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Note 1 - Nature of the Business and Basis of Preparation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Nature of Operations [Text Block]
1.
Nature of the business and basis of preparation
 
BeyondSpring Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on
November 21, 2014.
The Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”) are principally engaged in clinical stage biopharmaceutical activities focused on the development of innovative cancer therapies. The Company is under the control of Mr. Linqing Jia and Dr. Lan Huang as a couple (collectively, the “Founders”) since its incorporation.
 
On
May 21, 2019,
the Company entered into a sales agreement with Jefferies LLC (“Jefferies”) to act as an agent in selling the Company’s ordinary shares in an at-the-market (“ATM”) offering program up to an aggregate offering proceeds of
$30,000
on mutually agreed terms. In
July 2019,
ATM offering was suspended and the Company has received an aggregate gross proceeds of
$13,023
on
620,753
ordinary shares already sold in respect thereof.
 
On
June 14, 2019
and
July 3, 2019,
certain investors led by Shenzhen Efung
9th
Venture Investment Center (Limited Partnership) (“Efung Capital”) entered into investment agreements with Dalian Wanchunbulin Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (“Wanchunbulin”), to invest
$14,537
(
RMB100,000
) for a total of
4.76%
equity interest of Wanchunbulin. To date, the Company has received
$10,083
(
RMB70,000
) from this equity financing.
 
On
June 25, 2019,
SEED Therapeutics Inc. (“SEED”) was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
 
As at
June 30, 2019,
the subsidiaries of the Company are as follows:
 
Name of company
 
Place of incorporation 
 
Date of incorporation
 
Percentage of ownership by the Company
 
Principal activities
                 
BeyondSpring
Pharmaceuticals Inc.
 
Delaware,
United States of America (“U.S.”)
 
June 18, 2013
 
100%
 
Clinical trial activities
                 
BeyondSpring Ltd.  
BVI
 
December 3, 2014
 
100%
 
Holding company
                 
BeyondSpring (HK) Limited  
Hong Kong
 
January 13, 2015
 
100%
 
Holding company
                 
Wanchun Biotechnology Limited  
BVI
 
April 1, 2015
 
100%
 
Holding company
                 
Wanchun Biotechnology
(Shenzhen) Ltd.
 
The People’s Republic of China
(“PRC”)
 
April 23, 2015
 
100%
 
Holding company
                 
Wanchunbulin  
PRC
 
May 6, 2015
 
60%
 
Clinical trial activities
                 
BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals
Australia PTY Ltd.
(“BeyondSpring Australia”)
 
Australia
 
March 3, 2016
 
100%
 
Clinical trial activities
                 
Beijing Wanchun Pharmaceutical
Technology Ltd.
(“Beijing Wanchun”)
 
PRC
 
May 21, 2018
 
60%
 
Clinical trial activities
                 
SEED  
BVI
 
June 25, 2019
 
100%
 
Holding company
 
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheet as of
June 30, 2019,
the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss for the
three
and
six
months ended
June 30, 2018
and
2019,
the cash flows for the
six
months ended
June 30, 2018
and
2019,
and the related footnote disclosures are unaudited. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information using accounting policies that are consistent with those used in the preparation of the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2018.
Accordingly, these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements do
not
include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for annual financial statements.
 
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements contain all normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, operating results and cash flows of the Company for each of the periods presented. The results of operations for the
three
and
six
months ended
June 30, 2019
are
not
necessarily indicative of results to be expected for any other interim period or for the full year of
2019.
The consolidated balance sheet as of
December 31, 2018
was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does
not
include all of the disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for annual financial statements. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2018.