Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Some of the statements contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “would,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. The following information and any forward-looking statements should be considered in light of factors discussed elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, particularly including those risks identified in Part I-Item 1A “Risk Factors” and our other filings with the SEC.
Our actual results and timing of certain events may differ materially from the results discussed, projected, anticipated, or indicated in any forward-looking statements. We caution you that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that our actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which we operate may differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Statements made herein are as of the date of the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC and should not be relied upon as of any subsequent date. Even if our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which we operate are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, they may not be predictive of results or developments in future periods. We disclaim any obligation, except as specifically required by law and the rules of the SEC, to publicly update or revise any such statements to reflect any change in our expectations or in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements may be based, or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
We caution readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements made by us, which speak only as of the date they are made.
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Overview
We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of the investigational therapy Haduvio (oral nalbuphine ER) for the treatment of chronic cough in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, and refractory chronic cough, or RCC.
IPF Program. In September 2022, we announced positive data from the full set of patients in our Phase 2 clinical trial of Haduvio for the treatment of chronic cough in IPF, which we refer to as the Phase 2 CANAL trial. The Phase 2 CANAL trial was a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, two-treatment, two-period, crossover study that was designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability and dosing of Haduvio for chronic cough in IPF that we conducted at multiple sites in the United Kingdom. In total, 42 patients in the study received Haduvio. In the Phase 2 CANAL trial, Haduvio demonstrated statistically significant results for the primary efficacy endpoint of daytime cough frequency reduction (p<0.0001) and for key secondary endpoints on patient and clinician reported outcomes. The safety results of the trial were generally consistent with the known safety profile of Haduvio from previous trials in other patient populations.
In December 2023, we initiated our Phase 2b CORAL clinical trial, which is a dose-ranging study evaluating the efficacy, safety and tolerability of Haduvio for chronic cough in IPF. This trial is expected to be conducted at multiple sites in up to 11 countries and uses a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm design, which evaluates three doses of Haduvio over six weeks as compared to placebo. The primary efficacy endpoint for the trial is the relative change in 24-hour cough frequency at the end of week six versus baseline for Haduvio compared to placebo, as measured via an objective cough monitor. We expect the trial to enroll approximately 160 patients. The protocol for the Phase 2b CORAL clinical trial provides for a sample size re-estimation, or SSRE, analysis once approximately 50% of the patients in the trial are evaluable for the primary endpoint. The SSRE is expected to occur in the second half of 2024, and topline data from the full trial are expected to be available in the first half of 2025 assuming there are no adjustments made to the sample size.
We expect to have an active investigational new drug application for our planned Phase 1b clinical trial to evaluate the effect of Haduvio on respiratory physiology in patients with IPF of varying disease severity in the first half of 2024. We expect the objective for this clinical trial will be to further characterize the safety of Haduvio in this specific patient population. Subject to agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, and other international regulatory authorities, we intend to initiate this trial in the first half of 2024.
RCC Program. We are also developing Haduvio for the treatment of RCC. In November 2023, we initiated our Phase 2a clinical trial of Haduvio for RCC, which we refer to as the Phase 2a RIVER trial. The Phase 2a RIVER trial is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, two-treatment, two-period, crossover study that is designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability and dosing of Haduvio for the treatment of RCC. We are conducting this trial at multiple sites in the United Kingdom and Canada. The trial was designed to enroll approximately 60 adult patients. The primary endpoint of the study is a mean change in 24-hour cough frequency using an objective cough monitor in the overall population. Patients are randomized with a 1:1 stratification between those with 10-19 coughs/hour (moderate 24-hour cough frequency) and those with at least 20 coughs/hour (high 24-hour cough frequency). The study will also explore secondary endpoints, including patient reported outcome measures for cough frequency and severity. We expect to report topline efficacy and safety data in the second half of 2024.
Human Abuse Potential. We initiated a human abuse potential, or HAP, study in the fourth quarter of 2022 to compare the abuse potential of oral nalbuphine to intravenous, or IV, butorphanol. The injectable version of nalbuphine is currently unscheduled in the U.S. by the Drug Enforcement Agency. The study follows a randomized, double-blind, active and placebo-controlled five-way crossover design. The study is being conducted in two parts. The first part of the study characterized various IV butorphanol doses in order to select a dose to be studied. The second part of the study is designed to utilize the selected dose and compare oral nalbuphine relative to IV butorphanol using the study metrics. We have completed the first part of the study. The FDA requested that we submit the data from the first part of the study in support of our IV butorphanol dose selection for their review and comment prior to commencing the second part of the study. We submitted this data to the FDA and the FDA agreed with the selected dose for IV butorphanol. We initiated dosing in the second part of the study in January 2024, and, as of March 11, 2024, the study was over 50% enrolled. We expect to report topline data from the study in the second half of 2024.
Prurigo Nodularis Program. We also have a development program for the use of Haduvio for the treatment of prurigo nodularis. In June 2022, we reported positive results in our Phase 2b/3 clinical trial of Haduvio in patients with prurigo nodularis, which we refer to as the Phase 2b/3 PRISM trial. The Phase 2b/3 PRISM trial was a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, two-arm treatment study that was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Haduvio in patients with prurigo nodularis in the United States and Europe. In total we enrolled 353 patients in the study. In the Phase 2b/3 PRISM trial, Haduvio demonstrated statistically significant results on the primary and all three key secondary endpoints. The safety results of the trial were generally consistent with the known safety profile of Haduvio from previous trials in other patient populations.
In October 2023, we reported the preliminary analysis of the 52-week data from the open-label extension portion of the Phase 2b/3 PRISM trial. Following the completion of the initial 14-week portion of the trial, patients were eligible to enroll into an additional 38-week open-label extension period during which all participants received Haduvio 162mg twice a day (BID). Post hoc analyses demonstrated continued reduction in mean Worst Itch Numerical Rating Scale for those
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participants who remained on Haduvio through 52 weeks. 151 patients completed the open-label extension portion of the trial, adding to the safety database for Haduvio. The safety data were generally consistent with the safety profile of Haduvio observed in the 14-week portion of the Phase 2b/3 PRISM trial and previous trials of Haduvio. Adverse events reported with a frequency greater than five percent in the 38-week open-label period included nausea, dizziness, vomiting, fatigue, and somnolence. Study discontinuation due to treatment-related adverse events occurred in 13% of patients during the 38-week open-label period, and serious adverse events were reported for 13 patients, although only two of these events were considered potentially treatment related.
We expect that we will need to conduct an additional Phase 3 clinical trial to support the submission of a new drug application, or NDA, to the FDA, a marketing authorization application, or MAA, to the European Medicines Agency and an MAA to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in the United Kingdom for Haduvio for the treatment of prurigo nodularis, and plan to request an end of Phase 2 meeting with the FDA. Following discussions with the FDA and other regulatory authorities, we plan to determine next steps with respect to our prurigo nodularis program, including with respect to the conduct of any future Phase 3 clinical trial. We may seek to enter into a strategic collaboration for the continued development of this program.
Since commencing operations in 2011, we have devoted substantially all of our efforts and financial resources to the clinical development of Haduvio. We have not generated any revenue from product sales and, as a result, we have never been profitable and have incurred net losses in each year since commencement of our operations. As of December 31, 2023, we had an accumulated deficit of $239.1 million, primarily as a result of research and development and general and administrative expenses. We do not expect to generate product revenue unless and until we obtain marketing approval for and commercialize Haduvio for the treatment of chronic cough in IPF and RCC or for the treatment of prurigo nodularis and we can provide no assurance that we will ever generate significant revenue or profits.
In May 2019, we issued and sold 5,500,000 shares of common stock in our initial public offering, or the IPO, and 1,500,000 shares of common stock in a concurrent private placement, in each case at an offering price of $10.00 per share, for combined net proceeds of $62.1 million after deducting aggregate underwriting discounts and commissions and private placement agent fees of $4.9 million and other offering expenses of $3.0 million. Upon the closing of the IPO, our preferred stock then outstanding converted into an aggregate of 10,381,234 shares of common stock.
In June 2020, we entered into a sales agreement with SVB Securities LLC (formerly SVB Leerink LLC), or SVB Securities, which we refer to as the ATM Sales Agreement, under which we were able to issue and sell shares of common stock, from time to time, having an aggregate offering price of up to $12.0 million. In May 2022, we and SVB Securities amended the ATM Sales Agreement to increase the maximum aggregate offering price of common stock that we were able to issue and sell from time to time under the ATM Sales Agreement by $50.0 million, from $12.0 million to up to $62.0 million. Sales of common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement were able to be made by any method that was deemed an “at-the-market” offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We were not obligated to make any sales of our common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement. We began making sales pursuant to the ATM Sales Agreement in July 2020, and as of August 15, 2023, the date of termination of the ATM Sales Agreement, we had issued and sold an aggregate of 4,333,394 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $12.7 million pursuant to the ATM Sales Agreement, before deducting estimated commissions and allocated fees of $1.0 million.
In June 2023, we filed with the SEC a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3, or the Shelf Registration Statement, which allows us to offer and sell up to $200.0 million of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, units and/or warrants from time to time pursuant to one or more offerings at prices and terms to be determined at the time of sale. The Shelf Registration Statement was filed to replace our prior universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and was declared effective on August 15, 2023. Further, in June 2023, we entered into a new sales agreement with Leerink Partners, LLC (formerly SVB Securities), or Leerink Partners, which we refer to as the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement, under which we may issue and sell shares of common stock, from time to time by any method that is deemed an “at-the-market” offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We are not obligated to make any sales of our common stock under the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement. We filed a prospectus under the Shelf Registration Statement for the offer and sale of shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $75.0 million pursuant to the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement. In accordance with the terms of the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement, the ATM Sales Agreement terminated upon effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, at which point we were no longer able to issue and sell shares of our common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement. As of December 31, 2023, we had not made any sales pursuant to the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement.
On October 5, 2021 and October 18, 2021, we issued and sold in two private placements, or the October 2021 Private Placements, in the aggregate (i) 4,225,053 shares of our common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase an aggregate of 8,450,106 shares of our common stock, and (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,926,069 shares of our common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase an aggregate of 9,852,138 shares of our common stock. Each share of our common stock and accompanying common stock warrants were sold together at a combined price of $1.62, and each pre-funded warrant and accompanying common stock warrants were sold together at a combined price of $1.619, for gross proceeds of approximately $14.8 million. Each pre-funded warrant had an exercise price of $0.001 per share, became exercisable immediately upon issuance and continued to be exercisable until exercised in full. Of the accompanying common stock warrants, we issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 9,151,122 shares that
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are to expire in April 2025 and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 9,151,122 shares that are to expire in October 2028. The accompanying common stock warrants have an exercise price of $1.37 per share and became exercisable immediately upon issuance. As of March 20, 2024, warrants to purchase 1,851,852 shares of common stock that are to expire in April 2025 and warrants to purchase 7,851,852 shares of common stock that are to expire in October 2028 remained outstanding.
On April 11, 2022, we issued and sold in a private placement, or the April 2022 Private Placement, (i) an aggregate of 4,580,526 shares of our common stock, and (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 24,379,673 shares of our common stock. Each share of our common stock was sold at a price of $1.90, and each pre-funded warrant was sold at a price of $1.899 per warrant share, for gross proceeds of approximately $55.0 million. Each pre-funded warrant has an exercise price of $0.001 per share, is exercisable immediately and will be exercisable until the pre-funded warrant is exercised in full. As of March 20, 2024, pre-funded warrants to purchase 17,282,760 shares of common stock that we issued and sold in the April 2022 Private Placement remained outstanding.
On September 27, 2022, we issued and sold 14,252,670 shares of our common stock and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase 14,247,330 shares of common stock in a public offering, or the September 2022 Offering, at a public offering price of $1.93 per share of common stock and $1.929 per pre-funded warrant pursuant to an underwriting agreement, or the Underwriting Agreement, with SVB Securities, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters, or the Underwriters. Each pre-funded warrant has an exercise price of $0.001 per share, is exercisable immediately and will be exercisable until the pre-funded warrant is exercised in full. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, we agreed not to issue and sell additional shares until after November 21, 2022 except in certain circumstances, including the issuance and sale of additional shares pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, we granted the Underwriters an option, or the Option, exercisable for 30 days, to purchase up to an additional 4,275,000 shares of common stock, or the Additional Shares, at the public offering price of $1.93 per share. The Underwriters partially exercised the Option to purchase 1,600,428 Additional Shares, which shares were issued and sold on October 25, 2022. The September 2022 Offering, including the initial closing on September 27, 2022 and the Option closing on October 25, 2022, resulted in aggregate gross proceeds to us of approximately $58.1 million. As of March 20, 2024, pre-funded warrants to purchase 13,270,983 shares of common stock that we issued and sold in the September 2022 Offering remained outstanding.
On May 9, 2023, we paid the remaining amount due under the loan and security agreement, or the SVB Loan Agreement, that we originally entered into with Silicon Valley Bank, or SVB, in August 2020, resulting in the full extinguishment of the term loan thereunder, or the SVB Term Loan. The total payoff amount was $6.5 million, consisting of the remaining principal amount due of $5.2 million, the final payment fee of $1.2 million, and $0.1 million of accrued interest and prepayment premium. In August 2020, we entered into the SVB Loan Agreement with SVB, pursuant to which SVB provided the SVB Term Loan to us in the original principal amount of $14.0 million. On the first business day of each month commencing on March 1, 2022, we were required to repay the SVB Term Loan in 24 consecutive installments of principal plus monthly payments of accrued interest. All outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest under the SVB Term Loan and all other outstanding obligations with respect to the SVB Term Loan were due and payable in full on February 1, 2024. The SVB Loan Agreement permitted voluntary prepayment of all, but not less than all, of the SVB Term Loan, subject to a prepayment premium. For further discussion of the SVB Term Loan, see “—Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
As of December 31, 2023, we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $83.0 million.We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least 12 months from the date of issuance of the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We expect to incur substantial expenditures in the foreseeable future as we advance Haduvio through clinical development, the regulatory approval process and, if approved, commercial launch activities. Specifically, in the near term, we expect to incur substantial expenses relating to the trials we are conducting and plan to conduct for Haduvio including our Phase 2b CORAL clinical trial for the treatment of chronic cough in IPF, our Phase 2a RIVER clinical trial of Haduvio for the treatment of RCC, our planned Phase 1b respiratory physiology clinical trial for the treatment of chronic cough in IPF and the second part of our HAP study to compare the abuse potential of oral nalbuphine to IV butorphanol.
We will need substantial additional funding to support our continuing operations and pursue our growth strategy. Until such time as we can generate significant revenue from sales of Haduvio, if ever, we expect to finance our operations through the sale of equity, debt financings or other capital sources, including potential collaborations with other companies or other strategic transactions. Adequate funding may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all. If we fail to raise capital or enter into such agreements as and when needed, we may have to significantly delay, scale back or discontinue the development and commercialization of Haduvio for one or more indications or delay our efforts to expand our product pipeline.
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Components of Operating Results
Operating Expenses
Research and Development Expenses
For the periods presented, all of our research and development expenses consist of expenses incurred in connection with the development of Haduvio. These expenses include personnel-related costs, including stock-based compensation, consulting costs, contract manufacturing costs and fees paid to contract research organizations, or CROs, to conduct certain research and development activities on our behalf. We do not allocate all of our costs by each indication for which we are developing Haduvio, as a significant amount of our development activities broadly support all indications. In addition, several of our departments support our Haduvio drug candidate development program and we do not identify internal costs for each potential indication.
We expect our research and development expenses to increase over the next few years as we pursue our development program, pursue regulatory approval of Haduvio in the U.S., Europe and other jurisdictions outside the U.S. and prepare for a possible commercial launch of Haduvio. Predicting the timing or the cost to conduct our Haduvio development program and prepare for a possible commercial launch of Haduvio is difficult and delays may occur because of many factors including factors outside of our control. For example, if the FDA or other regulatory authorities were to require us to conduct clinical trials beyond those that we currently anticipate or if we experience significant delays in enrollment in any of our clinical trials, we could be required to expend significant additional financial resources and time on our development program. Furthermore, we are unable to predict when or if Haduvio will receive regulatory approval in the U.S. or elsewhere with any certainty.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses consist principally of personnel-related costs, including stock-based compensation for personnel in executive, finance, commercial and other administrative functions; professional fees for legal, consulting and accounting services; as well as rent and other general operating expenses not otherwise classified as research and development expenses.
We anticipate that our general and administrative expenses will increase as a result of increased personnel costs, including stock-based compensation and expanded infrastructure.
Other Income (Expense), Net
Interest Income, Net
Interest income, net consists of interest earned primarily on our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as well as accretion of discounts/amortization of premiums on purchases of marketable securities.
Other Income, Net
Other income, net consists of income related to an employee retention tax credit under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, foreign currency transaction gains and losses as well as an immaterial effect from early extinguishment of debt in connection with us paying the remaining amounts due under the SVB Loan Agreement.
Interest Expense
In August 2020, we entered into the SVB Loan Agreement pursuant to which we borrowed $14.0 million under the SVB Term Loan. In connection with the SVB Term Loan, we recognized interest expense which included amortization of deferred financing charges, accretion of loan discount-financing costs, accrual of the final payment fee, amortization of the term loan discount-interest and the stated interest on the SVB Term Loan. Prior to the Third Amendment to the SVB Loan Agreement that we entered into with SVB in April 2022, or the Third Amendment, the SVB Term Loan bore interest at a floating rate per annum equal to the greater of (A) the prime rate plus 1.00% and (B) 4.25%. If SVB received evidence satisfactory to it that we had (i) received positive data for the Phase 2b/3 PRISM trial sufficient to advance Haduvio into a second Phase 3 clinical trial for prurigo nodularis and (ii) raised sufficient financing to fund such Phase 3 clinical trial and our operations, which we refer to together as the Phase 3 Event, the interest rate under the SVB Term Loan would have been adjusted to a floating rate equal to the greater of (A) the prime rate plus 3.00% and (B) 6.25%.
Under the Third Amendment, SVB agreed that amounts outstanding under the SVB Loan Agreement would accrue interest at a floating per annum rate equal to (i) the greater of (A) the prime rate plus 1.00% and (B) 4.25%, prior to raising $45.0 million in net proceeds from the sale of equity securities, which we refer to as the 2022 Equity Event, and (ii) upon and after the occurrence of the 2022 Equity Event, the greater of (A) the prime rate plus 3.00% and (B) 6.25%. The closing of the April 2022 Private Placement constituted the 2022 Equity Event.
The SVB Term Loan required interest-only payments until March 2022. Commencing on March 1, 2022, we were required to repay the SVB Term Loan in 24 consecutive installments of principal plus monthly payments of accrued interest. All outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest under the SVB Term Loan and all other outstanding
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obligations with respect to the SVB Term Loan were due and payable in full on February 1, 2024. On May 9, 2023, we paid the remaining amount due under the SVB Loan Agreement, resulting in the full extinguishment of the SVB Term Loan. The total payoff amount was $6.5 million, consisting of the remaining principal amount due of $5.2 million, the final payment fee of $1.2 million, and $0.1 million of accrued interest and prepayment premium.
Change in Fair Value of Term Loan Derivative Liability
Before it was amended by the Third Amendment, the SVB Loan Agreement provided that upon the occurrence of the Phase 3 Event, as described below, the interest rate on the SVB Term Loan would increase by 2.00%. This contingent interest rate increase represented a free-standing financial instrument. Accordingly, we accounted for the contingent interest rate increase as a derivative under Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, 815, Derivatives and Hedging and therefore, we recorded a term loan derivative liability for the contingent interest rate increase at its fair value. We adjusted this liability to fair value at each reporting date it remained outstanding. We recognized changes in the fair value of this term loan derivative in our statements of comprehensive loss as a component of other income (expense), net.
Results of Operations
Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
The following table summarizes our results of operations for the periods indicated (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
Operating expenses:
Other income (expense):
Change in fair value of term loan derivative liability — (147 ) 147
Income tax benefit 32 36 (4 )
Operating Expenses
Research and Development Expenses
The following table summarizes our research and development expenses for the periods indicated (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
Consultant services in support of clinical development 3,829 2,595 1,234
Stock-based compensation expenses 871 815 56
Other research and development expenses 488 448 40
Research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2023 increased $3.8 million, or 19.4%, to $23.7 million from $19.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to increased clinical trial costs in our Phase 2b CORAL trial and our Phase 2a RIVER trial, both of which started in 2023. Consultant services and personnel-related expenses in support of these studies also increased. These increases were partially offset by decreased clinical trial costs in our completed Phase 2b/3 PRISM and Phase 2 CANAL trials as well as decreased purchases of active drug substance. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, all of our research and development expenses related to our development activity for Haduvio.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2023 increased $0.1 million, or 1.7%, to $10.2 million from $10.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2022.
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Other Income, Net
Other income, net for the year ended December 31, 2023 increased by $4.1 million, or 571.2% to $4.8 million from $0.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to an increase in interest income of $3.0 million due to higher cash equivalent and marketable securities balances and higher interest rate yields. Contributing to the increase was a reduction in interest expense of $0.8 million due to the early payoff of the SVB Term Loan in May 2023.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Since our inception, we have not generated any revenue and have incurred significant operating losses and negative cash flows from our operations. Prior to the completion of our IPO, and concurrent private placement in May 2019, we financed our operations primarily through private placements of our preferred stock and convertible notes as well as borrowings under our prior term loan. From inception to our IPO, we raised an aggregate of $102.2 million in gross proceeds from sales of our preferred stock and convertible notes and borrowed $15.0 million under a prior term loan.
In May 2019, we issued and sold 5,500,000 shares of common stock in our IPO and 1,500,000 shares of common stock in a concurrent private placement, in each case at an offering price of $10.00 per share, for combined net proceeds of $62.1 million after deducting aggregate underwriting discounts and commissions and private placement agent fees of $4.9 million and other offering expenses of $3.0 million.
In June 2020, we entered into the ATM Sales Agreement, under which we were able to issue and sell shares of common stock, from time to time, having an aggregate offering price of up to $12.0 million. In May 2022, we and SVB Securities amended the ATM Sales Agreement to increase the maximum aggregate offering price of common stock that we were able to issue and sell from time to time under the ATM Sales Agreement by $50.0 million, from $12.0 million to up to $62.0 million. Sales of common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement were able to be made by any method that was deemed an “at-the-market” offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We were not obligated to make any sales of our common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement. We began making sales pursuant to the ATM Sales Agreement in July 2020 and through August 15, 2023, the date of termination of the ATM Sales Agreement, we had issued and sold an aggregate of 4,333,394 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $12.7 million, before deducting estimated commissions and allocated fees of $1.0 million.
In June 2023, we filed with the SEC the Shelf Registration Statement, which allows us to offer and sell up to $200.0 million of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, units and/or warrants from time to time pursuant to one or more offerings at prices and terms to be determined at the time of sale. The Shelf Registration Statement was filed to replace our prior universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and was declared effective on August 15, 2023. Further, in June 2023, we entered into the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement with Leerink Partners, under which we may issue and sell shares of common stock, from time to time by any method that is deemed an “at-the-market” offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We are not obligated to make any sales of our common stock under the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement. We filed a prospectus under the Shelf Registration Statement for the offer and sale of shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $75.0 million pursuant to the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement. In accordance with the terms of the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement, the ATM Sales Agreement terminated upon effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, at which point we were no longer able to issue and sell shares of our common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement. As of December 31, 2023, we had not made any sales pursuant to the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement.
On June 18, 2021, we entered into the LPC Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park for an equity line financing. The LPC Purchase Agreement provided that, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, we had the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park and Lincoln Park was obligated to purchase up to $15.0 million of shares of common stock, at our sole discretion, over a 24-month period commencing on July 23, 2021. We filed a registration statement on Form S-1 covering the resale of shares of common stock that are issued to Lincoln Park under the LPC Purchase Agreement, which was declared effective on July 14, 2021. We issued 170,088 shares of our common stock to Lincoln Park as consideration for its commitment to purchase shares of our common stock under the LPC Purchase Agreement. As of July 23, 2023, no shares had been sold to Lincoln Park and the LPC Purchase Agreement terminated by its terms.
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Cash Flows
The following table summarizes our cash flows for each of the periods presented below (in thousands):
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
Net cash used in operating activities $ (31,710 ) $ (28,175 ) $ (3,535 )
Operating Activities
During the year ended December 31, 2023, operating activities used $31.7 million of net cash, resulting from our net loss of $29.1 million and changes in our operating assets and liabilities of $3.8 million, partially offset by net non-cash charges of $1.2 million. Changes in our operating assets and liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2023 consisted primarily of a $2.9 million increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets and a $1.0 million decrease in accounts payable. The increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets was primarily due to an increase in prepayments related to our clinical trial work performed by our CROs. The decrease in accounts payable was primarily due to the timing of vendor invoices. The non-cash charges consisted primarily of stock-based compensation expense of $2.2 million, $0.4 million for the write off of deferred offering costs, $0.4 million change in value of our operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities and $0.2 million of accretion/accrual of term loan discounts and debt issuance costs, which were partially offset by $2.1 million of accretion of our available-for-sale marketable securities.
During the year ended December 31, 2022, operating activities used $28.2 million of net cash, resulting from our net loss of $29.2 million, changes in our operating assets and liabilities of $1.2 million partially offset by non-cash charges of $2.2 million. Changes in our operating assets and liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2022 consisted of a $0.6 million increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets and a $0.6 million decrease in accrued expenses and other liabilities. The increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets was primarily due to an increase in interest income receivable related to our marketable securities. The decrease in accrued expenses and other liabilities was primarily due to decreased accruals for research, development and clinical trial work performed by our CROs. The non-cash charges for the year ended December 31, 2022 consisted primarily of stock-based compensation expense of $2.3 million and $0.5 million of accretion/accrual of term loan discounts and debt issuance costs offset by $0.8 million of accretion of our available-for-sale marketable securities.
Investing Activities
During the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash provided by investing activities was $59.4 million, consisting of $69.5 million of proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale marketable securities partially offset by $9.9 million of purchases of available-for-sale marketable securities and $0.1 million of purchases of property, equipment and leasehold improvements.
During the year ended December 31, 2022, net cash used in investing activities was $107.4 million, primarily related to purchases of and proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale marketable securities.
Financing Activities
During the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash used in financing activities was $7.9 million, consisting of repayments of $9.4 million on the SVB Term Loan including payment of the final payment fee and prepayment premium, both associated with the payoff of the SVB Term Loan, payments of offering costs of $0.3 million and payments of $0.1 million on our finance lease. These cash outflows were partially offset by gross cash proceeds of $1.7 million, net of commissions from sales of our common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement, $0.1 million of cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options and $0.1 million of cash proceeds from sales under our 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
During the year ended December 31, 2022, net cash provided by financing activities was $111.3 million, primarily consisting of net cash proceeds from our April 2022 Private Placement and our September 2022 Offering of $105.4 million, cash proceeds of $11.8 million from the exercise of warrants and cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $0.1 million, partially offset by repayments of $5.8 million on the SVB Term Loan and payments of offering costs of $0.2 million.
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Funding Requirements
We expect to incur substantial expenditures in the foreseeable future as we advance Haduvio through clinical development, the regulatory approval process and, if approved, commercial launch activities. Specifically, in the near term, we expect to incur substantial expenses relating to:
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our Phase 2b CORAL clinical trial of Haduvio for the treatment of chronic cough in IPF;
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our planned Phase 1b clinical trial to evaluate the effect of Haduvio on respiratory physiology in patients with IPF of varying disease severity;
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our Phase 2a RIVER clinical trial of Haduvio for the treatment of RCC; and
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the second part of our ongoing HAP study to further characterize the abuse potential of oral nalbuphine.
We expect to continue to incur costs associated with operating as a public company, including significant legal, accounting, investor relations and other expenses.
We will need substantial additional funding to support our continuing operations. Until such time as we can generate significant revenue from sales of Haduvio, if ever, we expect to finance our operations through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations and licensing arrangements or other sources to achieve our business objectives. Adequate additional financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all. Our future funding requirements, both short-term and long-term, will depend on many factors, including:
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the scope, progress, timing, costs and results of clinical trials of Haduvio, including our Phase 2b CORAL clinical trial of Haduvio for the treatment of chronic cough in IPF, our planned Phase 1b trial to evaluate the effect of Haduvio on respiratory physiology in patients with IPF of varying disease severity, our Phase 2a RIVER clinical trial in RCC, and the second part of our HAP study, as well as trials for any future product candidates;
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the number and characteristics of indications for which we seek to develop Haduvio or any future product candidates and their respective development requirements;
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the outcome, timing and costs of clinical and nonclinical trials and of seeking regulatory approvals, including the costs of supportive clinical studies such as our HAP study and a potential TQT study;
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the costs associated with the manufacture of necessary quantities of Haduvio or any future product candidate for clinical development in connection with regulatory submissions;
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the costs of commercialization activities for Haduvio for the treatment of chronic cough in IPF or RCC or for the treatment of prurigo nodularis or for any future product candidates that receive marketing approval, if any, including the costs and timing of establishing product sales, marketing, distribution and manufacturing capabilities;
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subject to receipt of marketing approvals, revenue, if any, received from commercial sales of Haduvio for the treatment of chronic cough in IPF or RCC or for the treatment of prurigo nodularis or from any future product candidates;
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our ability to identify potential collaborators for Haduvio for the treatment of prurigo nodularis or for the treatment of chronic cough in IPF or RCC or for any future product candidates and the terms and timing of any collaboration agreement that we may establish for the development and any commercialization of such product candidates;
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the extent to which we acquire or in-license rights to other potential product candidates or technologies and the terms and timing of any such acquisition or licensing arrangements;
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our potential obligation to make milestone payments to Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., or Endo, which would become due upon the successful completion of the first Phase 3 clinical trial of a licensed product candidate and the marketing approval of a licensed product in the United States, as well as our potential obligations to pay Endo royalties on the net sales of the product;
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our headcount growth and associated costs as we expand our research and development activities and establish a commercial infrastructure;
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the costs of preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications, maintaining, expanding and protecting our intellectual property rights and defending against intellectual property-related claims;
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the effect of competing technologies and market developments;
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our ability to establish and maintain healthcare coverage and adequate reimbursement for our products; and
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the costs of operating as a public company.
We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into 2026. Our current plans do not take into account the cost of any additional clinical trials for the treatment of prurigo nodularis.
We have based our estimates as to how long we expect we will be able to fund our operations on assumptions that may prove to be wrong and we could use our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect, in which case we would be required to obtain additional financing and financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, on a timely basis or at all. Our failure to raise capital as and when needed would have a negative impact on our financial condition and our ability to pursue our business strategy.
We do not have any committed external source of funds.Accordingly, we will be required to obtain further funding through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, licensing arrangements or other sources to complete the clinical development and commercialization of Haduvio for the treatment of chronic cough in IPF or RCC or for the treatment of prurigo nodularis or any other indication. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience dilution. Any debt financing into which we enter would result in fixed payment obligations and may involve agreements that include grants of security interests on our assets and restrictive covenants that limit our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures, granting liens over our assets, redeeming stock or declaring dividends, that could adversely impact our ability to conduct our business. In addition, securing financing could require a substantial amount of time and attention from our management and may divert a disproportionate amount of their attention away from day-to-day activities, which may adversely affect our management’s ability to oversee the development of our product candidates. Any debt financing that we seek or additional equity that we raise may contain terms that could adversely affect our common stockholders.
If we are unable to raise sufficient capital as and when needed, we may be required to delay, reduce or abandon our product development programs or commercialization efforts. If we raise additional funds through collaborations or marketing, distribution or licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to future revenue streams or product candidates or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
A significant portion of our development activities are outsourced to third parties under agreements, including with CROs and contract manufacturers in connection with the production of clinical trial materials. The contracts are cancelable at any time by us, generally upon 60 days' prior written notice to the CRO, and therefore we believe that our non-cancelable obligations under these agreements are not material.
For information related to our future commitments relating to our lease and licensing agreements, see Note 5, “Leases” and Note 12, “Collaborative and Licensing Agreements” of our Consolidated Financial Statements.
Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates
Our Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these Consolidated Financial Statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the Consolidated Financial Statements, as well as the reported expenses incurred during the reporting periods. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
We believe that the estimates and assumptions involved in the accounting policy described below may have the greatest potential impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements and, therefore, consider this to be our critical accounting policy.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Nonrefundable advance payments for goods or services that will be used or rendered for future research and development activities are deferred and capitalized and recognized as an expense as the goods are delivered or the related services are performed.
We have entered into agreements with CROs, contract manufacturing organizations and other companies that provide services in connection with our research and development activities. Our research and development accruals are estimated based on the level of services performed, progress of the studies, including the phase or completion of events, and
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contracted costs. The estimated costs of research and development provided, but not yet invoiced, are included in accrued expenses on our consolidated balance sheet. If the actual timing of the performance of services or the level of effort varies from the original estimates, we will adjust the accrual accordingly. Payments made to CROs, contract manufacturing organizations and other companies under these arrangements in advance of the performance of the related services are recorded as prepaid expenses.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
The financial statements required to be filed pursuant to this Item 8 are appended to this report. An index of those financial statements is found in Item 15 of Part IV of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, as of December 31, 2023. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information we are required to disclose in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures, and is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2023, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the 2013 framework in Internal Control–Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation under that framework, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2023.
This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting due to an exemption established by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 for emerging growth companies.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the three months ended December 31, 2023 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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Item 9B. Other Information.
None.
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.
Not Applicable.
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
The information required by this Item 10 will be included in our Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC with respect to our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The information required by this Item 11 will be included in our Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC with respect to our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
The information required by this Item 12 will be included in our Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC with respect to our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
The information required by this Item 13 will be included in our Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC with respect to our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
The information required by this Item 14 will be included in our Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC with respect to our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
(1) Financial Statements
The following Consolidated Financial Statements are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 00042) F-2
Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets F-3
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss F-4
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7
(2) Financial Statement Schedules:
All financial statement schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable, not required or the information required is shown in the financial statements or the notes thereto.
(3) Exhibits.
The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
ExhibitNumber Description
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4.2* Description of Registrant’s Securities
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97* Dodd-Frank Compensation Recovery Policy
101.INS* XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
* Filed herewith.
+ Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
† Confidential treatment has been granted as to certain portions, which portions have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
TREVI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Date: March 20, 2024 By: /s/ Jennifer Good
Jennifer Good
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name Title Date
/s/ Jennifer Good President and Chief Executive Officer, Director March 20, 2024
Jennifer Good (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Lisa Delfini Chief Financial Officer March 20, 2024
Lisa Delfini (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Christopher Galletta Controller March 20, 2024
Christopher Galletta (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ David Meeker, M.D. Chairman of the Board March 20, 2024
David Meeker, M.D.
/s/ James V. Cassella, Ph.D. Director March 20, 2024
James V. Cassella, Ph.D. /s/ Dominick Colangelo Director March 20, 2024
Dominick Colangelo
/s/ Michael Heffernan Director March 20, 2024
Michael Heffernan
/s/ Edward Mathers Director March 20, 2024
Edward Mathers
/s/ Anne VanLent Director March 20, 2024
Anne VanLent
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Trevi Therapeutics, Inc.
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
Contents
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets F-3
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss F-4
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7
F-1
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Trevi Therapeutics, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes(collectively referred to as the “Consolidated Financial Statements”). In our opinion, the Consolidated Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
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.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2013.
Hartford, Connecticut
March 20, 2024
F-2
Trevi Therapeutics, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Assets
Current assets:
Operating lease right-of-use assets 1,137 24
Other non-current assets 297 205
Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net 216 170
Finance lease right-of-use assets 206 —
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Operating lease liabilities 184 25
Finance lease liabilities 122 —
Operating lease liabilities 1,001 2
Finance lease liabilities 31 —
Other non-current liabilities — 3
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)
Stockholders’ equity:
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (29 ) (122 )
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 89,403 $ 123,015
See accompanying notes.
F-3
Trevi Therapeutics, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Year Ended December 31,
Operating expenses:
Other income (expense):
Change in fair value of term loan derivative liability — (147 )
Income tax benefit 32 36
Basic and diluted net loss per common share outstanding $ (0.29 ) $ (0.45 )
Other comprehensive loss:
See accompanying notes.
F-4
Trevi Therapeutics, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
(Amounts in thousands, except share amounts)
Shares Amount in Capital Loss Deficit Equity
Stock-based compensation — — 2,327 — — 2,327
Issuance of common stock from exercise of stock options 51,005 — 139 — — 139
Issuance of common stock from Employee Stock Purchase Plan 54,457 — 56 — — 56
Stock-based compensation — — 2,247 — — 2,247
Issuance of common stock from exercise of stock options 146,081 — 74 — — 74
Issuance of common stock from Employee Stock Purchase Plan 50,091 — 68 — — 68
Issuance of common stock from pre-funded warrant exercise 7,394,097 7 (7 ) — — —
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale marketable securities — — — 93 — 93
See accompanying notes.
F-5
Trevi Therapeutics, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Amounts in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
Operating activities:
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Write off of deferred offering costs 390 —
Operating lease right-of-use assets 377 —
Accretion/accrual of term loan discounts and debt issuance costs 180 520
Depreciation and amortization 123 43
Loss on disposal of property, equipment and leasehold improvements 10 —
Accretion of available-for-sale marketable securities, net (2,125 ) (829 )
Change in fair value of term loan derivative liability — 147
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (2,850 ) (601 )
Accounts payable (1,049 ) 9
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 52 (639 )
Net cash used in operating activities (31,710 ) (28,175 )
Investing activities:
Purchases of available-for-sale marketable securities (9,932 ) (126,215 )
Purchases of property, equipment and leasehold improvements (137 ) (159 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 59,428 (107,373 )
Financing activities:
Proceeds from at-the-market sales, net of commissions 1,710 —
Proceeds from exercises of stock options 74 139
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan 68 56
Payments of offering costs (258 ) (226 )
Payments of finance lease (95 ) —
Proceeds from exercises of warrants — 11,782
Payments of financing costs of term loan — (21 )
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (7,910 ) 111,307
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 19,808 (24,241 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 12,589 36,830
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 32,397 $ 12,589
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Interest paid $ (331 ) $ (594 )
State research tax credits exchanged for cash $ 55 $ —
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:
Offering costs included in accrued expenses $ — $ 15
See accompanying notes.
F-6
Trevi Therapeutics, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
1.
Nature of the Business
Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. (“Trevi” or the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of the investigational therapy Haduvio (oral nalbuphine ER) for the treatment of chronic cough in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (“IPF”) and refractory chronic cough. These conditions share a common pathophysiology that is mediated through opioid receptors in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Due to nalbuphine’s mechanism of action as a modulator of opioid receptors, the Company believes Haduvio has the potential to be effective in treating each of these conditions.
Haduvio is an oral extended-release formulation of nalbuphine. Nalbuphine is a mixed κ-opioid receptor agonist and μ-opioid receptor antagonist that has been approved and marketed as an injectable for pain indications for more than 20 years in the United States (“U.S.”) and Europe. The κ- and μ-opioid receptors are known to be critical mediators of cough and itch. Nalbuphine’s mechanism of action also mitigates the risk of abuse associated with μ-opioid agonists because it antagonizes or blocks, the μ-opioid receptor. Parenteral nalbuphine is not scheduled as a controlled substance in the U.S. and most of Europe.
The Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared on the basis of continuity of operations, realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business. The Company has financed its operations to date primarily through private placements of its redeemable convertible preferred stock and convertible notes prior to its initial public offering (“IPO”), borrowings under its prior term loan facility, proceeds from its IPO and concurrent private placement completed in May 2019, sales of its common stock pursuant to the at-the-market Sales Agreement (the “ATM Sales Agreement”) (Note 9) with SVB Securities LLC (formerly SVB Leerink LLC) (“SVB Securities”) that the Company entered into in June 2020, the term loan facility with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) that the Company entered into in August 2020 (Note 8), proceeds from the private placements completed in October 2021 and April 2022 (Note 9), proceeds from the exercise of common stock warrants that were issued in the October 2021 private placements and proceeds from the public offering completed in October 2022 (Note 9). The Company has incurred recurring losses since inception, including net losses of $29.1 million and $29.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $83.0 million compared to $120.5 million of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of December 31, 2022. The Company had incurred losses and negative cash flows from operations and had an accumulated deficit of $239.1 million as of December 31, 2023. The Company expects to continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future. As of March 20, 2024, the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company believes that its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of December 31, 2023, will be sufficient to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for 12 months from the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
2.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Trevi Therapeutics Limited. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
All amounts presented are in thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts, unless noted otherwise. The Company has evaluated events occurring subsequent to December 31, 2023 for potential recognition or disclosure in the Consolidated Financial Statements and concluded there were no subsequent events that required recognition or disclosure.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of the expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these Consolidated Financial Statements include but are not limited to the recognition of research and development (“R&D”) expenses, the valuation of stock-based awards and the valuation allowance of deferred tax assets. In addition, management’s assessment of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern involves the estimation of the amount and timing of future cash inflows and outflows. Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
F-7
Cash Equivalents
The Company classifies short-term, highly liquid investments with an original term of three months or less at the date of purchase as cash equivalents.
Marketable Securities
The Company generally invests its excess cash in money market funds and investment grade short- to intermediate-term fixed income securities. Such investments are included in cash and cash equivalents or marketable securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Marketable securities with an original maturity date greater than 90 days at each balance sheet date are classified as short-term. Marketable securities are classified as current assets as these investments are intended to be available to the Company for use in funding current operations. All of the Company’s marketable securities are considered available-for-sale and are reported at fair value. For securities with unrealized gains and losses, when the Company expects to receive cash flows sufficient to recover the amortized cost basis of a security, such gains and losses are included in accumulated other comprehensive income as a component of stockholders’ equity. Credit losses are identified when the Company does not expect to receive cash flows sufficient to recover the amortized cost basis of a security. In the event of a credit loss, only the amount associated with the credit loss is recognized in interest income, net on the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. The amortized cost of debt securities is adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts to maturity, which is included in interest income, net on the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. Realized gains and losses, if any, on marketable securities are included in interest income, net on the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. The cost of securities sold is determined using specific identification.
The Company evaluates whether declines in the fair values of its marketable securities below their amortized cost are credit losses on a quarterly basis. This evaluation consists of several qualitative and quantitative factors regarding the severity and duration of the unrealized loss, as well as the Company’s ability and intent to hold the marketable security until a forecasted recovery occurs. Additionally, the Company assesses whether it has plans to sell the marketable security or whether it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell any marketable securities before recovery of its amortized cost basis. Factors considered include quoted market prices, recent financial results and operating trends, implied values from any recent transactions or offers of investee securities, credit quality of debt instrument issuers, other publicly available information that may affect the value of the marketable security, duration and severity of the decline in value, and the Company’s strategy and intentions for holding the marketable security.
Fair Value Measurements
The Company’s financial instruments have consisted of cash and cash equivalents, available-for-sale marketable securities, other current assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses, term loans and warrants to acquire the Company’s common stock.Fair value estimates of these instruments are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information. The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, other current assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses are generally considered to be representative of their respective fair values because of the short-term nature of those instruments. Available-for-sale marketable securities are reported at their fair values, based upon pricing of securities with the same or similar investment characteristics as provided by third-party pricing services, as described below. The carrying amount of the term loan approximated its fair value due to its floating market-based interest rate. The fair value of the term loan derivative liability was estimated utilizing a probability-weighted cash flow approach. The warrants to acquire the Company’s common stock are not required to be accounted for at fair value.
Current accounting guidance defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, and requires certain disclosures about fair value measurements. The valuation techniques included in the guidance are based on observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs reflect readily obtainable data from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect market assumptions and are classified into the following fair value hierarchy:
Level 1—Observable inputs—quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.
Level 2—Observable inputs other than the quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities—such as quoted prices for similar instruments, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in inactive markets, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3—Unobservable inputs—includes amounts derived from valuation models where one or more significant inputs are unobservable and require the company to develop relevant assumptions.
Valuation Techniques - Level 2 Inputs
The Company estimates the fair values of its financial instruments categorized as level 2 in the fair value hierarchy, including U.S. government agency obligations, corporate bonds, commercial paper, asset-backed securities and municipal bonds, by taking into consideration valuations obtained from third-party pricing services. The pricing services use industry standard valuation models, including both income- and market-based approaches, for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly, to estimate fair value. These inputs include reported trades of and broker/dealer quotes on the same or similar securities, benchmark yields, issuer credit spreads, benchmark securities, and other
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observable inputs. The Company obtains a single price for each financial instrument and does not adjust the prices obtained from the pricing service.
Property, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements
Property, equipment and leasehold improvements (consisting of furniture, computer and office equipment and leasehold improvements) are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets (three years for computer equipment, five years for furniture and office equipment, and the shorter of the term of the lease or useful life for leasehold improvements).
Foreign Currency Transactions
The Company, at times, contracts with vendors and consultants outside of the U.S., resulting in liabilities denominated in foreign currency. The transactions are recorded in U.S. dollars on the transaction dates and any currency fluctuation through the payment date is recorded as currency gains or losses in other income, net in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss.
Deferred Offering Costs
The Company capitalizes certain legal, professional, accounting and other third-party fees that are directly associated with in-process equity financings as deferred offering costs until such financings are consummated. After consummation of an equity financing, these costs are recorded in stockholders’ equity as a reduction of additional paid-in capital generated as a result of the financings. Should the planned equity financing no longer be considered probable of being consummated, the deferred offering costs are expensed immediately as a charge to general and administrative expenses. The deferred offering costs are included in Other current and non-current assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Research and Development (“R&D”) Expenses
All of the Company’s R&D expenses consist of expenses incurred in connection with the development of Haduvio. These expenses include certain payroll and personnel expenses, including stock-based compensation, consulting costs, contract manufacturing costs and fees paid to contract research organizations (“CROs”) to conduct certain R&D activities on the Company’s behalf. The Company expenses both internal and external R&D expenses as they are incurred.
Accrued R&D Expenses
The Company has entered into agreements with CROs, contract manufacturing organizations (“CMOs”) and other companies that provide services in connection with the Company’s R&D activities. The Company’s R&D accruals are estimated based on the level of services performed, progress of the studies, including the phase or completion of events and contracted costs. The estimated costs of R&D provided, but not yet invoiced, are included in accrued expenses on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. If the actual timing of the performance of services or the level of effort varies from the original estimates, the Company will adjust the accrual accordingly. Payments made to CROs, CMOs and other companies under these arrangements in advance of the performance of the related services are recorded as prepaid expenses or as other non-current assets, as applicable, and are recognized as expenses as the goods are delivered or the related services are performed.
Patent Costs
All patent-related costs in connection with filing and prosecuting patent applications are expensed to general and administrative expense as incurred, as recoverability of such expenditures is uncertain.
Warrants
The Company determines the accounting classification of warrants that are issued, as either liability or equity, by first assessing whether the warrants meet liability classification in accordance with ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”), and then in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”), depending on the specific terms of the warrant. Under ASC 480, warrants are considered liability classified if the warrants are mandatorily redeemable, obligate the issuer to settle the warrants or the underlying shares by paying cash or other assets, or must or may require settlement by issuing variable number of shares.
If the warrants do not meet liability classification under ASC 480, the Company assesses the requirements under ASC 815, which states that contracts that require or may require the issuer to settle the contract for cash are liabilities recorded at fair value, irrespective of the likelihood of the transaction occurring that triggers the net cash settlement feature. If the warrants do not require liability classification under ASC 815, in order to conclude equity classification, the Company assesses whether the warrants are indexed to its common stock and whether the warrants are classified as equity under ASC 815 or other applicable GAAP. After all relevant assessments are made, the Company concludes whether the warrants are classified as liability or equity. Liability classified warrants are required to be accounted for at fair value both on the date of issuance and on subsequent accounting period ending dates, with all changes in fair value after the issuance date recorded in the statements of comprehensive loss as a gain or loss. For equity classified warrants, no changes in fair value are recognized after the issuance date.
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Stock-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation arrangements with employees and non-employees for consultancy services in accordance with ASC 718, Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). ASC 718 requires the recognition of compensation expense, using a fair-value based method, for costs related to all stock-based awards including stock options. The Company’s determination of the fair value of stock-based awards on the date of grant utilizes the Black-Scholes valuation model for stock options with time-based and performance-based vesting and is impacted by the price of its common stock as well as changes in assumptions regarding a number of subjective variables. These variables include the expected term that stock options will remain outstanding, expected common stock price volatility over the term of the stock options, risk-free interest rates and expected dividends.
Changes in the variables can materially affect the fair value and ultimately how much stock-based compensation expense is recognized. These inputs are subjective and generally require analysis and judgment to develop.
Expected Term—The expected term assumption represents the weighted average period that the stock-based awards are expected to be outstanding. The Company has elected to use the “simplified method” for estimating the expected term of its stock options, whereby the expected term equals the arithmetic average of the vesting term and the original contractual term of the stock option.
Expected Volatility—For all stock options granted to date, the volatility data was estimated based on a study of publicly traded industry peer companies. For purposes of identifying these peer companies, the Company considered the industry, stage of development, size and financial leverage of potential comparable companies.
Expected Dividend—The Black-Scholes valuation model calls for a single expected dividend yield as an input. The Company currently has no history or expectation of paying cash dividends on its common stock.
Risk-Free Interest Rate—The risk-free interest rate is based on the yield available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues similar in duration to the expected term of the stock-based award.
The fair value is recognized over the period during which an optionee is required to provide services in exchange for the stock option, known as the requisite service period (usually the vesting period) on a straight-line basis. For performance-based vesting, the fair value is recognized when it is probable the performance conditions will be achieved. The Company reassesses the probability of achieving the performance conditions at each reporting date. Forfeitures are accounted for as they occur.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. Deferred income tax assets are reduced, as necessary, by a valuation allowance when management determines it is more likely than not that some or all of the tax benefits will not be realized.
The Company applies the provisions of ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which prescribes a comprehensive model for how a company should recognize, measure, present and disclose in its financial statements uncertain tax positions that the company has taken or expects to take on a tax return. These Consolidated Financial Statements reflect expected future tax consequences of such positions presuming the taxing authorities possess full knowledge of the position and all relevant facts. There are no material uncertainties regarding the tax positions that the Company has taken through December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The Company does not have any interest or penalties accrued related to tax positions as it does not have any unrecognized tax benefits.
Leases
Under ASC 842, Leases (“ASC 842”), the Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at its inception. Leases are classified as either operating or finance, based on the Company’s evaluation of certain criteria. If a lease has a term greater than one year, the lease is recognized in the balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and a lease liability at lease commencement. The Company elected the short-term lease practical expedient, therefore, if a lease has a term less than one year, the Company will not recognize the lease on its balance sheet. The right-of-use asset represents the Company’s right of use to an underlying asset for the term of the lease and the lease liability represents the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease.
If the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate within the lease, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate, based on information available at the commencement date of the lease to determine the present value of the lease payments.
Operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities are determined and recognized on the commencement date of the lease based on the present value of lease payments over the term of the lease. For operating leases, rent expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease, and right-of-use assets are subsequently re-measured to reflect the effect of uneven lease payments.
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For finance leases, right-of-use assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the lease term or the useful life of the underlying asset. Expenses for finance leases include the amortization of right-of-use assets, which is recorded as depreciation and amortization expense, and interest expense, which reflects interest accrued on the lease liability.
Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Common Share
Basic and diluted net loss per common share outstanding is determined by dividing net loss by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period. Basic shares outstanding includes the weighted average effect of the Company’s outstanding pre-funded warrants, the exercise of which requires little or no consideration for the delivery of shares of common stock.
For all periods presented, shares issuable upon exercise of stock options and warrants to purchase shares of common stock (other than pre-funded warrants) have been excluded from the calculation because their effects would be anti-dilutive. Therefore, the weighted average common shares used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share are the same for each of the periods presented.
Segments
The Company has one reporting segment which is also the Company’s only operating segment. Management uses one measurement of profitability and does not segregate its business for internal reporting. All long-lived assets are maintained in the U.S.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
There have been no new pronouncements adopted during the year ended December 31, 2023, which materially impacted the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires public entities to disclose information about their reportable segments’ significant expenses and other segment items on an interim and annual basis. Public entities with a single reportable segment are required to apply the disclosure requirements in ASU 2023-07, as well as all existing segment disclosures and reconciliation requirements in ASC 280, Segment Reporting, on an interim and annual basis. ASU 2023-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2023-07.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires entities to disclose disaggregated information about their effective tax rate reconciliation as well as expanded information on income taxes paid by jurisdiction. The disclosure requirements will be applied on a prospective basis, with the option to apply them retrospectively. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2023-09.
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Marketable Securities
The fair value and amortized cost of available-for-sale marketable securities by major security type are presented in the following tables as of the periods presented (in thousands):
U.S. government agency securities 4,917 9 (5 ) 4,921
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U.S. government agency securities 2,905 2 (4 ) 2,903
The net amortized cost and fair value of available-for-sale marketable securities are presented in the following table (in thousands) as of the period presented by contractual maturity. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because securities may be restructured, called or prepaid, or the Company may intend to sell a security prior to maturity.
Amortized Cost Fair Value
Due to mature:
One year through two years 952 956
Amortized Cost Fair Value
Due to mature:
During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were no realized gains or losses on available-for-sale marketable securities.
As of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, no marketable securities had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for more than 12 months and the Company considered the loss to be temporary in nature. The Company reviewed the securities in the table above and considered the decline in market value for these securities to be primarily attributable to economic and market conditions. As of the periods noted in the table above, the Company did not intend to sell these securities and did not believe it was more likely than not that it would be required to sell these securities before recovery of their amortized cost basis. Accordingly, the Company did not recognize any credit losses related to its marketable securities in an unrealized loss position.
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Fair Value Measurements
The following table summarizes the Company’s financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and the basis for that measurement, by level within the fair value hierarchy as follows (in thousands):
Fair Value Measurement Using:
Balance Sheet Classification Type of Instrument Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Financial assets:
Cash equivalents Money market funds $ 30,404 $ — $ — $ 30,404
Marketable securities Corporate bonds — 45,653 — 45,653
Marketable securities U.S. government agency securities — 4,921 — 4,921
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Fair Value Measurement Using:
Balance Sheet Classification Type of Instrument Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Financial assets:
Cash equivalents Money market funds $ 11,589 $ — $ — $ 11,589
Marketable securities Corporate bonds — 62,513 — 62,513
Marketable securities Commercial paper — 30,739 — 30,739
Marketable securities U.S. treasury securities 9,852 — — 9,852
Marketable securities U.S. government agency securities — 2,903 — 2,903
Marketable securities Asset backed securities — 1,914 — 1,914
The following table represents a roll-forward of the fair value of Level 3 instruments (significant unobservable inputs) (in thousands):
December 31,
Financial liabilities
Balance at beginning of period $ 114
Change in fair value of term loan derivative liability 147
Net settlements (see Note 8) (261 )
Balance at end of period $ —
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Leases
The Company entered into a lease for office space in New Haven, Connecticut, effective March 1, 2013, and entered into a First Amendment (the “First Amendment”) to such lease on December 5, 2017 and a Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to such lease on November 21, 2022 (collectively, the “Office Space Lease”). The leased space approximated 5,600 square feet and, prior to the Second Amendment, the Office Space Lease had a term of 60 months expiring on February 28, 2023. Under the First Amendment, the Company was required to make monthly payments ranging from approximately $10 to $12 through February 1, 2023 and received two designated months of free rent. As a result of the Company entering into the Second Amendment, the leased space increased to 12,500 square feet effective in March 2023 and the term for the Office Space Lease was extended for an additional 60 months from its prior termination date, until February 28, 2028. The Second Amendment requires monthly payments ranging from approximately $23 to $32 effective in March 2023 through February 2028. The first year of payments are based on 10,500 square feet of occupied space, the second year of payments are based on 11,500 square feet of occupied space and the remaining lease payments are based on 12,500 square feet of occupied space.
In December 2022, the Company entered into a 24 month lease for the financing of the furniture installed in the Company’s new office space. The furniture lease requires monthly payments of approximately $11 starting in March 2023. The Company also entered into an immaterial office equipment lease during 2022 that has a term of 36 months.
The following table presents the Company’s lease-related assets and liabilities as presented on its Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands):
Assets:
Operating lease assets Operating lease right-of-use assets $ 1,137 $ 24
Finance lease assets Finance lease right-of-use assets 206 —
Total lease assets $ 1,343 $ 24
Liabilities:
Current
Finance lease liabilities Finance lease liabilities, current portion 122 —
Non-current
Finance lease liabilities Finance lease liabilities, non-current portion 31 —
Total lease liabilities $ 1,338 $ 27
The following table presents information related to the Company’s lease expense for the periods shown (in thousands):
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Year EndedDecember 31,
Operating lease expense $ 287 $ 123
Finance lease expense 36 —
Total lease expense $ 323 $ 123
Future minimum lease payments from December 31, 2023 until the expiration of the leases are as follows (in thousands):
Operating Leases Finance Leases
Total minimum lease payments 1,492 158
Less: Amount of lease payments representing interest (307 ) (5 )
Present value of future minimum lease payments $ 1,185 $ 153
The following table presents certain information related to the lease terms and discount rates for the Company's leases (in thousands):
December 31,
Weighted average remaining lease term:
Operating leases 4.3 years 0.3 years
Finance leases 1.3 years not applicable
Weighted average discount rate:
Finance leases 4.37% not applicable
The following table presents supplemental cash flow information related to the Company’s leases for the periods shown (in thousands):
Year EndedDecember 31,
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash outflows relating to operating leases $ 231 $ 130
Finance lease payments $ 95 $ —
Supplemental non-cash information:
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Property, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements, Net
Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net consist of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
Computer, website development and office equipment $ 263 $ 175
Furniture and fixtures 41 37
Leasehold improvements 29 130
Construction in progress 17 53
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization (134 ) (225 )
Total property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net $ 216 $ 170
Depreciation was $81 and $43 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
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Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
Accrued compensation and benefits $ 1,614 $ 1,508
Accrued consulting and professional fees 510 382
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Debt
Silicon Valley Bank Term Loan
On May 9, 2023, the Company paid the remaining amount due under the SVB Loan Agreement, resulting in the full extinguishment of the SVB Term Loan (as described below). The total payoff amount was $6.5 million, consisting of the remaining principal amount due of $5.2 million, the final payment fee of $1.2 million, and $0.1 million of accrued interest and prepayment premium.
On August 13, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), the Company entered into a loan and security agreement (the “SVB Loan Agreement”) with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”), as lender, pursuant to which SVB provided a term loan to the Company in the original principal amount of $14.0 million (the “SVB Term Loan”). The SVB Term Loan bore interest at a floating rate per annum equal to the greater of (A) the prime rate plus 1.00% and (B) 4.25%. If SVB received evidence satisfactory to it that the Company had (i) received positive data for the Phase 2b/3 clinical trial of Haduvio sufficient to advance Haduvio into a second Phase 3 clinical trial for prurigo nodularis, and (ii) raised sufficient financing to fund such Phase 3 clinical trial and the Company’s operations, (together, the “Phase 3 Event”), the interest rate under the SVB Term Loan would have been adjusted to a floating rate equal to the greater of (A) the prime rate plus 3.00% and (B) 6.25% (see term loan derivative liability discussion below). Commencing on March 1, 2022 and on the first business day of each month thereafter, the Company was required to make monthly interest payments and to repay the SVB Term Loan in 24 consecutive installments of principal plus monthly payments of accrued interest. All outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest under the SVB Term Loan and all other outstanding obligations with respect to the SVB Term Loan were due and payable in full on February 1, 2024. The SVB Loan Agreement permitted voluntary prepayment of all, but not less than all, of the SVB Term Loan, subject to a prepayment premium. Such prepayment premium would have been 3.00% of the principal amount of the SVB Term Loan if prepaid prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, 2.00% of the principal amount of the SVB Term Loan if prepaid on or after the first anniversary of the Effective Date but prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date, and 1.00% of the principal amount of the SVB Term Loan if prepaid on or after the second anniversary of the Effective Date but prior to February 1, 2024. Upon repayment in full of the SVB Term Loan, the Company was required to pay a final payment fee equal to $1.2 million. The SVB Term Loan and related obligations under the SVB Loan Agreement were secured by substantially all of the Company’s properties, rights and assets, except for its intellectual property (which was subject to a negative pledge under the SVB Loan Agreement).
On July 6, 2021, the Company and SVB entered into a First Amendment (the “Loan Amendment”) to the SVB Loan Agreement. The Loan Amendment modified the conditions under which the Company was required to cash collateralize all outstanding amounts owed to SVB under the SVB Loan Agreement. Under the Loan Amendment, if the Company failed to receive positive data in its Phase 2b/3 PRISM trial or to raise by June 30, 2022 sufficient net proceeds from the sale of equity securities to finance its planned second Phase 3 clinical trial of Haduvio for prurigo nodularis and its ongoing operations (each a “Milestone Condition”), the Company would have been required to deposit unrestricted and unencumbered cash equal to 100% of all outstanding amounts owed to SVB in a cash collateral account with SVB, which could have been used by SVB to prepay the SVB Term Loan at any time. In addition, the Loan Amendment provided that if the Company failed to maintain at least $20.0 million in unrestricted and unencumbered cash in its accounts with SVB at any time prior to the satisfaction of all the Milestone Conditions (the “Minimum Required Cash”), the Company would have been required to cash collateralize all outstanding amounts owed to SVB under the SVB Loan Agreement. The Company would also have been required to cash collateralize all outstanding amounts owed to SVB under the SVB Loan Agreement if it did not raise at least $15.0 million in net proceeds from the sale of equity securities during the period from June 1, 2021 through October 31, 2021. The Company satisfied this equity funding condition through a combination of equity issuances under the Company’s at-the-market sales agreement entered into with SVB Securities LLC (formerly SVB Leerink LLC) (“SVB Securities”) in June 2020 (the “ATM Sales Agreement”) and two private placements, which took place in October 2021 (see Note 9).
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On April 6, 2022, the Company and SVB entered into a Third Amendment (the “Third Amendment”) to the SVB Loan Agreement. The Third Amendment principally modified the conditions under which the Company would have been required to cash collateralize all outstanding amounts owed to SVB under the SVB Loan Agreement. Under the terms of the Third Amendment, if the Company raised $45.0 million in net proceeds from the sale of equity securities (the “2022 Equity Event”), the Company’s obligations to achieve the Milestone Conditions and maintain the Minimum Required Cash would have terminated and the sole remaining trigger for cash collateralization would have been if the Company did not receive positive final data by December 31, 2022 from either its Phase 2b/3 PRISM trial of Haduvio for prurigo nodularis or its Phase 2 CANAL trial of Haduvio for the treatment of chronic cough in IPF. In addition, the Third Amendment modified the interest rate on the principal amount outstanding under the SVB Loan Agreement. As a result of the Third Amendment, amounts outstanding under the SVB Loan Agreement accrued interest at a floating per annum rate equal to (i) prior to the occurrence of the 2022 Equity Event, the greater of (A) the prime rate plus 1.00% and (B) 4.25%, and (ii) upon and after the occurrence of the 2022 Equity Event, the greater of (A) the prime rate plus 3.00% and (B) 6.25%. The closing of the April 2022 Private Placement, as discussed in Note 8 below, constituted the 2022 Equity Event and thereby terminated the Company’s obligations to achieve the Milestone Conditions and maintain the Minimum Required Cash. On August 3, 2022, SVB confirmed that the reported data from the Phase 2b/3 PRISM trial satisfied the requirement for positive final data and that the cash collateralization requirements of the SVB Loan Agreement were no longer in effect.
The SVB Loan Agreement contained customary representations, warranties, events of default and covenants. The occurrence and continuation of an event of default could have caused interest to be charged at the rate that was otherwise applicable plus 5.00% (unless SVB selected to impose a smaller increase) and would have provided SVB with the right to accelerate all obligations under the SVB Loan Agreement and exercise remedies against the Company and the collateral securing the SVB Term Loan and other obligations under the SVB Loan Agreement, including foreclosure against assets securing the SVB Term Loan and other obligations under the SVB Loan Agreement, including the Company’s cash. The SVB Loan Agreement also restricted the payment of dividends on the Company’s common stock.
In August 2020, in connection with the SVB Term Loan, the Company paid $57 in financing costs to a third-party, which were recorded as deferred charges and were amortized over the life of the SVB Term Loan using the effective interest method. In connection with the Loan Amendment, the Company paid $68 in financing costs to a third-party, which were recorded as deferred charges and were amortized over the life of the SVB Term Loan using the effective interest method. In connection with the Third Amendment, the Company paid $21 in financing costs to a third-party, which were recorded as deferred charges and were amortized over the life of the SVB Term Loan using the effective interest method.
In August 2020, in connection with the execution of the SVB Loan Agreement, the Company paid $27 in financing costs to SVB, which were recorded as loan discounts. These loan discounts were included as a reduction in the balance of the term loan payable on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and were accreted over the life of the SVB Term Loan using the effective interest method.
In connection with the SVB Loan Agreement, the Company was obligated to pay a final payment fee of $1.2 million upon repayment in full of the SVB Term Loan. The final payment fee was accrued over the life of the SVB Term Loan using the effective interest method and was included as an increase in the balance of the term loan payable on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company paid this final payment fee of $1.2 million on May 9, 2023 in connection with the payoff in full of the SVB Term Loan.
Prior to the Third Amendment, the SVB Loan Agreement provided that upon SVB receiving evidence satisfactory to it that the Company had (i) received positive data for the Phase 2b/3 PRISM trial sufficient to advance Haduvio into a second Phase 3 clinical trial for prurigo nodularis and (ii) raised sufficient financing to fund such Phase 3 clinical trial and the Company’s operations, the interest rate on the SVB Term Loan would increase by 2.00% (the “Contingent Interest Rate Increase”) as described above. The Contingent Interest Rate Increase represented a free-standing financial instrument. Accordingly, the Company accounted for the Contingent Interest Rate Increase as a derivative under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging and therefore, recorded a term loan derivative liability for the Contingent Interest Rate Increase at its fair value of $187 on the Effective Date of the SVB Loan Agreement. The Company adjusted this liability to fair value at each reporting date it remained outstanding, with such adjustments recorded as non-cash charges in other income (expense), net in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. The term loan derivative liability was previously presented as a current liability on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Upon recording such term loan derivative liability, the Company also recorded an offsetting term loan discount – interest, that was amortized to interest expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss through the SVB Term Loan’s maturity date using the effective interest method. Upon entering into the Third Amendment, the Contingent Interest Rate Increase became effective and the Company recorded an increase to the total fair value of the term loan derivative liability in 2022. The term loan derivative liability was then settled and reclassified to both current and non-current interest payable, which were presented as accrued liabilities and other non-current liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.
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During the year ended December 31, 2023, an immaterial effect from early extinguishment of debt was recorded in connection with the Company paying the remaining amounts due under the SVB Loan Agreement, which was included in other income, net on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss.
As of December 31, 2023, the Company had no outstanding borrowings, and as of December 31, 2022, the Company had outstanding borrowings of $8.2 million, under the SVB Term Loan and the term loan payable balance as presented in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet was comprised as shown below (in thousands).
Principal outstanding under term loan $ 8,167
Term loan discount-interest (24 )
Term loan discount-unamortized deferred charges (29 )
Term loan discount-financing costs, net of accretion (3 )
Term loan-final payment fee 1,040
Less current portion 7,000
Term loan payable, non-current $ 2,151
Interest expense on the SVB Term Loan, which is comprised of interest payments, accretion and amortization of term loan discounts and the accrual of the final payment fee, is shown below (in thousands). As of December 31, 2022, the weighted average interest rate applicable to borrowings under the SVB Term Loan was 5.36%.
Year Ended December 31,
Accrual of the final payment fee 150 383
Accretion and amortization of term loan discounts 30 137
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Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred Stock
As of December 31, 2023and 2022, the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation authorized the Company to issue 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share.
Common Stock
As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation authorized the Company to issue 200,000,000 shares of common stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share.
The Company had reserved shares of common stock for future issuance as shown in the table below:
December 31,
Shares to be issued upon sales under the LPC Purchase Agreement — 30,000,000
At-the-Market Offering
In June 2020, the Company entered into the ATM Sales Agreement with SVB Securities, under which the Company was able to issue and sell shares of its common stock, from time to time, having an aggregate offering price of up to $12.0 million. In May 2022, the Company and SVB Securities amended the ATM Sales Agreement to increase the maximum aggregate offering price of common stock that it was able to issue and sell from time to time under the ATM Sales Agreement by $50.0 million, from $12.0 million to up to $62.0 million.
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Sales of common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement were able to be made by any method that was deemed an “at-the-market” offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company was not obligated to make any sales of its common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement. The Company began making sales pursuant to the ATM Sales Agreement in July 2020. As of August 15, 2023, the date of termination of the ATM Sales Agreement, the Company had issued and sold an aggregate of 4,333,394 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $12.7 million pursuant to the ATM Sales Agreement, before deducting estimated commissions and allocated fees of $1.0 million.
In June 2023, the Company filed with the SEC a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Shelf Registration Statement”), which allows the Company to offer and sell up to $200.0 million of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, units and/or warrants from time to time pursuant to one or more offerings at prices and terms to be determined at the time of sale. The Shelf Registration Statement was filed to replace the Company’s prior universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and was declared effective on August 15, 2023. Further, in June 2023, the Company entered into a 2023 ATM sales agreement with Leerink Partners, LLC (formerly SVB Securities) (the “2023 ATM Sales Agreement”), under which the Company may issue and sell shares of common stock, from time to time by any method that is deemed an “at-the-market” offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company is not obligated to make any sales of its common stock under the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement. The Company filed a prospectus under the Shelf Registration Statement for the offer and sale of shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $75.0 million pursuant to the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement. In accordance with the terms of the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement, the ATM Sales Agreement terminated upon effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, at which point the Company was no longer able to issue and sell shares of its common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had not made any sales pursuant to the 2023 ATM Sales Agreement.
Equity Purchase Agreement
On June 18, 2021, the Company entered into a common stock purchase agreement (“LPC Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”). The LPC Purchase Agreement provided that, subject to the terms and conditions therein, the Company had the right, but not the obligation, to sell, at its discretion, to Lincoln Park up to $15.0 million of shares of common stock over a 24-month period commencing on July 23, 2021. The Company issued 170,088 shares of common stock to Lincoln Park as consideration for Lincoln Park’s commitment to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock under the LPC Purchase Agreement. As of July 23, 2023, no shares had been sold to Lincoln Park and the LPC Purchase Agreement terminated by its terms.
Private Placements
On October 5, 2021, the Company issued and sold to an initial investor, in a private placement priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules, (i) 2,373,201 shares of the Company’s common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,746,402 shares of the Company’s common stock, and (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,926,069 shares of the Company’s common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase an aggregate of 9,852,138 shares of the Company’s common stock. Each share of the Company’s common stock and accompanying common stock warrants were sold together at a combined price of $1.62, and each pre-funded warrant and accompanying common stock warrants were sold together at a combined price of $1.619, for gross proceeds of approximately $11.8 million. Each pre-funded warrant had an exercise price of $0.001 per share, became exercisable immediately upon issuance and was exercisable until exercised in full. Of the accompanying common stock warrants, warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,299,270 shares will expire on April 5, 2025, and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,299,270 shares will expire on October 5, 2028. The accompanying common stock warrants have an exercise price of $1.37 per share and became exercisable immediately upon issuance.
On October 18, 2021, the Company issued and sold to New Enterprise Associates 16, L.P., an existing stockholder of the Company (“NEA”) and related party, in a private placement, 1,851,852 shares of the Company’s common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,703,704 shares of the Company’s common stock. Each share of the Company’s common stock and accompanying common stock warrants were sold together at a combined price of $1.62 for gross proceeds of approximately $3.0 million. Of the accompanying common stock warrants, warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,851,852 shares of the Company’s common stock will expire on April 18, 2025, and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,851,852 shares of the Company’s common stock will expire on October 18, 2028. The accompanying common stock warrants have an exercise price of $1.37 per share and became exercisable immediately upon issuance.
Total net proceeds from the two October 2021 private placements were $13.7 million, after deducting issuance costs of $1.1 million.
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On April 6, 2022, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain purchasers, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the purchasers, in a private placement priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules, (i) 4,580,526 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $1.90 per share, and (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 24,379,673 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $1.899 per warrant (the “April 2022 Private Placement”). Each pre-funded warrant has an exercise price of $0.001 per share, is exercisable immediately and will be exercisable until the pre-funded warrant is exercised in full. The April 2022 Private Placement, which closed on April 11, 2022, resulted in gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $55.0 million. NEA, an existing stockholder of the Company and a related party, as well as an affiliate of NEA, participated in the offering.
Public Offering
On September 27, 2022, the Company issued and sold 14,252,670 shares of the Company’s common stock and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase 14,247,330 shares of common stock in a public offering (the “September 2022 Offering”), at a public offering price of $1.93 per share of common stock and $1.929 per pre-funded warrant pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with SVB Securities, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”). Each pre-funded warrant has an exercise price of $0.001 per share, is exercisable immediately and will be exercisable until the pre-funded warrant is exercised in full. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed not to issue and sell additional shares until after November 21, 2022 except in certain circumstances, including the issuance and sale of additional shares pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters an option (the “Option”), exercisable for 30 days, to purchase up to an additional 4,275,000 shares of common stock (the “Additional Shares”), at the public offering price of $1.93 per share. The Underwriters partially exercised the Option to purchase 1,600,428 Additional Shares, which shares were issued and sold on October 25, 2022. The September 2022 Offering, including the initial closing on September 27, 2022 and the Option closing on October 25, 2022, resulted in aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $58.1 million.
Warrants
Warrant activity, including activity related to pre-funded warrants, is shown in the table below:
The pre-funded and common stock warrants are classified as equity in accordance with ASC 815 given that the pre-funded and common stock warrants are indexed to the Company’s own shares of common stock and meet the requirements to be classified in permanent equity.
Stock-Based Awards
The 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”) was adopted by the Company’s board of directors and stockholders. The 2012 Plan provides for the issuance of stock-based awards to the Company’s employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors. The Company’s board of directors administers the 2012 Plan. In April 2019, the Company’s board of directors adopted a resolution effective May 7, 2019, that no further equity-based awards may be granted under the 2012 Plan.
In April 2019, the Company’s board of directors adopted the 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”), which became effective on May 7, 2019. The 2019 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards. The Company’s employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors are eligible to receive awards under the 2019 Plan. The 2019 Plan is administered by the Company’s board of directors.
The total number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the 2019 Plan and the 2012 Plan was 7,114,975 and 5,155,433 as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, of which 1,802,675and 705,150 shares remained available for grant under the 2019 Plan, respectively. Awards may be made under the 2019 Plan for up to such number of shares of the Company’s common stock as is equal to the sum of: i) 1,578,947 shares; plus ii) the number of shares (up to 1,157,894 shares) of the Company’s common stock subject to outstanding awards under the 2012 Plan that expire, terminate or are otherwise cancelled, forfeited or repurchased by the Company at their original issuance price pursuant to a contractual repurchase right; plus iii) an annual increase to be added on the first day of each fiscal year, beginning with 2020 and continuing through 2029, equal to the least of (a) 2,105,623 shares of common stock, (b) 4% of
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the number of outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock on such date, and (c) an amount determined by the Company’s board of directors. Effective January 1, 2023 and January 1, 2022, respectively, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2019 Plan increased, pursuant to the terms of the 2019 Plan, by an additional 2,105,623 shares and 1,140,232 shares, equal to the 2019 Plan determined maximum and 4% of the Company’s then-outstanding common stock, respectively.
Options granted under the 2019 Plan and the 2012 Plan have a maximum term of ten years. Options granted to employees, officers and non-employees generally vest over four years based on varying vesting schedules that primarily include: 25% vesting on the first anniversary date of grant and the balance ratably over the next 36 months or vesting in equal monthly or quarterly installments over four years. Options granted to directors generally vest over one to two years. The Company generally settles stock option exercises with newly issued common shares. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, options to purchase 4,746,508 and 3,848,052 shares of common stock were granted and outstanding, net of cancellations, under the 2019 Plan. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, options to purchase 565,792 and 602,231 shares of common stock were granted and outstanding, net of cancellations, under the 2012 Plan.
In February 2024, the Company granted 832,250 stock options with performance-based vesting (“PSOs”) to employees of the Company. The PSOs granted in February 2024 vest based on the timing and results of the Company’s clinical trials.
A summary of the Company’s combined stock option activity for the 2019 Plan and the 2012 Plan is as follows:
(in years) (in thousands)
The weighted average grant-date fair value per share of stock options granted was $2.24 and $0.93 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
The aggregate fair value of stock options that vested during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was $1.7 million and $2.9 million, respectively.
The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the stock options and the fair value of the Company’s common stock for those stock options that had exercise prices lower than the fair value of the Company’s common stock. The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was $173 and $33, respectively.
The range of assumptions that the Company used to determine the fair value of the stock options granted were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
Risk-free interest rate 3.4% - 4.8% 1.9% - 4.2%
Expected dividend yield — —
Expected term (in years) 5.5 - 7.0 5.5 - 7.0
In April 2019, the Company’s board of directors adopted the 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2019 ESPP”), which became effective on May 7, 2019. The 2019 ESPP is administered by the Company’s board of directors.
The total number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the 2019 ESPP was 1,177,456 as of December 31, 2023. The number of shares of the Company’s common stock that have been approved to be issued under the 2019 ESPP is equal to the sum of i) 155,106 shares plus ii) an annual increase to be added on the first day of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 and continuing for each fiscal year until and including, the fiscal year ending December 31, 2029, equal to the least of (a) 526,315 shares of common stock, (b) 1% of the number of
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outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock on such date and (c) an amount determined by the Company’s board of directors. Effective January 1, 2023 and January 1, 2022, respectively, the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued under the 2019 ESPP increased, pursuant to the terms of the 2019 ESPP, by an additional 526,315 shares and 285,058 shares, equal in each case to the lesser of the 2019 ESPP determined maximum and 1% of the Company’s then-outstanding common stock.