FONAR Announces Third Quarter
and Nine-Month Financial Results for Fiscal 2007
MELVILLE,
NEW YORK, May 11, 2007 - FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONRD), The
Inventor of MR Scanning™, announced its financial results
for the third quarter of fiscal 2007, which ended March 31, 2007.
For
the nine-month period ended March 31, 2007, we reported a net
loss of $17.0 million on revenues of $24.2 million as compared
to net loss of $21.0 million on revenues of $27.8 million for
the nine-month period ended March 31, 2006.
For
the three month period ended March 31, 2007 we reported a net
loss of $5.4 million on revenues of $8.8 million as compared to
net loss of $7.4 million on revenues of $7.1 million for the three-month
period ended March 31, 2006.
Net
loss and revenue for the quarter ending March 31, 2007 as compared
to the quarter ended March 31, 2006. Net losses improved by 26.6%,
($5.4 million) as compared to ($7.4 million), on a revenue increase
of 23.6% to $8.8 million from $7.1 million. Particularly noteworthy
was that the revenues for the quarter ending March 31, 2007 accounted
for 36.2% of the revenues of the nine-month period ending March
31, 2007.
There
was recent increased sales activity which management believes
is attributable to a general increase in the utilization of MRI
and the increase in demand for UPRIGHT™ MRI scans, and the
reduction of uncertainty of the impact of the Deficit Reduction
Act (“DRA”). A recent survey of FONAR UPRIGHT™
MRI customers shows the DRA has not had a substantial impact on
revenues and has been more than offset by an increase in utilization
of MRI and the UPRIGHT™ imaging technology.
During
the third fiscal 2007 quarter, total product sale revenues were
$3.2 million, an increase of 91% from $1.7 million one year earlier.
The nine-month total product sales for the quarter ending March
31, 2007 was $7.8 million as compared to $10.0 million for the
same period one year earlier.
Service
and repair revenues for the third fiscal 2007 quarter increased
10% to $2.6 million from $2.3 million during the same quarter
of fiscal 2006. For the nine-month period ending March 31, 2007
there was a 18% increase to $7.5 million from $6.3 million for
the same period one year earlier. These increases are due to the
result and initiation of service contract agreements from recent
installations of FONAR UPRIGHT ™ Multi-Position™ MRI
units.
During
the third fiscal quarter total costs related to service and repair
fees were $1.3 million as compared to $1.4 million one year earlier.
Also for the nine-month period total costs related to service
and repair fees were $3.9 million as compared to $4.2 million
one year earlier. As of March 31, 2007, there were 118 FONAR UPRIGHT™
Multi-Position™ MRI units installed worldwide.
At
March 31, 2007, total assets were $48.5 million, total current
assets were $30.2 million, total cash and marketable securities
were $5.8 million, total current liabilities were $29.2 million,
and total long-term liabilities were $1.3 million.
Dr.
Raymond Damadian, president and chairman of FONAR, said, “the
future of UPRIGHT™ Multi-Position™ Full Range of Motion™
MRI is more exciting than ever. Unique medical applications for
UPRIGHT™ Multi-Position™ imaging arise continuously.
A very important example is FONAR’s new development of scanning
protocols for scoliosis. According to a National Cancer Institute
study published in 2000, women with scoliosis have a 90% higher
incidence of developing breast cancer than non-scoliotic women,
the apparent cause being the repeated multiple chest X-rays over
many years required for scoliosis treatment and treatment monitoring.
Upright, full weight-bearing chest X-rays are mandatory to evaluate
scoliosis. UPRIGHT™ MRI meets the scoliosis need for upright
imaging without the radiation and without the risk of engendering
breast cancers. The estimated number of children in North America
with scoliosis is 1.5 million, a number which does not include
scoliosis patients above age 18, which raise the number with scoliosis
to 3.0 million.”
MRI
scans for the detection of silicone breast implant leaks is
another
new application of UPRIGHT™ MRI,” continued Dr. Damadian.
“Silicone implants for breast augmentation were only recently
reinstated by the FDA in November 2006. The FDA recommends that
MRI scans be performed for leakage detection at year 3 post-surgery
and every 2 years thereafter.
Cosmetic
surgeons
deem it important that these scans be done upright to optimize
the detection of implant leaks. Pooling of implant material
when
the breast is gravity-dependent and pendant is perceived to be
the most sensitive means for image detection of leakage. There
is concern that when the breast is recumbent redistribution of
leakage material may undermine detection. There are currently
in excess of 1.65 million women in the U.S. with breast implants.
Under the new FDA leakage monitoring recommendations, 1.65 million
women would be recommended to have MRI examinations at year 3
post-surgery and every 2 years thereafter.”
“The
current installed base of FONAR UPRIGHT™ MRI scanners (118)
operating at maximum capacity,” added Dr. Damadian, “can
accomplish only 614,000 of the needed 1.65 million MRI scans in
each of the first two years recommended by the FDA and of the
needed 1.65 million scans on alternate years thereafter, even
if these scanners were performing MRI breast examinations exclusively.”
“Whiplash
injuries of the neck also require UPRIGHT™ Multi-Position™
Full Range of Motion™ evaluation of the disks, ligaments,
neck musculature, vertebra and spinal cord for a satisfactory
assessment of the neck injury,” said Dr. Damadian. “There
are currently 1,000,000 motor vehicle whiplash injuries of the
neck occurring annually.”
Dr.
Damadian continued, “Patients with Chiari syndrome, in which
the brain, for lack of sufficient connective tissue support, descends
into the foramen magnum (opening) at the base of the skull when
the patient is upright, require UPRIGHT™ MR imaging. The
“drop attacks” that occur in this syndrome are characterized
by a sudden episode of muscular paralysis and a concurrent “falling
to the ground” when the patient is upright. The actual pathology
initiating the “drop attack” can only therefore be
visualized with the patient in the same posture that prompts the
“attack”. Consequently, Chiari patients require examination
in the FONAR UPRIGHT™ MRI to achieve the images necessary
to assess the extent of Chiari malformation. The current estimate
of the number of Chiari cases in the U.S. is 300,000. This number
is believed to be underestimated by as much as 200,000 Chiari
1 malformations now thought to occur annually, secondary to motor
vehicle whiplash injuries.”
“Such
applications continue to arise without limit. Moreover, they are
in addition to the already existing extensive musculoskeletal
applications in the spine wherein 1,000,000 spine surgeries are
performed annually and where UPRIGHT™ weight-bearing Multi-Position™
imaging prior to surgery will ultimately be mandatory to prevent
incorrect surgery. Additionally, there are 9,000,000 MRI scans
of the spine performed annually in the U.S. that are destined
to become UPRIGHT™ Multi-Position™ MRI scans so that
accurate identification of the patient’s symptom generating
spine pathology can be achieved. And ultimately the extensive
cardio-vascular applications of UPRIGHT™ Multi-Position™
imaging are destined to come into use, e.g. UPRIGHT™ imaging
of cerebral blood flow prior to surgical vascular repair, and
UPRIGHT™ imaging of lower extremities varicosities prior
to surgery. Additionally, a little over 1,000,000 cardiac surgeries
are performed annually in the U.S. Such patients will benefit
substantially from UPRIGHT™ MRI imaging of coronary blood
flow prior to deciding between the various corrective alternatives,
e.g. bypass, stents, and angioplasty,” said Dr. Damadian.
“These are but a few of the clinical conditions that are
undiagnosable without upright scanning that have been brought
to FONAR’s attention since the introduction to the medical
community by FONAR of UPRIGHT™ Multi-Position™ MRI
technology.”
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF OPERATIONS |
| |
For the Three Months
Ended March 31, |
For the Nine Months
Ended March 31, |
| |
2007 |
2006 |
2007 |
2006 |
| Revenues |
$ 8,782,000 |
$ 7,103,000 |
$ 24,237,000 |
$ 27,797,000 |
| Net Loss |
$(5,401,000) |
$(7,357,000) |
$(16,976,000) |
$(21,031,000) |
| Basic & Diluted Loss per Common Share |
$(1.11) |
$(1.65) |
$(3.52) |
$(4.80) |
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The Inventor of MR Scanning™,
Full Range of Motion™, STAND-UP™, UPRIGHT™,
Multi-Position™, pMRI™, True Flow™, Walk-In™ and
The Proof is in the Picture™ are trademarks of FONAR Corporation.
This release may include
forward-looking statements from the company that may or may not
materialize. Additional information on factors that could potentially
affect the company's financial results may be found in the company's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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