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China Pharma Holdings, Inc. (CPHI)

Q1 2017 Earnings Call· Wed, May 17, 2017

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Operator

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to the First Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only-mode. We will be taking questions at the later stage of the call [Operator Instructions]. Now, I would like to hand the conference over to your speaker for the day, Ms. Diana Huang. Over to you ma'am, please go ahead.

Diana Huang

Analyst

Thank you, operator. Good morning ladies and gentlemen, and good evening to those of you joining us from China. Welcome to China Pharma Holding's first quarter 2017 earnings conference call. I'm Diana Huang, the Company's Investor Relations manager. Speaking on the call today are China Pharma’s President and CEO and Interim CFO, Ms. Zhilin Li; and Corporate Vice President, Mr. Sam Hsing. In addition, I will provide translation during the Q&A session of the call. I would like to remind our listeners that on this call, management's prepared remarks contain forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties and management may make additional forward-looking statements in response to your questions. Therefore, the Company claims the protection of the Safe Harbor for forward-looking statements that is contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ from those discussed today due to such risks as market and customer acceptance and demands for our products, our ability to market our product, the impact of competitive product and pricing, the ability to develop and launch new product on its harmony basis, the regulatory environment including government regulation in the PRC, our ability to obtain the requisite regulatory approvals to commercialize our products, fluctuations in operating results including spending for R&D and sales and marketing activities, and other risks detailed from time-to-time in our filings with the SEC. In addition, any projections as to the Company's future performance represent management's estimates as of today, May 12, 2017. China Pharma assumes no obligation to update those projections in the future as market conditions change. Now, it is my pleasure to turn the call over to China Pharma’s CEO and Interim CFO, Ms. Li to make her opening remarks in Chinese, which will be then translated by Sam. Afterwards, Sam will continue translating Ms. Li’s detailed discussion of the Company's fiscal year 2016 financial results.

Zhilin Li

Analyst

Thank you, Diana, and good morning everyone. I would like to thank each of you for joining us today and for your continued support of China Pharma. We experienced a slight revenue decrease in the first quarter of 2017 compared to the same period last year, which was mainly due to a more significant impact from an earlier Spring Festival holiday in 2017. However, we believed that our overall financial performance has improved, taking into consideration the increased gross profit margin and decreased net loss. Nevertheless, increasing sales remains our top priority. Management will continue to vigorously promote sales by actively participating in the recent opening of the new provincial drug tender offer and further exploring basic medical market. We continue to believe that demand for pharmaceutical products is huge and steady in China. The ongoing generic drug consistency evaluations and reform of China’s drug production registration and review policies will have a major impact on the future development of our industry and may change its business patterns. We will continue to actively adapt to state policy guidance and further evaluate market conditions for our current existing products, pipeline products, and competition in the market in order to optimize our development strategy. I will now read the rest of the Ms. Li’s prepared remarks in English. Now, I would like to review our first quarter 2017 financial results and balance sheet information. Revenue decreased by 9.8% to 3.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, as compared to 3.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. This decrease was primarily due to the impact from China Spring Festival on purchase and logistic activities. Gross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was 0.7 million, compared to 0.6 million in the same period last year.…

Operator

Operator

Diana Huang

Analyst

On behalf of the entire China Pharma team, we would like to thank you for your interest in the Company and participation on this call. For any of you traveling to China, we always welcome and encourage any visitors from our shareholders, potential investors and analysts. This concludes China Pharma’s first quarter 2017 earnings call.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, that does conclude our conference for today. Thank you all for participation. You may all disconnect lines now. Thank you.