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IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
CONTACTS:
Brent
Larson,
Vice
President / CFO
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822 2330
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January
20, 2010
Tim
Ryan
The
Shoreham Group
212
242 7777
tryan@shorehamgroupllc.com
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NEOPROBE
ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY 2009 REVENUE
DUBLIN,
OHIO – January 20, 2010 -- Neoprobe Corporation (OTCBB: NEOP), a diversified
developer of innovative oncology surgical and diagnostic products, today
announced that it expects to report revenue of approximately $2.4 million and
$9.5 million for the fourth quarter and full year of 2009, respectively. These
amounts represent increases of over 20% for each of the respective periods over
the same periods in the prior year. Increased sales volume of our
base gamma detection systems accounted for the increase in the fourth quarter
and combined with revenue from new product introductions to account for the
year-on-year increase.
Neoprobe
cautions that the financial results disclosed are preliminary, are based on the
best information currently available to the Company and are subject to
completion of the financial statements and the audit of Neoprobe’s year-end
financial results. Neoprobe expects to announce audited 2009
operating results during the first week of March.
About
Neoprobe
Neoprobe
is a biomedical company focused on enhancing patient care and improving patient
outcome by meeting the critical intraoperative diagnostic information needs of
physicians and therapeutic treatment needs of patients. Neoprobe
currently markets the neoprobe® GDS line
of gamma detection systems that are widely used by cancer
surgeons. In addition, Neoprobe holds significant interests in the
development of related biomedical systems and radiopharmaceutical agents
including Lymphoseek® and
RIGScan®
CR. Neoprobe’s subsidiary, Cira Biosciences, Inc., is also advancing
a patient-specific cellular therapy technology platform called
ACT. Neoprobe’s strategy is to deliver superior growth and
shareholder return by maximizing its strong position in gamma detection
technologies and diversifying into new, synergistic biomedical markets through
continued investment and selective acquisitions. www.neoprobe.com
Statements
in this news release, which relate to other than strictly historical facts, such
as statements about the Company’s plans and strategies, expectations for future
financial performance, new and existing products and technologies, anticipated
clinical and regulatory pathways, and markets for the Company’s products are
forward-looking statements The words “believe,” “expect,”
“anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” and similar expressions identify
forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date
hereof. Investors are cautioned that such statements involve risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
historical or anticipated results due to many factors including, but not limited
to, the Company’s continuing operating losses, uncertainty of market acceptance
of its products, reliance on third party manufacturers, accumulated deficit,
future capital needs, uncertainty of capital funding, dependence on limited
product line and distribution channels, competition, limited marketing and
manufacturing experience, risks of development of new products, regulatory risks
and other risks detailed in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K
and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements.