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Vicuron Pharmaceuticals Announces Fourth Quarter 2004 Financial
Results
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vicuron
Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: MICU; Nuovo Mercato) today reported financial
results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2004.
Total revenues for the fourth quarter of 2004 were $2.7 million compared with
$2.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2003. Total operating expenses were
$20.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2004 compared to $25.5 million during
the fourth quarter of 2003.
For the fourth quarter of 2004, Vicuron reported a net loss of $15.5 million,
or a net loss per share of $0.26 on 59.3 million weighted average shares
outstanding. This compares to a net loss of $22.2 million, or $0.41 per share
on 53.9 million weighted average shares outstanding for the fourth quarter of
2003.
Total revenues for the year were $8.4 million compared to $9.6 million for
2003. Total operating expenses for the year were $90.8 million compared to
$186.0 million for 2003. This decrease is largely due to a $94.5 million non-
cash in-process R&D charge taken due to the 2003 merger with Biosearch Italia
S.p.A.
For the year ended December 31, 2004, Vicuron reported a net loss of $78.5
million, or a net loss per share of $1.40 on 56.0 million weighted average
shares outstanding for the year. This compares to a net loss for 2003 of
$174.1 million, or $3.69 per share on 47.2 million weighted average shares
outstanding for the year. This decrease is largely due to a $94.5 million
non-cash in-process R&D charge taken due to the 2003 merger with Biosearch
Italia.
At December 31, 2004, cash, cash equivalents and unrestricted marketable
securities totaled approximately $155.3 million.
"In 2004, we moved closer to becoming a commercial biopharmaceutical company.
In December 2004, we filed a New Drug Application (NDA) for dalbavancin, our
lead hospital antibiotic product, for complicated skin and soft tissue
infection. We just received Priority Review status for this NDA from the FDA,"
said George F. Horner III, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vicuron.
"In addition, during this quarter, we announced anidulafungin, our lead
antifungal product candidate, demonstrated superiority versus fluconazole in
the treatment of invasive candidiasis/candidemia."
For the 2005 fiscal year, Vicuron anticipates a net loss of $70 - $75 million
from previous guidance of $65 - $70 million, however, this is offset by a lower
than anticipated net loss of $78.5 million for 2004, which is below previous
guidance of $87 - $92 million for that year.
Corporate and product highlights in 2004 include:
-- raised an additional $74.5 million (excluding expenses) to continue to
develop the company's focused pipeline of differentiated anti-
infectives;
-- completed enrollment of the phase 3 trial of anidulafungin in invasive
candidiasis/candidemia;
-- announced positive pivotal phase 3 data for dalbavancin in skin and
soft tissue infections;
-- announced phase 2 results that showed dalbavancin demonstrated superior
efficacy to vancomycin in the treatment of Gram-positive catheter-
related bloodstream infections; and
-- presented 40 oral and poster presentations on the company's products
and programs, including the novel lincosamide program, at the 44th
annual ICAAC meeting in October.
About Vicuron Pharmaceuticals
Vicuron Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering,
developing, manufacturing and commercializing vital medicine for seriously ill
patients. The company has two New Drug Applications pending with the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration for its lead products, dalbavancin, a novel intravenous
antibiotic for the treatment of serious Gram-positive infections, and
anidulafungin, a novel antifungal agent. Vicuron's versatile research engine
integrates industry-leading expertise in functional genomics, natural products
discovery, mechanism-based drug design and combinatorial and medicinal
chemistry. These approaches are yielding promising novel and next-generation
compounds, many of which are in the later stages of preclinical development. In
addition, the company has research collaborations with leading pharmaceutical
companies, such as Novartis and Pfizer.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements that predict or describe
future events or trends. The matters described in these forward- looking
statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
unpredictable factors, many of which are beyond Vicuron's control. Vicuron
faces many risks that could cause its actual performance to differ materially
from the results predicted by its forward-looking statements, including the
possibilities that clinical trials and the results thereof might be delayed or
unsuccessful, that the timing of the filing of any new drug application or any
amendment to a new drug application might be delayed, that clinical trials
might indicate that a product candidate is unsafe or ineffective, that the FDA
might require additional information to be submitted and additional actions to
be taken before it will make any decision, that any filed new drug application
may not be approved by the FDA, that ongoing proprietary and collaborative
research might not occur or yield useful results, that the pipeline may not
yield a new clinical candidate or a commercial product, that a third party may
not be willing to license product candidates on terms acceptable to us or at
all, that competitors might develop superior substitutes for Vicuron's products
or market these competitive products more effectively, that a sales force may
not be developed as contemplated and that one or more of Vicuron's product
candidates may not be commercialized successfully. The reports that Vicuron
files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission contain a fuller
description of these and many other risks to which Vicuron is subject. Because
of those risks, Vicuron's actual results, performance or achievements may
differ materially from the results, performance or achievements contemplated by
its forward- looking statements. The information set forth in this news release
represents management's current expectations and intentions. Vicuron assumes no
responsibility to issue updates to the forward-looking matters discussed in
this news release.
VICURON PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
Dec. 31, Dec. 31, Dec. 31, Dec. 31,
2004 2003 2004 2003
Revenues:
Collaborative research and
development and contract
services $1,804 $1,875 $7,066 $7,929
License fees and milestones 895 895 1,306 1,679
Total revenues 2,699 2,770 8,372 9,608
Operating expenses:
Research and development 14,355 21,897 68,538 77,893
General and administrative 6,149 3,645 22,303 13,531
Acquired in-process
research and development -- -- -- 94,532
Total operating expenses 20,504 25,542 90,841 185,956
Loss from operations (17,805) (22,772) (82,469) (176,348)
Other income (expense):
Interest income 875 972 2,552 2,749
Interest expense (15) (351) (84) (506)
Net loss before income tax
benefit (16,945) (22,151) (80,001) (174,105)
Income tax benefit (1,479) -- (1,479) --
Net loss after income tax benefit $(15,466) $(22,151) $(78,522) $(174,105)
Net loss per share:
Basic and diluted $(0.26) $(0.41) $(1.40) $(3.69)
Weighted average shares 59,337 53,863 56,025 47,162
VICURON PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
December 31, December 31,
2004 2003
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $121,144 $113,361
Marketable securities 34,127 52,796
Accounts receivable, net 6,232 5,533
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 8,310 6,329
Total current assets 169,813 178,019
Property, plant and equipment 58,668 43,757
Intangible assets, net 24,230 23,373
Long-term receivables 12,222 9,787
Long-term marketable securities-
restricted 3,256 3,232
Other assets 1,837 330
Total assets $270,026 $258,498
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $12,473 $13,986
Accrued liabilities 9,747 15,085
Current portion of long term debt 1,225 2,360
Current portion of deferred revenue 550 1,068
Total current liabilities 23,995 32,499
Long-term debt, less current portion 10,066 7,493
Deferred revenue, less current portion 1,750 1,750
Other long-term liabilities 4,624 2,973
Total liabilities 40,435 44,715
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock 60 54
Additional paid-in capital 602,011 518,275
Deferred stock compensation (179) (454)
Accumulated other comprehensive income 32,945 22,632
Accumulated deficit (405,246) (326,724)
Total stockholders' equity 229,591 213,783
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity $270,026 $258,498
DATASOURCE: Vicuron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
CONTACT: Dov A. Goldstein, M.D., of Vicuron Pharmaceuticals Inc.,
+1-610-205-2312, or ; or E. Blair Schoeb of WeissComm
Partners, +1-917-432-9275, or ; or Aline Schimmel
of Burns McClellan Inc., +1-212-213-0006, or , both for
Vicuron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Web site: http://www.vicuron.com/