MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sight Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGHT), an eyecare technology company focused on creating innovative solutions intended to transform care and improve patients’ lives, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.

Recent Business Highlights

• Generated total revenue of $18. 7 million in the third quarter associated with 2022, an increase of 43% compared to the prior year period and 8% from the particular second quarter

• Achieved total gross margin of 84% in the third quarter of 2022

• Increased the number of facilities ordering the OMNI® Surgical System in order to 913 within the 3 rd quarter associated with 2022 from 875 within the second one fourth of 2022, and the particular installed base of TearCare® System services to 881 on Sept 30, 2022 from 762 on June 30, 2022

• Launched the SION™ Medical Instrument, the particular world’s only bladeless goniotomy device, as part of the View Sciences Operative Glaucoma product portfolio among select surgeons in August and initiated a broader commercial launch in the fourth quarter of 2022

• Announced key publication associated with TREY study data in International Ophthalmology , highlighting strong intraocular pressure (IOP) reductions following standalone OMNI procedures within open-angle glaucoma patients with a history of implanted trabecular microbypass stents and glaucoma medication treatment whose IOP was not controlled

• Announced publication of OLYMPIA trial data showing superior symptom relief in a subset of advanced dry eye patients who received TearCare treatment in Clinical Ophthalmology

• Completed enrollment for SAHARA, a randomized clinical trial designed to evaluate the TearCare System procedure versus Restasis eye drops in individuals with chronic dry eye disease, in September

“We are pleased along with our outcomes for the 3rd quarter, which demonstrate increasing adoption associated with OMNI plus TearCare. We continue to execute commercially and operationally to generate market leading growth with both products, while well like our recently launched SION bladeless goniotomy instrument, ” said Paul Badawi, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sight Sciences. “Our large plus growing library of test data and real-world evidence provides tangible clinical support to our expansion of the standalone MIGS plus dry vision treatment markets, positioning View Sciences for strong development in the years to come. ”

Third One fourth 2022 Monetary Results
Revenue for that third quarter of 2022 has been $18. seven million, a good increase associated with $5. 6 million, or 43%, compared to the third one fourth of 2021. Surgical Glaucoma revenue was $17. 1 million, a rise of 37% compared in order to the prior year time period and 7% compared to the second quarter. The growth was primarily driven by a boost in each the amount of amenities ordering the particular OMNI Surgical System and utilization per ordering facility. Dry Eye revenue has been $1. six million, an increase of 145% from the previous year and 21% from the second quarter. The growth was primarily driven by increases in sales associated with the Tear Care System to both new plus reordering customers.

Gross profit for the particular third one fourth of 2022 was $15. 7 million compared to $11. 0 million for your third quarter of 2021. Gross margin with regard to the 3rd quarter associated with 2022 was 84%, in line with the same period of the earlier year.

Operating expenses were $37. 6 million regarding the third quarter of 2022 in comparison to $25. one million within the same period the before year, representing a 50. 0% increase. Operating expenses as a percentage of revenues increased through 191. 4% in the 3 rd quarter associated with 2021 in order to 201. 3% within the 3rd quarter of 2022. The particular increase in operating expenses has been primarily powered by additions to personnel and continued investment inside R& D and SG& A to support the Company’s growth, including stock-based compensation associated with $3. 2 million when compared with $1. 9 million in the prior 12 months period.

Net loss had been $22. two million within the third quarter of 2022 ($0. 46 per share), as compared to $17. 2 mil in the particular same previous year time period ($0. 43 per share).

Cash and cash equivalents totaled $199. 8 million and complete debt was $33. 2 million as of September 30, 2022.

2022 Financial Guidance
Sight Sciences now projects revenue for the full yr 2022 in order to range from $70 mil to $72 million, which usually represents development of approximately 43% to 47% compared to 2021. This compares to the prior expectation intended for full season 2022 revenue to range from $68 million to $72 million.

Conference Call
Sight Sciences’ management team will host a conference call today, November ten, 2022, beginning at 1: 30 p. m. Pacific Time / 4: 30 p. m. Eastern Time. Investors interested in listening to the conference call may do so simply by accessing the live plus archived webcast from the event at www.sightsciences.com , on the Investors page in the News & Events section. The webcast will be available for replay for at least 90 days after the event.

About Sight Sciences
View Sciences is an eyecare technology company focused on developing and commercializing revolutionary solutions intended to transform care plus improve patients’ lives. Using minimally invasive or non-invasive approaches in order to target the particular underlying causes of the world’s most prevalent eye diseases, Sight Sciences seeks to create more effective treatment paradigms that enhance patient treatment and supplant conventional outdated approaches. The Company’s OMNI® Surgical System is a minimally intrusive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) device indicated to reduce intraocular pressure in adult patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), the world’s leading cause of irreversible blindness. The SION™ Surgical Instrument is the bladeless, manually operated gadget used within ophthalmic surgical procedures to excise trabecular meshwork. The particular Company’s TearCare® System is 510(k) cleared in the United States to get the application of localized heat therapy in adult sufferers with evaporative dry attention disease due to meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), enabling office-based clearance of gland obstructions by physicians to address the leading cause of dried out eye disease.

For more information, visit www.sightsciences.com .

OMNI® and TearCare® are usually registered trademarks of Sight Sciences.
SION™ is a trademark associated with Sight Sciences.
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