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Novacyt Announces 2014 Half Year Results and Updates Strong Progress with Integration of Lab21PARIS & CAMBRIDGE, England --(Business Wire)-- Novacyt (ALTERNEXT: ALNOV), an international specialist in cancer and infectious disease diagnostics, today announces its half year results for the six months ended 30th June 2014 approved by the Board of Directors on 28th October 2014. Novacyt also provides an update on the recent integration of Lab21. FIRST-HALF HIGHLIGHTS Transformational deal with Lab21 immediately improves financial and growth outlook
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Half year results
Unaudited figures * Pro forma : as if the Lab21 accounts have been consolidated from 01/01/2014 1. The Novacyt Group has taken advantage of the provisions under French GAAP to consolidate the results at 30th June 2014. If the results had been consolidated at 13th June 2014, the consolidated revenue would have been €827k, including €302k of Lab21 revenue. 2. H1 2013 Novacyt revenues include €60k of revenues from the acquisition of CCTI assets, a software company whose products were discontinued by the end of 2013. 3. Net result includes €986k of goodwill amortisation. 4. Pro forma EBITDA (Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) includes the one-off receipt of €836k which relates to the payment of an earn-out to Lab21 on the sale of its US operations in December 2012. The Novacyt sales in the first half of 2014 were €525k compared to €582k in the first half of 2013. The breakdown is as follows:
The operating loss of Novacyt, without the impact of Lab21 in the first half, is similar to prior year at €606k, despite the slightly lower revenues due to the management of lower operating costs. The Novacyt Group net cash position of €1.463m at 30th June 2014 will provide sufficient financial resources to fund the initial commercial plans of the Company and it plans to raise capital during the next twelve months to fund the commercial expansion of the combined business. Strong progress in the integration of Novacyt with Lab21 A leader in cancer and infectious disease diagnostics The enlarged Novacyt Group is now a significant force in the cancer and infectious disease diagnostic markets with a strong protected portfolio of technologies. Novacyt benefits from a large global footprint with more than 300 distributors in 120 countries. At the same time, the expanded Novacyt business now boasts operating sites and employees in five countries, making it a truly international operation. Focused on commercialization Novacyt has made significant progress in the integration of Novacyt with Lab21 following the transaction on 13th June 2014. With a strong focus on commercialization the business is being positioned for sustainable and profitable growth through increased sales of NovaPrep®, supported by robust profitable sales of Lab21 products as well as bringing new molecular products to market. The Company is focusing its efforts on global expansion to a number of key markets which include large growing cancer screening markets such as the Far East, with a particular focus on the opportunities offered in China. At the same time, we are expanding existing markets including our presence in France and following the transaction we have made our first new country launches of NovaPrep® in Kuwait and Dubai. The combination of Novacyt and Lab21 has resulted in a large portfolio of products across infectious diseases and cancer diagnostics and we continue to develop new products to expand this range. NovaPrep® and its supporting products are under continual improvement and the company will expand its infectious disease offering with new molecular products planned for launch in the second half of this year. Lab21 infectious disease products have also been awarded a number of new tenders during 2014 with notable success across South America, Middle-East and Africa. A single tender award will result in over €500k of new sales during the second half of the year. Novacyt has continued to strengthen its intellectual property position. The company has secured four new patents related to the NovaPrep® product bringing the total number of granted and pending NovaPrep® patents in excess of 90. This patent protection coupled with strong internal know-how positions the business to be highly competitive in the countries in which it operates. Graham Mullis, Group CEO of Novacyt, commented: "Since the combination of Novacyt and Lab21, we have made significant progress in integrating the two businesses with a focus on developing our sales and marketing plans for the NovaPrep® product. We have been able to draw on the expertise across the combined company to evaluate and engage with new distribution partners and establish ourselves in new markets. We have made particular progress in our planning to access major new markets such as China and have continued to expand our presence in more established markets such as the Middle East and Europe. At the same time, we are expanding our product range with the launch of new molecular products in the second half of this year. Additionally, we continue to strengthen our intellectual property position through a series of new patents and we are focused on developing the organizational structure with the appointments of new key executive and commercial personnel. I expect Novacyt to be well placed in 2015 to increase the commercial expansion of its NovaPrep® product in the significant growing sector of cancer diagnostics." Appointments to support the new combined group Novacyt continues to strengthen the management team most recently with the appointment of Ian Wilde as Head of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance. He joins the Company from a successful career in blue-chip medical device companies. In addition, the Company is in the process of recruiting other executive team members as well as strengthening the commercial team. To support Novacyt as a growing publicly listed company, the Company has also appointed a number of key advisers. These include Allegra Finance as our new Listing Sponsor, Louis Capital Markets as our Liquidity Advisor, Oriel Securities as our International Corporate Advisor and Linklaters to assist with our global legal affairs. Outlook: sustainable growth The Lab21 product revenues will continue to be strong in the second half of 2014 following the tender wins in South America, Middle-East and Africa. These revenues will also be helped by the new molecular infectious disease products which remain on target for launch in the second half. The NovaPrep® revenues will continue at the first half rate as the Company completes the integration of the business. The Company will continue its commercial focus and invest in sales and marketing particularly to increase NovaPrep® revenues through new market launches which are planned in 2015. The anticipated synergies of the merger between Novacyt and Lab21 are already showing early results. Novacyt's excellent NovaPrep® platform technology, in combination with Lab21's commercial infrastructure and network is expected to deliver strong sustainable growth in the future.
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