Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
Item 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking
statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this
report regarding our strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenues, projected costs, prospects and plans and
objectives of management are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,”
“expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “projects,” “will,” “would”
and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these
identifying words.
We have based these forward-looking statements
on our current expectations and projections about future events. Although we believe that the expectations underlying our forward-looking
statements are reasonable, these expectations may prove to be incorrect, and all of these statements are subject to risks and uncertainties.
Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. You should understand that the following important factors
could affect our future results and could cause those results or other outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied in
our forward-looking statements.
We have based these forward-looking statements
on our current expectations and projections about future events. Although we believe that the expectations underlying our forward-looking
statements are reasonable, these expectations may prove to be incorrect, and all of these statements are subject to risks and uncertainties.
Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. You should understand that the following important factors
could affect our future results and could cause those results or other outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied in
our forward-looking statements:
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our limited operating history and no revenues, on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective and projected cash needs and our expected future revenues, operations and expenditures;
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our potential ability to obtain additional financing on favorable terms;
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our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading;
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the extent to which we acquire or invest in businesses, products, and technologies; the scope, progress, results and costs of our clinical trials of our drug candidates and medical devices;
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our ability to successfully integrate our acquired products and technologies into our business, including the possibility that the expected benefits of the transactions will not be fully realized by us or may take longer to realize than expected;
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the safety and efficacy of our product candidates;
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the progress and timing of clinical trials;
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the costs, timing, and outcome of regulatory review of our product candidates;
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the timing of submissions to, and decisions made by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other regulatory agencies, related to our product candidates to the satisfaction of the FDA and such other regulatory agencies;
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our ability to obtain, maintain and successfully enforce adequate patent and other intellectual property or regulatory exclusivity protection of our product candidates and the ability to operate our business without infringing the intellectual property rights of others;
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the costs of preparing, filing, and prosecuting patent applications and maintaining, enforcing, and defending intellectual property-related claims;
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the emergence of competing technologies and other adverse market developments;
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the impact of COVID-19 pandemic;
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changes in accounting standards; and
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the other risks and uncertainties discussed herein and in our other filings with the SEC.
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Overview
Our business model is to develop or acquire unique
medical related products, engage third parties to manufacture such products and then distribute the products through various distribution
channels, including third parties. We are developing potentially life-saving technologies: the CardioMap® heart monitoring and screening
device; the Save A Life choking rescue device, a unique neurosteroid drug compound intended to treat concussions and a unique drug compound
to treat rare brain disorders in partnership with Prevacus, Inc. To date, none of our product candidates has received regulatory clearance
or approval for commercial sale.
We plan to license, improve, and develop our products
and identify and select distribution channels. We intend to establish agreements with distributors to get products to market quickly,
as well as to undertake and engage in our own direct marketing efforts. We will determine the most effective method of distribution for
each unique product that we include in our portfolio. We will engage third-party research and development firms who specialize in the
creation of our products to assist us in the development of our own products, and we will apply for trademarks and patents once we have
developed proprietary products.
Recent Funding
Private Placement
On February 2, 2022, we entered into an agreement
to raise money through a private investment in a public entity. We offered up to 14,285,714 Units (the “Units”) at $0.35 per
Unit. Each Unit consisted of one share of our common stock and one-half of an accompanying warrant. Each full warrant is exercisable for
one share of our common stock at $0.70 per share.
To date, we issued a total of 4,058,372 Units
for gross proceeds to us of $1,420,430. No additional sales will be made pursuant to this agreement.
Donation
In January
2022, we received a donation in the amount of $500,000 in partnership with the Erase PTSD Now organization and the Glenn Greenberg and
Linda Vester Foundation. These funds were recorded as Other income in our Statements of Operations and will be used to progress the Phase
1 human clinical trials for drug candidate PRV-002 for the treatment of concussion. It was contemplated, a royalty of one-half of one percent be paid to Erase
PTSD Now in perpetuity. At this time there is no agreement in place and the parties may or may not enter into an agreement in the future.
Promissory Notes
In December 2021, we
entered into a total of five Promissory Notes (the “Notes”) with three of our directors and two officers.
Mr. Joseph Michael Redmond,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Christine M. Farrell, Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Jerome H. Casey, Director, Mr. John P. Gandolfo,
Director, and Mr. Ricky W. Richardson, Director, each loaned us $25,000 for total proceeds of $125,000. The Notes bear interest at 8%
per annum and were originally due March 31, 2022. The due date of the notes was extended to December 31, 2022.
LPC Securities Purchase Agreement
On October 22, 2021, we entered into a Securities
Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“LPC”) pursuant to which we received $250,000
in cash from LPC and LPC received (i) 1,500,000 restricted shares of our common stock, and (ii) 833,333 warrants exercisable at $0.50
per common share expiring in five years.
LPC Purchase Agreement Draws
During fiscal 2022, LPC purchased a total of 1,595,601
shares of our common stock for total proceeds of $548,792 pursuant to the August 14, 2020, LPC Purchase Agreement. As of October 31, 2022,
LPC had purchased a total of 4,882,518 shares of our common stock for total proceeds of $2,260,976 and remaining purchase availability
was $7,989,024 and remaining shares available were 14,388,846.
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Tysadco Partners
On August 29, 2021, we
entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with Tysadco Partners (“Tysadco”) pursuant to which we
entered into a $250,000 face value convertible promissory note which bears interest at a one-time rate of 8.0% applied to the face value
and had an original maturity date of March 1, 2022. We received $250,000 net cash from the issuance of the promissory note and issued
200,000 shares of common stock with a fair value of $17,718 which is being expensed over the life of the note as a component of interest
expense. On March 31, 2022, the SPA was amended to extend the maturity date to March 1, 2023, and, as consideration, $25,000 was added
to the principal for a total $275,000. The conversion rate of the note is $0.30 for a total of 983,333 shares of our common stock if converted
in full, including interest. The agreement includes a leak out provision until the shares have been sold.
On October 18, 2021, we entered into a Securities
Purchase Agreement with Tysadco pursuant to which we received $250,000 in cash from Tysadco and Tysadco received (i) 1,500,000 restricted
shares of our common stock, and (ii) 833,333 warrants exercisable at $0.50 per common share expiring in five years.
See Notes 6 and 8 of Notes to Financial Statements
for additional information.
Going Concern
See Note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements.
Impact of COVID-19
The COVID-19 global pandemic has had an unfavorable
impact on our business operations. The pandemic has impacted our ability to get financing, engage third-party vendors and timing of clinical
trials. In addition, the COVID-19 outbreak has adversely affected the U.S. and global economies and financial markets, which may result
in a long-term economic downturn that could negatively affect future performance and our ability to secure additional debt or equity funding.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The SEC defines critical
accounting policies as those that are, in management’s view, important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of
operations and require management’s judgment. Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are
based on our audited consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
The preparation of these
consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities,
revenue and expenses. We base our estimates on experience and on various assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances,
the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent
from other sources. Actual results may differ from those estimates. We believe the following accounting policies to be critical to the
judgements and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.
Reference is made to our significant accounting
policies set forth in Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.
Results of Operations
We do not currently sell or market any products
and we did not have any revenue for the years ended July 31, 2022 or 2021. We will commence actively marketing products after the products
and drugs in development have been FDA cleared or approved, but there can be no assurance, however, that we will be successful in obtaining
FDA clearance or approval for our products.
Fiscal Year Ended July 31,
$
%
2022
2021
Change
Change
General and administrative expense
$ 6,789,556
$ 4,788,119
2,001,437
42%
Research and development
1,317,024
1,632,593
(315,569 )
-19%
In-process research and development
–
9,440,000
(9,440,000 )
-100%
Loss from operations
(8,106,580 )
(15,860,712 )
7,754,132
-49%
Interest expense
(836,294 )
(1,072,383 )
236,089
-22%
Other income
498,743
50,000
448,743
NM
Net loss
$ (8,444,131 )
$ (16,883,095 )
$ 8,438,964
-50%
Basic and diluted net loss per share
$ (0.09 )
$ (0.18 )
$ 0.09
-50%
NM – Not meaningful
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General and Administrative Expense
Our General and administrative expense includes
salaries and related benefits for employees in finance, accounting, sales, administrative and research and development activities, as
well as stock-based compensation, costs related to maintaining compliance as a public company and legal and professional fees.
The change in General and administrative expense
was due to the following:
Fiscal Year Ended July 31, 2022 compared to
Fiscal Year Ended July 31, 2021
Increase (decrease) in:
Stock-based compensation
$ 349,703
Business development and investor relations
1,292,046
Consulting fees
(32,881 )
Financing fees
49,825
Insurance expense
58,395
Legal and professional fees
(356,742 )
Wages
648,127
Other
(7,036 )
$ 2,001,437
The increase in stock-based compensation was due
to the grant of 500,000 RSUs to each of three directors and the grant of 5,595,000 stock options to officers, employees and consultants
during fiscal 2022.
The increase in Business development and investor
relations was the result of 3,745,000 shares of common stock issued in exchange for services and the increase in wages was due to bonuses
totaling $400,000 granted to our executive officers in fiscal 2022 and additional employees hired in the third quarter of fiscal 2021.
Research and Development Expense
Our Research and development expense includes
expenses related to our current projects and include, clinical research, design and manufacturing, formulation, regulatory and consultants.
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The change in Research and development expense
was due to the following:
Fiscal Year Ended July 31, 2022 compared to
Fiscal Year Ended July 31, 2021
Increase (decrease) in:
Consultants
$ 10,188
Drug development
(38,155 )
Phase 1 clinical trial
(766,949 )
Australian research and development rebates
630,684
Prototype phase
(140,224 )
Regulatory
(11,113 )
$ (315,569 )
The decreases in drug development and prototype phase are the result
of completion of those phases of the development of PRV-002 and the decrease in the phase one clinical trial is due to the timing of the
clinical trial. The increases in consultants, and the Australian research and development and goods and services tax (“GST”)
rebates are a result of expenses incurred and amounts due related to the Phase 1 clinical trial for PRV-002.
In-Process Research and Development
In-process research and development in fiscal
2021 related to the Prevacus APA that closed on March 1, 2021. See Note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
Interest Expense
Interest expense includes interest on debt outstanding,
as well as the amortization of unamortized debt issuance costs and debt closing costs. Certain information regarding debt outstanding
was as follows:
Fiscal Year Ended July 31,
2022
2021
Weighted average debt outstanding
$ 1,456,991
$ 562,572
Weighted average interest rate
7.57%
8.16%
The increase in interest expense was due to LGH
and Tysadco notes issued in April 2021 and October 2021, respectively, and the issuance of promissory notes in December 2021.
Other Income, net
Other income, net in fiscal 2022 includes a donation
in the amount of $500,000 in partnership with the Erase PTSD Now organization and the Glenn Greenberg and Linda Vester Foundation and
foreign exchange gains and losses related to invoices denominated and paid in foreign currencies.
Other income, net in fiscal 2021 represents the
forgiveness of our SBA Paycheck Protection Program Loan.
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Net Loss
Net loss decreased in fiscal 2022 compared to
fiscal 2021 due to the in-process research and development charge in fiscal 2021, the donation received in fiscal 2022 and research and
development rebates received from the Australian government, partially offset by increased general and administrative expense and interest
expense in fiscal 2022 as discussed above.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The following table sets forth the primary sources
and uses of cash:
Fiscal Year Ended July 31,
2022
2021
Net cash used in operating activities
$ (3,175,783 )
$ (3,423,111 )
Net cash used in investing activities
(45,220 )
–
Net cash provided by financing activities
2,736,953
3,916,743
To date, we have financed our operations primarily
through debt financing and sales of our common stock. Our ability to continue to access capital could be affected adversely by various
factors, including general market and other economic conditions, interest rates, the perception of our potential future earnings and cash
distributions, any unwillingness on the part of lenders to make loans to us and any deterioration in the financial position of lenders
that might make them unable to meet their obligations to us. If these conditions continue and we cannot raise funds through a public or
private debt financing, or an equity offering, our ability to grow our business may be negatively affected. In such case, we may need
to suspend the creation of new products until market conditions improve.
Cash used in investing activities in fiscal 2022
was for a patent related to our PRV-002 drug device combination.
Debt
The following notes payable were outstanding:
July 31, 2022
Convertible note issued to LGH due December 31, 2022 with a fixed interest rate of 8.0% over the term of the note (annual interest rate of 5.22%) and convertible at $0.20 per share
$ 1,180,000
Promissory notes issued to officers and directors due December 31, 2022 with a fixed interest rate of 8.0% per annum (see Note 6)
125,000
Tysadco convertible promissory note payable due March 1, 2023 with a fixed interest rate of 8.0% over the term of the note (annual interest rate of 5.09%) and convertible at $0.30 per share
275,000
1,580,000
Unamortized debt discount, closing costs and beneficial conversion feature
(48,063 )
$ 1,531,937
Inflation
Inflation did not have a material impact on our
business and results of operations during the periods being reported on.
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Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any material off balance sheet
arrangements.
Item 7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
As a Smaller Reporting Company, we are not required
to provide information under this item.
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