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 of 2022, an increase of 43% compared to the prior year period and 8% from the second quarter
• Achieved total gross margin of 84% in the third quarter of 2022
• Increased the number of facilities ordering the OMNI® Surgical System to 913 in the third quarter of 2022 from 875 in the second quarter of 2022, and the installed base of TearCare® System facilities to 881 on September 30, 2022 from 762 on June 30, 2022
• Launched the SION™ Surgical Instrument, the world’s only bladeless goniotomy device, as part of the Sight Sciences Surgical Glaucoma product portfolio among select surgeons in August and initiated a broader commercial launch in the fourth quarter of 2022
• Announced key publication of TREY study data in International Ophthalmology, highlighting strong intraocular pressure (IOP) reductions following standalone OMNI procedures in 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 patients with chronic dry eye disease, in September
  

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

Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Revenue for the third quarter of 2022 was $18.7 million, an increase of $5.6 million, or 43%, compared to the third quarter of 2021. Surgical Glaucoma revenue was $17.1 million, an increase of 37% compared to the prior year period and 7% compared to the second quarter. The growth was primarily driven by an increase in both the number of facilities ordering the OMNI Surgical System and utilization per ordering facility. Dry Eye revenue was $1.6 million, an increase of 145% from the previous year and 21% from the second quarter. The growth was primarily driven by increases in sales of the Tear Care System to both new and reordering customers.

Gross profit for the third quarter of 2022 was $15.7 million compared to $11.0 million for the third quarter of 2021. Gross margin for the third quarter of 2022 was 84%, in line with the same period of the prior year.

Operating expenses were $37.6 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to $25.1 million in the same period the prior year, representing a 50.0% increase. Operating expenses as a percentage of revenues increased from 191.4% in the third quarter of 2021 to 201.3% in the third quarter of 2022. The increase in operating expenses was primarily driven by additions to personnel and continued investment in R&D and SG&A to support the Company’s growth, including stock-based compensation of $3.2 million compared to $1.9 million in the prior year period.

Net loss was $22.2 million in the third quarter of 2022 ($0.46 per share), as compared to $17.2 million in the same prior year period ($0.43 per share).

Cash and cash equivalents totaled $199.8 million and total debt was $33.2 million as of September 30, 2022.

2022 Financial Guidance
Sight Sciences now projects revenue for the full year 2022 to range from $70 million to $72 million, which represents growth of approximately 43% to 47% compared to 2021. This compares to the prior expectation for full year 2022 revenue to range from $68 million to $72 million.

Conference Call
Sight Sciences’ management team will host a conference call today, November 10, 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 by accessing a live and archived webcast of 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
Sight Sciences is an eyecare technology company focused on developing and commercializing innovative solutions intended to transform care and improve patients’ lives. Using minimally invasive or non-invasive approaches to target the underlying causes of the world’s most prevalent eye diseases, Sight Sciences seeks to create more effective treatment paradigms that enhance patient care and supplant conventional outdated approaches. The Company’s OMNI® Surgical System is a minimally invasive 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 a bladeless, manually operated device used in ophthalmic surgical procedures to excise trabecular meshwork. The Company’s TearCare® System is 510(k) cleared in the United States for the application of localized heat therapy in adult patients with evaporative dry eye disease due to meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), enabling office-based clearance of gland obstructions by physicians to address the leading cause of dry eye disease.

For more information, visit www.sightsciences.com.

OMNI® and TearCare® are registered trademarks of Sight Sciences.
SION™ is a trademark of Sight Sciences.
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Investor contact:
Philip Taylor
Gilmartin Group
415.937.5406
Investor.Relations@Sightsciences.com

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