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August 8, 2022
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Life Sciences
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: | Vanessa Robertson and Kevin Vaughn, Division of Corporation Finance, Office of Life Sciences | |
Re: | Viatris Inc. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021 Filed February 28, 2022 Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period ended March 31, 2022 Filed May 9, 2022 File No. 001-39695 |
Dear Ms. Robertson and Mr. Vaughn:
This letter sets forth the response of Viatris Inc. (Viatris, the Company, we or our) to the comment letter (the Comment Letter) dated July 27, 2022 from the staff (the Staff) of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the above referenced filings. For ease of reference, we repeat the Staffs comment in bold text prior to our response.
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022
Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Results of Operations
Total Revenues, page 48
1. | You disclose that the decrease in total revenues and net sales was primarily driven by a decrease of approximately $169.7 million in net sales from existing products as a result of lower pricing and volumes. Please provide us with proposed disclosure to be included in future periodic reports that quantifies the impact of price and volume separately. Alternatively, we note in your first quarter 2022 earnings presentation that you quantify the decrease in net sales due to competition on key US products and other base business erosion separately. Please refer to Item 303(a)(3)(iii) of Regulation S-K. |
Response: In response to the Staffs comment, in future filings beginning with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2022, the Company will revise its disclosure to further quantify material changes in total revenues and net sales.
As an example of how we plan to address the Staffs comment in future filings and for illustrative purposes only, we have revised our year-over-year comparative discussion for total revenues and net sales from the Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022. The illustrative additions are denoted as underlined text and deleted text is denoted as struck through text.
For the current quarter, Viatris reported total revenues of $4.19 billion, compared to $4.43 billion for the comparable prior year period, representing a decrease of $238.6 million, or 5%. Total revenues include both net sales and other revenues from third parties. Net sales for the current quarter were $4.18 billion, compared to $4.40 billion for the comparable prior year period, representing a decrease of $221.9 million, or 5%. Other revenues for the current quarter were $13.5 million, compared to $30.2 million for the comparable prior year period.
The decrease in total revenues and net sales was primarily driven by a decrease of approximately $169.7 million in net
sales from existing products as a result of lower pricing and volumes, due to competition on certain key U.S. products, representing a decline of approximately $69 million, and approximately
$100 million as a result of other base business erosion. The decrease in net sales from existing products was partially offset by approximately $120 million of new product sales. New product sales include new products
launched in 2022 and the carryover impact of new products, including business development, launched within the last twelve months. The Companys net sales were unfavorably impacted by the effect of foreign currency translation, primarily
reflecting changes in the U.S. Dollar as compared to the currencies of subsidiaries in countries within the EU, Turkey, and Japan. The net unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation on net sales was approximately $170.3 million, or
4%. On a constant currency basis, the decrease in net sales was approximately $51.6 million, or 1% for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
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We hope that this response adequately addresses the Staffs comment. If you have any questions concerning this response letter or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact Paul Campbell, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller (724-514-1883).
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Sanjeev Narula |
Sanjeev Narula |
Chief Financial Officer. |
cc: | Brian Roman, Global General Counsel, Viatris |
John W. White, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP