Clearant Reports Third Quarter Results.Distribution of Clearant Sterile Implants Drives Sequential Improvement LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Clearant, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : CLRI CLRI Central Leather Research Institute (India) ) today announced financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006. Revenue in the third quarter was $191,000, compared with revenue of $106,000 in the second quarter of 2006. The sequential improvement is primarily due to revenue in the third quarter of $76,000 from the distribution of Clearant Process([R]) sterile implants. The net loss in the third quarter was $2.6 million, or $0.07 per share, compared with a net loss of $2.3 million, or $0.06 per share, in the second quarter of 2006. "The third quarter marked the first full quarter of availability for Clearant Process sterile implants, and the response from spinal and orthopedic surgeons has been very positive," said Clearant Chief Executive Officer Alain Delongchamp. "The medical community is becoming increasingly aware of the importance of tissue sterilization sterilization Any surgical procedure intended to end fertility permanently (see contraception). Such operations remove or interrupt the anatomical pathways through which the cells involved in fertilization travel (see reproductive system). for patient safety, and we expect demand for our sterile implants to increase in the fourth quarter of 2006." For the first nine months of 2006, revenue was $488,000, compared with revenue of $452,000 in the first nine months of 2005. The net loss in the first nine months of 2006 was $7.5 million, or $0.19 per share, compared with a net loss of 10.2 million, or $0.39 per share, in the first nine months of 2005. A full review of Clearant's third quarter 2006 results, including financial tables, is contained in the Company's Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. About Clearant, Inc. Clearant, Inc. is a leader in pathogen Pathogen Any agent capable of causing disease. The term pathogen is usually restricted to living agents, which include viruses, rickettsia, bacteria, fungi, yeasts, protozoa, helminths, and certain insect larval stages. inactivation inactivation /in·ac·ti·va·tion/ (in-ak?ti-va´shun) the destruction of biological activity, as of a virus, by the action of heat or other agent. for biological products. Clearant has developed the patent-protected Clearant Process, which substantially reduces all types of bacteria and viruses in biological products while maintaining the functionality of the underlying tissue implant or protein. The Company began to distribute directly to surgeons, hospitals and clinics Clearant Process sterile implants in June 2006; in addition, Clearant continues to license the Clearant Process and provides its patented sterilization services to tissue banks and other biological products manufacturers. Clearant also has 10 license and service agreements with tissue banks. To date more than 9,000 patients have been successfully implanted with Clearant Process sterile implants supplied by one of the Company's licensed partners. Whereas various competing sterilization methods only kill specific types of pathogens (such as bacteria or lipid-enveloped viruses) for specific products, the Clearant Process reduces all types of pathogens for products across many market segments including tissue implants, plasma proteins plasma protein n. Any of the various dissolved proteins of blood plasma, including antibodies and blood-clotting proteins, that act by holding fluid in blood vessels by osmosis. , recombinant products, medical devices and blood products. Also, the Clearant Process can be applied at various stages of product processing and/or manufacturing, including in the final packaging. For more information, please visit www.clearant.com. Forward-Looking Statements Except for statements of historical fact, the matters discussed in this press release are forward looking and made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect numerous assumptions and involve a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's control, which may cause actual results to differ materially from stated expectations. These risk factors include, among others, limited operating history, difficulty in developing, exploiting and protecting proprietary technologies, results of additional clinical studies, acceptance and success of our direct distribution of allografts allografts (al´ n.pl the transplantation of tissue between genetically nonidentical individuals of the same species. , efficacy of the technology, intense competition and substantial regulation in the biotechnology industry, and additional risks discussed in the company's filings with the SEC, available on the SEC web site http://www.sec.gov. |
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