DBV Technologies SA
For the period ended Sep 30, 2024. Filed Nov 6, 2024.
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Sep 30, 2024 · Filed Nov 6, 2024
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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Note 1: The Company
Incorporated in 2002 under the laws of France, DBV Technologies S.A. (“DBV Technologies” or the “Company”) is a clinical-stage specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on changing the field of immunotherapy by developing a novel technology platform called Viaskin. The Company’s therapeutic approach is based on epicutaneous immunotherapy (“EPIT”), a proprietary method of delivering biologically active compounds to the immune system through intact skin using Viaskin.
Basis of Presentation
The condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and are presented in U.S. dollars. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries have been eliminated on consolidation.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements presented in this Quarterly Report should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 7, 2024 (the “ Annual Report”). The condensed consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2023 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. The Company’s critical accounting policies are detailed in the Annual Report. The Company’s critical accounting policies have not changed materially since December 31, 2023.
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted from these interim financial statements. However, these condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly state the results of the interim period. These interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, or any other future period.
Use of estimates
The preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements requires the use of estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amount of income and expenses during the period. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on historical experience and other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. The Company evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. The actual results may differ from these estimates.
On an on-going basis, management evaluates its estimates, primarily those related to: (1) evaluation of costs and measure of progress of the wind-down activities resulting from the termination of the collaboration agreement with Nestlé Health Science, (2) research tax credits, (3) assumptions used in the valuation of right of use assets—operating lease, (4) impairment of right-of-use assets related to leases and property, plant and equipment, (5) recoverability of the Company’s net deferred tax assets and related valuation allowance, (6) assumptions used in the valuation model to determine the fair value and vesting conditions of share-based compensation plan, (7) estimate of contingencies, and (8) estimate of employee benefits obligations.
Going Concern
These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. The going concern assumption contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. However, substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern exists.
Since its inception, the Company has primarily funded its operations with equity financings, and, to a lesser extent, public assistance aimed at supporting innovation and payments associated with research tax credits (Crédit d’Impôt Recherche). The Company does not generate product revenue and continues to prepare for the potential launch of its first product in the United States and in the European Union, if approved.
The Company has incurred operating losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception. As of the date of the filing, our available cash and cash equivalents will not be sufficient to support our operating plan for at least the next 12 months. As such, there is substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern.
Based on our current operations, as well as our plans and assumptions, we expect that our balance of cash and cash equivalents of $46.4 million as of September 30, 2024 will be sufficient to fund our operations into the first quarter 2025.
The Company intends to seek additional capital as it prepares for the launch of Viaskin Peanut, if approved, and continues other research and development efforts. The Company will require substantial additional capital to fund its research and development and ongoing operating expenses. These capital requirements are expected to be funded through debt and equity offerings. The Company may seek to finance its future cash needs through a combination of public or private equity or debt financings, collaborations, license and development agreements and other forms of non-dilutive financings.
The Company cannot guarantee that it will be able to obtain the necessary financing to meet its needs or to obtain funds at attractive terms and conditions, including as a result of disruptions or fluctuations of the global financial markets due to various factors outside of the company’s control. A severe or prolonged economic downturn could result in a variety of risks to the Company, including reduced ability to raise additional capital when needed or on acceptable terms, if at all.
If the Company is not successful in its financing objectives, the Company could have to scale back its operations, notably by delaying or reducing the scope of its research and development efforts or obtain financing through arrangements with collaborators or others that may require the Company to relinquish rights to its product candidates that the Company might otherwise seek to develop or commercialize independently.
These condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the carrying amounts and classification of assets, liabilities, and reported expenses that may be necessary if the Company was unable to continue as a going concern.
Accounting Pronouncements recently adopted
There have been no recently issued accounting standards adopted during the period which had a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
There are no recently issued accounting standards that are expected to have a material impact on our results of operations, financial condition, or cash flows.
Accounting Pronouncements issued not yet adopted
Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements upon adoption.
Note 2: Significant Events and Transactions
Clinical programs
United States Regulatory History and Current Status
In August 2020, the Company received a Complete Response Letter (“CRL”) in which the FDA indicated it could not approve the Viaskin Peanut BLA in its then-current form. The FDA identified concerns regarding the impact of patch-site adhesion on efficacy and indicated the need for patch modifications, followed by completion of a new human factors study. In addition, the FDA indicated that supplementary clinical data would need to be generated to support the modified patch. Finally, the FDA requested additional Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (“CMC”) data. The FDA did not raise any safety concerns related to Viaskin Peanut.
In January 2021, the Company received written responses from the FDA to questions provided in the Type A meeting request that the Company submitted in October 2020 following receipt of the CRL. The FDA agreed with the Company’s position that a modified Viaskin Peanut patch should not be considered as a new product entity provided the occlusion chamber of the current Viaskin Peanut patch and the peanut protein dose of 250 µg (approximately 1/1000 of one peanut) remains unchanged and performs in the same way it has performed previously.
In March 2021, the Company commenced CHAMP (Comparison of adHesion Among Modified Patches), a Phase 1 trial in healthy adult volunteers to evaluate the adhesion offive modified Viaskin Peanut patches to confirm consistency of efficacy data between the existing and modified patches. The study was completed in the second quarter of 2021 and the Company selected the circular patch for further development, which is larger in size relative to the current patch and circular in shape. In May 2021, the Company submitted a proposed protocol to the FDA for STAMP (Safety, Tolerability, and Adhesion of Modified Patches), a 6-month safety and adhesion study. On October 14, 2021, in an Advice/Information Request letter, the FDA requested the Company conduct a stepwise, or sequential, approach to the modified Viaskin patch development program by conducting allergen uptake comparison studies (i.e., ‘EQUAL in Adults’, EQUAL) and submitting the data for FDA review and feedback prior to starting the STAMP study.
After careful review of the FDA’s information requests, the Company decided not to pursue the approach to the development plans for Viaskin Peanut as requested by the FDA. The Company estimated that the FDA’s proposed sequential approach would require at least five rounds of exchanges with the FDA to achieve alignment before initiating STAMP, the 6-month safety and adhesion study. As such, in December 2021, the Company announced its plan to initiate a pivotal Phase 3 placebo-controlled efficacy trial for a modified Viaskin Peanut patch (mVP) in children in the intended patient population. The Company considered this approach the most straightforward to potentially demonstrate effectiveness, safety, and improved in vivo adhesion of the mVP. Following written exchanges with the FDA, the FDA confirmed it was aligned with the Company’s change in strategy.
On September 7, 2022, the Company announced the initiation of VITESSE, a Phase 3 pivotal study of the mVP in children ages 4-7 years with peanut allergy. On September 21, 2022, the Company announced it received from FDA a partial clinical hold letter related to certain design elements of VITESSE.
On December 23, 2022, the Company announced that the FDA lifted the partial clinical hold. The FDA confirmed the Company satisfactorily addressed all clinical hold issues and the VITESSE phase 3 clinical study could proceed with the revised trial protocol. On March 7, 2023, the Company announced that the first patient was screened in the VITESSE study. The Company announced on September 23, 2024 that subject screening was completed in the third quarter of 2024 and that topline results are anticipated by fourth quarter of 2025.
In June 2022, the Company announced positive topline results from Part B of EPITOPE, which enrolled 362 subjects ages 1-3 years, of which 244 and 118 were in the active and placebo arms respectively. Enrollment was balanced for age and baseline disease characteristics between the active and placebo treatment arms.
On April 19, 2023, the Company outlined the regulatory pathway for Viaskin Peanut in children 1-3 years old after the FDA confirmed in written responses to the Company’s Pre-BLA meeting request that the Company’s EPITOPE phase 3 study met the pre-specified criteria for success for the primary endpoint and did not request any additional efficacy study in this age group. The FDA required additional safety data to augment the safety data collected from EPITOPE in support of a BLA.
On July 31, 2023, the Company announced receipt of feedback from FDA ontwo supplemental safety studies, COMFORT Children and COMFORT Toddlers.
On November 9, 2023, the Company submitted the protocol for its COMFORT Toddlers supplemental safety study in 1 – 3 years-old to FDA. The Company received comments and queries to the protocol from the FDA on March 11, 2024. On July 30, 2024, the Company announced that it and the FDA had been engaged in ongoing dialogue since May 2023 on the COMFORT Toddlers supplemental safety study in 1 – 3 years-old with a peanut allergy. Since March 2024, much of the dialogue between DBV and FDA regarding the COMFORT Toddlers supplemental study had focused on patch wear-time experience, including how prescribers would advise parents and caregivers to manage day-to-day variability in patch wear time. The Company proposed an approach, informed by the EPITOPE efficacy data, that focuses on the user experience during the first 90-days of treatment. The
Company submitted to the FDA draft labeling for Section 2 – Dosing and Administration, for a potential Viaskin Peanut Prescribing Information (PI), along with comprehensive supportive data and analyses. Within the first 90-days of treatment (excluding the lead-in dosing period) it is possible to identify those patients who are likely to have a robust clinical efficacy response based on patch wear time experience (i.e., “Label-in” patients). The proposed PI recommends continuation of treatment for these patients. With the same 90-day approach, patients less likely to have a robust clinical efficacy response, identified by their patch wear-time experience, would be identified as “Label-out” patients. In these instances, the PI would recommend a shared decision-making process, between the health care provider and the parent or caregiver, to determine whether treatment should be discontinued.
The Company also announced on November 9, 2023, 2-year results from the ongoing phase 3 open-label extension to the EPITOPE trial, EPOPEX, of Viaskin Peanut in toddlers.
On October 22, 2024, the Company announced positive regulatory updates for the Viaskin Peanut patch in the United States and Europe. DBV has agreed to guidance provided by the FDA on a potential pathway under the Accelerated Approval Program for the Viaskin Peanut patch in toddlers ages 1 – 3 years-old.
FDA guidance for Accelerated Approval include three qualifying criteria: 1) that the product candidate treats a serious condition, 2) that the product candidate generally provides a meaningful advantage over available therapies, and 3) that the product candidate demonstrates an effect on an intermediate clinical endpoint that is reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit. FDA confirmed that the Company has met criterion 1 and 2. Regarding criterion 3, FDA has provided guidance and suggestion regarding the intermediate clinical endpoint, which the Company has agreed to in informal discussions with the FDA. The Company intends to formalize the Accelerated Approval guidance provided by FDA via submission of a meeting request to confirm the general elements of thetwo study components: the COMFORT Toddlers safety study, to be completed before BLA submission, and the confirmatory effectiveness study, including the third Accelerated Approval criterion regarding the intermediate clinical endpoint. The Company expects that the confirmatory study will be initiated by the time of BLA submission and would run in parallel to commercialization in the United States, if Viaskin Peanut is approved.
The Company announced further that it has aligned with FDA on a wear time collection methodology in COMFORT Toddlers that provides a practical approach for subjects and families, is intended to generate sufficient data to support a BLA submission, and places wear time into an acceptable clinical hierarchy relative to other study endpoints. DBV has initiated study start-up activities and plans to screen the first subject in the second quarter of 2025. The company anticipates enrolling approximately 300 –350 subjects on active treatment into the safety study, which would bring the total Viaskin Peanut patch safety database in toddlers to approximately 600 subjects, consistent with prior FDA guidance. With this path forward, the BLA submission for Viaskin Peanut patch in 1 – 3 years-old under the Accelerated Approval program is anticipated to be supported by:
The Company submitted the protocol for its COMFORT Children supplemental safety study in ages 4-through-7-years-old to the FDA on November 29, 2023. On October 22, 2024, the Company announced further that the COMFORT Children safety study is expected to be initiated in the second quarter of 2025. This study plans to enroll approximately 250 subjects to raise the total number of 4 – 7 years-old on active treatment across the development program to approximately 600, consistent with prior FDA guidance. The VITESSE phase 3 efficacy trial of the Viaskin Peanut patch in peanut allergic children ages 4 – 7 years-old and the COMFORT Children safety study will constitute the core studies for a BLA submission in 4 – 7 years-old.
Viaskin Peanut —European Union Regulatory History and Current Status
On December 20, 2021, the Company announced it withdrew the Marketing Authorization Application (“MAA”) for Viaskin Peanut and formally notified the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) of our decision.
On October 22, 2024, the Company announced it received scientific advice from EMA on an indication for ages 1 – 7 years-old in Europe. The Company sought scientific advice from EMA regarding the components of a MAA for the Viaskin Peanut patch. Previous advice obtained fromtwo local country regulatory health authorities indicated a potential path for a 1 – 7 year-old registration withone patch, the modified patch. The EMA recently confirmed through scientific advice that the completed EPITOPE study in 1 – 3 years-old, and a positive VITESSE study in 4 – 7 years-old, could constitute an MAA submission for a 1 – 7 years-old indication for peanut allergy patients using the modified patch, along with a new safety study in toddlers ages 1 – 3 years-old with the modified patch. Timing for the initiation of this new safety study to satisfy the important EU market is currently being planned.
The Company intends to resubmit the MAA when that data set is available.
Viaskin Peanut for children ages 1-3
In June 2020, the Company announced that in Part A of the EPITOPE phase 3 clinical study subject in both treatment arms showed consistent treatment effects after 12 months of therapy, as assessed by a double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge and biomarker results. Part A subjects were not included in Part B and the efficacy analyses from Part A were not statistically powered to demonstrate superiority of either dose versus placebo. These results validated the ongoing investigation of the 250 µg dose in this age group, which was the dose studied in Part B of the EPITOPE phase 3 clinical study. Enrollment for Part B of EPITOPE was completed in the first quarter of 2021.
In June 2022, the Company announced positive topline results from Part B of EPITOPE, which enrolled 362 subjects ages 1 to 3 years, of which 244 and 118 were in the active and placebo arms respectively. Enrollment was balanced for age and baseline disease characteristics between the active and placebo treatment arms.
On April 19, 2023, the Company outlined the regulatory pathway for Viaskin Peanut in children 1-3 years old after the FDA confirmed in written responses to the Company’s Pre-BLA meeting request that the Company’s EPITOPE phase 3 study met the pre-specified criteria for success for the primary endpoint and did not request any additional efficacy study in this age group. The FDA requires additional safety data to augment the safety data collected from EPITOPE in support of a BLA. This new safety study will also generate patch adhesion data and will include updated instructions for use.
On May 10, 2023, the New England Journal of Medicine (“NEJM”) published results from the EPITOPE phase 3 clinical study that demonstrated EPIT with Viaskin Peanut was statistically superior to placebo in desensitizing children to peanut exposure by increasing the peanut dose that triggers allergic symptoms. As stated in an accompanying editorial piece, these data are seen as “very good news” for toddlers with peanut allergy, as there are currently no approved treatment options for peanut-allergic children under the age of 4 years.
In November 2023, the Company announced the interim analyses from the first year of the open-label extension of EPITOPE, called EPOPEX, which showed improvement between months 12 and 24 of treatment with Viaskin Peanut across all efficacy parameters. These data were presented at the annual American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in November 2023.
On November 9, 2023, the Company submitted the protocol for its COMFORT Toddlers supplemental safety study in 1 – 3 years-old to FDA. The Company received comments and queries to the protocol from the FDA on March 11, 2024.
On October 22, 2024, the Company announced positive regulatory updates for the Viaskin Peanut patch in the United States and Europe. DBV has agreed to guidance provided by the FDA on a potential pathway under the Accelerated Approval Program for the Viaskin Peanut patch in toddlers ages 1 – 3 years-old.
FDA guidance for Accelerated Approval include three qualifying criteria: 1) that the product candidate treats a serious condition, 2) that the product candidate generally provides a meaningful advantage over available therapies, and 3) that the product candidate demonstrates an effect on an intermediate clinical endpoint that is reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit. FDA confirmed that the Company has met criterion 1 and 2. Regarding criterion 3, FDA has provided guidance and suggestion regarding the intermediate clinical endpoint, which the Company has agreed to in informal discussions with the FDA. The Company intends to formalize the Accelerated Approval guidance provided by FDA via submission of a meeting request to confirm the general elements of thetwo study components: the COMFORT Toddlers safety study, to be completed before BLA submission, and the confirmatory effectiveness study, including the third Accelerated Approval criterion regarding the intermediate clinical endpoint. The Company expects that the confirmatory study will be initiated by the time of BLA submission and would run in parallel to commercialization in the United States, if Viaskin Peanut is approved.
The Company announced further that it has aligned with FDA on a wear time collection methodology in COMFORT Toddlers that provides a practical approach for subjects and families, is intended to generate sufficient data to support a BLA submission, and places wear time into an acceptable clinical hierarchy relative to other study endpoints. DBV has initiated study start-up activities and plans to screen the first subject in the second quarter of 2025. The company anticipates enrolling approximately 300 –350 subjects on active treatment into the safety study, which would bring the total Viaskin Peanut patch safety database in toddlers to approximately 600 subjects, consistent with prior FDA guidance. With this path forward, the BLA submission for Viaskin Peanut patch in 1 – 3 years-old under the Accelerated Approval program is anticipated to be supported by:
Viaskin Peanut for Children ages 4-7
On September 7, 2022, the Company announced the initiation of VITESSE, a Phase 3 pivotal study of the mVP in children ages 4-7 years with peanut allergy. The Company defined initiation as the submission of the trial protocol to selected study sites for subsequent Institutional Review Board (IRB)/Ethics Committee (EC) approval.
On September 21, 2022, the Company announced it received from the FDA a partial clinical hold letter related to certain design elements of VITESSE. The Company announced on December 23, 2022 that the FDA lifted the partial clinical hold. The FDA confirmed the Company satisfactorily addressed all clinical hold issues and the VITESSE phase 3 clinical study could proceed with the revised trial protocol. On March 7, 2023, the Company announced that the first patient was screened in the VITESSE trial. The Company announced on September 23, 2024 that subject screening was completed in the third quarter of 2024 and that topline results are anticipated by fourth quarter of 2025.
In July 2023, the Company received Type C Meeting Written Responses from the FDA regarding key study design elements for COMFORT Children. Subsequently, in October 2023, the Company received feedback from the FDA addressing the remaining protocol design elements for COMFORT Children. This feedback included language simplification for how Viaskin should be used.
The Company submitted the protocol for its COMFORT Children supplemental safety study in 4--7-years-old to the FDA on November 29, 2023 and, as of the date of this filing, the Company is still awaiting feedback from FDA. The Company anticipates that the COMFORT Children safety study will enroll peanut allergic children ages 4 – 7-years and anticipates the safety study will support the efficacy results from the ongoing VITESSE phase 3 pivotal study. Furthermore, the Company anticipates that the key inclusion criteria for the COMFORT Children study will be based on a physician-diagnosed peanut allergy, peanut-specific IgE and a Skin Prick Test (with no requirement for a DBPCFC). COMFORT Children is anticipated to be initiated towards the end of VITESSE enrollment.
ADS Ratio Change & NASDAQ listing market change
On May 31, 2024, the Company announced plans to change the ratio of its American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) to its ordinary shares (the “ADS Ratio”), nominal value €0.10 (ten cents) per share, from the current ADS Ratio of one (1) ADS to one-half (1/2) of one (1) ordinary share to a new ADS Ratio of one (1) ADS to one (1) ordinary share (the “ADS Ratio Change”). The ADS Ratio Change was effective on June 7, 2024 (the “Effective Date”).
For the Company’s ADS holders, the change in the ADS Ratio had the same effect as a one-for-two reverse ADS split and was intended to enable the Company to regain compliance with the Nasdaq minimum bid price requirement. On the Effective Date, registered holders of company ADSs held in certificated form were required on a mandatory basis to surrender their certificated ADSs to the depositary bank for cancellation and received one (1) new ADS in exchange for everytwo existing ADSs surrendered. The exchange of everytwo existing ADSs then-held for one (1) new ADS occurred automatically, at the Effective Date, with the then-held ADSs being cancelled and new ADSs being issued by the depositary bank. DBV’s ADSs continued to be traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol “DBVT”.
No fractional new ADSs were issued in connection with the ADS Ratio Change. Instead, fractional entitlements to new ADSs were aggregated and sold by the depositary bank and the net cash proceeds from the sale of the fractional ADS entitlements (after deduction of fees, taxes and expenses) were distributed to the applicable ADS holders by the depositary bank. The ADS Ratio Change had no impact on DBV’s underlying ordinary shares, and no ordinary shares were issued or cancelled in connection with the ADS Ratio Change.
In addition, to obtain an additional 180 days period to regain compliance with the NASDAQ minimum bid price requirement, the Company applied to transfer its securities from the NASDAQ Global Select Market to the NASDAQ Capital Market (the “NCM”). On June 18, 2024, the Company was notified by the Listing Qualifications Department that NASDAQ granted the Company’s request to transfer the listing of its ADSs from the NASDAQ Global Select Market tier to the NCM tier, and that NASDAQ granted the Company’s request for a second 180-day period, or until December 16, 2024, to regain compliance with the $1.00 bid price requirement. The Company’s ADSs were transferred to the NCM at the opening of business on June 20, 2024.
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, the Company may become subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business activities. The Company is not currently subject to any material legal proceedings.
Note 3: Cash and Cash Equivalents
The following tables summarize the cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
| September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | 18,451 | 10,530 |
| Cash equivalents | 27,990 | 130,836 |
| Total cash and cash equivalents as reported in the statements of financial position | 46,441 | 141,367 |
| Bank overdrafts | ||
| Total cash and cash equivalents as reported in the statements of cash flows | 46,441 | 141,367 |
Cash equivalents are convertible into cash on 32 days notice at no or insignificant cost, on demand. They are measured using level 1 fair value measurements.
Note 4: Other Current Assets
Other current assets consisted of the following:
| September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Research tax credit | 9,649 | 8,857 |
| Other tax claims | 5,610 | 5,236 |
| Prepaid expenses | 2,215 | 2,103 |
| Other receivables | 4,844 | 1,353 |
| Total | 22,318 | 17,548 |
Research tax credit
The variance in Research Tax Credit is presented as follows:
| Amount in thousands of US dollars | |
|---|---|
| Opening research tax credit receivable as of January 1, 2024 | 8,857 |
| + Operating income | 3,640 |
| - Payment received | (2,985) |
| = - Adjustment and currency translation effect | 137 |
| Closing research tax credit receivable as of September 30, 2024 | 9,649 |
| Of which - Non-current portion | — |
| Of which - Current portion | 9,649 |
Before currency translation effect, the balance in research tax credit as of September 30, 2024, consisted of $8.9 million research tax credit for the previous fiscal year filed with the tax authorities. The $3.0 million research tax credit relating to previous years has already been reimbursed in the third quarter of 2024. The 2023 research tax credit is still awaiting reimbursement in the amount of $6.0 million.The estimated research tax credit for the first nine months of the 2024 fiscal year amounts to $3.6 million.
The other tax claims are primarily related to the VAT as well as the reimbursement of VAT that has been requested. Prepaid expenses are comprised primarily of insurance expenses, as well as legal and scientific consulting fees.
As of September 30, 2024, other receivables include $3.3 million relating to the Services Agreement entered by the Company with Fareva La Vallee, dated March 18, 2024, for the construction of a manufacturing line by Fareva La Vallee for the production and supply of peanut source material for the Company.
Note 5: Lease contracts
Future minimum lease payments under the Company’s operating leases’ right of use as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, are as follows:
| September 30, 2024 · December 31, 2023 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Estate · Other assets · Total · Real Estate · Other assets · Total | ||||||||
| Current portion | 450 | 32 | 482 | 1,205 | 79 | 1,284 | ||
| Year 2 | 1,480 | 7 | 1,487 | 65 | 11 | 75 | ||
| Year 3 | 1,295 | 7 | 1,302 | 421 | — | 421 | ||
| Thereafter | 5,794 | 10 | 5,804 | 5,515 | — | 5,515 | ||
| Total minimum lease payments | 9,019 | 56 | 9,075 | 7,205 | 90 | 7,295 | ||
| Less: Effects of discounting | (1,652) | (11) | (1,664) | (1,617) | (9) | (1,626) | ||
| Present value of lease liabilities | 7,367 | 45 | 7,412 | 5,588 | 82 | 5,670 | ||
| Less: current portion | (350) | (24) | (374) | (1,072) | (72) | (1,144) | ||
| Long-term lease liabilities | 7,017 | 21 | 7,038 | 4,516 | 10 | 4,526 | ||
| Weighted average remaining lease term (years) | 7.72 | 0.02 | 7.54 | 0.00 | ||||
| Weighted average discount rate | 5.12% | 0.03% | 4.53% | 2.50% | ||||
The increase in $1.7 million in lease obligations results from the US headquarter lease.
The Company recognizes rent expense, calculated as the remaining cost of the lease allocated over the remaining lease term on a straight-line basis. Rent expense presented in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss was:
| September 30, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| Operating lease expense / (income) | 1,568 | 1,223 |
| Net termination impact | (46) | (92) |
| Net restructuring impact | — | — |
Supplemental cash flow information related to operating leases is as follows for the period September 30, 2024 and 2023:
| September 30, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities | ||
| Operating cash flows used in operating leases | 1,141 | 1,410 |
Note 6: Trade Payables and Other Liabilities
6.1 Trade Payables
Trade payables decreased by $0.8 million as of September 30, 2024, compared to December 31, 2023.
No discounting was performed on the trade payables to the extent that the amounts did not present payment terms longer than one year at the end of each fiscal period presented.
6.2 Other Liabilities
The following tables summarize the other liabilities as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
| September 30, 2024 · December 31, 2023 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other current liabilities · Other non-current liabilities · Total · Other current liabilities · Other non-current liabilities · Total | ||||||||
| Employee related liabilities | 6,870 | — | 6,870 | 7,828 | — | 7,828 | ||
| Deferred income | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Tax liabilities | 211 | — | 211 | 223 | — | 223 | ||
| Other debts | 705 | — | 705 | 883 | — | 883 | ||
| Total | 7,786 | — | 7,786 | 8,934 | — | 8,934 | ||
The Employee related liabilities include short-term debt to employees including social welfare, tax agency obligations and bonus provision. The variance versus year end is due to bonus accruals.
Note 7: Shareholders’ equity
The share capital as of September 30, 2024 is set at the sum of €9,650,153 ($10,979 thousand converted at historical rates). It is divided into 96,501,526 fully authorized, subscribed and paid-up ordinary shares with a par value of €0.10.
Pursuant to the authorization granted by the General Meeting of the Shareholders held on May 16, 2024 (the “SH General Meeting”), the accumulated net losses of the Company after appropriation of the net result for the year ended December 31, 2023, have been allocated to additional paid-in capital.
Note 8: Share-Based Payments
The Board of Directors has been authorized at the General Meeting of the Shareholders to grant restricted stock units (“RSU”), stock options plan (“SO”), and non-employee warrants (Bons de Souscription d’Actions or “BSA”).
During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company granted 534,000 stock options and 124,000 restricted stock units to employees. There have been no changes in the vesting conditions and method of valuation of the SO and RSUs from that disclosed in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report.
Change in Number of BSA/SO/RSU:
| Number of outstanding | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| BSA · SO · RSUs | |||
| Balance as of December 31, 2023 | 244,693 | 7,118,691 | 2,095,517 |
| Granted during the period | — | 534,000 | 124,000 |
| Forfeited during the period | — | (172,475) | (137,843) |
| Exercised/released during the period | — | — | (69,756) |
| Expired during the period | — | — | — |
| Balance as of September 30, 2024 | 244,693 | 7,480,216 | 2,011,918 |
Share-based payments expense reflected in the condensed consolidated statements of operations is as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, · Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 2023 · 2024 · 2023 | |||||
| Research & development | SO | (451) | (378) | (1,420) | (1,272) |
| RSU | (275) | (85) | (772) | (614) | |
| Sales & marketing | SO | (20) | (25) | (64) | (78) |
| RSU | (9) | (8) | (27) | (25) | |
| General & administrative | SO | (722) | (751) | (2,452) | (2,473) |
| RSU | (113) | (106) | (338) | (337) | |
| Total share-based compensation (expense) | (1,590) | (1,353) | (5,073) | (4,800) | |
Note 9: Contingencies
The following tables summarize the contingencies as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
| September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Current contingencies | 253 | 3,959 |
| Non-current contingencies | 1,070 | 935 |
| Total contingencies | 1,323 | 4,894 |
The changes in contingencies are as follows:
| Pension retirement obligations · Collaboration agreement - Loss at completion · Other contingencies · Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At January 1, 2024 | 935 | 2,100 | 1,859 | 4,894 | ||
| Increases in liabilities | 87 | — | 73 | 159 | ||
| Used liabilities | — | (1,930) | (1,136) | (3,066) | ||
| Reversals of unused liabilities | — | — | (656) | (656) | ||
| Net interest related to employee benefits, and unwinding of discount | — | — | — | — | ||
| Actuarial gains and losses on defined-benefit plans | 33 | — | — | 33 | ||
| Currency translation effect | 16 | (30) | (27) | (41) | ||
| At September 30, 2024 | 1,070 | 141 | 112 | 1,323 | ||
| Of which current | — | 141 | 112 | 253 | ||
| Of which non-current | 1,070 | — | 1,070 | |||
In May 2016, the Company entered into a Development Collaboration and License Agreement (the “Collaboration Agreement”) with Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (formerly, NESTEC S.A.) (“NESTEC”) under which the Company was responsible for leading the development activities of MAG1C up through a pivotal phase 3 clinical program. On October 30, 2023, the Company signed a Mutual Termination Letter Agreement with NESTEC terminating the Collaboration Agreement between the parties. As of September 30, 2024, the accrual for ongoing Clinical study completion totals $0.1 million as compared to $2.1 million as of December 31, 2023 representing our best estimate of the remaining expenses related to the ongoing clinical study.
An amount of $1.8 million reserved for the refurbishment of the previous Montrouge offices was reversed in the second quarter of 2024.
The Company does not hold any plan assets related to long-term employee benefit for any of the periods presented. There have been no significant changes in assumptions for the estimation of the retirement commitments from those disclosed in Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report.
Note 10: Operating income
The following table summarizes the operating income during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:
| Three Months Ended September 30, · Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 2023 · 2024 · 2023 | ||||
| Research tax credit | 1,072 | 1,237 | 3,640 | 4,978 |
| Other operating income | — | 1,134 | — | 1,875 |
| Total | 1,072 | 2,372 | 3,640 | 6,853 |
Until the end of 2023, our operating income was composed of both the French Research tax credit (Crédit d’Impôt Recherche, or “CIR”) and the revenue recognized under the Collaboration Agreement with NESTEC. Following the termination of the Collaboration Agreement on October 30, 2023, our operating income is now exclusively generated by the French research tax credit.
The decrease in Research tax credit was primarily due to the fact that a greater proportion of studies activities were carried out in North America and were therefore not eligible to the French Research tax credit.
Note 11: Operating Expenses
The Company had an average of 108 employees during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, in comparison with an average of 97 employees during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase is mainly due to hiring to support development activities and quality activities.
The following table summarizes the allocation of personnel expenses by function during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:
| Three Months Ended September 30, · Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 2023 · 2024 · 2023 | ||||
| Research and Development expenses | 5,026 | 3,663 | 15,251 | 11,684 |
| Sales & Marketing expenses | 164 | 184 | 731 | 557 |
| General & Administrative expenses | 3,141 | 2,876 | 9,791 | 8,834 |
| Total personnel expenses | 8,331 | 6,724 | 25,773 | 21,075 |
The following table summarizes the allocation of personnel expenses by nature during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:
| Three Months Ended September 30, · Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 2023 · 2024 · 2023 | ||||
| Wages and salaries | 5,301 | 4,175 | 15,984 | 12,691 |
| Social security contributions | 1,190 | 962 | 3,912 | 2,846 |
| Expenses for pension commitments | 251 | 234 | 804 | 738 |
| Employer contribution to bonus shares | — | — | — | — |
| Share-based payments | 1,590 | 1,353 | 5,073 | 4,800 |
| Total | 8,331 | 6,724 | 25,773 | 21,075 |
The increase in personnel expenses is due to the recruitment of internal resources mostly based in North America to support development activities.
Note 12: Commitments
There were no significant changes in other commitments from those disclosed in Note 17 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report.
Note 13: Relationships with Related Parties
There were no new significant related-party transactions during the period nor any changes in the nature of the transactions from those described in Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report.
Note 14: Loss Per Share
Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the net loss attributable to the shareholders of the Company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. As the Company was in a loss position for each of the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the diluted loss per share is equal to basic loss per share because the effects of potentially dilutive shares were anti-dilutive as a result of the Company’s net loss.
The following is a summary of the ordinary share equivalents that were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 indicated in number of potential shares:
| Nine Months Ended September 30, · Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 2023 · 2024 · 2023 | ||||
| Non-employee warrants | 244,693 | 251,693 | 244,693 | 251,693 |
| Stock options | 7,480,216 | 5,237,069 | 7,480,216 | 5,237,069 |
| Restricted stock units | 2,011,918 | 1,434,616 | 2,011,918 | 1,434,616 |
| Prefunded warrants | 28,276,331 | 28,276,331 | 28,276,331 | 28,276,331 |
Note 15: Events after the Close of the Period
The Company evaluated subsequent events that occurred after September 30, 2024, through the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued after their approval by the Board of Directors on November 6, 2024, and determined that there are no significant events that require adjustments or disclosure in such condensed consolidated financial statements.
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