Obalon Announces Second Quarter 2017 Financial Results

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 02, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Obalon Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OBLN), a vertically integrated medical technology company with the first and only FDA-approved swallowable, gas-filled intragastric balloon system for the treatment of obesity, today announced its unaudited financial results as of and for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017.

Second Quarter 2017 highlights:

  • Revenue grew 33% sequentially over Q1-17 to $2.0 million
  • Gross margin improved to 50%
  • First commercial shipments of 6-month product to Middle East in July 2017
  • First US shipments of HPMC, vegetable based capsule, in July 2017

The Company reported total revenues of $2.0 million for the second quarter of 2017, compared to $0.8 million for the second quarter of 2016. Net loss was reported at $7.7 million compared to a net loss of $4.1 million in the second quarter of 2016 and net loss per share for the quarter was $0.46 as compared to net loss per share of $7.15 in the second quarter of 2016.

Cost of goods sold was $1.0 million during the three months ended June 30, 2017, up from $0.7 million for the prior year period. Gross profit for the second quarter of 2017 was $1.0 million, resulting in a gross margin of 50%, compared to a gross profit of $0.1 million and gross margin of 14% for the second quarter of 2016.

Research and Development expense for the second quarter of 2017 totaled $2.8 million, up from $2.6 million in the second quarter of 2016, and Selling, General and Administrative expense increased to $5.9 million for the second quarter of 2017, compared to $1.6 million in the second quarter 2016.

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