−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis
−Removed: of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
+Added: Management’s Discussion and
+Added: Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion
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See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
−Removed: We are a biotech innovation
−Removed: company with a mission of prolonging life and enhancing its quality by improving the health of the immune system.
−Removed: We are developing biotechnologies
−Removed: specifically focused on improving the health of the immune system through immune reprogramming and monitoring.
−Removed: Our immune reprogramming
−Removed: technologies are currently at the pre-clinical stage and are designed to retrain the immune system to induce tolerance with an objective
−Removed: of addressing rejection of transplanted organs, autoimmune diseases, and allergies.
−Removed: Our immune monitoring technologies are designed to
−Removed: provide a personalized comprehensive profile of the immune system and we plan to utilize them in our upcoming reprogramming clinical trials
−Removed: to monitor subjects’ immune response before, during and after drug administration.
−Removed: Recent Developments
−Removed: Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC Notification:
−Removed: On January 18, 2022, the Company was notified
−Removed: (the “Notification Letter”) by The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”) that it is not in compliance with the minimum
−Removed: bid price requirements set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market.
−Removed: Nasdaq Listing
−Removed: Rule 5550(a)(2) requires listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share, and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides
−Removed: that a failure to meet the minimum bid price requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days.
−Removed: Based on the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock between December 1, 2021 and January 14, 2022, the Company no longer
−Removed: met the minimum bid price requirement.
−Removed: The Notification Letter had no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market and, at the time, the common stock continued to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the
−Removed: symbol “ADTX.”
−Removed: The Notification Letter provided the Company has
−Removed: 180 calendar days, or until July 18, 2022, to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).
−Removed: To regain compliance, the bid price
−Removed: of the Company’s common stock must have a closing bid price of at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days.
−Removed: If the Company does not regain compliance by July 18, 2022, an additional 180 days may be granted to regain compliance, so long as the
−Removed: Company meets The Nasdaq Capital Market continued listing requirements (except for the bid price requirement) and notifies Nasdaq in writing
−Removed: of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period.
−Removed: If the Company does not qualify for the second compliance
−Removed: period or fails to regain compliance during the second 180-day period, then Nasdaq will notify the Company of its determination to delist
−Removed: the Company’s common stock, at which point the Company will have an opportunity to appeal the delisting determination to a Hearings Panel.
−Removed: The Company intends to monitor the closing bid
−Removed: price of its common stock and will consider implementing available options to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement
−Removed: under the Nasdaq Listing Rules.
−Removed: On January 28, 2022, the Compensation Committee
−Removed: approved the grant of 482,700 RSUs to employees pursuant to the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
−Removed: Included in this grant were
−Removed: 480,000 RSUs granted to officers of the Company.
−Removed: Forbearance Agreement:
−Removed: On January 31, 2022, the Company’s $14.5
−Removed: million loan (“Loan”) to Cellvera Global became fully due and payable under the Secured Credit Agreement.
−Removed: On February 14,
−Removed: 2022, the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement and Seventh Amendment to Secured Credit Agreement (the “Forbearance Agreement”)
−Removed: with AiPharma Global Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which intends to change its name to Cellvera Global Holdings
−Removed: LLC (“Cellvera Global”), Cellvera Holdings Ltd., a company formed under the laws of the British Virgin Islands f/k/a AiPharma
−Removed: Holdings Limited (“Cellvera Holdings”), Cellvera Asia Limited, a company formed under the laws of Hong Kong f/k/a AiPharma
−Removed: Asia Limited (“Cellvera Asia” and together with Cellvera Global and Cellvera Holdings, the “Borrower”).
−Removed: January 31, 2022, the Company’s $14.5 million loan (the “Loan”) to Borrower became fully due and payable under that
−Removed: certain Secured Credit Agreement dated as of August 27, 2021, as amended to date (the “Credit Agreement”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement, the Company
−Removed: agreed to forbear from exercising its rights and remedies against the Borrower and certain affiliated guarantor parties until the earlier
−Removed: of (i) June 30, 2022 or (ii) the date of occurrence of any event of default under the Forbearance Agreement (the “Forbearance Period”).
−Removed: Given that the parties continue to conduct due diligence in connection with that certain Share Exchange Agreement dated as of December
−Removed: 28, 2021 by and between the Company and AiPharma Group Ltd.
−Removed: (see note 4), the Company and the Borrower
−Removed: also agreed that should the initial closing occur under the Share Exchange Agreement, the existing event of default will be waived.
−Removed: the Forbearance Agreement, the Company and the Borrower also agreed to certain amendments to the Credit Agreement, including, but not
−Removed: (i) the delivery by the Borrower of certain financial statements and forecasts, and (ii) certain regularly scheduled payments
−Removed: to be made by Borrower to the Company during the Forbearance Period.
−Removed: Immune Reprogramming
+Added: We are an innovation company with a mission of
+Added: Making Promising Innovations Possible, Together.
+Added: We develop, build, and grow innovations with a focus on monitoring and modulating the
+Added: immune system.
+Added: We take a socialized approach to innovation by engaging stakeholders into all aspects of the process.
+Added: Our innovation portfolio includes
+Added: the following programs:
+Added: - Adimune™ - Immune modulation technologies which are
+Added: currently at the pre-clinical stage and are designed to retrain the immune system to induce tolerance with an objective of addressing
+Added: rejection of transplanted organs, autoimmune diseases, and allergies.
+Added: - AditxtScore™ - Immune monitoring technologies designed
+Added: to provide a personalized comprehensive profile of the immune system.
+Added: Modulation Program)
The discovery of immunosuppressive
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unwanted immune responses in autoimmune diseases.
−Removed: However, immune suppression leads to significant undesirable side effects, such as increased
−Removed: susceptibility to life-threatening infections and cancers, because it indiscriminately and broadly suppresses immune function throughout
−Removed: While the use of these drugs has been justifiable because they prevent or delay organ rejection, their use for treatment of
−Removed: autoimmune diseases and allergies may not be acceptable because of the aforementioned side effects.
−Removed: Furthermore, transplanted organs often
−Removed: ultimately fail despite the use of immune suppression, and about 40% of transplanted organs survive no more than 5 years.
−Removed: New, focused therapeutic approaches
−Removed: are needed that modulate only the small portion of immune cells that are involved in rejection of the transplanted organ, as this approach
−Removed: can be safer for patients than indiscriminate immune suppression.
−Removed: Such approaches are referred to as immune tolerance, and when therapeutically
−Removed: induced, may be safer for patients and also potentially allow long-term survival of transplanted tissues and organs.
+Added: However, immune suppression leads to significant undesirable side effects, such as
+Added: increased susceptibility to life-threatening infections and cancers, because it indiscriminately and broadly suppresses immune function
+Added: throughout the body.
+Added: While the use of these drugs has been justifiable because they prevent or delay organ rejection, their use for treatment
+Added: of autoimmune diseases and allergies may not be acceptable because of the aforementioned side effects.
+Added: Furthermore, transplanted organs
+Added: often ultimately fail despite the use of immune suppression, and about 40% of transplanted organs survive no more than 5 years.
+Added: New, focused therapeutic
+Added: approaches are needed that modulate only the immune cells involved in rejection of the transplanted organ, as this approach can be safer
+Added: for patients than indiscriminate immune suppression.
+Added: Such approaches are referred to as immune tolerance, and when therapeutically induced,
+Added: may be safer for patients and potentially allow longer-term survival of transplanted tissues and organs.
In the late 1990s, academic
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Department of Defense.
−Removed: The focus of that project was for skin grafting for burn
−Removed: Twenty years of research at LLU and an affiliated incubator led to a series of discoveries that have been translated into a large
−Removed: patent portfolio of therapeutic approaches that may be applied to the modulation of the immune system in order to induce tolerance to
−Removed: self and transplanted organs.
+Added: The focus of that project was induction of tolerance
+Added: for skin allografting for burn victims.
+Added: Twenty years of research at LLU and an affiliated incubator led to a series of discoveries that
+Added: have been translated into a large patent portfolio of therapeutic approaches that may be applied to the modulation of the immune system
+Added: to induce tolerance to self and transplanted organs.
We have an exclusive worldwide
−Removed: license for commercializing this nucleic acid-based technology (which is currently at the pre-clinical stage), named Apoptotic DNA Immunotherapy™
−Removed: (ADI™) from LLU, which utilizes a novel approach that mimics the way the body naturally induces tolerance to our own tissues (“therapeutically
−Removed: induced immune tolerance”).
−Removed: While immune suppression requires continuous administration to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ,
−Removed: induction of tolerance has the potential to retrain the immune system to accept the organ for longer periods of time.
−Removed: may allow patients to live with transplanted organs with significantly reduced immune suppression.
−Removed: ADI™ is a technology platform
−Removed: which we believe can be engineered to address a wide variety of indications.
+Added: license for commercializing Apoptotic DNA Immunotherapy™ (ADI™), a nucleic acid-based technology (which is currently at the
+Added: pre-clinical stage), from LLU.
+Added: ADI™ utilizes a novel approach that mimics the way the body naturally induces tolerance to our own
+Added: tissues (“therapeutically induced immune tolerance”).
+Added: While immune suppression requires continuous administration to prevent
+Added: rejection of a transplanted organ, induction of tolerance has the potential to retrain the immune system to accept the organ for longer
+Added: periods of time.
+Added: Thus, ADI™ may allow patients to live with transplanted organs with significantly reduced immune suppression.
+Added: ADI™ is a technology platform which we believe can be engineered to address a wide variety of indications.
We are developing ADI™
−Removed: products for organ transplantation including skin grafting, autoimmune diseases, and allergies, with the initial focus on skin allografts
−Removed: and psoriasis, as we believe these indications will be most efficient in providing safety and efficacy data in clinical trials.
−Removed: a Biologics License Application (“BLA”) for a biopharmaceutical product, clinical safety and efficacy must be demonstrated
−Removed: in a series of clinical studies conducted with human subjects.
−Removed: For products in our class of drugs, the first-in-human trials will be a
−Removed: combination of Phase I (safety/tolerability) and Phase II (efficacy) in affected subjects.
−Removed: To obtain approval to initiate the Phase I/IIa
−Removed: studies, an Investigational New Drug Application will be submitted to compiling non-clinical efficacy data as well as manufacturing and
−Removed: pre-clinical or clinical trial toxicology data.
−Removed: To date, we have conducted non-clinical studies in a stringent model of skin transplantation
−Removed: using genetically mismatched donor and recipient animals demonstrating a 3-fold increase in the survival of the skin graft in animals
−Removed: that were tolerized with ADI™ compared to animals that receive immune suppression alone.
−Removed: Prolongation of graft life was observed
−Removed: despite discontinuation of immune suppression after the first 5 weeks.
−Removed: Additionally, in an induced non-clinical model for psoriasis, ADI™
−Removed: treatment resulted in a 69% reduction in skin thickness and a 38% decrease in skin flaking (two clinical parameters for assessment of
−Removed: psoriasis skin lesions).
−Removed: The Phase I/IIa studies in psoriasis will evaluate the safety/tolerability of ADI™ in patients diagnosed
−Removed: with psoriasis.
−Removed: Since the drug will be administered in subjects diagnosed with psoriasis, effectiveness of the drug to improve psoriatic
−Removed: lesions will also be evaluated.
−Removed: In another Phase I/IIa study, patients requiring skin allografts will receive weekly intra-dermal injections
−Removed: of ADI™ in combination with standard immune suppression to assess safety/tolerability and possibility of reducing levels of immunosuppressive
−Removed: drugs as well as prolongation of graft life.
−Removed: Later phase trials are planned after successful completion of these studies in preparation
−Removed: for submission for a BLA to regulatory agencies.
−Removed: Immune Monitoring
+Added: products for organ transplantation including skin allografting, autoimmune diseases, and allergies, with the initial focus on psoriasis,
+Added: type 1 diabetes and skin allografting, indications for which we have compelling preclinical data.
+Added: To submit a Biologics License Application
+Added: (“BLA”) for a biopharmaceutical product, clinical safety and efficacy must be demonstrated in clinical studies conducted
+Added: with human subjects.
+Added: For products in our class of drugs, the first-in-human trials will be a combination of Phase I (safety/tolerability)
+Added: and Phase II (efficacy) in affected subjects.
+Added: To obtain approval to initiate the Phase I/IIa studies, an Investigational New Drug or
+Added: Clinical Trial Application will be submitted that will include a compilation of non-clinical efficacy data as well as manufacturing and
+Added: pre-clinical safety/toxicology data.
+Added: To date, we have conducted non-clinical studies in a stringent model of skin transplantation using
+Added: genetically mismatched donor and recipient animals demonstrating a 3-fold increase in the survival of the skin allograft in animals that
+Added: were tolerized with ADI™ compared to animals that receive immune suppression alone.
+Added: Prolongation of graft life was observed despite
+Added: discontinuation of immune suppression after the first 5 weeks.
+Added: In a non-obese diabetic mouse model of type 1 diabetes, we showed reversal
+Added: of hyperglycemia with 80% of the animals showing durable glycemic control for the 40-week study period.
+Added: Additionally, in an induced non-clinical
+Added: model for psoriasis, ADI™ treatment resulted in a 69% reduction in skin thickness and a 38% decrease in skin flaking (two clinical
+Added: parameters for assessment of psoriasis skin lesions).
+Added: The Phase I/IIa studies in psoriasis will evaluate the safety/tolerability of ADI™
+Added: in patients diagnosed with psoriasis.
+Added: Since the drug will be administered in subjects diagnosed with psoriasis, effectiveness of the
+Added: drug to improve psoriatic lesions will also be evaluated.
+Added: In the type 1 diabetes clinical studies, newly diagnosed subjects will receive
+Added: ADI™ treatment to evaluate safety and efficacy.
+Added: In another Phase I/IIa study, patients requiring skin allografts will receive weekly
+Added: intra-dermal injections of ADI™ in combination with standard immune suppression to assess safety/tolerability and possibility of
+Added: reducing levels of immunosuppressive drugs as well as prolongation of graft life.
+Added: (Immune Monitoring Program)
We believe that understanding
−Removed: the status of an individual’s immune system is key to developing and administering immunotherapies such as ADI™.
−Removed: We have secured
−Removed: an exclusive worldwide license for commercializing a technology platform named AditxtScore™, which provides a personalized comprehensive
−Removed: profile of the immune system.
−Removed: It is intended to be informative for individual immune responses to viruses, bacterial antigens, peptides,
−Removed: drugs, bone marrow and solid organ transplants, and cancer.
−Removed: It has broad applicability to many other agents of clinical interest impacting
−Removed: the immune system, including those not yet identified such as future infectious agents.
+Added: the status of an individual’s immune system is key to understanding health by the numbers and for developing therapeutics that
+Added: result in better outcomes for more individuals.
+Added: We have secured an exclusive worldwide license for commercializing a technology platform
+Added: named AditxtScore™, which provides a personalized comprehensive profile of the immune system.
+Added: AditxtScore™ is intended to
+Added: be informative for individual immune responses to viruses, bacteria, peptides, drugs, supplements, bone marrow and solid organ transplants
+Added: It has broad applicability to many other agents of clinical interest impacting the immune system, including those not yet
+Added: identified such as emerging infectious agents.
AditxtScore™ is being
−Removed: designed to allow individuals to understand, manage and monitor their immune profiles in order to be informed about attacks on or by their
−Removed: immune system.
−Removed: We believe AditxtScore™ can also assist the medical community in anticipating possible immune responses and reactions
−Removed: to viruses, bacteria, allergens and transplanted organs.
−Removed: It can be useful in anticipating attacks on the body by having the ability to
−Removed: determine its potential response and for developing a plan to deal with an undesirable reaction by the immune system.
−Removed: Its advantages include
−Removed: the ability to provide a simple, rapid, accurate, high throughput, single platform assay that can be multiplexed to determine the immune
−Removed: status with respect to several factors simultaneously, in 3-16 hours, as well as detect antigen and antibody in a single test (i.e.
−Removed: recovered, immune).
−Removed: In addition, it can determine and differentiate between various types of cellular and humoral immune responses (T
−Removed: and B cells).
−Removed: It also provides for simultaneous monitoring of cell activation and levels of cytokine release (i.e., cytokine storms).
+Added: designed to allow individuals to understand, manage and monitor their immune profiles in order to be informed about attacks on or by
+Added: their immune system.
+Added: We believe AditxtScore™ can also assist the medical community in anticipating possible immune responses and
+Added: reactions to viruses, bacteria, allergens and foreign tissues such as transplanted organs.
+Added: This capability may be possible by having
+Added: the ability to determine the body’s potential response and for developing a plan to deal with an undesirable reaction by the immune
+Added: Its advantages include the ability to provide a simple, rapid, accurate, high throughput assays that can be multiplexed to determine
+Added: the immune status with respect to several factors simultaneously, in 3-16 hours.
+Added: In addition, it can determine and differentiate between
+Added: various types of cellular and humoral immune responses (T and B cells and other cell types).
+Added: It also provides for simultaneous monitoring
+Added: of cell activation and levels of cytokine release (i.e., cytokine storms).
We plan to utilize AditxtScore™
−Removed: in our upcoming clinical trials to monitor subjects’ immune response before, during and after ADI™ drug administration.
−Removed: are also evaluating plans to obtain FDA approval for AditxtScore™’s use as a clinical assay and seeking to secure manufacturing,
−Removed: marketing and distribution partnerships for application in the Infectious Diseases market, by end of 2020.
−Removed: To obtain FDA approval to use
−Removed: AditxtScore™ as a clinical assay, we plan to conduct validation studies comparing AditxtScore™ to other immunological tests
−Removed: to demonstrate reproducibility of data and to demonstrate the sensitivity of the assays for use in different indications (e.g., detection
−Removed: of antigens present in infectious agents or antibodies against infectious agents).
−Removed: We believe that these data will show AditxtScore™’s
−Removed: ability to multiplex in two ways using a single assay:
−Removed: (i) evaluating the immune response to multiple antigens (from different infectious
−Removed: agents) and (ii) measuring quantities of multiple cytokines.
−Removed: Furthermore, we believe that the additional validation studies will demonstrate
−Removed: AditxtScore™’s ability to measure the presence of several antibody isotypes against several antigens in a single reaction.
−Removed: Our plan is to submit a 510(K) application to the FDA after successful completion of these studies.
−Removed: We have engaged consultants for our
−Removed: communications and submissions to the FDA.
−Removed: Beyond 2021, we plan to develop AditxtScore™ for applications in additional markets such
−Removed: as Organ Rejection, Allergies, Drug/Vaccine Response, and Disease Susceptibility.
−Removed: The initial application of
−Removed: the platform will be AditxtScore™ for COVID-19 which has been designed to provide a more complete assessment of an individual’s
−Removed: infection and immunity status with respect to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
−Removed: Infection status will be determined by evaluating the presence or
−Removed: absence of the virus, and immunity status by measuring levels of antibodies against viral antigens and their ability to neutralize the
−Removed: We will soon be expanding the panel to measure other components of the immune response such as cellular immunity.
−Removed: In early 2021,
−Removed: we established our AditxtScore™ Immune Monitoring Center in Richmond, Virginia (the “Center”).
−Removed: The Center operates as
−Removed: a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified facility for the processing of our AditxtScore™ for COVID-19 Lab Developed
−Removed: Test (LDT) for our prospective channel partners, including labs and hospitals.
−Removed: License Agreement with Loma Linda University
+Added: in our upcoming pre-clinical and clinical studies to monitor subjects’ immune response before, during and after ADI™ drug
+Added: administration.
+Added: We are also evaluating plans to obtain regulatory approval for AditxtScore™’s use as a clinical assay and
+Added: seeking to secure manufacturing, marketing and distribution partnerships for application in the various markets.
+Added: To obtain regulatory
+Added: approval to use AditxtScore™ as a clinical assay, we have conducted validation studies to evaluate its performance in detection
+Added: of antibodies and plan to continue conducting additional validation studies for new applications in autoimmune diseases and transplantation.
+Added: License Agreement
+Added: with Loma Linda University
On March 8, 2018, we entered
into an Assignment Agreement (the “Assignment Agreement”) with Sekris Biomedical, Inc.
−Removed: a party to a License Agreement with Loma Linda University (“LLU”), entered into and made effective on May 25, 2011, and amended
−Removed: on June 24, 2011, July 16, 2012 and December 27, 2012 (the “Original Agreement,” and together with the Assignment Agreement,
−Removed: the “Sekris Agreements”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Assignment Agreement, Sekris transferred and assigned all of its rights and obligations
−Removed: in and to the liabilities under the Original Agreement, of whatever kind or nature, to us.
−Removed: In exchange, on March 8, 2018, we issued a
−Removed: warrant to Sekris to purchase up to 500,000 shares of our common stock (the “Sekris Warrant”).
−Removed: The warrant was immediately
−Removed: exercisable and has an exercise price of $4.00 per share.
+Added: a party to a license agreement with LLU, entered and made effective on May 25, 2011, and amended on June 24, 2011, July 16, 2012 and
+Added: December 27, 2012 (the “Original Agreement,” and together with the Assignment Agreement, the “Sekris Agreements”).
+Added: Pursuant to the Assignment Agreement, Sekris transferred and assigned all of its rights, obligations and liabilities under the Original
+Added: Agreement, of whatever kind or nature, to us.
+Added: In exchange, on March 8, 2018, we issued a warrant to Sekris to purchase up to 10,000 shares
+Added: of our common stock (the “Sekris Warrant”).
+Added: The warrant was immediately exercisable and has an exercise price of $200.00
The expiration date of the warrant is March 8, 2023.
−Removed: On March 15, 2018, as amended
−Removed: on July 1, 2020, we entered into a LLU License Agreement directly with Loma Linda University, which amends and restates the Sekris Agreements.
+Added: On March 15, 2018, as amended on July 1, 2020, we entered into a LLU
+Added: License Agreement directly with Loma Linda University, which amends and restates the Sekris Agreements.
Pursuant to the LLU License
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Agreement, we are required to pay an annual license fee to LLU.
−Removed: Also, we paid LLU $455,000 in July 2020 in payment of outstanding milestone
−Removed: payments and license fees.
+Added: Also, we paid LLU $455,000 in July 2020 for outstanding milestone payments
+Added: and license fees.
We are also required to pay to LLU milestone payments in connection with certain development milestones.
Specifically,
−Removed: we are required to make the following milestone payments:
−Removed: $175,000 on March 31, 2022;
+Added: we are required to make the following milestone payments to LLU:
$175,000 on March 31, 2022;
$100,000 on March 31, 2024;
+Added: March 31, 2026;
and $500,000 on March 31, 2027.
−Removed: Additionally, as consideration for prior expenses incurred by LLU to prosecute, maintain and defend
−Removed: the LLU Patent and Technology Rights, we were obligated to make the following payments to LLU:, $70,000 was paid at the end of December
−Removed: 2018, and a final payment of $60,000 due at the end of March 2019.
−Removed: We are required to defend the LLU Patent and Technology Rights during
−Removed: the term of the LLU License Agreement.
−Removed: Additionally, we will owe royalty payments of (i) 1.5% of Net Product Sales and Net Service Sales
−Removed: on any Licensed Products (defined as any finished pharmaceutical products which utilizes the LLU Patent and Technology Rights in its development,
−Removed: manufacture or supply), and (ii) 0.75% of Net Product Sales and Net Service Sales for Licensed Products and Licensed Services not covered
−Removed: by a valid patent claim for technology rights and know-how for a three (3) year period beyond the expiration of all valid patent claims.
−Removed: We also are required to produce a written progress report to LLU, discussing our development and commercialization efforts, within 45
−Removed: days following the end of each year.
−Removed: All intellectual property rights in and to LLU Patent and Technology Rights shall remain with LLU
−Removed: (other than improvements developed by or on our behalf).
−Removed: The LLU License Agreement shall
−Removed: terminate on the last day that a patent granted to us by LLU is valid and enforceable or the day that the last patent application licensed
−Removed: to us is abandoned.
−Removed: The LLU License Agreement may be terminated by mutual agreement or by us upon 90 days written notice to LLU.
−Removed: terminate the LLU License Agreement in the event of (i) non-payments or late payments of royalty, milestone and license maintenance fees
−Removed: not cured within 90 days after delivery of written notice by LLU, (ii) a breach of any non-payment provision (including the provision
−Removed: that requires us to meet certain deadlines for milestone events (each, a “Milestone Deadline”)) not cured within 90 days after
−Removed: delivery of written notice by LLU and (iii) LLU delivers notice to us of three or more actual breaches of the LLU License Agreement by
−Removed: us in any 12-month period.
+Added: In lieu of the $175,000 milestone payment due on March 31, 2022, the Company paid LLU
+Added: an extension fee of $100,000.
+Added: Upon payment of this extension fee, an additional year will be added for the March 31, 2022 milestone.
+Added: Additionally, as consideration for prior expenses incurred by LLU to prosecute, maintain and defend the LLU Patent and Technology Rights,
+Added: we made the following payments to LLU:
+Added: $70,000 at the end of December 2018, and a final payment of $60,000 at the end of March 2019.
+Added: We are required to defend the LLU Patent and Technology Rights during the term of the LLU License Agreement.
+Added: Additionally, we will owe
+Added: royalty payments of (i) 1.5% of Net Product Sales (as such terms are defined under the LLU License Agreement) and Net Service Sales on
+Added: any Licensed Products (defined as any finished pharmaceutical products which utilizes the LLU Patent and Technology Rights in its development,
+Added: manufacture or supply), and (ii) 0.75% of Net Product Sales and Net Service Sales for Licensed Products and Licensed Services (as such
+Added: terms are defined under the LLU License Agreement) not covered by a valid patent claim for technology rights and know-how for a three
+Added: (3) year period beyond the expiration of all valid patent claims.
+Added: We also are required to produce a written progress report to LLU, discussing
+Added: our development and commercialization efforts, within 45 days following the end of each year.
+Added: All intellectual property rights in and
+Added: to LLU Patent and Technology Rights shall remain with LLU (other than improvements developed by or on our behalf).
+Added: The LLU License Agreement
+Added: shall terminate on the last day that a patent granted to us by LLU is valid and enforceable or the day that the last patent application
+Added: licensed to us is abandoned.
+Added: The LLU License Agreement may be terminated by mutual agreement or by us upon 90 days written notice to
+Added: LLU may terminate the LLU License Agreement in the event of (i) non-payments or late payments of royalty, milestone and license
+Added: maintenance fees not cured within 90 days after delivery of written notice by LLU, (ii) a breach of any non-payment provision (including
+Added: the provision that requires us to meet certain deadlines for milestone events (each, a “Milestone Deadline”)) not cured within
+Added: 90 days after delivery of written notice by LLU and (iii) LLU delivers notice to us of three or more actual breaches of the LLU License
+Added: Agreement by us in any 12-month period.
Additional Milestone Deadlines include:
−Removed: (i) the requirement to have submission of an IND/clinical trial application
−Removed: to initiate first-in-human clinical trials on or before March 31, 2022, (ii) the completion of first-in-human (phase I/II) clinical trials
−Removed: by March 31, 2024, (iii) the completion of Phase III clinical trials by March 31, 2026 and (iv) biologic licensing approval by the FDA
−Removed: by March 31, 2027.
−Removed: License Agreement with Leland Stanford Junior
−Removed: University (“Stanford”)
+Added: (i) the requirement to have regulatory approval of an
+Added: IND application to initiate first-in-human clinical trials on or before March 31, 2022, which has been extended to March 31, 2023 due
+Added: to payment of a $100,000 extension fee paid in March 2022, (ii) the completion of first-in-human (phase I/II) clinical trials by March
+Added: 31, 2024, (iii) the completion of Phase III clinical trials by March 31, 2026 and (iv) biologic licensing approval by the FDA by March
+Added: License Agreement
+Added: with Leland Stanford Junior University (“Stanford”)
On February 3, 2020, we entered
−Removed: into an exclusive license agreement (the “February 2020 License Agreement”) with Stanford with regard to a patent concerning
−Removed: a method for detection and measurement of specific cellular responses.
−Removed: Pursuant to the February 2020 License Agreement, other than as
−Removed: described below, we received an exclusive worldwide license to Stanford’s patent with regard to use, import, offer, and sale of
−Removed: Licensed Products (as defined in the agreement).
−Removed: The license to the patented technology is exclusive, including the right to sublicense,
−Removed: beginning on the effective date of the agreement and ending when the patent expires.
−Removed: Under the exclusivity agreement, we acknowledged
−Removed: that Stanford had already granted a non-exclusive license in the Nonexclusive Field of Use, under the Licensed Patents in the Licensed
−Removed: Field of Use in the Licensed Territory (as those terms are defined in the February 2020 License Agreement”).
−Removed: However, Stanford agreed
−Removed: to not grant further licenses under the Licensed Patents in the Licensed Field of Use in the Licensed Territory.
−Removed: On December 29, 2021,
−Removed: we entered into an amendment to the February 2020 License Agreement which extended our exclusive right to license the technology deployed
−Removed: in AditxtScore TM and securing worldwide exclusivity in all fields of use of the licensed technology.
−Removed: We were obligated to pay and
−Removed: paid a fee of $25,000 to Stanford within 60 days of February 3, 2020.
+Added: into an exclusive license agreement (the “February 2020 License Agreement”) with Stanford regarding a patent concerning a
+Added: method for detection and measurement of specific cellular responses.
+Added: Pursuant to the February 2020 License Agreement, we received an
+Added: exclusive worldwide license to Stanford’s patent regarding use, import, offer, and sale of Licensed Products (as defined in the
+Added: The license to the patented technology is exclusive, including the right to sublicense, beginning on the effective date of
+Added: the agreement, and ending when the patent expires.
+Added: Under the exclusivity agreement, we acknowledged that Stanford had already granted
+Added: a non-exclusive license in the Nonexclusive Field of Use, under the Licensed Patents in the Licensed Field of Use in the Licensed Territory
+Added: (as those terms are defined in the February 2020 License Agreement”).
+Added: However, Stanford agreed to not grant further licenses under
+Added: the Licensed Patents in the Licensed Field of Use in the Licensed Territory.
+Added: On December 29, 2021, we entered into an amendment to the
+Added: February 2020 License Agreement which extended our exclusive right to license the technology deployed in AditxtScore TM and
+Added: securing worldwide exclusivity in all fields of use of the licensed technology.
+Added: We were obligated to pay
+Added: and paid a fee of $25,000 to Stanford within 60 days of February 3, 2020.
We also issued 375 shares of the Company’s common stock
−Removed: An annual licensing maintenance fee is payable by us on the first anniversary of the February 2020 License Agreement in the
−Removed: amount of $40,000 for 2021 through 2024 and $60,000 starting in 2025 until the license expires upon the expiration of the patent.
−Removed: Company is required to pay and has paid $25,000 for the issuances of certain patents.
−Removed: The Company will pay milestone fees of $50,000 on
−Removed: the first commercial sales of a licensed product and $25,000 at the beginning of any clinical study for regulatory clearance of an in
−Removed: vitro diagnostic product developed and a potential licensed product.
−Removed: We are also required to:
−Removed: (i) provide a listing of the management
−Removed: team or a schedule for the recruitment of key management positions by March 31, 2020 (which has been completed), (ii) provide a business
−Removed: plan covering projected product development, markets and sales forecasts, manufacturing and operations, and financial forecasts until
−Removed: at least $10,000,000 in revenue by June 30, 2020 (which has been completed), (iii) conduct validation studies by September 30, 2020 (which
−Removed: has been completed), (iv) hold a pre-submission meeting with the FDA by September 30, 2020 (which has been completed), (v) submit a 510(k)
−Removed: application to the FDA, Emergency Use Authorization (“EUA”), or a Laboratory Developed Test (“LDT”) by March 31,
−Removed: 2021 (which has been completed), (vi) develop a prototype assay for human profiling by December 31, 2021 (which has been completed), (vii)
−Removed: execute at least one partnership for use of the technology for transplant, autoimmunity, or infectious disease purposes by March 31, 2022and
−Removed: (viii) will provide further development and commercialization milestones for specific fields of use in writing by December 31, 2022.
−Removed: In addition to the annual license
−Removed: maintenance fees outlined above, we will pay Stanford royalties on Net Sales (as such term is defined in the February 2020 License Agreement)
−Removed: during the of the term of the agreement as follows:
−Removed: 4% when Net Sales are below or equal to $5 million annually or 6% when Net Sales are
−Removed: above $5 million annually.
−Removed: The February 2020 License Agreement may be terminated upon our election on at least 30 days advance notice
−Removed: to Stanford, or by Stanford if we:
+Added: An annual licensing maintenance fee is payable by us on the first anniversary of the February 2020 License Agreement in
+Added: the amount of $40,000 for 2021 through 2024 and $60,000 starting in 2025 until the license expires upon the expiration of the patent.
+Added: The Company is required to pay and has paid $25,000 for the issuances of certain patents.
+Added: The Company will pay milestone fees of $50,000
+Added: on the first commercial sales of a licensed product and $25,000 at the beginning of any clinical study for regulatory clearance of an
+Added: in vitro diagnostic product developed and a potential licensed product.
+Added: The Company paid a milestone fee for a clinical study for regulatory
+Added: clearance of an in vitro diagnostic product developed and a potential licensed product of $25,000 in March of 2022.
+Added: We are also required
+Added: (i) provide a listing of the management team or a schedule for the recruitment of key management positions by March 31, 2020 (which
+Added: has been completed), (ii) provide a business plan covering projected product development, markets and sales forecasts, manufacturing
+Added: and operations, and financial forecasts until at least $10,000,000 in revenue by June 30, 2020 (which has been completed), (iii) conduct
+Added: validation studies by September 30, 2020 (which has been completed), (iv) hold a pre-submission meeting with the FDA by September 30,
+Added: 2020 (which has been completed), (iv) submit a 510(k) application to the FDA, Emergency Use Authorization (“EUA”), or a Laboratory
+Added: Developed Test (“LDT”) by March 31, 2021 (which has been completed), (vi) develop a prototype assay for human profiling by
+Added: December 31, 2021 (which has been completed), (vii) execute at least one partnership for use of the technology for transplant, autoimmunity,
+Added: or infectious disease purposes by March 31, 2022 (which has been completed) and (viii) provided further development and commercialization
+Added: milestones for specific fields of use in writing prior to December 31, 2022.
+Added: In addition to the annual
+Added: license maintenance fees outlined above, we will pay Stanford royalties on Net Sales (as such term is defined in the February 2020 License
+Added: Agreement) during the of the term of the agreement as follows:
+Added: 4% when Net Sales are below or equal to $5 million annually or 6% when
+Added: Net Sales are above $5 million annually.
+Added: The February 2020 License Agreement may be terminated upon our election on at least 30 days
+Added: advance notice to Stanford, or by Stanford if we:
(i) are delinquent on any report or payment;
−Removed: (ii) are not diligently developing and commercializing
−Removed: Licensed Product;
+Added: (ii) are not diligently developing and
+Added: commercializing Licensed Product;
(iii) miss certain performance milestones;
−Removed: (iv) are in breach of any provision of the February 2020 License Agreement;
+Added: (iv) are in breach of any provision of the February 2020
+Added: License Agreement;
or (v) provide any false report to Stanford.
−Removed: Should any events in the preceding sentence occur, we have a thirty (30) day cure period
−Removed: to remedy such violation.
−Removed: December 29, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment to the February 2020 License Agreement extending the Company’s exclusive
−Removed: right to license the technology deployed in AditxtScore TM and securing worldwide
−Removed: exclusivity in all fields of use of the licensed technology.
−Removed: We have assembled a team of
−Removed: experts from a variety of scientific fields and commercial backgrounds, with many years of collective experience that ranges from founding
−Removed: startup biotech companies, to developing and marketing biopharmaceutical products, to designing clinical trials, and to management of
−Removed: private and public companies.
+Added: Should any events in the preceding sentence occur, we have a thirty (30)
+Added: day cure period to remedy such violation.
+Added: have assembled a team of experts from a variety of scientific fields and commercial backgrounds, with many years of collective experience
+Added: that ranges from founding startup biotech companies, to developing and marketing biopharmaceutical products, to designing clinical trials,
+Added: and to management of private and public companies.
Going Concern
−Removed: We were incorporated on September
−Removed: 28, 2017 and have not generated significant revenues to date.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2021 we had a net loss of $46,371,364
−Removed: and cash of $7,872,061.
−Removed: The Company will require significant additional capital to operate in the normal course of business and fund clinical
−Removed: studies in the long-term.
−Removed: As a result of the January 2021 Securities Purchase Agreement, the August 2021 Offering, the October 2021 Offering,
−Removed: and the December 2021 Offering we received net proceeds of approximately $35,000,000 during the last twelve months.
−Removed: We believe that the
−Removed: funds raised will not be sufficient to fund our operations for the next 12 months and such creates substantial doubt about our ability
−Removed: to continue as a going concern beyond one year.
+Added: were incorporated on September 28, 2017 and have not generated significant revenues to date.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2022,
+Added: we had a net loss of $27,649,876 and cash of $2,768,640 as of December 31, 2022.
+Added: The Company will require significant additional capital
+Added: to operate in the normal course of business and fund clinical studies in the long-term.
+Added: As a result of the May 2022 purchase and sale
+Added: of future receipts (a “Future Receipts Agreement”), the August 2022 Senior Secured Convertible Note, the August 2022 Future
+Added: Receipts Agreement and the September 2022 public offering we received net proceeds of approximately $21,000,000 during the last twelve
+Added: We believe that the remaining funds on hand will not be sufficient to fund our operations for the next 12 months and such creates
+Added: substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern beyond one year.
Financial Results
−Removed: We have a limited operating
−Removed: Therefore, there is limited historical financial information upon which to base an evaluation of our performance.
−Removed: Our prospects
−Removed: must be considered in light of the uncertainties, risks, expenses, and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in their early
−Removed: stages of operations.
+Added: have a limited operating history.
+Added: Therefore, there is limited historical financial information upon which to base an evaluation of our
+Added: Our prospects must be considered in light of the uncertainties, risks, expenses, and difficulties frequently encountered
+Added: by companies in their early stages of operations.
Our financial statements as of December 31, 2022, show a net loss of $27,649,876.
−Removed: We expect to incur additional
−Removed: net expenses over the next several years as we continue to maintain and expand our existing operations.
−Removed: The amount of future losses and
−Removed: when, if ever, we will achieve profitability are uncertain.
−Removed: On July 2, 2020, we completed
−Removed: In connection therewith, we issued 1,226,668 Units, excluding the underwriters’ overallotment, at an offering price of $9.00
−Removed: per Unit, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $11.0 million.
−Removed: The Units issued in the IPO consisted of one share of common stock,
−Removed: one Series A warrant, and one Series B warrant.
−Removed: The Series A warrants originally had an exercise price of $9.00 and a term of 5 years.
−Removed: In addition, the Company issued a Unit Purchase Option at an exercise price of $11.25 per unit to the underwriters to purchase up to 67,466
−Removed: units, with each unit consisting of (i) one share of common stock and (ii) one Series A Warrant.
−Removed: On August 19, 2020 the Company modified
−Removed: the exercise price of the Series A Warrants from $9.00 per share to $4.50 per share.
−Removed: The term of the Series A Warrants was not modified.
−Removed: The Series B warrants have an exercise price of $11.25 per share and a term of 5 years.
−Removed: Substantially all of the Series B warrants issued
−Removed: in the IPO as part of the Units have been exercised pursuant to a cashless provision therein.
−Removed: On September 10, 2020, we completed
−Removed: a follow-on public offering (“September 2020 Offering”).
−Removed: In connection therewith, we issued 2,400,000 units, or Follow-On
−Removed: Units, excluding the underwriters’ option to cover overallotments, at an offering price of $4.00 per Follow-On Unit, resulting in
−Removed: gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $9.6 million.
−Removed: Each of the Follow-On Units issued in the September 2020 Offering consisted
−Removed: of one share of common stock or Series A Preferred Stock for investors who would own more than 4.99% of the Company if they invested in
−Removed: common stock, one Series A-1 warrant, and one Series B-1 warrant.
−Removed: The Series A-1 warrants have an exercise price of $3.19 per share and
−Removed: a term of 5 years.
−Removed: The Series B-1 warrants have exercise price of $5.00 per share, a term of 5 years and contain a cashless exercise option
−Removed: upon certain criteria being met.
−Removed: In addition, the Company issued a warrant to the underwriters to purchase up to 60,000 shares of common
−Removed: stock at an exercise price of $5.00 per share.
−Removed: August 31, 2021, the Company completed a registered direct offering (“August 2021 Offering”).
−Removed: In connection therewith, the
−Removed: Company issued 4,583,334 shares of common stock, at a purchase price of $2.40 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of
−Removed: approximately $11.0 million.
−Removed: In a concurrent private placement, the Company issued warrants to purchase up to 4,583,334 shares.
−Removed: The warrants have an exercise price of $2.53 per share and are exercisable for a five-year period commencing six months
−Removed: from the date of issuance.
−Removed: The warrants exercise price was subsequently repriced to $1.50.
−Removed: In addition, the Company issued a warrant to
−Removed: the placement agent to purchase up to 229,166 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share.
−Removed: October 18, 2021, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Revere Securities LLC, relating to the public offering (the
−Removed: “October Offering”) of 2,833,333 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”) by the Company.
−Removed: The Shares were offered, issued, and sold at a price to the public of $1.50 per share under a prospectus supplement and accompanying
−Removed: prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the SEC on Form S-3 (File No.
−Removed: which was declared effective by the SEC on July 13, 2021.
−Removed: The October Offering closed on October 20, 2021 for gross proceeds of $4.25 million.
−Removed: The Company utilized a portion of the proceeds, net of underwriting discounts of approximately $3.91 million from the October Offering
−Removed: to fund certain obligations under the Credit Agreement.
−Removed: On December 1, 2021, the Company
−Removed: entered into an underwriting agreement with Dawson James Securities, Inc., as representative of the several underwriters identified therein,
−Removed: relating to the public offering by the Company of 16,575,000 units (the “Units”), with each unit comprised of one share of
−Removed: the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”) and one Series C warrant to purchase one Share at an exercise price of $1.15
−Removed: per share (the “Series C Warrants”).
−Removed: December 6, 2021, the Company completed the offering for net proceeds of $16.0 million.
−Removed: As part of this offering, we issued 8,246,430
−Removed: units consisting of shares of the Company’s common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock
−Removed: and 8,328,570 prefunded warrants.
−Removed: The warrant issued as part of the units had an exercise price of $1.15 and the prefunded warrants had
−Removed: an exercise price of $0.001.
+Added: expect to incur additional net expenses over the next several years as we continue to maintain and expand our existing operations.
+Added: amount of future losses and when, if ever, we will achieve profitability are uncertain.
Results of Operations
−Removed: Results of operations for the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2021
−Removed: During the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2021, we incurred a loss from operations of $41,961,983.
−Removed: This is due to general and administrative expenses of $22,084,389, which
−Removed: includes $3,927,551 in stock-based compensation, research and development of $5,042,617, which includes $713,130 in stock-based compensation,
−Removed: sales and marketing expenses of $334,977, and impairment on note receivable of $14,500,000.
−Removed: The $5,042,617 in research and development
−Removed: is comprised of $76,455 in licensing fees, $1,960,196 in product development, $2,039,533 in compensation, and $966,433 in other research
−Removed: and development expense.
−Removed: During the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2020, we incurred a loss from operations of $8,872,209.
−Removed: This is due to general and administrative expenses of $7,852,256, which includes
−Removed: $3,188,840 in stock-based compensation, research and development of $937,966, and sales and marketing expenses of $81,987.
−Removed: in research and development is comprised of $258,635 in licensing fees, $519,171 in product development, and $160,160 in other research
−Removed: and development expense.
−Removed: The increase in expenses during
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020 was due to the Company continuing to execute its business
−Removed: plan and incur costs of being a public company.
−Removed: Liquidity and Capital Resources
+Added: of operations for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
+Added: generated revenue of $933,715 and $105,034 for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
+Added: Cost of sales for the years
+Added: ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $766,779 and $77,979, respectively.
+Added: the years ended December 31, 2022, we incurred a loss from operations of $25,480,098.
+Added: This is due to general and administrative expenses
+Added: of $15,985,552, which includes $1,516,805 in stock-based compensation, research and development of $7,268,084, which includes $591,518
+Added: in stock-based compensation, sales and marketing expenses of $1,849,460, which includes $1,023,045 in stock-based compensation and impairment
+Added: on note receivable of $534,938.
+Added: The $7,268,084 in research and development is mainly comprised of $2,145,382 in consulting expenses,
+Added: and $3,375,757 in compensation offset by a one-time adjustment to research and development purchases.
+Added: During the year, the Company transitioned
+Added: from purchasing certain inventory items to internally manufacturing these items.
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2021, we incurred a loss from operations of $41,934,928.
+Added: This is due to general and administrative expenses
+Added: of $22,084,389, which includes $3,927,551 in stock-based compensation, research and development of $5,042,617, which includes $713,130
+Added: in stock-based compensation, sales and marketing expenses of $334,977, and impairment on note receivable of $14,500,000.
+Added: The $5,042,617
+Added: in research and development is comprised of $76,455 in licensing fees, $1,960,196 in product development, $2,039,533 in compensation,
+Added: and $966,433 in other research and development expense.
+Added: decrease in expenses during the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to the year ended December 31, 2021 was due to the impairment on
+Added: note receivable during the year ended December 31, 2021.
+Added: Liquidity and Capital
have incurred substantial operating losses since inception and expect to continue to incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable
future and may never become profitable.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of $67,352,809.
−Removed: We had working capital
+Added: As of December 31, 2022, we had an accumulated deficit of $95,040,362 We had working capital
of $1,099,839 as of December 31, 2022.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2021, we purchased $1,837,615 in fixed assets, for which we
−Removed: made cash payments of $1,015,752 and financed $821,863.
−Removed: These fixed assets were purchased to continue the buildout of our operations.
−Removed: Purchases of fixed assets consisted of, $1,489,594 for lab equipment, $257,910 for computers, $80,350 for office furniture, and $9,761
−Removed: for other fixed assets.
−Removed: We made loans of $15,000,000 during 2021 related to potential acquisition
−Removed: of which $14,500,000 is believed to be impaired.
+Added: During year ended December 31, 2022, we purchased $367,079 in fixed assets.
+Added: These fixed assets
+Added: were purchased to continue the buildout of our operations.
+Added: Approximately $300,000 of purchased fixed assets were lab equipment, $62,000
+Added: were computers, and $5,000 were office furniture.
+Added: financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern.
have funded our operations from proceeds from the sale of equity and debt securities.
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September 10, 2020, we completed a follow-on public offering.
−Removed: In connection therewith, we issued 2,400,000 units, or Follow-On Units,
−Removed: excluding the underwriters’ option to cover overallotments, at an offering price of $4.00 per Follow-On Unit, resulting in gross
−Removed: proceeds of approximately $9.6 million.
−Removed: January 25, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with an institutional accredited investor (the “Investor”)
+Added: In connection therewith, we issued 48,000 units, or Follow-On Units, excluding
+Added: the underwriters’ option to cover overallotments, at an offering price of $200.00 per Follow-On Unit, resulting in gross proceeds
+Added: of approximately $9.6 million.
+Added: January 25, 2021, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with an institutional accredited investor (the “Investor”)
for the sale of a $6,000,000 senior secured convertible note (the “Convertible Note”).
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24 months, was originally convertible at a price of $200.00 per share and was issued at an original issuance discount of $1,000,000.
−Removed: August 30, 2021, the Company entered into a defeasance and waiver agreement with the Investor, pursuant to which the Noteholder has agreed
−Removed: in exchange for (a) a cash payment by the Company to the Investor of $1.2 million (the Cash Payment”), (b) a waiver, in part of
−Removed: the conversion price adjustment provision such that the January 2021 Note shall be convertible into 4,802,497 shares of common stock (without
−Removed: giving effect to the conversion notice received by the company form the Noteholder prior to the date hereof totaling (1,005,748 shares)
−Removed: (the “Shares”), and (c) a voluntary and permanent reduction by the Company of the exercise price of the warrant to purchase
−Removed: 800,000 shares of the common stock of the Company (the “January 2021 Warrant”) to $2.53 per share.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021,
−Removed: the outstanding principle of the convertible note had been converted to 4,802,497 shares of common stock.
−Removed: August 31, 2021, we completed a registered direct offering and raised approximately $10.1 million in net proceeds.
+Added: On August 30, 2021, the Company entered into a defeasance and waiver agreement with the Investor, pursuant to which the Investor has
+Added: agreed in exchange for (a) a cash payment by the Company to the Investor of $1.2 million (the Cash Payment”), (b) a waiver, in
+Added: part of the conversion price adjustment provision such that the January 2021 Note shall be convertible into 96,050 shares of common stock
+Added: (without giving effect to the conversion notice received by the Company from the Investor prior to the date hereof totaling (20,115 shares),
+Added: and (c) a voluntary and permanent reduction by the Company of the exercise price of the warrant to purchase 16,000 shares of the common
+Added: stock of the Company (the “January 2021 Warrant”) to $126.50 per share.
+Added: As of December 31, 2022, the outstanding principle
+Added: of the convertible note had been converted to 96,050 shares of common stock.
+Added: August 30, 2021, we completed a registered direct;
+Added: offering and raised approximately $10.1 million in net proceeds.
October 20, 2021, we completed an offering for net proceeds of $3.8 million.
−Removed: As part of this offering, we issued 2,833,333 shares
−Removed: of the Company’s common stock
+Added: As part of this offering, we issued 56,667 shares of the
+Added: Company’s common stock.
December 6, 2021, we completed an offering for net proceeds of $16.0 million.
−Removed: As part of this offering, we issued 8,246,430 units
−Removed: consisting of shares of the Company’s common stock and warrant to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock and 8,328,570
−Removed: prefunded warrants.
−Removed: The warrant issued as part of the units had an exercise price of $1.15 and the prefunded warrants had an exercise
−Removed: price of $0.001.
+Added: As part of this offering, we issued 164,929 units consisting
+Added: of shares of the Company’s common stock and warrant to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock and 166,572 prefunded
+Added: The warrant issued as part of the units had an exercise price of $57.50 and the prefunded warrants had an exercise price of
+Added: September 20, 2022, we completed a public offering for net proceeds of $17.2 million (the “September 2022 Offering”).
+Added: As part of the September 2022 Offering, we issued 1,224,333 of shares of the Company’s common stock, pre-funded warrants to
+Added: purchase 2,109,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase 3,333,333 shares of the Company’s common
+Added: The warrants had an exercise price of $6.00 and the pre-funded warrants had an exercise price of $0.001.
may need to raise significant additional capital to continue to fund our operations and the clinical trials for our product candidates.
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including our clinical trials.
−Removed: As we may need to raise funds in the future, we do not believe the current cash reserves are sufficient
−Removed: to fund our operations for the foreseeable future.
+Added: While we may need to raise funds in the future, we believe the current cash reserves should be sufficient
+Added: to fund our operation for the foreseeable future.
Because of these factors, we believe that this creates doubt about our ability to continue
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Total contractual obligations
−Removed: Critical Accounting Polices and Estimates
−Removed: Our financial statements are
−Removed: prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
−Removed: The preparation of our financial statements
−Removed: and related disclosures requires us to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities,
−Removed: revenue, costs and expenses, and related disclosures.
−Removed: We believe that of our critical accounting policies described under the heading
−Removed: “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Plan of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies”
−Removed: in our Prospectus, dated September 1, 2020, filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b), are critical to fully understanding and evaluating
−Removed: our financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Critical Accounting
+Added: Polices and Estimates
+Added: financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
+Added: The preparation of
+Added: our financial statements and related disclosures requires us to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amount
+Added: of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses, and related disclosures.
+Added: We believe that our critical accounting policies described
+Added: under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Plan of Operations—Critical Accounting
+Added: Policies” in our Prospectus, dated September 1, 2020, filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b), are critical to fully understanding
+Added: and evaluating our financial condition and results of operations.
The following involve the most judgment and complexity:
−Removed: Research and development
−Removed: Stock-based compensation expense
−Removed: Fair value of common stock
−Removed: Accordingly, we believe the
−Removed: policies set forth above are critical to fully understanding and evaluating our financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: results or events differ materially from the estimates, judgments and assumptions used by us in applying these policies, our reported
−Removed: financial condition and results of operations could be materially affected.
−Removed: Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: We did not have during the
−Removed: periods presented, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined in the rules and regulations of the SEC.
−Removed: On April 5, 2012, the
−Removed: JOBS Act was enacted.
−Removed: Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the
−Removed: extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act, for complying with new or revised accounting standards.
−Removed: In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards
−Removed: would otherwise apply to private companies.
−Removed: We have chosen to take advantage
−Removed: of the extended transition periods available to emerging growth companies under the JOBS Act for complying with new or revised accounting
−Removed: standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies provided under the JOBS Act.
−Removed: We are in the process of evaluating
−Removed: the benefits of relying on other exemptions and reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act.
−Removed: Subject to certain
−Removed: conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, as an “emerging growth company,” we intend to rely on certain of these exemptions, including
−Removed: without limitation, (i) providing an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting
−Removed: pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and (ii) complying with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public
−Removed: Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s
−Removed: report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements, known as the auditor discussion and analysis.
−Removed: will remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total
−Removed: annual gross revenues of $1.07 billion or more;
−Removed: (ii) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the
−Removed: date of the completion of this offering;
−Removed: (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in nonconvertible debt
−Removed: during the previous three years;
−Removed: or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under the rules of the Securities
−Removed: and Exchange Commission.
−Removed: Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: See Note 3 - Summary of Significant
−Removed: Accounting Policies to the accompanying financial statements for a description of other accounting policies and recently issued accounting
−Removed: pronouncements.
+Added: and development
+Added: ● Stock-based
+Added: compensation expense
+Added: we believe the policies set forth above are critical to fully understanding and evaluating our financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: If actual results or events differ materially from the estimates, judgments and assumptions used by us in applying these policies, our
+Added: reported financial condition and results of operations could be materially affected.
+Added: Off-Balance Sheet
+Added: time to time the Company enters short term research and development contracts.
+Added: These contracts have payment provisions which require payment
+Added: once regulatory and completion milestones are met.
+Added: As of December 31, 2022, the Company has approximately $1.6 million outstanding, subject
+Added: to these milestones.
+Added: April 5, 2012, the JOBS Act was enacted.
+Added: Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an “emerging growth company”
+Added: can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act, for complying with new
+Added: or revised accounting standards.
+Added: In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting
+Added: standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies.
+Added: favorable, we have chosen to take advantage of the extended transition periods available to emerging growth companies under the JOBS
+Added: Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies provided
+Added: under the JOBS Act.
+Added: are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on other exemptions and reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act.
+Added: to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, as an “emerging growth company,” we intend to rely on certain of these exemptions,
+Added: including without limitation, (i) providing an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial
+Added: reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and (ii) complying with any requirement that may be adopted
+Added: by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the
+Added: auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements, known as the auditor discussion
+Added: and analysis.
+Added: We will remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year
+Added: in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.07 billion or more;
+Added: (ii) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth
+Added: anniversary of the date of the completion of our IPO (December 31, 2025);
+Added: (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion
+Added: in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years;
+Added: or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer
+Added: under the rules of the SEC.
+Added: Recently Issued and
+Added: Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
+Added: Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to the accompanying financial statements for a description of other accounting policies
+Added: and recently issued accounting pronouncements.
+Added: Recent Developments
+Added: Note 12 – Subsequent Event to the accompanying financial statements for a description of material recent developments.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
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following the Exhibit Index of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
−Removed: on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
+Added: Changes in and Disagreements with
+Added: Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
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