Rectractable Technologies,Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008 Sales Of $5.3 Million

Domestic sales accounted for 86.4% and 70.2% of the revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. International sales accounted for the remaining revenues. Domestic revenues increased 13.3% principally due to increased volumes and higher average sales prices and international revenues decreased 58.0% due primarily to the absence of PATH shipments in 2008. Overall, unit sales decreased 20.7%. Domestic unit sales increased 7.5% and international unit sales decreased 54.9%. Domestic unit sales were 74.4% of total unit sales for the three months ended March 31, 2008.

Gross profit increased primarily due to lower cost of manufactured product. Costs of manufactured product decreased due to lower volumes mitigated by higher unit costs. The average cost of manufactured product sold per unit increased by 11.2%. Profit margins can fluctuate depending upon, among other things, the cost of product manufactured and the capitalized cost of product recorded in inventory, as well as product sales mix. Royalty expense decreased 1.6% due to lower gross sales.

Operating expenses increased 9.1%. The decrease in expense for Sales and marketing was attributable primarily to fewer trade shows and promotional material, lower compensation, and less travel and entertainment costs. The decrease was mitigated by higher consulting costs. The increase in Research and development costs was due principally to increased cost related to compensation, consulting, and validation costs. General and administrative costs increased due to additional legal expense as well as higher compensation costs. 

Loss from operations increased due principally to higher operating expenses. 

Approximately $1.1 million in cash flow was used by operating activities. The remaining uses of cash were for capital costs incurred for the acquisition of plant, property and equipment and intangible assets, and the repayment of long-term debt.

Further details concerning the results of operations as well as other matters are available in the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on May 15, 2008 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Retractable Technologies, Inc. manufactures and markets safety medical products, principally the VanishPoint^® automated retraction safety syringes and blood collection devices, which virtually eliminate health care worker exposure to accidental needlestick injuries. These revolutionary devices use a patented friction ring mechanism that causes the contaminated needle to retract automatically from the patient into the barrel of the device, a feature that is designed to prevent accidental needlestick injury to healthcare workers and device reuse. Our products are distributed by various specialty and general line distributors. For more information on Retractable, visit our Web site at www.vanishpoint.com.

Forward-looking statements in this press release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and reflect our current views with respect to future events. We believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are accurate. However, we cannot assure you that such expectations will materialize. Our actual future performance could differ materially from such statements.

Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: our ability to maintain liquidity; our maintenance of patent protection; the impact of current litigation (as it affects our costs as well as market access and the viability of our patents); the ability to successfully renegotiate or extend the Baiyin Tonsun Medical Device Co., Ltd. license agreement and the receipt of payments thereunder; the impact of dramatic increases in demand; our ability to maintain and quickly increase our production capacity in the event of a dramatic increase in demand; our ability to access the market; our ability to maintain or lower production costs; our ability to continue to finance research and development as well as operations and expansion of production; the increased interest of other larger market players, specifically Becton Dickinson & Company, in providing safety products; and other risks and uncertainties that are detailed from time to time in the Company’s periodic reports filed with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.