EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE DATED NOVEMBER 8, 2007 Press Release dated November 8, 2007

Exhibit 99.1

 

    LOGO    AutoImmune Inc.
       1199 Madia Street
       Pasadena, CA 91103
       Phone: 626-792-1235
       Fax: 626-792-1236

Contact:

Robert C. Bishop, Ph.D.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

AutoImmune Inc.

626-792-1235

website: http://www.autoimmuneinc.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AUTOIMMUNE INC. REPORTS 2007 THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS

Pasadena, California, November 8, 2007—AutoImmune Inc. (OTCBB: AIMM) today reported a net loss of $8,000, or break even per share basic and diluted, for the three months ended September 30, 2007, compared with a net loss of $36,000, or break even per share basic and diluted, for the three months ended September 30, 2006. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, the net loss was $62,000, or break even per share basic and diluted, compared with net loss of $517,000, or $0.03 per share basic and diluted for the same period in 2006. As of September 30, 2007, the Company reported $8.7 million in cash and marketable securities as compared to $8.8 million in cash and marketable securities as of December 31, 2006.

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Robert C. Bishop, Ph.D. stated, “Product sales at Colloral LLC, our joint venture with Deseret Laboratories, Inc., were disappointing in the quarter just ended, but we remain optimistic they will increase in coming months. While sales through GNC have ceased, Bronson Laboratories LLC is selling the product through its catalogs, and Colloral LLC began marketing the product through The Shopping Channel in Canada in early October.” AutoImmune consolidates Colloral LLC for financial reporting purposes in accordance with FIN 46 “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities.”

AutoImmune has exclusively licensed certain of its intellectual property rights to BioMS Medical Corp., a Canadian company. Under the license agreement, BioMS makes monthly diligence payments to AutoImmune and will pay royalties to AutoImmune on sales of its lead drug MBP8298, if it reaches the market. BioMS recently reported that 70% of the patients screened for their first pivotal trial in secondary multiple sclerosis have the HLA-DR2/DR4 genes that are believed to make them responsive to therapy with MBP8298. Interim results from this trial are expected in May 2008.

AutoImmune is a biopharmaceutical company involved in the development of a new class of mucosally administered therapies for the treatment of autoimmune and cell-mediated inflammatory diseases and conditions.

This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual results may differ significantly from results discussed in the forward-looking statements due to a number of important factors, including, but not limited to the uncertainties of clinical trial results, the Company’s dependence on third parties for licensing revenue, and the risks of technological change and competition. These factors are more fully discussed in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the section “Risk Factors” The discussion in the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB is hereby referenced into this release.

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AUTOIMMUNE INC.

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 

     Three months ended September 30,     Nine months ended September 30,  
     2006     2007     2006     2007  

Revenue

   $ 80,000     $ 59,000     $ 264,000     $ 219,000  
                                

Costs and expenses:

        

Cost of product revenue

     5,000       9,000       18,000       20,000  

Research and development

     25,000       7,000       172,000       95,000  

Selling, general and administrative

     199,000       163,000       906,000       526,000  
                                

Total costs and expenses

     229,000       179,000       1,096,000       641,000  
                                

Interest income

     113,000       112,000       315,000       335,000  

Other income

     —         —         —         25,000  
                                
     113,000       112,000       315,000       360,000  
                                

Net loss

   $ (36,000 )   $ (8,000 )   $ (517,000 )   $ (62,000 )
                                

Net loss per share—basic

   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.03 )   $ (0.00 )
                                

Net loss per share—diluted

   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.03 )   $ (0.00 )
                                

Weighted average common shares outstanding—basic

     16,919,623       16,979,623       16,919,623       16,967,504  
                                

Weighted average common shares outstanding—diluted

     16,919,623       16,979,623       16,919,623       16,967,504  
                                

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET

(Unaudited)

 

     December 31,
2006
   September 30,
2007

Cash and marketable securities

   $ 8,763,000    $ 8,692,000

Other current assets

     188,000      311,000
             

Total assets

   $ 8,951,000    $ 9,003,000
             

Current liabilities

   $ 128,000    $ 149,000

Total stockholders’ equity

     8,823,000      8,854,000
             

Total liabilities and equity

   $ 8,951,000    $ 9,003,000