−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
−Removed: CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION
+Added: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION
+Added: AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT NOTICE
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and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” All statements other than
−Removed: statements of historical fact contained in this Quarterly Report, including statements regarding future events, our future financial
−Removed: performance, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements.
−Removed: attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including “anticipates,” “believes,” “can,”
−Removed: “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,”
−Removed: “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “should,” or “will” or the negative of
−Removed: these terms or other comparable terminology.
−Removed: Although we do not make forward-looking statements unless we believe we have a reasonable
−Removed: basis for doing so, we cannot guarantee their accuracy.
−Removed: These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
−Removed: and other factors, including the risks outlined under “Risk Factors” or elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, which may cause
−Removed: our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking
−Removed: Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment.
−Removed: New risks emerge from time to time and it is
−Removed: not possible for us to predict all risk factors, nor can we address the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which
−Removed: any factor, or combination of factors, may cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking
−Removed: All forward-looking statements included in this document are based on information available to us on the date hereof, and
−Removed: we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.
+Added: statements of historical fact contained in this Quarterly Report, including statements regarding future events, our future financial performance,
+Added: business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements.
+Added: We have attempted to identify
+Added: forward-looking statements by terminology including “anticipates,” “believes,” “can,” “continue,”
+Added: “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,”
+Added: “predicts,” “should,” or “will” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.
+Added: we do not make forward-looking statements unless we believe we have a reasonable basis for doing so, we cannot guarantee their accuracy.
+Added: These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks outlined
+Added: under “Risk Factors” or elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, which may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels
+Added: of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
+Added: Moreover, we operate in a very competitive
+Added: and rapidly changing environment.
+Added: New risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risk factors, nor can
+Added: we address the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause our actual
+Added: results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.
+Added: All forward-looking statements included in this document
+Added: are based on information available to us on the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.
You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking
statement, each of which applies only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form-10-Q.
−Removed: Before you invest in our securities, you
−Removed: should be aware that the occurrence of the events described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this
−Removed: Quarterly Report could negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition and stock price.
−Removed: Except as required by
−Removed: law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Quarterly Report
−Removed: on Form-10-Q to conform our statements to actual results or changed expectations.
+Added: Before you invest in our securities, you should
+Added: be aware that the occurrence of the events described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly
+Added: Report could negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition and stock price.
+Added: Except as required by law, we undertake
+Added: no obligation to update or revise publicly any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form-10-Q
+Added: to conform our statements to actual results or changed expectations.
Business Overview
Relmada Therapeutics, Inc.
−Removed: (Relmada, the Company,
+Added: (Relmada or the Company,
we or us) (a Nevada corporation), is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of esmethadone (d-methadone, dextromethadone,
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top-line data from study REL-1017-202.
−Removed: During late 2022, we announced RELIANCE I and III, both Phase 3 trials, did not achieve their
−Removed: primary endpoints.
−Removed: Relmada has completed its long term, open label study and plans to complete two additional ongoing adjunctive Phase
−Removed: 3 trials (RELIANCE II and RELIGHT).
+Added: During late 2022, we announced RELIANCE I and III, both Phase 3 trials, did not achieve their primary
+Added: Relmada has completed its long term open label study and plans to complete two additional ongoing adjunctive Phase 3 trials
+Added: (RELIANCE II and RELIGHT).
Relmada also intends, in 2024, to enter human
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Phase 2 Clinical Trial
−Removed: In the REL-1017-202 study, 62 subjects, with
−Removed: an average age of 49.2 years, with an average Hamilton Depression Rating Scale score of 25.3 and an average Montgomery-Asberg Depression
+Added: In the REL-1017-202 study, 62 subjects, with an
+Added: average age of 49.2 years, with an average Hamilton Depression Rating Scale score of 25.3 and an average Montgomery-Asberg Depression
Rating Scale (MADRS) score of 34.0 (severe depression), were randomized.
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Phase 3 Program
−Removed: On December 20, 2020, Relmada announced that
−Removed: the first patient had been enrolled in the first Phase 3 clinical trial (RELIANCE I) for the Company’s lead product candidate,
−Removed: REL-1017, as an adjunctive treatment for MDD.
+Added: On December 20, 2020, Relmada announced that the
+Added: first patient had been enrolled in the first Phase 3 clinical trial (RELIANCE I) for the Company’s lead product candidate, REL-1017,
+Added: as an adjunctive treatment for MDD.
On April 1, 2021, Relmada announced the initiation
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In addition, on October 4, 2021, Relmada announced
−Removed: that in order to support potential regulatory submissions seeking approval for REL-1017 as adjunctive and monotherapy treatment, the
−Removed: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that, based on what was known at the time, Relmada would not be required to conduct a two-year
+Added: that in order to support potential regulatory submissions seeking approval for REL-1017 as adjunctive and monotherapy treatment, the Food
+Added: and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that, based on what was known at the time, Relmada would not be required to conduct a two-year
carcinogenicity study of REL-1017, as sufficient clinical data had been generated to date.
−Removed: The FDA also confirmed that Relmada would
−Removed: not need to conduct a TQT cardiac study in humans to support cardiac safety in potential regulatory submissions for REL-1017, as the
−Removed: data already provided and the data to be generated by the Phase 3 program would be adequate to evaluate the cardiac safety profile of
+Added: The FDA also confirmed that Relmada would not
+Added: need to conduct a TQT cardiac study in humans to support cardiac safety in potential regulatory submissions for REL-1017, as the data
+Added: already provided and the data to be generated by the Phase 3 program would be adequate to evaluate the cardiac safety profile of REL-1017.
On August 9, 2022, Relmada announced that the
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In the study, the REL-1017 treatment
−Removed: arm (n= 113) showed a MADRS reduction of 15.1 points at Day 28 versus 12.9 points for the placebo arm (n=114), which is a clinically
−Removed: meaningful difference of 2.3 points on the MADRS.
−Removed: The study also showed a nominally statistically significant difference in the response
−Removed: rate, with a response rate of 39.8% in the REL-1017 arm vs 27.2% in the placebo arm (p<0.05).
−Removed: Additionally, in a prespecified per
−Removed: protocol population analysis, the REL-1017 treatment arm (n=101) showed a MADRS reduction of 15.6 points at Day 28 versus 12.5 points
−Removed: for the placebo arm (n=97), a difference of 3.1 points, with nominal p=0.051.
+Added: arm (n= 113) showed a MADRS reduction of 15.1 points at Day 28 versus 12.9 points for the placebo arm (n=114), which is a clinically meaningful
+Added: difference of 2.3 points on the MADRS.
+Added: The study also showed a nominally statistically significant difference in the response rate, with
+Added: a response rate of 39.8% in the REL-1017 arm vs 27.2% in the placebo arm (p<0.05).
+Added: Additionally, in a prespecified protocol population
+Added: analysis, the REL-1017 treatment arm (n=101) showed a MADRS reduction of 15.6 points at Day 28 versus 12.5 points for the placebo arm
+Added: (n+97), a difference of 3.1 points, with nominal p=0.051.
Patients who completed the RELIANCE trials were
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Top-line Results -Oxycodone:
−Removed: On July 27, 2021, Relmada announced top-line
−Removed: results that showed that all three doses of REL-1017 (25 mg, 75 mg and 150 mg, the therapeutic, supratherapeutic and maximum tolerated
−Removed: doses (MTD), respectively) tested in recreational opioid users, demonstrated a highly statistically significant difference vs.
−Removed: control drug, oxycodone 40 mg.
−Removed: The study’s primary endpoint was a measure of “likability” with the subjects rating
−Removed: the maximum effect (or Emax) for Drug Liking “at the moment”, using a 1=100 bipolar rating scale (known as a visual analog
−Removed: scale or VAS), with 100 as the highest likability, 50 as neutral (placebo-like), and 0 the highest dislike.
−Removed: In summary, all tested doses
−Removed: of REL-1017, including the 150 mg MTD, showed a highly statistically significant difference in abuse potential versus oxycodone with
−Removed: p-values less than 0.05.
+Added: On July 27, 2021, Relmada announced top-line results
+Added: that showed that all three doses of REL-1017 (25 mg, 75 mg and 150 mg, the therapeutic, supratherapeutic and maximum tolerated doses (MTD),
+Added: respectively) tested in recreational opioid users, demonstrated a highly statistically significant difference vs.
+Added: the active control drug,
+Added: oxycodone 40 mg.
+Added: The study’s primary endpoint was a measure of “likability” with the subjects rating the maximum effect
+Added: (or Emax) for Drug Liking “at the moment”, using a 1=100 bipolar rating scale (known as a visual analog scale or VAS), with
+Added: 100 as the highest likability, 50 as neutral (placebo-like), and 0 the highest dislike.
+Added: In summary, all tested doses of REL-1017, including
+Added: the 150 mg MTD, showed a highly statistically significant difference in abuse potential versus oxycodone with p-values less than 0.05.
Consistent results were seen for the secondary endpoints.
−Removed: Additionally, all REL-1017 doses including 150 mg
−Removed: (6 times the therapeutic dose and MTD) were statistically equivalent to placebo (p<0.05).
−Removed: These results support the lack of opioid
−Removed: effects of REL-1017.
+Added: Additionally, all REL-1017 doses including 150 mg (6 times the therapeutic dose
+Added: and MTD) were statistically equivalent to placebo (p<0.05).
+Added: These results support the lack of opioid effects of REL-1017.
Top-line Results -Ketamine:
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endpoint was a measure of “likability” with the subjects rating the maximum effect (or Emax) for Drug Liking “at this
−Removed: moment”, using a 1-100 bipolar rating scale (known as a visual analog scale or VAS), with 100 as the highest likability, 50 as
−Removed: neutral (placebo-like), and 0 the highest dislike.
+Added: moment”, using a 1-100 bipolar rating scale (known as a visual analog scale or VAS), with 100 as the highest likability, 50 as neutral
+Added: (placebo-like), and 0 the highest dislike.
Consistent results are seen for the secondary endpoints.
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On October 11, 2023, Relmada announced that it
−Removed: intends to enter human studies of its proprietary, modified-release formulation of psilocybin (REL-P11) for metabolic indications in
−Removed: doses that we believe are lower than those associates with psychedelic effects.
−Removed: The Company plans to commence a single-ascending dose
−Removed: Phase 1 trial in obese patients in the first half of 2024 to define the pharmacokinetic, safety and tolerability profile of Relmada's
−Removed: modified-release psilocybin formulation (REL-P11) in this population, followed by a Phase 2a trial to establish clinical proof-of-concept.
+Added: intends to enter human studies of its proprietary, modified-release formulation of psilocybin (REL-P11) for metabolic indications in doses
+Added: that we believe are lower than those associates with psychedelic effects.
+Added: The Company plans to commence a single-ascending dose Phase
+Added: 1 trial in obese subjects in 2024 to define the pharmacokinetic, safety and tolerability profile of Relmada's modified-release psilocybin
+Added: formulation (REL-P11) in this population, followed by a Phase 2a trial to establish clinical proof-of-concept.
Pre-clinical data in a rodent model of metabolic
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These include:
−Removed: Complete enrollment in the ongoing RELIANCE II study,
−Removed: which is planned to enroll approximately 300 patients, with top-line data in the second half of 2024.
−Removed: Initiate Phase 1 trial in obese patients with the
−Removed: modified-release formulation of psilocybin (REL-P11) in the first half of 2024.
+Added: a formal interim analysis, with futility and sample size re-estimation analyses, of RELIANCE
+Added: II study by year-end 2024.
+Added: enrollment in the ongoing RELIANCE II study by year-end 2024.
+Added: Initiate Phase 1 trial
+Added: in obese subjects with the modified-release formulation of psilocybin (REL-P11) in 2024.
Our Development Program
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(STAR*D) trial published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
−Removed: In addition to the high failure rate, only two
−Removed: of the marketed products for depression, esketamine (marketed by Johnson and Johnson as Spravato®), an in-clinic nasal spray treatment,
−Removed: and dextromethorphan-bupropion (marketed by Axsome as Auvelity ä ), can demonstrate rapid
−Removed: antidepressant effects, while the other currently approved products can take two to eight weeks to show activity.
−Removed: The urgent need for
−Removed: improved, faster acting antidepressant treatments is underscored by the fact that severe depression can be life-threatening, due to heightened
−Removed: risk of suicide.
+Added: addition to the high failure rate, only two of the marketed products for depression, esketamine (marketed by Johnson and Johnson as
+Added: Spravato®), an in-clinic nasal spray treatment, and dextromethorphan-bupropion (marketed by Axsome as Auvelity ä ),
+Added: can demonstrate rapid antidepressant effects, while the other currently approved products can take two to eight weeks to show
+Added: The urgent need for improved, faster acting antidepressant treatments is underscored by the fact that severe depression
+Added: can be life-threatening, due to heightened risk of suicide.
Esmethadone Overview and Mechanism of Action
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as well as all atypical antipsychotics used adjunctively with standard, FDA-approved antidepressants.
−Removed: Working through the same brain
−Removed: mechanisms as ketamine and esketamine but potentially lacking their adverse side effects, esmethadone is being developed as a rapidly
−Removed: acting, oral agent for the treatment of depression and potentially other CNS conditions.
−Removed: In chemistry an enantiomer, also known as an
−Removed: optical isomer, is one of two stereoisomers that are mirror images of each other that are non-superimposable (not identical), much as
−Removed: one’s left and right hands are the same except for being reversed along one axis.
−Removed: A racemic compound, or racemate, is one that
−Removed: has equal amounts of left- and right-handed enantiomers of a chiral molecule.
−Removed: For racemic drugs, often only one of a drug’s enantiomers
−Removed: is responsible for the desired physiologic effects, while the other enantiomer is less active or inactive.
+Added: Working through the same brain mechanisms
+Added: as ketamine and esketamine but potentially lacking their adverse side effects, esmethadone is being developed as a rapidly acting, oral
+Added: agent for the treatment of depression and potentially other CNS conditions.
+Added: In chemistry an enantiomer, also known as an optical
+Added: isomer, is one of two stereoisomers that are mirror images of each other that are non-superimposable (not identical), much as one’s
+Added: left and right hands are the same except for being reversed along one axis.
+Added: A racemic compound, or racemate, is one that has equal amounts
+Added: of left- and right-handed enantiomers of a chiral molecule.
+Added: For racemic drugs, often only one of a drug’s enantiomers is responsible
+Added: for the desired physiologic effects, while the other enantiomer is less active or inactive.
As a single isomer of racemic methadone, esmethadone
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of depression and other CNS diseases.
−Removed: We are also developing a novel modified release formulation of psilocybin for the treatment of
−Removed: metabolic indications.
+Added: We are also developing a novel modified release formulation of psilocybin for the treatment of metabolic
Currently, none of our product candidates have
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generating revenues for the foreseeable future.
−Removed: We had a net loss of $21,828,126 for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: We had a net loss of $39,596,248 for the six months ended June 30, 2024.
+Added: At June 30, 2024,
we had an accumulated deficit of $600,498,929.
Business Strategy
−Removed: Our strategy is to leverage our considerable
−Removed: industry experience, understanding of CNS markets and development expertise to identify, develop and commercialize product candidates
−Removed: with significant market potential that can fulfill unmet medical needs in the treatment of CNS diseases.
−Removed: We have assembled a management
−Removed: team along with both scientific advisors, including recognized experts in the fields of depression, and business advisors with significant
−Removed: industry and regulatory experience to lead and execute the development and commercialization of esmethadone.
+Added: Our strategy is to leverage our considerable industry
+Added: experience, understanding of CNS markets and development expertise to identify, develop and commercialize product candidates with significant
+Added: market potential that can fulfill unmet medical needs in the treatment of CNS diseases.
+Added: We have assembled a management team along with
+Added: both scientific advisors, including recognized experts in the fields of depression, and business advisors with significant industry and
+Added: regulatory experience to lead and execute the development and commercialization of esmethadone.
We plan to further develop esmethadone as our
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13% for cancer and 12% for cardiovascular disease.
−Removed: The depression treatment market is segmented
−Removed: on the basis of antidepressants drugs, devices, and therapies.
−Removed: Antidepressants are the largest and most popular market segment.
−Removed: The antidepressants
−Removed: segment consists of large pharmaceutical and generic companies, such as Eli Lilly, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Allergan, Sage Therapeutics
−Removed: and Johnson & Johnson.
−Removed: Some of the notable drugs produced by these companies are Cymbalta® (Eli Lilly), Effexor® (Pfizer),
−Removed: Pristiq® (Pfizer), ZURZUVANE TM (Sage), Spravato® (Johnson & Johnson) and (Auvelity ä (Axsome).
+Added: depression treatment market is segmented on the basis of antidepressants drugs, devices, and therapies.
+Added: Antidepressants are the largest
+Added: and most popular market segment.
+Added: The antidepressants segment consists of large pharmaceutical and generic companies, such as Eli Lilly,
+Added: Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Allergan, Sage Therapeutics and Johnson & Johnson.
+Added: Some of the notable drugs produced by these companies
+Added: are Cymbalta® (Eli Lilly), Effexor® (Pfizer), Pristiq® (Pfizer), ZURZUVANE TM (Sage),
+Added: Spravato® (Johnson & Johnson) and Auvelity ä (Axsome).
Intellectual Property Portfolio and Market
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We believe that the key elements for our market success include:
−Removed: ● Compelling lead product opportunity,
−Removed: REL-1017 currently in two Phase 3 trials for the adjunctive treatment of MDD (RELIANCE II and RELIGHT) that build on the knowledge obtained
−Removed: from RELIANCE I, which did not meet its primary endpoint.
−Removed: and highly statistically significant,
−Removed: efficacy seen with esmethadone in a randomized Phase 2 trial with the primary endpoint at
−Removed: 7 days, with onset of action seen at 4 days, and the effect carrying through to 14 days (7
−Removed: days post-treatment).
−Removed: Phase 1 safety studies of esmethadone and strong clinical activity signal in depression established
−Removed: in three independent animal models in preclinical studies.
−Removed: in additional multiple indications in underserved markets with large patient population in
−Removed: other affective disorders, and cognitive disorders.
−Removed: ● Substantial
−Removed: esmethadone IP portfolio and market protection:
−Removed: approved and filed patent applications provide
−Removed: coverage beyond 2033.
−Removed: Portfolio diversification
−Removed: with the development of a novel psilocybin (REL-P11) for the treatment of metabolic indicati ons.
−Removed: This program is expected to enter human studies, to define its pharmacokinetic, safety and tolerability profile, in first half of
+Added: Compelling lead product opportunity, REL-1017 currently in two Phase 3 trials for the adjunctive treatment of MDD (RELIANCE II and RELIGHT) that build on the knowledge obtained from RELIANCE I, which did not meet its primary endpoint.
+Added: Robust and highly statistically significant, efficacy seen with esmethadone in a randomized Phase 2 trial with the primary endpoint at 7 days, with onset of action seen at 4 days, and the effect carrying through to 14 days (7 days post-treatment).
+Added: Successful Phase 1 safety studies of esmethadone and strong clinical activity signal in depression established in three independent animal models in preclinical studies.
+Added: Potential in additional multiple indications in underserved markets with large patient population in other affective disorders, and cognitive disorders.
+Added: Substantial esmethadone IP Portfolio and market protection:
+Added: approved and filed patent applications provide coverage beyond 2033.
+Added: Portfolio diversification with the development of a novel psilocybine (REL-P11) for the treatment of metabolic indications.
+Added: This program is expected to enter human studies, to define its pharmacokinetic, safety and tolerability profile, in 2024.
Scientific support of leading experts:
−Removed: Our scientific advisors include
−Removed: clinicians and scientists who are affiliated with a number of highly regarded medical institutions such as Harvard, Cornell, Yale,
−Removed: and University of Pennsylvania.
+Added: Our scientific advisors include clinicians and scientists who are affiliated with a number of highly regarded medical institutions such as Harvard, Cornell, Yale, and University of Pennsylvania.
Available Information
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Results of Operations
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 versus March 31, 2023
+Added: For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 versus June 30, 2023:
Operating Expenses
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Research and development expense for the three
−Removed: months ended March 31, 2024 was approximately $13,305,300 compared to $15,861,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2023, a decrease
+Added: months ended June 30, 2024, was approximately $10,721,100 compared to $13,740,200 for the three months ended June 30, 2023, a decrease
of approximately $3,019,100.
−Removed: The change was primarily driven by:
−Removed: ● Decrease in study costs of $3,658,900 associated with the completion
−Removed: of the long-term, open-label study, Study 310 in 3rd Quarter 2023, as well as RELIANCE I and III in late 2022;
−Removed: ● Decrease in stock-based compensation expense of $294,800;
−Removed: ● Increase in other research expenses of $1,330,800 primarily associated
−Removed: with the ramp-up of the 302 and 304 studies in 2024;
−Removed: Increase in compensation expense of $61,300 due to an increase in research and development employees and their related bonus;
+Added: The decrease was primarily due to:
+Added: in study costs of $3,423,900 associated with the completion of the long-term, open-label study, Study 310 in the 3 rd Quarter
+Added: 2023, as well as RELIANCE I and III in late 2022;
+Added: in compensation expense of $208,200 due to an decrease in research and development employees and their related bonuses;
+Added: in stock-based compensation expense of $142,700 related to options granted to employees;
Increase in manufacturing and drug storage costs of $380,700;
+Added: Increase in other research expenses of $375,000 primarily associated with the ramp-up of the 302 and 304 studies in 2024.
General and Administrative Expense
−Removed: General and administrative expense for the three
−Removed: months ended March 31, 2024 was approximately $9,682,600 compared to $12,292,600 for the three months ended March 31, 2023, a decrease
−Removed: of approximately $2,610,000.
−Removed: The change was primarily due to:
+Added: General and administrative expense for the three months ended June
+Added: 30, 2024, was approximately $8,097,700 compared to $12,286,500 for the three months ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of approximately $4,188,800.
+Added: The decrease was primarily due to:
+Added: in stock-based compensation expense of 3,813,500 related to option grants to employees and key consultants;
+Added: in other general and administrative expenses of $288,100 primarily due to a decrease in consulting services;
+Added: in compensation expense of $87,200 related to a decrease of general and administrative employees.
+Added: Other Income (Expense)
+Added: Interest / investment income was approximately $963,000 and $1,363,400
+Added: for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: The decrease was due to lower interest rates and investment yields.
+Added: gain on short-term investments was approximately $133,100 and $0 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: loss on short-term investments was approximately $45,500 and $639,600 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: The net loss for the Company for the three months ended June 30, 2024
+Added: and 2023 was approximately $17,768,100 and $25,303,000, respectively.
+Added: The Company had loss per share basic and diluted of $0.59 and $0.84
+Added: for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: The Company did not provide for income taxes for
+Added: the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, since there was a loss and a full valuation allowance against all deferred tax assets.
+Added: Results of Operations
+Added: For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 versus June 30, 2023
+Added: Operating Expenses
+Added: Research and development
+Added: $ (5,574,820 )
+Added: General and administrative
+Added: $ (12,373,691 )
+Added: Research and Development Expense
+Added: Research and development expense for the six months ended June 30,
+Added: 2024 was approximately $ 24,026,400 compared to $29,601,200 for the six months ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of approximately $5,574,800.
+Added: The decrease was primarily due to:
+Added: Decrease in study costs of $7,082,800 associated with the completion of the long-term, open-label study, Study 310 in the 3 rd Quarter 2023, as well as RELIANCE I and III in late 2022
Decrease in stock-based compensation expense of $437,500;
−Removed: ● Increase in other general and administrative expenses of $92,100 primarily
−Removed: due to an increase in consulting services;
−Removed: ● Increase in compensation expense of $62,000 related to an increase
−Removed: of general and administrative employees and their related bonuses.
+Added: Decrease in compensation expense of $146,800 due to a decrease in research and development employees and their related bonuses;
+Added: Increase in other research expenses of $1,672,000 primarily associated with the ramp-up of the 302 and 304 studies in 2024;
+Added: Increase in manufacturing and drug storage costs of $386,600;
+Added: Increase in pre-clinical and toxicology expenses of $33,700.
+Added: General and Administrative Expense
+Added: General and administrative expense for the six months ended June 30,
+Added: 2024 was approximately $17,780,200 compared to $24,579,100 for the six months ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of approximately $6,798,900.
+Added: The decrease was primarily due to:
+Added: Decrease in stock-based compensation expense of $6,577,500 related to option grants to employees and key consultants;
+Added: Decrease in other general and administrative expenses of $196,000 primarily due to a decrease in consulting services;
+Added: Decrease in compensation expense of $25,400 primarily related an decrease of general and administrative employees and their related bonuses.
Other Income (Expense)
−Removed: Interest/investment income was approximately
−Removed: $1,055,900 and $1,207,600 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
−Removed: The decrease was due to higher interest rates
−Removed: and investment yields.
−Removed: Realized gain on short-term investments was approximately $53,100 and realized loss was $666,700 for the three
−Removed: months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
−Removed: Unrealized gain on short-term investments for the three months ended March 31, 2024
−Removed: was approximately $50,700 compared to approximately $1,291,100 for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
−Removed: The net loss for the Company for the three months
−Removed: ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 was approximately $21,828,100 and $26,351,600 respectively.
−Removed: The Company had loss per share, basic and diluted
−Removed: of $0.72 and $0.87 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
−Removed: The Company did not provide for income taxes
−Removed: for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, since there was a loss and a full valuation allowance against all deferred tax assets.
−Removed: As shown in the accompanying financial statements,
−Removed: the Company incurred negative operating cash flows of $13,036,748 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and has an accumulated deficit
−Removed: of $582,730,807 from inception through March 31, 2024.
−Removed: At March 31, 2024 the Company had cash and cash equivalents, and short-term investments
−Removed: of $83,612,705.
+Added: Interest / investment income was approximately $2,018,900 and $2,571,000
+Added: for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: The decrease was due to lower interest rates and investment yields.
+Added: gain on short-term investments was approximately $186,200 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to a realized loss of approximately
+Added: $666,700 for the six months ended June 30, 2023.
+Added: Unrealized gain on short-term investments was approximately $5,200 and $651,500 for the
+Added: six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: The net loss for the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2024
+Added: and 2023 was approximately $39,596,200 and $51,624,500, respectively.
+Added: The Company had loss per share basic and diluted of $1.31 and $1.72
+Added: for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: The Company did not provide for income taxes for
+Added: the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, since there was a loss and a full valuation allowance against all deferred tax assets.
+Added: As shown in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial
+Added: statements, the Company incurred negative operating cash flows of $26,299,773 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and has an accumulated
+Added: deficit of $600,498,929 from inception through June 30, 2024.
+Added: At June 30, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents and short term
+Added: investments of $70,437,329.
Management believes that the Company’s
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the periods indicated below:
−Removed: Three Months Ended
−Removed: Three Months Ended
Cash used in operating activities
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Cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
$ (2,005,308 )
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2024, cash
−Removed: used in operating activities was $13,036,748 primarily due to the net loss of $21,828,126 offset by non-cash stock-based compensation
−Removed: charges of $8,295,468.
−Removed: There were realized gains and unrealized gains on short-term investments of $53,133 and $50,713, respectively.
−Removed: In addition, there was a decrease in operating assets and liabilities of $599,756.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2023, cash
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2024, cash used in operating activities
+Added: was $26,299,773 primarily due to the net loss of $39,596,248 offset by non-cash stock-based compensation charges of $15,508,887.
+Added: were realized and unrealized gains on short-term investments of $186,247 and $5,248, respectively.
+Added: In addition, there was a decrease in
+Added: operating assets and liabilities of $2,020,917.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023, cash
used in operating activities was $29,778,363 primarily due to the net loss of $51,624,530 offset by non-cash stock-based compensation
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In addition, there was a decrease in operating assets and liabilities of $693,048.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2024, cash provided by investing activities was $10,058,451 due to $7,013,933 of purchases of short-term
−Removed: investments offset by $17,072,384 of sales of short-term investments.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2023, cash
−Removed: provided by investing activities was $40,003,549 related to the purchase of $34,767,288 and the sale of $74,770,836 short-term investments.
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities for
−Removed: the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $221,747 due to proceeds from options exercised for common stock of $246,747 offset by ATM fees
−Removed: There was no cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2024, cash provided
+Added: by investing activities was $24,072,718, due to $8,313,312 of purchases of short-term investments offset by $32,386,030 of sales of short-term
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023, cash
+Added: provided by investing activities was $38,851,812, due to $45,577,832 of purchases of short-term investments offset by $84,429,644 of
+Added: sales of short-term investments.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2024, cash provided by financing
+Added: activities was $221,747 due to proceeds from options exercised for common stock of $246,747 offset by ATM fees of $25,000.
+Added: There was no cash provided by financing activities for the six months
+Added: ended June 30, 2023.
Effects of Inflation
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subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain.
−Removed: Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial
−Removed: statements are presented in accordance with U.S.
+Added: Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are presented
+Added: in accordance with U.S.
GAAP, and all applicable U.S.
−Removed: GAAP accounting standards effective as of March 31, 2024
−Removed: have been taken into consideration in preparing the unaudited consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: The preparation of unaudited condensed
−Removed: consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities,
−Removed: and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
−Removed: expenses for the reporting period.
−Removed: Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various assumptions that are believed
−Removed: to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets
−Removed: and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
−Removed: On a continual basis, management reviews its estimates utilizing currently
−Removed: available information, changes in facts and circumstances, historical experience, and reasonable assumptions.
−Removed: After such reviews, and
−Removed: if deemed appropriate, management’s estimates are adjusted accordingly.
−Removed: Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions
−Removed: under different and/or future circumstances.
+Added: GAAP accounting standards effective as of June 30, 2024 have been taken into consideration
+Added: in preparing the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
+Added: The preparation of unaudited condensed consolidated financial
+Added: statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and disclosure
+Added: of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts
+Added: of revenues and expenses for the reporting period.
+Added: Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various assumptions
+Added: that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying
+Added: value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
+Added: On a continual basis, management reviews its estimates
+Added: utilizing currently available information, changes in facts and circumstances, historical experience, and reasonable assumptions.
+Added: such reviews, and if deemed appropriate, management’s estimates are adjusted accordingly.
+Added: Actual results could differ from those
+Added: estimates and assumptions under different and/or future circumstances.
Management considers an accounting estimate to be critical if:
it requires assumptions to be made that were uncertain at the time the estimate was made;
−Removed: changes in the estimate, or the use of different estimating methods
−Removed: that could have been selected, could have a material impact on results of operations or financial condition.
−Removed: We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on
−Removed: an ongoing basis and none of the Company’s estimates and assumptions used within the unaudited condensed consolidated financial
−Removed: statements involve a high level of estimation uncertainty.
−Removed: For additional discussion regarding the application of the significant accounting
−Removed: policies, see Note 2 to the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.
+Added: changes in the estimate, or the use of different estimating methods that could have been selected, could have a material impact on results of operations or financial condition.
+Added: We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an
+Added: ongoing basis and none of the Company’s estimates and assumptions used within the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
+Added: involve a high level of estimation uncertainty.
+Added: For additional discussion regarding the application of the significant accounting policies,
+Added: see Note 2 to the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.
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