Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:RYTM) Q2 2022 Results Earnings Conference Call August 2, 2022 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

David Connolly - Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

David Meeker - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Jennifer Chien - Executive Vice President, Head of North America

Yann Mazabraud - Executive Vice President, Head of International

Hunter Smith - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Philip Nadeau - Cowen and Company

Derek Archila - Wells Fargo Securities

Dae Gon Ha - Stifel Financial

Joseph Stringer - Needham & Company

Michael Higgins - Ladenburg Thalmann & Co.

Corinne Jenkins - Goldman Sachs

Jeff Hung - Morgan Stanley

Operator

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers' presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session.

At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. David Connolly. Sir, please begin.

David Connolly

Thank you. I'm Dave Connolly, Head of IR and Corporate Communications here at Rhythm Pharmaceuticals. For those of you participating via the conference call, the accompanying slides can be accessed and controlled by going to the Events section of the Investors page on our website at ir.rhythmtx.com.

I'll remind you that this call contains remarks concerning future expectations, plans and prospects, which constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those discussed in our most recent annual or quarterly report on file with the SEC. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent our views as of today only, and should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent dates. We specifically disclaim any obligation to update such statements.

This morning, we issued a press release that provides our second quarter 2022 financial results and business update, which is now available on our website.

On our call today here with me in Boston are David Meeker, Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rhythm; Jennifer Chien, Executive Vice President, Head of North America; and our Chief Financial Officer, Hunter Smith. And calling in from France is Yann Mazabraud, Executive Vice President, Head of International.

With that, I'll turn the call over to David, who will being on slide 5.

David Meeker

Thank you, Dave. And thanks to all of you for tuning in this morning. It's been a another strong quarter between the regulatory approvals, exciting new data readouts, and extending our cash runway with a royalty financing deal. All that speaks to a very successful recent past few months.