Non-GAAP Financial Measurements
This press release and the accompanying tables include non-GAAP financial measures. Please see the section of the accompanying tables titled "Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income to Non-GAAP Net Loss" for a description of these non-GAAP financial measures, including reasons for Medarex management's decision to use each measure, and reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Medarex's product development and business activities during the first
quarter of 2008 include the following:
-- Announcing the receipt of a milestone payment from our licensing
partner, Centocor, Inc., in connection with Centocor's submission of a
regulatory application to the European Medicines Agency requesting
marketing approval of golimumab (CNTO 148), a human anti-TNF antibody
for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and
ankylosing spondylitis, that was generated using Medarex's UltiMAb(R)
technology;
-- Announcing the receipt of a milestone payment from our licensing
partner, Novo Nordisk A/S, for the filing of an Investigational New
Drug application for an antibody generated by Medarex's UltiMAb(R)
technology; and
-- Adding approximately $152 million to our cash resources through the
sale of Genmab A/S common stock, reducing our ownership in Genmab to
approximately 5.1% of the total outstanding shares.
"This is an exciting time for Medarex, and we begin the year with continued focus on laying the groundwork for sustained growth and value by investing in and making positive advances with products in our pipeline," said Howard H. Pien, President and CEO of Medarex.
As previously announced, 17 presentations for ipilimumab an
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