Nature of Operations and Liquidity

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Nature of Operations and Liquidity

1. Nature of Operations and Liquidity

Description of Business

Gyre Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company,” “Gyre,” or the “combined company”), formerly known as Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. (“Catalyst”), is a biopharmaceutical company originally incorporated in Delaware on March 7, 1997 under the name Targacept, Inc. Catalyst was a biopharmaceutical company with expertise in protease engineering. Prior to ceasing research and development activities in March 2022, Catalyst had several protease assets that were designed to address unmet medical needs in disorders of the complement or coagulation systems.

On October 30, 2023, the Company consummated the transactions (the “Contributions”) contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement as described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Annual Report”), which were accounted for as a reverse asset acquisition and a purchase of noncontrolling interest in accordance with United States (“U.S.”) generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Continent Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“CPI”) was treated as the accounting acquirer of the reverse asset acquisition and is presented as the predecessor for post-acquisition financial reporting purposes. CPI holds an indirect controlling interest in Beijing Continent Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (d/b/a Gyre Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., “Gyre Pharmaceuticals”), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company registered and established in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) in 2002.

After consummation of the Contributions, the immediate holding company of CPI became Gyre. The Company holds in aggregate a 65.2% indirect interest in Gyre Pharmaceuticals. The majority shareholder of Gyre is GNI USA, Inc. (“GNI USA”), which is indirectly wholly owned by GNI Group Ltd. (“GNI Japan”). Gyre is a financially-sustainable pharmaceutical company with a record of financial success that develops and commercializes small-molecule anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic drugs targeting organ diseases, focusing specifically on organ fibrosis. Fibrotic diseases represent a large patient population with significant unmet medical needs.

Liquidity

For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company had net income of $14.5 million, while net cash used in operating activities was $2.6 million. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $74.5 million and cash and cash equivalents of $16.1 million. Based on the Company’s current operating plan, management believes that existing cash and cash equivalents, cash flows from operations, and access to capital markets will be sufficient to fund the Company’s operating activities and obligations for at least 12 months following the issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements.