Monopar Therapeutics: Form 10-Q for the period ended Jun 30, 2024
Filed with the SEC on Aug 9, 2024 and accepted by EDGAR at Aug 9, 2024, 12:02 ET.
Management's discussion and analysis
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You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis are set forth elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business and related financing activities, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Overview
We are a clinical stage radiopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative treatments for cancer patients. We are building a drug development pipeline through in-house development as well as the licensing and acquisition of therapeutics in late preclinical or in clinical development stages. We leverage our scientific and clinical experience to help reduce the risk of and accelerate the clinical development of our drug product candidates.
Financial Status
Our cash, cash equivalents and investments as of June 30, 2024, were $7.1 million. As discussed further below and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, we expect that our current funds will be sufficient at least through August 31, 2025 for us to: (1) continue to conduct and conclude our first-in-human clinical trial with our MNPR-101-Zr radiopharmaceutical program; and (2) advance our MNPR-101-RIT preclinical program into the clinic. We are in the process of winding down the camsirubicin Phase 1b clinical trial and the preclinical development of MNPR-202 due to focusing our finite financial resources on our radiopharmaceutical programs. We will require additional funding to further advance our clinical and preclinical programs and we anticipate that we will seek to raise additional capital within the next 12 months to fund our future operations.
Our primary funding source over the past three years was sales of shares of our common stock under at-the-market sales programs through Capital on Demand™ Sales Agreements with JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC (“Jones Trading”). For the six months ended June 30, 2024, we sold 2,545,305 shares of our common stock at an average gross price per share of $1.29 for net proceeds of $3,194,310, after fees and commissions of $81,932. There have been no additional sales of shares of our common stock since March 31, 2024.
Our Product Pipeline
The radiopharma space has had numerous positive recent developments and announcements, from acquisitions to clinical data to reimbursement rates to commercial demand. Since this past December alone, four significant acquisitions have been publicly announced or completed which have had upfront payments ranging from approximately $1 billion to over $4 billion (BMS/RayzeBio, AstraZeneca/Fusion Pharma, Eli Lilly/POINT BioPharma, and Novartis/Mariana Oncology).
We have been generating promising preclinical data, and recently entered the clinic with our novel, proprietary MNPR-101 radiopharma program targeting the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR). Based on these advances, we have made the strategic decision to focus our resources on the assets and capabilities we have been building up in the radiopharma space. As such, we are in the process of winding down our non-radiopharma programs, including camsirubicin (and our Phase 1b clinical trial) as well as MNPR-202. We are on track to initiate in the fourth quarter of 2024 our second radiopharma clinical trial.
MNPR-101 for Radiopharmaceutical Use, Development Update
Monopar has a proprietary first-in-class humanized monoclonal antibody, MNPR-101, that targets the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor ("uPAR"). uPAR is expressed on several of the more aggressive, deadly cancers including pancreatic, breast, colorectal, and bladder. Monopar has conjugated MNPR-101 to imaging and therapeutic radioisotopes for the purpose of creating highly precise radiopharmaceutical agents that have the potential to image and treat tumors expressing uPAR while sparing healthy tissues. In February 2024, we announced promising preclinical data and received regulatory clearance in Australia to commence a first-in-human Phase 1 imaging and dosimetry clinical trial with our novel MNPR-101-Zr (MNPR-101 conjugated to zirconium-89) in patients with advanced cancers. On July 9, 2024, we announced that our Phase 1 trial enrolled its first patient. Our MNPR-101-RIT program, a therapeutic radioisotope conjugated to MNPR-101, is on track to initiate a Phase 1 clinical trial in Q4 2024. We are also actively exploring opportunities to expand our radiopharmaceutical pipeline.
Wind Down of Camsirubicin and MNPR-202 Development
We have reprioritized our resources and funds toward the advancement of our radiopharmaceutical programs. As a result of this reprioritization, we are in the process of winding down our Phase 1b open-label camsirubicin clinical trial and the preclinical development of MNPR-202.
Our Strategy
Our management team has extensive experience in developing therapeutics and medical technologies through global regulatory approval and commercialization. In aggregate, companies they co-founded have achieved four drug approvals and three diagnostic medical imaging device approvals in the U.S. and the EU, successfully sold an asset developed by management which subsequently had a positive Phase 3 clinical trial, sold two oncology-focused diagnostic imaging businesses to Fortune Global 1000 firms, and completed the clinical and commercial development and ultimately the sale of a commercial biopharmaceutical company for over $800 million in cash. In addition, the team has supported multiple regulatory submissions with the FDA and EMA and launched multiple drugs in the U.S and the EU. Understanding the preclinical, clinical, regulatory and commercial development processes and hurdles are key factors in successful drug development and the expertise demonstrated by our management team across all of these areas increases the probability of success in advancing the product candidates in our product pipeline. Our strategic goal is to acquire, develop and commercialize promising oncology product candidates that address important unmet medical needs of cancer patients. Key elements of our strategy to achieve this goal are to:
- Prioritize the development of MNPR-101 for radiopharmaceutical use as a therapeutic as well as a diagnostic imaging agent. Based on promising data from our imaging and efficacy animal model studies in multiple cancers including triple-negative breast and pancreatic cancers, we have prioritized our resources and funds toward the development of our radiopharmaceutical programs. With promising preclinical results utilizing radiolabeled MNPR-101 in hand, we were cleared to conduct a Phase 1 imaging and dosimetry clinical trial of MNPR-101-Zr in patients with advanced cancers and the trial is active and recruiting patients. We expect to complement the imaging and dosimetry study with the initiation of a therapeutic study using MNPR-101-RIT in Q4 2024.
- Subject to availability of funds, expand our drug development pipeline through in-licensing and acquisition of product candidates. We plan to continue the expansion of our drug development pipeline through acquiring or in-licensing additional product candidates, particularly those that leverage existing scientific and clinical data that helps reduce the risks of the next steps in clinical development. The focus on this front will include identifying novel targets and candidates complementing our radiopharmaceutical programs.
- Utilize the expertise and prior experience of our team in the areas of asset acquisition, drug development and commercialization to establish ourselves as a leading radiopharmaceutical company. Our senior executive team has relevant experience in biopharmaceutical in-licensing and acquisitions as well as developing product candidates through approval and commercialization. In aggregate, our team has co-founded BioMarin Pharmaceutical (Nasdaq: BMRN), Sensant Corp (acquired by Siemens), American BioOptics (assets acquired by Olympus), Raptor Pharmaceuticals ($800 million sale to Horizon Therapeutics), and Tactic Pharma, LLC (“Tactic Pharma”) (sale of lead asset, choline tetrathiomolybdate, was ultimately acquired by Alexion in June 2018 for $764 million; Alexion was subsequently acquired by AstraZeneca).
Revenues
We are an emerging growth company. We have no approved drugs and have not generated any revenues. To date, we have engaged in acquiring or in-licensing drug product candidates, entering into collaboration agreements for testing and clinical development of our drug product candidates and providing the infrastructure to support the clinical development of our drug product candidates. We do not anticipate commercial revenues from operations until we complete testing and development of one of our drug product candidates and obtain marketing approval or we sell, enter into a collaborative marketing arrangement, or out-license one of our drug product candidates to another party. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources”.
Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
During the three months ended June 30, 2024, there were three recently issued accounting pronouncements that are described in more detail in Note 2 of our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates
While our significant accounting policies are described in more detail in Note 2 of our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we believe the following accounting policies to be critical to the judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements.
Going Concern Assessment
We apply Accounting Standards Codification 205-40 ("ASC 205-40"), Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, which the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued to provide guidance on determining when and how reporting companies must disclose going concern uncertainties in their financial statements. ASC-205-40 requires management to perform interim and annual assessments of an entity's ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date of issuance of the entity's financial statements (or within one year after the date on which the financial statements are available to be issued when applicable). Further, a company must provide certain disclosures if there is "substantial doubt about the entity's ability to continue as a going concern." In June 2024, we analyzed our cash requirements at least through August 31, 2025 and we have determined that, based upon our current available cash, we have no substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
Clinical Trials Accruals
We accrue and expense the costs for clinical trial activities performed by third parties based upon estimates of the percentage of work completed over the life of the individual study in accordance with agreements established with contract research organizations, service providers, and clinical trial sites. We estimate the amounts to accrue based upon discussions with internal clinical personnel and external service providers as to progress or stage of completion of trials or services and the agreed upon fees to be paid for such services. Costs of setting up clinical trial sites for participation in the trials are expensed immediately as research and development expenses. Clinical trial site costs related to patient screening and enrollment are accrued as patients are screened/entered into the trial.
Stock-Based Compensation
We account for stock-based compensation arrangements with employees, non-employee directors and consultants using a fair value method, which requires the recognition of compensation expense for costs related to all stock-based compensation grants, including stock option and restricted stock unit (“RSU”) grants. The fair value method requires us to estimate the fair value of stock-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option pricing model or the closing stock price on the date of grant in the case of RSUs.
Stock-based compensation costs for stock awards granted to our employees, non-employee directors and consultants are based on the fair value of the underlying instruments calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the date of grant for stock options and using the closing stock price on the date of grant for RSUs and recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is the vesting period. Determining the appropriate fair value model and related assumptions requires judgment, including selecting methods for estimating our future stock price volatility and expected holding term. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, we granted 10,000 options to purchase shares of our common stock to a consultant, 25,000 options to purchase shares of our common stock to an officer and 43,592 options to purchase shares of our common stock to non-officer employees. For awards granted during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the expected volatility rates are estimated based on our actual historical volatility over the four-year period from our initial public offering on December 18, 2019, through December 31, 2023. For awards granted during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, the expected volatility rates are estimated based on our actual historical volatility over the three-year period from our initial public offering on December 18, 2019, through December 31, 2022. The expected term for stock options granted during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, was estimated using the simplified method. Forfeitures only include actual forfeitures to-date as we account for forfeitures as they occur due to a limited history of forfeitures. We have not paid dividends and do not anticipate paying a cash dividend in future vesting periods and, accordingly, use an expected dividend yield of zero. The risk-free interest rate is based on the rate of U.S. Treasury securities with maturities consistent with the estimated expected term of the awards.
Results of Operations
Comparison of the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
The following table summarizes the results of our operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:
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| Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 | 2023 | Variance | Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 | 2023 | Variance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research and development expenses | $1,131 | $1,595 | $(464) | $2,097 | $3,248 | $(1,151) |
| General and administrative expenses | 658 | 733 | (75) | 1,415 | 1,605 | (190) |
| Total operating expenses | 1,789 | 2,328 | (539) | 3,512 | 4,853 | (1,341) |
| Operating loss | (1,789) | (2,328) | 539 | (3,512) | (4,853) | 1,341 |
| Interest income | 74 | 128 | (54) | 155 | 219 | (64) |
| Net loss | $(1,715) | $(2,200) | $485 | $(3,357) | $(4,634) | $1,277 |
Research and Development (“R&D”) Expenses
R&D expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $1,131,000, compared to $1,595,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2023. This represents a decrease of $464,000 attributed to (1) a decrease of $636,000 in Validive clinical trial-related expenses due to the closure of the trial in March 2023, and (2) decrease in camsirubicin manufacturing costs of $138,000. These decreases were partially offset by a net increase of $310,000 due to other R&D expenses attributable to MNPR-101 for radiopharma use.
R&D expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $2,097,000 compared to $3,248,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2023. This represents a decrease of $1,151,000 attributed to (1) a decrease of $1,353,000 in Validive clinical trial-related expenses due to the closure of the trial in March 2023, and (2) a net decrease of $59,000 due to other R&D expenses. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $261,000 in expenses for MNPR-101 for radiopharma use.
General and Administrative (“G&A”) Expenses
G&A expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024 were $658,000, compared to $733,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2023. This represents a decrease of $75,000 primarily attributed to (1) a decrease in stock-based compensation to the board of directors of $64,000 as no equity awards were issued to the board of directors in 2024, and (2) a net decrease in consulting, tax services and other G&A expenses of $11,000.
G&A expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2024 were $1,415,000, compared to $1,605,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2023. This represents a decrease of $190,000 primarily attributed to (1) a decrease in stock based compensation to the board of directors of $134,000 as no equity awards were issued to the board of directors in 2024, (2) a reduction of stock based compensation expenses of $51,000 due to the full vesting of the 2020 grants in the fourth quarter of 2023, and (3) a net decrease in consulting, tax services and other G&A expenses of $5,000.
Interest Income
Interest income for the three months ended June 30, 2024, decreased by $54,000 versus the three months ended June 30, 2023. The reduction in the amount of interest received is a reflection of lower daily average cash balance in the second quarter of 2024 versus the second quarter of 2023.
Interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2024, decreased by $64,000 versus the six months ended June 30, 2023, due to lower interest received from a lower daily average cash balance in the six months ended June 30, 2024 versus the six months ended June 30, 2023.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources of Liquidity
We have incurred losses and cumulative negative cash flows from operations since we commenced operations resulting in an accumulated deficit of approximately $63.6 million as of June 30, 2024. We anticipate that we will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future. We expect that our R&D and G&A expenses will increase to enable the execution of our strategic plan. As a result, we anticipate that we will seek to raise additional capital within the next 12 months to fund our future operations. We will seek to obtain needed capital through a combination of equity offerings, including the usage of our Capital on DemandTM Sales Agreement with JonesTrading, debt financings, strategic collaborations and grant funding. To date, we have funded our operations through net proceeds from the initial public offering of our common stock, net proceeds from sales of our common stock through at-the-market sales programs, private placements of our preferred and common stock, and the net receipt of funds related to our acquisition of camsirubicin. We anticipate that the currently available funds as of June 30, 2024 will fund our planned operations at least through August 31, 2025.
We invest our cash equivalents in two money market accounts and U.S. Treasury Bills.
Cash Flows
The following table provides information regarding our cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.
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| Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 | 2023 | Variance | |
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| Net cash used in operating activities | $(3,332) | $(4,373) | $1,041 |
| Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities | (986) | 1,970 | (2,956) |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 3,172 | 1,446 | 1,726 |
| Effect of exchange rates | — | (15) | 15 |
| Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | $(1,146) | $(972) | $(174) |
During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 we had a net cash outflow of $1,146,000 and $972,000, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, versus the six months ended June 30, 2023, the increase in net cash outflow of $174,000 primarily consisted of a decrease in net cash provided by investing activities of $2,956,000 due to the purchases of investments versus certain investments maturities, partially offset by (1) a decrease in net cash used in operating activities of $1,041,000 and (2) an increase in net cash provided by financing activities of $1,726,000 due to the increased sales of shares of our common stock under at-the-market sales programs.
Cash Flow Used in Operating Activities
The decrease of $1,041,000 in cash flow used in operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023, was primarily a result of lower net loss due to a reduction in research and development expenses partially offset by changes in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities.
Cash Flow Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities
The cash used in investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2024 and the cash provided by investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2023 represent our net investment in two money market accounts and U.S. Treasury Bills maturing or invested in during the periods reported.
Cash Flow Provided by Financing Activities
The increase in cash flow provided by financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2023, of $1,726,000 was primarily due to higher net proceeds from sales of our common stock under at-the-market sales programs during the six months ended June 30, 2024 when compared to the sales of our common stock during the six months ended June 30, 2023.
Future Funding Requirements
To date, we have not generated any revenue from product sales. We do not know when, or if, we will generate any revenue from product sales. We do not expect to generate any revenue from product sales or royalties unless and until we obtain regulatory approval of and commercialize any of our current or future drug product candidates or we out-license or sell a drug product candidate to another party. At the same time, we expect our expenses to increase in connection with our ongoing development activities, particularly as we continue the research, development, future preclinical studies and clinical trials of, and seek regulatory approval for, our current and future drug product candidates. We will need substantial additional funding for clinical development prior to seeking regulatory approval. If we obtain regulatory approval of any of our current or future drug product candidates, we will need substantial additional funding for commercialization requirements and our continuing drug product development operations.
As a company, we have not completed development through marketing approvals of any therapeutic or imaging products. We expect to continue to incur significant increases in expenses and increasing operating losses for the foreseeable future. We anticipate that our expenses will increase substantially as we:
- progress our MNPR-101-Zr imaging and dosimetry clinical trial in advanced cancer patients;
- continue the preclinical activities and potentially enter the clinic with MNPR-101-RIT, a therapeutic radioisotope conjugated to MNPR-101;
- support intellectual property initiatives for our radiopharmaceutical programs;
- identify and potentially license novel targets and drug candidates complementing our radiopharmaceutical programs, and pursue the future preclinical and clinical development and regulatory requirements of such drug product candidates;
- seek regulatory approvals for any of our current and future drug product candidates that successfully complete registration clinical trials;
- establish or purchase the services of a sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure to commercialize any products for which we obtain marketing approval;
- develop, or contract for, manufacturing/quality capabilities in order to establish a reliable, high quality supply chain sufficient to support our clinical and specialized radiopharmaceutical requirements and to provide sufficient capacity to launch and supply the market for any product for which we obtain marketing approval; and
- add or contract for required operational, financial, human resources and management information systems and capabilities and other specialized expert personnel to support our drug product candidate development and planned commercialization efforts.
We anticipate that the funds available as of June 30, 2024 will fund our obligations at least through August 31, 2025. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could use our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect. Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development and commercialization of our drug product candidates, and the extent to which we enter into collaborations with third parties to participate in the development and commercialization of our drug product candidates, we are unable to accurately estimate with high reliability the amounts and timing required for increased capital outlays and operating expenditures associated with our current and anticipated drug product candidate development programs.
Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:
- the clinical development progress of MNPR-101-Zr in imaging cancer;
- the progress of preclinical and potential clinical development of MNPR-101-RIT, a therapeutic radioisotope conjugated to MNPR-101;
- the progress of preclinical activities towards identifying novel targets and candidates to complement our radiopharmaceutical programs;
- the number and characteristics of other drug product candidates that we may license, acquire, invent or otherwise pursue;
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- the scope, progress, timing, cost and results of research, preclinical development and clinical trials and regulatory requirements for future drug product candidates;
- the costs, timing and outcomes of seeking, obtaining, and maintaining FDA and international regulatory approvals;
- the costs associated with establishing or contracting for manufacturing/quality requirements and establishing or contracting for sales, marketing and distribution capabilities;
- our ability and related costs to maintain, expand and defend the scope of our intellectual property portfolio, including the amount and timing of any payments we may be required to make in connection with the licensing, filing, defense and enforcement of any patents or other intellectual property rights;
- our need and ability to hire or contract for additional management, administrative, scientific, medical, sales and marketing, and manufacturing/quality and other specialized personnel or external expertise;
- the effect and timing of entry of competing products or new therapies that may limit market penetration or prevent the introduction of our drug product candidates or reduce the commercial potential of our product portfolio;
- our need to implement additional required internal management, operational, record keeping, and other systems and infrastructure; and
- the economic and other terms, timing and success of our existing collaboration and licensing arrangements and any collaboration, licensing or other arrangements into which we may enter into in the future, including the timing of receipt of or payment to or from others of any license, milestone or royalty payments under these arrangements.
We have initiated a Phase 1 imaging and dosimetry clinical trial in Australia for our novel radiopharmaceutical imaging agent MNPR-101-Zr (MNPR-101 conjugated to zirconium-89). This trial has dosed its first patient and is recruiting additional patients with advanced cancers. We intend to continue evaluating drug product candidates for the purpose of growing our pipeline. Identifying and securing high-quality compounds usually takes time and related expenses. Our spending could be significantly accelerated in the future if additional drug product candidates are acquired and enter clinical development. In this event, we may be required to expand our management team, and pay higher contract manufacturing costs, contract research organization fees, other clinical development costs and insurance costs that are not currently projected. Beyond our need to raise additional funding within the next 12 months, substantial additional long-term funding is needed to further develop our radiopharmaceutical programs.
Until we can generate a sufficient amount of product revenue to finance our cash requirements, we expect to finance our future cash needs primarily through a combination of equity offerings, including the usage of our Capital on DemandTM Sales Agreement with JonesTrading, debt financings, strategic collaborations and grant funding. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of our current stockholders will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect our current stockholders’ rights. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. If we raise additional funds through marketing and distribution arrangements or other collaborations, strategic alliances or licensing arrangements with other parties, we likely will have to share or relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or drug product candidates or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us, which will reduce our future returns and affect our future operating flexibility. If we are unable to raise additional funds through equity or debt financings when needed, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our pipeline product development or commercialization efforts or grant rights to others to develop and market drug product candidates that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves.
On August 28, 2023, we received a notice from Nasdaq stating that we are out of compliance with Nasdaq listing standards giving us 180 days to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. On February 27, 2024, we were granted a second 180-day period to regain compliance; there can be no assurance that we will regain compliance within Nasdaq’s extended time limits and requirements. If we do not regain compliance, we will face delisting and it may have serious adverse consequences on our ability to raise funds, which may cause us to delay, restructure or otherwise reconsider our operations. To attempt to cure the bid price deficiency, the Company expects that a reverse stock split at a ratio of 1 for 5 shares will become effective at 5:00 pm on Monday August 12, 2024, and its common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis at the open of trading on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. However, the impacts on our stock price are uncertain and could be adverse.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
License, Development and Collaboration Agreements
XOMA Ltd.
Pursuant to a non-exclusive license agreement with XOMA Ltd. for the humanization technology used in the development of MNPR-101, we are obligated to pay XOMA Ltd. clinical, regulatory and sales milestones which could reach up to $14.925 million if we achieve all milestones for MNPR-101. The agreement does not require the payment of sales royalties. There can be no assurance that we will achieve any milestones. As of July 31, 2024, we had not reached any milestones and had not been required to pay XOMA Ltd. any funds under this license agreement. The first milestone payment is payable upon first dosing of a human patient in a Phase 2 clinical trial. We are currently conducting a Phase 1 clinical trial and cannot reliably predict when we will be able to commence a Phase 2 clinical trial, if at all.
Service Providers
In the normal course of business, we contract with service providers to assist in the performance of R&D, including drug product manufacturing, process development, clinical and preclinical development, and G&A including financial strategy, audit, tax and legal support. We can elect to discontinue the work under these agreements at any time. We could also enter into collaborative research and development, contract research, manufacturing and supplier agreements in the future, which may require upfront payments and/or long-term commitments of cash.
Office Lease
We are currently leasing on a month-to-month basis office space for our executive headquarters at 1000 Skokie Blvd., in the Village of Wilmette, Illinois for $4,238 per month.
Legal Contingencies
We are currently not, and to date have never been, a party to any adverse material legal proceedings.
Indemnification
In the normal course of business, we enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties and provide for general indemnification. Our exposure under these agreements is unknown because it involves claims that may be made against us in the future, but that have not yet been made. To date, we have not paid any claims or been required to defend any action related to our indemnification obligations. However, we may record charges in the future as a result of these indemnification obligations.
In accordance with our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws and the indemnification agreements entered into with each officer and non-employee director, we have indemnification obligations to our officers and non-employee directors for certain events or occurrences, subject to certain limits, while they are serving at our request in such capacity. There have been no claims to date.
Controls and procedures
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Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have provided certifications filed as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2, respectively, and Exhibit 32.1. Such certifications should be read in conjunction with the information contained in this Item 4 for a more complete understanding of the matters covered by those certifications.
(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2024, pursuant to Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures, as of such date, were effective.
(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have concluded that the condensed consolidated financial statements and other financial information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly present in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations and comprehensive loss and cash flows as of, and for, the periods presented.
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended June 30, 2024, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Risk factors
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Other than the additional risk factors below, there have been no material changes in information regarding our risk factors as described in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 28, 2024.
Our strategic focus on our radiopharmaceutical program could subject to us to concentrated risks.
As a result of our strategic decision to focus our efforts on our radiopharmaceutical program, a relatively novel approach to cancer imaging and treatment, and wind-down our camsirubicin and MNPR-202 programs, we face concentrated risks. Although the nature of the risks associated with our radiopharmaceutical program as described in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K have not materially changed, because we will not have the benefit of diversified programs going forward, the impacts from those risks should they be realized, or from perceptions of those risks in the market, could be more acute. In addition, our decision to wind-down our camsirubicin and MNPR-202 programs could adversely impact our stock price. Following our decision to wind-down our Validive program in 2023, our stock price suffered significant declines. We cannot predict what impact our decision to focus on our radiopharmaceutical program and wind-down our other programs will have on our stock price or financing prospects.
Figures reported in this filing
Standardized line items from the XBRL in this filing, for the period ended 2024-06-30. Comparative periods it repeats are left out.
| Line item | Period | Value | XBRL concept |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research and development | 3 months2024-04-01 to 2024-06-30 | $1.1m | us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense |
| Research and development | 6 months2024-01-01 to 2024-06-30 | $2.1m | us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense |
| Operating income | 3 months2024-04-01 to 2024-06-30 | −$1.8m | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss |
| Operating income | 6 months2024-01-01 to 2024-06-30 | −$3.5m | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss |
| Net income | 3 months2024-04-01 to 2024-06-30 | −$1.7m | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss |
| Net income | 6 months2024-01-01 to 2024-06-30 | −$3.4m | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss |
| Basic EPS | 3 months2024-04-01 to 2024-06-30 | −$0.10 | us-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic |
| Basic EPS | 6 months2024-01-01 to 2024-06-30 | −$0.20 | us-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic |
| Operating cash flow | 6 months2024-01-01 to 2024-06-30 | −$3.3m | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities |
| Cash and equivalents | At period end2024-06-30 | $6.1m | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue |
| Current assets | At period end2024-06-30 | $7.2m | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent |
| Total assets | At period end2024-06-30 | $7.2m | us-gaap:Assets |
| Total liabilities | At period end2024-06-30 | $1.1m | us-gaap:Liabilities |
| Shareholders' equity | At period end2024-06-30 | $6.1m | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity |
Source: SEC EDGAR, the filing index for accession 0001437749-24-025651. Last ingested by Listed: Oct 24, 2026, 15:14 ET. Listed shows no prices and gives no investment advice.