SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PolarityTE, Inc. (Nasdaq: PTE), a biotechnology company developing regenerative tissue products and biomaterials, today reported financial results for the second calendar quarter of 2020. PolarityTE will host a conference call and webcast today, August 6, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. ET.

Highlights

• Total revenues were $2.27 million in Q2:20 compared to $1.33 million in Q2:19
• SkinTE revenues were $0.94 million in Q2:20 compared to $0.50 million in Q2:19
• Paid Cases were 88 in Q2:20 compared to 46 in Q2:19

Financial Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2020

Total revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was $2.27 million, of which $0.94 million was from sales of SkinTE and $1.32 million from PolarityTE’s contract service operations, which includes $0.71 million from COVID-19 testing services that the Company started providing at the end of May 2020.

Research and development expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2020 were approximately $3.16 million versus $4.76 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019. Research and development expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2020 included an expense of $0.40 million from stock-based compensation which is a non-cash charge, versus $1.48 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019.

General and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2020 were $5.21 million versus $15.06 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019. General and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2020 included $0.14 million of stock-based compensation which is a non-cash charge, versus $6.89 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019.

Sales and marketing expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2020 were $2.02 million versus $3.98 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019.

Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was $12.68 million compared with a net loss of $22.79 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019.

Cash and Liquidity as of June 30, 2020

As of June 30, 2020, our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments balance was approximately $30.50 million, compared to cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $29.24 million at December 31, 2019.

Cash used in operating activities for the three-month period ended June 30, 2020 was approximately $11.56 million, or approximately $3.85 million per month on average, 10% lower than the $4.27 million monthly average in the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 17% lower than the $4.62 million monthly average in the three months ended March 31, 2020.

The Company believes capital resources will be sufficient to fund its current business plan including related operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into the second quarter of 2021.

Conference Call and Webcast Details

The conference call can be accessed by calling 1-888-599-8688 (U.S. and Canada) or +44 (0)330 336 9104 (International), with confirmation code 679989 and referencing “PolarityTE Second Quarter 2020 Earnings Call.” A webcast of the conference call can be accessed by using the link below.

Earnings Call Webcast – CLICK HERE

A replay of the earnings conference call will be available for 30 days, beginning approximately one hour after the conclusion of the call and can be found by visiting PolarityTE’s website at https://www.polarityte.com/news-media/events or by clicking on the link above.

About PolarityTE®

PolarityTE is focused on transforming the lives of patients by discovering, designing and developing a range of regenerative tissue products and biomaterials for the fields of medicine, biomedical engineering and material sciences. Rather than manufacturing with synthetic and foreign materials within artificially engineered environments, PolarityTE manufactures products from the patient’s own tissue and uses the patient’s own body to support the regenerative process. From a small piece of healthy autologous tissue, the company creates an easily deployable, dynamic and self-propagating product designed to regenerate the target tissues. PolarityTE’s innovative methods are intended to promote and accelerate growth of the patient’s tissues to undergo a form of effective regenerative healing. Learn more at www.PolarityTE.com – Welcome to the Shift®.

Forward Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. They are generally identified by words such as “believes,” “may,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intend,” “plan,” “will,” “would,” “should” and similar expressions. Readers should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are based upon the Company’s beliefs and assumptions as of the date of this release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and FDA regulatory matters, which cannot be predicted, and the risk factors and other items described in more detail in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other filings with the SEC (copies of which may be obtained at www.sec.gov). Subsequent events and developments may cause these forward-looking statements to change. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation or intention to update or revise these forward-looking statements as a result of changed events or circumstances that occur after the date of this release, except as required by applicable law. Our actual results could differ materially due to risk factors and other items described in more detail in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Reports and other filings with the SEC (copies of which may be obtained at www.sec.gov).

POLARITYTE, the POLARITYTE logo, SKINTE, WHERE SELF REGENERATES SELF and WELCOME TO THE SHIFT are trademarks or registered trademarks of PolarityTE, Inc.

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