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ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS  
NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Business Operations

 

CURE Pharmaceutical Holding Corp. (“CPHC”), its wholly-owned subsidiary, CURE Pharmaceutical Corporation (“CURE Pharmaceutical”), Cure Chemistry Inc. and its related subsidiaries (collectively referred to as “CHI”) and The Sera Labs, Inc. (“Sera Labs”) (collectively the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us,” or “CURE”) is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development and manufacturing of drug formulation and drug delivery technologies in novel dosage forms to improve drug safety, efficacy and patient adherence. Our mission is to improve lives by redefining how medications are delivered and experienced. Our primary business model is to develop wellness and drug products using our proprietary technology, which development may include preclinical and clinical studies and regulatory approval, and grant product rights to partners responsible for marketing, sales and distribution, while retaining exclusive manufacturing rights. We operate in a 25,000 square foot cGMP manufacturing plant in Oxnard, CA.

 

Our technology platform includes oral dissolving film (“OTF”), and encapsulation systems (“microCURE”) compatible with OTF, chews, oral solutions, topical and transdermal dose forms. We apply our technology to pharmaceutical drugs and dietary supplements for the wellness market. OTF products are about the size of a postage stamp and composed of excipients such as polymers, stabilizers, lipids and surfactants which are all generally recognized as safe. They can be designed to deliver active ingredients to the gastrointestinal, or GI, tract when placed on the tongue and swallowed, or directly to the blood stream when placed under the tongue (sublingual) or on the inner lining of the cheek and lip (buccal).

 

Background

 

We were incorporated in the State of Nevada on May 15, 2014. On November 7, 2016, we changed our name from Makkanotti Group Corp to CURE Pharmaceutical Holding Corp. On September 27, 2019, the Company reincorporated from the State of Nevada to the State of Delaware.

 

On November 7, 2016, the board of directors and the majority stockholder of the then outstanding shares of registrant’s common stock executed a written consent to change registrant’s name from Makkanotti Group Corp. to CURE Pharmaceutical Holding Corp. The Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation was filed with the State of Nevada on November 30, 2016.

 

Further, on November 7, 2016, we, in a reverse take-over transaction, acquired a specialty pharmaceutical and bioscience company based in California that specializes in drug delivery technologies, by executing a Share Exchange Agreement and Conversion Agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) by and among us and a holder of a majority of our issued and outstanding capital stock prior to the closing (the “Majority Stockholder”), on the one hand, and CURE Pharmaceutical, all of the shareholders of CURE Pharmaceutical’s issued and outstanding share capital (the “CURE Pharm Shareholders”) and the holders of certain convertible promissory notes of CURE Pharmaceutical (“CURE Pharm Noteholders”), on the other hand. Hereinafter, this share exchange transaction is described as the “Share Exchange.”

 

As a result of the Share Exchange, CURE Pharmaceutical became a wholly owned subsidiary of CPHC, and the CURE Pharmaceutical Shareholders and CURE Pharmaceutical Noteholders became CPHC stockholders owning, at such time, approximately 65% of our issued and outstanding common stock.

 

On May 14, 2019 (the “Closing Date”), the Company, and CURE Chemistry Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), completed the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated March 31, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), with CHI., a Delaware corporation. As agreed in the Merger Agreement, the Company acquired CHI pursuant to a merger of the Merger Sub with and into CHI (the “Merger”). Pursuant to the Merger, CHI became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and the stockholders of CHI received shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding shares of CHI.

 

On October 2, 2020, the Company completed its acquisition of The Sera Labs, Inc. (“Sera Labs”) a Delaware corporation pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of September 23, 2020 (the “Sera Labs Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Cure Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Sera Labs Merger Sub”), Sera Labs and Nancy Duitch, in her capacity as the security holders representative (“Ms. Duitch”; collectively with the Company, Sera Labs and Sera Labs Merger Sub, the “Parties”). The Sera Labs Merger Agreement provides for the acquisition of Sera Labs by the Company through the merger of Sera Labs Merger Sub with and into Sera Labs, with Sera Labs surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Sera Labs Merger”).

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

 

The COVID-19 pandemic was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, has spread across the globe and is impacting worldwide economic activity. A pandemic, including COVID-19, or other public health epidemic poses the risk that the Company or its employees, suppliers, and other partners may be prevented from conducting business activities at full capacity for an indefinite period of time, including due to spread of the disease within these groups or due to shutdowns that may be requested or mandated by governmental authorities. While it is not possible at this time to estimate the future impact that COVID-19 could have on the Company’s business, the continued spread of COVID-19 and the measures taken by the governments of countries affected and in which the Company operates could continue to disrupt the operation of the Company’s business. The COVID-19 outbreak and mitigation measures have had an adverse impact on global economic conditions, and may continue to have such adverse impact, which could have an adverse effect on the Company’s business and financial condition, including on its potential to conduct financings on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all. In addition, the Company undertook temporary precautionary measures intended to help minimize the risk of the virus to its employees (with such measures still currently in effect), including temporarily requiring a majority of our employees to work remotely, and discouraging employee attendance at in-person work-related meetings, which could negatively affect the Company’s business. The extent to which the COVID-19 outbreak impacts the Company’s results will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information that may emerge concerning the severity of the virus and the actions to contain its impact. Due to the speed with which the COVID-19 situation is developing, the Company is not able at this time to estimate the impact of COVID-19 on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, but the impact could be material for the remainder of fiscal year 2021 in all business aspects and could be material during any future period affected either directly or indirectly by this pandemic.

 

While the extent and duration of the economic downturn from the COVID-19 pandemic remains unclear, the Company has considered, among other things, whether the global operational disruptions indicate a change in circumstances that may trigger asset impairments and whether it needs to revisit accounting estimates and projections or its expectations about collectability of receivables. Additionally, the Company has considered the potential impacts on its fair value disclosures and on its internal control over financial reporting. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 there was no significant direct impact on the Company’s operations as a result of the economic downturn. While significant uncertainty still exists concerning the magnitude of the impact and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy, the Company has determined that there was no triggering event for an impairment with respect to any of its assets nor has there been an adverse change in the probability related to the collectability of its receivables. The Company continues to assess the potential impact of the global economic situation on its consolidated financial statements. Please see Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.