Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Mar 17, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Mar 17, 2025
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Period ended 2023-12-31; filed 2024-03-15.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-K
Period ended 2024-12-31; filed 2025-03-17.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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The March Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and agreements of us and the March Investor and customary indemnification rights and obligations of the parties. Pursuant to the terms of the March Purchase Agreement, we have agreed to certain restrictions on the issuance and sale of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (as defined in the March Purchase Agreement) during the 30-day period following the closing of the Registered Offering (the “Lock-up Period”). Additionally, we agreed not to enter into a variable rate transaction for a period of one year following the closing of the March Registered Offering, provided, however, that following the Lock-up Period, (i) we may enter into and/or issue shares of Common Stock in an “at-the-market” facility with Wainwright (as defined below) as sales agent, and (ii) we may enter into, or effect a transaction under, an equity line of credit.
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purchase up to an aggregate of 8,235,000 shares of Common Stock. The Series F Warrants will have an exercise price of $0.40 per share and will be exercisable commencing on the effective date of stockholder approval of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Series F Warrants (the “Stockholder Approval”) and will expire twenty-four months following the date of Stockholder Approval. We will be obligated to obtain Stockholder Approval at the Company's annual meeting of stockholders on or prior to the date that is 150 days following the closing date (the “Stockholder Meeting Deadline”). If Stockholder Approval is not obtained on or prior to the Stockholder Meeting Deadline, we are required to cause an additional stockholder meeting to be held every 60 days after the Stockholder Meeting Deadline until Stockholder Approval is obtained or the Series F Warrants are no longer outstanding. The Series F Warrants and the shares of our Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Series F Warrants are not being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), were not offered pursuant to the Registration Statement and were offered pursuant to the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act, and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder.
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The March Offering closed on March 10, 2025.
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Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Requirement
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On February 24, 2025, we received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market notifying us that for the preceding 31 consecutive business days our common stock did not maintain a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per share as required by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). The notice has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of our common stock, and the common stock will continue to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “ACXP” at this time.
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In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have a grace period of 180 calendar days, or until August 25, 2025, to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). Compliance can be achieved automatically and without further action if the closing bid price of our common stock is at or above $1.00 for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days at any time during the 180-day compliance period, in which case Nasdaq will notify us of our compliance and the matter will be closed.
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If, however, we do not achieve compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement by August 25, 2025, we may be eligible for additional time to comply. In order to be eligible for such additional time, we will be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for The Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, and must notify Nasdaq in writing of our intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. However, if it appears to Nasdaq that we will not be able to cure the deficiency, or if we are otherwise not eligible, Nasdaq will provide notice that our common stock will be subject to delisting. We would then be entitled to appeal that determination to a Nasdaq hearings panel.
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We intend to actively monitor the bid price of our common stock and will consider available options to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement or that Nasdaq will grant us a further extension of time to regain compliance, if applicable.
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2025 January Registered Direct Offering
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On January 6, 2025, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “January Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional investors named therein (the “January Investors”), and with each of David P. Luci, our President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert J. DeLuccia, our Executive Chairman, Carl V. Sailer, Jack H. Dean, James Donohue, and Joseph Scodari, each a member of our board of directors (collectively, the “January Affiliate Investors”), pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell, in a registered direct offering by us directly to the January Investors and to the January Affiliate Investors (the “January Registered Offering”), an aggregate of 2,463,058 shares of common stock (consisting of an aggregate of 2,295,570 shares purchased by the January Investors and an aggregate of 167,488 shares purchased by the January Affiliate Investors), at an offering price of $1.015 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds from
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the January Registered Offering of approximately $2.5 million, before deducting the placement agent fees and related offering expenses.
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The January Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and agreements of the Company and the Investors (and of the January Affiliate Investors) and customary indemnification rights and obligations of the parties. Pursuant to the terms of the January Purchase Agreement, we agreed to certain restrictions on the issuance and sale of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (as defined in the January Purchase Agreement) during the 30-day period following the closing of the January Registered Offering. Additionally, we agreed not to enter into a variable rate transaction for a period of one year following the closing of the January Registered Offering.
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The shares were offered by us pursuant to the Registration Statement, which was filed with the Commission on July 1, 2022 and was declared effective by the Commission on July 11, 2022.
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In a concurrent private placement (the “January Private Placement” and together with the January Registered Offering, the “January Offering”), we agreed to issue to the January Investors and to the January Affiliate Investors Series E warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,463,058 shares of common stock (consisting of Series E warrants to purchase up to 2,295,570 shares of common stock issued to the January Investors and Series E warrants to purchase up to 167,488 shares of common stock issued to the January Affiliate Investors) at an exercise price of $0.90 per share. Each Series E warrant became immediately exercisable upon the issuance date and will expire five years from the initial exercise date. The Series E warrants and the shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Series E warrants were offered pursuant to the exemption from registration provided in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act, and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder. The January Offering closed on January 7, 2025. As of the date of this prospectus supplement, none of the Series E warrants have been exercised and all of such Series E warrants remain outstanding.
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The January Offering closed on January 7, 2025.
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Ibezapolstat Phase 2 Clinical Results
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Further analysis of the secondary and exploratory endpoints from the Phase 2b segment showed the following:
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For extended clinical cure, data also showed that 100% (5 of 5) of ibezapolstat-treated patients who agreed to observation for up to three months following CC at EOT experienced no recurrence of infection;
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We convened an End-of-Phase 2 Meeting with the FDA on April 17, 2024 and announced on May 15, 2024 that we had a successful meeting, including confirmation of Phase 3 readiness for ibezapolstat for the treatment ofC. difficile infection. Agreement with the FDA was reached on key elements to move forward with our international Phase 3 clinical trial program. Agreement was also reached with the FDA on the complete non-clinical and clinical development plan for filing of a New Drug Application (“NDA”) for marketing approval. Planning continues to advance ibezapolstat into international Phase 3 clinical trials for treatment ofC. difficileinfection (“CDI”).
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In July 2024, we announced that a new patent has been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). This patent relates to ibezapolstat and its use to treatC. difficile infection while reducing the recurrence of the infection, as well as improving the health of the gut microbiome. This is the latest in the series of granted patents and pending patent applications that we have filed to protect our proprietary technologies in the field of antimicrobials.
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Following our successful End-of-Phase 2 Meeting with the FDA in August 2024, which confirmed our Phase 3 clinical trial readiness, and per the FDA regulatory requirements, in August 2024, we submitted our request to the FDA for a meeting to review our manufacturing processes and specifications for drug substance and final project and packaging (typically referred to as Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (“CMC”)) for our Phase 3 clinical trials. In December 2024, we received written positive feedback from FDA regarding acceptability of our CMC plan and data package proposed to support the Phase 3 clinical program. In January 2025, we received positive written responses from the EMA under its Scientific Advice Procedure that the clinical, non-clinical and CMC information package submitted supports advancement of the ibezapolstat Phase 3 program. The responses also included guidance on ibezapolstat’s regulatory pathway for a Marketing Authorization Application in the EU for ibezapolstat in CDI.
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On January 7, 2025, we completed a registered direct offering and a concurrent private placement, issuing 2,463,058 shares of common stock and Series E warrants to purchase 2,463,058 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $2.5 million.
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On March 10, 2025, we completed a registered direct offering and a concurrent private placement, issuing 2,150,000 share of common stock, 595,000 pre-funded warrants and Series F warrants to purchase 8,235,000 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $1.1 million.
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In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures which requires public entities to disclose significant segment expenses regularly provided to the chief operating decision-maker. Public entities with a single reporting segment have to provide all disclosures required by ASC 280, including the significant segment expense disclosures. For public business entities, the guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The adoption of ASU 2023-07 did not have a significant impact on our financial accounting measurements or disclosures.
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In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09,Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which expands the disclosures required for income taxes. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The amendment should be applied on a prospective basis while retrospective application is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this pronouncement on its disclosures.
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Completion of Phase 2b Clinical Trial
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On October 2, 2023, we discontinued our Phase 2b clinical trial of our lead antibiotic candidate, ibezapolstat, targeting the treatment of patients with CDI and anticipate advancing to Phase 3 clinical trials more expeditiously than originally planned. We made the decision to discontinue the Phase 2b clinical trial in consultation with our medical and scientific advisors and statisticians based upon observed aggregate blinded data and other factors, including the cost to maintain clinical trial sites and slow enrollment due to COVID-19.
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We determined that the Phase 2b clinical trial has performed as anticipated for each of ibezapolstat, our lead antibiotic candidate, and vancomycin, the control agent and a standard of care to treat patients with CDI, with high rates of clinical cure observed across the trial and no emerging safety concerns reported to date. Accordingly, the Independent Data Monitoring Committee will not be required to perform an interim analysis of the Phase 2b clinical trial data as originally planned but is supportive of our decision to early discontinue the Phase 2b clinical trial and will remain involved for our Phase 3 clinical trials. Prior to discontinuing the Phase 2b clinical trial, we notified FDA of its decision to early discontinue the trial. The trial was not discontinued due to safety concerns.
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Top-Line Ibezapolstat Phase 2 Efficacy Results
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We are currently preparing for an End-of-Phase 2 Meeting with FDA and advancement to Phase 3.
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The 2023 Offerings closed on May 18, 2023.
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In connection with the 2023 Offerings, we also entered into a Warrant Amendment Agreement with the 2023 Investor. Under the Warrant Amendment Agreement, we amended its existing series A warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,230,769 shares of our common stock and series B warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,230,769 shares of our common stock (collectively, the “Existing Warrants”) that were previously issued in July 2022, such that effective upon the closing of the 2023 Offerings, the Existing Warrants were amended to have a termination date of May 18, 2029.
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On May 16, 2023, we entered into a placement agency agreement (the “2023 Placement Agent Agreement”) with Maxim Group LLC (the “Placement Agent”) pursuant to which we engaged Maxim as the placement agent in connection with the 2023 Offerings. The Placement Agent agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for the sale of the Securities. We paid the Placement Agent a placement agent fee in cash equal to 5.75% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the Shares, Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants. We also reimbursed the Placement Agent for all reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees of legal counsel not to exceed $50,000. The 2023 Placement Agent Agreement also contained representations, warranties, indemnification and other provisions customary for transactions of this nature.
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Effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Our Business
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Public health crises such as pandemics or similar outbreaks could adversely impact our business. Notably, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our operations or those of our collaborators, vendors, contractors, suppliers, clinical trial sites and other material business relations and governmental agencies will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the ultimate duration of the outbreak, new information that will emerge concerning the severity of the virus and the actions to contain it or treat its impact, among others. Previously, our clinical trial operations were directly and indirectly impacted, and could continue to be directly and indirectly impacted, by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the potential economic impact brought by, and the ultimate duration of, the COVID-19 pandemic, have been, and continue to be, difficult to assess or predict, the spread of COVID-19 has caused a broad impact globally. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may impact our business continues to be highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence.
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The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued certain accounting pronouncements as of December 31, 2023 that will become effective in subsequent periods; however, we do not believe that any of those pronouncements would have significantly affected our financial accounting measurements or disclosures had they been in effect during 2023, or that they will have a significant impact on us at the time they become effective.
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You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K and our final prospectus for our initial public offering filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, on June 28, 2021, or the Prospectus. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Form 10-K, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business and related financing, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, including those factors set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of this Form 10-K, our actual results could differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.
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contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Form 10-K, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business and related financing, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, including those factors set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of this Form 10-K, our actual results could differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.
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Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, formerly Acurx Pharmaceuticals, LLC (the “Company”) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for infections caused by bacteria listed as priority pathogens by the World Health Organization (“WHO”), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). Priority pathogens are those which require new antibiotics to address the worldwide crisis of antimicrobial resistance (“AMR”) as identified by the WHO, CDC and FDA. The CDC estimates that, in the U.S., antibiotic-resistant pathogens infect one individual every 11 seconds and result in one death every 15 minutes. The WHO recently stated that growing antimicrobial resistance is equally as dangerous as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, threatens to unwind a century of medical progress and may leave us defenseless against infections that today can be treated easily. According to the WHO, the current clinical development pipeline remains insufficient to tackle the challenge of the increasing emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance.
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Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, formerly Acurx Pharmaceuticals, LLC (the “Company”) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for infections caused by bacteria listed as priority pathogens by the World Health Organization (“WHO”), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). Priority pathogens are those which require new antibiotics to address the worldwide crisis of antimicrobial resistance (“AMR”) as identified by the WHO, CDC and FDA. The CDC estimates that, in the U.S., antibiotic-resistant pathogens infect one individual every 11 seconds and result in one death every 15 minutes. According to the WHO Fact Sheet (November 2023) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is one of the top global public health and development threats. It is estimated that bacterial AMR was directly responsible for 1.27 million global deaths in 2019 and contributed to 4.95 million deaths. Furthermore, the world faces an antibiotics pipeline and access crisis. There is an inadequate research and development pipeline in the face of rising levels of resistance, and urgent need for additional measures to ensure equitable access to new and existing vaccines, diagnostics and medicines.
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Prior to that, we completed our Phase 2a clinical trial of ibezapolstat to treat patients with CDI and reported the top-line data in November 2020. The Phase 2a clinical trial was terminated early based upon the recommendation of our Scientific Advisory Board (the “SAB”). The SAB reviewed the study data presented by management, including adverse events and efficacy outcomes, and discussed its clinical impressions. The SAB unanimously supported the early termination of the Phase 2a trial after 10 patients were enrolled in the trial instead of 20 patients as originally planned. The early termination was further based on the evidence of meeting the treatment goals of eliminating the infection with an acceptable adverse event profile.
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events and efficacy outcomes, and discussed its clinical impressions. The SAB unanimously supported the early termination of the Phase 2a trial after 10 patients were enrolled in the trial instead of 20 patients as originally planned. The early termination was further based on the evidence of meeting the treatment goals of eliminating the infection with an acceptable adverse event profile.
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maintained for 48 hours after end of treatment. Such cure was sustained, meaning that the patients showed no sign of infection recurrence, for 30 days thereafter. This constitutes a 100% response rate for the primary and secondary endpoints of the trial. All 10 patients enrolled in the Phase 2a trial met the study’s primary and secondary efficacy endpoints, namely, Clinical Cure at end of treatment and Sustained Clinical Cure of no recurrence of CDI at the 28-day follow-up visit. No treatment-related serious adverse events (“SAEs”) were reported by the investigators who enrolled patients in the trial. We believe these results represent the first-ever clinical data showing pol IIIC has potential as a therapeutically relevant antibacterial target. Our Phase 2b clinical trial commenced enrollment on December 3, 2021.
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The SAB noted that 10 out of 10 patients enrolled in the Phase 2a trial reached the Clinical Cure endpoint, defined in the study protocol as the resolution of diarrhea in the 24-hour period immediately before the end of treatment that is maintained for 48 hours after end of treatment. Such cure was sustained, meaning that the patients showed no sign of infection recurrence, for 30 days thereafter. This constitutes a 100% response rate for the primary and secondary endpoints of the trial. All 10 patients enrolled in the Phase 2a trial met the study’s primary and secondary efficacy endpoints, namely, Clinical Cure at end of treatment and Sustained Clinical Cure of no recurrence of CDI at the 28-day follow-up visit. No treatment-related serious adverse events (“SAEs”) were reported by the investigators who enrolled patients in the trial. We believe these results represent the first-ever clinical data showing pol IIIC has potential as a therapeutically relevant antibacterial target. Our Phase 2b clinical trial commenced enrollment on December 3, 2021.
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As of December 31, 2023, we had cash of approximately $7.5 million.
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As of December 31, 2024, we had cash of approximately $3.7 million.
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On May 16, 2023, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with a single healthcare-focused U.S. institutional investor named therein (the “2023 Investor”), pursuant to which we issued and sold, in a registered direct offering by us directly to the 2023 Investor (the “2023 Registered Offering”), an aggregate of 601,851 shares of common stock at an offering price of $3.00 per share and an aggregate of 731,482 pre-funded warrants exercisable for shares of common stock at an offering price of $2.9999 per pre-funded warrant. The pre-funded warrants sold to the 2023 Investor have an exercise price of $0.0001 and were immediately exercisable. As of September 30, 2023, all of the pre-funded warrants were exercised.
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On March 6, 2025, we, entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “March Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor named therein (the “March Investor”), pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell, in a registered direct offering by us directly to the March Investor (the “March Registered Offering”) (i) 2,150,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $0.40 per share and (ii) pre-funded common stock purchase warrants (the “March Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 595,000 shares of Common Stock (the “March Pre-Funded Warrant Shares”) at a purchase price of $0.3999 per March Pre-Funded Warrant for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $1.1 million, before deducting the placement agent fees and related offering expenses. We intend to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
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The gross proceeds to us from the 2023 Registered Offering were approximately $4.0 million and net proceeds after deducting the placements agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by us were approximately $3.5 million. The securities were offered by us pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-265956) previously filed with the SEC on July 1, 2022, and which was declared effective by the SEC on July 11, 2022.
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The Shares, the March Pre-Funded Warrants and March Pre-Funded Warrant Shares were offered by us pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-265956), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 1, 2022 and was declared effective by the Commission on July 11, 2022 (the “Registration Statement”).
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In a concurrent private placement (the “2023 Private Placement” and together with the 2023 Registered Offering, the “2023 Offerings”), we issued to the Investor series C warrants exercisable for an aggregate of up to 1,333,333 shares of common Stock at an exercise price of $3.26 per share and series D warrants exercisable for an aggregate of up to 1,333,333 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.26 per share. Each Series C Warrant was exercisable commencing on November 18, 2023 and will expire on November 18, 2025. Each Series D Warrant was exercisable commencing on November 18, 2023 and will expire on November 19, 2029.
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In a concurrent private placement (the “March Private Placement” and together with the March Registered Offering, the “March Offering”), we agreed to issue to the Investor series F common warrants (the “Series F Warrants”) to
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On November 2, 2023, we announced top-line Phase 2 efficacy and safety results from the clinical trial of ibezapolstat in patients with CDI. The overall observed Clinical Cure rate in the combined Phase 2 trials in patients with CDI was 96% (25 out of 26 patients), based on 10 out of 10 patients (100%) in Phase 2a in the modified intent to treat population, plus 15 out of 16 (94%) patients in Phase 2b in the per protocol population, who experienced Clinical Cure during treatment with ibezapolstat. Ibezapolstat was well-tolerated, with three patients each experiencing one mild adverse event assessed by the blinded investigator to be drug-related. All three events were gastrointestinal in nature and resolved without treatment. There were no drug-related treatment withdrawals or no drug-related serious adverse events, or other safety findings of concern. In the Phase 2b vancomycin control arm, 14 out of 14 patients experienced clinical cure. We believe that based on the pooled Phase 2 ibezapolstat clinical cure rate of 96% and the historical vancomycin cure rate of approximately 81% (Vancocin® Prescribing Information, January 2021), we will demonstrate non-inferiority of ibezapolstat to vancomycin in Phase 3 trials in accordance with the applicable FDA Guidance for Industry (October, 2022). The Phase 2b clinical trial met the protocol primary objective of assessing the primary efficacy endpoint of the Clinical Cure rate after 10 days of oral treatment. Further analyses will be forthcoming regarding secondary and exploratory endpoints, including Sustained Clinical Cure data, Extended Clinical Cure data up to 94 days and comparative effects on the gut microbiome.
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On November 2, 2023, we announced top-line results from the Phase 2b segment of our Phase 2 clinical trial of ibezapolstat in patients with CDI. In the Phase 2b segment of the clinical trial, the observed Clinical Cure rate in the per protocol population was 15 of 16 patients (94%) in the ibezapolstat arm and 14 out of 14 patients (100%) in the vancomycin arm, respectively. In the Phase 2a segment of the clinical trial that evaluated ibezapolstat in patients with CDI, the observed Clinical Cure rate in the per protocol population was 10 out of 10 patients (100%). In a post hoc analysis conducted with the data available at the time of discontinuation of the trial, the overall observed Clinical Cure rate for ibezapolstat in the combined Phase 2a and Phase 2b segments of the clinical trial in patients with CDI was 96% (25 out of 26 patients), based on 10 out of 10 patients (100%) in the Phase 2a segment in the per protocol population, plus 15 out of 16 (94%) patients in the Phase 2b segment We believe that, based on the post hoc pooled Phase 2 ibezapolstat Clinical Cure rate of 96% and the historical vancomycin cure rate of approximately 81% (Vancocin® Prescribing Information, January 2021), Phase 3 trials conducted in accordance with the applicable FDA Guidance for Industry (October 2022) would be able to demonstrate the non-inferiority of ibezapolstat to vancomycin, though there can be no assurance that these early-stage, Phase 2 data will predict results in Phase 3 clinical trials.
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As of the year ended December 31, 2023, we sold 698,121 shares of its common stock under the ATM Program at a weighted-average price of $3.76 per share, raising $2.6 million of gross proceeds and net proceeds of $2.4 million, after deducting commissions to the sales agents and other ATM Program related expenses. There remains approximately $14.4 million available for future sales of shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement. Other than the Sales Agreement, we currently do not have any commitments to obtain additional funds.
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As of the year ended December 31, 2024, we sold a total of 2,830,328 shares of its common stock under the ATM Program at a weighted-average price of $3.26 per share, raising $9.2 million of gross proceeds and net proceeds of $8.8 million, after deducting commissions to the sales agents and other ATM Program related expenses. There remained approximately $7.8 million available for future sales of shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement. As of January 6, 2025, we suspended the ATM Program.
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We plan to substantially increase our research and development expenses for the foreseeable future as we continue the development of our product candidates and seek to discover and develop new product candidates. Due to the inherently unpredictable nature of preclinical and clinical development, we cannot determine with certainty the timing of the initiation, duration or costs of future clinical trials and preclinical studies of product candidates. Clinical and preclinical development timelines, the probability of success and the amount of development costs can differ materially from expectations. We anticipate that we will make determinations as to which product candidates and development programs to pursue and how much funding to direct to each product candidate or program on an ongoing basis in response to the results of ongoing and future preclinical studies and clinical trials, regulatory developments and our ongoing assessments as to each product candidate’s commercial potential. In addition, we cannot forecast which product
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We plan to substantially increase our research and development expenses for the foreseeable future as we continue the development of our product candidates and seek to discover and develop new product candidates. Due to the inherently unpredictable nature of preclinical and clinical development, we cannot determine with certainty the timing of the initiation, duration or costs of future clinical trials and preclinical studies of product candidates. Clinical and preclinical development timelines, the probability of success and the amount of development costs can differ materially from expectations. We anticipate that we will make determinations as to which product candidates and development programs to pursue and how much funding to direct to each product candidate or program on an ongoing basis in response to the results of ongoing and future preclinical studies and clinical trials, regulatory developments and our ongoing assessments as to each product candidate’s commercial potential. In addition, we cannot forecast which product candidates may be subject to future collaborations, when such arrangements will be secured, if at all, and to what degree such arrangements would affect our development plans and capital requirements.
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*Research and Development Expenses.*Research and development expenses were $6.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, and $4.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $1.2 million primarily due to increase in consulting related costs for the Phase 2b clinical trial.
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*Research and Development Expenses.*Research and development expenses were $5.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, and $6.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, a decrease of $0.6 million due to decrease in consulting fees of $1.6 million, offset by increase in manufacturing cost of $1.0 million.
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*General and Administrative Expenses.*General and administrative expenses were $8.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, and $7.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. General and administrative expenses
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*General and Administrative Expenses.*General and administrative expenses were $8.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, and $8.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. General and administrative expenses increased by approximately $0.2 million primarily due to $0.3 million increase in legal fees, and $0.7 million increase in professional fees, offset by $0.6 million decrease in share based compensation costs and $0.2 million decrease in insurance costs.
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*Net Loss.*Net loss was $14.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to $12.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $2.5 million, primarily due to the reasons stated above.
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*Net Loss.*Net loss was $14.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $14.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, a decrease of $0.5 million, primarily due to the reasons stated above.
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Since inception, we have generated no revenue from operations and we have incurred cumulative losses of approximately $53.2 million as of December 31, 2023. We have funded our operations primarily from equity issuances. We received net cash proceeds of approximately $12.9 million from equity financings closed between March 2018 and October 2020. On June 29, 2021, we completed our IPO resulting in net proceeds of approximately $14.8 million after deducting underwriter discounts of $1.4 million and offering costs of approximately $1.1 million. On July 27, 2022, we completed a registered direct offering and concurrent private placement resulting in net proceeds of approximately $3.7 million after deducting the placement agents commission of $0.3 million and offering costs of $0.2 million. On May 18, 2023, we completed a registered direct offering and a concurrent private placement resulting proceeds of approximately $3.5 million after deducting the placement agents fee of $0.2 million and offering costs of $0.2 million. On November 15, 2023, we entered into a Sales Agreement and established the ATM Program, pursuant to which we may offer and sell, from time to time, through A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, as sales agent, shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $17.0 million. Under the ATM Program, we raised net proceeds of approximately $2.4 million after deducting sales agent commission and other related expenses of $0.2 million.
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Since inception, we have generated no revenue from operations and we have incurred cumulative losses of approximately $67.3 million as of December 31, 2024. We have funded our operations primarily from equity issuances. We received net cash proceeds of approximately $12.9 million from equity financings closed between March 2018 and October 2020. On June 29, 2021, we completed our IPO resulting in net proceeds of approximately $14.8 million after deducting underwriter discounts of $1.4 million and offering costs of approximately $1.1 million. On July 27, 2022, we completed a registered direct offering and concurrent private placement resulting in net proceeds of approximately $3.7 million after deducting the placement agents commission of $0.3 million and offering costs of $0.2 million. On May 18,
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As of December 31, 2023, we had working capital of $4.7 million, consisting primarily of $7.5 million of cash, $0.1 million of other receivable and $0.1 million of prepaid expenses, offset by $3.0 million of accounts payable and accrued expenses.
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As of December 31, 2024, we had working capital of $0.6 million, consisting primarily of $3.7 million of cash, $0.1 million of other receivable and prepaid expenses, offset by $3.2 million of accounts payable and accrued expenses.
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As of the year ended December 31, 2023, we sold 698,121 shares of its common stock under the ATM Program at a weighted-average price of $3.76 per share, raising $2.6 million of gross proceeds and net proceeds of $2.4 million, after deducting commissions to the sales agents and other ATM Program related expenses. There remains approximately $14.4 million available for future sales of shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement. Other than the Sales Agreement, we currently do not have any commitments to obtain additional funds.
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As of the year ended December 31, 2024, we sold a total of 2,830,328 shares of its common stock under the ATM Program at a weighted-average price of $3.26 per share, raising $9.2 million of gross proceeds and net proceeds of $8.8 million, after deducting commissions to the sales agents and other ATM Program related expenses. There remained approximately $7.8 million available for future sales of shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement. On January 6, 2025, we suspended the ATM program.
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Net cash used in operating activities was $7.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily attributable to the net loss of $12.1 million, offset by share-based compensation of $2.9 million, share-based payments to vendors of $0.4 million and an increase of $1.2 million in accounts payable and accrued expenses.
Current wording
Net cash used in operating activities was $10.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily attributable to the net loss of $14.1 million, offset by share-based compensation of $2.6 million, share based payments to vendors of $0.8 million and an increase of $0.2 million in accounts payable and accrued expenses.
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Net cash provided by financing activities was $3.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, which was attributable to the net proceeds from the registered direct offering.
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Net cash provided from financing activities was $6.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, which was attributable to the ATM Program of $6.4 million and $0.2 million of proceeds from the exercise of warrants.
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We believe that our existing cash will not be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements for at least 12 months from the issuance of our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023. However, our forecast of the period of time through which our financial resources will be adequate to support our operations is a forward-looking statement that involves risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially, including with regard to the impact of COVID-19 on our clinical trial enrollment. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could deplete our capital resources sooner than we expect.
Current wording
We believe that our existing cash will not be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements for at least 12 months from the issuance of our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024. However, our forecast of the period of time through which our financial resources will be adequate to support our operations is a forward-looking statement that involves risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could deplete our capital resources sooner than we expect.
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Compensation expense associated with stock option awards is recognized over the requisite service period based on the fair value of the option at the grant date determined based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected price volatility. Our employee stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value computation using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Because there is no public market for our stock options and very little historical experience with our stock, similar public companies were used for the comparison of volatility and the dividend yield. The risk-free rate of return was derived from U.S. Treasury notes with comparable maturities. We will continue to analyze the expected stock price volatility and will adjust our Black-Scholes option pricing assumptions as appropriate. Any changes in the foregoing Black-Scholes assumptions, or if we were to elect to utilize an alternative method for valuing stock options granted to employees, officers and directors, could potentially impact our stock-based compensation expense and our results of operations.
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Compensation expense associated with stock option awards is recognized over the requisite service period based on the fair value of the option at the grant date determined based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected price volatility. Our employee stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value computation using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Because there is no public market for our stock options and very little historical experience with our stock, similar public companies were used for the comparison of volatility and the dividend yield. The risk-free rate of return was derived from U.S. Treasury notes with comparable maturities. We will continue to analyze the expected stock price volatility and will adjust our Black-Scholes option pricing assumptions as appropriate. Any changes in the foregoing
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whichever is more readily determinable. We also use Black-Scholes option pricing model for the purpose of estimating the fair value of options and warrants. Changes in our Black-Scholes assumptions, or if we were to utilize an alternative method for valuing options or warrants issued to our vendors, could impact our expense and our results of operations.
Current wording
We account for the cost of services performed by vendors in exchange for an award of our membership interests, common stock, or stock options, based on the grant-date fair value of the award or the fair value of the services rendered; whichever is more readily determinable. We also use Black-Scholes option pricing model for the purpose of estimating the fair value of options and warrants. Changes in our Black-Scholes assumptions, or if we were to utilize an alternative method for valuing options or warrants issued to our vendors, could impact our expense and our results of operations.
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You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K. Some of the information
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Prior to that, we completed our Phase 2a clinical trial of ibezapolstat to treat patients with CDI and reported the top-line data in November 2020. The Phase 2a clinical trial was terminated early based upon the recommendation of our Scientific Advisory Board (the “SAB”). The SAB reviewed the study data presented by management, including adverse
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Ibezapolstat was well-tolerated in the Phase 2 clinical trial. In the Phase 2b segment, there were three patients each experiencing one mild adverse event assessed by the blinded investigator to be drug-related. All three events were gastrointestinal in nature and resolved without treatment. In the Phase 2a segment, there were seven adverse events reported in four patients, with only one (nausea) likely related to ibezapolstat. One severe adverse event occurred (an exacerbation of a migraine headache) but was considered to be unrelated to ibezapolstat. There were no drug-related treatment withdrawals or no drug-related serious adverse events, or other safety findings of concern in either segment of the Phase 2 clinical trial.
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2023, we completed a registered direct offering and a concurrent private placement resulting proceeds of approximately $3.5 million after deducting the placement agents fee of $0.2 million and offering costs of $0.2 million. On November 15, 2023, we entered into a Sales Agreement and established the ATM Program, pursuant to which we may offer and sell, from time to time, through A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, as sales agent, shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $17.0 million. Under the ATM Program, we raised net proceeds of approximately $8.8 million after deducting sales agent commission and other related expenses of $0.4 million.
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Black-Scholes assumptions, or if we were to elect to utilize an alternative method for valuing stock options granted to employees, officers and directors, could potentially impact our stock-based compensation expense and our results of operations.
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The SAB noted that 10 out of 10 patients enrolled in the Phase 2a trial reached the Clinical Cure endpoint, defined in the study protocol as the resolution of diarrhea in the 24-hour period immediately before the end of treatment that is
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candidates may be subject to future collaborations, when such arrangements will be secured, if at all, and to what degree such arrangements would affect our development plans and capital requirements.
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increased by approximately $1.2 million primarily due to $0.5 million increase in professional fees, $0.3 million increase in share-based compensation costs, and a $0.3 million increase in employee compensation related costs.
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We account for the cost of services performed by vendors in exchange for an award of our membership interests, common stock, or stock options, based on the grant-date fair value of the award or the fair value of the services rendered;