Item 1. Financial Statements
Item
1. Financial Statements
PAVMED
INC.
and
SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in
thousands except number of shares and per share data)
(unaudited)
June
30, 2021
December
31, 2020
Assets:
Current
assets:
Cash
$ 43,210
$ 17,256
Prepaid
expenses, deposits, and other current assets
3,126
1,685
Total
current assets
46,336
18,941
Other
assets
1,035
837
Total
assets
$ 47,371
$ 19,778
Liabilities,
Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Deficit
Current
liabilities:
Accounts
payable
$ 3,766
$ 2,966
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities
1,565
2,325
CARES
Act Paycheck Protection Program note payable
—
300
Senior
Secured Convertible Notes - at fair value
—
10,060
Senior
Convertible Note - at fair value
—
4,600
Total
liabilities
5,331
20,251
Commitments
and contingencies (Note 5)
—
—
Stockholders’
Equity (Deficit):
Preferred
stock, $ 0.001 par value. Authorized, 20,000,000 shares; Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $ 0.001 , issued and outstanding
1,185,685 at June 30, 2021 and 1,228,075 shares at December 31, 2020
2,499
2,537
Common
stock, $ 0.001 par value. Authorized, 150,000,000 shares;
82,576,816 and 63,819,935 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2021 and
December 31, 2020, respectively
83
64
Additional
paid-in capital
149,694
87,570
Accumulated
deficit
( 109,325 )
( 88,275 )
Total
PAVmed Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
42,951
1,896
Noncontrolling
interests
( 911 )
( 2,369 )
Total
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
42,040
( 473 )
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
$ 47,371
$ 19,778
See
accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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PAVMED
INC.
and
SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in
thousands except number of shares and per share amounts)
(unaudited)
2021
2020
2021
2020
Three
Months Ended
June 30,
Six
Months Ended
June 30,
2021
2020
2021
2020
Revenue
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ —
Operating
expenses:
Commercial
operations
1,973
460
3,360
845
General
and administrative
6,739
2,421
10,113
4,721
Research
and development
4,258
2,133
7,573
4,702
Total
operating expenses
12,970
5,014
21,046
10,268
Loss
from operations
( 12,970 )
( 5,014 )
( 21,046 )
( 10,268 )
Other
income (expense):
Interest
expense
—
—
—
( 52 )
Change
in fair value - Senior Secured Convertible Notes and Senior Convertible Note
—
2,120
1,682
( 5,888 )
Offering
costs - Senior Secured Convertible Note and Senior Convertible Note
—
( 200 )
—
( 610 )
Debt
extinguishments loss - Senior Secured Convertible Notes
—
( 2,750 )
( 3,715 )
( 3,937 )
Debt
forgiveness
300
—
300
—
Other
income (expense), net
300
( 830 )
( 1,733 )
( 10,487 )
Loss
before provision for income tax
( 12,670 )
( 5,844 )
( 22,779 )
( 20,755 )
Provision
for income taxes
—
—
—
—
Net
loss before noncontrolling interests
( 12,670 )
( 5,844 )
( 22,779 )
( 20,755 )
Net
loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests
1,199
266
1,877
702
Net
loss attributable to PAVmed Inc.
( 11,471 )
( 5,578 )
( 20,902 )
( 20,053 )
Less:
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock dividends earned
( 74 )
( 71 )
( 149 )
( 141 )
Net
loss attributable to PAVmed Inc. common stockholders
$ ( 11,545 )
$ ( 5,649 )
$ ( 21,051 )
$ ( 20,194 )
Per
share information:
Net
loss per share attributable to PAVmed Inc. - basic and diluted
$ ( 0.14 )
$ ( 0.12 )
$ ( 0.27 )
$ ( 0.45 )
Net
loss per share attributable to PAVmed Inc. common stockholders – basic and diluted
$ ( 0.14 )
$ ( 0.13 )
$ ( 0.27 )
$ ( 0.46 )
Weighted
average common shares outstanding,
basic and diluted
82,235,397
44,780,538
78,117,637
44,140,126
See
accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
2
PAVMED
INC.
and
SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (DEFICIT)
for
the THREE MONTHS ENDED June 30, 2021
(in
thousands except number of shares and per share data)
(unaudited)
PAVmed
Inc. Stockholders’ Deficit
Series
B
Convertible
Additional
Non
Preferred
Stock
Common
Stock
Paid-In
Accumulated
controlling
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Deficit
Interest
Total
Balance
at March 31, 2021
1,241,438
$ 2,587
81,424,744
$ 81
$ 145,396
$ ( 97,778 )
$ ( 2,246 )
$ 48,040
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock dividends declared
25,046
76
—
—
—
( 76 )
—
—
Issue
common stock – conversion Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
( 80,799 )
( 164 )
80,799
—
164
—
—
—
Issue
common stock – registered offerings, net
Issue
common stock – registered offerings, net, shares
Issue
common stock – vesting of restricted stock awards
—
—
150,000
—
—
—
—
—
Issue
common stock – exercise Series Z warrants
—
—
880,441
2
1,409
—
—
1,411
Issue common stock upon partial conversions of Senior Secured Convertible Note
Issue common stock upon partial conversions of Senior Secured Convertible Note, shares
Issue
common stock – PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan stock option exercises
—
—
40,832
—
51
—
—
51
Investment
in Veris Health Inc. subsidiary
—
—
—
—
—
—
6
6
Stock-based
compensation – PAVmed Inc.
—
—
—
—
2,622
—
—
2,622
Issue
common stock – majority-owned subsidiary exercise of stock options
Issue
common stock – Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Issue
common stock – Employee Stock Purchase Plan, shares
Issue
common stock – exercise Series S warrants
Issue
common stock – exercise Series S warrants, shares
Stock-based
compensation – majority-owned subsidiary
—
—
—
—
52
—
2,528
2,580
Loss
—
—
—
—
—
( 11,471 )
( 1,199 )
( 12,670 )
Balance
at June 30, 2021
1,185,685
$ 2,499
82,576,816
$ 83
$ 149,694
$ ( 109,325 )
$ ( 911 )
$ 42,040
See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements.
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PAVMED INC.
and SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES
IN EQUITY (DEFICIT)
for the SIX MONTHS ENDED June 30, 2021
(in thousands except number of shares and per share
data)
(unaudited)
PAVmed
Inc. Stockholders’ Deficit
Series
B
Convertible
Additional
Non
Preferred
Stock
Common
Stock
Paid-In
Accumulated
controlling
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Deficit
Interest
Total
Balance
at December 31, 2020
1,228,075
$ 2,537
63,819,935
$ 64
$ 87,570
$ ( 88,275 )
$ ( 2,369 )
$ ( 473 )
Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock dividends declared
49,244
148
—
—
—
( 148 )
—
—
Issue
common stock – conversion Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
( 91,634 )
( 186 )
91,634
—
186
—
—
—
Issue
common stock – registered offerings, net
—
—
15,782,609
16
53,688
—
—
53,704
Issue
common stock – restricted stock awards vests
—
—
150,000
—
—
—
—
—
Issue
common stock – exercise Series Z warrants
—
—
1,740,658
2
2,783
—
—
2,785
Issue
common stock upon partial conversions of Senior Secured Convertible Note
—
—
667,668
1
1,722
—
—
1,723
Issue
common stock – PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan stock option exercises
—
—
120,832
—
131
—
—
131
Issue
common stock – Employee Stock Purchase Plan
—
—
203,480
—
304
—
—
304
Investment
in Veris Health Inc. subsidiary
—
—
—
—
—
—
6
6
Stock-based
compensation - PAVmed Inc.
—
—
—
—
3,254
—
—
3,254
Stock-based
compensation - majority-owned subsidiary
—
—
—
—
56
—
3,329
3,385
Loss
—
—
—
—
—
( 20,902 )
( 1,877 )
( 22,779 )
Balance
at June 30, 2021
1,185,685
$ 2,499
82,576,816
$ 83
$ 149,694
$ ( 109,325 )
$ ( 911 )
$ 42,040
See
accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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PAVMED
INC.
and
SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (DEFICIT)
for
the THREE and SIX MONTHS ENDED June 30, 2020
(in
thousands except number of shares and per share data)
(unaudited)
PAVmed
Inc. Stockholders’ Deficit
Series
B
Convertible
Additional
Non
Preferred
Stock
Common
Stock
Paid-In
Accumulated
controlling
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Deficit
Interest
Total
Balance
at March 31, 2020
1,156,391
$ 2,322
44,133,745
$ 44
$ 50,896
$ ( 68,259 )
$ ( 1,232 )
$ ( 16,229 )
Issue
common stock – upon partial conversions of Senior Secured Convertible Note
—
—
3,785,641
4
8,735
—
—
8,739
Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock dividends declared
23,481
71
—
—
—
( 71 )
—
—
Stock-based
compensation - PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan
—
—
—
—
513
—
—
513
Stock-based
compensation – majority-owned subsidiary
—
—
—
—
3
—
13
16
Loss
—
—
—
—
—
( 5,578 )
( 266 )
( 5,844 )
Balance
at June 30, 2020
1,179,872
$ 2,393
47,919,386
$ 48
$ 60,147
$ ( 73,908 )
$ ( 1,485 )
$ ( 12,805 )
PAVmed
Inc. Stockholders’ Deficit
Series
B
Convertible
Additional
Non
Preferred
Stock
Common
Stock
Paid-In
Accumulated
controlling
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Deficit
Interest
Total
Balance
at December 31, 2019
1,158,209
$ 2,296
40,478,861
$ 41
$ 47,554
$ ( 53,715 )
$ ( 814 )
$ ( 4,638 )
Issue
common stock – upon partial conversions of Senior Secured Convertible Note
—
—
5,828,542
6
11,567
—
—
11,573
Issue
common stock – Employee Stock Purchase Plan
—
—
154,266
—
126
—
—
126
Issue
common stock – exercise Series S warrants
—
—
1,199,383
1
11
—
—
12
Issue
common stock – conversion Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
( 25,000 )
( 43 )
25,000
—
43
—
—
—
Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock dividends declared
46,663
140
—
—
—
( 140 )
—
—
Vesting
of restricted stock awards
—
—
233,334
—
—
—
—
—
Stock-based
compensation - PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan
—
—
—
—
840
—
—
840
Issue
common stock – majority-owned subsidiary exercise of stock options
—
—
—
—
—
—
5
5
Stock-based
compensation - majority-owned subsidiary
—
—
—
—
6
—
26
32
Loss
—
—
—
—
—
( 20,053 )
( 702 )
( 20,755 )
Balance
at June 30, 2020
1,179,872
$ 2,393
47,919,386
$ 48
$ 60,147
$ ( 73,908 )
$ ( 1,485 )
$ ( 12,805 )
See
accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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PAVMED
INC.
and
SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in
thousands except number of shares and per share data)
(unaudited)
Six
Months Ended June 30,
2021
2020
Cash
flows from operating activities
Net
loss - before noncontrolling interest (“NCI”)
$ ( 22,779 )
$ ( 20,755 )
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss - before NCI to net cash used in operating activities
Depreciation
expense
22
9
Stock-based
compensation
6,639
872
Amortization
expense
6
—
In-process
R&D charge
133
—
Change
in fair value - Senior Secured Convertible Notes and Senior Convertible Note
( 1,682 )
5,888
Debt
extinguishment loss - Senior Secured Convertible Notes and Senior Convertible Note
3,715
3,937
Debt
forgiveness
( 300 )
—
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
( 1,441 )
( 747 )
Accounts
payable
650
1,295
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities
( 759 )
155
Net
cash flows used in operating activities
( 15,796 )
( 9,346 )
Cash
flows from investing activities
Purchase
of equipment
( 157 )
( 44 )
Acquisition,
net of cash acquired
( 47 )
—
Net
cash flows used in investing activities
( 204 )
( 44 )
Cash
flows from financing activities
Proceeds
– issue of common stock – registered offerings
55,016
—
Payment
– offering costs – registered offerings
( 1,312 )
—
Proceeds
– issue of Senior Secured Convertible Notes
—
6,300
Proceeds
– issue of Senior Convertible Note
—
3,700
Proceeds
– Cares Act Paycheck Protection Program Loan
—
300
Payment
– repayment of Senior Convertible Note and Senior Secured Convertible Note
( 14,816 )
—
Payment
– Senior Convertible Note and Senior Secured Convertible Note –
non-installment payments
( 154 )
( 192 )
Proceeds
– exercise of Series Z warrants
2,785
—
Proceeds
– exercise of Series S Warrants
—
12
Proceeds
– issue common stock – Employee Stock Purchase Plan
304
126
Proceeds
– exercise of stock options
131
—
Proceeds
– exercise of stock options issued under equity incentive plan of majority owned subsidiary
—
5
Net
cash flows provided by financing activities
41,954
10,251
Net
increase (decrease) in cash
25,954
861
Cash,
beginning of period
17,256
6,219
Cash,
end of period
$ 43,210
$ 7,080
See
accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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PAVMED
INC.
and
SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts
in these accompanying notes are presented in thousands, except number of shares and per-share amounts.)
Note
1 — The Company
PAVmed
Inc. (“PAVmed” or the “Company”) together with its majority owned subsidiaries, Lucid Diagnostics, Inc. (“Lucid
Diagnostics” or “LUCID”), Solys Diagnostics, Inc. (“Solys Diagnostics” or “SOLYS”) and Veris
Health, Inc. (“Veris Health” or “VERIS”) were organized to advance a broad pipeline of innovative medical technologies
from concept to commercialization, employing a business model focused on capital efficiency and speed to market. The Company’s
activities have focused on advancing the lead products towards regulatory approval and commercialization, protecting its intellectual
property, and building its corporate infrastructure and management team. The Company operates in one segment as a medical technology
company.
The
ability of the Company to generate revenue depends upon the Company’s ability to successfully advance the commercialization of
EsoGuard and CarpX while also completing the development and the necessary regulatory approvals of its other products and services. In
this regard:
●
EsoCheck
has received 510(k) marketing clearance from the FDA as an esophageal cell collection device in June 2019;
●
EsoGuard
completed the certification required by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (“CLIA”) and accreditation of the
College of American Pathologists (“CAP”) making it commercially available as a Laboratory Developed Test (“LDT”)
at LUCID’s contract diagnostic laboratory service provider in California in December 2019; and,
●
CarpX,
developed as a patented, single-use, disposable, minimally invasive device designed as a precision cutting tool to treat carpal tunnel
syndrome while reducing recovery times, received 510(k) marketing clearance from the FDA in April 2020 with the first commercial
procedure successfully performed in December 2020.
Although
the Company’s current operational activities are principally focused on the commercialization of EsoGuard and CarpX its development
activities are focused on pursuing FDA approval and clearance of other lead products in our product portfolio pipeline, including EsoGuard
IVD, PortIO, DisappEAR, NextFlo, EsoCure and digital health technologies acquired by the Company’s majority-owned subsidiary Veris
Health Inc. (as discussed in Note 4, Acquisition of Oncodisc Inc. ).
Financial
Condition
The
Company has financed its operations principally through the public and private issuances of its common stock, preferred stock, common
stock purchase warrants, and debt. The Company is subject to all of the risks and uncertainties typically faced by medical device and
diagnostic and medical device companies that devote substantially all of their efforts to the commercialization of their initial product
and services and ongoing R&D and clinical trials. The Company expects to continue to experience recurring losses from operations,
and will continue to fund its operations with debt and equity financing transactions. Notwithstanding, however, together with the cash
on-hand as of June 30, 2021, the Company expects to be able to fund its future operations for one year from the date of the issue of
the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, as included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2021.
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Note
2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Significant
Accounting Policies
The
Company’s significant accounting policies are as disclosed in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2020 as filed with the SEC on March 15, 2021, except as otherwise noted herein below.
Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned and majority-owned
subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company holds a majority ownership
interest and has controlling financial interest in each of: Lucid Diagnostics Inc., Solys Diagnostics Inc. and Veris Health Inc., with
the corresponding noncontrolling interest included as a separate component of consolidated stockholders’ equity (deficit), including
the recognition in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of the net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest based on
the respective minority interest equity ownership of each majority-owned subsidiary.
The
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), and applicable rules and regulations of the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regarding interim financial reporting. As permitted under SEC rules, certain footnotes or
other financial information normally required by U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. The balance sheet as of December 31, 2020
has been derived from audited consolidated financial statements at such date. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements have been prepared on the same basis as the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements, and in the opinion of
management, include all adjustments, consisting only of routine recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s
unaudited condensed consolidated financial information.
The
results of operations for the three and six months ended June 301, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected
for the year ending December 31, 2021 or for any other interim period or for any other future periods. The accompanying unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements and related unaudited condensed consolidated financial information should be read in conjunction with
the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 15, 2021.
All
amounts in the accompanying unaudited notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in thousands,
if not otherwise noted as being presented in millions, except for the number of shares and per share amounts.
Use
of Estimates
In
preparing unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, management is required to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the
date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
Due to inherent uncertainty involved in making estimates, actual results reported in future periods may be affected by changes in these
estimates. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions include the estimated
fair value of stock-based equity awards, and the estimated fair value of financial instruments recognized as liabilities. In addition,
management’s assessment of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern involves the estimation of the amount and
timing of future cash inflows and outflows.
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Note
2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Recently
Adopted Accounting Standards
In
August 2020, the FASB issued its Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06, Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other
Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815 – 40) , (“ASU
2020-06”). ASU 2020-06 simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity,
including convertible instruments and contracts on an entity’s own equity. The ASU2020-06 amendments are effective for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early
adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal
years. The Company’s adoption of the ASU 2020-06 guidance as of January 1, 2021, had no effect on its unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements.
In
December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, “Income Taxes: Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”, (“ASU
2019-12”). The guidance of ASU 2019-12 removes certain exceptions for recognizing deferred taxes for investments, performing intra-period
allocation, and calculating income taxes in interim periods, and adds revised guidance to reduce complexity in certain areas, including
recognizing deferred taxes for tax goodwill and allocating taxes to members of a consolidated group. Adoption of the guidance of ASU
2019-12 is required for annual and interim financial statements beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company’s adoption of the
ASU 2019-12 guidance as of January 1, 2021 had no effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Note 3 — Related Party Transactions
Case
Western Reserve University and Physician Inventors - CWRU License Agreement
Case
Western Reserve University (“CWRU”) and each of the three physician inventors of the intellectual property licensed under
the CWRU License Agreement (“Physician Inventors”) each hold equity ownership minority interests in Lucid Diagnostics Inc.
The expenses incurred with respect to the CWRU License Agreement and the three Physician Inventors, as classified in the accompanying
unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the periods indicated are summarized as follows:
Schedule of Incurred Expenses of Minority Shareholders
For
the three months ended
June
30,
For
the six months ended
June
30,
2021
2020
2021
2020
General and Administrative Expense
Stock-based compensation expense – Physician
Inventors’ restricted stock awards
273
—
364
—
Research and Development Expense
CWRU
License Agreement - reimbursement of patent legal fees
$ 113
$ 27
$ 113
$ 59
EsoCheck
devices provided to CWRU
—
—
—
15
Fees
- Physician Inventors’ consulting agreements
1
15
14
53
Stock-based
compensation expense – Physician Inventors’ stock options
52
6
58
12
Total
Related Party Expenses
$ 439
$ 48
$ 549
$ 139
Lucid
Diagnostics Inc. entered into consulting agreements with each of the three Physician Inventors, with each such consulting agreement
providing for compensation on a contractual rate per hour for consulting services provided, and an expiration date of May 12, 2024,
upon the agreements’ renewal effective May 12, 2021. Additionally, as discussed below, each of the Physician Inventors have
been granted stock options under the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan, and stock options and restricted stock awards
under the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan.
Under
each of their respective (initial) consulting agreements with Lucid Diagnostics Inc., the three Physician Inventors were each granted
25,000 stock options under the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan, with a grant date of May 12, 2018, an exercise price of $ 1.59 per share
of common stock of PAVmed Inc., vesting ratably on a quarterly basis commencing June 30, 2018 and ending March 31, 2021, and a contractual
period of ten years from the date of grant. As of March 31, 2021, such stock options were fully vested and exercisable. Subsequent to
March 31, 2021, each of the Physician Inventors were granted 50,000 stock options under the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan, with a grant
date of June 21, 2021, an exercise price of $ 6.41 per share of common stock of PAVmed Inc., vesting ratably on a quarterly basis commencing
June 30, 2021 and ending March 31, 2024, and a contractual period of ten years from the date of grant.
On
March 1, 2021, restricted stock awards were granted under the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan to each of the three Physician Inventors, with such restricted stock awards having a single vesting date of March 1, 2023, with the fair
value of such restricted stock awards recognized as stock-based compensation expense ratably on a straight-line basis over the vesting
period, which is commensurate with the service period. The restricted stock awards are subject to forfeiture if the requisite service
period is not completed.
See
Note 8, Stock-Based Compensation , for information regarding each of the “PAVmed Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan”
and the separate. “Lucid Diagnostics Inc 2018 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan”; and Note 11, Noncontrolling Interest ,
for a discussion of Lucid Diagnostics Inc. and the corresponding noncontrolling interests.
Other
Related Party Transactions
Lucid Diagnostics Inc. previously entered into a consulting agreement with Stanley N. Lapidus, effective July 1, 2020 with such
consulting agreement providing for compensation on a contractual rate per hour for consulting services provided. In July 2021, Mr.
Lapidus was appointed as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lucid Diagnostics Inc. Lucid Diagnostics Inc. recognized as
general and administrative expense $ 8 and $ 14 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, in connection with the
consulting agreement.
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Note
4 — Acquisition of Oncodisc Inc
On
May 28, 2021, Veris Health Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of PAVmed Inc., acquired all of the outstanding common stock of
Oncodisc Inc. (“Oncodisc”) for total (gross) purchase consideration of approximately $ 261 ,
consisting of: the issue of 1,564,514 shares
of common stock of Veris Health Inc., with such shares having an estimated fair value of approximately $ 6 ;
and cash paid of approximately $ 255 ,
inclusive of approximately $ 155 paid
at the time of the transaction closing and the remaining balance paid subsequent to June 30, 2021. Additionally, the cash acquired
was approximately $ 108 and
liabilities assumed were approximately $ 50 .
The acquisition of Oncodisc was accounted for by Veris Health Inc as an asset acquisition. Veris Health Inc. has allocated the
preliminary purchase price based upon the respective fair values as of the date of acquisition as follows:
Schedule
of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed
Cash
acquired
$ 108
Intangible
asset - in-process research and development
133
Intangible
asset - assembled workforce
70
Liabilities
assumed
( 50 )
Total
net assets acquired
$ 261
The
intangible asset recognized for the in-process research and development (“IPRD”) of $ 133 was determined to have no alternative
future use and was recognized as a current period research and development expense. The intangible asset recognized for the assembled
workforce of approximately $ 70 , which is included in “Other assets” on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated
balance sheet, has an expected useful life of one year, and is being recognized as a research and development expense on a ratable basis
over such period, commencing in June 2021. See Note 11, Noncontrolling Interest , for a discussion of Veris Health Inc. and
the corresponding noncontrolling interests.
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Note
5 — Commitment and Contingencies
Legal
Proceedings
In
November 2020, a stockholder of the Company, on behalf of himself and other similarly situated stockholders, filed a complaint in the
Delaware Court of Chancery alleging broker non-votes were not properly counted in accordance with the Company’s bylaws at the Company’s
Annual Meeting of Stockholders on July 24, 2020, and, as a result, asserted certain matters deemed to have been approved were not so
approved (including matters relating to the increase in the size of the 2014 Equity Plan and the ESPP). The relief sought under the complaint
includes certain corrective actions by the Company, but does not seek any specific monetary damages. The Company does not believe it
is clear the prior approval of these matters is invalid or otherwise ineffective. However, to avoid any uncertainty and the expense of
further litigation, on January 5, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors determined it would be advisable and in the best interests
of the Company and its stockholders to re-submit these proposals to the Company’s stockholders for ratification and/or approval.
In this regard, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders on March 4, 2021, at which such matters were ratified and approved.
The parties have reached agreement on a proposed term sheet to settle the complaint, the terms of which do not contemplate payment of
monetary damages to the putative class in the proceeding. The settlement of the complaint is pending and is subject to court approval.
On
December 23, 2020, Benchmark Investments, Inc. filed a complaint against the Company in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District
of New York alleging the registered direct offerings of shares of common stock of the Company completed in December 2020 were in violation
of provisions set forth in an engagement letter between the Company and the plaintiff. The plaintiff is seeking monetary damages of up
to $ 1.3 million. The Company disagrees with the allegations set forth in the complaint and intends to vigorously contest the complaint.
In
the ordinary course of our business, particularly as it begins commercialization of its products, the Company may be subject to certain
other legal actions and claims, including product liability, consumer, commercial, tax and governmental matters, which may arise from
time to time. Except as otherwise noted herein, the Company does not believe it is currently a party to any other pending legal proceedings.
Notwithstanding, legal proceedings are subject-to inherent uncertainties, and an unfavorable outcome could include monetary damages,
and excessive verdicts can result from litigation, and as such, could result in a material adverse impact on the Company’s business,
financial position, results of operations, and /or cash flows. Additionally, although the Company has specific insurance for certain
potential risks, the Company may in the future incur judgments or enter into settlements of claims which may have a material adverse
impact on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations, and /or cash flows.
Patent
License Agreement – Case Western Reserve University
The
patent license agreement between the Company’s majority-owned subsidiary Lucid Diagnostics Inc. and Case Western Reserve University
- the “CWRU License Agreement” - requires Lucid Diagnostics Inc. to pay a minimum annual royalty of a percentage of recognized
net sales revenue resulting from the commercialization of the products and /or services developed using the CWRU License Agreement licensed
intellectual property, with the minimum amount of royalty payments based on net sales of such products and services, if any. To-date,
no such contractual minimum annual royalty payment has been required.
Additionally,
the CWRU License Agreement contains each of: certain regulatory milestones with respect to FDA submissions and clearances; and a commercialization
milestone with respect to a first sale of a product or service, each within a contractually proscribed period of time from the May 12,
2018 effective date of the CWRU License Agreement. If Lucid Diagnostics Inc. did not achieve one of the regulatory milestones and the
commercialization milestone, then CWRU had the right, in its sole discretion, to require PAVmed Inc. to transfer to CWRU 80 %
of the shares of common stock of Lucid Diagnostics
Inc. then held by PAVmed Inc. Lucid diagnostics Inc. has achieved the requisite milestones in accordance with the timing specified
by the CWRU License Agreement.
Lucid
Diagnostics Inc. entered into the EsoGuard Commercialization Agreement with ResearchDX Inc. (“RDx”), effective August
1, 2021, providing for RDx to license from Lucid Diagnostics Inc. its proprietary EsoGuard assay. The EsoGuard Commercialization
Agreement provides for RDx to pay a minimum monthly fee to Lucid Diagnostics Inc., with such fee payment subject-to the royalty payment
requirements of the CWRU License Agreement. The EsoGuard Commercial Agreement initial term is on a month-to-month basis, and may
be terminated by either party thereto, with or without cause, upon forty-five (45) days prior written notice.
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Note
6 — Financial Instruments Fair Value Measurements
Recurring
Fair Value Measurements
The
fair value hierarchy table for the reporting dates noted is as follows:
Schedule of Financial Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis
Fair
Value Measurement on a Recurring Basis at
Reporting
Date Using (1)
Level-1
Level-2
Level-3
Inputs
Inputs
Inputs
Total
December
31, 2020
Senior
Secured Convertible Note - November 2019
$ —
$ —
$ 1,270
$ 1,270
Senior
Convertible Note - April 2020
$ —
$ —
$ 4,600
$ 4,600
Senior
Secured Convertible Note – August 2020
$ —
$ —
$ 8,790
$ 8,790
Totals
$ —
$ —
$ 14,660
$ 14,660
(1)
As
noted above, as presented in the fair value hierarchy table, Level-1 represents quoted prices in active markets for identical items,
Level-2 represents significant other observable inputs, and Level-3 represents significant unobservable inputs.
The
Senior Secured Convertible Note dated August 6, 2020, the Senior Convertible Note dated April 30, 2020, the Senior Secured Convertible
Note (Series-A and Series-B), dated November 19, 2019, and the Senior Secured Convertible Note dated December 27, 2018, were each accounted
for under the fair value option (“FVO”) election, wherein, each of the convertible notes were initially measured at their
respective issue-date estimated fair value and subsequently remeasured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis at each reporting
period date, with the resulting fair value adjustment recognized as other income (expense) in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement
of operations.
There
were no fair value measurements as of June 30, 2021 as each of the convertible notes were previously repaid-in-full in the three months
ended March 31, 2021, as discussed herein below in Note 7, Debt . The estimated fair value of each of the convertible notes as
of December 31, 2020, were computed using a Monte Carlo simulation of the present value of its cash flows using a synthetic credit rating
analysis and a required rate-of-return, and were therefore classified within the Level 3 category, as the fair value was determined using
both observable inputs and unobservable inputs. Unrealized gains and losses associated with liabilities within the Level 3 category include
changes in fair value attributable to both observable (e.g., changes in market interest rates) and unobservable (e.g., changes in unobservable
long- dated volatilities) inputs.
The
estimated fair values reported utilized the Company’s common stock price along with certain Level 3 inputs, as discussed above,
in the development of Monte Carlo simulation models, discounted cash flow analyses, and /or Black-Scholes valuation models. The estimated
fair values are subjective and are affected by changes in inputs to the valuation models /analyses, including the Company’s common
stock price, the Company’s dividend yield, the risk-free rates based on U.S. Treasury security yields, and certain other Level-3
inputs including, assumptions regarding the estimated volatility in the value of the Company’s common stock price. Changes in these
assumptions can materially affect the estimated fair values.
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Note
7 — Debt
Convertible
Notes
All
of the convertible notes, as such convertible notes are discussed below, were repaid-in-full during the three months ended March 31,
2021. The fair value and face value principal of outstanding convertible notes at December 31, 2020 were as follows:
Summary of Outstanding Debt
Contractual
Maturity Date
Stated
Interest Rate
Conversion
Price per Share
Face
Value Principal Outstanding
Fair
Value
November
2019 Senior Secured Convertible Note
September
30, 2021
7.875 %
$ 1.60
$ 956
$ 1,270
April
2020 Senior Convertible Note
April
30, 2022
7.875 %
$ 5.00
$ 4,111
$ 4,600
August
2020 Senior Secured
Convertible Note
August
6, 2022
7.875 %
$ 5.00
$ 7,750
$ 8,790
Balance
- December 31, 2020
$ 12,817
$ 14,660
Senior
Secured Convertible Note issued November 4, 2019 - Series A and Series B -
(“November
2019 Senior Convertible Notes”)
The
“November 2019 Senior Convertible Notes” remaining unpaid outstanding face value principal of approximately $ 956 as of December
31, 2020 was repaid-in-full as of January 5, 2021, with the remaining principal balance, along with the payment of interest thereon of
approximately $ 7 , settled with the issuance of 667,668 shares common stock of the Company, with a fair value of approximately $ 1,723
(with such fair value measured as the respective conversion date quoted closing price of the common stock of the Company).
Senior
Convertible Note issued April 30, 2020 - (“April 2020 Senior Convertible Note”)
The
“April 2020 Senior Convertible Note” unpaid outstanding face value principal of approximately $ 4,111 as of December 31, 2020
was repaid-in-full in March 2021, as discussed herein below. In the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, approximately $ 52 and $ 54 ,
respectively, of non-installment payments were paid in cash.
Senior
Secured Convertible Note issued August 6, 2020 - (“August 2020 Senior Convertible Note”)
The
“August Senior Convertible Note” unpaid outstanding face value principal of approximately $ 7,750 as of December 31, 2020
was repaid-in-full in March 2021, as discussed herein below. In the six months ended June 30, 2021, approximately $ 102 of non-installment
payments were paid in cash. There were no such payments in the corresponding period of the prior year.
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Note
7 — Debt - continued
Convertible
Notes - continued
Principal
Repayments - April 2020 Senior Convertible Note and August 2020 Senior Convertible Note
On
January 30, 2021, the Company paid in cash a $ 350 partial principal repayment of the April 2020 Senior Convertible Note; and on March
2, 2021, the Company paid in cash a total of $ 14,466 of principal repayments, resulting in both the April 2020 Senior Convertible Note
and the August 2020 Senior Convertible Note being repaid-in-full as of such date. The Company recognized a debt extinguishment loss of
approximately $ 2,955 in the six months ended June 30, 2021 in connection with the repayments of the April 2020 Senior Convertible Note
and the August 2020 Senior Convertible Note.
A
reconciliation in the fair value of debt during the six months ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:
Schedule of Senior Convertible Note Estimated Fair
Value
November
2019 Senior Secured Convertible Notes
April
2020 Senior Convertible Note
August
2020 Senior Secured Convertible Note
Sum
of Balance Sheet Fair Value Components
Other
Income (Expense)
Fair
Value - December 31, 2020
$ 1,270
$ 4,600
$ 8,790
$ 14,660
-
Installment
repayments – common stock
( 956 )
—
—
( 956 )
Non-installment
payments – common stock
( 7 )
—
—
( 7 )
-
Non-installment
payments – cash
—
( 52 )
( 102 )
( 154 )
Change
in fair value
( 307 )
( 437 )
( 938 )
( 1,682 )
1,682
Principal
repayments - cash
—
( 4,111 )
( 7,750 )
( 11,861 )
-
Fair
Value at June 30, 2021 (1)
$ —
—
$ —
$ —
-
Other
Income (Expense) - Change in fair value - six months ended June 30, 2021 (1)
$ 1,682
(1) As
discussed above, all remaining convertible notes were previously repaid during the three
months ended March 31, 2021.
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Note
7 — Debt - continued
A
reconciliation in the fair value of debt during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 is as follows:
December
2018 Senior Secured Convertible Note
November
2019 Senior Secured Convertible Notes
April
2020 Senior Convertible Note
Sum
of Balance Sheet Fair Value Components
Other
Income (Expense)
Fair
Value - December 31, 2019
$ 1,700
$ 6,439
$ —
$ 8,139
-
Face
value principal – issue date
—
7,000
—
7,000
-
Fair
value adjustment – issue date
—
2,600
—
2,600
$ ( 2,600 )
Installment
repayments – common stock
( 1,642 )
—
—
( 1,642 )
-
Non-installment
payments – common stock
( 4 )
—
—
( 4 )
-
Non-installment
payments – cash
—
( 138 )
—
( 138 )
Change
in fair value
9
4,699
—
4,708
( 4,708 )
Lender
Fee - November 2019 Senior Secured Convertible Note - Series B
—
—
—
—
( 700 )
Fair
Value at March 31, 2020
$ 63
$ 20,600
—
$ 20,663
-
Other
Income (Expense) - Change in fair value - three months ended March 31, 2020
-
-
-
-
$ ( 8,008 )
Face
value principal – issue date
—
—
4,111
4,111
-
Fair
value adjustment – issue date
—
—
( 411 )
( 411 )
411
Installment
repayments – common stock
( 50 )
( 5,695 )
—
( 5,745 )
Non-installment
payments – common stock
( 2 )
( 242 )
—
( 244 )
-
Non-installment
payments – cash
—
—
( 54 )
( 54 )
Change
in fair value
( 11 )
( 2,363 )
254
( 2,120 )
2,120
Lender
Fee - April 2020 Senior Convertible Note
—
—
—
—
( 411 )
Fair
Value at June 30, 2020
$ —
$ 12,300
3,900
$ 16,200
-
Other
Income (Expense) - Change in fair value - three months ended June 30, 2020
$ 2,120
Other
Income (Expense) - Change in fair value - six months ended June 30, 2020
$ ( 5,888 )
The
Senior Convertible Notes presented above were each accounted for under the ASC 825-10-15-4 fair value option (“FVO”) election,
wherein, the financial instrument is initially measured at its issue-date estimated fair value and subsequently remeasured at estimated
fair value on a recurring basis at each reporting period date, with the resulting fair value adjustment recognized as other income (expense)
in the consolidated statement of operations. In this regard, as provided for by ASC 825-10-50-30(b), the estimated fair value adjustment
is presented as a single line item within other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. See Note 6,
Financial Instruments Fair Value Measurements , for a further discussion of fair value assumptions.
Cares
Act Paycheck Protection Program Loan
On
April 8, 2020 the Company entered into a loan agreement with JP Morgan Chase, N.A., and received approximately $ 300 of proceeds, pursuant
to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”)
- the “PPP Loan”. Through the life of the PPP Loan, the Company made no principal or interest payments. The Company submitted
its PPP Loan forgiveness application on April 21, 2021 and the forgiveness application was approved on June 9, 2021. Upon PPP Loan forgiveness,
the Company recognized a gain of $ 300 in its unaudited condensed consolidated results of operations for the three and six month periods
ended June 30, 2021.
16
Note
8 — Stock-Based Compensation
PAVmed
Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan
The
PAVmed Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan (the “PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan”), provides for the granting, subject
to approval by the compensation committee of the PAVmed Inc. board of directors, of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted
stock, and other stock-based awards subject to limitations under applicable law. As of June 30, 2021, the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity
Plan has 1,374,239
shares available-for-grant of stock-based awards,
with such shares available for grant, not diminished by 500,854
PAVmed Inc. stock options previously granted
outside the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan.
PAVmed
Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan - Stock Options
Stock
options issued and outstanding under the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan is as follows:
Schedule of Summarizes Information About Stock Options
Number
Stock Options
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
Remaining
Contractual Term (Years)
Intrinsic
Value (2)
Outstanding
stock options at December 31, 2020
6,798,529
$ 2.55
Granted (1)
2,355,000
$ 4.59
Exercised
( 120,832 )
$ 1.08
Forfeited
( 25,833 )
$ 2.44
Outstanding
stock options - June 30, 2021
9,006,864
$ 3.11
6.9
$ 29,843
Vested
and exercisable stock options - June 30, 2021
5,972,706
$ 2.89
5.7
$ 21,289
(1)
Stock
options granted under the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan generally vest ratably over twelve quarters, with the vesting commencing with
the grant date quarter, and have a ten-year contractual term from date-of-grant.
(2)
The
intrinsic value is computed as the difference between the quoted price of the PAVmed Inc. common stock on each of June 30, 2021 and
December 31, 2020 and the exercise price of the underlying PAVmed Inc. stock options, to the extent such quoted price is greater
than the exercise price.
17
Note
8 — Stock-Based Compensation - continued
PAVmed
Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan - Restricted Stock Awards
On
April 1, 2021, a total of 300,000 restricted stock awards were granted to employees under the PAVmed Inc. 2 014 Equity Plan, with such
restricted stock awards having a single vesting date of April 1, 2024. The (April 1, 2021) restricted stock awards fair value of approximately
$ 1,491 , which was measured using the grant date quoted closing price per share of PAVmed Inc. common stock, is being recognized as stock-based
compensation expense ratably on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, which is commensurate with the service period. The restricted
stock awards are subject to forfeiture if the requisite service period is not completed.
A total of 1,650 restricted
stock awards were previously granted under the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan, with such restricted stock awards having an aggregate fair
value of approximately $ 2,680 , which was measured using the respective grant date quoted closing price per share of PAVmed Inc. common
stock, with the fair value being recognized as stock-based compensation expense ratably on a straight-line basis over the vesting period,
which is commensurate with the service period. The vesting of the previously granted restricted stock awards is as follows: 233,334 vested
on March 15, 2020; 466,666 vesting on March 15, 2022; 450,000 vesting ratably on an annual basis over a three year period with the initial
annual vesting date on May 1, 2021; and 500,000 restricted stock awards having a single vesting date of May 1, 2023 . The restricted stock
awards are subject to forfeiture if the requisite service period is not completed.
Lucid
Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan
The
Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan (the “Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan”), provides for
the granting, subject to approval by the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. board of directors, of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted
stock, and other stock-based awards subject to limitations under applicable law. As of June 30, 2021, the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018
Equity Plan has 2,200,000 shares of common stock of Lucid Diagnostics Inc. available-for-grant of stock-based awards.
Lucid
Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan - Stock Options
Stock
options issued and outstanding under the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan is as follows:
Schedule
of Summarizes Information About Stock Options
Number
Stock
Options
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(Years)
Outstanding
stock options at December 31, 2020
991,667
$ 0.86
8.0
Granted (1)
—
$ —
Exercised
—
$ —
Forfeited
—
$ —
Outstanding
stock options at June 30, 2021
991,667
$ 0.85
7.5
Vested
and exercisable stock options at June 30, 2021
876,666
$ 0.83
7.4
(1)
Stock
options granted under the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan generally vest ratably over twelve quarters, with the vesting commencing
with the grant date quarter, and have a ten-year contractual term from date-of-grant.
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Note
8 — Stock-Based Compensation - continued
Lucid
Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan – Restricted Stock Awards
On
March 1, 2021, a total of 1,040,000 restricted stock awards were granted under the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan to employees
of PAVmed Inc., a member of the board of directors of Lucid Diagnostics Inc. (who is also a member of the board of directors of PAVmed
Inc.), and to each of the three physician inventors of the intellectual property licensed under the CWRU License Agreement, with such
restricted stock awards having a single vesting date of March 1, 2023, and an aggregate grant date fair value of approximately $ 18.9
million, measured as discussed below, with such aggregate estimated fair value recognized as stock-based compensation expense ratably
on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, which is commensurate with the service period. The restricted stock awards are subject
to forfeiture if the requisite service period is not completed.
In
April 2021, a total of 65,000 restricted stock awards were granted under the Lucid Diagnostics Inc 2018 Equity Plan, inclusive of such
restricted stock awards granted to an employee of PAVmed Inc. and a consultant. with such restricted stock awards having a single vesting
date in April 2023, and an aggregate grant date fair value of approximately $ 1.2 million, measured as discussed below, with such aggregate
estimated fair value recognized as stock-based compensation expense ratably on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, which is
commensurate with the service period. The restricted stock awards are subject to forfeiture if the requisite service period is not completed.
The
estimated fair value of the restricted stock awards granted under the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan, as discussed above, was
determined using a probability-weighted average expected return methodology (“PWERM”),
which involves the determination of equity value under various exit scenarios and an estimation of the return to the common stockholders
under each scenario. In this regard, the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. common stock grant-date estimated fair value was based upon an analysis
of future values, assuming various outcomes, based upon the probability-weighted present value of expected future investment returns,
considering each of the possible future outcomes available to Lucid Diagnostics Inc.
The
PWERM principally involved (i) the identification of scenarios and related probabilities; (ii) determine the equity value under each
scenario; and (iii) determine the common stock shareholders’ return in each scenario. The two scenarios identified were an initial
public offering (“IPO”) of Lucid Diagnostics Inc. common stock (“IPO scenario”); and, to continue on as a private
company (“stay private scenario”). With respect to the IPO scenario, the valuation of the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. common stock
was computed using assumptions, including dates of the IPO, to calculate an estimated pre-money valuation; and, with respect to the stay
private scenario, an income approach was used, wherein a risk-adjusted discount rate is applied to projected future cash flows. A relative
weighting of 75% was applied to the IPO scenario and 25% was assigned to the stay private scenario.
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Note
8 — Stock-Based Compensation - continued
Consolidated
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
The
consolidated stock-based compensation expense recognized by each of PAVmed Inc. and Lucid Diagnostics Inc. for both the PAVmed Inc. 2014
Equity Plan and the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan, with respect to stock options and restricted stock awards as discussed above,
for the periods indicated, was as follows:
Schedule
of Stock-Based Compensation Awards Granted
2021
2020
2021
2020
Three
Months Ended
June 30,
Six
Months Ended
June 30,
2021
2020
2021
2020
Commercial
operations expenses
$ 298
$ 64
$ 500
$ 98
General
and administrative expenses
4,599
343
5,722
586
Research
and development expenses
306
122
417
188
Total
stock-based compensation expenses
$ 5,203
$ 529
$ 6,639
$ 872
Stock-Based
Compensation Expense Recognized by Lucid Diagnostics Inc.
As
noted, the consolidated stock-based compensation expense presented above is inclusive of stock-based compensation expense recognized
by Lucid Diagnostics Inc., inclusive of each of: stock options granted under the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan to the three physician
inventors of the intellectual property underlying the CWRU License Agreement (“Physician Inventors”) (as discussed above
in Note 3, Related Party Transactions ); and stock options and restricted stock awards granted to employees of PAVmed Inc. and
non-employee consultants under the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan.
The
stock-based compensation expense recognized by Lucid Diagnostics Inc. for both the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan and the Lucid Diagnostics
Inc. 2018 Equity Plan, with respect to stock options and restricted stock awards as discussed above, for the periods indicated, was as
follows:
Schedule
of Stock-Based Compensation Expense Classified in Research and Development Expenses
Three
Months Ended
June 30,
Six
Months Ended
June 30,
2021
2020
2021
2020
Lucid
Diagnostics Inc 2018 Equity Plan – general and administrative expense
$ 2,505
$ —
$ 3,295
$ —
Lucid
Diagnostics Inc 2018 Equity Plan – research and development expenses
22
13
34
27
PAVmed
Inc 2014 Equity Plan - research and development expenses
53
3
56
6
Total
stock-based compensation expense –
recognized by Lucid Diagnostics Inc
$ 2,580
$ 16
$ 3,385
$ 33
20
Note
8 — Stock-Based Compensation - continued
Consolidated Stock-Based Compensation Expense - continued
The
consolidated unrecognized stock-based compensation expense and weighted average remaining requisite service period with respect to stock
options and restricted stock awards issued under each of the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan and the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity
Plan, as discussed above, is as follows:
Schedule
of Unrecognized Compensation Expense
Unrecognized
Expense
Weighted Average Remaining Service Period
PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan
Stock Options
$
7,595
1.6 years
Restricted Stock Awards
$
2,716
2.2 years
Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan
Stock Options
$
25
0.7 years
Restricted Stock Awards
$
16,826
1.7 years
Stock-based compensation expense
recognized with respect to stock options granted under the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan was based on a weighted average estimated fair
value of such stock options of 3.32 per share and $ 1.28 per share during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively,
calculated using the following weighted average Black-Scholes valuation model assumptions:
Schedule of Fair Values of Stock Options Granted Using Black-scholes Valuation
Model Assumptions
Six Months Ended June 30,
2021
2020
Expected term of stock options (in years)
5.6
5.8
Expected stock price volatility
75
%
73
%
Risk free interest rate
1.0
%
0.5
%
Expected dividend yield
0
%
0
%
PAVmed
Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”)
The
PAVmed Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“PAVmed Inc. ESPP”), adopted by the Company’s board of directors effective
April 1, 2019, provides eligible employees the opportunity to purchase shares of PAVmed Inc. common stock through payroll deductions
during six month periods, wherein the purchase price per share of common stock is the lower of 85% of the quoted closing price per share
of PAVmed Inc. common stock at the beginning or end of each six month share purchase period. The PAVmed Inc. ESPP share purchase dates
are March 31 and September 30. A total of 203,480 and 154,266 shares of common stock of the Company were purchased for proceeds of approximately
$ 304 and $ 126 , on the ESPP purchase dates of March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The PAVmed Inc. ESPP has a total reservation of 1,250,000
shares of common stock of PAVmed Inc., with 657,193 shares available-for-issue remaining as of June 30, 2021.
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Note
9 — Preferred Stock
The
Company is authorized to issue 20 million shares of its preferred stock, par value of $ 0.001 per share, with such designation, rights,
and preferences as may be determined by the Company’s board of directors. There were 1,185,685 and 1,228,075 shares of Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock (classified in permanent equity) issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
The Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
In
the six months ended June 30, 2021, at each of the respective holders’ election, a total of 91,634 shares of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock were converted into the same number of shares of common stock of PAVmed Inc. Subsequent to June 30, 2021, as of August
12, 2021, a total of 91,063 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into the same number of shares
of common stock of the Company.
As
of June 30, 2021, the Company’s board-of-directors declared an aggregate of approximately $ 148 of Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock dividends, inclusive of approximately $ 73 earned as of December 31, 2020 and $ 75 earned as of March 31, 2021, which were settled
by the issue of an additional aggregate 49,244 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. In the corresponding period of the prior
year, the board of directors declared an aggregate of approximately $ 140 of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock dividends, inclusive
of approximately $ 70 earned as of December 31, 2019 and $ 70 earned as of March 31, 2020, which were settled by the issue of an additional
aggregate 46,663 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
Subsequent
to June 30, 2021, in July 2021, the Company’s board-of-directors declared a Series B Convertible Preferred Stock dividend earned
as of June 30, 2021 and payable as of July 1, 2021, of approximately $ 74 , which will be settled by the issue of an additional 24,577
shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (with such dividend not recognized as a dividend payable as of June 30, 2021, as the Company’s
board of directors had not declared such dividends payable as of such date).
22
Note
10 — Stockholders’ Equity and Common Stock Purchase Warrants
The
Company is authorized to issue up to 150 million shares of its common stock, par value of $ 0.001 per share. There were 82,576,816 and
63,819,935 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
Three
Months Ended June 30, 2021
●
During
the three months ended June 30, 2021, a total of 880,441 shares of common stock of the Company were issued resulting from a corresponding
number of Series Z Warrants exercised for cash of $ 1.60 per share.
●
During
the three months ended June 30, 2021, 80,799 shares of common stock of the Company were issued upon conversion of a corresponding
number of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. See Note 9, Preferred Stock , for a discussion of the Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock.
●
During
the three months ended June 30, 2021, 40,832 shares of common stock of the Company were issued upon exercise of stock options for
cash of approximately $ 51 . See Note 8, Stock-Based Compensation , for a discussion of the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan.
Six
Months Ended June 30, 2021
●
On
January 5, 2021, a total of 6,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company were issued for gross proceeds of approximately $ 13,434 ,
before a placement agent fee and expenses of approximately $ 951 , and offering costs incurred by the Company of approximately $ 71 .
The shares of common stock were issued in a registered direct offering pursuant to a Prospectus Supplement dated January 5, 2021
with respect to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-248709).
●
On
February 23, 2021, a total of 9,782,609 shares of common stock of the Company were issued for proceeds of approximately $ 41,566 ,
before offering costs incurred by the Company of approximately $ 290 . The shares of common stock were issued in an underwritten registered
offering pursuant to a final Prospectus Supplement dated February 23, 2021, with respect to the Company’s effective shelf registration
statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-248709 and File No. 333-253384).
●
During
the six months ended June 30, 2021, a total of 1,740,658 shares of common stock of the Company were issued resulting from a corresponding
number of Series Z Warrants exercised for cash of $ 1.60 per share. Subsequent to June 30, 2021, as of August 12, 2021, a total
of 508,548 Series Z Warrants were exercised for cash at the $ 1.60 per share exercise price, resulting in the
issue of the same number of shares of common stock of the Company.
●
In
January 2021, 667,668 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued upon conversion, at the election of the holder, of the
November 2019 Senior Convertible Note remaining face value principal of approximately $ 956 along with approximately $ 7 of interest
thereon, as discussed in Note 7, Debt .
●
During
the six months ended June 30, 2021, 91,634 shares of common stock of the Company were issued upon conversion of the same number of
shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. Subsequent to June 30, 2021, as of August 12, 2021, 91,063 shares of common
stock of the Company were issued upon conversion of the same number of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. See Note 9,
Preferred Stock , for a discussion of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
●
During
the six months ended June 30, 2021, 120,832 shares of common stock of the Company were issued upon exercise of stock options for
cash of approximately $ 131 . Subsequent to June 30, 2021, as of August 12, 2021, 24,500 shares of common stock of the Company
were issued upon exercise of the same number of stock options for cash of approximately $ 52 . See Note 8, Stock-Based Compensation ,
for a discussion of the PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan.
●
On
March 31, 2021, 203,480 shares of common stock were purchased by employees through participation in the PAVmed Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, as discussed in Note 8, Stock-Based Compensation .
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Note 10 — Stockholders’ Equity
and Common Stock Purchase Warrants - continued
Common
Stock Purchase Warrants
The
common stock purchase warrants (classified in permanent equity) outstanding as of the dates indicated are as follows:
Schedule of Outstanding Warrants to Purchase Common Stock
Common Stock Purchase Warrants Issued and Outstanding
at
Weighted
Weighted
June 30,
Average
Exercise
December 31,
Average
Exercise
Expiration
2021
Price /Share
2020
Price/Share
Date
Series Z Warrants
15,074,281
$ 1.60
16,814,939
$ 1.60
April 2024
UPO - Series Z Warrants
—
$ —
53,000
$ 1.60
January 2021
Series W Warrants
381,818
$ 5.00
381,818
$ 5.00
January 2022
Total
15,456,099
$ 1.68
17,249,757
$ 1.57
During the three and six months
ended June 30, 2021, 880,441 and 1,740,658 , respectively, Series Z Warrants were exercised for cash at their exercise price per share,
resulting in the issue of a corresponding number of shares of common stock of the Company. Additionally, subsequent to June 30, 2021,
as of August 12, 2021, a total of 508,548 Series Z Warrants were exercised for cash at the $ 1.60 per share exercise
price, resulting in the issue of the same number of shares of common stock of the Company.
The
Unit Purchase Options (UPO) expired unexercised as of January 29, 2021.
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Note
11 — Noncontrolling Interest
The
noncontrolling interest (“NCI”) included as a component of consolidated total stockholders’ equity is with respect
to each of the Company’s majority-owned subsidiaries: Lucid Diagnostics Inc., Solys Diagnostics Inc., and Veris Health Inc., with
the NCI summarized for the periods indicated as follows:
Schedule
of Noncontrolling Interest of Stockholders' Equity
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
NCI – equity (deficit) – beginning of period
$ ( 2,369 )
$ ( 814 )
Investment in Veris Health Inc.
6
—
Net loss attributable to NCI – Lucid Diagnostics Inc.
( 1,782 )
( 1,503 )
Net loss attributable to NCI – Solys Diagnostics Inc.
( 22 )
( 109 )
Net loss attributable to NCI – Veris Health Inc.
( 73 )
—
Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan stock option exercise
—
5
Stock-based compensation expense - Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan
3,329
52
NCI – equity (deficit) – end of period
$ ( 911 )
$ ( 2,369 )
Lucid
Diagnostics Inc.
As
of each of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, there were 10,003,333 shares of common stock of Lucid Diagnostics Inc. issued and outstanding;
of which PAVmed Inc. holds 8,187,499 shares, representing equity ownership interest of 81.85 %, and PAVmed Inc. has a controlling financial
interest. The minority equity ownership interest of the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. common stock includes: 943,464 shares held by Case Western
Reserve University (“CWRU”), 289,679 shares held by each of the three individual physician inventors of the intellectual
property underlying the CWRU License Agreement (“Physician Inventors”); and 3,333 shares held by an unrelated third-party
consultant upon the exercise the same number of stock options issued under the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan.
Accordingly,
Lucid Diagnostics Inc. is a consolidated majority-owned subsidiary of the Company, for which a provision of a noncontrolling interest
(NCI) is included as a separate component of consolidated stockholders’ equity in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance
sheet as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, along with the recognition of a net loss attributable to the NCI in the unaudited condensed
consolidated statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.
See
Note 3, Related Party Transactions , with respect to CWRU and the three Physician Inventors; and Note 8, Stock-Based Compensation ,
with respect to the Lucid Diagnostics Inc. 2018 Equity Plan.
Solys
Diagnostics Inc.
As
of each of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were 9,189,190 shares of common stock of Solys Diagnostics Inc. issued and outstanding,
of which PAVmed Inc. holds a 90.3235 % majority-interest ownership and has a controlling financial interest, with the remaining 9.6765 %
minority-interest ownership held by unrelated third parties. Accordingly, Solys Diagnostics Inc. is a consolidated majority-owned subsidiary
of the Company, for which a provision of a noncontrolling interest (NCI) is included as a separate component of consolidated stockholders’
equity in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, along with the recognition of
a net loss attributable to the NCI in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2021 and 2020.
Veris
Health Inc.
As
of June 30, 2021, there were 8,000,000 shares of common stock of Veris Health Inc. issued and outstanding, of which PAVmed Inc. holds
an 80.44 % majority-interest ownership and has a controlling financial interest, with the remaining 19.56 % minority-interest ownership
held by an unrelated third-party. Accordingly, Veris Health Inc. is a consolidated majority-owned subsidiary of the Company, for which
a provision of a noncontrolling interest (NCI) is included as a separate component of consolidated stockholders’ equity in the
unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2021 along with the recognition of a net loss attributable to the NCI in
the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the period of May 28, 2021 to June 30, 2021, upon its formation and
contemporaneous acquisition of Oncodisc Inc., as such acquisition is discussed in Note 4, Acquisition of Oncodisc Inc.
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Note
12 — Loss Per Share
The
respective “Net loss per share - attributable to PAVmed Inc. - basic and diluted” and “Net loss per share - attributable
to PAVmed Inc. common stockholders - basic and diluted” - for the periods indicated - is as follows:
Schedule of Comparison of Basic and Fully Diluted Net Loss Per Share
2021
2020
2021
2020
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2021
2020
2021
2020
Numerator
Net loss - before noncontrolling interest
$ ( 12,670 )
$ ( 5,844 )
$ ( 22,779 )
$ ( 20,755 )
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
1,199
266
1,877
702
Net loss - as reported, attributable to PAVmed Inc.
$ ( 11,471 )
$ ( 5,578 )
$ ( 20,902 )
$ ( 20,053 )
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock dividends:
$ ( 74 )
$ ( 71 )
$ ( 149 )
$ ( 141 )
Net loss attributable to PAVmed Inc. common stockholders
$ ( 11,545 )
$ ( 5,649 )
$ ( 21,051 )
$ ( 20,194 )
Denominator
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
82,235,397
44,780,538
78,117,637
44,140,126
Loss per share
Basic and diluted
Net loss - as reported, attributable to PAVmed Inc.
$ ( 0.14 )
$ ( 0.12 )
$ ( 0.27 )
$ ( 0.45 )
Net loss attributable to PAVmed Inc. common stockholders
$ ( 0.14 )
$ ( 0.13 )
$ ( 0.27 )
$ ( 0.46 )
The
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock dividends earned as of the each of the respective periods noted, are included in the calculation
of basic and diluted net loss attributable to PAVmed Inc. common stockholders for each respective period presented. Notwithstanding,
the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock dividends are recognized as a dividend payable only upon the dividend being declared payable
by the Company’s board of directors.
Basic
weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020
include the shares of the Company issued and outstanding during such periods, each on a weighted average basis. The basic weighted average
number of shares common stock outstanding excludes common stock equivalent incremental shares, while diluted weighted average number
of shares outstanding includes such incremental shares. However, as the Company was in a loss position for all periods presented, basic
and diluted weighted average shares outstanding are the same, as the inclusion of the incremental shares would be anti-dilutive. The
common stock equivalents excluded from the computation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding are as follows:
Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Diluted Earnings Per Share
June 30,
2021
2020
PAVmed Inc. 2014 Equity Plan stock options and
unvested restricted stock awards
10,573,530
7,965,195
Unit purchase options - as to shares of common stock
—
53,000
Unit purchase options - as to shares underlying Series Z Warrants
—
53,000
Series Z Warrants
15,074,281
16,815,039
Series W Warrants
381,818
381,818
Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock (3)
1,185,685
1,179,872
Total
27,215,314
26,447,924
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Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The
following discussion and analysis of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial condition and results of operations should be read
together with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (the “Form 10-K”) as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Unless the context otherwise requires, references herein to “we”, “us”,
and “our”, and to the “Company” or “PAVmed” are to PAVmed Inc. and Subsidiaries, including each of
the PAVmed Inc. majority-owned subsidiaries of: Lucid Diagnostics Inc. (“Lucid Diagnostics” or “LUCID”),
Solys Diagnostics, Inc. (“Solys Diagnostics” or “SOLYS”), and Veris Health Inc. (“Veris Health” or
“VERIS”).
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Form 10-Q”), including the following discussion and analysis of our (unaudited) condensed
consolidated financial condition and results of operations, contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties.
All
statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this Form 10-Q, including statements regarding our future consolidated
results of operations and consolidated financial position, our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital and operating expenditure
requirements and needs for additional financing, our business strategy and plans and the objectives of management for future operations,
are forward-looking statements. The words “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,”
“anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,”
“believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative
of these terms or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements
contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and our actual results may differ
significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are
not limited to, those discussed in Item 1A of Part I of the Form 10-K under the heading “Risk Factors.”
Important
factors that may affect our actual results include:
●
our
limited operating history;
●
our
financial performance, including our ability to generate revenue;
●
our
ability to obtain regulatory approval for commercialization of our products;
●
the
ability of our products to achieve market acceptance;
●
our
success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees, or directors;
●
our
potential ability to obtain additional financing when and if needed;
●
our
ability to sustain status as a going concern;
●
our
ability to protect our intellectual property;
●
our ability to identify and complete strategic acquisitions
and integrate the acquired operations;
●
our
ability to manage growth;
●
the
liquidity and trading of our securities;
●
our
regulatory or operational risks;
●
cybersecurity
risks;
●
risks
related to the COVID-19 pandemic;
●
our
estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements, and needs for additional financing; and
●
our
status as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act.
In
addition, our forward-looking statements do not incorporate the potential impact of any future financings, acquisitions, mergers, dispositions,
joint ventures, or investments we may make.
We
may not actually achieve the plans, intentions, and /or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not
rely on our forward-looking statements. You should read this Form 10-Q and the Form 10-K, and the documents we have filed as exhibits
to this Form 10-Q and the Form 10-K, completely and with the understanding our actual future results may be materially different from
what we expect. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events, or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
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Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - continued
Overview
PAVmed
Inc. and Subsidiaries (“PAVmed” or “the Company”) is a highly differentiated, multi-product, commercial-stage
technology medical device company organized to advance a broad pipeline of innovative medical technologies from concept to commercialization,
employing a business model focused on capital efficiency and speed to market. Since inception on June 26, 2014, the Company’s activities
have focused on advancing its lead products towards regulatory approval and commercialization, protecting its intellectual property,
and building its corporate infrastructure and management team.
The Company operates in one segment
as a medical technology company, with the following lines-of-business: “GI Health”, “Minimally Invasive Interventions”,
“Infusion Therapy”, “Digital Health”, and “Emerging Innovations”. The Company has ongoing
operations conducted through PAVmed Inc. and its majority-owned subsidiaries of Lucid Diagnostics, Inc. (“Lucid Diagnostics”
or “LUCID”), Solys Diagnostics, Inc. (“Solys Diagnostics” or “SOLYS”) and Veris Health Inc. (“Veris
Health” or “VERIS”).
PAVmed
Inc. and /or its subsidiaries have proprietary rights to the trademarks used herein, including, among others, PAVmed™, Lucid Diagnostics™,
LUCID™, Veris Health™, VERIS™, Oncodisc™, Solys Diagnostics™, SOLYS™, Caldus™, CarpX ® ,
DisappEAR™, EsoCheck ® , EsoGuard ® , EsoCheck Cell Collection Device ® , EsoCure Esophageal
Ablation Device™, NextCath™, NextFlo™, PortIO™, and “Innovating at the Speed of Life”™. Solely
as a matter of convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to herein may or may not be accompanied with the requisite marks of “™”
or “®”. However, the absence of such marks is not intended to indicate, in any way, PAVmed Inc. or its subsidiaries
will not assert, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, their respective rights to such trademarks and trade names.
Our
multiple products and services are in various phases of development, regulatory clearances, approvals, and commercialization.
●
The
EsoCheck device received 510(k) marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), in June 2019
and European CE Mark Certification in May 2021 as an esophageal cell collection device; and, EsoGuard has been established as a Laboratory
Developed Test (“LDT”), completed European CE Mark Certification in June 2021, and was launched commercially in December
2019 after Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (“CLIA”) and College of American Pathologists accreditation of the
test at Lucid Diagnostics commercial diagnostic laboratory partner ResearchDx Inc., headquartered in Irvine, California. In August
2021, Lucid Diagnostics launched a strategic partnership with direct-to-consumer telemedicine company UpScriptHealth to support our
commercialization efforts. Also in August 2021, we tested our first patients referred by primary care physicians (“PCPs”)
in three Lucid Test Centers opened in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
●
Our
CarpX device is a patented, single-use, disposable, minimally-invasive surgical device designed
as a precision cutting tool to treat carpal tunnel syndrome while reducing recovery times
that was cleared by the FDA under section 510(k) in April 2020, with the first commercial
procedure successfully performed in December 2020. In May 2021 European CE Mark Certification
was received for CarpX.
●
In
May 2021, we formed Veris Health, which is our newest majority-owned subsidiary. Also
in May 2021, Veris Health acquired
Oncodisc Inc (“Oncodisc”), a digital health company with ground breaking
tools to improve personalized cancer care through remote patient monitoring. Oncodisc’s
core technologies include the first intelligent implantable vascular healthcare platform
that provides patients and physicians with new tools to improve outcomes and optimize the
delivery of cost-effective care through remote monitoring and data analytics. Its vascular
access port contains biologic sensors capable of generating continuous data on key physiologic
parameters known to predict adverse outcomes in cancer patients undergoing treatment. Wireless
communication to the patient’s smartphone and its cloud-based digital healthcare platform
efficiently and effectively delivers actionable real time data to patients and physicians.
The technologies are the subject of multiple patent applications and one allowed patent awaiting
final issuance.
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Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - continued
Overview
- continued
As
discussed herein below, our current lines-of-business are as follows:
●
GI
Health - EsoGuard Esophageal DNA Test, EsoCheck Esophageal Cell Collection Device, and EsoCure Esophageal
Ablation Device with Caldus Technology;
●
Minimally
Invasive Interventions - CarpX Minimally Invasive Surgical Device for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome;
●
Infusion
Therapy - PortIO Implantable Intraosseous Vascular Access Device and NextFlo Highly Accurate Disposable Intravenous
Infusion Platform Technology;
●
Digital
Health – Veris Health implantable vascular healthcare platform through remote
monitoring and data analytics; and
●
Emerging
Innovations - Non-invasive laser-based glucose monitoring, single-use ventilators, resorbable pediatric ear tubes and mechanical
circulatory support cannulas.
GI
Health
EsoGuard,
EsoCheck, and EsoCure
EsoGuard
and EsoCheck are based on patented technology licensed from Case Western Reserve University (“CWRU”) through our majority-owned
subsidiary, Lucid. EsoGuard and EsoCheck have been developed to provide an accurate, non-invasive, patient-friendly screening test for
the early detection of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus (“EAC”) and Barrett’s Esophagus (“BE”), including
dysplastic BE and related pre-cursors to EAC in patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux (“GERD”).
EsoGuard
is a bisulfite-converted next-generation sequencing (NGS) DNA assay performed on surface esophageal cells collected with EsoCheck. It
quantifies methylation at 31 sites on two genes, Vimentin (VIM) and Cyclin A1 (CCNA1). The assay was evaluated in a 408-patient multicenter
case-control study published in Science Translational Medicine, and showed greater than 90% sensitivity and specificity at detecting
esophageal precancer and all conditions along the BE-EAC spectrum, including on samples collected with EsoCheck (Moinova, et al. Sci
Transl Med. 2018 Jan 17;10(424): eaao5848). EsoGuard is commercially available in the U.S. as a Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) performed
at our CLIA-certified laboratory partner, ResearchDx Inc. (“RDx”), which does business as “PacificDx”.
Cell samples, including those collected with EsoCheck, as discussed below, are sent to RDx, for testing and analyses using our proprietary
EsoGuard NGS DNA assay.
EsoCheck
is an FDA 510(k) and CE Mark cleared noninvasive swallowable balloon capsule catheter device capable of sampling surface esophageal cells
in a less than five-minute office. It consists of a vitamin pill-sized rigid plastic capsule tethered to a thin silicone catheter from
which a soft silicone balloon with textured ridges emerges to gently swab surface esophageal cells. When vacuum suction is applied, the
balloon and sampled cells are pulled into the capsule, protecting them from contamination and dilution by cells outside of the targeted
region during device withdrawal. We believe this proprietary Collect+Protect ™ technology makes EsoCheck the only noninvasive
esophageal cell collection device capable of such anatomically targeted and protected sampling.
EsoCure
is in development as an Esophageal Ablation Device, with the intent to allow a clinician to treat dysplastic BE before it can progress
to EAC, a highly lethal esophageal cancer, and to do so without the need for complex and expensive capital equipment. We have successfully
completed a pre-clinical feasibility animal study of EsoCure demonstrating excellent, controlled circumferential ablation of the esophageal
mucosal lining. We have also completed an acute and survival animal study of EsoCure ™ Esophageal Ablation Device, demonstrating
successful direct thermal balloon catheter ablation of esophageal lining through working channel of standard endoscope. We plan to conduct
additional development work and animal testing of EsoCure to support a future FDA 510(k) submission.
In December 2019, we secured
“gapfill” determination for the EsoGuard PLA code 0114U through the United States Department of Health and Human Services
(“HHS”) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (“CLFS”)
process, which has allowed us to engage directly with Medicare contractor Palmetto GBA, LLC and its MolDx Program on CMS payment and
coverage. In October 2020, CMS granted EsoGuard final Medicare payment determination of $1,938.01, effective January 1, 2021. We are
still awaiting Medicare local coverage determination from MolDx, which we understand is working to clear a significant backlog of reviews.
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Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - continued
Overview
- continued
GI Health - continued
EsoGuard, EsoCheck, and EsoCure
We
are also aggressively pursuing EsoGuard private payor payment and coverage in the United States. Our first advisor board meeting with medical directors
of major insurers provided positive feedback and good alignment with our strategic approach. Although the claim cycle can be
prolonged during the early commercialization of a new test, PacificDx is starting to receive out-of-network private insurance
payments on our behalf.
Our
initial EsoGuard commercialization efforts focused on gastroenterology (GI) physicians who have generally embraced our message that EsoGuard
has the potential to expand the funnel of BE-EAC patients who will need long-term EGD surveillance and, potentially, treatment with endoscopic
esophageal ablation. We have utilized a hybrid sales model with full-time sales management and approximately fifty independent sales
representatives. We significantly expanded our full-time commercial team in 2021 and are actively recruiting full-time territory managers
nationwide. EsoGuard testing has accelerated as pandemic-related healthcare facility limitations have eased.
We
are now expanding EsoGuard commercialization to target primary care physicians (PCPs). The vast majority of at-risk GERD patients are
cared for by PCPs and never see a gastroenterologist. To assure sufficient testing capacity and geographic coverage during this expansion,
we are building our own network of Lucid Test Centers, where Lucid-employed clinical personnel will perform the EsoCheck procedure for
EsoGuard testing. We have hired personnel and leased medical office space to launch three pilot Lucid Test Centers in the Phoenix metropolitan
area. The next phase of this pilot program will be to establish an EsoGuard Telemedicine Program, in partnership with an independent
third-party telemedicine provider, UpScriptHealth, that can accommodate EsoGuard self-referrals from direct-to-consumer marketing.
Our
active clinical research and development program seeks to expand the clinical evidence of our products’ efficacy to support our
ongoing regulatory, reimbursement and commercial efforts. We are actively enrolling patients in two international multicenter clinical
trials to support FDA PMA approval of EsoGuard, used with EsoCheck, as an IVD indicated to detect NDBE. ESOGUARD-BE-1 is a screening
study which will enroll approximately 500 to 900 male GERD patients over 50 years of age with one other risk factor. ESOGUARD-BE-2 is
a case control study which will enroll approximately 500 male GERD patients with a previous diagnosis of NDBE, LGD, HGD, or EAC, along
with normal controls.
In
February 2020, we received FDA “Breakthrough Device Designation” for EsoGuard as an IVD device. The FDA Breakthrough Device
Program was created to offer patients more timely access to breakthrough technologies which provide for more effective treatment or diagnosis
of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating human disease or conditions by expediting their development, assessment and review through
enhanced communications and more efficient and flexible clinical study design, including more favorable pre/post market data collection
balance. Breakthrough Devices receive priority FDA review, and a bipartisan bill before Congress (H.R. 5333) seeks to require Medicare
to temporarily cover all Breakthrough Devices for three years while determining permanent coverage.
We
have received ISO 13485:2016 certification for Lucid’s quality management system and received CE Mark certification for EsoCheck
in May 2021 which allows it to be marketed in CE Mark European countries, which include the European Economic Area (the EU, Norway, Iceland,
and Lichtenstein), Switzerland, and, until July 1, 2023, the United Kingdom. In June 2021, we completed the European Directive
98/79/EC for In-Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices (“IVDD”) CE Mark certification for EsoGuard after Lucid and its European
Union (“EU”) authorized representative completed the Commission of the European Union (“EC”) declaration
of conformity procedure, including the associated technical documentation, ensuring and declaring EsoGuard meets the essential requirements
of the IVDD.
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Overview
- continued
Minimally
Invasive Interventions
CarpX
CarpX
is a minimally invasive surgical device for use in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome which received FDA 510(k) marketing clearance
in April 2020, with the first commercial procedure successfully performed in December 2020.
We
believe CarpX is designed to allow the physician to relieve the compression on the median nerve without an open incision or the need
for endoscopic or other imaging equipment. To use CarpX, the operator first advances a guidewire through the carpal tunnel under the
ligament, and then advanced over the wire and positioned in the carpal tunnel under ultrasonic and/or fluoroscopic guidance. When the
CarpX balloon is inflated it creates tension in the ligament positioning the cutting electrodes underneath it and creates space within
the tunnel, providing anatomic separation between the target ligament and critical structures such as the median nerve. Radiofrequency
energy is briefly delivered to the electrodes, rapidly cutting the ligament, and relieving the pressure on the nerve. We believe CarpX
will be significantly less invasive than existing treatments.
We
are commercializing CarpX through a network of independent U.S. sales representatives and/or inventory-stocking medical distributors
together with our in-house sales management and marketing teams. Our focus on CarpX, and other high margin products and services, is
particularly suitable to this mode of distribution. A high gross margin allows us to properly incentivize our distributors, which in
turn allows us to attract the top distributors with the most robust networks in our targeted specialties. Independent distributors play
an even larger role in many parts of Europe, most of Asia and emerging markets worldwide.
We
may eventually choose to build (or obtain through a strategic acquisition) our own sales and marketing team to commercialize CarpX, along
with some or all of our products, if it is in our long-term interests. We may also choose to enter into distribution agreements with
larger strategic partners whereby we take full responsibility for the manufacturing of CarpX but outsource some or all of its distribution
to a partner, particularly outside the United States, with its own robust distribution channels.
We
have received ISO 13485:2016 certification for PAVmed’s quality management system and received CE Mark certification for CarpX
in May 2021 which allows it to be marketed in CE Mark European countries, which include the European Economic Area (the EU, Norway, Iceland,
and Lichtenstein), Switzerland, and, until July 1, 2023, the United Kingdom.
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Overview
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Infusion
Therapy
PortIO
PortIO
is a novel, patented, implantable, intraosseous vascular access device which does not require accessing the central venous system and
does not have an indwelling intravascular component. It is designed to be highly resistant to occlusion and may not require regular flushing.
It features simplified, near-percutaneous insertion and removal, without the need for surgical dissection or radiographic confirmation.
It provides a near limitless number of potential access sites and can be used in patients with chronic total occlusion of their central
veins. The absence of an intravascular component will likely result in a very low infection rate.
Based
on encouraging animal data, we are preparing to initiate a long-term (60-day implant duration) first-in-human clinical study in dialysis
patients or those with poor venous access in Colombia, South America and intend to fulfill the likely FDA request for human clinical
data with a clinical safety study in the U.S. following FDA clearance of our Investigational Device Exemption (“IDE”) submission
to begin clinical testing in dialysis patients to support a future de novo regulatory submission.
NextFlo
NextFlo
is a patented, disposable, and highly accurate infusion platform technology including intravenous (“IV”) infusion sets and
disposable infusion pumps designed to eliminate the need for complex and expensive electronic infusion pumps for most of the estimated
one million infusions of fluids, medications and other substances delivered each day in hospitals and outpatient settings in the U.S.
NextFlo is designed to deliver highly accurate gravity-driven infusions independent of the height of the IV bag. It maintains constant
flow by incorporating a proprietary, passive, pressure-dependent variable flow-resistor consisting entirely of inexpensive, easy-to-manufacture
disposable mechanical parts. NextFlo testing has demonstrated constant flow rates across a wide range of IV bag heights, with accuracy
rates comparable to electronic infusion pumps.
We
are seeking a long-term strategic partnership or acquiror. We have been running a formal M&A process for NextFlo targeting strategic
and financial partners. Discussions and technologic diligence engagement with large strategic partners to license NextFlo technology
for disposable infusion pumps continue while PAVmed advances technology towards self-commercialization. We have initiated design freeze
verification testing in preparation for final verification and validation testing of NextFlo IV Infusion Set, to support FDA 510(k) submission
and clearance targeted for the first half of 2022.
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Overview
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Digital Health
Veris Health Inc.
In
May 2021, we formed Veris Health, which is our newest majority majority-owned subsidiary, focused on digital health technology.
Also in May 2021, Veris Health acquired Oncodisc Inc. (“Oncodisc”), a digital health company with groundbreaking
tools to improve personalized cancer care through remote patient monitoring.
Oncodisc
was founded by experienced physician entrepreneurs, James Mitchell, M.D., who joins Veris Health as its full-time Chief Medical
Officer, and Andrew Thoreson, M.D., who will serve as a Veris Health consultant. Oncodisc’s core technologies include the
first intelligent implantable vascular access port with biologic sensors and wireless communication, combined with an oncologist-designed
remote digital healthcare platform that provides patients and physicians with new tools to improve outcomes and optimize the delivery
of cost-effective care through remote monitoring and data analytics.
Oncodisc
was founded in 2018 by Mitchell, a radiation-oncologist, and Thoreson, an interventional radiologist, who previously co-founded Redsmith,
Inc., an interventional catheter company whose technology was acquired by C.R. Bard Inc., now BD Inc. (NYSE: BDX), in 2017. Oncodisc
received a National Science Foundation (“NSF”) Small Business Innovation Research (“SBIR”) grant award to support
its early work and completed both the MedTech Innovator Accelerator and UCSF Rosenman Institute Accelerator programs.
Its
groundbreaking vascular access port contains biologic sensors capable of generating continuous data on key physiologic parameters
known to predict adverse outcomes in cancer patients undergoing treatment. Wireless communication to the patient’s smartphone
and its cloud-based digital healthcare platform efficiently and effectively delivers actionable real time data to patients and
physicians. The technologies are the subject of multiple patent applications and one allowed patent awaiting final issuance. Veris Health
is targeting FDA 510(k) clearance of the intelligent implantable vascular access port and launch of the remote digital healthcare
platform for the last six months of 2022.
The
planned Veris Health business model seeks to generate 100% recurring revenue through oncology practice and hospital-based subscriptions.
These entities would purchase seats on the platform and pay a monthly remote monitoring charge to drive revenues from remote patient
monitoring and device implantation under existing CPT codes, as well as established CMS Oncology Care Model (OCM) bonuses and CMS Quality
Reporting Program incentives. Veris Health also anticipates strong demand for its intelligent implantable vascular access port
and remote monitoring platform from oncology biotherapeutic companies to support clinical trials of their novel immunotherapy and chemotherapy
agents with continuous physiologic data and transformative analytics.
Emerging
Innovations
Emerging
Innovations include a diversified and expanding portfolio of innovative products designed to address unmet clinical needs across a broad
range of clinical conditions. We are evaluating a number of these product opportunities and intellectual property covering a wide spectrum
of clinical conditions, which have either been developed internally or have been presented to us by clinician innovators and academic
medical institutions for consideration of a partnership to develop and commercialize these products. This collection of products includes,
without limitation, initiatives in non-invasive laser-based glucose monitoring, mechanical circulatory support cannulas, single-use ventilators
and resorbable pediatric ear tubes. In June 2020, we announced the execution of a letter of intent to consummate a series of agreements
to develop and utilize Canon Virginia’s commercial grade and scalable aqueous silk fibroin molding process to manufacture PAVmed’s
DisappEAR molded pediatric ear tubes for commercialization. Furthermore, we are exploring other opportunities to grow our business and
enhance shareholder value through the acquisition of pre-commercial or commercial stage products and/or companies with potential strategic
corporate and commercial synergies.
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Impact
of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Previously,
in December 2019, an outbreak of a novel strain of a coronavirus occurred. The coronavirus spread on a global basis to other countries,
including the United States. On March 11, 2020, the United Nations World Health Organization (“WHO”) declared a pandemic
resulting from the spread of the coronavirus, with such pandemic commonly referred to by its resulting illness, “COVID-19”.
The COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, and we continue to monitor the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the United States national
economy, the global economy, and our business.
The
COVID-19 pandemic may have an adverse impact on our operations, supply chains, and distribution systems and /or those of our contractors
of our laboratory partner, and increase our expenses, including as a result of impacts associated with preventive and precautionary measures
being taken, restrictions on travel, quarantine polices, and social distancing. Such adverse impact may include, for example, the inability
of our employees and /or those of our contractors or laboratory partner to perform their work or curtail their services provided to us.
We
expect the significance of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the extent of its effect on our consolidated financial condition and consolidated
operational results and cash flows, to be dictated by the success of United States and global efforts to mitigate the spread of and /or
to contain the coronavirus and the impact of such efforts.
In
addition, the spread of the coronavirus has disrupted the United States’ healthcare and healthcare regulatory systems which could
divert healthcare resources away from, or materially delay FDA approval with respect to our products.
Furthermore,
our clinical trials have been and may be further affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as site initiation and patient enrollment may be
delayed, for example, due to prioritization of hospital resources toward the virus and /or illness response, as well as travel restrictions
imposed by governments, and the inability to access clinical test sites for initiation and monitoring.
The
COVID-19 pandemic may have an adverse impact on the economies and financial markets of many countries, including the United States, resulting
in an economic downturn that could adversely affect demand for our products and services and /or our product candidates.
Although
we are continuing to monitor and assess the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, the ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
(or a similar health epidemic) is highly uncertain and subject to change, and therefore, its impact on our consolidated financial condition,
consolidated results of operations, and /or consolidated cash flows, the adverse impact could be material.
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Results
of Operations
Overview
Commercial
operations expenses
Commercial
operations expenses consist primarily of salaries and related costs for sales, sales operations, marketing, and payor reimbursement
personnel, along with advertising and promotion expenses. We
anticipate our commercial operations expenses will increase in the future, as we anticipate an increase in payroll and related expenses
related to the roll-out of our commercial sales and marketing operations as we execute on our business strategy.
General
and administrative expenses
General
and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and related costs for personnel, travel expenses, facility-related costs, professional
fees, accounting and legal services, consultants and expenses associated with obtaining and maintaining patents within our intellectual
property portfolio.
We
anticipate our general and administrative expenses will increase in the future, as we anticipate an increase in payroll and related expenses
related with the growth and expansion of our business operations objectives. We also anticipate continued expenses related to being a
public company, including audit, legal, regulatory, and tax-related services associated with maintaining compliance as a public company,
insurance premiums and investor relations costs.
Research
and development expenses
Research
and development expenses are recognized in the period they are incurred and consist principally of internal and external expenses incurred
for the research and development of our products, including:
●
consulting
costs charged to us by various external contract research organizations we contract with to conduct preclinical studies and engineering
studies;
●
salary
and benefit costs associated with our chief medical officer and engineering personnel;
●
costs
associated with regulatory filings;
●
patent
license fees;
●
cost
of laboratory supplies and acquiring, developing, and manufacturing preclinical prototypes;
●
product
design engineering studies; and
●
rental
expense for facilities maintained solely for research and development purposes.
We
plan to incur research and development expenses for the foreseeable future as we continue the development of our existing products as
well as new innovations. Our research and development activities are focused principally on obtaining FDA approvals and developing product
improvements or extending the utility of the lead products in our pipeline, including CarpX, EsoCheck and EsoGuard, along with advancing
our DisappEAR, PortIO, NextFlo, non-invasive glucose monitoring and digital health products through their respective development phase.
Other
Income and Expense, net
Other
income and expense, net, consists principally of changes in fair value of our convertible notes, losses on extinguishment of debt upon
repayment of such convertible notes; and interest expense with respect to one of our convertible notes.
Presentation of Dollar Amounts
All dollar amounts in this Item 2. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations are presented in thousands, if not otherwise noted as being
presented in millions, except for the number of shares and per share amounts.
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Results of Operations - continued
Three
months ended June 30, 2021 versus June 30, 2020
Commercial
operations expenses
In
the three months ended June 30, 2021, commercial operations costs were approximately $2.0 million as compared to $0.5 million for the
corresponding period in the prior year, with the $1.5 million increase principally resulting from: approximately $0.8 million
with respect to increased staffing in commercial operations, including sales, marketing, and payor reimbursement personnel,
along with higher stock-based compensation expense; and approximately $0.7 million with respect to increased consulting and professional
services fees.
General
and administrative expenses
In
the three months ended June 30, 2021, general and administrative costs were approximately $6.7 million as compared to $2.4 million for
the corresponding period in the prior year, with the $4.3 million increase principally related to:
●
approximately
$3.8 million increase in compensation related costs principally related to: increased staffing levels, higher stock-based compensation
expense; and
●
approximately
$0.4 million in consulting services related to patents, regulatory compliance, legal processes for contract review and public company
expenses; and
●
approximately
$0.1 million in general business expenses.
Research
and development expenses
In
the three months ended June 30, 2021, research and development costs were approximately $4.3 million, compared to $2.1 million for the
corresponding period in the prior year, with the $2.2 million increase principally related to:
●
approximately
$0.3 million increase in compensation related costs principally related to increased staffing levels, higher stock-based compensation
expense; and
●
approximately
$1.9 million in increased development costs and consulting fees with respect to CarpX, NextFlo, Port IO, EsoCure, EsoGuard, a glucose
monitoring project, and a digital health project.
Other
Income and Expense
Debt
forgiveness
In
the three months ended June 30, 2021, our PPP loan related to the CARES Act of $0.3 million was forgiven by the Small Business Administration.
No principal or interest payments were ever made and accordingly we recorded a gain of $0.3 million.
Change
in fair value of convertible debt
In
the three months ended June 30, 2020, non-cash income (expense) recognized for the change in the fair value of our convertible notes
was approximately $2.1 million of other income.
Loss
from Extinguishment of Debt
In
the prior year period of three months ended June 30, 2020, a loss from extinguishment of debt of approximately $2.7 million was recognized,
with such loss resulting from the difference between: the face value principal repayments and the corresponding payments of the interest
thereon; as compared to the fair value of the shares of our common stock issued upon conversion of such convertible note, with such fair
value measured as the respective issue date closing quoted price per share of our common stock.
See
Note 7, Debt , of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information with respect to the convertible
notes.
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Results of Operations - continued
Six
months ended June 30, 2021 versus June 30, 2020
Commercial
operations expenses
In
the six months ended June 30, 2021, commercial operations were approximately $3.4 million as compared to $0.8 million for the corresponding
period in the prior year, with the $1.8 million increase principally resulting from: approximately $1.6 million with respect
to increased staffing in commercial operations, including sales, marketing, and reimbursement personnel, along with higher stock-based
compensation expense; and approximately $1.0 million with respect to increased consulting and professional services fees.
General
and administrative expenses
In
the six months ended June 30, 2021, general and administrative costs were approximately $10.1 million as compared to $4.7 million for
the corresponding period in the prior year, with the $5.4 million increase was principally related to:
●
approximately
$4.7 million increase in compensation related costs principally related to: increased staffing levels, higher stock-based compensation
expense, and
●
approximately
$0.6 million in consulting services related to patents, regulatory compliance, legal processes for contract review and public company
expenses; and
●
approximately
$0.1 million in general business expenses.
Research
and development expenses
In
the six months ended June 30, 2021, research and development costs were approximately $7.6 million as compared to $4.7 million for the
corresponding period in the prior year, with the $2.9 million increase principally related to:
●
approximately
$0.4 million increase in compensation related costs principally related to increased staffing levels, higher stock-based compensation
expense; and
●
approximately
$2.5 million in increased development costs and consulting fees with respect to CarpX, NextFlo, Port IO, EsoCure, EsoGuard, a glucose
monitoring project and a digital health project.
Other
Income and Expense
Debt
forgiveness
In
the six months ended June 30, 2021, our PPP loan related to the CARES Act of $0.3 million was forgiven by the Small Business Administration.
No principal or interest payments were ever made and accordingly we recorded a gain of $0.3 million.
Change
in fair value of convertible debt
In
the six months ended June 30, 2021, the non-cash income (expense) recognized for the change in the fair value of our convertible notes
was approximately $1.7 million of other income, as compared to $5.9 million of other expense for the six months ended June 30,
2020. The change in the fair value adjustment of the convertible
notes is principally related to each of the convertible notes being repaid-in-full during the six months ended June 30, 2021, as discussed
herein below under “ Other Income and Expense - Loss from Extinguishment of Debt ”.
See
Note 6, Financial Instruments Fair Value Measurements , of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a further
discussion of the change in fair value of our convertible notes, and Note 7, Debt, of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements for a further discussion the Series A and Series B November 2019 Senior Convertible Notes.
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Six
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Loss
from Extinguishment of Debt
In
the six months ended June 30, 2021, a debt extinguishment loss in the aggregate of approximately $3.7 million was recognized in connection
with the convertible notes, as discussed below.
●
On
January 5, 2021, the repayment of the remaining face value principal of the November 2019 Senior Convertible Note of approximately
$956, along with the payment of interest thereon of approximately $7, were settled with the issuance of 667,668 shares of our common
stock, with a fair value of approximately $1,723 (with such fair value measured as the respective conversion date quoted closing
price of our common stock), resulting in the recognition of a loss from extinguishment of debt of approximately $760 in the six months
ended June 30, 2021; and,
●
On
January 30, 2021, we paid in cash a $350 partial principal repayment of the Senior Convertible Note dated April 30, 2020 (“April
2020 Senior Convertible Note”); and on March 2, 2021, we made a cash payment of approximately $14,466, resulting in the repayment-in-full
on such date of both the April 2020 Senior Convertible Note and the Senior Secured Convertible Note dated August 6, 2021, resulting
in the recognition of a loss from extinguishment of debt of approximately $2,955 in the six months ended June 30, 2021.
In
the prior year period of six months ended June 30, 2020, a loss from extinguishment of debt of approximately $3.9 million was recognized,
with such loss resulting from the difference between: the face value principal repayments and the corresponding payments of the interest
thereon; as compared to the fair value of the shares of our common stock issued upon conversion of such convertible note, with such fair
value measured as the respective issue date closing quoted price per share of our common stock.
See
Note 7, Debt , of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, for additional information with respect to the convertible
notes.
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