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Organization, Restructuring, Going Concern and Basis of Presentation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization, Restructuring, Going Concern and Basis of Presentation

1. Organization, Restructuring, Going Concern and Basis of Presentation

Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of therapies for the localized treatment of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis, or CRS. The Company’s proprietary technology is designed to consistently deliver medicines directly to the affected tissue for sustained periods with a single administration. The Company’s primary product candidate, LYR-210, is a bioabsorbable nasal implant designed to be administered in a simple, in-office procedure and intended to deliver six months of continuous anti-inflammatory drug therapy to the sinonasal passages for the treatment of CRS. The Company was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on November 21, 2005 and is located in Watertown, Massachusetts. On July 16, 2018, the Company formerly changed its name from 480 Biomedical, Inc. to Lyra Therapeutics, Inc.

The Company is subject to risks common to companies in the therapeutics and pharmaceutical industry, including but not limited to, risks of failure of preclinical studies and clinical trials, the need to obtain marketing approval for any drug product candidate that it may identify and develop, the need to successfully commercialize and gain market acceptance of its product candidates, dependence on key personnel, protection of proprietary technology, compliance with government regulations, development by competitors of technological innovations, reliance on third party manufacturers, ability to transition from pilot-scale manufacturing to large-scale production of products and the need to obtain adequate additional financing to fund the development of its product candidates.

Restructuring

On May 16, 2024, the Company reported that topline results from the Company’s Phase 3 ENLIGHTEN 1 trial evaluating LYR-210 in CRS. ENLIGHTEN 1 did not meet its primary endpoint of demonstrating statistically significant improvement compared to sham control in 3CS at 24 weeks.

In connection with the ENLIGHTEN 1 trial failing to meet its primary endpoint, on May 16, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) approved a reduction in the Company’s workforce impacting 87 employees, which occurred during May and June 2024. In connection with the reduction in force, the Company stopped commercialization efforts for LYR-210, as well as development efforts for LYR-220 in an effort to reduce operating expenses. The Company also paused manufacturing of its product candidates. Furthermore, the Company is currently in the process of marketing all three of its leased properties for sub-leasing arrangements.

The Company recorded a restructuring charge in the amount of $10.9 million in 2024 as well as an additional $1.3 million recorded in the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily related to severance and retention costs as further discussed in Note 4. The Company had recorded an impairment charge in 2024 for the write-down of property and equipment of $1.9 million and right-of-use assets in the amount of $22.8 million as further discussed in Notes 5 and 6.

Going Concern

Although at June 30, 2025, the Company had approximately $29.8 million of cash and cash equivalents, the Company has incurred recurring net operating losses every year since inception and has an accumulated deficit of approximately $420.8 million at June 30, 2025. The Company expects to continue to generate operating losses for the foreseeable future. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for one year from the date these condensed consolidated financial statements are issued.

From inception through June 30, 2025, the Company has raised an aggregate of $429.8 million to fund its operations, primarily from the issuance of equity securities including $5.0 million of gross proceeds (and $4.3 million of net proceeds, after cash and accrued issuance costs) from the Company’s June 2025 Financing (as defined in Note 8, “Preferred and Common Stock”), and to a lesser extent, government contracts and a license agreement.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) assuming the Company will continue as a going concern and contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.

The Company remains focused on preserving its cash. Furthermore, the Company is still engaged in the process of subleasing all of its leased locations, and, may also seek to negotiate an early termination of its leases with its landlords. The Company may be unable to sublease its locations on favorable terms or at all. In addition, the Company may not be able to obtain an early termination of its leases with its landlords on favorable terms or at all.

The Company will continue to evaluate its headcount of employees and may further reduce its workforce, which will result in additional severance and retention costs, which may impact the Company’s ability to meet objectives. If the Company decides to pursue any form of growth strategy in the future, it will need additional financing to support its continuing operations. Until the Company can generate significant revenue from product sales, if ever, it plans to finance its operations through a combination of equity or debt financings, collaboration agreements, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements. The Company may be unable to raise additional funds or enter into such other agreements when needed on favorable terms or at all. The inability to obtain funding as and when needed would have a negative impact on the Company’s financial condition and ability to pursue its business strategies. If the Company is unable to obtain funding when needed, the Company could be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate some or all of its research and development programs, product portfolio expansion or commercialization efforts, which could adversely affect its business prospects, or the Company may be unable to continue operations. The Company will need to generate significant revenue to achieve profitability, and it may never do so.

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard and Reverse Stock Split

On July 19, 2024, the Company received notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”) that it was not in compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for continued inclusion on Nasdaq as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). In accordance with Nasdaq listing rules, the Company was afforded 180 calendar days to regain compliance with the Bid Price Requirement, and was subsequently granted an additional 180-day compliance period through July 14, 2025 to regain compliance.

In an effort to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, on March 13, 2025, the Board of Directors approved a discretionary reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock in the range of 1-for-10 shares and 1-for-50 shares, subject to stockholder approval at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders held on May 14, 2025 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders approved the Reverse Stock Split. Following the Annual Meeting, the Board fixed the Ratio for the Reverse Stock Split at 1-for-50 shares. On May 27, 2025, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect a 1-for-50 reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock, effective May 27, 2025 at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time (the “Reverse Stock Split”).

As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every 50 shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock was automatically exchanged for one issued and outstanding share of common stock, without any change in the par value per share. No fractional shares were issued as a result of the Reverse Stock Split. Instead, any fractional shares of common stock that would have otherwise resulted from the Reverse Stock Split were rounded down to the nearest whole share and repurchased by the Company, which resulted in a reduction of 48 shares of common stock issued for the round down of fractional shares. The Certificate of Amendment did not amend the number of authorized shares of common stock, which remained unchanged at 200,000,000 shares. The common stock began trading on a post-split basis on Nasdaq as of the open of trading on May 28, 2025.

Proportionate adjustments were made to the exercise price and number of shares issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding, and the number of shares subject to restricted stock units under the Company’s equity incentive plans, under the Company’s equity incentive plans.

All references to common stock, equity-based common stock awards and all share and per share data contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split.

From the May 28, 2025 date that the common stock began trading on a post-split basis on Nasdaq, the Company maintained a minimum bid price of $1.00 per common share in excess of 10 consecutive business days as required under the Bid Price Requirement, and, on June 13, 2025, Nasdaq notified the Company that it had regained compliance with the Bid Price Requirement.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the

instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2025. Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative United States generally accepted accounting principles as found in the Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). In management’s opinion, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements for the periods presented.