New business is being written on visibly better terms than the company's own recent norm, and the mix shift has just beg
The model's full reasoning — Q1 2017 call → NOThe question asks whether management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement has only begun to flow into reported results. Let me examine the transcript for evidence of both halves: 1) Terms of new business visibly improved versus company's own recent past - I need to look for management describing new deals, contracts, or transactions carrying better economics than recent past. 2) Reported results still mostly reflect old terms - management conveying the improvement is early in the numbers. Looking through the transcript, I see discussion of: - SPINRAZA sales and royalties - Bayer collaboration expansion - Novartis collaboration - Volanesorsen progress - Akcea IPO plans The discussion of the Novartis deal mentions "potential value of up to more than $1.6 billion plus royalties up to the low 20% range" - but this is about a specific deal's potential, not a comparison to the company's own recent terms. The Bayer deal - "$75 million from Bayer to advance both IONIS-FXIRx and its LICA follow-on" - again, this is a specific deal, not a comparison showing improvement over the company's own recent norms. The SPINRAZA royalties - "we're tiered royalties on SPINRAZA sales. This means that as sales of SPINRAZA grow, so will our portion of those sales" - this describes the royalty structure but doesn't compare to the company's own recent terms for similar deals. I don't see management explicitly comparing the terms of new business to the company's own recent past and saying the new terms are meaningfully better. The discussion is about specific deals and their values, but there's no explicit comparison showing a step-up in economics versus the company's own recent norm. Also, there's no discussion about the reported results still reflecting older, less favorable terms while new better terms are just beginning to flow in. The question asks specifically about whether management indicates both halves of this phenomenon. I don't find evidence of either half being clearly conveyed in the transcript. Answer: NO
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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CRL · Q2 2022 → YESThe question is about whether management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement ...YES Management's comments on Safety Assessment pricing and backlog directly address both required elements: they describe current bookings and backlog at "escalating prices" and "meaningful price increases" that are already achieved on real transactions (not targets or future expectations), while noting that the reported Q2 results are still dominated by older 2022 terms and that the stronger pricing is accelerating into H2 and 2023 bookings.
ESS · Q2 2018 → YESThe question is about whether management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement ...YES Management describes the loss-to-lease metric rising to 3.
CTO · Q2 2023 → YESThe question is about whether management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement ...