Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financi...(in the fourthquarter of 2007 compared to...)

Date:2/27/2008

in the fourth quarter of 2007, compared to $38.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Research and development expenses totaled $149.5 million in the full year ended December 31, 2007, compared to $103.4 million in the full year ended December 31, 2006. The increase in research and development expenses in 2007 over 2006 is primarily attributable to clinical development costs for Arena's Phase 3 clinical program for lorcaserin, its drug candidate for the treatment of obesity, and a Phase 2a clinical trial of APD125, its drug candidate for the treatment of insomnia, as well as an increase in the number of its research and development personnel. Research and development expenses in 2007 included $4.2 million in non-cash, share-based compensation expense, compared to $2.9 million in 2006. General and administrative expenses totaled $6.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2007, compared to $5.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. General and administrative expenses totaled $26.6 million in the full year ended December 31, 2007, compared to $18.5 million in the full year ended December 31, 2006. The increase in general and administrative expenses in 2007 over 2006 is primarily attributable to an increase in Arena's general and administrative personnel and non-cash, share-based compensation expense, as well as costs related to Arena's growing and maturing patent portfolio. General and administrative expenses in 2007 included $4.6 million in non-cash, share-based compensation expense, compared to $2.1 million in 2006. Total patent costs, including patent costs related to partnered programs, were $6.4 million in the full year ended December 31, 2007, compared to $4.5 million in the full year ended December 31, 2006.

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $398.2 million at December 31, 2007, and included net proceeds of $103.2 million from a public offering completed in November 2007. Approximately 72.3 million shares of Arena's common stock were
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