OpGen Reports 2016 First Quarter Financial Results And Business Update
GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OpGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPGN), a precision medicine company using molecular diagnostics and bioinformatics to combat infectious disease, today reported financial and operational results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016.
Total revenue for the first quarter of 2016 was $1.1 million, compared with $0.5 million for the first quarter of 2015, a 128% increase. Revenue from product sales increased to $0.9 million compared with $0.2 million for the first quarter of 2015. The increase was attributable to sales of rapid pathogen ID molecular diagnostic products following the company’s acquisition of AdvanDx in July 2015 and Acuitas MDRO products and services. Gross margin on product sales was 63.5% for the first quarter of 2016, compared with 37.3% in the first quarter of 2015. Total operating expenses for the first quarter of 2016 were $5.6 million compared with $3.0 million for the first quarter of 2015. The net loss available to common stockholders for the first quarter of 2016 was $4.5 million, or $0.36 per share, compared with a net loss available to common stockholders for the first quarter of 2015 of $2.8 million, or $5.61 per share. The company had cash and cash equivalents of $4.0 million as of March 31, 2016, compared with $7.8 million as of December 31, 2015. Subsequent to the close of the quarter, OpGen entered into a securities purchase agreement related to a private placement financing with gross proceeds of approximately $10.4 million.
Total revenue for the first quarter of 2016 was $1.1 million, compared with $0.5 million for the first quarter of 2015, a 128% increase. Revenue from product sales increased to $0.9 million compared with $0.2 million for the first quarter of 2015. The increase was attributable to sales of rapid pathogen ID molecular diagnostic products following the company’s acquisition of AdvanDx in July 2015 and Acuitas MDRO products and services. Gross margin on product sales was 63.5% for the first quarter of 2016, compared with 37.3% in the first quarter of 2015. Total operating expenses for the first quarter of 2016 were $5.6 million compared with $3.0 million for the first quarter of 2015. The net loss available to common stockholders for the first quarter of 2016 was $4.5 million, or $0.36 per share, compared with a net loss available to common stockholders for the first quarter of 2015 of $2.8 million, or $5.61 per share. The company had cash and cash equivalents of $4.0 million as of March 31, 2016, compared with $7.8 million as of December 31, 2015. Subsequent to the close of the quarter, OpGen entered into a securities purchase agreement related to a private placement financing with gross proceeds of approximately $10.4 million.