Jaguar Health Inc
For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 15, 2025.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
- Organization and Business
Jaguar Health, Inc. (“Jaguar” or the “Company”) was founded in San Francisco, California, as a Delaware corporation on June 6, 2013 (inception). The Company was a majority-owned subsidiary of Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Napo”) until the close of the Company’s initial public offering on May 18, 2015. The Company was formed to develop and commercialize first-in-class prescription and non-prescription products for companion animals.
On July 31, 2017, Jaguar completed a merger with Napo pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated March 31, 2017, by and among Jaguar, Napo, Napo Acquisition Corporation (“Merger Sub”), and Napo’s representative (the “Merger Agreement”). In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon the completion of the merger, Merger Sub merged with and into Napo, with Napo surviving as the wholly owned subsidiary (the “Merger” or “Napo Merger”). Immediately following the Merger, Jaguar changed its name from “Jaguar Animal Health, Inc.” to “Jaguar Health, Inc.” Napo now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Jaguar focused on human health, including the ongoing development of crofelemer and commercialization of Mytesi.
On March 15, 2021, Jaguar established Napo EU S.p.A (which changed its name in December 2021 to “Napo Therapeutics”) in Milan, Italy as a subsidiary of Napo. Napo Therapeutics’ core mission is to provide access to crofelemer in Europe to address significant rare/orphan disease indications, including, initially, two key orphan target indications: short bowel syndrome (“SBS”) with intestinal failure and congenital diarrheal disorders (“CDD”).
The Company manages its operations throughtwo segments – human health and animal health – and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Liquidity and Going Concern
The Company, since its inception, has incurred recurring operating losses and negative cash flows from operations and has an accumulated deficit of$356.9 million as of March 31, 2025. The Company expects to incur substantial losses and negative cash flows in future periods. Further, the Company’s future operations, which include the satisfaction of current obligations, are dependent on the success of the Company’s ongoing development and commercialization efforts, as well as securing additional financing and generating positive cash flows from operations. There is no assurance that the Company will have adequate cash balances to maintain its operations.
Although the Company plans to finance its operations and cash flow needs through equity and/or debt financing, collaboration arrangements with other entities, license royalty agreements, as well as revenue from future product sales, the Company does not believe its current cash balances are sufficient to fund its operating plan through one year from the issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. There can be no assurance that additional funding will be available to the Company on acceptable terms or on a timely basis, if at all, or that the Company will generate sufficient cash from operations to adequately fund operating needs. If the Company is unable to obtain an adequate level of financing needed for the long-term development and commercialization of the products, the Company will need to curtail planned activities and reduce costs. Doing so will likely have an adverse effect on the ability to execute the Company’s business plan; accordingly, there is substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue in existence as a going concern. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and on a basis consistent with the annual consolidated financial statements, and in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the periods presented. These interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025, or for any other future annual or interim period. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2024, has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all disclosures, including notes, required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements.
There has been no material change to the Company's significant accounting policies during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the significant accounting policies described in Note 2 of the “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024, which was filed to SEC on March 31, 2025 and amended on April 15, 2025.
Except as noted above, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature considered necessary to present fairly the financial position as of March 31, 2025, results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, changes in convertible preferred stock and stockholders' equity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. The interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results for any future interim periods or for the entire year.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries with controlling interest. All inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company's reporting currency is the U.S. dollar.
Noncontrolling interest
The Company consolidates the results of Napo Therapeutics, which was owned 89% by the Company and 11% by private investors as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The potential voting rights with a certainty of being exercised in its shares are included in the ownership percentage.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company’s management to make judgments, assumptions and estimates that affect the amounts reported in its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. The accounting policies that reflect the Company’s more significant estimates and judgments and that the Company believes are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating its reported financial results are the valuation of stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), freestanding and hybrid instruments designated at fair value option (“FVO”), warrant liabilities, acquired in-process research and development (“IPR&D”), and useful lives assigned to long-lived assets; impairment assessment of non-financial assets; valuation adjustments for excess and obsolete inventory; allowance for doubtful accounts; deferred taxes and valuation allowances on deferred tax assets; evaluation and measurement of contingencies; and recognition of revenue, including estimates for product returns. Those estimates could change, and as a result, actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
Cash
The Company’s cash on deposit may exceed United States federally insured limits at certain times during the year. The Company maintains cash accounts with certain major financial institutions in the United States. The Company does not have cash equivalents as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Accounts Receivable, net
Accounts receivable is recorded net of allowances for discounts for prompt payment and credit losses.
Upon adoption of ASU No. 2013-13 (“ASC 326”), the Company began utilizing a loss rate approach under the Current Expected Credit Losses (“CECL”) model to determine its lifetime expected credit losses on receivables from customers. This method calculates an estimate of credit losses based on historical experience, credit quality, age of the accounts receivable balances, and current and forecasted economic and business conditions that may affect a customer’s ability to pay. In determining the loss rates, the Company evaluates information related to its historical losses, adjusted for existing conditions, and further adjusted for the period of time that can reasonably be forecasted. The facts and circumstances as of the balance sheet date are used to adjust the estimate for periods beyond those that can reasonably be forecasted.
The past due status of accounts receivable is determined based on the contractual due dates for payments. Receivable is deemed past due when payment has not been received 30 days after the contractual due date. The credit loss allowance was immaterial as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The corresponding expense for the credit loss allowance is reflected in general and administrative expenses.
Current Expected Credit Losses
The Company recognizes an allowance for credit losses for financial assets carried at amortized cost to present the net amount expected to be collected as of the balance sheet date. Such allowance is based on credit losses that are expected to arise over the contractual term of the asset, which includes consideration of historical credit loss information adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts.
Changes in the allowance for credit losses are recorded as provision of (or reversal of) credit loss expense. Assets are written off when the Company determines that such are deemed uncollectible. Write-offs are recognized as a deduction from the allowance for credit losses. Expected recoveries of amounts previously written off, not to exceed the aggregate of the amount previously written off, are included in determining the necessary allowance at the balance sheet date.
Concentrations
Cash is the financial instrument that potentially subjects the Company to a concentration of credit risk as cash is deposited with a bank, and cash balances generally exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limits.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, substantially all of the Company’s revenue was derived from the sale of Mytesi. In looking at sales by the Company to specialty pharmacies whose net revenue percentage of total net revenue was equal to or greater than 10% for fiscal years 2025 and 2024, the Company earned Mytesi revenue primarily fromtwo specialty pharmacies located in the United States. Revenue earned from each major customer as a percentage of total revenue is as follows:
| Three Months Ended | ||
|---|---|---|
| March 31, | ||
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Customer 1 | 22% | 31% |
| Customer 2 | 61% | 54% |
The Company is subject to credit risk from its accounts receivable related to its sales. The Company generally does not perform evaluations of customers' financial condition and generally does not require collateral. Accounts receivable balance of the significant customers as a percentage of total accounts receivable is as follows:
| March 31, | December 31, | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Customer 1 | 29% | 30% |
| Customer 2 | 52% | 57% |
The Company is subject to concentration risk from the single third-party contract manufacturer, Glenmark.
Other Risks and Uncertainties
The Company’s future operations results involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could affect the Company’s future operating results and cause actual results to vary materially from expectations including, but not limited to, war, rapid technological change, obtaining second source suppliers and manufacturers, regulatory approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) or other regulatory authorities, the results of clinical trials and the achievement of milestones, market acceptance of the Company’s product candidates, competition from other products and larger companies, protection of proprietary technology, strategic relationships, and dependence on key individuals. In addition, the reshaping of the federal government workforce may impact the availability, timing, and consistency of regulatory oversight and funding, introducing further uncertainty to the Company’s operations.
Other Global Events
Macroeconomic conditions worldwide are subject to constant change, influenced by several factors, including persistently high inflation, impact of rising tariffs, aggressive trade policies, structural weaknesses in the labor market, low productivity growth, adverse weather conditions, and possible political unrest in certain regions. Despite these global economic challenges, no significant changes have occurred in the Company's operations.
Fair Value
The Company’s financial instruments include accounts receivable, net, other receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, operating lease liability, and debt. The recorded carrying amount of accounts receivable, other receivable, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities reflect their fair value due to their short-term nature. Other financial liabilities are initially recorded at fair value, and subsequently measured at fair value or amortized cost using the effective interest method. See Note 3 for the fair value measurements.
Fair Value Option
ASC 825-10, Financial Instruments(“ASC 825-10”), provides an FVO election that allows companies an irrevocable election to use fair value as the initial and subsequent accounting measurement attribute for certain financial assets and liabilities. ASC 825-10 permits entities to elect to measure eligible financial assets and liabilities at fair value on an ongoing basis. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the FVO has been elected are reported in earnings. The decision to elect the FVO is determined on an instrument-by-instrument basis, must be applied to an entire instrument, and is irrevocable once elected. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value pursuant to ASC 825-10 are required to be reported separately from those instruments measured using another accounting method. In accordance with the options presented in ASC 825-10, the Company elected to present the aggregate of fair value and non-fair-value amounts in the same line item in the condensed consolidated balance sheets and parenthetically disclose the amount measured at fair value in the aggregate amount. The fair values of the Company's financial instruments reflect the amounts that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). The fair value estimates presented in these financial statements are based on information available to the Company as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Inventory
Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method. Cost is initially recorded at the invoiced amount of services or API provided by third-party processors, Probos and Corfasac, including the sum of qualified expenditures and charges for bringing the inventory to its existing condition and location. Inventory is categorized into raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods. Raw materials consist of Crude Plant Latex (“CPL”), recognized as inventory upon harvest and valued at cost, including acquisition and harvest expenditures. Work-in-process inventory is recognized only when CPL has been transformed into API and is in transit to Patheon, with costs comprising direct materials, labor, and applicable overheads. Finished goods represent completed Crofelemer tablets ready for sale, valued at cost, which includes direct materials, labor, and manufacturing overhead allocated during production. The Company calculates inventory valuation adjustments when conditions indicate that net realizable value is less than cost due to physical deterioration, usage, obsolescence, reductions in estimated future demand, or reductions in selling price. Inventory write-downs are measured as the difference between the cost of inventory and net realizable value. The Company doesnot have an allowance for inventory obsolescence as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Inventory costs are removed from inventory and recorded in the cost of goods sold upon delivery of the tablets to customers.
Prelaunch Inventory
The Company’s policy is to capitalize costs for prelaunch inventories within the drug development phase, which is evidence that the product’s reasonably likely critical attributes for success are present and feasible, and the key causes of failures are absent based on management’s assumptions. The costs that can be capitalized for pre-launch inventory are recorded as “Prepaid expenses and other current assets.”
Property and Equipment
Land is stated at cost, reflecting the fair value of the property at July 31, 2017, the date of the Napo merger. Equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Equipment begins to be depreciated when it is placed into service. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives ranging between three to ten years.
Expenditures for repairs and maintenance of assets are charged to expenses as incurred. Costs of major additions and betterments are capitalized and depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. Upon retirement or sale, the cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets disposed of are removed from the accounts, and any resulting gain or loss is included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Software Developed for Internal Use
The Company capitalizes the costs of developing software for internal use. These costs include both purchased software and internally developed software. Costs of developing software are expensed until technological feasibility has been established. Thereafter, all costs are capitalized and are carried at the lower of unamortized cost or net realizable value. Internally developed and purchased software costs are generally amortized over five years.
Long-lived Assets
The Company regularly reviews the carrying value and estimated lives of all of its long-lived assets, including property and equipment and definite-lived intangible assets, to determine whether indicators of impairment exist that warrant adjustments to carrying values or estimated useful lives. The determinants used for this evaluation include management’s estimate of the asset’s ability to generate positive income from operations and positive cash flow in future periods, as well as the strategic significance of the assets to the Company’s business objectives. If the Company determines that events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset group may not be recoverable, the Company evaluates the realizability of its long-lived assets (asset group) based on a comparison of projected undiscounted cash flows from use and eventual disposition with the carrying value of the related asset. Any write-downs (measured based on the difference between the fair value and the asset's carrying value) are treated as permanent reductions in the carrying amount of the assets (asset group).
None ofthe Company’s long-lived assets were deemed impaired as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets
Acquired IPR&D are intangible assets acquired in the July 2017 Napo merger. Under ASC 805, Business Combination, IPR&D are initially recognized at fair value and classified as indefinite-lived assets until the successful completion or abandonment of the associated research and development efforts. During the development period, these assets will not be amortized as charges to earnings; instead, these assets will be tested for impairment on an annual basis or more frequently if impairment indicators are identified. An impairment loss is measured based on the excess of the carrying amount over the asset’s fair value. The Company recordedno impairment for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
Leases
The Company accounts for its leases in accordance with ASC 842, Leases(“ASC 842”).
At the inception of an arrangement, the Company determines whether the arrangement is or contains a lease based on the unique facts and circumstances present. Operating lease liabilities and their corresponding right-of-use assets are recorded based on the present value of lease payments over the expected lease term. Because the interest rate implicit in lease contracts is typically not readily determinable, the Company utilizes its incremental borrowing rate, which is the rate incurred to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term, an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. Certain adjustments to the right-of-use asset may be required for items such as initial direct costs paid or incentives received.
The Company elected to include both the lease and non-lease components as a single component and account for it as a lease.
Lease Modification
ASC 842 defines lease modification as a change to the terms and conditions of a contract that results in a change in the scope of or the consideration for a lease. A lease modification can result in either a separate new contract that is accounted for separately from the original contract or a single modified contract.
The Company shall account for a modification to a contract as a separate contract when the modification grants the lessee an additional right of use not included in the original lease and the lease payments increase commensurate with the standalone price for the additional right of use, adjusted for the circumstances of the particular contract. When the Company concludes that a lease modification should be accounted for as a new contract that is separate and apart from the original lease, the new contract should be evaluated for whether it is a lease or contains an embedded lease. If the new contract is a lease or contains an embedded lease, the new lease should be accounted for as any other new lease. The new lease is recorded on the commencement date of the new lease, which is the date the lessee has access to the leased asset.
If a lease modification is not accounted for as a separate contract, the Company should reassess whether the contract contains a lease. If the modified contract is a lease or contains an embedded lease, a lessee should reallocate contract consideration, reassess the lease classification, remeasure the lease liability, and adjust the right-of-use asset.
Research and Development Expense
Research and development expense consists of expenses incurred in performing research and development activities, including related salaries, clinical trials, and related drug and non-drug product costs, contract services, and other outside service expenses. Research and development expenses are charged to operating expenses during the period incurred.
Clinical Trial Accruals
Clinical trial costs are a component of research and development expenses. The Company accrues and expenses for clinical trial activities performed by third parties based upon actual work completed in accordance with agreements established with clinical research organizations and clinical sites. The Company determines the costs to be recorded based upon validation with the external service providers as to the progress or stage of completion of trials or services and the agreed-upon fee to be paid for such services.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”).
The Company’s policy typically permits returns if the product is damaged, defective, or otherwise cannot be used when received by the customer if the product has expired. Returns are accepted for products that will expire within three months or that have expired up to one year after their expiration dates. Estimates for expected returns of expired products are based primarily on an ongoing analysis of our historical return patterns.
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with the core principle of ASC 606 or when there is a transfer of control of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services.
The Company recognizes the incremental costs of obtaining a contract as an expense when incurred if the amortization period of the asset that the Company otherwise would have recognized is one year or less.
The Company does not adjust the amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component if, at contract inception, the expected period between the transfer of promised goods or services and customer payment is one year or less.
The Company has elected to treat shipping and handling activities as fulfillment costs. Additionally, the Company elected to record revenue net of sales and other similar taxes.
Contracts - Distribution Agreement
The Company's Canalevia-CA1 and Neonorm products are primarily sold to distributor, who then sell the products to the end customers. Since 2021, the Company has entered intoone distribution agreement with established distributor to distribute the Company’s animal health products in the United States. The distribution agreement and the related purchase orders together meet the contract existence criteria under ASC 606. The Company sells directly to its customers without the use of an agent.
For animal health products sold by the Company, the single performance obligation identified above is the Company’s promise to transfer the Company’s animal health products to distributors based on specified payment and shipping terms in the arrangement. Product warranties are assurance-type warranties that do not represent a performance obligation. For the Company’s human health product, Mytesi, the single performance obligation identified above is the Company’s promise to transfer Mytesi to specialty pharmacies based on specified payment and shipping terms as outlined in the Exclusive Distribution Agreement entered into by the Company and Cardinal Health as of January 16, 2019.
For contracts with Cardinal Health and other distributors, the transaction price is the amount of consideration the Company expects to collect in exchange for transferring the promised goods or services. The transaction price of Mytesi is the Wholesaler Acquisition Cost (“WAC”), and the transaction price of Canalevia-CA1 and Neonorm is the manufacturer’s list price, net of discounts, returns, and price adjustments.
For contracts with distributor, the entire transaction price is allocated to the single performance obligation contained in each contract.
For contracts with Cardinal Health, a single performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time upon each contract's free on board (“FOB”) terms when control, including title and all risks, has transferred to the customer.
Disaggregation of Product Revenue
Human
Sales of Mytesi are recognized as revenue at a point in time when the products are delivered to the specialty pharmacies. Net revenues from the sale of Mytesi were$2.1 million and$2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Animal
The Company recognized Canalevia-CA1 products revenues of$17,000 and$40,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and Neonorm revenues of$16,000 and$9,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Revenues are recognized at a point in time upon shipment when title and control are transferred to the buyer. Sales of Canalevia-CA1, Neonorm Calf, and Foal to distributors are made under agreements that may provide distributor price adjustments and rights of return under certain circumstances.
Contracts – Specialty Pharmacies
Effective October 1, 2020, the Company engaged a private company as an authorized specialty pharmacy provider of the Company’s Mytesi product. Under the Specialty Product Distribution Agreement, the Company shall supply the products directly to the private company’s specialty pharmacies in such amounts as may be ordered. There is no minimum purchase or inventory requirement. The specialty pharmacies were authorized distributors of record for all National Drug Codes of Mytesi.
Effective April 20, 2021, the Company engaged another private company as an authorized specialty pharmacy provider of Mytesi. Under the Specialty Pharmacy Distribution and Services Agreement, the private company shall sell and dispense Mytesi directly ordered from the Company at the agreed price to patients within the territories identified in the agreement.
The Company has entered into agreements with a totalof five different specialty pharmacy chains that are authorized to provide Mytesi to patients.
The single performance obligation is the Company’s promise to transfer Mytesi to specialty pharmacies, based on specified payment and shipping terms outlined in the agreements.
The transaction price is the amount of consideration the Company expects to collect in exchange for transferring the promised goods or services. The transaction price of Mytesi is the WAC, net of estimated discounts, returns, and price adjustments.
The entire transaction price is allocated to the single performance obligation contained in each contract.
The single performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time, upon the FOB terms of each contract, when control, including title and all risks, has been transferred to the customer.
Product Revenue
Sales of Mytesi are recognized as revenue at a point in time when the products are delivered to the specialty pharmacies. Net revenues from the sale of Mytesi to the specialty pharmacies were$1.7 million and $2.0 million for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Contracts – Exclusive Distribution Agreement
On April 12, 2024, the Company entered into afive-year exclusive in-license agreement with Venture Life Group PLC (“Venture Life”), a United Kingdom-based international consumer health company. The agreement grants the Company the exclusive rights to market Venture Life's FDA-approved oral mucositis prescription product, Gelclair, within the US market. The Company paid a non-refundable license fee of €200,000 (equivalent to $215,040, excluding VAT) to Venture Life. Additionally, the Company will pay Venture Life a running royalty based on a percentage of the net sales throughout the agreement term. The royalty expense will be recognized as The non-refundable license fee has been capitalized as license under intangible assets, while the running royalty will be recognized as royalty expense. The agreement and binding term sheet collectively qualifies as a valid contract under ASC 606.
The Company identified a single performance obligation, which is the exclusive rights to market Gelclair in the US market. The Company will pay Venture Life a running royalty based on a percentage of the net sales throughout the agreement term.
Transaction price is the amount of consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring promised goods or services to a customer, excluding amounts collected on behalf of third parties.
The entire transaction price is allocated to the single performance obligation contained in the contract.
The single performance obligation is satisfied over-time, throughout thefive-year license period.
Product Revenue
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized a revenue of $25,000 and as of March 31, 2025, the total royalty expense associated with this contract amounted to $39,000.
Contracts – License Agreement
Effective March 18, 2024, the Company engaged in a securities purchased agreement, supplemented by a binding term sheet, with Gen Ilac Ve Saglik Urunleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret, A.S. (“GEN”) (“Licensee”). The Company grants GEN a right to access its intellectual properties for the Company's FDA-approved prescription drug Crofelemer and commercialize Crofelemer finished product in licensed Eastern Europe territories for a consideration including license fees, royalties and product sales. The agreement and binding term sheet collectively qualifies as a valid contract under ASC 606.
The Company identifiedtwo promises, namely (1) the grant of license to manufacture and commercialize pharmaceutical products that utilize Crofelemer (the “Licensing Transaction”) and (2) the supply of Crofelemer Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (“API”). Licensee cannot benefit from the license alone without the API as the latter comes from a plant exclusive to the Company. No other entities can produce the API. Consequently, the grant of license and the supply API are not distinct, and accounted as a single performance obligation.
Transaction price is the amount of consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring promised goods or services to a customer, excluding amounts collected on behalf of third parties. The transaction price in the contract with GEN includes both fixed and variable considerations.
For the Licensing Transaction, the fixed consideration is measured as the difference between the proceeds from the related share issuance and the fair value of the shares issued. The variable consideration, in the form of royalty, is based on a percentage of the Licensee's revenue from the sale of pharmaceutical products utilizing Crofelemer. For the supply of Crofelemer API, the variable consideration is determined using the expected value of a wide range of possible amounts.
The entire transaction price is allocated to the single performance obligation contained in the contract.
The single performance obligation is satisfied over-time, throughout thefive-year license period, based on the expiration dates of the licensed patents.
License Revenue
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, license fees recognized from the contract with GEN amounted to$43,000 and$0, respect ively. As of March 31, 2025, the total deferred revenue associated with this contract amounted to $43,000.
Collaboration Revenue
Revenue recognition for collaboration agreements requires significant judgment. The Company’s assessments and estimates are based on contractual terms, historical experience, and general industry practice. Revisions in these values or estimations increase or decrease collaboration revenue in the period of revision.
On September 24, 2018, the Company entered into a Distribution, License, and Supply Agreement (“License Agreement”) with Knight Therapeutics (“Knight”). The License Agreement has a term of 15 years (with automatic renewals) and provides Knight with an exclusive right to commercialize current and future Jaguar human health products (including crofelemer, NP-300, and any product containing a proanthocyanidin or with an anti-secretory mechanism) in Canada and Israel. Knight forfeited its right of first negotiation for expansion to Latin America. Under the License Agreement, Knight is responsible for applying for and obtaining necessary regulatory approvals in the territory of Canada and Israel, as well as marketing, sales, and distribution of the licensed products. Knight will pay a transfer price for all licensed products, and upon achievement of certain regulatory and sales milestones, the Company may receive payments from Knight in an aggregate amount of up to approximately $18.0 million, payable throughout the initial 15-year term of the agreement. The Company didnot have any license revenues for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
Modifications to Liability-classified Instruments
In accounting for debt modifications and exchange transactions, it is the Company’s policy first to determine whether it qualifies as a troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) pursuant to the guidance provided in ASC 470-60, Debt—Troubled Debt Restructurings by Debtors (“ASC 470-60”). A debt modification or exchange transaction that is not within the scope of the ASC 470-60 is accounted for under ASC 470-50, Modification and Extinguishments (“ASC 470-50”), to determine if the transaction is a mere modification or an extinguishment.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024, the Company has entered amendments to the terms of its royalty interests and purchase agreements. The cumulative impact of these amendments resulted to certain extinguishments and modifications (See Note 7).
Modifications to Equity-classified Instruments
In accounting for modifications of equity-classified warrants, the Company’s policy is to determine the impact by analogy to the share-based compensation guidance of ASC 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation(“ASC 718”). The model for a modified share-based payment award that is classified as equity and remains classified in equity after the modification is addressed in ASC 718-20-35-3, Compensation-Stock Compensation—Awards Classified as Equity—Subsequent Measurement. Pursuant to that guidance, the incremental fair value from the modification is recognized as an expense in the statements of operations to the extent the modified instrument has a higher fair value; however, in certain circumstances, such as when an entire class of warrants is modified, the measured increase in fair value may be more appropriately recorded as a deemed dividend, depending upon the nature of the warrant modification.
The Company did not modify any equity-classified warrants for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
In accounting for amendments to preferred stock, the Company’s policy is to measure the impact by analogy to ASC 470-50 in determining if such an amendment is an extinguishment or a modification. If the amendment results in an extinguishment, the Company follows the SEC staff guidance in ASC 260-10-S99-2, Earnings Per Share—Overall—SEC Materials, and ASC 470-20, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options. If the amendment results in a modification, the Company follows the model in either ASC 718 or ASC 470-50, depending on the nature of the amendment.
The Company did not modify any equity-classified preferred stock for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
Stock-based Compensation
The Company's Stock Incentive Plan (See Note 12) provides for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, and restricted stock unit awards. The Company measures stock awards granted to employees, non-employees, and directors at estimated fair value on the date of grant and recognizes the corresponding compensation expense of the awards, net of estimated forfeitures, over the requisite service periods, which correspond to the vesting periods of the awards. If necessary, forfeitures are estimated at the time of grant and revised in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The Company issues stock awards with only service-based vesting conditions and records compensation expenses for these awards using the straight-line method.
The Company uses its common stock's grant date fair market value to determine the grant date fair value of options granted to employees, non-employees, and directors. The Company measures and recognizes compensation expense for all stock options and RSUs granted to its employees and directors based on the estimated fair value of the award on the grant date. The Company uses the Black-Scholes valuation model to estimate the fair value of stock option awards. The fair value is recognized as an expense, net of estimated forfeitures, over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the respective award, on a straight-line basis. The Company believes that the fair value of stock options granted to non-employees is more reliably measured than the fair value of the services received. The determination of the grant date fair value of options using an option pricing model is affected by the Company’s estimated common stock fair value and requires management to make a number of assumptions, including the expected life of the option, the volatility of the underlying stock, the risk-free interest rate and expected dividends.
The Company estimates the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. The fair value of employee stock options is being amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards. The fair market value of common stock is based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock as reported on the date of the grant.
Income Taxes
The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial reporting and the tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized.
The Company has adopted the provisions of ASC 740, Income Taxes. Under these principles, tax positions are evaluated in a two-step process. The Company first determines whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination. If a tax position meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, it is then measured to determine the amount of benefit to be recognized in the financial statements. The tax position is the most significant benefit, with a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement.
The Company files a consolidated tax return for its related entities.
Foreign Currency Remeasurement and Translation
The functional currency of Napo Therapeutics is the Euro. The Company follows ASC 830, Foreign Currency Matters (“ASC 830”). ASC 830 requires the assets, liabilities, and results of operations of a foreign operation to be measured using the functional currency of that foreign operation. Exchange gains or losses from remeasuring transactions and monetary accounts in a currency other than the functional currency are included in current earnings or losses.
For certain subsidiaries, translation adjustments result from translating the functional currency of subsidiary financial statements into the U.S. Dollar reporting currency. These translation adjustments are reported separately and accumulated in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as a component of accumulated other comprehensive gain or loss.
Comprehensive Gain or Loss
The Company follows ASC 220, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income, which establishes standards for reporting and displaying comprehensive income and its components (revenue, expenses, gains, and losses) in a full set of general-purpose financial statements.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the other comprehensive losses (gains) from translation adjustments were$262,000 and($217,000), respectively.
Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock
Basic net loss per share of common stock is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common stockholders for the year by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding during the year. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss attributable to common stockholders for the year by the weighted average number of common stock, including potential dilutive shares of common stock assuming the dilutive effect of potential dilutive securities. The Company uses the treasury stock method to calculate diluted net loss per share. For years in which the Company reports a net loss, diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share because their impact would be anti-dilutive to the calculation of net loss per share. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company reports a combined basic net loss and diluted loss per share of common stock. Diluted net loss per share of common stock is the same as basic net loss per share of common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
Segment Reporting
In November 2023, FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting – Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures which amends Topic 280 by enhancing segment reporting by requiring more detailed expense information for each reportable segment. Under the guidance, public entities are required to disclose (1) significant expense categories and amounts as those regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) for each reportable segment and how the CODM uses the reported measures of a segment’s profit or loss to assess segment performance and decide how to allocate resources (2) the amount and composition of other segment items included in reported segment profit or loss, and (3) the CODM’s position and title. Additionally, multiple measures of a segment’s profit or loss may be reported, under certain conditions, and single reportable segment entities must apply Topic 280 in its entirety.
The ASU requires all segment profit or loss and assets disclosures to be provided on an annual and interim basis. For each interim period, the total of the reportable segments’ amount for the measures of profit or loss is to be reconciled to the public entity's consolidated income before income taxes and discontinued operations. For each annual period, the total of the reportable segments’ amounts for the measures of profit or loss, revenues, and assets is to be reconciled to the public entity's consolidated income before income taxes and discontinued operations. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company early adopted the ASU on its interim period reporting as of and for the period ended September 30, 2024.
Joint Venture Formations
In August 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-05, Business Combinations—Joint Venture Formations (Subtopic 805-60): Recognition and Initial Measurement. This update outlines the recognition and initial measurement requirements for these joint ventures. The amendments are effective for all joint ventures within the ASU’s scope that are formed on or after January 1, 2025. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company has no joint venture that may be affected by the amendment.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
Stock Compensation
In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-01, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope Application of Profit Interest and Similar Awards. This update clarifies how companies account for profit interest and similar awards given to employees or non-employees, which helps determine whether such award fall under stock compensation or general compensation accounting standards. The amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim periods within those annual periods for entities other than public business entities. The Company has elected not to early adopt but will monitor the effects of the additional disclosures.
Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses ("DISE"), which requires additional disclosures regarding the nature of expenses included in the income statement. This update responds to investor feedback requesting greater transparency in financial reporting by requiring entities to provide a tabular disclosure of specified natural expense categories within relevant expense captions. The disclosure requirements include purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, intangible asset amortization, and depletion expenses, among others. Additionally, entities must provide qualitative descriptions of any remaining amounts not separately disaggregated and disclose total selling expenses. The amendments in this update apply to all public business entities and are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Entities may apply the requirements prospectively, with an option for retrospective application. Early adoption is permitted. The Company has elected not to early adopt but will monitor the impact of the additional disclosures.
In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date. This update amends the effective date of ASU 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires additional disclosures regarding the nature of expenses included in the income statement. The amendment clarifies that all public business entities are required to adopt the guidance in annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company has elected not to early adopt but will monitor the impact of the additional disclosures.
The Company has assessed recently issued accounting pronouncements and determined that there are no other new standards expected to have a material impact on its financial statements. However, the Company will continue to monitor developments in accounting standards and evaluate their relevance as they arise.
- Fair Value Measurements
ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements, defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under U.S. GAAP and enhances disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value is defined under ASC 820 as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value under ASC 820 must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The standard describes a fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value which are the following:
Level 1 – Observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets.
Level 2 – Observable inputs such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, or model-derived valuations whose significant inputs are observable.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions.
The following tables set forth the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) · Level 1 · Level 2 · Level 3 · Total | ||||||||
| Iliad | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 5,469 | $ | 5,469 |
| Uptown | — | — | 9,322 | 9,322 | ||||
| Streeterville 2 | — | — | 8,856 | 8,856 | ||||
| Streeterville Note | — | — | 11,527 | 11,527 | ||||
| Convertible Notes | — | — | 1,833 | 1,833 | ||||
| Total fair value | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 37,007 | $ | 37,007 |
| (in thousands) · Level 1 · Level 2 · Level 3 · Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iliad | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 5,215 | $ | 5,215 |
| Uptown | — | — | 9,615 | 9,615 | ||||
| Streeterville 2 | — | — | 8,673 | 8,673 | ||||
| Streeterville Note | — | — | 11,853 | 11,853 | ||||
| Total fair value | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 35,356 | $ | 35,356 |
The change in the estimated fair value of Level 3 liabilities is summarized below:
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (unaudited) | ||||||||||
| (in thousands) · Iliad · Uptown · Streeterville 2 · Streeterville Note · Convertible Notes | ||||||||||
| Beginning fair value of Level 3 liability | $ | 5,215 | $ | 9,615 | $ | 8,673 | $ | 11,853 | $ | — |
| Additions | — | — | — | — | 1,833 | |||||
| Exchanges | — | (1,210) | (315) | — | — | |||||
| Settlements | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Change in fair value | 254 | 917 | 498 | (326) | — | |||||
| Ending fair value of Level 3 liability | $ | 5,469 | $ | 9,322 | $ | 8,856 | $ | 11,527 | $ | 1,833 |
| Year Ended | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) · Iliad · Uptown · Streeterville 2 · Streeterville Note · Convertible Notes | ||||||||||
| Beginning fair value of Level 3 liability | $ | 6,862 | $ | 7,473 | $ | 6,815 | $ | 9,793 | $ | — |
| Additions | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Exchanges | (4,906) | — | (166) | — | — | |||||
| Settlements | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Change in fair value | 3,259 | 2,142 | 2,024 | 2,060 | — | |||||
| Ending fair value of Level 3 liability | $ | 5,215 | $ | 9,615 | $ | 8,673 | $ | 11,853 | $ | — |
The fair value of the Streeterville Note recognized as a Level 3 liability at the date of issuance and as of March 31, 2025, amountedto $7.8 million and$11.5 million, respectively. The fair value of the remaining Level 3 liabilities at the extinguishment date and as of March 31, 2025, amounted to $21.1 million and$23.6 million. The fair values were based on the weighted average discounted expected future cash flows representing the terms of the notes, discounting them to their present value equivalents. The notes were classified as Level 3 fair values in the fair value hierarchy due to the use of unobservable inputs, including the Company’s own credit risk.
The Company determined and performed the valuations with the assistance of an independent valuation service provider. On a quarterly basis, the Company considers the main Level 3 inputs for hybrid instruments used derived as follows:
Discount rate which was determined using a comparison of various effective yields on bonds as of the valuation date
Market indications for vouchers, which affect the Return Bonus from the sale of Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (“TDPRV”)
Weighted probability of cash outflows which was estimated based on the entity's knowledge of the business and how the current economic environment is likely to impact the timing of the cash outflows, attributed to the different repayment features of the notes
The following table summarizes the quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs used in Level 3 fair value measurement for the Streeterville Note:
| Range of Inputs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (probability-weighted average) · Relationship of unobservable inputs | |||
| Unobservable Inputs | 2025 | 2024 | to fair value |
| Risk Adjusted Discount Rate | 9.28% - 27.35% (27.35%) | 7.46%-25.53% (25.53%) | If discount rate is adjusted to a total of an additional 100 basis points (bps), fair value would have decreased by $421,000.If discount rate is adjusted to a total deduction of 100 basis points (bps), fair value would have increased by $421,000. |
| Sales Proceeds: Amount of comparable TDPRV | $67.5 million to $350 million ($100 million) | $67.5 million to $350 million ($100 million) | If expected cash flows by Management considered the highest amount of market indications for vouchers, FV would have decreased by $1.95 million.If expected cash flows by Management considered the lowest amount of market indications for vouchers, FV would have increased by $12.80 million. |
| Range of Probability for Timing of Cash Flows:Variations of the terms and conditions of the timing of cash flows, including settlement of the note principal, interest, penalties, and acceleration clause | 0.00%-85.00% | 0.00%-85.00% | If expected cash flows by Management considered the Scenario with the least amount of indicated value, FV would have decreased by $0.24 million.If expected cash flows by Management considered the Scenario with the most significant amount of indicated value, FV would have increased by $1.21 million. |
The fair value of the Convertible Notes recognized as a Level 3 liability at the date of issuance and as of March 31, 2025, amountedto $1.8 million. The fair value was determined based on the discounted expected future cash flows representing the terms of the notes, including their short-term maturity and conversion features, and was discounted to present value equivalents. The notes were classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy due to the use of unobservable inputs, including the Company’s own credit risk.
The Company determined and performed the valuation with the assistance of an independent valuation service provider. On a quarterly basis, the Company considers the main Level 3 input for these freestanding financial instruments to be the discount rate, which was determined using a comparison of various effective yields on bonds as of the valuation date
The following table summarizes the quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs used in Level 3 fair value measurement for the Convertible Promissory Notes:
| Range of Inputs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (probability-weighted average) · Relationship of unobservable inputs | |||
| Unobservable Inputs | 2025 | 2024 | to fair value |
| Risk Adjusted Discount Rate | 8.6% - 21.51% (21.51%) | — | If discount rate is adjusted to a total of an additional 100 basis points (bps), fair value would have decreased by $0.If discount rate is adjusted to a total deduction of 100 basis points (bps), fair value would have increased by $0. |
For the additional notes designated at FVO that are freestanding, the Company considers only the discount rate which was determined using a comparison of various effective yields on bonds as of valuation date.
The following table summarizes the quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs used in Level 3 fair value measurement for the remaining instruments that are not classified as hybrid instruments:
| Range of Inputs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (probability-weighted average) · Relationship of unobservable inputs | |||
| Unobservable Inputs | 2025 | 2024 | to fair value |
| Risk Adjusted Discount Rate | 9.3% - 26.00% (26.00%) | 7.5%-27.53% (27.53%) | If discount rate is adjusted to a total of an additional 100 basis points (bps), fair value would have decreased by $332,000. If discount rate is adjusted to a total deduction of 100 basis points (bps), fair value would have increased by $337,000. |
Fair Value Option
The Company elected to apply the FVO accounting to certain freestanding instruments and to the entire class of hybrid instruments, including structured notes, of which there are assessed embedded derivatives that would be eligible for bifurcation, to align the measurement attributes of those instruments under U.S. GAAP and to simplify the accounting model applied to these financial instruments.
The valuations of these instruments were predominantly driven by the discount rate and the derivative features embedded within the instruments. The Company determined and performed the valuations of the freestanding and hybrid instruments with the assistance of an independent valuation service provider. The valuation methodology utilized is consistent with the income approach for estimating the fair value of the interest-bearing portion of the instruments and the related derivatives. Cash flows of the financial instruments in their entirety, including the embedded derivatives, are discounted at an appropriate rate for the applicable duration of the instrument. Interests on the interest-bearing portion of the instruments held to maturity and mark-to-market adjustments are aggregated in the change in fair value of freestanding and hybrid financial instruments designated at FVO in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company did not note any fair value movement on FVO liabilities attributable to any instrument-specific credit risk, which should be recorded in other comprehensive income (loss).
The following tables summarize the fair value and outstanding balance for items the Company accounts for under FVO:
| (in thousands) · Fair value · Unpaid Principal Balance · Accrued Interest · Fair Value Over (Under) Outstanding Balance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| Iliad | $ | 5,469 | $ | 2,220 | $ | 4,654 | $ | (1,406) |
| Uptown | 9,322 | 6,899 | 5,666 | (3,243) | ||||
| Streeterville 2 | 8,856 | 9,803 | 2,272 | (3,219) | ||||
| Streeterville Note | 11,527 | 6,000 | 876 | 4,651 | ||||
| Convertible Notes | 1,833 | 3,448 | 2 | (1,617) | ||||
| (in thousands) · Fair value · Unpaid Principal Balance · Accrued Interest · Fair Value Over (Under) Outstanding Balance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iliad | $ | 5,215 | $ | 2,220 | $ | 4,484 | $ | (1,489) |
| Uptown | 9,615 | 7,994 | 5,347 | (3,726) | ||||
| Streeterville 2 | 8,673 | 10,094 | 2,024 | (3,445) | ||||
| Streeterville Note | 11,853 | 6,000 | 815 | 5,038 | ||||
- Balance Sheet Components
Inventory
Inventory at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 consisted of the following:
| March 31, · December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2024 | ||||
| (in thousands) · (unaudited) | ||||
| Raw material | $ | 1,881 | $ | 1,850 |
| Work in process | 7,725 | 7,407 | ||
| Finished goods | 949 | 1,088 | ||
| Inventory | $ | 10,555 | $ | 10,345 |
Prelaunch Inventory
Costs capitalized for the Company’s lyophilized drug amounting to$4.1 million as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, are included in the prepaid expenses and other current assets account. The Company’s proof‑of‑concept (“POC”) data is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter of 2025. Upon approval, the prelaunch inventory shall be reclassified as part of the Company’s inventory.
Property and Equipment, net
Property and equipment, net at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, consisted of the following:
| March 31, · December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2024 | ||||
| (in thousands) · (unaudited) | ||||
| Land | $ | 396 | $ | 396 |
| Lab equipment | 477 | 477 | ||
| Software | 63 | 63 | ||
| Furniture and fixtures | 18 | 18 | ||
| Computers and peripherals | 23 | 23 | ||
| Total property and equipment at cost | 977 | 977 | ||
| Accumulated depreciation | (525) | (513) | ||
| Property and equipment, net | $ | 452 | $ | 464 |
Depreciation and amortization expenses were$12,000 and$12,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Intangible Assets, net
Intangible assets consisted of the following:
| March 31, · December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2024 | ||||
| (in thousands) · (unaudited) | ||||
| Developed technology | $ | 25,000 | $ | 25,000 |
| Accumulated developed technology amortization | (12,778) | (12,361) | ||
| Developed technology, net | 12,222 | 12,639 | ||
| In-process research and development | 4,800 | 4,800 | ||
| In process research and development, net | 4,800 | 4,800 | ||
| Trademarks | 300 | 300 | ||
| Accumulated trademark amortization | (153) | (148) | ||
| Trademarks, net | 147 | 152 | ||
| Internal use software costs - registry | 1,237 | 1,237 | ||
| Accumulated internal use software costs impairment | (371) | (371) | ||
| Accumulated internal use software costs amortization | (547) | (512) | ||
| Internal use software costs - registry, net | 319 | 354 | ||
| Patents | 361 | 361 | ||
| Accumulated patents amortization | (41) | (36) | ||
| Patents, net | 320 | 325 | ||
| License | 214 | 215 | ||
| Accumulated license amortization | (11) | (6) | ||
| License, net | 203 | 209 | ||
| Total intangible assets, net | $ | 18,011 | $ | 18,479 |
Amortization expense of finite-lived intangible assets was$467,000 and $489,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
The following table summarizes the Company’s estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets with finite lives as of March 31, 2025:
| (in thousands) · Amounts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Remainder of 2025 | $ | 1,334 |
| 2026 | 547 | |
| 2027 | 547 | |
| 2028 | 547 | |
| 2029 | 547 | |
| Thereafter | 9,689 | |
| $ | 13,211 | |
- Related Party Transactions
Board of Directors (“BOD”) Cash Compensation
The Company makes BOD cash compensation quarterly based on the Director Compensation Program. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company paid its directors approximately $104,000 and $112,000 in cash compensation, respectively.
- Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
Leases
On April 6, 2021, the Company entered into an office lease agreement of approximately 10,526 square feet of office space in San Francisco, which includes two offices described as Suite 400 and Suite 600. The term of the lease began on September 1, 2021, and will expire on August 31, 2024. The lease had an early occupancy provision which entitled the Company to use a portion of the leased premises on June 1, 2021, free of rent obligation. In addition, the Company has the option to extend the lease for onethree-year period after the expiration date. This option was not included as part of the lease term as the Company was not reasonably certain to exercise it; hence, the lease term only includes the noncancellable period ofthree years plus the period of early occupancy. On December 24, 2021, the lease agreement was amended for the first time to change the expiration date from August 31, 2024 to February 28, 2025.
The base rent under the lease office was $42,000 monthly for the first 12 months, $43,000 monthly for the next 12 months, and $45,000 for the last twelve months. The lease agreement only contained one lease component, which is the lease of the office space. Non-lease components such as payment of building operating costs and share in real property taxes were accounted for separately and were not considered as part of the total lease payments. The lease was classified as an operating lease.
On October 7, 2021, the Company entered an agreement for the lease of office premises in Milan, Italy from November 1, 2021, to April 30, 2022, subject to automatic renewal for subsequent periods until terminated by either party. Base rent amounted to €10,000 or approximately $10,500. If the contract was not terminated within 12 months, the lease amount would be increased in line with the index of relevant inflation at each annual expiration of the contract's start date. The lessor had the right to decline the renewal of the contract. Upon the happening of certain specified events, the lessor might immediately withdraw from the contract. The Company was required to leave the occupied spaces immediately in the same condition in which they were found in the event of contract termination or expiry. The Company paid a deposit of €20,000, or approximately $21,000, to the lessor. On January 26, 2022, the lease agreement was amended, whereby the term was extended by 20 months from May 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The Company recognized rent expense on a straight-line basis over the non-cancellable lease period. On September 12, 2023, the Company entered into a second lease amendment whereby the term was extended by another year from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. On December 31, 2024, the Company elected not to renew the lease agreement.
On December 22, 2021, the Company entered an agreement for the lease oftwo separate vehicles for 48 months, expiring on November 30, 2025. The total monthly lease payment amounted to €2,000 or approximately $2,100, payable in advance. The Company elected to include both the lease and non-lease components as a single component and account for it as a lease. The Company also paid a total deposit of €19,000 or approximately $20,000, exclusive of VAT. Early termination of the contracts requires the payment of specified amounts.
On January 25, 2022, the Company entered an agreement for the lease of office premises in Milan, Italy from March 1, 2022, to December 31, 2023, subject to automatic renewal for subsequent periods until terminated by either party. Base rent amounted to €4,000 or approximately $4,200. A similar agreement was entered with the lessor for the lease of premises to be used as office space from November 1, 2022, to December 31, 2023, subject to automatic renewal for subsequent periods until terminated by either party. Base rent amounted to €3,817 or approximately $4,000. If the contracts are not terminated within 12 months, the lease amounts will be increased in line with the index of relevant inflation at each annual expiration of the contract's start date. The lessor has the right to decline the renewal of the contracts. Upon the happening of certain specified events, the lessor may immediately withdraw from the contracts. The Company is required to leave the occupied spaces immediately in the same conditions in which they were found in the event of contract termination or expiry. The Company paid a deposit of €9,000, or approximately $9,500, to the Lessor.
In May 2022, the Company entered an agreement for the lease ofone vehicle for 48 months, expiring on April 30, 2026. The total monthly lease payment amounted to €833 or approximately $880, payable in advance. The Company elected to include both the lease and non-lease components as a single component and account for it as a lease. The Company also paid a total deposit of €21,000 or approximately $22,000, exclusive of VAT. Early termination of the contracts requires the payment of specified amounts.
In October 2022, the Company entered an agreement for the lease ofthree vehicles for 48 months, expiring on September 30, 2026. The total monthly lease payment amounted to €2,094 or approximately $2,200, payable in advance. The Company elected to include both the lease and non-lease components as a single component and account for it as a lease.
In November 2022, the Company entered an agreement for the lease oftwo vehicles for 48 months, expiring on October 31, 2026. The monthly lease payment amounted to €1,459 or approximately $1,500, payable in advance. The Company elected to include both the lease and non-lease components as a single component and account for it as a lease.
On October 25, 2023, the Company entered into the second amendment to the lease of the office premises in San Francisco. Under this amendment, the lease term for Suite 400 was changed from February 28, 2025 to August 31, 2030. Additionally, it reflected a remeasurement of the premises, increasing the Company's total rentable area from 10,526 to 10,998 square feet. As part of this remeasurement, Suite 400's rentable area was adjusted to 5,735 square feet, while Suite 600's rentable area remained unchanged at 5,263 square feet per the original lease agreement. This amendment did not increase Suite 400's rent proportionally to the updated square footage. Theoption to renew at the end of the lease term was amended into aone-to-five-year period from the originalone-to-three-year period. This option was not included as part of the lease term as the Company was not reasonably certain to exercise it; hence, the lease term only includes the noncancellable period until February 28, 2025. The second amendment did not modify any terms related to Suite 600.
On December 8, 2023, the Company entered atwo-year office lease in Milan, Italy. The lease term began on January 1, 2024, until December 31, 2025. The Company recognizes rent expense on a straight-line basis over the non-cancellable lease period.
On January 1, 2025, the Company entered into the third amendment to the lease of the office premises in San Francisco. Under this amendment, the lease term for Suite 600 was changed from February 28, 2025 to August 31, 2030, rendering the lease terms for both Suite 400 and Suite 600 coterminous. Additionally, the amendment established a revised rental rate for Suite 600 at $24.00 per rentable square foot, effective upon the amendment’s execution. The rental rate is subject to annual escalations of three percent (3%) thereafter. The third amendment did not modify any terms related to Suite 400.
The table below provides additional details of the office space and vehicle leases presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024:
| March 31, · December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2024 | ||||
| (in thousands) · (unaudited) | ||||
| Operating lease - right-of-use asset - office space | 1,112 | 819 | ||
| Operating lease - right-of-use asset - vehicles | 99 | 117 | ||
| Total | $ | 1,211 | $ | 936 |
| Operating lease liability, current | 273 | 299 | ||
| Operating lease liability, net of the current portion | 998 | 686 | ||
| Total | $ | 1,271 | $ | 985 |
| Weighted-average remaining life (years) | 4.10 | 4.44 | ||
| Weighted-average discount rate | 20.03% | 20.75% | ||
Lease costs included in general and administrative expenses in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, were approximately$220,000 and $276,000, respectively.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, cash paid for operating lease liabilities recognized under operating cash flows amounted to $63,000 and $336,000, respectively.
Non-cash investing and financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, including addition to right-of-use assets obtained from new and modified operating liabilities, amount to $341,000 and $221,000, respectively.
The following table summarizes the undiscounted cash payment obligations for operating lease liability as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
| March 31, · December 31, | ||||
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| 2025 · 2024 | ||||
| (in thousands) · (unaudited) | ||||
| 2025 | 502 | 455 | ||
| 2026 | 385 | 266 | ||
| 2027 | 371 | 233 | ||
| 2028 | 382 | 240 | ||
| 2029 | 394 | 247 | ||
| 2030 | 166 | 168 | ||
| Total undiscounted operating lease payments | 2,200 | 1,609 | ||
| Imputed interest expenses | (929) | (624) | ||
| Total operating lease liability | 1,271 | 985 | ||
| Less: Operating lease liability, current | 273 | 299 | ||
| Operating lease liability, net of current portion | $ | 998 | $ | 686 |
Purchase Commitment
On September 3, 2020, the Company entered into a manufacturing and supply agreement (the “Agreement”) with Glenmark Life Sciences Limited (“Glenmark”), pursuant to which Glenmark will continue to serve as the Company’s manufacturer of crofelemer for use in Mytesi, the Company’s human prescription drug product approved by the FDA, and for other crofelemer-based products manufactured by the Company or its affiliates for human or animal use. The term of the Agreement is approximately 2.5 years (i.e., until March 31, 2023) and may be extended for successivetwo-year renewal terms upon mutual agreement between the parties thereto. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Glenmark will supply crofelemer to the Company. The Agreement contains provisions regarding the rights and responsibilities of the parties with respect to manufacturing specifications, forecasting and ordering, delivery arrangements, payment terms, confidentiality and indemnification, and other customary provisions. The Agreement includes a commitment to purchase from Glenmark a minimum quantity of 500 kilograms of crofelemer per year, pro-rated for partial years, where the Company may be obligated to pay any shortfall. Either party may terminate the Agreement for any reason with 12 months prior written notice to the other party. In addition, either party may terminate the Agreement upon written notice as a result of a material breach of the Agreement that remains uncured for a period of 90 days. If the Company terminates the Agreement due to a material breach caused by Glenmark, the Company will not be obligated to pay for any minimum quantity shortfall. As of March 31, 2025, the remaining commitmentis 250 kilograms.
Master Services Agreement
On October 5, 2020, the Company entered into an MSA for clinical research organization services (the “2020 MSA”) and a service order under such 2020 MSA with Integrium, LLC (“Integrium”). The service order covers the Company’s upcoming pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial for cancer-therapy-related diarrhea. As consideration for its services, the Company would pay Integrium a total amount of up to approximately $12.4 million, later reduced to approximately $6.0 million, which would be paid over the term of the engagement and based on the achievement of certain milestones. The 2020 MSA will terminate upon the satisfactory performance of all services to be provided thereunder unless earlier terminated by the parties. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company paid Integrium $0 and $505,000, respectively.
Asset Transfer and Transition Commitment
On September 25, 2017, the Company entered into the Termination, Asset Transfer, and Transition Agreement with Glenmark dated September 22, 2017. As a result of the agreement, the Company now controls commercial rights for Mytesi for all indications, territories, and patient populations globally and also holds commercial rights to the existing regulatory approvals for crofelemer in Brazil, Ecuador, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. In exchange, the Company agrees to pay Glenmark 25% of any payment it receives from a third party to whom the Company grants a license or sublicense or with whom the Company partners in respect of or sells or otherwise transfers any of the transferred assets, subject to certain exclusions until Glenmark has received a total of $7.0 million. For thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company paid Glenmark $620,000 and $0, respectively.
Revenue Sharing Commitment Update
On December 14, 2017, the Company announced its entry into a collaboration agreement with Seed Mena Businessmen Services LLC (“SEED”) for Equilevia™, the Company's non-prescription, personalized, premium product for total gut health in equine athletes. According to the terms of the Agreement, the Company will pay SEED 15% of total revenue generated from any clients or partners introduced to the Company by SEED in the form of fees, commissions, payments, or revenue received by the Company or its business associates or partners, and the agreed-upon revenue percentage increases to 20% after the first million dollars of revenue. In return, SEED will provide the Company access to its existing United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) network and contacts and assist the Company with any legal or financial requirements. The agreement became effe ctive on December 13, 2017 and will continue indefinitely until terminated by either party pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. No payments have been made to date.
Joint Venture - Magdalena Biosciences, Inc.
In January 2023, Jaguar and Filament Health (“Filament”), with Funding from One Small Planet, formed the U.S.-based joint venture Magdalena Biosciences, Inc. (“Magdalena”). Magdalena’s focus is on the development of novel, natural prescription medicines derived from plants for mental health indications, including, initially, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (“ADHD”) in adults. The goal of the collaboration is to extend the botanical drug development capabilities of Jaguar and Filament in order to develop pharmaceutical-grade, standardized drug candidates for mental health disorders and to partner with a potential future licensee to develop and commercialize these novel plant-based drugs. This venture aligns with Jaguar's mental health Entheogen Therapeutics Initiative (“ETI”) and Filament's corporate mission to develop novel, natural prescription medicines from plants. Magdalena will leverage Jaguar's proprietary medicinal plant library and Filament's proprietary drug development technology. Jaguar’s library of 2,300 highly characterized medicinal plants and 3,500 plant extracts, all from firsthand ethnobotanical investigation by Jaguar and members of the ETI Scientific Strategy Team, is a key asset Jaguar has generated over 30 years that bridges the knowledge of traditional healers and Western medicine. Magdalena holds an exclusive license to plants and plant extracts in Jaguar's library, not including any sources of crofelemer or NP-300, for specific indications and is in the process of identifying plant candidates in the library that may prove beneficial for addressing indications such as ADHD.
The Company accounted for its 40% investment in Magdalena under the equity method. The summarized income statement information for thethree months ended March 31, 2025, of Magdalena is as follows:
| Three Months Ended | ||
|---|---|---|
| March 31, | ||
| (in thousands) · (unaudited) | ||
| Revenue | $ | — |
| Operating expenses | (82) | |
| Loss before income tax | (82) | |
| Income tax expense | — | |
| Net loss | $ | (82) |
| Net loss attributable to the Company | $ | (33) |
Securities Purchase and Licensing Agreement
On March 18, 2024, the Company entered into a privately negotiated securities purchase agreement with Gen Ilac Ve Saglik Urunleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret, A.S., ("Gen") pursuant to which the Company issued 277,778 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.12 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $2.0 million. The sale of the securities was consummated in connection with the licensing transaction covering the exclusive license and commercialization agreement for the Company's FDA-approved prescription drug Crofelemer with purchasers in certain Eastern European countries.
The Company determined that the issuance of shares and the license grant should be accounted for as a single arrangement under ASC 606. The fair value of the common stock issued was excluded from the consideration allocated to the revenue unit of account following the separation and initial measurement requirements. The deferred revenue amounting to $850,000 will be recognized as revenue evenly over a period offive years, which represents the approximate term of the license period considering the license patents' expiration dates. For thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized$43,000 and $0 related to the license granted.
April 2024 Agreement for Gelclair
On April 12, 2024, the Company entered into an exclusive 5-year in-license agreement with United Kingdom-based Venture Life Group PLC (“Venture Life”), an international consumer health company focused on the global self-care market for Venture Life's 510(k) cleared oral mucositis prescription product, Gelclair for the U.S. market. The agreement grants the Company the exclusive rights to market Venture Life's FDA-approved oral mucositis prescription product, Gelclair, within the U.S. market. The agreement will automatically be renewed for an additional five-year term, totaling ten years, if the Company meets all Minimum Purchase Obligations (“MPOs”) and minimum net sales obligations.
The Company paid a non-refundable license fee of €200,000 (equivalent to $215,040, excluding value-added-tax) to Venture Life. Additionally, the Company will pay Venture Life a running royalty based on a percentage of the net sales throughout the agreement term. The non-refundable license fee has been capitalized as License under Intangible Assets, while the running royalty will be recognized as royalty expense.
The Company commenced the commercial launch of Gelclair in October 2024. Accordingly, amortization expense and royalty expense were recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Contingencies
From time to time, the Company may become a party to various legal actions, both inside and outside the U.S., arising in the ordinary course of its business or otherwise. The Company accrues amounts, to the extent they can be reasonably estimated, that the Company believes will result in a probable loss (including, among other things, probable settlement value) to adequately address any liabilities related to legal proceedings and other loss contingencies. A loss or a range of loss is disclosed when it is reasonably possible that a material loss will incur and can be estimated or when it is reasonably possible that the amount of a loss, when material, will exceed the recorded provision. The Company did not have any material accruals for any currently active legal action in its unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2025, as the Company could not predict the ultimate outcome of these matters or reasonably estimate the potential exposure.
- Debt
Notes payable at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 consisted of the following:
| March 31, · December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2024 | ||||
| (in thousands) · (unaudited) | ||||
| Notes designated at Fair Value Option | $ | 37,007 | $ | 35,356 |
| Insurance Financing | 58 | 135 | ||
| Tempesta Note | — | 50 | ||
| Total | 37,065 | 35,541 | ||
| Less: Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs | — | — | ||
| Note payable, net of discount | $ | 37,065 | $ | 35,541 |
| Notes payable - non-current, net | $ | 18,429 | $ | 23,503 |
| Notes payable - current, net | $ | 18,636 | $ | 12,038 |
| Weighted average interest rate on short-term borrowings | 8.75% | 7.36% | ||
The Company paid$6,000 and $9,000 in interest on its debt for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
All notes payable not designated at FVO are expected to mature in 2026. Future maturities are based on contractual minimum payments. The timing of maturities may fluctuate based on future revenue.
Sale of Future Royalty Interest
October 2020 Purchase Agreement
On October 8, 2020, the Company entered into a royalty interest purchase agreement (the “October 2020 Purchase Agreement”) with Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. (“Iliad”), pursuant to which the Company sold to Iliad a royalty interest entitling Iliad to receive $12.0 million of future royalties on sales of Mytesi and certain up-front license fees and milestone payments from licensees and distributors (the “Royalty Repayment Amount”) for an aggregate purchase price of $6.0 million.
Until the Royalty Repayment Amount has been paid in full, the Company will pay Iliad 10% of the Company’s net sales on included products and 10% of worldwide revenues related to upfront licensing fees and milestone payments from licensees and distributors, but specifically excluding licensing fees and milestone payments that are reimbursements of clinical trial expenses (the “Royalty Payments”). Beginning on the six-month anniversary of the delivery of the October 2020 Purchase Agreement to the Company (the “Purchase Price Date”) and continuing until the 12-month anniversary of the Purchase Price Date, the monthly Royalty Payment shall be the greater of (a) $250,000, and (b) the actual Royalty Payment amount Iliad is entitled to for such month. Beginning on the 12-month anniversary of the Purchase Price Date and continuing until the 18-month anniversary of the Purchase Price Date, the monthly Royalty Payment shall be the greater of (a) $400,000 and (b) the actual Royalty Payment amount Iliad is entitled to for such month. Beginning on the 18-month anniversary of the Purchase Price Date and continuing until 24 - month anniversary of the Purchase Price Date, the monthly Royalty Payment shall be the greater of (a) $600,000 and (b) the actual Royalty Payment amount Iliad is entitled to for such month. Beginning on the 24-month anniversary of the Purchase Price Date and continuing until the Royalty Repayment Amount has been paid in full, the monthly Royalty Payment shall be the greater of (a) $750,000, and (b) the actual Royalty Payment amount Iliad is entitled to for such month.
The Royalty Interest amount of $12.0 million was classified as debt, net of a $6.0 million discount, at initial recognition. Under ASC 470-10-35-3, Debt—Overall—Subsequent Measurement (“ASC 470-10-35-3”), Royalty Payments to Iliad will be amortized under the interest method per ASC 835-30, Interest—Imputation of Interest (“ASC 835-30”). The discount rate is variable because there is no set interest rate, and because the royalty payments are variable. After each royalty payment, the Company will use a prospective method to determine a new discount rate based on the revised estimate of remaining cash flows. The new rate is the discount rate that equates the present value of the revised estimate of remaining cash flows with the carrying amount of the debt, and it will be used to recognize interest expense for the remaining periods. At issuance, based on projected cash outflows from future revenue streams, the discount rate was 34.51%.
Pursuant to the October 2020 Purchase Agreement, if the weekly volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the Company’s common stock is not equal to or greater than the minimum VWAP of $0.9105 atleast twice during each calendar month duringthe six months beginning on November 1, 2020, then the Royalty Repayment Amount will be automatically increased by $6.0 million at the end of such six-month period. During the observation period starting November 1, 2020, the Company’s weekly VWAP failed to reach the minimum VWAP of $0.9105. On November 13, 2020, the Company concluded that the contingent clause had been met, warranting an additional $6.0 million Royalty Repayment Amount to be added to the outstanding balance commencing on May 10, 2021, for the purpose of cash interest calculation. The change in the Royalty Repayment Amount was accounted for as a debt modification and resulted in a new discount rate of 45.42%.
The company entered into several exchange agreements from April 13, 2021, to March 9, 2022, whereby the Company agreed to partition $8.0 million from the original outstanding balance of the royalty interest and exchange for a total of 76 shares of the Company’s common stock. The period between the first and last exchanges from February 11, 2022 to March 9, 2022, occurred within a 12-month period and each was individually assessed as a modification, the debt terms that existed prior to the February 13 exchange were used in applying the 10% test on the cumulative assessment performed. The exchanges were cumulatively accounted for as an extinguishment and resulted in a loss of $2.2 million.
On April 14, 2022, the Company entered into amendments (the “Royalty Interest Global Amendments”) to its existing royalty interests, including the Royalty Interest in the original principal amount of $12.0 million under the October 2020 Royalty Interest. The amendment grants the Company, at its sole discretion, the right to exchange from time to time, all or any portion of the Royalty Interests for shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to the Nasdaq Minimum Price (as defined in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d)) as of the date of the applicable exchange. Under the Royalty Interest Global Amendments, the Company’s ability to exchange the Royalty Interests for shares of the Company’s common stock is subject to certain limitations, on which the Company will not have such right and issue any common stock to investors if such limitations were not followed.
The Company entered into several exchange agreements after the Royalty Interest Global Amendments from May 13, 2022, to November 18, 2022, whereby the Company agreed to partition $1.9 million from the outstanding balance of the royalty interest and exchange for a total of 80 shares of the Company’s common stock. These exchange agreements were individually assessed and accounted for as debt modification.
On March 17 and 23, 2023, the Company entered into another exchange agreement with Iliad, pursuant to which the parties agreed to partition $992,000 and $227,000, respectively, from the outstanding balance of the royalty interest and exchange for 10 and 2 shares, respectively, of the Company’s stock.
The exchanges that occurred within the 12 months before the May 13, 2022 exchange were previously accounted for as extinguishment; therefore, cumulative assessment was no longer performed.
On May 8, 2023, the Company entered into a standstill agreement (as amended, the “Standstill Agreement”) with Iliad, Uptown Capital, LLC (f/k/a Irving Park Capital, LLC) (“Uptown”) and Streeterville Capital, LLC (“Streeterville”, and together with Iliad and Uptown, collectively, “Investor”) to allow the Company to refrain from making royalty payments with respect tofour outstanding royalty interests issued by the Company to Investor dated October 8, 2020, December 22, 2020, March 8, 2021, and August 24, 2022, respectively (each, a “Royalty Interest” and collectively, the “Royalty Interests”), including any royalty payments due and payable as of May 8, 2023 (the ”Standstill Date”), and refrain from buying, selling, or otherwise trading in the Company’s common stock for a period beginning on the Standstill Date and ending on the earliest of (a) the date that issix months following the Standstill Date (b) the date of the public announcement of the probability value in Jaguar’s OnTarget Phase 3 clinical trial of crofelemer for prophylaxis of cancer therapy-related diarrhea (c) and the date of any offering or sale of any debt or equity securities, including without limitation any at-the-market offering (the “Standstill Period”), but excluding any exempt issuances. As a material inducement and consideration for Investor’s agreement to enter into the Standstill Agreement, the Company issued (i) Iliad warrants to purchase up to 551 shares of the common stock, (ii) Uptown warrants to purchase up to 492 shares of the common stock, and (iii) Streeterville warrants to purchase up to 1,262 shares of the common stock, at an exercise price of $720 per share.
On June 28, 2023, the Company entered into the first amendment to the Standstill Agreement, pursuant to which the Standstill Agreement was amended to, among other things, permit (i) the Company to issue an aggregate of 105 shares of the Company’s Series H Convertible Preferred Stock to Investor in exchange for a $756,992 reduction in the outstanding balance of the December 2020 Royalty Interest and a $1,726,888 reduction in the outstanding balance of the August 2022 Royalty Interest (the “Exchange Transaction”) without triggering the termination of the Standstill Period, and (ii) Investor to (A) consummate the Exchange Transaction during the Standstill Period and (B) sell all shares of the Company’s common stock beneficially owned by Investor immediately prior to the consummation of the Exchange Transaction during the Standstill Period.
On June 30, 2023, the Company entered into a binding memorandum of understanding (the “Binding MOU”) with the Investor to modify the allocation of the warrants as set forth in the Standstill Agreement such that the Company issued (i) Iliad warrants to purchase up to 1,141 shares of the common stock and (ii) Uptown warrants to purchase up to 1,404 shares of the common stock, andno warrants were issued to Streeterville under the Standstill Agreement.
On August 14, 2023, the Company entered into an amendment (“the Second Amendment”) to the Standstill Agreement with Iliad and Uptown (together, “Standstill Investor”) to (i) permit the Company to offer and sell securities without triggering the termination of the Standstill Period, and (ii) remove the restriction on Standstill Investor’s ability to buy, sell, or otherwise trade in shares of the Company’s common stock during the Standstill Period.
On September 29, 2023, the Company entered into the Global Amendment No. 2 to the October 2020 Royalty Interest with Iliad, pursuant to which, beginning on January 1, 2026, the monthly Royalty Payment under the October 2020 Royalty Interest shall be the greater of (a) $750,000.00, and (b) the actual Royalty Payment amount Iliad is entitled to for such month pursuant to the terms of the October 2020 Royalty Interest. As a material consideration for Iliad’s agreement to enter into this amendment, the Company agreed to issue Iliad warrants to purchase up to 155 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $555 per share. Such warrants may be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on September 29, 2023 (the “Issuance Date”) and ending on thefive-year anniversary of the Issuance Date. Pursuant to an analysis of the indicators provided in ASC 470-60-55-8, Debt—Troubled Debt Restructurings by Debtors—Implementation Guidance and Illustrations(“ASC 470-60-55-8”), the Company is not deemed to be experiencing financial difficulty. The debt restructuring is, therefore, not considered a TDR.
The cumulative effect of the exchanges to the October 2020 Royalty Interest resulted in significant modifications and was accounted for as extinguishment. The Company recorded an extinguishment gain in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations amounting to $2.0 million. The extinguishment triggered a remeasurement event under ASC 825-10 and created an election date on whether to account for the October 2020 Royalty Interest under the FVO.
The Company irrevocably elected to initially and subsequently apply the FVO accounting to the entire royalty interest. The Company used the valuation report from an independent valuation service provided to measure the reporting date fair value of the royalty interest.
On December 28, 2023, the Company entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with Iliad, pursuant to which the Company issued an aggregate of 3,250 shares of the Company’s Common Stocks to Iliad in exchange for a $789,000 reduction in the outstanding balance of the October 2020 Royalty Interest. The effect of the exchange was accounted for as a debt modification.
On January 29, 2024, the Company entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with Iliad pursuant to which the Company issued an aggregate of 5,333 shares of the Company’s common stock to Iliad in exchange for a $836,000 reduction in the outstanding balance of the royalty interest dated October 8, 2020, Royalty Interest. The effect of the exchange was accounted for as a debt modification.
On June 7, 2024, the Company entered into an exchange agreement with Iliad, pursuant to which the parties agreed to partition $1,500,000 from the outstanding balance of the royalty interest dated October 8, 2020. This reduced the outstanding balance of the original royalty interest. The partitioned royalty was exchanged for 262 shares of the Company’s common stock.
On July 15, 2024, the Company entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with Iliad pursuant to which the Company issued an aggregate of 18,200 shares of the Company's common stock to Iliad in exchange for a $1.9 million reduction in the outstanding balance of the original royalty interest. The effect of the exchange was accounted for as a debt modification.
On July 18, 2024, the Company entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with Iliad pursuant to which the Company issued an aggregate of 8,000 shares of the Company's common stock to Iliad in exchange for $819,000 reduction in the outstanding balance of the original royalty interest. The effect of the exchange was accounted for as a debt modification.
On March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the fair value of Iliad's royalty interests was determined to be$5.5 million and $5.2 million. For thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the net change in the fair value of Iliad's royalty interests was$254,000 and $695,000, respectively. The net change in fair value was recorded in the changes in fair value of freestanding and hybrid financial instruments designated at FVO in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
December 2020 Purchase Agreement
On December 22, 2020, the Company entered into a royalty interest purchase agreement (the “December 2020 Purchase Agreement”) with Uptown Capital, LLC (f/k/a Irving Park Capital, LLC) (“Uptown”), a company affiliated with CVP, pursuant to which the Company sold to Uptown a royalty interest entitling Uptown to receive $12.0 million of future royalties on sales of Mytesi and certain up-front license fees and milestone payments from licensees and distributors (the “Royalty Repayment Amount”) for an aggregate purchase price of $6.0 million (the “December 2020 Royalty Interest”).
Until such time as the Royalty Repayment Amount has been paid in full, the Company will pay Uptown 10% of the Company’s Net Sales on Included Products and 10% of worldwide revenues related to upfront licensing fees and milestone payments from licensees and distributors, but specifically excluding licensing fees and milestone payments that are reimbursements of clinical trial expenses (the “Royalty Payments”). Beginning on the payment start date of March 8, 2024, and continuing until the 12-month anniversary of the Purchase Price Date, the monthly Royalty Payment shall be the greater of (a) $750,000 and (b) the actual Royalty Payment amount Uptown is entitled to for such month.
At initial recognition, the December 2020 Royalty Interest amount of $12.0 million is classified as debt, net of a $6.0 million discount. Under ASC 470-10-35-3, royalty payments to Uptown will be amortized under the interest method per ASC 835-30. Because there is no set interest rate and the royalty payments are variable, the discount rate is variable. After each royalty payment, the Company will use a prospective method to determine a new discount rate based on the revised estimate of remaining cash flows. The new rate is the discount rate that equates the present value of the revised estimate of remaining cash flows with the carrying amount of the debt, and it will be used to recognize interest expense for the remaining periods. At issuance, based on projected cash outflows from future revenue streams, the discount rate was 23.70%.
On April 14, 2022, under the Royalty Interest Global Amendments, the Company was granted, at its sole discretion, the right to exchange, from time to time, all or any of the Royalty Interest under the original principal amount of $12.0 million or any portion of the December 2020 Purchase Agreement for shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to the Nasdaq Minimum Price (as defined in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d)) as of date of the applicable exchange, subject to certain limitations.
On February 8, 2023, the Company entered into an exchange agreement with Uptown, pursuant to which the parties agreed to partition $675,000 from the outstanding balance of the royalty interest. The parties further agreed to exchange the partitioned royalty for 100 shares of the Company’s stock.
On May 8, 2023, the Company entered into an exchange agreement with Uptown to (i) partition a new royalty interest in the royalty repayment amount of $1.1 million from the outstanding balance of the royalty interest and exchange for 1,272 shares of the Company’s common stock.
On the same date, the Company entered into the Standstill Agreement as described above, pursuant to which the Company may refrain from making royalty payments on the December 2020 Royalty Interest during the Standstill Period.
On September 29, 2023, the Company entered into the Global Amendment No. 2 to the December 2020 Royalty Interest with Uptown, pursuant to which, beginning on January 1, 2026, the monthly Royalty Payment under the December 2020 Royalty Interest shall be the greater of (a) $750,000.00, and (b) the actual Royalty Payment amount Uptown is entitled to for such month pursuant to the terms of the December 2020 Royalty Interest. As a material consideration for Uptown’s agreement to enter into this amendment, the Company agreed to issue to Uptown warrants to purchase up to 175 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $555 per share. Such warrants may be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on September 29, 2023 (the “Issuance Date”) and ending on thefive-year anniversary of the Issuance Date. Pursuant to an analysis of the indicators provided in ASC 470-60-55-8, the Company is not deemed to be experiencing financial difficulty. The debt restructuring is, therefore, not considered a TDR.
On the same date, the Company entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with Uptown (the “Exchange Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued an aggregate of 118 shares of the Company’s newly authorized Series I Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series I Preferred Stock” or “Preferred Stock”) to Uptown, at an effective exchange price per share equal to the market price (defined as the Minimum Price under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d)) as of the date of the Exchange Agreement, in exchange for a $1,500,000.00 reduction in the outstanding balance of the December 2020 Royalty Interest (“Partitioned Royalty”) (the “Exchange Transaction”). Subject to the terms of the Series I Preferred Stock, each share of Series I Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”).
The cumulative effect of the exchanges to the December 2020 Royalty Interest resulted in significant modifications and was accounted for as extinguishment. The Company recorded an extinguishment gain in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations amounting to $2.7 million. The extinguishment triggered a remeasurement event under ASC 825-10 and created an election date on whether to account for the December 2020 Royalty Interest under the FVO accounting.
The Company irrevocably elected to initially and subsequently apply the FVO accounting to the entire royalty interest. The Company used the valuation report from an independent valuation service provided to measure the reporting date fair value of the royalty interest.
On January 28, 2025, the Company entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with Uptown, pursuant to which the Company issued 51,600 shares of common stock to Uptown in exchange for a $1,094,952 reduction in the outstanding balance of the Uptown's royalty interest.
On March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the fair value of Uptown's royalty interests was determined to be$9.3 million and $9.6 million. For thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the net change in the fair value of Uptown's royalty interests was $917,000 and $407,000, respectively. The net change in fair value was recorded in the change in fair value of financial instruments and hybrid instruments designated at FVO in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
March 2021 Purchase Agreement
On March 8, 2021, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the “March 2021 Purchase Agreement”) with Streeterville Capital, LLC (“Streeterville”), a company affiliated with CVP, pursuant to which the Company sold a royalty interest entitling Streeterville to $10.0 million and any interest, fees, and charges as royalty repayment amount for an aggregate purchase price of $5.0 million (the “March 2021 Royalty Interest”). Interest will accrue on the royalty repayment amount at a rate of 5% per annum, compounding quarterly, and will increase to 10% per annum, compounding quarterly on the 12-month anniversary of the closing date.
The Company will be obligated to make minimum royalty payments on a monthly basis beginning at the earlier of (a) 36 months following the closing date or (b)30 days following the satisfaction of all existing royalties to Streeterville, and its affiliates namely Iliad and Uptown, but not earlier than 18 months following the closing date in an amount equal to the greater of (i) $250,000 beginning on the royalty payment start date and continuing until either the royalty repayment amount has been paid in full or the 6-month anniversary of the royalty payment start date, $400,000 beginning on the 6-month anniversary of the royalty payment start date and continuing until either the royalty repayment amount has been paid in full or the 12-month anniversary of the royalty payment start date, $600,000 beginning on the 12-month anniversary of the royalty payment start date and continuing until either the royalty repayment amount has been paid in full or the 18-month anniversary of the royalty payment start date, $750,000 beginning on the 18-month anniversary of the royalty payment start date and continuing until the royalty repayment amount has been paid in full, and (ii)10% of the Company’s net sales on included products,10% of worldwide revenues related to upfront licensing fees and milestone payments from licensees and/or distributors but specifically excluding licensing fees and/or milestone payments that are reimbursements of clinical trial expenses or associated with the license of Included Products from the Company to Napo EU, including but not limited to the upfront fee payable by Napo EU to Napo for included products and Crofelemer for other indications; and 50% of royalties collected from licenses of the included products to third parties.
At initial recognition, the March 2021 Royalty Interest amount of $10.0 million is classified as debt, net of a $5.0 million discount. Under ASC 470-10-35-3, royalty payments to Streeterville will be amortized under the interest method per ASC 835-30. Because there is no set interest rate and the royalty payments are variable, the discount rate is variable. After each royalty payment, the Company will use a prospective method to determine a new discount rate based on the revised estimate of remaining cash flows. The new rate is the discount rate that equates the present value of the revised estimate of remaining cash flows with the carrying amount of the debt, and it will be used to recognize interest expense for the remaining periods. At issuance, based on projected cash outflows from future revenue streams, the discount rate was 19.36%.
On April 14, 2022, under the Royalty Interest Global Amendments, the Company is granted, at its sole discretion, the right to exchange, from time to time, all or any of the Royalty Interest under the original principal amount of $10.0 million of the March 2021 Purchase Agreement for shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to the Nasdaq Minimum Price (as defined in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d)) as of date of the applicable exchange, subject to certain limitations.
The Company entered into several exchange agreements after the Royalty Interest Global Amendments from August 17, 2022, to September 30, 2022, whereby the Company agreed to partition $5.4 million from the outstanding balance of the royalty interest and exchange for a total of 207 shares of the Company’s common stock with a par value of $0.0001 in accordance with the term of the Royalty Interest Exchange Agreement. These exchange agreements were collectively assessed and accounted for as debt modification.
On March 1, 2024, the Company entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with Streeterville, pursuant to which the Company issued an aggregate of 179 shares of Series J Preferred Stock to Streeterville in exchange for the surrender of the March 2021 Royalty Interest by Streeterville. Upon completion of the CVP Exchange Transaction, all outstanding balance of the March 2021 Royalty Interest was fully paid, and the March 2021 Royalty Interest was terminated.
The exchanges of Series J Preferred Stock were accounted for as extinguishment. Because the fair value of the common stock transferred is less than the carrying amount of the Series J Preferred Stock surrendered, the difference was credited to retained earnings and added to earnings available to common shareholders.
Interest expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, were, $420,000 and $448,000, respectively. As of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, the carrying value of the debt waszero.
August 2022 Purchase Agreement
On August 24, 2022, the Company entered into another royalty interest purchase agreement (the “August 2022 Purchase Agreement”) with Streeterville, pursuant to which the Company sold Streeterville a royalty interest to receive $12.0 million (the “August 2022 Royalty Interest”) of future royalties on sales of Mytesi® (crofelemer) for any indications that could cannibalize crofelemer indications or any other chronic indication and certain up-front license fees and milestone payments from licensees and/or distributors for an aggregate purchase price of $4.0 million (“the Royalty Financing”). The Company will use the proceeds to support the ongoing pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of crofelemer for prophylaxis of diarrhea in adults receiving targeted cancer therapy. Interest will accrue on the Royalty Repayment Amount at a rate of 5% per annum from the closing of the Royalty Financing until the one-year anniversary of such closing and 10% per annum thereafter, simple interest computed based on a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
The Company will be obligated to make minimum royalty payments on a monthly basis beginning on January 1, 2024 in an amount equal to the greater of (A) $250,000 (which increases to $400,000 beginning 6 months following the closing of the Royalty Financing, $600,000 beginning 12 months following the closing of the Royalty Financing, and $750,000 beginning 18 months following the closing of the Royalty Financing) and (B) the royalty payments to which Investor is entitled, consisting of (1)10% of the Company’s net sales of crofelemer for any indications that could cannibalize crofelemer indications or any other chronic indication (including any improvements, modifications and follow-on products, collectively referred to as “Included Products”) (2)10% of worldwide revenues related to upfront licensing fees and milestone payments from licensees and/or distributors, but specifically excluding licensing fees and/or milestone payments that are (A) reimbursements of clinical trial expenses or (B) associated with the license of the of the Included Products from the Company to Napo Therapeutics and (3)50% of royalties collected from licenses of the Included Products to third parties.
Pursuant to the terms of the August 2022 Royalty Interest, the Company has the right to exchange from time to time at the Company’s sole discretion all or any portion of the Royalty Interest for shares of common stock at a price per share equal to the Nasdaq Minimum Price (as defined in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d)) as of the date of the applicable exchange. At issuance, based on projected cash outflows from future revenue streams, the discount rate was 55.97%.
On September 29, 2023, the Company entered into a Global Amendment No. 2 (the “Global Amendment”) with the Investor as described further above, such that the Company issued Streeterville warrants to purchase 10,200 shares of the common stock the Global Amendment No. 1 and Global Amendment No. 2 to the August 2022 Royalty Interest with Streeterville, pursuant to which, (a) beginning on January 1, 2026, the monthly Royalty Payment under the August 2022 Royalty Interest shall be the greater of (x) $750,000.00, and (y) the actual Royalty Payment amount Streeterville is entitled to for such month pursuant to the terms of the August 2022 Royalty Interest, and (b) the Company is prohibited from making prepayments of the Royalty Repayment Amount under the August 2022 Royalty Interest. As a material consideration for Streeterville’s agreement to enter into these amendments, the Company agreed to issue Streeterville warrants to purchase up to 170 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $555 per share. Such warrants may be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on September 29, 2023 (the “Issuance Date”) and ending on thefive-year anniversary of the Issuance Date. Pursuant to an analysis of the indicators provided in ASC 470-60-55-8, the Company is not deemed to be experiencing financial difficulty. The debt restructuring is, therefore, not considered a TDR.
The cumulative effect of the exchanges to the August 2022 Royalty Interest resulted in significant modifications, which were accounted for as extinguishment. The Company recorded an extinguishment loss in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations amounting to $1.0 million The extinguishment triggered a remeasurement event under ASC 825-10 and created an election date on whether to account for the August 2022 Royalty Interest resulted under the FVO accounting.
The Company irrevocably elected to initially and subsequently apply the FVO accounting to the entire royalty interest. The Company used the valuation report from an independent valuation service provided to measure the reporting date fair value of the royalty interest.
On January 29, 2024, the Company entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with Streeterville pursuant to which the Company issued 1,058 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 to Streeterville in exchange for a $165,000 reduction in the outstanding balance of the royalty interest dated August 24, 2022.
On February 14, 2025, the Company entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with Streeterville, pursuant to which the Company issued 14,000 shares of common stock to Streeterville in exchange for a $291,375 reduction in the outstanding balance of the Streeterville's royalty interest.
On March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the fair value of Streeterville's royalty interests was determined to be$8.9 million and $8.7 million, respectively. For thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the net change in the fair value of Streeterville's royalty interests was$498,000 and $468,000, respectively. The net change in fair value were recorded in the changes in fair value of freestanding and hybrid instruments designated at FVO in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Streeterville Note
On January 13, 2021, the Company issued a secured promissory note to Streeterville in the original principal amount of $6.2 million for an aggregate purchase price of $6.0 million. The Company will use the proceeds to fund the development of the Company’s NP-300 drug product candidate for the indication of the symptomatic relief of diarrhea from cholera and general corporate purposes, including the Company’s product pipeline activities. The note is due after four years and bears interest at 3.25% per annum. Interest on the note is payable annually in advance by adding the interest charge for each upcoming year to the outstanding balance on the date each such interest charge is accrued. The Company also paid $25,000 to cover legal fees, accounting costs, due diligence, monitoring, and other transaction costs incurred in connection with the note issuance. The original principal amount includes the first year of prepaid interest and the transaction expenses.
At any time following the occurrence of a trial failure which refers to any of the following: (i) the Company abandons the clinical trial with NP-300 for an indication for the symptomatic relief of infectious diarrhea for cholera; (ii) the Company fails to start the Phase 1 clinical trial of NP-300 for the symptomatic relief of infectious diarrhea for cholera by July 1, 2022; or (iii) the Company fails to meet all primary endpoints in the pivotal trials of NP-300 for the symptomatic relief if infectious diarrhea for cholera with statistical significance, Streeterville may elect to increase the outstanding balance as of the date of the trial failure by 25% without acceleration (the “Trial Failure Effect”). If Streeterville elects to apply the Trial Failure Effect, it reserves the right to declare the outstanding balance immediately due and payable at any time. As of March 31, 2025, no trial failure occurred.
Streeterville is entitled to a maximum of 18% and a minimum of 1% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of TDPRV (the “Return Bonus”). The Return Bonus percentage is reduced pro rata based on the percentage of the original principal balance of the note that has been repaid as of the date of the sale of the TDPRV. Even if the note has been paid in full at the time of the sale of the TDPRV, the Company is still obliged to pay Streeterville a Return Bonus of 1%. If Streeterville applies the Trial Failure Effect, the Return Bonus will automatically be reduced to 1%. If the TDPRV has not been sold as of the day immediately preceding the note's maturity date, the Return Bonus percentage will be fixed as of such date. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has not sold any TDPRV.
Beginning on the earlier of (a)6 months after January 2021 and (b) initiation of human trials with NP-300 for symptomatic relief of infectious diarrhea for cholera, the Company may pay all or any portion of the outstanding balance earlier than it is due. In the event the Company elects to prepay all or any portion of the outstanding balance, it shall pay to Streeterville 112.5% of the portion of the outstanding balance the Company elects to prepay. The Company may not prepay the note without Streeterville’s consent on the date the last patient is enrolled in a pivotal trial.
After Streeterville becomes aware of the occurrence of any default, Streeterville may accelerate the note, with the outstanding balance becoming immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount (i.e., the outstanding balance following the application of the Default Effect). Streeterville reserves the right to declare the outstanding balance immediately due and payable at any time following the default. Default Effect means multiplying the outstanding balance as of the date of default by 5% or 15% for each occurrence of default, capped at an aggregate of 25%, and then adding the resulting product to the outstanding balance. The percentage to be used depends on whether the default is viewed as minor or major, as defined in the agreement. Furthermore, interest accrues on the outstanding balance beginning on the default date at an interest rate equal to less than 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. As of March 31, 2025, no default has occurred.
In connection with the note issuance, the Company has entered into a security agreement with Streeterville, pursuant to which Streeterville will receive a first priority security interest in all existing and future NP-300 technology and any TDPRV and the sale proceeds therefrom that may be granted to the Company by the FDA in connection with the development of NP-300 for the cholera indication. The Company also agreed, with certain exceptions, not to grant any lien on any of the collateral securing the note and not to grant any license under any of the intellectual property relating to such collateral. The grant of security interest has become effective upon the receipt of the Salix Waiver on April 6, 2021, in observance of the requirement of the settlement agreement previously entered by the Company with Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
The Company irrevocably elected to initially and subsequently apply the FVO accounting to the entire note. The fair value at the transaction date was equal to the cash proceeds received of $6.0 million. The transaction expense of $25,000 was recognized in profit and loss as incurred. The Company used the valuation report from an independent valuation service provided to measure the reporting date fair value of the note.
On January 29, 2025, the Company entered into an amendment to its secured promissory note with Streeterville to extend the maturity date of the note to July 20, 2025. On February 13, 2025, the Company entered into another amendment to extend the maturity date of the note to January 20, 2026.
On March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the fair value of the Streeterville note was determined to be$11.5 million and $11.9 million, respectively. For thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the net change in the fair value of the Streeterville note was $326,000 and $450,000, respectively. The net change in fair value was recorded in the changes in fair value of freestanding and hybrid instruments designated at FVO in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Convertible Notes
On March 26, 2025, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements with selected accredited investors pursuant to which the Company ("Private Placement"), will issue approximately $3.4 million aggregate principal amount of convertible promissory notes ("Convertible Notes") to such Investors. The Notes will have a 3-month maturity, will bear interest at 6% per annum, and will be convertible immediately at the option of the Investors into shares of the Company’s common stock.
On March 31, 2025, the Company closed its Private Placement, in which the Company issued approximately $3.4 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes and warrants to purchase up to 622,584 shares of the Company’s common stock to selected institutional and accredited investors. The gross proceeds to Jaguar from the offering were approximately $3.5 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by Jaguar, and excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the warrants. Jaguar intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
The Convertible Notes will be immediately convertible, at each holder’s option, in part or in full, into an aggregate of 622,598 shares of the Company’s voting common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, at a conversion price of $5.54 per share for investors who are not an officer, director, employee or consultant of the Company, and $5.56 per share for Investors who are Insiders, subject to adjustment for customary stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transactions.
The Company irrevocably elected to initially and subsequently apply the FVO accounting to the entire note. The fair value at the transaction date was equal to the cash proceeds received of $1.8 million. The transaction expense of $208,000 was recognized in profit and loss as incurred. The Company used the valuation report from an independent valuation service provided to measure the reporting date fair value of the note.
On March 31, 2025, the fair value of the Convertible note was determined to be $1.8 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the net change in the fair value of the Convertible note waszero.
Insurance Financing
May 2023 First Insurance Financing
In May 2023, the Company entered into a premium finance agreement for $575,000, with First Insurance representing the unpaid balance of the total premiums, taxes, and fees of $676,000 with an annual interest rate of 8.6%. The total finance charge was $23,000. Principal and interest payments are due in equal monthly installments overten months. Interest expense for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, were zero and $7,000, respectively. The financing balance waszero as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
March 2024 First Insurance Financing
In March 2024, the Company entered into a premium finance agreement for $97,000 with First Insurance representing the unpaid balance of the total premiums, taxes, and fees of $52,000 with an annual interest rate of 9.3%. The total finance charge was $2,000. Principal and interest paymentsare due in equal monthly installments overten months. Interest expense for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, was $200 andzero, respectively. The financing balance waszero and $5,000 as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
May 2024 First Insurance Financing
In May 2024, the Company entered into a premium finance agreement for $519,000, with First Insurance representing the unpaid balance of the total premiums, taxes, and fees of $611,000 with an annual interest rate of 9.2%. The total finance charge was $22,000. Principal and interest payments are due in equal monthly installments overten months. Interest expense for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 was $6,000. The financing balance waszero and $130,000 as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
March 2025 First Insurance Financing
In March 2025, the Company entered into a premium finance agreement for $60,000, with First Insurance representing the unpaid balance of the total premiums, taxes, and fees of $114,000, with an annual percentage rate of 5.0%. The total finance charge was $2,000. Principal and interest payments are due in equal monthly installments over eleven months. Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 waszero. The financing balance was $57,000 andzero as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
2019 Tempesta Note
In October 2019, the Company entered into a License Termination and Settlement Agreement with Dr. Michael Tempesta, pursuant to which certain royalty payment disputes between the Company and Tempesta were settled. Per the terms of the Agreement, Tempesta received $50,000 in cash, an unsecured promissory note issued by the Company in the aggregate principal amount of $550,000, and 9 shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for the cessation of all royalty payments by the Company to Dr. Tempesta under the License Agreem ents. The $550,000 promissory note bears interest at the rate of 2.5% per annum and matured on March 1, 2025. The promissory note provides for the Company to make semi-annual payments equal to $50,000 plus accrued interest beginning on March 1, 2020, until the Note is paid in full. Interest expenses for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, were $600 and $1,000, respectively. At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the net carrying value of the note waszero and $50,000, respec tively.
- Warrants
The following table summarizes information about warrants outstanding and exercisable into shares of the Company’s common stock as of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024:
| March 31, | December 31, | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| (unaudited) | ||
| Warrants outstanding, beginning balance | 3,045 | 8,073 |
| Issuances | 659,960 | — |
| Exercises | — | (5,026) |
| Expirations and cancelations | — | (2) |
| Warrants outstanding, ending balance | 663,005 | 3,045 |
As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company’s outstanding warrants have an exercise price ranging from $5 to $25,000 per common stock and generally expires prior to December 31, 2025.
PIPE Warrants
On May 8, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “PIPE Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors named therein (collectively, the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Purchasers in a private placement an aggregate of (i)137 shares (the “Preferred Shares”) of Series G Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Series G Preferred Stock”) and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 4,567 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price of $555 per share (the “PIPE Warrants”), for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.86 million (the “Private Placement”). The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Private Placement for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The PIPE Warrants may be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on the later of (i) January 1, 2024, and (ii) the date on which the approval by the Company’s stockholders (the “Stockholder Approval”) to remove both the Voting Cap and the Conversion Cap (both as defined below) is obtained (the “PIPE Warrants Initial Exercise Date”) and ending on thefifth anniversary of the PIPE Warrants Initial Exercise Date.
On May 10, 2023, the Company issued warrants equivalent to 4,567 shares of the Company’s common stock in relation to the PIPE Purchase Agreement.
The PIPE Purchase Agreement provides that during the period commencing on the signing of the PIPE Purchase Agreement and ending October 22, 2023, the Company will not affect or enter into any agreement to (i) issue securities in exchange for any securities of the Company issued and outstanding on the date of the PIPE Purchase Agreement pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or (ii) effect issuance by the Company of common stock or Common Stock Equivalents (as defined in the PIPE Purchase Agreement), subject to certain customary exceptions set forth in the PIPE Purchase Agreement including, among others, issuance of shares of common stock pursuant to the At The Market Offering Agreement, dated December 10, 2021, by and between the Company and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., as amended (the “Ladenburg Thalmann ATM”), provided that such issuance in the Ladenburg Thalmann ATM has consented.
On August 14, 2023, the Company entered into an amendment (“the First Amendment”) to the PIPE Purchase Agreement with certain holders (the “Holders”) named in the PIPE Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the parties agreed to terminate the restriction on subsequent equity sales by the Company. In exchange for the Holders’ agreement to enter into the First Amendment, the Company agreed to issue the Holders warrants to purchase 457 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “PIPE Amendment Warrants”) in a private placement pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The PIPE Amendment Warrants are substantially the same as the PIPE Warrants and have an exercise price of $720 per share. The PIPE Amendment Warrants may be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on January 1, 2024 (the “PIPE Amendment Warrants Initial Exercise Date”) and ending on thefive-year anniversary of the PIPE Amendment Warrants Initial Exercise Date.
At the date of the PIPE Amendment Warrants, the warrants were valued at $1.2 million using the Black-Scholes option pricing model as follows: exercise price of $720 per share, stock price of $1,080 per share, expected life offive years, volatility of 145.95% and a risk-free rate of 3.37%. The warrants were classified in additional paid-in capital.
On February 27, 2024, pursuant to the PIPE Purchase Agreement, each of the PIPE investors entered into an exchange agreement with the Company (each, a “PIPE Warrant Exchange Agreement” and collectively, the “PIPE Warrant Exchange Agreements”). Pursuant to the PIPE Warrant Exchange Agreements, the Company agreed to exchange the PIPE Warrants for shares of common stock at an exchange ratio of 1-for-2.5 (“PIPE Warrant Exchange Transaction”). Upon completion of the PIPE Warrant Exchange Transaction, the Company exchanged the PIPE Warrants to purchase up to 5,023 shares of Common Stock for 12,558 shares of Common Stock (the “PIPE Exchange Shares”), and the PIPE Warrants were terminated. The PIPE Exchange Shares would be subject to a twelve-month lock-up, and any other equity security of the Company other than the PIPE Exchange Shares owned by the PIPE investors as of the date of the PIPE Warrant Exchange Agreement would be subject to a six-month lock-up.
On February 29, 2024, the PIPE investors converted 122 shares of Series G preferred stock into 2,033 shares of common stock subject to a six-month lock-up.
Standstill Agreement
Pursuant to the Company’s entry in the Standstill Agreement, as amended by the Binding MOU, as described further above, the Company agreed to issue (i) Iliad warrants to purchase up to 1,141 shares of the Company's common stock, and (ii) Uptown warrants to purchase up to 1,404 shares of the Company's common stock, at an exercise price of $720 per share (the “Standstill Warrants”).
The Standstill Warrants may be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on the later of (i) January 1, 2024, and (ii) the date on which the Stockholder Approval is obtained (the “Standstill Warrant Initial Exercise Date”) and ending on thefive-year anniversary of the Standstill Warrant Initial Exercise Date. As of March 31, 2025,2,545 shares of the Company's common stock are still exercisable and outstanding.
At the date of the Standstill Agreement, the warrants were valued at $2.5 million using the Black-Scholes option pricing model as follows: exercise price of $720 per share, stock price of $1,095 per share, expected life offive years, volatility of 118.88% and a risk-free rate of 3.49%. The warrants were classified in additional paid-in capital.
Royalty Interest Global Amendments
On September 29, 2023, the Company entered into amendments Royalty Interest Global Amendments to (i) the October 2020 Royalty Interest with Iliad, (ii) the December 2020 Royalty Interest with Uptown, and (iii) the August 2022 Royalty Interest with Streeterville, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company agreed to issue to (i) Iliad warrants to purchase up to 155 shares of the Company’s common stock, (ii) Uptown warrants to purchase up to 4,375 shares of the common stock, and (iii) Streeterville warrants to purchase up to 175 shares of the Common Stock, at an exercise price of $555 per share (collectively, the “Royalty Interest Global Amendment Warrants”).
The Royalty Interest Global Amendment Warrants may be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on September 29, 2023 (the “Royalty Interest Global Amendment Initial Exercise Date”)
andending on thefive-year anniversary of the Royalty Interest Global Amendment Initial Exercise Date. As of March 31, 2025,500 shares of the Company's common stock are still exercisable and outstanding.
At the date of the Royalty Interest Global Amendments, the warrants were valued at $173,000 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model as follows: exercise price of $555 per share, stock price of $390 per share, expected life offive years, volatility of 139.53% and a risk-free rate of 4.6%. The warrants were classified in additional paid-in capital.
Common Stock Warrants
Pursuant to the Company's closing of Private Placement on March 31, 2025, the Company issued warrants to purchase up to 622,584 shares of the Company’s common stock to selected institutional and accredited investors ("Common Stock Warrants"), with an initial exercise price equal to $5.43 per share for Investors who are members of the Company’s board of directors and officers ("Insiders") and $5.41 per share for Investors who are not Insiders ("Non-Insiders"), subject to certain adjustments.
The Common Stock Warrants will be exercisable immediately upon issuance and will expire on the earlier of (i) five years from the date of issuance, (ii) the consummation of a fundamental transaction and (iii) the consummation of a liquidation event.
At the date of the closing of the Private Placement, the warrants were valued at $470,000 and $2.6 million for Insiders and Non-Insiders, respectively using the Black-Scholes option pricing model as follows: stock price of $5.38 per share, expected life offive years, volatility of 146.32% and a risk-free rate of 4.09%. The warrants were classified in additional paid-in capital.
Placement Agent Warrants
The Company engaged H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC to act as its exclusive placement agent in connection with the Convertible Promissory Notes and Insider Warrants and agreed to pay the Placement Agent (i) a cash fee equal to 7.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in the Private Placement from Investors who are not Insiders and (ii) a management fee equal to 1.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in the Private Placement and will reimburse the Placement Agent for certain fees and expenses.
The Company has also agreed to issue to the Placement Agent or its designees, at the closing of the Private Placement, warrants to purchase up to 37,376 shares of Common Stock ("Placement Agent Warrants"), which have the same form and terms as the Warrants except that the Placement Agent Warrants have an exercise price equal to $6.9188 per share. In addition, upon the exercise for cash of any Warrants, the Company shall issue to the Placement Agent (or its designees) the warrants to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock equal to 6.0% (or in the case of any Warrant Exercise by certain Insiders,3.5%) of the aggregate number of such shares of Common Stock underlying such Warrants that have been so exercised and such warrants will be in the same form and terms as the Placement Agent Warrants originally issued.
At the date of the closing of the Private Placement, the warrants were valued at $180,000 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model as follows: exercise price of $6.92 per share, stock price of $5.38 per share, expected life offive years, volatility of 146.32% and a risk-free rate of 4.09%. The warrants were classified in additional paid-in capital.
- Preferred Stock
As at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, preferred stock consisted of the following:
| March 31, 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liquidation | ||||||
| (in thousands, except share and per share data) · Shares · Issued and · Carrying · Preference | ||||||
| Series · Designated · Outstanding · Value · per Share | ||||||
| A | 5,524,926 | — | $ | — | $ | — |
| B | 11,000 | — | — | — | ||
| B-1 | 63 | — | — | — | ||
| B-2 | 10,165 | — | — | — | ||
| C | 1,011,000 | — | — | — | ||
| D | 977,300 | — | — | — | ||
| E | 10 | — | — | — | ||
| F | 10 | — | — | — | ||
| G | 137 | — | — | — | ||
| H | 105 | — | — | — | ||
| I | 118 | — | — | — | ||
| J | 179 | 99 | — | — | ||
| K | 300,000 | — | ||||
| Total | 7,835,013 | 99 | $ | — | $ | — |
| December 31, 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liquidation | ||||||
| (in thousands, except share and per share data) · Shares · Issued and · Carrying · Preference | ||||||
| Series · Designated · Outstanding · Value · per Share | ||||||
| A | 5,524,926 | — | $ | — | $ | — |
| B | 11,000 | — | — | — | ||
| B-1 | 63 | — | — | — | ||
| B-2 | 10,165 | — | — | — | ||
| C | 1,011,000 | — | — | — | ||
| D | 977,300 | — | — | — | ||
| E | 10 | — | — | — | ||
| F | 10 | — | — | — | ||
| G | 137 | — | — | — | ||
| H | 105 | — | — | — | ||
| I | 118 | — | — | — | ||
| J | 179 | 99 | — | — | ||
| Total | 7,535,013 | 99 | $ | — | $ | — |
The Company is authorized to issue a total of 10,000,000 shares of its preferred stock as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, with a total of 7,835,013 shares and 7,535,013 shares designated to specific Series as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
Series G Preferred Stock
On May 8, 2023, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue to such investors (i)137 shares of Series G Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Series G Preferred Stock”) and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 4,567 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price of $720 per share (the “PIPE Warrants”), for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.9 million (the “Private Placement”).
On February 29, 2024, the PIPE investors converted 122 shares of Series G preferred stock into 2,033 shares of common stock subject to a six-month lock-up.
Series H Preferred Stock
On June 28, 2023, the Company entered into privately negotiated exchange agreements with Uptown and Streeterville, under which the Company issued 32 and 73 shares of the Company’s newly authorized Series H Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series H Preferred Stock”) to Uptown and Streeterville, respectively, at an effective exchange price per share equal to the market price (defined as the Minimum Price under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d)) as of the date of the exchange agreements, in exchange for a $757,000 reduction in the outstanding balance of the December 2020 Royalty Interest and a $1.7 million reduction in the outstanding balance of the August 2022 Royalty Interest, respectively.
Series I Preferred Stock
On September 29, 2023, the Company entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with Uptown, pursuant to which the Company issued an aggregate of 118 shares of the Company’s newly authorized Series I Preferred Stock to Uptown at an effective exchange price per share equal to the market price (defined as the Minimum Price under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d)) as of the date of the Exchange Agreement, in exchange for a $1,500,000.00 reduction in the outstanding balance of the December 2020 Royalty Interest.
On January 15, 2024, Uptown converted 56 shares of Series I Preferred Stock into 1,798 shares of common stock.
Series K Preferred Stock
On February 26, 2025, the Company entered into a Rights Agreement with Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent. Under the agreement, each outstanding share of Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock as of March 10, 2025 was granted one Class A Right or Class B Right, respectively.
At issuance, the Share Rights are not exercisable. They become exercisable only upon the occurrence of certain triggering events. Prior to these triggering events, the Board may redeem the Rights. Unless earlier redeemed, exchanged, or exercised, the Rights expire on February 26, 2026.
- Temporary Equity
On March 1, 2024, the Company entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with Streeterville, pursuant to which the Company issued an aggregate of 179 shares of Series J Preferred Stock to Streeterville in exchange for the surrender of the March 2021 Royalty Interest by Streeterville (the “CVP Exchange Transaction”). Upon completion of the CVP Exchange Transaction, all outstanding balance of the March 2021 Royalty Interest was fully paid, and the March 2021 Royalty Interest was terminated. At its sole discretion, the Company reserves the right to exchange a portion or all of the outstanding shares of Series J Preferred Stock held by investors for common stock at the stated value of $25,000 per share, divided by the applicable exchange price. The exchange price will be determined based on the lower of the Nasdaq official closing price and the 5-day average Nasdaq official closing price of the common stock immediately preceding the exchange date. The preferences, rights, limitations, and other matters relating to the Series J Preferred Stock are outlined in the Certificate of Designation, which the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 1, 2024.
The Company determined that the nature of the Series J Preferred Stock host was more analogous to a debt instrument and that the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded redemption features were clearly and closely related to the Series J Preferred Stock host. As such, the redemption features were not required to be bifurcated under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. Since the Series J Preferred Stock is redeemable in certain circumstances upon the occurrence of an event that is not solely within the Company’s control, they have been classified as mezzanine equity in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
On March 5, 2024, the Company entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with Streeterville, pursuant to which the Company issued 6,667 shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of 40 shares of Series J Perpetual Preferred Stock.
On March 19, 2024, the Company entered into another privately negotiated exchange agreement with Streeterville, pursuant to which the Company issued 5,556 shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of 40 shares of Series J Perpetual Preferred Stock based on an effective exchange price of $180 per share of common stock.
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had 99 shares of Series J preferred stock outstanding.
- Stockholders' Equity
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had reserved shares of common stock, on an as-if converted basis, for issuance as follows:
| March 31, | December 31, | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| (unaudited) | ||
| Options issued and outstanding | 30,469 | 30,469 |
| Inducement options issued and outstanding | 1 | 1 |
| Options available for grant under stock option plans | 37,912 | 17,695 |
| Restricted stock unit awards issued and outstanding | 1,420 | 220 |
| Warrants issued and outstanding | 663,005 | 3,045 |
| Total | 732,807 | 51,430 |
Common Stock
The holders of common stock are entitled toone vote for each share of common stock held. The common stockholders are also entitled to receive dividends whenever funds and assets are legally available and when declared by the BOD.
The holders of non-voting common stock are not entitled to vote, except on an as-converted basis with respect to any change of control of the Company that is submitted to the stockholders of the Company for approval. Shares of the Company's non-voting common stock have the same rights to dividends and other distributions and are convertible into shares of the Company's common stock on aone-for-one basis.
At a special meeting of stockholders of Jaguar Health, Inc. held on September 30, 2022 to effect an increase in the number of authorized shares of the Company’s voting common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), from 150,000,000 to 298,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Authorized Share Increase”) on September 30, 2022.
The Company is now authorized to issue a total number of 358,000,000 shares of stock, of which 298,000,000 shares are common stock,50,000,000 shares are non-voting common stock, and 10,000,000 shares are preferred stock.
Stockholder Rights Plan
On February 26, 2025, the Company adopted a stockholder rights plan and declared a dividend ofone preferred share purchase right for each outstanding share of its common stock and non-voting common stock. The rights are designed to protect the interests of all stockholders by reducing the likelihood of a hostile takeover. Each right will initially entitle holders to purchase a fraction of a share of newly designated Series K Junior Participating Preferred Stock at a specified exercise price, subject to adjustment. The rights will become exercisable only upon the occurrence of certain events and are set to expire on February 26, 2026, unless earlier redeemed, exchanged, or terminated pursuant to the terms of the rights agreement
Reverse Stock Split
On May 17, 2024, the Company approved an eighth amendment to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a 1-for-60 reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of voting common stock, effective May 23, 2024.
On March 18, 2025, the Company approved a ninth amendment to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a 1-for-25 reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of voting common stock, effective March 24, 2025.
The reverse stock split reduces the number of shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Company’s outstanding non-voting common stock and the exercise or vesting of its outstanding stock options and warrants in proportion to the ratio of the reverse stock split and causes a proportionate increase in the conversion and exercise prices of such non-voting common stock, stock options, and warrants. In addition, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Company’s equity compensation plans immediately prior to the effective time will be reduced proportionately. The reverse stock split did not change the total number of authorized shares of common stock or preferred stock. All share and per share amounts of the Company’s common stock, as well as stock options and restricted stock units (“RSUs”), included in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to give effect to the reverse stock split for all periods presented, unless indicated otherwise.
At the Market Offering (“ATM”)
December 2021 ATM Agreement
On December 10, 2021, the Company entered into an ATM Agreement (as amended, the “December 2021 ATM Agreement”) with Ladenburg, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time through Ladenburg, shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $15.0 million, subject to the terms and conditions of the December 2021 ATM Agreement. The offering will terminate upon the earlier of (i) December 10, 2024, and (ii) termination of the December 2021 ATM Agreement as permitted therein.
On February 2, 2022, the Company entered into an amendment to the December 2021 ATM Agreement, pursuant to which, the aggregate offering amount of the shares of the Company’s common stock which the Company may sell and issue through Ladenburg, as the sales agent, was increased from $15.0 million to $75.0 million.
On May 17, 2024, the Company entered into an amendment to the December 2021 ATM Agreement, pursuant to the February 2, 2022 amendment, the previous $75 million limit on the aggregate offering amount of shares of the Company’s common stock which the Company may sell and issue through Ladenburg, as the sales agent, was removed such that the amount issuable under the December 2021 ATM Agreement is limited solely by certain limitations as specified in the May 17, 2024 amendment.
On July 17, 2024, the Company entered into an amendment to the December 2021 ATM Agreement with Ladenburg and Lucid Capital Markets, LLC (“Lucid”). Pursuant to the July 17, 2024 amendment, Lucid was added as a party and manager under the agreement, effective beginning July 17, 2024 and ending on September 30, 2024, unless extended by the parties to the agreement. If not amended or extended prior to September 30, 2024, then after such date Ladenburg will be the sole manager, and Lucid will no longer be a manager under the agreement. The agreement was not amended nor extended as of September 30, 2024.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company issued an aggregate of 80,007 shares under the ATM Agreement for total net proceeds of $1.8 million.
Noncontrolling Interest
As a result of the merger on November 3, 2021 between Napo EU and Dragon SPAC, the Company assumed a noncontrolling interest amounting to $242,000 as of December 31, 2022 which represents noncontrolling interest held by an investor in Napo Therapeutics.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 , noncontrolling interest changed by$160,000 and $116,000, respectively.
- Stock-based Compensation
2013 Equity Incentive Plan
In November 2013, the Company's BOD and sole stockholder adopted the Jaguar Health, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”). The 2013 Plan allows the Company's BOD to grant stock options, restricted stock awards, and RSUs to employees, officers, directors, and consultants. Following the effective date of the Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) and after the effectiveness of any grants under the 2013 Plan contingent on the IPO, no additional stock awards will be granted under the 2013 Plan. Outstanding grants continue to be exercisable; however, any unissued shares under the plan and any forfeitures of outstanding options do not roll over to the 2014 Stock Incentive Plan. There were zero shares outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
2014 Stock Incentive Plan
Effective May 12, 2015, the Company adopted the Jaguar Health, Inc. 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (“2014 Plan”). The 2014 Plan provides options, restricted stock, and RSUs to eligible employees, directors, and consultants to purchase the Company's common stock. The term of an incentive stock option may not exceed 10 years, except that with respect to any participant who owns more than 10% of the voting power of all classes or our outstanding stock, the term must not exceed 5 years. The 2014 Plan provides for automatic share increases on the first day of each fiscal year in the amount of 2%of the outstanding number of shares of the
Company'scommon stock on the last day of the preceding calendar year. The 2014 Plan replaced the 2013 Plan except that all outstanding options under the 2013 Plan remain outstanding until exercised, canceled, or expired.
As of March 31, 2025,30,469 options were outstanding, and 26,565 options were available for grant. As of December 31, 2024,30,469 options were outstanding, and 149 options were available for grant.
2020 New Employee Inducement Award Plan
Effective June 16, 2020, the Company adopted the Jaguar Health, Inc. New Employee Inducement Award Plan (“2020 Inducement Award Plan”) and, subject to the adjustment provisions of the Inducement Award Plan, reserved 2,222 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance pursuant to equity awards granted under the Inducement Award Plan. The term of an incentive stock option may not exceed 10 years, except that with respect to any participant who owns more than 10% of the voting power of all classes or our outstanding stock, the term must not exceed 5 years. The 2020 Inducement Award Plan grants non-statutory stock options, RSUs, restricted stock, and performance shares. The 2020 Inducement Award Plan was adopted without Stockholder Approval pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules. The terms and conditions of the 2020 Inducement Award Plan are substantially similar to the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan but with such other terms and conditions intended to comply with the Nasdaq inducement award rules. In accordance with Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules, the only persons eligible to receive grants of equity awards under the Inducement Award Plan are individuals who were not previously an employee or director of the Company or following a bona fide period of non-employment, as an inducement material to such persons entering into employment with the Company.
On August 13, 2024, the BOD of the Company approved an amendment to the 2020 Inducement Award Plan to reserve an additional 19,721 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance pursuant to equity awards granted under the Inducement Award Plan, thereby increasing the number of shares of the Company’s common stock issuable thereunder from 58,540 shares to 78,561 shares.
As of March 31, 2025, 1 option was outstanding, and 11,347 options were available for grant. As of December 31, 2024,1 option was outstanding, and 17,546 options were available for grant.
Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)
The following table summarizes the incentive plan activity for thethree months ended March 31, 2025, and the year ended December 31, 2024:
| (in thousands, except share and per share data) · Shares Available for Grant · Stock Options Outstanding · RSUs Outstanding · Weighted Average Stock Option Exercise Price · Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years) · Aggregate Intrinsic Value* | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balances as of January 1, 2024 | 417 | 16 | 1,798 | $ | 893,466 | 6.21 | $ | — | ||||||||||||
| Additional shares authorized | 46,154 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Options granted | (30,578) | 30,578 | 32 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Options exercised | - | - | - | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Options canceled | 124 | (124) | 221 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| RSUs granted | (5,644) | 5,644 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| RSUs vested and released | 7,216 | (7,216) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| RSUs cancelled | 6 | (6) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Outstanding at December 31, 2024 | 17,695 | 30,470 | 220 | $ | 311 | 9.77 | $ | — | ||||||||||||
| Additional shares authorized | 21,417 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Options granted | - | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Options exercised | - | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Options canceled | - | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| RSUs granted | (3,000) | — | 3,000 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| RSUs exercised | (3) | — | 3 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| RSUs cancelled | 1,803 | — | (1,803) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Outstanding at March 31, 2025 | 37,912 | 30,470 | 1,420 | $ | 3,347 | 9.53 | $ | — | ||||||||||||
| Exercisable at March 31, 2025 | 3,581 | $ | 896 | 9.52 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||
| Vested and expected to vest at March 31, 2025 | 26,051 | $ | 151 | 9.53 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||
- The fair market value of Jaguar stock on March 31, 2025, was$4.76 per share.
The intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options and the fair market value of the Company's common stock for in-the-money options.
The number of options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2025, and the year ended December 31, 2024, were zero.
The weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted waszero dollar per share during the three months ended March 31, 2025, and $30.33 per share for the year ended December 31, 2024.
The number of options that were vested for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and for the year ended December 31, 2024, was 2,151 and 1,437, respectively. Thegrant date weighted average fair value of options that were vested for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and for the year ended December 31, 2024, was $30.33 and $142.01, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expenses related to stock options, inducement stock options, and RSUs for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, and are included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations as follows:
| Three Months Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, | ||||
| (in thousands) · 2025 · 2024 | ||||
| (unaudited) | ||||
| Research and development expense | $ | 117 | $ | 289 |
| Sales and marketing expense | 18 | 40 | ||
| General and administrative expense | 166 | 252 | ||
| Total | $ | 301 | $ | 581 |
As of March 31, 2025, the Company hadzero unrecognized stock-based compensation expense for options, inducement options, and RSUs outstanding.
No range of assumptions was set forth and used in calculating the fair value of options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
401(k) Plan
The Company sponsors a 401(k) defined contribution plan covering all employees. No employer contributions were made to the plan from plan inception through March 31, 2025.
- Net Loss Per Share
The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share of common stock for the periods indicated:
| Three Months Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, | ||||
| (In thousands, except share and per share data) · 2025 · 2024 | ||||
| (unaudited) | ||||
| Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $ | (10,464) | $ | (9,226) |
| Shares used to compute net loss per common stock, basic and diluted | 626,644 | 105,895 | ||
| Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | $ | (16.70) | $ | (87.12) |
Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock, convertible preferred stock, and certain common stock equivalents outstanding for the period. Common stock equivalents are only included when their effect is dilutive. The Company's potential securities, including warrants, convertible preferred series stock and other common stock equivalents, were excluded because their effect is anti-dilutive. For the prior periods presented, there is no difference in the number of shares used to compute basic and diluted shares outstanding.
The following are the other common stock equivalents of the Company for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and for the year ended December 31, 2024:
| March 31, | December 31, | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| (unaudited) | ||
| Options issued and outstanding | 30,469 | 30,469 |
| Inducement options issued and outstanding | 1 | 1 |
| Options available for grant under stock option plans | 37,912 | 17,695 |
| Restricted stock units issued and outstanding | 1,420 | 220 |
| Warrants issued and outstanding | 663,005 | 3,045 |
| Total | 732,807 | 51,430 |
As of May 15, 2025,191,132 shares of common stock were issued after March 31, 2025, thebalance sheet date.
- Segment Data
The Company hastwo reportable segments: animal health and human health. The animal health segment is focused on developing and commercializing prescription and non-prescription products for companion and production animals. The human health segment is focused on developing and commercializing human products and the ongoing commercialization of Mytesi, which the U.S. FDA approves for the symptomatic relief of non-infectious diarrhea in adults with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy. The Company has not disclosed revenue by geographic location as its revenues are distributed across multiple regions without significant concentration in any single area.
The accounting policies used in the segment reporting are the same as those described in the summary significant accounting policies (Note 2). The Company’s CODM is the chief financial officer. The CODM primarily utilizes segment's net comprehensive profit or loss as the key indicator in assessing the segment's performance and allocating resources.
The Company's reportable segments net revenues and net loss for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, consisted of the following:
| Three Months Ended · Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 · March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) · (unaudited) · (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| Human Health · Animal Health · Total · Human Health · Animal Health · Total | |||||||||||||||
| External revenue | $ | 2,138 | $ | 76 | $ | 2,214 | $ | 2,303 | $ | 48 | $ | 2,351 | |||
| Less: Segment expenses | |||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 505 | 10 | 515 | 415 | 15 | 430 | |||||||||
| Research and development | 3,113 | 612 | 3,725 | 3,491 | 821 | 4,312 | |||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 2,396 | 97 | 2,493 | 1,372 | 71 | 1,443 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 2,004 | 3,338 | 5,342 | 1,823 | 2,558 | 4,381 | |||||||||
| Interest | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Other segment items* | 311 | 1,176 | 1,487 | (415) | 741 | 326 | |||||||||
| Segment expenses | 8,329 | 5,233 | 13,562 | 6,686 | 4,206 | 10,892 | |||||||||
| Segment net comprehensive loss | $ | (6,191) | $ | (5,157) | $ | (11,348) | $ | (4,383) | $ | (4,158) | $ | (8,541) | |||
| Reconciliation of net comprehensive loss | |||||||||||||||
| Adjustments and reconciling items** | 490 | (610) | |||||||||||||
| Consolidated net comprehensive loss | $ | (10,858) | $ | (9,151) | |||||||||||
*Other segment items for each reportable segment include:
Human Health - realized gain/loss on foreign exchange transactions, change in fair value of warrants, gain/loss on debt extinguishment and share in net income or loss in joint venture.
Animal Health - realized and unrealized gain/loss on foreign exchange transactions.
**Adjustments and reconciling items include intercompany elimination entries
The Company's reportable segments assets consisted of the following:
| March 31, · December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2024 | ||||
| (in thousands) · (unaudited) | ||||
| Segment assets | ||||
| Human Health | $ | 44,628 | $ | 44,117 |
| Animal Health | 177,671 | 174,803 | ||
| Total | $ | 222,299 | $ | 218,920 |
The Company’s operations were divided into two geographical locations, Europe and the US. The carrying value of fixed assets in Europe totaled $185,000 and $230,000 as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. This pertains to a right-of-use asset for the Napo Therapeutics lease office. In the US, the carrying value of fixed assets totaled $19.5 million and $19.6 million, respectively, composed of property, plant, and equipment, right-of-use assets, and intangible assets.
The reconciliation of segments assets to the consolidated assets is as follows:
| March 31, · December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2024 | ||||
| (in thousands) · (unaudited) | ||||
| Total assets for reportable segments | $ | 222,299 | $ | 218,920 |
| Less: Investment in subsidiary | (29,232) | (29,232) | ||
| Less: Intercompany loan | (141,607) | (136,263) | ||
| Consolidated Totals | $ | 51,460 | $ | 53,425 |
- Subsequent Events
Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities
On April 30, 2025, the Company entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with a holder of royalty interest in the Company. Pursuant to this exchange agreement, the Company issued 57,500 shares of common stock to such holder in exchange for $632,500 reduction in the outstanding balance of the royalty interest by such holder.
Securities Purchase Agreement, Limited Waiver
On May 5, 2025, Investors holding a majority of the 6% convertible promissory notes and warrants executed limited waivers that permit the Company, from time to time, to issue certain additional securities as specified in the limited waiver, notwithstanding the Variable Rate Transaction restriction in the Securities Purchase Agreement dated March 26, 2025.
Nasdaq Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement
Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) requires companies listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market to maintain stockholders’ equity of at least $2.5 million. The Company believes that, after taking into account (i) the sale of 70,169 shares of common stock between April 1, 2025 and May 14, 2025 pursuant to the Company’s At The Market Offering Agreement, dated December 10, 2021, between the Company and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (“Ladenburg”), as amended on each of February 2, 2022 and May 23, 2024 by and between the Company and Ladenburg, and on each of July 17, 2024, November 13, 2024 and February 4, 2025 by and among the Company, Ladenburg and Lucid Capital Markets, LLC (the “ATM Agreement”), (ii) the issuance of 117,500 shares of common stock in the aggregate between April 30, 2025 and May 13, 2025 to Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. (“Iliad”) in exchange for approximately $1.1 million reduction in the outstanding balance of the royalty interest held by such holder, (iii) the issuance of 109,127 shares of common stock between May 7, 2025 and May 14, 2025 upon conversion by certain holders of the Company’s 6% convertible promissory notes issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreements, dated March 26, 2025, between the Company and select accredited investors, and (iv) the consummation of an exchange transaction pursuant to an exchange agreement, dated May 14, 2025, by and among the Company, Iliad and Streeterville Capital, LLC (“Streeterville”), whereby the Company issued 120 shares of the Company’s Series L Perpetual Preferred Stock in the aggregate to Iliad and Streeterville in exchange for the surrender of (x)99 shares of the Company’s Series J Perpetual Preferred Stock held by Streeterville and (y) approximately $534,000 reduction in the outstanding balance of the royalty interest held by Iliad, the Company’s stockholders’ equity as of May 15, 2025 exceeds $2.5 million.
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