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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-318844"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALKS"
cik: "0001520262"
company_name: "Alkermes plc."
filed_at: "2026-07-28T11:05:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-28T11:10:40.387729+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alkermes Q2 rev $496M, GAAP net income $0.5M; CEO transition to Blair Jackson Aug 1; guidance lowered on CVR charge

## Summary
- Q2 2026 total revenues $496.0M; GAAP net income $0.5M; adjusted EBITDA $139.2M.
- Blair Jackson to become CEO on Aug 1, 2026; Richard Pops remains Chairman.
- Updated 2026 GAAP net loss guidance widened to ($95M)-($115M) from ($70M)-($90M) due to $26.4M CVR fair value increase.
- LUMRYZ net sales $96.6M in Q2, including ~$7M inventory benefit; phase 3 idiopathic hypersomnia data positive.
- Cash and investments $691.6M at June 30, 2026, up from $538.2M at March 31, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-318844
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALKS
- cik: 0001520262
- company_name: Alkermes plc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-28T11:05:18+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526318844/0001193125-26-318844-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520262/000119312526318844/alks-20260728.htm

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