Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the accompanying
condensed consolidated financial statements and notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this Report). This Report contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, which include, without limitation, statements about the market for our technology, our strategy, competition, expected financial
performance and capital raising efforts, and other aspects of our business identified in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2022 and in other reports that we file from time to time with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Any statements about our business, financial results, financial condition and operations contained in this Report
that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words
“believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,”
or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those expressed
or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the risk factors described under Item 1A of
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022. These forward-looking statements represent our intentions, plans, expectations,
assumptions and beliefs about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors including, without limitation,
the direct and indirect effects of coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, as well as inflationary risks, including the risk that the
cost of certain of the Company’s components is increasing, and related issues that may arise therefrom. Many of those factors are
outside of our control and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements.
In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the events described in the forward-looking statements might not occur or might
occur to a different extent or at a different time than we have described. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date of this Report. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning other
matters addressed in this Report and attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety
by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this Report. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, a change in events, conditions, circumstances or assumptions underlying
such statements, or otherwise.
Our fiscal year
ends on March 31 of each calendar year. Each reference to a fiscal year in this Report, refers to the fiscal year ended March 31 of the
calendar year indicated (for example, fiscal 2023 refers to the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023). Unless the context requires otherwise,
references to “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company” refer to Modular Medical, Inc. and
its consolidated subsidiary .
Company
Overview
We are a development-stage
medical device company focused on the design, development and commercialization of an innovative insulin pump using modernized technology
to increase pump adoption in the diabetes marketplace. Through the creation of a novel two-part patch pump, our MODD1 product, we seek
to fundamentally alter the trade-offs between cost and complexity and access to the higher standards of care that presently-available
insulin pumps provide. By simplifying and streamlining the user experience from introduction, prescription, reimbursement, training and
day-to-day use, we seek to expand the wearable insulin delivery device market beyond the highly motivated “super users” and
expand the category into the mass market. The product seeks to serve both the type 1 and the rapidly growing, especially in terms of
device adoption, type 2 diabetes markets.
Historically, we have
financed our operations principally through private placements and public offerings of our common stock and sales of convertible promissory
notes. Based on our current operating plan, we believe we have adequate cash for at least the next 12 months. Our long-term ability to
continue as a going concern depends on our ability to raise additional capital, through the sale of equity or debt securities, to support
our future operations. If we are unable to secure additional capital, we will be required to curtail our research and development initiatives
and take additional measures to reduce costs. We have provided additional disclosure in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements
in Item 1 of this Report and under Liquidity below.
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COVID-19
and Other Macroeconomic Factors
The global outbreak
of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and a national emergency by the U.S.
government in March 2020. This has negatively affected the U.S. and global economy, disrupted global supply chains, significantly restricted
travel and transportation, resulted in mandated closures and orders to “shelter-in-place” and created significant disruption
of the financial markets. The full extent of the COVID-19 impact on our operational and financial performance will depend on future developments,
including, without limitation, the duration and spread of the pandemic and related actions taken by U.S. and foreign government agencies
to prevent disease spread, all of which are uncertain, out of our control, and cannot be predicted.
In March 2020,
San Diego County in California, where we are based, and the state of California issued “shelter-in-place” orders (the Orders).
We complied with the Orders and minimized business activities at our San Diego facility from March 2020 until May 2021. During that time,
we implemented a teleworking policy for our employees and contractors to reduce on-site activity at our facility. In May 2021, our employees
and certain contractors returned to work in our office. We have and continue to experience longer lead times for certain components used
to manufacture initial quantities of our products for our submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval to commercialize
our pump product. We remain diligent in continuing to identify and manage risks to our business given the changing uncertainties related
to COVID-19. While we believe that our operations personnel are currently in a position to build an adequate supply of products for our
FDA submission, we recognize that unpredictable events could create difficulties in the months ahead. We may not be able to address these
difficulties in a timely manner, which could delay our submission to the FDA and negatively impact our business, results of operations,
financial condition and cash flows.
We
believe that as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, the direct and indirect impacts of the pandemic on global macroeconomic conditions, as
well as conditions specific to us, are becoming more difficult to isolate or quantify. In addition, these direct and indirect factors
can make it difficult to isolate and quantify the portion of our costs that are a direct result of the pandemic and costs arising from
factors that may have been influenced by the pandemic, such as supply chain constraints, rising inflation, and recessionary fears. We
expect these factors and their effects on our operations may persist for a longer period, even after the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided.
The continued spread
of COVID-19 has also led to disruption and volatility in the global capital markets. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022
has led to further economic disruptions. Mounting inflationary cost pressures and recessionary fears have negatively impacted the global
economy. The U.S. Federal Reserve increased interest rates starting in March 2022 and additional increases are expected throughout the
year. We were recently able to raise additional capital through equity offerings in February 2022 and May 2022, however, we will need
to raise additional capital to commercialize our pump product candidate and support our operations in the future. We may be unable to
access the capital markets, and additional capital may only be available to us on terms that could be significantly detrimental to our
existing stockholders and to our business.
For additional
information on risks that could impact our future results, please refer to “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this Report.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
The discussion
and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements, which
have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to
make certain estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and expenses. On an ongoing basis, we make
these estimates based on our historical experience and on assumptions that we consider reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results
may differ from these estimates and reported results could differ under different assumptions or conditions. Our significant accounting
policies and estimates are disclosed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended March 31, 2022. As of June 30, 2022, there have been no material changes to our significant accounting policies and estimates.
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Results
of Operations
Research
and Development
Three months ended June 30,
Change
2022
2021
2021 to 2022
Research and development
$ 2,221,984
$ 1,788,131
$ 433,853
24.3 %
Our research
and development expenses include personnel, overhead and other costs associated with the development and initial production of our insulin
pump product. We expense research and development costs as they are incurred.
Research and
development, or R&D, expenses increased for the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared with the same period of 2021, primarily
due to increased engineering and operations personnel and higher stock-based compensation and consulting costs. Our full-time R&D
employee headcount increased to 23 at June 30, 2022 from 22 at June 30, 2021. R&D expenses included stock-based compensation expenses
of $316,094 and $138,286 for the three-months ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, respectively. We expect research and development
expenses to increase for the remainder of fiscal 2023, as we continue to advance the development of our pump product and hire additional
personnel to develop our manufacturing process.
General
and Administrative
Three months ended June 30,
Change
2022
2021
2021 to 2022
General and administrative
$ 1,277,106
$ 1,585,456
$ (308,350 )
(19.4 )%
General and
administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel and related overhead costs for marketing, finance, human resources and general
management.
General and
administrative expenses, or G&A, decreased for the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared with the same period of 2021, primarily
as a result of decreased consulting costs, stock-based compensation expenses, professional services fees and marketing fees. G&A
expenses included stock-based compensation expenses of $422,475 and $517,635 for the quarters ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021,
respectively. We expect G&A expenses to remain relatively flat for the remainder of fiscal 2023.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As
a development-stage enterprise, we do not currently have revenues to generate cash flows to cover operating expenses. Since our inception,
we have incurred operating losses and negative cash flows in each year due to costs incurred in connection with R&D activities and
G&A expenses associated with our operations. For the three months ended June 30, 2022, we incurred a net loss of approximately $3.5
million. For the years ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, we incurred net losses of approximately $18.6 million and $7.4 million, respectively.
At June 30, 2022, we had a cash balance of approximately $13.7 million and an accumulated deficit of approximately $38.1 million. In
May 2022, we completed a registered direct offering of securities for net proceeds of approximately $7.4 million. Our operating needs
include the planned costs to operate our business, including amounts required to fund research and development activities, including
clinical studies, working capital and capital expenditures. Our future capital requirements and the adequacy of our available funds will
depend on many factors, including, without limitation, our ability to successfully commercialize our product, competing technological
and market developments, and the need to enter into collaborations with other companies or acquire other companies or technologies to
enhance or complement our product offerings. If we are unable to secure additional capital timely, we will be required to curtail our
research and development initiatives and take additional measures to reduce costs in order to conserve our cash. We believe that
our cash will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure needs for at least the next twelve months.
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For the three
months ended June 30, 2022, we used $2,675,627 in operating activities, which primarily resulted from our net loss of $3,498,791, net
changes in operating lease assets and liabilities of $12,587, as adjusted for changes to operating assets and liabilities of $17,791,
stock-based compensation expenses of $738,569, $51,188
for issuances of shares of common stock in exchange for services, depreciation and amortization expenses of $28,202, and other immaterial
adjustments. For the three months ended June 30, 2021,
we used $2,204,621 in operating activities, which primarily resulted from our net loss of $4,835,091, increased for a non-cash gain on
the PPP Note extinguishment of $368,780 and net changes in operating lease assets and liabilities of $11,474, as adjusted for changes
to operating assets and liabilities of $403,174, a loss on debt extinguishment of $1,321,450 stock-based compensation expenses of $655,920,
$266,910 for issuances of shares of common stock in exchange for services, depreciation and amortization expenses of $24,649, interest
expense of $338,619 for amortization of debt discount, and other immaterial adjustments.
For the three
months ended June 30, 2022, cash used in investing activities of $76,017 was for the purchase of property and equipment. For the three
months ended June 30, 2021, cash used in investing activities of $20,076 was for the purchase of property and equipment.
Cash provided
by financing activities of $7,372,347 for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was attributable to net proceeds from the issuance of
common stock in a registered direct offering, net of underwriting fees and issuance costs. Cash provided by financing activities of $4,137,200
for the three months ended June 30, 2021 was attributable to net proceeds from the issuance of our Notes.
Recently
Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Issued
Accounting Pronouncements are detailed in Note 1 in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of
this Report.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Not required.
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