Insmed Inc (INSM)

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Insmed Incorporated Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2006
8:15 AM EST November 3, 2006
Insmed Incorporated (Nasdaq/NMS: INSM), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of drug candidates for the treatment of metabolic diseases and endocrine disorders with unmet medical needs, today announced results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2006.

Nine Months Nine Months $000's (except EPS) Q3 2006 Q3 2005 2006 2005 ------------------------------------------------ Total Revenues 226 22 489 107 Net loss (12,372) (13,756) (34,711) (28,044) Earnings per share (0.12) (0.29) (0.37) (0.61)

Discussion of Revenue and Expense Items

Revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2006 were $226,000 as compared with $22,000 in the corresponding period of 2005. The revenue figure for the third quarter of 2006 includes commercial sales, sales to patients in the Company's named patient program and royalties. The revenues for the corresponding period of 2005 were comprised solely of royalties, with named patient revenues being recorded as a reduction in research and development (R&D) expense, as the Company was reporting on a R&D basis at the time.

The net loss for the third quarter ended September 30, 2006 was $12.4 million or $0.12 per share, as compared to a net loss of $13.8 million or $0.29 per share for the corresponding quarter of 2005. The $1.4 million reduction in the net loss was due to a $5.9 million decrease in interest expense, a $0.3 million increase in interest income and a $0.2 million increase in revenues, offset by a $5.0 million increase in operating expenses. The decrease in interest expense results from lower amortisation of the debt discount associated with the March 2005 financing as an acceleration of the discount took place in the third quarter of 2005 due to a conversion of notes into shares. The rise in selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses for the third quarter of 2006 as compared to the corresponding period of 2005 is mainly due to the hiring of the commercial team and associated marketing expenses for the Company's commercial launch of IPLEX(TM), and the recording of patent litigation expenses into the SG&A category in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The cost of goods sold (COGS) for the third quarter of 2006 was impacted by the planned initial commissioning of the Company's second generation manufacturing process for IPLEX(TM) at our production facility in Boulder Colorado. The time required to complete the trial run of the process reduced commercial production capacity for the quarter and consequently, the site costs, most of which are fixed, were spread over a lower output resulting in a high COGS.

Revenues reported for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 including commercial patient sales, named patient program sales and royalties were $489,000 as compared to $107,000 in royalties reported for the same period in 2005.

The net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was $34.7 million, or $0.37 per share, compared to the net loss of $28.0 million, or $0.61 per share, reported for the corresponding period in 2005. The $6.7 million increase in the net loss for the nine months of 2006 as compared to the nine months of 2005 was due mainly to a $13.0 million increase in operating expenses, partially offset by a $5.0 million decrease in interest expense, a $0.9 million increase in interest income and a $0.4 million increase in revenues. The $13.0 million rise in operating expenses is primarily due to the build-up of our commercial team and associated marketing expenses as mentioned earlier, together with increased legal costs which were higher than the corresponding period of 2005 due to elevated litigation activity. The decrease in interest expense is again associated with the March 2005 financing as the amortisation of the debt discount was accelerated in 2005 due to a partial conversion of the notes into shares.

As of September 30, 2006, the Company had total cash and cash equivalents of $35.0 million which represents an increase of $16.2 million from December 31, 2005. This net increase is due to the $52.1 million in net cash provided by financing activities, which was partially offset by the $31.4 million in net cash used in support of the Company's business operations and $4.5 million of construction in progress at the Company's Boulder manufacturing facility. The $52.1 million of cash from financing activities was generated from a combination of $42.8 million in net proceeds from the sale of common stock in March 2006, $8.8 million from the exercise of certain outstanding warrants and $0.4 million from a reduction in a restricted letter of credit and minor employee option conversions.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call on Friday, November 3rd; at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the financial results for the third quarter of 2006 and provide a business update.

Interested investors can listen to the call over the internet from Insmed's investor relations website at www.insmed.com or by dialling [phone] (domestic) or [phone] (international).

A telephonic replay of the call will be available for one week at 888-203-1112 (domestic) or [phone] (international), passcode: 4663784. A web replay of the call will be available through our corporate website, in the investor relations segment, beginning at 6:00 p.m.