MADISON, Wis.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS) today announced its business and financial results for the second quarter of 2015, and showed continued strong performance with more than 21,000 completed Cologuard tests for the quarter, up more than 90 percent from the first quarter, which resulted in $8.1 million in revenue. Additionally, the cumulative number of ordering physicians grew to 14,700 during the quarter, a 77 percent increase.

"We are pleased with Cologuard's growth trajectory and that our sales and marketing strategy is driving results," said Kevin Conroy, Exact Sciences' chairman and CEO. "Physician and patient demand are increasing while our compliance rate continues moving upward as well. We're now building on the success of Cologuard to develop tests that will detect lung, pancreatic and esophageal cancers at their earliest stages."

During the second quarter of 2015 the compliance rate for Cologuard increased to 73 percent, up from 71 percent in the first quarter. The patient compliance rate is derived from the number of valid test results generated from collection kits shipped to patients 60 or more days prior to June 30, 2015. Our lab, through its customer care center, is helping to drive this increase by regularly contacting patients for whom Cologuard has been ordered and encouraging them to complete their screening. More than a third of Cologuard users (36 percent) had never been screened before, according to a 3,000-patient survey by the company.

Exact Sciences also announced during the second quarter a landmark partnership with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, one of the world's leading cancer centers, to develop a simple blood-based test to detect lung cancer, details of which were presented at Exact Sciences' inaugural Investor & Analyst Day. The investor day event also offered context about Exact Sciences ongoing partnership with Mayo Clinic to develop tests for the early detection of pancreatic and esophageal cancer.

Financial Results

Exact Sciences reported total revenues of $8.1 million for the second quarter of 2015 and total revenues of $12.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015. Cologuard received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in August 2014 and a final National Coverage Decision from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in October 2014.

For the second quarter of 2015, Exact Sciences reported a net loss of ($39.1) million, or ($0.44) a share. The company had a net loss of ($19.4) million, or ($0.24) a share, for the same period of 2014. The company's net loss for the first six months of 2015 was ($74.9) million, or ($0.84) a share. The company had a net loss of ($35.5) million, or ($0.46) a share, for the same period of 2014.

Operating expenses for the quarter ending June 30, 2015, were $42.4 million, compared to $19.6 million for the second quarter of 2014. Operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2105 were $78.5 million. The company had operating expenses of $36.0 million for the same period of 2014.

Exact Sciences ended the second quarter of 2015 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $210.8 million, compared to $282.8 million at Dec. 31, 2014.

Second-Quarter Conference Call & Webcast

Company management will host a conference call and webcast on Monday, July 20, 2015, at 10 a.m. ET to discuss second-quarter results. The webcast will be available at http://investor.exactsciences.com. Domestic callers should dial 877-212-6082 and international callers should dial +1 707-287-9332. An archive of the webcast and a replay of the conference call will be available at www.exactsciences.com or by calling 855-859-2056 domestically or +1 404-537-3406 internationally. The access code for the conference call and replay is 84732817. The conference call, webcast and replay are open to all interested parties.

About Exact Sciences Corp.

Exact Sciences Corp. is a molecular diagnostics company focused on the early detection and prevention of some of the deadliest forms of cancer. The company has exclusive intellectual property protecting its noninvasive, molecular screening technology for the detection of colorectal cancer. Cologuard is included in the colorectal cancer screening guidelines of the American Cancer Society and stool DNA is included in the guidelines of the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer. For more information, please follow us on Twitter @ExactSciences or find us on Facebook.

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Exact Sciences Corp.
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