Retractable Technologies, Inc. Reports Nine Months 2007 Sales Of $19.1 Million

LITTLE ELM, Texas, November 16, 2007—Retractable Technologies, Inc. (AMEX: RVP), a leading maker of safety needle devices, today reported revenues of $8.0 million and $19.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, an increase from the same 2006 periods. The increase in total revenues from the year-ago quarter was due largely to higher average sales prices mitigated slightly by lower unit sales in domestic markets. In the first nine months, overall unit sales rose 3.9%, principally due to higher international unit sales.  International sales tend to fluctuate because of the timing of orders under the President’s Global HIV/AIDS initiative.

The loss applicable to common shareholders in the third quarter declined from $1.6 million in 2006 to $936,000 in the 2007 period. For the first nine months, the loss increased to $5.5 million in 2007 from $3.1 million in 2006. The third quarter gross profit increased in 2007 and was flat for the nine-month period compared to the same periods last year.  Operating expenses rose principally because of higher legal costs. In the third quarter, the gross profit margin increased to 27.2% from 22.3% in 2006, but declined in the nine-month period from 31.5% in 2006 to 29.3% in 2007.  

The Company’s effective tax rates (a benefit for all periods) on the net loss before income taxes were 70.5% and 23.9% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 compared with 30.3 % and 33.5 % for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. The effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 were attributable to the net effect of a settlement in our favor of a state tax audit for prior years that had not yet been recognized.  All other tax benefits in 2007 have been fully reserved.

Further details are available in the Company’s Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Retractable Technologies, Inc. manufactures and markets 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. VanishPoint® safety needle devices 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 the Company’s current views with respect to future events. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are accurate. However, the Company cannot assure you that such expectations will materialize. The Company’s actual future performance could differ materially from such statements.