Dendreon Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results

SEATTLE, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dendreon Corporation today reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2007. Revenue for the third quarter of 2007 was $112,000 compared to $84,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was $715,000 compared to $187,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006.

Dendreon's total operating expenses for the third quarter of 2007 were $19.8 million compared to $21.7 million in 2006. Dendreon's total operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 were $75.2 million compared to $73.6 million for the same period in 2006.

The net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 was $19.2 million, or $0.23 per share, compared to a net loss of $20.7 million, or $0.29 per share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. The net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was $72.3 million, or $0.88 per share, compared to $70.2 million, or $0.98 per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2006.

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term and long-term investments at September 30, 2007 totaled $138.8 million compared to $121.3 million at December 31, 2006.

"We achieved an important milestone this quarter by completing enrollment of our Phase 3 IMPACT trial of PROVENGE, a therapy we believe has the potential to positively impact the lives of many prostate cancer patients who currently have few treatment options," said Mitchell H. Gold, M.D., president and chief executive officer of Dendreon. "We are grateful to the patients, clinical investigators and nurses who participated in this study. In addition, we would like to thank our vendors and suppliers, in particular the American Red Cross, Progenitor Cell Therapy and the Mayo Clinic, each of which provided high-quality, consistently excellent cell processing and service throughout the trial. We look forward to receiving interim results from this important study next year."

Conference Call Information

Dendreon will host a conference call today at 1:30 p.m. PT, 4:30 p.m. ET. To access the live call, dial 1-877-397-0235 (domestic) or +1 719-325-4876 (international). The call will also be audio webcast and will be available from the Company's website at http://www.dendreon.com under the "Investor/Webcasts and Presentations" section. A recorded rebroadcast will be available for interested parties unable to participate in the live conference call by dialing 1-888-203-1112 or +1-719-457-0820 for international callers; the conference ID number is 5547646. The replay will be available from 7:30 pm ET on Thursday, November 15 until 11:59 pm ET on Saturday, November 17. In addition the webcast will be archived for on-demand listening for 30 days at http://www.dendreon.com.

About Dendreon

Dendreon Corporation is a biotechnology company whose mission is to target cancer and transform lives through the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutics that harness the immune system to fight cancer. The Company applies its expertise in antigen identification, engineering and cell processing to produce active cellular immunotherapy product candidates designed to stimulate an immune response. Active cellular immunotherapy holds promise because it may provide patients with a meaningful clinical benefit, such as survival, combined with low toxicity. The Company has its headquarters in Seattle and is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol DNDN. For more information about the Company and its programs, visit http://www.dendreon.com.

Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could affect these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, market demand for the Company's securities, pricing and other terms related to the sale of the notes, the efficacy of PROVENGE to treat men suffering from prostate cancer, risks and uncertainties surrounding the presentation of data to the FDA and approval of product applications by the FDA and risks and uncertainties inherent in the process of discovering, developing and commercializing drugs that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics. Factors that may cause such differences include risks associated with completing our clinical trials, the risk that the safety and/or efficacy results of existing clinical trials or from additional clinical trials for PROVENGE will not support approval for a biologics license, the risk that the FDA may interpret data differently than we do or require more data or a more rigorous analysis of data than expected, the risk that the results of a clinical trial for PROVENGE or other product may not be indicative of results obtained in a later clinical trial, risks that we may lack the financial resources and access to capital to fund required clinical trials or commercialization of PROVENGE, our dependence on the efforts of third parties, and our dependence on intellectual property. Further information on the factors and risks that could affect Dendreon's business, financial condition and results of operations are contained in Dendreon's public disclosure filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at http://www.sec.gov.

CONTACT: Jennifer Cook Williams, Investor Relations of Dendreon
Corporation, +1-206-829-1500

Web site: http://www.dendreon.com/