TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - May 17, 2017) - Delivra Corp. (
Q1 2017 Financial and Operational Highlights:
- Increased revenue by 26% from $992,682 to $1,252,297, driven by growth in sales of the Company's flagship LivRelief products;
- Completed a licensing agreement with Dosecann Inc. and ARA-Avanti RX Analytics to develop a unique suite of standardized cannabis-based products for medical cannabis research, development, and commercialization markets;
- Advanced product development for the Company's pharmaceutical portfolio; and
- Expanded the Company's patent portfolio to 8 pending patents highlighting the broad applicability of the Company's proprietary delivery system;
- Increased operating efficiencies and reduced the number of employees, resulting in annual savings of approximately $750,000, while achieving record revenues for a quarter.
"We delivered a record quarter, increasing sales while significantly reducing our costs. These results reflect strong demand for our suite of consumer products and executing on our strategy of building a portfolio of consumer and prescription products using our platform technology," said Dr. Joseph Gabriele, CEO of Delivra Corp. "Our near-term priority continues to be growing our revenue and generating licensing revenue. Specifically, we will continue to focus on growing our Canadian retail business and developing our pharmaceutical products which include the roll-out of a novel suite of medical cannabis and hemp products."
Selected Financial Summary
CDN$ 000s (except earnings per share and percentages) | For the three months ended March 31, 2017 | For the three months ended March 31, 2016 |
Revenue | 1,252 | 993 |
Gross profit | 870 | 673 |
Gross profit margin | 69% | 68% |
Net loss per share - basic | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Delivra's unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements and management's discussion & analysis ("MD&A"), for the three months ended March 31, 2017, are available via Delivra's website at www.delivracorp.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
ABOUT DELIVRA CORP.
Delivra Corp. is a specialty biotechnology company that has a proprietary transdermal delivery system platform that can shuttle pharmaceutical and natural molecules, through the skin, in a targeted specific manner. Delivra manufactures and sells a growing line of natural topical creams with the proprietary transdermal delivery system platform under the LivRelief™ brand, for conditions such as joint and muscle pain, nerve pain, varicose veins, wound healing, and under the LivSport™ brand for sports performance. LivRelief™ products are available in pharmacies, grocery chains, and independent health food stores across Canada, and on-line at www.livrelief.com. LivRelief™ pain and nerve pain products are also available in the United States on Amazon and at www.livrelief.com/us. In parallel with its Canada and US consumer products business, Delivra also has a mandate to license its over-the-counter products in other countries and its patent-pending proprietary transdermal delivery technology platform to pharmaceutical companies for the repurposing of pharmaceutical molecules in the treatment of a broad range of conditions. Delivra is headquartered in Burlington, Ontario and has a research and development laboratory in Charlottetown, PEI.
Further information on Delivra can be found at www.delivracorp.com, www.livrelief.com for Canada and www.livrelief.com/us for the United States.
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