Insmed Announces First Quarter 2008 Financi...(arket. The lower R&D Expenses reflectedt...)

Date:5/8/2008

arket. The lower R&D Expenses reflected the reduced operating costs at our manufacturing facility located in Boulder, Colorado as we streamlined the facility to support our clinical activities following the withdrawal of IPLEX(TM) from the commercial short stature market. The realized loss on investments arises from the write-down of our investment in Napo. This investment, which was funded by a milestone payment from Napo, was recorded as part of our agreement with Napo in 2007.

Interest income in the first quarter of 2008 at $279,000 was slightly below the $301,000 earned in the same period of 2007 and was primarily due to the lower interest rate environment. Interest expense increased to $354,000 in the most recent period from $151,000 during the corresponding period of 2007. The reduction was due to an increase in the debt discount amortization resulting from the quarterly payment of our 2005 convertible notes, which began in March 2008.

As of March 31, 2008, we had total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments on hand of $12.0 million, compared to $16.5 million on hand as of December 31, 2007. The $4.5 million decrease in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments primarily reflects the use of $3.9 million for operating activities and a $553,000 principal repayment of our 2005 convertible notes, which began on March 1, 2008.

Conference Call

To participate in today's 8:30 AM ET live conference call, please dial 888-680-0879 (U.S. callers) or 617-213-4856 (international callers), and provide passcode 36651483. A live webcast of the call will also be available at: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/playerlink.zhtml?c=122332&s=wm&e=1833642. Please allow extra time prior to the webcast to register, download and install any necessary audio software.

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