July 16, 2007
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07.1065
 
Ortec International, Inc. NAICS 541710
3960 Broadway New York, NY 10032 Description Biotechnology
(212) 740-6999 Employees 27
http://www.ortecinternational.com/ Revenue (mil) 0.0000
  Income (mil) -18.0000
  Assets (mil) 1.5610
  Liability (mil) 44.1660
  (for the year ended 2006-12-31)
 
Category: Audit Concerns
 
Event: BDO Seidman LLP expressed substantial doubt on the ability of Ortec International, Inc. to continue as a going concern after auditing its financial statements. The auditor points out that the Company has incurred a net loss of $18.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2006. In addition, the Company's current liabilities exceeded its current assets by $43.5 million, its total liabilities exceeded its total assets by $42.6 million and has a deficit accumulated in the development stage of $179.1 million.
 
Intellectual Property: The Company has 4 United States patents, 1 European patent covering 13 countries, and 10 patents in 10 other countries that protect its OrCel® technology. It also has 1 United States and 8 international patent applications pending for its technology and processes. The FMB technology is covered by 5 US patents and 1 Australian patent. There are also corresponding European, Japanese and Canadian applications in the prosecution phase. In Australia, 1 patent has been granted and another patent has been allowed to protect its Haptides™ technology. During 2006, 2 US patents were granted covering the Haptide technology and 2 patent applications are in the prosecution phase in the US, Europe and PCT countries. [SEC Filing 10-KSB 06-19-07]
 
Description: Ortec is a development stage tissue engineering company, focusing on cell culturing, biology, and biomaterials in the United States.
 
Officers: Steven Katz, Ph.D. (Chair); Ron Lipstein (Vice Chair, CEO, Sec. & Treas.); Constantin Papastephanou, Ph.D. (Pres. & COO); Alan W. Schoenbart (CFO); Mark Eisenberg, M.D. (Dir.); Steven Lilien, Ph.D. (Dir.); Allen I. Schiff, Ph.D. (Dir.); Raphael Hofstein, Ph.D. (Dir.); Andreas Vogler (Dir.)
 
Auditor: BDO Seidman LLP
 
Securities: Common Stock-Symbol OTCI.PK; Other OTC; 8,963,870 common shares outstanding as of May 31, 2007.
 
 
 
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