BioLight Life Sciences Ltd. ADR (BLGTY)

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BioLight Reports 2015 Financial Results

TEL AVIV, Israel, April 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

BioLight Life Sciences (BOLT.TA) ("BioLight" or the "Company"), an emerging global ophthalmic company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of products and product candidates which address ophthalmic conditions, reported operational and financial results for the year ended December 31, 2015. Results were characterized by continued development and commercial progress in multiple markets, and the achievement of all previously announced 2015 milestones.

Operational Highlights:

Completed an upsized private investment and signed a strategic partnership with Rock-One International Holdings Ltd. designed to help BioLight maximize its presence within China, the second largest healthcare market in the world after the United States.
Reported first IOPtiMate™ System sales and procedures for a total of 1.4 million NIS (or approx. $360,000) in selected markets, enhanced worldwide marketing platform, and increased installed based, focusing on KOLs as the basis for expanding product sales going forward.
Completed a joint equity financing agreement pursuant to which two Asia-based venture capital firms invested in BioLight subsidiary, IOPtima, for an aggregate amount of US$6.0 million, representing an approx. US$21 million post-money valuation for IOPtima, primarily to enhance IOPtiMate™ sales and marketing efforts, as well as to initiate a regulatory approval pathway process for the IOPtimate™ system with the U.S. FDA.
Signed a collaboration agreement with Ora, Inc., a world-leading independent, full-service ophthalmic contract research organization and product development firm, pursuant to which the Company and Ora will work together to advance the clinical, regulatory and commercial development of BioLight's novel TeaRx™ multi-assay diagnostic test for dry eye syndrome ("DES").
Completed two positive U.S. clinical studies which assessed the TeaRx™' test's effectiveness in assessing tears of healthy subjects as well as patients with DES, providing the basis for regulatory submissions in the U.S and Europe in 2016.
Progressed with patient enrollment into an ongoing U.S. Phase 1/2a clinical study of Eye-D™ VS-101, BioLight's latanoprost insert product based on its ground-breaking in-office insertable platform that provides for controlled release of ophthalmic medications over time, the results of which are expected to be obtained in the second half of 2016.
Expanded BioLight's balanced and diverse pipeline of ophthalmic products and product candidates with OphRx, a joint-venture that is developing a non-invasive, eye-drop-based ophthalmic drug delivery technology as an alternative to current delivery modalities, such as intravitreal injections.
Reported positive clinical studies results for its CellDetect™ and BRONJ cancer diagnostics, and obtained CE Mark for the CellDetect™ bladder cancer test, enabling the product to be marketed and sold in Europe and other territories.
Financial Results:

All dollar amounts are expressed in New Israeli Shekels ("NIS"), with a convenience U.S. dollar translation of NIS amounts provided using the rate of NIS 3.902 to US$1.00, the representative rate of exchange as of December 31, 2015, and results are reported in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.

For the year ended December 31, 2015, BioLight's revenues were NIS 1.4 million (US$ 360,000). The net loss for 2015 was approximately NIS 27.6 million (US$ 7.1 million), or NIS 7.98 loss per share, as compared to a net loss of approximately NIS 36 million (US$ 9.2 million), or NIS 11.96 loss per share, for 2014.

BioLight ended 2015 in a strong financial position. As at December 31, 2015, the Company had approximately NIS 51 million (US$ 13.1 million) in cash and short-term deposits.

About BioLight Life Sciences Ltd.

BioLight address ophthalmic significant unmet medical needs with a pipeline of products and product candidates, which are in various commercial and clinical stages, including: IOPtiMate™, a laser-based non-invasive surgical treatment for glaucoma; TeaRx™, a diagnostic solution that provides a multi-assay analysis of tear film constituents in order to identify one or more underlying causes of DES; Eye-D™, an in-office insertable platform that provides for controlled release of ophthalmic medications over time and OphRx's lyotropic liquid crystals, or LLC, a non-invasive drug delivery technology administered through eye drops as an alternative to current ocular delivery modalities. BioLight has also invested, through Micromedic, in innovations in cancer diagnostics, including proprietary tests that are designated for bladder, cervical, multiple myeloma and other cancers.

Leading key investors are Mr. Israel Makov, Chairman of Sun Pharmaceuticals, former CEO and President of Teva Pharmaceuticals and former Chairman of Given Imaging, Mr. Dilip Shanghvi, founder of Sun Pharmaceuticals, India's largest pharmaceutical company, Mr. Dan Oren, founder and CEO of Dexcel Pharma, the second-largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in Israel and Rock-One, a Hong Kong-based investment company.

For more information please visit the Company's website at http://www.bio-light.co.il

CONTACTS:

Israel Investor Contact:
Itai Bar-Natan, CFO
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U.S. Investor Contact:
Stephen Kilmer, IR
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