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China Biopharmaceuticals Holdings Announces Fiscal Year 2006 Financial Results

China Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.
2007-04-03 21:54 1314

BEIJING, April 3 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CHBP), a leading Chinese pharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacturing and marketing of innovative drugs in China, today announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2006 increased 9.5% to $26 million compared to $23.7 million in 2005. Revenue primarily increased due to the accretive effects of the full-year results of Erye and the Enshi acquisition, which occurred in June 2006 that generated $22.6 million and $2.9 million respectively. Erye increased sales through the introduction of new generic products in 2006. Keyuan, the Company's third subsidiary, generated $452,052 in sales for 2006.

Costs of goods sold for 2006 was $18.8 million compared to $18.5 million for 2005. Gross profit for 2006 increased 38% to $7.1 million compared to $5.2 million for 2005. Gross profit margin for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 was 28% as compared to approximately 22% for 2005.

The Company reported a net loss for 2006 of $2.4 million compared to a net income of $960,685 for 2005. The net loss is primarily attributable to the effects of the Enshi acquisition. Expenses such as advisory fees, Enshi-related audit fees, legal fees, interest expense related to the loan used to acquire Enshi, as well as the net operating loss incurred by the Enshi subsidiary all substantially impacted the net loss recorded for the year ended December 31, 2006. In addition, there was an overall increase in professional fees incurred by the Company. The Company has calculated the one-time Enshi related expenses to be more than $2 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. Excluding the effects of the Enshi related expenses and their 2006 loss; the Company believes it may have recorded a positive net income for the year ended December 31, 2006.

On March 15, 2007 China Biopharmaceuticals announced that it commenced action to freeze $10 million in the assets of Mr. Li Xiaobo, the former shareholder and management of our subsidiary Enshi. The Company believes that there should be an adjustment to the purchase price to Enshi. Certain sales and receivables of Enshi have been found to be misrepresented and appropriate adjustments have been record in the 2006 financial results. To date the Company has successfully frozen approximately $7 million worth of Mr. Li's assets and intends to use these assets to satisfy the Company's rights and damages against Mr. Li.

Mr. Chris Peng Mao, Chairman and CEO of China Biopharmaceuticals, commented, "In June 2006 we acquired Shenyang Enshi Pharmaceutical, a pharmaceutical manufacturer that we felt would strengthen our business model and help contribute to our goal of increasing shareholder value. The management team, board, and advisors of China Biopharmaceuticals agreed after we reviewed all of Enshi's related financial statements for 2006 that sales and accounts receivables had been inflated to obtain a higher purchase price. Therefore, on March 15, 2007 CHBP announced this financial irregularity and our intent to have $10 million in the assets of Mr. Li Xiaobo frozen. Our goal is to use these assets as an off set to any potential adjustment in the purchase price since Mr. Li Xiaobo had guaranteed the representations and warranties on behalf of Enshi. We still believe that the acquisition of Enshi will prove beneficial as we have acquired a strong group of Western and Traditional Chinese Medicines. These products are now being sold profitably with the new management team that has been installed since the end of 2006."

Mr. Mao continued, "Although I regret reporting a net loss for the year, I am confident that many of the expenses incurred in 2006 are of a one-time nature and management has taken the necessary steps to return to profitability in 2007".

The Company will be hosting their year end earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 11th at 11:00 AM. CHBP will announce more detail regarding the call this week.

About China Biopharmaceuticals Holdings

China Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc (Symbol: CHBP) is a vertically integrated pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of small and large molecule pharmaceutical products, including medicines, vaccines, and active pharmaceutical ingredients for various categories of diseases. CHBP's product portfolio includes 260 drugs already approved for manufacturing and marketing by the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA). CHBP also has submitted 15 drug applications to the SFDA for its review during the calendar year of 2006. CHBP is a U.S.-listed public company with operating subsidiaries and senior management based in China. For further information, please visit our website at http://www.cbioinc.com .

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