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Agouron Pharmaceuticals Reports Second Quarter 1997 Financial Results

    LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Nasdaq-NNM: AGPH) today announced a net loss for the three and six months
ended December 31, 1996 of $12,556,000 or $.93 per common share, and
$27,003,000 or $2.07 per share, respectively.  The net loss recorded in each
comparable period of the prior fiscal year was $4,132,000 or $.40 per share,
and $6,655,000 or $.73 per share.
    Agouron's operating results for the three and six months ending December
31, 1996 and its financial condition at December 31, 1996 reflect the
Company's ongoing support of significant clinical and commercial development
activities in support of its anti-HIV drug VIRACEPT(R) (nelfinavir mesylate),
increased revenues from its ongoing VIRACEPT development collaboration with
Japan Tobacco Inc., revenues from its new (June 1996) development
collaboration with Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, and
the net proceeds from a secondary offering of 2,735,000 shares of common stock
in July 1996.
    Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a pioneer and leader in technologies
permitting the rational design of novel, small molecule drugs based upon the
molecular structures of proteins which play key roles in human disease.
Agouron is currently applying these technologies to the design and development
of novel drugs for treatment of cancer, AIDS and other serious diseases.

                            FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                   (In thousands, except per share amounts)

                                     Three Months Ended      Six Months Ended
                                        December 31,            December 31,
    Statement of Operations           1996         1995        1996      1995
    (unaudited)

    Revenues:
      Contracts and licenses     $15,109       $9,592     $32,623   $20,555
    Operating expenses:
      Research and development    23,302       14,188      52,936    26,716
      Selling, general
        and administrative         5,786          977       9,522     2,083
                                  29,088       15,165      62,458    28,799
    Operating loss              (13,979)      (5,573)    (29,835)   (8,244)
    Other income
      and expense, net             1,423        1,441       2,832     1,589
    Net loss                   $(12,556)     $(4,132)   $(27,003)  $(6,655)
    Net loss per common share     $(.93)       $(.40)     $(2.07)    $(.73)
    Shares used in computing
      net loss per common share   13,524       10,432      13,050     9,076

    Balance Sheet                              December 31,        June 30,
                                                  1996               1996
                                              (unaudited)
    Assets:
       Cash, cash equivalents and
         short term investments             $108,898           $90,875
       Property and equipment, net             9,405             6,936
       Inventory                              21,400                 0
       Other assets                            7,521             4,766
                                            $147,224          $102,577
    Liabilities and stockholders' equity:
       Current liabilities                    $9,194           $11,472
       Deferred contract revenue               9,085            13,788
       Other liabilities                       1,624             1,734
       Stockholders' equity                  127,321            75,583
                                            $147,224          $102,577
    Shares outstanding                        13,559            10,732


SOURCE Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.




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CONTACT:
Steven S. Cowell, Vice President & CFO, or
Donna Nichols, Senior Director, Corporate Communications, both of
Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 619-622-3009