Item 1. Financial Statements
ITEM
1: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DERMATA
THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Balance
Sheets
March 31, 2026
December 31, 2025
(unaudited)
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 6,945,282
$ 7,521,978
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
427,279
341,848
Inventory
93,091
-
Total assets
$ 7,465,652
$ 7,863,826
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity:
Liabilities:
Accounts payable (including related party amounts of $ 0 and $ 86,250 , respectively)
$ 318,331
$ 460,811
Accrued and other current liabilities (including related party amounts of $ 129,333 and $ 25,000 , respectively)
734,318
1,179,635
Total liabilities
1,052,649
1,640,446
Commitments and Contingencies (see Note 6)
Stockholders’ Equity:
Common Stock, par value $ 0.0001 , 250,000,000 shares authorized; 4,022,143 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2026; 2,660,110 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2025.
402
266
Additional paid-in capital
81,494,203
79,457,010
Accumulated deficit
( 75,081,602 )
( 73,233,896 )
Total stockholders’ equity
6,413,003
6,223,380
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$ 7,465,652
$ 7,863,826
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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DERMATA
THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Statements
of Operations
(unaudited)
2026
2025
For the three months ended
March 31,
2026
2025
Operating expenses:
Research and development
$ 383,724
$ 1,281,141
Selling, general and administrative (including related party amounts of $ 190,583 and $ 0 , respectively)
1,542,658
1,058,662
Total operating expenses
1,926,382
2,339,803
Loss from operations
( 1,926,382 )
( 2,339,803 )
Other income and expenses:
Interest income
78,676
36,216
Net loss
$ ( 1,847,706 )
$ ( 2,303,587 )
Net loss per share of Common Stock, basic and diluted
$ ( 0.48 )
$ ( 4.47 )
Weighted-average basic and diluted Common Stock
3,858,921
515,465
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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DERMATA
THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Statements
of Stockholders’ Equity
(unaudited)
Shares
Par Value
Capital
Deficit
Equity
Common Stock
Additional
Paid-in
Accumulated
Total
Stockholders’
Shares
Par Value
Capital
Deficit
Equity
Balance at December 31, 2025
2,660,110
$ 266
$ 79,457,010
$ ( 73,233,896 )
$ 6,223,380
Issuance of Common Stock from ATM sales, net of issuance costs
824,283
82
1,993,969
-
1,994,051
Issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of pre-funded warrants
537,750
54
( 54 )
-
-
Stock-based compensation
-
-
43,278
-
43,278
Net loss
-
-
-
( 1,847,706 )
( 1,847,706 )
Balance at March 31, 2026
4,022,143
$ 402
$ 81,494,203
$ ( 75,081,602 )
$ 6,413,003
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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DERMATA
THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Statements
of Stockholders’ Equity
(unaudited)
Common Stock
Additional
Paid-in
Accumulated
Total
Stockholders’
Shares
Par Value
Capital
Deficit
Equity
Balance at December 31, 2024
251,725
$ 25
$ 67,236,408
$ ( 65,675,339 )
$ 1,561,094
Balance
251,725
$ 25
$ 67,236,408
$ ( 65,675,339 )
$ 1,561,094
Issuance of Common Stock and warrants from January 2025 PIPE, net of issuance costs
193,539
19
2,254,702
-
2,254,721
Issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of pre-funded warrants
97,746
10
967
-
977
Issuance of Common Stock and warrants from March 2025 Warrant Inducement, net of issuance costs
60,200
6
5,750,822
-
5,750,828
Stock-based compensation
-
-
37,189
-
37,189
Net loss
-
-
-
( 2,303,587 )
( 2,303,587 )
Balance at March 31, 2025
603,210
$ 60
$ 75,280,088
$ ( 67,978,926 )
$ 7,301,222
Balance
603,210
$ 60
$ 75,280,088
$ ( 67,978,926 )
$ 7,301,222
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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DERMATA
THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Statements
of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
2026
2025
For the three months ended
March 31,
2026
2025
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss
$ ( 1,847,706 )
$ ( 2,303,587 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Stock-based compensation
43,278
37,189
Increase (decrease) in cash resulting from changes in:
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
( 85,431 )
86,579
Inventory
( 93,091 )
-
Accounts payable
( 51,128 )
102,064
Accrued and other current liabilities
( 445,640 )
143,689
Net cash used in operating activities
( 2,479,718 )
( 1,934,066 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of Common Stock from ATM sales, net of issuance costs
1,994,374
-
Proceeds from issuance of Common Stock, pre-funded warrants, and warrants, net of issuance costs
-
8,541,282
Proceeds from exercise of pre-funded warrants
-
977
Payment of issuance costs
( 91,352 )
( 50,495 )
Net cash provided by financing activities
1,903,022
8,491,764
Net increase (decrease) in Cash and cash equivalents
( 576,696 )
6,557,698
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
7,521,978
3,161,570
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$ 6,945,282
$ 9,719,268
Non-cash financing activities:
Issuance Common Stock upon exercise of pre-funded warrants
$ 54
$ -
ATM issuance costs in accrued expenses
$ 323
$ -
January 2025 PIPE issuance costs in accounts payable
$ -
$ 79,102
March 2025 Warrant Inducement issuance costs in accounts payable
$ -
$ 456,631
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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DERMATA
THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Notes
to Financial Statements
(unaudited)
1.
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Dermata
Therapeutics, Inc., (the “Company”), was formed in December 2014 as a Delaware limited liability company (“LLC”)
under the name Dermata Therapeutics, LLC. On March 24, 2021, the Company converted from an LLC to a Delaware C-corporation and changed
its name to Dermata Therapeutics, Inc. On August 17, 2021, the Company completed its initial public offering. The Company’s shares
of Common Stock and warrants are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “DRMA,” and
“DRMAW,” respectively. During September 2025, the Company made a strategic shift from researching and developing prescription
products to becoming a science-driven leader in dermatologic solutions anticipating the launch of its first direct-to-consumer (“DTC”)
products from its Tome skincare line in mid-2026.
Reverse
Stock Splits
On
July 15, 2025, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders at which time the stockholders approved the adoption of an amendment
to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding shares
of Common Stock, at a specific ratio, ranging from one-for-two to one-for-thirty, with the exact ratio determined by the Company’s
board of directors without further approval or authorization of its stockholders. On August 1, 2025, the Company effected the reverse
split of its shares of Common Stock at a ratio of 1-for-10, as approved by the Company’s board of directors (the “2025 Reverse
Stock Split”). The par value was not adjusted as a result of the 2025 Reverse Stock Split. All issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock and per share amounts contained in the financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect this reverse stock
split for all periods presented.
Liquidity
and Going Concern Uncertainty
Since
its inception, the Company has devoted substantially all of its resources to research and development activities and has not generated
any revenue or commercialized any product candidates. As of March 31, 2026, cash and cash equivalents totaled $ 6.9 million, and the Company
had an accumulated deficit of $ 75.1 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, and the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company
used cash of approximately $ 2.5 million and approximately $ 7.8 million, respectively, in operations. The Company’s existing cash
and cash equivalents are expected to fund operations into the first quarter of 2027.
The
Company anticipates that it will continue to incur net losses for at least the next twelve months from the date of this filing. While
the Company plans to launch its first product candidate in mid-2026, it is uncertain when the Company will generate operating income
to sustain operations. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the
one-year period following the date that these financial statements were issued.
Historically,
the Company’s principal sources of cash have included proceeds from the issuance of equity securities and debt. The Company’s
principal use of cash has been for operations, and the Company expects that the principal uses of cash in the future will be for continuing
operations, including various marketing expenditures, including, but not limited to, branding, paid media, marketing use studies, advertising,
software subscriptions, and launch events and tradeshows, as well as non-marketing expenses including funding of research and development,
and general working capital requirements. The Company expects that as marketing expenses continue to grow, it will need to raise additional
capital to sustain operations.
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Management’s
Plan to Continue as a Going Concern
To
continue as a going concern, the Company will need, among other things, to raise additional capital resources. Until the Company can
generate significant cash from operations, management’s plans to obtain such resources for the Company include proceeds from offerings
of the Company’s equity securities or debt, generating product revenue from sales of skincare products, or transactions involving
product development, technology licensing or collaboration. Management can provide no assurance that any sources of a sufficient amount
of financing or collaboration agreements will be available to the Company on favorable terms, if at all. The Company’s ability
to raise additional capital may be adversely impacted by potential worsening of global economic conditions, tariffs, potential future
global pandemics or health crises, and the disruptions to, and volatility in, the credit and financial markets in the United States.
Because of historical and expected operating losses and net operating cash flow deficits, there is substantial doubt about the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern for one year from the issuance of the financial statements, which is not alleviated by management’s
plans. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The financial
statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or
the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the possible inability of the Company to continue as a going concern.
Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of
Regulation S-X. Accordingly, since they are interim statements, the accompanying financial statements do not include all of the information
and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying financial statements reflect
all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) that are necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results
of operations, cash flows, and stockholders’ equity for the interim periods presented. Interim results are not necessarily indicative
of results for a full year. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially
from those estimates. The unaudited financial statements included in this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the audited financial
statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 26, 2026, which includes a broader discussion of the Company’s
business and the risks inherent therein.
2.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Use
of Estimates
The
Company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of the Company’s financial statements
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that impact the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and expenses and disclosure
of contingent assets and liabilities in the financial statements and accompanying notes. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates these
estimates and judgments, including those related to stock-based compensation. The Company bases its estimates on various assumptions
that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or
conditions.
Segment
Information
Operating
segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete information is available for evaluation by the chief
operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company and
the Company’s chief operating decision maker view the Company’s operations and manage its business in one operating segment.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
The
Company deposits its cash and cash equivalents with accredited financial institutions. Cash and cash equivalents are held in business
checking, cash sweep, and overnight money market mutual fund accounts. Only the business checking account is insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), with coverage up to $ 250,000 . Cash and cash equivalent deposits in excess of $ 250,000 are
not covered by insurance provided by the FDIC. The cash sweep and overnight money market mutual fund accounts are invested overnight
in highly liquid, short-term investments. The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity date of 90 days or less
at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.
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Concentrations
of Credit Risk
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to a concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents. The
Company is exposed to credit risk in the event of a default by the financial institutions holding the Company’s cash sweep and
overnight money market mutual fund accounts, and the Company’s business checking account, to the extent of the amounts held in
excess of FDIC limits. The Company limits its credit risk by placing its cash and cash equivalents with financial institutions it believes
are of high quality. To date, the Company has not experienced any losses on its deposits of cash and cash equivalents, and periodically
evaluates the creditworthiness of its financial institutions.
Fair
Value Measurement
The
Company uses a three-tier fair value hierarchy to prioritize the inputs used in the Company’s fair value measurements. These tiers
include Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets; Level 2, defined as inputs
other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable; and Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs
in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions. The Company believes the carrying
amount of cash and cash equivalents and accounts payable approximate their estimated fair values due to the short-term nature of these
assets and liabilities.
Inventory
Inventory
consists of raw materials procured for the purpose of manufacturing the Company’s Tome skincare products and is stated at the lower
of cost or net realizable value. Costs for inventory include shipping, delivery, freight, non-refundable taxes, duties, and other landing
costs. The Company’s policy is to perform an assessment of the recoverability of capitalized inventory during each reporting period
and to write down any excess, obsolete, damaged, or expired materials to their estimated realizable value in the period in which the
impairment is first identified. Given the early stage of the Company’s commercialization strategy, no impairments of inventory
have been recorded as of March 31, 2026.
Interest
Income
Interest
income consists of interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents from interest bearing demand accounts.
Patent
Costs
Patent
costs related to obtaining and maintaining patent protection in both the United States and other countries are expensed as incurred.
Patent costs are classified as selling, general and administrative expenses.
Research
and Development Costs
Research
and development costs are expensed in the period incurred. Research and development costs primarily consist of salaries and related expenses
for personnel, including stock-based compensation expense and discretionary incentive bonuses, if any, external research and development
costs incurred under agreements with contract research or laboratory organizations, costs related to compliance with regulatory requirements,
costs related to developing future product candidates, and other allocated expenses.
Payments
for research and development activities are based on the terms of the individual agreements, which may differ from the pattern of costs
incurred, and payments made in advance of performance are reflected in the accompanying balance sheets as prepaid expenses and other
current assets. The Company records accruals for estimated costs incurred for ongoing research and development activities. When evaluating
the adequacy of the accrued liabilities, the Company analyzes progress of the services, including the phase or completion of events,
invoices received, and contracted costs. The Company uses judgments and estimates to determine the prepaid or accrued balances at the
end of any reporting period. Actual results could differ from the Company’s estimates.
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Selling,
General and Administrative Costs
Selling,
general and administrative costs are expensed in the period incurred. Selling, general and administrative costs primarily consist of
personnel-related expenses, including stock-based compensation and discretionary incentive bonuses, if any, marketing and brand-related
expenses, including marketing studies of current and planned product candidates, paid media and advertising costs, as well as legal fees
incurred relating to corporate and patent matters, professional fees incurred for accounting, auditing, tax, and other consulting services,
insurance costs, and other allocated expenses.
Payments
for selling, general and administrative activities are based on the terms of the individual agreements, which may differ from the pattern
of costs incurred, and payments made in advance of performance are reflected in the accompanying balance sheets as prepaid expenses and
other current assets. The Company records accruals for estimated costs incurred for ongoing selling, general and administrative activities.
When evaluating the adequacy of the accrued liabilities, the Company analyzes progress of the services, including the phase or completion
of events, invoices received, and contracted costs. The Company uses judgments and estimates to determine the prepaid or accrued balances
at the end of any reporting period. Actual results could differ from the Company’s estimates.
Income
Taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities
for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax
assets and liabilities are determined on the basis of the differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities
using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates
on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
The
Company recognizes net deferred tax assets to the extent that the Company believes these assets are more likely than not to be realized.
In making such a determination, management considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing
taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations. If management
determines that the Company would be able to realize its deferred tax assets in the future in excess of their net recorded amount, management
would make an adjustment to the deferred tax asset valuation allowance, which would reduce the provision for income taxes.
The
Company records uncertain tax positions on the basis of a two-step process whereby (1) management determines whether it is more likely
than not that the tax positions will be sustained on the basis of the technical merits of the position and (2) for those tax positions
that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, management recognizes the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50
percent likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement with the related tax authority. The Company recognizes interest and penalties
related to unrecognized tax benefits within income tax expense. Any accrued interest and penalties are included within the related tax
liability.
Stock-Based
Compensation
The
Company measures and recognizes compensation expense for all stock-based awards made to employees, directors, and non-employees, based
on estimated fair values recognized using the straight-line method over the requisite service period. The fair value of options to purchase
Common Stock granted to employees is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes valuation model. The calculation of stock-based
compensation expense requires that the Company make certain assumptions and judgments about variables used in the Black-Scholes model,
including the expected term of the stock-based award, expected volatility of the underlying Common Stock, dividend yield, and the risk-free
interest rate. Forfeitures are accounted for in the period they occur.
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Warrants
The
Company performs an assessment of warrants upon issuance to determine their proper classification in the financial statements based upon
the warrant’s specific terms, in accordance with the authoritative guidance provided in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) , and
ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (“ASC 815-40”) . The assessment
considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480 and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements
for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed in the Company’s own Common Stock and whether
the warrant holders could potentially require cash settlement of the warrants.
For
issued or modified warrants that meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component
of additional paid-in capital. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants
are required to be liability-classified and recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance and remeasured at fair value
at each balance sheet date thereafter. The Company has performed an assessment of all warrants issued and modified and determined that
the Company’s warrants are equity classified.
Comprehensive
Loss
Comprehensive
loss includes net loss and other comprehensive income (loss) for the periods presented. The Company did not have other comprehensive
income (loss) items such as unrealized gains and losses. As such, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, and 2025, comprehensive
loss was equal to the net loss.
Net
Loss Per Share of Common Stock
Basic
net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding
during the period. The weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding includes (i) pre-funded warrants because their exercise
requires only nominal consideration for the delivery of shares, and (ii) shares held in abeyance because there is no consideration required
for delivery of the shares, (collectively, “basic shares”), without consideration of common stock equivalents. Diluted net
loss per share is calculated by adjusting basic shares outstanding for the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents outstanding for
the period. For purposes of the diluted net loss per share calculation, stock options and warrants are considered to be common stock
equivalents but are excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per common stock if their effect would be anti-dilutive.
The
common share equivalents that are not included in the calculation of diluted net loss per common share but could potentially dilute basic
earnings per share in the future are as follows:
Schedule
of Potentially Diluted Basic Earnings Per Share
2026
2025
As of
March 31,
2026
2025
Common Stock options
167,477
20,477
Common Stock warrants
5,424,598
1,238,949
Total potentially dilutive securities
5,592,075
1,259,426
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
For
the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company reviewed recent accounting standards and identified the following as relevant to the
Company.
In
November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (“ASU 2024-03”) . ASU 2024-03
requires additional disclosures and disaggregation of certain costs and expenses presented on the face of the income statement. ASU 2024-03
is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15,
2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its financial statements.
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In
September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06 , Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal Use Software (Subtopic 350-40):
Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software . ASU 2025-06 updates the accounting for internal-use software by
replacing former stage-based rules with a principles-based framework. Entities will now capitalize costs associated with internal-use
software only when management has authorized and committed funding and it is probable that the project will be completed and the software
will be used to perform the intended function. ASU 2025-06 also supersedes website development cost guidance, moving it to ASC 350-40.
These amendments are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company
elected to early adopt this accounting guidance prospectively as of January 1, 2026, which did not have a material impact on its financial
statements or its related disclosures.
In
December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements , which clarifies the guidance
in Topic 270 to improve the consistency of interim financial reporting. The ASU provides a comprehensive list of required interim disclosures
and introduces a disclosure principle requiring entities to disclose events since the end of the last annual reporting period that have
a material impact on the entity. ASU 2025-11 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, including interim periods
within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2025-11 on its
financial statements and related disclosures.
3.
Balance Sheet Details
The
following provides certain balance sheet details:
Schedule
of Balance Sheet Details
March 31,
December 31,
2026
2025
Inventory:
Raw materials
$ 93,091
$ -
Total inventory
$ 93,091
$ -
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:
Prepaid insurance
$ 153,007
$ 255,272
Prepaid research and development costs
24,167
2,741
Prepaid marketing expenses
52,600
30,000
Prepaid annual subscriptions
102,134
42,571
Prepaid other
21,732
11,264
Deposit for inventory manufacturing
31,559
-
Deposit for property, plant and equipment
42,080
-
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets
$ 427,279
$ 341,848
Accrued and other current liabilities:
Accrued compensation and benefits
$ 284,781
$ 979,453
Accrued legal fees
108,103
-
Accrued consulting fees
290,533
199,750
Accrued other
50,901
432
Total accrued and other current liabilities
$ 734,318
$ 1,179,635
4.
Equity Securities
A
summary of the Company’s equity securities as of March 31, 2026, is as follows:
Schedule of
Equity Securities
Description
Authorized
Issued
Reserved
Outstanding
Common Stock, par value $0.0001
250,000,000
4,022,143
-
4,022,143
Preferred Stock
10,000,000
-
-
-
Warrants
-
5,424,598
-
5,424,598
2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
153,586
152,568
1,018
152,477
Nonqualified Inducement Stock Option Grant
15,000
15,000
-
15,000
Total equity securities
260,168,586
9,614,309
1,018
9,614,218
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Common
Stock
In
January 2026, the Company extended its At The Market Offering Agreement (the “ATM Agreement”) with its sales agent (the “Sales
Agent”), providing for the additional sale of up to $ 705,000
of its shares of Common Stock as set forth in the ATM Agreement,
adding to the registered capacity of approximately $ 1.4
million which remained as of December 31, 2025, for total remaining
capacity of approximately $ 2.1
million. During January 2026, the Company issued 824,283
shares of its Common Stock under the ATM Agreement, resulting
in net proceeds of approximately $ 2.0
million after paying the Sales Agent a fixed commission rate
of 3.0 %
of approximately $ 67,000 and other transactional fees. After issuance of the 824,283
shares of its Common Stock under its ATM Agreement during January
2026, no capacity remained under the Company’s ATM Agreement.
On
December 29, 2025, the Company closed a private placement (the “December 2025 PIPE”) priced at the market under Nasdaq rules,
in which it sold 1,484,312 shares of Common Stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 537,750 shares of Common Stock with
an exercise price of $ 0.001 per share (“December 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants”), 2,022,062 Series C warrants (the “Series
C Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,022,062 shares of Common Stock, and 2,022,062 Series D warrants (the “Series
D Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,022,062 shares of Common Stock (together the “December 2025 PIPE Warrants”),
for gross proceeds of approximately $ 4.1 million. The December 2025 PIPE Warrants have an exercise price of $ 2.04 . Certain Company insiders,
including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, participated in the December 2025 PIPE. These Company
insiders purchased an aggregate of 735,294 shares of Common Stock and December 2025 PIPE Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,470,588
shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $ 1.5 million. The purchase price per share of Common Stock and
accompanying December 2025 PIPE Warrants for these Company insiders was the same as paid by other investors in the December 2025 PIPE.
The December 2025 PIPE Warrants are exercisable subject to stockholder approval. In connection with the December 2025 PIPE, the Company
entered into a registration rights agreement with the investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to prepare and file a registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) registering the resale of the shares of Common Stock underlying
the securities sold in the December 2025 PIPE financing. The Company filed a Form S-3 on January 22, 2026, which was declared effective
by the SEC on January 29, 2026. The Company received net cash proceeds of approximately $ 3.8 million from the December 2025 PIPE after
deducting approximately $ 0.3 million of placement agent fees and legal and audit firm fees. During the first quarter of 2026, all of
the 537,750 December 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised, leaving no prefunded warrants outstanding.
H.C.
Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”) acted as the exclusive placement agent for the December 2025 PIPE. In addition to
the placement agent fees, the Company issued to Wainwright, or its designees, warrants (the “December 2025 PIPE Placement Agent
Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 141,544 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price equal to $ 2.55 per share. The
grant date fair value of the December 2025 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants was $ 0.2 million, which represents a non-cash issuance cost,
and which was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using the following significant assumptions: expected term of
5.4 years, expected volatility of 134.9 %, risk-free interest rate of 3.67 % and dividend yield of 0.0 %.
In
November 2025, the Company extended its ATM Agreement with its Sales Agent, providing for the additional sale of up to approximately
$ 1.8 million of its shares of Common Stock as set forth in the ATM Agreement. The Sales Agent was entitled to compensation at a fixed
commission rate of 3.0 % of the gross sales price of the shares of Common Stock sold pursuant to the ATM Agreement, as well as other transactional
fees. During December 2025, the Company issued 149,341 shares of Common Stock under the ATM Agreement resulting in gross proceeds of
$ 0.4 million before deducting approximately $ 15,000 of Sales Agent issuance costs. After issuance of the 149,341 shares during December
2025, approximately $ 1.4 million remained registered under the ATM Agreement as of December 31, 2025, which was subsequently utilized
during the first quarter of 2026, leaving no remaining capacity as of March 31, 2026.
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On
March 27, 2025, the Company entered into an inducement offer letter agreement (the “March 2025 Inducement Letter”) with a
holder (the “Holder”) of certain of its existing warrants to purchase an aggregate of 483,447 shares of the Company’s
Common Stock. Such existing warrants were made up of (i) certain of the May 17, 2024 warrants (the “May 2024 Warrants”),
which were issued in two separate series, having an exercise price of $ 49.10 per share, and (ii) the September 16, 2024 warrants, which
were issued in two separate series, having an exercise price of $ 15.80 per share (the “September 2024 Warrants” and together
with the May 2024 Warrants, the “Existing Warrants”), for gross proceeds of approximately $ 6.2 million. Pursuant to the March
2025 Inducement Letter, the Holder agreed to exercise for cash its Existing Warrants at a reduced exercise price of $ 12.84 per share
in consideration for the Company’s agreement to issue in a private placement (i) new Series A common stock purchase warrants (the
“New Series A Warrants”) to purchase up to 498,080 shares of Common Stock and (ii) new Series B common stock purchase warrants
(the “New Series B Warrants” and together with the New Series A Warrants, the “New Warrants”) to purchase up
to 468,813 shares of Common Stock. The New Warrants were exercisable subject to stockholder approval, which the Company received at a
stockholder meeting on July 15, 2025. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $ 5.7 million from the exercise of the Existing
Warrants by the Holder, after deducting approximately $ 0.5 million of financial advisor fees and legal and audit firm fees.
Wainwright
acted as the exclusive financial advisor for the March 2025 inducement. In addition to the financial advisor fees, the Company issued
to Wainwright, or its designees, warrants (the “March 2025 Financial Advisor Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of
33,840 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price equal to $ 16.05 per share. The grant date fair value of the March 2025 Financial Advisor
Warrants was $ 0.4 million, which represents a non-cash issuance cost, and which was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing
model, using the following significant assumptions: expected term of 5.3 years, expected volatility of 143.0 %, risk-free interest rate
of 3.98 % and dividend yield of 0.0 %.
On
January 21, 2025, the Company closed a private placement (the “January 2025 PIPE”) priced at the market under Nasdaq rules,
in which it sold 193,539 shares of Common Stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,246 shares of Common Stock with an
exercise price of $ 0.01 per share (“January 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants”), and 200,785 warrants (the “January 2025 PIPE
Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 200,785 shares of Common Stock, for gross proceeds of approximately $ 2.5 million.
The January 2025 PIPE Warrants have an exercise price of $ 12.70 . Certain Company insiders, including the Company’s Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer and certain members of the Company’s board of directors, participated in the January 2025 PIPE.
These Company insiders purchased an aggregate of 122,047 shares of Common Stock and January 2025 PIPE Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate
of 122,047 shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $ 1.55 million. The purchase price per share of Common
Stock and accompanying January 2025 PIPE Warrant for these Company insiders was the same as paid by other investors in the January 2025
PIPE. The January 2025 Warrants were exercisable subject to stockholder approval, which the Company received at a stockholder meeting
on July 15, 2025. In connection with the January 2025 PIPE, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with the investors,
pursuant to which the Company agreed to prepare and file a registration statement with the SEC registering the resale of the shares of
Common Stock underlying the securities sold in the January 2025 PIPE financing. The Company filed a Form S-3 on January 30, 2025, which
was declared effective by the SEC on February 5, 2025. The Company received net cash proceeds of approximately $ 2.2 million from the
January 2025 PIPE after deducting approximately $ 0.3 million of placement agent fees and legal and audit firm fees. During the first
quarter of 2025, all of the January 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised. As of March 31, 2025, no January 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants
remained outstanding.
Wainwright
acted as the exclusive placement agent for the January 2025 PIPE. In addition to the placement agent fees, the Company issued to Wainwright,
or its designees, warrants (the “January 2025 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 14,053 shares
of Common Stock at an exercise price equal to $ 15.88 per share. The grant date fair value of the January 2025 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants
was $ 0.2 million, which represents a non-cash issuance cost, and which was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using
the following significant assumptions: expected term of 5.4 years, expected volatility of 145.7 %, risk-free interest rate of 4.45 % and
dividend yield of 0.0 %.
Preferred
Stock
While
the Company has 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized with a par value of $ 0.0001 , no shares of preferred stock are outstanding
as of March 31, 2026, or December 31, 2025.
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Warrants
Summary
of Warrants Outstanding
The
table below lists outstanding warrants for the dates presented, excluding 537,750 pre-funded warrants with an exercise price of $ 0.001
outstanding as of December 31, 2025, which were exercised during the first quarter of 2026, leaving no pre-funded warrants outstanding
as of March 31, 2026.
The
warrants outstanding as of March 31, 2026, are exercisable into 5,424,598 shares of Common Stock which had a fair value of $ 1.21 per
share based on the closing trading price on March 31, 2026. The aggregate intrinsic value of warrants outstanding as of March 31, 2026,
is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the closing market price of the Company’s Common
Stock on that date. The intrinsic value of warrants outstanding as of March 31, 2026, was zero .
Schedule
of Information of Outstanding Warrants
Quantity of Warrants Outstanding as of
Description
March 31, 2026
December 31, 2025
Exercise Price
Expiration Date
Pre-IPO Series 1a Warrants
-
19
$ 49,200
03/14/2026
IPO Warrants
1,230
1,230
16,800
8/17/2026
IPO Underwriter Warrants
53
53
19,320
8/17/2026
March 2023 Offering Placement Agent Warrants
753
753
579.38
3/16/2028
May 2023 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants
371
371
428.45
5/23/2028
November 2023 Placement Agent Warrants
1,619
1,619
122.09
11/20/2028
May 2024 Series A Common Warrants
2,334
2,334
49.10
11/21/2029
May 2024 Placement Agent Warrants
3,613
3,613
64.50
11/21/2029
September 2024 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants
13,386
13,386
22.88
3/18/2030
January 2025 PIPE Warrants
80,051
80,051
12.70
7/15/2030
January 2025 Repriced PIPE Warrants
120,734
120,734
2.04
(1 )
January 2025 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants
14,053
14,053
15.88
7/15/2030
March 2025 Warrant Inducement Series A
498,080
498,080
12.84
7/15/2030
March 2025 Warrant Inducement Series B
468,813
468,813
12.84
1/15/2027
March 2025 Financial Advisor Warrants
33,840
33,840
16.05
7/15/2030
December 2025 PIPE Series C Warrants
2,022,062
2,022,062
2.04
(1 )
December 2025 PIPE Series D Warrants
2,022,062
2,022,062
2.04
(2 )
December 2025 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants
141,544
141,544
2.55
(1 )
Total warrants outstanding
5,424,598
5,424,617
(1)
Warrants
are subject to Shareholder approval. Expiration date is 5 years from shareholder approval date.
(2)
Warrants
are subject to Shareholder approval. Expiration date is 24 months from shareholder approval date.
Warrant
Inducements
In
March 2025, the Company entered into the March 2025 Inducement Letter with a Holder who agreed to exercise 483,447 warrants to purchase
Common Stock at a reduced exercise price of $ 12.84 per share in exchange for 498,080 New Series A Warrants and 468,813 New Series B Warrants
with an exercise price of $ 12.84 per share. The March 2025 Inducement Letter, which resulted in the lowering of the exercise price of
the Existing Warrants and the issuance of the New Warrants, is considered a modification of the Existing Warrants under the guidance
ASC 815-40. The modification is consistent with the equity issuance classification under that guidance as the reason for the modification
was to induce the holders of the Existing Warrants to cash exercise their warrants, which raised equity capital and generated net proceeds
of approximately $ 5.7 million. As the Existing Warrants and the New Warrants were classified as equity instruments before and after the
exchange, and as the exchange is directly attributable to an equity offering, the Company recognized the effect of the modification of
approximately $ 4.9 million as an equity issuance cost.
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Warrant
Modification
In
connection with the December 2025 PIPE, the Company and certain holders of the Company’s outstanding warrants that participated
as investors in the January 2025 PIPE, agreed to amend certain outstanding warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 120,734 shares
of the Company’s common stock that were previously issued on January 23, 2025, with an exercise price of $ 12.70 per share (which
exercise price reflects a 1-for-10 reverse stock split effected by the Company on August 1, 2025), effective upon the closing of the
December 2025 PIPE, such that the amended warrants have a reduced exercise price of $ 2.04 per share. The amended warrants are exercisable
subject to stockholder approval and will expire five years from the effective date of such stockholder approval. The Company’s
annual meeting of stockholders is scheduled for May 27, 2026. The modification of the January 2025 PIPE Warrants was accounted for as
a modification of equity-linked instruments. In accordance with ASC 815-40, as the warrants were classified as equity instruments before
and after the modification, and as the modification was directly attributable to an equity offering, the Company recognized the effect
of the modification of approximately $ 0.1 million as an equity issuance cost.
Placement
Agent Warrants
The
Company works with Wainwright to act as its investment bank for certain financing transactions. Per the terms of the Company’s
engagement letter with Wainwright, the Company pays compensation in the form of fees and reimbursed expenses, as well as the issuance
to Wainwright, or its designees, warrants to purchase Common Stock of the Company equal to 7.0% of aggregate number of Common Stock issued
in a related to the financing at an exercise price equal to 125% of the financing price.
5.
Equity Incentive Plan
Under
its 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan as amended (“2021 Plan”), the Company may grant options to purchase shares of Common
Stock, restricted stock awards, performance stock awards, incentive bonus awards, other cash-based awards or directly issue shares of
Common Stock to our employees, directors, and consultants. The five percent evergreen provision resulted in an additional 133,005 and
12,588 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the 2021 Plan as of January 1, 2026, and 2025, respectively. As of March 31, 2026,
the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2021 Plan was 153,586 . As of March 31, 2026, there remained 1,018 shares reserved
for issuance under the 2021 Plan, as amended.
Stock
awards may be granted at an exercise price per share of not less than 100% of the fair market value at the date of grant. Stock awards
granted are exercisable over a maximum term of 10 years from the date of grant and generally vest over a period of four years for employees
and one year for directors of our Board and consultants.
On
March 9, 2026, the Company appointed a new Vice President of Marketing to help launch the Company’s Tome skincare line. Upon commencement
of employment, the new employee was provided a non-qualified stock option inducement grant to purchase up to 15,000 shares of the Company’s
Common Stock with an exercise price of $ 1.33 per share based upon the Company’s Nasdaq closing stock price on that day (the “Inducement
Award”). The Inducement Award was made outside of the Company’s 2021 Plan, was made in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule
5635(c)(4), and was unanimously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors. The terms and conditions of the Inducement Award
are substantially the same as those awards granted under the Company’s 2021 Plan, including a four-year vesting period.
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Fair
Value Measurement
The
Company uses the Black-Scholes option valuation model, which requires the use of highly subjective assumptions, to determine the fair
value of stock-based awards. The fair value of each employee stock option is estimated on the grant date under the fair value method
using the Black-Scholes model. The estimated fair value of each stock option is then expensed over the requisite service period, which
is generally the vesting period. The assumptions and estimates that the Company uses in the Black-Scholes model are as follows:
●
Fair
Value of Common Stock. The fair value of Common Stock is measured as the Company’s closing price of Common Stock on the
date of grant.
●
Risk-Free
Interest Rate. The Company bases the risk-free interest rate used in the Black-Scholes valuation model on the implied yield available
on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with a term equivalent to that of the expected term of the options.
●
Expected
Term. The expected term represents the period that the Company’s stock-based awards are expected to be outstanding, which
is calculated using the simplified method for stock-based awards granted to employees, as the Company has insufficient historical
information to provide a basis for an estimate. The simplified method calculates the expected term as the average of the vesting
term plus the contractual life of the options. As permitted under ASC 718, the Company has elected to use the contractual term as
the expected term for certain non-employee awards, on an award-by-award basis.
●
Volatility.
Beginning on January 1, 2026, based on the availability of sufficient historical trading data of the Company’s own common stock,
the Company determines the expected stock volatility based on its historical volatility. Prior to January 1, 2026, the Company lacked
sufficient historical trading history and, as such, determined volatility based on the historical volatilities of industry peers
that consisted of several public companies with comparable characteristics, including therapeutic indications.
●
Dividend
Yield. The expected dividend assumption is based on the Company’s current expectations about its anticipated dividend policy.
To date, the Company has not declared any dividends to common shareholders and, therefore, the Company has used an expected dividend
yield of zero.
The
following table presents the weighted-average assumptions used for stock options granted during the following periods:
Schedule
of Weighted Average Assumptions used for Stock Options
2026
2025
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2026
2025
Grant date fair value
$ 1.91
$ 11.59
Risk-free interest rate
3.8 %
4.7 %
Dividend yield
0.00 %
0.00 %
Expected life in years
6.0
5.9
Expected volatility
135 %
110 %
Stock-based
Compensation Expense
In
general, stock-based compensation is allocated to research and development expense or selling, general and administrative expense according
to the classification of cash compensation paid to the employee, director, or consultant to whom the stock award was granted. The following
table summarizes the total stock-based compensation expense included in the Company’s statements of operations:
Schedule
of Stock Based Compensation Expense
2026
2025
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2026
2025
Research and development
$ 14,312
$ 7,620
Selling, general and administrative
28,966
29,569
Total
$ 43,278
$ 37,189
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Stock
Option Award Activity
A
summary of the Company’s stock option activity (inclusive of the Inducement Award) is as follows:
Schedule
of Stock Option Activity
Number of
Options
Outstanding
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (in
Years)
Balance at December 31, 2025
20,477
$ 25.27
8.9
Options granted
147,000
2.09
-
Options exercised
-
-
-
Options cancelled
-
-
-
Balance at March 31, 2026
167,477
$ 4.93
9.6
Options exercisable at March 31, 2026
14,022
$ 22.37
8.8
The
aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable as of March 31, 2026, is calculated as the difference between the exercise
price of the underlying options and the closing market price of the Company’s Common Stock on March 31, 2026, which was $ 1.21 per
share. The intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable as of March 31, 2026, was zero .
As
of March 31, 2026, total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options was approximately $ 0.4 million and the weighted average
period over which this cost is expected to be recognized is 3.0 years.
6.
Commitments and Contingencies
Clinical
Trials
During
the first quarter of 2025, the Company announced top-line results from a Phase 3 STAR-1 clinical trial of XYNGARI™, formerly its
lead prescription candidate for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acne. The total contract amount with the clinical research organization
was approximately $ 7.0 million, and the contract extended from the fourth quarter of 2023 to the first half of 2025. During the quarter
ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized $ 0.7 million in research and development expense related to the clinical research organization
for the STAR-1 trial. No additional expense was incurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2026.
Supplier
Agreement
On
February 27, 2020, the Company entered into an exclusive Supply Agreement (“Supplier Agreement”) with Reka-Farm, LLC (“Reka-Farm”),
whereby Reka-Farm will supply the Company with the Spongilla raw materials necessary for use in the development of our products.
The Supplier Agreement has an indefinite term unless and until terminated. The Supplier Agreement may be terminated (i) by either party
for material breach with 90 days written notice, if such material breach is not cured within such notice period and (ii) by the Company
for any reason or no reason upon 90 days written notice to Reka-Farm. For the term of the Supplier Agreement, Reka-Farm is prohibited
from supplying Spongilla for development and sale of any other product outside of the Russian Federation, other than Cosmetic
Products (as defined in the Supplier Agreement). Pursuant to the Supplier Agreement, the Company pays a pre-negotiated price per kilogram
for Spongilla supplied by Reka-Farm, and the Company is required to pay to Reka-Farm a royalty payment of less than one percent
of the Net Sales (as defined in the Supplier Agreement) of any products we develop containing Spongilla raw material supplied
by Reka-Farm.
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As
a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union governments, among others,
have developed coordinated sanctions and export-control measure packages against Russian individuals and entities. The Company is currently
a party to an exclusive Supplier Agreement for the supply of the Spongilla raw material used in the Company’s Tome skincare
brand. The counterparty to this supply agreement, Reka-Farm, is a Russian entity. The imposition of enhanced export controls and economic
sanctions on transactions with Russia and Russian entities by the United States, the United Kingdom, and/or the European Union could
prevent the Company from performing under this existing contract or any future contract it may enter or may prevent the Company from
remitting payment for raw material purchased from the Company’s supplier. The Company has recently received a shipment of raw material
from its supplier after the implementation of export controls and sanctions, containing additional quantities of Spongilla raw
material, which the Company believes will provide the Company with sufficient quantities of Spongilla to support the planned launch
and sale of the Tome skincare products, based on current assumptions. The Company plans to order additional shipments of raw materials
to support the commercial sales of its products, the timing of which is unknown. Depending on the extent and breadth of new sanctions
or export controls that may be imposed against Russia, otherwise or as a result of the impact of the war in Ukraine, it is possible that
the Company’s ability to obtain additional supply of the Spongilla raw material used in Tome skincare could be negatively
impacted, which could adversely affect its business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Reka-Farm
is the sole supplier of the Company’s Spongilla raw materials used in its skincare products. The Company has evaluated other
suppliers of Spongilla from other regions of the world; however, no other supplier nor their Spongilla supply has met the
quality standards set forth by the Company’s cGMP practices. An alternative source to supply Spongilla raw materials could
be the aquaculture of Spongilla in a lab setting, which could significantly increase the cost of raw materials as well as the
availability of raw materials due to the cost and time to develop and build an aquaculture infrastructure to supply Spongilla
in commercial quantities. If Reka-Farm is unavailable to supply Spongilla raw materials to the Company, it could adversely affect
its business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Collaboration
Agreement
On
January 17, 2025, the Company entered into a Clinical Trial Collaboration Agreement (the “Clinical Trial Agreement”) with
Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (“Revance”), pursuant to which the Company and Revance intend to conduct a multi-center clinical
trial (the “Trial”) to evaluate the topical application of Dermata Compound, the Company’s topical Spongilla powder
(formerly referred to as DMT310 or XYNGARI), with Daxxify (daxibotulinumtoxinA-lanm), Revance’s botulinum toxin type A. Pursuant
to the terms of the Clinical Trial Agreement, Revance has granted the Company a non-exclusive, worldwide, non-transferable, royalty-free
license, with a right to sublicense (subject to limitations), to use certain Revance intellectual property, solely as necessary or useful
for the Company to conduct the trial under the Clinical Trial Agreement. The Company has granted Revance a similar license to use Dermata
Compound and other compound(s) under the Clinical Trial Agreement. The Clinical Trial Agreement will terminate upon completion of the
Trial, the delivery of the data resulting from the Trial and the completion of any statistical analyses of the data resulting from the
Trial. Either party may terminate the Clinical Trial Agreement upon a material breach by the other party that remains uncured following
30 days after the date of written notice of such breach. In addition, either party may terminate the Clinical Trial Agreement immediately
upon written notice if such party reasonably deems it necessary in order to protect the safety, health or welfare of subjects enrolled
in the Trial. The Company has agreed to sponsor, conduct, and fund the Phase 2a clinical trial, but no financial obligations or consideration
is contemplated in the Clinical Trial Agreement, and the Company has placed the Phase 2a clinical trial on hold at this time.
License
Agreements
On
March 31, 2017, the Company entered into a license agreement, as amended (the “License Agreement”) with Villani, Inc. (“Villani”)
whereby Villani granted the Company an exclusive, sub-licensable, royalty-bearing license (the “License”) under the Licensed
Patents (as defined in the License Agreement), to formulate, develop, seek regulatory approval for, make or sell products that contained
Spongilla lacustris (alone or in combination with other active or inactive ingredients) for the treatment of diseases, disorders
and conditions of the skin, including but not limited to acne, rosacea, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, actinic
keratosis and eczema that were developed using certain licensed know-how (“Licensed Products”). The Company was responsible
for the development (including manufacturing, packaging, non-clinical studies, clinical trials and obtaining regulatory approval and
commercialization (including marketing, promotion, distribution, etc.)) for all Licensed Products. The original License Agreement was
amended in 2019, and pursuant to the amended License Agreement, the Company was required to make future milestone payments to Villani
in an aggregate amount of up to $ 20.25 million upon the achievement of specified development and sales milestones, payable in cash or
in equity, at the option of Villani, as well as single-digit royalty payments on net sales. On July 30, 2021, the Company further amended
the License Agreement in the Second Amendment to the License and Settlement Agreement (the “Second Amendment”). Pursuant
to the Second Amendment, the Company was required to make future milestone payments to Villani in an aggregate amount of up to $ 40.5
million upon the achievement of specified development and sales milestones, payable in cash or in equity, at the option of Villani, as
well as single-digit royalty payments on net sales. The Second Amendment includes customary terms relating to, among others, indemnification,
intellectual property protection, confidentiality, remedies, and warranties.
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On
November 10, 2025, the Company received a notice of material breach and demand for cure (the “Notice”) from Villani alleging
that the Company breached the License Agreement as a result of the Company’s recent strategic shift to focus on DTC skincare products.
The Notice alleged that the Company (i) failed to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts (as defined in the License Agreement) to pursue
a prescription product business, (ii) failed to provide Villani with advance notice of certain submissions to regulatory authorities,
(iii) used Licensed Know-How (as defined in the License Agreement) outside of the Field (as defined in the License Agreement) and (iv)
the Company’s anticipated OTC kits did not qualify as Licensed Products (as defined in the License Agreement). On November 11,
2025, Villani delivered an additional notice to the Company (the “Additional Notice”) whereby Villani requested (i) the reversion
and assignment of all assets regarding Spongilla -based products back to Villani, (ii) that the Company preserve all Spongilla
inventory, and (iii) the Company preserve all documents, data, and tangible materials related to Spongilla . The Company disputes
the allegations contained in the Notice and the Additional Notice. As part of the Company’s strategic pivot in September 2025,
on November 17, 2025, the Company provided notice to terminate the License Agreement with an effective date of February 15, 2026. As
of March 31, 2026, the Company has not accrued any payments related to the Villani Notices since the Company does not believe any financial
payments are probable and all obligations under the termination of the License Agreement have been fulfilled. The termination of the
License Agreement was effective February 15, 2026 and the Company believes it has fulfilled its obligations under the termination provisions
of the License Agreement. See related additional disclosures under Legal Proceedings disclosure below.
Legal
Proceedings
On
April 23, 2026, Dermata was served with a complaint filed by Villani, Inc. (“Villani”) in the U.S. District Court for
the Central District of California (“Lawsuit”). The Lawsuit alleges the Company made false or misleading advertising statements
under the Lanham Act 15 USC §1125, breach of contract, and conversion, and seeks injunctive relief. In connection with the Lawsuit,
on April 26, 2026, Villani filed a motion seeking a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and a preliminary injunction. The
Company denies the allegations in the Lawsuit and is vigorously opposing Villani’s motion.
On
May 6, 2026, the court denied the TRO in part as related to Villani’s breach of contract and conversion claims, and granted the
TRO in part as related to certain of Villani’s false or misleading advertising claims, which imposes certain temporary restrictions
on specific statements the Company can make, pending further proceedings. The preliminary injunction, if granted, could extend certain
of the above restrictions. A hearing on the preliminary injunction is scheduled for July 14, 2026.
At
this time, the Company is unable to reasonably estimate the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome or the amount or range of potential
loss, if any, that may result from this matter. The TRO and any potential preliminary injunction could have an adverse impact on the
Company’s operations, financial condition, and results of operations, particularly if the restrictions remain in place for an extended
period or are expanded in scope.
The
Company will continue to monitor developments in this matter and will adjust its disclosures as appropriate.
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Registration
Rights Agreements
In
connection with the January 2025 Private Placement, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with the purchasers, dated
as of January 21, 2025, (the “January 2025 Registration Rights Agreement”). The January 2025 Registration Rights Agreement
provided that the Company shall file a registration statement covering the resale of all of the registrable securities with the SEC.
The registration statement on Form S-3 required under the Registration Rights Agreement was filed with the SEC on January 30, 2025, and
became effective on February 5, 2025.
In
connection with the December 2025 Private Placement, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with the purchasers, dated
as of December 23, 2025, (the “December 2025 Registration Rights Agreement”). The December 2025 Registration Rights Agreement
provided that the Company shall file a registration statement covering the resale of all of the registrable securities with the SEC.
The registration statement on Form S-3 required under the December 2025 Registration Rights Agreement was filed with the SEC on January
22, 2026, and became effective on January 29, 2026.
Upon
the occurrence of any Event as defined in the January 2025 Registration Rights Agreement and the December 2025 Registration Rights Agreement,
which, among others, prohibits the purchasers from reselling the securities for more than ten consecutive calendar days or more than
an aggregate of fifteen calendar days during any 12-month period, and should the registration statement cease to remain continuously
effective, the Company would be obligated to pay to each purchaser, on each monthly anniversary of each such Event, an amount in cash,
as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to the product of 2.0% multiplied by the aggregate subscription amount paid
by such purchaser in the Private Placement, up to a maximum of 12% of the aggregate subscription amount. As of March 31, 2026, the Company
determined that the likelihood of the Company incurring a significant amount of liquidated damages pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreements is remote.
7.
Segment Information
Operating
segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete information is available for evaluation by the chief
operating decision maker (“CODM”), in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company and the
Company’s chief operating decision maker view the Company’s operations and manage its business in one operating segment,
which is the business of developing, branding, marketing, and commercializing direct to consumer skincare products.
The
CODM, who is the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), President, and Chairman of the Board, manages and allocates resources to
the operations of the Company on an entity-wide basis. The Company’s measure of segment profit or loss is net loss. Managing and
allocating resources on an entity-wide basis enables the CEO to assess the overall level of resources available and how to best deploy
these resources across functions that are in line with the Company’s long-term company-wide strategic goals. Consistent with this
decision-making process, the CEO uses financial information for purposes of evaluating performance, forecasting future period financial
results, allocating resources, and setting incentive targets. Operating expenses are used to monitor budget versus actual results. The
CODM does not review assets in evaluating the results of the Company, and therefore, such information is not presented.
Given
the Company’s September 2025 strategic pivot to prioritize the development and distribution of Tome skincare products, the segment
information disclosure has been recast for all periods presented to reflect this change. The following table summarizes the segment’s financial information including the Company’s
significant segment expenses:
Schedule
of Segment Financial Information
2026
2025
Three
Months Ended
March
31,
2026
2025
Research and development
$
$
Clinical
-
726,321
Chemistry, manufacturing and controls and nonclinical
32,502
125,290
Personnel related
351,222
429,530
Total research and development
$ 383,724
$ 1,281,141
Selling, general and administrative
Compliance
1,011,796
719,644
Marketing
206,333
-
Personnel related
324,529
339,018
Total selling, general and administrative
1,542,658
1,058,662
Interest income
78,676
36,216
Net loss
$ ( 1,847,706 )
$ ( 2,303,587 )
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8.
Related Party Transactions
In
September 2025, the Company entered into a Master Services Agreement (the “MSA”) with Wilder & Partners, LLC (“Wilder”),
an agency that assists the Company in branding, marketing, and product design for the Company’s first product launch, expected
in mid-2026. The founding partner of Wilder is the Company CEO’s son-in-law and as such, falls within accordance with the Company’s
Policy and Procedures for Related Party Transactions. Accordingly, the Board of Directors, inclusive of the Audit Committee, considered,
reviewed, and unanimously approved the retention of Wilder as the branding agency, authorizing management to negotiate and execute an
agreement on terms substantially consistent with the proposal reviewed. For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, the Company incurred approximately
$ 0.2 million of marketing expenses related to Wilder, of which approximately $ 0.1 million was outstanding and included in accrued and
other current liabilities as of March 31, 2026.
In
connection with the January 2025 PIPE financing, certain Company insiders, including the Company’s CEO, Chief Financial Officer
and certain members of the Company’s board of directors, participated in the offering. These Company insiders purchased an aggregate
of 122,047 shares of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 122,047 shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase
price of $ 1.55 million. The purchase price per share and accompanying Warrant for these Company insiders was the same as paid by other
investors in the January 2025 PIPE. See Note 4 – Equity Securities.
In
connection with the December 2025 PIPE financing, certain Company insiders, including the Company’s CEO, Chief Financial Officer
and certain members of the Company’s management, participated in the offering. These Company insiders purchased an aggregate of
735,294 shares of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,470,588 shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase
price of $ 1.5 million. The purchase price per share and accompanying Warrant for these Company insiders was the same as paid by other
investors in the December 2025 PIPE. In addition, in connection with the December 2025 PIPE, the Company and certain holders of the Company’s
outstanding warrants who participated as investors in the January 2025 PIPE, including certain Company insiders, agreed to amend certain
outstanding warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 120,734 shares of the Company’s common stock that were previously issued
on January 23, 2025, with an exercise price of $ 12.70 per share (which exercise price reflects a one-for-10 reverse stock split effected
by the Company on August 1, 2025), effective upon the closing of the December 2025 PIPE, such that the amended warrants have a reduced
exercise price of $ 2.04 per share, which was the same exercise price as what other investors received in the December 2025 PIPE. The
amended warrants are exercisable subject to stockholder approval and will expire five years from the effective date of such stockholder
approval. See Note 4 – Equity Securities.
9.
Subsequent Events
See
Note 6 above for discussion related to legal proceedings.
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