Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IRWD) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript August 8, 2023 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Matt Roache - Director of Investor Relations

Tom McCourt - Chief Executive Officer

Sravan Emany - Chief Financial Officer

Mike Shetzline - Chief Medical Officer

Andrew Davis - Chief Business Officer

Conference Call Participants

Tim Chiang - Capital One

Boris Peaker - Cowen

David Amsellem - Piper Sandler

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. My name is Sharell and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Q2 2023 Investor Update Conference Call. [Operator Instructions].

I would now like to turn the call over to Matt Roache, Director of Investor Relations. Your line is now open.

Matt Roache

Thank you, Sharell. Good morning, and thanks for joining us for our second quarter 2023 investor update. Our press release issued this morning can be found on our website. Today's call and accompanying slides include forward-looking statements. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. A discussion of these statements and risk factors is available on the current safe harbor statement slide as well as under the heading Risk Factors in our annual report on Form 10-K in the year ended December 31, 2022, and in our subsequent SEC filings.

All forward-looking statements speak as of the date of this presentation, and we undertake no obligation to update such statements. Also included are non-GAAP financial measures, which should be considered only as a supplement to and not a substitute for or superior to GAAP measures. To the extent applicable, please refer to the tables at the end of our press release for a reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

During today's call, Tom McCourt, our Chief Executive Officer, will review our strategic priorities and our pipeline; and Sravan Emany, our Chief Financial Officer, will provide an update on the commercial performance of LINZESS, discuss the recent addition of apraglutide to our portfolio through the -- through our acquisition of VectivBio and review our financial results and updated guidance.

Andrew Davis, our Chief Business Officer, is available for the question-and-answer session following our prepared remarks. Mike Shetzline, our Chief Medical Officer, is unable to attend today's call as he's out for personal reasons unrelated to Ironwood's business. While we do not know how long Mike may be out, we will provide updates as appropriate. Today's webcast includes slides. So, for those of you dialing in, please go to the Events section of our website to access the accompanying slides separately.