The amortization of the intangible asset value established for theEGRIFTA® and Trogarzo® commercialization rights in North America is also included in selling expenses. We recorded an expense of $2,412,000 in Fiscal 2019 compared to $1,767,000 in Fiscal 2018.
General and administrative expenses for the year ended November 30, 2019 amounted to $8,330,000 compared to $5,828,000 for the same period in Fiscal 2018.
The increase in general and administrative expenses is mainly associated with business growth, increased activity in Europe, the listing on NASDAQ and additional investor relations initiatives.
Finance income, consisting of interest income, for the year ended November 30, 2019 amounted to $1,097,000 compared to $608,000 in Fiscal 2018. Higher finance income is mostly related to a higher average liquidity position.
Finance costs for the year ended November 30, 2019 were $5,080,000 compared to $3,016,000 in Fiscal 2018. Finance costs in Fiscal 2019 mostly represent interest of $3,317,000 on the convertible senior unsecured notes issued on June 18, 2018, compared to $1,486,000 last year.
Finance costs also included accretion expense, which amounted to $1,673,000 during Fiscal 2019 compared to $1,041,000 during Fiscal 2018.
Adjusted EBITDA for Fiscal 2019 was $323,000 compared to $1,664,000 in Fiscal 2018, reflecting increased investments towards building our infrastructure in Europe, the development of our oncology platform and the listing of our common shares on the NASDAQ. These higher expenses were partially offset by higher revenues related to growing Trogarzo® sales. See “Non-IFRS Financial Measures” below.
Taking into account the revenue and expense variations described above, we recorded anet loss of $12,496,000 or $0.16 per share in Fiscal 2019 compared to a net loss of $4,700,000 or $0.06 in Fiscal 2018.
As at November 30, 2019,cash, bonds and money market funds amounted to $41,244,000.
Fourth Quarter 2019 Financial Results
Consolidated revenue for the three months ended November 30, 2019 amounted to $16,400,000 compared to $13,983,000 for the same period last year, representing an increase of 17.3%.
For the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2019, sales ofEGRIFTA® reached $8,731,000 compared to $9,732,000 in the fourth quarter of the prior year. While unit sales to our US distributor were up 5.3% compared to Q4 of 2018, net sales decreased for two main reasons: (i) net sales for Q4 2019 were impacted by an unexpected charge related to government rebates not previously recorded by one of our distributing pharmacies. A portion of units sold to this pharmacy were previously incorrectly identified by the pharmacy as commercial patients, when they were actually government reimbursed patients, who are eligible to rebates, and (ii) net sales for Q4 2018 were positively impacted by the reversal of a provision related to chargebacks and rebates.
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