Item 1. Financial Statements
Item
1. Financial Statements
INMUNE
BIO, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
September 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
ASSETS
CURRENT
ASSETS
Cash
and cash equivalents
$ 24,311,153
$ 6,995,525
Research
and development tax incentive receivable
1,465,377
568,139
Other
tax receivable
143,657
77,225
Prepaid
expenses
216,871
97,623
Prepaid
expenses – related party
-
26,266
TOTAL
CURRENT ASSETS
26,137,058
7,764,778
Operating
lease – right of use asset – related party
165,388
191,543
Acquired
in-process research and development intangible assets
16,514,000
16,514,000
TOTAL
ASSETS
$ 42,816,446
$ 24,470,321
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
$ 1,191,086
$ 401,989
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities – related parties
9,132
290,102
Deferred
liabilities
253,709
-
Operating
lease, current liability – related party
20,183
8,288
TOTAL
CURRENT LIABILITIES
1,474,110
700,379
Long-term
operating lease liability – related party
136,043
160,164
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
1,610,153
860,543
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
Preferred
stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding
-
-
Common
stock, $0.001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 13,447,948 and 10,770,948 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
13,448
10,771
Additional
paid-in capital
71,351,634
44,833,703
Common
stock issuable
50,000
50,000
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
(37,735 )
(8,515 )
Accumulated
deficit
(30,171,054 )
(21,276,181 )
TOTAL
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
41,206,293
23,609,778
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
$ 42,816,446
$ 24,470,321
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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INMUNE
BIO, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
For
the Three Months Ended
September 30,
For
the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2020
2019
2020
2019
REVENUE
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
OPERATING
EXPENSES
General
and administrative
2,456,266
1,916,200
4,960,106
4,550,306
Research
and development
2,362,880
1,167,986
4,058,710
2,415,390
Waiver
of common stock issuable
-
-
-
(1,542,000 )
Total
operating expenses
4,819,146
3,084,186
9,018,816
5,423,696
LOSS
FROM OPERATIONS
(4,819,146 )
(3,084,186 )
(9,018,816 )
(5,423,696 )
OTHER
INCOME
102,484
17,220
123,943
63,602
NET
LOSS
$ (4,716,662 )
$ (3,066,966 )
$ (8,894,873 )
$ (5,360,094 )
Net
loss per common share – basic and diluted
$ (0.36 )
$ (0.28 )
$ (0.77 )
$ (0.53 )
Weighted
average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted
12,926,539
10,762,473
11,496,753
10,105,675
COMPREHENSIVE
LOSS
Net
loss
$ (4,716,662 )
$ (3,066,966 )
$ (8,894,873 )
$ (5,360,094 )
Other
comprehensive loss on foreign currency translation
(47,861 )
(35,542 )
(29,220 )
(61,278 )
Total
comprehensive loss
$ (4,764,523 )
$ (3,102,508 )
$ (8,924,093 )
$ (5,421,372 )
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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INMUNE
BIO, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR
THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
(Unaudited)
Common
Stock
Additional
Common
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Total
Shares
Par
Value
Paid-In
Capital
Stock
Issuable
Income
(Loss)
Accumulated
Deficit
Stockholders’
Equity
Balance,
January 1, 2020
10,770,948
$ 10,771
$ 44,833,703
$ 50,000
$ (8,515 )
$ (21,276,181 )
$ 23,609,778
Issuance
of common stock for cash
196,000
196
1,002,448
-
-
-
1,002,644
Acquisition
and retirement of common stock
(220,000 )
(220 )
(1,011,780 )
-
-
-
(1,012,000 )
Capital
contribution
-
-
215,761
-
-
-
215,761
Stock-based
compensation
-
-
681,705
-
-
-
681,705
Loss
on foreign currency translation
-
-
-
-
(20,737 )
-
(20,737 )
Net
loss
-
-
-
-
-
(2,070,407 )
(2,070,407 )
Balance,
March 31, 2020
10,746,948
10,747
45,721,837
50,000
(29,252 )
(23,346,588 )
22,406,744
Issuance
of common stock for cash, net
150,682
151
664,694
-
-
-
664,845
Stock-based
compensation
-
-
681,705
-
-
-
681,705
Gain
on foreign currency translation
-
-
-
-
39,378
-
39,378
Net
loss
-
-
-
-
-
(2,107,804 )
(2,107,804 )
Balance,
June 30, 2020
10,897,630
10,898
47,068,236
50,000
10,126
(25,454,392 )
21,684,868
Issuance
of common stock for cash, net
2,527,918
2,528
23,237,764
-
-
-
23,240,292
Cashless
exercise of warrants
2,400
2
(2 )
-
-
-
-
Stock-based
compensation
20,000
20
1,045,636
-
-
-
1,045,656
Loss
on foreign currency translation
-
-
-
-
(47,861 )
-
(47,861 )
Net
loss
-
-
-
-
-
(4,716,662 )
(4,716,662 )
Balance,
September 30, 2020
13,447,948
$ 13,448
$ 71,351,634
$ 50,000
$ (37,735 )
$ (30,171,054 )
$ 41,206,293
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR
THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
(Unaudited)
Common
Stock
Additional
Common
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Total
Shares
Par
Value
Paid-In
Capital
Stock
Issuable
Income
(Loss)
Accumulated
Deficit
Stockholders’
Equity
Balance,
January 1, 2019
8,719,441
$ 8,719
$ 25,446,196
$ 4,676,000
$ 6,529
$ (13,597,868 )
$ 16,539,576
Issuance
of common stock and warrants for cash, net
1,020,820
1,021
7,250,121
-
-
-
7,251,142
Stock-based
compensation
-
-
974,699
-
-
-
974,699
Loss
on foreign currency translation
-
-
-
-
(722 )
-
(722 )
Net
loss
-
-
-
-
-
(1,901,045 )
(1,901,045 )
Balance,
March 31, 2019
9,740,261
9,740
33,671,016
4,676,000
5,807
(15,498,913 )
22,863,650
Stock-based
compensation
-
-
974,696
-
-
-
974,696
Issuance
of common stock for cash, net
622,212
622
4,957,257
-
-
-
4,957,879
Issuance
of common stock issuable
400,000
400
3,083,600
(3,084,000 )
-
-
-
Waiver
of common stock issuable
-
-
-
(1,542,000 )
-
-
(1,542,000 )
Loss
on foreign currency translation
-
-
-
-
(25,014 )
-
(25,014 )
Net
loss
-
-
-
-
-
(392,083 )
(392,083 )
Balance,
June 30, 2019
10,762,473
10,762
42,686,569
50,000
(19,207 )
(15,890,996 )
26,837,128
Stock-based
compensation
-
-
974,696
-
-
-
974,696
Loss
on foreign currency translation
-
-
-
-
(35,542 )
-
(35,542 )
Net
loss
-
-
-
-
-
(3,066,966 )
(3,066,966 )
Balance,
September 30, 2019
10,762,473
$ 10,762
$ 43,661,265
$ 50,000
$ (54,749 )
$ (18,957,962 )
$ 24,709,316
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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INMUNE
BIO, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
For
the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2020
2019
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net
loss
$ (8,894,873 )
$ (5,360,094 )
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Stock-based
compensation
2,409,066
2,924,091
Waiver
of common stock issuable
-
(1,542,000 )
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
Research
and development tax incentive receivable
(897,238 )
(361,769 )
Other
tax receivable
(66,432 )
(68,460 )
Joint
development cost receivable
-
17,989
Prepaid
expenses
(119,248 )
(106,478 )
Prepaid
expenses – related party
26,266
(118,602 )
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
789,097
(215,983 )
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities – related parties
(65,209 )
(108,434 )
Deferred
liabilities
253,709
-
Operating
lease liability – related party
13,929
(11,546 )
Net
cash used in operating activities
(6,550,933 )
(4,951,286 )
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net
proceeds from sale of common stock
24,907,781
12,209,021
Purchase
of common stock
(1,012,000 )
-
Net
cash provided by financing activities
23,895,781
12,209,021
Impact
on cash from foreign currency translation
(29,220 )
(61,278 )
NET
INCREASE IN CASH
17,315,628
7,196,457
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
6,995,525
186,204
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD
$ 24,311,153
$ 7,382,661
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION:
Cash
paid for income taxes
$ -
$ -
Cash
paid for interest expense
$ -
$ -
NONCASH
INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Capital
contribution
$ 215,761
$ -
Cashless
exercise of warrants
$ 2
$ -
Issuance
of warrants to placement agents
$ -
$ 247,452
Issuance
of common stock issuable
$ -
$ 3,084,000
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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INMUNE
BIO, INC.
NOTES
TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
1 – ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
INmune
Bio, Inc. (the “Company” or “INmune Bio”) was organized in the State of Nevada on September 25, 2015,
and is a clinical stage biotechnology pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing its product candidates
to treat diseases where the innate immune system is not functioning normally and contributing to the patient’s disease.
INmune Bio has two product platforms. The DN-TNF product platform utilizes dominant-negative technology to selectively neutralize
soluble TNF, a key driver of innate immune dysfunction and mechanistic target of many diseases. DN-TNF is currently being developed
for COVID-19 complications (Quellor), cancer (INB03), Alzheimer’s and treatment resistant depression (XPro595), and NASH
(LIVNate). The Natural Killer Cell Priming Platform includes INKmune aimed at priming the patient’s NK cells to eliminate
minimal residual disease in patients with cancer. INmune Bio’s product platforms utilize a precision medicine approach for
the treatment of a wide variety of hematologic malignancies, solid tumors and chronic inflammation.
NOTE
2 – LIQUIDITY
As
of September 30, 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $30,171,054 and experienced losses since its inception. Losses
have principally occurred as a result of non-cash stock-based compensation expense and the substantial resources required for
research and development of the Company’s products, which included the general and administrative expenses associated with
its organization and product development as well as the lack of sources of revenues until such time as the Company’s products
are commercialized.
To
meet its current and future obligations the Company has taken the following steps to capitalize the business and achieve its business
plan:
●
During July 2020,
the Company completed an underwritten public offering in which it sold 2,500,000 shares of common stock at a public offering
price of $10.00 per share. The 2,500,000 shares sold included the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase
326,086 shares at a price of $10.00 per share. Aggregate net proceeds from the underwritten public offering were approximately
$23.1 million, net of approximately $1.9 million in underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
●
During April 2020,
the Company entered into a sales agreement with BTIG, LLC (“BTIG”), as sales agent, to establish an At-The-Market
(“ATM”) offering program. The Company was required to pay BTIG a commission of 3% of the gross proceeds from the
sale of shares. The ATM program will remain in full force and effect until the earlier of the sale of all of the shares under
the ATM program or the termination of the sales agreement by the Company or BTIG. From April 2020 through September 2020,
the Company sold 178,600 shares of common stock at an average price of $5.45 per share for net proceeds of approximately $0.8
million.
●
During May 2019,
the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund
LLC (“Lincoln Park”), pursuant to which Lincoln Park has agreed to purchase from the Company up to an aggregate
of $20.0 million of common stock of the Company (subject to certain limitations) from time to time over the term of the Purchase
Agreement. The extent we rely on Lincoln Park as a source of funding will depend on a number of factors including, the prevailing
market price of our common stock and the extent to which we are able to secure working capital from other sources. As of the
date of issuance of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company has already received approximately $1.3 million from the
Purchase Agreement from the sale of 296,000 shares of common stock to Lincoln Park from the inception of the Purchase Agreement
through the date of issuance of this Form 10-Q, leaving the Company an additional $18.7 million to draw upon, subject to the
Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement.
Although it is difficult to predict the
Company’s liquidity requirements, as of September 30, 2020, and based upon the Company’s current operating plan, the
Company believes that it will have sufficient cash to meet its projected operating requirements for at least the next 12 months
following the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q based on the balance of cash available as of September 30, 2020.
The Company anticipates that it will continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future as it continues the development of
its clinical drug candidates and preclinical programs and incurs additional costs associated with being a public company.
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NOTE
3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), and pursuant to the accounting and disclosure rules
and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The consolidated financial statements include
the accounts of INmune Bio, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
These
unaudited consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes
thereto for the year ended December 31, 2019 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2019, filed with the SEC on March 11, 2020.
Risks
and Uncertainties
The
Company is subject to risks and uncertainties as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
on the Company’s business is highly uncertain and difficult to predict. Also, economies worldwide have also been negatively
impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, however policymakers around the globe have responded with fiscal policy actions to support
the healthcare industry and economy as a whole. The magnitude and overall effectiveness of these actions remain uncertain.
In
addition, the Company’s clinical trials have been affected by and may continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clinical site initiation and patient enrollment have and may continue to be delayed due to prioritization of hospital resources
toward the COVID-19 pandemic. Some patients have not and others may not be able to comply with clinical trial protocols if quarantines
impede patient movement or interrupt healthcare services. Similarly, the ability to recruit and retain patients and principal
investigators and site staff who, as healthcare providers, may have heightened exposure to COVID-19, may adversely impact the
Company’s clinical trial operations.
The
severity of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business will depend on a number of factors, including,
but not limited to, the duration and severity of the pandemic and the extent and severity of the impact on the Company’s
service providers, suppliers, contract research organizations (“CROs”) and the Company’s clinical trials, all
of which are uncertain and cannot be predicted. As of the date of issuance of Company’s financial statements, the extent
to which the COVID-19 pandemic may materially impact the Company’s financial condition, liquidity or results of operations
is uncertain.
Use
of Estimates
Preparing
financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses. Actual results and outcomes may differ from management’s estimates
and assumptions.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
The
Company considers all short-term, highly liquid investments with an original maturity at the date of purchase of three months
or less to be cash equivalents. The Company maintains cash balances that may be uninsured or in deposit accounts that exceed Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation limits. The Company maintains its cash deposits with major financial institutions.
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Research
and Development Tax Incentive Receivable
The
Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary in Australia, participates in the Australian research and development tax incentive
program, such that a percentage of our qualifying research and development expenditures are reimbursed by the Australian government,
and such incentives are reflected as a reduction of research and development expense. The Australian research and development
tax incentive is recognized when there is reasonable assurance that the incentive will be received, the relevant expenditure has
been incurred and the amount of the consideration can be reliably measured. At each period end, management estimates the reimbursement
available to the Company based on available information at the time.
The
Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary in the United Kingdom, participates in the research and development program provided
by the United Kingdom tax relief program, such that a percentage of our qualifying research and development expenditures are reimbursed
by the United Kingdom government, and such incentives are reflected as a reduction of research and development expense. The United
Kingdom research and development tax incentive is recognized when there is reasonable assurance that the incentive will be received,
the relevant expenditure has been incurred and the amount of the consideration can be reliably measured. At each period end, management
estimates the reimbursement available to the Company based on available information at the time.
Intangible
Assets
The
Company capitalizes costs incurred in connection with in-process research and development purchased from others if the asset has
alternative uses and such uses are not restricted under applicable license agreements; patent applications (principally legal
fees), patent purchases, and trademarks related to its cell line as intangible assets. Acquired in-process research and development
costs that do not have alternative uses are expensed as incurred. Amortization is initiated for acquired in-process research and
development intangible assets when their useful lives have been determined. These acquired in-process research and development
intangible assets are tested at least annually or when a triggering event occurs that could indicate a potential impairment.
Basic
and Diluted Loss per Share
Basic
loss per share is computed by dividing net loss available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of outstanding
common shares during the period. Diluted loss per share gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during
the period. Dilutive loss per share excludes all potential common shares if their effect is anti-dilutive. For all periods presented,
there is no difference in the number of shares used to calculate basic and diluted shares outstanding due to the Company’s
net loss position.
At
September 30, 2020, the Company had 3,457,000 potentially issuable shares of common stock upon the exercise of stock options and
1,955,922 potentially issuable shares of common stock upon the exercise of warrants.
At
September 30, 2019, the Company had 1,632,000 potentially issuable shares of common stock upon the exercise of stock options and
1,461,649 potentially issuable shares of common stock upon the exercise of warrants.
Stock-Based
Compensation
The
Company utilizes the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock option awards at the date of grant,
which requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including expected volatility and expected life. Changes in these inputs
and assumptions can materially affect the measure of estimated fair value of our share-based compensation. These assumptions are
subjective and generally require significant analysis and judgment to develop. When estimating fair value, some of the assumptions
will be based on, or determined from, external data and other assumptions may be derived from our historical experience with stock-based
payment arrangements. The appropriate weight to place on historical experience is a matter of judgment, based on relevant facts
and circumstances. The Company accounts for forfeitures of stock options as they occur.
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Research
and Development
Research
and development (“R&D”) costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development tax incentives are recorded by
the Company as a reduction of research and development costs. Major components of research and development costs include cash
compensation, stock-based compensation, costs of preclinical studies, clinical trials and related clinical manufacturing, costs
of drug development, costs of materials and supplies, facilities cost, overhead costs, regulatory and compliance costs, and fees
paid to consultants and other entities that conduct certain research and development activities on the Company’s behalf.
The
Company recognizes grants as contra research and development expense in the consolidated statement of operations on a systematic
basis over the periods in which the entity recognizes as expenses the related costs for which the grants are intended to compensate.
Income
Taxes
The
Company follows the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities
are recognized for the estimated tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying values
and their respective income tax basis (temporary differences). The effect on deferred income tax assets and liabilities of a change
in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
and Economic Security Act, or the CARES Act, was enacted in the United States. The impact of the CARES Act on the Company for
the period ending September 30, 2020 was not significant.
Foreign
Currency Translation
The
Company’s financial statements are presented in the U.S. dollar (“$”), which is the Company’s reporting
currency, while its functional currencies are the U.S. Dollar for its U.S. based operations, British Pound (“GBP”)
for its United Kingdom-based operations and Australian Dollars (“AUD”) for its Australian-based operations. All assets
and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date, stockholders’ equity is translated at historical
rates and statement of operations items are translated at the weighted average exchange rate for the period. The resulting translation
adjustments are reported under other comprehensive income. Gains and losses resulting from the translations of foreign currency
transactions and balances are reflected in the statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss).
Recently
Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
There
were various accounting standards and interpretations issued recently, none of which are expected to a have a material impact
on the Company´s consolidated financial position, operations, or cash flows.
Subsequent
Events
The
Company evaluates events that have occurred after the balance sheet date of September 30, 2020, through the date which the financial
statements are issued.
NOTE
4 – RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY
According
to UK tax law, the Company is allowed an R&D tax incentive that reduces a company’s tax bill in the UK for expenses
incurred in R&D subject to certain requirements. The Company’s UK subsidiary submits R&D tax incentive requests
annually for research and development expenses incurred and recorded a related receivable in the amount of $865,228 and $395,850
as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company
received $0 and $152,514, respectively, of R&D tax incentive reimbursements from the UK.
According
to AUS tax law, the Company is allowed an R&D tax incentive that reduces a company’s tax bill in AUS for expenses incurred
in R&D subject to certain requirements. The Company’s Australian subsidiary submits R&D tax incentive requests annually
for research and development expenses incurred. On September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company recorded a research and
development tax incentive receivable of $600,149 and $172,289, respectively, for R&D expenses incurred in Australia. During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company received $178,029 and $0, respectively, of R&D tax incentive
reimbursements from Australia.
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Xencor,
Inc. License Agreement
On
October 3, 2017, the Company entered into a license agreement (“Xencor License Agreement”) with Xencor, Inc. (“Xencor”),
which has discovered and developed a proprietary biological molecule that inhibits soluble tumor necrosis factor. Pursuant to
the license agreement, Xencor granted the Company an exclusive worldwide, royalty-bearing license in licensed patent rights, licensed
know-how and licensed materials (as defined in the license agreement) to make, develop, use, sell and import any pharmaceutical
product that comprises, contains, or incorporates Xencor’s proprietary protein known as “XPro1595” that inhibits
soluble tumor necrosis factor (or all modifications, formulations and variants of the licensed protein that specifically bind
soluble tumor necrosis factor) alone or in combination with one or more active ingredients, in any dosage or formulation (“Licensed
Products”). The Company believes the protein has numerous medical applications. Such additional alternative applications
of the technology are available under the license agreement. In connection with the license agreement, the Company paid Xencor
a one-time non-creditable and non-refundable fee of $100,000 and issued Xencor 1,585,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock with a fair value of $12,221,000. In addition, the Company issued Xencor fully vested warrants with a fair value of $4,193,000
to purchase an additional number of shares of common stock equal to 10% of the fully diluted company shares immediately following
such purchase. The warrants have an exercise price based on a valuation of the Company at $100,000,000 and expire on October 3,
2023. The aggregate purchase price for the full exercise of the option is $10,000,000 which purchase price shall be pro-rated
for any partial exercise of the Warrant. In August 2018, the Company entered into a First Amendment to Stock Issuance Agreement.
Pursuant to the amendment, the purchase price for the additional shares may only be paid by cash.
The
Company recorded $16,514,000 for the acquisition of intangible assets for the in-process research and development as the fair
value of the cash, stock and warrants on the date of the License Agreement acquisition in accordance with Accounting Standards
Codification 730 – Research and Development . The Company has the license rights to pursue alternative applications
of the technology as part of its future development plans.
The
Company also agreed to pay Xencor a royalty on Net Sales of all Licensed Products in a given calendar year, which are payable
on a country-by- country and licensed product by licensed product basis until the date that is the later of (a) the expiration
of the last to expire valid claim covering such Licensed Product in such country or (b) ten years following the first sale to
a third party of the licensed product in such country.
Under
the Xencor License Agreement, the Company also agreed to pay Xencor a percentage of any sublicensing revenue that it receives.
INKmune
License Agreement
On
October 29, 2015, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement (the “INKmune License Agreement”) with Immune
Ventures, LLC (“Immune Ventures”). Pursuant to the INKmune License Agreement, the Company was granted exclusive worldwide
rights to the patents, including rights to incorporate any improvements or additions to the patents that may be developed in the
future. In consideration for the patent rights, the Company agreed to the following milestone payments (of which none have been
met as of September 30, 2020):
Each
Phase I initiation
$ 25,000
Each
Phase II initiation
$ 250,000
Each
Phase III initiation
$ 350,000
Each
NDA/EMA filing
$ 1,000,000
Each
NDA/EMA awarded
$ 9,000,000
In
addition, the Company agreed to pay the licensor a royalty of 1% of net sales during the life of each patent granted to the Company.
The License is owned by RJ Tesi, the Company’s President and a member of our Board of Directors, David Moss, its Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer and Mark Lowdell, its Chief Scientific Officer. As of September 30, 2020, no sales had occurred under
this license.
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The
term of the agreement began on October 29, 2015 and, if not terminated sooner pursuant to the agreement, ends on a country by
country basis on the date of the expiration of the last to expire patent rights where patent rights exists. Upon the termination
of the agreement we shall have a fully paid up, perpetual, royalty-free license without further obligation to Immune Ventures.
The agreement can be terminated by Immune Ventures if, after 60 days from the Company’s receipt of notice that the Company
has not made a payment under the agreement, and the Company still does not make this payment. On July 20, 2018, the parties
amended the agreement under which the Company was required achieve milestones pursuant to the agreement. On October 30, 2020,
the parties executed an additional amendment to the agreement under which which the Company is required to achieve the following
milestones:
Initiation
of Phase 1 clinical or equivalent trials by October 29, 2021
Initiation
of Phase II clinical trials or equivalent by October 29, 2023
Initiation
of Phase III clinical trials or equivalent by October 29, 2025
Filing
of NDA or equivalent by October 29, 2026 or equivalent
If
the Company doesn’t achieve the above milestones, it is required to negotiate in good faith with Immune Ventures to determine
how it can either remedy the failure or achieve an alternate development. If the Company fails to make any required efforts, or
if the efforts do not remedy the situation within 60 days of written notice by Immune Ventures, then Immune Ventures may provide
notice to terminate the license or convert it to a non-exclusive license.
University
of Pittsburg License Agreement
On
October 3, 2017, the Company entered into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement with Immune Ventures related to intellectual
property licensed from the University of Pittsburgh. Pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption Agreement (“Assignment Agreement”),
Immune Ventures assigned all of its rights, obligations and liabilities under an Exclusive License Agreement between the University
of Pittsburgh – Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (“Licensor”) and Immune Ventures to INmune Bio
(“Licensee”), (the “PITT Agreement”).
Consideration
under the PITT Agreement includes: (i) annual maintenance fees, (ii) royalty payments based on the sale of products making use
of the licensed technology, and (iii) milestone payments.
Annual
maintenance fees under the PITT Agreement include: $5,000 due June 26 of each year 2020-2022; $10,000 due on June 26 of each year
2023-2024; and $25,000 due on June 26 of each year 2025 and annually thereafter until first commercial sale.
June 26 of each year
2020-2022
$ 5,000
June 26 of each year 2023-2024
$ 10,000
June 26 of each year 2025 until first
commercial sale
$ 25,000
Upon
first commercial sale of a product making use of the licensed technology under the PITT Agreement, the Licensee is required to
pay royalties equal to 2.5% of Net Sales each calendar quarter.
Moreover,
under the PITT Agreement the Licensee is required to make milestone payments as follows:
Each Phase I initiation
$ 50,000
Each Phase III initiation
$ 500,000
First commercial sale of product
making use of licensed technology
$ 1,250,000
The
Company made a $50,000 milestone payment in March 2019 pursuant to the PITT Agreement as a result of a Phase I initiation. The
PITT Agreement expires upon the earlier of: (i) expiration of the last claim of the Patent Rights forming the subject matter of
the PITT Agreement; or (ii) the date that is 20 years from the effective date of the agreement (June 26, 2037).
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Licensee
may terminate the PITT Agreement upon 3 months prior written notice provided all payments under the license are current. Licensor
may terminate the PITT Agreement upon written notice if: (i) Licensee defaults as to performance of material obligations which
have not been cured within 60 days after receiving written notice; or (ii) Licensee ceases to carry out its business, becomes
bankrupt or insolvent, applies for or consents to the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of its assets or seeks
relief under any law for the aid of debtors.
University
College London License Agreement – MSC
On
July 19, 2019, the Company entered into license agreement with UCL Business PLC (“UCLB”) with a ten (10) year term.
Pursuant to the license agreement, the Company acquired an exclusive license (and a right to sub-license) to the technology and
know-how relating to an isolation and commercial scale expansion methodology of GMP grade human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem/stromal
cells (“MSC”).
In
exchange for the license agreement, the Company paid UCLB an initial license fee of approximately $10,000 and shall pay annual
licensing fees of approximately $13,000 per year for the remaining term of the agreement beginning in July 2020. The Company will
pay UCLB a royalty of 3-3.5% of the net sales value (as defined in the agreement) of all licensed products sold or used by the
Company. In the event the Company sub-licenses the technology and know-how, the Company will pay UCLB a royalty of twelve (12)
percent of consideration (cash or non-cash) received by the Company in relation to the development or sub-licensing of any of
the technology and know-how.
NOTE
5 – LEASE
In May 2019, the Company signed a sublease
agreement with a related party for office space in La Jolla, California, which serves as the headquarters of the Company. The
lease has a 61-month term, which corresponds to the lease term of the lessor. The lessor is CTI Clinical Trial & Consulting
Services (“CTI”). CTI is majority-owned by a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. The lessor may extend
its lease for an additional 5 years, and, if it does, the Company may also extend its sublease for 5 years. The Company did not
include the option to extend in the calculation of the lease liabilities as such extension is not reasonably certain to occur.
Variable lease costs for the Company’s lease consists of operating expenses for the spaces. Below is a summary of the Company’s
right-of-use assets and liabilities:
December 31, 2019
September 30, 2020
Right-of-use asset – related party
$ 191,543
$ 165,388
Operating lease, current liability – related party
$ 8,288
$ 20,183
Long-term operating lease liability – related party
160,164
136,043
Total lease liability
$ 168,452
$ 156,226
Weighted-average remaining lease term
4.5 years
3.8 years
Weighted-average discount rate
10.00 %
10.00 %
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recognized $39,321 in operating lease expense, which is included in general
and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.
NOTE
6 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
UCL
At
September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company owed UCL Consultants Limited (“UCL”) $9,132 and $9,379, respectively,
in connection with medical research performed on behalf of the Company. During the nine months ending September 30, 2020 and 2019,
the Company paid UCL $334,738 and $291,622, respectively, for medical research performed on behalf of the Company. UCL is a wholly
owned subsidiary of the University of London. The Company’s Chief Scientific and Manufacturing Officer is a professor at
the University of London.
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CTI
At
September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company owed CTI $0 and $280,723, respectively, for medical research performed on
behalf of the Company. During the nine months ending September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid CTI $126,850 and $1,060,110,
respectively, for medical research performed on behalf of the Company. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019,
the Company paid CTI $25,392 and $24,653, respectively, pursuant to its sublease agreement with CTI. See Note 5. During the nine
months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded a capital contribution of $215,761 for the forgiveness of certain accounts
payable due to CTI.
NOTE
7 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Initial
Public Offering
During
February 2019, the Company completed its initial public offering in which the Company sold 1,020,820 shares of its common stock
for gross proceeds of $8,166,560 (net proceeds of $7,251,142).
April
and May 2019 Stock Sale
During
April and May 2019, the Company sold 522,212 shares of its common stock to certain investors for cash proceeds of $4,727,879,
of which the Company’s CEO purchased 11,100 shares for $119,325 of cash and the Company’s CFO purchased 5,000 shares
for $53,550 of cash.
Lincoln
Park
On
May 15, 2019, the Company entered into both a securities purchase agreement and registration rights agreement with Lincoln Park
Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”). Under the terms and subject to the conditions of the securities purchase agreement,
the Company has the right to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park is obligated to purchase, up to $20.0 million in shares of
the Company’s common stock, subject to certain limitations, from time to time, over the 24-month period that commenced on
May 15, 2019. During May 2019, the Company issued 70,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Lincoln Park as consideration
for Lincoln Park’s commitment to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock under the agreement, and 30,000 shares
of common stock were sold to Lincoln Park in an initial purchase for an aggregate gross purchase price of $300,000 ($230,000 net
of offering costs).
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued 196,000 shares of its common stock to Lincoln Park for $1,002,644
of cash. At September 30, 2020, Lincoln Park is obligated to purchase up to $18.7 million worth of the Company’s common
stock.
As
contemplated by the securities purchase agreement with Lincoln Park, and so long as the closing price of the Company’s common
stock exceeds $3.50 per share, then the Company may, subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, direct Lincoln Park,
at its sole discretion to purchase up to 20,000 shares of its common stock on any business day. The purchase price will be based
on the market prices of the common stock at the time of such purchases as set forth in the securities purchase agreement.
In
addition to regular purchases, the Company may, subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, also direct Lincoln Park
to purchase other amounts as accelerated purchases or as additional purchases if the closing sale price of the common stock exceeds
certain threshold prices as set forth in the purchase agreement. There are no trading volume requirements or restrictions under
the purchase agreement nor any upper limits on the price per share that Lincoln Park must pay for shares of common stock.
Purchase
and retirement of common stock
During
January 2020, the Company purchased and cancelled 220,000 shares of its common stock from a shareholder in exchange for $1,012,000
of cash. Immediately following the purchase, the investor owned less than 10% of the outstanding common stock of the Company.
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Common
Stock – At the Market Offering
During April 2020, the Company entered into
a sales agreement with BTIG, LLC (“BTIG”), as sales agent, to establish an At-The-Market (“ATM”) offering
program. The sales agreement with BTIG was subsequently amended during August 2020. The Company was required to pay BTIG a commission
of 3% of the gross proceeds from the sale of shares. The ATM program will remain in full force and effect until the earlier of
the sale of all of the shares under the ATM program or the termination of the sales agreement by the Company or BTIG. From the
inception of the agreement through September 30, 2020, the Company sold 178,600 shares of common stock at an average price of
$5.45 per share for gross proceeds of $972,879 (net proceeds of $812,828), of which 150,682 shares were sold for gross proceeds
of $820,319 (net proceeds $664,845) during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 27,918 shares were sold for gross proceeds
of $152,560 (net proceeds of $147,983) during the three months ended September 30, 2020. Pursuant to the ATM, the Company paid
BTIG commissions and fees of $74,610 during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and $4,577 during the three months ended September
30, 2020.
Underwritten
Stock Offering
During
July 2020, the Company completed an underwritten public offering in which it sold 2,500,000 shares of common stock at a public
offering price of $10.00 per share. The 2,500,000 shares sold included the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to
purchase 326,086 shares at a price of $10.00 per share. Aggregate net proceeds from the underwritten public offering were $23.1
million, net of approximately $1.9 million in underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
Common
Stock Issued for Services
During July 2020, the Company granted a consultant
50,000 fully vested warrants with a 5-year term, of which 25,000 warrants had an exercise price of $5.50 per share and 25,000
warrants had an exercise price of $10.00 per share. The fair value of these warrants was $356,874 based on the Black-Scholes Option
Pricing Model and was recorded within general and administrative expense. The assumptions used for these warrants consist of the
exercise prices, expected dividends of 0%, expected volatility of 111.67% based on the trading history of similar companies, risk-free
rate of 0.30% based on the applicable US Treasury bill rate and an expected life of 5.0 years. During July 2020, the Company issued
the consultant 20,000 shares of common stock and cancelled the 50,000 warrants. The 20,000 shares were issued from the Company’s
2019 Incentive Stock Plan and had a fair value of approximately $230,000 based on the market value of the Company’s common
stock on the grant date. The Company accounted for the exchange of the warrants for shares of common stock as a modification and
recorded no additional expense in connection with the exchange as the fair value of warrants exceeded the fair value of the shares
issued.
Common
Stock Issuable
Pacific
Seaboard Consulting Agreement
On
May 16, 2018, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Pacific Seaboard Investments Ltd. (“Pacific Seaboard”)
for corporate governance, compliance services regarding the filing of a listing application and assist with activities related
to its initial public offering. In consideration of the consultant’s services, the Company agreed to issue 600,000 shares
of its restricted common stock. Pursuant to this agreement, the Company recorded $4,626,000 as common stock issuable for the 600,000
shares of common stock to be issued. During June 2019, the Company issued 400,000 shares of its common stock to Pacific Seaboard,
whereby the Company was initially required to issue 600,000 shares to Pacific Seaboard, but subsequently received a waiver from
Pacific Seaboard during April 2019 permanently waiving the last 200,000 shares owed.
Settlement
In
November 2016, the Company entered into a settlement agreement whereby the Company agreed to issue 33,335 shares of the Company’s
common stock to an individual to settle a claim in full. The Company assessed the value of the common stock owed form the most
readily determinable value of the shares of the Company’s common stock issuable as a part of this settlement. These shares
have not been issued and are subject to a restriction on transfer for a period of two years from the date the Company completed
its initial public offering, which occurred during February 2019, after which the Company will deliver the shares to the individual.
The obligation was recorded as common stock issuable of $50,000 as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively,
pending delivery of the shares to the individual after the restriction period expires.
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Stock
options
During
September 2020, the Company granted an employee options to purchase 40,000 shares of its common stock pursuant to the 2019 Incentive
Stock Plan. The stock options have a fair value of $339,731 that was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
Variables used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model include: (1) discount rate of 0.46% based on the applicable US Treasury
bill rate (2) expected life of 6.25 years, (3) expected volatility of approximately 106% based on the trading history of similar
companies, and (4) zero expected dividends.
The
following table summarizes stock option activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2020:
Number
of
Shares
Weighted-
average
Exercise
Price
Weighted-average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(years)
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Outstanding at January
1, 2020
3,417,000
$ 5.77
9.03
-
Options granted
40,000
$ 10.38
-
-
Options exercised
-
$ -
-
-
Options cancelled
-
$ -
-
-
Outstanding
at September 30, 2020
3,457,000
$ 5.82
8.30
$ 15,520,320
Exercisable
at September 30, 2020
1,989,931
$ 6.96
7.71
$ 6,667,156
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $2,052,192 and $2,924,091,
respectively, related to stock options. As of September 30, 2020, there was $4,780,427 of total unrecognized compensation cost
related to non-vested stock options which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.17 years.
Warrants
In
connection with the Company’s initial public offering in February 2019, the Company issued warrants to the placement agents
to purchase 40,982 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $9.60 per common share, which warrants are
exercisable until December 19, 2023. During July 2020, 6,147 of these warrants were exercised on a cashless basis in exchange
for 2,400 shares of the Company’s common stock. At September 30, 2020, 34,835 of these warrants are outstanding and the
intrinsic value is $24,733.
In
October 2017, in connection with the Xencor License Agreement, the Company issued fully vested warrants to purchase an additional
number of shares of common stock equal to 10% of the fully diluted Company shares immediately following such purchase. See Note
4. These warrants had an intrinsic value of $9,479,920 as of September 30, 2020.
On
June 30, 2017, the Company issued fully vested warrants with a maturity date of June 30, 2022 and an exercise price of $1.50 to
purchase 31,667 shares of the Company’s common stock to a third party in conjunction with common stock sold for cash. These
warrants had an intrinsic value of $278,986 as of September 30, 2020.
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Stock-based
Compensation by Class of Expense
The
following summarizes the components of stock-based compensation expense in the consolidated statements of operations for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 respectively:
Three
Months Ended
September 30,
2020
Three
Months Ended
September 30,
2019
Nine
Months Ended
September 30,
2020
Nine
Months Ended
September 30,
2019
Research and development
$ 145,687
$ 426,308
$ 422,905
$ 1,278,924
General and administrative
899,969
548,388
1,986,161
1,645,167
Total
$ 1,045,656
$ 974,696
$ 2,409,066
$ 2,924,091
NOTE
8 – COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENTS
During
2019, the Company was awarded a $1,000,000 grant from the Alzheimer’s Association to advance XPro1595, a novel therapy targeting
neuroinflammation as a cause of Alzheimer’s disease. The endowment was awarded under the Part the Cloud to RESCUE grant.
During the nine months ending September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company received $150,000 and $600,000, respectively, related to
the grant, which the Company recorded as a reduction of research and development expense. As of September 30, 2020, the Company
has received $1,000,000 of cash proceeds from the Alzheimer’s Association and no additional amounts are available to the
Company pursuant to this grant.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (“ALS”)
Association to fund a study of the efficacy of XPro1595 to reverse ALS in vitro and to fund a study of the efficacy of XPro1595
to protect against ALS model phenotypes in vivo. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company received $300,000
of cash proceeds pursuant to this grant which the Company recorded as deferred liabilities. During the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2020, the Company recorded $110,878 as a reduction of deferred liabilities as a result of incurring costs related
to the ALS grant. As of September 30, 2020, the Company recorded $189,122 as deferred liabilities in the consolidated balance
sheet related to the ALS grant.
During September 2020, the Company was awarded
a grant of up to $2.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), of which the Company expects to receive approximately
$0.7 million in 2020, approximately $1.2 million in 20201 and approximately $1.0 million in 2022. The grant will support a Phase
2 study of XPro1595 in patients with treatment resistant depression. As of September 30, 2020, the Company has not received any
proceeds pursuant to this grant.
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Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
Form 10-Q contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
For this purpose, any statements contained in this Form 10-Q that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking
statements. Without limiting the foregoing, words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,”
“anticipate,” “estimate” or “continue” or comparable terminology are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. These statements by their nature involve substantial risks and uncertainties, and actual results may
differ materially depending on a variety of factors, many of which are not within our control. These factors include but are not
limited to economic conditions generally and in the industries in which we may participate; competition within our chosen industry,
including competition from much larger competitors; technological advances and failure to successfully develop business relationships.
Description
of Business
Overview
We
are a clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on developing drugs that may reprogram the patient’s innate immune system
to treat disease. We believe this may be done by targeting cells of the innate immune system that cause acute and chronic inflammation
and are involved in the immune dysfunction associated with chronic diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative, metabolic and infectious
diseases. The Company has two therapeutic platforms – dominant-negative TNF platform (“DN-TNF”) and the Natural
Killer (“NK”) platform. The DN-TNF platform neutralizes soluble TNF (“sTNF”) without affecting trans-membrane
TNF (“tmTNF”) or the receptors TNFR1 and TNFR2. This unique biologic mechanism differentiates the DN-TNF drugs from
currently approved non-selective TNF inhibitors that inhibit the function of both sTNF and tmTNF. Protecting the function of tmTNF
while neutralizing the function of sTNF is a potent anti-inflammatory drug that does not cause immunosuppression or demyelination.
Currently approved non-selective TNF inhibitors are approved to treat autoimmune disease, however they are contraindicated in
patients with infection, cancer and neurologic diseases because they increase the risk of infection, cancer and demyelinating
neurologic diseases, respectively, because of off-target effects on inhibiting tmTNF. The NK platform targets the dysfunctional
natural killer cells (“NK cells”) in patients with cancer. NK cells are part of the normal immunologic response to
cancer with important roles in immunosurveillance to prevent cancer and in preventing relapse by clearing residual disease. Residual
disease is the cancer left behind, often undetected, that can grow and cause relapse. The NK cells of cancer patients have the
ability to kill cancer cells but are not effective because cancer cells mutate to evade NK cell immune surveillance. INKmune provides
the missing signals needed to prime NK cells to overcome the immune evasion mutation to allow NK cells to kill the cancer cell.
We believe INKmune is best used to eliminate residual disease after the patient has completed other cancer therapies. Both the
DN-TNF platform and the INKmune platform can be used to treat multiple diseases. The DN-TNF platform will be used as an immunotherapy
for the treatment of cancer, neurodegenerative, metabolic and infectious diseases. INKmune is being developed to treat NK sensitive
hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.
We
believe our DN-TNF platform can be used to reverse resistance in immunotherapy, to target glial activation to prevent progression
of Alzheimer’s disease (“AD”), to target intestinal leak and inflammation to treat non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
(“NASH”) and to treat complications of the cytokine storm associated with COVID-19 infection. The drug is named differently
for each indication; INB03, XPro1595, LIVNate and Quellor, respectively, but it is the same drug product. In each case, we believe
neutralizing sTNF is a cornerstone to the treatment of each of these diseases. As an immunotherapy for cancer, we are using INB03
to neutralize sTNF produced by HER2+ trastuzumab resistant breast cancers to reverse resistance to therapy. sTNF causes an up-regulation
of MUC4 expression that causes steric hindrance of trastuzumab binding to the HER2/Neu receptor on HER2+ breast cancer cells.
Without binding, trastuzumab is not effective. In addition, INB03 changes the immunobiology of the tumor microenvironment by decreasing
the number of immunosuppressive myeloid cells, both myeloid derived suppressor cells and tumor active macrophages, and increasing
the number of cytotoxic lymphocytes in the TME. The Company has completed an open label dose escalation trial in cancer patients
with metastatic solid tumors that have failed multiple lines of therapy. The trial informs the design of the Phase II trial by
demonstrating that INB03 was safe and well tolerated, defined the dose of INB03 to carry into Phase II trials, and demonstrated
a pharmacodynamic end-point. A Phase II trial is planned in women with advanced HER2+ breast cancer with metastasis.
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Likewise,
we believe the DN-TNF platform can be used to treat selected neurodegenerative diseases. XPro1595 is being used to treat patients
with Alzheimer’s disease in a Phase I trial partially funded by a Part-the-Clouds Award from the Alzheimer’s Association.
XPro1595 targets activated microglia and astrocytes of the brain that produce sTNF that promotes nerve cell loss and synaptic
dysfunction, key elements in the development of dementia. In animal models, elimination of sTNF prevents nerve cell dysfunction
and reverses synaptic pruning. The Phase I trial in patients with biomarkers of inflammation with AD is enrolling patients. The
open label, dose escalation trial is designed to demonstrate that XPro1595 decreases neuroinflammation in patients with AD. This
end-points of the trial are measures of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in blood and cerebral spinal fluid, measures of
neuroinflammation by MRI by measuring white matter free water and breath by measuring volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath
and by monitoring neuropsychiatric symptoms known to be associated with neuroinflammation including depression, apathy, aggression,
hallucinations and sleep disorders.
In
addition, we believe the DN-TNF platform can be used to treat selected metabolic diseases. LIVNate is being developed to treat
NASH. NASH is a pleiotropic disease caused by a complex mix of metabolic, inflammatory and fibrotic pathophysiology. We believe
targeting inflammation caused by intestinal leak, mesenteric and peripheral fat will prevent lipotoxicity, hepatic stellate cell
activation and hepatocyte death that causes fibrosis and liver dysfunction associated with advanced disease. sTNF is elevated
in obesity and is believed to cause intestinal leak. Intestinal leak combined with cytokines coming from mesenteric fat may dramatically
increase the concentration of inflammatory cytokines in portal blood destined for the liver. The cytokine load contributes to
the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (“NAFLD”) and progression to NASH. LIVNate, by neutralizing sTNF
improves insulin sensitivity, decreases the inflammation in peripheral and mesenteric fat and may also seal the intestinal leak.
This combination prevents development of NAFLD or NASH in animal models. The Company is planning a Phase II open label randomized
study using non-invasive measures to enroll patients with NASH in a study using a fixed dose of LIVNate delivered as a once a
week sub-cutaneous injection.
We
also believe the DN-TNF platform may be used to treat the complications associated with the cytokine storm caused by coronavirus
disease 2019 (“COVID-19”). Three inflammatory cytokines make up the cytokine storm associated with COVID19 infection
– sTNF, IL-6 and IL-1β. Targeting sTNF with Quellor may have advantages because IL-6 and IL-1 expression occur after
sTNF expression; sTNF promotes endothelial activation causing expression of proteins that promote trafficking of immune cells
from the blood vessel to the tissue and expression of Tissue Factor that stimulates the coagulopathy that is a prominent pathology
of COVID-19 infection. The Company plans a Phase II trial in patients with symptomatic COVID-19 infection and hypoxia. The goal
of the study is to prevent the catastrophic complications of advanced COVID-19 infection including one or more of the need for
mechanical ventilation, new onset of cardiovascular, neurologic or thromboembolic disease, admission to an intensive care unit
or death. The randomized trial will treat patients requiring hospitalization because of their disease.
We
believe that INKmune improves the ability of the patient’s own NK cells to attack their tumor. INKmune interacts with the
patient’s NK cells to convert them from inert resting NK cells that ignores the cancer into primed NK cells that kill the
cancer cell. INKmune is a replication incompetent proprietary cell line we have named INB16 that is given to the patient after
determining that i) the patient has adequate NK cells in their circulation and ii) those NK cells are functional when exposed
to INKmune in vitro. INKmune is designed to be given to patients after their immune system has recovered after cytotoxic chemotherapy
to target the residual disease the remains after treatment with cytotoxic therapy. INKmune can be used to treat numerous
hematologic malignancies and solid tumors including leukemia, multiple myeloma, lymphoma, lung, ovary, breast, renal and prostate
cancer. The Company plans Phase I trials using INKmune to treat patients with high risk MDS, a form of leukemia and women with
relapsed refractory ovarian.
Since
our inception in 2015, we have devoted substantially all of our resources to the discovery and development of our product candidates,
including clinical trials and preclinical studies as well as general and administrative support for these operations. To date,
we have generated no revenue. We have incurred net losses in each year since our inception and, as of September 30, 2020, we had
an accumulated deficit of $30,171,054. Our net losses were $8,894,873 and $5,360,094 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020
and 2019, respectively. Substantially all of our net losses resulted from costs incurred in connection with our research and development
programs and from general and administrative costs associated with our operations, including stock-based compensation.
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The
Company is subject to risks and uncertainties as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
on the Company’s business is highly uncertain and difficult to predict. Also, economies worldwide have also been negatively
impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, however policymakers around the globe have responded with fiscal policy actions to support
the healthcare industry and economy as a whole. The magnitude and overall effectiveness of these actions remain uncertain.
In
addition, the Company’s clinical trials have been affected by and may continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clinical site initiation and patient enrollment have and may continue to be delayed due to prioritization of hospital resources
toward the COVID-19 pandemic. Some patients have not and others may not be able to comply with clinical trial protocols if quarantines
impede patient movement or interrupt healthcare services. Similarly, the ability to recruit and retain patients and principal
investigators and site staff who, as healthcare providers, may have heightened exposure to COVID-19, may adversely impact the
Company’s clinical trial operations.
The
severity of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business will depend on a number of factors, including,
but not limited to, the duration and severity of the pandemic and the extent and severity of the impact on the Company’s
service providers, suppliers, contract research organizations (“CROs”) and the Company’s clinical trials, all
of which are uncertain and cannot be predicted. As of the date of issuance of Company’s financial statements, the extent
to which the COVID-19 pandemic may materially impact the Company’s financial condition, liquidity or results of operations
is uncertain.
We
classify our operating expenses into two categories: research and development; and general and administrative expenses. Personnel
costs including salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expense comprise a significant component of our research and development
and general and administrative expense categories.
We
qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act. As an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of
specified reduced disclosure and other requirements that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions
include:
●
only two years of
audited financial statements in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements with correspondingly reduced
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” disclosure;
●
reduced disclosure
about our executive compensation arrangements;
●
no non-binding advisory
votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements;
●
exemption from the
auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting; and
●
delaying the adoption
of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards
apply to private companies.
We
have elected to take advantage of the above-referenced exemptions and we may take advantage of these exemptions for up to five
years or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company. We would cease to be an emerging growth company if
we have more than $1.07 billion in annual revenues, we have more than $700 million in market value of our stock held by non-affiliates,
or we issue more than $1 billion of non-convertible debt over a three-year period. We may choose to take advantage of some but
not all of these reduced burdens.
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Research
and Development
Research
and development expense consists of expenses incurred while performing research and development activities to discover and develop
our product candidates. This includes conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials, manufacturing development efforts and
activities related to regulatory filings for product candidates. We recognize research and development expenses as they are incurred.
Our research and development expense primarily consist of:
●
clinical
trial and regulatory-related costs;
●
expenses
incurred under agreements with investigative sites and consultants that conduct our clinical trials;
●
manufacturing
and testing costs and related supplies and materials; and
●
employee-related
expenses, including salaries, benefits, travel and stock-based compensation.
We
typically use our employee, consultant and infrastructure resources across our development programs. We track outsourced development
costs by product candidate or development program, but we do not allocate personnel costs, other internal costs or external consultant
costs to specific product candidates or development programs.
We
participate, through our wholly-owned subsidiary in Australia, in the Australian research and development tax incentive program,
such that a percentage of our qualifying research and development expenditures are reimbursed by the Australian government, and
such incentives are reflected as a reduction of research and development expense. The Australian research and development tax
incentive is recognized when there is reasonable assurance that the incentive will be received, the relevant expenditure has been
incurred and the amount of the consideration can be reliably measured.
We
participate, through our wholly-owned subsidiary in the United Kingdom, in the research and development program provided by the
United Kingdom tax relief program, such that a percentage of our qualifying research and development expenditures are reimbursed
by the United Kingdom government, and such incentives are reflected as a reduction of research and development expense. The United
Kingdom research and development tax incentive is recognized when there is reasonable assurance that the incentive will be received,
the relevant expenditure has been incurred and the amount of the consideration can be reliably measured.
Substantially
all of our research and development expenses to date have been incurred in connection with our current and future product candidates.
We expect our research and development expenses to increase significantly for the foreseeable future as we advance an increased
number of our product candidates through clinical development, including the conduct of our planned clinical trials and manufacturing
drug to be used in those clinical trials. The process of conducting clinical trials necessary to obtain regulatory approval is
costly and time consuming. The successful development of product candidates is highly uncertain. At this time, we cannot reasonably
estimate the nature, timing or costs required to complete the remaining development of any product candidates. This is due to
the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development of product candidates.
The
costs of clinical trials may vary significantly over the life of a project owing to, but not limited to, the following:
●
per
patient trial costs;
●
the
number of sites included in the clinical trials;
●
the
countries in which the clinical trials are conducted;
●
the
length of time required to enroll eligible patients;
●
the
number of patients that participate in the clinical trials;
●
the
number of doses that patients receive;
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●
the
cost of comparative agents used in clinical trials;
●
the
drop-out or discontinuation rates of patients;
●
potential
additional safety monitoring or other studies requested by regulatory agencies;
●
the
duration of patient follow-up;
●
the
efficacy and safety profile of the product candidate; and
●
the
cost of manufacturing, finishing, labelling and storage drug used in the clinical trial.
We
do not expect any of our product candidates to be commercially available for at least the next several years, if ever. We expect
to continue to incur significant expenses and increasing operating losses for the foreseeable future, which may fluctuate significantly
from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year. We anticipate that our expenses will increase substantially as we:
●
continue
research and development, including preclinical and clinical development of our existing product candidates;
●
potentially
seek regulatory approval for our product candidates;
●
seek
to discover and develop additional product candidates;
●
establish
a commercialization infrastructure and scale up our manufacturing and distribution capabilities to commercialize any of our
product candidates for which we may obtain regulatory approval;
●
seek
to comply with regulatory standards and laws;
●
maintain,
leverage and expand our intellectual property portfolio;
●
hire
clinical, manufacturing, scientific and other personnel to support our product candidates development and future commercialization
efforts;
●
add
operational, financial and management information systems and personnel; and
●
incur
additional legal, accounting and other expenses in operating as a public company.
General
and Administrative Expenses
General
and administrative expenses consist principally of payroll and personnel expenses, including stock-based compensation; professional
fees for legal, consulting, accounting and tax services; overhead, including rent and utilities; and other general operating expenses
not otherwise classified as research and development expenses.
Other
income
Other
income primarily consists of interest income on money market accounts, foreign exchange gain (loss) and other non-operating income
(expense).
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Results
of Operations
Comparison
of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
The
following table summarizes our results of operations for the periods indicated:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
2020
2019
Change
Operating expenses:
General and administrative
$ 2,456,266
$ 1,916,200
$ 540,066
Research and development
2,362,880
1,167,986
1,194,894
Total operating expenses
4,819,146
3,084,186
1,734,960
Loss from operations
(4,819,146 )
(3,084,186 )
(1,734,960 )
Other income
102,484
17,220
85,264
Net loss
$ (4,716,662 )
$ (3,066,966 )
$ (1,649,696 )
General
and Administrative
General
and administrative expenses were $2.5 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $1.9 million during
the three months ended September 30, 2019, reflecting an increase of approximately $0.6 million. The increase was largely attributable
to the Company incurring additional professional fees ($0.6 million) and stock-based compensation ($0.4 million), partially offset
by lower investor relations expense ($0.5 million) during the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the three months
ended September 30, 2019.
Research
and Development
Research
and development expenses were approximately $2.4 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020, compared to approximately
$1.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2019. During the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019,
the Company incurred approximately $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation, which the Company
classified as research and development expenses. Also, during the three months ending September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company
recorded $0.2 million and $Nil, respectively, of grants which the Company recorded as a reduction of research and development
expenses. The increase in research and development expenses during the three months ending September 30, 2020 compared to the
three months ending September 30, 2019 is due to additional amounts incurred for the advancement of our drug platform and due
to the Company incurring manufacturing costs in connection with producing its DN-TNF product.
Other
Income
Other
income increased during the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to 2019 as a result of the Company receiving a refund
pursuant to a release and settlement agreement from a third-party vendor of approximately $0.1 million for services provided in
a previous year.
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Comparison
of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
The
following table summarizes our results of operations for the periods indicated:
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2020
2019
Change
Operating expenses:
General and administrative
$ 4,960,106
$ 4,550,306
$ 409,800
Research and development
4,058,710
2,415,390
1,643,320
Waiver of common stock issuable
-
(1,542,000 )
1,542,000
Total operating expenses
9,018,816
5,423,696
3,595,120
Loss from operations
(9,018,816 )
(5,423,696 )
(3,595,120 )
Other income
123,943
63,602
60,341
Net loss
$ (8,894,873 )
$ (5,360,094 )
$ (3,534,779 )
General
and Administrative
General
and administrative expenses were $5.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $4.6 million during
the nine months ended September 30, 2019, reflecting an increase of approximately $0.4 million. The increase was largely attributable
to the Company incurring higher professional fees ($0.6 million), stock-based compensation ($0.3 million) and salary and benefits
expense ($0.2 million), partially offset by lower investor relations expense ($1.0 million) during the nine months ended September
30, 2020 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019.
Research
and Development
Research and development expenses were approximately
$4.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to approximately $2.4 million during the nine months ended
September 30, 2019. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred approximately $0.4 million
and $1.3 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation, which the Company classified as research and development expenses.
Also, during the nine months ending September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded $0.2 and $0.6 million, respectively, of grants
which the Company recorded as a reduction of research and development expenses. The increase in research and development expenses
during the nine months ending September 30, 2020 compared to the nine months ending September 30, 2019 is largely due to additional
amounts incurred for the advancement of our drug platform and due to the Company incurring manufacturing costs in connection with
producing its DN-TNF product.
Waiver
of Common Stock Issuable
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company reversed $1.5 million of expense as a result of a consultant permanently
waiving the Company’s obligation to issue 200,000 shares owed to the consultant which were expensed in a prior period. No
similar transaction occurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
Other
Income
Other
income increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to 2019 as a result of the Company receiving a refund
from a third-party vendor pursuant to a release and settlement agreement of approximately $0.1 million for services provided in
a previous year.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Liquidity
is the ability of a company to generate funds to support its current and future operations, satisfy its obligations and otherwise
operate on an ongoing basis.
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We
incurred a net loss of $8,894,873 and $5,360,094 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Net cash
used in operating activities was $6,550,933 and $4,951,286 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Since inception, we have funded our operations primarily with proceeds from the sales of our common stock. As of September 30,
2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of $24.3 million. We anticipate that operating losses and net cash used in operating activities
will increase over the next few years as we advance our products under development.
Our
primary uses of capital are, and we expect will continue to be, third-party clinical and preclinical research and development
services, compensation and related expenses, legal, patent and other regulatory expenses and general overhead costs. We believe
our use of CROs provides us with flexibility in managing our spending.
The
Company incurs the majority of its research and development expenses in Australia and the United Kingdom. Fluctuations in the
rate of exchange between the United States dollar and the pound sterling as well as the Australian dollar could adversely
affect our financial results, including our expenses as well as assets and liabilities. We currently do not hedge foreign currencies
but will continue to assess whether that strategy is appropriate. As of September 30, 2020, the cash balance held by our foreign
subsidiaries with currencies other than the United States dollar was approximately $0.6 million. We do not have any material financial
exposure to one customer or one country that would significantly hinder our liquidity.
As
a publicly traded company, we incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, as well as rules adopted by the SEC and The Nasdaq Stock Market, require public companies to implement specified
corporate governance practices that were inapplicable to us as a private company. We expect these rules and regulations will
increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly.
As of September 30, 2020, the Company had
an accumulated deficit of $30,171,054 and working capital of $24,662,948. Losses have principally occurred as a result of stock-based
compensation expense as well as the substantial resources required for research and development of the Company’s products
which included the general and administrative expenses associated with its organization and product development, as well as the
lack of sources of revenues until such time as the Company’s products are commercialized. As of September 30, 2020, we had
cash and cash equivalents of $24.3 million. We believe our cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our operations
for at least the next 12 months following the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q based on the balance of cash available
as of September 30, 2020.
Initial
Public Offering
During
February 2019, the Company completed its initial public offering in which the Company sold 1,020,820 shares of its common stock
for gross proceeds of $8,166,560 (net proceeds of $7,251,142).
April
and May sale of common stock
During
April and May 2019, the Company sold 522,212 shares of its common stock to certain investors for cash proceeds of $4,727,879,
of which the Company’s CEO purchased 11,100 shares for $119,325 of cash and the Company’s CFO purchased 5,000 shares
for $53,550 of cash.
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The
Lincoln Park Transaction
On
May 15, 2019, the Company and Lincoln Park entered a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which
the Company has the right to sell to Lincoln Park up to $20.0 million in shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to
certain limitations and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The Company has the right, from time to time at its sole
discretion, subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, over the 24-month Purchase Agreement, to direct Lincoln Park
to purchase up to 20,000 shares of common stock on any business day (subject to certain limitations contained in the Purchase
Agreement), with such amounts increasing based on certain threshold prices set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The maximum amount
of shares subject to any single regular purchase increases as the Company’s share price increases, subject to a maximum
of $1.0 million. The purchase price of shares of common stock that the Company elects to sell to Lincoln Park pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement will be based on the market prices of the common stock at the time of such purchases as set forth in the Purchase
Agreement. In addition to regular purchases, as described above, the Company may also direct Lincoln Park to purchase additional
amounts as accelerated purchases or as additional purchases if the closing sale price of the common stock is not below certain
threshold prices, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. From inception of the Purchase Agreement through December 31, 2019,
100,000 shares were issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of $300,000 (net proceeds
of $230,000) to the Company. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued 196,000 shares of
the Company’s common stock to Lincoln Park for gross proceeds of $1,002,644.
ATM
Sales Agreement
On
April 16, 2020, we entered into a sales agreement with BTIG, as sales agent, to establish an ATM offering program. We were required
to pay BTIG a commission of 3% of the gross proceeds from the sale of shares. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020,
we issued and sold 178,600 shares of common stock at an average price of $5.45 per share under the ATM program. The aggregate
net proceeds were approximately $0.8 million after BTIG’s commission and other offering expenses.
Public
Offering
During
July 2020, the Company completed an underwritten public offering in which it sold 2,500,000 shares of common stock at a public
offering price of $10.00 per share. The 2,500,000 shares sold included the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to
purchase 326,086 shares at a price of $10.00 per share. Aggregate net proceeds from the underwritten public offering were approximately
$23.1 million, net of approximately $1.9 million in underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
Grants
During
2019, the Company was awarded a $1,000,000 grant from the Alzheimer’s Association to advance XPro1595, a novel therapy targeting
neuroinflammation as a cause of Alzheimer’s disease. The endowment was awarded under the Part the Cloud to RESCUE grant.
During the nine months ending September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company received $150,000 and $600,000, respectively, related to
the grant, which the Company recorded as a reduction of research and development expense. As of September 30, 2020, the Company
has received $1,000,000 of cash proceeds from the Alzheimer’s Association and no additional amounts are available to the
Company pursuant to this grant.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Association to fund a study of the efficacy of XPro1595 to reverse ALS in vitro and to fund a study of the efficacy of XPro1595
to protect against ALS model phenotypes in vivo. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company received $300,000
of cash proceeds pursuant to this grant which the Company recorded as deferred liabilities. During the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2020, the Company recorded $110,878 as a reduction of research and development expense related to the ALS grant.
As of September 30, 2020, the Company recorded $189,122 as deferred liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet related
to the ALS grant.
During September 2020, the Company was awarded
a grant of up to $2.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), of which the Company expects to receive approximately
$0.7 million in 2020, approximately $1.2 million in 20201 and approximately $1.0 million in 2022. The grant will support a Phase
2 study of XPro1595 in patients with treatment resistant depression. As of September 30, 2020, the Company has not received any
proceeds pursuant to this grant.
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Cash
Flows
The
following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated:
Nine
Months Ended
September 30,
2020
2019
Net cash and cash equivalents (used
in) provided by:
Operating activities
$ (6,550,933 )
$ (4,951,286 )
Financing
activities
23,895,781
12,209,021
Change in cash and cash equivalents
17,344,848
7,257,735
Impact on cash from foreign currency
translation
(29,220 )
(61,278 )
Cash and cash
equivalents, beginning of period
6,995,525
186,204
Cash and cash
equivalents, end of period
$ 24,311,153
$ 7,382,661
Operating
Activities
Our
cash used in operating activities was primarily driven by our net loss.
Operating
activities used approximately $6.6 million of cash for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily resulting from our
net loss of approximately $8.9 million, a net cash outflow of approximately $0.1 million for changes in our net operating assets
and liabilities, and non-cash stock-based compensation charges of approximately $2.4 million. The change in our net operating
assets and liabilities was primarily driven by an increase in research and development tax incentive receivable of approximately
$0.9 million, partially offset by an increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of approximately $0.8 million.
Operating
activities used $5.0 million of cash for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, primarily resulting from our net loss of $5.4
million, a net cash outflow of $1.0 million for changes in our net operating assets and liabilities, offset by non-cash stock-based
compensation charges of $2.9 million, partially offset by a waiver of common stock issuable of $1.5 million. The change in our
net operating assets and liabilities was primarily driven by an increase in our research and development tax incentive receivable
of $0.4 million, a decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $0.2 million, a decrease in accounts payable and accrued
liabilities – related parties of $0.1 million, an increase in other tax receivable of $0.1 million, an increase in prepaid
expenses – related party of $0.1 million and an increase in prepaid expenses of $0.1 million.
Financing
Activities
During
July 2020, the Company completed an underwritten public offering in which it sold 2,500,000 shares of common stock at a public
offering price of $10.00 per share. Aggregate net proceeds from the underwritten public offering were approximately $23.1 million,
net of approximately $1.9 million in underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company purchased 220,000 shares from an investor for approximately $1.0 million.
In addition, the Company sold 196,000 shares of its common stock to Lincoln Park for cash proceeds of approximately $1.0 million.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued and sold 178,600 shares of common stock at an average price of $5.45
per share under the ATM program for net cash proceeds of approximately $0.9 million.
During
February 2019, the Company completed its initial public offering in which the Company sold 1,020,820 shares of its common stock
for gross proceeds of approximately $8.2 million (net proceeds of approximately $7.3 million).
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During
April and May 2019, the Company sold 522,212 shares of its common stock to certain investors for cash proceeds of approximately
$4.7 million of which the Company’s CEO purchased 11,100 shares for $119,325 of cash and the Company’s CFO purchased
5,000 shares for $53,550 of cash.
On
May 15, 2019, the Company sold 30,000 shares of its common stock to Lincoln Park for $300,000 in gross cash proceeds (net cash
proceeds of $230,000) and issued 70,000 shares of its common stock to Lincoln Park pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement
as consideration for its commitment to purchase shares under the purchase agreement.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Our
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our unaudited consolidated financial
statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP.
The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of
assets, liabilities and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates. Our critical accounting policies and estimates
are discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and there have been no material changes
during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Pursuant
to Item 305(e) of Regulation S-K (§ 229.305(e)), the Company is not required to provide the information required by this
Item as it is a “smaller reporting company,” as defined by Rule 229.10(f)(1).
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