Speaker 400:34:31One final thing, Justin, I think as you look at our kind of launch platform and go forward platform, you know, we are primarily focused on primary care physicians and addressing that market highly efficiently and in a very precise, targeted manner. As I've said in the past, the comorbidities associated with smoking, be that cardiovascular, hypertension, respiratory disease, it does offer the platform does offer opportunities to target what we internally call the ifs, whether that's an oncologist, cardiologist, pulmonologist, etc. I think the platform itself has got great value driving forward. Speaker 600:35:20Thank you. A reminder to the audience to ask a question at this time, press star one on your telephone keypad. To remove your question, you can press star two. Our next question comes from Boris Tokhachev with Freedom. Please state your question. Speaker 100:35:39Good morning, and thanks for taking the question. It might be too early to ask. However, I was wondering if we could expect any updates on future clinical development roadmap before the end of the year. Also, do you plan to share any interim results from the ORCA-OL trial ahead of full publication? Speaker 500:36:04I'm not sure I heard the first question. This is Cindy. We are planning on completing the entire database for the ORCA-OL study, and that's going to happen quickly, actually, by the end of this year. We will be looking at conferences as well as getting publications ready early next year for hopefully a conference maybe by quarter two or during the 2026 year, a number of times that we can present the data because there will be a lot of safety as well as efficacy data for us to present. That is the only ongoing trial we have right now. Obviously, our focus on that trial will allow us to hopefully proceed quickly with getting results in 2026 out to everyone. Speaker 400:37:01Boris, we see great value in the data from the open-label safety study. I think with one year's exposure to the drug, so far we've seen an important element, which is the tolerability of the drug to patients during that period. We think that's going to stand us in good stead in the future. As Dr. Cindy Jacobs said in her prepared remarks, the safety profile looks pretty much in line with what we've seen in the Phase 3 trials. The secondary endpoint is efficacy, and we're really, really interested to see what that long-term efficacy data will look like. Speaker 100:37:48Okay, I appreciate your answers. Thank you. Speaker 600:37:53Thank you. We have reached the end of the question and answer session. I'll hand it back to Rick Stewart for closing remarks. Speaker 400:38:00Thank you, everyone, for joining us today and for your questions. Thank you to the patients and the healthcare professionals who have participated in our clinical program to date, enabling us to submit the New Drug Application for cytisinicline. We're very excited about the potential for cytisinicline, and we look forward to providing you with future updates. Finally, I'd like to thank our shareholders for their continued support and the dedicated and talented team at Achieve Life Sciences for their commitment. Operator, that concludes today's call. Speaker 600:38:37Thank you. That concludes today's call. All parties may disconnect. Have a good day.Read morePowered by