Myrexis, Inc. Announces Board Approval of Plan of Complete Liquidation and Dissolution

Myrexis, Inc. (MYRX) today announced that its Board of Directors has determined, after extensive and careful consideration of potential strategic alternatives, that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to dissolve the Company and liquidate its assets. In connection with the dissolution and liquidation, which is subject to shareholder approval, the Company intends to distribute to its shareholders all available cash, except such cash as is required for paying or making reasonable provision for known and potential liabilities and other obligations of the Company.

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Cytori Provides Business Update and Reports Third Quarter and Nine Month 2012 Results

During the third quarter and first nine months of 2012, Cytori Therapeutics (CYTX) advanced its cardiac cell therapy pipeline and achieved important strategic commercial and regulatory milestones. Additionally, Cytori reaffirmed its $9 million revenue guidance for the year. The Company accomplished the following objectives since the end of the second quarter:

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InterMune Reports Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results And Business Highlights

InterMune, Inc. (ITMN) today announced results from operations for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012.   

InterMune reported Esbriet® (pirfenidone) net revenue in the third quarter of 2012 of $7.5 million, approximately 91 percent of which was from Germany, which was the first country in which Esbriet was launched in September 2011.  Esbriet revenue was $0.1 million in the third quarter of 2011 which reflected less than one month's revenue of Esbriet from Germany.  Esbriet is InterMune's product marketed in Europe for adults with mild-to-moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic and ultimately fatal disease of the lungs.

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Threshold Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter 2012 Financial and Operational Results

Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( NASDAQ : THLD ) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. Revenue for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012 was $1.8 million. The operating loss for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012 was $4.0 million. The net loss for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012 was $1.0 million, which included the operating loss of $4.0 million and non-cash income of $3.0 million related to the changes in fair value of the Company's outstanding and exercised warrants and was classified as other income (expense). As of September 30, 2012, Threshold had $65.8 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, with no debt outstanding.

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Dendreon Announces Third Quarter 2012 Results–

Restructuring on Track –

Dendreon Corporation (DNDN) today reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. Net product revenue for the quarter was $78 million, compared to $61 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, up 27% year over year and down 2.5% on a sequential basis.

Net loss in the third quarter of 2012 was $154.9 million, or $1.04 per share, compared to a net loss of $147.1 million, or $1.00 per share, for the same period in 2011. The current period includes a one-time charge of approximately $81 million related to cash and non-cash restructuring expenses. Excluding these expenses and other non-cash charges, the Company had a non-GAAP loss of approximately $50 million, or $0.33 per share.

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