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IVAX Diagnostics Reports First Quarter Results.


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:IVD (Interactive VideoDisc) See interactive video. ) reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2006. For the quarter, IVAX Diagnostics recorded net revenues of $4,718,000, a decrease of $665,000, or 12.4%, from the same period of the previous year. Net loss for the first quarter of 2006 was $797,000 compared to net income of $838,000 in the same period of 2005. Net loss for the first quarter of 2006 includes a cumulative effect adjustment of $201,000 for a change in accounting principle required by the Company's adoption of SFAS SFAS Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
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 D'Urso, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  and president of IVAX Diagnostics, said, "Our revenue during the first quarter was negatively impacted from the delay that we have experienced in the full commercial release of our new PARSEC(TM) System. Additionally, operating results for the first quarter of 2006 declined significantly compared to the first quarter of 2005, primarily as a result of the bad debt recovery of $1,690,000 that was recorded during the first quarter of 2005 when the allowance for doubtful accounts Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

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 was reduced to recognize the impact of the collection of a previously outstanding Italian accounts receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying . We remain optimistic op·ti·mist  
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 for the PARSEC System(TM) during 2006 and expect that this new laboratory automation system will be a major source of revenue growth for us worldwide in the future."

About IVAX Diagnostics, Inc.

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 S.r.l., and ImmunoVision, Inc. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Hebrew: טבע תעשיות פרמצבטיות בע"מ), NASDAQ: TEVA is an international pharmaceutical company headquartered in  Limited, through its wholly-owned IVAX Corporation IVAX Corporation was a United States public corporation focused on manufacturing and distributing generic pharmaceutical products. Ivax was acquired by the Israeli company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in January 2006. External links
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 subsidiary, owns approximately 72% of IVAX Diagnostics, Inc.

Except for the historical matters contained herein, statements in this press release are forward-looking and are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor

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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. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

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 involve risks and uncertainties that may affect the business and prospects of IVAX Diagnostics, Inc., including, without limitation: risks and uncertainties regarding the PARSEC(TM) System, including, without limitation, that the PARSEC(TM) System may not perform as or be available when expected, that the PARSEC(TM) System may not be a source of revenue growth for IVAX Diagnostics, that IVAX Diagnostics may not receive financial benefits or achieve improved operating results after the full commercial release of the PARSEC(TM) System, that IVAX Diagnostics' international activities associated with the PARSEC(TM) System may be impacted by the delay in the full commercial release of the PARSEC(TM) System, that the PARSEC(TM) System may not be a factor in the future growth of IVAX Diagnostics or in allowing it to expand its business beyond its current range of autoimmune autoimmune /au·to·im·mune/ (-i-mun´) directed against the body's own tissue; see under disease and response.

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 assays, that IVAX Diagnostics may not be able to obtain 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the PARSEC(TM) System during 2006 or at all, that the PARSEC(TM) System may not provide IVAX Diagnostics with distinct competitive advantages, that IVAX Diagnostics may not be successful in its marketing of the PARSEC(TM) System, and that customers may not integrate the PARSEC(TM) System into their operations as readily as expected; that improved financial performance or results may not occur; that IVAX Diagnostics may not experience internal or external growth; and other risks and uncertainties that may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. In addition to the risks and factors set forth above, investors should consider the economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other risks and factors discussed in IVAX Diagnostics' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, in the section entitled en·ti·tle  
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 "Risk Factors" in IVAX Diagnostics' Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
 for the year ended December 31, 2005.
IVAX DIAGNOSTICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                              (Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31,                     2006          2005
                                              -----------  -----------

Net  revenues                                $ 4,718,385  $ 5,382,611
Cost of sales                                  1,984,653    2,136,239
                                              -----------  -----------
  Gross profit                                 2,733,732    3,246,372
                                              -----------  -----------

Operating expenses:
  Selling                                      1,491,835    1,513,457
  General and administrative                   1,438,797    1,152,100
  Research and development                       492,548      394,769
  Bad debt recovery                                    -   (1,690,000)
                                              -----------  -----------
  Total operating expenses                     3,423,180    1,370,326
                                              -----------  -----------

  Income (loss) from operations                 (689,448)   1,876,046
                                              -----------  -----------

Other income:
  Interest income                                119,787       69,261
  Other expense, net                             (10,907)     (64,243)
                                              -----------  -----------
  Total other income, net                        108,880        5,018
                                              -----------  -----------

  Income (loss) before income taxes             (580,568)   1,881,064

Provision for income taxes                        15,606    1,043,006
                                              -----------  -----------

Income (loss) before cumulative effect of
  change in accounting principle                (596,174)     838,058

Cumulative effect of change in accounting
 principle                                      (201,000)           -
                                              -----------  -----------

Net income (loss)                            $  (797,174) $   838,058
                                              ===========  ===========


Net income (loss) per share, before
 cumulative effect of change in
 accounting principle
Basic and diluted                            $     (0.02) $      0.03
                                              ===========  ===========

Cumulative effect of change in accounting
 principle, per share
Basic and diluted                            $     (0.01) $         -
                                              ===========  ===========

Net Income (loss) per share
Basic and diluted                            $     (0.03) $      0.03
                                              ===========  ===========

WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES
  OUTSTANDING:
  Basic                                       27,623,832   27,019,829
                                              ===========  ===========
  Diluted                                     27,623,832   27,955,340
                                              ===========  ===========
IVAX DIAGNOSTICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                                              March 31,   December 31,
                                                2006          2005
                                             ----------   ------------
                                             (Unaudited)
                                ASSETS
                                ------

Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents                 $  4,474,560  $11,479,568
  Marketable securities                        5,825,011      122,045
  Accounts receivable, net of allowances
   for doubtful accounts of $1,003,537 in
   2006 and $973,855 in 2005                   7,349,782    6,695,353
  Inventories, net                             5,773,653    5,608,584
  Other current assets                           996,422    1,164,890
                                             ------------  -----------
     Total current assets                     24,419,428   25,070,440

Property, plant and equipment, net             2,531,734    2,213,581
Equipment on lease                               559,267      585,295
Product license                                1,255,936    1,255,936
Goodwill, net                                  6,707,569    6,722,725
Other assets                                      60,866       55,553
                                             ------------  -----------
     Total assets                           $ 35,534,800  $35,903,530
                                             ============  ===========


                 LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
                 ------------------------------------

Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable                          $  1,117,217  $ 1,190,204
  Accrued license payable                        969,932      947,920
  Accrued expenses and other current
   liabilities                                 2,960,415    2,895,836
                                             ------------  -----------
     Total current liabilities                 5,047,564    5,033,960
                                             ------------  -----------

Stock option compensation liability              177,000            -
Other long-term liabilities                      724,374      680,006
                                             ------------  -----------

     Total liabilities                         5,948,938    5,713,966
                                             ------------  -----------

Commitments and contingencies

Shareholders' equity:
  Common stock, $0.01 par value, authorized
   50,000,000 shares, issued and outstanding
   27,631,887 in 2006 and 27,623,554 in
   2005                                          276,318      276,235
  Capital in excess of par value              40,600,200   40,548,950
  Accumulated deficit                        (10,255,545)  (9,458,371)
  Accumulated other comprehensive loss        (1,035,111)  (1,177,250)
                                             ------------  -----------
     Total shareholders' equity               29,585,862   30,189,564
                                             ------------  -----------
     Total liabilities and shareholders'
      equity                                $ 35,534,800  $35,903,530
                                             ============  ===========
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