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PacBio Announces Preliminary First Quarter 2025 Revenue and Reiterates 2025 Revenue Guidance of $155 Million to $170 Million
Implements Plan to Reduce Annualized Operating Expense Run Rate by $45 Million to $50 Million Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call Scheduled for May 8, 2025 MENLO
About this update from Pacific Biosciences Of California, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"Implements Plan to Reduce Annualized Operating Expense Run Rate by $45 Million to $50 Million Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call Scheduled for May 8, 2025 MENLO PARK, Calif., April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB) today announced preliminary, unaudited revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. Preliminary First Quarter Results Preliminary Q1 2025Q1 2024Revenue$36.9 million$38.8 millionInstrument revenue$10.8 million$19.0 millionConsumable revenue$20.1 million$16.0 millionService and other revenue$6.0 million$3.8 millionRevio systems1228Vega systems28-Annualized Revio pull-through per system~$236,000~$254,000Cash, cash equivalents, and investments$343.1 million$561.9 million Our preliminary revenue for the first quarter met our expectations despite impacts from ongoing uncertainty in NIH funding in the United States and broader economic headwinds affecting the industry. Vega system orders accelerated in the first quarter as compared to the fourth quarter of 2024 as the combination of system capability and its attractive price point enabled purchases from both new and existing customers. Preliminary consumable revenue reached a company record. Annualized Revio pull-through per system was approximately $236,000, in line with the company’s expectations in the low to mid $200,000s range. In response to ongoing market uncertainty, PacBio is executing a plan to reduce both headcount across all functions and non-headcount related expenses to lower its annualized non-GAAP operating expense run-rate by $45 million to $50 million by year end in relation to its prior guidance of $270 million to $280 million. Following the reductions, PacBio aims to focus on its highest-impact long-read platform development initiatives. Commentary by Christian Henry, President and CEO of PacBio: “We are pleased with our start to the year as revenue met our expectations and we achieved record levels of consumable revenue. The Vega launch is progressing well, attracting more customers to HiFi sequencing and is expanding our addressable applications. While the funding and general macroeconomic environment is having an impact on our ability to place more instruments, particularly Revio systems at academic customers, we are encouraged by the consistent Revio utilization and annualized consumable pull-through, which remain in line with our expe...