Abraxis BioScience, Inc. Reports an Increase in Third Quarter Revenue of 19 Percent to $241 Million versus $203 Million in Prior Year Period

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABBI) today reported unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007. Third quarter 2007 revenue increased 18.6 percent to $241.0 million, versus $203.1 million in the third quarter of 2006. Revenue for company-wide, hospital-based products in the third quarter of 2007 was $153.6 million, versus $150.1 million for the prior year quarter. For the third quarter of 2007, ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) revenue increased 65.1 percent to $86.4 million versus $52.3 million in the prior year period. Company-wide gross profit for the third quarter of 2007 increased 22.6 percent to $144.4 million, or 59.9 percent of total revenue, as compared to $117.7 million, or 58.0 percent of total revenue, in the same quarter of 2006.
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