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Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
13-3986004 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
50 South Buckhout Street, Suite 1 Irvington, New York (Address of Principal Executive offices) |
10533 (Zip Code) |
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September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
(unaudited) | * | |||||||
ASSETS |
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Current Assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 16,999,279 | $ | 30,520,812 | ||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
859,708 | 523,672 | ||||||
Total Current Assets |
17,858,987 | 31,044,484 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net |
1,725,615 | 2,073,602 | ||||||
Patents and trademarks, net |
62,183 | 71,108 | ||||||
Deferred financing costs |
62,391 | 62,391 | ||||||
Other assets |
586,498 | 337,705 | ||||||
Total Assets |
$ | 20,295,674 | $ | 33,589,290 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current Liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
$ | 629,996 | $ | 1,096,505 | ||||
Accrued expenses (includes related parties of $3,755 as of
September 30, 2011) |
659,842 | 559,975 | ||||||
Other current liabilities |
28,250 | 29,538 | ||||||
Total Current Liabilities |
1,318,088 | 1,686,018 | ||||||
Long Term Liabilities: |
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Deferred rent |
129,738 | 104,304 | ||||||
Total Long Term Liabilities |
129,738 | 104,304 | ||||||
Total Liabilities |
1,447,826 | 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
September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 |
25,263 | 25,263 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
133,827,586 | 130,916,326 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(115,005,001 | ) | (99,142,621 | ) | ||||
Total Stockholders Equity |
18,847,848 | 31,798,968 | ||||||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders Equity |
$ | 20,295,674 | $ | 33,589,290 | ||||
* | Derived from the audited balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 |
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Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
Operating expenses: |
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Research and development |
$ | 2,437,811 | $ | 2,936,671 | $ | 7,634,493 | $ | 8,276,430 | ||||||||
General and administrative |
3,689,991 | 2,033,172 | 8,291,170 | 6,352,492 | ||||||||||||
Operating loss |
(6,127,802 | ) | (4,969,843 | ) | (15,925,663 | ) | (14,628,922 | ) | ||||||||
Interest income |
10,729 | 9,741 | 45,194 | 13,702 | ||||||||||||
Other income, net |
6,419 | 4,998 | 18,089 | 17,521 | ||||||||||||
Net loss |
$ | (6,110,654 | ) | $ | (4,955,104 | ) | $ | (15,862,380 | ) | $ | (14,597,699 | ) | ||||
Basic and diluted
net loss per common share |
$ | (0.24 | ) | $ | (0.20 | ) | $ | (0.63 | ) | $ | (0.62 | ) | ||||
Basic and diluted
weighted average number of
common shares outstanding |
25,262,538 | 25,110,970 | 25,262,538 | 23,636,446 | ||||||||||||
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Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net loss |
$ | (15,862,380 | ) | $ | (14,597,699 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
415,592 | 396,878 | ||||||
Noncash compensation |
2,911,260 | 562,799 | ||||||
Gain on disposal of fixed assets |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and
other current assets |
(336,036 | ) | 271,806 | |||||
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses |
(366,642 | ) | (1,799 | ) | ||||
Increase in other assets |
(248,793 | ) | (289,705 | ) | ||||
Increase in deferred rent |
25,434 | 78,228 | ||||||
Decrease in other current liabilities |
(1,288 | ) | (3,559 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in operating activities |
(13,462,853 | ) | (13,583,078 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Purchases of property and equipment |
(58,680 | ) | (1,052,835 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets |
| 1,500 | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(58,680 | ) | (1,051,335 | ) | ||||
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 | |||||||
Proceeds from public offering |
16,500,000 | |||||||
Expenses related to public offering |
| (1,244,329 | ) | |||||
Proceeds from Committed Equity Financing Facility |
| 3,750,000 | ||||||
Expenses related to Committed Equity Financing Facility |
| (6,717 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by financing activities |
| 20,716,657 | ||||||
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents |
(13,521,533 | ) | 6,082,244 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
30,520,812 | 29,673,420 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ | 16,999,279 | $ | 35,755,664 | ||||
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 |
2,126,804 | 2,171,273 | ||||||
Common stock warrants |
546,781 | 614,906 | ||||||
Total |
2,673,585 | 2,786,179 | ||||||
For the Nine Months | For the Nine Months | |||||||
Ended September 30, 2011 | Ended September 30, 2010 | |||||||
Expected life |
6.5 years | 5-10 years | ||||||
Expected volatility |
70.54-76.32% | 61-67% | ||||||
Risk-free interest rate |
1.38-3.34% | 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 |
496,050 | 3.18 | 9.6 | |||||||||||||
Exercised |
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Forfeited or expired |
(502,125 | ) | 6.59 | | ||||||||||||
Outstanding at September 30, 2011 |
2,126,804 | $ | 4.39 | 6.5 | $ | 1,473 | ||||||||||
Vested and exercisable at September 30, 2011 |
874,041 | $ | 4.48 | 5.6 | $ | 644 | ||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
$1.00 |
48,952 | 1.2 years | $ | 1.00 | 48,952 | $ | 1.00 | |||||||||||||
$1.01-$4.50 |
1,635,202 | 7.2 years | $ | 3.63 | 620,539 | $ | 3.67 | |||||||||||||
$4.51-$11.11 |
442,650 | 4.5 years | $ | 7.56 | 204,550 | $ | 7.79 | |||||||||||||
$.01-$11.11 |
2,126,804 | 6.5 years | $ | 4.39 | 874,041 | $ | 4.48 | |||||||||||||
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2011 Remaining three months |
$ | 95 | ||
2012 |
410 | |||
2013 |
439 | |||
2014 |
456 | |||
2015 |
455 | |||
2016 |
456 | |||
$ | 2,311 | |||
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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 September 30, 2011 |
346,781 | 200,000 | 546,781 | |||||||||
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| The schedule, costs, and results of our future clinical trials; | ||
| The success of our research and development efforts; | ||
| The costs associated with maintaining 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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Total | 1 year | 1-3 years | 4-5 years | 5 years | ||||||||||||||||
Operating leases |
$ | 2,311 | $ | 403 | $ | 884 | $ | 910 | $ | 114 |
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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 | |
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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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 | |
31.1 |
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 |
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 |
Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
101.1 |
Interactive Data File |
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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. |
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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. |
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* | 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. |
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Condensed Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $) | Sep. 30, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010 |
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Current Liabilities: | ||
Accrued expenses due to related parties | $ 3,755 | |
Stockholders' Equity | ||
Preferred stock, par value | $ 0.10 | $ 0.10 |
Preferred stock, shares authorized | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 |
Preferred stock, shares issued | ||
Preferred stock, shares outstanding | ||
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 | 9 Months Ended | ||
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Sep. 30, 2011 | Sep. 30, 2010 | Sep. 30, 2011 | Sep. 30, 2010 | |
Operating expenses: | ||||
Research and development | $ 2,437,811 | $ 2,936,671 | $ 7,634,493 | $ 8,276,430 |
General and administrative | 3,689,991 | 2,033,172 | 8,291,170 | 6,352,492 |
Operating loss | (6,127,802) | (4,969,843) | (15,925,663) | (14,628,922) |
Interest income | 10,729 | 9,741 | 45,194 | 13,702 |
Other income, net | 6,419 | 4,998 | 18,089 | 17,521 |
Net loss | $ (6,110,654) | $ (4,955,104) | $ (15,862,380) | $ (14,597,699) |
Basic and diluted net loss per common share | $ (0.24) | $ (0.20) | $ (0.63) | $ (0.62) |
Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding | 25,262,538 | 25,110,970 | 25,262,538 | 23,636,446 |
Document and Entity Information (USD $) | 9 Months Ended | ||
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Sep. 30, 2011 | Oct. 31, 2011 | Jun. 30, 2010 | |
Document and Entity Information [Abstract] | |||
Entity Registrant Name | MELA SCIENCES, INC. /NY | ||
Entity Central Index Key | 0001051514 | ||
Document Type | 10-Q | ||
Document Period End Date | Sep. 30, 2011 | ||
Amendment Flag | false | ||
Document Fiscal Year Focus | 2011 | ||
Document Fiscal Period Focus | Q3 | ||
Current Fiscal Year End Date | --12-31 | ||
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer | No | ||
Entity Voluntary Filers | No | ||
Entity Current Reporting Status | Yes | ||
Entity Filer Category | Accelerated Filer | ||
Entity Public Float | $ 163,015,258 | ||
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding | 25,262,538 |
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Stockholders' Equity/Comprehensive Loss [Abstract] | |
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
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). The shelf registration statement 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 nine months
ended September 30, 2011. Under the CEFF, during the nine month period ending September 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 September 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 September 30,
2011.
As of September 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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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On
November 1, 2011, the Company received written approval from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration of the Company’s MelaFind® Pre-Market Approval
application.
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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS |
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 September 30, 2011 and 2010 and $18 in each of the nine month periods ended September 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 September 30, 2011 and 2010 and $22.5 in each of the nine month periods
ended September 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 2012, 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 $2 and $10 in the three month periods ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010,
respectively. The Company incurred consulting costs pursuant to this agreement of $8 and $45 in the
nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and September 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 nine months ended
September 30, 2011, the Company earned royalty income of $5 and $15, respectively. For the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company was paid royalty income of $5 and $15,
respectively.
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8. WARRANTS
The status
of the Company’s warrants at September 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
September 30, 2011, there were 346,781 of the 2007 warrants 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 September 30,
2011.
No warrants were exercised during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and the
three month period ended September 30, 2010. During the nine months ended September 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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ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
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:
On November 1, 2011, the Company received written approval from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (“FDA”) of the Company’s
MelaFind® Pre-Market Approval (“PMA”) application.
The MelaFind® PMA was submitted to the FDA in June 2009, and had been granted
expedited review by the FDA. A pivotal trial conducted to establish the safety and effectiveness of
MelaFind® was performed under the auspices of a binding Protocol Agreement; all
study end points were met. The results
of the pivotal study were published in the Archives of Dermatology in October 2010 (on-line) and February
2011 (print). The PMA application for MelaFind® was reviewed by the FDA’s General and Plastic
Surgery Devices Panel (“Panel”) in November of 2010. The Panel voted favorably on all three questions
posed by 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. In May 2011, the Company filed a second PMA amendment containing a
training program for clinicians, an outline of which was presented at the Panel meeting. Also in May
2011, the Company submitted a Citizen’s Petition to the FDA requesting that the Commissioner of the FDA
enforce the binding Protocol Agreement, as well as FDA laws and regulations, in completing the review of
the MelaFind® PMA.
The Company received an Approvable Letter from the
FDA for the MelaFind®
PMA application on September 22, 2011. Subsequent to September 30,
2011, the Company received an Approval Letter from the FDA on November 1, 2011 approving the MelaFind® PMA application.
Based upon receipt of FDA approval of the MelaFind® PMA application, the Company withdrew its Citizen’s Petition filed with the FDA in May 2011.
With FDA approval received, the Company plans to launch MelaFind® commercially in the United States
during the first quarter of 2012.
In August of 2011, the Company received the International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”)
13485 certification of the Company’s comprehensive management system for the design
and manufacture of medical devices. On September 6, 2011, the Company received Conformite Europeenne (“CE”) Mark
approval for MelaFind®. With CE Mark approval, the Company has the ability to market
MelaFind® to dermatologists across the European Union and in certain other countries.
The Company plans to launch MelaFind® commercially in Germany during the first quarter of 2012.
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 September 30, 2011, the Company’s total of cash and cash equivalents was approximately $17.0
million. Management believes that with FDA and CE Mark approval this cash balance will be sufficient to fund the Company’s controlled launches in the northeast U.S. and Germany and the
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 non-cash compensation expense recognized in the Statement of Operations in the third quarter of 2011 and 2010 for stock options
amounted to $2,177 (of which $2,031 relates to performance milestones) and $197 (of which $12 relates to performance
milestones), respectively. With the receipt of the PMA Approvable Letter from the FDA on September 22, 2011, approval of
the PMA application by the FDA was deemed by the Company to be probable and $1,889 in non-cash compensation expense was
recorded in the third quarter of 2011 for options which related to the FDA approval milestone.
For the nine months ended September 2011 and 2010, non-cash compensation expense recognized in the Statement of Operations for stock
options amounted to $2,911 (of which $2,059 relates to performance milestones) and $563 (of which $23 relates to performance
milestones), respectively. With the receipt of the PMA Approvable Letter from the FDA on September 22, 2011, approval of the
PMA application by the FDA was deemed by the Company to be probable and $1,889 in non-cash compensation expense was
recorded for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 for options which related to the FDA approval milestone.
There was no cash received from options and warrants exercised under all share-based payment arrangements for the three
month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, nor for the nine month period ended September 30, 2011. Cash received
from options and warrants exercised under all share-based payment arrangements for the nine months ended September 30,
2010 was $1,718.
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 September 30, 2011, stock options to purchase 2,126,804 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 nine months ended September 30, 2011, the weighted average fair value
of options granted, estimated as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes option valuation model,
was $1.61 and $2.14, respectively. For the three month and nine month periods ended September 30,
2010, the weighted average fair value of options granted was $5.03 and $4.73, respectively. For
the three month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and for the three months ended
September 30, 2010 no options were exercised. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010 the
total intrinsic value of options exercised was $18.
The status of the Company’s stock option plans at September 30, 2011 is summarized in the
following table:
As of September 30, 2011, of the total 2,126,804 options outstanding, 1,252,763 have not
vested. Of this total unvested amount, 914,438 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
September 30, 2011, of the $1,046 total unrecognized non-cash compensation cost related to unvested
options, $661 is to be recognized over a period to be determined by performance-based milestones,
and $385 is to be recognized over the requisite service period through 2015.
As of September 30, 2011, there were 1,629,264 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 September 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 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. 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, defendents filed a motion to dismiss the consolidated amended complaint in its entirety.
Plaintiff’s opposition to the motion to dismiss was filed on September 23, 2011.
In light of the Company’s receipt of the Approvable Letter from the FDA for the
MelaFind®
PMA Application on September 22, 2011, the parties filed a stipulation on
October 19, 2011 in which Plaintiff stated its intention to file a motion seeking leave to
amend its complaint. Defendants withdrew the outstanding motion to dismiss the current
Amended Complaint without prejudice to renew it at a later date.
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 |
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.
With the receipt of the PMA Approvable Letter from the FDA on
September 22, 2011, the Company deemed it probable that it would subsequently receive PMA approval from the FDA for the
MelaFind® PMA application. Accordingly, $1,889 in non-cash compensation expense was recorded as of September 30, 2011
representing options on which the performance vesting milestone is related to FDA approval. Those options remain as
unvested on all option tables in this report on Form 10-Q, as vesting
took place at the time approval was received.
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COMPREHENSIVE LOSS |
11. COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
For the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 respectively, the Company’s
comprehensive loss equaled its net loss.
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Condensed Balance Sheets (USD $) | Sep. 30, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010 | |||
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Current Assets: | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 16,999,279 | $ 30,520,812 | [1] | ||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 859,708 | 523,672 | [1] | ||
Total Current Assets | 17,858,987 | 31,044,484 | [1] | ||
Property and equipment, net | 1,725,615 | 2,073,602 | [1] | ||
Patents and trademarks, net | 62,183 | 71,108 | [1] | ||
Deferred financing costs | 62,391 | 62,391 | [1] | ||
Other assets | 586,498 | 337,705 | [1] | ||
Total Assets | 20,295,674 | 33,589,290 | [1] | ||
Current Liabilities: | |||||
Accounts payable | 629,996 | 1,096,505 | [1] | ||
Accrued expenses (includes related parties of $3,755 as of September 30, 2011) | 659,842 | 559,975 | [1] | ||
Other current liabilities | 28,250 | 29,538 | [1] | ||
Total Current Liabilities | 1,318,088 | 1,686,018 | [1] | ||
Long Term Liabilities: | |||||
Deferred rent | 129,738 | 104,304 | [1] | ||
Total Long Term Liabilities | 129,738 | 104,304 | [1] | ||
Total Liabilities | 1,447,826 | 1,790,322 | [1] | ||
COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES and LITIGATION (Note 6) | [1] | ||||
Stockholders' Equity | |||||
Preferred stock - $.10 par value; authorized 10,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding: none | [1] | ||||
Common stock - $.001 par value; authorized 45,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 25,262,538 shares at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 | 25,263 | 25,263 | [1] | ||
Additional paid-in capital | 133,827,586 | 130,916,326 | [1] | ||
Accumulated deficit | (115,005,001) | (99,142,621) | [1] | ||
Total Stockholders' Equity | 18,847,848 | 31,798,968 | [1] | ||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | $ 20,295,674 | $ 33,589,290 | [1] | ||
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