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and “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” and elsewhere in this Annual Report.
−Removed: We were incorporated on February
−Removed: 26, 2016 as Alzamend Neuro, Inc.
+Added: were incorporated on February 26, 2016, as Alzamend Neuro, Inc.
under the laws of the State of Delaware.
−Removed: We were formed to acquire and commercialize patented intellectual
−Removed: property and know-how to prevent, treat and cure the crippling and deadly Alzheimer’s.
−Removed: Existing Alzheimer’s treatments only
−Removed: temporarily relieve symptoms but do not slow or halt the underlying worsening of the disease.
−Removed: We have developed a novel approach in an
−Removed: attempt to combat Alzheimer’s through immunotherapy.
+Added: We were formed to acquire and
+Added: commercialize patented intellectual property and know-how to prevent, treat and potentially cure the crippling and deadly Alzheimer’s.
+Added: With our two product candidates, we aim to bring treatment or cures not only for Alzheimer’s, but also, bipolar disorder (“BD”),
+Added: major depressive disorder (“MDD”) and post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”).
+Added: Existing Alzheimer’s treatments
+Added: only temporarily relieve symptoms but do not, to our knowledge, slow or halt the underlying worsening of the disease.
+Added: We have developed
+Added: a novel approach to combat Alzheimer’s through immunotherapy.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
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· Fair Value of Common Stock.
−Removed: the subsection titled “– Common Stock Valuations” below;
+Added: See the subsection titled “– Common Stock Valuations”
· Risk-Free Interest Rate.
−Removed: The risk-free
−Removed: interest rate is based on the U.S.
−Removed: Treasury zero coupon issues in effect at the time of grant for periods corresponding with the expected
−Removed: term of the option;
+Added: The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S.
+Added: Treasury zero
+Added: coupon issues in effect at the time of grant for periods corresponding with the expected term of the option;
· Expected Volatility.
−Removed: do not have an extensive trading history for our common stock, the expected volatility was estimated based on the average volatility for
−Removed: comparable publicly traded life sciences companies over a period equal to the expected term of the stock option grants.
−Removed: The comparable
−Removed: companies were chosen based on the similar size, stage in life cycle or area of specialty.
−Removed: We will continue to apply this process until
−Removed: a sufficient amount of historical information regarding the volatility of our own stock price becomes available;
+Added: Because we do not have an extensive trading history for our common
+Added: stock, the expected volatility was estimated based on the average volatility for comparable publicly traded life sciences companies over
+Added: a period equal to the expected term of the stock option grants.
+Added: Comparable companies were chosen based on the similar size, stage in life
+Added: cycle or area of specialty.
+Added: We will continue to apply this process until a sufficient amount of historical information regarding the volatility
+Added: of our own stock price becomes available;
· Expected Term.
−Removed: The expected term
−Removed: represents the period that the stock-based awards are expected to be outstanding and is determined using the simplified method (based
−Removed: on the mid-point between the vesting date and the end of the contractual term), as we do not have sufficient historical data to use any
−Removed: other method to estimate expected term;
+Added: The expected term represents the period that the stock-based awards are expected
+Added: to be outstanding and is determined using the simplified method (based on the mid-point between the vesting date and the end of the contractual
+Added: term), as we do not have sufficient historical data to use any other method to estimate expected term;
· Expected Dividend Yield.
−Removed: never paid dividends on our common stock and have no plans to pay dividends on our common stock.
−Removed: Therefore, we used an expected dividend
−Removed: yield of zero.
+Added: We have never paid dividends on our common stock and have no plans
+Added: to pay dividends on our common stock.
+Added: Therefore, we used an expected dividend yield of zero.
Certain of such assumptions
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Prior to our IPO in June 2021, there was no public market for our common stock, and, as a result, the fair value of the shares
−Removed: of common stock underlying our share-based awards was estimated on each grant date by our Board of Directors.
+Added: of common stock underlying our stock-based awards was estimated on each grant date by our Board of Directors.
To determine the fair value
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These factors included, but were not limited to:
−Removed: · our results of operations and financial position,
−Removed: including our levels of available capital resources;
−Removed: · our stage of development and material risks related
−Removed: to our business;
+Added: · our results of operations and financial position, including our levels of available capital resources;
+Added: · our stage of development and material risks related to our business;
· progress of our research and development activities;
· our business conditions and projections;
−Removed: · the valuation of publicly traded companies in
−Removed: the life sciences and biotechnology sectors, as well as recently completed mergers and acquisitions of peer companies;
−Removed: · the lack of marketability of our common stock
−Removed: as a private company;
−Removed: · the prices at which we sold shares of our common
−Removed: stock to outside investors in arms-length transactions;
−Removed: · the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event
−Removed: for our security holders, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company, given prevailing market conditions;
+Added: · the valuation of publicly traded companies in the life sciences and biotechnology sectors, as well as
+Added: recently completed mergers and acquisitions of peer companies;
+Added: · the lack of marketability of our common stock as a private company;
+Added: · the prices at which we sold shares of our common stock to outside investors in arms-length transactions;
+Added: · the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event for our security holders, such as an initial public offering
+Added: or a sale of our company, given prevailing market conditions;
· trends and developments in our industry;
−Removed: · external market conditions affecting the life
−Removed: sciences and biotechnology industry sectors.
+Added: · external market conditions affecting the life sciences and biotechnology industry sectors.
Income Taxes.
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temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.
−Removed: accordance with Internal Revenue Code § 382 (“IRC § 382”),
−Removed: the future deductibility of our net operating losses (“NOLs”) may be subject to an annual limitation in the event of a change
−Removed: in control as defined by applicable regulations.
−Removed: We have yet to complete a formal study to confirm NOLs are not limited in utilization
−Removed: per IRC § 382 and may reduce applicable deferred tax assets upon completion
−Removed: of such a study, in future periods.
+Added: In accordance with Internal
+Added: Revenue Code §382 (“IRC §382”), the future deductibility of our net operating losses (“NOLs”) may be
+Added: subject to an annual limitation in the event of a change in control as defined by applicable regulations.
+Added: We have yet to complete a formal
+Added: study to confirm NOLs are not limited in utilization per IRC §382 and may reduce applicable deferred tax assets upon completion of
+Added: such a study, in future periods.
The impact of an uncertain
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statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information.
−Removed: Emerging Growth Company
−Removed: We are an emerging growth company, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).
−Removed: Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment
−Removed: of the JOBS Act, until such time as those standards apply to private companies.
−Removed: We have elected to use this extended transition period
−Removed: for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the
−Removed: earlier of the date that it (i) is no longer an emerging growth company or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opts out of the extended
−Removed: transition period provided in the JOBS Act.
−Removed: As a result, these financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with
−Removed: the new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
+Added: Emerging Growth Company Status
+Added: We are an emerging growth
+Added: company, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).
+Added: Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth
+Added: companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act, until such time as
+Added: those standards apply to private companies.
+Added: We have elected to use this extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting
+Added: standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date that it (i) is no longer
+Added: an emerging growth company or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opts out of the extended transition period provided in the JOBS Act.
+Added: As a result, these financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with the new or revised accounting pronouncements
+Added: as of public company effective dates.
Plan of Operations
−Removed: plan of operations is currently focused on the development of both our therapeutic candidates which are at different stages of development.
−Removed: We submitted an IND application for AL001 to the FDA on June 30, 2021.
−Removed: On July 28, 2021, we announced receipt of FDA “Study May
−Removed: Proceed” letter for a Phase I study under our IND application for AL001, a lithium-based ionic cocrystal oral therapy for patients
−Removed: with dementia related to mild, moderate, and severe cognitive impairment associated with Alzheimer’s.
−Removed: August 17, 2021, we announced that we have contracted Altasciences Clinical Kansas (“Altasciences”) to conduct a six-month
−Removed: Phase I relative bioavailability study for AL001 for dementia related to Alzheimer’s beginning in September 2021.
−Removed: The Phase I first-in-human
−Removed: study is for the purpose of determining potential clinically safe and appropriate dosing for AL001 in future studies.
−Removed: The Phase I study
−Removed: investigated the pharmacokinetics (the movement of drug through the body) of lithium following a single dose of AL001 (the “study
−Removed: drug”) compared to a typical single dose of a marketed 300 mg immediate-release lithium carbonate capsule (the “comparator”
−Removed: – currently indicated to treat mood disorders) in healthy male and female subjects.
−Removed: The lithium and salicylate components of AL001
−Removed: have been given within the amounts already approved for use in patients.
−Removed: The purpose of the research study is to test the safety, tolerability,
−Removed: and bioavailability (how much and when drug gets in the body) of the study drug, AL001, compared to the currently marketed formulation
−Removed: of the comparator, lithium carbonate.
−Removed: This was to ascertain what AL001 doses should be given, and how often, in subsequent Phase 2 safety
−Removed: and efficacy trials involving Alzheimer’s patients.
−Removed: At least 24 healthy male and female human subjects completed the Phase I trial.
−Removed: September 13, 2021, we announced that the first group of healthy participants have been dosed in a six-month Phase I relative bioavailability
−Removed: study for AL001 for dementia related to Alzheimer’s.
−Removed: On December 17, 2021, we announced that we received positive topline data from
−Removed: our Phase I clinical trial for AL001.
−Removed: A full report of the Phase I first-in-human study was completed in March 2022.
−Removed: The Phase I study
−Removed: was for the purpose of determining potential clinically safe and appropriate dosing for our ongoing Phase IIA MAD study.
−Removed: AL001 is a lithium-delivery
−Removed: it is a lithium-salicylate-L-proline engineered ionic co-crystal under development as an oral treatment for patients with dementia
−Removed: related to mild, moderate and severe cognitive impairment associated with Alzheimer’s.
−Removed: We have an additional preclinical
−Removed: candidate for Alzheimer’s, AL002, which has transitioned from early-stage development to an extensive program of preclinical study
−Removed: and evaluation, which was completed on May 31, 2021 and was followed by a comprehensive report prepared by Charles River Laboratories,
−Removed: Inc., an independent preclinical service provider, received on July 23, 2021.
−Removed: Our preclinical program included a toxicologic evaluation,
−Removed: histopathology study and brain beta amyloid analysis and was expanded to include an immunoglobulin analysis and biodistribution study.
−Removed: On July 30, 2021, we announced
−Removed: that we submitted a pre-IND meeting request for AL002 and supporting briefing documents to the Center for Biological Evaluation and Research
−Removed: On September 30, 2021, we announced that we have received a written response to our meeting request relating to our Type B
−Removed: Pre-IND application from the FDA providing a path for our planned clinical development of AL002.
−Removed: AL002 is a patented method using a mutant-peptide
−Removed: sensitized cell as a cell-based therapeutic vaccine that seeks to restore the ability of a patient’s immunological system to combat
−Removed: Preclinical work supports AL002 being associated with a positive anti-inflammatory response and a decrease in brain
−Removed: amyloid contents.
−Removed: Based on AL002’s positive toxicology results, the biologic nature of this product and the urgent need to deliver
−Removed: treatments for Alzheimer’s to patients, we proposed, and the FDA agreed, to conduct a combined Phase I/II study.
−Removed: We recently announced
−Removed: that the FDA’s agreement to us conducting a combined Phase I/II study, together with our process to identify the right manufacturing
−Removed: partner to provide our study drug materials for the Phase I/II study, has extended the timeline for when we anticipate filing the IND,
−Removed: which is now expected to be done in the third calendar quarter of 2022, and we plan to initiate the clinical trial of AL002 as soon as
−Removed: possible after the approval of the IND by the FDA.
−Removed: On March 28, 2022, we announced
−Removed: receipt of full data set from Phase I clinical trial for AL001.
−Removed: The full data set builds upon topline data previously reported on December
−Removed: These data affirmed that dose-adjusted relative bioavailability analyses of the rate and extent of lithium absorption in plasma
−Removed: indicate that AL001 at 150 mg dosage is bioavailability to the marketed 300 mg lithium carbonate product and the shapes of the lithium
−Removed: plasma concentration versus time curves are similar.
−Removed: AL001 salicylate plasma concentrations are observed to be well tolerated and consistently
−Removed: within safe limits and the safety profiles of both AL001 and the marketed lithium carbonate capsule were benign.
−Removed: During Phase I first-in-human
−Removed: trial, participants received a single dose of AL001 containing lithium in an amount equivalent to 150 mg lithium carbonate;
−Removed: dose proposed by the inventors as likely appropriate for Alzheimer’s treatment when given three times daily.
−Removed: Currently, marketed
−Removed: immediate-release lithium carbonate 300 mg are given three times daily;
−Removed: for example, lithium carbonate 300 mg three times daily is a dose
−Removed: commonly used for bipolar affective disorders.
−Removed: It can be difficult to set the appropriate dose of lithium carbonate and other lithium
−Removed: products due to the small margin between effective and toxic blood levels and to avoid side effects or inadequate treatment outcomes.
−Removed: We see the possibility of providing the benefits from lithium at up to 50% of the currently approved lithium carbonate dosage, with the
−Removed: potential for better outcomes and with elimination of the need for lithium therapeutic drug monitoring.
−Removed: Moreover, the data confirms AL001’s
−Removed: potential as a replacement of the current lithium-based treatments and may provide a treatment for over 40 million Americans suffering
−Removed: from Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders.
−Removed: Such findings may allow us
−Removed: to design a development program that will potentially reduce the amount of new data generated to support approval.
−Removed: Bioequivalence may
−Removed: have utility for AL001 when seeking approval for the indications of currently marketed lithium products, and for new indications as a
−Removed: benchmark for safety.
−Removed: Given the systemic pharmacokinetic similarity to marketed immediate-release lithium carbonate products, AL001 is
−Removed: being dosed three times daily in the ongoing Phase IIA MAD study.
−Removed: On April 4, 2022, we announced
−Removed: the appointment of Dr.
−Removed: Terri Hunter, Ph.D., a Technology Transfer Specialist, to our Scientific Advisory Board.
−Removed: During her tenure at the
−Removed: University of South Florida, Dr.
−Removed: Hunter was responsible for managing the patent portfolio associated with Alzamend’s two product
−Removed: candidates, AL001 and AL002.
−Removed: On April 11, 2022, we announced
−Removed: that we contracted with Altasciences and iResearch Atlanta, LLC (“iResearch”) to manage and conduct, respectively, our Phase
−Removed: IIA MAD study in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s.
−Removed: The Phase IIA study, which commenced enrollment in May 2022, is for
−Removed: the purposes of evaluating the safety and tolerability of AL001 under multiple dose, steady-state conditions, and to determine the maximum
−Removed: tolerated dose in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s.
−Removed: On April 28, 2022, we announced
−Removed: that DPL has made an additional investment in our company.
−Removed: On March 28, 2022, we announced receipt of the full data set from Phase I clinical
−Removed: trial for AL001.
−Removed: Based on the achievement of this milestone, under the March 12, 2021 securities purchase agreement, Alzamend sold an
−Removed: additional 2,666,667 shares of its common stock to DPL for $4 million, or $1.50 per share, and issued to DPL warrants to acquire 1,333,333
−Removed: shares of its common stock with an exercise price of $3.00 per share.
−Removed: On May 5, 2022, we announced
−Removed: that the first patient with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s has been dosed in a 12-month Phase IIA MAD study for dementia related to
−Removed: The Phase IIA study will evaluate the safety and tolerability of AL001 under multiple-dose, steady-state conditions
−Removed: and determine the maximum tolerated dose in patients diagnosed with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s.
−Removed: Lithium has been well characterized
−Removed: for safety and is approved/marketed in multiple formulations for bipolar affective disorders.
−Removed: Lithium dosing for the MAD cohorts is based
−Removed: on a fraction of the usual dose for treatment of bipolar affective disorder (i.e., AL001 lithium content at a lithium carbonate equivalent
−Removed: of 300 mg three times daily, daily total of 900 mg), with the target dose for Alzheimer’s treatment at half of that lithium carbonate
−Removed: equivalent value (150 mg three times daily, daily total of 450 mg).
−Removed: In each cohort, consisting of six active and two placebo patients
−Removed: (as per randomization), multiple ascending doses will be administered three times daily for 14 days under fasted conditions (at least
−Removed: 1 hour before or 4 hours after meals) up to tolerability/safety limits.
−Removed: The lithium and salicylate components of AL001 will be given within
−Removed: the amounts already approved for use in patients.
−Removed: Up to 40 subjects will complete the Phase IIA trial.
−Removed: The maximum tolerated dose will
−Removed: then be used for further studies.
−Removed: Topline data are expected in December 2022 from this study.
−Removed: On May 17, 2022, we announced
−Removed: that we have submitted a Pre-IND meeting request for AL001 and supporting briefing documents to the FDA for the treatment of bipolar disorder,
−Removed: MDD and PTSD.
−Removed: On July 18, 2022, we announced that we received a written response from the FDA.
−Removed: Based on the written response from the
−Removed: FDA, we plan to submit separate INDs for bipolar disorder, MDD, and PTSD after completion of the current Phase II MAD clinical trial,
−Removed: which would allow us to initiate Phase II studies in each of those indications.
+Added: intend to develop and commercialize therapeutics that are better than existing treatments and have the potential to significantly improve
+Added: the lives of individuals afflicted by Alzheimer’s, BD, MDD and PTSD.
+Added: To achieve these goals, we are pursuing the following key business
+Added: · Advance clinical development of AL001 for Alzheimer’s, BD, MDD and PTSD treatment;
+Added: · Advance clinical development of ALZN002 for Alzheimer’s treatment;
+Added: · Expand our pipeline of pharmaceuticals to include additional indications for AL001 and delivery methods;
+Added: · Focus on translational and functional endpoints to efficiently develop product candidates;
+Added: · Optimize the value of AL001 and ALZN002 in major markets.
+Added: pipeline consists of two novel therapeutic drug candidates:
+Added: · AL001 - A patented ionic cocrystal technology delivering a therapeutic combination of lithium, salicylate
+Added: and proline through three royalty-bearing exclusive worldwide licenses from the University of South Florida Research Foundation, Inc.,
+Added: as licensor (the “Licensor”);
+Added: · ALZN002 - A patented method using a mutant peptide sensitized cell as a cell-based therapeutic vaccine
+Added: that seeks to restore the ability of a patient’s immunological system to combat Alzheimer’s through a royalty-bearing exclusive
+Added: worldwide license from the Licensor.
+Added: most advanced product candidate (lead product) licensed and in clinical development in humans is AL001, an ionic cocrystal of lithium
+Added: for the treatment of Alzheimer’s, BD, MDD and PTSD.
+Added: Based on our preclinical data involving mice models, AL001 treatment prevented
+Added: cognitive deficits, depression and irritability and is superior in improving associative learning and memory and irritability compared
+Added: with lithium carbonate treatments, supporting the potential of this lithium formulation for the treatment of Alzheimer’s, BD, MDD
+Added: and PTSD in humans.
+Added: Lithium has been marketed for more than 35 years and human toxicology regarding lithium use has been well characterized,
+Added: potentially mitigating the regulatory burden for safety data.
+Added: On May 5, 2022, we initiated
+Added: a multiple-dose, steady-state, double-blind, ascending dose safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic clinical trial of AL001 in patients
+Added: with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s and healthy subjects.
+Added: We completed the Phase IIA clinical trial in March 2023 and announced positive
+Added: topline data in June 2023.
+Added: announced that we successfully identified a maximum tolerated dose (“MTD”) for development of AL001 from a multiple-ascending
+Added: dose study as assessed by an independent safety review committee.
+Added: This dose, providing lithium at a lithium carbonate equivalent dose
+Added: of 240 mg 3-times daily (“TID”), is designed to be unlikely to require lithium therapeutic drug monitoring (“TDM”).
+Added: Also, this MTD is risk mitigated for the purpose of treating fragile populations, such as Alzheimer’s patients.
+Added: Lithium is a commonly prescribed
+Added: drug for manic episodes in BP type 1 as well as maintenance therapy of BP in patients with a history of manic episodes.
+Added: Lithium is also
+Added: prescribed off-label for MDD, BP and treatment of PTSD, among other disorders.
+Added: Lithium was the first mood stabilizer approved by the FDA
+Added: and is still a first-line treatment option (considered the “gold standard”) but is underutilized perhaps because of the need
+Added: Lithium was the first drug that required TDM by regulatory authorities in product labelling because the effective and safe range
+Added: of therapeutic drug blood concentrations is narrow and well defined for treatment of BP when using lithium salts.
+Added: Excursions above this
+Added: range can be toxic, and below can impair effectiveness.
+Added: Based on the results
+Added: from our Phase IIA MAD study, we plan to initiate two safety and efficacy clinical trials in subjects with mild to moderate dementia of
+Added: the Alzheimer’s type.
+Added: Additionally, we intend to investigate the potential of AL001 for patients suffering from BD, MDD and PTSD
+Added: by submitting IND applications to the FDA for these indication by the end of 2023.
+Added: After FDA permission to proceed on the INDs, we intend
+Added: to initiate clinical trials at this MTD to determine relative increased lithium levels in the brain compared to a marketed lithium salt
+Added: for BD, MDD and PTSD, based on published mouse studies that predict that lithium can be given at lower doses for equivalent therapeutic
+Added: benefit when treating with AL001.
+Added: For example, the goal is to replace a 300 mg TID lithium carbonate dose for treatment of BD with a 240
+Added: mg TID AL001 lithium equivalent, which represents a daily decrease of 20% of lithium given to a patient.
+Added: submitted a pre-IND meeting request for ALZN002 and supporting briefing documents to the Center for Biological Evaluation and Research
+Added: of the FDA on July 30, 2021.
+Added: We received a written response relating to the pre-IND from the FDA providing a path for Alzamend’s
+Added: planned clinical development of ALZN002 on September 30, 2021.
+Added: The FDA agreed to allow Alzamend to submit an IND to conduct a combined
+Added: Phase I/II study.
+Added: September 28, 2022, we submitted an IND application to the FDA for ALZN002 and received a “study may proceed” letter on October
+Added: The product candidate is an immunotherapy vaccine designed to treat mild to moderate dementia of the Alzheimer’s type.
+Added: ALZN002 is a proprietary “active” immunotherapy product, which means it is produced by each patient’s immune system.
+Added: It consists of autologous DCs that are activated white blood cells taken from each individual patient so that they can be engineered outside
+Added: of the body to attack Alzheimer’s-related amyloid-beta proteins.
+Added: These DCs are pulsed with a novel amyloid-beta peptide (E22W) designed
+Added: to bolster the ability of the patient’s immune system to combat Alzheimer’s;
+Added: the goal being to foster tolerance to treatment
+Added: for safety purposes while stimulating the immune system to reduce the brain’s beta-amyloid protein burden, resulting in reduced
+Added: Alzheimer’s signs and symptoms.
+Added: Compared to passive immunization treatment approaches that use foreign blood products (such as monoclonal
+Added: antibodies), active immunization with ALZN002 is anticipated to offer a more robust and long-lasting effect on the clearance of amyloid.
+Added: This could provide a safer approach due to its reliance on autologous immune components, using each individual patient’s own white
+Added: blood cells rather than foreign cells and/or blood products.
+Added: On April 3, 2023,
+Added: we announced the initiation of a Phase I/IIA clinical trial for ALZN002 to treat mild to moderate dementia of the Alzheimer’s type.
+Added: The purpose of this trial is to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of multiple ascending doses of ALZN002 compared with that
+Added: of placebo in 20-30 subjects with mild to moderate morbidity.
+Added: The primary goal of this clinical trial is to determine an appropriate dose
+Added: of ALZN002 for treatment of patients with Alzheimer’s in a larger Phase IIB efficacy and safety clinical trial, which Alzamend expects
+Added: to initiate within three months of receiving data from the initial trial.
The continuation of our current
−Removed: plan of operations with respect to completing our IND application and our series of human clinical trials for each of our therapeutics
−Removed: requires us to raise additional capital to fund our operations.
+Added: plan of operations with respect to completing our IND applications and conducting the series of human clinical trials for each of our
+Added: therapeutics requires us to raise additional capital to fund our operations.
Because our working capital
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(14,870,466 )
−Removed: OTHER EXPENSE, NET
−Removed: Gain on extinguishment of debt
+Added: (12,319,535 )
+Added: OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET
Interest expense
−Removed: Interest expense - related party
−Removed: Interest income - related party
−Removed: Total other expense, net
+Added: Gain on extinguishment of debt
+Added: Total other income (expense), net
$ (14,878,167 )
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Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
−Removed: * Not meaningful
−Removed: We were formed on February
−Removed: 26, 2016 to acquire and commercialize patented intellectual property and know-how to prevent, treat and cure the crippling and deadly
−Removed: disease, Alzheimer’s.
−Removed: We currently have only two product candidates, AL001 and AL002.
−Removed: These products are in the preclinical stage
−Removed: of development and will require extensive clinical study, review and evaluation, regulatory review and approval, significant marketing
−Removed: efforts and substantial investment before either or both of them, and any respective successors, will provide us with any revenue.
−Removed: did not generate any revenues during the years ended April 30, 2022 and 2021, and we do not anticipate that we will generate revenue for
−Removed: the foreseeable future.
+Added: We currently have only two
+Added: product candidates, AL001 and ALZN002.
+Added: These products are in the clinical stage of development and will require extensive clinical study,
+Added: review and evaluation, regulatory review and approval, significant marketing efforts and substantial investment before either or both
+Added: of them, and any respective successors, will provide us with any revenue.
+Added: We did not generate any revenues during the years ended April
+Added: 30, 2023 and 2022, and we do not anticipate that we will generate revenue for the foreseeable future.
Research and Development Expenses
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As reflected in the table below, research
−Removed: and development expenses primarily consisted of professional fees, licenses and fees, as well as stock compensation expense:
+Added: and development expenses primarily consisted of professional fees, clinical trial fees, licenses and fees, as well as stock compensation
For the Year Ended April 30,
Professional fees
+Added: Clinical trial fees
Licenses and fees
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Total research and development expenses
−Removed: * Not meaningful
Professional Fees
During the years ended April
−Removed: 30, 2022 and 2021, we reported incurring professional fees of $3.9 million and $1.2 million, respectively, which were principally comprised
−Removed: of professional fees attributed to various types of scientific services, including FDA consulting services.
−Removed: The increase relates to professional
−Removed: fees incurred related to the Phase I study for AL001 for dementia related to Alzheimer’s.
+Added: 30, 2023 and 2022, we incurred professional fees of $4.6 million and $3.7 million, respectively, which were principally comprised of professional
+Added: fees attributed to various types of scientific services, including FDA consulting services.
+Added: The increase relates to professional fees
+Added: incurred related to the Phase IIA study for AL001 for dementia related to Alzheimer’s.
+Added: Clinical Trial Fees
+Added: During the years ended April
+Added: 30, 2023 and 2022, we incurred clinical trial fees of $2.5 million and $0.2 million, respectively, which were principally comprised of
+Added: clinical trial fees attributed to our Phase I and Phase IIA clinical trials for AL001.
Licenses and Fees
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During the year ended April
−Removed: 30, 2022, we incurred $715,000 in license fees related to completion of the Phase I study for AL001 for dementia related to Alzheimer’s.
−Removed: During the year ended April 30, 2021, we incurred $50,000 in license fees related to achieving the milestone of conducting pre-IND discussions
−Removed: with the FDA regarding AL001.
+Added: 30, 2023, we incurred $50,000 in license fees related to the IND filing for ALZN002.
+Added: During the year ended April 30, 2022, we incurred
+Added: $715,000 in license fees related to the completion of the Phase I study for AL001 for dementia related to Alzheimer’s.
Stock Compensation Expense
During the years ended April
−Removed: 30, 2022 and 2021, we incurred $423,000 and $87,000, respectively, in research and development stock compensation expense related to stock
−Removed: option grants to consultants.
+Added: 30, 2023 and 2022, we incurred $(43,000) and $423,000, respectively, in research and development stock compensation expense related to
+Added: stock option grants to consultants.
All option grants are granted at the per share fair value on the grant date.
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of settling such obligations with cash payments.
+Added: The gain in research and development stock compensation expense for the year ended April
+Added: 30, 2023 was a result of forfeitures of stock options previously expensed.
+Added: Other Research and Development Expenses
+Added: During the years ended April
+Added: 30, 2023 and 2022, we incurred other fees of $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively, which were principally comprised of scientific
+Added: materials required for our clinical trials.
General and Administrative Expenses
−Removed: General and administrative
−Removed: expenses for the years ended April 30, 2022 and 2021 were $7.1 million and $3.6 million, respectively.
−Removed: As reflected in the table below,
−Removed: general and administrative expenses primarily consisted of the following expense categories:
+Added: General and administrative expenses for the years ended April 30, 2023
+Added: and 2022 were $7.4 million and $7.1 million, respectively.
+Added: As reflected in the table below, general and administrative expenses primarily
+Added: consisted of the following expense categories:
stock compensation expense;
−Removed: as well as salaries and benefits.
+Added: salary and benefits;
+Added: professional fees;
+Added: marketing fees;
+Added: travel and entertainment;
+Added: as well as board of director fees.
For the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022, the remaining general and administrative
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Stock compensation expense
−Removed: Professional fees
Salary and benefits
−Removed: Licenses and fees
−Removed: Management services
+Added: Professional fees
+Added: Marketing fees
+Added: Insurance expense
+Added: Travel and entertainment
+Added: Board of director fees
Other general and administrative expenses
Total general and administrative expenses
−Removed: * Not meaningful
Stock Compensation Expense
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30, 2023 and 2022, we incurred general and administrative stock compensation expense of $3.6 million and $4.0 million, respectively,
−Removed: related to stock option grants to executives, employees and consultants as well as shares issued for services to Spartan Capital Securities,
−Removed: LLC (“Spartan Capital”).
−Removed: All option grants are granted at the per share fair value on the grant date.
−Removed: Vesting of options differs
−Removed: based on the terms of each option.
−Removed: We valued the options at their date of grant utilizing the Black Scholes option pricing model.
−Removed: the shares issued for services at their intrinsic value on the date of issuance.
−Removed: Stock-based compensation is a non-cash expense because
−Removed: we settle these obligations by issuing shares of our common stock from authorized shares instead of settling such obligations with cash
−Removed: Salaries and Benefits
+Added: related to stock option grants to executives, employees and consultants.
+Added: All option grants are granted at the per share fair value on
+Added: the grant date.
+Added: Vesting of options differs based on the terms of each option.
+Added: We valued the options at their date of grant utilizing the
+Added: Black Scholes option pricing model.
+Added: We valued the shares issued for services at their intrinsic value on the date of issuance.
+Added: Stock compensation
+Added: is a non-cash expense because we settle these obligations by issuing shares of our common stock from authorized shares instead of settling
+Added: such obligations with cash payments.
+Added: Salary and Benefits
The second largest component
−Removed: of general and administrative expenses is salaries and benefits expense.
+Added: of general and administrative expenses is salary and benefits expense.
During the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022, we incurred $1.0
−Removed: and $452,000, respectively, in employee-related expenses.
−Removed: As of April 30, 2022, we had four full-time and four part-time employees.
−Removed: Insurance Expense
−Removed: During the year ended April
−Removed: 30, 2022, we incurred insurance expense of $714,000, which was primarily directors and officers insurance that was required as part of
−Removed: the IPO process.
+Added: million and $873,000, respectively, in employee-related expenses.
+Added: As of April 30, 2023, we had four full-time and three part-time employees.
Professional Fees
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Year Ended April 30, 2023
−Removed: June 2017, we entered into a five-year consulting agreement with Spartan Capital pursuant to which Spartan Capital agreed to provide consulting
−Removed: services with respect to general corporate matters.
−Removed: In December 2017, we paid to Spartan Capital a consulting fee of $1.4 million
−Removed: for the services to be rendered over the 60-month term of this consulting agreement.
−Removed: During the year ended April 30, 2022, we recorded
−Removed: an expense of $248,000 as a result of this consulting agreement.
−Removed: · During the year ended April 30, 2022, we incurred $249,000 in audit and tax fees, $89,000 in legal fees,
−Removed: $88,000 in related party consulting and $40,000 in investor relations expenses.
+Added: · In June 2017, we entered into a five-year consulting agreement with Spartan Capital pursuant to which
+Added: Spartan Capital agreed to provide consulting services with respect to general corporate matters.
+Added: In December 2017, we paid to Spartan
+Added: Capital a consulting fee of $1.4 million for the services to be rendered over the 60-month term of this consulting agreement.
+Added: the year ended April 30, 2023, we recorded an expense of $187,000 as a result of this consulting agreement.
+Added: · During the year ended April 30, 2023, we incurred $189,000 in consulting fees, mainly for Sarbanes-Oxley
+Added: compliance, $187,000 in audit and tax fees, $126,000 in legal fees, $50,000 in related party consulting and $22,000 in investor relations
Year Ended April 30, 2022
−Removed: · During the year ended April 30, 2021, we recorded an expense of $280,000 in connection with the five-year
−Removed: consulting agreement with Spartan Capital.
−Removed: · In June 2019, we entered into a two-year uplisting agreement (the “Uplisting Agreement”) with
−Removed: Spartan Capital pursuant to which Spartan Capital agreed to provide consulting services with respect to a potential public offering.
−Removed: under this agreement consisted of a cash payment in the amount of $475,000 and the issuance of 500,000 shares of common stock.
−Removed: amortizing the cost of these services over the two-year term of the Uplisting Agreement.
−Removed: During the year ended April 30, 2021, we recorded
−Removed: an expense of $263,000 in connection with the Uplisting Agreement.
−Removed: The Uplisting Agreement was terminated on March 3, 2021.
−Removed: · During the year ended April 30, 2021, we incurred $107,000 in audit fees, $26,000 in legal fees and $24,000
−Removed: in investor relations expenses.
+Added: · During the year ended April 30, 2022, we incurred $249,000 in audit and tax fees, $248,000 in Spartan
+Added: Capital consulting fees, $89,000 in legal fees, $88,000 in related party consulting and $40,000 in investor relations expenses.
+Added: Marketing Fees
+Added: During the years ended April
+Added: 30, 2023 and 2022, we incurred marketing fees of $743,000 and $18,000, respectively, which was primarily expenses related to the marketing
+Added: and brand development agreement with AULT.
+Added: Insurance Expense
+Added: During the years ended April
+Added: 30, 2023 and 2022, we incurred insurance expense of $587,000 and $714,000, respectively, which was primarily directors and officers insurance.
Other Expense, Net
−Removed: Gain on Extinguishment of Debt
−Removed: In May 2020, we received an
−Removed: advance of $4,000 and loan proceeds in the amount of $62,000 under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”).
−Removed: The PPP, established
−Removed: as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), provides for loans to qualifying businesses
−Removed: for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll expenses of the qualifying business.
−Removed: The loans and accrued interest are forgivable
−Removed: after the earlier of (i) 24 weeks after the loan disbursement date and (ii) December 31, 2020;
−Removed: as long as the borrower uses the loan proceeds
−Removed: for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels.
−Removed: We used the proceeds for purposes
−Removed: consistent with the PPP.
−Removed: In December 2020, we met the conditions and received forgiveness of the advance of $4,000 and loan of $62,000
−Removed: and recorded the benefit as a gain on extinguishment of debt.
−Removed: Interest Expense
Interest expense was $8,000
−Removed: for the year ended April 30, 2022 related to the convertible promissory note issued in August 2020, including non-cash interest expense
−Removed: of $13,000 recorded from the amortization of debt discount.
−Removed: Interest expense was $142,000 for the year ended April 30, 2021 related to
−Removed: the convertible promissory note issued in August 2020, including non-cash interest expense of $124,000 recorded from the amortization
−Removed: of debt discount.
+Added: for the year ended April 30, 2023 related to the financing of D&O insurance.
+Added: Interest expense was $47,000 for the year ended April
+Added: 30, 2022 related to the convertible promissory note issued in August 2020, including non-cash interest expense of $13,000 recorded from
+Added: the amortization of debt discount.
Current and Deferred Income Taxes
−Removed: As of April 30, 2022 and 2021, we had deferred
−Removed: tax assets totaling $10.1 million and $4.4 million, respectively.
−Removed: The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the
−Removed: existence, or generation, of taxable income in the periods when those temporary differences and net operating loss carryovers are deductible.
−Removed: Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, taxes paid in carryover years, projected future taxable income,
−Removed: available tax planning strategies, and other factors in making this assessment.
−Removed: Based on available evidence, management believes it is
−Removed: less likely than not that all of the deferred tax assets will be realized.
+Added: As of April 30, 2023 and 2022, we had deferred tax assets totaling
+Added: $10.8 million and $10.1 million, respectively.
+Added: The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the existence, or generation,
+Added: of taxable income in the periods when those temporary differences and net operating loss carryovers are deductible.
+Added: Management considers
+Added: the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, taxes paid in carryover years, projected future taxable income, available tax planning
+Added: strategies, and other factors in making this assessment.
+Added: Based on available evidence, management believes it is more likely than not that
+Added: some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Accordingly, we have established a 100% valuation allowance.
−Removed: As a result of the full valuation allowance, we did not record an income tax benefit during the years ended April 30, 2022 and 2021.
+Added: of the full valuation allowance, we did not record an income tax benefit for the years ended April 30, 2023 and 2022.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The accompanying financial
−Removed: statements have been prepared on the basis that our company will continue as a going concern.
−Removed: As of April 30, 2022, we had cash of $14.1
−Removed: million and an accumulated deficit of $29.2 million.
−Removed: We have incurred recurring losses and reported losses for the year ended April 30,
−Removed: 2022 totaling $12.4 million.
−Removed: In the past, we have financed our operations principally through sales of promissory notes and equity securities.
+Added: statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.
+Added: The Company has incurred recurring net losses
+Added: and operations have not provided sufficient cash flows.
+Added: We believe that we will continue to incur operating and net losses each quarter
+Added: until at least the time we begin significant deliveries of our products.
+Added: We believe our current
+Added: cash on hand is insufficient to fund our planned operations through one year after the date the financial statements are issued.
+Added: factors create substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for at least one year after the date that our audited
+Added: financial statements are issued.
+Added: Our inability to continue as a going concern could have
+Added: a negative impact on our company, including our ability to obtain needed financing.
+Added: We intend to finance our
+Added: future development activities and our working capital needs largely through the sale of equity securities with some additional funding
+Added: from other sources, including debt financing, until such time as funds provided by operations are sufficient to fund working capital requirements.
+Added: Our financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets, or the amounts
+Added: and classifications of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.
+Added: As of April 30, 2023, we
+Added: had cash of $5.1 million and an accumulated deficit of $44.1 million.
+Added: We have incurred recurring losses and reported losses for the year
+Added: ended April 30, 2023 totaling $14.9 million.
+Added: In the past, we have financed our operations principally through sales of equity securities.
In March of 2021, we entered
−Removed: into a securities purchase agreement with DPL, pursuant to which we agreed to sell an aggregate of 6,666,667 shares of common stock for
−Removed: an aggregate of $10 million, or $1.50 per share, which sales will be made in tranches.
−Removed: On March 9, 2021, DPL paid $4 million, less the
−Removed: $1.8 million in prior advances and the surrender for cancellation of the $50,000 convertible promissory note, previously issued to BitNile,
−Removed: for an aggregate of 2,666,667 shares of common stock.
−Removed: Under the terms of the securities purchase agreement, DPL (i) purchased, in July
−Removed: 2021, an additional 1,333,333 shares of common stock upon FDA approval of our IND for our Phase I clinical trials for AL001 for a purchase
−Removed: price of $2 million;
−Removed: and (ii) on April 26, 2022, purchase 2,666,667 shares of common stock upon completion of these Phase I clinical trials
−Removed: for AL001 for a purchase price of $4 million.
−Removed: In addition, we issued DPL warrants to purchase an aggregate of 6,666,667 shares of common
−Removed: stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share.
−Removed: Finally, we agreed that for a period of 18 months following the date of the payment of
−Removed: the final tranche of $4 million on April 26, 2022, DPL will have the right to invest an additional $10 million on the same terms, except
−Removed: that no specific milestones have been determined with respect to the additional $10 million as of the date of this Annual Report.
+Added: into a securities purchase agreement with AL, pursuant to which we sold an aggregate of 6,666,667 shares of common stock for an aggregate
+Added: of $10 million, or $1.50 per share, which sales were made in tranches between March 2021 and April 2022.
+Added: In addition, we issued AL warrants
+Added: to purchase an aggregate of 3,333,333 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share.
+Added: Finally, we agreed that for a period
+Added: of 18 months following the date of the payment of the final tranche of $4 million on April 26, 2022, AL will have the right to invest
+Added: an additional $10 million on the same terms, except that no specific milestones have been determined with respect to the additional $10
+Added: million as of the date of this Annual Report.
On June 17, 2021, we announced
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Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:
−Removed: · successful enrollment in and completion of clinical
−Removed: · our ability to establish agreements with third-party
−Removed: manufacturers for clinical supply for our clinical trials and, if our product candidates are approved, commercial manufacturing;
−Removed: · our ability to maintain our current research
−Removed: and development programs and establish new research and development programs;
−Removed: · addition and retention of key research and development
−Removed: · our efforts to enhance operational, financial,
−Removed: and information management systems, and hire additional personnel, including personnel to support development of our product candidates;
−Removed: · negotiating favorable terms in any collaboration,
−Removed: licensing, or other arrangements into which we may enter and performing our obligations in such collaborations;
−Removed: · the timing and amount of milestone and other
−Removed: payments we may receive under our collaboration arrangements;
−Removed: · our eventual commercialization plans for our
−Removed: product candidates;
−Removed: · the costs involved in prosecuting, defending,
−Removed: and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property claims;
+Added: · successful enrollment in and completion of clinical trials;
+Added: · our ability to establish agreements with third-party manufacturers for clinical supply for our clinical
+Added: trials and, if our product candidates are approved, commercial manufacturing;
+Added: · our ability to maintain our current research and development programs and establish new research and development
+Added: · addition and retention of key research and development personnel;
+Added: · our efforts to enhance operational, financial, and information management systems, and hire additional
+Added: personnel, including personnel to support development of our product candidates;
+Added: · negotiating favorable terms in any collaboration, licensing, or other arrangements into which we may enter
+Added: and performing our obligations in such collaborations;
+Added: · the timing and amount of milestone and other payments we may receive under our collaboration arrangements;
+Added: · our eventual commercialization plans for our product candidates;
+Added: · the costs involved in prosecuting, defending, and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property
· the costs and timing of regulatory approvals.
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may need additional funds to meet operational needs and capital requirements associated with such operating plans.
−Removed: We expect to continue to incur
−Removed: losses for the foreseeable future and need to raise additional capital until we are able to generate revenues from operations sufficient
−Removed: to fund our development and commercial operations.
−Removed: However, based on our current business plan, we believe that our cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: at April 30, 2022, are sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements during the twelve-month period subsequent to the issuance
−Removed: of the financial statements included in this Annual Report.
The following table summarizes our cash flows for
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For the Year Ended April 30,
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in):
+Added: Net cash (used in) provided by:
Operating activities
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Financing activities
−Removed: Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: $ (8,922,952 )
Operating Activities
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30, 2023, net cash used in operating activities was $8.9 million.
−Removed: This consisted primarily of a net loss of $12.4 million, partially offset by
−Removed: non-cash charges of $4.4 million in stock-based compensation expense and an increase in our net operating assets and liabilities of
+Added: This consisted primarily of a net loss of $14.9 million, partially offset
+Added: by non-cash charges of $3.6 million in stock-based compensation expense and an increase in our net operating assets and liabilities of
$2.3 million.
−Removed: The increase in our net operating assets and liabilities was due to an increase in accounts payable and accrued
−Removed: expenses and a decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets.
−Removed: Prepaid expenses decreased primarily from the amortization of
−Removed: Spartan Capital consulting fees in the amount of $280,000 and offering costs in the amount of $353,000.
+Added: The increase in our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to an increase in accounts payable and accrued
+Added: liabilities and a decrease in prepaid expenses – related party.
During the year ended April
30, 2022, net cash used in operating activities was $6.6 million.
−Removed: This consisted primarily of a net loss of $5.0 million, offset by non-cash
−Removed: charges of $2.4 million in stock-based compensation expense and a decrease in our net operating assets and liabilities of $152,000.
−Removed: decrease in our net operating assets and liabilities was due to a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses and an increase in
−Removed: prepaid expenses and other current assets.
+Added: This consisted primarily of a net loss of $12.4 million, partially offset
+Added: by non-cash charges of $4.4 million in stock-based compensation expense and an increase in our net operating assets and liabilities of
+Added: $1.3 million.
+Added: The increase in our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to an increase in accounts payable and accrued
+Added: liabilities and a decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets.
Investing Activities
−Removed: During the year ended April
−Removed: 30, 2022, net cash used in investing activities was $106,000, from the purchase of equipment and machinery.
−Removed: We purchased a CliniMACS
−Removed: Plus instrument to be used on the ALZN002 project at the University of Miami.
−Removed: The machine was purchased from Miltenyi Biotec and
−Removed: is utilized to separate the monocytes from blood.
−Removed: We purchased this equipment to streamline the development of DCs to create the AL002
−Removed: vaccine for patients in the 24-months Phase I/II clinical trials.
−Removed: During the year ended April 30, 2021, net
−Removed: cash provided by investing activities was $101,000.
−Removed: This consisted of proceeds from repayment of notes receivable from Avalanche, a related
−Removed: In August 2020, the principal and accrued interest on the AVLP Note was paid in full.
+Added: During the year ended April 30, 2022, net cash used in investing activities
+Added: was $106,000, from the purchase of equipment and machinery.
+Added: We purchased a CliniMACS Plus instrument to be used on the ALZN002 project
+Added: at the University of Miami.
+Added: The machine was purchased from Miltenyi Biotec and is utilized to separate monocytes from blood.
+Added: this equipment to streamline the development of DCs to create the ALZN002 vaccine for patients in the Phase I/IIA clinical trial.
Financing Activities
During the year ended April
+Added: 30, 2023, net cash provided by financing activities was $200 from the exercise of stock options.
+Added: During the year ended April
30, 2022, net cash provided by financing activities was $18.9 million.
This consisted primarily of proceeds from our initial public offering
−Removed: of $12.9 million, net of costs, and proceeds of $6 million from the issuance of common stock and warrants to DPL.
−Removed: On July 28, 2021, we
−Removed: received from the FDA a “Study May Proceed” letter for a Phase IA study under our IND application for AL001.
−Removed: achievement of this milestone, we sold an additional 1,333,333 shares of common stock to DPL for $2 million, or $1.50 per share, and issued
−Removed: to DPL warrants to acquire 666,667 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $3.00 per share.
−Removed: On March 28, 2022, we a received
−Removed: the full data set from the Phase I clinical trial for AL001.
−Removed: Based on the achievement of this milestone, we sold an additional 2,666,667
−Removed: shares of our common stock to DPL for $4.0 million, or $1.50 per share, and issued to DPL warrants to acquire 1,333,333 shares of our
−Removed: common stock with an exercise price of $3.00 per share.
−Removed: During the year ended April 30, 2021, net
−Removed: cash provided by financing activities was $4.5 million.
−Removed: This consisted primarily of proceeds from the issue of common stock and short-term
−Removed: advances from DPL.
+Added: of $12.9 million, net of costs, and proceeds of $6 million from the issuance of common stock and warrants to AL.
Contractual Obligations
+Added: On July 2, 2018, we entered
+Added: into two Standard Exclusive License Agreements with Sublicensing Terms for AL001 with the Licensor and its affiliate, the University of
+Added: South Florida (the “AL001 Licenses”), pursuant to which the Licensor granted us a royalty bearing exclusive worldwide licenses
+Added: limited to the field of Alzheimer’s, under United States Patent Nos.
+Added: (i) 9,840,521, entitled “Organic Anion Lithium Ionic
+Added: Cocrystal Compounds and Compositions”, filed September 24, 2015 and granted December 12, 2017, and (ii) 9,603,869, entitled “Lithium
+Added: Co-Crystals for Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders”, filed May 21, 2016 and granted March 28, 2017.
+Added: On February 1, 2019, we
+Added: entered into the First Amendments to the AL001 Licenses, on March 30, 2021, we entered into the Second Amendments to the AL001 Licenses
+Added: and on June 8, 2023, we entered into the Third Amendments to the AL001 Licenses (collectively, the “AL001 License Agreements”).
+Added: The AL001 License Agreements
+Added: require that we pay combined royalty payments of 4.5% on net sales of products developed from the licensed technology for AL001.
+Added: already paid an initial license fee of $200,000 for AL001.
+Added: As an additional licensing fee for the license of the AL001 technologies, the
+Added: Licensor received 2,227,923 shares of our common stock.
+Added: Minimum royalties for AL001 License Agreements are $40,000 on the first anniversary
+Added: of the first commercial sale, $80,000 on the second anniversary first commercial sale and $100,000 on the third anniversary of the first
+Added: commercial sale and every year thereafter, for the life of the AL001 License Agreements.
On May 1, 2016, we entered
−Removed: into a Standard Exclusive License Agreement for AL002 with Sublicensing Terms with the Licensor, pursuant to which the Licensor granted
−Removed: us a royalty bearing exclusive worldwide license limited to the field of Alzheimer’s Immunotherapy and Diagnostics, under United
−Removed: States Patent No.
−Removed: 8,188,046, entitled “Amyloid Beta Peptides and Methods of Use,” filed April 7, 2009 and granted May
−Removed: There are certain initial
−Removed: license fees and milestone payments required to be paid by us to the Licensor, pursuant to the terms of license agreements we have entered
−Removed: into with the Licensor.
−Removed: The license agreements for AL002 require us to pay royalty payments of 4% on net sales of products developed from
−Removed: the licensed technology for AL002 while the license agreements for AL001 require that we pay combined royalty payments of 4.5% on net
−Removed: sales of products developed from the licensed technology for AL001.
−Removed: We have already paid an initial license fee of $200,000 for AL002
−Removed: and an initial license fee of $200,000 for AL001.
−Removed: As an additional licensing fee for the license of AL002, the Licensor received 3,601,809
−Removed: shares of our common stock.
−Removed: As an additional licensing fee for the license of the AL001 technologies, the Licensor received 2,227,923
+Added: into a Standard Exclusive License Agreement with Sublicensing Terms for ALZN002 with the Licensor (the “ALZN002 License”),
+Added: pursuant to which the Licensor granted us a royalty bearing exclusive worldwide license limited to the field of Alzheimer’s Immunotherapy
+Added: and Diagnostics, under United States Patent No.
+Added: 8,188,046, entitled “Amyloid Beta Peptides and Methods of Use”, filed April
+Added: 7, 2009 and granted May 29, 2012.
+Added: On August 18, 2017, we entered into the First Amendment to the ALZN002 License, on May 7, 2018, we entered
+Added: into the Second Amendment to the ALZN002 License, on January 31, 2019, we entered into the Third Amendment to the ALZN002 License, on
+Added: January 24, 2020, we entered into the Fourth Amendment to the ALZN002 License, on March 30, 2021, we entered into the Fifth Amendment
+Added: to the ALZN002 License and on April 17, 2023, we entered into the Sixth Amendment to the ALZN002 License (collectively, the “ALZN002
+Added: License Agreement”).
+Added: The ALZN002 License Agreement
+Added: requires us to pay royalty payments of 4% on net sales of products developed from the licensed technology for ALZN002.
+Added: We have already
+Added: paid an initial license fee of $200,000 for ALZN002.
+Added: As an additional licensing fee for the license of ALZN002, the Licensor received
3,601,809 shares of our common stock.
−Removed: Minimum royalties for AL001 are $25,000 in 2023, $45,000 in 2024 and $70,000 in 2025 and every year thereafter,
−Removed: for the life of the agreement.
−Removed: Minimum royalties for AL002 are $20,000 in 2022, $40,000 in 2023 and $50,000 in 2024 and every year thereafter,
−Removed: for the life of the respective agreement.
−Removed: Additionally, we are required to pay milestone payments on the due dates to the Licensor for
−Removed: the license of the AL001 technologies and for the AL002 technology, as follows:
−Removed: Original AL001 License:
+Added: Minimum royalties for ALZN002 are $20,000 on the first anniversary of the first commercial sale,
+Added: $40,000 on the second anniversary first commercial sale and $50,000 on the third anniversary of the first commercial sale and every year
+Added: thereafter, for the life of the ALZN002 License Agreement.
+Added: On November 19, 2019, we entered
+Added: into two Standard Exclusive License Agreements with Sublicensing Terms for two additional indications of AL001 with the Licensor (the
+Added: “November AL001 License”), pursuant to which the Licensor granted us a royalty bearing exclusive worldwide licenses limited
+Added: to the fields of (i) neurodegenerative diseases excluding Alzheimer’s and (ii) psychiatric diseases and disorders.
+Added: 2021, we entered into the First Amendments to the November AL001 License and on April 17, 2023, we entered into the Second Amendments
+Added: to the November AL001 License (collectively, the “November AL001 License Agreements”).
+Added: The November AL001 License
+Added: Agreements require us to pay royalty payments of 3% on net sales of products developed from the licensed technology for AL001 in those
+Added: We paid an initial license fee of $20,000 for the additional indications.
+Added: Minimum royalties for November AL001 License Agreements
+Added: are $40,000 on the first anniversary of the first commercial sale, $80,000 on the second anniversary first commercial sale and $100,000
+Added: on the third anniversary of the first commercial sale and every year thereafter, for the life of the November AL001 License Agreements.
+Added: These license agreements have
+Added: an indefinite term that continue until the later of the date no licensed patent under the applicable agreement remains a pending application
+Added: or enforceable patent, the end date of any period of market exclusivity granted by a governmental regulatory body, or the date on which
+Added: the licensee’s obligations to pay royalties expire under the applicable license agreement.
+Added: Under our various license agreements,
+Added: if we fail to meet a milestone by its specified date, Licensor may terminate the license agreement.
+Added: The Licensor was also granted a preemptive
+Added: right to acquire such shares or other equity securities that may be issued from time to time by us while the Licensor remains the owner
+Added: of any equity securities of our company.
+Added: Additionally, we are required
+Added: to pay milestone payments on the due dates to the Licensor for the license of the AL001 technologies and for the ALZN002 technology, as
+Added: Original AL001 Licenses:
Completed September 2019
1 unchanged sentence
Completed June 2021
−Removed: ND application filing
+Added: IND application filing
Completed December 2021
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8 years from the effective date of the agreement
−Removed: Upon FDA approval
+Added: Upon FDA NDA approval
* Milestone met and completed
−Removed: AL002 License:
+Added: ALZN002 License:
Upon IND application filing
Upon IND application filing
−Removed: 12 months from IND application filing date
+Added: September 2023
Upon first dosing of patient in first Phase I clinical trial
−Removed: 12 months from first patient dosed in Phase I
−Removed: Upon completion of first Phase I clinical trial
24 months from completion of first Phase I clinical trial
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* Milestone met and completed
−Removed: We have met the pre-IND meeting,
−Removed: IND application filing, and successfully completed the Phase I clinical trial milestones encompassing AL001.
−Removed: If we fail to meet a milestone
−Removed: by its specified date, Licensor may terminate the license agreement.
−Removed: The Licensor was also granted
−Removed: a preemptive right to acquire such shares or other equity securities that may be issued from time to time by us while the Licensor remains
−Removed: the owner of any equity securities of our company.
−Removed: On June 10, 2020, we
−Removed: obtained two (2) additional royalty-bearing exclusive worldwide licenses from the Licensor to a therapy named AL001.
−Removed: One of the additional
−Removed: licenses is for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases excluding Alzheimer’s and the other license is for the treatment of
−Removed: psychiatric diseases and disorders.
−Removed: There are certain license fees and milestone payments required to be paid pursuant to the terms of
−Removed: the June AL001 License Agreements.
−Removed: Under each of the June AL001 License Agreements, a royalty payment of 3% is required on net sales of
−Removed: products developed from the licensed technology.
−Removed: For the two additional AL001 licenses, in the aggregate, we paid initial license fees
−Removed: Additionally, under each of the June AL001 License Agreements, we are required to pay milestone payments on the due dates
−Removed: to the Licensor for the license of the technology, as follows:
Additional AL001 Licenses:
−Removed: Upon IND application filing
−Removed: IND application filing
−Removed: 12 months from IND filing date
−Removed: Upon first dosing of patient in a clinical trial
−Removed: 12 months from first patient dosing
−Removed: Upon Completion of first clinical trial
36 months from completion of the first Phase II clinical trial
Upon first patient treated in a Phase III clinical trial
−Removed: 8 years from the effective date of the agreement
+Added: August 1, 2029
First commercial sale
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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
−Removed: we are a smaller reporting company, this section is not applicable.
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
−Removed: financial statements required by this Item 8 are included in this Annual Report following Item 16 hereof.
−Removed: As a smaller reporting company,
−Removed: we are not required to provide supplementary financial information.
−Removed: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
+Added: Because we are a smaller reporting
+Added: company, this section is not applicable.
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