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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-Q

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number: 001-38293

 

SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

Delaware

46-5184075

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

2400 District Avenue, Suite 310

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 517-0730

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes       No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes       No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

 

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes         No   

As of May 4, 2018, the Registrant had 18,542,334 common shares, $0.0001 par value per share, outstanding.

 

 

 

 


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains express or implied forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s belief and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements relate to future events or our future operational or financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, statements about:

 

the timing or likelihood of approval by the FDA of our new drug application for Furoscix;

 

the timing or likelihood of other regulatory filings and approvals, including any approval to market and sell subcutaneous ceftriaxone;

 

the commercialization, marketing and manufacturing of Furoscix or any other of our product candidates, if approved;

 

the pricing and reimbursement of Furoscix or any other of our product candidates, if approved;

 

the rate and degree of market acceptance and clinical utility of Furoscix or any other of our product candidates for which we receive marketing approval;

 

the initiation, timing, progress and results of our research and development programs, including subcutaneous ceftriaxone and future preclinical and clinical studies;

 

our ability to advance any other product candidates into, and successfully complete, clinical studies and obtain regulatory approval for them;

 

our ability to identify additional product candidates;

 

the implementation of our strategic plans for our business, product candidates and technology;

 

the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering Furoscix or any other of our product candidates and technology;

 

estimates of our expenses, future revenues, capital requirements and our needs for additional financing;

 

our ability to manufacture, or the ability of third parties to deliver, sufficient quantities of components and drug product for commercialization of Furoscix or any other of our product candidates;

 

our ability to maintain and establish collaborations;

 

our financial performance;

 

developments relating to our competitors and our industry, including the impact of government regulation; and

 

other risks and uncertainties, including those listed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could materially affect results. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, those set forth in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” and elsewhere our Annual Report on From 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties occur, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual events or results may vary significantly from those implied or projected by the forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance. While we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we have no current intention of doing so except to the extent required by applicable law. You should therefore not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC.

INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Condensed Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018

 

1

 

 

Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2017 and 2018

 

2

 

 

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2018

 

3

 

 

Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

15

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

 

15

Item 2.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

15

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

16

Signatures

 

17

 

 

 

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC.

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

DECEMBER 31,

 

 

MARCH 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

118,298

 

 

$

109,280

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

823

 

 

 

1,323

 

VAT receivable

 

 

655

 

 

 

830

 

Other current assets

 

 

107

 

 

 

135

 

Total current assets

 

 

119,883

 

 

 

111,568

 

Restricted cash

 

 

182

 

 

 

182

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

203

 

 

 

193

 

Right-of-use lease assets - operating (Type B), net

 

 

1,773

 

 

 

1,702

 

Deposits and other assets

 

 

7

 

 

 

7

 

Total assets

 

$

122,048

 

 

$

113,652

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

1,591

 

 

$

1,519

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

3,063

 

 

 

2,736

 

Term loan, short term

 

 

314

 

 

 

1,265

 

Current portion of lease obligation - operating (Type B)

 

 

242

 

 

 

276

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

1

 

 

 

4

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

5,211

 

 

 

5,800

 

Term loan, long term

 

 

9,105

 

 

 

8,222

 

Long term lease obligation - operating (Type B)

 

 

1,683

 

 

 

1,599

 

Other liabilities

 

 

52

 

 

 

87

 

Total liabilities

 

 

16,051

 

 

 

15,708

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized and no shares

   issued and outstanding

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized as of March 31,

   2018; 18,534,240 and 18,542,212 shares issued and outstanding as of

   December 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018, respectively

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

173,011

 

 

 

173,690

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(67,016

)

 

 

(75,748

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

105,997

 

 

 

97,944

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

122,048

 

 

$

113,652

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements. 

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SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

$

2,885

 

 

$

4,048

 

General and administrative

 

 

2,074

 

 

 

4,651

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

4,959

 

 

 

8,699

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(4,959

)

 

 

(8,699

)

Other income (expense)

 

 

10

 

 

 

(42

)

Interest income

 

 

37

 

 

 

351

 

Interest expense

 

 

-

 

 

 

(342

)

Net loss and comprehensive loss

 

$

(4,912

)

 

$

(8,732

)

Net loss per share — basic and diluted

 

$

(4.59

)

 

$

(0.47

)

Weighted average common shares outstanding — basic and diluted

 

 

1,070,691

 

 

 

18,535,432

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(4,912

)

 

$

(8,732

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation expense

 

 

2

 

 

 

10

 

Amortization expense - right-of-use leased assets - operating (Type B)

 

 

24

 

 

 

71

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

108

 

 

 

622

 

Non-cash interest expense

 

 

-

 

 

 

90

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

(214

)

 

 

(703

)

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

249

 

 

 

(432

)

Net cash used in operating activities

 

$

(4,743

)

 

$

(9,074

)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs related to issuance of Series B convertible preferred stock

 

 

(8

)

 

 

-

 

Proceeds from the exercise of vested stock options

 

 

-

 

 

 

56

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

 

(8

)

 

 

56

 

Net decrease in cash and restricted cash

 

 

(4,751

)

 

 

(9,018

)

Cash and restricted cash at beginning of period

 

 

39,281

 

 

 

118,480

 

Cash and restricted cash at end of period

 

$

34,530

 

 

$

109,462

 

Supplemental cash flow information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

-

 

 

$

252

 

Taxes paid

 

$

8

 

 

$

70

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC.

Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Financial Statements

1. Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

Description of Business

scPharmaceuticals LLC was formed as a Limited Liability Company under the laws of the State of Delaware on February 19, 2013. On March 24, 2014, scPharmaceuticals LLC was converted to a Delaware corporation and changed its name to scPharmaceuticals Inc. (“the Company”). The Company is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products that have the potential to transform the way therapy is delivered, advance patient care and reduce healthcare costs. The Company’s proprietary platform is designed to enable the subcutaneous administration of therapies that have previously been limited to intravenous, or IV, delivery. The Company’s headquarters and primary place of business is Burlington, Massachusetts.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and have been prepared on a basis which assumes that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. Certain information and disclosures normally included in financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. Accordingly, these condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and related notes for the year ended December 31, 2017 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 20, 2018.  The Company has determined that it operates in one segment.

The accompanying condensed balance sheet as of March 31, 2018, and the condensed statements of operations and comprehensive loss and condensed statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2018 are unaudited. The unaudited interim condensed financial statements have been prepared on a basis consistent with that used to prepare the Company’s audited annual financial statements and include, in the opinion of management, adjustments, consisting of normal recurring items, necessary for the fair statement of the condensed financial statements. The operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year ending December 31, 2018.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Stock Split

On November 6, 2017, the Company effectuated a 1-for-7.180193 reverse stock split of its outstanding common stock, which was approved by the Company’s board of directors on October 27, 2017 and by the Company’s stockholders on November 6, 2017. The reverse stock split resulted in an adjustment to the preferred stock conversion prices to reflect a proportional decrease in the number of shares of common stock to be issued upon conversion. The accompanying financial statements and notes to the financial statements give retroactive effect to the reverse stock split for all periods presented. The shares of common stock retained a par value of $0.0001 per share. Accordingly, the stockholders’ deficit reflects the reverse stock split by reclassifying from common stock to additional paid-in capital an amount equal to the par value of the decreased shares resulting from the reverse stock split.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reported periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Restricted Cash

As of March 31, 2018, the Company classified $182,000 as restricted cash related to a letter of credit issued as a security deposit in connection with the Company’s lease of its corporate office facilities (Note 8).

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value are to be classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

Level 1: Observable quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2: Observable inputs other than Level 1, such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; and

Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

The Company does not have any recurring fair value measurements as of March 31, 2018. The carrying values of the Company’s cash and restricted cash, prepaid expenses, VAT receivable, and deposits approximate their fair values due to their short term nature. The carrying value of the Company’s loan payable was considered a reasonable estimate of fair value because the Company’s interest rate is near current market rates for instruments with similar characteristics.

Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in right-of-use (“ROU”) lease assets, current portion of lease obligations, and long term lease obligations on the Company’s balance sheets.  

ROU lease assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease obligations represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating ROU lease assets and obligations are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The ROU lease asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives. The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740, Income Taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded to reflect the impact of temporary differences between amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and such amounts as measured under enacted tax laws. A valuation allowance is required to offset any net deferred tax assets if, based upon the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.

The Company provides reserves for potential payments of tax to various tax authorities related to uncertain tax positions. The tax benefits recorded are based on a determination of whether and how much of a tax benefit taken by the Company in its tax filings or positions is “more likely than not” to be realized following resolution of any uncertainty related to the tax benefit, assuming that the matter in question will be raised by the tax authorities. Potential interest and penalties associated with such uncertain tax positions are recorded as a component of income tax expense. At March 31, 2018, the Company had no such accruals.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In May 2014, the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board jointly issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASC 606”), which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASC 605 and most industry-specific guidance. The new standard requires that an entity recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. The update also requires additional disclosures about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract. ASC 606 is effective for public entities for annual and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company has adopted ASC 606 as of January 1, 2018. The future impact of ASC 606 will be dependent on the nature of the Company’s future revenue contracts and arrangements, if any.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASU 2016-02”). ASU 2016-02 is intended to improve financial reporting of leasing transactions by requiring organizations that lease assets to recognize assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by leases that extend more than twelve months on the balance sheet. This accounting update also requires additional disclosures surrounding the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. ASU 2016-02 is effective for financial statements issued for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018 for public business entities. For all

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other entities, it is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted. The Company elected to early adopt ASU 2016-02 as of January 1, 2018 with retrospective application to January 1, 2016, the beginning of the earliest period to be presented in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. The Company has elected the package of practical expedients permitted in ASC Topic 842. Accordingly, the Company accounted for its existing operating leases as operating leases under the new guidance, without reassessing (a) whether the contracts contain a lease under ASC Topic 842, (b) whether classification of the operating leases would be different in accordance with ASC Topic 842, or (c) whether the unamortized initial direct costs before transition adjustments (as of December 31, 2015) would have met the definition of initial direct costs in ASC Topic 842 at lease commencement. In addition, the Company does allocate the consideration between lease and non-lease components. As a result of the adoption of the new lease accounting guidance, the Company recognized on January 1, 2016 (a) a lease liability of approximately $409,000, which represents the present value of the remaining lease payments of approximately $540,000, discounted using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate of 9.63%, and (b) a right-of-use asset of approximately $396,000 which represents the lease liability of $409,000 adjusted for accrued rent of approximately $13,000. This standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s balance sheets or cash flows from operations and had no impact on the Company’s operating results. The most significant impact was the recognition of ROU assets and lease obligations for operating leases.  Adoption of the standard requires the Company to restate certain previously reported results, including the recognition of additional ROU assets and lease obligations for operating leases.

3. Net Loss per Share

Net Loss per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share of common stock (in thousands, except share and per share data):

 

 

 

THREE MONTHS ENDED

MARCH 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

Net loss and comprehensive loss

 

$

(4,912

)

 

$

(8,732

)

Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share

 

 

1,070,691

 

 

 

18,535,432

 

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

 

$

(4.59

)

 

$

(0.47

)

 

The Company’s potentially dilutive securities, which include stock options and convertible preferred stock, have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would be to reduce the net loss per share. Therefore, the weighted average number of common shares outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders is the same. The Company excluded the following potential common shares, presented based on amounts outstanding at each period end, from the computation of diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders for the periods indicated because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect.

 

 

 

THREE MONTHS ENDED

MARCH 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

Convertible preferred stock, on an as-converted basis

 

 

10,126,771

 

 

 

-

 

Stock options to purchase common stock

 

 

865,181

 

 

 

1,748,617

 

Unvested restricted stock

 

 

4,120

 

 

 

122

 

Total

 

 

10,996,072

 

 

 

1,748,739

 

 

4. Property and Equipment

Purchased property and equipment consists of the following (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

ESTIMATED

USEFUL LIFE

 

DECEMBER 31,

2017

 

 

MARCH 31,

2018

 

Office equipment

 

5 years

 

$

10

 

 

$

10

 

Office furniture

 

7 years

 

 

116

 

 

 

116

 

Computer equipment

 

3 years

 

 

8

 

 

 

8

 

Leasehold improvements

 

Life of lease

 

 

95

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

 

 

 

229

 

 

 

229

 

Less: Accumulated depreciation

 

 

 

 

(26

)

 

 

(36

)

Property and equipment, net

 

 

 

$

203

 

 

$

193

 

 

Depreciation expense for the periods ended March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018 was $2,000 and $10,000, respectively.

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Leased property and equipment consists of the following (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

ESTIMATED

USEFUL LIFE

 

DECEMBER 31,

2017

 

 

MARCH 31,

2018

 

Right-of-use lease assets - operating (Type B)

 

Lease term

 

$

2,014

 

 

$

2,014

 

Less: Accumulated amortization

 

 

 

 

(241

)

 

 

(312

)

Right-of-use lease assets - operating (Type B), net

 

 

 

$

1,773

 

 

$

1,702

 

 

Amortization expense for the periods ended March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018 was $24,000 and $71,000, respectively.

 

5. Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of (in thousands):

 

 

 

DECEMBER 31,

2017

 

 

MARCH 31,

2018

 

Contract research and development

 

$

1,610

 

 

$

717

 

Consulting and professional service fees

 

 

287

 

 

 

950

 

Employee compensation and related costs

 

 

871

 

 

 

799

 

State taxes

 

 

192

 

 

 

191

 

Financing related costs

 

 

90

 

 

 

44

 

Other

 

 

13

 

 

 

35

 

Total accrued expenses

 

$

3,063

 

 

$

2,736

 

 

6. Stock-Based Compensation

Stock Options

The Company’s 2017 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2017 Stock Plan”) became effective in November 2017, upon the closing of the Company’s initial public offering and will expire in October 2027. Under the 2017 Stock Plan, the Company may grant incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, restricted stock awards and other stock-based awards. The Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2014 Stock Plan”) was terminated in November 2017 effective upon the completion of the Company’s initial public offering. No further additional options will be granted under the 2014 Stock Plan. At March 31, 2018, there were 1,095,895 options outstanding under the 2014 Plan.  

As of March 31, 2018, there were 2,171,389 shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance under the 2017 Stock Plan.

At March 31, 2017, there were 1,553,537 options available for issuance and 652,722 options outstanding under the 2017 Stock Plan. Options granted under the 2017 Plan have a term of ten years. Vesting of options under the 2017 Stock Plan is determined by the board of directors, but is generally a four-year term.

The fair value of options at date of grant was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: 

 

 

 

THREE MONTHS ENDED

MARCH 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

2.19%-2.20%

 

 

2.42%-2.74%

 

Expected dividend yield

 

0%

 

 

0%

 

Expected life

 

6.0-6.1 years

 

 

5.5-7.0 years

 

Expected volatility

 

82%

 

 

83%-86%

 

Weighted-average grant date fair value

 

$

2.69

 

 

$

9.44

 

 

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The following table summarizes information about stock option activity during the three months ended March 31, 2018 (in thousands, except share and per share data): 

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

 

 

WEIGHTED-

AVERAGE

EXERCISE

PRICE

 

 

WEIGHTED-

AVERAGE

REMAINING

CONTRACTUAL

TERM

 

AGGREGATE

INTRINSIC

VALUE

 

Outstanding, December 31, 2017

 

 

1,195,495

 

 

$

5.38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

592,814

 

 

 

13.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(7,606

)

 

 

7.39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(32,086

)

 

 

5.85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, March 31, 2018

 

 

1,748,617

 

 

$

7.94

 

 

9.04

 

$

8,355

 

Vested and exercisable, March 31, 2018

 

 

361,125

 

 

$

5.20

 

 

8.01

 

$

2,601

 

Vested and expected to vest, March 31, 2018

 

 

1,442,766

 

 

$

7.74

 

 

8.96

 

$

7,149

 

 

Unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested awards as of March 31, 2018 was $6.3 million and will be recognized over the remaining vesting periods of the underlying awards. The weighted-average period over which such compensation is expected to be recognized is 3.24 years.

The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense in the following expense categories of its accompanying condensed statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2018 (in thousands):

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

Research and development

 

$

36

 

 

$

186

 

General and administrative

 

 

72

 

 

 

436

 

Total

 

$

108

 

 

$

622

 

 

7. Term Loan

In May 2017, the Company entered into a loan and security agreement (the “2017 Loan Agreement”), with Solar Capital Ltd. and Silicon Valley Bank for $10.0 million. The 2017 Loan Agreement has a maturity date of May 1, 2021. Debt issuance costs for the 2017 Loan Agreement will be amortized to interest expense over the remaining term of the 2017 Loan Agreement using the effective-interest method.

The interest rate under the 2017 Loan Agreement is LIBOR plus 8.45%, and there is an interest-only period until November 30, 2018, followed by a 30-month principal and interest period. Pursuant to the 2017 Loan Agreement, the Company provided a first priority security interest in all existing and after-acquired assets, excluding intellectual property, owned by the Company.

The Company entered into an exit fee agreement in connection with the 2017 Loan Agreement for an aggregate payment of 4% of the loan commitment, or $400,000, to the lenders upon the occurrence of an exit event, including an initial public offering. The Company concluded that the exit payment obligation met the definition of a derivative that was required to be accounted for as a separate unit of accounting. The Company recorded the issuance-date fair value of the derivative liability of $392,000 as a debt discount and as a derivative liability in the Company’s balance sheet. The Company paid the fee in November 2017 in conjunction with the Company’s IPO.

As of March 31, 2018, unpaid borrowings under the 2017 Loan Agreement totaled $10.0 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2018 the Company recorded $69,000 related to the amortization of debt discount associated with the 2017 Loan Agreement.

The 2017 Loan Agreement allows the Company to voluntarily prepay all (but not less than all) of the outstanding principal at any time. A prepayment premium of initially 3% reducing to 1% following the one year anniversary would be assessed on the outstanding principal. A final payment fee of $250,000 is due upon the earlier to occur of the maturity date or prepayment of such borrowings. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company recorded $21,000 related to the amortization of the final payment fee associated with the 2017 Loan Agreement.

In an event of default under the 2017 Loan Agreement, the interest rate will be increased by 5% and the balance under the loan may become immediately due and payable at the option of the lenders.

The 2017 Loan Agreement includes restrictions on, among other things, the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, change the name or location of the Company’s business, merge with or acquire other entities, pay dividends or make other distributions to holders of its capital stock, make certain investments, engage in transactions with affiliates, create liens, sell assets or pay subordinated debt.

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Total term loan and unamortized debt discount balances are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

MARCH 31,

2018

 

Face value

 

$

10,000

 

Less: discount

 

 

(513

)

Total

 

$

9,487

 

Less: current portion

 

 

(1,265

)

Total

 

$

8,222

 

 

As of March 31, 2018, future principal payments due under the 2017 Loan Agreement are as follows (in thousands): 

 

Year ended:

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

$

333

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

4,000

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

4,000

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

1,667

 

Total

 

$

10,000

 

 

8. Commitments and Contingencies

Operating Leases

The Company leases office facilities and equipment under long-term, non-cancelable operating lease agreements. The leases expire at various dates through 2022 and do not include renewal options. In the normal course of business, it is expected that these leases will be renewed.

Certain leases provide for increases in future minimum annual rental payments as defined in the lease agreements. The leases generally also include real estate taxes and common area maintenance (“CAM”) charges in the annual rental payments.

Pursuant to the terms of its lease agreement for the Company’s headquarters, the Company obtained a letter-of-credit in the amount of approximately $182,000 as security on the lease obligation. The letter-of credit is listed as restricted cash on the Company’s balance sheets.

Short-term leases are leases having a term of twelve months or less. The Company recognizes short-term leases on a straight-line basis and does not record a related lease asset or liability for such leases.

The following is a maturity analysis of the annual undiscounted cash flows of the operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2018 (in thousands):

 

Year ended:

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

$

333

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

499

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

512

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

524

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

497

 

Total minimum lease payments

 

$

2,365

 

 

 

 

THREE MONTHS ENDED

MARCH 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

Lease cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease cost

 

$

32

 

 

$

119

 

Short-term lease cost

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

Total lease cost

 

$

34

 

 

$

121

 

Other information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

 

$

18

 

 

$

97

 

Operating cash flows from operating leases

 

$

14

 

 

$

21

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases

 

5.3 years

 

 

4.7 years

 

Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases

 

 

9.6

%

 

 

10.1

%

 

In February 2018, the Company signed a sublease agreement for its facility located in Lexington, Massachusetts. The lease commenced on April 1, 2018 and has an initial term of three years with an extension term through December 2022.

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Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and the results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Quarterly Report”) and our audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (the “Annual Report”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2018. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, including those factors set forth in the “Risk Factors” section in our Annual Report, our actual results could differ materially from the results described in or implied by, the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.

OVERVIEW

We are a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products that have the potential to transform the way therapy is delivered, advance patient care and reduce healthcare costs. Our proprietary platform is designed to enable the subcutaneous administration of therapies that have previously been limited to intravenous, or IV, delivery. By moving delivery away from the high-cost healthcare settings typically required for IV administration, we believe our technology reduces overall healthcare costs and advances the quality and convenience of care. Our lead product candidate, Furoscix, consists of our novel subcutaneous formulation of furosemide delivered via our sc2Wear Infusor and is under development for treatment of worsening, or decompensated, heart failure outside of the inpatient setting. We filed a new drug application, or NDA, for Furoscix, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, in August 2017. The FDA notified us in October 2017 that it had accepted our NDA for review and assigned us a June 23, 2018 Prescription Drug User Fee Act, or PDUFA, date which is the goal date for the FDA to complete its review of our NDA. We believe Furoscix, if approved by the FDA, would allow heart failure patients to receive IV-strength diuresis with earlier discharge from, or potentially without admission to, the high-cost hospital setting.

We have funded our operations from inception through March 31, 2018 primarily through the sale of shares of our common stock in our initial public offering and, prior to that, through the private placement of our preferred stock and the incurrence of debt. We do not have any products approved for sale and have not generated any revenue from product sales.

As of March 31, 2018, we had an accumulated deficit of $75.7 million. We expect to continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future as we develop the infrastructure to commercialize our products, if approved, in the United States, including building our sales and marketing organization, continue research and development efforts, scale-up manufacturing, and seek regulatory approval for new product candidates and product enhancements. We will need additional funding to pay expenses relating to our operating activities, including selling, general and administrative expenses and research and development expenses. Adequate funding may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. Our failure to obtain sufficient funds on acceptable terms when needed could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

COMPONENTS OF OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development, or R&D, expenses consist of the cost of engineering, clinical trials, regulatory and medical affairs and quality assurance associated with developing our proprietary technology and product candidates. R&D expenses consist primarily of:

 

employee-related expenses, including salaries, benefits, travel expense and stock-based compensation expense;

 

cost of outside consultants who assist with technology development, regulatory affairs, clinical trials and medical affairs, and quality assurance;

 

cost of clinical trial activities performed by third parties; and

 

cost of facilities and supplies used for internal research and development and clinical activities.

We expense R&D costs as incurred. Given the emphasis to date on our lead product candidate Furoscix, our R&D expenses have not been allocated on a program-specific basis. In the future, we expect R&D expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to develop new products and enhance existing products and technologies. We anticipate that our expenses will increase significantly as we:

 

continue to advance our pipeline programs beyond Furoscix;

 

continue our current research and development activity;

 

seek to identify additional research programs and additional product candidates;

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initiate preclinical testing and clinical trials for any product candidates we identify and develop, maintain, expand and protect our intellectual property portfolio; and

 

hire additional research, clinical and scientific personnel.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative, or G&A, expenses consist of employee-related expenses, including salaries, benefits, travel expense and stock-based compensation expense for personnel in executive, finance, commercial, human resources, facility operations and administrative functions. Other G&A expenses include pre-approval promotional activities, marketing, conferences and trade shows, professional services fees, including legal, audit and tax fees, insurance costs, general corporate expenses and allocated facilities-related expenses.

If we receive FDA approval for Furoscix, we anticipate that our G&A expenses will increase as we continue to build our corporate and commercial infrastructure to support the development and commercial launch of Furoscix in the United States. Additionally, we anticipate increased expenses related to the audit, legal and compliance, regulatory, investor relations and tax-related services associated with maintaining compliance with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nasdaq Stock Market, as well as healthcare laws and compliance requirements, director and officer insurance premiums and other costs associated with operating as a publicly-traded company.

Results of Operations

Comparison of Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2018

The following table summarizes our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2018 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

Increase

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

(Decrease)

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

$

2,885

 

 

$

4,048

 

 

$

1,163

 

General and administrative

 

 

2,074

 

 

 

4,651

 

 

 

2,577

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

4,959

 

 

 

8,699

 

 

 

3,740

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(4,959

)

 

 

(8,699

)

 

 

3,740

 

Other income (expense), net

 

 

10

 

 

 

(42

)

 

 

52

 

Interest income

 

 

37

 

 

 

351

 

 

 

314

 

Interest expense

 

 

-

 

 

 

(342

)

 

 

342

 

Net loss

 

$

(4,912

)

 

$

(8,732

)

 

$

3,820

 

 

Research and development expenses. R&D expenses were $4.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, compared to $2.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The increase of $1.1 million was primarily attributable to a $0.6 million increase in employee-related expenses associated with additional headcount, a $0.4 million increase in supplies and contract services for clinical and medical affairs, and a $0.2 million increase in pharmaceutical development in preparation for commercial validation batches during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

General and administrative expenses. G&A expenses were $4.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, compared to $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The increase of $2.6 million was primarily attributable to a $1.0 million increase in consulting and professional services due to the expansion of our commercial organization, a $0.8 million increase in employee-related expenses associated with additional headcount and recruiting, and $0.8 million related to costs incurred as a public company during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Other (expense) income. Other expense was $42,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2018, compared to other income of $10,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The increase in expense of $52,000 was primarily attributable to foreign exchange losses due to activity denominated in foreign currency combined with foreign currency fluctuations.

Interest income. Interest income was $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, compared to $37,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The increase of $0.3 million was primarily attributable to higher cash balances for the three months ended March 31, 2018 following our initial public offering in November 2017.

Interest expense. Interest expense increased $0.3 million from the three months ended March 31, 2017 to $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018. This increase was attributable to the $10.0 million loan entered into in May 2017 with Solar Capital Ltd. and Silicon Valley Bank.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Overview

We have funded our operations from inception through March 31, 2018 primarily through the sale of shares of our common stock in our initial public offering and, prior to that, through the private placement of our preferred stock and the incurrence of debt. As of March 31, 2018, we had received net cash proceeds of $92.7 million from our initial public offering, $56.7 million from sales of our preferred stock, and $13.5 million in net proceeds from convertible notes payable. Additionally, in May 2017 we incurred $10.0 million of debt under our loan and security agreement with Solar Capital Ltd. and Silicon Valley Bank. As of March 31, 2018, we had cash and restricted cash of $109.5 million.

We expect to incur substantial additional expenditures in the next twelve months to support our ongoing activities and the commercial launch of Furoscix, if approved, in the United States. We believe our existing unrestricted cash is sufficient to fund these operations through 2019. We expect our costs and expenses to increase in the future as we prepare for and, if approved, commence U.S. commercialization of Furoscix, including the development of a direct sales force, and as we continue to make substantial expenditures on research and development, including to increase our manufacturing capacity and for conducting clinical trials of our product candidates. Additionally, we will incur additional costs as a result of operating as a public company. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:

 

the potential FDA approval of Furoscix;

 

the costs and expenses of establishing our U.S. sales and marketing infrastructure;

 

the degree of success we experience in commercializing Furoscix, if approved;

 

the revenue generated by sales of Furoscix, if approved and other products that may be approved;

 

the pricing and reimbursement of Furoscix, if approved and of other product candidates that may be approved;

 

the costs, timing and outcomes of clinical trials and regulatory reviews associated with our product candidates;

 

the costs and timing of developing variations of our sc2Wear Infusor and, if necessary, obtaining FDA approval of such variations;

 

the emergence of competing or complementary technological developments;

 

the extent to which Furoscix, if approved, is adopted by the healthcare community;

 

the number and types of future products we develop and commercialize;

 

the costs of preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications and maintaining, enforcing and defending intellectual property-related claims; and

 

the extent and scope of our general and administrative expenses.

Additional financing may not be available on a timely basis on terms acceptable to us, or at all. We may raise funds in equity, royalty-based or debt financings or enter into additional credit facilities in order to access funds for our capital needs. If we raise additional funds through further issuances of equity or convertible debt securities, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution in their percentage ownership of our company, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of holders of our common stock. If we raise additional funds through royalty-based financing arrangements, we will likely agree to relinquish rights to potentially valuable future revenue streams and may agree to covenants that restrict our operations or strategic flexibility. Any debt financing obtained by us in the future would cause us to incur additional debt service expenses and could include restrictive covenants relating to our capital raising activities and other financial and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and pursue business opportunities. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it, we may terminate or delay the development of one or more of our products, delay clinical trials necessary to market our products, or delay establishment or expansion of sales and marketing capabilities or other activities necessary to commercialize our products.

CASH FLOWS

The following table summarizes our sources and uses of cash for each of the periods presented:

 

 

 

THREE MONTHS ENDED

MARCH 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

Net cash (used in) provided by:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

$

(4,743

)

 

$

(9,074

)

Financing activities

 

 

(8

)

 

 

56

 

Net decrease in cash and restricted cash

 

$

(4,751

)

 

$

(9,018

)

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Net Cash Used in Operating Activities

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, net cash used in operating activities was $9.1 million, consisting primarily of a net loss of $8.7 million and an increase in net operating assets of $1.1 million. This was offset by non-cash charges of $0.8 million. The increase in net operating assets primarily consisted of prepayments for device development and clinical trials and increased receivables for Value Added Tax. The non-cash charges primarily consisted of depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation expense and non-cash interest expense related to amortization of debt discount associated with the 2017 Loan Agreement.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, net cash used in operating activities was $4.7 million, consisting primarily of a net loss of $4.9 million, offset by a decrease in net operating assets and non-cash charges of $0.2 million. The decrease in net operating assets primarily consisted of increased accruals for employee costs offset by a decrease in accounts payable for clinical trials and device engineering costs. The non-cash charges primarily consisted of stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization related to our right of use leased assets.

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, net cash provided by financing activities was $56,000, consisting primarily of stock option exercises.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, net cash used in financing activities was $8,000, consisting of costs related to our Series B preferred stock financing.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

We currently have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

There were no material changes in our commitments under contractual obligations, as disclosed in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

Management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions for the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and related disclosures. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions and any such differences may be material.

JOBS ACT ACCOUNTING ELECTION

In April 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or JOBS Act, was enacted. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. Thus, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected not to avail ourselves of this extended transition period and, as a result, we will adopt new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for other public companies. This election is irrevocable.

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We are exposed to market risks related to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates.

We contract with vendors in foreign countries. As such, we have exposure to adverse changes in exchange rates of foreign currencies, principally the Swiss franc and the Euro, associated with our foreign transactions. We believe this exposure to be immaterial. We currently do not hedge against this exposure to fluctuations in exchange rates.

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Our exposure to market risk also relates to interest rate sensitivity, which is affected by changes in the general level of U.S. interest rates. As of March 31, 2018, our aggregate outstanding indebtedness was $10.0 million, which bears interest at the rate equal to LIBOR plus 8.45%. Due to the short-term duration of our indebtedness, an immediate 100 basis point change in interest rates would not have a material effect on the fair market value of our debt instruments.

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures.

Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, evaluated, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2018, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of such date are effective at the reasonable assurance level. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended March 31, 2018 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. We are not currently aware of any such proceedings or claims that we believe will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Information regarding risk factors appears in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the SEC on March 20, 2018. There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in that Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

On November 16, 2017, we completed an initial public offering ("IPO"), in which we issued and sold 6,400,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $14.00 per share, resulting in net proceeds to us of $81.0 million after deducting $6.3 million of underwriting discounts and commissions and offering costs of $2.3 million. On November 29, 2017, we completed the sale of an additional 894,968 shares of our common stock to the underwriters under the underwriters' option in the IPO to purchase additional shares of our common stock, resulting in net proceeds to us of $11.7 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $0.9 million. All of the shares issued and sold in the IPO were registered under the Securities Act pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-221077), which was declared effective by the SEC on November 16, 2017.

Jeffries LLC, Leerink Partners LLC and BMO Capital Markets Corp. acted as joint book-running managers of the offering and as representatives of the underwriters. No offering expenses were paid directly or indirectly to any of our directors or officers, or their associates, or persons owning 10.0% or more of any class of our equity securities or to any other affiliates.

To date, none of the net offering proceeds from the IPO had been used. We are holding the net proceeds from the IPO in cash. As described in our final prospectus filed with the SEC on November 17, 2017 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we expect to use the net proceeds from our IPO for pre-commercial planning and commercialization of Furoscix, if approved, including the development of our sales and marketing infrastructure; the automation necessary to increase manufacturing capacity for our sc2Wear Infusor; research and development, including for our infectious diseases program; as well as for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

Item 6.

Exhibits

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

 

 

 

  31.1*

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

  31.2*

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

  32.1*

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

  32.2*

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

*

Filed herewith.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

SCPHARMACEUTICALS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 7, 2018

 

By:

 

/s/ John H. Tucker

 

 

 

 

John H. Tucker

 

 

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 7, 2018

 

By:

 

/s/ Troy Ignelzi

 

 

 

 

Troy Ignelzi

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

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