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Company

Company overview

Evolus, Inc. earns most of its revenue from Jeuveau, an injectable botulinum toxin that temporarily improves moderate to severe frown lines between the eyebrows in adults. It also sells Evolysse Form and Smooth, injectable hyaluronic acid gels for wrinkles and folds, in the United States; these contribute a smaller share of revenue. Licensed aesthetic practitioners buy the products from Evolus and use them in treatments that consumers pay for out of pocket, rather than through insurance.

Evolus licenses its products rather than manufacturing them itself. It relies solely on Daewoong Pharmaceuticals to make Jeuveau and Symatese to make Evolysse, while Evolus handles commercialization. Maintaining its exclusive rights requires meeting minimum purchase obligations; falling short can reduce or end those rights.

Sales depend on practitioners choosing its products and consumers choosing to spend on elective aesthetic treatments. Most customers make no long-term purchase commitments. Evolus's Jeuveau rights cover cosmetic uses, not therapeutic uses, and it may market each product only for approved indications. Additional uses and future Evolysse products need regulatory approval before Evolus can market them.

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  • Customer

Evolus depends on demand for self-paid aesthetic injections, competition from Galderma and Merz, and reliable supplies of Jeuveau from Daewoong and Evolysse from Symatese.

  • AbbVie competes directly with Evolus for aesthetic practitioners’ purchases of botulinum toxin injections and hyaluronic acid fillers, putting pressure on Jeuveau and Evolysse sales. Watch AbbVie’s application for another aesthetic botulinum toxin: approval would add competition in the United States.

  • InMode and Evolus both depend on consumers choosing elective aesthetic treatments: physicians buy InMode’s treatment equipment and Evolus’s injectable products. InMode’s equipment sales to aesthetic physicians offer a read on practices’ willingness to invest in that demand.

Agenda

in 9 daysWed, Oct 28

  1. 2:00 PMET

    Fed Interest Rate Decision

    For Evolus, the Fed’s rate decision signals the direction of borrowing costs: its $150 million Pharmakon loan is priced at three-month SOFR plus 5%, so higher rates can raise interest expense and reduce cash available for its aesthetic-product business.

in 11 daysFri, Oct 30

  1. Time to be announced

    ABBVIE INC. earningsABBV

    AbbVie’s report will show whether its aesthetics business is drawing spending from practitioners who also buy Jeuveau and Evolysse, and may update its application for another aesthetic toxin.

in 16 daysWed, Nov 4

  1. Time to be announced
    Major

    Evolus, Inc. earningsThis company

    Evolus’s report will show whether Jeuveau and Evolysse sales can grow together while preserving gross profit per dollar sold.

in 23 daysWed, Nov 11

  1. Time to be announced

    InMode Ltd. earningsINMD

    InMode’s report will show whether aesthetic practices are still buying treatment equipment, an indirect read on the elective-treatment demand that also supports Evolus’s injectable business.