UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
(Mark
One)
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ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the fiscal year ended: December 31 , 2022
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TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the transition period from [ ] to [ ]
Commission
file number 001-41600
BULLFROG
AI HOLDINGS, INC.
(Name
of small business issuer in its charter)
Nevada
84-4786155
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
(IRS
Employer
Identification
Number)
325
Ellington Blvd. , Unit 317
Gaithersburg ,
MD 20878
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
Issuer’s
telephone number: (240) 658-6710
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name
of each exchange on which registered
Common
Stock, par value $0.00001 per share
BFRG
The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (The Nasdaq Capital Market)
Tradable
Warrants
BFRGW
The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (The Nasdaq Capital Market)
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
Part I
Item
1
Business
2
Item
1A
Risk Factors
17
Item
1B
Unresolved Staff Comments
17
Item
2
Properties
17
Item
3
Legal Proceedings
17
Item
4
Mine Safety Disclosures
17
Part II
Item
5
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
18
Item
6
Reserved
18
Item
7
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation
19
Item
7A
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
22
Item
8
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
22
Item
9
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
22
Item
9A
Controls and Procedures
22
Item
9B
Other Information
22
Item
9C
Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
22
Part III
Item
10
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
23
Item
11
Executive Compensation
27
Item
12
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
28
Item
13
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
29
Item
14
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
31
Part IV
Item
15
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
31
Item
16
Form 10-K Summary
31
Signatures
32
In
this report, unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our”
and similar words refer to Bullfrog AI Holdings, Inc. (“Bullfrog”), a Nevada corporation.
SPECIAL
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, or the “Securities
Act,” and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the “Exchange Act.” These forward-looking statements
are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or anticipated
results.
In
some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “intend,” “might,”
“will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,”
“estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or the negative of these terms. These terms and similar expressions
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this report are based upon management’s
current expectations and beliefs, which management believes are reasonable. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on
our business or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors, or factors we are aware of, may cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking
statements. These statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this report. Except to the extent required
by federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after
the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
You
should be aware that our actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements due to a number
of factors, including:
●
our future financial performance, including our revenue, costs of revenue, operating expenses and profitability;
●
the sufficiency of our cash and cash equivalents to meet our liquidity needs;
●
our predictions about the property development, digital transformation technology and biohealth businesses and their respective market
trends;
●
our ability to attract and retain customers in all our business segments to purchase our products and services;
●
the availability of financing for smaller publicly traded companies like us;
●
our ability to successfully expand in our three principal business markets and into new markets and industry verticals; and
●
our ability to effectively manage our growth and future expenses.
Other
risks and uncertainties include such factors, among others, as market acceptance and market demand for our products and services, pricing,
the changing regulatory environment, the effect of our accounting policies, industry trends, adequacy of our financial resources to execute
our business plan, our ability to attract, retain and motivate key personnel, and other risks described from time to time in periodic
and current reports we file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or the “SEC.” You should consider
carefully the statements under this report, which address additional factors that could cause our actual results to differ from those
set forth in the forward-looking statements and could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified
in their entirety by the applicable cautionary statements.
1
PART
I
ITEM
1. BUSINESS
Our
Corporate History and Background
BullFrog
AI Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Nevada on February 18, 2020. Our principal business address is 325 Ellington
Blvd, Unit 317, Gaithersburg, MD 20878. All of our operations are currently conducted through BullFrog AI Holdings, Inc. BullFrog
AI, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary acquired through a share exchange, has the sole purpose of housing and protecting all of the
organization’s intellectual property. BullFrog AI Management, LLC is a wholly owned
subsidiary that handles all HR and payroll activities.
Acquisition
of BullFrog AI
In
March 2020, BullFrog AI, Inc. received an investment from TEDCO - the Technology Development Corporation of Maryland, a State of
Maryland Investment Fund – pursuant to the issuance of a $200,000 convertible note with an 18-month term, 6% annual interest
rate, and a 20% discount. In June 2020, BullFrog AI Holdings, Inc. acquired BullFrog AI, Inc. pursuant to an exchange agreement
under which each share of Bull Frog AI, Inc. common stock was exchanged for a share of common stock of BullFrog AI Holdings, Inc..
Immediately prior to the share exchange, each outstanding common share of BullFrog AI, Inc. was split into 25 shares of common
stock. Share amounts in our financial statements for 2021 and 2020 have been adjusted to reflect this forward share split and shares
exchange. Pursuant to the agreement, 24,223,975 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued to the shareholders of
BullFrog AI, Inc. in exchange for 100% of the outstanding stock of BullFrog AI, Inc. Upon completion of the exchange, BullFrog AI,
Inc. became the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary and the shareholders of BullFrog AI, Inc. held 100% of the common stock of
the Company. As a result, BullFrog AI Holdings, Inc. assumed a total of $330,442 in net liabilities of BullFrog AI, Inc. Both of the
entities were controlled before and after the transactions by the same controlling shareholder. This transaction is being
accounted for as a common control transaction and all entities are being presented as if the transactions took place at the
beginning of the earliest period presented.
BullFrog
AI Corporate History
BullFrog
AI, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Delaware on August 25, 2017. Vininder Singh is the founder, CEO and chairman of BullFrog AI.
Our
Strategy
We
plan to achieve our business objectives by enabling the successful development of drugs and biologics using a precision medicine approach
via our proprietary artificial intelligence platform bfLEAP. We will execute our plan by doing all or any of the following: partnering
with biopharmaceutical companies in a fee for service model to assist and enable them with their drug development programs, acquiring
rights to and rescuing drugs that have failed FDA review following pivotal Phase 2 or Phase 3 clinical trials (we refer to this rescue
process as “drug rescue”), acquiring rights to drugs that are in early stage clinical trials and have not failed FDA review, and
discovering new drugs and biologics.
The
process for enhancing and developing late-stage failed drugs is to:
●
acquire
the rights to the failed drug from a biopharmaceutical industry company or university,
●
use
the proprietary bfLEAP™ AI/ML platform to determine a multi-factorial profile for a patient that would best respond to the
drug,
●
Rapidly
conduct a clinical trial likely with a partner to validate the drug’s use for the defined “high-responder” population;
and
●
Divest/sell
the rescued drug asset with new information back to the pharma industry, following positive results of the clinical trial.
We
also plan to deploy this strategy for all discovery and early stage clinical candidates. The common objective is to monetize our assets
as quickly as possible with no current plan to commercialize any asset. As part of our strategy, we will continue evolving our intellectual
property, analytical platform and technologies, build a large portfolio of drug candidates, and implement a model that reduces risk and
increases the frequency of cash flow from rescued drugs. This strategy will include strategic partnerships, collaborations, and relationships
along the entire business value chain.
2
We
did not produce any revenues through 2021; we generated our first revenues in late 2022 from our services related to the relationship
with a pharmaceutic company.
To
date, we have not conducted clinical trials on any pharmaceutical drugs and our platform has not been used to identify a drug candidate
that has received regulatory approval for commercialization. However, we currently have a strategic relationship with a leading rare
disease non-profit organization for artificial intelligence/machine learning (“AI/ML”) analysis of late stage clinical data. We have acquired the rights to a series of preclinical
and early clinical drug assets from universities and entered into a strategic collaboration with a world renowned research institution
to create a HSV1 viral therapeutic platform to engineer immunotherapies for colorectal cancer. We have signed exclusive worldwide license
agreements with Johns Hopkins University for a cancer drug that targets glioblastoma (brain cancer), pancreatic cancer, and other cancers.
We have also signed an exclusive worldwide license with George Washington University for another cancer drug that targets hepatoceullar
carcinoma (liver cancer), and other liver diseases.
Our
platform was originally developed by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (“JHU-APL”). JHU-APL uses the same technology for applications related to national defense. Over
several years, the software and algorithms have been used to identify relationships, patterns, and anomalies, and make predictions that
otherwise may not be found. These discoveries and insights provide an advantage when predicting a target of interest, regardless of industry
or sector. We have applied the technology to various clinical data sets and have identified novel relationships that may provide new
intellectual property, new drug targets, and other valuable information that may help with patient stratification for a clinical trial
thereby improving the odds for success. The platform has not yet aided in the development of a drug that has reached commercialization.
However, we have licensed one drug candidate that has completed a Phase 1 trial and a second candidate that is in the preclinical stages.
Our aim is to use our technology on current and future available data to help us better determine the optimal path for development.
Contract
Services
Our
fee for service partnership offering is designed for biopharmaceutical companies, as well as other organizations, of all sizes that have
challenges analyzing data throughout the drug development process. We provide the customer with an analysis of large complex data sets
using our proprietary artificial intelligence / machine learning platform called bfLEAP™. This platform is designed to predict
targets of interest, patterns, relationships, and anomalies. Our service model involves a cash fee plus the potential for rights to new
intellectual property generated from the analysis, which can be performed at the discovery, preclinical, or clinical stages of drug development.
On September 28, 2022, BullFrog AI entered into a $185,000 service contract with Sapu Biosciences, LLC, a subsidiary of Oncotellic Therapeutics
(OTCQB: OTLC). The scope of the contract is focused on uncovering novel insights related to oncology clinical data for one of their candidate
programs.
Collaborative
Arrangements
We
will also seek to enter into collaborative arrangements with pharmaceutical companies who have drugs that have failed late Phase 2
or Phase 3 trials. Our revenue from such collaborations will be based on achieving certain milestones as determined by each specific
arrangement.
Acquisition
of Rights to Certain Drugs
In
certain circumstances, we may also acquire rights to drugs that are in early stage clinical trials, use our technology to produce a successful
later stage precision medicine trial, and divest the asset. The same process may apply to the discovery of new drugs.
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Our
Products
Product/Platform
Description
Target
Market/Indications
bfLEAP™
– AI/ML platform for analysis of preclinical and/or clinical data
AI/ML
analytics platform derived from technology developed at JHU-APL and licensed by the Company.
Biotechnology
and pharmaceutical companies and other organizations.
siRNA
siRNA
targeting Beta2-spectrin in the treatment of human diseases developed at George Washington University licensed by the Company
Hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC), treatment of obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Has not yet initiated
clinical testing.
Mebendazole
Improved
formulation of Mebendazole developed at Johns Hopkins University and licensed by the Company
Glioblastoma.
Has begun the process of clinical testing but has not received regulatory approval for commercialization.
On
January 14, 2022, the Company entered into an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license from George Washington University (GWU)
for rights to use siRNA targeting Beta2-spectrin in the treatment of human diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The license
covers methods claimed in three U.S. and worldwide patent applications, and also includes use of this approach for treatment of obesity,
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. This program is currently in the preclinical stage of development.
The Company has not yet initiated development activities or IND-enabling studies on this asset; however, the plan is to conduct this
work over the next 24 months. All R&D to date on this candidate has been conducted by the licensor of the technology, George Washington
University.
Non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition in which excess lipids, or fat, build up in the liver. This condition, which is more common
in people who have obesity and related metabolic diseases including type 2 diabetes, affects as many as 24% of adults in the US and is
associated with risk of progression to more serious conditions, including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), with associated liver
inflammation and fibrosis, and HCC. Evidence in animal models of obesity suggest that a protein called β2-spectrin
may play a key role in lipid accumulation, tissue fibrosis, and liver damage, and targeting expression or activity of this protein may
be a useful approach in treating NASH and liver cancer (Rao et al., 2021).
In
February 2022, the Company entered into an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) for
the use of an improved formulation of Mebendazole for the treatment of any human cancer or neoplastic disease. This formulation shows
potent activity in animal models of different types of cancer and has been evaluated in a Phase I clinical trial in patients with high-grade
glioma (NCT01729260). The trial, an open-label dose-escalation study, assessed the safety of the improved formulation with adjuvant temozolomide
in 24 patients with newly diagnosed gliomas. Investigators observed no dose-limiting toxicity in patients receiving all but the highest
tested dose (200mg/kg/day). Four of the 15 patients receiving the maximum tested dose of 200mg/kg/day experienced dose-limiting toxicity,
all of which were reversed by decreasing or eliminating the dose given. There were no serious adverse events attributed to mebendazole
at any dose during the trial. The Company is currently formulating a strategy to find a partner to conduct additional clinical trials
with this asset to enable evaluation of safety in humans.
We
are able to leverage our drug rescue business by leveraging a powerful and proven AI/ML platform (trade name: bfLEAP™) initially
derived from technology developed at JHU-APL. The bfLEAP™ analytics platform
is a potentially disruptive tool for analysis of pre-clinical and/or clinical data sets, such as the robust pre-clinical and clinical
trial data sets being generated in translational R&D and clinical trial settings. The input data for bfLEAP™ can include raw
data (preclinical and/or clinical readouts), categorical data, sociodemographic data of patients, and various other inputs. Thus, the
bfLEAP™ platform is capable of capturing the “human experience” of patients in an unbiased manner, and contextualizing
it against other disparate data sources from patients (e.g. molecular data, physiological data, etc.) for less biased and more meaningful
conclusions (i.e. more ethical AI/ML). It is also uniquely scalable – the bfLEAP™ platform is able to perform analysis on
large, high-volume data sets (i.e. ‘big data’) and also able to analyze highly disparate “short and wide” data
as well. In terms of visualization, bfLEAP™ is able to integrate with most commonly used visualization tools for graph analytics.
We
believe the combination of a) scalable analytics (i.e., large data or short/wide data), b) state-of-the-art algorithms, c)
unsupervised machine learning, and d) streamlined data ingestion/visualization makes bfLEAP™ one of the most flexible and
powerful new platforms available on the market.
4
Our
Platform Technology
We
will continue to evolve and improve bfLEAP™, either in-house or with development partners like JHU-APL. The bfLEAP™
platform is based on an exclusive, worldwide license granted by JHU.
We
plan to leverage our proprietary AI/ML platform developed over several years at one of the top innovation institutions in the world which
has already been successfully applied in multiple sectors. In terms of underlying intellectual property, we have secured a worldwide
exclusive license from JHU-APL for the technology – this license covers 3 issued patents, as well as 1 new provisional patent application,
non-patent rights to proprietary libraries of algorithms and other trade secrets, and also includes modifications and improvements. In
addition, we have a unique business model designed to reduce risk and increase the frequency of cash flow.
The
Company has recently licensed new technology from JHU-APL to evolve the bfLEAP platform to bfLEAP
2.0. This new and improved platform will enable more robust analysis of data with faster and higher precision prediction of the most
important variables for identifying patient response to a drug.
Going
forward, the Company will continue to evolve the platform and either develop or acquire new capabilities and technologies. These development
efforts may be in house or in collaboration with an existing or new technology partners. The Company plans on hiring talent in data science
and software development to bolster its in house capabilities.
Summary
for CATIE Schizophrenia Case Study
The Company worked with the Lieber Institute for Brain Development to analyze data from the landmark CATIE trials. The CATIE trials were the largest
trials ever conducted for anti-psychotic medications. BullFrog analyzed CATIE data from ~200 schizophrenia patients, with a library of
almost 1 million genetic data points for each patient, more than 200 non-genetic attributes per patient, and 4 different medications
used in the trial. For each of the four medications used, bfLEAP™ analysis revealed new, previously unknown relationships between
individual genetic variants and negative patient symptoms. The genetic loci identified represent potential druggable targets, as well
as potential stratifying criteria for future clinical trials in schizophrenia.
We
performed another analysis on the data using our new advanced clustering algorithms bfLEAP 2.0 but focused on one particular drug named
Olanzapine. Our bfLEAP™ 2.0 analytical results identified previously unknown, multi-dimensional associations among newly identified
genetic variants, drug clearance, clinical trial sites, and clinical outcome variables in schizophrenia patients.
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FIGURE
1 – bfLEAP™ Analytical Map
Each
green node represents a different sampling of the data, and arrows point to attributes (blue nodes) which were found to be key indicators
according to that sampling. Attribute importance is determined by how many samplings identify that attribute as an indicator (i.e., number
of incoming arrows to each blue node).
6
Identification
of clustered multi-variate associations (e.g., novel genetic variants, drug clearance, substance abuse) could help us 1) identify novel
drug targets, 2) predict which patients are most likely to respond, and 3) identify modifiable factors that could contribute to better
outcomes.
Summary
for Cardiovascular Case Study
The Company worked with an international collaborator in cardiovascular devices to analyze data from an ongoing clinical trial for a new device.
BullFrog analyzed data from ~55 patients, with a library of almost 15,000 unique attributes of data for each patient. The data also included
adverse events, and key demographic information. For this collaborator, bfLEAP™ analysis was able to provide ground truth for the
company - confirming multiple correlations and non-correlations within the data. In terms of actionable output, the analytical results
confirmed at least two demographic co-variates for the ongoing trial, and also provided a starting point for deeper physiological and
molecular studies.
Our
Supply Chain and Customer Base
We
have launched our businesses using funds from our initial public offering and through our partnerships and relationships. We have a strategic
relationship with FSHD Society, a leading non-governmental organization, for AI/ML analysis of clinical trial data for patients with
a rare neuromuscular disorder. We also have several other developing strategic relationships in the project design phase. The Company
has executed a joint development deal for a biologics discovery phase opportunity that is directed toward targeted cancer therapeutics.
The Company has also obtained exclusive worldwide rights to a Phase 2 ready glioblastoma drug and a discovery phase hepatocellular carcinoma
drug from universities. Since we intend to conduct late-stage clinical trials with partners on rescued therapeutic assets, there will
be a requirement of drug product or other significant services to plan and execute our clinical development programs. The success of
our partnered clinical development programs will require adequate availability of raw materials and/or drug product for our R&D and
clinical trials, and, in some cases, may also require establishment of third-party arrangements to obtain finished drug product that
is manufactured appropriately under industry-standard guidelines, and packaged for clinical use or sale. Since we are a digital biopharmaceutical
company, our clinical development programs will also require, in some cases, establishment of third-party relationships for execution
and completion of clinical trials.
Our
Market Opportunity
One
aim of our business is to “rescue” drugs that have failed in phase 3 clinical trials by using our technology to analyze all
available data with the goal of designing a precision medicine clinical trial that will have a better chance of being successful. The
graphic below illustrates the estimated market opportunity for these failed drugs. The top arrow shows the number of failed phase 3 trials
for several disease categories over a 5-year period. The arrows below provide our assumptions for narrowing or discounting certain parameters
associated with the market size calculation. The final arrow shows the math behind the $47.1B. To date, we have not penetrated the failed
drug market, however; we are actively searching for failed drug opportunities.
7
Identification
of candidates with potential for rescue may be challenging and require significant resources, and once these assets are identified the
Company may find it challenging to license them under favorable terms in order to create value for shareholders. Subsequent development
of these assets for clinical testing may require significant effort and resources. Ultimately, these assets must undergo rigorous clinical
testing and approval by FDA or comparable regulatory authorities in other countries in order to be marketed. A key part of our strategy
is to partner our R&D programs. In addition, we do not intend on commercializing drugs and instead will seek to divest each drug
asset to a company that will commercialize the drug. The Company may receive future royalties in come transactions.
The
following graphic illustrates the global revenue forecast for applying AI in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as the increase in
anticipated market spend and annual growth rate for AI solutions per certain application areas.
8
Intellectual
Property
Patents
We
have exclusive worldwide rights to the following patents related to our intellectual property:
Johns
Hopkins University Licensed Intellectual Property:
Title
Serial
Number
File
Date
Application
Type
Country
Status
Patent
Number
Expiration
Date
Assignee
An
Improved Formulation of Mebendazole and Drug Combination to Improve Anti-cancer Activity
62/112,706
06
Feb 2015
Provisional
US
Expired
The
Johns Hopkins University
An
Improved Formulation of Mebendazole and Drug Combination to Improve Anti-cancer Activity
PCT/US2016/016968
08
Feb 2016
PCT
PCT
- Parent
Expired
11
Aug 2016
The
Johns Hopkins University
MEBENDAZOLE
POLYMORPH FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF TUMORS
15/548,959
04
Aug 2017
PCT
US
GRANTED
11,110,079
08
Feb 2036
The
Johns Hopkins University
Mebendazole
Polymorph For Treatment And Prevention Of Tumors
16747414.7
08
Feb 2016
PCT
EPO
GRANTED
Pending
08
Feb 2036
The
Johns Hopkins University
MEBENDAZOLE
POLYMORPH FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF TUMORS
253854
08
Feb 2016
PCT
Israel
GRANTED
253854
08
Feb 2036
The
Johns Hopkins University
An
Improved Formulation of Mebendazole and Drug Combination to Improve Anti-cancer Activity
2016800144274
08
Feb 2016
PCT
China
GRANTED
1ZL20168-0014427.4
08
Feb 2036
The
Johns Hopkins University
An
Improved Formulation of Mebendazole and Drug Combination to Improve Anti-cancer Activity
201717028684
08
Feb 2016
PCT
India
GRANTED
352734
08
Feb 2036
The
Johns Hopkins University
Mebendazole
Polymorph For Treatment And Prevention Of Tumors
2017-541687
08
Feb 2016
PCT
Japan
GRANTED
6796586
08
Feb 2036
The
Johns Hopkins University
CONTINUATION:
Mebendazole Polymorph For Treatment And Prevention Of Tumors
17/402,131
13
Aug 2021
CON
United
States
PENDING
The
Johns Hopkins University
9
George
Washington University Licensed Intellectual Property:
The
provisional patent numbers 63/113,745 and 63/147,141 were both converted into a single PCT application (PCT/US2021/059245) with an expiration
date of November 12, 2041, as shown in table below.
John
Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab Licensed Intellectual Property:
Title
Serial
Number
File
Date
Country
Status
Expiration
Date
Assignee
Apparatus
and Method for Distributed Graph Processing
U.S.
Patent 10,146,801
7/13/2015
US
Granted
3/2/2037
The
Johns Hopkins University
Method
and Apparatus for Analysis and Classification of High Dimensional Data Sets
U.S.
Patent 10,936,965
10/5/2017
US
Granted
9/25/2038
The
Johns Hopkins University
Generalized
Low Entropy Mixture Model
U.S.
Patent 10,839,256
4/2/2018
US
Granted
12/15/2038
The
Johns Hopkins University
Licenses
We
hold the following licenses related to our intellectual property:
Licensor
Licensee
Description
of Rights Granted
Johns
Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
BullFrog
AI, Inc.
Worldwide,
exclusive rights for therapeutics development and analytical services
George
Washington University
BullFrog
AI Holdings
Worldwide,
exclusive rights for therapeutics development
Johns
Hopkins University
BullFrog
AI Holdings
Worldwide,
exclusive rights for therapeutics development
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On
February 7, 2018, we entered into a License Agreement (the “License Agreement”) with JHU-APL, a Maryland limited liability company (“JHU”). Pursuant to the License Agreement, JHU-APL granted the
Company exclusive rights to intellectual property of JHU related to analytical services for applications in biological and chemical derived
pharmaceutical therapeutics. The License Agreement provides for the grant of an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license by JHU
to the Company, with the right to sublicense, in order to conduct research using the patent rights and know-how and to develop and commercialize
products in the field using the patent rights and know-how. In consideration of the rights granted to the Company under the License Agreement,
the Company granted JHU received a warrant equal to five (5%) percent of the then fully diluted equity base of the Company, which was
diluted following our public offering. Under the terms of the License Agreement, the Company is required to use commercially reasonable
efforts to meet certain development milestones and minimum net sales milestones, and JHU will be entitled to eight (8%) percent of net
sales for the services provided by the Company in which the JHU license was utilized, as well as fifty (50%) percent of all sublicense
revenues received by the Company. In addition, the Company is required to pay JHU an annual maintenance fee of $1,500. The Company is
also obligated to make minimum annual payments. These minimum annual payments to JHU were amended on September 3, 2020 to $20,000 in
calendar year 2022, $80,000 in calendar year 2023, $300,000 in calendar year 2024, and $300,000 in calendar year 2025 and each year thereafter,
which may be offset against royalties paid by the Company for the year in which the minimum annual royalty becomes due.
The
License Agreement will, unless sooner terminated, continue in each country until the date of expiration of the last to expire patent
included within the patent rights in that country, or if no patents issue, then for 10 years. The License Agreement may be terminated
by the Company upon 60 days’ written notice in its discretion. The License Agreement may also be terminated by JHU if the Company
is in material breach of the License Agreement and fails to cure such breach within a 60-day cure period commencing upon notice. A material
breach by the Company may include a delinquency with respect to payment or the failure by the Company to timely achieve a specified milestone.
We
also have exclusive, worldwide licenses to other intellectual property from JHU that are being held as trade secrets related to our algorithm
libraries, pattern recognition, shallow-and-wide data sets, and time series correlation. We anticipate that new intellectual property
(patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, etc.) will be generated through the course of executing our strategic development projects,
and also through the course of improving, modifying, and scaling our bfLEAP™ platform. In October 2021, we amended the agreement
with JHU-APL to include additional advanced AI technology. Currently, the latest patent grant date was in March 2021.
On
July 8, 2022, the Company entered into an exclusive, world-wide, royalty-bearing license from JHU-APL for the additional technology
(the “2022 License Agreement”). This license provides additional intellectual property rights including patents,
copyrights and knowhow to be utilized under the Company’s bfLEAP™ analytical AI/ML platform. Under the terms of the 2022
License Agreement, JHU will be entitled to eight (8%) percent of net sales for the services provided by the Company to other parties
and 3% for internally development drug projects in which the JHU license is utilized. The 2022 License Agreement also contains
tiered sub licensing fees that start at 50% and reduce to 25% based on revenues. In addition, the Company is required to pay JHU an
annual maintenance fee of $1,500. Minimum annual payments are set to be $30,000 for 2022, $80,000 for 2023, and $300,000 for 2024
and beyond, all of which are creditable by royalties. The financial terms of the new license agreement replace the original terms
and are not duplicative.
George
Washington University - Beta2-spectrin siRNA License
On
January 14, 2022, the Company entered into an exclusive, world-wide, royalty-bearing license from GWU for rights to use siRNA targeting Beta2-spectrin in the treatment of human diseases, including HCC. The license
covers methods claimed in three US and worldwide patent applications, and also includes use of this approach for treatment of obesity,
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. This program is currently in the preclinical stage of development.
The Company has not yet initiated development activities or IND-enabling studies on this asset; however, the plan is to conduct this
work over the next 24 months. All R&D to date on this candidate has been conducted by the licensor of the technology, George Washington
University. The term of the agreement began on January 14, 2022 and ends on the expiration date of the last patent to expire or 10 years
after the first sale of a licensed product if no patents have issued. The license can be terminated by the licensee upon 60 days’
written notice, or by the licensor if the Company is more than 30 days late in paying amounts owed to the licensor and does not make
payment upon demand, or in the event of any material breach of the license that is not cured within 45 days.
Non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition in which excess lipids, or fat, build up in the liver. This condition, which is more common
in people who have obesity and related metabolic diseases including type 2 diabetes, affects as many as 24% of adults in the US and is
associated with risk of progression to more serious conditions, including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), with associated liver
inflammation and fibrosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Evidence in animal models of obesity suggest that a protein called β2-spectrin
may play a key role in lipid accumulation, tissue fibrosis, and liver damage, and targeting expression or activity of this protein may
be a useful approach in treating NASH and liver cancer (Rao et al., 2021).
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In
consideration of the rights granted to the Company under the license agreement, GWU received a $20,000 License Initiation Fee. Under
the terms of the License Agreement, GWU will be entitled to a three percent (3%) royalty on net sales subject to quarterly minimums once
the first sale has occurred subsequent to regulatory approval, as well sublicense or assignment fees in the event the Company sublicenses
or assigns their rights to use the technology. The Company will also reimburse GWU for previously incurred and ongoing patent costs.
The Sublicense and Assignment fee amounts decline as the Company advances the clinical development of the licensed technology. The license
agreement also contains milestone payments for clinical development through the approval of an NDA and commercialization.
Aggregate
payments made to GWU to date include the $20,000 License Initiation Fee and an additional $6,550 to reimburse the licensor for past patent
costs. Aggregate future milestone costs could reach $860,000 if the drug successfully completes clinical trials and is the subject of
a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. FDA. Future milestones on sales revenue are limited to $1M on the first $20M in net sales.
Johns
Hopkins University – Mebendazole License
On
February 22, 2022, the Company entered into an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license from JHU for
the use of an improved formulation of Mebendazole for the treatment of any human cancer or neoplastic disease. This formulation shows
potent activity in animal models of different types of cancer, and has been evaluated in a Phase I clinical trial in patients with high-grade
glioma (NCT01729260). The trial, an open-label dose-escalation study, assessed the safety of the improved formulation with adjuvant temozolomide
in 24 patients with newly diagnosed gliomas. Investigators observed no dose-limiting toxicity in patients receiving all but the highest
tested dose (200mg/kg/day). Four of the 15 patients receiving the maximum tested dose of 200mg/kg/day experienced dose-limiting toxicity,
all of which were reversed by decreasing or eliminating the dose given. There were no serious adverse events attributed to mebendazole
at any dose during the trial. The Company is currently formulating a strategy to conduct additional clinical trials with this asset to
enable evaluation of safety in humans.
The
license covers six (6) issued patents and one (1) pending application, with the term of the agreement beginning on February 22, 2022
and ending on the date of expiration of the last to expire patent. The license can be terminated by the licensee upon 90 days’
written notice, or by the licensor in the event of any material breach of the license that is not cured within 30 days. In consideration
of the rights granted to the Company under the license agreement, JHU will receive a staggered Upfront License Fee of $250,000, with
the first $50,000 payment due within 30 days of the effective date. The Company will also reimburse JHU for previously incurred and ongoing
patent costs. Under the terms of the license agreement, JHU will be entitled to three- and one-half percent (3.5%) royalty on net sales
by the Company. In addition, the Company is required to pay JHU minimum annual royalty payments of $5,000 for 2023, $10,000 for 2024,
$20,000 for 2025, $30,000 for 2026 and $50,000 for 2027 and each year after until the first commercial sale after which the annual minimum
royalty shall be $250,000. The license agreement also contains milestone payments for clinical development steps through the approval
of an NDA and commercialization. Aggregate payments made to date include the initial $50,000 upfront fee and an additional $79,232.53
to reimburse the licensor for past patent costs. Aggregate future milestone costs could reach $1,500,000 if the drug successfully completes
Phase II and III clinical trials and is approved for sale and marketing by the US FDA. Future milestones on sales revenue are $1M on
the first $20M in sales revenue, $2M in the first year cumulative sales revenue exceeds $100M, $10M in the first year cumulative sales
revenue exceeds $500M, and $20M in the first year cumulative sales revenue exceeds $1B.
JHU
– Mebendazole Prodrug License
On
October 13, 2022, the Company entered into an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license from JHU and
the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB) of the Czech Academy of Sciences for rights to commercialize N-substituted
prodrugs of mebendazole that demonstrate improved solubility and bioavailability. The license covers prodrug compositions and use for
treating disease as claimed in multiple US and worldwide patent applications. The term of the agreement began on October 13, 2022and
continues until the date of expiration of the last to expire patent, or for 20 years from the effective date of the agreement if no patents
issue. The license can be terminated by the Company upon 90 days’ written notice, or by the licensor in the event of any material
breach of the license that is not cured by the Company within 30 days.
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In
consideration for the rights granted to the Company under the License Agreement JHU and IOCB will receive a staggered upfront license
fee of $100,000. The Company will also reimburse JHU and IOCB for previously incurred patent costs totaling $33,265 and will be responsible
for reimbursing licensors for future patent costs. Under the terms of the License Agreement, the licensors will be entitled to a four
percent (4%) royalty on net sales subject to annual minimums upon first commercial sale of a licensed product, as well sublicense or
assignment fees in the event the Company sublicenses or assigns their rights to use the technology. The Sublicense fee amount declines
as the Company advances the clinical development of the licensed technology. The Company is required to pay minimum annual royalties
(MAR) beginning in year 4 of the agreement. The MAR for year 4 will be $5,000, increasing to $10,000 in year 5, $20,000 in year 6, $30,000
in year 7, and $50,000 in year 8 and subsequent years. The Company will be responsible for milestone payments for patent issuance of
up to $50,000 and clinical development milestones up to and including approval of an NDA totaling up to $2.3M. The Company will be required
to pay a commercial milestone of $1M once sales reach $20M in the US, $2M when sales in the US reach $100M, $10M when US sales reach
$500M, and $20M when US sales exceed $1B.
Competition
The
pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries are characterized by rapidly advancing technologies, intense competition, and a strong emphasis
on proprietary products. The immuno-oncology, neuroscience, and rare disease segments of the industry in particular are highly competitive.
While we believe that our technology, development experience and scientific knowledge provide competitive advantages, we face potential
competition from many different sources, including major pharmaceutical, specialty pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies, academic
institutions and governmental agencies, and public and private research institutions.
Many
of our competitors may have significantly greater financial resources, and expertise in research and development, manufacturing, preclinical
studies, conducting clinical trials, obtaining regulatory approvals, and marketing approved medicines than we do. Mergers and acquisitions
in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and diagnostic industries may result in even more resources being concentrated among a smaller
number of our competitors. These competitors also compete with us in recruiting and retaining qualified scientific and management personnel
and in establishing clinical trial sites and patient registration for clinical trials, as well as in acquiring technologies complementary
to or necessary for our programs. Smaller or early-stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through
collaborative arrangements with large and established companies.
The
key competitive factors affecting the success of all of our product candidates, if approved, are likely to be their efficacy, safety,
convenience, price, the effectiveness of companion diagnostics in guiding the use of related therapeutics, if any, the level of generic
competition and the availability of reimbursement from government and other third-party payors.
Our
commercial opportunity could be reduced or eliminated if our competitors develop and commercialize medicines that are safer, are more
effective, have fewer or less severe side effects, are more convenient or are less expensive than any medicines we may develop. Our competitors
also may obtain FDA or other regulatory approval for their medicines more rapidly than we may obtain approval for ours, which could result
in our competitors establishing a strong market position before we are able to enter the market. In addition, our ability to compete
may be affected in many cases by insurers or other third-party payors seeking to encourage the use of generic medicines. There are many
generic medicines currently on the market for certain of the indications that we are pursuing, and additional generics are expected to
become available over the coming years. If our therapeutic product candidates are approved, we expect that they will be priced at a significant
premium over competitive generic medicines.
Any
product candidates that we successfully develop and commercialize will compete with existing therapies and new therapies that may become
available in the future. If the product candidates of our priority programs are approved for the indications for which we are currently
planning clinical trials, they will compete with the drugs discussed below and will likely compete with other drugs currently in development.
bfLEAP
The
analytics industry and application of AI in healthcare is growing rapidly. Competition exists along the entire continuum of the drug
development process from discovery to commercialization and beyond. We believe the weakness of the industry is the quality of the data
and we believe bfLEAP provides several competitive advantages, that will position the Company for success, First, bfLEAP is highly scalable
and can process data from small to extremely large complex data sets without the need for additional code being developed. Second, it
is adept at processing and analyzing incomplete data and making predictions that we do not believe other technologies are capable of
doing. Finally, bfLEAP has the ability to extract the most important features for analysis out of extremely large complex data sets using
unsupervised machine learning algorithms, thereby greatly simplifying complex problems. Since data quality is a problem that exists in
the healthcare industry, we see these as major differentiators. The ability to make predictions, find relationships and patterns and
anomalies in extremely large complex data sets has been demonstrated by the Applied Physics Lab in other applications and sectors. Finally,
the algorithms used by bfLEAP are proprietary and protected, having been developed at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. We
believe most of the competitors rely on open source algorithms and we also believe that we have already demonstrated our superiority
via the August 2021 publication in DeepAI.org.
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Government
Regulation
The
FDA does not currently require approval of AI technologies used to aid in therapeutics, but that could change in the future. The FDA
will regulate any clinical trials conducted by the Company.
Our
clinical development programs will, in some cases, require regulatory review of preclinical and/or clinical data by the FDA or other
governing agencies, and subsequent compliance with applicable federal, state, local, and foreign statutes and regulations. The results
of the clinical trials that we conduct will be evaluated by the FDA and other regulatory bodies. The comments and approvals that are
obtained are expected to lead to milestone payments under the collaborative agreement. Accordingly, our ability to navigate the regulatory
process is extremely important to the success of the Company. We believe that we have a competitive advantage in this process due to
primarily focusing on drug candidates that already have some level of success in clinical trials. Previous success of a particular candidate
in trials combined with our precision medicine approach to clinical trial design using our bfLEAP platform, will de-risk the development
process and improve the chances for success.
Government
Regulation and Product Approval
Government
authorities in the United States, at the federal, state and local level, and in other countries and jurisdictions extensively regulate,
among other things, the research, development, testing, manufacture, quality control, approval, packaging, storage, recordkeeping, labeling,
advertising, promotion, distribution, marketing, post-approval monitoring and reporting, and import and export of pharmaceutical products.
The processes for obtaining regulatory approvals in the United States and in foreign countries and jurisdictions, along with subsequent
compliance with applicable statutes and regulations and other regulatory authorities, require the expenditure of substantial time and
financial resources.
FDA
Approval Process
In
the United States, pharmaceutical products are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C
Act) and other federal and state statutes and regulations govern, among other things, the research, development, testing, manufacture,
storage, recordkeeping, approval, labeling, promotion and marketing, distribution, post-approval monitoring and reporting, sampling and
import and export of pharmaceutical products. Failure to comply with applicable U.S. requirements may subject a company to a variety
of administrative or judicial sanctions, such as FDA refusal to approve pending new drug applications (NDAs), warning or untitled letters,
product recalls, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, fines, civil penalties and
criminal prosecution.
Pharmaceutical
product development for a new product or certain changes to an approved product in the U.S. typically involves preclinical laboratory
and animal tests, the submission to FDA of an investigational new drug application (IND) which must become effective before clinical
testing may commence, and adequate and well-controlled clinical trials to establish the safety and effectiveness of the drug for each
indication for which FDA approval is sought. Satisfaction of FDA pre-market approval requirements typically takes many years and the
actual time required may vary substantially based upon the type, complexity and novelty of the product or disease.
Preclinical
tests include laboratory evaluation of product chemistry, formulation and toxicity, as well as animal trials to assess the characteristics
and potential safety and efficacy of the product. The conduct of the preclinical tests must comply with federal regulations and requirements,
including good laboratory practices. The results of preclinical testing are submitted to FDA as part of an IND along with other information,
including information about product chemistry, manufacturing and controls, and a proposed clinical trial protocol. Long-term preclinical
tests, such as animal tests of reproductive toxicity and carcinogenicity, may continue after the IND is submitted. A 30-day waiting period
after the submission of each IND is required prior to the commencement of clinical testing in humans. If FDA has neither commented on
nor questioned the IND within this 30-day period, the clinical trial proposed in the IND may begin. Clinical trials involve the administration
of the investigational new drug to healthy volunteers or patients under the supervision of a qualified investigator. Clinical trials
must be conducted: (i) in compliance with federal regulations; (ii) in compliance with good clinical practice, or GCP, an international
standard meant to protect the rights and health of patients and to define the roles of clinical trial sponsors, administrators and monitors;
as well as (iii) under protocols detailing the objectives of the trial, the parameters to be used in monitoring safety and the effectiveness
criteria to be evaluated. Each protocol involving testing on U.S. patients and subsequent protocol amendments must be submitted to FDA
as part of the IND.
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Clinical
trials to support NDAs for marketing approval are typically conducted in three sequential phases, but the phases may overlap. In Phase
1, the initial introduction of the drug into healthy human subjects or patients, the drug is tested to assess metabolism, pharmacokinetics,
pharmacological actions, side effects associated with increasing doses, and, if possible, early evidence of effectiveness. Phase 2 usually
involves trials in a limited patient population to determine the effectiveness of the drug for a particular indication, dosage tolerance
and optimum dosage, and to identify common adverse effects and safety risks. If a drug demonstrates evidence of effectiveness and an
acceptable safety profile in Phase 2 evaluations, Phase 3 trials are undertaken to obtain the additional information about clinical efficacy
and safety in a larger number of patients, typically at geographically dispersed clinical trial sites, to permit FDA to evaluate the
overall benefit-risk relationship of the drug and to provide adequate information for the labeling of the drug. In most cases, FDA requires
two adequate and well-controlled Phase 3 clinical trials to demonstrate the efficacy of the drug. A single Phase 3 trial with other confirmatory
evidence may be sufficient in rare instances, such as where the study is a large multicenter trial demonstrating internal consistency
and a statistically very persuasive finding of a clinically meaningful effect on mortality, irreversible morbidity or prevention of a
disease with a potentially serious outcome and confirmation of the result in a second trial would be practically or ethically impossible.
After
completion of the required clinical testing, an NDA is prepared and submitted to FDA. FDA approval of the NDA is required before marketing
of the product may begin in the U.S. The NDA must include the results of all preclinical, clinical and other testing and a compilation
of data relating to the product’s pharmacology, chemistry, manufacture and controls. The cost of preparing and submitting an NDA
is substantial. The submission of most NDAs is additionally subject to a substantial application user fee, and the applicant under an
approved NDA is also subject to an annual program fee for each prescription product. These fees are typically increased annually. Sponsors
of applications for drugs granted Orphan Drug Designation are exempt from these user fees.
FDA
may also refer applications for novel drug products, or drug products that present difficult questions of safety or efficacy, to an outside
advisory committee – typically a panel that includes clinicians and other experts – for review, evaluation and a recommendation
as to whether the application should be approved. FDA is not bound by the recommendation of an advisory committee, but it generally follows
such recommendations.
Before
approving an NDA, FDA will typically inspect one or more clinical sites to assure compliance with GCP. Additionally, FDA will inspect
the facility or the facilities at which the drug is manufactured. FDA will not approve the product unless compliance with current good
manufacturing practices (cGMPs) is satisfactory and the NDA contains data that provide substantial evidence that the drug is safe and
effective in the indication studied.
Fast
Track Designation
FDA
is required to facilitate the development, and expedite the review, of drugs that are intended for the treatment of a serious or life-threatening
disease or condition for which there is no effective treatment and which demonstrate the potential to address unmet medical needs for
the condition. Under the Fast Track program, the sponsor of a new drug candidate may request that FDA designate the drug candidate for
a specific indication as a Fast Track drug concurrent with, or after, the filing of the IND for the drug candidate. FDA must determine
if the drug candidate qualifies for Fast Track Designation within 60 days of receipt of the sponsor’s request.
If
a submission is granted Fast Track Designation, the sponsor may engage in more frequent interactions with FDA, and FDA may review sections
of the NDA before the application is complete. This rolling review is available if the applicant provides, and FDA approves, a schedule
for the submission of the remaining information and the applicant pays applicable user fees. However, FDA’s time period goal for
reviewing an application does not begin until the last section of the NDA is submitted. While we may seek Fast Track Designation, there
is no guarantee that we will be successful in obtaining any such designation. Even if we do obtain such designation, we may not experience
a faster development process, review or approval compared to conventional FDA procedures. A Fast Track Designation does not ensure that
the product candidate will receive marketing approval or that approval will be granted within any particular timeframe. Additionally,
Fast Track Designation may be withdrawn by FDA if FDA believes that the designation is no longer supported by data emerging in the clinical
trial process.
Post-Approval
Requirements
Once
an NDA is approved, a product will be subject to certain post-approval requirements. For instance, FDA closely regulates the post-approval
marketing and promotion of drugs, including standards and regulations for direct-to-consumer advertising, off-label promotion, industry-sponsored
scientific and educational activities and promotional activities involving the internet. Drugs may be marketed only for the approved
indications and in accordance with the provisions of the approved labeling.
Adverse
event reporting and submission of periodic reports are required following FDA approval of an NDA. FDA also may require post-marketing
testing, known as Phase 4 testing, REMS and surveillance to monitor the effects of an approved product, or FDA may place conditions on
an approval that could restrict the distribution or use of the product. In addition, quality control, drug manufacture, packaging and
labeling procedures must continue to conform to cGMPs after approval. Drug manufacturers and certain of their subcontractors are required
to register their establishments with FDA and certain state agencies. Registration with FDA subjects entities to periodic unannounced
inspections by FDA, during which the Agency inspects manufacturing facilities to assess compliance with cGMPs. Accordingly, manufacturers
must continue to expend time, money and effort in the areas of production and quality-control to maintain compliance with cGMPs. Regulatory
authorities may withdraw product approvals or request product recalls if a company fails to comply with regulatory standards, if it encounters
problems following initial marketing, or if previously unrecognized problems are subsequently discovered.
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Generic
Competition
In
seeking approval for a drug through an NDA, applicants are required to list with the FDA each patent whose claims cover the applicant’s
product. Upon approval of a drug, each of the patents listed in the application for the drug is then published in the FDA’s Approved
Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, commonly known as the Orange Book. Drugs listed in the Orange Book can, in turn,
be cited by potential generic competitors in support of approval of an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA). An ANDA provides for
marketing of a drug product that has the same active ingredients in the same strengths and dosage form as the listed drug and has been
shown through bioequivalence testing to be therapeutically equivalent to the listed drug. Other than the requirement for bioequivalence
testing, ANDA applicants are not required to conduct, or submit results of, preclinical or clinical tests to prove the safety or effectiveness
of their drug product. Drugs approved in this way are commonly referred to as “generic equivalents” to the listed drug and
can often be substituted by pharmacists under prescriptions written for the original listed drug.
The
ANDA applicant is required to certify to the FDA concerning any patents listed for the approved product in the FDA’s Orange Book.
Specifically, the applicant must certify that (i) the required patent information has not been filed; (ii) the listed patent has expired;
(iii) the listed patent has not expired but will expire on a particular date and approval is sought after patent expiration; or (iv)
the listed patent is invalid or will not be infringed by the new product (a Paragraph IV certification). The ANDA applicant may also
elect to submit a section viii statement certifying that its proposed ANDA label does not contain (or carve out) any language regarding
the patented method-of-use rather than certify to a listed method-of-use patent. If the applicant does not challenge the listed patents
or certifies that the listed patents will not be infringed by the new product, the ANDA application will not be approved until all the
listed patents claiming the referenced product have expired. If the ANDA applicant has provided a Paragraph IV certification, the NDA
and patent holders may then initiate a patent infringement lawsuit in response. The filing of a patent infringement lawsuit within 45
days of the receipt of a such certification automatically prevents the FDA from approving the ANDA until the earlier of 30 months, expiration
of the patent, settlement of the lawsuit, or a decision in the infringement case that is favorable to the ANDA applicant.
Exclusivity
Upon
NDA approval of a new chemical entity (NCE) that drug receives five years of marketing exclusivity during which FDA cannot receive any
ANDA seeking approval of a generic version of that drug. An ANDA may be submitted one year before NCE exclusivity expires if a Paragraph
IV certification is filed. If there is no listed patent in the Orange Book, there may not be a Paragraph IV certification, and, thus,
no ANDA may be filed before the expiration of the exclusivity period. Certain changes to a drug, such as the addition of a new indication
to the package insert, can be the subject of a three-year period of exclusivity if the application contains reports of new clinical investigations
(other than bioavailability studies) conducted or sponsored by the sponsor that were essential to approval of the application. FDA cannot
approve an ANDA for a generic drug that includes the change during the period of exclusivity.
Patent
Term Extension
After
NDA approval, owners of relevant drug patents may apply for up to a five-year patent extension. The allowable patent term extension is
calculated as half of the drug’s testing phase (the time between IND application and NDA submission) and all of the review phase
(the time between NDA submission and approval up to a maximum of five years). The time can be shortened if FDA determines that the applicant
did not pursue approval with due diligence. The total patent term after the extension may not exceed 14 years, and only one patent can
be extended. For patents that might expire during the application phase, the patent owner may request an interim patent extension. An
interim patent extension increases the patent term by one year and may be renewed up to four times. For each interim patent extension
granted, the post-approval patent extension is reduced by one year. The director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office must
determine that approval of the drug covered by the patent for which a patent extension is being sought is likely. Interim patent extensions
are not available for a drug for which an NDA has not been submitted.
Other
Healthcare Laws
In
the United States, biotechnology company activities are subject to regulation by various federal, state and local authorities in addition
to the FDA, including but not limited to, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), other divisions of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (e.g., the Office of Inspector General and the Office for Civil Rights), the U.S. Department of Justice
(DOJ) and individual U.S. Attorney offices within the DOJ, and state and local governments. For example, research, sales, marketing and
scientific/educational grant programs have to comply with the anti-fraud and abuse provisions of the Social Security Act, the federal
false claims laws, the privacy and security provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and similar
state laws, each as amended, as applicable.
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Also,
many states have similar fraud and abuse statutes or regulations that apply to items and services reimbursed under Medicaid and other
state programs, or, in several states, apply regardless of the payor.
Data
privacy and security regulations by both the federal government and the states in which business is conducted may also be applicable.
HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, or HITECH, and its implementing regulations,
imposes requirements relating to the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information. HIPAA requires
covered entities to limit the use and disclosure of protected health information to specifically authorized situations and requires covered
entities to implement security measures to protect health information that they maintain in electronic form. Among other things, HITECH
made HIPAA’s security standards directly applicable to business associates, independent contractors or agents of covered entities
that receive or obtain protected health information in connection with providing a service on behalf of a covered entity. HITECH also
created four new tiers of civil monetary penalties, amended HIPAA to make civil and criminal penalties directly applicable to business
associates, and gave state attorneys general new authority to file civil actions for damages or injunctions in federal courts to enforce
the federal HIPAA laws and seek attorneys’ fees and costs associated with pursuing federal civil actions. In addition, state laws
govern the privacy and security of health information in specified circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant
ways and may not have the same effect, thus complicating compliance efforts.
Insurance
Coverage and Reimbursement
Significant
uncertainty exists as to the insurance coverage and reimbursement status of any products for which we may obtain regulatory approval.
In the United States, sales of any product candidates for which regulatory approval for commercial sale is obtained will depend in part
on the availability of coverage and adequate reimbursement from third-party payors. Third-party payors include government authorities
and health programs in the United States such as Medicare and Medicaid, managed care providers, private health insurers and other organizations.
These third-party payors are increasingly reducing reimbursements for medical products and services. The process for determining whether
a payor will provide coverage for a drug product may be separate from the process for setting the reimbursement rate that the payor will
pay for the drug product. Third-party payors may limit coverage to specific drug products on an approved list, or formulary, which might
not include all of FDA-approved drugs for a particular indication. A payor’s decision to provide coverage for a drug product does
not imply that an adequate reimbursement rate will be approved. Further, coverage and reimbursement for drug products can differ significantly
from payor to payor. As a result, the coverage determination process is often a time-consuming and costly process that will require us
to provide scientific and clinical support for the use of our products to each payor separately, with no assurance that coverage and
adequate reimbursement will be applied consistently or obtained in the first instance.
Human
Capital Resources
As
of February 10, 2023, the Company has 4 full-time employees and consultants, including its Chief Executive Officer Vininder Singh and
its Chief Financial Officer, Dane Saglio and 7 part-time employees, advisors, and consultants. None of these employees are covered by
a collective bargaining agreement, and we believe our relationship with our employees is good. We also engage consultants on an as-needed
basis to supplement existing staff.
Properties
Currently,
the Company does not own any real property. All of the Company’s employees work virtually.
Legal
Proceedings
The
Company is not a party to any legal proceedings.
Corporate
Information
BullFrog
AI Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Nevada on February 18, 2020. Our principal business address is 325 Ellington Blvd,
Unit 317, Gaithersburg, MD 20878. Our website address is www.bullfrogai.com. The references to our website in this annual report are
inactive textual references only. The information on our website is neither incorporated by reference into this annual report nor intended
to be used in connection with this annual report. All of our operations are currently conducted through BullFrog AI Holdings, Inc.
We
file annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”). These filings are available to the public on the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS
Smaller
reporting companies are not required to provide the information required by this item.
ITEM
1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Smaller
reporting companies are not required to provide the information required by this item.
ITEM
2. PROPERTIES
The
Company’s principal business address is 325 Ellington Blvd, Unit 317, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, and the telephone number at such
address is 408-663-5247. Currently, the Company does not own any real property. All of the Company’s employees work virtually.
ITEM
3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We
are not currently a party to any legal or administrative proceedings. Our current officers and directors have not been convicted in a
criminal proceeding nor have they been permanently or temporarily enjoined, barred, suspended or otherwise limited from involvement in
any type of business, securities or banking activities.
ITEM
4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not
applicable.
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PART
II
ITEM
5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Information
with Respect to our Common Stock and Tradeable Warrants
Our
common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq, and began trading under the symbol “BFRG” on February 14,
2023. Our tradeable warrants are traded on Nasdaq and began trading under the symbol “BFRGW” on February 14, 2023.
Holders
of Record
As
of April 14, 2023 we had 19 shareholders of record of our common stock.
Dividend
Policy
Holders
of common stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends, if any, as may be declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally
available. We have not paid any dividends since our inception, and we presently anticipate that all earnings, if any, will be retained
for development of our business. Any future disposition of dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend
upon, among other things, our future earnings, operating and financial condition, capital requirements, and other factors.
Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
Securities
Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
The
information required by this item with respect to securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans is set forth in
Part III, Item 12 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
The
Company did not repurchase any of its equity securities during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022.
Use
of Proceeds from the Sale of Registered Securities
On
February 13, 2023, our Registration Statement, as amended, and originally filed on Form S-1 (File No. 333-267951) was declared
effective by the SEC for our initial public offering of 1,317,647 units, including 197,647 additional common stock, tradeable
warrants and/or non-tradeable warrants, by the underwriters pursuant to the exercise of the over-allotment option, each at an
offering price of $6.48 per share, $0.01 per tradeable warrant, and/or $0.01 per non-tradeable warrant, for aggregate gross
proceeds of approximately $8.4 million. After deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses
incurred by us of approximately $1.1 million, the net proceeds from the offering were approximately $7.3 million . WallachBeth
Capital LLC acted as sole book-running manager and the representative of the underwriters of the initial public offering. No
offering costs were paid or are payable, directly, or indirectly, to our directors or officers, to persons owning 10% or more of any
class of our equity securities, or to any of our affiliates. Our common stock and tradeable warrants are traded on Nasdaq under the
symbols “BFRG” and “BFRGW”, respectively.
There
has been no material change in the expected use of the net proceeds from our IPO as described in our final prospectus filed with the
SEC on February 16, 2023. Upon receipt, the net proceeds from our IPO were held in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.
As of March 31, 2023, we have used approximately $1.9 million of the net proceeds from the IPO, primarily on D&O Insurance, repayment
of debt that was not converted in the IPO and accrued expenses for technology access, consultants and compensation as well as the costs
for operations in the first quarter of 2023. Pending such uses, we plan to continue investing the unused proceeds from the IPO in fixed,
non-speculative income instruments and money market funds.
ITEM
6. Reserved
Not
applicable.
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ITEM
7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION
The
following discussion and analysis of the results of operations and financial condition of Bullfrog AI Holdings, Inc. (“Bullfrog”)
as of and for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and
the notes to those consolidated financial statements that are included elsewhere in this Annual Report. References in this Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations to “us”, “we”, “our” and
similar terms refer to the Company. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
contains statements that are forward-looking. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to
risk, uncertainties and other factors. These statements are often identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,”
“expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “estimate,”
or “continue,” and similar expressions or variations. Actual results could differ materially because of the factors discussed
in “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this Annual Report, and other factors that we may not know.
OVERVIEW
Bullfrog
AI Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Nevada on February 6, 2020. Bullfrog AI Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of Bullfrog
AI, Inc. and Bullfrog AI Management, LLC, which were incorporated in Delaware and Maryland, in 2017 and 2021, respectively. Operations
are currently conducted through BullFrog AI Holdings, Inc., which began operations on February 6, 2020. We are a company focused specifically
on advanced Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ML) analysis of complex data in the advancement of medicine. Our AI/ML platform
(trade name: bfLEAP™) was created from technology originally developed at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
(JHU-APL).
In
February 2018, BullFrog AI Holdings secured the original exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license from JHU-APL for the
technology. The license covers three (3) issued patents, one (1) new provisional patent application, non-patent rights to
proprietary libraries of algorithms and other trade secrets including modifications and improvements. We entered into a license
agreement in July 2022 that provides the Company with new intellectual property and also encompasses
most of the intellectual property from the February 2018 license. Our objective is to utilize our for a precision medicine approach
toward drug development with biopharmaceutical collaborators, as well as our own internal clinical development programs. We believe
the bfLEAP™ platform is ideally suited for evaluating pre-clinical and clinical trial data generated in translational research
and clinical trial settings that lead to faster, less expensive drug approvals.
Our
aim is to improve the odds of success in each stage of developing medicine, ranging from early pre-clinical through late-stage clinical
development. Our ultimate objective is to utilize bfLEAP™ to enable the success of ongoing clinical trials or rescue late-stage
failed drugs (i.e., Phase 2 or Phase 3 clinical trial failures) for development and divestiture; although, we will also consider collaborations
for earlier stage drugs. We hope to accomplish this through strategic acquisitions of current clinical stage and failed drugs for in-house
development, or through strategic partnerships with biopharmaceutical industry companies.
On
July 8, 2022, the Company entered into an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license from JHU-APL for the additional technology.
The new license provides additional intellectual property rights including patents, copyrights and knowhow to be utilized under the Company’s
bfLEAP™ analytical AI/ML platform. In consideration of the new license, the Company issued to JHU-APL 39,879 shares of common stock.
In September 2020 and October of 2021, the Company executed amendments to the original license which represents improvements and new
advanced analytics capabilities. In consideration of the rights granted to the Company under the original License Agreement, the Company
granted JHU 178,571 warrants exercisable to purchase shares of common stock at $2.10 per share. Under the terms of the new License Agreement,
JHU will be entitled to eight (8%) percent of net sales for the services provided by the Company to other parties and 3% for internally
development drug projects in which the JHU license was utilized. The new license also contains tiered sub licensing fees that start at
50% and reduce to 25% based on revenues. In addition, the Company is required to pay JHU an annual maintenance fee of $1,500. Minimum
annual payments are set to be $30,000 for 2022, $80,000 for 2023, and $300,000 for 2024 and beyond, all of which are creditable by royalties.
We
will continue to evolve and improve bfLEAP™, either in-house or with development partners like JHU-APL. We plan to leverage our proprietary AI/ML platform developed over several years at one of the top innovation institutions
in the world which has already been successfully applied in multiple sectors.
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We
have begun to ramp our business using funds from our initial public offer offering and through our partnerships and relationships.
We currently have a strategic relationship with a leading rare disease non-profit organization for AI/ML analysis of late-stage
clinical data. We have also acquired the rights to a series of preclinical and early clinical drug assets from universities, as well
as a strategic collaboration with a world-renowned research institution to create a HSV1 viral therapeutic platform to engineer
immunotherapies for a variety of diseases. We have signed exclusive worldwide License Agreements with JHU for a
cancer drug that targets glioblastoma (brain cancer), pancreatic cancer, and others. We have also signed an exclusive worldwide
license from George Washington University for another cancer drug that targets hepatoceullar carcinoma (liver cancer), and other
liver diseases. Additionally, we intend to gain access to later-stage clinical assets through partnerships or the acquisition of
rights to failed therapeutic candidates for drug rescue. In certain circumstances, we intend to conduct late-stage clinical trials
in an effort to rescue therapeutic assets that previously failed. In these cases there will be a requirement for a drug supply and
regulatory services to conduct clinical trials. The success of our clinical development programs will require finding partners to
support the clinical development, adequate availability of raw materials and/or drug product for our R&D and clinical trials,
and, in some cases, may also require establishment of third-party arrangements to obtain finished drug product that is manufactured
appropriately under (GMP) industry-standard guidelines, and packaged for clinical use or sale. Since we are a company focused on
using our AI technology to advance medicines, any clinical development programs will also require, in all cases, partners and the
establishment of third-party relationships for execution and completion of clinical trials. Over the next 24 months, the Company
expects to spend approximately $2.1 million on service offering products, preclinical IND enabling activities and on R&D to
enable future clinical trials evaluating our drug assets for new disease indications.
Our
Strategy
The
Company has a unique strategy designed to reduce risk and increase the frequency of cash flow. The first part of the strategy is to generate
revenues through strategic relationships with biopharma companies. These relationships will be structured as a combination of fees and
intellectual property based on the specific scope of the engagement. The objective of these engagements will be to uncover valuable insights
to reduce the risk and/or increase the speed of the drug development process which can be achieved through manual or automated integration
into the client’s work flow or analysis of discrete data sets.
In
the future, the second part of our strategy involves acquiring the rights to clinical stage drugs, using our bfLEAP technology to design
a precision medicine trial, conduct the trial with a partner, and sell the asset. This approach may also apply to earlier phases in the
drug development process such as discovery and preclinical. In any case, the objective is to create near term value and exit and monetize
as quickly as possible, preferably within approximately 30 months.
Results
of Operations
For
the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
In
late 2022, the Company recognized its first service revenues of $10,000 related to an analysis contract with a small pharmaceutical
company. The Company previously had not recorded any revenues. Through the end of 2022, the Company has an accumulated deficit of
approximately $4,399,000. Net loss from operations in 2022 was approximately $2,455,000 versus $555,000 in 2021. The 2022 increase
reflects the full year costs of engaging advisors and consultants and other costs associated with preparing the Company for its
initial public offering including the costs related to auditing the Company’s past and current financial statements. Cash used
in operations in 2022 was approximately $911,000 versus approximately $382,000 in 2021 and net cash inflows from financing
activities in 2022 was approximately $967,000 versus approximately $387,000 in 2021.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
In
2021, we received net proceeds of approximately $387,000, primarily from the sale of a SAFE note ($150,000) and a convertible promissory
note ($99,900) and three unsecured promissory notes ($49,000) to a related party. In addition, in July and December 2021, the Company
sold convertible bridge notes to two unrelated parties and received net proceeds of approximately $88,000. In the period ended December
31, 2022 the Company received net proceeds from the sale of Convertible Bridge Notes of approximately $1,016,000 and repaid the unsecured
promissory notes sold in 2021 in the amount of $49,000.
Through
2021, the Company primarily operated with only one full time employee and a series of consultants. During this period, the primary activities
included: technology evaluation, acquisition and validation, capital acquisition and business development activities which in general,
have readied the Company for contract services while exploring strategic partnering and asset acquisition. The majority of this was paid
to employees and consultants as compensation. In 2021, the Company used approximately $382,000 on operating activities including approximately
$203,000 in salaries and approximately $150,000 on professional services and fees directly related to preparation for the intended IPO.
The Company also made payments totaling $25,000 under two evaluation/option agreements for the two drug development programs licensed
in 2022. In 2022, three consultants engaged by the Company became part time employees and the Company now has four employees. For the
year ended December 31, 2022, the Company used approximately $911,000 on operating activities versus approximately $382,000 for the same
period in 2021. The 2022 cash use included approximately $548,000 in salaries, approximately $634,000 in consulting and professional
fees including legal, accounting and auditing fees as well as consulting fees for operational activities and approximately $609,000 in
technology license fees, patent cost reimbursements and minimum annual royalties which has been recorded as a research & development
expense.
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Through
December 31, 2022, the Company has an accumulated deficit of approximately $4,399,000 and funded its operations through the sale of common
stock and debt. We anticipate that our expenses will increase in the future to support our service offerings, clinical and pre-clinical
research and development activities associated with strategic partnering and collaborations as we well as acquired product candidates
and the increased costs of operating as a public company. These increases will likely include increased costs related to the hiring of
additional personnel and fees to outside consultants, lawyers and accountants, among other expenses. Additionally, we anticipate increased
costs associated with being a public company including expenses related to services associated with maintaining compliance with exchange
listing and Securities and Exchange Commission requirements, insurance, and investor relations costs.
The
Company’s current operations include BullFrog AI, Inc. and BullFrog Management, LLC, which are wholly owned subsidiaries of BullFrog
AI Holdings, Inc., which is a holding company that depends upon the sale of its securities and cash generated through its subsidiaries
to fund consolidated operations.
Through
December 31, 2022, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $1,016,000 from the sale of convertible promissory notes and warrants.
On February 16, 2023, the Company completed
its initial public offering of 1,297,318 units (each, a “Unit,” collectively, the “Units”) at a price of
$6.50 per unit for a total of approximately $8.4 million of gross proceeds to the Company. Each Unit consists of one share of the
Company’s common stock, one tradeable warrant (each, a “Tradeable Warrant,” collectively, the “Tradeable
Warrants”) to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $7.80 per share, and one non-tradeable warrant (each,
a “Non-tradeable Warrant,” collectively, the “Non-tradeable Warrants”; together with the Tradeable Warrants,
each, a “Warrant,” collectively, the “Warrants”) to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock
at an exercise price of $8.125. The offering closed on February 16, 2023.
In
connection with and prior to the consummation of the initial public offering, the Company effected a reverse split of its
outstanding shares of common stock at a ratio of 1:7 - 1 share of new common stock for 7 shares of then outstanding common stock.
Also in connection with the initial public offering, a SAFE and convertible loan agreement held by a related party converted into
55,787 shares of post reverse split common stock. Additionally, all outstanding convertible bridge notes and accrued interest
through November 30, 2022 were converted into 276,289 shares common stock and 276,289 warrants to purchase common stock (post
reverse stock split) were issued to the Convertible Bridge Note holders at conversion. The convertible bridge note conversions and
the warrant exercise pricing was determined using a $25 million dollar company valuation immediately before the initial public
offering.
Between
April 5 and April 13, 2023, the holders of warrants exercised 436,533 (post reverse stock split) warrants for common stock at
various exercise prices and the Company received proceeds of approximately $1,495,000.
In
the absence of revenues in 2023 management believes the company’s capital resources are sufficient to fund planned operations for
substantially longer than 12 months from the date of this filing.
Critical
Accounting Policies
In
Footnote 2 of our Audited Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 found elsewhere in this filing, we included a discussion
of the most critical accounting policies used in the preparation of our financial statements. There has been no material change in the
policies and estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements since the completion of the 2022 audit.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We
do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, as such term is defined in Item 303(a)(4) of Regulation S-K.
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Financial
operations overview
Revenue
We
generated our first revenues in late 2022 from our services provided to a pharmaceutical customer. We have service contracts with two
organizations and currently have multiple discussions underway and anticipate, although there can be no assurance, entering into additional
service agreements and business relationships in 2023.
Operating
Expenses
We
classify our operating expenses into two categories: research and development and general and administrative. Prior to 2022, most of
our activities were related to: technology evaluation, acquisition and validation, capital acquisition and business development activities
in general, which we believe have readied the Company for contract services while exploring strategic partnering and asset acquisition.
These activities and related expenditures have been recorded and reported as General and Administrative in our Financial Statements.
In 2022, we licensed two drug development programs from universities and also entered into a new license with JHU-APL for new IP and other
enhancements used with our bfLEAP™ platform. In 2022, we expended appropriately $608,000 on license related payments for our bfLEAP™
AI/ML platform and our two drug development programs from universities. We expect that our research and development expenses will increase
in 2023 as we initiate activities directed towards the development of service offering products, collaborations (JCVI) and preclinical
IND enabling studies.
Research
and Development Costs and Expenses
Research
and development costs and expenses consist primarily of costs related to the acquisition of licensed technology and fees paid to external
service providers. We anticipate our research and development costs could become significant as we execute on our business plan and begin
conducting preclinical research and development activities directed at securing development partners and filing Investigational New Drug
(IND) applications for our licensed drug development programs describes in this filing, as well as under strategic partnerships and for
other drug development programs we may acquire. Research and development expenses are recorded in operating expenses in the period in
which they are incurred. Estimates will be used in determining the expense liability of certain costs where services have been performed
but not yet invoiced. We will monitor levels of performance under each significant contract for external services through communications
with the service providers to reflect the actual amount expended.
General
and Administrative Expenses
In
anticipation of the initial public offering, a management team with deep industry experience was been identified and engaged as
employees and consultants to assist the Company in preparing for the initial public offering and subsequently, to operate and
function as a public company. Through 2021, the Company primarily operated with only one full time employee and a series of
consultants. In 2022, three of the consultants became part time employees of the Company. During this period, the primary activities
included: technology evaluation, acquisition and validation, capital acquisition and business development activities which in
general, have readied the Company for contract services while exploring strategic partnering and asset acquisition as noted above.
The Company’s financial statements reflect an accumulated deficit of approximately $4,400,000 as a result of these activities
including the licensing costs for bfLEAP™. In 2022, the Statement of Operation reflects approximately $2,457,000 in operating
expenses versus $555,000 in the 2021 period. The increase reflects the Company’s continued preparation for its IPO including
legal and accounting costs related to the audit of the Company’s financial statements including those presented in the
Company’s S-1 filed in connection with the Company’s IPO in February 2023. The Company also engaged the management team
noted above which resulted in increased consulting and stock-based compensation expenses in 2021 and 2022. The 2022 Consolidated
Statement of Operations reflects Salaries of approximately $548,000, Consulting and other professional fees of approximately
$644,000 and Stock based compensation of $340,000. For the 2021 period, these amounts were approximately $203,000, $140,000 and
$99,000. We anticipate that our general and administrative expenses will increase in the future to support our service offerings,
clinical and pre-clinical research and development activities associated with strategic partnering and collaborations as well as any
newly acquired product candidates and the increased costs of operating as a public company. These increases will likely include
increased costs related to the hiring of additional personnel and fees to outside consultants, lawyers and accountants, among other
expenses. Additionally, we anticipate increased costs associated with being a public company including expenses related to services
associated with maintaining compliance with exchange listing and Securities and Exchange Commission requirements, insurance, and
investor relations costs.
ITEM
7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
As
a smaller reporting company, this disclosure is not required.
ITEM
8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
See
“Index to Consolidated Financial Statements” which appears on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
ITEM
9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM
9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls
and Procedures
We
are transitioning to and will maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be
disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and timely reported as provided
in SEC rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, as appropriate, to allow for timely
decisions regarding required disclosure. We will periodically review the design and effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures,
including compliance with various laws and regulations that apply to our operations. We will make modifications to improve the design
and effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and may take other corrective action if our reviews identify a need for such
modifications or actions. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, we recognize that any controls and procedures,
no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and we will
apply judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. In addition, the design of any system
of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that
any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations
in a control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There
were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act)
that occurred during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 which have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect,
our internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s
Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
This
Annual Report does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting due to a
transition period established by the rules of the SEC for newly public companies.
Attestation
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
This
Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our registered independent public accounting firm regarding internal control
over financial reporting due to an exemption established by the JOBS Act for “emerging growth companies.”
ITEM
9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
ITEM
9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
None.
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PART
III
ITEM
10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Executive
Officers and Directors
The
following table sets forth the name, age and position of each of our executive officers, key employees and directors.
Name
Age
Position(s)
Executive
Officers:
Vin
Singh
54
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
Dane
Saglio
65
Chief
Financial Officer
Non-Executive
Directors:
Don
Elsey
69
Director
and Chair Audit Committee
William
Enright
60
Director
and Chair of Compensation Committee
Jason
Hanson
54
Director
and Chair of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Vininder
(Vin) Singh is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of BullFrog AI Holdings, Inc. since its inception in August 2017. Over the past five
years, he has built the Company from scratch and during that time he led strategy, built a highly experienced team of leaders, spear
headed the acquisition and development of BullFrog’s core AI technology and drug assets, secured the first revenue, and raised
approximately $2M in financing. In February of 2020, he formed BullFrog AI Holdings, Inc. and BullFrog AI Inc. became a wholly owned
subsidiary designated as the holder of core intellectual property. Vin is a serial entrepreneur and experienced executive with 25 years
of experience in the life sciences and biotechnology industries. He has extensive start-up experience having founded and built several
pioneering investor backed companies including BullFrog AI, which uses machine learning/AI to enable drug development, Next Healthcare
Inc., a personalized diagnostics and adult cell banking service, and MaxCyte Inc. (MXCT), a cell therapy company. He was also an executive
at GlobalStem Inc. and ThermoFisher Scientific, leading their global cell therapy services business. Vin has a BS in Electrical Engineering
from Rutgers University, an MS in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University.
We believe that Mr. Singh is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to the perspective and experience that he brings
as our Founder and Chief Executive Officer, his extensive experience in the science and biotechnology industries and in the management
of startup companies.
Dane
Saglio joined BullFrog Holdings AI, Inc. as Chief Financial Officer in September 2021. Mr. Saglio brings more than 40 years of financial
management experience in both public and private companies across a number of business sectors. Previously, Mr. Saglio has served as
CFO at Seneca Biopharma, RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals since 2011, New Generation Biofuels 2010 until 2011, and EntreMed from 2000 until
2008, all public companies in the biotechnology arena. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Saglio was the CFO of Seneca Biopharma, initially
as a consultant in August 2019 and then as an employee in April 2020 until the Company merged with Leading Bio Sciences, forming Palisades
Bio, Inc. in April 2021. He previously served as CFO at Celios Corporation from October 2017 until July 2019 and Helomics Corporation,
a personalized medicine company in cancer from October 2014 through July 2017. He began his career at Informatics Corp, now Computer
Associates International and then at Bressler & Reiner, a DC-based real estate developer and homebuilder. Dane has a BS from the
University of Maryland is a licensed CPA in Maryland (inactive).
Non-Executive
Directors
R.
Don Elsey has been a director and chair of the Audit Committee of our board since February 14, 2023. Currently, Mr. Elsey serves
as an advisor to the CEO of Lyra Therapeutics, a private company pioneering a new therapeutic approach to treat debilitating ear, nose
and throat diseases. Mr. Elsey was the CFO of Lyra until his retirement in December 2020. Previously, from February 2015 to February
2019, Mr. Elsey served as Chief Financial Officer at Senseonics, Inc., a medical device company. From May 2014 until February 2015, Mr.
Elsey served as Chief Financial Officer of Regado Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. From December 2012 to February 2014,
Mr. Elsey served as Chief Financial Officer of LifeCell Corporation, a privately held regenerative medicine company. Mr. Elsey holds
a B.A. in economics and an M.B.A. in finance from Michigan State University. We believe that Mr. Elsey is qualified to serve as a member
of our board of directors because of his extensive professional experience in science and biotechnology companies,
William
“Bill” Enright has been a director and chair of the Compensation Committee of our board since February 14, 2023. He is
a seasoned biotech executive with more than thirty years of experience in building and financing both privately held and publicly held
companies and will join the board on the effective date of this registration statement. He is currently the CEO and a Director of Vaccitech
plc (NASDAQ: VACC), which he helped to take public in April 2021. Prior to Vaccitech, Bill spent more than ten years at Altimmune (NASDAQ:
ALT) as a Director, President & CEO, moving multiple programs into clinical testing, completing several acquisitions, and eventually
taking the company public. Prior to joining Altimmune, Bill spent six years with GenVec, Inc. (acquired by Intrexon) with increasing
responsibilities, culminating as Head of Business Development.
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Bill
brings a breadth of experiences in a variety of positions within the life science/biotech industry, including time as a consultant, a
bench scientist and 12 years with Life Technologies, Inc. (acquired by Thermo-Fisher), working in various senior level licensing, business
management, manufacturing and research roles.
In
addition to Vaccitech, Bill sits on the Board of Gravitas Therapeutics, Inc. and on a Business Advisory Board for Creatv MicroTech, Inc.,
both privately held companies.
Bill
received a Master of Arts in Molecular Biology from SUNY at Buffalo and a Master of Science in Business Management from Johns Hopkins
University.
We
believe that Mr. Enright is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his extensive professional experience
in life science/biotech companies and in the management of public companies
Jason
Hanson became a director and chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee on the February 14, 2023. He currently serves
as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director at enGene, Inc. (“enGene”), a position he has held since 2018. In this
role, he has built “from the ground up” a new scientific, technical and strategic vision for enGene, a Montreal based gene
therapy company with a ten plus year history, re-launched the company with new science, personnel and strategy within six months of joining
the company. In addition, at enGene, Mr. Hanson continues to build on the new strategy by conceptualized a groundbreaking genetherapy
product from ideation stage into a multi-billion dollar clinical stage asset, has assembled senior team experienced in R&D, oncology
and gene therapy, and has successfully led efforts at FDA to expand BLA, clinical activities to first line NMIBC (Non-Muscle Invasive
Bladder Cancer) effectively doubling addressable market from $3B to $6B Previously, Mr. Hanson served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of Ohana Biosciences, a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, MA. Mr. Hanson previously served as Executive Vice President
and Chief Strategy Officer for NuVasive, Inc. and as Corporate Vice President of General Electric Company and member of the senior executive
team of GE Healthcare, a $20-plus billion dollar global pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare services business. At GE Healthcare
he had global business responsibilities for a range of portfolio management, corporate development, legal, compliance, and government
relations activities. Prior to joining GE Healthcare, Mr. Hanson served as company Group Chairman and Executive Vice President at Valeant
Pharmaceuticals with responsibility for the company’s Consumer, Ophthalmology, Latin American and Dental businesses, as well as
the manufacturing and supply chain, R&D, regulatory and medical affairs teams. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer at Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation, where he led R&D and other critical functions and helped build
the pre-eminent pipeline of prescription dermatology and aesthetic medicine products prior to its acquisition by Valeant for $2.6 billion.
Mr. Hanson received a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a law degree from Duke University School of Law. We believe
that Mr. Hanson is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of his extensive professional experience in life
science/biotech companies.
Family
Relationships
There
are no family relationships between any director and executive officer.
Role
of Board of Directors in Risk Oversight Process
The
board of directors has extensive involvement in the oversight of risk management related to us and our business and accomplishes this
oversight through the regular reporting by the Audit Committee.
Director
Independence
Messrs.
Elsey, Enright and Hanson, three members of our Board of Directors, are independent using the definition of independence under Nasdaq
Listing Rule 5605(a)(2) and the standards established by the SEC.
Committees
of the Board of Directors
Our
board of directors has established an audit committee, a compensation committee, and a nominating and corporate governance committee.
The composition and responsibilities of each of the committees of our board of directors are described below. All directors hold office
until the next annual meeting of the stockholders of the company and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Officers
are elected by and serve at the discretion of our Board. Our board of directors may establish other committees as it deems necessary
or appropriate from time to time.
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Audit
Committee
Our
audit committee consists of Don Elsey, William Enright and Jason Hanson, with Mr. Elsey serving as chair. Our board of directors has
affirmatively determined that each meets the definition of “independent director” under the rules of The Nasdaq Capital Market,
and that they meet the independence standards under Rule 10A-3. Each member of our audit committee meets the financial literacy requirements
of Nasdaq rules. Our board of directors has adopted a written charter for the audit committee, which can be found on our website at https://ir.bullfrogai.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents.
The
audit committee is appointed by the board of directors to assist the board of directors in its duty to oversee the Company’s accounting,
financial reporting, and internal control functions and the audit of the Company’s financial statements. The role of the audit
committee is to oversee management in the performance of its responsibility for the integrity of the Company’s accounting and financial
reporting and its systems of internal controls, the performance and qualifications of the Company’s independent auditor, including
the independent auditor’s independence, the performance of the Company’s internal audit function; and the Company’s
compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
Compensation
Committee
Our
compensation committee consists of William Enright, Don Elsey and Jason Hanson, with Mr. Enright serving as chair. Our board of directors
has adopted a written charter for the compensation committee, which can be found on our website at https://ir.bullfrogai.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents.
The
compensation committee is responsible for reviewing and recommending, among other things:
●
the
adequacy and form of compensation of the board;
●
the
compensation of Chief Executive Officer, including base salary, incentive bonus, stock option and other grant, award and benefits
upon hiring and on an annual basis;
●
the
compensation of other senior management upon hiring and on an annual basis; and
●
the
Company’s incentive compensation and other equity-based plans and recommending changes to such plans to our board of directors,
when necessary.
Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee
Our
nominating and corporate governance committee consists of Jason Hanson, William Enright and Don Elsey, with Mr. Hanson serving as chair.
Our board of directors has adopted a written charter for the nominating and corporate governance committee, which can be found on our
website at https://ir.bullfrogai.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents.
The
nominating committee is responsible for, among other things:
●
developing
criteria for membership on the board of directors and committees;
●
identifying
individuals qualified to become members of the board of directors;
●
recommending
persons to be nominated for election as directors and to each committee of the board of directors;
●
annually
reviewing our corporate governance guidelines; and
●
monitoring
and evaluating the performance of the board of directors and leading the board in an annual self-assessment of its practices and
effectiveness.
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Code
of Ethics
We
have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal
accounting officer or controller, employees or persons performing similar functions. Our code of ethics can be found at https://ir.bullfrogai.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents.
Involvement
in Certain Legal Proceedings
Our
directors and executive officers have not been involved in any of the following events during the past ten years:
1.
any
bankruptcy petition filed by or against such person or any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer
either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time;
2.
any
conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor
offenses);
3.
being
subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction,
permanently or temporarily enjoining him from or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking
activities or to be associated with any person practicing in banking or securities activities;
4.
being
found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action, the SEC or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated
a Federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;
5.
being
subject of, or a party to, any Federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed,
suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of any Federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, any law
or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies, or any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or
fraud in connection with any business entity; or
6.
being
subject of or party to any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization,
any registered entity or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members
or persons associated with a member.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Compliance
Based
solely upon a review of copies of such forms filed on Forms 3, 4 and 5, and amendments thereto furnished to us, we believe that as of
the date of this Report, our executive officers, directors and greater than 10 percent beneficial owners have complied on a timely basis
with all Section 16(a) filing requirements, except Messrs. Elsey, Enright and Hanson did not file Form 3s upon their appointment to the
Board.
Nomination
Process
As
of December 31, 2022, we did not affect any material changes to the procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees to the Board
of Directors.
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ITEM
11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Name and Principal Position
Year
Salary ($)
Bonus ($)
Stock Awards ($)
Option
Awards ($)
Non-Equity Incentive Compensation
Plan ($)
Nonqualified deferred compensation
earnings ($)
All other compensation ($)
Total Compensation ($)
Vininder Singh
2022
$ 179,000
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ 179,000
Chief Executive Officer and Director
2021
$ 116,000
-
-
-
-
116,000
Dane Saglio
2022
$ 30,000
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ 30,000
Chief Financial Officer
2021
-
-
17,600
-
-
17,600
Employment
Agreements
On
May 16, 2022, we entered into an employment agreement with Vininder Singh, pursuant to which he will receive received an annual base
salary of $400,000, which is subject to bi-annual review by the Company. Mr. Singh will also be eligible for an annual bonus based on
the achievement of certain goals and performance criteria established by the Board. Mr. Singh’s target annual bonus for the fiscal
years ended 2022 through 2025 will be a minimum of twenty (20%) percent of the current base salary, with a maximum payout of up to one-hundred
(100%) percent based on target achievement. For 2022, the criteria to determine Mr. Singh’s bonus will include the following: (i)
the Company achieves $500,000 in sales; (ii) the filing of an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application with the FDA for mebandazole;
(iii) the Company enters into two (2) strategic partnerships; and (iv) the Company commences partner negotiations with a third party
for HSV-1, bf-114 or bf-222. Mr. Singh will also be eligible to participate in the Company’s stock incentive plan, subject to Board
approval. The agreement with Mr. Singh shall continue until either his resignation, termination for cause by the Company, or death or
disability of Mr. Singh.
Consulting
Agreements
We
have also entered into a consulting agreement (the “Newman Agreement”) with Gerald Newman pursuant to which Mr. Newman will
assist the Company with general business consulting, strategic relationships and the recruiting of certain key personnel. The Newman
Agreement will terminate on June 23, 2023 and may be renewed upon mutual written agreement by both parties. Pursuant to the Newman Agreement,
Newman will receive a monthly fee of $7,500 per month payable for eight months, which commenced on February 14, 2023, payable on the
last day of each month.
Further,
we have entered into an advisory agreement (the “Greentree Agreement”) with Greentree Financial Group, Inc. (“Greentree”)
to render certain professional services to the Company including but not limited to responding to comments from the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications
Staff as necessary, assisting the Company in preparing a Code of Conduct applicable to directors, officers and employees, and advising on
all documents and accounting systems relating to its finances and transactions, with the purpose of bringing such documents and systems
into compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or disclosures required by the SEC. Pursuant to the Greentree Agreement,
Greentree received 350,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
Director
Compensation
No
compensation has been paid out to the directors during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
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Equity
Compensation Plans
Our Board of Directors has adopted the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan, or 2022 Plan. Once our 2022 Plan became effective, no further grants
were made under the Company’s previous Incentive Plan.
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
There
are no outstanding equity awards held by the Company’s named executive officers or directors as of December 31, 2022.
ITEM
12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The
following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of April 14, 2023 by:
●
each
of our named executive officers;
●
each
of our directors;
●
all
of our current directors and named executive officers as a group; and
●
each
stockholder known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our common stock.
Beneficial
ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to the
securities. Shares of common stock that may be acquired by an individual or group within 60 days of April 14, 2023, pursuant to the
exercise of options or warrants, vesting of common stock or conversion of convertible debt, are deemed to be outstanding for the
purpose of computing the percentage ownership of such individual or group, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of
computing the percentage ownership of any other person shown in the table. Percentage of ownership is based on 6,086,952 shares of
common stock issued and outstanding as of April 14, 2023.
Except
as otherwise indicated, all shares are owned directly. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each of the persons shown is c/o Bullfrog
AI Holdings, Inc., 325 Ellington Blvd., Unit 317, Gaithersburg, MD 20878.
Name of Beneficial Owner
Common Stock Beneficially Owned
Percentage of Common Stock
Directors and Officers:
Vininder Singh
Chief Executive Officer and Director
2,742,446
45.05 %
Dane Saglio
Chief Financial Officer(1)
82,142
1.34 %
R. Don Elsey
-
-
William Enright
-
-
Jason Hanson
-
-
All officers and directors as a group (5 persons)
2,824,588
46.21 %
Beneficial owners of more than 5%
Tivoli Trust (2)
904,391
13.04 %
TEDCO
205,984
3.38 %
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, LLC
218,450
3.49 %
● Less
than 1%
(1)
Comprised of 57,142 shares, including 10,000 shares held by his children, of Common Stock and 25,000 Stock Options exercisable within 60 days.
(2)
Comprised of 73,449 shares of non-voting Series A Preferred Stock, 115,185 warrants exercisable at $2.50 per shares and 54,714 shares
of Common Stock. Assumes the conversion of all Series A Preferred Stock into common stock in an amount equal to ten shares of common stock
for each one share of Series A Preferred Stock.
Securities
Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
General . In November
2022, our Board of Directors adopted our 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2022 Plan”) and the 2022 Plan was submitted to
our stockholders for approval. Our 2022 Plan became effective immediately on adoption. Our 2022 Plan replaces our previous incentive
plan. However, awards outstanding under our previous incentive plan will continue to be governed by their existing terms.
Share
Reserve . The number of shares of our common stock available for issuance under our 2022 Plan is 900,000
shares . Notwithstanding the number of shares available for issuance, on the first day of each month commencing January 1, 2023, or the first business
day of the calendar year if the first day of the calendar year falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the number of shares eligible for awards
under the 2022 Plan will automatically increase in an amount equal to 15% of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding as
of December 31st of the preceding fiscal year.
Plan Category
Number
of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights
(a)
Weighted-average
exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
(b)
Number of securities remaining available
for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
$
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
69,217
$ 3.06
$
Total
69,217
$ 3.06
$
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ITEM
13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Other
than as set forth below and compensation arrangements, including employment, and indemnification arrangements, discussed, there have
been no transactions since January 1, 2021, in which the amount involved in the transaction exceeded or will exceed the lesser of $120,000
or one percent of the average of our total assets as at the year-end for the last two completed fiscal years, and to which any of our
directors, executive officers or beneficial holders of more than 5% of our capital stock, or any immediate family member of, or person
sharing the household with, any of these individuals, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
On
July 8, 2021, the Company entered into a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), with a related party, Tivoli Trust, our second largest
shareholder (the “Investor”), with an amount of $150,000, with 0% interest. Under the SAFE agreement, if
there is an Equity Financing before the termination of this SAFE , on the initial closing
of such Equity Financing, this SAFE will automatically convert into the number of shares
of SAFE Preferred Stock equal to the Purchase Amount divided by the Conversion Price, which
means either: (1) the Safe Price (the price per share equal to the Post-Money Valuation Cap divided by the Company Capitalization) or
(2) the Discount Price (the price per share of the Standard Preferred Stock sold in the Equity Financing multiplied by the Discount Rate),
whichever calculation results in a greater number of shares of Safe Preferred Stock.
If
there is a Liquidity Event before the termination of this SAFE , this SAFE
will automatically be entitled (subject to the liquidation priority set forth in Section 1(d) below) to receive a portion of Proceeds,
due and payable to the Investor immediately prior to, or concurrent with, the consummation of such Liquidity Event, equal to the greater
of (i) the Purchase Amount (the “Cash-Out Amount”) or (ii) the amount payable on the number of shares of Common Stock equal
to the Purchase Amount divided by the Liquidity Price (the “Conversion Amount”). If any of the Company’s securityholders
are given a choice as to the form and amount of Proceeds to be received in a Liquidity Event, the Investor will be given the same choice,
provided that the Investor may not choose to receive a form of consideration that the Investor would be ineligible to receive as a result
of the Investor’s failure to satisfy any requirement or limitation generally applicable to the Company’s securityholders,
or under any applicable laws.
This
SAFE will automatically terminate (without relieving the Company of any obligations arising
from a prior breach of or non-compliance with this SAFE ) immediately following the earliest
to occur of: (i) the issuance of Capital Stock to the Investor pursuant to the automatic conversion of this SAFE under agreement; or
(ii) the payment, or setting aside for payment, of amounts due the Investor pursuant to the agreement.
As
of December 31, 2021, the $150,000 received from SAFE was recorded at 6% imputed interest. The
maturity date of the loan is defined by the SAFE agreement as discussed above. The SAFE was converted into 32,967 shares of common
stock (post reverse stock split) upon the Company’s IPO in February 2023.
On
August 19, 2021, the company entered into a convertible loan agreement with a related party, with a principal balance of $99,900 at 9%
interest. The noteholder has the right to convert the principal and interest into common shares of the Company. This loan included an
original issuance discount of 5% and included 99,900 Warrants at an exercise price of $1, exercisable for 5 years from the issue date
on the face of the Warrant. The maturity date of the loan was February 19, 2022. In May 2022, the Company and the note holder agreed
to cancel and void previous warrants and entered into a new agreement for 115,185 warrants with an exercise price of $2.50. As of December 31, 2022, the $99,900 principal and the $4,950 overpayment of the note remained outstanding and had accrued interest of $12,462.53. The
warrants discussed above were initially discounted against the notes, subsequent to year end December 31, 2021, they were deemed voided
and new warrants in accordance with the new terms were issued. We assessed the differences in fair value and determined that they were
de minimis and expensed the full value of the new warrants. The noteholder elected to convert the loan into 21,747 shares of common stock
(post reverse stock split) upon the Company’s IPO in February 2023.
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On
June 15, 2021, the company entered into a unsecured short term loan agreement with the Investor for an aggregate principal balance of
$34,000, with a one-year maturity date, accruing interest at 5% and imputing an additional 1% interest.
On
November 19, 2021, 2021, the company entered into an unsecured short term loan agreement with the Investor for an aggregate principal
balance of $5,000, with a one-year maturity date, accruing interest at 5% and imputing an additional 1% interest.
On
December 13, 2021, the company entered into an unsecured short term loan agreement with the Investor for an aggregate principal balance
of $10,000, with a one-year maturity date, accruing interest at 5% and imputing an additional 1% interest.
On
October 5, 2022, the Company entered into an exchange agreement with the Investor whereby all of his common stock, 734,493 shares of
common stock (post reverse split shares), were exchanged into 73,449 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that converts to common at a rate of 10 common for one preferred. The Series A
Preferred Stock is the economic equivalent of the common stock but has no voting rights and is subject to a blocker which prohibits
the conversion into common stock if it would result in the Investor owning more than 4.99% of the Company’s outstanding common
stock at such time. For a description of the rights and preferences of the Series A Preferred Stock, see “Description of
Securities- Series A Convertible Preferred Stock”.
Other
Transactions
None.
Director
Independence
Messrs.
Elsey, Enright and Hanson, three members of our Board of Directors, are independent using the definition of independence under Nasdaq
Listing Rule 5605(a)(2) and the standards established by the SEC.
Policies
and Procedures for Related Party Transactions
For
purposes of our policy only, a related person transaction is a transaction, arrangement or relationship, or any series of similar transactions,
arrangements or relationships, in which we and any related person are, were or will be participants in which the amount involved exceeds
the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of the average of our total assets at year-end. Transactions involving compensation for services provided
to us as an employee or director are not covered by this policy. A related person is any executive officer, director or beneficial owner
of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, including any of their immediate family members and any entity owned or controlled
by such persons.
Under
the policy, if a transaction has been identified as a related person transaction, including any transaction that was not a related person
transaction when originally consummated or any transaction that was not initially identified as a related person transaction prior to
consummation, our management must present information regarding the related person transaction to our audit committee, or, if audit committee
approval would be inappropriate, to another independent body of our Board of Directors, for review, consideration and approval or ratification.
The presentation must include a description of, among other things, the material facts, the interests, direct and indirect, of the related
persons, the benefits to us of the transaction and whether the transaction is on terms that are comparable to the terms available to
or from, as the case may be, an unrelated third party or to or from employees generally. Under the policy, we will collect information
that we deem reasonably necessary from each director, executive officer and, to the extent feasible, significant stockholder to enable
us to identify any existing or potential related-person transactions and to effectuate the terms of the policy. In addition, under our
code of business conduct and ethics, our employees and directors will have an affirmative responsibility to disclose any transaction
or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give rise to a conflict of interest. In considering related person transactions,
our audit committee, or other independent body of our Board of Directors, will take into account the relevant available facts and circumstances
including, but not limited to:
●
the
risks, costs and benefits to us;
●
the
impact on a director’s independence in the event that the related person is a director, immediate family member of a director
or an entity with which a director is affiliated;
●
the
availability of other sources for comparable services or products; and
●
the
terms available to or from, as the case may be, unrelated third parties or to or from employees generally.
The
policy requires that, in determining whether to approve, ratify or reject a related person transaction, our audit committee, or other
independent body of our Board of Directors, must consider, in light of known circumstances, whether the transaction is in, or is not
inconsistent with, our best interests and those of our stockholders, as our audit committee, or other independent body of our Board of
Directors, determines in the good faith exercise of its discretion.
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Item
14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
The
following table summarizes the fees billed by M&K CPAs for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, inclusive of out-of-pocket
expenses.
Pre-Approval
Policy
Our
audit committee was formed upon the consummation of our initial public offering. As a result, the audit committee did not pre-approve
all of the foregoing services, although any services rendered prior to the formation of our audit committee were approved by our board
of directors. Since the formation of our audit committee, and on a going-forward basis, the audit committee has and will pre-approve
all auditing services and permitted non-audit services to be performed for us by our auditors, including the fees and terms thereof (subject
to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described in the Exchange Act which are approved by the audit committee prior to
the completion of the audit).
Year Ended December 31,
Fee Category
2022
2021
Audit fees (1)
$ 52,450
$ 10,000
Audit-related fees (2)
12,150
-
Tax fees (3)
-
-
All
other fees (4)
-
-
Total fees
$ 64,690
$ 10,000
(1)
Audit
fees consist of fees for professional services rendered in connection with the annual audit of our consolidated financial statements,
the review of our quarterly condensed consolidated financial statements and consultations on accounting matters directly related
to the audit.
(2)
Audit-related
fees consist of fees for professional services rendered in connection with the submission of our Registration Statement on Form S-1
in connection with our initial public offering.
(3)
Tax
fees consist of fees for professional services for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
(4)
All
other fees consist of fees related to engagement administration.
PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
a)
Financial
Statements
For a list of the consolidated financial statements included herein, see Index to Consolidated Financial Statements on page F-1 of this
Annual Report, which is incorporated into this Item by reference.
b)
Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
Description
1.1
Underwriting Agreement between the Company and WallachBeth Capital LLC dated February 14, 2023, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2023.
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Bullfrog AI Holdings, Inc. incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-267951) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2023.
3.2
Bylaws of Bullfrog AI Holdings, Inc. incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-267951) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2023.
10.1
Acquisition Agreement with Bullfrog AI, Inc. incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-267951) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2023.
10.2
Advisor Agreement between the Company and Greentree Financial Group, Inc. incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-267951) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2023.
10.3
Consulting Agreement between the Company and Garrett Newman incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-267951) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2023.
10.4
Employment Agreement with Vininder Singh incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-267951) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2023.
10.5
Patent License Agreement between the Company and George Washington University, dated January 14, 2022 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-267951) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2023.
10.6
Exclusive License Agreement between the Company and Johns Hopkins University, dated February 22, 2022 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-267951) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2023.
10.7
License Agreement between the Company and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory LLC, dated July 8, 2022 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-267951) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2023.
10.8
License Agreement between the Company and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory LLC, dated February 7, 2018 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-267951) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2023.
10.9
License Agreement between the Company and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB) of the Czech Academy of Sciences, dated October 13, 2022 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-267951) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2023.
10.10 ●
2022 Equity Compensation Plan
21.1
List of significant subsidiaries of Bullfrog AI Holdings, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-267951) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2023.
23.1
Consent of M&K CPAS PLLC, an independent registered public accounting firm
31.1
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31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended.
32.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
April
25, 2023
Bullfrog
AI Holdings, Inc.
By:
/s/
Vininder Singh
Vininder
Singh
Chief
Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
By:
/s/
Dane Saglio
Dane
Saglio
Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
By:
/s/
Vininder Singh
Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman (Principal Executive Officer)
April
25, 2023
Vininder
Singh
By:
/s/
Dane Saglio
Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
April
25, 2023
Dane
Saglio
By:
/s/
Don Elsey
Director
April
25, 2023
R.
Don Elsey
By:
/s/
William Enright
Director
April
25, 2023
William
Enright
By:
/s/
Jason Hanson
Director
April
25, 2023
Jason
Hanson
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BULLFROG
AI HOLDINGS, INC.
INDEX
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 2738
F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021
F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
F-4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficiency for the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-7
F- 1
BULLFROG
AI HOLDINGS, INC.
AUDITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2022
and 2021
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To
the Board of Directors and
Stockholders
of Bullfrog AI Holdings, Inc.
Opinion
on the Financial Statements
We
have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Bullfrog AI Holdings, Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021,
and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows
for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our
opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31,
2022 and 2021 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for flows for the two-year period ended December 31, 2022, in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis
for Opinion
These
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion
on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal
securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We
conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part
of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing
an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our
audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether
due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence
regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used
and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical
Audit Matter
The
critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that
were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material
to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical
audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating
the critical audit matter below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which
they relate.
As
discussed in Note 2, the Company had a going concern disclosure in the previous year due to continued net losses from operations and
negative cash flows in operations. Auditing management’s evaluation of a going concern can be a significant judgment given the
fact that the Company uses management estimates on future revenues and expenses, which are difficult to substantiate.
We
evaluated the appropriateness of the removal of the going concern, we examined and evaluated the financial information along with management’s
plans to mitigate the going concern and management’s disclosure on going concern.
/s/
M&K CPAS, PLLC
We
have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021.
Houston,
Texas
April
25, 2023
F- 2
BULLFROG
AI HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
December 31
December 31
2022
2021
(Audited)
(Audited)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash
$ 57,670
$ 10,014
Prepaid expense
15,000
-
Total Current Assets
$ 72,670
$ 10,014
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
Property and Equipment, net
7,699
-
Total Non-Current Assets
$ 7,699
-
TOTAL ASSETS
$ 80,369
$ 10,014
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable
$ 543,993
$ 68,594
Accrued expenses
416,072
68,557
Accrued expenses-related party
566,916
285,666
Deferred revenue
32,000
10,000
Notes payable-related party
-
49,000
Convertible notes, net of $ 0 and $ 12,962 debt discount, respectively
1,323,890
284,038
Convertible notes-related party, net of $ 0 and $ 1,584 debt
discount, respectively
254,850
253,266
Total Current Liabilities
$ 3,137,721
$ 1,019,121
TOTAL LIABILITIES
$ 3,137,721
$ 1,019,121
STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT:
Series A Preferred stock, $ 0.00001 par value, 5,500,000 shares authorized; 73,449
and 0 shares are issued and outstanding, respectively,
1
-
Common stock, $ 0.00001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 4,021,935 and
4,622,789 shares are issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
40
46
Additional paid-in capital
1,341,662
587,415
Accumulated deficit
( 4,399,055 )
( 1,596,568 )
Total BullFrog stockholders’ deficit
$ ( 3,057,352 )
$ ( 1,009,107 )
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
( 3,057,352 )
( 1,009,107 )
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
$ 80,369
$ 10,014
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
F- 3
BULLFROG
AI HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For Years Ended December 31
2022
2021
NET REVENUES:
Revenues, net
$ 10,000
$ -
TOTAL NET REVENUES
$ 10,000
-
COST OF GOODS SOLD:
Cost of goods sold
800
-
TOTAL COST OF GOODS SOLD
800
-
GROSS PROFIT
9,200
-
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Research and development expenses
609,270
25,000
General and administrative expenses
1,307,882
327,329
Payroll and salary
98,250
-
Payroll and salary-related party
449,599
203,033
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2,465,001
555,362
(LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS
( 2,455,801 )
( 555,362 )
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense
( 347,145 )
( 40,395 )
Other Income
459
9,917
TOTAL OTHER (EXPENSE)
( 346,686 )
( 30,478 )
NET (LOSS)
( 2,802,487 )
( 585,840 )
NET (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE:
Basic and diluted
$ ( 0.70 )
$ ( 014 )
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:
Basic and diluted
4,009,852
4,116,336
The accompanying notes are
an integral part of these financial statements
F- 4
BULLFROG
AI HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIENCY) EQUITY
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022 AND 2021
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Receivables
Deficit
Total
Series A Preferred stock
Common Stock
Additional
Paid in
Subscription
Accumulated
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Receivables
Deficit
Total
Balances, December 31, 2020
-
$ -
3,603,422
$ 36
$ 470,274
$ ( 100 )
$ ( 1,010,728 )
$ ( 540,518 )
Cash from subscription receivables
-
-
-
-
-
100
-
100
Warrants issued with convertible notes
-
-
-
-
13,661
-
-
13,661
Imputed Interest
-
-
-
-
4,539
-
-
4,539
Equity compensation
-
-
-
-
9,385
-
-
9,385
Equity compensation
-
-
1,019,367
10
89,556
-
-
89,566
-
Net (Loss)
-
-
-
-
-
-
( 585,840 )
( 585,840 )
Balances, December 31, 2021
-
$ -
4,622,789
$ 46
$ 587,415
-
$ ( 1,596,568 )
$ ( 1,009,107 )
Balance
-
$ -
4,622,789
$ 46
$ 587,415
-
$ ( 1,596,568 )
$ ( 1,009,107 )
Imputed Interest
-
-
-
-
9,221
-
-
9,221
Equity compensation
-
-
-
-
340,152
-
-
340,152
Conversion of convertible notes
-
-
205,984
2
226,136
-
-
226,138
Reclassification of warrant
-
-
-
-
( 11,097 )
-
-
( 11,097 )
Shares cancellation
-
-
( 112,225 )
( 1 )
1
-
-
-
Shares issuance for license
-
-
39,879
-
189,828
-
-
189,828
Common stocks converted to Series A Preferred stock
73,449
1
( 734,492 )
( 7 )
6
-
-
-
Net (Loss)
-
-
-
-
-
-
( 2,802,487 )
( 2,802,487 )
Balances, December 31, 2022
73,449
1
4,021,935
$ 40
1,341,662
$ -
$ ( 4,399,055 )
$ ( 3,057,352 )
Balance
73,449
$ 1
4,021,935
$ 40
$ 1,341,662
$ -
$ ( 4,399,055 )
$ ( 3,057,352 )
The accompanying notes are
an integral part of these financial statements
F- 5
BULLFROG
AI HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
2022
2021
For The Years Ended December 31
2022
2021
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net (loss)
$ ( 2,802,487 )
$ ( 585,840 )
Adjustment to reconcile change in net (loss) to net cash and cash equivalents used
in operating activities:
Gain on debt forgiveness
-
( 9,917 )
Depreciation expense
1,045
-
Shares issuance for license
189,828
-
Stock-based compensation
340,152
98,951
Amortization of debt discount
214,429
12,665
Imputed Interest
9,221
4,539
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid Expense
( 15,000 )
-
Accounts payable
475,399
( 25,853 )
Accrued expenses
373,273
27,384
Accrued expenses-related party
281,250
85,666
Deferred revenue
22,000
10,000
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES
( 910,890 )
( 382,405 )
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of Property and Equipment
( 8,744 )
-
NET CASH FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
( 8,744 )
-
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from convertible notes payables
1,016,290
-
Proceeds from convertible notes payables-related party
-
298,900
Repayment of note payable and interest-related party
( 49,000 )
-
Proceeds from notes payables - related party
-
88,400
Proceeds from subscription payable
-
100
NET CASH FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
967,290
387,400
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
47,656
4,995
Cash, beginning of year
10,014
5,019
Cash, end of period
$ 57,670
$ 10,014
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest
$ 5,757
$ -
Cash paid for taxes
$ -
$ -
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE of NON-CASH ACTIVITY:
Reclassification of warrant
$ 11,097
$ -
Conversion of Convertible Note payable
$ 226,138
$ -
Cancellation of common stocks
$ 8
$ -
Shares issued for license
$ 189,828
$ -
Shares issued for services
$ 340,152
$ 20
Warrants issued with convertible notes
$ -
$ 13,661
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
F- 6
BULLFROG
AI HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December
31, 2022 and 2021
NOTE
1 – ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS
Bullfrog
AI Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Nevada on February 6, 2020. Bullfrog AI Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of Bullfrog
AI, Inc. and Bullfrog AI Management, LLC. which were incorporated in Delaware and Maryland, in 2017 and 2021, respectively. All of our
operations are currently conducted through BullFrog AI Holdings, Inc., which began operations on February 6, 2020. We are a company focused
specifically on advanced AI/ML-driven analysis of complex data sets in medicine and healthcare. Our objective is to utilize our platform
for precision medicine approach to drug asset enablement through external partnerships and selective internal development.
Most
new therapeutics will fail at some point in preclinical or clinical development. This is the primary driver of the high cost of developing
new therapeutics. A major part of the difficulty in developing new therapeutics is efficient integration of complex and highly dimensional
data generated at each stage of development to de-risk subsequent stages of the development process. Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning (AI/ML) has emerged as a digital solution to help address this problem.
We
use artificial intelligence and machine learning to advance medicines for both internal and external projects. Most current AI/ML platforms
still fall short in their ability to synthesize disparate, high-dimensional data for actionable insight. Our platform technology, named,
bfLEAP™ is an analytical AI/ML platform developed at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) which is
able to surmount the challenges of scalability and flexibility currently hindering researchers and clinicians by providing a more precise,
multi-dimensional understanding of their data. We are deploying bfLEAP™ for use at several critical stages of development for internal
programs and through strategic partnerships and collaborations with the intention of streamlining data analytics in therapeutics development,
decreasing the overall development costs by decreasing failure rates for new therapeutics, and impacting the lives of countless patients
that may otherwise not receive the therapies they need.
The
bfLEAP™ platform utilizes both supervised and unsupervised machine learning – as such, it is able to reveal real/meaningful
connections in the data without the need for an a priori hypothesis. Algorithms used in the bfLEAP™ platform are designed to handle
highly imbalanced data sets to successfully identify combinations of factors that are associated with outcomes of interest.
Our
primary goal is to improve the odds of success at any stage of pre-clinical and clinical therapeutics development, for in house programs,
and our strategic partners and collaborators. Our primary business model is enabling the success of ongoing clinical trials or rescue
of late stage failed drugs (i.e., Phase 2 or Phase 3 clinical trial failures) for development and divestiture; although, we will also
consider collaborations for earlier stage drugs. We hope to accomplish this through strategic acquisitions of current clinical stage
and failed drugs for in-house development, or through strategic partnerships with biopharmaceutical industry companies. We are able to
pursue our drug asset enhancement business by leveraging a powerful and proven AI/ML platform (trade name: bfLEAP™) initially developed
at JHU-APL. We believe the bfLEAP™ analytics platform is a potentially disruptive tool for analysis of pre-clinical and/or clinical
data sets, such as the robust pre-clinical and clinical trial data sets being generated in translational R&D and clinical trial settings.
NOTE
2– SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Use
of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires us to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Estimates include, but
are not limited to, revenue recognition, allowances for doubtful accounts, recoverability of deferred tax assets and certain other of
our accrued liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
F- 7
Financial
Instruments
The
carrying value of short-term instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair
value due to the relatively short period to maturity for these instruments.
Fair
value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal
or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
Valuation techniques used to measure fair value maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The
Company utilizes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurements, defined as follows:
Level
1 - inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level
2 - inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are
observable for the assets or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instruments.
Level
3 - inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value.
The
Company does not have any assets or liabilities that are required to be measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.
Revenue
Recognition
For
annual reporting periods after December 15, 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) made effective ASU
2014-09 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” to supersede previous revenue recognition guidance under current U.S.
GAAP. Revenue is now recognized in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 606, Revenue Recognition. The objective of the guidance is to
establish the principles that an entity shall apply to report useful information to users of financial statements about the nature,
amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from a contract with a customer. The core principle is to
recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to
which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Two options were made available for implementation
of the standard: the full retrospective approach or modified retrospective approach. The guidance became effective for annual
reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period, with early adoption
permitted. We have adopted FASB ASC Topic 606 for our reporting period as of the year-ended December 31, 2019. As of December 31,
2021, we have had no
revenue. In Q4 2022 the Company recognized its first service revenues in the amount of $ 10,000
related to the achievement of a contract milestone under a contract with a Pharmaceutical company. In compliance with the agreement,
we have met the following milestones – receipt of data for analysis; data conversion and staging for ingestion. For the
years-ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, our balance sheet reflects customer down payment received in early 2022 and late 2021 as
unearned revenue in the amount of $ 32,000
and $ 10,000 ,
respectively. This unearned revenue represents payments received from a leading rare disease non-profit organization under a
contract with a single deliverable. As is more fully discussed below, we are of the opinion that none of our contracts for products
contain significant financing components that require revenue adjustment under FASB ASC Topic 606.
Revenue
is recognized based on the following five step model:
-
Identification
of the contract with a customer
This
step outlines the criteria that must be met when establishing a contract with a customer to supply goods or services
-
Identification
of the performance obligations in the contract
This
step describes how distinct performance obligations in the contract must be handled
-
Determination
of the transaction price
This
step outlines what must be considered when establishing the transaction price, which is the amount the business expects to receive
for transferring the goods and services to the customer
-
Allocation
of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
This
step outlines guidelines for allocating the transaction price across the contract’s separate performance obligations, and is
what the customer agrees to pay for the goods and services
-
Recognition
of revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation
Revenue
can be recognized as the business meets each performance obligation. This step specifies how that should happen
F- 8
Contract
Services
The
Company anticipates that the majority of revenues to be recognized in the near future will result from our fee for service partnership
offering, designed for biopharmaceutical companies, as well as other organizations, of all sizes that have challenges analyzing data
throughout the drug development process. The Company provides the customer with an analysis of large complex data sets using the Company’s
proprietary Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning platform called bfLEAP™. This platform is designed to predict targets of
interest, patterns, relationships, and anomalies. The Company believes that there will be additional on-going work requested from partners
therefore the service model utilizes a master services agreement with work or task orders issued for discrete analysis performed at the
discovery, preclinical, or clinical stages of drug development. The Company receives a cash fee and in some instances the potential for
rights to new intellectual property generated from the analysis.
Collaborative
Arrangements
The
Company also intends to enter collaborative arrangements with pharmaceutical companies who have drugs that have failed late Phase 2 or
Phase 3 trials. These arrangements could take several forms including true partnerships where BullFrog contributes data analysis using
the bfLEAP™ platform with the partner contributing the drug candidate and other resources needed to continue development towards
commercialization with BullFrog receiving an equity or royalty right in the commercialized product. In other arrangements the Company
may earn cash payments based on achieving certain milestones as determined under each specific arrangement.
Acquisition
of Rights to Certain Drugs
In
certain circumstances, we may also acquire rights to drugs that are in early-stage clinical trials, use our technology to sponsor and
support a successful later stage precision medicine trial, and divest the asset. The same process may apply to the discovery of new drugs.
In these instances, divestiture may be in the form of an outright sale of all rights or possibly a license to develop and commercialize
enhanced development candidates. License agreements could include developmental and commercial milestones in addition to royalties.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates include the fair value of the Company’s stock,
stock-based compensation, fair values relating to derivative liabilities, debt discounts and the valuation allowance related to deferred
tax assets. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Cash
The
Company considers cash to consist of cash on hand and temporary investments having an original maturity of 90 days or less that are readily
convertible into cash. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, cash balances were $ 57,670 and $ 10,014 , respectively.
Concentrations
of Credit Risk
The
Company’s financial instruments that are exposed to a concentration of credit risk are cash and accounts receivable. Occasionally,
the Company’s cash in interest-bearing accounts may exceed FDIC insurance limits. The financial stability of these institutions
is periodically reviewed by senior management.
F- 9
Accounts
Receivable
Trade
receivables are carried at their estimated collectible amounts. Trade credit is generally extended on a short-term basis. Thus, trade
receivables do not bear interest. Trade accounts receivable are periodically evaluated for collectability based on past credit history
with customers and their current financial condition.
Allowance
for Doubtful Accounts
Any
charges to the allowance for doubtful accounts on accounts receivable are charged to operations in amounts sufficient to maintain the
allowance for uncollectible accounts at a level management believes is adequate to cover any probable losses. Management determines the
adequacy of the allowance based on historical write-off percentages and the current status of accounts receivable. Accounts receivables
are charged off against the allowance when collectability is determined to be permanently impaired. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021,
allowance for doubtful accounts was $ 0 .
Inventories
The
Company does not have inventory and does not plan to have inventory in the near future.
Cost
of Sales
Cost
of sales is comprised of royalties and the cost of outsourced services provided to the Company related to customer service contracts.
We recognized $ 800 as cost of goods sold which represents the 8 % royalty on the $ 10,000 in service revenue in 2022.
Property
and Equipment
Property
and equipment are stated at cost. When retired or otherwise disposed, the related carrying value and accumulated depreciation are removed
from the respective accounts and the net difference less any amount realized from disposition, is reflected in earnings. For financial
statement purposes, property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful
lives.
Advertising
The
Company follows the policy of charging the costs of advertising to expense as incurred.
Income
Taxes
Deferred
income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the estimated future tax effects of net operating loss and credit carry forwards
and temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their respective financial reporting amounts measured at
the current enacted tax rates. The Company records an estimated valuation allowance on its deferred income tax assets if it is not more
likely than not that these deferred income tax assets will be realized.
The
Company recognizes a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained
on examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the condensed consolidated
financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized
upon ultimate settlement. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company has not recorded any unrecognized tax benefits.
Stock-Based
Compensation
Employee
and non-employee share-based compensation is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and is recognized as an
expense over the requisite service period.
Net
Loss per Share
We compute net loss per share in accordance
with ASC 260, Earning per Share. We report both basic and diluted loss per share. Loss earnings per share is calculated based on the
weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding and excludes the dilutive effect of warrants, stock options or any
other type of convertible securities. Considering that the Common shares of the Company were not publicly traded as of December 31,
2022, the contingently convertible notes and related dilutive shares are not included in the dilutive shares calculation upon the
Initial Public Offering (IPO). Diluted loss per share is calculated based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock
outstanding and the dilutive effect of stock options, warrants and other types of convertible securities are included in the
calculation. Dilutive securities are excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation because their effect is anti-dilutive.
As of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022, 927,373 and 753,174 warrants (post reverse stock split) were not included in the
calculation of net loss per share, respectively. In addition, 486,571 and 56,242
options for common shares (post reverse stock split) were not included in the calculation of net loss per share,
respectively.
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Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). This ASU requires lessees to recognize a lease liability, on a discounted
basis, and a right-of-use asset for substantially all leases, as well as additional disclosures regarding leasing arrangements. In July
2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842), which provides an optional transition method of applying the new lease standard.
Topic 842 can be applied using either a modified retrospective approach at the beginning of the earliest period presented, or as permitted
by ASU 2018-11, at the beginning of the period in which it is adopted.
We
adopted this standard using a modified retrospective approach since inception of the company. The modified retrospective approach includes
a number of optional practical expedients relating to the identification and classification of leases that commenced as of the inception
of the company; initial direct costs for leases that commenced as of inception of the company; and the ability to use hindsight in evaluating
lessee options to extend or terminate a lease or to purchase the underlying asset.
The
Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted under ASC 842 allowing it to account for its prior operating lease that
commenced before the adoption date as an operating lease under the new guidance without reassessing (i) whether the contract contains
a lease; (ii) the classification of the lease; or (iii) the accounting for indirect costs as defined in ASC 842.
All
staff are working remotely; therefore, the Company does not currently have a lease or rent office space.
Consistent
with ASC 842-20-50-4, the Company’s financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, do not have a monthly rent obligation.
The Company had no cash flows arising from a lease, no finance lease cost, short term lease cost, or variable lease costs. The Company
does not produce any sublease income or any net gain or loss recognized from sale and leaseback transactions. As a result, the Company
did not need to segregate amounts between finance and operating leases for cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease
liabilities, segregated between operating and financing cash flows; supplemental non-cash information on lease liabilities arising from
obtaining right-of-use assets; weighted-average calculations for the remaining lease term; or the weighted-average discount rate.
The
adoption of this guidance resulted in no significant impact to the Company’s results of operations or cash flows.
In
December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12 - Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”).
ASU 2019-12 is part of the FASB’s overall simplification initiative and seeks to simplify the accounting for income taxes by updating
certain guidance and removing certain exceptions. The updated guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020
and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this update did not have a material effect
on the Company’s financial statements.
In
August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470- 20) and Derivatives and Hedging
- Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s
Own Equity (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities
and equity. This ASU (1) simplifies the accounting for convertible debt instruments and convertible preferred stock by removing the existing
guidance in ASC 470-20, Debt: Debt with Conversion and Other Options, that requires entities to account for beneficial conversion features
and cash conversion features in equity, separately from the host convertible debt or preferred stock; (2) revises the scope exception
from derivative accounting in ASC 815-40 for freestanding financial instruments and embedded features that are both indexed to the issuer’s
own stock and classified in stockholders’ equity, by removing certain criteria required for equity classification; and (3) revises
the guidance in ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, to require entities to calculate diluted earnings per share (EPS) for convertible instruments
by using the if-converted method. In addition, entities must presume share settlement for purposes of calculating diluted EPS when an
instrument may be settled in cash or shares. For SEC filers, excluding smaller reporting companies, ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 2021 including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier
than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. For all other entities, ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Entities should adopt the guidance as of the beginning of the
fiscal year of adoption and cannot adopt the guidance in an interim reporting period. The Company elected early adoption, effective January
1, 2021. Considering that the Common shares of the Company were not publicly traded as of December 31, 2022, the convertible options
are not considered to be readily convertible to cash. In addition, the beneficial conversion feature was eliminated under ASU 2020-06.
Therefore, no derivative liabilities will be triggered from these convertible notes.
In
October 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-10, Codification Improvements, which updates various codification topics by clarifying or improving
disclosure requirements to align with the SEC’s regulations. The Company adopted ASU 2020-10 as of the reporting period beginning
January 1, 2021. The adoption of this update did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
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The
Company does not believe that any other recently issued effective pronouncements, or pronouncements issued but not yet effective, if
adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.
COVID-19
In
March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the global emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s
business is currently unknown. The Company will continue to monitor guidance and orders issued by federal, state, and local authorities
with respect to COVID-19. As a result, the Company may take actions that alter its business operations as may be required by such guidance
and orders or take other steps that the Company determines are in the best interest of its employees, customers, partners, suppliers
and stockholders.
Any
such alterations or modifications could cause substantial interruption to the Company’s business and could have a material adverse
effect on the Company’s business, operating results, financial condition, and the trading price of the Company’s common stock,
and could include temporary closures of one or more of the Company’s facilities; temporary or long-term labor shortages; temporary
or long-term adverse impacts on the Company’s supply chain and distribution channels; and the potential of increased network vulnerability
and risk of data loss resulting from increased use of remote access and removal of data from the Company’s facilities. In addition,
COVID-19 could negatively impact capital expenditures and overall economic activity in the impacted regions or depending on the severity,
globally, which could impact the demand for the Company’s products and services.
It
is unknown whether and how the Company may be impacted if the COVID-19 pandemic persists for an extended period of time or if there are
increases in its breadth or in its severity, including as a result of the waiver of regulatory requirements or the implementation of
emergency regulations to which the Company is subject. The COVID-19 pandemic poses a risk that the Company or its employees, contractors,
suppliers, and other partners may be prevented from conducting business activities for an indefinite period.
The
Company may incur expenses or delays relating to such events outside of its control, which could have a material adverse impact on its
business, operating results, financial condition and the trading price of its common stock.
Going
Concern
The Company has had
negative cash flows from operations and operated at a net loss since inception. In the prior year our auditors included a paragraph in
their opinion regarding the substantial doubt that existed of our ability to continue as a going concern. As noted in note 14 we completed
our initial public offering subsequent to year end. We believe that the funds raised and notes that were converted from debt to equity
now provides enough liquidity to alleviate the substantial doubt. There can be no assurance that we will not need additional funding
in the future.
NOTE
3 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property
and equipment consisted of the following:
During
the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company acquired $ 8,744 of equipment and has accumulated depreciation of $ 1,045 , for a net of $ 7,699 .
Depreciation
expense totaled $ 1,045 , and $ 0 in the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
NOTE
4 – ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES
As
of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had accounts payable and accrued expenses totaling $ 1,526,981 and $ 422,817 , respectively.
NOTE
5 – NOTES PAYABLE
On
May 5, 2020 the Company received an SBA PPP loan in the amount of $ 9,917 , at 1 % interest. The loan was forgiven on March 15, 2021.
NOTE
6 – NOTES PAYABLE RELATED PARTY
On
June 15, 2021, the company entered into an unsecured short term loan agreement with a related party for an aggregate principal balance
of $ 34,000 , with a one-year maturity date, accruing interest at 5 % and imputing an additional 1 % interest. The full amount of the loan
and interest was repaid in 2022.
On
November 19, 2021, 2021, the company entered into an unsecured short term loan agreement with a related party for an aggregate principal
balance of $ 5,000 , with a one-year maturity date, accruing interest at 5 % and imputing an additional 1 % interest. The full amount of
the loan and interest was repaid in 2022.
On
December 13, 2021, the company entered into an unsecured short term loan agreement with a related party for an aggregate principal balance
of $ 10,000 , with a one-year maturity date, accruing interest at 5 % and imputing an additional 1 % interest. The full amount of the loan
and interest was repaid in 2022.
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NOTE
7 – CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE
On
March 27, 2020, the company entered into a convertible loan agreement with the Maryland Technology Development Corporation with a
principal balance of $ 200,000
at 6 %
interest. The maturity date of the loan was September
27, 2021 . During the year ended ended December 31, 2022, the full amount of the loan and interest totaling $ 226,138
was converted into 205,984
shares of common stock (post reverse stock split) of the Company, in accordance with the conversion notice submitted by the
noteholder. Pursuant to the note agreement, the number of shares that the note converted into was based on the note balance plus
accrued interest divided by $ 5,000,000
times the fully diluted equity of the company, excluding convertible securities issued for capital raising purposes. There was no
gain or loss due to conversion, being within the terms of the agreement.
On
August 9, 2021, the company entered into a convertible loan agreement with an unrelated party to loan up to $ 195,000 at 9 % interest,
with a principal balance of $ 72,000 , as of December 31, 2021. This loan included an original issuance discount of 5 % , and included 195,000
Warrants at an exercise price of $ 1 , exercisable for 5 years from the issue date on the face of the Warrant. The noteholder has the right
to convert the principal and interest into common shares of the Company. The maturity date of the loan was February 9, 2022 . During the
year ended December 31, 2022, another $ 123,000 principal with an additional $ 6,150 original issuance discount, was loaned to the Company.
In May 2022, the Company and the note holder agreed to cancel and void previous warrants and entered into a new agreement for 225,000
warrants with an exercise price of $ 2.50 . As of December 31, 2022, the loan was outstanding with a principal balance of $ 195,000 , accrued
interest of $ 35,078 , amortization of debt discount of $ 8,393 , and unamortized debt discount of $ 0 . The warrants discussed above were
initially discounted against the notes, subsequent to year end December 31, 2021, they were deemed voided and new warrants in accordance
with the new terms were issued. We assessed the differences in fair value and determined that they were de minimis and expensed the full
value of the new warrants. During the year ended December 31, 2022 the Company recorded an expense of $ 64,978 .
On
December 20, 2021, the company entered into a loan agreement with an unrelated party, with a principal balance of $ 25,000 at 6 % interest.
The maturity date of the loan was December 19, 2022 . During the year ended December 31, 2022, the note principal was increased by $ 2,778
representing a 10 % original issue discount pursuant to the enhanced terms mentioned below. As of December 31, 2022, the loan remained
outstanding had accrued interest of $ 2,301 . The loan was converted to common stock in February 2023 in connection with the Company IPO.
Initially, the loan was estimated to be issued with 355,114 warrants. Subsequent to the entry into the December 20, 2021 the loan agreement,
the Company enhanced the terms of the Bridge Note Offering under which the loan was closed and in April 2022 closed on the sale of approximately
$ 1 M in face value of convertible bridge notes, as described in footnote 13. Pursuant to the enhanced terms, the warrants will not be
issued until the note converts.
On
April 11, 2022, the Company entered into an Exclusive placement agent and/or underwriter agreement with WallachBeth Capital LLC in
connection with a proposed private and/or public offerings by the Company. As discussed in Footnote 2, a significant component of
the Company’s plan to secure capital is the intention of the Company to seek to be listed on a national exchange through an
initial public offering (“IPO”) of its common stock. WallachBeth was engaged in this regard and on April 28, 2022, the
Company received net proceeds of approximately $ 775,000
from the sale of Convertible Bridge Notes and Warrants to several institutional investors as well as several individual accredited
investors. In connection with the April 28th note sale, the Company paid approximately $ 91,560
in fees and expenses. In addition to the money received on April 28th, the Company also received $ 100,000
from the sale of a Convertible Bridge Note and Warrants to a related party earlier in April. In September 2022, the Company sold one
additional bridge note to an unrelated party, with a principal balance of $ 27,779 .
The Convertible Bridge Notes were issued with a 10 %
original issue discount and are convertible at the IPO at a 20 %
discount to the IPO price. The
purchasers will also be issued a warrant for each share of common stock issued upon conversion of the Note at a price equal to 110%
of the IPO price or, if the Company fails to complete the IPO before October 22, 2022, 90% of the IPO price. The Convertible
Bridge Notes maturity date was October
31, 2022 . The Company has amended the Convertible Bridge Notes to extend the maturity date until December
31, 2022 . The Company has filed an S-1 Registration Statement and conducted an IPO in February 2023. All of the Convertible
Bridge Notes and accrued interest through November, 30, 2022 were converted at the IPO. Pursuant to further amendments to the notes,
the maturity date was extended, interest accrued after November 30, 2022 though conversion will be paid to the holders in cash and
the conversion right was revised to be equal to a $ 25
million dollar Company valuation, or $ 4.27 ,
which was also established as the warrant exercise price.
As
of December 31, 2022, the table below reflects the balances of the Convertible Bridge Notes sold pursuant April 11, 2022 agreement with
WallachBeth. All notes are mandatorily converted at the IPO at the conversion ratio noted above and the purchasers will also be issued
a warrant for each share of common stock issued upon conversion with an exercise price set by the exchange ratio. Due to the IPO price
not yet being probable at year end, no current accounting for these warrants has been journalized.
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SCHEDULE
OF CONVERTIBLE DEBT
Note Date
Purchase Price
Principal Balance
Original Issue Discount
Accrued Interest
Note
Purchase
Principal
Original Issue
Accrued
Date
Price
Balance
Discount
Interest
4/28/2022
$ 250,000
$ 277,778
$ 27,778
$ 17,083
4/28/2022
$ 250,000
$ 277,778
$ 27,778
$ 17,083
4/28/2022
$ 250,000
$ 277,778
$ 27,778
$ 17,083
4/28/2022
$ 25,000
$ 27,778
$ 2,778
$ 1,708
4/28/2022
$ 28,000
$ 31,111
$ 3,111
$ 1,913
4/28/2022
$ 28,000
$ 31,111
$ 3,111
$ 1,913
4/28/2022
$ 35,000
$ 38,889
$ 3,889
$ 2,392
12/20/2021 *
$ 25,000
$ 27,778
$ 2,778
$ 2,301
4/13/2022 *
$ 100,000
$ 111,111
$ 11,111
$ 7,111
9/9/2022
$ 25,000
$ 27,778
$ 2,778
$ 1,088
Total
$ 1,016,000
$ 1,128,889
$ 112,889
$ 69,675
*
Notes sold by Company prior to the April 28, 2022 closing
In
August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470- 20) and Derivatives and Hedging
- Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s
Own Equity (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities
and equity. The Company specified that an entity should adopt the guidance as of the beginning of its annual fiscal year. After adoption
of ASU 2020-06, if the equity securities underlying the conversion option are not readily convertible to cash, and the conversion option
requires gross physical settlement of the underlying shares, the embedded conversion option may not meet the net settlement criterion,
and therefore would not meet the definition of a derivative. Considering that the Common shares of the Company were not publicly traded
as of December 31, 2022, the convertible options are not considered to be readily convertible to cash. In addition, the beneficial conversion
feature was eliminated under ASU 2020-06. Therefore, no derivative liabilities will be triggered from these convertible notes. All conversions
are contingent upon an effective IPO, which had not yet been considered probable.
NOTE
8 – CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE RELATED PARTY
On
July 8, 2021, the company entered into a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), with a related party, with an amount of $ 150,000 ,
with 0 %
interest. Under the SAFE agreement, if
there is an Equity Financing before the termination of this SAFE ,
on the initial closing of such Equity Financing, this SAFE will
automatically convert into the number of shares of SAFE Preferred
Stock equal to the Purchase Amount divided by the Conversion Price, which means either: (1) the Safe Price (the price per share
equal to the Post-Money Valuation Cap divided by the Company Capitalization) or (2) the Discount Price (the price per share
of the Standard Preferred Stock sold in the Equity Financing multiplied by the Discount Rate), whichever calculation results in a
greater number of shares of Safe Preferred Stock
If
there is a Liquidity Event before the termination of this SAFE ,
this SAFE will
automatically be entitled (subject to the liquidation priority set forth in Section 1(d) below) to receive a portion of Proceeds, due
and payable to the Investor immediately prior to, or concurrent with, the consummation of such Liquidity Event, equal to the greater
of (i) the Purchase Amount (the “Cash-Out Amount”) or (ii) the amount payable on the number of shares of Common Stock equal
to the Purchase Amount divided by the Liquidity Price (the “Conversion Amount”). If any of the Company’s securityholders
are given a choice as to the form and amount of Proceeds to be received in a Liquidity Event, the Investor will be given the same choice,
provided that the Investor may not choose to receive a form of consideration that the Investor would be ineligible to receive as a result
of the Investor’s failure to satisfy any requirement or limitation generally applicable to the Company’s securityholders,
or under any applicable laws.
This
SAFE will
automatically terminate (without relieving the Company of any obligations arising from a prior breach of or non-compliance with this
SAFE )
immediately following the earliest to occur of: (i) the issuance of Capital Stock to the Investor pursuant to the automatic conversion
of this SAFE under agreement; or (ii) the payment, or setting aside for payment, of amounts due the Investor pursuant to the agreement.
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As
of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the $ 150,000 received from SAFE was recorded at 6 %
imputed interest. The maturity date of the loan is defined by the SAFE agreement as discussed above.
On
August 19, 2021, the company entered into a convertible loan agreement with a related party, with a principal balance of $ 99,900 at 9 %
interest. The noteholder has the right to convert the principal and interest into common shares of the Company. This loan included an
original issuance discount of 5 % and included 99,900 Warrants at an exercise price of $ 1 , exercisable for 5 years from the issue date
on the face of the Warrant. The maturity date of the loan was February 19, 2022 . In May 2022, the Company and the note holder agreed
to cancel and void previous warrants and entered into a new agreement for 115,185 warrants with an exercise price of $ 2.50 . As of December
31, 2022, the $ 99,900 principal and the $ 4,950 overpayment of the note remained outstanding and had accrued interest of $ 12,463.53 . The
warrants discussed above were initially discounted against the notes, subsequent to year end December 31, 2021, they were deemed voided
and new warrants in accordance with the new terms were issued. We assessed the differences in fair value and determined that they were
de minimis and expensed the full value of the new warrants.
The
SAFE and the convertible loan agreement with accrued interest converted to common stock at the IPO.
The
Company specified that an entity should adopt ASU 2020-06 as of the beginning of its annual fiscal year. After adoption of ASU 2020-06,
no derivative liabilities will be triggered from these convertible notes. See Note 7 for details.
NOTE
9 – RELATED PARTY
During
the year-ended December 31, 2021, there were 57,143
shares of common stock (post reverse stock split) issued to CFO Dane Saglio, for services rendered.
As
of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the accrued salary for related parties was $ 566,916 and $ 285,666 , respectively. The increase reflects
salaries accrued for employees, but not paid in the year ended December 31, 2022.
As
of December 31, 2022, the Company accrued consulting fees to related parties of $ 90,000 for services provided to the Company.
During
the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued options totaling 29,286
shares of common stock (post reverse stock split) to related party for services rendered. The
options have an original life of ten years and vest at different rates over as much as 24 months. During the year ended December 31,
2022, the Company did not issue any options and recognized $ 1,803
of stock-based compensation related to outstanding stock options.
NOTE
10– SHAREHOLDER’S DEFICT
Preferred
Stock
The
Company has 10,000,000
shares of preferred stock authorized at a par value of $ 0.00001 .
As of December 31, 2021, there were no
preferred shares issued. On October 5, 2022, the Company entered into an exchange agreement with the Investor whereby all of his
common stock, 734,492
shares of commons stock (post reverse stock split), were exchanged into 73,449
shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (post reverse stock split). Per the agreement the exchange was based on a 1 Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for each 10 shares of common
stock. Each holder of Series A Preferred Stock may, from time to time, convert any or all
of such holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in an amount
equal to ten shares of common stock for each one share of Series A Preferred Stock surrendered. The Series A Preferred Stock is the
economic equivalent of the common stock but has no voting rights and is subject to a blocker which prohibits the conversion into
common stock if it would result in the Investor owning more than 4.99 %
of the Company’s outstanding common stock at such time. T he Company evaluated the terms of the
exchange and determined there would be no significant change in fair value and therefore no accounting entry recorded as a result of the
exchange. The value of the Series A Preferred Stock was determined to be $ 315,000 which is the Investor’s basis in the common stock
that was exchanged.
Common
Stock
In
June of 2020, BullFrog AI Holdings, Inc. acquired BullFrog AI, Inc. via a 1:1 share exchange. Immediately prior to the share exchange,
each authorized common share of BullFrog AI, Inc. was split into 25 shares of common stock . Share amounts in our financial statements
for December 31, 2022 and 2021, have been adjusted to reflect this forward share split and shares exchange. All of our operations are
currently conducted through BullFrog AI Holdings, Inc. BullFrog AI, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary, has the sole purpose of housing
and protecting all of the organization’s intellectual property. BullFrog AI Management, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary that handles
all HR and payroll activities.
The
Company has 100,000,000
shares of common stock authorized at a par value of $ 0.00001 .
During year ended December 31, 2022, 734,492
shares of common stock (post reverse stock split) were exchanged for preferred shares as noted above, 205,984
shares of common stock (post reverse stock split) were issued for conversion of principal and interest of $ 226,138 by a noteholder,
112,225 shares of common stock (post reverse stock split) were canceled as the change in number of shares issued as part of
the cancellation of the prior agreements and new agreements with advisors, and 38,879
shares of common stock (post reverse stock split) were issued under a license agreement and valued at $ 189,828 , see Note 12 for further discussion. As of
December 31, 2022 and 2021, there are 4,021,935
and 4,622,789 ,
shares of common stock (post reverse stock split) outstanding, respectively.
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After
the Company signed two licenses for two drug programs from universities in the first half of 2022 it engaged an independent valuation
firm to perform an Enterprise-Equity valuation. The results of this engagement resulted in an increase in the value per share of common
stock used in the Black Scholes option pricing model employed to value the Company’s equity grants and warrant issuances.
Our
Board of Directors and stockholders approved an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to effect a 1-for-7 reverse stock split
of our common stock in connection with the offering, subsequent to the year ended December 31, 2022. As a result of the reverse stock
split, every 7 shares of our outstanding common stock will be combined and reclassified into one share of our common stock. Unless otherwise
noted, the share and per share information in this Form 10-K filing reflects, other than in our historical financial statements and the
notes thereto, a proposed reverse stock split of the outstanding common stock of the Company at an assumed 1-for-7 ratio.
Stock
Options
During
the first quarter of 2022, 399,354
shares of options (post reverse stock split) were forfeited due to the termination of
employment.
During
the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company granted a total of 29,286
shares of options (post reverse stock split) to employees of the Company for services rendered. The options have an original life of ten
years and vest at different rates over as much as 48
months . During the years ended December 31, 2021, the Company vested 1,310
of these options (post reverse stock split) and recognized $ 157
of stock-based compensation related to outstanding stock options. During the year ended December 31, 2022, 16,601
shares of these options (post reverse stock split) were vested and $ 2,010
stock-based compensation was recognized.
The
following tables summarizes the stock options (post reverse stock split) activity for the years ended December 31, 2022 and
2021:
SCHEDULE
OF STOCK OPTIONS ACTIVITY
Granted and outstanding, December 31, 2020
884,821
Granted during 2021
29,286
Exercised
-
Forfeited
-
Expired during 2021
( 445,536 )
Granted and outstanding, December 31, 2021
468,571
Granted during 2022
-
Exercised
-
Forfeited
( 399,354 )
Expired during 2022
-
Granted and outstanding, December 31, 2022
69,217
SCHEDULE
OF VESTED AND OUTSTANDING OPTIONS
Options
Intrinsic Value of Vested Options
Weight Averaged exercise Price
Vested and outstanding, December 31, 2020
104,795
12,706
3.36
Granted and vested during 2021
1,310
157
2.66
Exercised
-
-
-
Forfeited
-
-
-
Expired
( 66,524 )
( 7,922 )
( 3.36 )
Vested and outstanding, December 31, 2021
39,581
4,941
3.36
Granted and vested during 2022
16,661
2,010
2.73
Exercised
-
-
-
Forfeited
-
-
-
Expired
-
-
-
Vested and outstanding, December 31, 2022
56,242
6,951
3.15
As
of December 31, 2022 and 2021, 16,661
and 1,310
options (post reverse stock split) vested, respectively, 0
and 66,524 (post reverse stock split)
options expired and the outstanding stock options have a weighted average remaining life of 7.08
and 7.38
years, respectively.
As
of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the fair value of options vested and outstanding was $ 6,951 and $ 4,941 , respectively. The aggregate fair
value of the options measured during the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 was calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing
model based on the following assumption:
SCHEDULE
OF BLACK SCHOLES OPTION PRICING MODEL
December 31, 2022
December 31, 2021
Fair Value of Common Stock on measurement date
$ 4.76
$ 0.308
Risk free interest rate
From
0.79 % to 3.01 %
From
1.26 % to 1.33 %
Volatility
89 %
93 %
Dividend Yield
0 %
0 %
Expected Term
4 - 10
10
(1) The
risk-free interest rate was determined by management using the market yield on U.S. Treasury
securities with comparable terms as of the measurement date.
(2) The
trading volatility was determined by calculating the volatility of the Company’s peer
group.
(3) The
Company does not expect to pay a dividend in the foreseeable future.
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Warrants
During
the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company granted a total of 123,660
warrants (post reverse stock split) . The
warrants have an original life of four to ten years and vest immediately and over 12 months. During the year ended December
31, 2022, 174,105
shares of warrants (post reverse stock split) were vested and amended with an intrinsic
value of $ 337,269 , 51,941
shares of warrants (post reverse stock split) were reclassified with an intrinsic value of $ 11,097 ,
and 42,057
shares of warrants (post reverse stock split) with an intrinsic value of $1,883
were forfeited.
During
the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company granted a total of 431,659
warrants (post reverse stock split) . Of this amount 200,000
warrants (post reverse stock split) , with a fair value of $ 12,462 ,
were granted to advisors related to the Company’s IPO objective. The
warrants have an original life of five years and vest 30 days before the intended IPO . During the year ended December 31,
2021, 0
shares of these warrants were vested. As of June 30, 2022, the warrants for 200,000
shares (post reverse stock split) were cancelled
and voided per agreement of the warrant holder and the Company. There was no gain or loss due to cancellation. In 2021, 138,929
warrants (post reverse stock split) , with a fair value of $ 28,683 ,
were issued for services rendered. The
warrants have an original life of ten years and vest at different rates over as much as 36 months.
During
the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 92,859
warrants (post reverse stock split) with a fair value of $ 12,980 ,
in connection with convertible bridge debt agreements with multiple parties including a related party. The warrants had an original
life of five
years . During the period ending June 30, 2022, the Company determined that 50,735
warrants (post reverse stock split) , with a fair value of $ 11,097 ,
should not have been issued as further described in footnote 8. The fair value was reclassified to Additional Paid in Capital. As
discussed in Note 8 in May 2022, the Company and the note holders agreed to cancel and void the previous 99,000
warrants (post reverse stock split) and entered into a new agreement for 115,185
(post reverse stock split) and the exercise price increased to $ 2.50
from $ 1 ,
with a fair value of $ 15,412 .
As discussed in Note 8 in May 2022, the Company and the note holders agreed to cancel and void the previous 195,000
(post reverse stock split) warrants and entered into a new agreement for 225,000
warrants (post reverse stock split) with an exercise price of $ 2.50 ,
with a fair value of $ 64,978 .
The 92,859
warrants (post reverse stock split) discussed above were initially discounted against the notes, subsequent to year end December 31,
2021, they were deemed voided and these individuals were or will be issued new warrants in accordance with the new terms as stated
above. We assessed the differences in fair values and determined the values were de minimis and expensed the full value of the new
warrants.
The
following tables summarize the warrant activity (post reverse stock split) for the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021,
SCHEDULE
OF STOCK WARRANT ACTIVITY
Warrants
Granted and outstanding, December 31, 2020
495,714
Granted during 2021
431,659
Exercised
-
Forfeited
-
Expired during 2021
-
Granted and outstanding, December 31, 2021
927,373
Granted during 2022
123,660
Exercised
-
Forfeited
( 298,088 )
Expired during 2022
-
Granted and outstanding, December 31, 2022
752,945
SCHEDULE
OF VESTED AND OUTSTANDING WARRANTS
Warrants
Intrinsic Value of Warrants
Weight Averaged exercise Price
Vested and outstanding, December 31, 2020
479,940
127,480
0.98
Granted and Vested 2021
137,552
22,208
3.15
Exercised
-
-
-
Forfeited
-
-
-
Expired
-
-
-
Vested and outstanding, December 31, 2021
617,492
149,688
2.80
Granted and Vested 2022
174,105
337,263
3.15
Exercised
-
-
-
Forfeited
( 94,665 )
( 12,980 )
-
Expired
-
-
-
Vested and outstanding, December 31, 2022
696,932
473,971
1.96
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As
of December 31, 2022, 752,945
warrants (post reverse stock split) are outstanding, and 696,932
warrants (post reverse stock split) vested, and the vested stock warrants have a
weighted average remaining life of 7.13
years.
For
the year ended December 31, 2022, the aggregate fair value of warrants vested was $ 324,283 . The aggregate fair value of the warrants
measured during the year ended December 31, 2022 was calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and recorded as stock-based
compensation.
For
the year ended December 31, 2021, 927,516
warrants (post reverse stock split) are outstanding, 617,492
warrants (post reverse stock split) are vested with an intrinsic value of $ 22,208 , and the vested stock warrants have a weighted
average remaining life of 7.73
years.
As
of December 31, 2021, the aggregate fair value of warrants vested was $ 149,688 . The aggregate fair value of the warrants measured during
the year-ended December 31, 2021 was calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
The
number of warrants related to the Convertible Bridge Notes discussed Note 7 is not yet determinable, given some of the terms discussed
in Note 8 have not been completed. Therefore, the warrants to be issued are not accounted for in our warrants outstanding. Due
to the IPO price not being completed at December 31, 2022, no current accounting for these warrants has been journalized.
SCHEDULE
OF BLACK SCHOLES OPTION PRICING MODEL
December 31, 2022
December 31, 2021
Fair Value of Common Stock on measurement date
$ 4.76
$ 0.308
Risk free interest rate
From
1.86 % to 1.97 %
From
0.78 % to 1.63 %
Volatility
89 %
93 %
Dividend Yield
0 %
0 %
Expected Term
10
years
5 - 10
years
(1) The
risk-free interest rate was determined by management using the market yield on U.S. Treasury
securities with comparable terms as of the measurement date.
(2) The
trading volatility was determined by calculating the volatility of the Company’s peer
group.
(3) The
Company does not expect to pay a dividend in the foreseeable future.
(4) After
the Company signed two licenses for two drug programs from universities in the first half
of 2022 it engaged an independent valuation firm to perform an Enterprise-Equity valuation.
The results of this engagement resulted in an increase in the value per share of common stock
used in the Black Scholes option pricing model employed to value the Company’s equity
grants and warrant issuances for all 2022 grant date stock prices.
NOTE
11 – INCOME TAXES
As
of December 31, 2022, the Company has available for federal income tax purposes a net operating loss carry forward of approximately $ 4,399,055 ,
that do not expire, that may be used to offset future taxable income, but could be limited under Section 382. The Company has provided
a valuation reserve against the full amount of the net operating loss benefit, since in the opinion of management based upon the earnings
history of the Company; it is more likely than not that the benefits will not be realized. Due to possible significant changes in the
Company’s ownership, the future use of its existing net operating losses may be limited. All or portion of the remaining valuation allowance
may be reduced in future years based on an assessment of earnings sufficient to fully utilize these potential tax benefits.
We
have adopted the provisions of ASC 740-10-25, which provides recognition criteria and a related measurement model for uncertain tax positions
taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns. ASC 740-10-25 requires that a position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return
be recognized in the financial statements when it is more likely than not that the position would be sustained upon examination by tax
authorities.
Tax
position that meets the more likely than not threshold is then measured using a probability weighted approach recognizing the largest
amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company had no tax positions relating
to open income tax returns that were considered to be uncertain. We file income tax returns in
the U.S. and in the state of California and Utah with varying statutes of limitations.
The
Company’s deferred taxes as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 consist of the following:
SCHEDULE
OF DEFERRED TAXES
2022
2021
Non-Current deferred tax asset:
Net operating loss carryforwards
$ 924,000
$ 339,000
Valuation allowance
( 924,000 )
( 339,000 )
Net non-current deferred tax asset
$ —
$ —
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NOTE
12 – MATERIAL AGREEMENTS
JHU-APL
Technology License
On
February 7, 2018, the Company entered into an exclusive, world-wide, royalty-bearing license from JHU-APL for the technology. The license
covers three (3) issued patents, 1 new provisional patent application, non-patent rights to proprietary libraries of algorithms and other
trade secrets, the license also includes modifications and improvements. In October of 2021, the Company executed an Amendment to the
original license which represents improvements and new advanced analytics capabilities. In consideration of the rights granted to the
Company under the License Agreement JHU received a warrant equal to five ( 5 % ) percent of the then fully diluted equity base of the Company,
which shall be diluted following the closing of this offering. Under the terms of the License Agreement, JHU will be entitled to eight
( 8 % ) percent royalty on net sales for the services provided by the Company in which the JHU licensed technology was utilized, as well
as fifty ( 50 % ) percent of all sublicense revenues received by the Company. In addition, the Company is required to pay JHU an annual
maintenance fee of $ 1,500 . Minimum annual royalty payments are $ 20,000 for 2022, $ 80,000 for 2023, and $ 300,000 for 2024 and beyond,
if cumulative annual royalty payments do not reach these levels, the amount due to JHU to reach the annual minimum is due by January
31 st of the following year. Failure to make annual royalty payments is considered a material breach under the agreement and
upon notice from JHU of a material breech, the Company shall have 60 days to cure the material breech. On July 8, 2022, the company entered
into an exclusive, world-wide, royalty-bearing license from JHU-APL for the additional technology developed to enhance the bfLEAP™
platform. The new license provides additional intellectual property rights including patents, copyrights and knowhow to be utilized under
the Company’s bfLEAP™ analytical AI/ML platform. This license supersedes the previous license. In consideration of the new
license, the Company issued 279,159 shares of common stock. (see note 10) Under the terms of the new License Agreement, JHU will be entitled
to eight ( 8 % ) percent of net sales for the services provided by the Company to other parties and 3 % for internally development drug projects
in which the JHU license was utilized. The new license also contains tiered sub licensing fees that start at 50 % and reduce to 25 % based
on revenues. In addition, under the new license agreement, the minimum annual royalty payments are $ 30,000 for 2022, $ 80,000 for 2023,
and $ 300,000 for 2024 and beyond. As of December 31, 2022, we have accrued, $ 30,000 of the 2022 minimum annual royalty payments. See
Note 10 for details on common shares and warrants issued related to this agreement.
George
Washington University - Beta2-spectrin siRNA License
On
January 14, 2022, the Company entered into an exclusive, world-wide, royalty-bearing license from George Washington University (GWU)
for rights to use siRNA targeting Beta2-spectrin in the treatment of human diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The license
covers methods claimed in three US and worldwide patent applications, and also includes use of this approach for treatment of obesity,
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
In
consideration of the rights granted to the Company under the License Agreement GWU received a $ 20,000 License Initiation Fee. Under the
terms of the License Agreement, GWU will be entitled to a three percent ( 3 % ) royalty on net sales subject to quarterly minimums once
the first sale has occurred subsequent to regulatory approval, as well sublicense or assignment fees in the event the Company sublicenses
or assigns their rights to use the technology. The Company will also reimburse GWU for previously incurred and ongoing patent costs.
The Sublicense and Assignment fee amounts decline as the Company advances the clinical development of the licensed technology. The license
agreement also contains milestone payments for clinical development through the approval of an NDA and commercialization. As of December 31, 2022, there has been no accrual for royalties, since we have not begun revenue. The Company assessed whether the license should be
capitalized and determined that the licensed program is early stage and therefore the Company expensed the license fee and will expense
development costs until commercial viability is likely.
Johns
Hopkins University – Mebendazole License
On
February 22, 2022, the Company entered into an exclusive, world-wide, royalty-bearing license from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) for
the use of an improved formulation of Mebendazole for the treatment of any human cancer or neoplastic disease. This formulation shows
potent activity in animal models of different types of cancer and has been evaluated in a Phase I clinical trial in patients with high-grade
glioma (NCT01729260). The trial, an open-label dose-escalation study, assessed the safety and efficacy of the improved formulation with
adjuvant temozolomide in 24 patients with newly diagnosed gliomas. Investigators observed no dose-limiting toxicity in patients receiving
all but the highest tested dose (200mg/kg/day). Four of the 15 patients receiving the maximum tested dose of 200mg/kg/day experienced
dose-limiting toxicity, all of which were reversed by decreasing or eliminating the dose given. There were no serious adverse events
attributed to mebendazole at any dose during the trial. 41.7% of patients who received mebendazole were alive at two years after enrollment,
and 25% were alive at four years (Gallia et al., 2021).
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The
license covers six (6) issued patents and one (1) pending application. In consideration of the rights granted to the Company under the
License Agreement JHU will receive a staggered Upfront License Fee of $ 250,000 . The Company will also reimburse JHU for previously incurred
and ongoing patent costs. Under the terms of the License Agreement, JHU will be entitled to three- and one-half percent ( 3.5 % ) royalty
on net sales by the Company. In addition, the Company is required to pay JHU minimum annual royalty payments of $ 5,000 for 2023, $ 10,000
for 2024, $ 20,000 for 2025, $ 30,000 for 2026 and $ 50,000 for 2027 and each year after until the first commercial sale after which the
annual minimum royalty shall be $ 250,000 . The license agreement also contains milestone payments for clinical development steps through
the approval of an NDA and commercialization. The license covers six (6) issued patents and one (1) pending application. In consideration
of the rights granted to the Company under the License Agreement JHU will receive a staggered Upfront License Fee of $ 250,000 . The initial
payment for $ 50,000 was paid and the remaining balance is deferred until the earlier of; we complete the IPO, raise $ 10 million in financing
or until 9 months from the effective date of the license. As of December 31, 2022, the balance of accrued expense related to this license
agreement was $ 242,671 . The Company assessed whether the license should be capitalized and determined that the licensed program is early
stage and therefore the Company expensed the license fee and will expense development costs until commercial viability is likely.
Johns
Hopkins University – Prodrug License
On
October 13, 2022, the Company entered into an exclusive, world-wide, royalty-bearing license from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and
the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB) of the Czech Academy of Sciences for rights to commercialize N-substituted
prodrugs of mebendazole that demonstrate improved solubility and bioavailability. The license covers prodrug compositions and use for
treating disease as claimed in multiple US and worldwide patent applications. In consideration for the rights granted to the Company
under the License Agreement JHU and IOCB will receive a staggered upfront license fee of $ 100,000 .
The Company will also reimburse JHU and IOCB for previously incurred patent costs. Under the terms of the License Agreement, JHU and
IOCB will be entitled to four percent ( 4.0 % )
royalty on net sales by the Company. In addition, the Company is required to pay JHU and IOCB minimum annual royalty payments of $ 5,000
for 2027, $ 10,000
for 2028, $ 20,000
for 2029, $ 30,000
for 2030 and $ 50,000
for 2031 and each year after until the first
commercial sale after which the annual minimum royalty shall be $ 150,000 .
The license agreement also contains milestone payments for patent grants, clinical development steps through the approval of an NDA and
commercialization. As of December 31, 2022, the balance of accrued expense related to this license agreement was $ 133,238 . The Company
assessed whether the license should be capitalized and determined that the licensed program is early stage and therefore the Company
expensed the license fee and will expense development costs until commercial viability is likely.
NOTE
13 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The
Company follows ASC 450, Contingencies, which requires the Company to assess the likelihood that a loss will be incurred from the occurrence
or non-occurrence of one or more future events. Such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing possible loss
contingencies from legal proceedings or unasserted claims, the Company evaluates the perceived merits of such proceedings or claims,
and of the relief sought or expected to be sought.
If
the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss will be incurred and the amount of the liability can
be estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in the Company’s financial statements. If the assessment indicates
that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then
the nature of the contingent liability, and an estimate of the range of possible losses, if determinable and material, would be disclosed.
Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantees would be
disclosed.
While
not assured, management does not believe, based upon information available at this time, that a loss contingency will have material adverse
effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
NOTE
14 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On February 14, 2023 the Company conducted its initial public offering
of 1,297,318 units (each, a “Unit,” collectively, the “Units”) at a price of $ 6.50 per unit for a total of approximately
$ 8.4 million of gross proceeds to the Company. Each Unit consists of one share of the Company’s common stock, one tradeable warrant
(each, a “Tradeable Warrant,” collectively, the “Tradeable Warrants”) to purchase one share of common stock at
an exercise price of $ 7.80 per share , and one non-tradeable warrant (each, a “Non-tradeable Warrant,” collectively, the “Non-tradeable
Warrants”; together with the Tradeable Warrants, each, a “Warrant,” collectively, the “Warrants”) to purchase
one share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $ 8.125 . The offering closed on February 16, 2023.
In
connection with the offering, the Company common shares were subject to a 1-7 reverse stock split - 1 share of new common for 7 shares
then outstanding common stock . Also, in connection with the IPO a SAFE and convertible loan agreement held by a related party converted
into 55,787 shares of post reverse common stock. Additionally, all outstanding Convertible Bridge Notes and accrued interest through
November 30, 2022 were converted into 276,289 shares common stock and 276,289 warrants to purchase common stock were issued to the Convertible
Bridge Note holders at conversion. The Bridge Note conversions and the warrant exercise pricing was determined using a $ 25 million dollar
company valuation immediately before the IPO.
Between
April 5 and April 13, 2023, the holders of warrants exercised 436,533
warrants for common shares at various exercise prices and the Company received proceeds of approximately $ 1,495,000 .
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