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  • Título: Lombard Medical, Inc. Reports Summary Results for 2014 First Quarter
  • Fecha: 13-05-2014

  • AorfixTM Sales Double Compared to Prior Year; US Launch on Track as Sales and New Physician Adoption Ramp

    Irvine, CA and London, UK - May 13, 2014 – Lombard Medical, Inc (Nasdaq: EVAR), a medical device company focused on Endovascular Aortic Repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), today announced summary financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014.

    · Global sales of the Company’s AorfixTM stent graft for the endovascular aortic repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms grew 104% to $2.0 million compared with $1.0 million in the first quarter of 2013.

    o In the United States (US), where Aorfix was formally launched in November 2013, sales grew 72% sequentially to $0.5 million in the first quarter as compared to $0.3 million in the 2013 fourth quarter.

    o In the main European markets, sales grew 59% to $1.1 million compared with $0.7 million in the first quarter of 2013, with growth being driven by UK and Germany sales.

    o Sales in the Rest-of-World distributor markets grew 44% to $0.4 million from $0.3 million in the first quarter of 2013.

    · Total sales grew 64% to $2.0 million compared with $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2013. The lower total growth figure reflected the divestment of the Company’s OEM business in December 2013. Sales from this business were $0.3 million in the first quarter of 2013.

    · Net loss for the first quarter of 2014 was $6.9 million, compared to $3.0 million in the first quarter of 2013. The increased loss was principally due to on-going investments in a US- based operation, commercial infrastructure, direct sales force and training activities.

    · Cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2014 were $33.4 million, compared to $40.9 million at December 31, 2013. Proceeds from the US initial public offering (IPO) on April 25, 2014, after expenses will add approximately $48 million of cash in the second quarter of 2014.

    “It’s clear that the 2013 FDA approval for Aorfix is having a positive effect on our international business, and our launch strategy in the US is showing early success as physicians begin to appreciate the clinical benefits of using Aorfix in patients with tortuous AAA anatomy,” said Simon Hubbert, CEO of Lombard Medical. “We anticipate acceleration in adoption of Aorfix for the treatment of both highly angulated and less complex aneurysms as we continue to grow our direct sales teams.”

    Aorfix is the only endovascular stent graft cleared by the FDA for the treatment of AAAs with angulation at the neck of the aneurysm of up to 90 degrees. All other approved grafts are only cleared for the treatment of anatomies that are less complex (neck angulations of up to 60 degrees).

    Hubbert concluded, “We are now well capitalized and in a good position to complete the build out of our US sales force. Our plan is to more than double the current number of selling professionals in the US by year-end.'

    The Company plans to announce detailed results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2014, its first full operating quarter as a Nasdaq traded company, in early August.



  • Fuente: endovascular.es