(RTTNews) - Friday, drug discovery and development company Evotec AG (EVTC: News ) reported a narrower loss for the second quarter, reflecting a 46% rise in revenues as well as lower research and development expenses. Looking ahead, the company raised its revenue guidance for the full year 2009, and said it expects further decline in expenses due to restructuring.
The Hamburg, Germany-based company's net loss for the quarter narrowed to EUR 8.57 million or EUR 0.08 per share from EUR 12.01 million or EUR 0.13 per share in the previous year.
Revenues for the quarter increased 45.8% to EUR 10.5 million from EUR 7.2 million in the prior year. Evotec noted that the increase was mainly due to strong underlying revenues from its Discovery Alliances Business, of a portion of the upfront payment for the EVT 100 compound family from Roche totaling EUR 0.9 million as well license and royalty income of EUR 1.8 million from Roche and DeveloGen.
According to the company, royalty income from DeveloGen resulted from the upfront payment DeveloGen received in its collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim, on a target addressing insulin resistance.
Gross margin for the quarter was 38.8%, up from 20.8% in the year-ago quarter.
Research and development expenses declined to EUR 5.97 million from EUR 9.14 million in the earlier year. Restructuring expenses were EUR 2.69 million, compared to EUR 14 thousand in the year-ago quarter.
For the six-month period, the company's net loss widened to EUR 30.42 million or EUR 0.29 per share from EUR 25.85 million or EUR 0.31 per share in the same period last year. Revenues for the half year increased to EUR 18.74 million from EUR 14.51 million in the preceding year.
As per its restructuring program "Evotec 2012 - Action Plan to Focus and Grow", the company said it initiated headcount reductions in administrative functions by 20% and clinical development group by nearly 50%.
The company also that said all proprietary programs are now managed through its European operations and is on course to close its U.S. operations in South San Francisco, California, by the end of the third quarter.
Looking ahead, Evotec expects further decline in expenses as a result of restructuring, which will have the full impact in the financial results for the second half of 2009.
In addition, the company increased its 2009 revenue guidance to above EUR 40 million from its previous estimate of above EUR 35 million. Evotec confirmed all other financial targets for the fiscal 2009 published in March, despite the acquisition of RSIPL.
EVTC closed Thursday's regular trading at $3.87 on the Nasdaq.
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