BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (BMRN) Presents at 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Transcript

Jessica Fye
JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division

Great. Good morning, everyone. Welcome. My name is Jess Fye, and we’re continuing the 44th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference today with BioMarin. First, you’re going to hear a presentation from the management team, and then we’re going to go into some Q&A. [Operator Instructions] Before we get started, I have to read this. It says, please note that JPMorgan has a role on the potential transaction involving Amicus and is subject to restrictions. As a result, I will not be discussing the transaction during the session nor taking questions from the audience on that topic during Q&A. So with that out of the way, let me pass it over to BioMarin’s CEO, Alexander Hardy for the presentation.

Alexander Hardy
President, CEO & Director

Thank you very much, Jess, and thank you all for joining us this morning, 2 years in the role as CEO of BioMarin. We’ve been busy as a team working on transforming BioMarin and setting the path for another era of significant growth and really excited to update you on our progress and our plans today. I’m going to be talking about BioMarin’s future plans. And so please take note of the forward-looking statement.

Okay. So BioMarin is a leader in genetically defined conditions with an extraordinary track record of innovation. We have 6 first-in-disease treatments, many best-in-disease treatments. And this is all driven by the capabilities we’ve built over almost 25 years of our history, capabilities such as our geographic footprint in 80 countries, our