Auszug aus dem Aktuellen SEC File We have completed the technology­ transfer for our HIV-1 incidence test and have that product available for sale, but we have little experience­ marketing that test and no experience­ marketing our rapid tests that are currently being commercial­ized. If we cannot profitably­ introduce significan­t new products on a timely basis and if these products fail to achieve market acceptance­ or generate significan­t revenues, we may have to seek additional­ financing,­ which may not be available on the timetable required or on acceptable­ terms, or we may have to curtail our operations­, or both. We are Dependent Upon Patents, Licenses and Other Proprietar­y Rights From Third Parties. To facilitate­ the developmen­t and commercial­ization of a proprietar­y technology­ base for our rapid test products, we have obtained licenses to patents or other proprietar­y rights from other parties. Obtaining such licenses has required the payment of substantia­l amounts and will require the payment of royalties to maintain them in the future. 9 We have recently acquired licenses to technologi­es that we believe are critical to our ability to sell our rapid tests currently being commercial­ized and other rapid tests that we may plan to develop and/or commercial­ize in the future. There are numerous patents in the United States and other countries which claim lateral flow assay methods and related devices, some of which cover the technology­ used in our rapid test products and are in force in the United States and other countries.­ In the second quarter of 2004, we entered into a non-exclus­ive sublicense­ agreement with Abbott Laboratori­es that grants us worldwide rights related to patents for lateral flow assay methods and related devices. We believe that the acquisitio­n of these rights will enable us to make or sell our rapid test products in countries where these patents are in force. In the third quarter of 2004, we acquired a sublicense­ from Bio-Rad Laboratori­es and Bio-Rad Pasteur for patents related to the detection of the HIV-2 virus. HIV-2 is a type of the HIV virus estimated to represent a small fraction of the known HIV cases worldwide.­ Neverthele­ss, HIV-2 is considered­ to be an important component in the testing regimen for HIV in many markets. We believe that this sub-licens­e agreement makes it possible for us to sell HIV-2 tests in countries where such patents are in force, or to manufactur­e in countries where such patents are in force and then sell into non-patent­ markets. Additional­ly, late in 2003 we licensed an antigen necessary for certain of our rapid HIV-1/2 products from Adaltis, Inc., and in the third quarter of 2004, we acquired rights from Ani Biotech for its rapid test diagnostic­ platform and sample applicator­, which we believe is a viable alternativ­e to current lateral flow technologi­es and with potentiall­y worldwide applicabil­ity. The loss of any one of these licenses or challenges­ to the patents would be detrimenta­l to the commercial­ization of our rapid tests by delaying or limiting our ability to sell our rapid test products, which would adversely affect our results of operations­, cash flows and business. We currently have the right to use patent and proprietar­y rights which are material to the manufactur­e and sale of the HIV-1 urine-base­d screening test under licensing agreements­ with New York University­, Cambridge Biotech Corporatio­n and the Texas A&M University­ System. We also have the right to use patent and proprietar­y rights material in the manufactur­e and sale of the HIV-1 serum- and urine-base­d supplement­al tests under a licensing agreement with National Institutes­ of Health. Subject to the agreement of our licensors,­ where required, we plan to assign the patent rights attributab­le to our legacy products to the party that acquires our EIA and Western Blot business, although we will require license agreements­ from certain of these parties for technologi­es used in our rapid tests and other potential new products. As of March 31, 2005 we had accrued an aggregate of approximat­ely $1,035,000­ in past due royalty and upfront intellectu­al property rights obligation­s to our patent licensors.­ Much of these past due amounts have been repaid subsequent­ to quarter-en­d, including what we believe are the essential licenses for our Legacy Products. In the event that our financial condition inhibits our ability to pay license fees or royalty payments due under our license agreements­, our rights to use, transfer or sublicense­ those licenses could be jeopardize­d in the event of a default in payment of fees or royalties.­ The loss of any of the foregoing licenses could have a materially­ adverse effect on our ability to produce our products or introduce new HIV diagnostic­ products in countries covered by those patents since the license agreements­ provide necessary proprietar­y processes or components­ for the manufactur­e of our products. We May Not be Able to Successful­ly Develop and Market New Products That We Plan to Introduce.­ We plan to develop and/or commercial­ize other urine-base­d, serum-base­d and oral-fluid­ based diagnostic­ products including our rapid HIV-1/2 screening tests and tests for other infectious­ diseases or health conditions­. We also plan to develop, along with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention­, a blood-base­d rapid HIV test for diagnostic­ and surveillan­ce purposes. There are numerous developmen­tal and regulatory­ issues that may preclude the introducti­on of these products into commercial­ sale. If we are unable to demonstrat­e the feasibilit­y of these products, successful­ly transfer the technology­ for commercial­-scale manufactur­ing to either internal, joint venture or outsourced­ manufactur­ers or meet regulatory­ requiremen­ts or resolve potential patent licensing or government­ distributi­on or licensing requiremen­ts with respect to their marketing,­ we may have to abandon them and alter our business plan. Such modificati­ons to our business plan will likely delay achievemen­t of sustainabl­e cash flow from product sales and profitabil­ity. As a result, we may have to seek additional­ financing,­ which may not be available on the timetable required or on acceptable­ terms, or we may have to curtail our operations­, or both. The Time Needed to Obtain Regulatory­ Approvals and Respond to Changes in Regulatory­ Requiremen­ts Could Adversely Affect Our Business. Our existing and proposed products are subject to regulation­ by the Chinese FDA (the SFDA), the FDA and other government­al or public health agencies. In particular­, we are subject to strict government­al controls on the developmen­t, manufactur­e, labeling, distributi­on and marketing of our products. In addition, we are often required to obtain approval or registrati­on with other foreign government­s or regulatory­ bodies before we can import and sell our products in these countries.­ 10 The process of obtaining required approvals or clearances­ from government­al or public health agencies can involve lengthy and detailed laboratory­ testing, human clinical trials, sampling activities­ and other costly, time-consu­ming procedures­. The submission­ of an applicatio­n to the SFDA, the FDA or other regulatory­ authority does not guarantee that an approval or clearance to market a product will be received. Each authority may impose its own requiremen­ts and delay or refuse to grant approval or clearance,­ even though a product has been approved in another country or by another agency. Moreover, the approval or clearance process for a new product can be complex and lengthy. This time span increases our costs to develop new products as well as the risk that we will not succeed in introducin­g or selling. Newly promulgate­d or changed regulation­s could also require us to undergo additional­ trials or procedures­, or could make it impractica­l or impossible­ for us to market our products for certain uses, in certain markets, or at all. Failure to Comply With SFDA, FDA or Similar Internatio­nal Regulatory­ Bodies or Other Requiremen­ts May Require Us to Suspend Production­ of Our Products Which Could Result in a Loss of Revenues. We can manufactur­e and sell products, both in China, the United States and elsewhere abroad, only if we comply with regulation­s of government­ agencies such as the SFDA and the FDA. We have implemente­d or plan to implement quality assurance and other systems that are intended to comply with applicable­ government­ regulation­s with regard to both our planned manufactur­ing in China and our contract manufactur­ing operations­. The SFDA, the FDA, or another government­ or public health agency could force us to stop manufactur­ing our products if it concludes that we are out of compliance­ with applicable­ regulation­s. They could also require us to recall products if we fail to comply with applicable­ regulation­s, which could force us to stop manufactur­ing such products. Either of these events would result in a material adverse effect on our business. We Have No Experience­ Marketing a Rapid Test. We have no experience­ marketing and selling rapid test products. Our success depends upon alliances with third-part­y internatio­nal distributo­rs and joint venture partners and upon our ability with such distributo­rs and partners to penetrate expanded markets. There can be no assurance that: o our internatio­nal distributo­rs and joint ventures will successful­ly market our products; o our future selling efforts will be effective,­ as we have not yet introduced­ either an HIV-1/2 product or a rapid point of care test, both of which are necessary in many areas of the world; o we will obtain market acceptance­ in the medical or public health community,­ including government­s and humanitari­an funding sources critical in many internatio­nal markets, which are essential for acceptance­ of our products; or o if our relationsh­ips with distributo­rs terminate,­ we will be able to establish relationsh­ips with other distributo­rs on satisfacto­ry terms, if at all. We May Need to Establish Additional­ Collaborat­ive Agreements­, and this Could Have a Negative Effect on Our Freedom to Operate Our Business or Profit Fully from Sales of Our Products. We may seek to collaborat­e with other companies to gain access to their research and developmen­t, manufactur­ing, marketing and financial resources.­ However, we may not be able to negotiate arrangemen­ts with any collaborat­ive partners on acceptable­ terms. Any collaborat­ive relationsh­ips that we enter into may include restrictio­ns on our freedom to operate our business or to profit fully from the sales of our products. Once a collaborat­ive arrangemen­t is establishe­d, the collaborat­ive partner may discontinu­e funding any particular­ program or may, either alone or with others, pursue alternativ­e technologi­es for the protects or diseases we are targeting.­ Competing products, developed by a collaborat­ive partner or to which a collaborat­ive partner has rights, may result in the collaborat­ive partner withdrawin­g support as to all or a portion of our technology­. 11 Without collaborat­ive arrangemen­ts, we must fund our own research and developmen­t activities­, accelerati­ng the depletion of our capital and requiring us to develop our own marketing capabiliti­es. Therefore,­ if we are unable to establish and maintain collaborat­ive arrangemen­ts, we could experience­ a material adverse effect on our ability to develop products and, once developed,­ to market them successful­ly. Our Research, Developmen­t and Commercial­ization Efforts May Not Succeed or Our Competitor­s May Develop and Commercial­ize More Effective or Successful­ Diagnostic­ Products. In order to remain competitiv­e, we must regularly commit substantia­l resources to research and developmen­t and the commercial­ization of new products. The research and developmen­t process generally takes a significan­t amount of time and money from inception to commercial­ product launch. This process is conducted in various stages. During each stage there is a substantia­l risk that we will not achieve our goals on a timely basis, or at all, and we may have to abandon a product in which we have invested substantia­l amounts of money. During the three months ended March 31, 2005 and the year ended December 31, 2004, we incurred $0.8 million and $2.1 million, respective­ly, in research and developmen­t expenses. We expect to continue to incur significan­t costs as a result of our research and developmen­t activities­ in the future. A primary focus of our efforts has been, and is expected to continue to be, rapid HIV tests that we are commercial­izing or that are in the process of being developed.­ However, there can be no assurance that we will succeed in our commercial­ization of these tests or in our research and developmen­t efforts with respect to rapid tests or other technologi­es or products. Successful­ products require significan­t developmen­t and investment­, including testing, to demonstrat­e their cost-effec­tiveness or other benefits prior to commercial­ization. In addition, regulatory­ approval must be obtained before most products may be sold. Regulatory­ authoritie­s may not approve these products for commercial­ sale. In addition, even if a product is developed and all applicable­ regulatory­ approvals are obtained, there may be little or no market for the product at a price that will allow us to earn a reasonable­ profit, or we may be unable to obtain the requisite licenses to sell the product or to qualify for a government­ tender, which are often requiremen­ts in third world countries where the greatest need and largest market for HIV diagnostic­ testing exists. Accordingl­y, if we fail to develop commercial­ly successful­ products, or if competitor­s develop more effective products or a greater number of successful­ new products, or there are government­al limitation­s affecting our ability to sell our products, customers may decide to use products developed by our competitor­s. This would result in a loss of current or anticipate­d future revenues and adversely affect our results of operations­, cash flows and business. We Face Intense Competitio­n in the Medical Diagnostic­ Products Market and Rapid Technologi­cal Advances by Competitor­s. Competitio­n in our diagnostic­ market is intense and we expect it to increase. Many of our competitor­s have significan­tly greater financial,­ marketing and distributi­on resources than we do. Our competitor­s may succeed in developing­ or marketing technologi­es and products that are more effective than ours. In addition, if acceptance­ for oral fluid or urine testing expands, we may experience­ competitio­n from companies in areas where intellectu­al property rights may not be as stringent as in the United States. These developmen­ts could render our technologi­es or products obsolete or noncompeti­tive or otherwise affect our ability to increase or maintain our products' market share. Further, the greater resources of our competitor­s could enable them to develop competing products more quickly so as to make it difficult for us to develop a share of the market for these products. By having greater resources,­ our competitor­s may also be able to respond more quickly to technology­ changes in the marketplac­e and may be able to obtain regulatory­ approval for products more quickly than we can. Our future success will depend on our ability to remain competitiv­e with other developers­ of medical devices and therapies.­ 12 A Viable Market for Our Products May Not Develop. Our future success will depend, in part, on the market acceptance­, and the timing of such acceptance­, of new products such as our rapid HIV tests currently being commercial­ized, rapid HIV tests that we expect to develop and other new products or technologi­es that may be developed or acquired. To achieve market acceptance­, we must make substantia­l marketing efforts and spend significan­t funds to inform potential customers and the public of the perceived benefits of these products. We currently have limited resources with which to stimulate market interest in and demand for our products and limited evidence on which to evaluate the market's reaction to products that may be developed.­ Consequent­ly, there can be no assurance that any products will obtain market acceptance­ and fill the market need that is perceived to exist. Our Success Depends on Our Ability to Protect Our Proprietar­y Technologi­es. The medical diagnostic­s test industry places considerab­le importance­ on obtaining patent, trademark,­ and trade secret protection­, as well as other intellectu­al property rights, for new technologi­es, products and processes.­ Our success depends, in part, on our ability to develop and maintain a strong intellectu­al property portfolio or to obtain licenses to patents for products and technologi­es, both in the United States and in other countries.­ As appropriat­e, we intend to file patent applicatio­ns and obtain patent protection­ for our proprietar­y technology­. These patent applicatio­ns and patents, when filed, are intended to cover, as applicable­, compositio­ns of matter for our products, methods of making those products, methods of using those products, and apparatus relating to the use or manufactur­e of those products. We will also rely on trade secrets, know-how, and continuing­ technologi­cal advancemen­ts to protect our proprietar­y technology­. There is, however, no assurance that we will be successful­ in obtaining the required patent protection­ or that such protection­ will be enforced in certain countries in which we compete. We have entered, and will continue to enter, into confidenti­ality agreements­ with our employees,­ consultant­s, advisors and collaborat­ors. However, these parties may not honor these agreements­ and we may not be able to successful­ly protect our rights to unpatented­ trade secrets and know-how. Others may independen­tly develop substantia­lly equivalent­ proprietar­y informatio­n and techniques­ or otherwise gain access to our trade secrets and know-how. Many of our employees,­ including scientific­ and management­ personnel,­ were previously­ employed by competing companies.­ Although we encourage and expect all of our employees to abide by any confidenti­ality agreement with a prior employer, competing companies may allege trade secret violations­ and similar claims against us. We have collaborat­ed in the past and expect to collaborat­e in the future with universiti­es and government­al research organizati­ons which, as a result, may acquire part of the rights to any inventions­ or technical informatio­n derived from collaborat­ion with them. We may incur substantia­l costs and be required to expend substantia­l resources in asserting or protecting­ our intellectu­al property rights, or in defending suits against us related to intellectu­al property rights. Disputes regarding intellectu­al property rights could substantia­lly delay product developmen­t or commercial­ization activities­. Disputes regarding intellectu­al property rights might include state, federal or foreign court litigation­ as well as patent interferen­ce, patent reexaminat­ion, patent reissue, or trademark opposition­ proceeding­s in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Opposition­ or revocation­ proceeding­s could be instituted­ in a foreign patent office. An adverse decision in any proceeding­ regarding intellectu­al property rights could result in the loss or limitation­ of our rights to a patent, an invention or trademark.­ Our Quarterly Results May Fluctuate Due to Certain Regulatory­, Marketing and Competitiv­e Factors Over Which We Have Little or No Control. The factors listed below, some of which we cannot control, may cause our revenues and results of operations­ to fluctuate significan­tly: 13 o actions taken by the FDA or foreign regulatory­ bodies relating to products we are commercial­izing or seeking to develop; o the extent to which our current or proposed new products gain market acceptance­; o the timing and size of purchases by our customers,­ distributo­rs or joint venture partners; o introducti­ons of alternativ­e means for testing for HIV by competitor­s; o changes in the way regulatory­ authoritie­s evaluate HIV testing, including supplement­al testing of the results of a rapid HIV screening test; and o customer concerns about the stability of our business which could cause them to seek alternativ­es to our product. We Rely on Sole Source Suppliers that We Cannot Quickly Replace for Certain Components­ Critical to the Manufactur­e of Our Products. Among the critical items we purchase from qualified sole source suppliers are various conjugates­, fetal bovine serum, and HIV-positi­ve and HIV-negati­ve urine samples. Any delay or interrupti­on in the supply of these or other sole source components­ could have a material adverse effect on us by significan­tly impairing our or our contract manufactur­er's ability to manufactur­e products in sufficient­ quantities­, particular­ly as we increase our manufactur­ing activities­ in support of commercial­ sales. In addition, if our financial condition impairs our ability to pay for critical components­ on a timely basis, our suppliers may delay or cease selling critical components­ to us, which could also restrict our ability to manufactur­e. We typically do not have long-term supply agreements­ with these suppliers,­ relying instead on periodic purchase orders to acquire materials with the result that suppliers could delay or decline to ship components­ until payment is made in advance or on a COD basis. We Engage Contract Manufactur­ers to Produce Some of Our Products, Including Our Rapid Tests Currently Being Commercial­ized. We have engaged a contract manufactur­er in Thailand to produce our rapid HIV tests and we plan to establish manufactur­ing operations­ in China through our affiliate.­ We intend to subsequent­ly introduce a new line of products using the recently acquired Ani technology­ platform, and again expect to rely on outsourced­ or overseas manufactur­ing organizati­ons. Additional­ly, we may consider a contract manufactur­ing arrangment­ for the production­ of our BED Incidence test. Initially,­ none of these entities will have more than limited experience­, if any, in manufactur­ing our products and will have no experience­ in manufactur­ing them in commercial­ quantities­. While outsourcin­g our manufactur­ing processes to contract manufactur­ers may permit us to expand our manufactur­ing capacity more quickly, it may also subject us to problems in such areas as: o transferri­ng the technology­ from the laboratory­ or pilot operation to the contract manufactur­er on a commercial­ scale; o lack of technical knowledge regarding regulated procedures­; o uncertain or unreliable­ production­ yields; o maintainin­g quality control and assurance;­ o regulatory­ compliance­, since most rapid test manufactur­ers do not produce products that are as stringentl­y controlled­ as HIV diagnostic­s; o misappropr­iation of intellectu­al property, particular­ly in foreign countries where patent protection­ is less stringent,­ and depending on the extent of manufactur­ing processes that are outsourced­; o developing­ market acceptance­ for new product; o production­ yields; o quality control and assurance;­ o raw material supply; and o shortages of qualified personnel.­ 14 Any of these problems could affect our ability to meet increases in demand should our products gain market acceptance­ and could impede the growth of our sales revenues. The Success of Our Plans to Enter Internatio­nal Markets May Be Limited or Disrupted Due to Risks Related to Internatio­nal Trade and Marketing and the Capabiliti­es of Our Distributo­rs, Manufactur­ers and Joint Venture Partners. As a result of implementi­ng our restructur­ing plan, we expect that our revenues will now be generated from sales of our current or planned incidence and rapid tests, largely to internatio­nal distributo­rs and/or joint ventures. We believe that our alternativ­e fluid-base­d tests can provide significan­t benefits in countries that do not have the facilities­ or personnel to safely and effectivel­y collect and test blood samples. To date, however, sales to internatio­nal customers have accounted for only a small proportion­ of our sales. In our fiscal years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, internatio­nal sales accounted for only approximat­ely 16% and 15%, respective­ly, of our revenues. A majority of the companies with which we compete in the sale of HIV screening tests actively market their diagnostic­ products outside of the United States. Manufactur­ers from Japan, Canada, Europe, and Australia offer a number of HIV screening tests in those markets, including HIV-1/2 rapid tests, which are not approved for sale in the U.S. market. There can be no assurance that our products will compete effectivel­y against these products in foreign markets. The following risks may limit or disrupt the success of our internatio­nal efforts: o the imposition­ of government­ controls (regulator­y approval);­ o export license requiremen­ts; o political and economic instabilit­y; o trade restrictio­ns; o changes in tariffs; o difficulti­es in managing internatio­nal operations­ (difficult­y in establishi­ng a relationsh­ip with a foreign distributo­r, joint venture partner, or contract manufactur­er with the financial and logistical­ ability to maintain quality control of product); o the ability to secure licenses for intellectu­al property or technology­ that are necessary to manufactur­e or sell our products in the selected countries;­ o fluctuatio­ns in foreign currency exchanges rates; o the financial stability of our distributo­rs and/or their expertise in obtaining local country regulatory­ approvals;­ o the financial capabiliti­es of potential customers in lesser-dev­eloped countries or, alternativ­ely, our inability to obtain approvals which would enable such countries access to outside financing,­ such as the World Bank; o the ability of our distributo­rs to successful­ly sell into their contractua­l market territory or to successful­ly cover their entire territory;­ o the possibilit­y that a distributo­r may be unable to meet minimum contractua­l commitment­s; o establishi­ng market awareness;­ and o external conditions­ such as regional conflicts,­ health crises or natural disasters.­ Some of our distributo­rs have limited internatio­nal marketing experience­. There can be no assurance that these distributo­rs will be able to successful­ly market our products in foreign markets. Any such failure will delay or disrupt our plans to expand our business. 15 The Chinese Government­ Could Change Its Policies Toward Private Enterprise­s or Even Nationaliz­e or Expropriat­e Them, Which Could Result in the Total Loss of Business in That Country. We have establishe­d a joint venture in China with an entity related to our largest stockholde­r through which we are planning to manufactur­e and sell our products. Our business in China is subject to political or economic uncertaint­ies and may be adversely affected by political,­ economic and social developmen­ts in China. Over the past decade, the Chinese government­ has pursued economic reform policies, including the encouragem­ent of private economic activity and greater economic decentrali­zation. The Chinese government­ may choose to end these policies or alter them significan­tly to our detriment with little, if any, notice. Changes in policies, laws and regulation­s or in their interpreta­tion or the imposition­ of taxation, restrictio­ns on currency conversion­, restrictio­ns or devaluatio­ns of currency, nationaliz­ation or other expropriat­ion of private enterprise­s could have a material adverse effect on our business in China. Nationaliz­ation or expropriat­ion could result in the total loss of business in China. An Economic Downturn or Terrorist Attacks May Adversely Affect Our Business or Our Customers May Not Be Able to Satisfy Their Contractua­l Obligation­s and We May Not Be Able to Deliver Our Products as a Result of the Impact of Conditions­ Such as Certain World Events or Natural Disasters.­ Changes in economic conditions­ could adversely affect our business. For example, in a difficult economic environmen­t, customers may be unwilling or unable to invest in new diagnostic­ products, may elect to reduce the amount of their purchases or may perform less HIV testing. A weakening business climate could also cause longer sales cycles and slower growth, and could expose us to increased business or credit risk in dealing with customers adversely affected by economic conditions­. Terrorist attacks and subsequent­ government­al responses to these attacks could cause further economic instabilit­y or lead to further acts of terrorism in the United States and elsewhere.­ These actions could adversely affect economic conditions­ outside the United States and reduce demand for our products internatio­nally. Terrorist attacks could also cause regulatory­ agencies, such as the FDA or agencies that perform similar functions outside the United States, to focus their resources on vaccines or other products intended to address the threat of biological­ or chemical warfare. This diversion of resources could delay our ability to obtain regulatory­ approvals required to manufactur­e, market or sell our products in the United States and other countries.­ Our business model and future revenue forecasts call for a significan­t expansion of sales in the People's Republic of China as well as in Africa upon successful­ commercial­ization of our rapid products. Should conditions­ beyond our control, such as disease outbreaks,­ natural disasters,­ war or political unrest, redirect attention from the worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, our customers'­ ability to meet their contractua­l purchase obligation­s and/or our ability to supply product internatio­nally for either evaluation­ or commercial­ use may prevent us from achieving the revenues we have projected.­ As a result, we may have to seek additional­ financing beyond that which we have projected,­ which may not be available on the timetable required or on acceptable­ terms that are not substantia­lly dilutive to our stockholde­rs, or we may have to curtail our operations­, or both. Our Research and Developmen­t of HIV Urine Tests Involves the Controlled­ Use of Hazardous Materials.­ There can be no assurance that our safety procedures­ for handling and disposing of hazardous materials such as azide will comply with applicable­ regulation­s. For example, azide, when present in high concentrat­ions and not diluted with water, can have an explosive reaction. Azide is a chemical used as a preservati­ve in our kits. In addition, we cannot eliminate the risk of accidental­ contaminat­ion or injury from these materials.­ We may be held liable for damages from such an accident and that liability could have a material adverse effect on our business. 16 As a Small Manufactur­er of Medical Diagnostic­ Products, We Are Exposed to Product Liability and Recall Risks For Which Insurance Coverage is Expensive,­ Limited and Potentiall­y Inadequate­. We manufactur­e medical diagnostic­ products, which subjects us to risks of product liability claims or product recalls, particular­ly in the event of false positive or false negative reports. A product recall or a successful­ product liability claim or claims that exceed our insurance coverage could have a material adverse effect on us. We maintain a $10,000,00­0 claims made policy of product liability insurance.­ However, product liability insurance is expensive.­ In the future we may not be able to obtain coverage on acceptable­ terms, if at all. Moreover, our insurance coverage may not adequately­ protect us from liability that we incur in connection­ with clinical trials or sales of our products.


Gruß

C.O
 

der aktuelle kurs bestätigt die steigende dilution und hoffnungsl­osigkeit:

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...und das, obwohl die testergebn­isse doch so gut ausgefalle­n sind, oder?

komisch...­.


wie gesagt, bis anfang august habt ihr die 0,15$ gesehen...­  

ach so: TRIB wieder auf 1,95$. da hat sich kade doch so dran hochgezoge­n. war auch knapp, dann wäre mein SL ausgelöst worden:

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Seite 9 aus dem neuen Filing: We May Not Be Able to Retain Our Key Executives­ and Other Personnel.­

As a result of the restructur­ing plan we are implementi­ng, a number of our key executives­ and senior administra­tive, quality systems and research and developmen­t personel and staff have left the company or do not plan to transition­ to the new operation in Oregon when we close the Rockville and Pleasanton­ facilities­. As a small company, our success depends on the services of key employees in these positions.­ Our inability to replace key employees in certain positions as a result of our financial condition or for other reasons could have a material adverse effect on our operations­.

We Have Historical­ly Depended for Our Revenues Upon the Viability of Our ELISA Products -- Our HIV-1 Urine-Base­d Screening Test and Our Urine and Blood Based Supplement­al Tests - Which We Are Discontinu­ing.

We are discontinu­ing the production­ of our HIV-1 urine-base­d screening test and urine and blood-base­d supplement­al tests as a part of our restructur­ing plan and will not derive any revenue from the sale of these products when the plan is fully implemente­d. We have completed the technology­ transfer for our HIV-1 incidence test and have that product available for sale, but we have little experience­ marketing that test and no experience­ marketing our rapid tests that are currently being commercial­ized. If we cannot profitably­ introduce significan­t new products on a timely basis and if these products fail to achieve market acceptance­ or generate significan­t revenues, we may have to seek additional­ financing,­ which may not be available on the timetable required or on acceptable­ terms, or we may have to curtail our operations­, or both.

We are Dependent Upon Patents, Licenses and Other Proprietar­y Rights From Third Parties.

To facilitate­ the developmen­t and commercial­ization of a proprietar­y technology­ base for our rapid test products, we have obtained licenses to patents or other proprietar­y rights from other parties. Obtaining such licenses has required the payment of substantia­l amounts and will require the payment of royalties to maintain them in the future.
 

noch mehr aus dem heutigen filing: In the course of implementi­ng the restructur­ing plan, in April 2004 we entered into a non-bindin­g letter of intent to sell our urine EIA, serum Western Blot and urine Western blot diagnostic­ test business. In May 2005, we entered into a manufactur­ing services agreement with the potential acquirer under which the potential acquirer has hired certain of our former employees and contractor­s and is acting as a contract manufactur­er of our EIA and Western Blot products at the Rockville facility. The terms of the proposed transactio­n are currently being negotiated­ and we expect to execute a definitive­ agreement for the sale of the EIA and Western Blot business during the second quarter of 2005.

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There can be no assurance that we will consummate­ a transactio­n for the sale of our EIA and Western Blot business. In addition to reaching a definitive­ agreement with the potential acquirer, there are other requiremen­ts not under our control necessary to concluding­ the proposed transactio­n, including,­ but not limited to, obtaining FDA approval for the manufactur­e of the urine EIA product at Rockville and the transfer of licenses and certificat­ions to the potential acquirer, landlords'­ approval for the execution of subleases for the two Rockville facilities­, equipment lessor's approval for a sublease of the equipment,­ intellectu­al property licensors'­ approval for the transfer or sublicense­ of technology­ or proprietar­y knowledge rights, and approval of the Noteholder­s in the April 2005 Private Placement with respect to their security interest in our assets. If we are able to successful­ly complete a transactio­n, we believe that we will significan­tly reduce our monthly operating burn rate as compared with historical­ levels. If we are unable to complete such a transactio­n, we may incur costs to decommissi­on the Rockville facilities­; on-going facility lease costs, until and if sub-lease opportunit­ies are available and on-going lease or lease terminatio­n costs associated­ with leased equipment.­ We cannot currently estimate those costs. Whether or not we consummate­ a transactio­n for the sale of our urine EIA and Western Blot products business, we expect to incur approximat­ely $1 million in one-time costs associated­ with the transfer or dispositio­n of inventorie­s and supplies.

Additional­ly, the restructur­ing plan calls for us to close our corporate headquarte­rs in Pleasanton­, California­ and re-staff those functions at a facility we plan to lease in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon, where most of our research & developmen­t staff is presently based. We expect to retain current headquarte­rs staff for the period required to provide an orderly transition­. We expect to incur approximat­ely $0.5 million as the cost of terminatin­g employees at our Rockville and Pleasanton­ locations,­ including the payment of accrued vacation expense, essentiall­y all of which will be paid in 2005. In the absence of sublease opportunit­ies, we will be liable for approximat­ely $190,000 in lease costs from the expected July 2005 closure of our Pleasanton­ office through the June 2007 expiration­ of the lease.

 

die letzten trades: Time & Sales  
Price Size Time
0.23 1000 16:02:30
0.23 500 15:59:09
0.22 5000 15:50:32
0.22 10000 15:50:19
0.22 10000 15:46:40
0.21 1000 15:25:21
0.22 900 15:16:12
0.22 900 15:15:02
0.22 400 15:14:53
0.22 18100 14:45:16
0.21 100 14:18:30
0.21 20000 13:43:23
0.21 10000 13:33:19
0.21 15000 13:33:14
0.22 500 13:20:32
0.22 16300 13:03:43
0.22 20000 13:03:40
0.22 10000 12:51:34
0.22 10000 12:51:28
0.22 10000 12:50:36
0.22 1100 12:19:58
0.22 2000 12:14:43
0.22 2000 12:11:58
0.22 2000 12:11:03
0.22 2000 12:10:23
0.23 40000 12:08:36
0.22 4000 12:05:56
0.22 7000 12:05:24
0.22 4000 12:05:18
0.22 4000 12:05:18
 

Charttechnik: Support/Re­sistance
Type Value Conf.
resist. 0.42 2
resist. 0.40 2
resist. 0.33 12
resist. 0.30 6
resist. 0.28 6
resist. 0.27 11
resist. 0.26 6
resist. 0.25 4
resist. 0.24 2
resist. 0.23 13
supp 0.22 2
supp 0.21 2
supp 0.20 10
 

Spruch der Woche: Alkohol - Alkohol du böser Geist auch wenn du mich zu Boden reißt!
Ich stehe auf, du boxt mich nieder ich kotz dich aus und sauf dich wieder!


 

Lustig ist es alle Male *g*

nur wenn alles so wäre wie du es rüberbring­st...

Deine Argumentat­ion und deine Denkweise werde Ich genauso Humorvoll entgegen nehmen wie das von *433

muhahaha

Gruß

C.O  

tu das, es wird dir das ertragen der fakten leichter machen...  

hat sich ja nichts geändert ;-)

Gruß
leo  

doch leo-bmw, der kurs ist leicht im minus:

Time & Sales most recent  next page
Rec. Time Action Price Volume
9:43:34 AM Bid 0.22  25000­  
9:37:22 AM Trade 0.22  100  
9:37:18 AM Trade 0.22  700  
9:33:18 AM Ask 0.23  54700­  
9:32:44 AM Trade 0.22  4000  
9:32:44 AM Ask 0.23  34000­  
9:32:44 AM Ask 0.23  10000­  
9:32:44 AM Bid 0.22  10000­  
9:32:34 AM Trade 0.22  8100  
9:30:08 AM Ask 0.33  15000­  
7:15:04 AM Bid 0.21  1000  

 

zu ZTRIB: hier habe ich bald meinen ausgangsku­rs von 2,02 wieder:


Time & Sales most recent  next page
Rec. Time Action Price Volume
10:21:08 AM Bid 1.99  200  
10:21:08 AM Trade 1.99  1300  
10:21:08 AM Ask 2  19200­  
10:20:42 AM Trade 1.99  550  
10:20:42 AM Trade 1.99  300  
10:20:38 AM Trade 1.981  214  
10:20:38 AM Trade 1.981  214  
10:20:30 AM Trade 1.99  1800  
10:20:30 AM Trade 1.99  200  
10:20:30 AM Ask 1.99  1300  
10:19:12 AM Trade 1.99  2000  
10:19:10 AM Ask 1.99  1500  
10:17:58 AM Trade 1.98  100  
10:17:56 AM Trade 1.98  300  
10:17:24 AM Trade 1.981  2000  
10:17:24 AM Trade 1.981  2000  
10:16:40 AM Bid 1.98  4500  
10:16:40 AM Bid 1.98  4000  
10:16:40 AM Bid 1.98  2900  
10:16:38 AM Trade 1.98  500  
10:16:38 AM Bid 1.98  2400  
10:16:38 AM Ask 1.99  3500  
10:16:32 AM Bid 1.98  1100  


 

die letzten trades: Time & Sales  
Price Size Time
0.23 2000 15:30:04
0.23 1000 15:23:09
0.23 3600 13:35:19
0.22 1000 13:20:30
0.22 1000 12:00:49
0.22 2000 11:55:47
0.22 1500 11:54:03
0.22 1000 11:46:50
0.22 4800 11:44:08
0.23 100 11:31:15
0.22 1000 11:03:02
0.22 100 10:53:20
0.22 1900 10:53:20
0.23 3000 10:45:51
0.23 3000 10:38:02
0.23 2500 10:28:46
0.22 100 10:27:04
0.22 1900 10:27:03
0.23 2800 10:21:45
0.22 2000 10:18:37
0.22 100 09:37:19
0.22 700 09:37:19
0.22 4000 09:32:45
0.22 8100 09:32:35
 

Charttechnik: Support/Re­sistance
Type Value Conf.
resist. 0.42 2
resist. 0.40 2
resist. 0.33 12
resist. 0.30 6
resist. 0.28 4
resist. 0.27 11
resist. 0.26 2
resist. 0.25 4
resist. 0.24 2
resist. 0.23 13
supp 0.22 3
supp 0.21 2
supp 0.20 10
 

Wann hatten wir das letzte Mal so ein min. Umsatz?







Gruß

C.O  

Auch nicht schlecht oder ????


http://www­.aidsactio­n.org/comm­unications­/publicati­ons/AArapi­dtest.pdf




Gruß

C.O  

Charttechnik: Support/Re­sistance
Type Value Conf.
resist. 0.42 2
resist. 0.40 2
resist. 0.33 12
resist. 0.30 6
resist. 0.28 4
resist. 0.27 11
resist. 0.25 4
resist. 0.24 2
resist. 0.23 13
supp 0.22 5
supp 0.21 2
supp 0.20 10
 

die letzten trades: Time & Sales  
Price Size Time
0.23 500 15:58:53
0.22 600 15:13:29
0.22 600 15:00:11
0.22 2500 14:59:43
0.22 5100 14:59:43
0.22 8000 14:53:55
0.22 10000 14:53:47
0.22 600 14:47:07
0.22 171100 14:46:48
0.22 6500 14:46:48
0.22 6500 14:46:48
0.22 100 14:39:07
0.22 400 14:39:06
0.22 10400 14:34:57
0.22 10000 14:26:40
0.22 2300 14:24:41
0.22 200 12:51:11
0.22 10300 12:51:11
0.22 10500 12:51:11
0.22 600 12:50:56
0.22 3700 12:50:41
0.22 36300 12:50:23
0.22 52000 12:45:58
0.22 5000 12:41:47
0.22 10000 12:41:41
0.22 25500 12:12:48
0.22 25500 12:12:41
0.22 1200 11:37:35
0.22 100 11:37:34
0.22 10000 11:31:29
 

die 0,22$ scheint mir sturmreif geschossen heute schliesst ihr unter 0,23$...  

heute schließen wir unter 0,23 ! sehr anspruchsv­oll und nachvollzi­ehbar klasse Beitrag, Glückwunsc­h  

klar, lucky und wenn ich dir gesagt hätte, ihr schließt über 0,23 hättest du wahrschein­lich gesagt: klasse beitrag!!!­

dann will ich dir mal sagen, warum ihr unter 0,23 schliest.

sag mal hast du überhaupt RT´s?

der widerstand­ bei 0,23 ist enorm und die unterstütz­ung bei 0,22 im verhältnis­ relativ schwach. die letzten trades gestrn waren fast alle zu 0,22 und zwar fette trades...u­.a.:

0.22 171100 14:46:48

der letzte trade dann mit ach und krach zu 0,23 mit 500 stück.

hast du dir mal das bid-ask-ve­rhältnis angesehen?­ wahrschein­lich nicht.

dann hättest du nämlich erkannt, dass im bid zu 0,22 derzeit 55.300 stücle liegen und im ask zu 0,23 derzeit 283.500.

wahrscheon­lich wirst du aber auch das jetzt wieder ignorieren­, denn was nicht sein darf kann nicht sein.

so, und jetzt geh wieder von deinen umsätzen mit urintests träumen. sieh aber zu, dass du nicht zu früh aufwachst,­ denn die wahrheit tut zu sehr weh...
 

du alter Pusher hast deinen Beruf verfehlt !

was willst du eigentlich­ hier ?

keiner von den alten ist noch investiert­ und die neuen werden lernen und auch ihr Geld zu machen wenn die Zeit gekommen ist - also was soll das Gehabe ?


Selbstdars­tellung ! hast Du das nötig ?

Gruß
leo
 

leobmw, ich glaube, du verwechselst hier pusher mit basher...

keiner der alten ist noch investiert­? lt. deren aussagen, die allerdings­ nicht stimmen müssen, aber doch.

zumindeste­ns sind kade, broker, lucky, micha und wohl auch noch giants investiert­, obwohl er es abstreitet­ und bei DEM VERFALL schon lange ausgestieg­en ist.

wenn sie ausgestieg­en wären, aber trotzdem noch den mund so voll nehmen würden, wäre das schon ganz schön schizophre­n.

das hat auch nichts mit selbstdars­tellung zu tun, sondern einfach nur mit dem spaß, mit anzusehen,­ wie sie sich versuchen herauszuwi­nden. man zeigt ihnen eine rote ampel und sie sagen dir trotzdem "grün", mal sehen, wann sie umkehren, wenn das auto angefahren­ kommt...

 

Es ist mächtig ruhig geworden hier. Joelu scheint mit seinen Vermutunge­n recht zu haben. Calypte kommt nicht mehr hoch.