ADIAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
For the period ended Mar 31, 2026. Filed May 8, 2026.
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Mar 31, 2026 · Filed May 8, 2026
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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1 — DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Adial” or the “Company”) was converted from a limited liability company formed on November 23, 2010 in the Commonwealth of Virginia under the name Adial Pharmaceuticals, LLC, to a corporation and reincorporated in Delaware on October 5, 2017. Adial is presently engaged in the development of medications for the treatment or prevention of addictions and related disorders.
2 — GOING CONCERN AND OTHER UNCERTAINTIES
These unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern. The Company is in a development stage and has incurred losses each year since inception. Based on the current development plans for AD04 in both the U.S. and international markets and other operating requirements, the Company does not believe that the existing cash and cash equivalents are sufficient to fund operations for the next twelve months following the filing of these unaudited condensed financial statements. During 2026, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $0.3 million from equity issuances. However, the Company will require additional capital to continue operations and development of AD04. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
Other Uncertainties
Generally, the industry in which the Company operates subjects the Company to a number of other risks and uncertainties that can affect its operating results and financial condition. Such factors include, but are not limited to: the timing, costs and results of clinical trials and other development activities versus expectations; the ability to obtain regulatory approval to market product candidates; the ability to manufacture products successfully; competition from products sold or being developed by other companies; the price of, reimbursement of, and demand for, Company products once approved; the ability to negotiate favorable licensing or other manufacturing and marketing agreements for its products.
3 — BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Use of Estimates
The preparation of these unaudited condensed financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires Company management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of these financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results might differ from these estimates.
Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include accruals associated with third party providers supporting clinical trials and income tax asset realization.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP as determined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these unaudited interim condensed financial statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair statement of the balances and results of operations for the periods presented. The interim operating results are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any subsequent period. These unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2026 (the “2025 Form 10-K”).
Reverse Stock Split
On February 5, 2026, the Company effected a reverse stock split of the outstanding shares of common stock, trading on Nasdaq under the symbol ADIL, at a ratio of 1-for-25. The shares authorized for issue under the Company’s charter remained 100,000,000 common stock. The Company has retrospectively adjusted all references to common stock, stock warrants to purchase common stock, stock options to purchase common stock, share data, per share data and related information contained in the condensed financial statements.
Basic and Diluted Loss per Share
Basic and diluted loss per share are computed based on the weighted-average outstanding shares of common stock, which are all voting shares. Diluted net loss per share is computed giving effect to all proportional shares of common stock, including stock options, restricted stock, and warrants to the extent dilutive. Basic net loss per share was the same as diluted net loss per share for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, as the inclusion of all potential common shares outstanding would have an anti-dilutive effect.
The total potentially dilutive common shares that were excluded for the three months periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 were as follows:
| Potentially Dilutive Common Shares Outstanding March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |
| Warrants to purchase common shares | 1,240,480 | 168,062 |
| Common Shares issuable on exercise of options | 47,220 | 29,599 |
| Unvested restricted stock | — | 399 |
| Total potentially dilutive Common Shares excluded | 1,287,700 | 198,060 |
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. At times, the Company’s cash balances may exceed the current insured amounts under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. At March 31, 2026, the Company did not exceed FDIC insurance limits in its insured bank accounts but held approximately $4.3 million in non-FDIC insured cash equivalent accounts. Included in cash equivalents are money market investments with original maturity dates when purchased less than ninety days and are carried at fair value. Unrealized gain or loss are included in the interest income and are immaterial to the financial statements. At December 31, 2025, the Company did exceed FDIC insurance limits in its insured bank accounts by approximately $17,000 and held approximately $5.6 million in non-FDIC insured cash equivalent accounts.
Equity Method Investments
The Company utilizes the equity method to account for investments when it possesses the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control, over the operating and financial decisions of the investee. The Company’s only equity method investment is in Adovate LLC (“Adovate”).
Equity method investments are measured at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus the Company’s proportionate share of the equity method investee’s operating income or loss and plus or minus the Company’s proportionate share of dilution to buyers of newly issued equity. The proportionate share of the income or loss from equity method investments is recognized on a one quarter lag.
Currently, the Company is not obligated to make additional capital contributions for its equity method investments and therefore only records losses up to the amount of its total investment, inclusive of any other investments in and loans to the investee, which are not accounted for as equity method investments.
Fair Value Measurements
FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, (“ASC 820”) defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the reporting date. The methodology establishes consistency and comparability by providing a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques into three broad levels, which are described below:
| ● | Level 1 inputs are quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (these are observable market inputs). |
| ● | Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability (includes quoted market prices for similar assets or identical or similar assets in markets in which there are few transactions, prices that are not current or prices that vary substantially). |
| ● | Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs that reflect the entity’s own assumptions in pricing the asset or liability (used when little or no market data is available). |
The fair value of cash and cash equivalents and accounts payable approximate their carrying value due to their short-term maturities.
Research and Development
Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred and include supplies and other direct trial expenses such as fees due to contract research organizations, consultants which support the Company’s research and development endeavors, the acquisition of technology rights without an alternative use, and compensation and benefits of clinical research and development personnel. Certain research and development costs, in particular fees to contract research organizations (“CROs”), are structured with milestone payments due on the occurrence of certain key events. Where such milestone payments are greater than those earned through the provision of such services, the Company recognizes a prepaid asset which is recorded as expense; where fees earned are greater than milestone payments, an accrued expense liability is recorded as expense.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company measures the cost of option awards based on the grant date fair value of the awards. That cost is recognized on a straight-line basis over the period during which the awardee was required to provide service in exchange for the entire award. The fair value of options is calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, based on key assumptions such as the expected volatility of the Company’s common stock, the risk-free rate of return, and expected term of the options. The Company’s estimates of these assumptions are primarily based on historical data, peer company data, government data, and the judgment of management regarding future trends.
Shares of common stock issued are valued based on the fair value of the Company’s common stock as determined by the market closing price of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date of the commitment to make the issuance.
Segment Information
The Company operates asone operating segment with a focus on drug development for addiction and related disorders. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, as its chief operating decision maker (CODM), manages and allocates resources to the operations of the Company’s on a consolidated basis. The CODM assesses performance and allocates resources based on the Company’s statements of operations and key components and processes of the Company’s operations are managed centrally. Segment asset information is not used by the CODM to allocate resources. This enables the Company’s Chief Executive Officer to assess its overall level of available resources and determine how best to deploy these resources across research and development projects in line with the Company’s long-term company-wide strategic goals.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2024, FASB issued ASU 2024-03,Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This update would require a public entity to disclose information about purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, intangible asset amortization, and depletion for each income statement line item that contains those expenses. The amendments in this update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption of the amendments is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance on its condensed financial statements.
4 — EQUITY METHOD INVESTMENTS
The Company held a weighted average of 10.4% of Adovate’s equity during the three months ended December 31, 2025. The Company recognized an expense of $67,970, classified as other income (expense), against the carrying amount of the equity method investment, representing the Company’s portion of Adovate operating loss and a reduction in the amount of equity owned by the Company for the three months ended December 31, 2025. At March 31, 2026, the Company held 10.3% of Adovate’s outstanding equity.
Activity recorded for the Company’s equity method investment in Adovate during the three months ended March 31, 2026 is summarized in the following table:
| Equity investment carrying amount at January 1, 2026 | $489,700 |
|---|---|
| Portion of operating losses recognized | (139,370) |
| Share of dilution to new investors | 71,400 |
| Equity investment carrying amount at March 31, 2026 | 421,730 |
At March 31, 2026, the Company’s maximum exposure to loss through its equity method investment is limited to the value of its equity.
Consideration for the sale of the assets of Purnovate, Inc. to Adovate also included contingent payments based on the occurrence of certain milestone events and a contingent royalty on future sales. The Company recognized $150,000 in other income for a milestone achieved and payment received during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
5 — ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accrued expenses consist of the following:
| March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employee compensation | $837,509 | $660,307 |
| Minimum license royalties | 10,000 | — |
| Pre-clinical and manufacturing expenses | — | 3,900 |
| Other | 88,995 | 77,495 |
| Total accrued expenses | $936,504 | $741,702 |
6 — STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
On August 1, 2025, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of the Company’s common stock, from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000.
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company issued 216,960 shares of common stock from shares held in abeyance related to the exercise of warrants in November 2025.
Standby Equity Purchase Agreement
On December 13, 2024, the existing Equity Purchase Agreement that the Company entered into with Alumni Capital, LLC (“Alumni”) dated May 31, 2023 was cancelled by mutual agreement. Simultaneously, the Company and Alumni entered into a new Equity Purchase Agreement (the “New SEPA”) on substantially the same terms, but with an initial right to sell Alumni up to $5,000,000 in newly issued shares and an end date of the commitment period of December 31, 2026. Upon the Company’s entry into and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the New SEPA,2,752 shares of common stock were issued to Alumni as consideration for its irrevocable commitment to purchase shares of common stock, pursuant to the New SEPA. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, no shares were sold under the terms of the New SEPA, leaving a remaining $4.9 million to be sold under the New SEPA.
At-the-market Offering Agreement
On August 1, 2025, the Company, entered into a sales agreement (the “ATM”) with A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners (“AGP”) providing for the sale by the Company of its shares of common stock, from time to time, through the ATM, with certain limitations on the amount of common stock that may be offered and sold by the Company. The aggregate market value of the shares of common stock eligible for sale under the ATM prospectus supplement filed in connection with the ATM was $4,983,000 which is based on the limitations of such offerings under SEC regulations. The ATM provides that the Company will pay AGP commissions for its services in acting as agent in the sale of shares of common stock pursuant to the ATM. AGP will be entitled to compensation at a fixed commission rate of 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock pursuant to the ATM. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company sold 181,230 shares of common stock under the ATM for net proceeds of approximately $315,000.
2017 Equity Incentive Plan
On October 9, 2017, the Company adopted the Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Equity Incentive Plan”); which became effective on July 31, 2018. Under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, the Company may grant equity-based awards to individuals who are employees, officers, directors, or consultants of the Company. Options issued under the Plan will generally expire ten years from the date of grant and vest over a three-year period. At March 31, 2026, the Company had 144,075 shares issuable under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.
On August 1, 2025, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for grant under the plan from 80,000 to 200,000.
Stock Options
The following table provides the stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2026:
| Total Options Outstanding | Weighted Average Remaining Term (Years) | Weighted Average Exercise Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding January 1, 2026 | 47,220 | 8.58 | $151.15 |
| Forfeited | — | — | — |
| Granted | — | — | — |
| Outstanding March 31, 2026 | 47,220 | 8.33 | $151.15 |
| Outstanding March 31, 2026, vested and exercisable | 23,239 | 7.78 | $284.30 |
At March 31, 2026, the total intrinsic value of the outstanding options waszero dollars.
The Company used the Black Scholes valuation model to determine the fair value of the options issued, using the following key assumptions for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
| Fair Value per Share | $19.50 |
|---|---|
| Expected Term | 5.75 years |
| Expected Dividend | $— |
| Expected Volatility | 116.7% |
| Risk free rate | 4.38% |
The weighted-average grant-date fair value of stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 was $0 and $16.75, respectively. As of March 31, 2026, there was $489,477 of total time-based unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested stock options. These costs are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.0 years.
The components of stock-based compensation expense included in the Company’s Condensed Statements of Operations (Unaudited) for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 are as follows:
| Three months ended March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |
| Research and development options expense | 3,600 | 4,500 |
| General and administrative options expense | 82,600 | 88,801 |
| Stock issued to a vendor vesting | 61,700 | 143,430 |
| Total general and administrative expenses | 144,300 | 232,231 |
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $147,900 | $236,731 |
Stock Warrants
The following table provides the activity in warrants for the three months ended March 31, 2026.
| Total Warrants | Weighted Average Remaining Term (Years) | Weighted Average Exercise Price | Average Intrinsic Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding January 1, 2026 | 1,240,480 | 3.1 | $19.25 | $0.00 |
| Issued | — | — | — | — |
| Exercised | — | — | — | — |
| Outstanding March 31, 2026 | 1,240,480 | 2.8 | $19.25 | $0.00 |
7 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
License with University of Virginia Patent Foundation
In January 2011, the Company entered into an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with the University of Virginia Patent Foundation, dba UVA Licensing and Ventures Group (“UVA LVG”) for rights to make, use or sell licensed products in the United States based upon the ten separate patents and patent applications made and held by UVA LVG.
As consideration for the rights granted in the UVA LVG License, the Company is obligated to pay UVA LVG yearly license fees and milestone payments, as well as a royalty based on net sales of products covered by the patent-related rights. More specifically, the Company paid UVA LVG a license issue fee and is obligated to pay UVA LVG (i) annual minimum royalties of $40,000 commencing in 2017; (ii) a $20,000 milestone payments upon dosing the first patient under a Phase 3 human clinical trial of a licensed product, $155,000 upon the earlier of the completion of a Phase 3 trial of a licensed product, partnering of a licensed product, or sale of the Company, $275,000 upon acceptance of a New Drug Application by the FDA, and $1,000,000 upon approval for sale of AD04 in the U.S., Europe or Japan; as well as (iii) royalties equal to a 2% and 1% of net sales of licensed products in countries in which a valid patent exists or does not exist, respectively, with royalties paid quarterly. In the event of a sublicense to a third party, the Company is obligated to pay royalties to UVA LVG equal to a percentage of what the Company would have been required to pay to UVA LVG had it sold the products under sublicense itself. In addition, the Company is required to pay to UVA LVG 15% of any sublicensing income. A certain percentage of these payments by the Company to UVA LVG may then be distributed to the Company’s former Chairman of the Board and former Chief Medical Officer in his capacity as inventor of the patents by the UVA LVG in accordance with their policies at the time.
The license agreement may be terminated by UVA LVG upon sixty (60) days written notice if the Company breaches its obligations thereunder, including failing to make any milestone, failure to make required payments, or the failure to exercise diligence to bring licensed products to market. In the event of a termination, the Company will be obligated to pay all amounts that accrued prior to such termination. The Company is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to achieve the goals of submitting a New Drug Application to the FDA for a licensed product by March 31, 2028 and commencing commercialization of an FDA approved product by March 31, 2029. If the Company were to fail to use commercially reasonable effort and fail to meet either goal, the licensor would have the right to terminate the license.
The term of the license continues until the expiration, abandonment or invalidation of all licensed patents and patent applications, and following any such expiration, abandonment or invalidation will continue in perpetuity on a royalty-free, fully paid basis.
During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized a $10,000 minimum license royalty expense under this agreement. At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, total accrued royalties and fees due to UVA LVG were $50,000 and $40,000, respectively.
Litigation
The Company is subject, from time to time, to claims by third parties under various legal disputes. The defense of such claims, or any adverse outcome relating to any such claims, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity, financial condition, and cash flows. As of March 31, 2026, the Company did not have any pending legal actions.
8 — SEGMENT REPORTING
The Company hasone reportable operating segment relating to drug development for addiction and related disorders. When evaluating the Company’s financial performance, the CODM reviews total operating expenses for the operating segment excluding discontinued operations and equity method investments. The CODM makes decisions using this information on a company-wide basis.
Significant segment expenses, as provided to the CODM, are presented below:
| For the Three Months Ended | ||
|---|---|---|
| March 31, | ||
| 2026 | 2025 | |
| Operating Expenses: | ||
| Segment Research and development expenses | $432,530 | $746,891 |
| Segment General and administrative expenses | 1,568,951 | 1,520,402 |
| Total Operating Expenses | 2,001,481 | 2,267,293 |
| Loss From Operations | (2,001,481) | (2,267,293) |
| Other Income (Expense) | ||
| Interest income | 47,059 | 35,346 |
| Losses from equity method investment | (67,970) | (163,090) |
| Other income | — | 166,236 |
| Total Other Income (Expense) | (20,911) | 38,492 |
| Net Loss | $(2,022,392) | $(2,228,801) |
9 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
From April 1, 2026 through May 6, 2026, the Company sold 499,606 shares of common stock under the ATM and received net proceeds of approximately $782,000.
On April 7, 2026, the Company issued an aggregate of 134,815 restricted stock awards to the Company’s named executive officers, employees and directors and options to purchase 9,185 shares of common stock, at an exercise price of $1.64 per share to a director of the Company. The RSAs and stock options vest in full on the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of the grant date and (ii) upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan).
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