Nuvation Bio Inc

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended September 30,2024

OR

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number:001-39351

Nuvation Bio Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (332)208-6102

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No☒

As of October 25, 2024, the registrant had 336,566,525 shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, outstanding.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “objective,” “ongoing,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will” and “would,” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions intended to identify statements about the future. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements about:

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our ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Merger (as defined below), which may be affected by, among other things, competition and our ability to grow and manage growth profitably;

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our plans to develop and commercialize our product candidates, including our expectations regarding a New Drug Application in the United States;

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the initiation, timing, progress and results of our current and future preclinical studies and clinical trials, as well as our research and development programs;

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our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing;

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our ability to successfully acquire or in-license additional product candidates on reasonable terms;

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our ability to maintain and establish collaborations or obtain additional funding;

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our ability to obtain regulatory approval of our current and future product candidates;

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our expectations regarding the potential market size and the rate and degree of market acceptance of such product candidates;

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our continued reliance on third parties to conduct clinical trials of our product candidates, and for the manufacture of our product candidates for preclinical studies and clinical trials;

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our ability to fund our working capital requirements and expectations regarding the sufficiency of our capital resources;

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the implementation of our business model and strategic plans for our business and product candidates;

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our intellectual property position and the duration of our patent rights;

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developments or disputes concerning our intellectual property or other proprietary rights;

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our expectations regarding government and third-party payor coverage and reimbursement;

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our ability to compete in the markets we serve;

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the impact of government laws and regulations and liabilities thereunder;

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our need to hire additional personnel and our ability to attract and retain such personnel;

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our ability to raise additional funding in the future; and

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the anticipated use of our cash and cash equivalents.

The foregoing list of forward-looking statements is not exhaustive. These statements speak only as of the date of this report and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. The section of Part II of this report titled “Section 1A. Risk Factors” identifies important factors that could harm our business and financial performance and cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties. Except as required by applicable law, we do not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise, except as required by law.

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