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Consolidated Financial Statements
+Added: Report of Independent Registered
+Added: Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID:
+Added: Consolidated Balance Sheets
+Added: as of December 31, 2022 and 2021
+Added: Consolidated Statements of
+Added: Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
+Added: Consolidated Statements of
+Added: Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
+Added: Consolidated Statements of
+Added: Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
+Added: Notes to Consolidated Financial
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
−Removed: Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020
−Removed: Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
−Removed: Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
−Removed: Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
−Removed: Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors
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(the “Company”) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements
−Removed: of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows, for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2021,
−Removed: and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”).
−Removed: In our opinion, the consolidated
−Removed: financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021
−Removed: and 2020, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31,
−Removed: 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows, for each of the two years in the period ended
+Added: December 31, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”).
+Added: In our opinion,
+Added: the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as
+Added: of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period
+Added: ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
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Total current assets
−Removed: Note receivable
−Removed: Investment in joint venture at fair value
+Added: Investment in joint ventures at fair value
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Stockholders’ equity
−Removed: Preferred stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively
+Added: Preferred stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized;
+Added: 2,000,000 and - 0 - shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 5,000,000 shares designated;
- 0 - shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and 2021
−Removed: Common stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 75,000,000 shares authorized, 23,974,546 and 13,438,535 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively
+Added: Series B Preferred Stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 2,000,000 shares designated;
+Added: - 0 - shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and 2021
+Added: Common stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized;
+Added: 1,302,113 and 959,009 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
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( 33,727,163 )
−Removed: Accumulated other comprehensive gain (loss)
+Added: Accumulated other comprehensive income
Total stockholders’ equity
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( 14,101,440 )
−Removed: Other income (expenses)
+Added: Other (expenses) income
+Added: Losses on marketable securities
+Added: Change in fair value of investments in joint ventures
+Added: Interest income
Other income (expenses), net
−Removed: Total other income (expenses)
+Added: Total other expenses
$ ( 11,371,953 )
$ ( 14,313,705 )
−Removed: Other comprehensive gain (loss)
+Added: Other comprehensive income
Foreign currency translation adjustment
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$ ( 14,280,768 )
+Added: Deemed dividend to Series B Preferred Stock being redeemed
+Added: Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders
+Added: $ ( 11,370,963 )
+Added: $ ( 14,280,768 )
Net loss per share applicable to common stockholders - basic and diluted
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’
−Removed: Cumulative Translation
−Removed: Total Stockholders’
+Added: Preferred Stock
+Added: Other Comprehensive
+Added: Stockholders’
Balance at December 31, 2020
$ ( 19,413,458 )
+Added: Issuance of common stock, common stock warrants and prefunded warrants (net of offering costs of $ 1,591,600 )
Issuance of common stock and warrants (net of offering costs of $ 572,500 )
−Removed: Issuance of common stock (net of offering costs of $ 525,000 )
−Removed: Cancellation of common stock
Warrant exercise
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( 33,727,163 )
−Removed: Issuance of common stock, common stock warrants and prefunded warrants (net of offering costs of $ 1,591,600 )
−Removed: Issuance of common stock and warrants (net of offering costs of $ 572,500 )
−Removed: Warrant exercise
Stock-based compensation
+Added: Issuance of common stock (net of offering costs of $ 1,014,896 )
+Added: Issuance of Series B preferred stock
+Added: Redemption of Series B preferred stock
+Added: ( 2,000,000 )
+Added: Fractional shares adjusted for reverse
Cumulative translation adjustment
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Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
−Removed: Depreciation expense
−Removed: Research and development-acquired license, expensed
+Added: Research and development – licenses acquired
+Added: Change in fair value of investments in joint ventures
Stock-based compensation
−Removed: Realized loss (gain) on marketable securities
−Removed: Unrealized loss (gain) on marketable securities
+Added: Realized loss on marketable equity securities
+Added: Unrealized (gain) loss on marketable equity securities
Loss on foreign currency exchange
−Removed: Changes in assets and liabilities:
+Added: Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses
−Removed: Accounts payable
+Added: Accounts payable and accrued
Net cash used in operating activities
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Cash flows from investing activities
−Removed: Purchase of investments in joint venture
Purchase of research and development licenses
−Removed: Purchase of marketable securities
−Removed: ( 2,556,135 )
−Removed: ( 2,300,015 )
−Removed: Purchase of convertible promissory note in Isoprene
−Removed: Sale of marketable securities
−Removed: Net cash used in investing activities
+Added: Purchase of marketable equity securities
( 2,556,135 )
+Added: Sale of marketable equity securities
+Added: Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
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Proceeds from issuance common stock, net of offering cost
+Added: Proceeds from issuance of Series B Preferred Stock
+Added: Redemption of Series B Preferred Stock
Proceeds from exercise of warrants
+Added: Proceeds from repayment of note receivable and interest received
Net cash provided by financing activities
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Net change in cash
+Added: ( 2,100,066 )
Cash, beginning of period
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Non-cash investing and financing activities
−Removed: Cancellation and retirement of common stock
+Added: Fractional shares adjusted for reverse split
The accompanying notes are an integral part
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The Company is focused on developing (i) a topical formulation for treating side effects from drugs used for the treatment of
−Removed: (ii) a treatment for mast-cell derived cancers and anaphylaxis;
−Removed: and (iii) a treatment and/or prevention for Alzheimer’s
−Removed: or other neuroinflammatory diseases.
−Removed: The Company also has preclinical assets being developed for (i) atopic dermatitis (also known as
−Removed: (ii) a treatment for asthma and allergies using inhalational administration;
−Removed: (iii) a treatment for lung diseases resulting from
−Removed: bacterial infections;
−Removed: and (iv) a treatment for inflammatory bowel diseases.
−Removed: In addition, the Company is developing a diagnostic device
−Removed: via a mobile device.
−Removed: The Company also has interests in certain other assets being developed by third parties (See Note 6 for a discussion
−Removed: of the Company’s agreement with Zylö Therapeutics, Inc.
+Added: cancer (HT-001);
+Added: (ii) a treatment for mast-cell derived cancers and anaphylaxis (HT-KIT);
+Added: (iii) a treatment for traumatic brain injury
+Added: and ischemic stroke (HT-TBI);
+Added: and (iv) a treatment and/or prevention for Alzheimer’s or other neuroinflammatory diseases (HT-ALZ).
+Added: We also have assets being developed for (i) atopic dermatitis (also known as eczema) (BioLexa);
+Added: (ii) a treatment for asthma and allergies
+Added: using inhalational administration (HT-004);
+Added: and (iii) a treatment for acne as well as inflammatory bowel diseases (HT-003).
+Added: we are continuing to evaluate a novel peptide that may be used to slow the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
+Added: In addition, the Company is developing
+Added: a diagnostic device via a mobile device.
+Added: The Company also has interests in certain other assets being developed by third parties (see
+Added: Note 6 for a discussion of the Company’s agreement with Zylö Therapeutics, Inc.
and Voltron Therapeutics, Inc.).
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or equity securities when needed is subject to many risks and uncertainties and, even if it were successful, future equity issuances
−Removed: would result in dilution to its existing stockholders and future debt securities may contain covenants that limit the Company’s
−Removed: operations or ability to enter into certain transactions.
−Removed: The Company’s current cash is sufficient
−Removed: to fund operations for at least the next 12 months from the date that these financial statements are available to be issued.
−Removed: the Company will need to raise additional funding through strategic relationships, public or private equity or debt financings, grants
−Removed: or other arrangements to develop and seek regulatory approvals for the Company’s existing and new product candidates.
−Removed: If such funding
−Removed: is not available, or not available on terms acceptable to the Company, the Company’s current development plan and plans for expansion
−Removed: of its general and administrative infrastructure may be curtailed.
+Added: may result in dilution to its existing shareholders and future debt securities may contain covenants that limit the Company’s operations
+Added: or ability to enter into certain transactions.
+Added: The Company believes its current cash is
+Added: sufficient to fund operations for at least the next 12 months from the issuance date of these financial statements.
+Added: Company will need to raise additional funding, through strategic relationships, public or private equity or debt financings, grants
+Added: or other arrangements, to develop and seek regulatory approvals for the Company’s current and future product candidates.
+Added: such funding is not available, or not available on terms acceptable to the Company, the Company’s current development plan and
+Added: plans for expansion of its general and administrative infrastructure may be curtailed.
+Added: On December 29, 2022, the Company entered into
+Added: a securities purchase agreement with an accredited investor pursuant to which it agreed to sell an aggregate of (i) 140,000 shares of
+Added: common stock, (ii) warrants (the “December Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 1,860,000 shares of common stock and (iii)
+Added: warrants (the “December Common Stock Warrants”) to purchase up to 2,500,000 shares of common stock at a purchase price of
+Added: $ 5.00 per share and accompanying warrant (less $0.001 for each December Pre-Funded Warrant and accompanying warrant) in a private placement
+Added: for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $ 10 million, exclusive of placement agent commission and fees and other offering expenses.
+Added: The closing of the offering occurred on January 3, 2023.
+Added: Each December Common Stock Warrant is exercisable for a period of five and one-half
+Added: years from the issuance date at an exercise price of $ 5.00 per share, subject to adjustment, and may, under certain circumstances, be
+Added: exercised on a cashless basis.
+Added: Each December Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable until exercised in full at an exercise price of $ 0.001
+Added: per share and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
+Added: In addition, pursuant to the terms of the offering, the Company issued H.C.
+Added: & Co., LLC warrants (“December Wainwright Warrants”) to purchase up to 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
+Added: The December Wainwright Warrants are exercisable for a period of five and one-half years from the issuance date at an exercise price of
+Added: $ 6.25 per share, subject to adjustment, and may, under certain circumstances, be exercised on a cashless basis.
+Added: Reverse Stock Split
+Added: On October 20, 2022, the Company filed a Certificate
+Added: of Change (the “Certificate of Change”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to effectuate a 1-for-25 reverse
+Added: stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of the Company’s issued and outstanding and authorized shares of common stock.
+Added: The Reverse Stock Split became effective on October 26, 2022.
+Added: Shareholders who otherwise would have been entitled to receive fractional
+Added: shares of common stock had their holdings rounded up to the next whole share.
+Added: All references to common stock, convertible preferred stock
+Added: conversion ratio, warrants to purchase common stock, options to purchase common stock, restricted stock units, restricted stock awards,
+Added: share data, per share data and related information contained in the consolidated financial statements have been retrospectively adjusted
+Added: to reflect the effect of the Reverse Stock Split for all periods presented.
Note 2-Significant accounting policies
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Concentrations of credit risk and off-balance
−Removed: Cash is a financial instrument that is potentially
−Removed: subject to concentrations of credit risk.
−Removed: The Company’s cash is deposited in accounts at large financial institutions, and amounts
−Removed: may exceed federally insured limits.
−Removed: The Company believes it is not exposed to significant credit risk due to the financial strength
−Removed: of the depository institutions in which the cash is held.
−Removed: The Company has no financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk of loss.
+Added: The Company has significant cash balances at financial institutions
+Added: which, throughout the year, regularly exceed the federally insured limit of $ 250,000 .
+Added: Any loss incurred or a lack of access to such funds
+Added: could have a significant adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
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use in pricing an asset or a liability.
+Added: The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which
+Added: would qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, approximates the carrying amounts represented in the Company’s balance
+Added: sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
The accounting guidance classifies fair value
measurements in one of the following three categories for disclosure purposes:
−Removed: Quoted prices
−Removed: in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
+Added: Quoted prices in active markets
+Added: for identical assets or liabilities.
Inputs other than Level 1
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Fair value option - Note receivable
−Removed: The guidance in ASC 825, Financial Instruments , provides a fair
−Removed: value option election that allows entities to make an irrevocable election of fair value as the initial and subsequent measurement attribute
−Removed: for certain eligible financial assets and liabilities.
−Removed: Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected
−Removed: are reported in earnings.
−Removed: The decision to elect the fair value option is determined on an instrument-by-instrument basis and must be applied
−Removed: to an entire instrument and is irrevocable once elected.
−Removed: Assets and liabilities measured at fair value pursuant to this guidance are required
−Removed: to be reported separately in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets from those instruments using another accounting method.
−Removed: Investment in joint venture
−Removed: Ownership interests in entities for which
−Removed: the Company has significant influence that are not consolidated are accounted for as equity method investments.
−Removed: Announcement:
−Removed: Accounting for Limited Partnership Investments (codified in ASC 323-30-S99-1) guidance requires the use of the equity
−Removed: method unless the investor’s interest “is so minor that the limited partner may have virtually no influence over
−Removed: partnership operating and financial policies.” The SEC staff’s position is that investments in limited partnerships of
−Removed: greater than 3 % to 5 % are considered more than minor and, therefore, should be accounted for using the equity method or fair value
−Removed: Investments accounted for using the equity method may be reported on a lag up to three months if financial statements of the
−Removed: investee are not available in sufficient time for the investor to apply the equity method as of the current reporting date.
−Removed: determination of whether an investee’s results are recorded on a lag is made on an investment-by-investment basis.
−Removed: investment in joint venture is further described in Note of 6 these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: The guidance in ASC 825, Financial Instruments ,
+Added: provides a fair value option election that allows entities to make an irrevocable election of fair value as the initial and subsequent
+Added: measurement attribute for certain eligible financial assets and liabilities.
+Added: Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair
+Added: value option has been elected are reported in earnings.
+Added: The decision to elect the fair value option is determined on an instrument-by-instrument
+Added: basis and must be applied to an entire instrument and is irrevocable once elected.
+Added: Assets and liabilities measured at fair value pursuant
+Added: to this guidance are required to be reported separately in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets from those instruments using
+Added: another accounting method.
+Added: Investment in joint ventures
+Added: Ownership interests in entities for which the
+Added: Company has significant influence that are not consolidated are accounted for as equity method investments.
+Added: SEC Staff Announcement:
+Added: for Limited Partnership Investments” (codified in ASC 323-30-S99-1) guidance requires the use of the equity method unless the investor’s
+Added: interest “is so minor that the limited partner may have virtually no influence over partnership operating and financial policies.”
+Added: The SEC staff’s position is that investments in limited partnerships of greater than 3 % to 5 % are considered more than minor and,
+Added: therefore, should be accounted for using the equity method or fair value option.
+Added: Investments accounted for using the equity method may
+Added: be reported on a lag up to three months if financial statements of the investee are not available in sufficient time for the investor
+Added: to apply the equity method as of the current reporting date.
+Added: The determination of whether an investee’s results are recorded on
+Added: a lag is made on an investment-by-investment basis.
+Added: This investment in joint ventures is further described in Note 6 of these consolidated
+Added: financial statements.
development costs
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Recent accounting pronouncements
−Removed: In December 2019, FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: “Income Taxes (Topic 740):
−Removed: Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”), which is intended to
−Removed: simplify various aspects related to accounting for income taxes.
−Removed: ASU 2019-12 removes certain exceptions to the general principles in
−Removed: Topic 740 and also clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application.
−Removed: This guidance is effective for fiscal years,
−Removed: and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted.
−Removed: The Company adopted
−Removed: ASU 2019-12 effective January 1, 2021, and the adoption did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Currently, management does not believe that any
+Added: recently issued, but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material impact on the Company’s
+Added: consolidated financial statements.
Note 3-License agreements
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The George Washington University
−Removed: Chelexa Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: and the University of Cincinnati
−Removed: University of Maryland and Isoprene Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
+Added: Isoprene Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
North Carolina State University
Virginia Commonwealth University
−Removed: University of Cincinnati
−Removed: Army Medical Research and Development Command
+Added: Chelexa Biosciences, Inc.
+Added: and the University of Cincinnati
Washington University
−Removed: On February 1, 2020 (“GW the Effective
−Removed: Date”), the Company entered into a patent license agreement with GW pursuant to which GW granted the Company a license to certain
−Removed: patent rights to, among other things, make, use, offer and sell certain licensed products throughout the world with respect to HT-001.
−Removed: On the GW Effective Date, the Company paid GW $2,500, and on February 27, 2020, the Company paid GW $10,000 as a license initiation fee.
−Removed: Until the first commercial sale of HT-001, the Company shall pay (i) $75,000 per year for the development and commercialization of HT-001,
−Removed: (ii) $2,000 for license maintenance fees on the first anniversary of the GW Effective Date and (iii) $5,000 for license maintenance fees
−Removed: commencing on the second anniversary of the GW Effective Date and thereafter.
−Removed: Furthermore, the Company shall be required to pay GW a
−Removed: sublicense fee equal to a certain percentage of the sum of payments plus the fair market value of all other consideration of any kind
−Removed: received by the Company from sublicensees during each quarter as follows:
−Removed: a 40% sublicense fee until the first anniversary of the GW
−Removed: Effective Date, a 30% sublicense fee until the third anniversary of the GW Effective Date and a 20% sublicense fee after the third anniversary
−Removed: of the GW Effective Date;
−Removed: provided, however, such sublicense fee shall exclude certain fees paid to the Company such as certain royalties,
−Removed: equity investments, loan proceeds and sponsored research funding.
−Removed: The Company shall also pay GW milestone payments of up to an aggregate
−Removed: of $90,000 and sales-based royalties at a low single digit percentage, subject to certain minimum royalty requirements.
−Removed: Effective as of June 1, 2019, the Company and
−Removed: GW entered into a sponsored research agreement (the “Sponsored Research Agreement”), as amended on July 29, 2019, May 29,
−Removed: 2020 and September 7, 2021, with respect to the exploration of the potential use of HT-001 for topical and/or systemic therapy to counter
−Removed: the dermatological related side-effects of Erlotinib therapy in cancer patients.
−Removed: The Sponsored Research Agreement shall terminate on
−Removed: May 31, 2022 unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of the agreement.
−Removed: On August 7, 2020 (the “GW Second Effective
−Removed: Date”), the Company entered into a second Patent License Agreement (the “GW Second Patent License Agreement”) with
−Removed: GW pursuant to which GW granted the Company an exclusive, worldwide, royalty bearing license to certain intellectual property that can
−Removed: be used to develop a breath based diagnostic device.
−Removed: The GW Second Patent License Agreement permits the Company to make, have made, use,
−Removed: import, offer for sale and sell Licensed Products (as defined in the GW Second Patent License Agreement) in the field of virus sensing
−Removed: and detection.
−Removed: The term of the GW Second Patent License Agreement shall continue until the later of:
−Removed: (a) the expiration or abandonment
−Removed: of the last patent to expire or become abandoned of the Patent Rights (as defined in the GW Second Patent License Agreement);
−Removed: ten years after the first Sale (as defined in the GW Second Patent License Agreement) of the first Licensed Product if no patent has
−Removed: issued from the Patent Rights, unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of the agreement.
−Removed: Pursuant to the GW Second Patent License
−Removed: Agreement, the Company shall pay GW:
−Removed: (i) an upfront license initiation fee, (ii) annual maintenance fees commencing on the first anniversary
−Removed: of the GW Second Effective Date, (iii) milestone payments ranging from the low to mid five figures, (iv) running royalty payments at
−Removed: a middle single digit percentage of Net Sales (as defined in the GW Second Patent License Agreement), (iv) quarterly minimum payments
−Removed: ranging from the low four figures for the first four quarters after the first sale to low five figures commencing three years after the
−Removed: first sale and (v) an annual diligence fee of high five figures.
−Removed: In addition, the Company has agreed to reimburse GW for certain past
−Removed: and future patent filing and prosecution costs.
−Removed: On September 17, 2020, the Company entered into
−Removed: a second Sponsored Research Agreement (the “Second Agreement”) with GW effective as of September 1, 2020 (the “Second
−Removed: Agreement Effective Date”).
−Removed: The Second Agreement relates to the development of a diagnostic device for the detection of SARS-CoV-2
−Removed: via a mobile device as an aid in the diagnosis of the COVID-19 infection.
−Removed: The Second Agreement was terminated on February 26, 2021.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, the
−Removed: Company paid $ 10,000 for license initiation fee, $ 10,000 for option exercise fee and approximately $ 15,000 patent related expense.
−Removed: Company also recorded an expense of approximately $ 134,000 related with warrants granted to GW pursuant to the GW Patent License Agreement
−Removed: and GW Second Patent License Agreement.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company
+Added: recorded an expense of approximately $ 53,000 for related to warrants granted to The George Washington University (“GW”) pursuant
+Added: to the patent license agreement with GW dated February 1, 2020 (“GW Patent License Agreement”) and the patent license agreement
+Added: with GW dated August 7, 2020 (“Second GW Patent License Agreement”).
+Added: The Company also recorded $ 14,000 the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2022 for a license maintenance fee.
During the year ended December 31, 2021, the
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and the Second GW Patent License Agreement.
−Removed: Chelexa Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: and the University
−Removed: of Cincinnati
−Removed: On May 14, 2020, the Company entered into an
−Removed: Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the “Assignment Agreement”) with Chelexa Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: (“Chelexa”) pursuant
−Removed: to which Chelexa assigned to the Company its rights and obligations in and liabilities under its license agreement with the University
−Removed: of Cincinnati dated February 27, 2013 (as amended, the “University of Cincinnati License Agreement”).
−Removed: In consideration for
−Removed: the assignment, the Company agreed to forgive all amounts due to it by Chelexa and to pay to Chelexa certain royalty payments.
−Removed: In connection with the Assignment Agreement,
−Removed: on May 14, 2020, the Company entered into a novation agreement (the “Novation Agreement”) with Chelexa and the University
−Removed: of Cincinnati pursuant to which the parties agreed that the Company would be substituted in place of Chelexa with respect to the rights
−Removed: and obligations of Chelexa set forth in the University of Cincinnati License Agreement.
−Removed: In connection with the Assignment Agreement,
−Removed: on May 14, 2020, the Company entered into a royalty agreement (the “Royalty Agreement”) with Chelexa pursuant to which the
−Removed: Company shall pay Chelexa sales-based royalties at percentages which range from mid to high single digits, with high sales volumes being
−Removed: subject to lower royalty rates and total milestone payments of $ 3.5 million.
−Removed: Pursuant to the University of Cincinnati License
−Removed: Agreement, the Company was granted an exclusive license to make, use, have made, import, offer for sale, and sell products based upon
−Removed: or involving the use of (i) topical compositions comprising a zinc chelator and gentamicin and (ii) zinc chelators to inhibit biofilm
−Removed: formation (the “BioLexa Platform” or “BioLexa”).
−Removed: In addition, the University of Cincinnati granted the Company
−Removed: the right to issue exclusive and nonexclusive sublicenses (with the right to further sublicense to third parties) to make, use, have
−Removed: made, import, offer for sale, and sell products based upon the BioLexa Platform.
−Removed: The term of such agreement will expire on the later
−Removed: of April 16, 2034 and the last to expire patent in the patent rights granted to the Company (the “Term”).
−Removed: The Company shall,
−Removed: in its sole discretion, have the first right of refusal to renew the Term.
−Removed: The Company is subject to total milestone payments of $ 6,000 ,
−Removed: royalty payments, annual license maintenance fees, and has agreed to pay the University of Cincinnati for certain out-of-pocket expenses
−Removed: including, but not limited to, payments for patent prosecution.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2021, the
−Removed: Company paid $ 2,500 for the annual license maintenance fee and $ 5,000 for the yearly minimum annual royalty fee.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, the
−Removed: Company paid a total of $ 2,500 for the annual license maintenance fee, $ 5,000 for the yearly minimum annual royalty fee and approximately
−Removed: $ 2,000 for patent expense reimbursement.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the Company accrued a $ 7,500 for an upfront license payment.
−Removed: was made in 2021.
−Removed: University of Maryland and Isoprene Pharmaceuticals,
−Removed: On July 30, 2020 (the “Isoprene Effective
−Removed: Date”), the Company entered into a Sublicense Agreement (the “Isoprene Sublicense Agreement”) with Isoprene Pharmaceuticals,
−Removed: (“Isoprene”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Isoprene Sublicense Agreement, Isoprene granted the Company an exclusive sublicense to
−Removed: certain intellectual property (i) to make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell and import certain licensed products, (ii) in connection
−Removed: therewith, to use certain inventions and licensed materials and (iii) to practice the Patent Rights (as defined in the Isoprene Sublicense
−Removed: Agreement) for the treatment of dermatological conditions or diseases.
−Removed: The Isoprene Sublicense Agreement will continue on a country-by-country
−Removed: basis until the expiration of the last to expire of the Patent Rights in such country, unless earlier terminated pursuant to the Isoprene
−Removed: Sublicense Agreement (the “Isoprene Term”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Isoprene Sublicense Agreement, the Company shall pay Isoprene,
−Removed: among other things, (i) a license fee, (ii) a royalty rate at a middle single digit percentage, (iii) milestone payments of up to $ 1,375,000
−Removed: and (iv) revenue interest at a low single digit percentage based on the net revenue of covered products sold by Isoprene during the Isoprene
−Removed: On December 2, 2020, the Company entered into
−Removed: an option agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with Isoprene, pursuant to which the Company had an exclusive option, until
−Removed: June 2, 2021, to negotiate an exclusive, royalty-bearing and limited term license with respect to certain previously sublicensed intellectual
−Removed: property for the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, which
−Removed: option was exercised on July 2, 2021.This Option Agreement is based upon and expands the fields of use in which the Company can license
−Removed: certain Isoprene intellectual property that is the subject of the Company’s existing Sublicense Agreement, dated July 30, 2020,
−Removed: with Isoprene, and the Master License Agreement, dated July 8, 2020, by and between Isoprene and the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, the
−Removed: Company paid $ 10,000 for the license fee and $ 20,000 for the option exercise fee.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2020, the Company accrued a $ 5,000
−Removed: for an upfront license payment.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2021, the
−Removed: Company paid $ 15,000 for the license fee.
+Added: Isoprene Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
+Added: During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021,
+Added: the Company paid $ 0 and $ 15,000 , respectively, for the license fee associated with the sublicense agreement by and between the Company
+Added: and Isoprene Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
+Added: dated July 30, 2020.
North Carolina
State University
−Removed: On February 25, 2021 (the “Effective Date”),
−Removed: the Company entered into a License Agreement (the “License Agreement”) with North Carolina State University (“NC State”)
−Removed: pursuant to which NC State granted the Company an exclusive, worldwide, royalty bearing license to certain intellectual property to,
−Removed: among other things, discover, develop, make, have made, use and sell certain licensed products and sell, use and practice certain licensed
−Removed: services with respect to cancer and anaphylaxis.
−Removed: The License Agreement commenced on the Effective Date and continues until the later
−Removed: of (i) the date of expiration of the last to expire patents rights licensed pursuant to such agreement, including any renewals or extensions
−Removed: thereof and (ii) expiration of any market exclusivity period granted for a licensed product by the applicable regulatory agency.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company
+Added: paid approximately $ 28,000 for the license fee associated with the license agreement by and between the Company and North Carolina State
+Added: University dated February 25, 2021.
During the year ended December 31, 2021, the
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Commonwealth University
−Removed: On May 18, 2020 (the “VCU Effective Date”),
−Removed: the Company entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “VCU License Agreement”) with the Virginia Commonwealth University
−Removed: Intellectual Property Foundation (“VCU”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the VCU License Agreement, VCU granted the Company an exclusive, royalty
−Removed: bearing license to a novel peptide developed by researchers at VCU that may be used to slow the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (the “VCU
−Removed: Licensed Patent”) and a non-exclusive royalty bearing, worldwide license with respect to the Licensed Technical Information Patents
−Removed: (as defined in the VCU License Agreement) to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell and import the Licensed Products (as defined in
−Removed: the VCU License Agreement) and perform the Licensed Services (as defined in the VCU License Agreement).
−Removed: The VCU License Agreement commenced
−Removed: on the VCU Effective Date and shall continue until the expiration of the last to expire VCU Licensed Patent unless terminated earlier
−Removed: pursuant to the terms of the agreement.
−Removed: Pursuant to the VCU License Agreement, the Company shall pay VCU:
−Removed: (i) an upfront license issue
−Removed: fee, (ii) running royalty payments at a low single digit percentage of Net Sales (as defined in the VCU License Agreement), (iii) annual
−Removed: maintenance fees commencing on the first anniversary of the VCU Effective Date, (iv) annual minimum payments ranging from the mid five
−Removed: figures to low six figures commencing on the second anniversary of the VCU Effective Date and (v) milestone payments ranging from the
−Removed: mid five figures to low six figures.
−Removed: In addition, the Company has agreed to reimburse VCU for certain patent filing and prosecution costs.
−Removed: On June 29, 2020, the Company entered into a
−Removed: Sponsored Project Agreement (the “VCU Sponsored Project Agreement”) with VCU for the development of a potential COVID-19
−Removed: treatment using the license to a novel peptide granted to the Company by VCU.
−Removed: The VCU Sponsored Project Agreement was amended on April
−Removed: 28, 2021 to extend the period of research and to add an additional scope of investigation to include the variants of SARS-CoV-2.
−Removed: In May 2020, the Company paid the signing fee
−Removed: of $ 50,000 upon execution of the VCU License Agreement.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2021, the
−Removed: Company paid $ 30,000 for annual maintenance fees.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company
−Removed: accrued $ 285,000 for five years of annual minimum payments and $ 30,000 for annual maintenance fees.
−Removed: The University of Cincinnati
−Removed: On May 18, 2018, the Company entered into an
−Removed: exclusive license agreement with the University of Cincinnati for a patented, novel genetic marker for food allergies.
−Removed: The genetic marker
−Removed: licensed by the Company from the University of Cincinnati may be used to (i) identify at risk infants in predicting food allergies, including
−Removed: peanut and milk allergies, (ii) identify a person’s predisposition to an allergic reaction, thereby avoiding such reaction and
−Removed: (iii) determine an individual’s propensity to develop atopic dermatitis, such as eczema.
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the exclusive
−Removed: license agreement, the Company paid the University of Cincinnati a minimum annual royalty fee of $ 5,000 and agreed to pay the University
−Removed: of Cincinnati an annual license fee of $ 5,000 initially due and payable within 30 days of the one year anniversary of the exclusive license
−Removed: agreement and every year thereafter and milestone payments of up to $ 120,000 .
−Removed: The exclusive license agreement was terminated by the Company
−Removed: on October 22, 2021.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2021, the
−Removed: Company paid $ 5,000 for the annual license maintenance fee and $ 5,000 for the yearly minimum annual royalty fee.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, the
−Removed: Company paid a total of $ 5,000 for the annual license maintenance fee, $ 5,000 for the yearly minimum annual royalty.
−Removed: As of December 31,
−Removed: 2020, the Company accrued a $ 10,500 for an upfront license payment.
−Removed: The payment was made in 2021.
−Removed: Army Medical Research and Development
−Removed: On December 11, 2020, the Company entered into
−Removed: a commercial evaluation license agreement with U.S.
−Removed: Army Medical Research and Development Command (“USAMRDC”).
−Removed: This agreement
−Removed: was amended on January 12, 2021 to clarify that the license entered into is with Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, a subsidiary
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021,
+Added: the Company paid $ 0 and $ 30,000 , respectively, for annual maintenance fees associated with the exclusive license agreement between the
+Added: Company and Virginia Commonwealth University Intellectual Property Foundation.
As of December 31, 2022, the Company accrued
−Removed: a $ 2,000 for an upfront license payment.
−Removed: The payment was made in January 2021.
+Added: $ 150,000 for five years of annual minimum payments and $ 125,000 for annual maintenance fees.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, the Company accrued
+Added: $ 285,000 for five years of annual minimum payments and $ 30,000 for annual maintenance fees.
+Added: Chelexa Biosciences, Inc.
+Added: and the University
+Added: of Cincinnati
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company
+Added: paid $ 2,500 for the annual license maintenance fee and $ 5,000 for the yearly minimum annual royalty fee associated with the Assignment
+Added: and Assumption Agreement by and between the Company and Chelexa Biosciences dated May 14, 2020.
Note 4-Note Receivable
−Removed: Pursuant to Isoprene Sublicense Agreement dated
−Removed: July 30, 2020, the Company made an investment of $ 50,000 in Isoprene in the form of a convertible promissory note (the “Isoprene
−Removed: Note”) on September 10, 2020.
−Removed: The Isoprene Note matures on September 10, 2022 and accrues interest at a rate equal to the lower
−Removed: (i) the highest lawful rate permitted under applicable law and (ii) 6% per annum.
−Removed: The Isoprene Note may not be prepaid without the
−Removed: prior written consent of the Company.
−Removed: In the event a Qualified Financing (as defined below) occurs before the Isoprene Note is repaid
−Removed: in full or the conversion of such note pursuant to a Change of Control (as defined in the Isoprene Note) transaction, the Isoprene Note
−Removed: may be converted into such number of convertible preferred stock issued in the Qualified Financing equal to the balance of such note
−Removed: divided by the Capped Conversion Price (as defined below).
−Removed: “Qualified Financing” means the first sale of Isoprene’s
−Removed: convertible preferred in a private financing that results in gross proceeds of at least $5 million.
−Removed: “Capped Conversion Price”
−Removed: means the lesser of (i) the per share or unit price in the Qualified Financing and (ii) an amount determined by dividing (A) $15 million
−Removed: by (B) the fully diluted capitalization Isoprene immediately prior to the conversion of the Isoprene Note.
−Removed: In the event a Change of Control
−Removed: occurs before the Isoprene Note is repaid in full or the conversion of such note pursuant to a Qualified Financing, the Isoprene Note
−Removed: may be converted into such number of shares of Isoprene’s common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the balance
−Removed: of the Isoprene Note by (ii) two times the fair market value of a share of Isoprene common stock as set for in the acquisition agreement
−Removed: pertaining to such Change of Control.
−Removed: Note 5—Investments in Marketable Securities
+Added: Pursuant to the sublicense agreement dated
+Added: July 30, 2020 by and between the Company and Isoprene Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
+Added: (“Isoprene”), the Company made an investment
+Added: of $ 50,000 in Isoprene in the form of a convertible promissory note (the “Isoprene Note”) on September 10, 2020.
+Added: Isoprene Note was due to mature on September 10, 2022 and accrued interest at a rate equal to the lower of:
+Added: (i) the highest lawful
+Added: rate permitted under applicable law and (ii) 6 % per annum.
+Added: The Isoprene Note could not be prepaid without the prior written consent
+Added: of the Company;
+Added: provided, however, that if the Isoprene Note had not been converted in connection with a Qualified Financing (as
+Added: defined herein) or a Change of Control (as defined in the Isoprene Note) by the two year anniversary of the date of the issuance of
+Added: the Isoprene Note, Isoprene could elect, in its sole discretion, to repay the Isoprene Note and any accrued interest thereon.
+Added: event a Qualified Financing occurred before the Isoprene Note was repaid in full on the maturity date or the conversion of such note
+Added: pursuant to a Change of Control, the Isoprene Note could be converted into such number of convertible preferred stock issued in the
+Added: Qualified Financing equal to the balance of such note divided by the Capped Conversion Price.
+Added: “Qualified Financing”
+Added: means the first sale of Isoprene’s convertible preferred stock in a private financing that results in gross proceeds of at
+Added: least $ 5 million.
+Added: “Capped Conversion Price” means the lesser of (i) the per share or unit price in the Qualified
+Added: Financing and (ii) an amount determined by dividing (A) $ 15 million by (B) the fully diluted capitalization of Isoprene immediately
+Added: prior to the conversion of the Isoprene Note.
+Added: In the event a Change of Control occurred before the Isoprene Note was repaid in full
+Added: on the maturity date or the conversion of such note pursuant to a Qualified Financing, the Isoprene Note could be converted into
+Added: such number of shares of Isoprene’s common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the balance of the Isoprene
+Added: Note by (ii) two times the fair market value of a share of Isoprene common stock as set for in the acquisition agreement pertaining
+Added: to such Change of Control.
+Added: As of the maturity date of the Isoprene Note, neither a Qualified Financing nor a Change of Control had
+Added: occurred, and the Isoprene Note of $ 50,000 and accrued interest of approximately $ 6,000 was paid off on October 21, 2022.
+Added: Note 5-Investments in Marketable Equity Securities
The realized gain or loss, unrealized gain or
−Removed: loss, and dividend income related to marketable securities for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, which are recorded as a component
−Removed: of other income (expenses) on the consolidated statements of operations, are as follows:
+Added: loss, and dividend income related to marketable equity securities for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, which are recorded
+Added: as a component of other income (expenses) on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, are as follows:
For the Years Ended
−Removed: Unrealized gain
+Added: Unrealized gain (loss)
$ ( 176,974 )
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Dividend income
−Removed: Interest income
$ ( 386,909 )
−Removed: Note 6—Fair Value of Financial Assets
−Removed: and Liabilities
−Removed: The following table presents the Company’s
+Added: $ ( 152,682 )
+Added: Note 6-Fair Value of Financial Assets and
+Added: The following tables present the Company’s
assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value at December 31, 2022 and 2021:
Fair value measured at December 31, 2022
−Removed: Quoted prices
−Removed: Significant other
−Removed: observable inputs
Marketable securities - mutual funds
−Removed: Investment in joint venture
+Added: Investment in joint ventures
Note receivable - current
Fair value measured at December 31, 2021
−Removed: Quoted prices
−Removed: Significant other
−Removed: observable inputs
Marketable securities - mutual funds
−Removed: Investment in joint venture
−Removed: Note receivable
−Removed: Investment in joint venture
+Added: Investment in joint ventures
+Added: Note receivable - current
+Added: Level 3 Measurement
+Added: The following table sets forth a summary of the
+Added: changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
+Added: Investment in joint ventures at fair value at December 31, 2020
+Added: Investment in joint ventures at fair value at December 31, 2021
+Added: Change in fair value of investments in joint ventures
+Added: Investment in joint ventures at fair value at December 31, 2022
+Added: Investment in joint ventures
The Company has elected to measure the investment
−Removed: in joint venture using the fair value option at each reporting date.
+Added: in joint ventures using the fair value option at each reporting date.
Under the fair value option, bifurcation of an embedded derivative
is not necessary, and all related gains and losses on the host contract and derivative due to change in the fair value will be reflected
−Removed: in interest income and other, net in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: in interest income and other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
The value at which the Company’s investment
−Removed: in joint venture is carried on its books is adjusted to estimated fair value at the end of each quarter, taking into account general
+Added: in joint ventures is carried on its books is adjusted to estimated fair value at the end of each quarter, taking into account general
economic and stock market conditions and those characteristics specific to the underlying investments.
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to form a joint venture entity named HaloVax, LLC (“HaloVax”) to jointly develop potential product candidates for the prevention
−Removed: of COVID-19 based upon certain technology that had been exclusively licensed by Voltron from The General Hospital Corporation (d/b/a
−Removed: Massachusetts General Hospital).
+Added: of COVID-19 based upon certain technology that had been exclusively licensed by Voltron from The General Hospital Corporation (d/b/a Massachusetts
+Added: General Hospital).
Pursuant to the Development and Royalty Agreement, the Company is entitled to receive sales-based royalties.
−Removed: In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Development and Royalty Agreement, on March 23, 2020, the Company and HaloVax entered into
−Removed: a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company purchased 5% of HaloVax’s outstanding membership interests
−Removed: for $250,000 on March 27, 2020 (the “Initial Closing Date”) and had the option to purchase up to an additional 25% of HaloVax’s
−Removed: membership interests (for $3,000,000 (inclusive of the $250,000)), which option expired 30 days after the Initial Closing Date.
−Removed: 28, 2020, the Company entered into a membership interest purchase agreement to purchase 1% of HaloVax’s outstanding membership
−Removed: interest for a purchase price of $100,000.
−Removed: No change in fair value occurred during the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: pursuant to the terms of the Development and Royalty Agreement, on March 23, 2020, the Company and HaloVax entered into a Membership Interest
+Added: Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company purchased 5 % of HaloVax’s outstanding membership interests for $ 250,000 on March
+Added: 27, 2020 (the “Initial Closing Date”) and had the option to purchase up to an additional 25 % of HaloVax’s membership
+Added: interests (for $ 3,000,000 (inclusive of the $ 250,000 )), which option expired 30 days after the Initial Closing Date.
+Added: On May 28, 2020,
+Added: the Company entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement to purchase 1 % of HaloVax’s outstanding membership interest for
+Added: a purchase price of $ 100,000 .
+Added: During the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company identified indicators
+Added: of impairment for the HaloVax investment as a result of adverse changes in HaloVax’s business operations, including liquidity concerns.
+Added: As a result, the Company recorded an impairment charge of approximately $ 0.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.
+Added: The investment
+Added: in HaloVax was valued at $ 0 and $ 350,000 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.
Investment in Zylö
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Class B common stock for $ 60,000 .
−Removed: No change in fair value occurred during the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: No change in fair value occurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
On December 8, 2021,
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Company (i) a low single digit percent of the Net Sales (as defined in the Exclusive Sublicense Agreement) of HT-005 in the event HT-005
−Removed: is sold in the Territory and (ii) a low double digit percent of any royalty that Zylö receives through the sublicense to a third
−Removed: party based on Net Sales of HT-005 in the Territory which payments shall continue in each country in the Territory until expiration of
−Removed: the last-to-expire Valid Claim (as defined in the Exclusive Sublicense Agreement).
−Removed: Note receivable
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of the
−Removed: Isoprene Note was measured at $ 50,000 , taking into consideration cost of the investment, market participant inputs, market conditions,
−Removed: liquidity, operating results and other qualitative and quantitative factors.
−Removed: No change in fair value was recorded during the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2021.
+Added: is sold in the Territory and (ii) a low double digit percent of any royalty that Zylö receives through the sublicense to a third-party
+Added: based on Net Sales of HT-005 in the Territory which payments shall continue in each country in the Territory until expiration of the
+Added: last-to-expire Valid Claim (as defined in the Exclusive Sublicense Agreement).
+Added: Zylö conducted a 409A valuation of their Class B
+Added: common stock and valued its share price at $ 0.15 per share.
+Added: This value was ratified by Zylö’s board of directors in December
+Added: Therefore, the Company recorded approximate $ 27,000 in unrealized loss on this investment during the second quarter of 2022.
+Added: investment in Zylö was valued at $ 33,000 and $ 60,000 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Note 7-Stockholders’ Equity
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As of December
−Removed: 31, 2021, 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s preferred stock has been designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
+Added: 31, 2022, 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s preferred stock has been designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 2,000,000
+Added: shares of the Company’s preferred stock has been designated as Series B Preferred Stock.
+Added: Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
The shares of Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock are not mandatorily redeemable and do not embody an unconditional obligation to settle in a variable number of equity shares.
−Removed: such, the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are classified as permanent equity on the balance sheets.
+Added: such, the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are classified as permanent equity on the consolidated balance sheets.
contingent redemption right in the event of certain deemed liquidation events does not preclude permanent equity classification.
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preferred stock host instrument and therefore was not bifurcated from the equity host.
+Added: Series B Preferred Stock
+Added: On November 2, 2022, the Company filed a Certificate
+Added: of Designation of the Series B Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) with the Secretary of State of the State
+Added: of Nevada to create a new class of Series B Preferred Stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”).
+Added: The Certificate of Designation designated 2,000,000 shares of authorized preferred stock as Series B Preferred Stock.
+Added: The Series B Preferred
+Added: Stock were not entitled to receive dividends or any other distributions.
+Added: The Series B Preferred Stock were entitled to ten votes per
+Added: share and voted together with the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock as a single class exclusively with respect
+Added: to the Authorized Stock Increase (as defined herein).
+Added: The Series B Preferred Stock had no rights as to any distribution or assets of
+Added: the Company upon a liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, merger, acquisition, sale, dissolution or winding up of the Company.
+Added: outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock were redeemed in whole an aggregate price of $10automatically and effective immediately
+Added: after the effectiveness of the Authorized Stock Increase.
+Added: On November 2, 2022, the Company entered into
+Added: a Subscription and Investment Representation Agreement with an investor pursuant to which the Company issued and sold 2,000,000 shares
+Added: of its newly designated Series B Preferred Stock to such purchaser for an aggregate purchase price of $ 1,000 .
+Added: On December 12, 2022, the Company’s shareholders
+Added: approved the an increase to the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 3,000,000 to 50,000,000 shares (the
+Added: “Authorized Stock Increase”).
+Added: On December 13, 2022, upon filing a Certificate of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation,
+Added: as amended, to increase its authorized shares of common stock, the Series B Preferred Stock was automatically redeemed for an aggregate
Common Shares
−Removed: On February 5, 2020, the Company issued 12,500
−Removed: shares of common stock upon exercise of warrants issued to an investor on January 19, 2018, which resulted in gross proceeds of $ 12,500 .
−Removed: On March 6, 2020, the Company issued 25,000 shares
−Removed: of common stock upon exercise of warrants issued to an investor on December 14, 2017, which resulted in gross proceeds of $ 25,000 .
−Removed: On May 18, 2020, the Company issued 6,250 shares
−Removed: of common stock upon exercise of warrants issued to an investor on February 2, 2018, which resulted in gross proceeds of $ 6,250 .
−Removed: On June 3, 2020, the Company issued 12,500 shares
−Removed: of common stock upon exercise of warrants issued to an investor on November 20, 2017, which resulted in gross proceeds of $ 12,500 .
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2020, the
−Removed: Company issued an aggregate of 9,984 shares of the Company’s common stock to members of the Company’s Board for services
−Removed: Public Offering of Securities
−Removed: On March 24, 2020 (the “UA Effective Date”),
−Removed: the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd.
−Removed: (“Laidlaw”), the representative
−Removed: of the underwriters, relating to a best efforts underwritten public offering of 1,449,275 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock at a public offering price of $ 3.45 per Share.
−Removed: The Company received net proceeds of approximately $ 4.2 million, after deducting
−Removed: the underwriting discount and offering expenses.
−Removed: In connection with the offering, on March 26,
−Removed: 2020, the Company issued Laidlaw warrants to purchase up to 72,464 shares of the Company’s common stock.
−Removed: The warrants are exercisable
−Removed: for a period of five years from the UA Effective Date at a price per share equal to $4.14, subject to adjustment, and may be exercised
−Removed: on a cashless basis.
−Removed: The Company reimbursed Laidlaw for certain of its out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the offering.
−Removed: On May 21, 2020, the Company entered into an
−Removed: underwriting agreement with The Benchmark Company, LLC (“Benchmark”), as representative of the several underwriters, relating
−Removed: to the public offering of 1,818,182 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price to the public of $ 2.75 per share.
−Removed: received net proceeds of approximately $ 4.5 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and offering expenses.
−Removed: In connection with the offering, on May 27, 2020
−Removed: (the “Benchmark Issue Date”), the Company issued Benchmark warrants to purchase up to 90,909 shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock.
−Removed: The warrants are exercisable for a period of five years commencing six months from the Benchmark Issue Date at a price
−Removed: per share equal to $ 2.75 , subject to adjustment, and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
+Added: On December 12, 2022, shareholders of the Company
+Added: approved an increase to the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 3,000,000 shares to 50,000,000 shares,
+Added: and on December 13, 2022, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to effectuate such
Securities Purchase Agreements
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a securities purchase agreement with certain accredited investors pursuant to which the Company offered and sold to the investors an
−Removed: aggregate of 2,475,248 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase up to 1,237,624 shares of common stock in a private placement
−Removed: for aggregate net proceeds to the Company of $ 4.6 million, after deducting estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.
+Added: aggregate of 99,010 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase up to 49,505 shares of common stock in a private placement for
+Added: aggregate net proceeds to the Company of $ 4.6 million, after deducting estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.
purchase price for each share of common stock and accompanying warrant to purchase one half of a share of common stock was $ 50.50 .
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an exercise price of $ 56.25 per share, subject to adjustment, and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
−Removed: In addition, pursuant to the terms
−Removed: of the offering, the Company issued The Benchmark Company, LLC (“Benchmark”) warrants to purchase up to 185,644 shares of
−Removed: the Company’s common stock.
+Added: In addition, pursuant to the
+Added: terms of the offering, the Company issued The Benchmark Company, LLC (“Benchmark”) warrants to purchase up to 7,426 shares
+Added: of the Company’s common stock.
Benchmark’s warrants are exercisable for a period of five years from the closing date of the
offering at an exercise price of $ 56.25 per share, subject to adjustment, and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
−Removed: On March 8, 2021, the Company entered into a
−Removed: securities purchase agreement with certain institutional and accredited investors pursuant to which it offered and sold to the investors
−Removed: 6,826,962 shares of common stock, pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 767,975 shares of common
−Removed: stock and warrants (the “Common Stock Warrants”) to purchase up to 7,594,937 shares of common stock in a private placement
−Removed: for aggregate net proceeds to the Company of $ 13.5 million, after deducting estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.
−Removed: purchase price for each share of common stock and accompanying warrant was $ 1.975 .
+Added: On March 8, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement
+Added: with certain institutional and accredited investors pursuant to which it offered and sold to the investors 273,079 shares of common stock,
+Added: pre-funded warrants (the “March Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 30,719 shares of common stock and warrants (the “March
+Added: Common Stock Warrants”) to purchase up to 303,798 shares of common stock in a private placement for aggregate net proceeds to the
+Added: Company of $ 13.5 million, after deducting estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.
+Added: The combined purchase price for each share
+Added: of common stock and accompanying warrant was $ 49.375 .
The closing of the offering occurred on March 10, 2021.
−Removed: Each Common Stock Warrant is exercisable for a period of three years from the issuance date at an exercise price of $ 1.86 per share,
−Removed: subject to adjustment, and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
−Removed: Each Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable until exercised in full at an
−Removed: exercise price of $ 0.001 per share and may be exercised by means of a cashless exercise.
+Added: Each March Common Stock
+Added: Warrant is exercisable for a period of three years from the issuance date at an exercise price of $ 46.50 per share, subject to adjustment,
+Added: and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
+Added: Each March Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable until exercised in full at an exercise price of
+Added: $ 0.025 per share and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
+Added: In addition, pursuant to the terms of the offering, the Company issued H.C.
+Added: Wainwright & Co., LLC warrants (“March Wainwright Warrants”) to purchase up to 15,190 shares of the Company’s common
+Added: The March Wainwright Warrants are exercisable for a period of three years from the issuance date at an exercise price of $ 61.72
+Added: per share, subject to adjustment, and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
+Added: On December 29, 2022, the Company entered into a securities purchase
+Added: agreement with an accredited investor pursuant to which it agreed to sell an aggregate of (i) 140,000 shares of common stock, (ii) December
+Added: Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to 1,860,000 shares of common stock and (iii) December Common Stock Warrants to purchase up to 2,500,000
+Added: shares of common stock at a purchase price of $ 5.00 per share and accompanying warrant (less $ 0.001 for each December Pre-Funded Warrant
+Added: and accompanying warrant) in a private placement for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $ 10 million, exclusive of placement agent
+Added: commission and fees and other offering expenses.
+Added: The closing of the offering occurred on January 3, 2023.
+Added: Each December Common Stock Warrant
+Added: is exercisable for a period of five and one-half years from the issuance date at an exercise price of $ 5.00 per share, subject to adjustment,
+Added: and may, under certain circumstances, be exercised on a cashless basis.
+Added: Each December Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable until exercised
+Added: in full at an exercise price of $ 0.001 per share and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
In addition, pursuant to the terms of the offering,
the Company issued H.C.
−Removed: Wainwright & Co., LLC warrants (“Wainwright Warrants”) to purchase up to 379,747 shares of the
−Removed: Company’s common stock.
−Removed: The Wainwright Warrants are exercisable for a period of three years from the issuance date at an exercise
−Removed: price of $ 2.4688 per share, subject to adjustment, and may be exercised by on a cashless basis.
+Added: Wainwright & Co., LLC the December Wainwright Warrants to purchase up to 100,000 shares of the Company’s
+Added: common stock.
+Added: The December Wainwright Warrants are exercisable for a period of five and one-half years from the issuance date at an exercise
+Added: price of $6.25 per share, subject to adjustment, and may, under certain circumstances, be exercised on a cashless basis.
+Added: Public Offering of Securities
+Added: On April 14, 2022, the Company closed an underwritten
+Added: public offering of 329,412 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price to the public of $ 21.25 per share (the “Offering
+Added: Pursuant to the terms of an underwriting agreement dated April 11, 2022 between the Company and EF Hutton, division of
+Added: Benchmark Investments, LLC, as representative of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”), the Company granted the Underwriters
+Added: a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 49,412 shares of the Company’s common stock to cover over-allotments, if any, at
+Added: the Offering Price less the underwriting discounts and commissions.
+Added: The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the shares, after
+Added: deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, were $ 6.0 million.
+Added: The Underwriters did not exercise their over-allotment option.
2018 Equity Incentive Plan
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reserved for issuance pursuant to the 2018 Plan.
−Removed: On June 24, 2021, at the annual shareholder meeting, shareholders of the Company approved
−Removed: an amendment to the 2018 Plan to further increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder from 1,671,926 shares to 3,671,926
+Added: On June 24, 2021, at the annual meeting of shareholders, shareholders of the Company
+Added: approved an amendment to the 2018 Plan to further increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder from 66,878 shares to
+Added: 146,878 shares.
+Added: On February 2, 2022, the compensation committee of the board of directors further increased the number of shares reserved
+Added: for issuance under the 2018 Plan from 146,878 shares to 156,878 shares.
+Added: On January 11, 2023, the compensation committee of the board
+Added: of directors further increased the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2018 Plan from 156,878 shares to 166,878 shares.
+Added: 2022 Equity Incentive Plan
+Added: On March 24, 2022, the Company’s board
+Added: of directors adopted the Hoth Therapeutics, Inc.
+Added: 2022 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “2022 Plan”) initially reserving
+Added: 96,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance thereunder.
+Added: The 2022 Plan became effective on June 23, 2022 upon approval
+Added: of the 2022 Plan by the Company’s shareholders at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders.
Restricted Stock Awards
A summary of the Company’s restricted stock
−Removed: awards granted under the 2018 Plan during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:
−Removed: Number of Restricted Stock Awards
−Removed: Weighted Average Grant Day Fair Value
+Added: awards granted under the equity incentive plans during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 is as follows:
Nonvested at December 31, 2020
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During the year ended December 31, 2022, pursuant
−Removed: to and subject to the available number of shares reserved under the 2018 Plan, the Company issued an aggregate of 632,000 options to
−Removed: the Company’s directors.
+Added: to and subject to the available number of shares reserved under the 2018 Plan, the Company issued an aggregate of 51,800 options to the
+Added: Company’s directors.
The aggregate grant date fair value of these options was approximately $ 0.6 million.
During the year ended December 31, 2021, pursuant
−Removed: to and subject to the available number of shares reserved under the 2018 Plan, the Company issued an aggregate of 200,000 options to
−Removed: the Company’s directors.
+Added: to and subject to the available number of shares reserved under the 2018 Plan, the Company issued an aggregate of 25,280 options to the
+Added: Company’s directors.
The aggregate grant date fair value of these options was approximately $ 1.1 million.
−Removed: The Company also
−Removed: issued 49,212 options to purchase common stock of the Company to a third party for consulting services.
−Removed: The aggregate grant date fair
−Removed: value of these options was approximately $ 0.1 million.
The fair value of options granted in 2022 and
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Exercise price
−Removed: $ 2.54 - 3.05
Expected stock price volatility
−Removed: 114.2 % - 114.5 %
Risk-free rate of interest
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stock option plan for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 is presented below:
−Removed: Number of Shares
−Removed: Weighted Average Exercise Price
−Removed: Total Intrinsic Value
−Removed: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual
−Removed: Life (in years)
Outstanding as of December 31, 2020
Employee options issued
−Removed: Non - employee options issued
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021
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Options vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2022
−Removed: Stock-based compensation associated with the
−Removed: amortization of stock option expense was approximately $ 1.1 million and $ 0.6 for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: All stock compensation associated with the amortization of employee stock option expense was recorded as a component of
−Removed: compensation and related expense in the statement of operations.
−Removed: All stock compensation associated with the amortization of nonemployee
−Removed: stock option expense was recorded as a component of professional fees in the statement of operations.
+Added: All stock compensation associated with the amortization of employee stock option expense was recorded as a component of compensation
+Added: and related expense in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
+Added: All stock compensation associated with the amortization
+Added: of nonemployee stock option expense was recorded as a component of professional fees in the consolidated statements of operations and
+Added: comprehensive loss.
Estimated future stock-based compensation expense
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Employee stock option awards
−Removed: Non-employee stock option awards
Employee restricted stock awards
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and research and development related with licenses acquisition in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Patent License Agreement between
−Removed: the Company and GW dated February 1, 2020, on February 27, 2020 (the “February Warrant Date of Issuance”), the Company issued
−Removed: GW ten year warrants (the “February Warrants”) to purchase up to 22,988 shares of the Company’s common stock at an
−Removed: exercise price of $ 4.35 per share.
−Removed: The February Warrants vest as follows:
−Removed: 20% on the February Warrant Date of Issuance and the balance,
−Removed: or 80% of the February Warrants, vest in four equal annual installments of 20% on each anniversary of the February Warrant Date of Issuance.
−Removed: Pursuant to the GW Patent License Agreement,
−Removed: on August 10, 2020 (the “August Warrant Date of Issuance”), the Company issued GW ten year warrants (the “August Warrants”)
−Removed: to purchase up to 72,463 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $ 2.76 per share.
−Removed: The August Warrants vest
−Removed: 20% on the August Warrant Date of Issuance and the balance, or 80% of the August Warrants, shall vest in four equal annual
−Removed: installments of 20% on each anniversary of the August Warrant Date of Issuance.
−Removed: In connection with the public offering of securities
−Removed: discussed above, the Company granted to Laidlaw and Benchmark warrants to purchase up to 72,464 and 90,909 shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock, respectively.
A summary of warrant activity for the years ended
December 31, 2022 and 2021 is presented below:
−Removed: Number of Warrants
−Removed: Weighted Average
−Removed: Exercise Price
−Removed: Total Intrinsic Value
−Removed: Weighted Average
−Removed: Remaining Contractual
−Removed: Life (in years)
Outstanding as of December 31, 2020
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021
−Removed: ( 1,126,720 )
Outstanding as of December 31, 2022
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Company is not a party to a lease that is in excess of 12 months.
−Removed: The Company is not a party to any material legal
−Removed: proceedings and is not aware of any pending or threatened claims.
−Removed: From time to time, the Company may be subject to various legal proceedings
−Removed: and claims that arise in the ordinary course of its business activities.
−Removed: Note 9—Income taxes
+Added: The Company is not currently a party to any
+Added: material legal proceedings and is not aware of any pending or threatened claims.
+Added: From time to time, the Company may be subject to
+Added: various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of its business activities.
+Added: Note 9-Income
The table below presents the components of the
provision for taxes:
−Removed: The Company’s provision is driven by refundable tax credits generated
−Removed: by its subsidiary in Australia.
+Added: The Company's provision is primarily driven by the full valuation allowance in 2022 and 2021.
+Added: As of December 31,
Total current provision
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Total provision for income taxes
−Removed: At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the tax effects
−Removed: of the temporary differences and carryforwards that give rise to deferred tax assets consist of the following:
+Added: At December 31, 2022 and 2021, the tax effects of the temporary differences
+Added: and carryforwards that give rise to deferred tax assets consist of the following:
As of December 31,
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Research and development credits
+Added: Capitalized research costs
Equity based compensation
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Net deferred taxes
−Removed: A reconciliation of the statutory income tax
−Removed: rates and the Company’s effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:
−Removed: Years Ended December 31,
+Added: A reconciliation of the statutory income tax rates and the Company’s
+Added: effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 is as follows:
Tax provision at statutory rate
State taxes, net of federal benefit
+Added: Impact of non-U.S.
Permanent items
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Foreign rate differential
+Added: RTP and other
Increase/(decrease) in valuation reserve
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forward indefinitely;
−Removed: however, the deduction for net operating losses incurred in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 is limited
+Added: however, the deduction for net operating losses incurred in tax years beginning after January 1, 2018 is limited
to 80 % of annual taxable income.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021, the Company has research
−Removed: and development credits of approximately $ 0.4 million and $ 0 available to reduce future income taxes, if any, for Federal and state income
−Removed: tax purposes, respectively.
+Added: In addition, the Company had approximately $ 0.3 million of net operating losses at its subsidiary located
+Added: in Australia, as of December 31, 2022.
+Added: As required by the 2017 Tax
+Added: Cuts and Jobs Act and effective in 2022, the deferred tax asset as of December 31, 2022 included $ 1.2 million related to the
+Added: mandatory capitalization of research and development expenses.
+Added: As of December 31, 2022, the Company does
+Added: not have any research and development credits available to reduce future income taxes for Federal and state income tax purposes.
The Federal credits expire if not utilized by 2042.
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the Company’s net operating losses and tax credits could be limited.
−Removed: The following table summarizes the activity related
−Removed: to the Company’s gross unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31,
−Removed: 2020, respectively (in thousands):
−Removed: As of December 31,
−Removed: Gross unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning of the year
−Removed: Increases related to current year positions
−Removed: Increases related to prior year positions
−Removed: Decreases related to prior year positions
−Removed: Expiration of unrecognized tax benefits
−Removed: Gross unrecognized tax benefits at the end of the year
At December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company did
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The Company will recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions,
−Removed: in income tax expense.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions
−Removed: and no amounts have been recognized in the Company’s statement of operations.
−Removed: The Company does not anticipate a material change
−Removed: to unrecognized tax benefits in the next twelve months.
+Added: as applicable, in income tax expense.
+Added: As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain
+Added: tax positions and no amounts have been recognized in the Company’s statements of operations.
+Added: The Company does not anticipate a material
+Added: change to unrecognized tax benefits in the next twelve months.
All of the Company’s tax years will remain
open for examination by the Federal and state tax authorities from the date of utilization of the net operating loss.
−Removed: Note 10—Risk and Uncertainties
−Removed: The outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
−Removed: evolved into a global pandemic.
−Removed: The Coronavirus has spread to many regions of the world.
−Removed: The extent to which the Coronavirus impacts
−Removed: the Company’s business and operating results will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be accurately
−Removed: predicted, including new information that may emerge concerning the Coronavirus, including variants, and the actions to contain the Coronavirus
−Removed: or treat its impact, among others.
−Removed: As a result of the continuing spread of the Coronavirus,
−Removed: certain aspects of the Company’s business operations have been delayed, and the Company may be subject to additional delays or
−Removed: interruptions.
−Removed: Specifically, as a result of the shelter-in-place orders and other mandated local travel restrictions, among other things,
−Removed: the research and development activities of certain of the Company’s partners may be affected, which may result in delays to the
−Removed: Company’s clinical trials, and the Company can provide no assurance as to when such trials, if delayed, will resume at this time
−Removed: or the revised timeline to complete trials once resumed.
−Removed: Furthermore, site initiation, participant recruitment
−Removed: and enrollment, participant dosing, distribution of clinical trial materials, study monitoring and data analysis may be paused or delayed
−Removed: due to changes in hospital or university policies, federal, state or local regulations, prioritization of hospital resources toward pandemic
−Removed: efforts, or other reasons related to the pandemic.
−Removed: If the Coronavirus continues to spread, some participants and clinical investigators
−Removed: may not be able to comply with clinical trial protocols.
−Removed: For example, quarantines or other travel limitations (whether voluntary or required)
−Removed: may impede participant movement, affect sponsor access to study sites, or interrupt healthcare services, and the Company may be unable
−Removed: to conduct its clinical trials.
−Removed: Further, if the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic continues and the Company’s operations are adversely
−Removed: impacted, the Company risks a delay, default and/or nonperformance under existing agreements which may increase its costs.
−Removed: increases may not be fully recoverable or adequately covered by insurance.
−Removed: Infections and deaths related to the pandemic
−Removed: may disrupt the United States’ healthcare and healthcare regulatory systems.
−Removed: Such disruptions could divert healthcare resources
−Removed: away from, or materially delay FDA review and/or approval with respect to, the Company’s clinical trials.
−Removed: It is unknown how long
−Removed: these disruptions could continue, were they to occur.
−Removed: Any elongation or de-prioritization of the Company’s clinical trials or delay
−Removed: in regulatory review resulting from such disruptions could materially affect the development and study of the Company’s product
−Removed: The Company currently utilizes third parties
−Removed: to, among other things, manufacture raw materials.
−Removed: If any third-party party in the supply chain for materials used in the production
−Removed: of the Company’s product candidates are adversely impacted by restrictions resulting from the Coronavirus outbreak, the Company’s
−Removed: supply chain may be disrupted, limiting the Company’s ability to manufacture its product candidates for its clinical trials and
−Removed: research and development.
−Removed: The spread of the Coronavirus, which has caused
−Removed: a broad impact globally, including restrictions on travel and quarantine policies put into place by businesses and governments, may have
−Removed: a material economic effect on the Company’s business.
−Removed: While the potential economic impact brought by and the duration of the pandemic
−Removed: may be difficult to assess or predict, it has already caused, and is likely to result in further, significant disruption of global financial
−Removed: markets, which may reduce our ability to access capital either at all or on favorable terms.
−Removed: In addition, a recession, depression or
−Removed: other sustained adverse market event resulting from the spread of the Coronavirus could materially and adversely affect the Company’s
−Removed: business and the value of its common stock.
−Removed: The ultimate impact of the current pandemic,
−Removed: or any other health epidemic, is highly uncertain and subject to change.
−Removed: The Company does not yet know the full extent of potential delays
−Removed: or impacts on its business, its clinical trials, its research programs, healthcare systems or the global economy as a whole.
−Removed: these effects could have a material impact on the Company’s operations, and the Company will continue to monitor the situation
−Removed: Nasdaq Delisting Notice
−Removed: On December 30,
−Removed: 2021, the Company received a written notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) informing the Company that the bid
−Removed: price of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, failed to comply with the $1.00 minimum bid price required for continued
−Removed: listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).
−Removed: Pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company
−Removed: was granted an initial 180 calendar day compliance period, or until June 28, 2022, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement.
−Removed: To regain compliance, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock must meet or exceed $1.00 per share for at least
−Removed: 10 consecutive business days during the initial 180 calendar day compliance period.
−Removed: In the event the Company does not regain compliance
−Removed: by June 28, 2022, the Company may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day grace period if the Company meets the continued listing
−Removed: standards for The Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of bid price, and the Company provides written notice to Nasdaq of its intention
−Removed: to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period.
Note 10-Subsequent Events
−Removed: On February 2, 2022, the compensation committee
−Removed: of the Board of Directors of the Company approved an increase in the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the
−Removed: 2018 Plan by 250,000 shares from 3,671,926 shares to 3,921,926 shares.
+Added: The Company has evaluated subsequent events and
+Added: transactions that occurred up to the date the consolidated financial statements were issued.
+Added: Based upon this review, except for as noted
+Added: below, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the consolidated financial
+Added: On December 29, 2022, the Company entered into a securities purchase
+Added: agreement with certain institutional and accredited investors pursuant to which it agreed to sell an aggregate of (i) 140,000 shares of
+Added: common stock, (ii) December Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to 1,860,000 shares of common stock and (iii) December Common Stock Warrants
+Added: to purchase up to 2,500,000 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $5.00 per share and accompanying warrant (less $0.001 for each
+Added: December Pre-Funded Warrant and accompanying warrant) in a private placement for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $10 million,
+Added: exclusive of placement agent commission and fees and other offering expenses.
+Added: The closing of the Offering occurred on January 3, 2023.
+Added: Each December Common Stock Warrant is exercisable for a period of five and one-half years from the issuance date at an exercise price
+Added: of $ 5.00 per share, subject to adjustment, and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
+Added: Each December Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable until
+Added: exercised in full at an exercise price of $ 0.001 per share and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
+Added: In addition, pursuant to the terms
+Added: of the offering, the Company issued H.C.
+Added: Wainwright & Co., LLC the December Wainwright Warrants to purchase up to 100,000 shares of
+Added: the Company’s common stock.
+Added: The December Wainwright Warrants are exercisable for a period of five and one-half years from the issuance
+Added: date at an exercise price of $ 6.25 per share, subject to adjustment, and may be exercised on a cashless basis.
+Added: On January 11, 2023, the compensation committee
+Added: of the board of directors increased the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2018 Plan from 156,878 shares to 166,878 shares.
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