−Removed: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
−Removed: common stock trades under the symbol “INMB”
+Added: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON
+Added: EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
+Added: Our common stock trades under the symbol “INMB”
on the Nasdaq and has been publicly traded since February 4, 2019.
−Removed: to this time, there was no public market for our common stock.
−Removed: of December 31, 2020, there were 35 holders of record of our common stock.
−Removed: Because shares of our common stock are held by
−Removed: depositories, brokers and other nominees, the number of beneficial holders of our shares is substantially larger than the number
−Removed: of record holders.
−Removed: of Equity Securities by the Issuer
−Removed: January 2020, the Company purchased and cancelled 220,000 shares of its common stock from a shareholder in exchange for $1,012,000
−Removed: Immediately following the purchase, the investor owned less than 10% of the outstanding common stock of the Company.
−Removed: have not declared any cash dividends on our common stock since inception and do not anticipate paying such dividends in the foreseeable
−Removed: We plan to retain any future earnings for use in our business operations.
−Removed: Any decisions as to future payment of cash dividends
−Removed: will depend on our earnings and financial position and such other factors as the Board of Directors deems relevant.
−Removed: Selected Financial Data
−Removed: a smaller reporting company, as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act, and in Item 10(f)91) of Regulation S-K,
−Removed: we are electing scaled disclosure reporting obligations and therefore are not required to provide the information required by
−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with our
−Removed: financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report.
−Removed: In addition to historical financial information,
−Removed: the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions.
−Removed: Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors.
−Removed: We discuss factors that we believe could cause or contribute to these differences below and elsewhere in this Form 10-K, including
−Removed: those set forth under “Risk Factors”
−Removed: and “Forward-Looking Statements.”
−Removed: are a clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on developing drugs that may reprogram the patient’s innate immune system
−Removed: to treat disease.
−Removed: We believe this may be done by targeting cells of the innate immune system that cause acute and chronic inflammation
−Removed: and are involved in the immune dysfunction associated with chronic diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative, metabolic and infectious
−Removed: The Company has two therapeutic platforms –
−Removed: dominant-negative TNF platform (“DN-TNF”) and the Natural
−Removed: Killer (“NK”) platform.
−Removed: The DN-TNF platform neutralizes soluble TNF (“sTNF”) without affecting trans-membrane
−Removed: TNF (“tmTNF”) or the receptors TNFR1 and TNFR2.
−Removed: This unique biologic mechanism differentiates the DN-TNF drugs from
−Removed: currently approved non-selective TNF inhibitors that inhibit the function of both sTNF and tmTNF.
−Removed: Protecting the function of tmTNF
−Removed: while neutralizing the function of sTNF is a potent anti-inflammatory drug that does not cause immunosuppression or demyelination.
−Removed: Currently approved non-selective TNF inhibitors are approved to treat autoimmune disease, however they are contraindicated in
−Removed: patients with infection, cancer and neurologic diseases because they increase the risk of infection, cancer and demyelinating
−Removed: neurologic diseases, respectively, because of off-target effects on inhibiting tmTNF.
−Removed: The NK platform targets the dysfunctional
−Removed: natural killer cells (“NK cells”) in patients with cancer.
−Removed: NK cells are part of the normal immunologic response to
−Removed: cancer with important roles in immunosurveillance to prevent cancer and in preventing relapse by clearing residual disease.
−Removed: disease is the cancer left behind, often undetected, that can grow and cause relapse.
−Removed: The NK cells of cancer patients have the
−Removed: ability to kill cancer cells but are not effective because cancer cells mutate to evade NK cell immune surveillance.
−Removed: INKmune provides
−Removed: the missing signals needed to prime NK cells to overcome the immune evasion mutation to allow NK cells to kill the cancer cell.
−Removed: We believe INKmune is best used to eliminate residual disease after the patient has completed other cancer therapies.
−Removed: DN-TNF platform and the INKmune platform can be used to treat multiple diseases.
−Removed: The DN-TNF platform will be used as an immunotherapy
−Removed: for the treatment of cancer, neurodegenerative, metabolic and infectious diseases.
−Removed: INKmune is being developed to treat NK sensitive
−Removed: hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.
−Removed: believe our DN-TNF platform can be used to reverse resistance in immunotherapy, to target glial activation to prevent progression
−Removed: of Alzheimer’s disease (“AD”), to target neuroinflammation in treatment resistant depression (“TRD”),
−Removed: to target intestinal leak and inflammation to treat non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (“NASH”) and to treat complications
−Removed: of the cytokine storm associated with COVID-19 infection.
−Removed: The drug is named differently for each indication;
−Removed: INB03, XPro1595,
−Removed: LIVNate and Quellor, respectively, but it is the same drug product.
−Removed: In each case, we believe neutralizing sTNF is a cornerstone
−Removed: to the treatment of each of these diseases.
−Removed: As an immunotherapy for cancer, we are using INB03 to neutralize sTNF produced by
−Removed: HER2+ trastuzumab resistant breast cancers to reverse resistance to therapy.
−Removed: sTNF causes an up-regulation of MUC4 expression that
−Removed: causes steric hindrance of trastuzumab binding to the HER2/Neu receptor on HER2+ breast cancer cells.
−Removed: Without binding, trastuzumab
−Removed: is not effective.
−Removed: In addition, INB03 changes the immunobiology of the tumor microenvironment by decreasing the number of immunosuppressive
−Removed: myeloid cells, both myeloid derived suppressor cells and tumor active macrophages, and increasing the number of cytotoxic lymphocytes
−Removed: The Company has completed an open label dose escalation trial in cancer patients with metastatic solid tumors that
−Removed: have failed multiple lines of therapy.
−Removed: The trial informs the design of the Phase II trial by demonstrating that INB03 was safe
−Removed: and well tolerated, defined the dose of INB03 to carry into Phase II trials, and demonstrated a pharmacodynamic end-point.
−Removed: II trial is planned in women with advanced HER2+ breast cancer with metastasis.
−Removed: we believe the DN-TNF platform can be used to treat selected neurodegenerative diseases.
−Removed: XPro1595 is being used to treat patients
−Removed: with Alzheimer’s disease in a Phase I trial partially funded by a Part-the-Clouds Award from the Alzheimer’s Association.
−Removed: XPro1595 targets activated microglia and astrocytes of the brain that produce sTNF that promotes nerve cell loss and synaptic
−Removed: dysfunction, key elements in the development of dementia.
−Removed: In animal models, elimination of sTNF prevents nerve cell dysfunction
−Removed: and reverses synaptic pruning.
−Removed: The Phase I trial in patients with biomarkers of inflammation with AD is enrolling patients.
−Removed: open label, dose escalation trial is designed to demonstrate that XPro1595 decreases neuroinflammation in patients with AD.
−Removed: end-points of the trial are measures of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in blood and cerebral spinal fluid, measures of
−Removed: neuroinflammation by MRI by measuring white matter free water and breath by measuring volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath
−Removed: and by monitoring neuropsychiatric symptoms known to be associated with neuroinflammation including depression, apathy, aggression,
−Removed: hallucinations and sleep disorders.
−Removed: addition, we believe the DN-TNF platform can be used to treat selected metabolic diseases.
−Removed: LIVNate is being developed to treat
−Removed: NASH is a pleiotropic disease caused by a complex mix of metabolic, inflammatory and fibrotic pathophysiology.
−Removed: targeting inflammation caused by intestinal leak, mesenteric and peripheral fat will prevent lipotoxicity, hepatic stellate cell
−Removed: activation and hepatocyte death that causes fibrosis and liver dysfunction associated with advanced disease.
−Removed: sTNF is elevated
−Removed: in obesity and is believed to cause intestinal leak.
−Removed: Intestinal leak combined with cytokines coming from mesenteric fat may dramatically
−Removed: increase the concentration of inflammatory cytokines in portal blood destined for the liver.
−Removed: The cytokine load contributes to
−Removed: the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (“NAFLD”) and progression to NASH.
−Removed: LIVNate, by neutralizing sTNF
−Removed: improves insulin sensitivity, decreases the inflammation in peripheral and mesenteric fat and may also seal the intestinal leak.
−Removed: This combination prevents development of NAFLD or NASH in animal models.
−Removed: The Company is planning a Phase II open label randomized
−Removed: study using non-invasive measures to enroll patients with NASH in a study using a fixed dose of LIVNate delivered as a once a
−Removed: week sub-cutaneous injection.
−Removed: also believe the DN-TNF platform may be used to treat the complications associated with the cytokine storm caused by coronavirus
−Removed: disease 2019 (“COVID-19”).
−Removed: Three inflammatory cytokines make up the cytokine storm associated with COVID19 infection
−Removed: sTNF, IL-6 and IL-1β.
−Removed: Targeting sTNF with Quellor may have advantages because IL-6 and IL-1 expression occur after
−Removed: sTNF expression;
−Removed: sTNF promotes endothelial activation causing expression of proteins that promote trafficking of immune cells
−Removed: from the blood vessel to the tissue and expression of Tissue Factor that stimulates the coagulopathy that is a prominent pathology
−Removed: of COVID-19 infection.
−Removed: The Company plans a Phase II trial in patients with symptomatic COVID-19 infection and hypoxia.
−Removed: of the study is to prevent the catastrophic complications of advanced COVID-19 infection including one or more of the need for
−Removed: mechanical ventilation, new onset of cardiovascular, neurologic or thromboembolic disease, admission to an intensive care unit
−Removed: The randomized trial will treat patients requiring hospitalization because of their disease.
−Removed: therapy for treatment resistant depression (TRD) is a large unmet need.
−Removed: Twenty percent of patients with a Major Depressive Disorder
−Removed: Once third of TRD patients have peripheral biomarkers to inflammation (elevated CRP).
−Removed: This is a large patient population.
−Removed: The role of TNF and anti-TNF therapeutics was explored in a small open label clinical trial by Prof.
−Removed: Andrew Miller, MD of Emory
−Removed: University demonstrated the patients have elevated TNF levels and treatment with infliximab treated their depression (Miller,
−Removed: The Company received a $2.9M USD award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to treat TRD with XPro1595.
−Removed: The blinded, randomized Phase II trial will use a biomarkers of peripheral inflammation to select patients with TRD for enrollment.
−Removed: Patients will be treated for 6 weeks.
−Removed: Primary end-points include both clinical and neuroimaging measures.
−Removed: The final trial design
−Removed: has is ongoing and discussions with the FDA are not complete.
−Removed: The Company anticipates receiving authorization to initiate the
−Removed: clinical trial in the second half of 2021.
−Removed: believe that INKmune improves the ability of the patient’s own NK cells to attack their tumor.
−Removed: INKmune interacts with the
−Removed: patient’s NK cells to convert them from inert resting NK cells that ignores the cancer into primed NK cells that kill the
−Removed: INKmune is a replication incompetent proprietary cell line we have named INB16 that is given to the patient after
−Removed: determining that i) the patient has adequate NK cells in their circulation and ii) those NK cells are functional when exposed
−Removed: to INKmune in vitro.
−Removed: INKmune is designed to be given to patients after their immune system has recovered after cytotoxic chemotherapy
−Removed: to target the residual disease the remains after treatment with cytotoxic therapy.
−Removed: INKmune can be used to treat numerous
−Removed: hematologic malignancies and solid tumors including leukemia, multiple myeloma, lymphoma, lung, ovary, breast, renal and prostate
−Removed: The Company plans Phase I trials using INKmune to treat patients with high risk MDS, a form of leukemia and women with
−Removed: relapsed refractory ovarian.
−Removed: a company with less than $1.07 billion in revenue during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company”
−Removed: under the JOBS Act.
−Removed: As an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of specified reduced disclosure and other requirements
−Removed: that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies.
−Removed: These provisions include:
−Removed: only two years of
−Removed: audited financial statements in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements with correspondingly reduced
−Removed: “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
−Removed: reduced disclosure
−Removed: about our executive compensation arrangements;
−Removed: no non-binding advisory
−Removed: votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements;
−Removed: exemption from the
−Removed: auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting;
−Removed: delaying the adoption
−Removed: of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards
−Removed: apply to private companies.
−Removed: have elected to take advantage of the above-referenced exemptions and we may take advantage of these exemptions for up to five
−Removed: years or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company.
−Removed: We would cease to be an emerging growth company if
−Removed: 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,
−Removed: or we issue more than $1 billion of non-convertible debt over a three-year period.
−Removed: We may choose to take advantage of some but
−Removed: not all of these reduced burdens.
−Removed: of Operating Results
−Removed: and Development
−Removed: and development expense consists of expenses incurred while performing research and development activities to discover and develop
−Removed: our product candidates.
−Removed: This includes conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials, manufacturing development efforts and
−Removed: activities related to regulatory filings for product candidates.
−Removed: We recognize research and development expenses as they are incurred.
−Removed: Our research and development expense primarily consist of:
−Removed: trial and regulatory-related costs;
−Removed: incurred under agreements with investigative sites and consultants that conduct our clinical trials;
−Removed: manufacturing
−Removed: and testing costs and related supplies and materials;
−Removed: employee-related
−Removed: expenses, including salaries, benefits, travel and stock-based compensation
−Removed: typically use our employee, consultant and infrastructure resources across our development programs.
−Removed: We track outsourced development
−Removed: costs by product candidate or development program, but we do not allocate personnel costs, other internal costs or external consultant
−Removed: costs to specific product candidates or development programs.
−Removed: participate, through our wholly-owned subsidiary in Australia, in the Australian research and development tax incentive program,
−Removed: such that a percentage of our qualifying research and development expenditures are reimbursed by the Australian government, and
−Removed: such incentives are reflected as a reduction of research and development expense.
−Removed: The Australian research and development tax
−Removed: incentive is recognized when there is reasonable assurance that the incentive will be received, the relevant expenditure has been
−Removed: incurred and the amount of the consideration can be reliably measured.
−Removed: participate, through our wholly-owned subsidiary in the United Kingdom, in the research and development program provided by the
−Removed: United Kingdom tax relief program, such that a percentage of our qualifying research and development expenditures are reimbursed
−Removed: by the United Kingdom government, and such incentives are reflected as a reduction of research and development expense.
−Removed: Kingdom research and development tax incentive is recognized when there is reasonable assurance that the incentive will be received,
−Removed: the relevant expenditure has been incurred and the amount of the consideration can be reliably measured.
−Removed: Substantially
−Removed: all of our research and development expenses to date have been incurred in connection with our current and future product candidates.
−Removed: We expect our research and development expenses to increase significantly for the foreseeable future as we advance an increased
−Removed: number of our product candidates through clinical development, including the conduct of our planned clinical trials and manufacturing
−Removed: drug to be used in those clinical trials.
−Removed: The process of conducting clinical trials necessary to obtain regulatory approval is
−Removed: costly and time consuming.
−Removed: The successful development of product candidates is highly uncertain.
−Removed: At this time, we cannot reasonably
−Removed: estimate the nature, timing or costs required to complete the remaining development of any product candidates.
−Removed: This is due to
−Removed: the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development of product candidates.
−Removed: costs of clinical trials may vary significantly over the life of a project owing to, but not limited to, the following:
−Removed: patient trial costs;
−Removed: number of sites included in the clinical trials;
−Removed: countries in which the clinical trials are conducted;
−Removed: length of time required to enroll eligible patients;
−Removed: number of patients that participate in the clinical trials;
−Removed: number of doses that patients receive;
−Removed: cost of comparative agents used in clinical trials;
−Removed: drop-out or discontinuation rates of patients;
−Removed: additional safety monitoring or other studies requested by regulatory agencies;
−Removed: duration of patient follow-up;
−Removed: efficacy and safety profile of the product candidate;
−Removed: cost of manufacturing, finishing, labeling and storage drug used in the clinical trial
−Removed: do not expect any of our product candidates to be commercially available for at least the next several years, if ever.
−Removed: to continue to incur significant expenses and increasing operating losses for the foreseeable future, which may fluctuate significantly
−Removed: from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year.
−Removed: We anticipate that our expenses will increase substantially as we:
−Removed: research and development, including preclinical and clinical development of our existing product candidates;
−Removed: seek regulatory approval for our product candidates;
−Removed: to discover and develop additional product candidates;
−Removed: a commercialization infrastructure and scale up our manufacturing and distribution capabilities to commercialize any of our
−Removed: product candidates for which we may obtain regulatory approval;
−Removed: to comply with regulatory standards and laws;
−Removed: leverage and expand our intellectual property portfolio;
−Removed: clinical, manufacturing, scientific and other personnel to support our product candidates development and future commercialization
−Removed: operational, financial and management information systems and personnel;
−Removed: additional legal, accounting and other expenses in operating as a public company.
−Removed: and Administrative Expenses
−Removed: and administrative expenses consist principally of payroll and personnel expenses, including stock-based compensation;
−Removed: fees for legal, consulting, accounting and tax services;
−Removed: overhead, including rent and utilities;
−Removed: and other general operating expenses
−Removed: not otherwise classified as research and development expenses.
−Removed: of Common Stock Issuable
−Removed: of common stock issuable consists of a reversal of stock-based compensation for a consultant that permanently waived the Company
−Removed: issuing 200,000 shares owed to the consultant which were expensed in a prior period.
−Removed: income primarily consists of income from a settlement in 2020.
−Removed: In addition, other income includes interest income on money market
−Removed: accounts during 2020 and 2019.
−Removed: Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates
−Removed: management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements,
−Removed: which we have prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
−Removed: The preparation of our
−Removed: financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
−Removed: and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements, as well as the reported revenues
−Removed: and expenses during the reported periods.
−Removed: We evaluate these estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis.
−Removed: We base our estimates
−Removed: on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which
−Removed: form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other
−Removed: Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
−Removed: Research and Development
−Removed: Company evaluates the carrying value of indefinite-lived intangible assets, which consists of in-process research and development
−Removed: (“IPR&D”), on an annual basis or more frequently when indicators of impairment exist.
−Removed: An impairment of indefinite-lived
−Removed: intangible assets would occur if the fair value of the intangible asset is less than the carrying value.
−Removed: Intangible assets with
−Removed: finite lives are tested for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets
−Removed: may not be recoverable.
−Removed: If these facts and circumstances exist, the Company assesses for recovery by comparing the carrying values
−Removed: of the assets with their future undiscounted net cash flows.
−Removed: Significant management judgment is required in the forecast of future
−Removed: operating results that are used in the preparation of expected undiscounted cash flows.
−Removed: assets are considered to be indefinite-lived until the completion or abandonment of the associated research and development projects.
−Removed: During the period the assets are considered indefinite-lived, they are tested for impairment.
−Removed: If the related project is terminated
−Removed: or abandoned, the Company may have a full or partial impairment related to the IPR&D assets, calculated as the excess of their
−Removed: carrying value over fair value.
−Removed: The valuation process is very complex and requires significant input and judgment using internal
−Removed: and external sources with respect to the Company’s future revenue and expense growth rates, changes in working capital use,
−Removed: the selection of an appropriate discount rate, and other assumptions and estimates.
−Removed: and Development (“R&D”)
−Removed: expenses consist primarily of costs related to clinical studies and outside services, personnel expenses, and other R&D expenses.
−Removed: Clinical studies and outside services costs relate primarily to services performed by clinical research organizations and related
−Removed: clinical or development manufacturing costs, materials and supplies, filing fees, regulatory support, and other third-party fees.
−Removed: Personnel expenses relate primarily to salaries, benefits and share-based compensation.
−Removed: R&D expenditures are charged to operations
−Removed: recognize R&D tax credits receivable from the United Kingdom and Australian government for spending on R&D as an offset
−Removed: of R&D expenses.
−Removed: measure and recognize compensation expense for all stock-based awards granted to service providers.
−Removed: employees, and directors based
−Removed: on the estimated fair value of the award on the grant date.
−Removed: We calculate the estimated fair value of stock options on the date
−Removed: of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which is impacted by the fair value of our common stock, as well as changes
−Removed: in assumptions regarding a number of highly complex and subjective variables.
−Removed: These variables include, but are not limited to,
−Removed: the market value of common stock on the grant date, the expected dividend yield, the expected term of the awards, the risk-free
−Removed: interest rates and the expected common stock price volatility over the term of the option awards.
−Removed: The expected volatility is based
−Removed: on the historical volatility of a few unrelated public companies within our industry over the most recent period commensurate
−Removed: with the estimated expected term of our stock options as we have insufficient historical information regarding the volatility
−Removed: of the share price of our common stock.
−Removed: The risk-free interest rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based
−Removed: Treasury yield in effect at the time of grant.
−Removed: We have never declared or paid dividends and have no plans to
−Removed: do so in the foreseeable future.
−Removed: recognize the fair value of stock options on a straight-line basis over the period during which a service provider is required
−Removed: to provide services in exchange for the award (generally the vesting period).
−Removed: We account for forfeitures as they occur.
−Removed: Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: the periods presented, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined under SEC rules.
−Removed: and Collaboration Agreements
−Removed: anticipate that in-licensing, out-licensing and strategic collaborations will become an integral part of our operations, providing
−Removed: the company with opportunities to leverage our partners’
−Removed: expertise and capabilities to further expand the potential of our
−Removed: technologies, product candidates and revenue streams.
−Removed: October 2017, we licensed INB03 (also known as XPro1595, Quellor, and LIVNate) from Xencor.
−Removed: This exclusive, global, unrestricted
−Removed: license came with considerable know-how, intellectual property, pre-clinical data, regulatory documentation and product stocks.
−Removed: Currently, we are focused on the immune-oncology uses of this unique asset.
−Removed: In the future, we may develop the asset in a wide
−Removed: variety of therapeutic areas, with a variety of delivery techniques by ourselves or in conjunction with partners.
−Removed: of Operations
−Removed: of the Years Ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019
−Removed: General and Administrative
−Removed: Research and Development
−Removed: Waiver of common stock issuable
−Removed: $ (12,099,159 )
−Removed: $ (7,678,313 )
−Removed: 2020, the Company sold MSC’s to one third-party and recognized $10,916 of revenues.
−Removed: There were no sales during 2019.
−Removed: and Administrative
−Removed: and administrative expenses were $6.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to $6.0 million for the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The increase was primarily attributable to higher stock-compensation ($0.2 million higher in 2020), higher
−Removed: insurance expense ($0.2 million higher in 2020) and higher wages and benefits ($0.2 million higher in 2020) partially offset by
−Removed: lower professional fees ($0.4 million lower in 2020).
−Removed: and Development
−Removed: and development expenses increased to $5.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 from $3.3 million for the year ended December
−Removed: During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded stock-based compensation of $0.6 million and
−Removed: $1.8 million, respectively, within research and development expenses.
−Removed: The increase in research and development expenses during
−Removed: the year ending December 31, 2020 compared to December 31, 2019 is due to additional amounts incurred for the advancement
−Removed: of our drug platform and due to the Company incurring manufacturing costs in connection with producing its DN-TNF product.
−Removed: of Common Stock Issuable
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company reversed $1.5 million of expense as a result of a consultant permanently waiving
−Removed: the Company’s obligation to issue 200,000 shares owed to the consultant which were expensed in a prior period.
−Removed: transaction occurred during the year ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: income increased during the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to 2019 as a result of the Company receiving a refund from a
−Removed: third-party vendor pursuant to a release and settlement agreement of approximately $0.1 million for services provided in a previous
−Removed: year, partially offset by earning lower interest in 2020 compared to 2019.
−Removed: and Capital Resources
−Removed: is the ability of a company to generate funds to support its current and future operations, satisfy its obligations and otherwise
−Removed: operate on an ongoing basis.
−Removed: incurred a net loss of $12,099,159 and $7,678,313 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: Net cash used
−Removed: in operating activities was $8,943,646 and $5,384,656 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: Since inception,
−Removed: we have funded our operations primarily with proceeds from the sales of our common stock and from the receipts of grants.
−Removed: December 31, 2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of $22.0 million.
−Removed: We anticipate that operating losses and net cash used in
−Removed: operating activities will increase over the next few years as we advance our products under development.
−Removed: primary uses of capital are, and we expect will continue to be, third-party clinical and preclinical research and development
−Removed: services, costs incurred to manufacture our drugs under development, compensation and related expenses, legal, patent and other
−Removed: regulatory expenses and general overhead costs.
−Removed: We believe our use of CROs provides us with flexibility in managing our spending.
−Removed: Company incurs the majority of its research and development expenses in Australia and the United Kingdom.
−Removed: Fluctuations in the
−Removed: rate of exchange between the United States dollar and the pound sterling as well as the Australian dollar could adversely
−Removed: affect our financial results, including our expenses as well as assets and liabilities.
−Removed: We currently do not hedge foreign currencies
−Removed: but will continue to assess whether that strategy is appropriate.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the cash balance held by our foreign
−Removed: subsidiaries with currencies other than the United States dollar was approximately $0.6 million.
−Removed: We do not have any material financial
−Removed: exposure to one customer or one country that would significantly hinder our liquidity.
−Removed: of December 31, 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $33,375,340 and working capital of $22,209,460.
−Removed: Losses have principally
−Removed: occurred as a result of stock-based compensation expense as well as the substantial resources required for research and development
−Removed: of the Company’s products which included the general and administrative expenses associated with its organization and product
−Removed: development, as well as the lack of sources of material revenues until such time as the Company’s products are commercialized.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of $22.0 million.
−Removed: In addition, during January and February 2021, we
−Removed: raised an additional $29.0 million in gross proceeds through sales of common stock under the ATM program.
−Removed: As such, we believe
−Removed: our cash and cash equivalents, including the proceeds received in January and February 2021, will be sufficient to fund our operations
−Removed: for at least the next 12 months following the filing date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: Public Offering
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company completed its initial public offering in which the Company sold 1,020,820 shares
−Removed: of its common stock for gross proceeds of $8.2 million (net proceeds of $7.3 million).
−Removed: and May sale of common stock
−Removed: April and May 2019, the Company sold 522,212 shares of its common stock to certain investors for cash proceeds of $4.7 million,
−Removed: of which the Company’s CEO purchased 11,100 shares for $0.1 million of cash and the Company’s CFO purchased 5,000
−Removed: shares for $0.1 million of cash.
−Removed: Lincoln Park Transaction
−Removed: May 15, 2019, the Company entered into the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement pursuant to which Lincoln Park has agreed to purchase
−Removed: from us up to an aggregate of $20.0 million of the Company’s common stock (subject to certain limitations) from time to
−Removed: time over the 24-month term of the agreement.
−Removed: The Company also entered into a registration rights agreement with Lincoln Park
−Removed: pursuant to which the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) the registration statement
−Removed: to register for resale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, the shares of common stock that have
−Removed: been or may be issued to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: The registration statement was effective as of July 2, 2019.
−Removed: a result, on May 15, 2019, 70,000 newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock were issued to Lincoln Park as consideration
−Removed: for Lincoln Park’s commitment to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock under the agreement, and 30,000 newly
−Removed: issued shares of common stock, valued at $10.00 per share, were sold to Lincoln Park in an initial purchase for an aggregate gross
−Removed: purchase price of $0.3 million ($0.2 million net of offering costs).
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued
−Removed: 196,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Lincoln Park for gross proceeds of $1,002,644.
−Removed: the terms and subject to the conditions of the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement, the Company has the right, but not the obligation,
−Removed: to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park is obligated to purchase up to, an additional $18.7 million worth of shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock.
−Removed: Such future sales of common stock by the Company, if any, will be subject to certain limitations, and may occur
−Removed: from time to time, at the Company’s option, over the 24-month term of the agreement.
−Removed: contemplated by the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement, and so long as the closing price of the Company’s common stock exceeds
−Removed: $3.50 per share, then the Company may direct Lincoln Park, at its sole discretion to purchase up to 20,000 shares of its common
−Removed: stock on any business day.
−Removed: The price per share for such purchases will be equal to the lower of:
−Removed: (i) the lowest sale price on
−Removed: the applicable purchase date and (ii) the arithmetic average of the three (3) lowest closing sale prices for the Company’s
−Removed: common stock during the twelve (12) consecutive business days ending on the business day immediately preceding such purchase date
−Removed: (in each case, to be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split or other
−Removed: similar transaction that occurs on or after the date of the purchase agreement).
−Removed: The maximum amount of shares subject to any single
−Removed: regular purchase increases as the Company’s share price increases, subject to a maximum of $1.0 million.
−Removed: addition to regular purchases, the Company may also direct Lincoln Park to purchase other amounts as accelerated purchases or
−Removed: as additional purchases if the closing sale price of the common stock exceeds certain threshold prices as set forth in the purchase
−Removed: There are no trading volume requirements or restrictions under the purchase agreement nor any upper limits on the price
−Removed: per share that Lincoln Park must pay for shares of common stock.
−Removed: Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement and the registration rights agreement contain customary representations, warranties, agreements
−Removed: and conditions to completing future sale transactions, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties.
−Removed: The Company has
−Removed: the right to terminate the purchase agreement at any time, at no cost or penalty.
−Removed: During any “event of default”
−Removed: the purchase agreement, all of which are outside of Lincoln Park’s control, Lincoln Park does not have the right to terminate
−Removed: the purchase agreement;
−Removed: however, the Company may not initiate any regular or other purchase of shares by Lincoln Park, until such
−Removed: event of default is cured.
−Removed: In addition, in the event of bankruptcy proceedings by or against the Company, the purchase agreement
−Removed: will automatically terminate.
−Removed: sales of shares of common stock to Lincoln Park under the purchase agreement will depend on a variety of factors to be determined
−Removed: by the Company from time to time, including, among others, market conditions, the trading price of the common stock and determinations
−Removed: by the Company as to the appropriate sources of funding for the Company and its operations.
−Removed: Lincoln Park has no right to require
−Removed: any sales by the Company, but is obligated to make purchases from the Company as it directs in accordance with the purchase agreement.
−Removed: Lincoln Park has covenanted not to cause or engage in any manner whatsoever, any direct or indirect short selling or hedging of
−Removed: the Company’s shares.
−Removed: Sales Agreement
−Removed: April 16, 2020, we entered into a sales agreement with BTIG, as sales agent, to establish an ATM offering program.
−Removed: We were required
−Removed: to pay BTIG a commission of 3% of the gross proceeds from the sale of shares.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, we issued
−Removed: and sold 178,600 shares of common stock at an average price of $5.45 per share under the ATM program.
−Removed: The aggregate net proceeds
−Removed: were approximately $0.8 million after BTIG’s commission and other offering expenses.
−Removed: January and February 2021, we issued and sold 1,439,480 shares of common stock at an average price of $20.17 per share under the
−Removed: The aggregate net proceeds were approximately $28.4 million after offering expenses.
−Removed: July 2020, the Company completed an underwritten public offering in which it sold 2,500,000 shares of common stock at a public
−Removed: offering price of $10.00 per share.
−Removed: The 2,500,000 shares sold included the full exercise of the underwriters’
−Removed: purchase 326,086 shares at a price of $10.00 per share.
−Removed: Aggregate net proceeds from the underwritten public offering were approximately
−Removed: $23.1 million, net of approximately $1.9 million in underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
−Removed: 2019, the Company was awarded a $1.0 million grant from the Alzheimer’s Association to advance XPro1595, a novel therapy
−Removed: targeting neuroinflammation as a cause of Alzheimer’s disease.
−Removed: The endowment was awarded under the Part the Cloud to RESCUE
−Removed: During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company received $0.1 million and $0.9 million, respectively, related
−Removed: to the grant, which the Company recorded as a reduction of research and development expense.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the Company
−Removed: has received $1.0 million of cash proceeds from the Alzheimer’s Association and no additional amounts are available to the
−Removed: Company pursuant to this grant.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company was awarded a $0.5 million grant from the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (“ALS”)
−Removed: 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
−Removed: to protect against ALS model phenotypes in vivo.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company received $0.3 million
−Removed: of cash proceeds pursuant to this grant which the Company recorded as deferred liabilities.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31,
−Removed: 2020, the Company recorded $0.2 million as a reduction of research and development expense related to the ALS grant.
−Removed: As of December
−Removed: 31, 2020, the Company recorded $0.1 million as deferred liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet related to the ALS grant.
−Removed: September 2020, the Company was awarded a grant of up to $2.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”).
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the Company has not received any proceeds pursuant to this grant.
−Removed: following table provides information regarding our cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities
−Removed: $ (8,943,646 )
−Removed: $ (5,384,656 )
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: Impact on cash from foreign currency translation
−Removed: Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Cash Used in Operating Activities
−Removed: cash used in operating activities was primarily driven by our net loss.
−Removed: activities used $8.9 million of cash for the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily resulting from our net loss of $12.1 million,
−Removed: partially offset by non-cash stock-based compensation charges of $3.1 million.
−Removed: activities used $5.4 million of cash for the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily resulting from our net loss of $7.7 million,
−Removed: a net cash outflow of $0.3 million for changes in our net operating assets and liabilities, offset by non-cash stock-based compensation
−Removed: charges of $4.1 million, partially offset by a waiver of common stock issuable of $1.5 million.
−Removed: The change in our net operating
−Removed: assets and liabilities was primarily due to a decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $0.2 million and a $0.1
−Removed: million increase in prepaid expenses.
−Removed: Cash Provided by Financing Activities
−Removed: July 2020, the Company completed an underwritten public offering in which it sold 2,500,000 shares of common stock at a public
−Removed: offering price of $10.00 per share.
−Removed: Aggregate net proceeds from the underwritten public offering were approximately $23.1 million,
−Removed: net of approximately $1.9 million in underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company purchased 220,000 shares from an investor for approximately $1.0 million.
−Removed: the Company sold 196,000 shares of its common stock to Lincoln Park for cash proceeds of approximately $1.0 million.
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued and sold 178,600 shares of common stock at an average price of $5.45 per
−Removed: share under the ATM program for net cash proceeds of approximately $0.8 million.
−Removed: February 2019, the Company completed its initial public offering in which the Company sold 1,020,820 shares of its common stock
−Removed: for gross proceeds of approximately $8.2 million (net proceeds of approximately $7.3 million).
−Removed: April and May 2019, the Company sold 522,212 shares of its common stock to certain investors for cash proceeds of approximately
−Removed: $4.7 million of which the Company’s CEO purchased 11,100 shares for $119,325 of cash and the Company’s CFO purchased
−Removed: 5,000 shares for $53,550 of cash.
−Removed: 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
−Removed: proceeds of $230,000) and issued 70,000 shares of its common stock to Lincoln Park pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement
−Removed: as consideration for its commitment to purchase shares under the purchase agreement.
−Removed: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
−Removed: are exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency rates.
+Added: Prior to this time, there was no public market for our common stock.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, there were 26 holders
+Added: of record of our common stock.
+Added: Because shares of our common stock are held by depositories, brokers and other nominees, the number of
+Added: beneficial holders of our shares is substantially larger than the number of record holders.
+Added: Dividend Policy
+Added: We have not declared any cash dividends on our
+Added: common stock since inception and do not anticipate paying such dividends in the foreseeable future.
+Added: We plan to retain any future earnings
+Added: for use in our business operations.
+Added: Any decisions as to future payment of cash dividends will depend on our earnings and financial position
+Added: and such other factors as the Board of Directors deems relevant.
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