STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Equity [Abstract]

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

10. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

On May 15, 2024, the Company filed with the SEC a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (the “2024 Registration Statement”) for the offer and sale of up to $75 million of its securities. The 2024 Registration Statement was declared effective on May 22, 2024. The 2024 Registration Statement is intended to provide the Company with flexibility to raise capital in the future for general corporate purposes. However, the Company’s ability to offer and sell its securities in a primary offering on the 2024 Registration Statement is limited by General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 (the “Baby Shelf Limitation”), which limits the amount that the Company can offer to up to one-third of its public float during any trailing 12-month period. The Company would no longer be subject to the Baby Shelf Limitation if its public float exceeds $75 million.

At the Market Offering Agreement

On May 15, 2024, the Company amended the At the Market Offering Agreement, dated as of May 25, 2022 (the “ATM Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”) as sales agent. Pursuant to the terms of the amended ATM Agreement, the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, through Wainwright, shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $5,500,000. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from any offering under the amended ATM Agreement for general corporate purposes, including research and development activities, capital expenditures and working capital.

On July 30, 2024, the Company notified Wainwright that it was suspending its use of and terminating the “at the market offering” sales agreement prospectus (the “ATM Prospectus”), related to the potential issuance from time to time of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the ATM Agreement, by and between the Company and Wainwright. Notwithstanding the termination of the ATM Prospectus, the ATM Agreement remains in full force and effect.

On September 3, 2024, the Company filed a new prospectus supplement to the 2024 Registration Statement with the SEC for an aggregate offering price of up to $5,500,000 related to the potential issuance from time to time of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the ATM Agreement with Wainwright as sales agent.

The Company sold 88,796 shares of common stock under the ATM Agreement for net proceeds of $99,506 during 2024. During 2023, the Company sold 1,878,488 shares of common stock under the ATM Agreement for net proceeds of $2,750,658. The Company sold 120,047 shares of common stock under the ATM Agreement for net proceeds of $105,693 from January 1, 2025 through February 21, 2025.

July 2024 Offering

On July 30, 2024, the Company entered into the July 2024 Purchase Agreement with the Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company issued, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an offering price of $2.00 per share for gross proceeds of $10.0 million before the deduction of placement agent fees and offering expenses. In a concurrent private placement and also pursuant to the July 2024 Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to the Purchasers the Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share.

The Warrants became exercisable immediately after issuance for a term of five and one-half years following the date of issuance. The closing of the July 2024 Offering occurred on August 1, 2024.