Omeros (NASDAQ: OMER) reported Q1 EPS of ($0.53), $0.19 worse than the analyst estimate of ($0.34). Revenue for the quarter came in at $23.5 million versus the consensus estimate of $30.27 million.

Financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020, which include:

• Revenues for the first quarter of 2020 were $23.5 million, compared to $21.8 million and $33.4 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2019, respectively. The decrease from the fourth quarter of 2019 reflects the COVID-19-related postponement of cataract procedures by ASCs and hospitals in early March.
• Net loss in the first quarter of 2020 was $29.0 million, or $0.53 per share, including non-cash expenses of $6.4 million, or $0.12 per share. This compares to a net loss of $24.3 million, or $0.50 per share, which included non-cash expenses of $6.0 million, or $0.12 per share, for the comparable quarter in 2019.
• At March 31, 2020, Omeros had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments available for operations of $54.0 million, a decrease of $6.8 million from December 31, 2019.
• Omeros submitted the second part of its rolling biologics license application (BLA) for narsoplimab for the treatment of hematopoietic stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (HSCT-TMA). The submission was on schedule and consisted of information relating to the chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) of narsoplimab.

“I am immensely proud of how Omeros’ employees have responded to the unprecedented challenges presented by the global pandemic, adapting to a changing work environment while continuing to meet program milestones with the same commitment, sense of urgency and level of productivity,” said Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D., Omeros’ chairman and chief executive officer. “We already are seeing rapid resumption of OMIDRIA purchases by ASCs and hospitals as they reopen and begin addressing the backlog of cataract surgery patients. For narsoplimab, we just submitted the second part of our rolling BLA as scheduled and continue to target next quarter for its completion. Our ongoing and upcoming clinical programs have weathered COVID-19 well, and we continue to target the start of our OMS906 clinical program next month and data readout from our ARTEMIS-IGAN trial next year. Our research laboratories and nonclinical functions have also remained fully operational. Our preparations for the commercial launch of narsoplimab have accelerated and, with the addition of recent hires, we continue to build top-tier sales, marketing and medical affairs teams. We look forward to adding narsoplimab to what we expect will be a long line of commercial products.”

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