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Omeros Corporation Reports First Quarter 2020 Financial Results
– Conference Call Today at 4:30 p.m. ET – SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n– Conference Call Today at 4:30 p.m. ET –\n\n SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nOmeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing small-molecule and protein therapeutics for large-market as well as orphan indications targeting inflammation, complement-mediated diseases, disorders of the central nervous system and immune-related diseases, including cancers, today announced recent highlights and developments as well as financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020, which include:\n\n\n\nRevenues for the first quarter of 2020 were $23.5 million, compared to $21.8 million and $33.4 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2019, respectively. The decrease from the fourth quarter of 2019 reflects the COVID-19-related postponement of cataract procedures by ASCs and hospitals in early March.\n\n\nNet loss in the first quarter of 2020 was $29.0 million, or $0.53 per share, including non-cash expenses of $6.4 million, or $0.12 per share. This compares to a net loss of $24.3 million, or $0.50 per share, which included non-cash expenses of $6.0 million, or $0.12 per share, for the comparable quarter in 2019.\n\n\nAt March 31, 2020, Omeros had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments available for operations of $54.0 million, a decrease of $6.8 million from December 31, 2019.\n\n\nOmeros submitted the second part of its rolling biologics license application (BLA) for narsoplimab for the treatment of hematopoietic stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (HSCT-TMA). The submission was on schedule and consisted of information relating to the chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) of narsoplimab.\n\n\n\n“I am immensely proud of how Omeros’ employees have responded to the unprecedented challenges presented by the global pandemic, adapting to a changing work environment while continuing to meet program milestones with the same commitment, sense of urgency and level of productivity,” said Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D., Omeros’ chairman and chief executive officer. “We already are seeing rapid resumption of OMIDRIA purchases by ASCs and hospitals as they reopen and begin addressing the backlog of cataract surgery patients. For narsoplimab, we just submitted the second part of our rolling BLA as scheduled and continue to ...