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Foundation Medicine, Inc.

No Longer Reporting

The company has not filed an annual or quarterly report since its Q2 FY2018 10-Q, filed Aug 9, 2018. Its latest SEC filing is a CT ORDER from Sep 27, 2018.

The sections below describe the company as of the FY2017 annual report.

What Did They Do?

Sells cancer gene-testing and interpretation services to physicians and biopharmaceutical companies, helping guide treatment choices and cancer drug development.

How Did They Make Money?

Clinical test charges are tied to delivery of results; commercial insurers, Medicare, some hospitals and cancer centers, other institutions, and patients pay for these services. Biopharmaceutical customers pay per test or for testing, data access, and research services over a set period, with research payments sometimes tied to work performed or development and sales milestones.

FY2017 revenue

Who Were Their Customers?

Physicians order clinical tests for patients; biopharmaceutical companies buy testing and research services. Certain hospitals, cancer centers, and other institutions have direct-bill relationships for tests.

Customers above 10% of revenue, FY2017
of revenue from two customers (33%, 10%)
FY2015: 25% from two customers

Did Revenues Turn Into Profits?

No. It lost $161.5M in FY2017.

Operating income, FY2017
−105% of revenue
▲ +41% (Loss) vs FY2016 (−$113.8M, −97%)
Net income, FY2017
−106% of revenue
▲ +43% (Loss) vs FY2016 (−$113.2M, −97%)

How Were They Changing?

Since the FY2017 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2018, the three months to Jun 30, 2018
Revenue
▲ +63%
vs $35M in Q2 FY2017
Net income
▼ −25% (Loss)
vs −$44.3M in Q2 FY2017
  • Jul 31, 2018 Roche completed its acquisition of Foundation Medicine Foundation Medicine became a wholly owned subsidiary of Roche Holdings.
  • Jun 19, 2018 Roche agreed to acquire the shares it did not already own The deal called for an all-cash tender offer followed by a merger.
  • May 2, 2018 Set 2018 revenue guidance at $200 million to $220 million

Grew. Revenue grew 5.3x in 4 years, from $29M in FY2013 to $152.9M in FY2017, about 52% a year.

Broader test lineup The earlier report described FoundationOne and FoundationOne Heme; the latest also lists a blood-based assay and companion diagnostic tests, including an assay approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for solid tumors.

Who Did They Compete With?

Competes with Bio-Reference Laboratories, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Quest Diagnostics, Caris Life Sciences, Guardant Health, Paradigm, NeoGenomics Laboratories, Abbott Laboratories, Qiagen, Roche Diagnostics, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Genomic Health, Myriad Genetics, Biocept, Exosome Diagnostics, Invitae, Personal Genome Diagnostics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, MSKCC, and University of Michigan

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