Nanogen Reports 2006 First Quarter Financial Results
May 11, 2006
SAN DIEGO, CA (May 11, 2006) – Nanogen, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGEN), developer of advanced diagnostic products, today reported its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2006.
Total revenues for the first quarter of this year increased by 37 percent to $4.4 million from $3.2 million in the same period in 2005. Product revenues for the first quarter of 2006 were $2.1 million compared to $1.2 million for the first quarter of 2005 primarily due to revenue from products acquired in a recently completed acquisition.
"I am pleased and encouraged by the momentum demonstrated in the first quarter revenue growth," said Howard C. Birndorf, Nanogen's chairman of the board and CEO. "Sales of the second-generation microarray platform, the NanoChip®400, are promising, and we began shipment of reagents for several new tests. We have successfully integrated the Spectral cardiac business acquired in February, which immediately contributed to our revenue growth. Our recent acquisition of Amplimedical, which closed May 1, provides us with an existing molecular diagnostics business in Europe and an exciting opportunity to expand our international sales in the coming quarters. Both acquisitions will help accelerate progression of our business model, which is expected to grow revenues and show steady bottom line improvement.”
Nanogen's research and development, and selling, general and administrative operating expenses for the first quarter of 2006 were $14.2 million compared to $11.3 million in the quarter one year ago. Included in first quarter 2006 expenses was $1.4 million of non-cash accounting expense for share-based compensation, as required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new standard, FAS 123R. The comparable period in 2005 includes $300,000 share-based compensation.
“On a comparative basis, the $2.9 million increase in operating expenses over the prior year’s first quarter expenses is due to first-time reporting of share-based compensation and expenses we record as part of our investment in Jurilab, the Finnish genomics company, whose expenses were not included in Nanogen’s 2005 results. Excluding these two items, expenses rose modestly to include the costs associated with the acquired Spectral operations,” said Robert Saltmarsh, Nanogen’s chief financial officer.
Nanogen's consolidated cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments balance at the end of the first quarter of 2006 was $32.4 million, approximately the same as at the close of the fourth quarter of 2005.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2006, Nanogen’s net loss was $12.0 million or $0.21 per share, compared to a net loss of $8.3 million or $0.17 per share in the same period of 2005. The accounting for stock based compensation accounted for approximately $0.03 per share.
Financial Guidance for 2006
Nanogen’s pro-forma revenue, which is calculated by taking the prior year revenue for Nanogen and adding Spectral’s and Amplimedical’s prior year revenue from the respective acquisition dates through the remainder of the year, is approximately $24 million. The company expects revenue growth of approximately 20% in 2006 above the pro-forma revenue. Additionally, the company forecasts that EBITDA, defined as operating results less non–cash items and the consolidated Jurilab expenses, will improve in each quarter of 2006 and that the fourth quarter EBITDA will be approximately 50% less than the first quarter’s EBITDA.
Webcast of Conference Call
Nanogen management will host a conference call to discuss the first quarter 2006 results today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern (1:30 p.m. Pacific). Interested investors and others may participate in the conference call by dialing (877) 407-9210 for US/Canada participants and (201) 689-8049 for international participants.
Audio of management's presentation will be available via live webcast on the investor relations section of Nanogen's corporate website at www.nanogen.com, and will be archived for 90 days. A digital recording of the call will also be available for 48 hours, beginning two hours after the completion of the conference call on May 11, and can be accessed via telephone at (877) 660-6853 for US/Canada participants and (201) 612-7415 for international participants. The account number, 286, along with the conference ID, 201897, will be required to listen to the playback.
About Nanogen, Inc.
Nanogen’s advanced technologies provide researchers, clinicians and physicians worldwide with improved methods and tools to predict, diagnose, and ultimately help treat disease. The company's products include real-time PCR reagents, the NanoChip®400 electronic microarray platform and a line of rapid, point-of-care diagnostic tests. Nanogen’s ten years of pioneering research involving nanotechnology holds the promise of miniaturization and continues to be supported for its potential for diagnostic and biodefense applications. For additional information please visit Nanogen’s website at www.nanogen.com.
Nanogen Forward-Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, including whether patents owned or licensed by Nanogen will be developed into products, whether the patents owned by Nanogen offer any protection against competitors with competing technologies, whether products under development can be successfully developed and commercialized, whether results reported by our customers or partners can be identically replicated, and other risks and uncertainties discussed under the caption "Factors That May Affect Results" and elsewhere in Nanogen’s Form 10-K or Form 10-Q most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Nanogen disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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