ITEM 7: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the information contained in the financial statements of the Company and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere herein and in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2024. Readers should carefully review the risk factors disclosed in this Form 10-K and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
As used in this report, the terms “Company”, “we”, “our”, “us” and “NNVC” refer to NanoViricides, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
PRELIMINARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These include statements about our expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies for the future, which we indicate by words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “will,” “we believe,” “NNVC believes,” “management believes” and similar language. The forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of NNVC and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those set forth in the discussion under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this report. Actual results may differ materially from results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. We base the forward-looking statements on information currently available to us, and we assume no obligation to update them.
Investors are also advised to refer to the information in our previous filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), especially on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, in which we discuss in more detail various important factors that could cause actual results to differ from expected or historic results. It is not possible to foresee or identify all such factors. As such, investors should not consider any list of such factors to be an exhaustive statement of all risks and uncertainties or potentially inaccurate assumptions.
Management’s Plan of Operation
The Company’s drug development business model was formed in May 2005 with a license to the patents and intellectual property held by TheraCour that enabled creation of drugs engineered specifically to combat viral diseases in humans. This exclusive license from TheraCour serves as a foundation for our intellectual property. The Company was granted a worldwide exclusive license to this technology for several drugs with specific targeting mechanisms for the treatment of the following human viral diseases: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Rabies, Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1 and HSV-2), Influenza and Asian Bird Flu Virus. The Company entered into an additional license agreement with TheraCour granting the Company the exclusive licenses for technologies developed by TheraCour for the additional virus types: Dengue viruses, Japanese Encephalitis virus, West Nile Virus, Viruses causing viral Conjunctivitis (a disease of the eye) and Ocular Herpes, and Ebola/Marburg viruses. The Company completed a license agreement for the field of VZV indications in November 2019 from TheraCour. The Company completed a license agreement for the field of human Coronavirus indications in September 2021 from TheraCour. TheraCour has not denied any licenses sought by the Company in the past.
The Company may seek to add additional virus types to its drug pipeline as the Company progresses further. The Company would then need to negotiate with TheraCour or an unrelated party appropriate license agreements to include those of such additional viruses that the Company determines it wants to follow for further development. Historically, the Company initiates negotiations for additional licenses when initial exploratory research determines that a viable drug candidate for the targeted field is possible. We are seeking to add to our existing portfolio of products through our internal discovery pre-clinical development programs and through an in-licensing strategy.
The licenses granted by TheraCour are for entire set of pathologies that the licensed virus is a causative agent for. The licenses are not for single drug/indication pairs, which is the customary mode of licensing in the pharmaceutical industry. Thus, these are very broad licenses and enable NanoViricides to pursue a number of indications as well as develop drug candidates with different characteristics as is best suited for the indications, without having to license the resulting drugs for each indication separately, as with normal pharmaceutical industry licensing.
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The Company plans to develop several drugs through the preclinical studies and clinical trial phases with the goal of eventually obtaining approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for these drugs. The Company plans, when appropriate, to seek regulatory approvals in several international markets, including developed markets such as Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, and Emerging Regions such as Southeast Asia, India, China, Central and South America, as well as the African subcontinent. Seeking these regulatory approvals would only occur when and if one or more of our drugs have significantly advanced through the FDA and international regulatory process. If and as these advances occur, the Company may attempt to partner with more established pharmaceutical companies to advance the various drugs through the approval process.
The Company intends to perform the regulatory filings for the drugs it is currently developing. The Company will develop these drugs in part via subcontracts to TheraCour, the exclusive source for these nanomaterials. The Company may manufacture these drugs itself, or under subcontract arrangements with external manufacturers that carry the appropriate regulatory licenses and have appropriate capabilities. The Company intends to distribute these drugs via subcontracts with distributor companies or in partnership arrangements. The Company plans to market these drugs either on its own or in conjunction with marketing partners. The Company also plans to actively pursue co-development, as well as other licensing agreements with other pharmaceutical companies. Such agreements may entail up-front payments, milestone payments, royalties, and/or cost sharing, profit sharing and many other instruments that may bring early revenues to the Company. Such licensing and/or co-development agreements may shape the manufacturing and development options that the Company may pursue.
Although we have been able to develop nanoviricide drug candidates for multiple indications that are safe and effective in pre-clinical studies there can be no assurance that we will have sufficient resources to be able to successfully obtain regulatory approvals, manufacture, and market these products to commence revenue-generating operations.
There can be no assurance that other developments in the field would not impact our business plan adversely. For example, successful creation and availability of an effective vaccine may reduce the potential market size for a particular viral disease, or an effective drug may be developed by competitors that becomes difficult to compete against with our limited resources. Our goal, which we can give no assurance that we will achieve, is for NanoViricides, Inc. to become the premier company developing highly safe and effective drugs that employ an integrated multiplicity of actions as enabled by our nanomedicine approach for anti-viral therapy.
In summary, we are developing and sourcing compounds and preparing nano-materials; performing experiments involving preclinical studies using cell cultures and animal models of efficacy and safety, advancing drug candidates against different indications into IND-enabling safety/toxicology studies, and we have advanced our first drug candidate for treatment of COVID into Phase Ia/Ib clinical studies. We have generated funding through the issuances of debt and the sales of securities under our shelf registration and the private placement of common stock. We have not generated any revenues and we do not expect to generate revenues in the near future. We may not be successful in developing our drugs and start selling our products when planned, or we may not become profitable in the future. We have incurred net losses in each fiscal period since inception of our operations.
Results of Operations
The Company is a biopharmaceutical company and does not have any revenue for the years ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023.
Comparison of the Year End June 30, 2024 to the Year Ended June 30, 2023
Revenues - The Company is a non-revenue producing entity.
Research and Development Expenses - Research and development expenses for the year ended June 30, 2024 decreased approximately $955,000, to approximately $5,437,000 from approximately $6,392,000 for the year ended June 30, 2023. This year-to-year decrease is generally attributable to the decrease in license fees, offset by the increase in outside laboratory services.
General and Administration Expenses - General and administrative expenses increased approximately $528,000 to approximately $3,079,000 for the year ended June 30, 2024 from approximately $2,551,000 for the year ended June 30, 2023. The increase in general and administrative expenses is generally attributable to an increase in professional services including, legal, accounting and investor outreach expenditures.
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Interest Income - Interest income was approximately $272,000 and approximately $356,000 for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Interest income decreased due to lower cash balances.
Interest Expense- The Company has incurred interest expense of approximately $50,000 and $900 for the years ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023 respectively. The increase in interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2024 is a result of interest expense charged pursuant to the milestone payment note with TheraCour. The interest charged pursuant to the milestone payment note was cancelled by TheraCour on October 27, 2023. The cancellation of the note interest reduced accrued expenses and increased additional paid in capital by approximately $50,000.
Income Taxes - There is no provision for income taxes due to ongoing operating losses. As of June 30, 2024, we had estimated cumulative tax benefits and development tax credits and other deferred tax credits resulting in a deferred tax asset of approximately $39,772,000. This amount has been offset by a full valuation allowance.
Net Loss - For the year ended June 30, 2024, the Company had a net loss of approximately $8,294,000, or a basic and fully diluted loss per share of $0.70 compared to a net loss of approximately $8,589,000, or a basic and fully diluted loss per share of $0.74 for the year ended June 30, 2023. The decrease in the Company’s net loss for the year ended June 30, 2024 from the year ended June 30, 2023 of $295,000 is generally attributable to the items discussed above.
Research and Development Costs
The Company does not maintain separate accounting line items for each project in development. The Company maintains aggregate expense records for all research and development conducted. Because at this time all of the Company’s projects share a common core material, the Company allocates expenses across all projects at each period-end for purposes of providing accounting basis for each project. Project costs are allocated based upon labor hours performed for each project.
The Company has signed several cooperative research and development agreements with TheraCour, and expects to enter into additional cooperative agreements with other governmental and non-governmental, academic, or commercial, agencies, institutions, and companies. There can be no assurance that a final agreement may be achieved and that the Company will execute any of these agreements. However, should any of these agreements materialize, the Company will implement a system to track these costs by project and account for these projects as customer-sponsored activities and show these project costs separately.
The following table summarizes the primary components of our research and development expenses as allocated, during the periods presented in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Table : R&D Costs Allocation
Year Ended
As many of our programs share a substantial amount of materials as well as laboratory work, we do not maintain project-based accounting of costs at present. The table above represents estimated cost allocations for specific activities in the different programs, with the bulk of common activities reported under the “Pan-coronavirus drug program – NV-387” heading.
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Financings
On May 5, 2023, we filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-271706) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as amended on May 8, 2023, which registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on May 22, 2023. Under this shelf registration process, we may, from time to time, sell up to $150 million in the aggregate of shares of common stock, shares of preferred stock, debt securities, warrants and units. Approximately $145 million remains available for sale as of the date of this filing.
On or about August 1, 2023, the ATM Sales Agreement that we previously had with EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC and B. Riley Securities, Inc., taken together as the Sales Agent, was amended to name EF Hutton as the only sales agent (the “Agent”) and to remove B. Riley as a sales agent. On August 4, 2023, we filed a prospectus supplement relating to the issuance and sale of our common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, having an aggregate offering price of up to $5,713,022, from time to time through or to our sole sales agent, EF Hutton. These sales, if any, would have been made pursuant to the terms of the August 1, 2023 ATM Sales Agreement.
On April 5, 2024, the Company entered into a new ATM sales agreement with. E.F. Hutton Securities (now EF Hutton, LLC), the sales agent, replacing the prior August 1, 2023 sales agreement, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, through or to the Sales Agents, shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50 million (each such offering an “At-the-Market” or ATM Offering). As of June 30, 2024, the Company sold 1,308,651 shares of common stock at an average price of approximately $2.47 per share. The shares were issued pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated May 5, 2023 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2023 in connection with the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-271706), which became effective on May 22, 2023. The net proceeds to the Company from the offering was approximately $3,120,000 after placement agent fees and other estimated offering expenses.
From July 1, 2024 through September 10, 2024, subsequent to the Company’s fiscal year end, the Company sold 772,836 shares of common stock at an average price of approximately $1.98 per share. The net proceeds to the Company from the offering was approximately $1,533,000 after placement agent fees and other estimated offering expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Reserves
As of June 30, 2024, we had approximately $4,798,000 in cash and cash equivalents. Our liabilities as of June 30, 2024 are approximately $1,359,000, including accounts payable of approximately $376,000 payable to third parties, accounts payable to TheraCour of approximately $720,000, accrued expenses approximately $262,000.
The Company has an accumulated deficit at June 30, 2024 of approximately $139,375,000 and net cash used in operating activities of approximately $6,316,000 for the fiscal year then ended. In addition, the Company has not generated any revenues and no revenues are anticipated in the foreseeable future. Since May 2005, the Company has been engaged exclusively in research and development activities focused on developing targeted antiviral drugs. The Company has not yet commenced any product commercialization. Such losses are expected to continue for the foreseeable future and until such time, if ever, as the Company is able to attain sales levels sufficient to support its operations.
Management believes that the Company’s cash and cash equivalents balance of approximately $4.8 million and additional capital raised of approximately $1.5 million by ATM sales of our common stock from July 1, 2024 through September 10, 2024 and the Company’s existing resources, including availability under its $3 million line of credit will not be sufficient to fund the Company’s planned operations and expenditures for at least 12 months from the date of the filing of this Form 10-K. As a result substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
Management is actively exploring additional required funding through non-dilutive grants and contracts, partnering, debt or equity financing pursuant to its plan. There is no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining sufficient financing on terms acceptable to us to fund continuing operations.
The Company believes that it has several important milestones, including data from and final reports from the Phase Ia/Ib human clinical trial for the Company’s broad-spectrum, antiviral drug NV-387. This Phase Ia/Ib human clinical trial is for evaluating the safety and tolerability of two oral formulations of NV-387, namely (i) NV-CoV-2 Oral Gummies, and (ii) NV-387 Oral Syrup, as described elsewhere, with COVID as the indication. The safety and tolerability data from this clinical trial is expected to be applicable as Phase
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Ia/Ib data for other indications of NV-387 as well, including RSV, MPOX, Influenza and others. Additional milestones include Pre-IND and IND filing to the US FDA for RSV and clinical trial application for Phase II clinical trial of NV-387 for the treatment of RSV infection in adults with the goal towards further regulatory advancement and approval of NV-387 for the treatment of pediatric RSV infection. Additionally, we believe that NV-387 qualifies for a Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of MPOX infection in Central African nations under the MEURI protocol of WHO because there is no other treatment available for this epidemic that is declared by the WHO as a public health emergency of international concern (MEURI = Monitored Emergency Use of Unregistered and Investigational Interventions.). We plan on initiating the Phase II study for MPOX as soon as feasible if we get the appropriate regulatory clearances. Additionally, we continue towards developing the Pre-IND and IND applications for a Phase IIa clinical trial of NV-387 for the treatment of RSV infection in adults, to be followed by a Phase IIb/III clinical trial of NV-387 for the treatment of RSV infection in hospitalized pediatric patients. To this end, we are also evaluating the possibility of a Phase IIa clinical trial of a RSV Infection Challenge in Humans.
As these milestones are achieved, the Company would likely experience improvement in the liquidity of the Company’s stock, and such improvement, if any, would enhance the Company’s ability to raise funds on the public markets at terms that may be favorable to the terms offered at present.
Management believes that it has on-going access to the capital markets including the “At-The-Market” (ATM) agreement with EF Hutton, the Sales Agent, that became active around April 5, 2024. However, we cannot provide assurance that the Company’s plans will not change or that changed circumstances will not result in the depletion of its capital resources more rapidly than it currently anticipates.
Requirement for Additional Capital
As of June 30, 2024 we have a cash balance of approximately $4,798,000 and raised an approximate additional $1.5 through September 10, 2024 through ATM sales of our common stock.
We believe we will need additional funding to continue further development of our drug candidates through later stages of human clinical trials into regulatory approvals if we do not form a collaborative licensing or partnership agreement with a party that would provide such funding such as Big Pharma.
These anticipated expenses for the subsequent period commencing on July 1, 2024 can be summarized as follows:
4. Drug Substance and Drug Product Manufacturing costs, and
As our programs mature and as we are able to move additional drug candidates into human clinical trials we will continue to require additional funding for such activities. The estimates assume that our drug candidates demonstrate effectiveness in humans that is consistent with the activity observed in animal studies, and therefore would require relatively few patients in each arm of each trial in order to establish statistically significant results.
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We believe that as our programs mature towards FDA approval, the Company’s market capitalization should improve substantially, based on market capitalizations of comparable public companies in clinical stages.
Management believes that as a result of the management plan, our existing resources and access to the capital markets will permit us to fund planned operations and expenditures for at least one year from the filing of the 10-K. However, we cannot provide assurance that our plans will not change or that changed circumstances will not result in the depletion of our capital resources more rapidly than we currently anticipate.
The Company has limited experience with pharmaceutical drug development. Thus, our budget estimates are not based on experience, but rather based on advice given by our associates and consultants. As such, these budget estimates may not be accurate. In addition, the actual work to be performed is not known at this time, other than a broad outline, as is normal with any scientific work. As further work is performed, additional work may become necessary or change in plans or workload may occur. Such changes may have an adverse impact on our estimated budget. Such changes may also have an adverse impact on our projected timeline of drug development.
Our strategy is to minimize capital expenditure. We therefore rely on third party collaborations for the testing of our drug candidates. We continue to engage with our previous collaborators.
Management further intends to use capital and debt financing, as required, to fund the Company’s operations. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain the additional capital resources, non-dilutive financings, grants and contracts, or pharmaceutical partnerships.
We are considered to be a clinical drug development stage company and will continue in the clinical drug development stage until we can get regulatory approvals and thereafter generate revenues from the sales of our products or services.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Accounting for Stock Based Compensation – The Company follows the provisions of ASC 718 – Stock Compensation, which requires the measurement of compensation expense for all shared-based payment awards made to employees, non-employee directors, and non-employees including employee stock options. Shared-based compensation expense is based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718 and is generally recognized as an expense over the requisite service period, net of forfeitures.
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
The Company considers the applicability and Impact of all Accounting Standard Updates (“ASU’s”). ASU’s not discussed below were assessed and determined to be either not applicable or are expected to have minimal impact on the Company’s financial statements.
ASU 2023-09 Income Taxes (Topic 740) Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The amendments in this Update require that public business entities on an annual basis (1) disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation and (2) provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold (if the effect of those reconciling items is equal to or greater than 5 percent of the amount computed by multiplying pretax income (or loss) by the applicable statutory income tax rate). Additionally, the ASU requires all entities to disclose the amount of income taxes paid disaggregated by federal, state, and foreign taxes, as well as individual jurisdictions where income taxes paid are equal to or greater than 5 percent of total income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 31, 2024. Early adoption is permitted and this ASU should be applied on a prospective basis. While the Company is currently evaluating the adoption impact of this ASU on its financial statements, the preliminary assessment is that the adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements and the Company’s disclosures.
ASU 2023-07 Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The requirements of this update require disclosure of significant segments expenses and increase the frequency of segment reporting to interim periods. The ASU is effective for all public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and for interim period beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted and is applicable to all periods presented in the financial statements unless retrospective application is impracticable. While the Company is currently evaluating the adoption impact of this ASU on its financial statements, the preliminary
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assessment is that the adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements and the Company’s disclosures.
There have been certain changes in ASU 2020-06, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) - Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity, which simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under GAAP. The ASU also removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity-linked contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, and it also simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. The Company adopted this guidance on July 1, 2023 using the modified retrospective method. The adoption of this standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by 17 C.F.R. 229 (10) (f) (i) and are not required to provide information under this item.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The information required by Item 8 appears after the signature page to this report.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES
None.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. Due to the inherent limitation of controls systems, not all misstatements may be detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistakes. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. Controls and procedures can only provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the above objectives have been met.
As of June 30, 2024, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of our management, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of June 30, 2024.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness, as of June 30, 2024, of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in 2013 Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the
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Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation under this framework, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of June 30, 2024.
Management has remediated the previously identified material weakness by maintaining effective procedures pertaining to the timely review of the Form 10-K. Specifically, the Company has established procedures for thorough review by Management, on a timely basis, of the Form 10-K. Management’s responsibility is to oversee that the Company is capable of developing accurate and timely financial information.
Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
Other than what was described below, there were no material changes in our system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) during the three months ended June 30, 2024 that has materially affected, or is likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. During the year ended June 30, 2024, we have implemented changes in our internal control over financial reporting to remediate the prior years’ material weakness.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
On August 5, 2024, NanoViricides, Inc. consummated an Extension Agreement (the “Extension”) of the Employment Agreement with Dr. Anil Diwan entered into on July 1, 2018 (the “Employment Agreement”) to continue to serve as the President of the Company, effective July 1, 2024 under the same general terms and conditions. The Extension provides that Dr. Diwan will continue to serve as the Company’s President until June 30, 2025 at a base annual base salary of $400,000. Dr. Diwan shall be entitled to participate in all fringe benefits the Company provides for its employees generally and such other benefits as the Company provides for its senior executives. In addition, the Company shall maintain a Term Life Insurance policy for Dr. Diwan, valued at $2 million, of which $1 million shall be assigned to the Company and the remaining balance to Dr. Diwan’s estate. In addition, as an incentive towards the ultimate success of the Company, and to provide leadership authority to Dr. Diwan, the Company granted 10,204 shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share to Dr. Diwan. Dr. Diwan’s rights in the shares shall vest in equal, quarterly installments commencing on September 30, 2024 and fully vest on June 30, 2025. The Company will recognize non-cash compensation expense related to the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock of $49,795 during the year ended June 30, 2025. Dr. Diwan will be eligible to receive severance if he is terminated by the Company other than for cause in which event the Company shall pay to Dr. Diwan an amount equal to six (6) month’s salary as severance compensation (without regard to compensation or benefits Dr. Diwan receives from any other source). Dr. Diwan shall be eligible for all benefits during this six (6) month period including bonuses, vesting of previously awarded stock options, health care insurance and other fringe benefits that have been ongoing. The Company may elect to pay such severance compensation in a lump sum or in equal payments over the six month period.
On August 5, 2024, NanoViricides, Inc. consummated an Extension to the CFO Agreement with its Chief Financial Officer Meeta Vyas effective July 1, 2024 (the “CFO Agreement Extension”) of the agreement originally entered into on May 30, 2013. The agreement is renewable on an annual basis. The original agreement provided for a term of three years with a base compensation of $9,000 per month and 129 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, also on a monthly basis. On January 1, 2015, her cash compensation was increased to $10,800 per month. The CFO Agreement Extension is for a period of one year from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 under the same general terms as the prior CFO Agreement with amendments to provide that the CFO shall be reimbursed up to 50% of all costs of Health Insurance including any Medical, Dental, and any and all parts and subparts of Medicare Insurance that she subscribes to, not to exceed $2,500 per month.
By signing on September 23, 2024 and being effective as of September 20, 2024 the Company and its President and CEO, Dr. Anil R. Diwan, entered into an Amendment to Line of Credit Agreement whereby Dr. Diwan agreed to amend certain provisions of the standby Line of Credit with the Company to increase the maximum loan amount from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 and to extend the maturity date for all amounts outstanding under the under the Line of Credit, including principal, accrued interest and other fees and charges, to March 31, 2026. Amounts drawn down under the Line of Credit shall bear interest at a fixed rate of 12%. Advancements under the Line of Credit are collateralized by an Open End Mortgage Deed on the Company’s real property at 1 Controls Drive, Shelton, Connecticut and a Chattel Mortgage (U.C.C-1 filing) against the Company’s equipment and fixtures. Any draw down under the Line of Credit requires the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Amendment to the Line of Credit Agreement became effective as of September 22, 2024.
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By signing on September 23, 2024, and being effective as of September 20, 2024, the Company entered into a “Memorandum of Understanding for All Antivirals Drug Development” (the “MOU”) with TheraCour that granted to the Company, a limited, non-assignable, non-sublicensable, exclusive right of first refusal to license to any antiviral drugs in development or to be developed by TheraCour for research and development purposes only, for all as-yet unlicensed viral infection treatment indications. The MOU also clarified the roles and responsibilities of the parties and essentially codified the process that the parties have adopted since inception. The MOU further codified the treatment of all future milestone payments arising from any current or future license agreements to TheraCour to be consistent with the principles adopted in the February 12, 2024 Amendment to the COVID License Agreement.
(a) None.
(b) Corporate Governance
During the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, there were no changes to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors.
(c) Insider Trading Arrangements and Policies
During the three months ended June 30, 2024, nodirector or officer of the Company “adopted” or “terminated” a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” as each term is defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.
The Company has adopted insider trading policies and procedures governing the purchase, sale and other disposition of its securities by directors, officers and employees that management believes are reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules, and regulations, and any listing standards applicable to the company. A copy of the Company’s insider trading policy is attached as Exhibit 19.1 hereto.
ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.
Not applicable.
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The following table sets forth the names and ages of our current directors and executive officers, their principal offices and positions. Each executive officer holds the office until he/she resigns, is removed by the Board or his/her successor is appointed by the Board upon appropriate due diligence. Directors are elected biannually by our stockholders at the annual meeting. Each director holds his/her office until the successor is elected and qualified or his/her earlier resignation or removal.
The following persons are the directors and executive officers of our Company:
Name Age Title
Anil Diwan, PhD. 65 President and Executive Chairman of the Board
Makarand “Mak” Jawadekar 73 Director, Independent
Theodore Edward (“Todd”) Rokita 54 Director, Independent
Brian Zucker 62 Director, Independent
Meeta Vyas 65 Chief Financial Officer
Anil Diwan, PhD, age 65, has been President and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since consummation of the merger on June 1, 2005. Dr. Diwan simultaneously therewith and since its formation, has also served as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of AllExcel, Inc. (from 1995 to the present) and TheraCour Pharma, Inc. (from 2004 to the present) and is the original inventor of the technologies licensed to NanoViricides Inc., as well as the TheraCour polymeric micelle technologies and products based on
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them. Since 1992, he has researched and developed TheraCour nanomaterials. Dr. Diwan was the first to propose the development of novel pendant polymers for drug delivery that led to an explosion of research in pharmacological applications of polymeric micelles. Dr. Diwan has won over 12 NIH SBIR grants. Dr. Diwan holds several issued patents, and three PCT international patent applications in various stages of prosecution in a number of countries, and also has several additional patentable discoveries. Dr. Diwan has held several scholastic distinctions, including an All-India 9th rank on the Joint Entrance Examination of all IIT’s. He holds a Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from Rice University (1986) and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay (1980). We concluded Dr. Diwan’s experience plus his status as creator of the Company’s technologies render him uniquely qualified to serve in these capacities.
Makarand “Mak” Jawadekar, 73, was appointed as an Independent Member of the Board of Directors, and serves as a member of the Company’s Audit, Compensation and Nominating Committees. Dr. Jawadekar has over 35 years of experience in the pharma industry spanning both business and research activities. Dr. Jawadekar has extensive experience in joint ventures, alliance management, contracting, outsourcing, benchmarking, performance metrics, pharmaceutical research and development, drug delivery technologies, formulations, clinical supply manufacturing and packaging, clinical trial materials, pharmaceutics, and pharmaceutical sciences. He also has deep knowledge and global experience working across the United States, Europe, India, and other parts of Asia, including Japan and China. He has helped create several pharma R&D partnerships, joint ventures, and collaborations during his career. Dr. Jawadekar serves as a strategic advisor to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies through his independent consultancy, founded in 2010, after retiring from Pfizer, Inc., as Director, Portfolio Management & Analytics, and as Vice President, Asia Colleague Resource Group, in Pfizer Global R&D division. From 1982 to 2010, Dr. Jawadekar held roles of increasing responsibility in technical, management, and business development positions at Pfizer, in the areas of Drug Delivery Technology Assessment, Strategic External Alliance Management, Strategic CMC, Pharma R&D, Clinical Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology Transfer and Scale-up, beginning as a research scientist in formulations development. Dr. Jawadekar serves on the boards of two public companies, namely: Preveceutical Medical Inc. (CSE: PREV), and Cardax, Inc. (OTC: CDXI), as an independent board member. He also serves on the Strategic and Scientific Advisory Boards of several companies, including Actinium Pharma (NYSE-Amer.: ATNM), Saama Technologies, Inc., and Diant Pharma, Inc., as well as Tonino Lamborghini SpA, Italy. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Abilities Inc., a New York based, non-profit organization. Mak holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of Minnesota, and was honored with an honorary D.Sc. degree by DYP Mumbai University, recommended by the President of India. The Company believes Dr. Jawadekar’s long history as a pharmaceutical and biotech professional, particularly in alliance development and management, in business strategy, and in pharmaceutical sciences and CMC in drug delivery, render him well qualified to serve as an independent member of the Board of Directors.
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Theodore Edward (“Todd”) Rokita, 54, Director. Mr. Rokita was appointed as an Independent Member of the Board of Directors, and serves as a member of the Company’s Audit, Compensation and Nominating Committees. Mr. Rokita currently serves as the Attorney General of the State of Indiana, an elected office. Prior to that, he was co-owner and General Counsel and Vice President of External Affairs, Apex Benefits Group, Inc. where he served as a member of the executive team and the corporate board. He was responsible for legal strategies, including litigation, acquisitions and other matters, primarily involving ERISA and employment laws, and is responsible for the regulatory compliance of Apex’s clients. In his role, he served as the public face of the company and was responsible for external messaging, events, and other outreach functions. Mr. Rokita was elected to the United States Congress as a Representative from the State of Indiana, serving four terms from 2011 to 2019. As a member of the US Congress, he served as the Chairman, House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, as the Vice Chairman, House Committee on the Budget, as a Member, House Committee on Education and the Workforce (Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions subcommittee), as a Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, (aviation, railroad, and pipeline subcommittees), as a Member, Committee on House Administration (2011-2014), as a Member, Steering Committee (2011-2012) (elected by peers to make their committee assignments), and also as a Director, Republican Study Committee (2014- 2019) (group affecting policy direction and tactics). Prior thereto Mr. Rokita served as the Secretary of State, Indiana, from 2003 to 2011) and as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Office of Indiana Secretary of State from 2000-2002. Mr. Rokita serves or has served as a Member of the Board of Directors on a number of commercial and charitable institutions, among them: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Foundation, (2014-Present); Achieve International, Indianapolis, IN (helping troubled teens), (2012-2018); Saint Vincent Hospital Foundation, (2011-2013); Indiana Council for Economic Education, (2004-2010). Mr. Rokita also serves or has served as an Advisory Board Member for several institutions, among them: Merchandise Warehouse, Inc. Indianapolis, IN, (2019-Present); WishBone Medical, Inc., Warsaw, IN, (2019-Present); and Acel 360, Inc., Reston, VA (2019-Present). Mr. Rokita has also served as a Member, Board of Trustees of Saint Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, IN, (2007-2017). In addition to his public service, Mr. Rokita is involved as a Volunteer for the Veterans Airlift Command and Angel Flight, Volunteer (2011- Present), actively flying missions for Veterans Airlift Command and other similar non-profits dedicated to providing free air transportation to children and post-9/11 combat wounded veterans and their families for medical and other compassionate purposes. Mr. Rokita holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he was an Eli Lilly Fellow and a Juris Doctor from IUPUI’s Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. The Company believes Mr. Rokita’s long history as an executive and as a board member of a number of institutions and his long record of public service, uniquely qualifies him to serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.
Brian Zucker, 62, Director. Since October 2011, Mr. Zucker has been a Partner at CFO Financial Partners, LLC, a firm that provides outsourced CFO (Chief Financial Officer), Controller and Financial Operations services as well as back office reporting and bookkeeping services for public and private companies, broker dealers, hedge funds, and family offices and high net worth individuals, among others. Mr. Zucker also serves as the CFO and Financial Operations Principal for numerous broker dealers and hedge funds. In addition to and simultaneously therewith, Mr. Zucker has served as a Partner at RRBB Accountants & Advisors, (aka Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman & Co.), a full-service accounting, advisory and consulting firm located in Central New Jersey. Mr. Zucker has over thirty years of experience as a CPA specializing in the securities industry. From 1983 through 1986, Mr. Zucker was a Senior Consultant at Deloitte Haskins and Sells and at Price Waterhouse from January 1987 through September 1989. He has previously served as the President and Chairman of Atlantis Business Development Corp. (ABDV), CFO of Natcore Solar Technology, Inc. (NTCXF) and as a Managing Director of American Frontier Financial Corp. (EVIS). He is on the Board of Directors of National Investment Banking Association (NIBA). Mr. Zucker obtained a B.S. in Public Accounting from Pace University. The Company believes Mr. Zucker’s extensive career as a public accountant and experience providing sophisticated accounting services to public companies and broker dealers, render him well qualified to serve as an independent member of the Board of Directors, as well as its Audit, Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committees. Mr. Zucker was appointed as a director in 2020 and as Chair of the Audit Committee in 2022.
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Meeta Vyas, SB, MBA, 65, is known as a strong leader with board level experience and successful achievements as a Senior Executive in a broad range of entities including publicly listed corporations, non-revenue generating entities, and medium to large size companies. Ms. Vyas has over twenty-five years of experience in performance and process improvement of both publicly listed companies and non-revenue producing entities, in areas ranging from Finance and Operations to Strategy and Management. Meeta holds the distinction of being the first Indian woman to be named CEO of a publicly listed U.S. corporation, Signature Brands, Inc., best known for “Mr. Coffee” and “Health-O-Meter” brand products. As CEO, acting COO and Vice Chairman of the Board of Signature Brands, Inc., she was responsible for the development and implementation of a turnaround plan, resulting in Signature’s return to profitability and growth. Later, as the CEO of the World-Wide Fund for Nature - India (WWF-India) and then as a Vice President of the National Audubon Society (USA), both non-revenue generating entities, Meeta successfully raised unrestricted funding that significantly exceeded annual requirements and also instituted financial processes to measure a variety of performance metrics. Earlier in her career, she was responsible for designing the strategy and initiating the implementation plan for the highly successful information technology outsourcing program at General Electric (“GE”). Also at GE, Ms. Vyas ran GE Appliances’ Range Products business unit having revenues exceeding $1 billion where her team doubled operating income in less than two years. Prior to that, as a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, she served publicly listed companies in chemicals, industrial, and technology markets, primarily focusing on growth strategies, valuations, post-merger integrations, and logistics operations. Ms. Vyas is married to Anil Diwan, the Company’s President and Chairman and principal shareholder of TheraCour Pharma, Inc. Ms. Vyas holds a MBA in Finance from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, and a SB in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We concluded that Ms. Vyas’ experience and training render her qualified to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Meeta Vyas has been the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2013.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
On November 13, 2020 Brian Zucker was appointed as independent director and member of the Audit Committee. Due to his education and extensive experience as a Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Zucker meets the criteria of an independent director and an “Audit Committee Financial Expert” as provided in Release 33-8173 and 34-47235. In 2022 Brian Zucker was appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee.
CODE OF ETHICS
We have adopted a code of ethics meeting the requirements of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. We believe our code of ethics is reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and promote honest and ethical conduct; provide full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in public reports; comply with applicable laws; ensure prompt internal reporting of violations; and provide accountability for adherence to the provisions of the code of ethic. Our code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form 10-K.
INSIDER TRADING POLICY
We have adopted an Insider Trading Policy that provides guidance to employees (including officers) and directors with respect to transactions in the Company’s securities. The Insider Trading Policy is designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations and any listing standards applicable to the Company. The policy also prohibits directors, officers and other employees from purchasing financial instruments (including prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, and exchange funds), or otherwise engaging in transactions, that hedge or offset, or are designed to hedge or offset, any decrease in the market value of our equity securities without our prior approval.
A copy of the Company’s Insider Trading Policy is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table reflects all forms of compensation for the years ended June 30, 2024, and 2023.
Name and Stock All Other
Principal Bonus Award(s) Option Compensation
Position Year Salary ($) ($) Awards ($) Total ($)
The following table sets forth for each named executive officer certain information concerning equity awards as of June 30, 2024.
Equity
Incentive
Equity Plan
Incentive Awards:
Plan Market or
Number Market Awards: Payout
of Value of Number of Value of
Shares Shares Unearned Unearned
Number of Number or Units or Units Shares, Shares,
Underlying Underlying that that Other Other
Position Exercisable Unexercisable Price ($) Date Vested Vested Vested Vested
Anil Diwan, President, Director, and CEO — — $ — — — — — —
Meeta Vyas Chief Financial Officer — — $ — — — — — —
COMPENSATION OBJECTIVES
We believe that the compensation programs for the Company’s executive officers should reflect the Company’s performance and the value created for the Company’s stockholders. In addition, the compensation programs should support the short-term and long-term strategic goals and values of the Company, and should reward individual contributions to the Company’s success. Our compensation plans are consequently designed to link individual rewards with Company’s performance by applying objective, quantitative factors including the Company’s own business performance and general economic factors. We also rely upon subjective, qualitative factors such as technical expertise, leadership and management skills, when structuring executive compensation in a manner consistent with our compensation philosophy.
ELEMENTS OF COMPENSATION
BASE SALARY. All full-time executives are paid a base salary. Base salaries for our executives are established based on the scope of their responsibilities, professional qualifications, academic background, and the other elements of the executive’s compensation, including stock-based compensation. However, at this time current total annual compensation is not in line with comparable companies, because our philosophy was to pay modest salaries with minimum bonuses to conserve capital resources for future company growth. Our intent is to set executives’ base salaries near the median of the range of salaries for executives in similar positions with similar responsibilities at comparable companies, in line with our compensation philosophy. Base salaries are reviewed annually, and may be increased to align salaries with market levels after taking into account the subjective evaluation described previously.
EQUITY INCENTIVE COMPENSATION. We believe that long-term performance is achieved through an ownership culture participated in by our executive officers through the use of stock-based awards. Currently, we do not maintain any incentive compensation plans based on pre-defined performance criteria. The Board of Directors has the general authority, however, to award equity incentive compensation, i.e. stock options, to our executive officers in such amounts and on such terms as the committee
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determines in its sole discretion. The Board of Directors does not have a determined formula for determining the number of options available to be granted. The Board of Directors will review each executive’s individual performance and his or her contribution to our strategic goals periodically. Our Board of Directors grants equity incentive compensation at times when we do not have material non-public information to avoid timing issues and the appearance that such awards are made based on any such information.
DETERMINATION OF COMPENSATION
The Company’s executive compensation program for the named executive officers (NEOs) is administered by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors makes independent decisions about all aspects of NEO compensation, and takes into account compensation data and benchmarks for comparable positions and companies in different applicable geographical areas. The Compensation Committee of the Board assists the Board in achieving these objectives.
ERRONEOUS COMPENSATION RECOVERY POLICY
The Company adopted an Erroneous Compensation Recovery Policy in order to comply with NYSE Rule 811 and Rule 10D-1 under the Exchange Act. In the event the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement to correct an error in previously issued financial statements that is material to the previously issued financial statements or that would result in a material misstatement if the error were corrected in the current period or left uncorrected in the current period, subject to the terms of the policy, the Company must recover reasonably promptly from its current and former executive officers the amount of any erroneously awarded incentive based compensation received on or after October 2, 2023 and during the three (3) years preceding the date that the Company is required to prepare such accounting restatement. The Erroneous Compensation Recovery Policy has been filed as Exhibit 97.1 of this Annual Report.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS, MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED STOCKHOLDERS MATTERS.
The following table sets forth, as of June 30, 2024, certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company’s Common Stock and Series A Convertible preferred stock outstanding by (i) each person known to us to own or control 5% or more of our Common Stock, (ii) each of our directors, (iii) each of our “Named Executive Officers” (as defined in Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K) and (iv) our current Named Executive Officers and directors as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, each person named in the table below has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares beneficially owned.
Series A Convertible
Common Stock Preferred Stock(1)
Amount and Amount and Percent
Nature of Percent Nature of Percent of
Beneficial of Beneficial of Voting
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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
The Company and Dr. Diwan entered into an extension of employment agreement effective July 1, 2018 for a term of three years. Dr. Diwan’s will be paid an annual base salary of $400,000. Additionally, Dr. Diwan was awarded a grant of 26,250 shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock. 8,750 shares vest equally on June 30, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Any unvested shares are subject to forfeiture. On September 24, 2021, the Company and Dr. Diwan entered into extension of the employment agreement for a period of one year from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 under the same general terms and conditions. The Company granted Dr. Diwan an award of 10,204 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock. The shares will be deemed partially vested in quarterly installments following the grant date and fully vested on June 30, 2022. The employment agreement is renewable annually with approval by the Board of Directors. On October 6, 2022, the Company agreed to the extension of the employment agreement for a period of one year from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 under the same general terms and conditions. The Company granted Dr. Anil Diwan an award of 10,204 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock. The shares will be deemed partially vested in quarterly installments following the grant date and fully vested on June 30, 2023. As of July 1, 2023, the Company agreed to the extension of the employment agreement for a period of one year from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 under the same general terms and conditions. The Company granted Dr. Anil Diwan an award of 10,204 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock. The shares will be deemed partially vested in quarterly installments following the grant date and fully vested on June 30, 2024. As of July 1, 2024, the Company agreed to the extension of the employment agreement for a period of one year from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 under the same general terms and conditions. The Company granted Dr. Anil Diwan an award of 10,204 shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock. The shares will be deemed partially vested in quarterly installments following the grant date and fully vested on June 30, 2025.
On March 3, 2010, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Dr. Jayant Tatake to serve as Vice President of Research and Development. The employment agreement provides for a term of four years with a base salary of $150,000. In addition, the Company issued 1,340 shares of Series A preferred stock and 1,786 shares of common stock upon entering into the agreement, and will issue an additional 1,340 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 1,786 shares of common stock on each anniversary date of the agreement. The shares of Series A preferred stock were issued in recognition of Dr. Tatake’s work towards the achievement of several patents by the Company. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors has extended the current provisions of the employment agreement pending its review of current industry compensation arrangements and employment agreements.
On May 30, 2013, the Company entered into an agreement with Meeta Vyas, to serve as its Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Vyas incidentally is married to our President and Chairman of the Board, Anil Diwan. The CFO agreement provided for a term of three years with a base compensation of $9,000 per month and 129 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, also on a monthly basis. On January 1, 2015, her cash compensation was increased to $10,800 per month. The agreement is renewable on an annual basis. As of July 1, 2023, the Company agreed to the extension of the CFO agreement for a period of one year from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 under the same general terms as the prior CFO Agreement with amendment to provide that the CFO shall be reimbursed up to 50% of all costs of Health Insurance including any Medical, Dental, and any and all parts and subparts of Medicare Insurance that she subscribes to, not to
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exceed $2,500 per month. As of July 1, 2024, the Company agreed to the extension of the CFO agreement for a period of one year from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 under the same general terms as the prior CFO Agreement.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
At this time, directors, who are officers of the Company, receive no remuneration for their services as directors of the Company. The Company reimburses directors for expenses incurred in their service to the Board of Directors. The Company paid fees to its independent directors of $45,000 to each Director, of which $11,250 is to be paid in the Company’s common stock commensurate with their contracts.
COMPENSATION OF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
The Company anticipates holding four Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) meetings per annum. As compensation, each member of the Scientific Advisory Board will be granted 286 warrants each quarter to purchase the Company’s common stock at 120% of the Company’s closing stock quote on the day following the meeting. Should the Company not call a quarterly meeting, quarterly warrants will be granted on May 15, August 15, November 15, and February 15. The warrants have a four-year expiration date. In addition, the Company will reimburse each SAB member for travel and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the course of performing their services. For the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the SAB was granted a total of 1,144 and 1,144 of stock warrants, respectively. The warrants are exercisable into common shares at prices from $1.43 to $2.43, and $1.39 to $3.40 per share, respectively.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
NanoViricides, Inc, the Company, has adopted a “Code of Conduct and Ethics” in its corporate governance as well as policies and procedures regarding related party transactions.
Management, under the direction of the Board of Directors, follows the policies and procedures regarding related party transactions.
TheraCour Pharma, Inc.
TheraCour currently holds 470,961 shares of the Company’s common stock and 681,859 shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock.
On May 12, 2005, we entered into a material license agreement, amended as of January 8, 2007 (the “License”) with TheraCour Pharma, Inc. (“TheraCour”). Anil Diwan, our founder, President and Chairman, owns approximately 90% of TheraCour’s capital stock. We were granted exclusive licenses in perpetuity for technologies developed by TheraCour for the virus types: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS), Influenza including Asian Bird Flu Virus, Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1 and HSV-2), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), and Rabies. On February 15, 2010, we entered into an Additional License Agreement with TheraCour. Pursuant to the exclusive Additional License Agreement, in consideration for the issuance of 100,000 shares of our Series A preferred stock, (the “Series A preferred”), we were granted exclusive licenses, in perpetuity, for technologies, developed by TheraCour, for the development of drug candidates for the treatment of Dengue viruses, Ebola/Marburg viruses, Japanese Encephalitis, viruses causing viral Conjunctivitis (a disease of the eye) and Ocular Herpes.
In consideration for obtaining these exclusive licenses, we agreed: (1) that TheraCour can charge its costs (direct and indirect) plus no more than 30% of a specified portion of certain direct costs as a Development Fee and such development fees shall be due and payable in periodic installments as billed; (2) we will pay the greater $2,000 or actual costs monthly, whichever is higher, for other general and administrative expenses incurred by TheraCour on our behalf; (3) make royalty payments (calculated as a percentage of net sales of the licensed drugs) of 15% (calculated as a percentage of net sales of the licensed drugs) to TheraCour; (4) TheraCour retains the exclusive right to develop and manufacture the licensed drugs. TheraCour will manufacture the licensed drugs exclusively for us, and unless such license is terminated, will not manufacture such product for its own sake or for others; and (5) TheraCour may request and we will pay an advance payment (refundable) equal to twice the amount of the previous month’s invoice to be applied as a prepayment towards expenses. TheraCour may terminate the license upon a material breach by us as specified in the agreement. However, we may avoid such termination if within 90 days of receipt of such termination notice we cure the breach.
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On November 1, 2019, the Company entered into a License Agreement (the “Agreement”) with TheraCour for an exclusive, worldwide license to use, promote, offer for sale, import, export, sell and distribute products for the treatment of Varicella Zoster Virus derived indications. The Company was not required to make any upfront payments to TheraCour and agreed to the following milestone payments to TheraCour; the issuance of 75,000 shares of Series A preferred stock upon the grant of an IND application; $1,500,000 in cash upon completion of Phase I clinical trials; $2,500,000 in cash upon completion of Phase II clinical trials; and $5,000,000 in cash upon completion of Phase III clinical trials. In addition, the Company is required to pay to TheraCour fifteen percent (15%) of net sales of licensed products, and any income from sublicensed products. Under the Agreement, TheraCour retains the exclusive right to develop and manufacture the Licensed Products. As in previous licensing agreements with TheraCour, the Company agreed to pay the following amounts to TheraCour to the extent not previously paid under existing licensing agreements: (1) costs (direct and indirect) plus 30%, subject to certain specified exclusions, as a Development Fee and such development fees shall be due and payable in periodic installments as billed and (2) a deposit equal to estimated development costs for two months (refundable), such estimates to be reconciled quarterly. Payments not made within 90 days after due date will be charged an interest at the rate of 1% per month. TheraCour and the Company have agreed to enter into a manufacture and supply agreement, under which TheraCour would manufacture the licensed products exclusively for the Company, and the Company would also have customary backup manufacture rights, as specified in the Agreement. TheraCour may terminate the license upon a material breach by the Company as specified in the agreement. However, the Company may avoid such termination if the breach is cured within 90 days of receipt of such termination.
On September 7, 2021, the Company entered into a license agreement for the field comprising anti-viral treatments for coronavirus derived human infections with TheraCour (the “COVID License Agreement”). Previously, on June 9, 2020, we had announced signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“CoV MoU”) with respect to anti-viral treatments for coronavirus derived human infections (the “Field”) with TheraCour Pharma, Inc., which is now perfected into this licensing Agreement. The licensed field includes antiviral drugs to treat SARS-CoV-2 and its variants that cause the COVID-19 disease resulting in a global pandemic that continues to rage through the world, wave after wave, as new variants develop and take hold. There was no upfront cash payment for the license and the compensation terms were generally consistent with prior licenses, and are summarized below.
Under the COVID License Agreement, the Company obtained a world-wide, exclusive, sub-licensable, license to use, promote, offer for sale, import, export, sell and distribute antiviral drugs that treat human Coronavirus infections using TheraCour’s proprietary as well as patented technology and intellectual property, including the new patent application cited above. The discovery of ligands and polymer materials as well as formulations, the chemistry and chemical characterization, as well as process development and related work will be performed by TheraCour under the same compensation terms as prior agreements between the parties, with no duplication of costs allowed. We will not make any upfront cash payments to TheraCour and we have agreed to the following milestone payments to TheraCour: 100,000 shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Series A preferred stock”) upon the execution of the Agreement; 50,000 shares of Series A preferred stock after the grant of the approval of Licensee’s Investigational New Drug (IND) Application, or its equivalent; cash payments of $1,500,000 after the initiation of Phase I clinical trials or its equivalent; $2,000,000 after the completion of Phase I clinical trials or its equivalent for at least one product within twelve (12) months from the date of the acceptance of the IND; $2,500,000 no later than six (6) months after the completion of Phase IIA clinical trials or its equivalent for at least one product within twenty (24) months from the date of the completion of Phase I or its equivalent; 100,000 shares of Series A preferred stock after the initiation of Phase III clinical trials or its equivalent; and, at TheraCour’s option, $5,000,000 in cash or 500,000 shares of Series A preferred stock, no later than six (6) months after the completion of Phase III clinical trials or its equivalent for at least one product within thirty-six (36) months from the completion of Phase II clinical trials or its equivalent. In addition, we agreed to pay to TheraCour fifteen percent (15%) of net sales of licensed products and any income from sublicensed products, consistent with previous agreements. Under the COVID License Agreement, TheraCour retains the exclusive right to develop and manufacture the licensed products. The Agreement contemplates that the parties will enter into a separate manufacturing and supply agreement for the commercial manufacture and supply of the drug products if and when we intend to engage into commercialization of the drugs. The COVID License Agreement provides that the Manufacturing and Supply agreement would be on customary and reasonable terms, on a cost-plus basis, using a market rate based on then-current industry standards, and include customary backup manufacturing rights, as with prior agreements. The Series A preferred stock is only convertible upon a “change of control” of the Company as defined in its full specification, are non-transferrable and have no trading market. Each Series A share carries 9 votes, and is convertible only upon a change of control into 3.5 shares of the Company’s common stock.
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On April 20, 2023, the Company was notified that the Company’s licensee, KMPL, was authorized to enter into Phase Ia/Ib clinical trials of its COVID, NV-CoV-2 Oral Syrup and its NV-CoV-2 Oral Gummies after satisfying the conditions of a conditional authorization received on or about January 27, 2023. Pursuant to the TheraCour – Nanoviricides COVID License Agreement a milestone payment of 50,000 shares of the Company’s Series A preferred shares was issued to Theracour Pharma, Inc. On June 14, 2023, the Company was notified that the Company’s licensee, KMPL, has commenced volunteer recruitments for Phase Ia/Ib clinical trials of the NV-CoV-2 Oral Syrup and NV-CoV-2 Oral Gummies. Pursuant to the TheraCour–Nanoviricides COVID License Agreement a milestone payment of $1,500,000 became due and has been recorded as a non-current liability on the accompanying balance sheet.
Pursuant to a COVID License Agreement dated September 7, 2021 between the Company and TheraCour, the Company is obligated to make certain milestone payments to TheraCour upon achieving certain milestones. TheraCour had achieved the milestone regarding the “Initiation of Phase I Clinical Trials or Equivalent” within 3 months from regulatory approval. Upon achieving this milestone, the Company was obligated to pay TheraCour a cash milestone payment in the amount of $1,500,000. In lieu of this cash payment, TheraCour agreed to accept a Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $1,500,000 effective July 19, 2023 (the “Note”). The Note accrues interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum and is due and payable on January 19, 2025. The Note is convertible, at TheraCour’s option, into shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock, par value $0.00001 (the “Series A Shares”) at the conversion price specified in the terms and conditions contained within the Note. Dr. Diwan recused himself from voting on any action of the Registrant’s Board of Directors in connection with the License Agreement and the Note (as that term is defined herein), and any discussions related thereto. On October 27, 2023 TheraCour exercised its right to convert the principal of the July 19, 2023 Note into 331,859 shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock. Furthermore, TheraCour cancelled all of the accrued interest on the Note totaling approximately $49,800 which has been reported as a capital transaction credit to additional paid in capital on the accompanying statements of changes in stockholders’ equity.
On February 12, 2024 the Company requested and TheraCour agreed to suspend the existing license requirement to maintain an advance with TheraCour equal to two months of projected TheraCour invoices which is recalculated quarterly. The suspension will remain in effect until such time as the Company is able to raise sufficient capital. The existing available advance will be applied towards payment of TheraCour invoices.
On February 13, 2024, the Company and TheraCour amended the COVID License Agreement (the “Amendment”). The Amendment provides that the as yet unearned and unremitted cash awards specified in the COVID License Agreement for milestone payments shall not be due and payable until the Company achieves a revenue event which shall mean, but not be limited to, the receipt of revenue by the Company generated from, but not limited to, sources such as (1) research and development grants, government contracts, non-profit organizations and other sources to the extent that the amount of recognized revenue (as defined in the Amendment) is only considered to be the profit portion of revenue event, if any; (2) licensing of third-party development partnerships to the extent recognized revenue is considered to include only the profit or retained earnings portion received from such deals (and exclude any at-cost-reimbursements); (3) drug commercialization wherein recognized revenue shall be the amount of gross profit (i.e., net sales less cost of net sales); or (4) other sources of revenue such as gross profits from private contract work. Additionally, the Amendment provides that no more than 50% of the recognized revenue shall be applied for remitting such consideration at the time of payment. Further the Amendment clarifies that financing raised by the Company from sale of equity, mortgage or debt transactions, and such other instruments shall not be regarded as recognized revenue.
By signing on September 23, 2024 and being effective as of September 20, 2024, the Company entered into a “Memorandum of Understanding for All Antivirals Drug Development” (the “MOU”) with TheraCour that granted to the Company, a limited, non-assignable, non-sublicensable, exclusive right of first refusal to license to any antiviral drugs in development or to be developed by TheraCour for research and development purposes only, for all as-yet unlicensed viral infection treatment indications. The MOU also clarified the roles and responsibilities of the parties and essentially codified the process that the parties have adopted since inception. The MOU further codified the treatment of all future milestone payments arising from any current or future license agreements to TheraCour to be consistent with the principles adopted in the February 12, 2024 Amendment to the COVID License Agreement.
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COVID-19 Related Drugs: Patent Coverage and Lifetime
Two International PCT patent applications have been filed relating to the application of the TheraCour polymeric micelle technology to drug development for Coronavirus antiviral drugs including ones for the treatment of COVID-19; PCT/US21/39050 was filed on June 25, 2021. Additionally, PCT/US22/35210 was filed on June 28, 2022, with a request for the same priority date as that of the prior PCT/US21/39050 application. These new broad patents cover new compositions of matter, methods of making them (processes), drug formulations, and uses of the articles of manufacture. The patents resulting from these are expected to have expiry dates extending at least into the year 2043, with additional specific extensions possible in various countries based on regulatory extensions for pharmaceutical products. All ensuing patents will be automatically exclusively licensed to NanoViricides for anti-coronavirus drugs pursuant to the “CoV License Agreement”. The nominal expiry date for these PCT applications would be 20 years, after filing and if issued, i.e. June 24, 2041, and could be extended in certain countries under regulatory extensions to as late as into the year 2043, providing a significant commercial runway.
TheraCour acquired property and equipment on behalf of the Company from third party vendors and transferred property and equipment, to the Company, at cost, in the approximate amounts of $115,000 and $32,000 for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 respectively.
Accounts payable to TheraCour were approximately $720,000 and $233,000 (net of a $500,000 advance) at June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023, respectively.
Development fees and other costs charged by TheraCour were approximately $2,550,000 and $2,536,000 for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. No royalties are due or have been paid from inception through June 30, 2024.
As of June 30, 2024 TheraCour owned 470,961 shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock and 681,859 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, which votes at the rate of nine shares of common stock per each share of Series A Preferred Stock and is convertible into three and one half shares of common stock upon a change in control of the Company. Dr. Diwan, also serves as the CEO and Director of TheraCour and owns approximately 90% of the outstanding capital stock of TheraCour.
Line of Credit - Related Party – Anil Diwan
On November 13, 2023, the Company’s President and Executive Chairman, Dr. Anil Diwan, entered into a Line of Credit Agreement whereby Dr. Diwan agreed to provide a standby Line of Credit to the Company in the maximum amount of $2,000,000. All amounts outstanding under the Line of Credit, including principal, accrued interest and other fees and charges, will be due and payable on December 31, 2024. Amounts drawn down under the Line of Credit shall bear interest at a fixed rate of 12%. Advancements under the Line of Credit will be collateralized by an Open End Mortgage Deed on the Company’s real property at 1 Controls Drive, Shelton, Connecticut and a Chattel Mortgage (U.C.C - 1 filing) against the Company’s equipment and fixtures. Any draw down under the Line of Credit requires the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors. On February 12, 2024 the Company, pursuant to Article 2.5 of the Company’s Line of Credit Agreement with Dr. Anil Diwan, signed an Extension Agreement which extended the maturity of the Company’s Line of Credit from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2025. By signing on September 23, 2024 and by being effective as of September 20, 2024, the Company, pursuant to Article 2.5 of the Company’s Line of Credit Agreement with Dr. Anil Diwan, signed an amendment agreement which increased the available line of credit from $2 million to $3 million, and extended the maturity of the Company’s Line of Credit from December 31, 2025 to March 31, 2026. There were no other amendments to the original Line of Credit.
The Company has not drawn against the Line of Credit facility as of June 30, 2024.
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Karveer Meditech, Private Limited (KMPL)
On March 27, 2023 the Company entered into a License Agreement with KMPL, wherein the Company granted to KMPL a limited, non-transferable, exclusive license for the use, sale, or offer of sale in India of the Company’s two clinical test drug candidates titled as NV-CoV-2 and NV-CoV-2-R for the treatment of COVID in patients in India. KMPL has engaged in further drug development in India including sponsoring of drug candidates for human clinical trials in India and has acted as clinical trials manager for such clinical trials. KMPL shall provide NanoViricides with all reports of the clinical trials and the Company can use such reports for further advancement of the drug candidates with regulatory authorities outside India. In consideration, KMPL will be reimbursed by the Company for all direct and indirect costs incurred for the clinical trials and development activities with a customary clinical trials manager fee of thirty (30%) of such costs and applicable taxes. Upon commercial sales of any resulting approved drugs, KMPL will pay the Company a royalty of seventy (70%) percent of the final invoiced sales to unaffiliated third parties.
On April 20, 2023, the Company was notified that the Company’s licensee, KMPL, was authorized to enter into Phase Ia/Ib clinical trials of its COVID, NV-CoV-2 Oral Syrup and its NV-CoV-2 Oral Gummies after satisfying the conditions of a conditional authorization received on or about January 27, 2023.
On June 19, 2023 KMPL commenced the equivalent of Phase I clinical trials in India. The Company has incurred clinical trial costs payable to KMPL of $442,845 and $100,000 for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 respectively, As of June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, $227,435 and $100,000 of such costs were accrued by the Company pursuant to the license agreement between the Company and KMPL.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Audit Fees
The aggregate fees for each of the last two years for professional services rendered by EisnerAmper, our independent registered public accounting firm for our audits of our annual financial statements and interim reviews of our financial statements included in our fillings with Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K and 10-Qs or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those years were approximately:
No other fees were paid to EisnerAmper for the last two years.
Pre-Approval Policies
The Board of Directors, and the Audit Committee appointed by the Board, currently does not have any pre-approval policies or procedures concerning services performed by EisnerAmper LLP. All the services performed by EisnerAmper LLP as described above were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.
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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation Schedule 14C A April 23, 2009
2 Amended and Restated Bylaws Form 10-Q 3.1 February 22, 2010
10.4 Employment Agreement with M Vyas Form S-1 10.7 November 29, 2019
10.6 Conversion and Settlement Agreement Form 8-K 10.1 February 13, 2017
10.7 Employment Agreement with Anil Diwan Form 8-K 10.1 July 23, 2018
10.11 Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant Form 8-K 10.3 January 28, 2020
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10.30 Letter from TheraCour Pharma, Inc. Form 8-K 10.5 February 16, 2024
23 Consent of EisnerAmper LLP
101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH Inline XBRL Schema Document.
101.CAL Inline XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF Inline XBRL Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB Inline XBRL Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE Inline XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document.
* Filed herewith
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ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: September 27, 2024
NANOVIRICIDES, INC.
/s/ Anil Diwan, PhD
Name: Anil Diwan, PhD.
Title: President and Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Meeta Vyas
Name: Meeta Vyas
Title: Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
September 27, 2024 /s/ Anil Diwan, PhD
Name: Anil Diwan, PhD
Title: President and Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)
September 27, 2024 /s/ Meeta Vyas
Name: Meeta Vyas
Title: Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
September 27, 2024 /s/ Brian Zucker
Name: Brian Zucker
Title: Director
September 27, 2024 /s/ Makarand Jawadekar
Name: Makarand Jawadekar
Title: Director
September 27, 2024 /s/ Theodore Rokita
Name: Theodore Rokita
Title: Director
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Index to the Financial Statements
Contents Page(s)
Statements of Operations for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 F-5
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 F-7
Notes to the Financial Statements F-8
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
NanoViricides, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of NanoViricides, Inc. (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2024 and 2023, and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company has recurring net losses and net cash flow used in operations that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Related Party Transactions
As discussed in Note 4 to the financial statements, the Company enters into certain agreements with related parties which (i) grant exclusive licenses for technologies developed by a related party to the Company for various virus types and (ii) grant exclusive licenses for development and commercialization rights to a related party for certain of the Company’s drug candidates. As part of these agreements, the Company is required to pay certain costs charged by the related parties. These costs include research and development
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costs resulting from their research and development activities which include the performance of preclinical and/or clinical studies and a clinical trial management fee, compensation and other expenses for research and development personnel, supplies and development material. The Company recorded accounts payable – related party and accrued expense for research and development activities of approximately $720,000 and $227,000, respectively, as of June 30, 2024 and research and development costs incurred with related parties of approximately $2,993,000 included in research and development expenses for the year ended June 30, 2024.
We identified the accounting for related party transactions as a critical audit matter due to the materiality of the related party transactions occurring throughout the year and the significant judgment by management to ensure costs being charged are accurate, complete, and properly disclosed. This is turn led to a high degree of auditor judgement, subjectivity, and significant audit effort in applying procedures related to those transactions.
Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the financial statements. We obtained an understanding and evaluated the design of the controls related to the Company’s process for identifying related parties and the approval and disclosure of related party transactions. We performed procedures to test the completeness of related party liabilities at the balance sheet date and expenses for the year then ended. Our procedures included, among others, (i) reading agreements and subsequent amendments; (ii) testing invoices on a sample basis to ensure purchases, expenses and milestones are properly recorded in accordance with the agreements and that appropriate approval from management and the audit committee was received; (iii) confirming the accounts payable – related party balance, equipment purchases made on behalf of the Company and the research and development costs paid to the related parties; and (iv) obtaining agreements, budgets and patient enrollment data related to the clinical trial to support amounts accrued as of the balance sheet date. We also made direct inquiries of management and viewed public filings, minutes, and agreements for evidence of related parties, the nature of the relationship and that related party transactions were accounted for and disclosed properly.
/s/ EisnerAmper LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2014.
EISNERAMPER LLP
Iselin, New Jersey
September 27, 2024
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NanoViricides, Inc.
Balance Sheet
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
OTHER ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Other non-current liability – related party — 1,500,000
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 11)
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
See accompanying notes to the financial statements
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Statements of Operations
Year Ended June 30,
OPERATING EXPENSES
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Net loss per common share- basic and diluted $ (0.70) $ (0.74)
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
For the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024
Series A Preferred
Stock: Common Stock:
Number of Number of Paid-in Accumulated Stockholders’
Shares Amount Shares Amount Capital Deficit Equity
Warrants issued to Scientific Advisory Board — — — — 1,012 — 1,012
Common stock issued for Directors fees — — 30,084 — 45,000 — 45,000
Warrants issued to Scientific Advisory Board — — — — 563 — 563
*Restated to reflect change in par value upon redomicile (see Note 8)
See accompanying notes to the financial statements
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Statements of Cash Flows
Year Ended June 30,
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Preferred shares issued as compensation 43,245 56,357
Preferred shares issued pursuant to license agreement — 156,987
Common shares issued as compensation and for services 178,940 157,822
Warrants granted to Scientific Advisory Board 563 1,012
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Other non-current liability-related party — 1,500,000
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES (156,560) (151,712)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Payment of loan payable — (94,788)
Net proceeds from sale of common stock 3,120,037 —
NET CASH PROVIDED BY / (USED) IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES 3,120,037 (94,788)
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION:
Interest paid $ — $ 938
NON CASH FINANCING AND INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Forgiveness of interest on related party debt $ 49,808 $ —
See accompanying notes to the financial statements
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NanoViricides, Inc.
June 30, 2024, and 2023
Notes to the Financial Statements
Note 1 – Organization and Nature of Business
NanoViricides, Inc. (the “Company”) is a clinical stage nano-biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery, development, and commercialization of drugs to combat viral infections using its unique and novel nanomedicines technology. NanoViricides possesses its own facility that supports research and development and drug discovery, drug candidate optimization, cGMP-compliant drug substance manufacturing, cGMP-compliant manufacturing and packaging of drug products for human clinical trials, and early commercialization. The Company has several drugs in various stages of development.
NanoViricides, Inc. is domiciled under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal operations located in the State of Connecticut. The Company’s fiscal year begins on July 1st and ends on the next June 30th of the calendar year. The Company operates in one reportable business segment.
The Company devotes substantially all its activity to advancing research and development, including efforts in connection with clinical trials. The Company’s lead drug candidate is the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) NV-387. NV-387 is a uniquely broad-spectrum antiviral drug that has demonstrated strong activity in lethal lung infection animal model studies of Coronavirus, RSV, Influenza and even an Orthopoxvirus model for Smallpox and MPox. The Company plans on developing NV-387 first as a treatment of RSV infection in pediatric patients.
At present, NV-387 is undergoing a PhaseIa/Ib human clinical trial for safety and tolerability in healthy subjects for the treatment of COVID-19, sponsored by our licensee and collaborator in India, Karveer Meditech Private Limited (KMPL). The trial involved Phase Ia single-ascending dose and Phase Ib multiple ascending dose studies in healthy subjects. Subjects were sequestered upon enrollment in a dedicated ward of the hospital clinical trial site during treatment. All subjects have been discharged and follow-up visits have been completed as of approximately the end of December 2023. The results of this clinical trial were consistent with the results of a single-injection safety/tolerability study in rats performed in support of the clinical trial application.
The clinical trial application for this clinical trial was submitted during the pandemic and a separate part of the clinical trial for the treatment of COVID patients with NV-387 was also proposed. This second part of the clinical trials was cancelled due to inability to find patients to enroll despite opening a second site. The second site was subsequently closed around April/May 2024. Meanwhile, data upload and crosschecking activities for the healthy subjects Phase Ia/Ib part have now been completed.
The Company is now working on developing the necessary datasets, documentation, and clinical trial pathway and trial designs, for a Phase II clinical trial application for the use of NV-387 for the treatment of RSV infection, as the Phase Ia/Ib study progresses into the data analysis phase.
The Company further plans on expanding the indications of NV-387 to other respiratory viral infections including Influenzas, Coronaviruses, and others.
Additionally, the Company has previously developed a clinical drug candidate, NV-HHV-1 formulated as skin cream, for the treatment of Shingles. The Company plans on taking NV-HHV-1 into human clinical trials, and further develop the HerpeCideTM program after engaging into clinical trials of NV-387 in Phase II for RSV and possibly for multiple indications, including Influenzas. In the HerpeCide program alone, the Company has drug candidates against at least five indications at different stages of development. The Company’s drug candidates against HSV-1 “cold sores” and HSV-2 “genital herpes” are in advanced pre-clinical studies and are expected to follow the shingles drug candidate into human clinical trials. In addition, the Company has drug candidates against HIV/AIDS, Dengue, Ebola/Marburg, and other viruses.
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The Company’s drugs are based on several patents, patent applications, provisional patent applications, and other proprietary intellectual property held by TheraCour Pharma, Inc. (“TheraCour”), a related party substantially owned by Dr. Anil Diwan, to which the Company has broad, exclusive licenses. The licenses are to entire fields and not to specific compounds. In all, the Company has exclusive, worldwide licenses for the treatment of the following human viral diseases: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1 and HSV-2), Influenza and Asian Bird Flu Virus, Dengue viruses, Ebola/Marburg viruses, Japanese Encephalitis virus, viruses causing viral Conjunctivitis (a disease of the eye) and Ocular Herpes (restated), Varicella Zoster Virus (“VZV”) infections (i.e. Shingles and Chickenpox), and SARS-CoV-2 infections. In all cases, the discovery of ligands and polymer materials as well as formulations, the chemistry and chemical characterization, as well as process development and related work will be performed by TheraCour, a related party substantially owned by Dr. Anil Diwan, under the same compensation terms as prior agreements between the parties, with no duplication of costs allowed. Upon commercialization, NanoViricides will pay 15% of net sales to TheraCour. Milestone payments were made or are specified in certain of the license agreements, details of which have been disclosed at the time the agreements were entered into. The Company negotiates and licenses specific verticals of therapeutic applications from TheraCour if promising drug candidates are found in early research and development against a virus target. TheraCour has not denied any such licenses when requested.
The Company has executed a new Memorandum of Understanding with TheraCour by signing as of September 23, 2024 and becoming effective as of September 20, 2024, subsequent to the reported period, whereby the Company has obtained a right of first refusal for all antiviral drug developments including unlicensed ones, and has codified the process of development of drugs for unlicensed viral indications leading later to appropriate license agreements. The Parties have also agreed in this MoU that any cash milestone payments related to development activities, that are awardable, will become payable only upon the Company having sufficient revenue, thus extending the provisions previously incorporated in the Amendment to the COVID License Agreement, to all present and future license agreements. This removes any potential cash flow stress that may occur due to such milestone payments while the Company continues its developments while not raising profits.
The Company has out-licensed NV-CoV-2 and NV-CoV-2-R for further clinical drug development and commercialization in the territory of India to KMPL, a company of which Dr. Anil Diwan is a passive investor and advisor. KMPL has sponsored NV-CoV-2 for human clinical trials and has obtained regulatory approvals in India. KMPL has retained a local clinical research organization (CRO) to conduct the clinical trials. NV-CoV-2, Phase Ia/Ib human clinical trials in India, sponsored by KMPL began on June 17, 2023. The clinical trial drug products, NV-CoV-2 Oral Syrup, and NV-CoV-2 Oral Gummies, were manufactured at the Company’s Shelton campus, and then shipped to and received by KMPL. Under the agreement with KMPL, the Company will pay for the expenses of the clinical trials, and in return will benefit from having the data and reports made available for regulatory filings in other territories of the world. Upon commercialization, the Company will receive royalties from KMPL equal to 70% of sales net of costs to unaffiliated third parties.
Note 2 – Liquidity
The Company’s financial statements have been prepared assuming that it will continue as a going concern, which contemplates continuity of operations, realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. As reflected in the financial statements, the Company has an accumulated deficit at June 30, 2024 of approximately $139.4 million and a net loss of approximately $8.3 million and net cash used in operating activities of approximately $6.3 million for the year then ended. In addition, the Company has not generated any revenues and no revenues are anticipated in the foreseeable future. Since May 2005, the Company has been engaged exclusively in research and development activities focused on developing targeted antiviral drugs. The Company is in the regulatory drug development phase. It has not yet commenced any product commercialization. Such losses are expected to continue for the foreseeable future and until such time, if ever, as the Company is able to attain sales levels sufficient to support its operations. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve or maintain profitability in the future.
As of June 30, 2024, the Company had approximately $4,798,000 in cash and cash equivalents. The Company’s liabilities at June 30, 2024 were approximately $1,359,000, including accounts payable of approximately $376,000 payable to third parties, accounts payable to TheraCour of approximately $720,000, and accrued expenses of approximately $262,000. Management believes that the Company’s cash and cash equivalents balance of approximately $4.8 million, additional capital raised of approximately $1.5 million by ATM sales of our common stock from July 1, 2024 through September 10, 2024, and the Company’s existing resources, including availability under its $3 million line of credit will not be sufficient to fund the Company’s planned operations and expenditures for at least 12 months from the date of the filing of this Form 10-K. As a result substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
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The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent upon controlling its overall expenses and identifying and securing additional financing.
The Company believes that it has several important milestones, including data from and final reports from the Phase Ia/Ib human clinical trial for the Company’s broad-spectrum, antiviral drug NV-387. This Phase Ia/Ib human clinical trial is for evaluating the safety and tolerability of two oral formulations of NV-387, namely (i) NV-CoV-2 Oral Gummies, and (ii) NV-387 Oral Syrup, as described elsewhere, with COVID as the indication. The safety and tolerability data from this clinical trial is expected to be applicable as Phase Ia/Ib data for other indications of NV-387 as well, including RSV, MPOX, Influenza and others. Additional milestones include Pre-IND and IND filing to the US FDA for RSV and clinical trial application for Phase II clinical trial of NV-387 for the treatment of RSV infection in adults with the goal towards further regulatory advancement and approval of NV-387 for the treatment of pediatric RSV infection. To this end, the Company is also evaluating the possibility of a Phase IIa clinical trial of a RSV Infection Challenge in Humans.
Management believes that as these milestones are achieved, the Company would likely experience improvement in the liquidity of the Company’s stock, and such improvement, if any, would enhance the Company’s ability to raise funds on the public markets at terms that may be favorable to the terms offered at present.
Management is actively exploring additional required funding through non-dilutive grants and contracts, partnering, debt or equity financing pursuant to its plan. There is no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining sufficient financing on terms acceptable to us to fund continuing operations.
Management believes that it has on-going access to the capital markets including the “At-The-Market” (ATM) agreement with EF Hutton, the Sales Agent, that became active around April 5, 2024.
From July 1, 2024 through September 10, 2024, subsequent to the Company’s fiscal year end, the Company sold 772,836 shares of common stock at an average price of approximately $1.98 per share. The net proceeds to the Company from the offering was approximately $1,533,000 after placement agent fees and other estimated offering expenses.
There can be no assurance that the Company’s plans will not change or that changed circumstances will not result in the depletion of its capital resources more rapidly than it currently anticipates. The Company will need to raise additional capital to fund its long-term operations and research and development plans including human clinical trials for its various drug candidates until it generates revenue that reaches a level sufficient to provide self-sustaining cash flows. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to raise the necessary capital or that it will be on acceptable terms. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of such unidentified uncertainties.
Note 3 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The Company’s financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and include all adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position for the periods presented.
Net Loss per Common Share
Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and potentially outstanding shares of common stock during the period to reflect the potential dilution that could occur from common shares issuable through warrants and convertible preferred stock.
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The following table shows the number of potentially outstanding dilutive common shares excluded from the diluted net loss per common share calculation, as their effects were anti-dilutive:
Potentially Outstanding
Dilutive Common Shares
For the Years Ended
The Company has 892,625 and 547,674 shares of Series A preferred stock outstanding as of June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Only in the event of a “change of control” of the Company, each Series A preferred share is convertible to 3.5 shares of its new common stock. A “change of control” is defined as an event in which the Company’s shareholders become 60% or less owners of a new entity as a result of a change of ownership, merger or acquisition of the Company or the Company’s intellectual property. In the absence of a change of control event, the Series A preferred stock is not convertible into common stock, and does not carry any dividend rights or any other financial effects. At June 30, 2024 and 2023 the number of potentially dilutive shares of the Company’s common stock into which these Series A preferred shares can be converted into is 3,124,188 and 1,916,859, respectively, and is not included in diluted earnings per share since the shares are contingently convertible only upon a change of control.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. The amounts of assets and liabilities reported in the Company’s balance sheet and the amounts of expenses reported for each of the periods presented are affected by estimates and assumptions, which are used for but not limited to, accounting for share-based compensation. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value for applicable assets and liabilities, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which we would transact and we consider assumptions market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions, and risk of nonperformance. This guidance also establishes a fair value hierarchy to prioritize inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:
● Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;
Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the assets to the future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets and would be charged to earnings. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques including discounted cash flow models, quoted market values and third-party independent appraisals, as considered necessary. The Company did not identify any indicators or impairment and has not recorded an impairment charge for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.
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Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost and depreciated over the estimated useful lives of the assets, using the straight-line method. The Company generally assigns useful lives of thirty years for assets classified as GMP facility, fifteen years for assets classified as furniture and fixtures, ten years for assets classified as lab equipment, and five years for assets classified as office equipment. Expenditures for major additions and betterments are capitalized. Maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred. Upon sale or retirement of property and equipment, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is reflected in the statements of operations.
Intangible Assets
NanoViricides, Inc.’s intangible assets include acquired licenses and capitalized patent costs representing legal fees associated with filing patent applications. Intangible assets with finite lives, licenses and patent costs, are amortized using the straight- line method over the estimated economic lives of the assets, which range from seventeen to twenty years. The Company’s intangible assets with finite lives are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Intangible assets determined to have indefinite useful lives, primarily patent costs, are not amortized but are tested for impairment during the fourth quarter, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate the asset may be impaired. The Company accounts for patent costs in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) ASC 350-30, General Intangibles Other than Goodwill. The Company will begin amortizing the patent costs when they are brought to the market or otherwise commercialized. In accordance with ASC 350, each year the Company may assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of each patent is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to complete quantitative impairment assessments.
Research and Development
All costs of research and development are expensed as incurred.
When preparing our financial statements, we are required to estimate our accrued clinical expenses. This process involves reviewing contracts and communicating with the personnel to identify services that have been performed on our behalf and estimating the level of service performed and the associated cost incurred for the service when we have not yet been invoiced or otherwise notified of actual cost. Payments under some of the contracts we have with third parties depend on factors, such as successful enrollment of certain numbers of patients, site initiation and the completion of clinical trial milestones, which is usually the case with clinical services contracts.
When accruing clinical expenses, we estimate the time period over which services will be performed and the level of effort to be expended in each period. If possible, we obtain information regarding unbilled services directly from our service providers. However, we may be required to estimate the cost of these services based only on information available to us. If we underestimate or overestimate the cost associated with a trial or service at a given point in time, adjustments to research and development expenses may be necessary in future periods. Historically, our estimated accrued clinical expenses have approximated actual expense incurred.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company follows the provisions of ASC 718 – “Stock Compensation”, which requires the measurement of compensation expense for all shared-based payment awards made to employees, non-employee directors, and non-employees, including employee stock options and grants of warrants to non-employees. Stock-based compensation expense is based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718 and is generally recognized as an expense over the requisite service period, net of forfeitures.
The fair value of common stock issued as employee and non-employee compensation is the average of the open and close share price on the date the common shares are issued.
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The Series A preferred shares are not traded in any market. The assumptions used to determine the fair value of the Series A preferred shares issued as employee and non-employee compensation are presented in Note 8 to the financial statements.
The fair value of each option or warrant award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing valuation model. The ranges of assumptions for inputs are as follows:
The Company’s policy is to recognize compensation cost for awards with only service conditions and a graded vesting schedule on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award.
Income Tax Provision
The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for deferred income taxes. Deferred income taxes are measured by applying enacted statutory rates to net operating loss carryforwards and to the differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets are reduced, if necessary, by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
The Company recognizes uncertainty in income taxes in the financial statements using a recognition threshold and measurement attribute of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Company applies the “more-likely-than-not” recognition threshold to all tax positions, which resulted in no unrecognized tax benefits as of June 30, 2024 and 2023. The Company has opted to classify interest and penalties that would accrue, if any, according to the provisions of relevant tax law as general and administrative expenses, in the statements of operations.
Concentrations of Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a significant concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents. The Company maintains deposits in FDIC or SIPC insured institutions in excess of federally insured limits under the FDIC. Although the Company currently believes that the financial institutions with whom it does business will be able to fulfill their commitments to the Company, there is no assurance that those institutions will be able to continue to do so. The Company has not experienced any credit losses associated with its balances in such accounts for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
The Company considers the applicability and Impact of all Accounting Standard Updates (“ASU’s”). ASU’s not discussed below were assessed and determined to be either not applicable or are expected to have minimal impact on the Company’s financial statements.
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ASU 2023-09 Income Taxes (Topic 740) Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The amendments in this Update require that public business entities on an annual basis (1) disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation and (2) provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold (if the effect of those reconciling items is equal to or greater than 5 percent of the amount computed by multiplying pretax income [or loss] by the applicable statutory income tax rate). Additionally, the ASU requires all entities to disclose the amount of income taxes paid disaggregated by federal, state, and foreign taxes, as well as individual jurisdictions where income taxes paid are equal to or greater than 5 percent of total income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 31, 2024. Early adoption is permitted and this ASU should be applied on a prospective basis. While the Company is currently evaluating the adoption impact of this ASU on its financial statements, the preliminary assessment is that the adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements and the Company’s disclosures.
ASU 2023-07 Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The requirements of this update require disclosure of significant segments expenses and increase the frequency of segment reporting to interim periods. The ASU is effective for all public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and for interim period beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted and is applicable to all periods presented in the financial statements unless retrospective application is impracticable. While the Company is currently evaluating the adoption impact of this ASU on its financial statements, the preliminary assessment is that the adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements and the Company’s disclosures.
There have been certain changes in ASU 2020-06, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) - Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity, which simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under GAAP. The ASU also removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity-linked contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, and it also simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. The Company adopted this ASU as of July 1, 2023, using the modified retrospective approach without a material impact on its financial statements.
Note 4 – Related Party Transactions
Related Parties
Related parties with whom the Company had transactions are:
Related Parties Relationship
Property and Equipment
For the Year Ended
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Accounts Payable- Related Party
As of
Research and Development Costs - Related Party
For the Year Ended
Clinical Trial Costs - Related Party