TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Investment Bridge, one of Japan's leading IR services companies, releases a "Bridge Report" on CellSeed Inc. (JASDAQ NEO:7776) reviewing its first half fiscal year December 2010 earnings.
CellSeed Inc., Japan's leading regenerative medical company, recently announced that losses were lower than expected despite weaker than expected sales during the first half of the current term. At the same time CellSeed maintained its outstanding estimates for the full year, which call for sales growth of 21.7% year-over-year to 106 million yen and recurring losses of 1.2 billion yen.
CellSeed is currently developing several different treatments based on its revolutionary technology called "cell sheet regenerative medicine," which uses the patient's own cells for cultivation in "cell cultureware" developed by CellSeed to be used as regenerative "cell sheets" to repair damaged tissues and organs. These treatments are highly unique because they are safe and they overcome various ethical issues by using the patient's own cells. Among the treatments currently being developed are corneal regeneration epithelial cell sheet, regenerated cardiac patch, esophageal regeneration epithelial cell sheet, periodontal tissue regeneration cell sheet, and regenerated cartilage sheet. Currently these treatments are at the clinical research and clinical trial stages, and are expected to be submitted for medical approval within the coming years. Therefore CellSeed is expected to incur operating losses until fiscal year December 2012, but funds sourced during the Company's public offering earlier this year are expected to cover operating costs until it achieves profitability.
During the first half of the current fiscal year, sales fell below expectations due to delays of large project deliveries to parties jointly conducting research and weaker than expected sales in Europe. At the same time, lower than expected sales were offset by lower variable costs due to delays in the occurrence of research expenses associated with corneal regeneration treatment, which pushed them into the second half and contributed to lower than expected losses.
| 1H-FY12/11 | 1H-FY12/10 | YoY Change | FY12/09 | FY12/10 | YoY Change | |||||||
| Estimates | Results | Results | Estimates | |||||||||
| Sales | 53 | 22 | -58.4% | 87 | 106 | 21.7% | ||||||
| Operating Income | -818 | -548 | - | -785 | -1,456 | - | ||||||
| Recurring Income | -580 | -346 | - | -788 | -1,218 | - | ||||||
| Net Income | -582 | -351 | - | -790 | -1,222 | - | ||||||
Of the various treatments currently being tested, corneal regeneration epithelial cell sheet is currently being prepared for submission for medical approval and is likely to become the first commercially launched treatment. During fiscal year December 2012, CellSeed projects sales of 1.85 billion yen and recurring income of 24 million yen.
| Projections | FY12/10 | FY12/11 | FY12/12 | |||
| Sales | 106 | 534 | 1,853 | |||
| Operating Income | -1,456 | -806 | 3 | |||
| Recurring Income | -1,218 | -786 | 24 | |||
| Net Income | -1,222 | -790 | 18 | |||
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About CellSeed
CellSeed is the leading company in the field of regenerative medicine and uses a highly unique and leading-edge technology called "cell sheet engineering," which uses the patient's own cultivated cells to repair damaged tissues and organs. CellSeed seeks to promote the worldwide diffusion of "cell sheet regenerative medicine" to treat patients who previously could not be effectively treated using traditional medical treatments.
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