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2003 DEC 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenVec, Inc., (GNVC), a biopharmaceutical company, announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2003.
GenVec reported higher revenues and a lower net loss through the first 9 months of 2003 compared with the same 9-month period last year. For the 9 months ended September 30, 2003, the company reported a net loss of $16.0 million or $0.60 per share on revenues of $8.1 million compared to a net loss of $20.2 million or $0.93 per share on revenues of $4.9 million for the comparable 9-month period in 2002. GenVec reported a net loss of $4.9 million or $0.14 per share in the current quarter ended September 30, 2003, compared to a net loss of $6.9 million or $0.32 per share in the comparable quarter of last year. GenVec ended the third quarter of 2003 with $44.3 million in cash and investments.
Revenues for the current quarter and first 9 months of 2003 were primarily attributable to the following activities:
1) Vaccine development activities under the company's collaborations with the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center
2) Expanded collaboration with Fuso Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., of Japan for the development of second-generation tumor necrosis factor product candidates that target tumors when given systemically or regionally.
Operating expenses for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 decreased 25% to $7.4 million from $9.9 million in the third quarter of 2002 as a result of the company's reduction in workforce announced in April 2003. The company expects to maintain its use of cash at approximately $4 million for the fourth quarter of 2003.
Jeffrey W. Church, GenVec's CFO, commented on GenVec's business and third-quarter financial results, "A key event in the third quarter was our merger with Diacrin, Inc., in August 2003, which ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Biopharma company announces third quarter 2003 financial results.