Leonard S. Ross
Management
Thank you, Paul and good afternoon everyone. I will briefly review our first quarter fiscal year 2013 results reported earlier today, starting with our financial position. At September 30, 2012 we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $17.6 million, a net increase of $3 million during the quarter, which included $4.7 million of net proceeds from our August 2012 registered direct share offering. We anticipate that these capital resources, together with expected royalty income from Bausch & Lomb, should enable us to fund our operations, that’s currently planned through the end of calendar year 2013, including plans for Phase III clinical trials of a posterior uveitis micro insert. The Company’s funding of its operations beyond 2013 will depend on the amount and timing of cash receives pursuant to our existing collaborations with Alimera, Bausch & Lomb and Pfizer and any potential future collaboration agreements, as well as any possible future financing transactions. As Paul mentioned Alimera has reported its intention to proceed with the direct commercial launch of ILUVIEN for DME in Germany, the UK and France during calendar year 2013. As you know, we are entitled to 20% share of net profits as defined, measured quarterly in a country-by-country basis under the terms of our collaboration agreement. However, we do not know either the amount or the timing of any such payments that we may receive. Turning to our results for the September 2012 quarter, we reported total revenues of $553,000, compared to $1.7 million for the same period last year. The revenue decrease was primarily due to the recognition of $1.1 million of revenue in the prior year period as a result of the July 2011 termination of a field-of-use license by Intrinsic. Actually offset by a $200,000 increase in royalty income from sales of Retisert by Bausch & Lomb. Research and development expense totaled $1.5 million for the September 2012 quarter, compared to $2.1 million in the prior year period. The substantial decrease was primarily attributable to reduced amortization of intangible assets, resulting from our $14.8 million, intangible asset impairment write-down at December 31, 2011. General and administrative expense totaled $1.6 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, compared to $2.1 million last year. This year-over-year decrease was primarily attributable to our lower levels of stock-based compensation and professional fees. Net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2012 was $2.6 million, or $0.11 per share, compared to a net loss of $2.4 million or $0.12 per share for the prior year quarter. I will now turn the call back over to Paul.