Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Announces Third Quarter 2013 Results

– Business Update / Quarterly Conference Call Today, November 6, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. EST –

DUBLIN, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: NAVB), a biopharmaceutical company focused on precision diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, today announced business highlights and consolidated results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013.

“We view the third quarter as continuing on the track toward success that we’ve envisioned for several years now,” said Dr. Mark Pykett, Navidea CEO. “We are pleased with the initial stages of Lymphoseek^® commercialization at launch and believe that Lymphoseek continues to hold the promise to become the standard of care in lymphatic mapping. In the first several quarters of launch, we have indicated that success would be measured primarily by important qualitative evidence of Lymphoseek adoption, especially in advance of reimbursement. We believe we are seeing good momentum in many of these key parameters. Our optimism stems from witnessing evidence of progress in many positive measures, including multi-fold increases in unit sales quarter over quarter, a high frequency of repeat and multi-dose ordering, an increase in total accounts ordering, strong new user accrual, and encouraging formulary placement activity. We anticipate further growth in the current quarter and going forward facilitated by the October 1^st implementation of the unique Lymphoseek reimbursement code received from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).”

Dr. Pykett added, “Our recent equity offering enhances our ability to advance several efforts underway, including commercial opportunities for Lymphoseek outside the U.S., the continued development of our innovative neurodegenerative imaging portfolio, and further evaluation of our recently announced Manocept^TM platform initiatives. During the fourth quarter of 2013, we expect additional value enhancing events, including submission of the Lymphoseek sNDA, EMA feedback on our Marketing Authorization Application in Europe, initiation of the NAV5001 Phase 3 trial in Parkinson’s disease and additional disclosures regarding the advance of our Manocept platform.”

Third Quarter 2013 Financial Results

For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, Navidea reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $11.3 million, or $0.09 per share, compared with a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $9.1 million, or $0.09 per share, for the same period in 2012. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, Navidea’s net loss attributable to common stockholders was $28.9 million, or $0.25 per share, compared to a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $22.0 million, or $0.23 per share, for the same period in 2012.

Revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 was $400,000 compared with no revenue for the same period in 2012. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, Navidea’s revenue was $596,000, compared to revenue of $72,000 for the same period in 2012. Revenue for the third quarter of 2013 consisted of $144,000 derived primarily from the procedural-based sale of Lymphoseek and $256,000 from various federal and state grants. The increase in procedural revenue was due to an increase in unit dose sales of over 600% during the third quarter as compared to the second quarter, which resulted in part from a high repeat-order rate of approximately 90% coupled with increasing incidence of multi-dose ordering.

Research and development (R&D) expenses were $6.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, compared to $6.1 million for the same period in 2012. The net increase of $151,000 was primarily a result of increased NAV4694 product development costs, compensation and other support costs related to increased headcount, and Manocept platform product development costs, offset by decreased NAV5001, Lymphoseek and potential pipeline product development costs. R&D expenses were $14.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared to $12.5 million for the same period in 2012. The increase of $1.8 million was attributable to the same primary factors noted for the third quarter.

Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses were $4.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, compared to $2.9 million for the same period in 2012. The net increase of $1.1 million was primarily a result of increased medical education costs, compensation and other support costs related to increased headcount, and legal and professional services costs, offset by decreased out-of-pocket marketing costs to support the commercial launch of Lymphoseek. SG&A expenses were $11.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared to $8.5 million for the same period in 2012. The SG&A increase of $3.0 million between the two periods was primarily attributable to increased medical education costs, compensation and other support costs related to increased headcount, out-of-pocket business development costs related to NAV4694, investor and public relations costs, pharmacovigilance costs related to Lymphoseek, and legal and professional services costs, offset by decreased out-of-pocket marketing costs to support the commercial launch of Lymphoseek.

Other expenses were $1.4 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, compared to $29,000 for the same period in 2012. Other expenses were $3.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared to $960,000 for the same period in 2012. The net increases in other expenses between the quarter and year-to-date periods were primarily the result of accounting charges classified as loss on extinguishment of debt related to the payoff of one note payable and the restructuring of another note, the majority of which were non-cash in nature, coupled with increased interest on higher notes payable balances.

As of September 30, 2013, Navidea had cash totaling approximately $44.6 million.

“The recent equity transaction provides us with a stronger balance sheet position than we have had in several years,” said Brent Larson, Navidea CFO. “This strengthened balance sheet, augmented by our available line of credit, our ability to control many expenses, and other financial tools at our disposal, continue to provide us with a great deal of financial strength and flexibility during the expected ramp up of revenue from Lymphoseek.”

Third Quarter 2013 and Recent Business Highlights

Products and Pipeline

• Lymphoseek
  • CMS issued a Lymphoseek reimbursement pass-through “C Code” that became effective October 1, 2013, establishing a reimbursement mechanism for healthcare providers.
  • Researchers highlighted additional results from a Lymphoseek Phase 3 clinical trial in head and neck cancer at the American College of Surgeons 2013 Annual Clinical Congress. Lymphoseek successfully identified Sentinel Lymph Nodes when compared with the pathology Gold Standard to meet the primary and secondary endpoints.
  • Independent investigators at The Ohio State University published Lymphoseek Phase 3 clinical trial results in JAMA Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.
• Development Programs
  • Data focused on CD206 receptor-targeted precision diagnostic imaging for multiple disorders using agents from the recently announced Manocept platform were featured in Nature Outlook: Medical Imaging and appeared in the October 31^st issue of Nature.
  • The Manocept Advisory Board was formed and is comprised of renowned scientific and medical advisors in the field of macrophage science and macrophage-mediated diseases as Navidea seeks to prioritize and advance encouraging early stage results.
  • Two National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovation Research grants were awarded for studies of NAV4694 in mild cognitive impairment and for the Phase 3 program in Alzheimer’s disease. The grants have the potential to provide up to $4.1 million in support, if fully funded.
  • Special Protocol Assessments for the NAV5001 Phase 3 program were agreed upon with the FDA.
  • U.S. manufacturing and supply agreement for clinical trial doses of NAV4694 was signed with Siemens’ PETNET Solutions.

Corporate/Financial

• A $30 million registered direct offering of common stock led by Crede CG III, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crede Capital Group, LLC, a U.S.-based accredited, institutional investor, closed in September.

Conference Call Details

Navidea’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Mark Pykett, President and Chief Business Officer, Dr. Thomas Tulip, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Brent Larson, will provide a development and business update and will discuss the Company's financial results for the third quarter of 2013 during the conference call. The conference call can be accessed as follows:

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About Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc.

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: NAVB) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of precision diagnostics and radiopharmaceutical agents. Navidea is developing multiple precision diagnostic products and platforms including NAV4694, NAV5001, Manocept™ and RIGScan^TM, to help identify the sites and pathways of undetected disease and enable better diagnostic accuracy, clinical decision-making and, ultimately, patient care. Lymphoseek^® (technetium 99m tilmanocept) Injection, Navidea’s first commercial product from the Manocept platform, was approved by the FDA in March 2013. Navidea’s strategy is to deliver superior growth and shareholder return by bringing to market novel radiopharmaceutical agents and advancing the Company’s pipeline through selective acquisitions, global partnering and commercialization efforts. For more information, please visit www.navidea.com.

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the Act) provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. 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 within the meaning of the Act. 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.

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals
Brent Larson, 614-822-2330
Executive VP & CFO
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Sharon Correia, 978-655-2686
Associate Director, Corporate Communications

Source: Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

Released November 6, 2013