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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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ITEM 1. Financial Statements |
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EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT | ||||||||
EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT | ||||||||
EX-101 CALCULATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT | ||||||||
EX-101 LABELS LINKBASE DOCUMENT | ||||||||
EX-101 PRESENTATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT |
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June 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
(unaudited) | * | |||||||
ASSETS |
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Current Assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 20,942,709 | $ | 30,520,812 | ||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
934,029 | 523,672 | ||||||
Total Current Assets |
21,876,738 | 31,044,484 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net |
1,826,578 | 2,073,602 | ||||||
Patents and trademarks, net |
65,158 | 71,108 | ||||||
Deferred financing costs |
62,391 | 62,391 | ||||||
Other assets |
337,705 | 337,705 | ||||||
Total Assets |
$ | 24,168,570 | $ | 33,589,290 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS
EQUITY |
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Current Liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
$ | 645,643 | $ | 1,096,505 | ||||
Accrued expenses (includes related parties of
$34,000 as of June 30, 2011) |
591,312 | 559,975 | ||||||
Other current liabilities |
28,891 | 29,538 | ||||||
Total Current Liabilities |
1,265,846 | 1,686,018 | ||||||
Long Term Liabilities: |
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Deferred rent |
121,260 | 104,304 | ||||||
Total Long Term Liabilities |
121,260 | 104,304 | ||||||
Total Liabilities |
1,387,106 | 1,790,322 | ||||||
COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES and LITIGATION
(Note 6) |
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Stockholders Equity |
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Preferred stock $.10 par value; authorized
10,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding:
none |
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Common stock $.001 par value; authorized
45,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding
25,262,538 shares at June 30, 2011 and
December 31, 2010 |
25,263 | 25,263 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
131,650,548 | 130,916,326 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(108,894,347 | ) | (99,142,621 | ) | ||||
Total Stockholders Equity |
22,781,464 | 31,798,968 | ||||||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders Equity |
$ | 24,168,570 | $ | 33,589,290 | ||||
* | Derived from the audited balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 |
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Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
Operating expenses: |
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Research and development |
$ | 2,620,554 | $ | 2,552,689 | $ | 5,196,682 | $ | 5,339,759 | ||||||||
General and administrative |
2,208,059 | 2,048,157 | 4,601,179 | 4,319,322 | ||||||||||||
Operating loss |
(4,828,613 | ) | (4,600,846 | ) | (9,797,861 | ) | (9,659,081 | ) | ||||||||
Interest income |
13,934 | 3,009 | 34,465 | 3,961 | ||||||||||||
Other income, net |
5,022 | 4,999 | 11,670 | 12,497 | ||||||||||||
Gain on sale of fixed assets |
| 1,500 | | 27 | ||||||||||||
Net loss |
$ | (4,809,657 | ) | $ | (4,591,338 | ) | $ | (9,751,726 | ) | $ | (9,642,596 | ) | ||||
Basic and diluted net loss per common share |
$ | (0.19 | ) | $ | (0.20 | ) | $ | (0.39 | ) | $ | (0.42 | ) | ||||
Basic and diluted weighted average number of
common shares outstanding |
25,262,538 | 23,028,854 | 25,262,538 | 22,886,964 | ||||||||||||
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Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net loss |
$ | (9,751,726 | ) | $ | (9,642,596 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
283,785 | 253,492 | ||||||
Noncash compensation |
734,222 | 366,382 | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and
other current assets |
(410,357 | ) | 322,685 | |||||
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses |
(419,525 | ) | (124,669 | ) | ||||
Increase in other assets |
| (273,220 | ) | |||||
Increase in deferred rent |
16,956 | 52,152 | ||||||
Decrease in other current liabilities |
(647 | ) | (8,484 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in operating activities |
(9,547,292 | ) | (9,054,258 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Purchases of property and equipment |
(30,811 | ) | (637,014 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets |
| 1,473 | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(30,811 | ) | (635,541 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Proceeds from exercise of stock options |
| 26,070 | ||||||
Proceeds
from exercise of stock warrants |
| 1,691,633 | ||||||
Expenses related to public offering |
| (130,086 | ) | |||||
Proceeds from Committed Equity Financing Facility |
| 3,750,000 | ||||||
Expenses related to Committed Equity Financing Facility |
| (6,717 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by financing activities |
| 5,330,900 | ||||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
(9,578,103 | ) | (4,358,899 | ) | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
30,520,812 | 29,673,420 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ | 20,942,709 | $ | 25,314,521 | ||||
Supplemental Schedule of Non-cash Investing and Financing
Activities |
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Deferred financing costs charged to additional paid-in
capital |
$ | | $ | 23,179 | ||||
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| a hand-held imaging device, which employs high precision optics and multi-spectral illumination (multiple colors of light including near infra-red); | ||
| a proprietary database of pigmented skin lesions, which we believe to be the largest in the U.S.; and | ||
| lesion classifiers, which are sophisticated mathematical algorithms that extract lesion feature information and classify lesions. |
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2011 | 2010 | |||||||
Common stock options |
2,107,429 | 2,164,598 | ||||||
Common stock warrants |
546,781 | 614,906 | ||||||
Total |
2,654,210 | 2,779,504 | ||||||
For the Six Months | For the Six Months | |||
Ended June 30, 2011 | Ended June 30, 2010 | |||
Expected life |
6.5 years | 5-10 years | ||
Expected volatility |
70.54-76.32% | 61% | ||
Risk-free interest rate |
2.47-3.34% | 2.26-3.56% | ||
Dividend yield |
0% | 0% |
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Weighted | ||||||||||||||||
Weighted | Average | |||||||||||||||
Average | Remaining | |||||||||||||||
Exercise | Contractual | Aggregate | ||||||||||||||
Number of | Price per | Term in | Intrinsic | |||||||||||||
Shares | Share | Years | Value | |||||||||||||
Outstanding at December 31, 2010 |
2,132,879 | $ | 5.19 | 5.4 | ||||||||||||
Granted |
439,800 | 3.27 | 9.8 | |||||||||||||
Exercised |
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Forfeited or expired |
(465,250 | ) | 6.59 | | ||||||||||||
Outstanding at June 30, 2011 |
2,107,429 | $ | 4.48 | 6.6 | $ | 66 | ||||||||||
Vested and exercisable at June 30, 2011 |
850,791 | $ | 4.53 | 5.6 | $ | 66 | ||||||||||
Options Outstanding | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted- | Options Exercisable | |||||||||||||||||||
Average | Weighted | Weighted- | ||||||||||||||||||
Remaining | Average | Average | ||||||||||||||||||
Number | Contractual | Exercise | Number | Exercise | ||||||||||||||||
Range of Exercise Prices | Outstanding | Life | Price | Exercisable | Price | |||||||||||||||
$.01-$1.00 |
48,952 | 1.4 years | $ | 1.00 | 48,952 | $ | 1.00 | |||||||||||||
$1.01-$4.50 |
1,578,952 | 7.4 years | $ | 3.68 | 591,789 | $ | 3.70 | |||||||||||||
$4.51-$11.11 |
479,525 | 4.5 years | $ | 7.48 | 210,050 | $ | 7.71 | |||||||||||||
$.01-$11.11 |
2,107,429 | 6.6 years | $ | 4.48 | 850,791 | $ | 4.53 | |||||||||||||
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2011 Remaining six months |
$ | 191 | ||
2012 |
410 | |||
2013 |
439 | |||
2014 |
456 | |||
2015 |
455 | |||
2016 |
456 | |||
$ | 2,407 | |||
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2007 | 2009 | Total | ||||||||||
Outstanding at December 31, 2010 |
346,781 | 200,000 | 546,781 | |||||||||
Exercised |
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Forfeited |
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Expired |
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Outstanding at June 30, 2011 |
346,781 | 200,000 | 546,781 | |||||||||
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| The schedule, costs, and results of our clinical trials; | ||
| The success of our research and development efforts; | ||
| The costs and timing of regulatory approval; | ||
| Reimbursement amounts for the use of MelaFind® that we are able to obtain from Medicare and third party payers; | ||
| The amount of direct payments we are able to obtain from patients and/or physicians utilizing MelaFind®; | ||
| The cost of commercialization activities, including product marketing and building a domestic direct sales force; | ||
| The emergence of competing or complementary technological developments; | ||
| The costs of filing, prosecuting, defending and enforcing any patent claims and other rights; | ||
| The costs involved in defending any patent infringement actions or other litigation claims brought against us by third parties; | ||
| The costs of maintaining or potentially building our inventory and other manufacturing expenses; and | ||
| Our ability to establish and maintain any collaborative, licensing or other arrangements, and the terms and timing of any such arrangements. |
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Less than | More than | |||||||||||||||||||
Total | 1 year | 1-3 years | 4-5 years | 5 years | ||||||||||||||||
Operating leases |
$ | 2,407 | $ | 396 | $ | 872 | $ | 911 | $ | 228 |
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| professional service fees; | ||
| contract clinical service fees; | ||
| fees paid to contract manufacturers in conjunction with the production of clinical components or materials; and | ||
| fees paid to third party data collection organizations and investigators in conjunction with clinical trials. |
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Exhibit | ||
Number | Exhibit Title | |
10.1#
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Supply Agreement with Arrow Electronics, Inc., April 8, 2011* | |
31.1#
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | |
31.2#
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | |
32.1#
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
101.1#
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Interactive Data File | |
#
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Filed herewith | |
*
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Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment. |
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MELA SCIENCES, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Richard I. Steinhart | |||
Richard I. Steinhart | ||||
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) |
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Exhibit No. | Description | |
10.1
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Supply Agreement with Arrow Electronics, Inc., April 8, 2011.* | |
31.1
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Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | |
31.2
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Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | |
32.1
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Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
101.1
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Interactive Data File. |
*
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Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment. |
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1. | MELA Sciences will deposit $500,000.00 USD into an escrow account, #***, for the benefit of MELA, which will be held in trust, interest free, and be applied to the invoices described herein, and according to the attached payment schedule. This payment is to be made via a wire transfer of funds to Arrows bank. That wire address being: |
2. | With respect to the Last Time Buy Agreement (LTB), CYII4SM1300AA-QDC, MELA Sciences has with Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (who was recently acquired by On Semiconductor Corporation and who will honor the LTB Agreement between the parties), MELA will provide Arrow with a purchase order for *** Cypress components, specifically part number CYII4SM1300AA-QDC, with a per unit price of $*** USD. The total value of these components is $1,265,039.90 USD. After the trust deposit mentioned above is received, Arrow will acquire, from Cypress, the LTB components mentioned above after a Non-Cancelable, Non-Returnable (NCNR) contract is executed by MELA Sciences. |
3. | Arrow will be the facilitator by which components are returned, or credited, if the yield is not 90.0% as stated in section 5.1 of the Cypress Agreement. Pursuant to the LTB Agreement Cypress should replace, or credit, nonconforming goods in excess of the 10% agreed upon rate within 30 days following notice to Cypress from MELA Sciences regarding the same. Cypress will deliver replacement sensors to the MELA/Askion facility and will remit all credits to MELA Sciences through Arrow. Arrow shall credit MELA Sciences immediately following its receipt of any such |
***
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This material has been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
credit from Cypress. |
4. | MELA Sciences understands that there is a lead-time of approximately 20 weeks for Arrow to acquire the named components from Cypress. Arrow will promptly notify MELA Sciences once these components are available and ready for shipment. If there are unusual delays Arrow will promptly notify MELA Sciences. | ||
5. | Once the components are available for delivery MELA Sciences agrees to accept twelve (12) consecutive monthly shipments of *** pieces in accordance with the attached schedule, the first shipment to take place immediately. | ||
6. | Each of the twelve shipments will be booked with net 30-day terms, and each for $105,420.00 USD, plus any applicable tax, freight and handling fees. Arrow will apply $41,666.67 from the funds held in trust to each of the twelve invoices. MELA Sciences agrees to remit eleven (11) on-time payments of $63,753.33 net-30 days, subject to any credit issued, and one (1) final on-time payment of $63,753.23. At the same time MELA Sciences agrees to remit any applicable taxes, freight charges and handling fees with each of the twelve payments. See attached schedule. | ||
7. | If at any time MELA Sciences is unable to pay its obligation under this arrangement, Arrow reserves the right to use the balance of the trust deposit to satisfy the remaining obligation and to seek after any legal means available to it in order to satisfy the amount still owing. If for any reason Cypress notifies MELA Sciences, or Arrow, that it will no longer be providing the sensors contemplated hereby, or cannot do so within three (3) months of the delivery schedule attached hereto, then upon MELA Sciences request Arrow shall promptly remit the remainder of any funds in the trust account held by it for MELA Sciences and this agreement shall terminate. |
/s/ Joseph V. Gulfo | April 8, 2011 | |||
Joseph V. Gulfo, President & CEO, MELA Sciences, Inc. | Date | |||
***
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This material has been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
Shipment Schedule | Payment Schedule | |||||||||||||||
Components Shipped | Parts Remaining To | |||||||||||||||
Month | To MELA | Be Shipped | Payment From Trust | MELA Sciences Pays* | ||||||||||||
1 |
0 | 0 | $ | | $ | (500.000.00 | ) | |||||||||
2 |
0 | 0 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||
3 |
0 | 0 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||
4 |
0 | 0 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||
5 |
* | ** | * | ** | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
6 |
* | ** | * | ** | $ | 41,666.67 | $ | 63,753.33 | ||||||||
7 |
* | ** | * | ** | $ | 41,666.67 | $ | 63,753.33 | ||||||||
8 |
* | ** | * | ** | $ | 41,666.67 | $ | 63,753.33 | ||||||||
9 |
* | ** | * | ** | $ | 41,666.67 | $ | 63,753.33 | ||||||||
10 |
* | ** | * | ** | $ | 41,666.67 | $ | 63,753.33 | ||||||||
11 |
* | ** | * | ** | $ | 41,666.67 | $ | 63,753.33 | ||||||||
12 |
* | ** | * | ** | $ | 41,666.67 | $ | 63,753.33 | ||||||||
13 |
* | ** | * | ** | $ | 41,666.67 | $ | 63,753.33 | ||||||||
14 |
* | ** | * | ** | $ | 41,666.67 | $ | 63,753.33 | ||||||||
15 |
* | ** | * | ** | $ | 41,666.67 | $ | 63,753.33 | ||||||||
16 |
* | ** | 0 | $ | 41,666.67 | $ | 63,753.33 | |||||||||
17 |
0 | 0 | $ | 41,666.67 | $ | 63,753.33 |
* | Plus Applicable Taxes, Freight & Handling Charges |
***
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This material has been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
1. | I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of MELA Sciences, Inc.; | |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | |
4. | The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | ||
b) | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | ||
c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | ||
d) | disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operations of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | ||
b) | any fraud whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: August 5, 2011 |
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/s/ Joseph V. Gulfo, M.D.
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Joseph V. Gulfo, M.D. |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
1. | I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of MELA Sciences, Inc.; | |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | |
4. | The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | ||
b) | designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | ||
c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | ||
d) | disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operations of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | ||
b) | any fraud whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: August 5, 2011 |
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/s/ Richard I. Steinhart
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Richard I. Steinhart |
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Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) |
* | A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to MELA Sciences, Inc. and will be retained by MELA Sciences, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. This written statement accompanies the Form 10-Q to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and will not be incorporated by reference into any filing of MELA Sciences, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing. |
Condensed Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $)
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Jun. 30, 2011
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Dec. 31, 2010
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Current Liabilities: | Â | Â |
Accrued expenses due to related parties | $ 34,000 | Â |
Stockholders' Equity | Â | Â |
Preferred stock, par value | $ 0.10 | $ 0.10 |
Preferred stock, shares authorized | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 |
Preferred stock, shares issued | 0 | 0 |
Preferred stock, shares outstanding | 0 | 0 |
Common stock, par value | $ 0.001 | $ 0.001 |
Common stock, shares authorized | 45,000,000 | 45,000,000 |
Common stock, shares issued | 25,262,538 | 25,262,538 |
Common stock, shares outstanding | 25,262,538 | 25,262,538 |
Condensed Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $)
|
3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | ||
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Jun. 30, 2011
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Jun. 30, 2010
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Jun. 30, 2011
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Jun. 30, 2010
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Operating expenses: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Research and development | $ 2,620,554 | $ 2,552,689 | $ 5,196,682 | $ 5,339,759 |
General and administrative | 2,208,059 | 2,048,157 | 4,601,179 | 4,319,322 |
Operating loss | (4,828,613) | (4,600,846) | (9,797,861) | (9,659,081) |
Interest income | 13,934 | 3,009 | 34,465 | 3,961 |
Other income, net | 5,022 | 4,999 | 11,670 | 12,497 |
Gain on sale of fixed assets | Â | 1,500 | Â | 27 |
Net loss | $ (4,809,657) | $ (4,591,338) | $ (9,751,726) | $ (9,642,596) |
Basic and diluted net loss per common share | $ (0.19) | $ (0.20) | $ (0.39) | $ (0.42) |
Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding | 25,262,538 | 23,028,854 | 25,262,538 | 22,886,964 |
Document and Entity Information (USD $)
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6 Months Ended | ||
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Jun. 30, 2011
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Jul. 29, 2011
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Jun. 30, 2010
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Document and Entity Information [Abstract] | Â | Â | Â |
Entity Registrant Name | MELA SCIENCES, INC. /NY | Â | Â |
Entity Central Index Key | 0001051514 | Â | Â |
Document Type | 10-Q | Â | Â |
Document Period End Date | Jun. 30, 2011 | ||
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Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer | No | Â | Â |
Entity Voluntary Filers | No | Â | Â |
Entity Current Reporting Status | Yes | Â | Â |
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7. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
On October 31, 2006, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements and a registration
rights agreement with certain accredited investors for the private placement of 2,312,384 shares of
the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase up to 346,857 shares of the Company’s common
stock for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $13.2 million and net proceeds of approximately
$12.5 million. Pursuant to the securities purchase agreements, for a purchase price of $5.70 each
investor received one share of the Company’s common stock and a warrant to purchase 0.15 of a share
of the Company’s common stock. The warrants are five-year warrants with an exercise price of $6.70
per share. In accordance with the terms of this warrant, on January 5, 2010 the Company required
the holders to exercise their warrants within 30 days. As a result, warrants to purchase 173,963
shares of the Company’s common stock, representing all of the outstanding 2006 warrants, were
exercised resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $1.165 million.
On July 31, 2007, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement and a registration
rights agreement with certain accredited investors for the private placement of 2,000,178 shares of
the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase up to 500,041 shares of the Company’s common
stock for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $11.5 million and net proceeds of approximately
$10.7 million. The private placement closed August 3, 2007. Pursuant to the securities purchase
agreement, for a purchase price of $5.75 each investor received one share of the Company’s common
stock and a warrant to purchase 0.25 of a share of common stock. The warrants are five-year
warrants with an exercise price of $8.00 per share.
Pursuant to the terms of the registration rights agreements, the Company filed resale registration
statements covering the shares in both private placements, including the shares issuable upon
exercise of the warrants, with the SEC. In the event that the Company fails to maintain the
effectiveness of these registration statements for the periods described in the registration rights
agreements, the holders would be entitled to certain monetary damages.
However, the Company is not obligated to make payments in excess of 10% of the aggregate purchase
price of the common shares. The Company has concluded that it is unlikely that the Company would be
required to remit any payments to its investors for failing to maintain its effectiveness. The
Company’s resale registration statements on Form S-3 were declared effective by the SEC on February
12, 2007 and September 11, 2007, respectively.
In June 2008, the Company filed a Form S-3 shelf registration statement for an indeterminate number
of shares of common stock, warrants to purchase shares of common stock and units consisting of a
combination thereof having an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $40 million.
Management utilized this shelf registration statement in August 2008 by completing a registered
direct offering of 2,088,451 shares of the Company’s common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of
$11.9 million ($11 million approximate net proceeds to the Company). In addition, in July 2009,
management completed a registered direct offering of 2,400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock
for aggregate gross proceeds of $15 million ($13.75 million approximate net proceeds to the
Company). Approximately $13.1 million remained available under the Company’s 2008 shelf
registration statement as of June 30, 2011; however, the shelf registration statement subsequently
expired on July 7, 2011.
In May 2009, the Company entered into a committed equity financing facility (“CEFF”) with
Kingsbridge Capital Limited, pursuant to which Kingsbridge committed to purchase from time to time
at the Company’s sole discretion, up to the lesser of $45 million or 3,327,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock, prior to May 7, 2012 subject to various conditions for individual sales,
including dollar, timing, and trading volume limitations, a minimum market per share price, and
other contractual and regulatory requirements.
There is no assurance that the Company will satisfy all the various conditions for individual sales
enabling it to use all of the CEFF. In connection with this CEFF, the Company issued a 5 year
warrant, exercisable as of November 7, 2009, to Kingsbridge to purchase up to 200,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $11.35 per share with a Black Scholes Fair Value of
$678. The issuance of this warrant was deemed to be a cost of the offering.
The Company did not sell any stock to Kingsbridge Capital Limited under
the CEFF in the six
months ended June 30, 2011. Under the CEFF, during the six month period ending June 30, 2010, the
Company sold 406,744 shares of common stock to Kingsbridge Capital Limited, at an average per share
price of approximately $9.22, for gross proceeds of approximately $3.75 million. A proportionate
share of the CEFF originating expenses was allocated to these sales from deferred offering costs.
Net of expenses, proceeds from the 2010 sales were approximately $3.727 million.
As of June 30, 2011, 1,095,315 shares of common stock remain available for sale under the CEFF,
exclusive of the 200,000 outstanding warrants held by Kingsbridge. Legal, accounting, and other
costs associated with this agreement approximating $62 have been deferred and will be charged to
equity as a reduction of future proceeds from the CEFF or operations should management decide to
abandon the CEFF.
In May 2010, the Company filed a Form S-3 shelf registration statement for an indeterminate number
of shares of common stock, warrants to purchase shares of common stock and units consisting of a
combination thereof having an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $75 million. The
registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on June 1, 2010. On June 30, 2010, the
Company entered into an underwriting agreement, relating to the public offering of 2,200,000 shares
of the Company’s common stock, at a price to the public of $7.50 per share less underwriting
discounts and commissions. The common stock was offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s
Prospectus dated June 1, 2010 and the Company’s Prospectus Supplement filed with the SEC on June
30, 2010, in connection with a takedown from the Company’s effective shelf registration statement
that closed on July 6, 2010. The gross proceeds to the Company from the sale of the common stock
totaled $16.5 million. After deducting the underwriters’ discounts and commissions and other
offering expenses, net proceeds were approximately $15.2 million. Approximately $58.5 million
remains available under the Company’s 2010 shelf registration statement as of June 30, 2011.
As of June 30, 2011, the Company had 45,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value common stock authorized
and 25,262,538 shares issued and outstanding; and 10,000,000 shares of $0.10 par value preferred
stock authorized with no preferred shares issued and outstanding.
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12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
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3. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
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RELATED PARTY CONSULTING AGREEMENTS |
9. RELATED PARTY CONSULTING AGREEMENTS
The Company has in place the following consulting agreements with related parties:
Consulting Agreement with Breaux Castleman
In June 2003, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Breaux Castleman, the Chairman
of the Company’s Board of Directors, for consulting services related to the FDA approval of
MelaFind®, and the Company’s business and financial strategy. Under this
agreement, Mr. Castleman receives compensation for each month of services rendered. The Company
incurred and paid, pursuant to this consulting agreement, $6 in each of the three month periods
ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 and $12 in each of the six month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010.
This consulting agreement is terminable by either party by providing thirty days’ prior written
notice.
Consulting Agreement with Gerald Wagner, Ph.D
In January 2007, Dr. Wagner, Ph.D., a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, transitioned out
of his role as the Company’s acting Chief Operating Officer and entered into an amended and
restated consulting contract with the Company. Under the terms of the amended contract, Dr. Wagner
is paid a monthly retainer of $2.5 and will be paid $2.5 for each additional consulting day. This
amended agreement will end at the option of Dr. Wagner or the Company at any time, by providing
fifteen days’ prior written notice, or immediately upon the mutual agreement of the Company and Dr.
Wagner. The Company incurred consulting costs pursuant to this agreement of $7.5 in each of the
three month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 and $15 in each of the six month periods ended
June 30, 2011 and 2010.
Consulting Agreement with Anne Egger
In March 2009, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Anne Egger for certain
consulting services primarily focusing on physician advocacy. The agreement was for an initial
term of three months, and has subsequently been extended to run through September 2011, and may be
terminated by either party with 30 days notice. Under the terms of the agreement, Ms. Egger is
entitled to receive a consulting fee of $1.6 per day. Ms. Egger was appointed to the Company’s
Board of Directors as of June 10, 2009. The Company incurred consulting costs pursuant to this
agreement of $0 and $12 in the three month periods ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010,
respectively. The Company incurred consulting costs pursuant to this agreement of $6 and $35 in the
six month periods ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively
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OTHER INCOME |
10. OTHER INCOME
During April 2005, the Company discontinued all operations associated with its
DIFOTI® product in order to focus its resources and attention on the
development and commercialization of MelaFind®. During December 2006, the
Company entered into a sale and exclusive licensing agreement with KaVo Dental GmbH (“KaVo”), a
leading dental equipment manufacturer, which provides for KaVo to further develop and commercialize
DIFOTI®. Since July 2008, KaVo has been required to pay to the Company a
royalty stream based upon the worldwide aggregate net sales of the licensed product, as defined in
the license agreement, or a set minimum. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, the
Company earned royalty income of $5 and $10, respectively. For the three and six months ended June
30, 2010, the Company was paid royalty income of $5 and $10, respectively.
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8. WARRANTS
The status
of the Company’s warrants at June 30, 2011 is summarized as follows:
As previously discussed in connection with the Company’s private placement in August 2007 the
Company issued warrants to purchase up to 500,041 shares of the Company’s common stock. At June
30, 2011, 346,781 of the 2007 warrants were outstanding. The 2007 outstanding warrants are
exercisable for five years at a price of $8.00 per share.
In addition, in connection with the May 7, 2009 CEFF with Kingsbridge Capital, the Company issued a
5 year warrant to Kingsbridge to purchase up to 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an
exercise price of $11.35 per share. This 200,000 share warrant is outstanding at June 30, 2011.
No warrants were exercised during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011 and the three
month period ended June 30, 2010. During the six months ended June 30, 2010, warrants for the
purchase of 263,549 shares of the Company’s common stock were exercised for total proceeds of
approximately $1.7 million.
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1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
MELA Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is a medical device company focused on
the design, development and commercialization of a non-invasive, point-of-care (in the doctor’s
office) instrument to aid in the detection of early melanoma. The Company’s flagship product,
MelaFind®, features a hand-held imaging device that emits light of multiple
wavelengths to capture images of suspicious pigmented skin lesions and extract data. The data are
then analyzed utilizing image processing classification algorithms, ‘trained’ on our proprietary
database of melanomas and benign lesions, to provide information to assist in the management of the
patient’s disease, including information useful in the decision of whether to biopsy the lesion.
The components of the MelaFind® system include:
The MelaFind® Pre-Market Approval (“PMA”) application was submitted in
June 2009 and is under review at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). A pivotal trial
conducted to establish the safety and effectiveness of MelaFind® was
performed under the auspices of a Protocol Agreement. In addition, the
MelaFind® PMA has been granted expedited review by the FDA.
On November 18, 2010, the Company’s PMA application for MelaFind® was reviewed by the
FDA’s General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel (“Panel”). The Panel voted favorably on all three
questions instructed by the FDA. The FDA advisory Panel vote is non-binding on the FDA. In
February 2011, the Company submitted a PMA amendment containing a revised ‘indications for use’
statement limiting MelaFind® to use by dermatologists, based on discussions
that ensued during the Panel meeting. Also, on May 12, 2011, the Company submitted a second PMA
amendment containing a training program for clinicians, an outline of which was presented at the
Panel meeting. The Company has requested a meeting with the FDA to review the Panel outcome as well
as the Company’s PMA and PMA amendments. On May 9, 2011, the Company filed a Citizen’s Petition
with the FDA requesting the Commissioner of the FDA to enforce the binding Protocol Agreement, as
well as FDA laws and regulations, in completing the review of the MelaFind® PMA.
Upon obtaining approval from the FDA, we plan to launch MelaFind® commercially in the
United States.
Also, in the first six months of 2011, the Company continued the process, initiated in 2010, toward
being able to introduce the MelaFind® device commercially in Europe. The
Company is actively planning representation, conducting market research activities and working with
European regulatory agencies on achieving Conformite Europeenne (“CE”) marking of
MelaFind®.
To date the Company has not generated any revenues from MelaFind®.
The Company anticipates that it will continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future in the
development and commercialization of the MelaFind® device. From inception,
the Company financed operations primarily through the sale of convertible preferred stock and
subsequently sold common stock as part of an initial public offering in October 2005, two private
placements (in November 2006 and August 2007), two registered direct offerings (in August 2008 and
July 2009), and pursuant to a Committed Equity Financing Facility (“CEFF”) with Kingsbridge Capital
Limited in the second half of 2009 and first quarter of 2010. In addition, the Company received
net proceeds of approximately $15.2 million through the sale of common stock pursuant to a public
offering which closed July 6, 2010.
The Company faces certain risks and uncertainties which are present in many emerging medical device
companies regarding future profitability, ability to obtain future capital, protection of patents
and intellectual property rights, competition, rapid technological change, government regulations,
changing health care marketplace, recruiting and retaining key personnel, and reliance on third
party manufacturing organizations.
As of June 30, 2011, the Company’s total of cash and cash equivalents was approximately $20.9
million. Management believes that this cash balance will be sufficient to fund the Company’s
anticipated level of operations for at least the next twelve months. However, the Company will
require additional funds to achieve significant commercialization of
MelaFind®. There can be no assurances that the Company will be able to raise
additional financing in the future. Additional funds may not become available on acceptable terms,
and there can be no assurance that any additional funding that the Company does obtain will be
sufficient to meet the Company’s needs in the long term. In the event that the Company is unable
to raise additional funds, the Company has the ability and intent to reduce certain discretionary
expenditures.
The unaudited condensed financial statements included herein have been prepared from the books and
records of the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) for reporting on Form 10-Q. The information and note disclosures normally
included in complete financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and
regulations. The interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited
financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2010.
The Company’s management is responsible for the financial statements included in this document. The
Company’s interim financial statements are unaudited. Interim results may not be indicative of the
results that may be expected for the year. However, the Company believes all adjustments considered
necessary for a fair presentation of these interim financial statements have been included and are
of a normal and recurring nature.
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4. NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE
Basic net loss per common share excludes dilution for potentially dilutive securities and is
computed by dividing loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of
common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per common share gives effect
to dilutive options,
warrants and other potential common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per
common share is equal to the basic net loss per common share since all potentially dilutive
securities are anti-dilutive for each of the periods presented. Potential common stock equivalents
excluded consist of stock options and warrants which are summarized as follows:
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5. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company has one stock-based compensation plan, the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (“2005 Plan”),
under which the Board of Directors may currently grant incentives to employees, consultants,
directors, officers and collaborating scientists in the form of incentive stock options,
nonqualified stock options and restricted stock awards. The Company also has one other stock-based
compensation plan pursuant to which stock options are outstanding but from which no new grants may
be made.
Stock awards under the Company’s stock option plans have been granted at prices which are no less
than the market value of the stock on the date of the grant. Options granted under the 2005 Plan
are generally time-based or performance-based, and vesting varies accordingly. Options under this
plan expire in up to a maximum of ten years from the date of grant.
The compensation expense recognized in the Statement of Operations in the second quarter of 2011
and 2010 for stock options amounted to $564 (of which $13 relates to performance milestones) and
$184 (of which $6 relates to performance milestones), respectively. For the six months ended June
30, 2011 and 2010, compensation expense for stock options amounted to $734 (of which $28 relates to
performance milestones) and $366 (of which $11 relates to performance milestones), respectively.
Cash received from options and warrants exercised under all share-based payment arrangements for
the three month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 were $0 and $20, respectively, and for the six
month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 were $0 and $1,717 respectively.
The fair value of each option award granted is estimated on the date of grant using the
Black-Scholes option valuation model and assumptions as noted in the following table:
The expected life of the options is based upon the expected time to full-vesting and term of the
options. The expected volatility assumptions are determined based upon the historical volatility of
the Company’s daily closing stock price. The risk-free interest rate is based on the continuous
rates provided by the U.S. Treasury with a term equal to the expected life of the option. The
expected dividend yield is zero as the Company has never paid dividends and does not currently
anticipate paying any in the foreseeable future.
At June 30, 2011, stock options to purchase 2,107,429 shares of common stock at exercise prices
ranging from $1.00 to $11.11 per share are outstanding and exercisable at various dates through
2021.
During the three months and six months ended June 30, 2011, the weighted average fair value of
options granted, estimated as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes option valuation model, was
$2.18 and $2.20, respectively. For the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2010, the
weighted average fair value of options granted was $4.61 and $4.68, respectively. For the three
month and six month periods ended June 30, 2011 no options were exercised and for the three months
and six months ended June 30, 2010 the total intrinsic value of options exercised was $11 and $18,
respectively.
The status of the Company’s stock option plans at June 30, 2011 is summarized in the following:
As of June 30, 2011, of the total 2,107,429 options outstanding, 1,256,638 have not vested. Of
this total unvested amount, 931,813 options will vest upon the attainment of certain milestones,
and the balance will vest over the requisite service period. The weighted average vesting period
for the non-milestone, non-vested awards not yet recognized is 1.9 years
As of June 30, 2011, of the $3,186 total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested
options, $2,708 is to be recognized over a period to be determined by performance-based milestones,
and $478 is to be recognized over the requisite service period through 2015.
As of June 30 2011, there were 1,648,639 shares available for future grants under the Company’s
2005 Plan.
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COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND LITIGATION |
6. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND LITIGATION
The Company is obligated under a non-cancelable operating lease for office, lab, and assembly space
expiring December 2016. The lease is subject to escalations for increases in operating expenses.
The approximate aggregate minimum future payments due under this lease at June 30, 2011 are as
follows:
Rental payments are recognized as rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the
lease.
ASKION GmbH (“ASKION”), located in Gera Germany, which specializes in precision optics, is an
integral member of the MelaFind® development team and the Company expects to
continue to work with ASKION for the foreseeable future. ASKION produced the
MelaFind® hand-held imaging devices used in our pivotal clinical trials and
is currently building additional units and performing other additional developmental activities
under production and R&D contracts.
The Company, primarily through ASKION, engages Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH (“Zeiss”) to build the lenses
and assemblies, as well as provide certain technical consulting, for the
MelaFind® units used in the Company’s pivotal clinical trials and additional
units being manufactured. This work is expected to continue for MelaFind®
units through 2012.
In April, 2011, the Company entered into a “Last Time Buy” supply agreement with Arrow Electronics,
Inc. (“Arrow”), a distributor for ON Semiconductors (“ON”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to
purchase complementary metal—oxide—semiconductor (“CMOS”) sensors. The CMOS sensor is a critical
part of the Company’s MelaFind® system.
A downpayment of $500 was made on this purchase during the three months ended June 30, 2011.
The Company believes that these CMOS
sensors will be sufficient to meet the Company’s needs until an alternative is found.
The Company has an employment agreement with its President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr.
Gulfo, which provides for an annual base salary, stock options and discretionary performance
bonuses. The agreement, which provides for automatic one-year renewal terms, currently runs
through the end of 2011.
On November 19, 2010, a purported securities class action complaint was filed in the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New York, naming as defendants the Company and certain
of its officers and directors, entitled Randall J. Pederson, Individually and on Behalf of All
Others Similarly Situated v. MELA Sciences, Inc., Joseph V. Gulfo, Richard I. Steinhart, and Breaux
Castleman, No. 7:10-cv-08774-JFM. Two similar complaints were also filed, one on December 2, 2010
and the other on January 20, 2011, in the same District Court, entitled Amy Steigman, Individually
and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. MELA Sciences, Inc., Joseph V. Gulfo, Richard I.
Steinhart, and Breaux Castleman, No. 7:10-cv-09024-JFM; and Martin Slove and Linda Slove,
Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. MELA Sciences, Inc., Joseph V.
Gulfo, Richard I. Steinhart, and Breaux Castleman, No. 1:11-cv-00429-JFM. These three securities
class actions were consolidated into one action on February 15, 2011, entitled In re MELA Sciences,
Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 10-Civ-8774-JFM (“securities class action”). The securities class
action plaintiffs assert violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, alleging, among other
things, that defendants made misstatements and omissions regarding the Company’s product,
MelaFind®, and its prospects for FDA approval, on behalf of stockholders who purchased
the Company’s common stock during the period from February 13, 2009 through November 16, 2010, and
seek unspecified damages. On May 2, 2011, the securities class action plaintiffs filed their
amended consolidated complaint, alleging similar claims to their prior complaints. On July 29, 2011, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the consolidated
amended complaint in its entirety. Plaintiff’s opposition to the motion to dismiss is due on September 15, 2011.
The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses and intends to vigorously defend against the
securities class action; however, as with any litigation, we cannot predict with certainty the
eventual outcome of this litigation. An adverse outcome could have a material adverse effect on our
business and our business could be materially harmed.
From time to time, we may be a party to certain legal proceedings, incidental to the normal course
of our business. These may include controversies relating to contract claims and employment related
matters, some of which claims may be material, in which case, we will make separate disclosure as
required.
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Use of Estimates
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Use of Estimates [Abstract] | Â |
USE OF ESTIMATES |
2. USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States requires the use of estimates and assumptions by management that affect
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at
the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. The most significant estimates relate to stock-based compensation arrangements
and accrued expenses. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
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Comprehensive Loss
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Jun. 30, 2011
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Stockholders' Equity/Comprehensive Loss [Abstract] | Â |
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS |
11. COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
For the
three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 respectively, the
Company’s comprehensive loss equalled net loss.
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Condensed Balance Sheets (USD $)
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Jun. 30, 2011
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Dec. 31, 2010
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Current Assets: | Â | Â | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 20,942,709 | $ 30,520,812 | [1] | ||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 934,029 | 523,672 | [1] | ||
Total Current Assets | 21,876,738 | 31,044,484 | [1] | ||
Property and equipment, net | 1,826,578 | 2,073,602 | [1] | ||
Patents and trademarks, net | 65,158 | 71,108 | [1] | ||
Deferred financing costs | 62,391 | 62,391 | [1] | ||
Other assets | 337,705 | 337,705 | [1] | ||
Total Assets | 24,168,570 | 33,589,290 | [1] | ||
Current Liabilities: | Â | Â | |||
Accounts payable | 645,643 | 1,096,505 | [1] | ||
Accrued expenses (includes related parties of $34,000 as of June 30, 2011) | 591,312 | 559,975 | [1] | ||
Other current liabilities | 28,891 | 29,538 | [1] | ||
Total Current Liabilities | 1,265,846 | 1,686,018 | [1] | ||
Long Term Liabilities: | Â | Â | |||
Deferred rent | 121,260 | 104,304 | [1] | ||
Total Long Term Liabilities | 121,260 | 104,304 | [1] | ||
Total Liabilities | 1,387,106 | 1,790,322 | [1] | ||
COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES and LITIGATION (Note 6) | [1] | ||||
Stockholders' Equity | Â | Â | |||
Preferred stock - $.10 par value; authorized 10,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding: none | 0 | 0 | [1] | ||
Common stock - $.001 par value; authorized 45,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 25,262,538 shares at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 | 25,263 | 25,263 | [1] | ||
Additional paid-in capital | 131,650,548 | 130,916,326 | [1] | ||
Accumulated deficit | (108,894,347) | (99,142,621) | [1] | ||
Total Stockholders' Equity | 22,781,464 | 31,798,968 | [1] | ||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | $ 24,168,570 | $ 33,589,290 | [1] | ||
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