Galmed Pharmaceuticals Provides Business Update and Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2019 Financial Results

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[{"type":"text","content":"- Conference Call and Webcast Today at 8:30 a.m. EDT / 5:30 a.m. PDT -\n\n\nTEL AVIV, Israel, March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Nasdaq: GLMD) (\"Galmed\" or the \"Company\"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of Aramchol, a liver targeted, oral, SCD1 modulator, currently in a Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and fibrosis provides today a business update and reports financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2019. The Company will host a conference call and webcast at 08:30 ET today.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nFinancial Summary – Full Year 2019 vs. Full Year 2018; 4Q19 vs. 4Q18:\nFor the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded a net loss of $8.3 and $20.5 million or $0.39 and $0.97 per share, respectively, compared with a net loss of $3.7 million and $9.9 million, or $0.18 and $0.54 per share, for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018. Research and development expenses were $18.2 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, compared with $8.3 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018. For the three months ended December 31, 2019, research and development expenses totaled $7.4 million, which compares with $2.7 million for the same period in 2018. The increase during the three and twelve months is mainly due to the preparation and initiation of the ARMOR study. The Company incurred general and administrative expenses of $4.2 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, compared with $4.4 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018. For the three months ended December 31, 2018, general and administrative expenses totaled $1.3 million, which compares with $1.5 million for the same period in 2018. The decrease primarily resulted from a decrease in salaries and benefits expenses of approximately $0.5 million due to lower year-end bonuses. During the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2019, the Company recognized a net financial income of $0.3 million and $1.9 million, respectively, compared with $0.5 and $0.9 million, respectively, during 2018. The increase during the twelve months ended December 31, 2019 is mainly due to an increase in interest income from marketable debt securities and short-term deposits, as ...

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