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Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009

InterMune also reported results from operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The net loss for the period was $87.4 million, or $2.00 per share, compared with a net loss of $72.7 million, or $1.87 per share, in the first nine months of 2008.

Total revenue in the first nine months of 2009 was $42.1 million, compared with total revenue of $40.8 million in the same period of 2008, an increase of 3 percent. Actimmune revenue totaled $19.6 million in the first nine months of 2009, compared with $23.3 million of Actimmune revenue in the first nine months of 2008, a decrease of approximately 16 percent, reflecting lower off-label sales of Actimmune for the treatment of IPF, which InterMune does not promote. Revenue from the collaboration with Roche was $22.5 million in the first nine months of 2009, compared with $17.5 million in the same period of 2008. Collaboration revenue in the first nine months of 2009 included a $20.0 million milestone payment from Roche in connection with the start of the Phase 2b clinical trial program of ITMN-191, which was initiated in August. Collaboration revenue in the first nine months of 2008 included a $15.0 million development milestone payment received in the third quarter of 2008.

R&D expenses were $68.0 million in the first nine months of 2009, a 13 percent decrease compared to $78.0 million in the same period of 2008. This decrease in R&D expenses was primarily due to the completion of the Phase 3 CAPACITY program in early 2009, partially offset by increased expenses associated with: the RECAP pirfenidone study, the INFORM-1 and Phase 2b studies with ITMN-191 and the preparation of the NDA and MAA for pirfenidone. G&A expenses of $26.9 million in the first nine months of 2009 were approximately 19 percent highe
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