Echo Therapeutics, Inc. announced unaudited consolidated earnings results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. Echo's net loss for the first quarter of 2015 was $8.3 million, or $0.72 per basic and diluted share, compared to $2.8 million, or $0.23 per basic and diluted share, for the same period in 2014. The $5.5 million increase in net loss was a result of a non-cash financing charge in the first quarter for the approximate same amount.

Operating loss for the first quarter of 2015 was $2.5 million compared to $2.7 million for the first quarter of 2014.