−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis
−Removed: of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
−Removed: Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
−Removed: This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking
−Removed: statements” that involve risks and uncertainties.
−Removed: All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this Quarterly
−Removed: Report and the documents incorporated by reference herein, including statements regarding future events, our future financial performance,
−Removed: business strategy, and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements.
−Removed: We have attempted to
−Removed: identify forward-looking statements by terminology including “anticipates,” “believes,” “can,” “continue,”
−Removed: “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,”
−Removed: “predicts,” “should,” or “will” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.
−Removed: we do not make forward-looking statements unless we believe we have a reasonable basis for doing so, we cannot guarantee their accuracy.
−Removed: These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors and the documents incorporated
−Removed: by reference herein, which may affect our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed
−Removed: or implied by these forward-looking statements.
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
+Added: Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
+Added: Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties.
+Added: All statements
+Added: other than statements of historical fact contained in this Quarterly Report and the documents incorporated by reference herein, including
+Added: statements regarding future events, our future financial performance, business strategy, and plans and objectives of management for future
+Added: operations, are forward-looking statements.
+Added: We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including “anticipates,”
+Added: “believes,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,”
+Added: “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “should,”
+Added: or “will” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.
+Added: Although we do not make forward-looking statements
+Added: unless we believe we have a reasonable basis for doing so, we cannot guarantee their accuracy.
+Added: These statements are only predictions
+Added: and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors and the documents incorporated by reference herein, which may affect
+Added: our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking
Moreover, we operate in a highly regulated, very competitive, and rapidly changing environment.
−Removed: New risks emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all risk factors, nor can we address the impact of all factors
−Removed: on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause our actual results to differ materially from those
−Removed: contained in any forward-looking statements.
−Removed: These forward-looking statements are subject to certain
−Removed: risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the heading “Risk
−Removed: Factors” in other documents we file with the SEC, including our Annual Report on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022,
−Removed: filed with the SEC on March 16, 2023, and the audited financial statements and notes included therein.
−Removed: As used in this Quarterly Report, the terms “we”,
−Removed: “us”, “our”, and “Co-Diagnostics” means Co-Diagnostics, Inc., a Utah corporation and its consolidated
−Removed: subsidiaries (the “Company”), unless otherwise indicated.
−Removed: Executive Overview
−Removed: The following management’s discussion and analysis
−Removed: of financial condition and results of operations describes the principal factors affecting the results of our operations, financial condition,
−Removed: and changes in financial condition.
−Removed: This discussion should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited financial statements
−Removed: and notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.
−Removed: The information contained in this discussion is subject to a number of risks and
−Removed: uncertainties.
−Removed: We urge you to review carefully the section of this report entitled “ Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking
−Removed: Business Overview
−Removed: Co-Diagnostics, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “Company”
−Removed: or “CODX”), develops, manufactures and sells reagents used for diagnostic tests that function via the detection and/or analysis
−Removed: of nucleic acid molecules (DNA or RNA), including robust and innovative molecular tools for detection of infectious diseases and agricultural
−Removed: applications.
−Removed: In connection with the sale of our tests we may sell diagnostic equipment from other manufacturers as self-contained lab
−Removed: systems (which we refer to as the “MDx Device”).
−Removed: We are also developing a unique, groundbreaking portable PCR device and proprietary
−Removed: test cups (the “Co-Dx PCR platform”) that have been designed to bring affordable, reliable polymerase chain reaction (“PCR”)
−Removed: to patients in point-of-care and at-home settings.
−Removed: This platform is subject to U.S.
+Added: New risks emerge from time
+Added: to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all risk factors, nor can we address the impact of all factors on our business or the
+Added: extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any
+Added: forward-looking statements.
+Added: forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from
+Added: those reflected in the forward-looking statements.
+Added: Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited
+Added: to, those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in other documents we file with the SEC, including our Annual Report
+Added: on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
+Added: The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Annual Report on Form
+Added: 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 14, 2024, and the audited financial statements and notes
+Added: included therein.
+Added: used in this Quarterly Report, the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, and “Co-Diagnostics” means
+Added: Co-Diagnostics, Inc., a Utah corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries (the “Company”), unless otherwise indicated.
+Added: following management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations describes the principal factors
+Added: affecting the results of our operations, financial condition, and changes in financial condition.
+Added: This discussion should be read in conjunction
+Added: with the accompanying unaudited financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.
+Added: The information contained in
+Added: this discussion is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties.
+Added: We urge you to review carefully the section of this report entitled
+Added: “ Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.
+Added: Co-Diagnostics,
+Added: Inc., a Utah corporation (the “Company” or “CODX”), develops, manufactures and sells reagents used for diagnostic
+Added: tests that function via the detection and/or analysis of nucleic acid molecules (DNA or RNA), including robust and innovative molecular
+Added: tools for detection of infectious diseases, liquid biopsy for cancer screening, and agricultural applications.
+Added: Our diagnostics systems
+Added: enable dependable, low-cost, molecular testing for organisms and genetic diseases by automating or simplifying historically complex procedures
+Added: in both the development and administration of tests.
+Added: CODX’s technical advance involves a novel, patented approach to PCR test design
+Added: of primer and probe structure (“Co-Primers®”) that eliminates one of the key vexing issues of PCR amplification:
+Added: the exponential
+Added: growth of primer-dimer pairs (false positives and false negatives) which adversely interferes with identification of the target DNA/RNA.
+Added: Using our proprietary test design system and proprietary reagents, we have designed and obtained regulatory approval to sell PCR diagnostic
+Added: tests for the detection of COVID-19, influenza, tuberculosis, hepatitis B and C, human papillomavirus, malaria, chikungunya, dengue,
+Added: and the Zika virus.
+Added: These initial diagnostic tests are cleared for use in clinical labs only and not for point-of-care or at-home use.
+Added: are currently developing a unique, groundbreaking portable diagnostic device and test system designed for point-of-care and at-home use.
+Added: The system is comprised of our PCR instrument that we refer to as the Co-Dx™ PCR Pro™ instrument, our proprietary diagnostic
+Added: test cup system and a mobile application to be installed on the user’s mobile device.
+Added: We refer to the system as the “Co-Dx™
+Added: PCR platform that is being designed to bring affordable, reliable polymerase chain reaction (“PCR”) testing to patients in
+Added: point-of-care and at-home settings.
+Added: The Co-Dx PCR platform is subject to U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) review
and is not available for sale at the time of this filing.
−Removed: There is no guarantee that our Co-Dx PCR platform will receive the necessary
−Removed: regulatory approvals for commercialization, or that, if regulatory approval is received, we will be able to successfully commercialize
−Removed: this platform.
−Removed: Our diagnostics systems enable dependable, low-cost,
−Removed: molecular testing for organisms and genetic diseases by automating or simplifying historically complex procedures in both the development
−Removed: and administration of tests.
−Removed: CODX’s technical advance involves a novel, patented approach to PCR test design of primer and probe
−Removed: structure (“Co-Primers™”) that eliminates one of the key vexing issues of PCR amplification:
−Removed: the exponential growth
−Removed: of primer-dimer pairs (false positives and false negatives) which adversely interferes with identification of the target DNA/RNA.
−Removed: We believe our proprietary molecular diagnostics technology
−Removed: is paving the way for innovation in disease detection and life sciences research through our enhanced detection of genetic material.
−Removed: various reasons, including owning our own platform, we believe we will be able to accomplish this faster and more economically than some
−Removed: competitors, allowing for significant margins while still positioning ourselves as a low-cost provider of molecular diagnostics and screening
−Removed: In addition, continued development has demonstrated
−Removed: the unique properties of our Co-Primer technology that we believe makes it ideally suited for a variety of applications where specificity
−Removed: is key to optimal results, including multiplexing several targets, enhanced Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (“SNP”) detection
−Removed: and enrichment for next generation sequencing.
−Removed: Our scientists use the complex mathematics of DNA/RNA
−Removed: PCR test design to engineer and optimize PCR tests and to automate algorithms that rapidly screen millions of possible options to pinpoint
−Removed: the optimum design.
−Removed: Brent Satterfield, our founder, developed the intellectual property we use in our business, consisting of the
−Removed: predictive mathematical algorithms and patented molecular structure used in the testing process, which together represent a major advance
−Removed: in PCR testing systems.
−Removed: Our flagship CoPrimers technology is covered by U.S.
−Removed: patents titled “Cooperative primers, probes, and applications
−Removed: thereof” as well as by granted and pending foreign counterparts.
−Removed: We have other U.S.
−Removed: patents directed to our earlier work in primer
−Removed: and assay designs.
−Removed: For more recent works, we have filed international and U.S.
−Removed: patent applications directed to “Methods and Compositions
−Removed: for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Library Preparation,” “Allele-Specific Design of Cooperative Primers for Improved Nucleic
−Removed: Acid Variant Genotyping,” “Methods and Compositions Related to Cooperative Primers and Reverse Transcription,” and “Systems,
−Removed: Methods, and Apparatus for Automated Self-Contained Biological Analysis” which is the basis of our Co-Dx Platform.
−Removed: continue building our patent portfolio as development continues and resources are available.
−Removed: Ownership of our proprietary platform permits
−Removed: us the advantage of avoiding payment of patent royalties required by other PCR test systems, which may allow the sale of diagnostic PCR
−Removed: tests at a lower price than competitors, while enabling us to maintain profit margins.
−Removed: Our proprietary test design process involves identifying
−Removed: the optimal locations on the target genes for amplification and pair the locations with the optimized primer and probe structure to achieve
−Removed: outputs that meet the design input requirements identified from market research.
−Removed: This is done by following planned and documented processes,
−Removed: procedures and testing.
−Removed: In other words, we use the data resulting from our tests to verify whether we succeeded in designing what we intended.
−Removed: Verification involves a series of testing that concludes that the product is ready to proceed to validation in an evaluation either in
−Removed: our laboratory or in an independent laboratory setting using initial production tests to confirm that the product as designed meets the
−Removed: We may either sell or lease the MDx Device to labs
−Removed: and diagnostic centers, through sale or lease agreements, and sell the reagents that comprise our proprietary tests to those laboratories
−Removed: and testing facilities.
−Removed: Using our proprietary test design system and proprietary
−Removed: reagents, we have designed and obtained regulatory approval in the United States, the European Community and/or in India.
−Removed: In the United
−Removed: States, we are regulated by the FDA and our products must be approved, cleared, or authorized by the FDA before we are allowed to sell
−Removed: our tests in the United States as in vitro diagnostics.
−Removed: The FDA granted us an EUA to manufacture and sell our Logix Smart COVID-19 test
−Removed: to CLIA labs in the United States.
−Removed: We are ISO 13485:2016 certified, relating to the design and manufacture of our medical device products.
−Removed: Being ISO certified greatly facilitates our applications for CE-Marking, which allows us to sell any CE Marked test in most countries
−Removed: in Europe, South America and Asia, depending on the country and following that country’s registration process.
−Removed: We currently have
−Removed: CE Markings issued for our Logix Smart COVID-19 test, tuberculosis test, our Zika virus test, a triplex test that tests for Zika, dengue,
−Removed: and chikungunya simultaneously, a triplex “ABC” test that identifies and distinguishes between Flu A, Flu B and Covid-19,
−Removed: our SARS-CoV-2 2-gene multiplex test, and our DS (Direct Saliva, extraction-free) COVID-19 test.
−Removed: In addition, our Logix Smart COVID-19
−Removed: has received the required license to manufacture and sell in India from India’s CDSCO, and The National Epidemiology Institute in
−Removed: Mexico evaluated our Logix Smart COVID-19 and ABC tests and approved them for sale in Mexico.
−Removed: We have also received approval to sell our
−Removed: Logix Smart COVID-19 test in Australia.
−Removed: We are in the process of registering for sale our Logix Smart COVID-19 and other tests in a number
−Removed: of major countries around the world.
−Removed: In addition to testing for infectious disease, the
−Removed: technology lends itself to identifying any section of a DNA or RNA strand that describes any type of genetic trait, which creates several
−Removed: significant applications.
−Removed: We, in conjunction with our customers, are active in designing and licensing tests that identify genetic traits
−Removed: in plant and animal genomes.
−Removed: We also have three multiplexed tests developed to test mosquitos for the identification of diseases carried
−Removed: by the mosquitos to enable municipalities to concentrate their efforts in managing mosquito populations on the specific areas known to
−Removed: be breeding the mosquitos that carry deadly viruses.
−Removed: RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: The Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 Compared
−Removed: to the Three Months ended September 30, 2022
−Removed: For the three months ended September 30, 2023, we
−Removed: generated revenues of $2,457,098, compared to revenues of $5,094,456 for the three months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: Grant funding awarded
−Removed: to the Company accounted for $2,320,565 of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The decrease in total revenue of $2,637,358
−Removed: was primarily due to lower sales of our Logix Smart COVID-19 test developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: Cost of Revenues
−Removed: We recorded cost of revenues of $255,772 for the three
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $767,936 for the three months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: The decrease in revenues combined
−Removed: with a larger percentage of fixed product production costs, as well as costs related to expired inventory, resulted in a lower cost of
−Removed: revenues and lower gross margin percentage, after adjusting for the effect of the grant revenue awarded.
−Removed: We incurred total operating expenses of $11,137,277
−Removed: for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to total operating expenses of $10,862,135 for the three months ended September
−Removed: The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to increased personnel expenses, including stock-compensation expense,
−Removed: and additional investment in research and development.
−Removed: These increases were partially offset by decreased expenses experienced in conjunction
−Removed: with our decrease in revenues, such as third-party sales commissions, reflected in sales and marketing and variable compensation.
−Removed: Our sales and marketing expenses for the three months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2023 were $1,904,395, compared to $1,889,907 for the three months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: The increase was primarily
−Removed: a result of increased stock-based compensation expense and professional services expense, partially offset by decreased variable compensation,
−Removed: such as bonuses and commissions, decreased third-party sales commissions, and tradeshow and travel expenses.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses decreased from
−Removed: $3,622,273 for the three months ended September 30, 2022 to $3,147,753 for the three months ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The decrease in
−Removed: general and administrative expenses was primarily due to decreased bad debt expense, insurance expense, variable compensation expense,
−Removed: and professional services expenses, partially offset by increased stock-based compensation expense.
−Removed: Our research and development expenses increased from
−Removed: $5,037,461 for the three months ended September 30, 2022 to $5,788,789 for the three months ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The primary increase
−Removed: in expenses was a result of increases in personnel related expenses and increases in expenses related to development and clinical trials
−Removed: of the Co-Dx PCR platform.
−Removed: Other Income (expense)
−Removed: For the three months ended September 30, 2023 we had
−Removed: total other income of $840,176, compared to total other income of $3,059,915 for the three months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: components of other income include a change in the fair value of contingent consideration liabilities recorded in conjunction with the
−Removed: acquisitions of IdMo and ACI and interest income and realized gains from investments in marketable securities.
−Removed: Net Income (loss)
−Removed: We realized a net loss for the three months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2023 of $5,982,194, compared to a net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2022 of $1,361,062.
−Removed: The larger net loss
−Removed: was primarily the result of a decrease in revenues, combined with an increase of operating expenses, partially offset by changes in the
−Removed: fair value of acquisition contingencies and income related to investments in marketable securities.
−Removed: Additionally, we recorded an income
−Removed: tax benefit of $2,113,581 for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to an income tax benefit of $2,114,638 for the three
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: The Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 Compared
−Removed: to the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022
−Removed: For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we generated
−Removed: revenues of $3,256,861, compared to revenues of $32,816,726 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: The decrease in revenue of $29,559,865
−Removed: was primarily due to lower sales of our Logix Smart COVID-19 test developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: Cost of Revenues
−Removed: We recorded cost of revenues of $1,217,108 for the
−Removed: nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $4,965,319 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: The decrease in revenues combined
−Removed: with a larger percentage of fixed product production costs, as well as costs related to expired inventory, resulted in a lower cost of
−Removed: revenues and lower gross margin percentage.
−Removed: We incurred total operating expenses of $32,920,793
−Removed: for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to total operating expenses of $28,709,900 for the nine months ended September
−Removed: The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to increased personnel expenses, including stock-compensation expense,
−Removed: and additional investment in research and development.
−Removed: These increases were partially offset by decreased expenses experienced in conjunction
−Removed: with our decrease in revenues, such as third-party sales commissions reflected in sales and marketing, and variable compensation.
−Removed: Our sales and marketing expenses for the nine months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2023 were $5,343,692, compared to $6,014,280 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: The decrease was primarily
−Removed: a result of decreased variable compensation, such as bonuses and commissions, and decreased third-party sales commissions, partially offset
−Removed: by increased stock-based compensation expense, tradeshow and travel expenses, and professional services expense.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses increased from
−Removed: $9,012,888 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 to $9,875,613 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The increase in general
−Removed: and administrative expenses was primarily due to increased professional, legal, and advisory fees expenses, increased stock-based compensation
−Removed: expense, and increased bad debt expense, partially offset by decreased variable compensation expense and decreased insurance expense.
−Removed: Our research and development expenses increased from
−Removed: $12,698,632 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 to $16,783,892 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The primary increase
−Removed: in expenses was a result of increases in personnel related expenses, increases in expenses related to development and clinical trials
−Removed: of the Co-Dx PCR platform, and increased stock-based compensation expense.
−Removed: Other Income (expense)
−Removed: For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 we had
−Removed: total other income of $3,612,918, compared to total other income of $7,055,666 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: components of other income include a change in the fair value of contingent consideration liabilities recorded in conjunction with the
−Removed: acquisitions of IdMo and ACI and interest income and realized gains from investments in marketable securities.
−Removed: Net Income (loss)
−Removed: We realized a net loss for the nine months ended September
−Removed: 30, 2023 of $20,656,410, compared with net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 of $7,667,231.
−Removed: The shift from net income
−Removed: to net loss was primarily the result of a decrease in revenues, combined with an increase of operating expenses, partially offset by changes
−Removed: in the fair value of acquisition contingencies and income related to investments in marketable securities.
−Removed: Additionally, we recorded an
−Removed: income tax benefit of $6,611,712 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to an income tax benefit of $1,470,058 for the
−Removed: nine months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: At September 30, 2023, we had cash and cash equivalents
+Added: In December 2023, we submitted the Co-Dx PCR platform for review by the U.S.
+Added: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).
+Added: The submission included the PCR Pro instrument, Co-Dx PCR COVID-19
+Added: detection test cups, and mobile app, all designed for use in point-of-care and at-home settings.
+Added: There is no guarantee that our Co-Dx
+Added: PCR platform will receive the necessary regulatory approvals for commercialization, or that, if regulatory approval is received, we will
+Added: be able to successfully commercialize this platform.
+Added: believe our proprietary molecular diagnostics technology is paving the way for innovation in disease detection and life sciences research
+Added: through our enhanced detection of genetic material.
+Added: For various reasons, including owning our own platform, we believe we will be able
+Added: to accomplish this faster and more economically than some competitors, allowing for significant margins while still positioning ourselves
+Added: as a low-cost provider of molecular diagnostics and screening services.
+Added: For example, we were the first US-based company to receive a
+Added: CE-marking for a COVID-19 test in early 2020, as we worked to help slow the spread of the pandemic through our global network of distributors
+Added: covering clinical labs in more than 50 countries.
+Added: Our Logix Smart® COVID-19 test was designed, developed, submitted for regulatory
+Added: approval and ready to be used as an in vitro diagnostic or IVD in countries that accept a CE Mark as approval for use of the test in
+Added: a period of just over 30 days.
+Added: This is a real-world example of how the CODX technology can be used in an evolving epidemic or pandemic
+Added: to get diagnostic tools in the hands of medical professionals in a timely manner.
+Added: It can be similarly used to design a test for mutated
+Added: strains of the virus should they not be detectable using currently available tests.
+Added: addition, continued development has demonstrated the unique properties of our CoPrimer technology that we believe makes it ideally suited
+Added: for a variety of applications where specificity is key to optimal results, including multiplexing several targets, enhanced Single Nucleotide
+Added: Polymorphism (“SNP”) detection and enrichment for next generation sequencing.
+Added: scientists use the complex mathematics of DNA/RNA PCR test design to engineer and optimize PCR tests and to automate algorithms that
+Added: rapidly screen millions of possible options to pinpoint the optimum design.
+Added: The intellectual property we use in our business, consisting
+Added: of the predictive mathematical algorithms and patented molecular structure used in the testing process, which together represents a major
+Added: advance in PCR testing systems.
+Added: CODX technologies are now protected by more than 20 granted or pending US and foreign patents, as well
+Added: as certain trade secrets and copyrights.
+Added: Ownership of our proprietary platform permits us the advantage of avoiding payment of patent
+Added: royalties required by other PCR test systems, which may allow the sale of diagnostic PCR tests at a lower price than competitors, while
+Added: enabling us to maintain profit margins.
+Added: proprietary test design process involves identifying the optimal locations on the target genes for amplification and pair the locations
+Added: with the optimized primer and probe structure to achieve outputs that meet the design input requirements identified from market research.
+Added: This is done by following planned and documented processes, procedures and testing.
+Added: In other words, we use the data resulting from our
+Added: tests to verify whether we succeeded in designing what we intended.
+Added: Verification involves a series of testing that concludes that the
+Added: product is ready to proceed to validation in an evaluation either in our laboratory or in an independent laboratory setting using initial
+Added: production tests to confirm that the product as designed meets the user needs.
+Added: our proprietary test design system and proprietary reagents, we have designed and obtained regulatory approval in the European Community
+Added: and in India to sell PCR diagnostic tests for the detection of COVID-19, influenza, tuberculosis, hepatitis B and C, human papillomavirus,
+Added: malaria, chikungunya, dengue, and the Zika virus.
+Added: In the United States, we obtained Emergency Use Authorization (“EUA”) for
+Added: our Logix Smart ® COVID-19 detection test from the Food and Drug Administration, or
+Added: FDA, and we sell that test to qualified labs.
+Added: In addition, our COVID-19 detection test and certain of our other suite of COVID-19 products
+Added: have been approved for sale in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia and Mexico by the regulatory bodies in those countries
+Added: and have been registered for sale in many more countries.
+Added: In connection with the sale of our tests we may sell diagnostic equipment from
+Added: other manufacturers as self-contained lab systems (which we refer to as the “MDx Device”).
+Added: addition to testing for infectious disease, the technology lends itself to identifying any section of a DNA or RNA strand that describes
+Added: any type of genetic trait, which creates several significant applications.
+Added: We, in conjunction with our customers, have designed and licensed
+Added: tests that identify genetic traits in plant and animal genomes.
+Added: We also have three multiplexed tests developed to test mosquitos for
+Added: the identification of diseases carried by the mosquitos to enable municipalities to concentrate their efforts in managing mosquito populations
+Added: on the specific areas known to be breeding the mosquitos that carry deadly viruses.
+Added: OF OPERATIONS
+Added: Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 Compared to the Three Months ended March 31, 2023
+Added: the three months ended March 31, 2024, we generated revenues of $467,854, compared to revenues of $601,957 for the three months ended
+Added: March 31, 2023.
+Added: Grant revenue accounted for $215,109 of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $0 for the three
+Added: months ended March 31, 2023.
+Added: The decrease in total revenue of $134,103 was primarily due to lower sales of our Logix Smart COVID-19 throughout
+Added: recorded cost of revenues of $234,505 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $502,241 for the three months ended March
+Added: After adjusting for the effect of the grant revenue in the current period, cost of revenues and gross margins are comparable
+Added: for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: incurred total operating expenses of $10,492,736 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to total operating expenses of $10,050,366
+Added: for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
+Added: The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to increased personnel expenses and additional
+Added: investment in research and development.
+Added: These increases were partially offset by decreased stock compensation expense.
+Added: sales and marketing expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2024 were $1,563,682, compared to $1,706,331 for the three months ended
+Added: March 31, 2023.
+Added: The decrease was primarily a result of decreased stock-based compensation expense, partially offset by increased tradeshow
+Added: and travel expenses.
+Added: and administrative expenses remained materially consistent at $2,918,803 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $3,013,965
+Added: for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
+Added: The decrease in general and administrative expenses was primarily due to decreases in stock
+Added: compensation, insurance expense, and professional services expenses, partially offset by increased legal expenses.
+Added: research and development expenses increased to $5,679,678 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $5,014,060 for the three
+Added: months ended March 31, 2023.
+Added: The primary increase in expenses was a result of increases in personnel related expenses and expenses related
+Added: to development of the Co-Dx PCR platform.
+Added: the three months ended March 31, 2024 we had total other income of $970,108, compared to total other income of $1,935,448 for the three
+Added: months ended March 31, 2023.
+Added: The primary components of other income include a change in the fair value of contingent consideration liabilities
+Added: and interest income and realized gains from investments in marketable securities.
+Added: realized a net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2024 of $9,312,043, compared to a net loss for the three months ended March
31, 2023 of $5,755,391.
−Removed: Additionally, we had $53,188,999 of marketable investment securities that could readily be converted into cash if needed.
−Removed: Additionally, our total current assets of September 30, 2023, were $71,310,781 compared to total current liabilities of $5,097,740.
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities during the nine
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2023 was $17,303,239, compared to cash provided by operating activities of $10,578,544 for the nine months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: The decrease in cash from operating activities was primarily due to decreased revenues and the impact of non-cash
−Removed: Net cash provided by investing activities during the
−Removed: nine months ended September 30, 2023 was $5,773,590, primarily from maturities of marketable investment securities, compared to cash used
−Removed: in investing activities of $4,861,292 during the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: Net cash used in financing activities was $1,204,256
−Removed: for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared to net cash used in financing activities of $12,816,503 for the same period in
−Removed: the prior year.
−Removed: This decrease is due to the repurchase of fewer outstanding common shares during the first nine months of the year, compared
−Removed: to the same period of the prior year.
−Removed: Since commencing sales of our Logix Smart COVID-19
−Removed: test in March 2020, we have used cash generated from those sales to fund the procurement and production of inventory and to pay our operating
−Removed: We have increased our work force primarily in the area of research and development to develop the Co-Dx PCR platform and complete
−Removed: development of additional tests to enable us to use our distributor network to sell other products throughout the world and become profitable
−Removed: in the future.
−Removed: In March 2022 our board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to $30.0 million of the company’s outstanding
−Removed: common stock.
−Removed: We have no obligation to repurchase any shares under the repurchase program and may suspend or discontinue it at any time
−Removed: without prior notice.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023 we have repurchased 4,708,520 outstanding common shares under the repurchase program for
−Removed: a total of $15.4 million.
−Removed: Additionally, in March 2023, we filed a shelf registration
−Removed: statement on Form S-3 (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) with the SEC registering the sale, from time-to-time of up to $150
−Removed: million of our securities.
−Removed: In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, we filed an equity distribution agreement prospectus covering
−Removed: the offering, issuance and sale of up to a maximum of $50 million shares of our common stock that may be issued and sold under an equity
−Removed: distribution agreement with Piper Sandler & Co.
−Removed: We are under no obligation to sell any securities under the Shelf Registration Statement
−Removed: or the equity distribution agreement with Piper Sandler & Co.
−Removed: We have not sold any shares under the equity distribution agreement
−Removed: with Piper Sandler & Co.
−Removed: We believe that our existing capital resources and
−Removed: the cash generated from future sales will be sufficient to meet our projected operating requirements for the next 12 months.
−Removed: our available capital resources may be consumed more rapidly than currently expected and we may need or want to raise additional financing
−Removed: for strategic opportunities.
−Removed: If needed, we expect additional investment capital
−Removed: to come from (i) additional issuances of our common stock with existing and new investors or (ii) the private placement of other securities
−Removed: with investors similar to those that have provided funding in the past.
−Removed: We may not be able to secure such financing in a timely manner
−Removed: or on favorable terms, if at all.
−Removed: The foregoing estimates, expectations and forward-looking
−Removed: statements are subject to change as we make strategic operating decisions from time to time and as our revenue and expenses fluctuate
−Removed: from period to period.
−Removed: Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
−Removed: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
−Removed: about Market Risk
−Removed: Not required under Regulation S-K for “smaller
−Removed: reporting companies.”
+Added: The larger net loss was primarily the result of an increase in operating expenses, as well as changes in the
+Added: fair value of acquisition contingencies and income related to investments in marketable securities.
+Added: Additionally, we recorded income
+Added: tax expense of $22,764 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to an income tax benefit of $2,259,811 for the three months
+Added: ended March 31, 2023.
+Added: The primary reason for the change in the provision for income taxes is a result of the Company now being in a full
+Added: valuation allowance.
+Added: and Capital Resources
+Added: March 31, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents of $23,099,251.
+Added: Additionally, we had $26,864,435 of marketable investment securities
+Added: that could readily be converted into cash if needed.
+Added: Additionally, our total current assets of March 31, 2024, were $53,698,833 compared
+Added: to total current liabilities of $5,269,652.
+Added: cash used in operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $8,490,334, compared to $5,917,517 for the three months
+Added: ended March 31, 2023.
+Added: The decrease in cash from operating activities was primarily due to decreased revenues and increased operating
+Added: expenses, and the impact of non-cash items.
+Added: cash provided by investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $16,672,707, primarily from maturities of marketable
+Added: investment securities, compared to cash used in investing activities of $10,214,710 during the three months ended March 31, 2023.
+Added: cash used in financing activities was $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to net cash used in financing activities
+Added: of $482,196 for the same period in the prior year.
+Added: This is due to the repurchase of outstanding common shares during the prior period,
+Added: compared to no such repurchases in the current period.
+Added: commencing sales of our Logix Smart COVID-19 test in March 2020, we have used our cash generated from those sales to fund the purchase
+Added: of inventories and the development of our Co-Dx PCR platform, and to pay our operating expenses.
+Added: We have increased our work force most
+Added: significantly in research and development in order to continue development of the Co-Dx PCR platform and additional tests that will enable
+Added: continued use of our distributor network to sell additional products throughout the world.
+Added: believe that our existing capital resources and the cash generated from future sales will be sufficient to meet our projected operating
+Added: requirements for the next 12 months.
+Added: However, our available capital resources may be consumed more
+Added: rapidly than currently expected and we may need or want to raise additional financing for strategic opportunities.
+Added: It is anticipated
+Added: that the Company will continue to generate operating losses and use cash in operations in the near term.
+Added: needed, we expect additional investment capital to come from additional issuances of our common stock or other equity-based securities
+Added: with existing and new investors similar to those that have provided funding in the past.
+Added: On March 16, 2023, the Company entered into
+Added: an Equity Distribution Agreement with Piper Sandler & Co.
+Added: (“Piper”), pursuant to which we may sell from time to time,
+Added: shares of our common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $50.0 million through Piper, as agent.
+Added: No shares have been sold
+Added: under the distribution agreement as of March 31, 2024.
+Added: We may not be able to secure such financing in a timely manner or on favorable
+Added: terms, if at all.
+Added: Sheet Arrangements
+Added: have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
+Added: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
+Added: required under Regulation S-K for “smaller reporting companies.”
Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.