On November 6, 2023 Quanterix Corporation (NASDAQ: QTRX), a company fueling scientific discovery through ultrasensitive biomarker detection, reported financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2023 (Press release, Quanterix, NOV 6, 2023, View Source [SID1234637059]).

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Third Quarter Financial Highlights

● Revenue was $31.3 million, an 18% increase from $26.6 million for the corresponding prior year period.
● GAAP gross margin was 56.8% as compared to 41.1% for the corresponding prior year period. Non-GAAP gross margin was 48.6% as compared to 34.9% for the corresponding prior year period.
● Net loss was $7.8 million as compared to $35.1 million for the corresponding prior year period.
● Net cash use was approximately $1.9 million. Cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, and restricted cash were $330.4 million as of September 30, 2023, as compared to $332.2 million as of June 30, 2023.
"We’re on track to achieve the six-quarter transformation plan we laid out by year end," said Masoud Toloue, President and Chief Executive Officer of Quanterix. "This will not only yield highly scaled production lines, but serve as the foundation for an accelerated innovation rate going into next year. Last month’s launch of our LucentAD p-Tau 217 blood-based test puts us in a leading position to address broad-based non-invasive patient testing for Alzheimer’s disease. We expect a faster release pace of pioneering, high sensitivity Simoa products going into 2024."

Operational and Business Highlights

● In October, the Company launched LucentAD p-Tau 217, a new blood-based biomarker laboratory developed test (LDT) using well-validated Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (Janssen) antibodies to assist in the evaluation of patients suspected of having or developing Alzheimer’s disease. p-Tau 217 is the only blood-based biomarker recognized in the new draft NIA-AA Revised Criteria for Diagnosis and Staging of Alzheimer’s Disease capable of meeting a stringent 90% accuracy criterion necessary to diagnose Alzheimer’s.

● In data presented by Eli Lilly at the CTAD conference, the Simoa platform was used for analytical validation and initial clinical evaluation of Eli Lilly’s plasma p-Tau 217 immunoassay for a new blood-based diagnostic for Alzheimer’s disease. The study of over 1,000 patients from TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 demonstrated high positive and negative agreement to amyloid PET, with an AUC of 0.92 and the assay could prove to be a useful diagnostic test to identify the presence or absence of amyloid pathology.

Full Year Business Outlook

Management has increased full-year revenue expectations to be in the range of $118 to $120 million versus the prior range of $110 to $116 million. GAAP gross margin percentage is expected to be in the high 50’s, and non-GAAP gross margin percentage is expected to be approximately 50%. Both measures increased from prior guidance of low 50’s and high 40’s, respectively. The Company now anticipates 2023 cash usage in the range of $20 to $25 million, compared to prior guidance of $30 to $35 million.

For additional information on the non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release, please see "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below.

Conference Call

In conjunction with this announcement, the Company will host a conference call on November 7, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. E.T. Click here to pre-register for the conference call and obtain your dial-in number and passcode.

Interested investors can also access the live webcast from the News & Events page within the Investors section of the Quanterix website at View Source An archived webcast replay will be available on the Company’s website for one year.