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Dendreon Reports Net PROVENGE Product Revenues Of $82 Million, Achieved 6.5% Quarter-Over-Quarter Growth

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May 7, 2012--Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq:DNDN) today reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Net product revenue for the quarter was $82.0 million compared to $27.0 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

Net loss in the first quarter of 2012 was $103.9 million or $0.70 per share, compared to a net loss of $112.8 million, or $0.78 per share, for the same period in 2011. The current period results include approximately $17 million in cash and non-cash severance expenses. Excluding these expenses, the company had a net loss of $87.1 million or $0.59 per share.

As of March 31, 2012, Dendreon had approximately $559.1 million in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term and long-term investments compared to $617.7 million as of December 31, 2011.

Recent Highlights:

  • Increased demand for PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T):
    • Added 128 new infusion sites in the first quarter, totaling 723 infusion sites since launch
    • Increased use of PROVENGE in large community oncology practices and community urology practices
  • Reimbursement landscape remains stable for physicians:
    • Reported average time to payment remains less than 30 days for physicians
    • Q-Code will remain in effect according to recent CMS preliminary decision
  • Launched urology key account managers
  • Announced executive appointments:
    • Joe DePinto, Executive Vice President, Global Commercial Operations
    • Christine Mikail, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, General Counsel and Secretary
    • Robert S. Poulton, Executive Vice President, Technical Operations

“Dendreon continues to make significant progress in establishing PROVENGE as the foundation of care for men with advanced prostate cancer,” said John H. Johnson, president and chief executive officer. “We are pleased to have exceeded our guidance of low single digit quarter-over-quarter growth and the progress we have made in strengthening our commercial organization.”

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