Quoin Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 13, 2025.
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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 13, 2025
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Item 1. Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
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| · · March 31, · · December 31, | ||||||
| · 2025 · 2024 | ||||||
| | (unaudited) | | ||||
| ASSETS | | | | | | |
| Current assets: · · | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | | $3,822,122 | | $3,623,343 | ||
| Investments | | | 7,730,598 | | | 10,433,535 |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | | 944,099 | | 869,126 | ||
| Total current assets | | 12,496,819 | | 14,926,004 | ||
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| Prepaid expenses - long term | | | — | | | 300,000 |
| Intangible assets, net | | 458,334 | | 483,334 | ||
| Total assets | | $12,955,153 | | $15,709,338 | ||
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| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | | | ||||
| Current liabilities: | | | ||||
| Accounts payable | | $644,057 | | $905,704 | ||
| Accrued expenses | | 2,465,303 | | 1,528,977 | ||
| Accrued interest and financing expense | | 1,146,251 | | 1,146,251 | ||
| Due to officers - short term | | 600,000 | | 600,000 | ||
| Total current liabilities | | 4,855,611 | | 4,180,932 | ||
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| Due to officers - long term | | | 2,173,733 | | | 2,323,733 |
| Total liabilities | | $7,029,344 | | $6,504,665 | ||
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| Commitments and contingencies | | | ||||
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| Shareholders’ equity: | | | ||||
| Ordinary shares, no par value per share, 100,000,000 ordinary shares authorized at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively - 20,585,830 (588,166 ADS’s) ordinary shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2025 and 8,948,164 (255,661 ADS’s) ordinary shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 | | $— | | $— | ||
| Additional paid in capital | | 64,903,780 | | 64,370,465 | ||
| Accumulated deficit | | (58,977,971) | | (55,165,792) | ||
| Total shareholders’ equity | | 5,925,809 | | 9,204,673 | ||
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| Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | | $12,955,153 | | $15,709,338 | ||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
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| · · Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
| | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| Operating expenses | | | | | | |
| General and administrative | | $1,583,038 | | $1,572,986 | ||
| Research and development | | 2,374,139 | | | 885,298 | |
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| Total operating expenses | | 3,957,177 | | | 2,458,284 | |
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| Other (income) and expenses | | | | | | |
| Unrealized (gain) loss | | | (126) | | | 6,509 |
| Realized and accrued interest income | | (144,872) | | (137,513) | ||
| Total other income | | | (144,998) | | | (131,004) |
| Net loss | | $(3,812,179) | | $(2,327,280) | ||
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| Loss per ADS | | | ||||
| Loss per ADS | | | ||||
| Basic | | $(6.50) | | $(38.73) | ||
| Fully-diluted | | $(6.50) | | $(38.73) | ||
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| Weighted average number of ADS’s outstanding | | | ||||
| Basic | | 586,331 | | 60,094 | ||
| Fully-diluted | | 586,331 | | 60,094 | ||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Unaudited)
Three months ended March 31, 2024
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| · · · Additional · · · · | |||||||||||||
| · · Ordinary · · · · Paid in · · Accumulated · · · | |||||||||||||
| · Shares · ADS’s · Capital · Deficit · Total | |||||||||||||
| Balance at January 1, 2024 | 987,220 | 28,206 | $51,867,336 | | $(46,203,320) | | | 5,664,016 | |||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | | (2,327,280) | | (2,327,280) | ||||||
| Issuance of ADS’s, pre-funded warrants and warrants, net | | 2,808,750 | | 80,250 | | | 5,482,472 | | | — | | | 5,482,472 |
| Stock based compensation | | — | | — | | | 306,314 | | | — | | | 306,314 |
| Balance at March 31, 2024 | | 3,795,970 | | 108,456 | | $57,656,122 | | $(48,530,600) | | $9,125,522 | |||
Three months ended March 31, 2025
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| · · · · Additional · · · · | |||||||||||||
| · Ordinary · · · · Paid in · · Accumulated · · · | |||||||||||||
| · Shares · ADS’s · Capital · Deficit · Total | |||||||||||||
| Balance at January 1, 2025 | | 8,948,164 | | 255,661 | | $64,370,465 | | $(55,165,792) | | | 9,204,673 | ||
| Net loss | | — | | — | | | — | | | (3,812,179) | | | (3,812,179) |
| Exercise of pre-funded warrants and warrants, net | 11,637,666 | 332,505 | | 172,958 | | — | | 172,958 | |||||
| Stock based compensation | — | — | | 360,357 | | — | | 360,357 | |||||
| Balance at March 31, 2025 | | 20,585,830 | | 588,166 | | $64,903,780 | | $(58,977,971) | | $5,925,809 | |||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)
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| · · Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||
| | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| Cash flows used in operating activities: | | | | | | |
| Net loss | | $(3,812,179) | | $(2,327,280) | ||
| Stock based compensation | | 360,357 | | 306,314 | ||
| Amortization of intangibles | | 25,000 | | 25,000 | ||
| Unrealized gain and accrued interest on investments | | | (67,063) | | | (97,011) |
| Changes in assets and liabilities: | | | | | ||
| Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses | | 674,679 | | 642,475 | ||
| Decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets | | 225,027 | | 16,130 | ||
| Net cash used in operating activities | | $(2,594,179) | | $(1,434,372) | ||
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| Cash flows provided (used) in investing activities: | | | ||||
| Purchase of investments | | $— | | $(9,649,774) | ||
| Proceeds from maturity of investments | | | 2,770,000 | | | 5,184,000 |
| Net cash provided (used) in investing activities | | $2,770,000 | | $(4,465,774) | ||
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| Cash flows provided by financing activities: | | | ||||
| Payment of amounts due to officers | | | (150,000) | | $(150,000) | |
| Proceeds from sale of equity securities, net | | 172,958 | | | 5,482,472 | |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | | $22,958 | | $5,332,472 | ||
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| Net change in cash and cash equivalents: | | 198,779 | | (567,674) | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period | | 3,623,343 | | 2,401,198 | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents - end of period | | $3,822,122 | | $1,833,524 | ||
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| Supplemental information - Non cash items: | | | ||||
| Offering expenses associated with warrant modification | | $— | | $209,225 | ||
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
Quoin Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (“Quoin Ltd.,” or the “Company”), formerly known as Cellect Biotechnology Ltd. (“Cellect”), is the holding company for Quoin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Quoin Inc.”). Quoin Inc. was incorporated in Delaware on March 5, 2018. On October 28, 2021, Cellect completed the business combination with Quoin Inc., with Quoin Inc. surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cellect (the “Merger”). Immediately after completion of the Merger, Cellect changed its name to “Quoin Pharmaceuticals Ltd.”
Effective April 9, 2025, the ratio of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) evidencing ordinary shares changed from 1 ADS representing one (1) ordinary share to 1 ADS representing thirty-five (35) ordinary shares, which resulted in a 1 for 35 reverse split of the issued and outstanding ADSs (the “Reverse Split”). Except as specifically provided, ADSs and related option and warrant information presented in these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the Ratio Change and the Reverse Split.
The Company is a late-stage clinical specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutic products that treat rare and orphan diseases for which there are currently very limited or no approved treatments or cures. The Company’s lead product, QRX003, is under clinical development as a potential treatment for Netherton Syndrome (“NS”), a rare hereditary genetic disease. QRX003 is currently being tested in three late-stage regulatory clinical studies under an open Investigational New Drug (“IND”) application with the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). The Company has opened five clinical sites in the United States (“US”) and intends to open a sixth US clinical site at Northwestern University. The Company is expanding its trials internationally into the Middle East, the United Kingdom and additional countries in Europe, including Spain and Germany. QRX003 is currently being tested in a pediatric NS patient at the Children’s Hospital in Dublin, Ireland and the Company intends to expand this study to include additional children with NS in Spain, the United Kingdom and potentially other countries. QRX003 is also being developed as a potential treatment for Peeling Skin Syndrome with the first subject being treated in New Zealand. In addition, the Company entered into two separate Research Agreements with the Queensland University of Technology (“QUT”), under which the Company has obtained an option for global licenses to QRX007 for the potential treatment of NS and QRX008 for the potential treatment of scleroderma, as well as a Research Agreement with University College Cork (“UCC”) for the development of novel topical formulations of rapamycin (sirolimus) as potential treatments for a number of rare and orphan diseases, including microcystic lymphatic malformations, venous malformations and angiofibroma’s. Other development products in the Company’s pipeline include QRX004 as a potential treatment for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (“RDEB”). To date, no products have been commercialized and no revenue has been generated by the Company.
NOTE 2 - LIQUIDITY RISKS AND OTHER UNCERTAINTIES
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. At March 31, 2025, the Company had cash and cash equivalents balances totaling $3.8 million and investments of $7.7 million. The Company has incurred net losses every year since inception and has an accumulated deficit of approximately $59.0 million at March 31, 2025. The Company has a limited operating history and has historically funded its operations through debt and equity financings. The Company incurred net losses of approximately $3.8 million, and negative cash flows from operations of $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the Company’s ability to raise additional debt and equity capital. There can be no assurance that such capital will be available in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to the Company. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability of the recorded assets or the classification of liabilities that may be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
Based upon the Company’s current business plans and cash, cash equivalents and investments on hand, management has concluded that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least one year from the issuance of the unaudited consolidated financial statements included in this report. In order to address the Company’s capital needs, the Company intends to consider multiple alternatives, including, but not limited to, the sale of equity or debt securities, or entering into collaborative, strategic, and/or licensing transactions. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to complete any such financing, collaborative or strategic transaction in a timely manner or on acceptable terms. As a result, the Company may have to significantly limit its operations and its business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially harmed. The Company is subject
to risks common to development stage biopharmaceutical companies including, but not limited to, unanticipated clinical trial costs and the ability to estimate such occurrences, if any, on its cash, liquidity, additional financing requirements, and availability. The Company does not expect to generate revenue from product sales unless and until the Company successfully completes development and obtains marketing approval for one or more of its product candidates, which the Company expects will take a number of years and is subject to significant uncertainty. Additional financing will be required to complete the research and development of the Company’s therapeutic targets and its other operating requirements until it achieves commercial profitability, if ever. Such financing may not be available at acceptable terms, if at all. If the Company is unable to obtain additional funding when it becomes necessary, the development of its product candidates will be impacted and the Company would likely be forced to delay, reduce, or terminate some or all of its development programs.
Other risks and uncertainties:
The Company is subject to risks common to development stage biopharmaceutical companies including, but not limited to, new technological innovations, dependence on key personnel, protection of proprietary technology, compliance with government regulations, product liability, pre-clinical and clinical trial outcome risks, regulatory approval risks, uncertainty of market acceptance and additional financing requirements.
The Company’s products require approval or clearance from the FDA prior to commencing commercial sales in the United States. There can be no assurance that the Company’s products will receive all of the required approvals or clearances. Approvals or clearances are also required in foreign jurisdictions in which the Company may license or sell its products.
There can be no assurance that the Company’s products, if approved, will be accepted in the marketplace, nor can there be any assurance that any future products can be developed or manufactured at an acceptable cost and with appropriate performance characteristics, or that such products will be successfully marketed.
The Company is also dependent on several third party suppliers, in some cases a single source supplier including the contract research organization managing both of the Company’s current clinical studies, the supplier of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), as well as the contract manufacturer of the drug product for clinical development.
Nasdaq Listing
On April 29, 2024, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that the closing bid price per ADS was below the required minimum of $1.00 for a period of 30 consecutive business days and that the Company did not meet the minimum bid price requirements set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). Pursuant to Nasdaq Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company had an initial period of one hundred eighty (180) calendar days, or until October 28, 2024, which was subsequently extended for an additional one hundred eighty (180) calendar days, or until April 28, 2025 (to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s Minimum Bid Price Requirement. To regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, at the opening of the market on April 9, 2025, the Company effected a change in the ratio of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) evidencing Ordinary Shares from one (1) ADS representing one (1) Ordinary Share to one (1) ADS representing thirty-five (35) Ordinary Shares (the “Ratio Change”). The Ordinary Shares of the Company were not affected by this adjustment.
On April 29, 2025, the Company received a notification letter (the “Notification Letter”) from Nasdaq, informing the Company that it has regained compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). To regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, the closing bid of our ADSs needed to be at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten (10) consecutive business days. The Notification Letter confirmed that the Company achieved a closing bid price of $1.00 or greater per ADS forthirteen (13) consecutive business days from April 9, 2025 to April 28, 2025, thereby regaining compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s Minimum Bid Price Requirement for continued listing. If the Company’s ADSs are delisted from Nasdaq, it will have a material negative impact on the actual and potential liquidity of the Company’s securities, as well as a material negative impact on the Company’s ability to raise future capital.
NOTE 3 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation:
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, such statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring items) which are considered necessary for a fair presentation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company as of March 31, 2025 and for the three months then ended. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the year or any other period. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related disclosures as of December 31, 2024 and for the year then ended which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10- K, filed with the SEC on March 13, 2025.
Reclassification:
Certain balances in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three month period March 31, 2024, have been reclassified to conform to the presentation in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024, specifically the reclassification of travel expenses allocated between general and administrative expenses and research and development expenses. Such reclassifications did not have a material impact on the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Use of Estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. Management considers many factors in developing the estimates and assumptions that are used in the preparation of these financial statements including: expected business and operational changes, sensitivity and volatility associated with the assumptions used in developing estimates, and whether historical trends are expected to be representative of future trends. The estimation process often may yield a range of potentially reasonable estimates of the ultimate future outcomes and management must select an amount that falls within that range of reasonable estimates. Estimates are used in the following areas, among others: settlement of debt or other obligations, stock-based compensation, research and development expense recognition, intangible asset estimated useful lives and impairment assessments, allowances of deferred tax assets, and cash flow assumptions regarding going concern considerations.
Cash and cash equivalents:
The Company considers all highly liquid investments and short-term debt instruments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The Company, from time to time during the periods presented, has had bank account balances in excess of federally insured limits where substantially all cash is held in the United States. The Company has not experienced losses in such accounts. The Company believes that it is not subject to unusual credit risk beyond the normal credit risk associated with commercial banking relationships.
Investments:
Investments as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 consist of U.S. Treasury Bills and Notes, which are classified as trading securities, totaling$7.7 million and$10.4 million, respectively. The Company determines the appropriate balance sheet classification of its investments at the time of purchase and evaluates the classification at each balance sheet date. All of the Company’s U.S. Treasury Bills and Notes held on March 31, 2025 have maturities within fifteen months from the balance sheet date. As of March 31, 2025, the carrying value of the Company’s U.S. Treasury Bills and Notes approximates their fair value due to their short-term maturities.
Long-lived assets:
Long-lived assets are comprised of acquired technology and licensed rights to use technology, which are considered platform technology with alternative future uses beyond the current products in development. Such intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their expected useful life of 10 years.
The Company assesses the impairment for long-lived assets whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Factors the Company considers that could trigger an impairment review include the following:
| ● | Significant changes in the manner of the Company’s use of the acquired assets or the strategy for its overall business, |
| ● | Significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected development milestones, |
| ● | Significant negative regulatory or economic trends, and |
| ● | Significant technological changes which could render the platform technology obsolete. |
The Company recognizes impairment when the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset. Impairment losses, if any, are measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the asset over its estimated fair value. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, there wereno impairment indicators which required an impairment loss measurement.
Operating Segment:
The Company operates inone business segment, which includes the business of research and development activities related to the development of therapeutic products that treat rare and orphan diseases for which there are currently very limited or no approved treatments or cures. The determination of a single business segment is consistent with the consolidated financial information regularly provided to the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”). The Company’s CODM is its Chief Executive Officer, who reviews and evaluates consolidated net loss for purposes of assessing performance, making operating decisions, allocating resources, and planning and forecasting for future periods.
In addition to the significant expense categories included within consolidated net loss presented on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, see below for disaggregated amounts that comprise research and development expenses:
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| · · Three months ended March 31, | ||||
| · 2025 · 2024 | ||||
| External clinical development expenses | | $1,697,229 | | $556,960 |
| Personnel related and stock-based compensation | | 429,418 | | 212,270 |
| Other research and development expenses | | 247,492 | | 116,068 |
| Total research and development expenses | | $2,374,139 | | $885,298 |
Research and development:
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development expenses include personnel costs associated with research and development activities, including third-party contractors to perform research, conduct clinical trials and manufacture drug supplies and materials. The Company accrues for costs incurred by external service providers, including contract research organizations and clinical investigators, based on its estimates of service performed and costs incurred. These estimates include the level of services performed by third parties, patient enrollment in clinical trials when applicable, administrative costs incurred by third parties, and other indicators of the services completed. Based on the timing of amounts invoiced by service providers, the Company may also record payments made to those providers as prepaid expenses that will be recognized as expenses in future periods as the related services are rendered.
Stock based compensation:
The Company recognizes compensation costs resulting from the issuance of stock-based awards to employees, non-employees and directors as an expense in the consolidated statements of operations over the requisite service period based on a measurement of fair value for each stock-based award. The fair value of each option grant is estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, net of actual forfeitures. The fair value is amortized as compensation cost on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards, which is generally the vesting period.
Since the Company has a limited history of trading as a public company, the Company’s expected stock volatility is based on a weighting of its historical volatility along with a group of a publicly traded set of peer companies. The Company utilizes the simplified method to estimate the expected term. The risk-free interest rate was determined by reference to the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant of the award for time periods approximately equal to the expected term of the award. The expected dividend yield was assumed to be zero as the Company has not paid dividends since its inception and does not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future.
Fair value of financial instruments:
The Company considers its cash and cash equivalents, investments, accounts payable, accrued expenses to meet the definition of financial instruments. The carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximated their fair values due to the short maturities.
The Company measures fair value as required by ASC Topic 820,Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC Topic 820”). ASC Topic 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework and gives guidance regarding the methods used for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. ASC Topic 820 clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants.
Earnings (loss) per share:
The Company reports loss per share in accordance with ASC 260-10,Earnings Per Share, which provides for calculation of “basic” and “diluted” earnings per share. Basic earnings per share includes no dilution and is computed by dividing net income or loss available to common shareholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the potential dilution of securities that could share in the earnings of an entity. The calculation of diluted net earnings (loss) per share gives effect to ordinary shares equivalents; however, other than unexercised prefunded warrants as described below, potential common shares are excluded if their effect is anti-dilutive.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the number of shares excluded from the diluted net earnings (loss) per share included outstanding warrants to purchase 1,108,159 ADSs and outstanding stock options to purchase 55,541 ADSs, and outstanding warrants to purchase 256,809 ADSs and outstanding stock options to purchase 7,943 ADSs, respectively, as their inclusion in the denominator would be anti-dilutive.
NOTE 4 – ACCRUED INTEREST AND FINANCING EXPENSE
On October 2, 2020, Quoin Inc. issued promissory notes (the “2020 Notes”) to certain investors (“2020 Noteholders”). The 2020 Notes were mandatorily convertible into 12 ADSs, subject to adjustment and were converted in 2021. The ADSs issued to the 2020 Noteholders did not include accrued interest. Two of thefive 2020 Noteholders received their amount due during the year ended December 31, 2022 and the Company’s estimate of the liability to the remaining three 2020 Noteholders was estimated to be $1,146,000 as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Two of the remaining three 2020 Noteholders are related parties to the Company, the aggregate estimated liability to these parties was $339,000 as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
There wasno interest expense recognized in both the three month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
NOTE 5 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company applies fair value accounting for all assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and the market-based risk measurements or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, such as risks inherent in valuation techniques, transfer restrictions and credit risk. For certain instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable, and accrued expenses, it was estimated that the carrying amount approximated fair value because of the short maturities of these instruments.
Fair value is estimated using various valuation models, which utilize certain inputs and assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The inputs and assumptions used in valuation models are classified in the fair value hierarchy as follows:
Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.
Level 2: Quoted market prices for similar instruments in an active market; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations inputs of which are observable and can be corroborated by market data.
Level 3: Unobservable inputs and assumptions that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the asset and liability. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs.
In determining the appropriate hierarchy levels, the Company analyzes the assets and liabilities that are subject to fair value disclosure. Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to their fair value measurement.
The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis by fair value hierarchy at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
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| March 31, 2025 | | Level 1 | | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
| US Treasury Bills and Notes | $7,730,598 | $— | | $— | | $7,730,598 |
| Total US Treasury Bills and Notes Asset | $7,730,598 | $— | | $— | | $7,730,598 |
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| December 31, 2024 · Level 1 · Level 2 · Level 3 · Total | ||||||||
| US Treasury Bills and Notes | | $10,433,535 | | $— | | $— | | $10,433,535 |
| Total US Treasury Bills and Notes Asset | | $10,433,535 | | $— | | $— | | $10,433,535 |
NOTE 6 – STOCK BASED COMPENSATION
In March 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (the “Amended Plan”), which was approved by the shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on April 12, 2022, which increased the number of ordinary shares reserved for issuance under such equity incentive plan to 15% of the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares on a fully-diluted basis, or 9,197,277 ordinary shares represented by 262,779 ADSs as of March 31, 2025. Under the Amended Plan, the Company may grant options to its directors, officers, employees, consultants, advisers and service providers. As of March 31, 2025,207,238 ADSs remained available for issuance.
The following table summarizes stock-based activities under the Amended Plan:
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| · · · · Average · · Average | |||||||
| · · ADS Underlying · · Exercise · · Contractual | |||||||
| · · Options · · Price · · Terms | |||||||
| Outstanding at December 31, 2024 | 55,541 | | $150.47 | 9.76 | |||
| Granted | — | | | — | | ||
| Canceled | — | | | — | | ||
| Outstanding at March 31, 2025 | 55,541 | | $150.47 | 9.51 | |||
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| Exercisable options at March 31, 2025 | 1,849 | | $1,796.94 | 8.24 | |||
The intrinsic value of outstanding options at March 31, 2025 was $0.
Stock based compensation expense was approximately $360,000 ($120,000 included in research and development expense and $240,000 included in general and administrative expenses) in the three months ended March 31, 2025. Stock based compensation expense was approximately $306,000 ($50,000 included in research and development expense and $256,000 included in general and administrative expenses) in the three months ended March 31, 2024.
At March 31, 2025, the total unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested options was approximately $2.5 million and is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted average service period of approximately 3.56 years.
NOTE 7 – PREPAID EXPENSES
Prepaid expenses are as follows:
| | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · March 31, · December 31, | ||||||
| · · 2025 · · 2024 | ||||||
| Prepaid R&D costs | | $559,903 | | $772,083 | ||
| Prepaid insurance | | 216,401 | | 309,889 | ||
| Prepaid expense | | 167,795 | | 87,154 | ||
| Total | | $944,099 | | $1,169,126 | ||
| Less: Short-term portion | | | (944,099) | | | (869,126) |
| Long-term portion | | $— | | $300,000 | ||
NOTE 8 - ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accrued expenses are as follows:
| · · · · · · | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| · March 31, · December 31, | ||||
| | | 2025 | | 2024 |
| Research contract expenses (note 12) | | $680,727 | | $183,094 |
| Payroll (note 11) | | 1,267,406 | | 940,539 |
| Payroll taxes (note 11) | | 63,209 | | 77,726 |
| Professional fees | | 334,158 | | 323,497 |
| Other expenses | | 119,803 | | 4,121 |
| Total | | $2,465,303 | | $1,528,977 |
NOTE 9 – IN-LICENSED TECHNOLOGY
Skinvisible:
In October 2019, Quoin Inc. entered into the Exclusive Licensing Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “License Agreement”) with Skinvisible Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Skinvisible”), under which Skinvisible granted the Company an exclusive royalty-bearing license relating to the production and manufacture of prescription drug products related to certain patents held by Skinvisible, including those related to QRX003 and QRX004. The Company made Skinvisible a one-time non-refundable, non-creditable license fee of $1 million (the “License Fee”). In addition, the Company agreed to pay Skinvisible a single digit royalty percentage of the Company’s net sales revenues for any licensed product covered by the patent rights licensed under the License Agreement. The Company also agreed to pay Skinvisible 25% of any revenues the Company receives as royalties in the event that the Company sublicenses any licensed products to a third party. The License Agreement also requires that the Company make a one-time $5 million payment to Skinvisible upon receiving approval in the U.S. or European Union, whichever occurs first, for the first drug product developed using intellectual property licensed thereunder. There were no milestone or royalty obligations due at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
NOTE 10 - INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets are as follows:
| · · · · · · | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| · March 31, · December 31, | ||||
| | | 2025 | | 2024 |
| Technology license – Skinvisible | | $1,000,000 | | $1,000,000 |
| Total cost | | 1,000,000 | | 1,000,000 |
| Accumulated amortization | | (541,666) | | (516,666) |
| Net book value | | $458,334 | | $483,334 |
The Company recorded amortization expense of approximately $25,000 and $25,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The annual amortization expense expected to be recorded for existing intangible assets for the years 2025 through 2029, is approximately $75,000, $100,000, $100,000,100,000 and $83,000, respectively.
NOTE 11 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Employment Agreements and Due to Officers/Founders:
Due to the limited funding of Quoin Inc. prior to the consummation of the Merger, the compensation, including salary, office and car allowances and other benefits, due to Dr. Myers and Ms. Carter under their respective employment agreements, as well as reimbursement of expenses and other amounts paid by Dr. Myers and Ms. Carter to third parties on behalf of Quoin Inc., were not paid by Quoin Inc. to Dr. Myers and Ms. Carter, and were accrued as indebtedness to Dr. Myers and Ms. Carter. Following the closing of the Merger, Quoin Inc. began making payments of $25,000 per month to each of Dr. Myers and Ms. Carter torepay the above-described non-interest-bearing indebtedness. The Company repaid $75,000 and $75,000 of such indebtedness to Dr. Myers and $75,000 and $75,000 to Ms. Carter in the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of March 31, 2025, approximately $1.6 million and $1.2 million ofsuch indebtedness was outstanding to Dr. Myers and Ms. Carter, respectively.
Amounts due to officers at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 consisted of the following:
| · · · · · · | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · March 31, · December 31, | |||||
| · · 2025 · · 2024 | |||||
| Salaries and other compensation | | $2,773,733 | $2,923,733 | ||
| Less: Short-term portion | | (600,000) | | (600,000) | |
| Long-term portion | | $2,173,733 | | $2,323,733 | |
Interest Payable:
See Note 4 for interest payable on the 2020 Notes.
NOTE 12 – RESEARCH, CONSULTING AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENTS
Research agreements
In November 2020, Quoin Inc. entered into a Master Service Agreement with Therapeutics Inc. for the management of the preclinical and clinical development of QRX003 for Netherton Syndrome. The initial term of the agreement wasthree years with automatic one year extensions, and the agreement required the execution of individual work orders. Quoin Inc. may terminate any work order for any reason with 90 days written notice subject to costs incurred through termination and a defined termination fee, unless there is a material breach by Therapeutics Inc. A work order was entered into in June 2022 for the first QRX003 clinical study at an expected estimated cost of approximately $4.4 million. An additional work order was entered into in December 2022 for a second QRX003 clinical study at an expected estimated cost of approximately $830,000. An amended and restated change order for the two studies was entered into in December 2024 at an estimated total remaining cost from August 2024 of approximately $3.6 million for the two studies combined. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company incurred a research and development expense under these agreements of approximately $411,000 and $489,000 respectively.
In November 2021, the Company entered into a research agreement with Queensland University of Technology (QUT) for a pre-clinical research program for the development of a product to treat Netherton Syndrome of approximately $250,000. In May 2022, the Company entered into a second research agreement with QUT for the development of a product to treat Scleroderma of approximately $610,000. Each agreement remains in place until the completion of the research program, which in each case was initially anticipated to be 18 months from execution. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company incurred research and development costs related to these agreements of approximately $0 and $0, respectively. The Company is planning to schedule a meeting with QUT to discuss the future direction of both research programs.
In June 2024, the Company signed a research agreement with The School of Pharmacy at University College Cork, Ireland (UCC). The scope of the agreement encompasses the development of novel topical formulations of rapamycin (sirolimus) as potential treatments for a number of rare and orphan diseases for which there are currently no approved therapies or cures. Under the terms of the agreement, based on the achievement of certain milestones, the Company will fund up to approximately €567,000 ($614,000) plus VAT over an anticipated 2-1/2 year period to support the UCC research program to investigate the development of a number of topical rapamycin formulations for future development as potential treatments for several rare and orphan diseases. Following completion of the research program, the Company will have the option to advance the clinical development of rapamycin formulations developed by UCC. Work on this research project commenced in December 2024 and the Company incurred $60,000 in research and development costs for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Performance milestones and Royalties
See Note 9 for asset and in-licensed technology commitments.
NOTE 13 – SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
In January and February 2025, certain investors in the December 2024 Offering exercised (i) the remaining outstanding 320,362 December 2024 Pre-Funded Warrants, (ii)9,143 Series F Warrants and 3,000 Series G Warrants, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $173,000.
Warrants
The following table summarizes warrant activities during the three months ended March 31, 2025:
| · · · · · | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · Weighted | ||||
| | | ADSs | | Average |
| | | Underlying | | Exercise Price |
| | | Warrants | | Per ADS |
| Outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2024 | | 1,440,664 | $16.80 | |
| Exercised Pre-Funded and Common Warrants | (332,505) | | 0.58 | |
| Outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2025 | | 1,108,159 | | $21.92 |
As of March 31, 2025, outstanding Warrants expire in 2026, 2027 and 2029, and the outstanding Warrants have an approximate intrinsic value of $0.
NOTE 14 – CONTINGENCIES
From time to time, the Company may become involved in various legal matters arising in the ordinary course of business. Management is unaware of any matters requiring accrual for related losses in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
NOTE 15 – LICENSE AGREEMENTS
As of March 31, 2025, the Company hadnine commercial license and supply agreements outstanding, whereby the Company will receive a royalty or other proceeds from the specified product revenues from the licensor, if and when the underlying products are approved and commercialized or sold via compassionate use or early access programs. No royalty revenues have been received through March 31, 2025 from any of these agreements.
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