• Revenue recognition commencing in September to October timeframe.
  • Average length of each  program is approximately 12 months.

TORONTO, ON – September 20, 2022 – Think Research Corporation (TSX.V:THNK) (“Think” or the “Company”), a healthcare technology company focused on transforming healthcare through knowledge-based digital health software solutions, is pleased to announce that BioPharma Services, Inc. (“Biopharma”) a Think subsidiary, has signed multiple new contracts in the third quarter worth approximately $12.8 million. The contracts span several health disciplines from neurology to oncology to gastrointestinal treatments. These project-based study contracts average approximately 12 months in duration. Revenue recognition from these deals has already commenced or is commencing imminently during the first month of Q4.  Think’s Clinical Research solutions offered by Biopharma represent a significant component of Think’s broad offering of content, essential data services and software to clinicians everywhere across eight countries.

Sachin Aggarwal, CEO, Think Research said, “We are very pleased by the ongoing success that Biopharma is experiencing in the clinical research market. Although there were a few program delays experienced earlier this year in the segment, we are excited with the volume of wins during the quarter and with the certainty of project commencements. As a result, we have solid visibility on revenue recognition entering the fourth quarter. These contracts increase our confidence that we will attain our previously announced estimated revenue run-rate of between $84 million and $90 million annualized, and pro forma adjusted EBITDA annualized range of between $6 million and $9 million  in the fourth quarter, which should come in at somewhere between $21 million and $22.5 million in total revenue.“ 

About Think Research Corporation

Think Research Corporation is an industry leader in delivering knowledge-based digital health software solutions. The Company’s focused mission is to organize the world’s health knowledge so everyone gets the best care. Its evidence-based healthcare technology solutions support the clinical decision-making process, standardize care, to facilitate better health care outcomes. The Company gathers, develops, and delivers knowledge-based solutions globally to customers which typically includes enterprise clients, hospitals, health regions, health care professionals, and / or governments. The Company has gathered a significant amount of data by building its repository of knowledge through its network and group of companies (including acquired companies).

Think licenses its solutions to over 13,000 facilities for over 300,000 primary care, acute care, and long-term care doctors, nurses and pharmacists that rely on the content and data provided by Think to support their practices.  Millions of patients and residents annually receive better care due to the essential data that Think produces, manages and delivers.

In addition, the company collects and manages pharmaceutical and clinical trial data via the BioPharma entity that Think acquired on September 10, 2021.  BioPharma is a leading provider of bioequivalence and Phase 1 clinical research services to pharmaceutical companies globally. Think’s other services include a network of digital-first primary care clinics and medical clinics providing elective surgery. Visit: www.thinkresearch.com.

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This press release makes reference to certain non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios. These measures and ratios are not recognized measures under International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Rather, these measures and ratios are provided as additional information to complement those IFRS measures by providing further understanding of the Company’s results of operations from management’s perspective. Non-IFRS measures and ratios have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for analysis of the Company’s financial information reported under IFRS and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the periods indicated. The Company uses non-IFRS financial measures and ratios, including “EBITDA”, “Adjusted EBITDA” and “Adjusted EBITDA Margin” to provide investors with supplemental measures of its operating performance and to eliminate items that have less bearing on operating performance or operating conditions and thus highlight trends in its core business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on IFRS financial measures. Specifically, the Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, when viewed with the Company’s results under IFRS and the accompanying reconciliations, provides useful information about the Company’s business by removing potential distortions that may arise from transactions that are not operational in nature. By eliminating potential differences in results of operations between periods caused by factors such as restructuring, impairment and other charges, the Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin can provide a useful additional basis for comparing the current performance of the underlying operations being evaluated. The Company’s agreements with lenders include certain financial performance covenants which include EBITDA (as defined in the Company’s credit agreement with its senior lender and with Beedie Capital) as a component of the covenant calculations and require the Company to maintain certain levels of EBITDA on a consolidated basis. The Company believes that securities analysts, investors and other interested parties frequently use non-IFRS financial measures and ratios in the evaluation of issuers. The Company’s management also uses non-IFRS financial measures and ratios in order to facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period.

Non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios used in this press release include:

“EBITDA” means net income (loss) before amortization and depreciation expenses, finance and interest costs, and provision for income taxes.

“Adjusted EBITDA” adjusts EBITDA for non-cash stock-based compensation expense, gains or losses arising from redemption of securities issued by the Company, asset impairment charges, gains or losses from disposals of property and equipment, foreign exchange gains or losses,  impairment charges on property and equipment, business acquisition costs, and restructuring charges.

“Adjusted EBITDA Margin” means Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue of the Company for the applicable period.

A reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to IFRS net income (loss) is presented under “Select Information and Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Measures” in the MD&A and press release below. 

For more information: https://www.thinkresearch.com/ca/investors/

For further information: Mark Sakamoto, Executive Vice President, Think Research, 416.388.7119, mark.sakamoto@thinkresearch.com