−Removed: ITEM 2 – MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
−Removed: FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: ITEM 2 – MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
+Added: OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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These forward-looking statements
−Removed: include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the anticipated effects and duration of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, global
+Added: include, but are not limited to, statements concerning:
+Added: the anticipated effects and duration of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, global
pandemic and the responses thereto, including the pandemic’s impact on general economic and market conditions, as well as on our
business, results of operations and financial condition;
+Added: the uncertainty due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and associated
+Added: sanctions imposed by the United States (“U.S.”) and other countries in response;
our plans to develop our proposed drug candidates;
−Removed: our expectations regarding
−Removed: the nature, timing and extent of clinical trials and proposed clinical trials;
−Removed: our expectations regarding the timing for proposed submissions
−Removed: of regulatory filings, including, but not limited to, any Investigational New Drug filing or any New Drug Application;
−Removed: the nature, timing
−Removed: and extent of collaboration arrangements;
−Removed: the expected results pursuant to collaboration arrangements including the receipts of future
−Removed: payments that may arise pursuant to collaboration arrangements;
−Removed: the outcome of our plans to obtain regulatory approval of our drug candidates;
+Added: our expectations regarding the nature, timing and extent of clinical trials and proposed clinical trials;
+Added: our expectations regarding the
+Added: timing for proposed submissions of regulatory filings, including but not limited to, any Investigational New Drug filing or any New Drug
+Added: the nature, timing and extent of collaboration arrangements;
+Added: the expected results pursuant to collaboration arrangements,
+Added: including the receipts of future payments that may arise pursuant to collaboration arrangements;
+Added: the outcome of our plans to obtain regulatory
+Added: approval of our drug candidates;
the outcome of our plans for the commercialization of our drug candidates;
−Removed: our plans to address certain markets, engage third party manufacturers,
−Removed: and evaluate additional drug candidates for subsequent commercial development, and the likelihood and extent of competition to our drug
−Removed: the development of the XCART ™ Chimeric Antigen Receptor (“CAR”) T technology;
−Removed: our plans to apply
−Removed: the XCART technology to advance cell-based therapeutics by targeting the unique B cell receptor on the surface of an individual patient’s
−Removed: malignant tumor cells for the treatment of B-cell lymphomas;
−Removed: our beliefs regarding the expected results of the XCART technology, including
−Removed: its potential to significantly enhance the safety and efficacy of cell therapy for B-cell lymphomas by generating patient- and tumor-specific
−Removed: and our anticipation that our primary focus will now be on advancing the XCART technology through regulatory approval and
−Removed: commercialization.
+Added: our plans to address certain
+Added: markets, engage third party manufacturers, and evaluate additional drug candidates for subsequent commercial development along with the
+Added: likelihood and extent of competition to our drug candidates;
+Added: our plans to advance innovative immune-oncology technologies addressing hard
+Added: to treat oncology indications;
+Added: expectations regarding our Deoxyribonuclease (“DNase”) oncology platform, such as regarding
+Added: the DNase platform being in development for the treatment of solid tumors and being aimed at improving outcomes of existing treatments,
+Added: including immunotherapies, by targeting Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (“NETs”) and our expectations to prioritize our efforts
+Added: and resources on this newly acquired technology;
+Added: the development of the XCART ™ Chimeric Antigen Receptor (“CAR”)
+Added: T cell technology and plans to develop cell-based therapeutics by targeting the unique B cell receptor on the surface of an individual
+Added: patient’s malignant tumor cells for the treatment of B-cell lymphomas;
+Added: and our expectations regarding our PolyXen ®
+Added: platform, including concerning our plans to leverage the platform by partnering with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and its
+Added: application to protein or peptide therapeutics and its application to improve the half-life and other pharmaceutical properties of next-generation
+Added: biologic drugs.
In some cases, these statements may be identified
−Removed: by terminology such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expect”, “plan”, “anticipate”,
−Removed: “believe”, “estimate”, “predict”, “potential”, or “continue”, or the negative
+Added: by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “expect,”
+Added: “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “seek,” “approximately,”
+Added: “intend,” “predict,” “potential,” “projects,” or “continue,” or the negative
of such terms and other comparable terminology.
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These statements
−Removed: involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our or our industry’s results, levels of activity, performance
−Removed: or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements.
+Added: involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our or our industry's results, levels of activity, performance or achievements
+Added: to be materially different from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements.
The Management’s Discussion and Analysis
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risks and uncertainties and should not be considered as guarantees of future performance.
−Removed: Some factors that could cause actual results to
−Removed: differ materially include without limitation:
−Removed: failure to realize the anticipated potential of the XCART or PolyXen technology;
+Added: Some factors that could
+Added: cause actual results to differ materially include without limitation:
+Added: unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the transaction with CLS Therapeutics LTD (“CLS”) and the licensing of the DNase platform;
+Added: uncertainty of the expected financial performance of the Company following completion of the transaction with CLS and the licensing of the DNase platform;
+Added: failure to realize the anticipated potential of the DNase, XCART or PolyXen technologies;
our ability to implement our business strategy;
−Removed: the failure of the holder to exercise the warrants issued in the Private Placement;
−Removed: our use of proceeds from the Private Placement and warrant exercise;
−Removed: our need to raise additional working capital in the future for the purpose of further developing our XCART technology and to continue as a going concern;
+Added: our need to raise additional working capital in the future for the purpose of further developing our DNase and XCART technologies and to continue as a going concern;
our ability to finance our business;
our ability to successfully execute, manage and integrate key acquisitions and mergers;
−Removed: product development and commercialization risks, including our ability to successfully develop the XCART technology;
−Removed: the impact of adverse safety outcomes and clinical trial results for CAR-T cell therapies;
−Removed: our ability to secure and maintain a manufacturer for the XCART technology;
+Added: product development and commercialization risks, including our ability to successfully develop the DNase and XCART technologies;
+Added: the impact of adverse safety outcomes and clinical trial results for our therapies;
+Added: our ability to secure and maintain a manufacturer for our technologies;
+Added: the impact of new therapies and new uses of existing therapies on the competitive environment;
our ability to successfully commercialize our current and future drug candidates;
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the costs inherent with complying with statutes and regulations applicable to public reporting companies, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002;
−Removed: other new lines of business that we may enter in the future;
+Added: other new lines of business that the Company may enter in the future;
general economic and business conditions, as well as inflationary trends;
−Removed: the impact of natural disasters or public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 global pandemic (including any new variant strains of the underlying virus), on our financial condition and results of operations;
+Added: the impact of natural disasters or public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 global pandemic, and geopolitical events, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and related sanctions and other economic disruptions or concerns, on our financial condition and results of operations;
other factors set forth in the Risk Factors section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K and in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
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We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on
−Removed: progressing XCART ™ , a personalized CAR T platform technology engineered to target patient- and tumor-specific neoantigens.
−Removed: We are initially advancing cell-based therapeutics targeting the unique B-cell receptor on the surface of an individual patient’s
−Removed: malignant tumor cells, for the treatment of B-cell lymphomas.
−Removed: XCART has the potential to fuel a robust pipeline of the therapeutic assets
−Removed: targeting high-value oncology indications.
−Removed: The XCART technology, developed by the Scripps Research Institute (“Scripps Research”)
−Removed: in collaboration with the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, is believed to have the potential to significantly
−Removed: enhance the safety and efficacy of cell therapy for B-cell lymphomas by generating patient- and tumor-specific CAR T cells.
−Removed: We are currently
−Removed: advancing XCART preclinical efforts through strategic collaborations, including with Scripps Research and Pharmsynthez.
+Added: advancing innovative immune-oncology technologies addressing hard to treat oncology indications.
+Added: The Company’s DNase oncology platform,
+Added: in development for the treatment of solid tumors, is aimed at improving outcomes of existing treatments, including immunotherapies, by
+Added: targeting NETs.
+Added: The Company is also developing its personalized CAR T platform technology, XCART ™ , to develop cell-based
+Added: therapeutics targeting the unique B-cell receptor on the surface of an individual patient’s malignant tumor cells for the treatment
+Added: of B-cell lymphomas.
+Added: We acquired the DNase oncology platform in April 2022 and expect to prioritize our efforts and resources on the development
+Added: of this newly acquired technology.
Additionally, we are leveraging our proprietary
drug delivery platform, PolyXen, by partnering with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.
−Removed: PolyXen is an enabling
−Removed: platform technology which can be applied to protein or peptide therapeutics.
−Removed: It employs the natural polymer polysialic acid to prolong
+Added: PolyXen is an enabling platform technology
+Added: which can be applied to protein or peptide therapeutics.
+Added: It employs the natural polymer polysialic acid (“PSA”) to prolong
a drug’s circulating half-life and potentially improve other pharmacological properties.
We incorporate our patented and proprietary technologies
−Removed: into a number of drug candidates currently under development with biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry collaborators to create what
−Removed: we believe will be the next-generation biologic drugs with improved pharmacological properties over existing therapeutics.
−Removed: Our drug candidates
−Removed: have resulted from our research activities or that of our collaborators and are in the development stage.
−Removed: As a result, we continue to
−Removed: commit a significant amount of our resources to our research and development activities and anticipate continuing to do so for the near
−Removed: To date, none of our drug candidates have received regulatory marketing authorization in the United States (“U.S.”)
−Removed: by the Food and Drug Administration nor in any other territories by any applicable agencies.
−Removed: We are receiving ongoing royalties pursuant
−Removed: to a license of our PolyXen technology to an industry partner.
−Removed: Although we hold a broad
−Removed: patent portfolio, the focus of our internal development efforts during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 was on advancing
−Removed: the development of our XCART platform technology.
−Removed: Critical Accounting Estimates
−Removed: The preparation of our financial statements in
−Removed: conformity with U.S.
−Removed: generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S.
−Removed: GAAP”) requires us to make estimates, judgments and assumptions
−Removed: that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue,
−Removed: costs and expenses during the reporting period.
−Removed: On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates that are based on historical experience
−Removed: and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances.
−Removed: The result of these evaluations forms the basis
−Removed: for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the reported amount of expenses that are not readily apparent
−Removed: from other sources.
−Removed: Because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results and outcomes could differ
−Removed: materially from our estimates, judgments and assumptions.
−Removed: There has been no material change to our critical
−Removed: accounting estimates since those critical accounting estimates described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2021, as amended on April 28, 2021.
+Added: into drug candidates currently under development with biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry collaborators to create what we believe
+Added: will be the next-generation biologic drugs with improved pharmacological properties over existing therapeutics.
+Added: Our drug candidates have
+Added: resulted from our research activities or that of our collaborators and are in the development stage.
+Added: As a result, we continue to commit
+Added: a significant amount of our resources to our research and development activities and anticipate continuing to do so for the near future.
+Added: To date, none of our drug candidates have received regulatory marketing authorization in the U.S.
+Added: by the Food and Drug Administration
+Added: (“FDA”) nor in any other territories by any applicable agencies.
+Added: We are receiving ongoing royalties pursuant to a license
+Added: of our PolyXen technology to an industry partner.
+Added: Although we hold a broad patent portfolio, the focus of our internal development efforts
+Added: during the three months ended March 31, 2022, was on advancing the development of our XCART platform technology.
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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The pandemic has
−Removed: significantly affected economic conditions in the U.S., accelerating during the first half of March 2020 and continuing into 2021, as
−Removed: federal, state and local governments react to the public health crisis with mitigation measures, creating significant uncertainties in
−Removed: We continue to evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, and while our operations were not materially
−Removed: affected during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 despite social distancing and other measures taken in response to the
−Removed: pandemic, the ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our results of operations and financial condition is dependent on future developments,
−Removed: including the duration of the pandemic and the related extent of its severity, the pace and rate at which vaccines are administered, as
−Removed: well as its impact on macroeconomic conditions, which are uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time.
−Removed: If the global response to contain
−Removed: the COVID-19 pandemic escalates further or is unsuccessful, or if governmental decisions to ease pandemic related restrictions are ineffective,
−Removed: premature or counterproductive, we could experience a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations
−Removed: and cash flows.
+Added: significantly affected economic conditions in the U.S., accelerating during the first half of March 2020 and continuing throughout 2021
+Added: and into 2022, as federal, state and local governments react to the public health crisis with mitigation measures, creating significant
+Added: uncertainties in the U.S.
+Added: We continue to evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, and while our operations
+Added: were not materially affected during the year ended December 31, 2021 despite social distancing and other measures taken in response to
+Added: the pandemic, the ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our results of operations and financial condition is dependent on future
+Added: developments, including the duration of the pandemic and the related extent of its severity, the pace and rate at which vaccines are administered,
+Added: and the continued emergence of new strains of COVID-19, such as the Delta and Omicron variants, as well as its impact on macroeconomic
+Added: conditions, which are uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time.
+Added: If the global response to contain the COVID-19 pandemic escalates
+Added: further or is unsuccessful, or if governmental decisions to ease pandemic related restrictions are ineffective, premature or counterproductive,
+Added: we could experience a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: Comparison of Quarter Ended September 30,
−Removed: 2021 and 2020
+Added: Comparison of Quarter Ended March 31, 2022
The comparison of our historical results of operations
−Removed: for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021 to the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020 is as follows:
+Added: for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2022 to the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021 is as follows:
Quarter Ended
−Removed: September 30, 2021
+Added: March 31, 2022
Quarter Ended
−Removed: September 30, 2020
+Added: March 31, 2021
Royalty revenue
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General and administrative
−Removed: Asset impairment charges
Total operating costs and expenses
−Removed: (10,620,338 )
Loss from operations
−Removed: (10,504,404 )
−Removed: Other income (expense):
−Removed: Other income (expense)
−Removed: Interest income, net
−Removed: Loss before income taxes
−Removed: (10,478,888 )
−Removed: Income tax benefit
−Removed: $ (1,350,876 )
+Added: Other income:
+Added: Interest income
$ (1,593,611 )
$ (1,345,945 )
−Removed: Revenue for the three months ended September 30,
−Removed: 2021 increased by $0.2 million, or 201.3%, to $0.3 million from approximately $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020.
−Removed: This increase represents an increase in royalty revenue related to our sublicense agreement with Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co.
−Removed: to the same period in 2020, as the sublicensee continued its worldwide launch of the product.
+Added: Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022
+Added: increased by $0.2 million, or 103.4%, to $0.4 million from approximately $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
+Added: increase represents an increase in royalty revenue related to our sublicense agreement with Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co.
+Added: as compared to the same period in 2021 as Takeda’s sublicensee continued its worldwide launch of the product.
Research and Development Expenses
Research & development (“R&D”)
−Removed: expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2021 increased by $0.2 million, or 36.1% to $0.8 million from $0.6 million in the comparable
−Removed: quarter in 2020.
−Removed: The table below sets forth the R&D costs incurred by the Company by category of expense for the quarters ended September
−Removed: 30, 2021 and 2020:
+Added: expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 increased by $0.5 million, or 74.9%, to approximately $1.1 million from approximately
+Added: $0.6 million in the comparable quarter in 2021.
+Added: The table below sets forth the R&D costs incurred by the Company by category of expense
+Added: for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and 2021:
Quarter Ended
Category of Expense
−Removed: September 30, 2021
−Removed: September 30, 2020
+Added: March 31, 2022
+Added: March 31, 2021
Outside services and contract research organizations
−Removed: Salaries and wages
+Added: Personnel costs
Share-based expense
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services and contract research organizations expense was primarily due to increased spending related to our XCART platform technology
−Removed: during the three months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to the same period in the prior year.
−Removed: Costs related to our XCART program
−Removed: were higher in 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020 as we continued to invest in our pre-clinical developments efforts.
−Removed: This increase
−Removed: was partially offset by a decrease in spending on our XBIO-101 Phase 2 clinical trial, which was closed during the first quarter of 2021.
+Added: during the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to the same period in the prior year.
+Added: Costs related to our XCART program were
+Added: significantly higher in 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021 as we continued to invest in our U.S.
+Added: pre-clinical developments efforts
+Added: to advance the technology.
+Added: The increase in other expense was due to consulting costs incurred during the first quarter of 2022 in connection
+Added: with the licensing of the DNase oncology platform from CLS.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses for the three
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2021 was $0.9 million, increasing $0.1 million, or 17.5%, compared to the same period in the prior year.
−Removed: increase was primarily due to increases in employee related, legal and consulting costs during the three months ended September 30, 2021
−Removed: compared to the same period in 2020.
−Removed: Asset Impairment Charges
−Removed: Asset impairment charges were $9.2 million for
−Removed: the three months ended September 30, 2020 as we recorded an asset impairment charge of $9.2 million related to our in-process research
−Removed: and development (“IPR&D”).
−Removed: There was no similar charge during the three months ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: Other Income (Expense)
−Removed: Other expense was approximately $2,900 for the
−Removed: three months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to other income of approximately $600 for the three months ended September 30, 2020.
−Removed: This increase in expense relates to changes in foreign currency exchange rates during both periods.
−Removed: Interest Income, net
+Added: months ended March 31, 2022 decreased by approximately $23,000, or 2.5%, to approximately $0.9 million from approximately $0.9 million
+Added: in the comparable quarter in 2021.
+Added: The decrease was primarily due to lower consulting costs offset by an increase in legal costs related
+Added: to the licensing of the DNase oncology platform from CLS during the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to the same period in 2021.
+Added: Other income was approximately $200 for the three
+Added: months ended March 31, 2022 compared to approximately $900 of other income for the same period in 2021.
+Added: This decrease in other income
+Added: was primarily related to changes in foreign currency exchange rates during the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to the same
+Added: period in 2021.
+Added: Interest Income
Interest income increased to approximately $26,000
−Removed: during the three months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to approximately $25,000 for the same period in the prior year.
−Removed: This increase
−Removed: is primarily due to an increase in cash during the third quarter of 2021 as a result of our July 2021 private placement.
−Removed: Income Tax Benefit
−Removed: Income tax benefit of $2.9 million for the three
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2020 was due to the impairment of IPR&D during the third quarter of 2020.
−Removed: There was no similar benefit
−Removed: during the three months ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: Comparison of Nine Months Ended September
−Removed: 30, 2021 and 2020
−Removed: The comparison of our historical results of operations for the nine
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2021 to the nine months ended September 30, 2020 is as follows:
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: Royalty revenue
−Removed: Operating costs and expenses:
−Removed: Research and development
−Removed: General and administrative
−Removed: Asset impairment charges
−Removed: Total operating costs and expenses
−Removed: (13,003,255 )
−Removed: Loss from operations
−Removed: (12,717,645 )
−Removed: Other income (expense):
−Removed: Other income (expense)
−Removed: Interest income, net
−Removed: Loss before income taxes
−Removed: (12,611,959 )
−Removed: Income tax benefit
−Removed: $ (3,803,499 )
−Removed: $ (9,693,441 )
−Removed: $ (5,889,942 )
−Removed: Revenue for the nine months ended September 30,
−Removed: 2021 increased by $0.5 million, or 189.9%, to $0.8 million from approximately $0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
−Removed: This increase represents an increase in royalty revenue related to our sublicense agreement with Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co.
−Removed: to the same period in 2020, as the sublicensee continued its worldwide launch of the product.
−Removed: Research and Development Expenses
−Removed: R&D expenses increased approximately $0.7
−Removed: million, or 55.9% to $1.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, from $1.2 million for the nine months ended September
−Removed: The table below sets forth the R&D costs incurred by us, by category of expense, for the nine months ended September 30,
−Removed: 2021 and 2020:
−Removed: Nine Months Ended,
−Removed: Category of Expense
−Removed: September 30, 2021
−Removed: September 30, 2020
−Removed: Outside services and contract research organizations
−Removed: Salaries and wages
−Removed: Share-based expense
−Removed: Total research and development expense
−Removed: The increase in outside
−Removed: services and contract research organizations expense was primarily due to increased spending related to our XCART platform technology
−Removed: during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to the same period in the prior year.
−Removed: Costs related to our XCART program were
−Removed: higher in 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020 as we continued to invest in our pre-clinical developments efforts.
+Added: during the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to approximately $22,000 for the same period in the prior year.
This increase
−Removed: was partially offset by a decrease in spending on our XBIO-101 Phase 2 clinical trial, which was closed during the first quarter of 2021.
−Removed: Salaries and wages increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 due to slightly higher employee related costs.
−Removed: General and Administrative Expenses
−Removed: General and administrative expenses for the nine
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2021 was $2.8 million, increasing $0.2 million, or 9.8%, compared to the same period in the prior year.
−Removed: in employee related and consulting costs during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to the same period in 2020 were substantially
−Removed: offset by lower share-based expense and legal and accounting costs.
−Removed: In addition, general and administrative expenses for the nine months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2020 were lower than the same period in 2021 due to a $0.1 million gain on settlement of certain vendor amounts to
−Removed: close out our XBIO-101 trial recognized during 2020.
−Removed: Asset Impairment Charges
−Removed: Asset impairment charges were $9.2 million for
−Removed: the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as we recorded an asset impairment charge of $9.2 million related to our IPR&D.
−Removed: no similar charge during the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: Other Income (Expense)
−Removed: Other expense was approximately $1,800 for the
−Removed: nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to other income of approximately $650 for the same period in 2020.
−Removed: This increase in expense
−Removed: was primarily related to changes in foreign currency exchange rates during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to the
−Removed: same period in 2020.
−Removed: Interest Income, net
−Removed: Interest income decreased to approximately $71,000
−Removed: during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to approximately $105,000 for the same period in the prior year.
−Removed: This decrease
−Removed: is primarily due to a decrease in interest income on invested funds due to lower interest rates during 2021 compared to the same period
−Removed: Income Tax Benefit
−Removed: Income tax benefit of $2.9 million for the nine
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2020 was due to the impairment of IPR&D during the third quarter of 2020.
−Removed: There was no similar benefit
−Removed: during the nine months ended September 30, 2021
+Added: is primarily due to a higher cash balance during the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We incurred a net loss
−Removed: of approximately $3.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
+Added: of approximately $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
We had an accumulated deficit of approximately $184.1 million
−Removed: at September 30, 2021 as compared to an accumulated deficit of approximately $176.9 million at December 31, 2020.
−Removed: Working capital was
−Removed: approximately $19.5 million at September 30, 2021 and $11.4 million at December 31, 2020, respectively.
−Removed: During the nine months ended September
−Removed: 30, 2021, our working capital increased by $8.1 million primarily due to our $12.5 million private placement in July 2021 partially offset
−Removed: by our net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: We expect to continue incurring losses for the foreseeable future and may
−Removed: need to raise additional capital or pursue other strategic alternatives in the long-term in order to continue the pursuit of our business
+Added: at March 31, 2022, as compared to an accumulated deficit of approximately $182.5 million at December 31, 2021.
+Added: Working capital was approximately
+Added: $15.8 million at March 31, 2022, and $17.3 million at December 31, 2021, respectively.
+Added: During the three months ended March 31, 2022, our
+Added: working capital decreased by $1.5 million due to our net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
+Added: We expect to continue incurring
+Added: losses for the foreseeable future and may need to raise additional capital or pursue other strategic alternatives in the long-term in
+Added: order to continue the pursuit of our business plan.
Our principal source
of liquidity consists of cash.
−Removed: At September 30, 2021, we had approximately $19.7 million in cash and $1.1 million in current liabilities.
+Added: At March 31, 2022, we had approximately $16.2 million in cash and $1.1 million in current liabilities.
At December 31, 2021, we had approximately $18.2 million in cash and $1.4 million in current liabilities.
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corporate collaborations, related party funding, or other means to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: On December 4, 2020, we closed on a $6.0
−Removed: million registered direct common stock offering resulting in $5.4 million of net proceeds to us.
−Removed: On July 28, 2021, we completed a $12.5
−Removed: million private placement of our common stock resulting in approximately $11.5 million of net proceeds to us.
−Removed: We believe that these financings,
−Removed: coupled with our existing resources, will be adequate for us to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: However, we anticipate we may need additional
−Removed: capital in the long-term to pursue our business initiatives.
−Removed: The terms, timing and extent of any future financing will depend upon several
−Removed: factors, including the achievement of progress in our clinical development programs, our ability to identify and enter into licensing
−Removed: or other strategic arrangements, and factors related to financial, economic and market conditions, many of which are beyond our control.
+Added: We believe that our existing resources
+Added: will be adequate to fund our operations into the second quarter of 2023.
+Added: However, we anticipate we may need additional capital in the
+Added: long-term to pursue our business initiatives.
+Added: The terms, timing and extent of any future financing will depend upon several factors, including
+Added: the achievement of progress in our clinical development programs, our ability to identify and enter into licensing or other strategic
+Added: arrangements, and factors related to financial, economic, geo-political, industry and market conditions, many of which are beyond our
+Added: The capital markets for the biotech industry can be highly volatile, which make the terms, timing and extent of any future financing
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Cash flows used in operating activities for the
−Removed: nine months ended September 30, 2021 totaled approximately $3.3 million, which was primarily due to our net loss for the period, partially
+Added: three months ended March 31, 2022 totaled approximately $2.1 million, which was primarily due to our net loss for the period, partially
offset by non-cash charges associated with share-based expense.
−Removed: Cash flows used in operating activities for the nine months ended September
−Removed: 30, 2020 totaled approximately $3.3 million, which was primarily due to our net loss for the period, offset by non-cash charges associated
−Removed: with asset impairment charges, deferred taxes, share-based expense, and settlement of certain amounts payable to a vendor related to the
−Removed: close-out of our XBIO-101 trial.
+Added: In addition, prepaid expenses increased and current liabilities decreased
+Added: during the three months ended March 31, 2022.
+Added: Cash flows used in operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2021 totaled
+Added: approximately $1.5 million, which was primarily due to our net loss for the period, offset by non-cash charges associated with share-based
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
There were no cash flows from investing activities
−Removed: for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.
Cash Flow from Financing Activities
−Removed: Cash flows from financing activities for the nine
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2021 totaled approximately $11.5 million representing net proceeds from our private placement in July 2021.
−Removed: There were no cash flows from financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
+Added: There were no cash flows from financing activities
+Added: for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021, there were no material
−Removed: changes in our contractual obligations and commitments from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, there were no material changes
+Added: in our contractual obligations and commitments from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2021, filed with the SEC on March 22, 2022, as amended on April 28, 2022.
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We do not have any off-balance sheet financing
−Removed: arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial
+Added: arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, change in financial
condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources.
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the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 22, 2022, as amended on April 28, 2022, for a discussion of recent accounting
−Removed: Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
+Added: Critical Accounting Estimates
Our condensed consolidated financial statements
are prepared in accordance with U.S.
−Removed: The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates,
−Removed: assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses.
−Removed: We base our estimates
−Removed: and assumptions on historical experience and other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances.
−Removed: We evaluate our estimates
−Removed: and assumptions on an ongoing basis.
−Removed: Our actual results may differ from these estimates.
−Removed: There have been no material changes in our critical
−Removed: accounting policies from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC
−Removed: on March 16, 2021, as amended on April 28, 2021.
+Added: generally accepted accounting principles.
+Added: The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial
+Added: statements requires us to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue,
+Added: costs and expenses.
+Added: We base our estimates and assumptions on historical experience and other factors that we believe to be reasonable
+Added: under the circumstances.
+Added: We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis.
+Added: The result of these evaluations forms the basis
+Added: for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the reported amount of expenses that are not readily apparent
+Added: from other sources.
+Added: Because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results and outcomes may differ
+Added: materially from our estimates, judgments and assumptions.
+Added: There have been no material changes in our critical accounting estimates from
+Added: those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 22, 2022,
+Added: as amended on April 28, 2022.
ITEM 3 – QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
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