HAIKOU CITY, China, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Pharma Holdings, Inc. (“China Pharma”) , which manufactures, and markets specialty pharmaceutical products in China, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.
For the three months ended September 30, 2009, we saw an increase of 23% in revenue to $15.5 million compared to the same period of last year. This is an increase of $2.9 million from the $12.6 million we generated in the corresponding period of 2008. Notably, third quarter sales in the Anti-Viro/Infection & Respiratory product category rose by 36% over the same period a year ago to approximately $6.1 million. Our CNS and Cerebral & Cardio Vascular drugs performed steadily by generating $5.6 million revenue during the third quarter, compared to $5.9 million in the same period of 2008. Our Other Products category (including our tumor drug Granisetron and various other products) saw an increase of 36% over last year to $2.3 million. Our Digestive product sales rose by 184% to $1.5 million, mainly due to the sales contribution from our new product Tiopronin. During this quarter we saw Tiopronin generating close to $800,000 in sales. This is progressing better than expected.
Gross Profit for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was $6.5 million, which is about 7% higher compared to the $6.1 million for the third quarter of 2008. Gross profit margin for the current quarter is 42%, compared to 49% in the third quarter of 2008. The lower gross profit margin in the third quarter of 2009 was due to faster revenue growth of lower margin products.
Selling and G&A expenses in the third quarter of 2009 rose to $1.3 million from $0.9 million as the company expanded its distribution network.
Given our good record on not losing any receivables, we now feel more comfortable in our ability to collect our account receivables. After analyzing our receivable collection history and also a number of other factors including macro economy and industry bad debt experience rates, management revised bad debt allowance estimates. The change in the estimate for bad debt reserve resulted in a benefit of $2.8 million for the third quarter of 2009.
Operating income for the third quarter of 2009, including the effect of the change in bad debt estimate, was $8.1 million, an increase of 72% from $4.7 million for the same period in 2008.
Net income for the third quarter of 2009 (which also includes the effect of the change in bad debt estimate) increased 69% to $7.2 million, up from $4.3 million reported in the same period of 2008. Diluted earnings per share was $0.17 in the third quarter of 2009, compared to $0.10 in the third quarter of 2008.
Balance Sheet
As of September 30, 2009, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $3.8 million, which represented 4.0% of total assets, compared to $6.9 million, or 9.2% of total assets, as of December 31, 2008.
Financial Guidance
CPHI is reiterating its guidance of 20% top line growth for the full year 2009, on a year over year basis.
China Pharma’s President and CEO, Ms. Zhilin Li, stated, “We are pleased to report a quarter with continued revenue growth supported by increased marketing efforts and distribution expansion. In the third quarter of 2009, several newly-launched products started to show great potential in sales. Our third quarter performance also reflects the significant progress to manage our receivables collection efforts. With regards to our recent listing onto the NYSE Amex, we feel proud to have reached this important milestone. Our success of this listing underscores our commitment to generating long-term value for our shareholders.”
Conference Call
The Company will hold a conference call at 8:00 am ET on November 12, 2009 to discuss fiscal third quarter 2009 results. Listeners may access the call by dialing 1-866-271-6130 or 1-617-213-8894 for international callers, access code: 14971758. A webcast will also be available through CPHI’s website at http://www.chinapharmaholdings.com . A replay of the call will be accessible through November 19, 2009 by dialing 1-888-286-8010 or 1-617-801-6888 for international callers, access code: 89842045.
About China Pharma Holdings, Inc.
China Pharma Holdings, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company with rapidly growing profit that develops, manufactures, and markets treatments for a wide range of high incidence and high mortality conditions in China, including cardiovascular, CNS, infectious, and digestive diseases. The Company’s cost-effective, high margin business model is driven by market demand and supported by eight scalable GMP-certified product lines covering the major dosage forms. In addition, the Company has a broad and expanding distribution network across 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. The Company is registered in Delaware, USA. Hainan Helpson Medical & Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Helpson), located in Haikou City, Hainan Province, China, is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Pharma Holdings, Inc. For more information about China Pharma Holdings, Inc., please visit http://www.chinapharmaholdings.com .
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements in this press release and oral statements made by China Pharma on its conference call in relation to this release, constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements set forth above that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, which may include, but are not limited to, such factors as unanticipated changes in product demand, increased competition, failure to obtain or maintain intellectual property protection, downturns in the Chinese economy, uncompetitive levels of research and development, failure to obtain regulatory approvals, and other information detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings and future filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements made herein speak only as of the date of this press release and the Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the company’s expectations.
CONTACT: China Pharma Holdings, Inc., +86-898-6681-1730, or
hps@chinapharmaholdings.com; Or ICR, Inc., Christine Duan, +1-203-682-8200
Web site: http://www.chinapharmaholdings.com/
