Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Liquidity

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6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Liquidity
2. LIQUIDITY

 

The Company anticipates operating losses to continue for the foreseeable future due to, among other things, costs related to research funding, development of its product candidates and its preclinical and clinical programs, strategic alliances and the development of its administrative organization. Although the Company had operating income for the second quarter of 2019, the Company has incurred recurring losses since inception and as of June 30, 2019, had an accumulated deficit of $145,452,396.

 

On January 3, 2019, the Company entered into a strategic collaboration with Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Kaken”) (See Note 8), pursuant to which, the Company received a $27 million up front payment in the first quarter of 2019.

 

On January 30, 2019, the Company consummated an underwritten public offering of shares of its common stock (“January 2019 Offering”), which resulted in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $37.7 million (See Note 9).

 

In April 2019, the Company became entitled to receive $5 million upon the Company’s achievement of a milestone related to the progress of the Phase 2b Clinical Trial, as set forth in the Cystic Fibrosis Program Related Investment Agreement (“Investment Agreement”) with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (“CFF”), a non-profit drug discovery and development corporation, pursuant to which the Company received a development award for up to $25 million in funding (the “2018 CFF Award”) to support a Phase 2b Clinical Trial (the “Phase 2b Clinical Trial”) of lenabasum in patients with cystic fibrosis (See Note 8). The Company received the $5 million payment from the CFF for this milestone achievement in May 2019. Through June 30, 2019, the Company has received $17.5 million of the 2018 CFF Award and the Company expects the remainder of the 2018 CFF Award will be paid to the Company incrementally upon the achievement of the remaining milestones related to the progress of the Phase 2b Clinical Trial, as set forth in the Investment Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the Investment Agreement, 10% of the $27 million upfront payment received from Kaken, or $2.7 million, was paid by the Company to the CFF in May 2019.

 

The Company expects the cash and cash equivalents of $73,154,916 at June 30, 2019 to be sufficient to meet its operating and capital requirements at least 12 months from the filing of this 10-Q.

 

Should the Company be unable to raise sufficient additional capital, the Company may be required to undertake cost-cutting measures including delaying or discontinuing certain clinical activities. The Company will need to raise significant additional capital to continue to fund the clinical trials for lenabasum and CRB-4001. The Company may seek to sell common or preferred equity or convertible debt securities, enter into a credit facility or another form of third-party funding, or seek other debt financing. The sale of equity and convertible debt securities may result in dilution to the Company’s stockholders and certain of those securities may have rights senior to those of the Company’s common shares. If the Company raises additional funds through the issuance of preferred stock, convertible debt securities or other debt financing, these securities or other debt could contain covenants that would restrict the Company’s operations. Any other third-party funding arrangement could require the Company to relinquish valuable rights.

 

The source, timing and availability of any future financing will depend principally upon market conditions, and, more specifically, on the progress of the Company’s clinical development programs. Funding may not be available when needed, at all, or on terms acceptable to the Company. Lack of necessary funds may require the Company, among other things, to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of the Company’s planned clinical trials.