3SBio Inc. Announces Unaudited Second Quarter 20...(in overseas markets. First half export s...),Health

Dr. Jing Lou, chief executive officer of 3SBio, commented: "We had a good quarter with an encouraging trend in our operating performance. Sales of our leading products, EPIAO and TPIAO both grew by over 37% due to the strong growth of the dialysis market and our continued efforts to raise awareness of 3SBio in the oncology segment of the market. Our share of the Chinese EPO market now exceeds that of our five closest competitors combined and we reiterate our 2009 revenue guidance. I am pleased to have Mr. Deyu Kong join us as Director -- Manufacture and Process. He will be based in Shenyang where we are expanding our manufacturing capacity at least four-fold. Mr Kong's experience with international biotech manufacturing protocols will help us as we explore biosimilar opportunities in the EU and US."

Three months ended June 30, 2009 Unaudited Financial Results

Net revenues. Net revenues increased by 36.8% to RMB81.5 million (US$11.9 million) for the second quarter of 2009 from RMB59.6 million (US$8.7 million) for the same period in 2008. This increase was largely due to continued strength from EPIAO and TPIAO products which increased by 37.6% and 38.4%, respectively, over the same period in 2008. The growth in sales from EPIAO was driven in part by an expanded oncology sales force, which continued to perform well. TPIAO remained 3SBio's second largest revenue contributor in the quarter, accounting for 27.3% of total net revenues. Export sales grew by 25.5% to RMB3.5 million (US$0.5 million), and sales of 3SBio's IV Iron Sucrose rose 42.7% to RMB3.0 million (US$0.4 million).

Gross profit. As a result of continued sales growth from key products, gross profit increased by 38.1% to RMB75.0 million (US$11.0 million) for the second quarter of 2009 from R
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