BIO-PATH HOLDINGS INC - Quarter Report: 2010 March (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
x QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the
quarterly period ended March 31, 2010
Or
¨ TRANSITION REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the
transition period from ________________________
Commission
file number: 000-53404
Bio-Path
Holdings, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Utah
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87-0652870
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
employer
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incorporation
or organization
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identification
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3293 Harrison Boulevard,
Suite 220, Ogden, UT 84403
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone no.,
including area code: (801) 399-5500
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 x 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 ¨
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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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). Yes ¨ x No
At May 7,
2010, the Company had 46,609,602 outstanding shares of common stock, no par
value.
Forward-Looking
Statements
Statements
in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q that are not strictly historical in nature
are forward-looking statements. These statements may include, but are not
limited to, statements about: the timing of the commencement, enrollment, and
completion of our anticipated clinical trials for our product candidates; the
progress or success of our product development programs; the status of
regulatory approvals for our product candidates; the timing of product launches;
our ability to protect our intellectual property and operate our business
without infringing upon the intellectual property rights of others; and our
estimates for future performance, anticipated operating losses, future revenues,
capital requirements, and our needs for additional financing. In some cases, you
can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “anticipates,”
“believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,”
“potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “goal,” and
similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
statements are only predictions based on current information and expectations
and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The underlying information and
expectations are likely to change over time. Actual events or results may differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements due to various
factors, including, but not limited to, those set forth under the caption “Risk
Factors” in “ITEM 1. BUSINESS” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, and those set forth in our other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required by law,
we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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TABLE OF
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PART I - FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Financial Statements
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1
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets
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1
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Consolidated
Statement of Operations
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2
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Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows
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3
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Notes
to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements Ending March 31,
2010
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4
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Item
2.
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Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
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9
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
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Item
4T.
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Controls
and Procedures
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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Item
2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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21
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Item
3.
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Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
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Item
4.
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(Removed
and Reserved)
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21
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Item
5.
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Other
Information
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM
1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
BIO-PATH
HOLDINGS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
March 31,
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December 31,
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2010
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2009
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(Unaudited)
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ASSETS
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Current
assets
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Cash
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$ | 454,574 | $ | 567,249 | ||||
Drug
product for testing
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608,440 | 608,440 | ||||||
Other
current assets
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132,483 | 74,297 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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1,195,497 | 1,249,986 | ||||||
Other
assets
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Technology
licenses
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2,839,167 | 2,814,166 | ||||||
Less
Accumulated Amortization
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(430,183 | ) | (382,486 | ) | ||||
2,408,984 | 2,431,680 | |||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
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$ | 3,604,481 | $ | 3,681,666 | ||||
LIABILITIES
& SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Current
liabilities
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Accounts
payable
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- | 6,453 | ||||||
Accrued
expense
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260,885 | 133,450 | ||||||
Accrued
license payments
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75,000 | 125,000 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
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335,885 | 264,903 | ||||||
Long
term debt
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- | - | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
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335,885 | 264,903 | ||||||
Shareholders’
Equity
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Preferred
Stock, no par value, $0.001 assigned par value 10,000,000 shares
authorized, no shares issued and outstanding
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Common
Stock, no par value, $0.001 assigned par value, 200,000,000 shares
authorized 46,609,602 and 42,649,602 shares issued and outstanding as of
3/31/10 and 12/31/09, respectively
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46,609 | 42,649 | ||||||
Additional
paid in capital
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8,816,831 | 7,803,016 | ||||||
Additional
paid in capital for shares to be issued a/
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- | 675,000 | ||||||
Accumulated
deficit during development stage
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(5,594,844 | ) | (5,103,902 | ) | ||||
Total
shareholders’ equity
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3,268,596 | 3,416,763 | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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$ | 3,604,481 | $ | 3,681,666 | ||||
a/
Represents 2,700,000 shares of common stock
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SEE
ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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BIO-PATH
HOLDINGS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Unaudited
First Quarter
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From inception
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January 1 to March 31
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05/10/07 to
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2010
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2009
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3/31/10
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Revenue
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Operating
expense
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Research
and development
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137,082 | 212,609 | 958,984 | |||||||||
General
& administrative
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162,818 | 193,325 | 1,742,691 | |||||||||
Stock
issued for services
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300,000 | |||||||||||
Stock
options & warrants
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143,946 | 148,727 | 2,234,041 | |||||||||
Amortization
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47,697 | 45,265 | 430,183 | |||||||||
Total
operating expense
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491,543 | 599,926 | 5,665,899 | |||||||||
Net
operating loss
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$ | (491,543 | ) | $ | (599,926 | ) | $ | (5,665,899 | ) | |||
Other
income
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Interest
income
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602 | 3,232 | 71,055 | |||||||||
Total
Other Income
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602 | 3,232 | 71,055 | |||||||||
Net
Loss
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$ | (490,941 | ) | $ | (596,694 | ) | $ | (5,594,844 | ) | |||
Loss
per share
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Net
loss per share, basic and diluted
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$ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.15 | ) | |||
Basic
and diluted weighted average number of common shares
outstanding
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46,609,602 | 41,923,602 | 38,146,106 |
SEE
ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2
BIO-PATH
HOLDINGS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Unaudited
From inception
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January 1 to March 31
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05/10/2007 to
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2010
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2009
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3/31/2010
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CASH
FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
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Net
loss
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$ | (490,941 | ) | $ | (596,694 | ) | $ | (5,594,844 | ) | |||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss
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to
net cash used in operating activities
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Amortization
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47,697 | 45,265 | 430,183 | |||||||||
Common
stock issued for services
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300,000 | |||||||||||
Stock
options and warrants
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143,946 | 148,727 | 2,234,041 | |||||||||
(Increase)
decrease in assets
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Restricted
escrow cash
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Drug
product for testing
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(298,800 | ) | (608,440 | ) | ||||||||
Other
current assets
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(58,186 | ) | 44,358 | (132,483 | ) | |||||||
Increase
(decrease) in liabilities
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Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
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70,982 | (62,703 | ) | 335,885 | ||||||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
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(286,502 | ) | (719,847 | ) | (3,035,658 | ) | ||||||
CASH
FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
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Purchase
of exclusive license
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(25,000 | ) | (485,000 | ) | ||||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(25,000 | ) | - | (485,000 | ) | |||||||
CASH
FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
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Proceeds
from convertible notes
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435,000 | |||||||||||
Cash
repayment of convertible notes
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. | (15,000 | ) | |||||||||
Net
proceeds(costs) from sale of common stock
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198,827 | (4,069 | ) | 3,555,232 | ||||||||
Net
cash from financing activities
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198,827 | (4,069 | ) | 3,975,232 | ||||||||
NET
INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CASH
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(112,675 | ) | (723,916 | ) | 454,574 | |||||||
Cash,
beginning of period
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567,249 | 1,507,071 | - | |||||||||
Cash,
end of period
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$ | 454,574 | $ | 783,155 | $ | 454,574 | ||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
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Cash
paid for
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Interest
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Income
taxes
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Non-cash
financing activities
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Common
stock issued upon conversion of convertible notes
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$ | 420,000 | ||||||||||
Common
stock issued to Placement Agent
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$ | 90,000 | $ | 384,845 | ||||||||
Common
stock issued to M.D. Anderson for technology license
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$ | 2,354,167 |
SEE
ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Notes
to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements Ending March 31,
2010
The
accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with the instructions to Form 10-Q pursuant to the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and, therefore, do not include all
information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of our financial
position, results of operations, cash flows, and stockholders' equity in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. In the
opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair
presentation of the results of operations and financial position have been
included and all such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The
unaudited quarterly financial statements should be read in conjunction with the
audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Annual Report on
Form 10-K of Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. (together with its subsidiary, the
“Company”) as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. The results of
operations for the period ended March 31, 2010, are not necessarily indicative
of the results for a full-year period.
Our
unaudited balance sheet at March 31, 2010; the related unaudited consolidated
statements of operations for the three month periods ended March 31, 2010 and
2009, and from inception (May 10, 2007) to March 31, 2010; and the related
unaudited statement of cash flows for the three month periods ended March 31,
2010 and 2009, and from inception (May 10, 2007) through March 31, 2010, are
attached hereto.
1.
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Organization
and Business
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Bio-Path
Holdings, Inc. (“Bio-Path” or the “Company”) is a development stage company
founded with technology from The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center (“M. D. Anderson”) dedicated to developing novel cancer drugs under
exclusive license arrangements. The Company has drug delivery
platform technology with composition of matter intellectual property that
enables systemic delivery of antisense, small interfering RNA (“siRNA”) and
small molecules for the treatment of cancer. Bio-Path recently
licensed new liposome tumor targeting technology, which has the potential to be
applied to augment the Company’s current delivery technology to improve further
the effectiveness of its antisense and siRNA drugs under development as well as
future liposome-based delivery technology drugs. In addition to its
existing technology under license, the Company expects to have a close working
relationship with key members of the M. D. Anderson’s staff, which should
provide Bio-Path with a strong pipeline of promising drug candidates in the
future. Bio-Path anticipates that its working relationship with M. D.
Anderson will enable the Company to broaden its technology to include cancer
drugs other than antisense and siRNA.
Bio-Path
believes that its core technology, if successful, will enable it to be at the
center of emerging genetic and molecular target-based therapeutics that require
systemic delivery of DNA and RNA-like material. The Company’s two
lead drug candidates treat acute myeloid leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia,
acute lymphoblastic leukemia and follicular lymphoma, and if successful, could
potentially be used in treating many other indications of
cancer. Bio-Path has received written notification from the U. S.
Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) that its application for
Investigational New Drug (“IND”) status for the first of the Company’s lead drug
candidates has been granted. This will allow Bio-Path to begin a
Phase I clinical trial in this drug candidate. The Company expects to
start the Phase I clinical trial in 2010.
The
Company was founded in May of 2007 as a Utah corporation. In February
of 2008, Bio-Path completed a reverse merger with Ogden Golf Co. Corporation, a
public company traded over the counter that had no current
operations. The name of Ogden Golf was changed to Bio-Path Holdings,
Inc. and the directors and officers of Bio-Path, Inc. became the directors and
officers of Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. Bio-Path has become a publicly
traded company (symbol OTCBB: BPTH.OB) as a result of this
merger. The Company’s operations to date have been limited to
organizing and staffing the Company, acquiring, developing and securing its
technology and undertaking product development for a limited number of product
candidates including readying its lead drug product candidate BP-100-1.01 for a
Phase I clinical trial.
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Bio-Path
raised an additional $225,000 in funds for operations in the first quarter of
2010 through a private placement sale of shares of the Company’s common stock
and associated warrants. The Company will need to raise additional
capital to continue beyond 2010 to complete Bio-Path’s first clinical
trial. The Company’s strategy has been to minimize the amount of
funds raised at the current lower, pre-Phase I trial share prices to avoid
excessive dilution and raise larger amounts of new capital with anticipated
higher valuation of the Company’s common stock after commencement of the Phase I
trial when the Company’s technology is expected to be further
validated. To further this end, the Company is currently working on
putting in place a longer term financing commitment. Management
anticipates completion of this task successfully during the second quarter of
2010. In the interim, Bio-Path is selling additional common stock
with associated warrants in a private placement to raise approximately $275,000
in additional capital. Management believes this sale of equity will
be completed in the second quarter of 2010.
As the
Company has not begun its planned principal operations of commercializing a
product candidate, the accompanying financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with principles established for development stage
enterprises.
2. Drug
Product for Testing
The
Company has paid installments to its contract drug manufacturing and raw
material suppliers totaling $292,800 during 2008 and $315,640 during 2009
pursuant to a Project Plan and Supply Agreement (see Note 9.) for the
manufacture and delivery of the Company’s lead drug product for testing in a
Phase I clinical trial. This amount is carried on the Balance Sheet
as of March 31, 2010 at cost as Drug Product for Testing and will be expensed as
the drug product is used during the Phase I clinical trial.
3. Accrued
Expense
As of
March 31, 2010, Current Liabilities included accrued expense of
$260,885. R&D expenses for drug development comprised
approximately $116,000 of this amount, including $26,000 to the Company’s
contract drug manufacturer. Bonus pool accrual comprised
approximately $116,000 and corporate expense for auditors, legal and insurance
comprised an additional $20,000.
4. Convertible
Debt
The
Company issued $435,000 in notes convertible into common stock at a rate of $.25
per common share. During 2007, $15,000 of the convertible notes had
been repaid in cash and $420,000 of the convertible notes had been converted
into 1,680,000 shares of Bio-Path common stock and was included in the seed
round completed in August of 2007. No interest was recorded because
interest was nominal prior to conversion. No beneficial conversion
feature existed as of the debt issuance date since the conversion rate was
greater than or equal to the fair value of the common stock on the issuance
date.
5. Accrued
License Payments
Accrued
license payments totaling $75,000 were included in Current Liabilities as of
March 31, 2010. These amounts represent patent expenses for the
licensed technology expected to be invoiced from M. D. Anderson. It
is expected that the accrued license payments will be made to M. D. Anderson in
2010.
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6. Additional Paid
In Capital For Shares To Be Issued
In
November and December of 2009, the Company sold shares of common stock and
warrants to purchase shares of common stock for $675,000 in cash to investors
pursuant to a private placement memorandum. These shares were not
issued as of the December 31, 2009 year end and the $675,000 was carried on the
Balance Sheet as Additional Paid In Capital For Shares To Be
Issued. Subsequently in January of 2010, the Company issued these
investors 2,700,000 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase an
additional 2,700,000 shares of common stock. The warrants must be
exercised within two years from the date of issuance. The exercise price of the
warrants is $1.50 a share.
7.
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Stockholders’
Equity
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Issuance of
Common Stock – In November and December of 2009, the Company sold shares
of common stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock for $675,000 in
cash to investors pursuant to a private placement memorandum. These
shares were not issued by the December 31, 2009 year end. In January
2010, the Company issued these investors 2,700,000 shares of common stock and
warrants to purchase an additional 2,700,000 shares of common
stock. The warrants must be exercised within two years from the date
of issuance. The exercise price of the warrants is $1.50 a share. In
January 2010, the Company also sold an additional 900,000 shares of common stock
and warrants to purchase an additional 900,000 shares of common stock for
$225,000 in cash to investors in the Company pursuant to a private placement
memorandum. The warrants must be exercised within two years from the
date of issuance and the exercise price is $1.50 a share. In
connection with these private placement sales of equity, the Company issued
360,000 shares of common stock to the Placement Agent as commission for the
shares of common stock sold to investors.
As of
March 31, 2010, there were 46,609,602 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding. There are no preferred shares outstanding as of March
31, 2010.
8. Stock
Options and Warrants
Stock Options -
In April of 2008 the Company made stock option grants for services over
the next three years to purchase in the aggregate 1,615,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock. Terms of the stock option grants require,
among other things, that the individual continues to provide services over the
vesting period of the option, which is four or five years from the date that
each option granted to the individual becomes effective. The exercise
price of the options is $0.90 a share. None of these stock options
grants were for current management and officers of the Company. The
Company determined the fair value of the stock options granted using the Black
Scholes model and expenses this value monthly based upon the vesting schedule
for each stock option award. For purposes of determining fair value,
the Company used an average annual volatility of seventy two percent (72%),
which was calculated based upon an average of volatility of similar
biotechnology stocks. The risk free rate of interest used in the
model was taken from a table of the market rate of interest for U. S. Government
Securities for the date of the stock option awards and interpolated as necessary
to match the appropriate effective term for the award. The
total value of stock options granted was determined using this methodology to be
$761,590, which will be expensed over the next six years based on the stock
option service period.
In
October of 2008 the Company made stock option grants to management and officers
to purchase in the aggregate 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock. Terms of the stock option grants require that the individuals
continue employment with the Company over the vesting period of the option,
fifty percent (50%) of which vested upon the date of the grant of the stock
options and fifty percent (50%) of which will vest over 3 years from the date
that the options were granted. The exercise price of the options is
$1.40 a share. The Company determined the fair value of the stock
options granted using the Black Scholes model and expenses this value monthly
based upon the vesting schedule for each stock option award. For
purposes of determining fair value, the Company used an average annual
volatility of eighty four percent (84%), which was calculated based upon taking
a weighted average of the volatility of the Company’s common stock and the
volatility of similar biotechnology stocks. The risk free rate of
interest used in the model was taken from a table of the market rate of interest
for U. S. Government Securities for the date of the stock option awards and
interpolated as necessary to match the appropriate effective term for the
award. The total value of stock options granted to management
and officers was determined using this methodology to be $2,485,000, half of
which was expensed at the date of grant and the balance will be expensed over
the next three years based on the stock option service period.
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In
December of 2008 the Company made stock option grants for services over the next
three years to purchase in the aggregate 100,000 shares of the Company’s common
stock. Terms of the stock option grants require, among other things,
that the individual continues to provide services over the vesting period of the
option, which is three or four years from the date that each option granted to
the individual becomes effective. The exercise price of the options
is $0.30 a share. None of these stock options grants were for current
management and officers of the Company. The Company determined the
fair value of the stock options granted using the Black Scholes model and
expenses this value monthly based upon the vesting schedule for each stock
option award. For purposes of determining fair value, the Company
used an average annual volatility of eighty four percent (84%), which was
calculated based upon taking a weighted average of the volatility of the
Company’s common stock and the volatility of similar biotechnology
stocks. The risk free rate of interest used in the model was taken
from a table of the market rate of interest for U. S. Government Securities for
the date of the stock option awards and interpolated as necessary to match the
appropriate effective term for the award. The total value of
stock options granted was determined using this methodology to be $21,450, which
will be expensed over the next four years based on the stock option vesting
schedule. Total stock option expense for the year 2008 totaled
$1,465,189.
There
were no stock option awards granted in 2009. Total stock option
expense for the year 2009 totaled $588,857.
There
were no stock option awards granted in the first quarter of
2010. Total stock option expense for the current quarter being
reported on totaled $143,946.
Warrants -
In April of 2008 the Company awarded warrants for services to purchase in
the aggregate 85,620 shares of the Company’s common stock. The
exercise price is $0.90 a share. The warrants were one hundred
percent (100%) vested upon issuance and were expensed upfront as warrants for
services. The fair value of the warrants expensed was determined
using the same methodology as described above for stock options. The
total value of the warrants granted was determined using this methodology to be
$36,050, the total amount of which was expensed in the second quarter
2008.
There
were no warrants for services granted in 2009 and there was no warrant expense
for the year 2009.
There
were no warrants for services granted in the first quarter of 2010 and there was
no warrant expense in the current quarter being reported on. Warrants
issued in connection with the sale of units of common stock were for cash value
received and as such were not grants of compensation-based
warrants.
9.
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Commitments
and Contingencies
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Technology
License - The Company has negotiated exclusive licenses from M. D.
Anderson to develop drug delivery technology for siRNA and antisense drug
products and to develop liposome tumor targeting technology. These
licenses require, among other things, the Company to reimburse M. D. Anderson
for ongoing patent expense. Accrued license payments totaling $75,000
are included in Current Liabilities as of March 31, 2010. As of March
31, 2010, the Company estimates reimbursable patent expenses will total
approximately $175,000. The Company will be required to pay when
invoiced the patent expenses at the rate of $25,000 per
quarter.
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Drug Supplier
Project Plan - In June of 2008, Bio-Path entered into a Project Plan
agreement with a contract drug manufacturing suppler for delivery of drug
product to support commencement of the Company’s Phase I clinical trial of its
first cancer drug product. The Company currently expects to start
this trial in 2010. In 2009, the Company paid $315,640 to this
manufacturer and its drug substance raw material supplier that is carried at
cost as Drug Product for Testing on the balance sheet (see Note
4.). The Company expects to pay no more than $150,000 to its contract
drug manufacturing supplier to complete payments under the current contract when
the supplier delivers clinical grade drug product for testing in the Company’s
clinical trial. Future contracts will be required as the Company’s
requirement for clinical drug product increase.
10. Subsequent
Events
In April
of 2010, the Company entered into a commission agreement for the sale of common
stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock with a Placement
Agent. Under this arrangement, the Company expects to sell
common stock with associated warrants for approximately $275,000 in
cash.
11. New
Accounting Pronouncements
In
October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-13,
Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements, (amendments to FASB
ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition) ("ASU
2009-13") and ASU 2009-14, Certain Arrangements That Include
Software Elements, (amendments to FASB ASC Topic 985,
Software) ("ASU 2009-14"). ASU 2009-13 requires entities to allocate
revenue in an arrangement using estimated
selling prices of the delivered goods and services based on a
selling price hierarchy. The amendments eliminate the
residual method of revenue allocation and require
revenue to be allocated using the relative selling
price method. ASU 2009-14 removes tangible
products from the scope of software revenue guidance and
provides guidance on determining whether software deliverables in
an arrangement that includes a tangible product are
covered by the scope of the software revenue guidance. ASU 2009-13 and ASU
2009-14 should be applied on a prospective basis for revenue
arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal
years beginning on or after June 15, 2010,
with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently
evaluating, but does not expect adoption of ASU 2009-13 or ASU
2009-14 to have a material impact on the Company's
consolidated results of operations or
financial condition.
In
January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting
Standards Update No. 2010-06, an update to Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards Board Auditing Standard Codification Topic 820 “Fair Value
Measurements and Disclosures” (FASB ASC 820). The update provides amendments to
FASB ASC 820 that will provide more robust disclosures about (1) the
different classes of assets and liabilities measured at fair value, (2) the
valuation techniques and inputs used, (3) the activity in Leve1 3 fair
value measurements, and (4) the transfers between Levels 1, 2, and 3. The
new disclosures and clarifications of existing disclosures are effective for
interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009,
except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in
the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those
disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of the
updates to FASB ASC 820 did not and is not expected to have a material impact on
the financial statements.
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ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
When
you read this section of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, it is important
that you also read the unaudited financial statements and related notes included
elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and our audited financial statements and notes
thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2009. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, such as
statements of our plans, objectives, expectations, and intentions. We use words
such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,”
“expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” and similar
expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Our actual results could
differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements for
many reasons, including the matters discussed under the caption “Risk Factors”
in “Item 1, BUSINESS” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2009 and other risks and uncertainties
discussed in filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. See
“Forward Looking Statements” for additional discussion regarding risks
associated with forward-looking statements.
Overview
Bio-Path
Holdings, Inc., through our wholly-owned subsidiary Bio-Path, Inc. (“Bio-Path
Subsidiary”), is engaged in the business of financing and facilitating the
development of novel cancer therapeutics. Our initial plan is and
continues to be, the acquisition of licenses for drug technologies from The
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (“M. D. Anderson”), funding
clinical and other trials for such technologies and to commercialize such
technologies. We have acquired three exclusive licenses (“License Agreements”)
from M.D. Anderson for three lead products and related nucleic acid drug
delivery technology, including tumor targeting technology. These licenses
specifically provide drug delivery platform technology with composition of
matter intellectual property that enables systemic delivery of antisense, small
interfering RNA (“siRNA”) and potentially small molecules for the treatment of
cancer.
Our
business plan is to act efficiently as an intermediary in the process of
translating newly discovered drug technologies into authentic therapeutic drug
candidates. Our strategy is to selectively license potential drug
candidates for certain cancers, and, primarily utilizing the comprehensive drug
development capabilities of M.D. Anderson, to advance these
candidates through proof of concept into a safety study (Phase I), to human
efficacy trials (Phase IIA), and then out-license each successful potential drug
to a pharmaceutical company.
Bio-Path
Subsidiary was formed in May 2007. Bio-Path acquired Bio-Path Subsidiary in
February 2008 in a reverse merger transaction (the “Merger”).
Our
principal executive offices are located at 3293 Harrison Boulevard, Suite
220, Ogden, UT 84403. Our telephone number at that address is
(801) 399-5500. Our Internet website address is www.biopathholdings.com,
and all of our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available
free of charge on our website.
Research
and Development
Our
research and development is currently conducted through agreements we have with
M. D. Anderson. A summary of the material terms of the license agreements
are detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2009
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Basic
Technical Information
Ribonucleic
acid (RNA) is a biologically significant type of molecule consisting of a chain
of nucleotide units. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous base, a ribose
sugar, and a phosphate. Although similar in some ways to DNA, RNA differs from
DNA in a few important structural details. RNA is transcribed
from DNA by enzymes called RNA polymerases and is generally further processed by
other enzymes. RNA is central to protein synthesis. DNA carries the genetic
information of a cell and consists of thousands of genes. Each gene serves as a
recipe on how to build a protein molecule. Proteins perform important tasks for
the cell functions or serve as building blocks. The flow of information from the
genes determines the protein composition and thereby the functions of the
cell.
The DNA
is situated in the nucleus of the cell, organized into chromosomes. Every cell
must contain the genetic information and the DNA is therefore duplicated before
a cell divides (replication). When proteins are needed, the corresponding genes
are transcribed into RNA (transcription). The RNA is first processed so that
non-coding parts are removed (processing) and is then transported out of the
nucleus (transport). Outside the nucleus, the proteins are built based upon the
code in the RNA (translation).
Our basic
drug development concept is to modify the genetic material RNA to treat
disease. RNA is essential in the process of creating proteins.
The “i” in RNAi stands for “interference.” We intend to develop drugs
and drug delivery systems that are intended to work by using RNA to interfere
with the production of proteins associated with disease. The
discovery of RNAi, in 1998, has led not only to its widespread use in the
research of biological mechanisms and target validation, but also to its
application in down-regulating the expression of certain disease-causing
proteins found in a wide spectrum of diseases including inflammation, cancer,
and metabolic dysfunction. RNAi-based therapeutics work through a
naturally occurring process within cells that has the effect of reducing levels
of messenger RNA (mRNA) required for the production of proteins. At
this time, several RNAi-based therapeutics are being evaluated in human clinical
trials.
The
historical perspective of cancer treatments has been drugs that affect the
entire body. Advances in the past decade have shifted to treating the
tumor tissue itself. One of the main strategies in these developments
has been targeted therapy, involving drugs that are targeted to block the
expression of specific disease causing proteins while having little or no effect
on other healthy tissue. Nucleic acid drugs, specifically antisense
and siRNA, are two of the most promising fields of targeted
therapy. Development of antisense and siRNA, however, has been
limited by the lack of a suitable method to deliver these drugs to the diseased
cells with high uptake into the cell and without causing
toxicity. Bio-Path’s currently licensed neutral-lipid based liposome
technology is designed to accomplish this. Studies have shown a
10-fold to 30-fold increase in tumor cell uptake with this technology compared
to other delivery methods.
BP-100-1.01
BP-100-1.01
is our lead lipid delivery RNAi drug, which will be clinically tested for
validation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) and
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML). If this outcome is favorable, we
expect there will be opportunities to negotiate non-exclusive license
applications involving upfront cash payments with pharmaceutical companies
developing antisense drugs that need systemic delivery technology.
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The IND
for BP-100-1.01 was submitted to the FDA in February of 2008 and included
all in vitro testing,
animal studies and manufacturing and chemistry control studies
completed. The FDA requested some changes be made to the application
submission. We resubmitted information to the FDA in response to such
request. On March 12, 2010, we issued a press release announcing that
the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed an IND (Investigational
New Drug) for Bio-Path’s lead cancer drug candidate liposomal BP-100-1.01 to
proceed into clinical trials. The IND review process was performed by
the FDA’s Division of Oncology Products and involved a comprehensive review of
data submitted by us covering pre-clinical studies, safety, chemistry,
manufacturing, and controls, and the protocol for the Phase I clinical
trial. We anticipate that patient enrollment and final
preparations for the Phase I clinical trial will start sometime during Fiscal
Year 2010. We believe the trial will commence by the end of the
second quarter, but there can be no assurance or exact time estimates. The
primary objective of the Phase I clinical trial, as in any Phase I clinical
trial, is the safety of the drug for treatment of human patients. An
additional key objective of the trial is to assess that the effectiveness of the
delivery technology.
The
clinical trial will be conducted at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and is
expected to last approximately one year. The primary objective of the
Phase I trial is to demonstrate the safety of the Company’s drug candidate
liposomal BP-100-1.01 for use in human patients. Additional objectives are
to demonstrate the effectiveness of our drug delivery technology similar to that
experienced in pre-clinical treatment of animals, and further, to assess whether
the drug candidate test article produces a favorable impact on the cancerous
condition of the patient at the dose levels of the study. The clinical
trial is structured to test five rounds of patients, with each round comprising
treatment of three patients. Each succeeding round in the study has a
higher dose of the drug candidate test article being administered to the
patients.
We will
reimburse M. D. Anderson at the rate of approximately $13,000 per patient for
treating patients in the study. We currently expect to reimburse M. D.
Anderson a total of approximately $250,000 spread out over one year for patient
treatment costs.
We are
also required to supply M. D. Anderson with the actual drugs to be administered
to the patients in the study. We have entered into a drug supply
contract with Althea Technologies which will produce sufficient drugs for
testing through two rounds. We expect to pay no more than $150,000 to
Althea to complete payments under the current contract. Drug costs for the
entire study could cost an additional $1 million including requirements for drug
candidate test article for additional treatments of the patients if the drug is
having a positive effect on the patients’ disease. We have sufficient cash
resources to fund the trial through the initial two or three rounds of the
study. We will need to raise additional cash resources through the sale of
common stock in 2010 or other financing options in order to be able to continue
our development efforts. We have the right to terminate the
Althea agreement at any time, subject to payment of a termination fee to
Althea. The termination fee is not material.
BP-100-2.01
BP-100-2.01
is our lead siRNA drug, which will be clinically tested for validation as a
novel, targeted ovarian cancer therapeutic agent. The Company
prepared a review package of the testing material for this drug product and
reviewed the information with the FDA. Based on this review and
feedback, performing the remaining pre-clinical development work for BP-100-2.01
expected to be required for an IND is budgeted for $225,000. The additional
pre-clinical work is expected to include two toxicity studies in mice and
primates.
Projected
Financing Needs
We
anticipate that will need to raise an additional $10,000,000 to enable us to
complete all projected clinical trials for our product candidates and conduct
certain additional clinical trials in other Bio-Path drug candidates.
The Phase
I clinical trial of BP-100-1.01 is expected to cost $1,600,000. If the Phase I
clinical trial in BP-100-1.01 is successful, we will follow with a Phase IIa
trial in BP-100-1.01. Successful Phase I and IIA trials of BP-100-1.01 will
demonstrate clinical proof-of-concept that BP-100-1.01 is a viable therapeutic
drug product for treatment of AML, MDS and CML. The Phase IIA clinical trial in
BP-100-1.01 is expected to cost approximately $1,600,000.
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The Phase
I clinical trial of BP-100-2.01 is expected to cost
$2,000,000. Commencement of the Phase I clinical trial depends on the
FDA approving the IND for BP-100-2.01. Success in the Phase I
clinical trial will be based on the demonstration that the delivery technology
for siRNA has the same delivery characteristics seen in our pre-clinical studies
of the drug in animals.
If we are
able to raise the entire $10,000,000, we anticipate that such capital raised
will also allow us to conduct a Phase I clinical trial of
BP-100-1.02, which is an anti-tumor drug that treats a broad range of cancer
tumors. This trial is budgeted to cost $2,500,000 and is higher than
the Phase I clinical trial for BP-100-1.01 due to expected higher hospital,
patient monitoring and drug costs. Similar to the case with
BP-100-1.01, commencement of the Phase I clinical trial of BP-100-1.02 requires
that the FDA approve the IND application for BP-100-1.02.
We have
currently budgeted approximately $3,000,000 out of the total $10,000,000 in net
proceeds to be raised for additional drug development
opportunities. The balance of the funding is planned to fund patent
expenses, licensing fees, pre-clinical costs to M. D. Anderson’s Pharmaceutical
Development Center, consulting fees and management and
administration.
We have
generated approximately two full years of financial information and have not
previously demonstrated that we will be able to expand our business through an
increased investment in our technology and trials. We cannot guarantee that
plans as described in this report will be successful. Our business is subject to
risks inherent in growing an enterprise, including limited capital resources and
possible rejection of our new products and/or sales methods. If financing is not
available on satisfactory terms, we may be unable to continue expanding our
operations. Equity financing will result in a dilution to existing
shareholders.
There can
be no assurance of the following:
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the actual costs of a particular trial will come within our budgeted
amount.
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any trials will be successful or will result in drug commercialization
opportunities.
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we will be able to raise the sufficient funds to allow us to complete our
planned clinical trials.
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Background
Information about M. D. Anderson
We
anticipate that our initial drug development efforts will be pursuant to three
exclusive License Agreements with M. D. Anderson. M. D. Anderson’s stated
mission is to “make cancer history” (www.mdanderson.org). Achieving
that goal begins with integrated programs in cancer treatment, clinical trials,
educational programs and cancer prevention. M. D. Anderson is one of
the largest and most widely recognized cancer centers in the world: U.S. News
& World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” survey has ranked M. D. Anderson
as one of 2 best hospitals for 16 consecutive years. M. D. Anderson will treat
more than 100,000 patients this year, of which approximately 11,000 will
participate in therapeutic clinical research exploring novel treatments the
largest such program in the nation. M. D. Anderson employs more than
15,000 people including more than 1,000 M. D. and Ph.D clinicians and
researchers, and is routinely conducting more than 700 clinical trials at any
one time.
Each
year, researchers at M. D. Anderson and around the globe publish numerous
discoveries that have the
potential to become or enable new cancer drugs. The pharmaceutical and
biotechnology industries have more than four hundred cancer drugs in various
stages of clinical trials. Yet the number of actual new
drugs that are approved to treat this dreaded disease is quite small and its
growth rate is flat or decreasing. A successful new drug in this market is a
“big deal” and substantially impacts those companies who have attained it:
Genentech’s Avastin, Novartis’ Gleevec, OSI’s Tarceva and Millennium’s Velcade
are examples of such.
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Over the
past several years M. D. Anderson has augmented its clinical and research
prominence through the establishment of the Pharmaceutical Development Center
(“PDC”). The PDC was formed for the sole purpose of helping
researchers at M. D. Anderson prepare their newly discovered compounds for
clinical trials. It has a full-time staff of professionals and the
capability to complete all of the studies required to characterize a compound
for the filing of an Investigational New Drug Application (“IND”) with the FDA,
which is required to initiate clinical trials. These studies include
pharmacokinetics (”pK”), tissue distribution, metabolism studies and toxicology
studies.
We
anticipate being able to use the PDC as a source for some of the pre-clinical
work needed in the future, potentially at a lower cost than what it would cost
to use a for-profit contract research organization. There is no formal
arrangement between the Company and PDC and there can be no certainty that we
will have access to PDC or that even if we do have access, that our costs will
be reduced over alternative service providers.
Relationship
with M. D. Anderson
Bio-Path
was founded to focus on bringing the capital and expertise needed to translate
drug candidates developed at M. D. Anderson (and potentially other research
institutions) into real treatment therapies for cancer patients. To
carry out this mission, Bio-Path plans to negotiate several agreements
with M. D. Anderson that will:
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Bio-Path ongoing access to M. D. Anderson’s Pharmaceutical Development
Center for drug development;
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rapid communication to Bio-Path of new drug candidate disclosures in the
Technology Transfer Office;
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standardize
clinical trial programs sponsored by Bio-Path;
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standardize
sponsored research under a master agreement addressing intellectual
property sharing.
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Bio-Path’s
Chief Executive Officer is experienced working with M. D. Anderson and its
personnel. Bio-Path believes that if Bio-Path obtains adequate
financing, Bio-Path will be positioned to translate current and future M. D.
Anderson technology into real treatments for cancer patients. This in
turn is expected to provide a steady flow of cancer drug candidates for
out-licensing to pharmaceutical partners.
Licenses
Bio-Path
Subsidiary has negotiated and signed three licenses with M. D. Anderson for late
stage preclinical molecules, and intends to use our relationship with M. D.
Anderson to develop these drug compounds through Phase IIa clinical trials, the
point at which we will have demonstrated proof-of-concept of the efficacy and
safety for our product candidates in cancer patients. At such time,
we may seek a development and marketing partner in the pharmaceutical or biotech
industry. In certain cases, we may choose to complete development and
market the product ourselves. Our basic guide to a decision to obtain a license
for a potential drug candidate is as follows:
Likelihood of efficacy: Are
the in vitro
pre-clinical studies on mechanism of action and the in vivo animal models robust
enough to provide a compelling case that the “molecule/compound/technology” has
a high probability of working in humans?
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Does it fit with the Company’s
expertise: Does Bio-Path possess the technical and clinical assets to
significantly reduce the scientific and clinical risk to a point where a
pharmaceutical company partner would likely want to license this candidate
within 36-40 months from the date of Bio-Path acquiring a license?
Affordability and potential for
partnering: Can the clinical trial endpoints be designed in a manner that
is unambiguous, persuasive, and can be professionally conducted consistent with
that expected by the pharmaceutical industry at a cost of less than $5-$7
million dollars without “cutting corners”?
Intellectual property and competitive
sustainability: Is the intellectual property and competitive
analysis sufficient to meet Big Pharma criteria assuming successful early
clinical human results?
Out-Licenses
and Other Sources of Revenue
Subject
to adequate capital, we intend to develop a steady series of drug candidates
through Phase IIa clinical trials and then to engage in a series of
out-licensing transactions to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology
companies. These companies would then conduct later-stage clinical
development, regulatory approval, and eventual marketing of the
drug. We expect that such out-license transactions would include
upfront license fees, milestone/success payments, and royalties. We
intend to maximize the quality and frequency of these transactions, while
minimizing the time and cost to achieve meaningful candidates for
out-licensing.
In
addition to this source of revenue and value, we may forward integrate one or
more of our own drug candidates. For example, there are certain cancers that are
primarily treated only in a comprehensive cancer center; of which there are
approximately forty in the US and perhaps two hundred throughout the
world. Hence, “marketing and distribution” becomes a realistic
possibility for select products. These candidates may be eligible for
Orphan Drug Status which provides additional incentives in terms of market
exclusivities and non-dilutive grant funding for clinical trials.
Finally,
there are technologies for which we anticipate acquiring licenses whose
application goes well beyond cancer treatment. The ability to provide a unique
and greatly needed solution to the delivery of small molecules, DNA and siRNA
and their efficient uptake by targeted physiological tissues is a very important
technological asset that may be commercialized in other areas of
medicine.
License
Agreements
We have
entered into three Patent and Technology License Agreements (the “Licenses”)
with M. D. Anderson relating to its technology. These license agreements relate
to the following technologies: 1)a lead siRNA drug product; 2) two single
nucleic acid (antisense) drug products; and 3) delivery technology platform
for nucleic acids. These licenses require, among other things, the Company to
reimburse M. D. Anderson for ongoing patent expense. One license
requires the company to raise at least $2.5 million in funding and, based on the
aggregate amount raised, the Company has agreed to sponsor additional research
at M. D. Anderson's laboratories. A summary of the material terms of
the licenses are detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
Business
Strategy
Our plan
of operation over the next 36 months is focused on achievement of milestones
with the intent to demonstrate clinical proof-of concept of our drug delivery
technology and lead drug products. Furthermore, subject to adequate capital, we
will attempt to validate our business model by in-licensing additional products
to broaden our drug product pipeline.
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We
anticipate that over the next 36 months, we will need to raise approximately
$10,000,000 to completely implement our current business plan. We
have completed several financings for use in our Bio-Path operations and have
received total net proceeds of $3,975,232. Our short term plan is to
achieve the following three key milestones:
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Conduct
a Phase I clinical trial of our lead drug BP-100-1.01, which if
successful, will validate our liposomal delivery technology for nucleic
acid drug products including siRNA. As described above we
recently received FDA clearance to commence Phase I clinical trials of our
BP-100-1.01 drug. In this Phase I trial, we will Leverage M. D.
Anderson’s pre-clinical and clinical development capabilities, including
using the PDC for pre-clinical studies as well as clinical
pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and the institution’s world-renowned
clinics, particularly for early clinical trials. This should
allow us to develop our drug candidates with experienced professional
staff at a reduced cost compared to using external contract
laboratories. This should also allow us to operate in an
essentially virtual fashion, thereby avoiding the expense of setting up
and operating laboratory facilities, without losing control over timing or
quality or IP contamination;
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Perform
necessary pre-clinical studies in our lead liposomal siRNA drug candidate,
BP-100-2.01 to enable the filing of an Investigational New Drug (“IND”)
for a Phase I clinical trial; and
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Out-license
(non-exclusively) our delivery technology for either antisense or siRNA to
a pharmaceutical partner to speed development applications of our
technology.
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We plan
to pursue and achieve the above short term milestones by utilizing the following
tactics:
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Manage
trials as if they were being done by Big Pharma: seamless transition;
quality systems; documentation; and disciplined program management
recognized by Big Pharma diligence teams; trials conducted, monitored and
data collected consistent with applicable FDA regulations to maximize
Bio-Path’s credibility and value to minimize time to gain registration by
Partner;
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Use
our Scientific Advisory Board to supplement our Management Team to
critically monitor existing programs and evaluate new technologies and/or
compounds discovered or developed at M. D. Anderson, or elsewhere, for
in-licensing;
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Hire
a small team of employees or consultants: business development, regulatory
management, and project management;
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Outsource
manufacturing and regulatory capabilities. Bio-Path will not need to
invest its resources in building functions where it does not add
substantial value or differentiation. Instead, it will leverage an
executive team with expertise in the selection and management of high
quality contract manufacturing and regulatory
firms.
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Manufacturing
We
have no manufacturing capabilities and intend to outsource our manufacturing
function. The most likely outcome of the out-license of a Bio-Path
drug to a pharmaceutical partner will be that the pharmaceutical partner will be
responsible for manufacturing drug product requirements. However, in
the event Bio-Path is required to supply a drug product to a distributor or
pharmaceutical partner for commercial sale, Bio-Path will need to develop,
contract for, or otherwise arrange for the necessary manufacturing capabilities.
There are a limited number of manufacturers that operate under the FDA’s current
good manufacturing practices (cGMP) regulations capable of manufacturing our
future products. In September 2008, we executed a Supply Agreement
with Althea Technologies, Inc., a cGMP manufacturer of pharmaceutical products,
for the supply of drug product needed for Bio-Path’s upcoming clinical
trials.
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Intellectual
Property
Patents,
trademarks, trade secrets, technology, know-how, and other proprietary rights
are important to our business. Our success will depend in part on our
ability to develop and maintain proprietary aspects of our technology. To this
end, we intend to have an intellectual property program directed at developing
proprietary rights in technology that we believe will be important to our
success.
We will
actively seek patent protection in the U.S. and, as appropriate, abroad and
closely monitor patent activities related to our business.
In
addition to patents, we will rely on trade secrets and proprietary know-how,
which we seek to protect, in part, through confidentiality and proprietary
information agreements.
Agreement
with Acorn CRO
On April
23, 2009, we announced that had we entered into an agreement with ACORN CRO, a
full service, oncology-focused clinical research organization (CRO), to provide
us with a contract medical officer and potentially other clinical trial support
services. Under such agreement, Bradley G. Somer, M.D.,
started serving as our Medical Officer and medical liaison for the
conduct of our upcoming Phase I clinical study of liposomal BP-100-1.01 in
refractory or relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Chronic Myelogenous
Leukemia (CML), Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and Myelodysplastic Syndrome
(MDS).
Competition
We are
engaged in fields characterized by extensive research efforts, rapid
technological progress, and intense competition. There are many public and
private companies, including pharmaceutical companies, chemical companies, and
biotechnology companies, engaged in developing products for the same human
therapeutic applications that we are targeting. Currently, substantially all of
our competitors have substantially greater financial, technical and human
resources than Bio-Path and are more experienced in the development of new drugs
than Bio-Path. In order for us to compete successfully, we may need to
demonstrate improved safety, efficacy, ease of manufacturing, and market
acceptance of our products over the products of our competitors.
We
will face competition based on the safety and efficacy of our drug candidates,
the timing and scope of regulatory approvals, the availability and cost of
supply, marketing and sales capabilities, reimbursement coverage, price, patent
position and other factors. Our competitors may develop or commercialize more
effective, safer or more affordable products than we are able to develop or
commercialize or obtain more effective patent protection. As a result, our
competitors may commercialize products more rapidly or effectively than we may
be able to, which would adversely affect our competitive position, the
likelihood that our drug candidates, if approved, will achieve initial market
acceptance and our ability to generate meaningful revenues from those drugs.
Even if our drug candidates are approved and achieve initial market acceptance,
competitive products may render such drugs obsolete or
noncompetitive.
If any
such drug is rendered obsolete, we may not be able to recover the expenses of
developing and commercializing that drug. With respect to all of our drugs and
drug candidates, Bio-Path is aware of existing treatments and numerous drug
candidates in development by our competitors.
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Government
Regulation
Regulation
by governmental authorities in the United States and foreign countries is a
significant factor in the development, manufacturing, and expected marketing of
our future drug product candidates and in its ongoing research and development
activities. The nature and extent to which such regulations will apply to
Bio-Path will vary depending on the nature of any drug product candidates
developed. We anticipate that all of our drug product candidates will require
regulatory approval by governmental agencies prior to
commercialization.
In
particular, human therapeutic products are subject to rigorous pre-clinical and
clinical testing and other approval procedures of the FDA and similar regulatory
authorities in other countries. Various federal statutes and regulations also
govern or influence testing, manufacturing, safety, labeling, storage, and
record-keeping related to such products and their marketing. The process of
obtaining these approvals and the subsequent compliance with the appropriate
federal statutes and regulations requires substantial time and financial
resources. Any failure by us or our collaborators to obtain, or any delay in
obtaining, regulatory approval could adversely affect the marketing of any drug
product candidates developed by us, our ability to receive product revenues, and
our liquidity and capital resources.
The steps
ordinarily required before a new drug may be marketed in the United States,
which are similar to steps required in most other countries,
include:
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pre-clinical
laboratory tests, pre-clinical studies in animals, formulation studies and
the submission to the FDA of an investigational new drug
application;
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adequate
and well-controlled clinical trials to establish the safety and efficacy
of the drug;
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the
submission of a new drug application or biologic license application to
the FDA; and
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FDA
review and approval of the new drug application or biologics license
application.
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Bio-path’s
business model relies on entering into out-license agreements with
pharmaceutical licensee partners who will be responsible for post-Phase IIA
clinical testing and working with the FDA on necessary regulatory submissions
resulting in approval of new drug applications for
commercialization. For more detailed discussions on the clinical
trial processes involvement with the FDA, please refer to Annual Report on
Form 10-K as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009.
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Results
of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and
2009.
Revenues. We
have no operating revenues since our inception. We had interest
income of $602 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to $3,232 for
the three months ended March 31, 2009. Our interest income was derived from cash
and cash equivalents net of bank fees.
Research and Development
Expenses. Our research and development costs were
$137,082 for the three months ended March 31, 2010; a decrease of $75,527 from
the three months ended March 31, 2009. This decrease results
from the majority of the manufacturing and drug research expenses for
BP-100-1.01 being paid in Fiscal Year 2009.
General and
Administrative Expenses. Our general and administrative expenses were
$162,818 for the three months ended March 31, 2010; a decrease of $30,507 from
the three months ended March 31, 2009.
Net
Loss. Our net loss was $490,941 for the three months ended
March 31, 2010, compared to a loss of $596,694 for the three months ended March
31, 2009. Net loss per share, both basic and diluted was $0.01 and
$0.01 for the respective periods. The primary reason for the
difference in the decrease in net loss in the comparable periods results from
decreases in research and development expenses related to preparing the lead
drug candidate, BP-100-1.01 for the upcoming clinical trial.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Since our
inception, we have funded our operations primarily through private placements of
our capital stock. We expect to finance our foreseeable cash
requirements through cash on hand, cash from operations, public or private
equity offerings and debt financings. Additionally, we are seeking
collaborations and license arrangements for our three product
candidates. We may seek to access the public or private equity
markets whenever conditions are favorable. In April of 2010, the Company entered
into a commission agreement for the sale of common stock and warrants to
purchase shares of common stock with a Placement Agent. The
Company has received commitments from five investors to purchase common stock
with associated warrants for approximately $275,000 in cash. There
can be no assurance that the Company will receive the proceeds described above
or can raise additional capital to fund its operations.
At March
31, 2010, we had cash of $454,574 compared to $567,249 at December 31,
2009. We currently have no lines of credit or other arranged access
to debt financing.
Net cash
used in operations during the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $286,502
compared to $719,847 for the three months ended March 31, 2009. The significant
decrease in net cash used results from the majority of the manufacturing and
drug research expenses for BP-100-1.01 being paid in Fiscal Year 2009.
Inasmuch
as we have not yet generated revenues, our entire expenses of operations are
funded by our cash assets.
Currently
all of our cash is, and has been, generated from financing
activities. We raised a total of $198,827 cash from financing
activities for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Since inception
we have net cash from financing activities of $3,975,232. As discussed in
Projected Financing Needs above, we believe that our available cash will be
sufficient to fund our liquidity and capital expenditure requirements through
the second quarter 2010. We need to raise additional capital during
2010, in order to fund our operations in 2010. There can be no
assurance that we will be able to raise cash when it is needed to fund our
operations.
We
believe that our available cash will not be sufficient to fund our liquidity and
capital expenditure requirements through the fiscal year ending December 31,
2010. We anticipate that we will need to raise approximately an additional
$10,000,000 in net proceeds to completely implement our business
plan. However, we have several discussions underway with potential
investors at this time which could result in us receiving sufficient capital to
extend our operations into 2011 and possibly even 2012. There is no assurance or
guarantee that we will raise any additional capital.
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Contractual
Obligations and Commitments
Bio-Path
has recently entered into two Patent and Technology License Agreements (the
“Licenses”) with M. D. Anderson relating to its technology. A summary of certain
material terms of each of the Licenses is detailed in our Annual Report on Form
10-K as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
In
September 2008, we entered into a supply agreement with Althea Technologies,
Inc. for the manufacture of BP-100-1.01 for our upcoming Phase I Clinical
Trial. Althea is a contract manufacturer who will formulate and
lyophilize our BP-100-1.01 product requirements according to current Good
Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). The contract includes estimated
remaining payments by Bio-Path of approximately $300,000 for process development
and manufacture of cGMP product suitable for use in human patients in the
Company’s Phase I clinical trial. Bio-Path has the right to terminate
the agreement at any time, subject to payment of a termination fee to
Althea. The termination fee is not material.
In April
2009, we entered into an agreement with ACORN CRO, a full service,
oncology-focused clinical research organization, to provide Bio-Path with a
contract medical officer and potentially other clinical trial support
services. Concurrent with signing the agreement, Bradley G. Somer,
M.D., will serve as Bio-Path’s Medical Officer and medical liaison for the
conduct of the Company’s upcoming Phase I clinical study of liposomal
BP-100-1.01 in refractory or relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Chronic
Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS).
Critical
Accounting Policies
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States has required the management
of the Company to make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the
amounts reported in the financial statements, including the notes thereto, and
related disclosures of commitments and contingencies, if any. The Company
considers its critical accounting policies to be those that require the more
significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of financial
statements. Our significant accounting policies are discussed in Note
2 to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
ITEM
3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK
Information not required for smaller
reporting companies.
ITEM
4T. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls
and Procedures. Our management, with the participation of our principal
executive officer and principal financial officer, have evaluated the
effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined
in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this
quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”). Based on such evaluation, our
principal financial officer and principal executive officer have concluded that,
as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective
and designed to ensure that the information relating to our company (including
our consolidated subsidiaries) required to be disclosed in our reports filed or
submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
within the requisite time periods.
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(b) Changes in Internal
Controls. There was no change in our internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Rules 13a–15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange
Act) that occurred during the quarter covered by this report that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, such
controls.
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PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
None.
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS
Information not required for smaller
reporting companies.
ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF
PROCEEDS
On January 4, 2010, the Company sold to
an individual investor 450,000 units of the Company's securities for an
aggregate purchase price of $225,000. Each unit is comprised of two
shares of common stock ($0.25 per share) and two warrants to purchase one share
of common stock at an exercise price of $1.50. The warrants have a
term of two years. After sales commissions, the Company received net
proceeds of $198,827 to be used for general working capital. The
Company sold these unregistered securities in accordance with Rule 506 of
Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The investor involved
in these sales is an “accredited investor,” as such term is defined in Rule 501
of Regulation D.
ITEM
3. DEFAULTS BY THE COMPANY ON ITS SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM
4. (Removed and Reserved)
ITEM
5. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
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Description
of Exhibit
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3.1
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Restated
Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.2 to the
registrant’s current report on Form 8-A filed on September 10,
2008).
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3.2
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Bylaws
(incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.2 to the registrant’s current
report on Form 8-A filed on September 10, 2008).
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3.3
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Articles
of Merger relating to the merger of Biopath Acquisition Corp. with and
into Bio-Path, Inc. (incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.2 to the
registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on February 19,
2008).
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4.1
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Specimen
Stock certificate (incorporated by reference to exhibit 3.2 to the
registrant’s current report on Form 8-A filed on September 10,
2008)
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31*
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section
302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
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32*
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
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* Filed
herewith.
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SIGNATURE
In
accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Company has caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
Dated:
May 17, 2010
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BIO-PATH
HOLDINGS, INC.
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By
/s/ Peter H. Nielsen,
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Chief
Executive Officer, President/Principal Executive Officer, Chief Financial
Officer, Principal Financial
Officer
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