Earnings Release • Sep 30, 2015
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Croissy-Beaubourg and Montpellier, September 30, 2015 – Theradiag (ISIN: FR0004197747, Ticker: ALTER), a company specializing in theranostics and in vitro diagnostics, reported today consolidated half-year results for the first half of 2015, as approved by the Board of Directors on September 30, 2015.
Professor Gérard Tobelem, Ph.D., Chairman of Theradiag, comments: "The two agreements signed with UCB Pharma and Hospira confirm the relevance of our theranostics kits and the growing interest of pharmaceutical companies for the monitoring of biotherapies, especially as biosimilars reach the market."
Biotherapy monitoring measures, for every patient, the circulating level of medication and detects potential resistance to treatment. These biological parameters enable physicians to provide patients with the right treatment, at the right time, thereby making treatments more effective.
Michel Finance, CEO of Theradiag, continues: "Sales revenues from our theranostics operations doubled over the first half of 2015. The international expansion of our LISA TRACKER portfolio continued, notably in North America, where we signed an exclusive distribution agreement earlier in the year. Collaboration agreements with pharmaceutical companies are key catalysts for the development of our LISA TRACKER portfolio and we are actively engaging with other potential pharmaceutical partners."
| in €K | HY 2015 | HY 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 3,416 | 3,374 |
| incl. in house sales | 2,070 | 1,861 |
| incl. distribution sales | 1,346 | 1,513 |
| Operating profit/loss | -2,180 | -1,630 |
| Financial Income | -67 | -18 |
| Pre-tax profit/loss | -2,247 | -1,648 |
| Exceptional items | -41 | 27 |
| Research tax credit | 292 | 235 |
| Net profit/loss | -2,043 | -1,432 |
*consolidated accounts including Prestizia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Theradiag
Revenues increased to €3,416K over the first half of 2015, pulled by the increase in theranostics operations. Sales of in-house products were €2,070K, making up 60.6% of company revenues compared to 55.2% over the first half of 2014. This increase offsets the anticipated decrease in sales revenues of distribution products. The gross profit margin increased to 68.6% from 68.3% of revenues in June 2014, despite an unfavorable impact of the euro-dollar exchange rate.
Theradiag continued to open new markets for its LISA TRACKER range in the first half of 2015. Export sales totaled €1,307K, making up 38% of total revenue compared to 32% over the same period in 2014.
Sustained investments to promote the adoption oftheranostics kits resulted in an increase in operating costs:
As of June 2015, Theradiag's team counts 77 employees, compared to 73 as of June, 2014.
R&D expenditures increased to €822K as of June 2015, compared to 791K€ in the same period last year.
After taking into account €292K in research tax credit (Crédit d'Impôt Recherche, CIR), the net loss for the six months ended June, 2015 was €2,043K compared to €1,432 in the same period in 2014.
Theradiag's available cash balance as of June 30, 2015 was €2.4 million compared to €2.2 million as of June 30, 2014.
In January 2015, Theradiag set up a Standby Equity Facility (SEF®) with Société Générale. As of June 30, 2015, this SEF® has been fully drawn-down.
of LISA TRACKER kits in the country through a dedicated salesforce. It will also convey recent scientific developments regarding biotherapy monitoring with Canadian KOLs1 .
1 Key Opinion Leaders
2 X. Roblin et al., Combination of C-reactive Protein, infliximab trough levels and stable but not transient antibodies to infliximab are associated with loss of response to infliximab in inflammatory bowel disease, Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, April 19, 2015 available at http://ecco-jcc.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/04/17/ecco-jcc.jjv061
3 S. Ben Horin et al. Undetectable anti-TNF drug levels in patients with long term remission predict successful drug withdrawal, AP&T, 2015.
this pathology: one for early prediction of response to standard radiochemotherapy treatment; the other for anticipation of metastatic recurrences.
Capitalizing on its expertise in the distribution, development and manufacturing of in vitro diagnostic tests, Theradiag innovates and develops theranostics tests (combining treatment and diagnosis) that measure the efficiency of biotherapies in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, cancer and AIDS. Theradiag notably markets the Lisa Tracker range (CE marked), which is a comprehensive multiparameter theranostic solution for patients with autoimmune diseases treated with biotherapies. With its subsidiary Prestizia, Theradiag is developing new biomarkers based on microRNAs for the diagnosis and monitoring of rectal cancer, auto-immune and inflammatory diseases and HIV/AIDS. Theradiag is thus participating in the development of customized treatment, which favors the individualization of treatments, the evaluation of their efficacy and the prevention of drug resistance. The Company is based in Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris, and in Montpellier, and has over 75 employees.
For more information about Theradiag, please visit our website: www.theradiag.com
Theradiag Investor Relations Nathalie Trepo +33 1 64 62 10 12 [email protected] NewCap Financial communications/ investor relations Valentine Brouchot/ Pierre Laurent +33 1 44 71 94 94 [email protected]
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