Skystar Bio-pharmaceutical Co. (fka SKBI)

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Management Comments
Mr. Weibing Lu, Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical's chairman and chief executive officer, commented, "Skystar made significant progress in the second quarter of fiscal 2012 in its evolution to scale up its business. During the period, Skystar has been able to maintain fiscal profitability, control raw materials costs and operating expenses while moving forward with efforts to modernize and automate manufacturing of its veterinary vaccine, medication, probiotic and feed additives lines.

"In order to maintain revenue and profit in a 'GMP certification' year for several of Skystar's production facilities, Management has ramped sales and marketing for other parts of the business and introduced various customer concession and retention programs to compensate for a reduced supply of veterinary medicine products and not have to reduce the price of products to customers.

"As previously announced on June 26, 2012, China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) experts' physically inspected the Company's Huxian veterinary medicine manufacturing plant and published its recommendation to renew Skystar's GMP certificate, valid for a period of five years. While the Company awaits post-inspection procedures from the MOA, the veterinary medicine plant in Huxian remains closed. Skystar anticipates the renewed GMP certificate will be physically received in the third quarter of 2012. During this time, the Company successfully shifted its sales strategy temporarily to other product lines, mainly probiotics and feed additives. The goal of this exercise was not only to maintain revenue guidance but to take the opportunity to further inroads in expanding the sales footprint of its probiotics line whose record sales doubled as compared to the same period a year ago.

"Operationally, the Compared pared back research and development activities, primarily moving forward with projects that were paid for already in previous years. As the GMP recertification at Huxian's veterinary medicine facility heads closer towards full production the Company anticipates increasing efforts and investment in research and development at that juncture.

"Management is excited to share its results at the half year mark. Skystar has been able to successfully implement its operational strategy as it moves towards the most profitable half of the fiscal year. We believe that the course management has plotted will position Skystar to make forecasted fiscal guidance for 2012 and to position the Company for revamped growth in fiscal 2013," concluded Mr. Lu.

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