ABEONA THERAPEUTICS INC. - Quarter Report: 2014 March (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014


o		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 0-9314

ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 83-0221517

(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer I.D. No.)

incorporation or organization)

4848 Lemmon Avenue, Suite 517, Dallas, TX 75219

(Address of principal executive offices)

(214) 905-5100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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.

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock as of May 12, 2014 was 26,104,443 shares. Also outstanding at May 12, 2014 were 2,903.3617 shares of Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock” convertible into 58,067,234 shares of common stock and 1,000 shares of Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock) convertible into 20,000,000 shares of common stock.

ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements:

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2014

(unaudited) and December 31, 2013 12

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the

three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013 13

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Deficit (unaudited)

for the three months ended March 31, 2014 14

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the

three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013 15

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 16

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and

Results of Operations 2

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 7

Item 4. Controls and Procedures 7

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings 8

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 8

Item 3. Defaults Under Senior Securities 9

Item 6. Exhibits 9

SIGNATURES 11

PART I –FINANCIAL INFORMATION

This Quarterly Report Form 10-Q (including the information incorporated by reference) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the uncertainties associated with research and development activities, clinical trials, our ability to raise capital, the timing of and our ability to achieve regulatory approvals, dependence on others to market our licensed products, collaborations, future cash flow, the timing and receipt of licensing and milestone revenues, the future success of our marketed products and products in development, our sales projections, and the sales projections of our licensing partners, our ability to achieve licensing milestones and other risks described below as well as those discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report Form 10-Q, documents incorporated by reference and other documents and reports that we file periodically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). These statements include, without limitation, statements relating to our ability to continue as a going concern, anticipated product approvals and timing thereof, product opportunities, clinical trials and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) applications, as well as our drug development strategy, our clinical development organization, expectations regarding our rate of technological developments and competition, our expectations regarding minimizing development risk and developing and introducing technology, the size of our targeted markets, the terms of future licensing arrangements, the adequacy of our capital resources, revenues from sales and license agreements, our expectation that our capital resources, sales revenues and receipts will be adequate to fund our current level of operations into the first quarter of 2015, our expectation that sales of MuGard will begin in China, our expectation that we will incur losses for the next several years and our ability to secure additional financing for our operations. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections and management’s beliefs and assumptions. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “could,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict and which may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. We are under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of filing this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to conform such statements to actual results and, except as required by law, we do not intend to update any forward-looking statements even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The response to this Item is submitted as a separate section of this report.

ITEM 2.

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

OVERVIEW

Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (together with our subsidiaries, “We,” “Access” or the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation. We are an emerging biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a range of pharmaceutical products primarily based upon our nanopolymer chemistry technologies and other drug delivery technologies. We currently have one marketed product licensed in the U.S., China and South Korea. We also have additional products and platform technologies in various stages of development where we are seeking partners to continue development and/or to license the technology.

Marketed Product

MuGard® is our marketed product for the management of oral mucositis, a frequent side-effect of cancer therapy for which there is no established treatment. The market for mucositis treatment is estimated to be in excess of $1.0 billion world-wide. MuGard, a proprietary nanopolymer formulation, has received marketing allowance in the U.S. from the FDA. We launched MuGard in the U.S. in 2010. On June 6, 2013 we entered into an exclusive license agreement with AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“AMAG”) related to the commercialization of MuGard in the U.S. and its territories. Under the terms of the licensing agreement we received an upfront licensing fee of $3.3 million and a tiered, double-digit royalty on net sales of MuGard in the licensed territory. We receive quarterly royalty payments from AMAG.

Our China partners have received an acceptance letter from the State Food and Drug Administration of the People’s Republic of China, which provides marketing approval in China. MuGard has been manufactured in the U.S. and shipped to China for sale. Our partners have also licensed MuGard in other Southeast Asian countries.

On March 11, 2014, we announced we had entered into an exclusive license agreement with Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (KSE: 128940) related to MuGard commercialization in South Korea.

We are actively seeking partners to license MuGard in other territories.

For the following products we are seeking partners to continue development and/or are seeking partners to license the technology.

Product Candidates

ProctiGard™ is our product being developed for the management of radiation proctitis, a frequent side effect of radiation treatment to the pelvic region. Radiation proctitis (“RP”) is the inflammation and damage to the lower portion of the colon after exposure to x-rays or ionizing radiation as part of radiation therapy. RP is most common after treatments for cancer, such as cervical, colon and prostate cancer. RP can be acute, occurring within weeks of initiation of therapy, or can occur months or years after treatment. Access intends to develop ProctiGard in a manner similar to the development of MuGard, which may include confirmatory clinical trials, with the objective of commercialization in collaboration with marketing partners globally.

LexaGard™, is our proprietary formulation of the generic pharmaceutical agent, amlexanox, a drug with known anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic properties that has been approved and used in the US, Japan and other countries. Access is positioning LexaGard for treatment of conditions of the upper gastrointestinal tract including Barrett’s esophagus and esophagitis.

·	We are working on additional products using our proprietary mucoadhesive hydrogel technology as a mucoprotectant and/or delivery vehicle.

CobOral™ is our proprietary preclinical nanopolymer oral drug delivery technology based on the natural vitamin B12 oral uptake mechanism. We have developed product candidates based upon the CobOral delivery technology, and have conducted sponsored product development for oral delivery of a number of peptides and RNAi therapeutics. The CobOral platform technology is available for partnering.

CobaCyte™-mediated targeted delivery is a preclinical technology that makes use of the fact that cell surface receptors for vitamins such as B12 are often overexpressed by certain cells including many cancers. This technology uses nanopolymer constructs to deliver more anti-cancer drug to tumors while protecting normal tissues. The CobaCyte platform technology is available for partnering.

Products and Product Candidates

We use our drug delivery technologies to develop the following products and product candidates:

Access Drug Portfolio

Compound	Originator	Technology	Indication	Clinical Stage (1)

MuGard®	Access	Mucoadhesive liquid	Mucositis	Launched U.S. Licensed to AMAG Pharmaceuticals Regulatory Approval China Licensed to RHEI Pharmaceuticals Licensed to Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
Mucoadhesive hydrogel technology	Access	Mucoadhesive hydrogel technology	Various	Various stages
CobOral™ Delivery System	Access	Cobalamin	Various	Pre-clinical
CobaCyte™-Targeted Therapeutics	Access	Cobalamin	Anti-tumor	Pre-clinical

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(1)	For more information, see “Government Regulation” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for description for description of clinical stages.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

We have funded our operations primarily through private sales of common stock, preferred stock, convertible notes and through licensing agreements. Our principal source of liquidity is cash and cash equivalents. Licensing payments and royalty revenues provided limited funding for operations during the period ended March 31, 2014. As of March 31, 2014, our cash and cash equivalents were $299,000 and our net cash expenditures for the period ended March 31, 2014, was approximately $41,000 per month. As of March 31, 2014, our working capital deficit was $9,604,000. Our working capital deficit at March 31, 2014 represented an increase of $1,218,000

as compared to our working capital deficit as of December 31, 2013 of $8,386,000. The increase in the working capital deficit at March 31, 2014 reflects three months of net operating costs and changes in current assets and liabilities, partially offset by the license fee from Hanmi.

As of May 12, 2014, we did not have enough capital to achieve our long-term goals. If we raise additional funds by selling equity securities, the relative equity ownership of our existing investors will be diluted and the new investors could obtain terms more favorable than previous investors. A failure to obtain necessary additional capital in the future could jeopardize our operations and our ability to continue as a going concern.

We have incurred negative cash flows from operations since inception, and have expended, and expect to continue to expend in the future, substantial funds to complete our planned product development efforts. Since inception, our expenses have significantly exceeded revenues, resulting in an accumulated deficit as of March 31, 2014 of $268,005,000. We expect that our capital resources, royalties from MuGard and expected receipts due under our license agreements will be adequate to fund our current level of operations for the next twelve months. However, our ability to fund operations over this time could change significantly depending upon changes to future operational funding obligations or capital expenditures. As a result, we may be required to seek additional financing sources within the next twelve months. We cannot provide assurance that we will ever be able to generate sufficient product revenue or royalty revenue to achieve profitability on a sustained basis or at all.

Since our inception, we have devoted our resources primarily to fund our research and development programs. We have been unprofitable since inception and to date have received limited revenues from the sale of products. We expect to incur losses for the next several years as we continue to invest in product research and development, preclinical studies, clinical trials and regulatory compliance.

FIRST QUARTER 2014 COMPARED TO FIRST QUARTER 2013

Product sales of MuGard in the United States totaled $1,162,000 for the first quarter of 2013. There were no Access sales of MuGard in 2014 since MuGard was licensed to AMAG on June 6, 2013. Access is currently receiving royalties from AMAG for sale of MuGard.

Our licensing revenue for the first quarter of 2014 was $146,000 as compared to $62,000 for the same period of 2013, an increase of $84,000. We recognize licensing revenue over the period of the performance obligation under our licensing agreements.

We recorded royalty revenue for MuGard of $62,000 for first quarter of 2014 and no royalties in the same period of 2013. We licensed MuGard to AMAG on June 6, 2013 and currently receive quarterly royalties from AMAG under our agreement.

Total research and development spending for the first quarter of 2014 was $144,000, as compared to $323,000 for the same period of 2013, a decrease of $179,000. The decrease in expenses was primarily due to:

·	decreased clinical development with trials for MuGard, ProLindac and Thiarabine ($176,000);

·	decreased salary and related costs ($71,000) from reduced scientific staff;

·	offset by increased scientific consulting expense ($118,000); and

·	other net decreases in research spending ($50,000).

Product costs for MuGard in the United States were $65,000 for the first quarter of 2013. There were no product costs in 2014 due to no Access sales of MuGard.

Total selling, general and administrative expenses were $1,392,000 for the first quarter of 2014, as compared to $1,338,000 for the same period of 2013, an increase of $54,000. The increase in expenses was due primarily to the following:

·	increased stock compensation expense for options granted to employees, officers, directors and consultants ($650,000), options were granted in 2014 and no options were granted in 2013;

·	increased net other general and administrative expenses ($68,000); offset by

·	decreased MuGard product selling expenses ($469,000); and

·	decreased salary and related costs ($195,000) from reduced general and administrative staff.

Depreciation and amortization was less than $1,000 for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to $1,000 for the same period in 2013.

Total operating expenses for the first quarter of 2014 were $1,536,000 as compared to total operating expenses of $1,727,000 for the same period of 2013, a decrease of $191,000 for the reasons listed above.

Interest and miscellaneous income was $8,000 for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to $94,000 for the same period of 2013, a decrease of $86,000. Miscellaneous income was higher in 2013 due to sale of certain platinum inventory.

Interest and other expense was $122,000 for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to $43,000 in the same period of 2013, an increase of $79,000. The interest represents interest accrued on unpaid dividends. No dividends have been paid in 2013 or 2014.

We recorded a loss related to warrants classified as derivative liabilities of $247,000 for the first quarter of 2013. The warrants expired in November 2013 and February 2014 so there was no derivative liability or loss during the first quarter of 2014.

We recorded a gain for the derivative liability related to preferred stock of $583,000 for the first quarter of 2014 and a gain of $4,780,000 for the same period of 2013. We recorded a derivative in 2010 per the requirements of accounting guidance due to the possibility of repricing our Series A Preferred Stock if we sold our common stock at a price below the original conversion price.

Preferred stock dividends of $725,000 were accrued for the first quarter of 2014 and $727,000 for the same period of 2013, a decrease of $2,000. Dividends are due semi-annually in either cash or common stock for the Series A Preferred Stock and due quarterly in either cash or common stock for the Series B Preferred Stock.

Net loss allocable to common stockholders for the first quarter of 2014 was $1,584,000, or a $0.06 basic and diluted loss per common share as compared to a net income of $3,354,000, or a $0.14 basic income per common share and a $0.13 diluted income per common share, for the same period in 2013, an increased loss of $4,938,000.

ITEM 3.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer (our principal executive officer) and Acting Chief Financial Officer (our principal financial officer), we have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e), as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Our internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because of inherent limitations, a system of internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate due to change in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal accounting officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting using the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control—Integrated Framework.

Based on our evaluation, our management concluded in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 that there is a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of control deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

The material weakness identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 relates to the monitoring and review of work performed by our Acting and Former Chief Financial Officer and accounting consultant in the preparation of audit and financial statements, footnotes and financial data provided to the Company’s registered public accounting firm in connection with the annual audit. All of our financial reporting is carried out by our former Chief Financial Officer and accounting consultant. This lack of accounting staff results in a lack of segregation of duties.

As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we have not remediated such material weakness and, as a result, our Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Jeffrey Davis has concluded that a material weakness continues to exist as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and, as such, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective based on the criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by COSO. The material weakness identified did not result in the restatement

of any previously reported financial statements or any related financial disclosure, nor does management believe that it had any effect on the accuracy of the Company’s financial statements for the current reporting period.

In order to mitigate this material weakness to the fullest extent possible, all financial reports are reviewed for reasonableness by the Chief Executive Officer as well as the Chairman of the Audit Committee. All unexpected results are investigated. At any time, if it appears that any control can be implemented to continue to mitigate such weaknesses, it is immediately implemented. As soon as our finances allow, we will hire sufficient accounting staff and implement appropriate procedures for monitoring and review of work performed by our Acting Chief Financial Officer and accounting consultant.

Changes In Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2014 that have materially affected, or are reasonable likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II -- OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

Alan Schmidt, a former shareholder of Genaera Corporation (“Genaera”), and a former unitholder of the Genaera Liquidating Trust (the “Trust”), filed a purported class action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in June 2012. The lawsuit named thirty defendants, including the Company, MacroChem Corporation, which was acquired by the Company in February 2009, Jeffrey Davis, the CEO and a director of the Company, and Steven H. Rouhandeh and Mark Alvino, both of whom are Company directors (the “Access Defendants”). With respect to the Access Defendants, the complaint alleged direct and derivative claims asserting that directors of Genaera and the Trustee of the Trust breached their fiduciary duties to Genaera, Genaera’s shareholders and the Trust’s unitholders in connection with the licensing and disposition of certain assets, aided and abetted by numerous defendants including the Access Defendants. Schmidt seeks money damages, disgorgement of any distributions received from the Trust, rescission of sales made by the Trust, attorneys’ and expert fees, and costs. On December 19, 2012, Schmidt filed an amended complaint which asserted substantially the same allegations with respect to the Access Defendants. On February 4, 2013, the Access Defendants moved to dismiss all claims asserted against them. On August 12, 2013 the court granted the Access Defendants’ motions to dismiss and entered judgment in favor of the Access Defendants on all claims. On August 26, 2013, Schmidt filed a motion for reconsideration. On September 10, 2013 Schmidt filed a Notice of Appeal with the District Court. On September 17, 2013, Schmidt filed his appeal with the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals. On September 25, 2013, the District Court denied Schmidt’s motion for reconsideration. On October 17, 2013, Schmidt amended his appeal to include the District court’s denial of his motion for reconsideration. The Company intends to contest the claims vigorously.

We are not currently subject to any other material pending legal proceedings.

ITEM 2.

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

None.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

Pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences of our Series A Preferred Stock, we are required to pay dividends in cash or shares of our common stock, semi-annually, at the rate of 6% per annum. If funds are not currently available to pay cash dividends or if a cash payment of dividends would be impermissible under Delaware law, we may in certain circumstances pay such dividends in shares of the Company’s common stock. In order to pay such dividends in shares of the Company’s common stock, there must either be an effective registration statement covering the resale of the dividend shares, the resale must be permissible subject to an exemption from registration, or the respective holders of Series A Preferred Stock must agree to accept restricted common stock as payment of such dividends. In the event none of these three circumstances are met, and the dividends have not been paid in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock, the dividends shall continue to accrue until they are paid in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock. Pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences of our Series B Preferred Stock, we are required to pay dividends in cash or shares of our common stock, semi-annually, at the rate of 12% per annum. The Company has accrued as of March 31, 2014, dividends payable in the aggregate amount of $7,510,000.

Pursuant to the terms of an Investor Rights Agreement with the purchasers of Series A Preferred Stock, the Company is required to maintain an effective registration statement with respect to certain shares issuable upon conversion of our outstanding preferred stock. A registration statement filed by us relating to a portion of such securities was declared effective on November 13, 2008. However, as of March 31, 2014, the SEC had not yet declared a registration statement effective with respect to all of the shares covered by the Investor Rights Agreement, and as a result, we have accrued as of March 31, 2014, $857,000 in liquidated damages.

ITEM 6.

EXHIBITS.

Exhibits:

31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer of Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1*

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer of Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document**

101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Schema**

101.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document**

101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document**

101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document**

101.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document**

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* This exhibit shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filings under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any filings.

** These exhibits are interactive data files and are deemed furnished, not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and otherwise are not subject to liability under these sections.

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.

ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Date:	May 12, 2014	By:	/s/ Jeffrey B. Davis
			Jeffrey B. Davis
			Chief Executive Officer
			(Principal Executive Officer)
			Acting Chief Financial Officer
			(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

ASSETS	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(unaudited)
Current assets Cash and cash equivalents Receivables Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	299,000 59,000 82,000	$	424,000 74,000 77,000
Total current assets		440,000		575,000
Property and equipment, net		6,000		6,000
Other assets		32,000		32,000
Total assets	$	478,000	$	613,000
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Current liabilities Accounts payable Accrued expenses Dividends payable Current portion of deferred revenue	$	1,075,000 857,000 7,510,000 602,000	$	863,000 857,000 6,663,000 578,000
Total current liabilities		10,044,000		8,961,000
Derivative liability - preferred stock Long-term deferred revenue		607,000 5,320,000		1,190,000 5,241,000
Total liabilities		15,971,000		15,392,000
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' deficit Convertible preferred stock Series A - $.01 par value; authorized 2,000,000 shares; 2,903.3617 shares issued at March 31, 2014 and at December 31, 2013 Convertible preferred stock Series B - $.01 par value; authorized 2,000,000 shares; 1,000.0 shares issued at March 31, 2014 and at December 31, 2013 Common stock - $.01 par value; authorized 200,000,000 shares; issued, 25,954,443 at March 31, 2014 and 25,729,443 at December 31, 2013 Additional paid-in capital Treasury stock, at cost – 163 shares Accumulated deficit		- - 260,000 252,256,000 (4,000) (268,005,000)		- - 257,000 251,389,000 (4,000) (266,421,000)
Total stockholders' deficit		(15,493,000)		(14,779,000)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit	$	478,000	$	613,000

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

Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

	Three Months ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Revenues
Product sales	$	-		$	1,162,000
License revenues		146,000			62,000
Royalties		62,000			-
Total revenues		208,000			1,224,000

Expenses
Research and development		144,000			323,000
Product costs		-			65,000
Selling, general and administrative		1,392,000			1,338,000
Depreciation and amortization		-			1,000
Total expenses		1,536,000			1,727,000

Loss from operations		(1,328,000	)		(503,000	)

Interest and miscellaneous income		8,000			94,000
Interest and other expense		(122,000	)		(43,000	)
Loss on change in fair value of derivative – warrants		-			(247,000	)
Gain on change in fair value of derivative – preferred stock		583,000			4,780,000
		469,000			4,584,000
Net income (loss)		(859,000	)		4,081,000
Less preferred stock dividends		725,000			727,000
Net income (loss) allocable to common stockholders	$	(1,584,000	)	$	3,354,000

Net income (loss) per common share
Basic	$	(0.06	)	$	0.14
Diluted	$	(0.06	)	$	0.13

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
Basic		25,876,943			24,800,936
Diluted		25,876,943			25,156,201

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

Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Deficit

(unaudited)

	Common Stock				Preferred Stock – A				Preferred Stock – B
	Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount		Additional paid-in capital		Treasury stock			Accumulated deficit
Balance December 31, 2013		25,729,443	$	257,000		2,903.3617	$	-		1,000.0	$	-	$	251,389,000	$	(4,000	)	$	(266,421,000	)
Common stock issued to employees		225,000		3,000		-		-		-		-		72,000		-			-
Stock option comp- ensation expense		-		-		-		-		-		-		795,000		-			-
Preferred dividends		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-			(725,000	)
Net loss		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-			(859,000	)
Balance March 31, 2014		25,954,443	$	260,000		2,903.3617	$	-		1,000.0	$	-	$	252,256,000	$	(4,000	)	$	(268,005,000	)

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

Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

	Three Months ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	(859,000	)	$	4,081,000
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash used in operating activities:
Loss on change in fair value of derivative - warrants		-			247,000
(Gain) on change in fair value of derivative – preferred stock		(583,000	)		(4,780,000	)
Depreciation and amortization		-			1,000
Stock option compensation expense Stock issued to directors, employees and consultants		795,000 -			77,000 29,000
Stock issued for services		75,000			10,000
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables		15,000			(391,000	)
Inventory		-			44,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(5,000	)		9,000
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		212,000			346,000
Interest payable on dividends		122,000			43,000
Deferred revenue		103,000			(62,000	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(125,000	)		(346,000	)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(125,000	)		(346,000	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		424,000			396,000
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	299,000		$	50,000

Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	$	-		$	-

Supplemental disclosure of noncash transactions:
Preferred stock dividends in dividends payable	$	725,000		$	727,000

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

Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013

(unaudited)

Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (together with our subsidiaries, “We”, “Access” or the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation. We are an emerging biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a range of pharmaceutical and medical device products primarily based upon our nanopolymer chemistry technologies and other drug delivery technologies.

(1)	Interim Financial Statements

The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2014, the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ deficit for the three months ended March 31, 2014, and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, were prepared by management without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, except as otherwise disclosed, necessary for the fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations, and changes in financial position for such periods, have been made.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted. It is suggested that these interim financial statements be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. The results of operations for the period ended March 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results which may be expected for a full year. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013 contains financial information taken from the audited Access financial statements as of that date.

The report of our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 contained a fourth explanatory paragraph to reflect its substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern as a result of our history of losses and our liquidity position, as discussed therein and in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We expect that our capital resources, revenues from MuGard sales and expected receipts due under our license agreements will be adequate to fund our current level of operations into the first quarter of 2015. If we are unable to obtain adequate capital funding in the future or enter into future license agreements for our products, we may not be able to continue as a going concern, which would have an adverse effect on our business and operations, and investors’ investment in us may decline.

Certain reclassifications to the consolidated financial statements for all periods presented have been made to conform to the March 31, 2014 presentation.

(2) Liquidity

The Company generated net loss allocable to common stockholders of $1,584,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and a net income of $1,551,000 for the year ended December 31, 2013. At March 31, 2014, our working capital deficit was $9,604,000. Management believes that our current cash, revenues from MuGard royalties and expected license fees should fund our expected burn rate into the first quarter of 2015. We will require additional funds to continue operations. These funds are expected to come from the future sales of equity and/or license agreements. If we are unable to obtain adequate capital funding in the future or enter into future license agreements for our products, we may not be able to continue as a going concern, which would have an adverse effect on our business and operations, and investors’ investment in us may decline.

(3) Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying value of cash equivalents, receivables, accounts payable and accruals approximate fair value due to the short maturity of these items.

Effective January 1, 2008, we adopted fair value measurement guidance issued by the FASB related to financial assets and liabilities which define fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. This guidance establishes a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:

·	Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets and liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar valuation techniques that use significant unobservable inputs.

The guidance requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

We have segregated all financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (at least annually) into the most appropriate level within the fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used to determine the fair value at the measurement date in the table below.

Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are summarized below:

(in thousands)
Description	As of March 31, 2014		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total Gains
Liabilities: Derivative liability-
preferred stock	$	607	$	-	$	-	$	607	$	583

(in thousands)
Description	As of December 31, 2013		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total Gains
Liabilities: Derivative liability-
preferred stock	$	1,190	$	-	$	-	$	1,190	$	8,010

In order to calculate the Level 3 Derivative liability - preferred stock, we used the Monte Carlo simulation to estimate future stock prices. The use of valuation techniques requires the Company to make various key assumptions for inputs into the model, including assumptions about the expected future volatility of the price of the Company’s stock. In estimating the fair value at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, we based our selected volatility on the one-year historic volatility of the Company’s stock as we believe this is most representative of the expected volatility in the near future for the Company.

(4) Stock Based Compensation

For the three months ended March 31, 2014, we recognized stock-based compensation expense of $795,000. For the three months ended March 31, 2013 we recognized stock-based compensation expense of $77,000.

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:

	Three months ended March 31,
	2014		2013
Research and development	$	77,000	$	9,000
Selling, general and administrative		718,000		68,000
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expense	$	795,000	$	77,000

For the three months ended March 31, 2014 we granted 10,500,000 options and for the three months ended March 31, 2013 we granted no stock options.

For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, stock valued at $0 and $29,000, respectively, was granted to directors and officers.

(5) Litigation

Defendants”). With respect to the Access Defendants, the complaint alleged direct and derivative claims asserting that directors of Genaera and the Trustee of the Trust breached their fiduciary duties to Genaera, Genaera’s shareholders and the Trust’s unitholders in connection with the licensing and disposition of certain assets, aided and abetted by numerous defendants including the Access Defendants. Schmidt seeks money damages, disgorgement of any distributions received from the Trust, rescission of sales made by the Trust, attorneys’ and expert fees, and costs. On December 19, 2012, Schmidt filed an amended complaint which asserted substantially the same allegations with respect to the Access Defendants. On February 4, 2013, the Access Defendants moved to dismiss all claims asserted against them. On August 12, 2013 the court granted the Access Defendants’ motions to dismiss and entered judgment in favor of the Access Defendants on all claims. On August 26, 2013, Schmidt filed a motion for reconsideration. On September 10, 2013 Schmidt filed a Notice of Appeal with the District Court. On September 17, 2013, Schmidt filed his appeal with the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals. On September 25, 2013, the District Court denied Schmidt’s motion for reconsideration. On October 17, 2013, Schmidt amended his appeal to include the District court’s denial of his motion for reconsideration. The Company intends to contest the claims vigorously.

We are not currently subject to any other material pending legal proceedings.

(6) Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

Basic net income or loss per share is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income or loss per share is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, plus the effect of additional weighted average common equivalent shares outstanding during the period when the effect of adding such shares is dilutive. Common equivalent shares result from the assumed exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants (the proceeds of which are then assumed to have been used to repurchase outstanding stock using the treasury stock method). In addition, the assumed proceeds under the treasury stock method include the average unrecognized compensation expense of stock options that are in-the-money. This results in the “assumed” buyback of additional shares, thereby reducing the dilutive impact of stock options and warrants. Common equivalent shares have not been included in the net loss per share calculations for the three months ended March 31, 2014, because the effect of including them would have been anti-dilutive.

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share were determined as follows:

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)	Three months ended March 31,
	2014			2013

Net income (loss)	$	(1,584	)	$	3,354
Weighted average shares outstanding		25,876,943			24,800,936
Basic net income (loss) per common share	$	(0.06	)	$	0.14

Net income (loss)	$	(1,584	)	$	3,354
Weighted average shares outstanding		25,876,943			24,800,936
Effect of dilutive options and warrants		-			355,265
Weighted average shares outstanding assuming dilution		25,876,943			25,156,201
Diluted net income (loss) per common share	$	(0.06	)	$	0.13

We did not include the following securities in the table below in the computation of diluted net income (loss) per common share because the securities were anti-dilutive during the periods presented:

	March 31, 2014		March 31, 2013
Warrants		31,072,726		35,683,943
Stock options		11,944,200		863,904
Preferred stock Series A		58,067,234		58,267,234
Preferred stock Series B		20,000,000		20,000,000
Total		121,084,160		114,815,081