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HARROW, INC. - Quarter Report: 2020 September (Form 10-Q)

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020

 

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

 

For the transition period from ___________ to _____________

 

Commission File Number: 001-35814

 

Harrow Health, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   45-0567010
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

102 Woodmont Blvd., Suite 610

Nashville, Tennessee

  37205
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

(615) 733-4730

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a small reporting company, or an emerging growth company.

 

Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
    Emerging growth company

 

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

 

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

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name on exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share   HROW   The NASDAQ Global Market

 

As of November 6, 2020, there were 25,745,967 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding.

 

 

 

   
 

 

HARROW HEALTH, INC.

 

Table of Contents

 

      Page
Part I   FINANCIAL INFORMATION  
       
Item 1.   Financial Statements (unaudited) 3
       
Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 30
       
Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 41
       
Item 4.   Controls and Procedures 41
       
Part II   OTHER INFORMATION  
       
Item 1.   Legal Proceedings 42
       
Item 1A.   Risk Factors 42
       
Item 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 45
       
Item 3.   Defaults Upon Senior Securities 45
       
Item 4.   Mine Safety Disclosures 45
       
Item 5.   Other Information 45
       
Item 6.   Exhibits 45
       
    Signatures 46

 

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PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

HARROW HEALTH, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share data)

 

   2020   2019 
   September 30,   December 31, 
   2020   2019 
   (unaudited)     
ASSETS        
Current assets          
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash of $200  $5,727   $4,949 
Investment in Eton Pharmaceuticals   27,650    25,200 
Accounts receivable, net   2,195    2,009 
Inventories   3,974    3,301 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   1,431    1,308 
Total current assets   40,977    36,767 
Property, plant and equipment, net   4,773    5,375 
Operating lease right-of-use assets   6,945    6,559 
Intangible assets, net   1,958    2,337 
Investment in Surface Ophthalmics   2,053    3,747 
Investment in Melt Pharmaceuticals   2,432    3,968 
Goodwill   332    332 
TOTAL ASSETS  $59,470   $59,085 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY          
Current liabilities          
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  $5,691   $7,702 
Accrued payroll and related liabilities   3,692    2,117 
Deferred revenue and customer deposits   63    57 
Current portion of paycheck protection program loan payable   1,138    - 
Current portion of loan payable, net of unamortized debt discount   2,612    1,772 
Current portion of operating lease liabilities   579    629 
Current portion of finance lease obligations   7    7 
Total current liabilities   13,782    12,284 
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion   6,780    6,338 
Finance lease obligations, net of current portion   20    26 
Accrued expenses, net of current portion   800    800 
Paycheck protection program loan payable, net of current portion   829    - 
Loan payable, net of current portion and unamortized debt discount   12,331    12,219 
TOTAL LIABILITIES   34,542    31,667 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES   -     -  
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY          
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 25,652,169 and 25,526,931 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively   26    26 
Additional paid-in capital   103,798    101,728 
Accumulated deficit   (78,549)   (74,043)
TOTAL HARROW HEALTH STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY   25,275    27,711 
Noncontrolling interests   (347)   (293)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY   24,928    27,418 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY  $59,470   $59,085 

 

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

 

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HARROW HEALTH, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except for share and per share data)

 

   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   For the   For the   For the   For the 
   Three Months Ended   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
   September 30,   September 30,   September 30,   September 30, 
   2020   2019   2020   2019 
Revenues:                
Product sales, net  $14,385   $12,748   $34,244   $38,540 
Other revenues   14    7    32    21 
Total revenues   14,399    12,755    34,276    38,561 
Cost of sales   (3,696)   (4,061)   (10,526)   (13,184)
Gross profit   10,703    8,694    23,750    25,377 
Operating expenses:                    
Selling, general and administrative   8,436    8,608    23,806    25,399 
Research and development   670    444    1,822    1,659 
Impairment of long-lived assets   -    4,040    363    4,040 
Total operating expenses   9,106    13,092    25,991    31,098 
Income (loss) from operations   1,597    (4,398)   (2,241)   (5,721)
Other income (expense):                    
Interest expense, net   (498)   (620)   (1,563)   (1,939)
Investment (loss) gain from Melt Pharmaceuticals, net   (300)   (682)   (1,536)   4,517 
Investment loss from Surface Ophthalmics, net   (756)   (400)   (1,694)   (904)
Investment gain (loss) from Eton Pharmaceuticals, net   8,575    (5,530)   2,450    700 
Other income, net   5    -    24    630 
Total other income (expense), net   7,026    (7,232)   (2,319)   3,004 
Income (loss) before income taxes   8,623    (11,630)   (4,560)   (2,717)
Income tax benefit, net   -    -    -    - 
Total net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests   8,623    (11,630)   (4,560)   (2,717)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests   15    161    54    228 
Net income (loss) attributable to Harrow Health, Inc.  $8,638   $(11,469)  $(4,506)  $(2,489)
Basic net income (loss) per share of common stock  $0.33   $(0.45)  $(0.17)  $(0.10)
Diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock  $0.32   $(0.45)  $(0.17)  $(0.10)
Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding, basic   25,921,573    25,583,998    25,880,554    25,205,215 
Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding, diluted   27,090,060    25,583,998    25,880,554    25,205,215 

 

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

 

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HARROW HEALTH, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019

(In thousands, except for share data)

 

   Shares   Value   Capital   Deficit   Equity   Interest   Equity 
                   Total         
   Common Stock   Additional       Harrow Health, Inc.   Total   Total 
       Par   Paid-in   Accumulated   Stockholders’   Noncontrolling   Stockholders’ 
   Shares   Value   Capital   Deficit   Equity   Interest   Equity 
Balance at June 30, 2019   25,138,958   $25   $100,271   $(65,231)  $35,065   $(67)  $34,998 
                                    
Issuance of common stock in connection with:                                   
Exercise of warrants   25,135    -    -    -    -    -    - 
Exercise of employee stock-based options, net of tax withholding   4,748    -    (44)   -    (44)   -    (44)
Stock-based payment for services provided   -    -    75    -    75    -    75 
Stock-based compensation expense   -    -    328    -    328    -    328 
Net loss   -    -    -    (11,469)   (11,469)   (161)   (11,630)
Balance at September 30, 2019   25,168,841   $25   $100,630   $(76,700)  $23,955   $(228)  $23,727 
                                    
                        Total           
    Common Stock    Additional         Harrow Health, Inc.    Total    Total 
         Par    Paid-in    Accumulated    Stockholders’    Noncontrolling    Stockholders’ 
    Shares    Value    Capital    Deficit    Equity     Interest     Equity  
Balance at June 30, 2020   25,649,171   $26   $102,889   $(87,187)  $15,728   $(332)  $15,396 
                                    
Issuance of common stock in connection with:                                   
Exercise of employee stock-based options, net of tax withholding   2,998    -    (8)   -    (8)   -    (8)
Stock-based compensation expense   -    -    917    -    917    -    917 
Net income (loss)   -    -    -    8,638    8,638    (15)   8,623 
Balance at September 30, 2020   25,652,169   $26   $103,798   $(78,549)  $25,275   $(347)  $24,928 
                                    
                        Total           
    Common Stock    Additional         Harrow Health, Inc.    Total    Total 
         Par    Paid-in    Accumulated    Stockholders’    Noncontrolling    Stockholders’ 
    Shares    Value    Capital    Deficit    Equity     Interest     Equity  
Balance at December 31, 2018   24,339,610   $24   $98,938   $(74,211)  $24,751   $-   $24,751 
                                    
Issuance of common stock in connection with:                                   
Exercise of warrants   788,528    1    178    -    179    -    179 
Exercise of employee stock-based options, net of tax withholding   25,703    -    (44)   -    (44)   -    (44)
Stock-based payment for services provided   15,000    -    150    -    150    -    150 
Stock-based compensation expense   -    -    1,408    -    1,408    -    1,408 
Net loss   -    -    -    (2,489)   (2,489)   (228)   (2,717)
Balance at September 30, 2019   25,168,841   $25   $100,630   $(76,700)  $23,955   $(228)  $23,727 
                                    
                        Total           
    Common Stock    Additional         Harrow Health, Inc.    Total    Total 
         Par    Paid-in    Accumulated    Stockholders’    Noncontrolling    Stockholders’ 
    Shares    Value    Capital    Deficit    Equity     Interest    Equity  
Balance at December 31, 2019   25,526,931   $26   $101,728   $(74,043)  $27,711   $(293)  $27,418 
                                    
Issuance of common stock in connection with:                                   
Exercise of employee stock-based options, net of tax withholding   3,251    -    (8)   -    (8)   -    (8)
Vesting of RSUs   91,987    -    -    -    -    -    - 
Stock-based payment for services provided   30,000    -    83    -    83    -    83 
Stock-based compensation expense   -    -    1,995    -    1,995    -    1,995 
Net loss   -    -    -    (4,506)   (4,506)   (54)   (4,560)
Balance at September 30, 2020   25,652,169   $26   $103,798   $(78,549)  $25,275   $(347)  $24,928 

 

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

 

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HARROW HEALTH, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

 

   2020   2019 
   For the 
   Nine Months Ended 
   September 30, 
   2020   2019 
         
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES          
Net loss (including noncontrolling interests)  $(4,560)  $(2,717)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:          
Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment   1,377    1,365 
Amortization of intangible assets   127    175 
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets   550    386 
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discount   354    394 
Provision for bad debt expense   221    - 
Investment gain from Eton, net   (2,450)   (700)
Investment loss from Surface, net   1,694    904 
Investment loss (gain) from Melt, net   1,536    (4,517)
Loss on sale and disposal of equipment   5    - 
Interest paid-in-kind on loan payable   348    - 
Impairment of long-lived assets   363    4,013 
Stock-based payment of consulting services   83    150 
Stock-based compensation   1,995    1,408 
Changes in assets and liabilities:          
Accounts receivable, net of provision for bad debt expense   (407)   (901)
Inventories   (673)   (1,413)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   (123)   (528)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   (2,555)   1,721 
Accrued payroll and related liabilities   1,575    (371)
Deferred revenue and customer deposits   6    (71)
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES   (534)   (702)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES          
Proceeds on sale and disposal of assets   -    4 
Investment in patent and trademark assets   (111)   (279)
Purchases of property, plant and equipment   (780)   (589)
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES   (891)   (864)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES          
Payments on finance lease obligations   (6)   (744)
Proceeds from SWK debt   1,000    - 
Principal payments on loan payable   (750)   (750)
Payments of costs related to amendment of note payable   -    (282)
Net proceeds from Payroll Protection Program loan payable   1,967    - 
Net proceeds from exercise of warrants and stock options, net of taxes remitted for RSU and options   (8)   135 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES   2,203    (1,641)
NET CHANGE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH   778    (3,207)
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, beginning of period   4,949    6,838 
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, end of period  $5,727   $3,631 
RECONCILIATION OF CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH          
Cash and cash equivalents  $5,527   $3,431 
Restricted cash   200    200 
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH AT END OF PERIOD  $5,727   $3,631 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:          
Cash paid for income taxes  $-   $11 
Cash paid for interest  $1,222   $1,546 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:          
New and revaluation of right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for lease obligation  $936   $- 

 

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

 

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HARROW HEALTH, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019

(Dollar amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

Company and Background

 

Harrow Health, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, partially owned companies and royalty arrangements unless the context indicates or otherwise requires, the “Company” or “Harrow”) specializes in the development, production and sale of innovative medications that offer unique competitive advantages and serve unmet needs in the marketplace through its subsidiaries and deconsolidated companies. The Company owns one of the nation’s leading ophthalmology-focused pharmaceutical businesses, ImprimisRx. In addition to wholly owning ImprimisRx, the Company also has equity positions in Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Eton”), Surface Ophthalmics, Inc. (“Surface”), and Melt Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Melt”), all companies that began as subsidiaries of Harrow. More recently, the Company founded drug development subsidiaries Mayfield Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Mayfield”) and Stowe Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Stowe”), among others. In 2020, Harrow created Visionology, Inc., which intends to launch an online eye health platform business. Harrow also owns royalty rights in various drug candidates being developed by Surface, Melt and Mayfield. The Company intends to continue to create, and hold equity and royalty rights in, new businesses that commercialize drug candidates that are internally developed or otherwise acquired or licensed from third parties.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The Company has prepared the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for audited financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020 or for any other period. For further information, refer to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, as well as Mayfield (79% majority controlled) and Stowe (70% majority controlled) each subsidiaries of Harrow as of September 30, 2020. The remaining 21% of Mayfield is owned by Elle Pharmaceutical, LLC (“Elle”), TGV-Health, LLC and its affiliated entities (collectively “TGV”) or other consultants. Mayfield was organized to develop women’s health-focused drug candidates. The remaining 30% of Stowe is owned by TGV. Stowe was organized to develop ophthalmic drug candidates. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Harrow consolidates entities in which it has a controlling financial interest. We consolidate subsidiaries in which we hold and/or control, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting rights. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

The condensed consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and the condensed consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 include our accounts and those of our wholly owned subsidiaries as well as Mayfield and Stowe.

 

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Risks, Uncertainties and Liquidity

 

The Company is subject to risks and uncertainties as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 18, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released guidance for U.S. healthcare providers to limit all elective medical procedures in order to conserve personal protective equipment and limit exposure to COVID-19 during the pendency of the pandemic. In addition to limiting elective medical procedures, many hospitals and other healthcare providers have strictly limited access to their facilities during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted global supply chains and healthcare delivery, led to social distancing recommendations, stay-at-home orders and other restrictive measures, and created significant volatility in financial markets.

 

Many of the Company’s customers use its drugs in procedures impacted by the CMS guidance to limit elective procedures. In addition, the Company and our business partners need access to healthcare providers and facilities to conduct clinical trials and other activities required to achieve regulatory clearance of products under development.

 

The Company believes reductions in elective procedures in response to CMS guidance have had, and may in the future have, an adverse impact, which may be material, to the Company’s financial condition, liquidity and results of operations. The severity of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business will depend on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the duration and severity of the pandemic and the extent and severity of the impact on its customers, all of which are uncertain and cannot be predicted. As of the date of filing of this Quarterly Report, the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may materially impact the Company’s financial condition, liquidity or results of operations is uncertain. For further information, refer to “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report and information in the Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

During certain periods, including those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company has incurred operating losses and negative cash flows from operations. The Company incurred operating losses of $2,241 and $5,721 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and had an accumulated deficit of $78,549 and $74,043 as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. In addition, the Company used cash in operating activities of $534 and $702 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

While there is no assurance, management of the Company believes existing cash resources and restricted cash of $5,727 at September 30, 2020 together with cash generated from revenues, will be sufficient to sustain the Company’s planned level of operations for at least the next twelve months. However, estimates of operating expenses, working capital requirements and the future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business could be incorrect, and the Company could use its cash resources faster than anticipated. Further, some or all of the ongoing or planned activities may not be successful and could result in further losses.

 

The Company may seek to increase liquidity and capital resources through a variety of means which may include, but are not limited to: the sale of assets, investments and/or businesses; obtaining financing through the issuance of equity, debt, or convertible securities; and working to increase revenue growth through sales. There is no guarantee that the Company will be able to obtain capital when needed on terms management deems acceptable, or at all.

 

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The following represents an update for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 to the significant accounting policies described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

Segments

 

The Company’s chief operating decision-maker is its Chief Executive Officer who makes resource allocation decisions and assesses performance based on financial information presented as operating segments. The Company has identified two operating segments as reportable segments. See Note 15 for more information regarding the Company’s reportable segments.

 

Noncontrolling Interests

 

The Company recognizes any noncontrolling interest as a separate line item in equity in the condensed consolidated financial statements. A noncontrolling interest represents the portion of equity ownership in a less-than-wholly owned subsidiary not attributable to the Company. Generally, any interest that holds less than 50% of the outstanding voting shares is deemed to be a noncontrolling interest; however, there are other factors, such as decision-making rights, that are considered as well. The Company includes the amount of net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated net income (loss) on the face of the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

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The Company provides in the condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity a reconciliation at the beginning and the end of the period of the carrying amount of total equity, equity attributable to the parent, and equity attributable to the noncontrolling interests that separately discloses:

 

  (1) net income or loss;
  (2) transactions with owners acting in their capacity as owners, showing separately contributions from and distributions to owners; and
  (3) each component of other income or loss.

 

Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) per Common Share

 

Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing income (loss) attributable to common stockholders for the period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the income (loss) attributable to common stockholders for the period by the weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares, such as stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and warrants, outstanding during the period.

 

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Common stock equivalents (using the treasury stock or “if converted” method) from stock options, unvested RSUs and warrants were 5,447,716 and 5,263,131 at September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and, except for the three months ended September 30, 2020, are excluded from the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share for the periods presented, because the effect is anti-dilutive. Included in the basic and diluted net income (loss) per share calculation were RSUs awarded to directors that had vested, but the issuance and delivery of the shares are deferred until the director resigns. The number of shares underlying vested RSUs at September 30, 2020 and 2019 was 281,507 and 314,588, respectively.

 

The following table shows the computation of basic net income (loss) per share of common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

 

   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   For the Three Months Ended   For the Nine Months Ended 
   September 30,   September 30, 
   2020   2019   2020   2019 
Numerator – net income (loss) attributable to Harrow Health, Inc.  $8,638   $(11,469)  $(4,506)  $(2,489)
Denominator – weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic   25,921,573    25,583,998    25,880,554    25,205,215 
Net income (loss) per share, basic  $0.33   $(0.45)  $(0.17)  $(0.10)

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company had net income. As a result, the Company computed diluted net income per share using the weighted-average number of common shares and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. Diluted common equivalent shares for the three months ended September 30, 2020, consisted of the following:

 

 

   For the Three months Ended 
   September 30, 2020 
     
Diluted shares related to:     
Warrants   504,742 
Stock options   663,745 
Dilutive common equivalent shares   1,168,487 

 

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The following table shows the computation of diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

 

   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   For the Three Months Ended   For the Nine months Ended 
   September 30,   September 30, 
   2020   2019   2020   2019 
Numerator – net income (loss) attributable to Harrow Health, Inc.  $8,638   $(11,469)  $(4,506)  $(2,489)
Denominator – weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic   25,921,573    25,583,998    25,880,554    25,205,215 
Dilutive common equivalent shares   1,168,487    -    -    - 
Number of shares used for diluted earnings per share computation   27,090,060    25,583,998    25,880,554    25,205,215 
Net income (loss) per share, diluted  $0.32   $(0.45)  $(0.17)  $(0.10)

 

Investment in Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Related Party

 

The Company owns 3,500,000 shares of Eton common stock, which represents approximately 16.7% of the equity and voting interests of Eton as of September 30, 2020. At September 30, 2020 the fair market value of Eton’s common stock was $7.90 per share. In accordance with Accounting Standard’s Update (“ASU”) 2016-01, Financial Instruments-Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded an investment gain (loss) from its Eton common stock position of $8,575 and $2,450, respectively, related to the change in fair market value of the Company’s investment in Eton during the measurement periods. As of September 30, 2020, the fair market value of the Company’s investment in Eton was $27,650.

 

Mark Baum, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, is a member of the board of directors of Eton.

 

Investment in Melt Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Related Party

 

In April 2018, the Company formed Melt as a wholly owned subsidiary. In January and March of 2019, Melt entered into definitive stock purchase agreements (collectively, the “Melt Series A Preferred Stock Agreement”) with certain investors and closed on the sale of Melt’s Series A Preferred Stock (the “Melt Series A Stock”), totaling approximately $11,400 of proceeds (collectively, the “Melt Series A Round”) at a purchase price of $5.00 per share. As a result, the Company lost voting and ownership control of Melt and ceased consolidating Melt’s financial statements.

 

In January 2019, the Company deconsolidated Melt and recorded a gain of $5,810 and adjusted the carrying value in Melt to reflect the increased valuation of Melt and the Company’s new ownership interest in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 810-10-40-4(c), Consolidation.

 

The Company owns 3,500,000 common shares of Melt (which is approximately 44% of the equity interests as of September 30, 2020) and uses the equity method of accounting for this investment, as management has determined that the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial decisions of Melt. Under this method, the Company recognizes earnings and losses in Melt in its condensed consolidated financial statements and adjusts the carrying amount of its investment in Melt accordingly. The Company’s share of earnings and losses are based on the Company’s ownership interest of Melt. Any intra-entity profits and losses are eliminated. The Company recorded equity in the net loss of Melt of $300 and $1,536 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. The Company recorded equity in the net loss of Melt of $682 and $1,293 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. As of September 30, 2020, the carrying value of the Company’s investment in Melt was $2,432.

 

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See Note 4 for more information and related party disclosure regarding Melt.

 

Investment in Surface Ophthalmics, Inc. – Related Party

 

The Company owns 3,500,000 common shares (which is approximately 30% of the equity interests as of September 30, 2020) of Surface and uses the equity method of accounting for this investment, as management has determined that the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial decisions of Surface. Under this method, the Company recognizes earnings and losses in Surface in its condensed consolidated financial statements and adjusts the carrying amount of its investment in Surface accordingly. The Company’s share of earnings and losses are based on the Company’s ownership interest of Surface. Any intra-entity profits and losses are eliminated. The Company recorded equity in the net loss of Surface of $756 and $1,694 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. The Company recorded equity in the net loss of Surface of $400 and $904 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. As of September 30, 2020, the carrying value of the Company’s investment in Surface was $2,053.

 

See Note 5 for more information and related party disclosure regarding Surface.

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which requires the measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets held at amortized cost. ASU 2016-13 replaces the existing incurred loss impairment model with a forward-looking expected credit loss model which will result in earlier recognition of credit losses. The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2020, and adoption of the standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Changes to Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurements, which improved the effectiveness of disclosure requirements for recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. The standard removes, modifies, and adds certain disclosure requirements. The Company adopted ASU 2018-13 on January 1, 2020, and adoption of the standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other. This guidance simplifies the accounting for goodwill impairment for all entities by requiring impairment charges to be based on the first step in the current two-step impairment test under ASC 350. The updated standard eliminates the requirement to calculate a goodwill impairment charge using Step 2. If a reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeds its fair value, an entity will record an impairment charge based on that difference. The impairment charge will be limited to the amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. The Company adopted ASU 2017-04 on January 1, 2020, and adoption of the standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, as part of its initiative to reduce complexity in accounting standards. The amendments in the ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods therein. Early adoption of the standard is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this standard and does not expect ASU 2019-12 to have a material impact on its consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

NOTE 3. REVENUES

 

The Company accounts for contracts with customers in accordance with ASC 606, Revenues from Contracts with Customers. The Company has two primary streams of revenues: (1) revenues recognized from our sale of products within our pharmacy services and (2) revenues recognized from intellectual property license and asset purchase agreements.

 

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Product Revenues from Pharmacy Services

 

The Company sells prescription drugs directly through our pharmacy and outsourcing facility network. Revenues from our pharmacy services division includes: (i) the portion of the price the client pays directly to us, net of any volume-related or other discounts paid back to the client, (ii) the price paid to us by individuals, and (iii) customer copayments made directly to the pharmacy network. Sales taxes are not included in revenue. Following the core principle of ASC 606, we have identified the following:

 

  1. Identify the contract(s) with a customer: A contract exists with a customer at the time the prescription or order is received by the Company.
     
  2. Identify the performance obligations in the contract: The order received contains the performance obligations to be met, in almost all cases the product the customer is wishing to receive. If we are unable to be meet the performance obligation, the customer is notified.
     
  3. Determine the transaction price: the transaction price is based on the product being sold to the customer, and any related customer discounts. These amounts are pre-determined and built into our order management software.
     
  4. Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract: The transaction price associated with the product(s) being ordered is allocated according to the pre-determined amounts.
     
  5. Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation: At the time of shipment from the pharmacy or outsourcing facility, the performance obligation has been met.

 

The following revenue recognition policy has been established for the pharmacy services division:

 

Revenues generated from prescription or office use drugs sold by our pharmacies and outsourcing facility are recognized when the prescription is shipped. At the time of shipment, the pharmacy services division has performed substantially all of its obligations under its client contracts and does not experience a significant level of returns or reshipments. Determination of criteria (3) and (4) is based on management’s judgments regarding the fixed nature of the selling prices of the products delivered and the collectability of those amounts. The Company records reductions to revenue for discounts at the time of the initial sale. Estimated returns and allowances and other adjustments are provided for in the same period during which the related sales are recorded and are based on actual returns history. The rate of returns is analyzed annually to determine historical returns experience. If the historical data we use to calculate these estimates do not properly reflect future returns, then a change in the allowance would be made in the period in which such a determination is made and revenues in that period could be materially affected. The Company will defer any revenues received for a product that has not been delivered or is subject to refund until such time that the Company and the customer jointly determine that the product has been delivered and no refund will be required.

 

Commission Revenues

 

During the third quarter of 2020, the Company entered into an agreement whereby it is paid a fee calculated based on sales it generates from a pharmaceutical product that is owned by a third party. The revenue earned from this arrangement is recognized at the time a customer has ordered the pharmaceutical product and it has shipped from the third party (or one of its distributors or affiliates), at which point there is no future performance obligation required by the Company and no consequential continuing involvement on the part of the Company to recognize the associated revenue.

 

Intellectual Property License Revenues

 

The Company currently holds five intellectual property license and related agreements in which the Company has sold or granted a license which provides a customer with the right to access the Company’s intellectual property. License arrangements may include or require non-refundable upfront license fees, data transfer fees, research reimbursement payments, exclusive license rights to patented or patent pending compounds, technology access fees, and various performance or sales milestones. These arrangements can be multiple-element arrangements, the revenue of which is recognized at the point of time the performance obligation is met.

 

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Non-refundable fees that are not contingent on any future performance by the Company and require no consequential continuing involvement on the part of the Company are recognized as revenue when the license term commences and the licensed data, technology, compounded drug preparation and/or other deliverable is delivered. Such deliverables may include physical quantities of compounded drug preparations, design of the compounded drug preparations and structure-activity relationships, the conceptual framework and mechanism of action, and rights to the patents or patent applications for such compounded drug preparations. The Company defers recognition of non-refundable fees if it has continuing performance obligations without which the technology, right, product or service conveyed in conjunction with the non-refundable fee has no utility to the licensee and that are separate and independent of the Company’s performance under the other elements of the arrangement. In addition, if the Company’s continued involvement is required, through research and development services that are related to its proprietary know-how and expertise of the delivered technology or can only be performed by the Company, then such non-refundable fees are deferred and recognized over the period of continuing involvement. Guaranteed minimum annual royalties are recognized on a straight-line basis over the applicable term.

 

Revenue disaggregated by revenue source for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, consists of the following:

 

 

   For the Three Months Ended   For the Nine months Ended 
   September 30,   September 30, 
   2020   2019   2020   2019 
Product sales, net  $14,385   $12,748   $34,244   $38,540 
Commissions   7    -    7    - 
License   7    7    25    21 
Total revenues  $14,399   $12,755   $34,276   $38,561 

 

Deferred revenue and customer deposits at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, was $63 and $57, respectively. All deferred revenue and customer deposit amounts at December 31, 2019 were recognized as revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

NOTE 4. INVESTMENT IN MELT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. AND AGREEMENTS - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

In December 2018, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with Melt (the “Melt Asset Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Melt Asset Purchase Agreement, Melt was assigned certain intellectual property and related rights from the Company to develop, formulate, make, sell, and sub-license certain Company conscious sedation and analgesia related formulations (collectively, the “Melt Products”). Under the terms of the Melt Asset Purchase Agreement, Melt is required to make royalty payments to the Company up to 5% of net sales of the Melt Products while any patent rights remain outstanding, as well as other conditions. In January and March 2019, the Company entered into the Melt Series A Preferred Stock Agreement.

 

In February 2019, the Company and Melt entered into a Management Services Agreement (the “Melt MSA”), whereby the Company provides to Melt certain administrative services and support, including bookkeeping, web services and human resources related activities, and Melt pays the Company a monthly amount of $10.

 

As of September 30, 2020, the Company was due $815 from Melt for reimbursable expenses and amounts due under the Melt MSA and are included in prepaid expenses and other current assets on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, Melt did not make any payments to the Company.

 

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The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mark L. Baum, and Chief Medical Officer, Larry Dillaha, are members of the Melt board of directors.

 

The unaudited condensed results of operations information of Melt is summarized below:

 

 

   For the 
   Nine Months Ended 
   September 30, 2020 
Revenues, net  $- 
Loss from operations   3,261 
Net loss  $(3,261)

 

The unaudited condensed balance sheet information of Melt is summarized below:

 

 

   September 30, 
   2020 
Current assets  $4,072 
Non current assets   12 
Total assets  $4,084 
      
Total liabilities  $1,452 
Total preferred stock and stockholders’ equity   2,632 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity  $4,084 

 

NOTE 5. INVESTMENT IN SURFACE OPHTHALMICS, INC. AND AGREEMENTS - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Company entered into an asset purchase and license agreement with Surface in 2017, and amended it in April 2018 (the “Surface License Agreements”). Pursuant to the terms of the Surface License Agreements, the Company assigned and licensed to Surface certain intellectual property and related rights to develop, formulate, make, sell, and sub-license ophthalmic formulations (collectively, the “Surface Products”). Surface is required to make royalty payments to the Company of 4%-6% of net sales of the Surface Products while any patent rights remain outstanding.

 

A Company director, Richard L. Lindstrom, and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mark L. Baum, are directors of Surface. Surface is required to make royalty payments to Dr. Lindstrom of 3% of net sales of certain Surface Products while certain patent rights remain outstanding. Dr. Lindstrom is also a principal of Flying L Partners, an affiliate of the funding investor who purchased the Surface Series A Preferred Stock.

 

The unaudited condensed results of operations information of Surface is summarized below:

 

   For the 
   Nine Months Ended 
   September 30, 2020 
Revenues, net  $- 
Loss from operations   5,647 
Net loss  $(5,647)

 

The unaudited condensed balance sheet information of Surface is summarized below:

 

 

   September 30, 
   2020 
Current assets  $11,547 
Non current assets   45 
Total assets  $11,592 
      
Total liabilities  $1,754 
Total stockholders’ equity   9,838 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity  $11,592 

 

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NOTE 6. INVENTORIES

 

Inventories are comprised of finished compounded formulations, over-the-counter and prescription retail pharmacy products, commercial pharmaceutical products, related laboratory supplies and active pharmaceutical ingredients. The composition of inventories as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was as follows:

 

 

   2020   2019 
   September 30,   December 31, 
   2020   2019 
Raw materials  $2,838   $2,405 
Work in progress   4    20 
Finished goods   1,132    876 
Total inventories  $3,974   $3,301 

 

NOTE 7. PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following:

 

 

   September 30,   December 31, 
   2020   2019 
Prepaid insurance  $149   $123 
Other prepaid expenses   378    358 
Receivable due from Melt   815    722 
Deposits and other current assets   89    105 
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets  $1,431   $1,308 

 

NOTE 8. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property, plant and equipment, net consisted of the following:

 

 

   2020   2019 
   September 30,   December 31, 
   2020   2019 
Property, plant and equipment, net:          
Computer software and hardware  $1,902   $1,732 
Furniture and equipment   463    363 
Lab and pharmacy equipment   3,464    3,164 
Leasehold improvements   5,720    5,510 
 Property, plant and equipment, gross   11,549    10,769 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization   (6,776)   (5,394)
Property, plant and equipment, net   $4,773   $5,375 

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, depreciation and amortization related to the property, plant and equipment was $464 and $1,377, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, depreciation related to the property, plant and equipment was $397 and $1,365, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company impaired $445 of property, plant and equipment related to the Park Restructuring.

 

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NOTE 9. INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL

 

The Company’s intangible assets at September 30, 2020 consisted of the following:

 

 

   Amortization                
   periods      Accumulated       Net 
   (in years)  Cost   amortization   Impairment   Carrying value 
Patents  17-19 years  $911   $(86)  $(363)  $462 
Licenses  20 years   50    (6)   -    44 
Trademarks  Indefinite   353    -    -    353 
Customer relationships  3-15 years   1,519    (421)   -    1,098 
Trade name  5 years   5    (5)   -    - 
Non-competition clause  3-4 years   50    (50)   -    - 
State pharmacy licenses  25 years   8    (7)   -    1 
      $2,896   $(575)  $(363)  $1,958 

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded impairment charges of $363 related to patent filings associated with products that the Company was no longer actively selling.

 

Amortization expense for intangible assets for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was as follows:

 

 

   For the   For the 
   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
   September 30,   September 30, 
   2020   2019   2020   2019 
Patents  $6   $22   $25   $37 
Licenses   -    -    1    5 
Customer relationships   33    26    101    128 
Trade name   -    1    -    1 
State pharmacy licenses   -    3    -    4 
   $39   $52   $127   $175 

 

Estimated future amortization expense for the Company’s intangible assets at September 30, 2020 is as follows:

 

    2020 
Remainder of 2020  $47 
2021   173 
2022   173 
2023   173 
2024   146 
Thereafter   893 
Intangible assets  $1,605 

 

There have been no changes in the carrying value of the Company’s goodwill during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

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NOTE 10. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consisted of the following:

 

 

   2020   2019 
   September 30,   December 31, 
   2020   2019 
Accounts payable  $5,511   $7,409 
Other accrued expenses   -    49 
Accrued interest   180    244 
Accrued exit fee for note payable   800    800 
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses   6,491    8,502 
Less: Current portion   (5,691)   (7,702)
Non-current total accrued expenses  $800   $800 

 

NOTE 11. DEBT

 

In July 2017, the Company entered into a term loan and security agreement in the principal amount of $16,000 (the “SWK Loan Agreement” or “SWK Loan”) with SWK Funding LLC and its partners (collectively, “SWK”), as lender and collateral agent. The SWK Loan Agreement was fully funded at closing with a five-year term; however, such term could be reduced to four years if certain revenue requirements are not achieved. The SWK Loan is secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets, including its intellectual property rights. The SWK Loan was subsequently amended in May 2019 and again in April 2020 (see below). The SWK Loan bears an interest rate that is equal to the three-month London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (subject to a minimum of 2.00%), plus an applicable margin of 10.00% (the “Margin Rate”); provided that, if, two days prior to a payment date, the Company provides SWK evidence that the Company has achieved a leverage ratio as of such date of less than 4.00:1:00, the Margin Rate shall equal 9.00%; and if the Company has achieved a leverage ratio as of such date of less than 3.00:1:00, the Margin Rate shall equal 7.00%. The leverage ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of: (a) indebtedness as of such date to (b) EBITDA (as defined in the SWK Loan), of the Company for the immediately preceding 12 month period, adding-back (i) actual litigation expenses for the immediately preceding 12 month period, minus (ii) actual litigation expenses for the immediately preceding 3 month period multiplied by 4.

 

Second Amendment to SWK Loan

 

On April 1, 2020, the Company and several of its wholly owned subsidiaries entered into a second amendment (the “SWK Amendment”) to the SWK Loan, with SWK. A summary of the material changes contained in the SWK Amendment are as follows:

 

  SWK agreed to make available to the Company, and the Company drew down on, an additional principal amount of $1,000;
     
  The definition of the first amortization date was changed to August 14, 2020, permitting the Company to pay interest only on the principal amount loaned for the next payment (payments are due on a quarterly basis) following the SWK Amendment; and
     
  The interest payment due May 14, 2020 will be paid in kind by increasing the principal amount of the term loans by an amount equal to the interest accrued as of such date.

 

Paycheck Protection Program Loan

 

In April 2020, the Company entered into an unsecured promissory note and related Business Loan Agreement with Renasant Bank, as lender, for a loan (the “PPP Loan”) in the principal amount of $1,967 and received cash proceeds of the same amount, pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) under the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), which was enacted March 27, 2020. The PPP is administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

 

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Under the terms of the PPP Loan, interest accrues on the outstanding principal at the rate of 1.0% per annum. The term of the PPP Loan is two years, unless sooner required in connection with an event of default under the PPP Loan. To the extent the PPP Loan amount is not forgiven under the PPP, the Company is obligated to make equal monthly payments of principal and interest, beginning seven months from the date of the PPP Loan, until the maturity date.

 

The CARES Act and the PPP provide a mechanism for forgiveness of up to the full amount borrowed. Under the PPP, the Company may apply for and be granted forgiveness for all or part of the PPP Loan. The amount of loan proceeds eligible for forgiveness is based on a formula that takes into account a number of factors, including the amount of loan proceeds used by the Company during the eight-week period after the loan origination for certain purposes including payroll costs, interest on certain mortgage obligations, rent payments on certain leases, and certain qualified utility payments (it being anticipated that at least 75% of the loan amount will be required to be used for eligible payroll costs); the employer maintaining or rehiring employees and maintaining salaries at certain levels; and other factors. Subject to the other requirements and limitations on loan forgiveness, only loan proceeds spent on payroll and other eligible expenses during the covered eight-week period will qualify for forgiveness. While the Company has used proceeds from the PPP Loan for such qualifying expenses, in particular maintaining continuity of its payroll and workforce (including staff critical to the timely production and dispensing of medicines the Company produces), no assurance can be provided that the Company will apply for and subsequently obtain forgiveness of the PPP Loan in whole or in part.

 

At September 30, 2020, future minimum payments under the Company’s debt agreements were as follows:

 

 

   2020 
   Amount 
Remainder of 2020  $1,299 
2021   5,430 
2022   4,437 
2023   9,669 
Total minimum payments   20,835 
Less: amount representing estimated interest   (3,020)
Loans payable, gross   17,815 
Less: unamortized discount   (905)
Notes payable   16,910 
Less: current portion, net of unamortized discount   (3,750)
Loans payable, net of current portion and unamortized debt discount  $13,160 

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, debt discount amortization related to the SWK loan payable was $111 and $354, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, debt discount amortization related to the SWK loan payable was $127 and $377, respectively.

 

NOTE 12. LEASES

 

The Company’s leases of office and laboratory space under the non-cancelable operating leases listed below. These lease agreements have remaining lease terms between one to four years and contain various clauses for renewal at our option.

 

  An operating lease for 10,200 square feet of office space in San Diego, California that expires in December 2021, with an option to extend the term for a five-year period;
     
  An operating lease for 26,400 square feet of lab, warehouse and office space in Ledgewood, New Jersey, that expires in July 2026, with an option to extend the term for two additional five-year periods. This includes an amendment that was made effective July 2020 that extended the term of the original lease and added 1,400 of additional square footage to the lease; and
     
  An operating lease for 5,500 square feet of office space in Nashville, Tennessee, that expires in December 2024, with an option to extend the term for two additional five-year periods.

 

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During the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company terminated its operating lease for 4,500 square feet of office and lab space in Irvine, California that had an expiration date in December 2020. In connection with the termination, the Company recorded a gain of $4 which was recognized in other income (expense) on the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

At September 30, 2020, the weighted average incremental borrowing rate and the weighted average remaining lease term for the operating leases held by the Company were 6.33% and 11.38 years, respectively.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, cash paid for amounts included for the operating lease liabilities was $258 and $805, respectively, and the Company recorded operating lease expense of $261 and $816, respectively, included in selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

Future lease payments under operating leases as of September 30, 2020 were as follows:

 

   2020 
   Operating Leases 
Remainder of 2020  $250 
2021   1,017 
2022   1,038 
2023   1,064 
2024   1,090 
Thereafter   6,056 
Total minimum lease payments   10,515 
Less: amount representing interest payments   (3,156)
Total operating lease liabilities   7,359 
Less: current portion, operating lease liabilities   (579)
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion  $6,780 

 

The Company also has a finance lease that is included in its lease accounting but is not considered significant.

 

Future lease payments under finance leases as of September 30, 2020 were as follows:

 

   2020 
   Finance Leases 
Remainder of 2020  $2 
2021   9 
2022   9 
2023   9 
2024   1 
Total minimum lease payments   30 
Less: amount representing interest payments   (3)
Present value of future minimum lease payments   27 
Less: current portion, finance lease obligation   (7)
Finance lease obligation, net of current portion  $20 

 

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At September 30, 2020, the incremental borrowing rate and the remaining lease term for the finance lease held by the Company were 6.36% and 3.33 years, respectively.

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, depreciation expense related to the equipment held under the finance lease obligation was $2 and $6, respectively.

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, cash paid and expense recognized for interest expense related to the finance lease obligation was $0 and $1, respectively.

 

NOTE 13. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

Common Stock

 

In May 2020, the Company issued 30,000 shares of its restricted common stock, with a fair value of $167, as consideration for commission expenses incurred during the year ended December 31, 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued 253 shares of its common stock upon the cashless exercise of 750 options to purchase common stock, with an exercise price of $3.04 per share, net of 69 shares of common stock withheld for payroll tax withholdings.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued 2,998 shares of its common stock upon the exercise of 2,998 options to purchase common stock, with exercise prices ranging from $3.04 to $3.20 per share, and paid $8 related to payroll tax withholdings.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued 91,987 shares of its common stock underlying RSUs held by a director that resigned. The RSUs had previously vested, including 2,429 RSUs during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, but the issuance and delivery of the shares were deferred until the director resigned.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, 46,762 shares of the Company’s common stock underlying RSUs issued to directors vested, but the issuance and delivery of these shares are deferred until the resignation of a director.

 

Stock Option Plan

 

On September 17, 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders adopted the Company’s 2007 Incentive Stock and Awards Plan, which was subsequently amended on November 5, 2008, February 26, 2012, July 18, 2012, May 2, 2013 and September 27, 2013 (as amended, the “2007 Plan”). The 2007 Plan reached its term in September 2017, and we can no longer issue additional awards under this plan, however, options previously issued under the 2007 Plan will remain outstanding until they are exercised, reach their maturity or are otherwise cancelled/forfeited. On June 13, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders adopted the Company’s 2017 Incentive Stock and Awards Plan (the “2017 Plan” together with the 2007 Plan, the “Plans”). As of September 30, 2020, the 2017 Plan provides for the issuance of a maximum of 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The purpose of the Plans are to attract and retain directors, officers, consultants, advisors and employees whose services are considered valuable, to encourage a sense of proprietorship and to stimulate an active interest of such persons in the Company’s development and financial success. Under the Plans, the Company is authorized to issue incentive stock options intended to qualify under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, non-qualified stock options, restricted stock units and restricted stock. The Plans are administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company had 342,882 shares available for future issuances under the 2017 Plan at September 30, 2020.

 

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Stock Options

 

A summary of stock option activity under the Plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 is as follows:

 

 

   Number of shares   Weighted Avg. Exercise Price   Weighted Avg. Remaining Contractual Life   Aggregate Intrinsic Value 
Options outstanding - January 1, 2020   2,656,683   $5.30           
Options granted   414,500   $6.44           
Options exercised   (3,748)  $3.06           
Options cancelled/forfeited   (14,369)  $17.42           
Options outstanding - September 30, 2020   3,053,066   $5.41    5.97   $3,608 
Options exercisable – September 30, 2020   1,855,150   $4.45    5.38   $3,294 
Options vested and expected to vest – September 30, 2020   2,940,527   $5.34    5.93   $3,605 

 

 

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax amount of the proceeds, net of exercise price, which would have been received by option holders if all option holders had exercised and immediately sold all options with an exercise price lower than the market price on September 30, 2020, based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock of $5.59 on that date.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company granted stock options to certain employees and a consultant. The stock options were granted with an exercise price equal to the current market price of the Company’s common stock, as reported by the securities exchange on which the common stock was then listed, at the grant date and have contractual terms of 10 years. Vesting terms for options granted to employees and consultants during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 generally included one of the following vesting schedules: 25% of the shares subject to the option vest and become exercisable on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remaining 75% of the shares subject to the option vest and become exercisable quarterly in equal installments thereafter over three years; and 100% of the shares subject to the option vest on a quarterly basis in equal installments over three years. Certain option awards provide for accelerated vesting if there is a change in control (as defined in the Plans) and in the event of certain modifications to the option award agreement.

 

On July 31, 2015, the Company granted to its Chief Executive Officer, Mark Baum, an option (the “Baum Performance Option”) to purchase 600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $7.87 per share under the 2007 Plan subject to the satisfaction of certain market-based vesting criteria. The market-based vesting criteria are separated into five tranches and require that the Company achieve and maintain certain average stock price targets ranging from $9 per share to $15 per share during the five year period following the grant date. On June 4, 2020, the Company amended the Baum Performance Option, to extend the vesting and contractual term by 5 years. The Company treated this amendment as a modification to the Baum Performance Option for accounting purposes. The fair value of the modification was $1,876 using a Monte Carlo Simulation with a five year life, 70% volatility and a risk-free interest rate of 0.40%.

 

With the exception of the Baum Performance Option, the fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. The expected term of options granted to employees and directors was determined in accordance with the “simplified approach,” as the Company has limited, relevant, historical data on employee exercises and post-vesting employment termination behavior. The expected risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield for a period consistent with the expected term of the option in effect at the time of the grant. The financial statement effect of forfeitures is estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, if the actual effect differs from those estimates. For option grants to employees and directors, the Company assigns a forfeiture rate of 10%. These factors could change in the future, which would affect the determination of stock-based compensation expense in future periods. Utilizing these assumptions, the fair value is determined at the date of grant.

 

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The table below illustrates the fair value per share determined by the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with the following assumptions used for valuing options granted to employees:

 

 

   2020 
Weighted-average fair value of options granted  $3.86 
Expected terms (in years)   0.56.11 
Expected volatility   66.5% - 71.4%
Risk-free interest rate   0.34% - 1.64%
Dividend yield   - 

 

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2020:

 

 

   Options Outstanding      Options Exercisable 
      Weighted             
      Average   Weighted       Weighted  
      Remaining    Average      Average 
   Number   Contractual    Exercise  Number   Exercise 
Range of Exercise Prices  Outstanding  Life in Years   Price  Exercisable   Price 
$1.47 - $2.60  778,690  5.90  $2.05  728,938  $2.07 
$2.76 - $4.66  531,785  5.95  $3.98  453,157  $3.98 
$5.49 - $6.36  496,350  7.47  $6.10  263,814  $6.12 
$6.64 - $8.99  1,246,241  5.42  $7.85  409,241  $8.13 
$1.47 - $8.99  3,053,066  5.97  $5.41  1,855,150  $4.45 

 

As of September 30, 2020, there was approximately $6,021 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock options granted under the Plans. That expense is expected to be recognized over the weighted-average remaining vesting period of 4.03 years. The stock-based compensation expense for all stock options was $559 and $1,094 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

 

Restricted Stock Units

 

RSU awards are granted subject to certain vesting requirements and other restrictions, including performance and market-based vesting criteria. The grant date fair value of the RSUs, which has been determined based upon the market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date, is expensed over the vesting period of the RSUs.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company’s board of directors were granted 68,024 RSUs with a fair market value $400 which vest on a quarterly basis, over one year in equal installments.

 


During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company granted 10,000 RSUs to a new member of its board of directors, with a fair market value of $39 which vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant date.

 


During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company granted 12,500 RSUs to a new member of its board of directors, with a fair market value of $72 which vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant date.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, 161,000 RSUs with a fair market value of $1,025 were issued to certain employees; the RSUs vest in full on the third anniversary of the grant date.

 

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A summary of the Company’s RSU activity and related information for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 is as follows:

 

 

   Number of RSUs   Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value 
RSUs unvested - January 1, 2020   1,411,930   $2.76 
RSUs granted   251,524   $6.11 
RSUs vested   (49,190)  $6.61 
RSUs cancelled/forfeited   -      
RSUs unvested at September 30, 2020   1,614,264   $3.16 

 

As of September 30, 2020, the total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested RSUs was approximately $1,610, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.42 years, based on estimated and actual vesting schedules of the applicable RSUs. The stock-based compensation for RSUs during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $357 and $884, respectively.

 

Warrants

 

From time to time, the Company issues warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock to investors, lenders, underwriters and other non-employees for services rendered or to be rendered in the future, or pursuant to settlement agreements.

 

A summary of warrant activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 is as follows:

 

 

   Number of Shares Subject to Warrants Outstanding   Weighted Avg. Exercise Price 
         
Warrants outstanding - January 1, 2020   780,386   $2.12 
Granted   -      
Exercised   -      
Expired   -      
Warrants outstanding and exercisable - September 30, 2020   780,386   $2.12 
Weighted average remaining contractual life of the outstanding warrants in years - September 30, 2020   3.78      

 

 

Warrants outstanding and exercisable as of September 30, 2020 are as follows:

 

 

      Warrants   Exercise   Expiration 
Warrant Series  Issue Date  Outstanding   Price   Date 
Lender warrants  5/11/2015   125,000   $1.79    5/11/2025 
Settlement warrants  8/16/2016   40,000   $3.75    8/16/2021 
Lender warrants  7/19/2017   615,386   $2.08    7/19/2024 
       780,386   $2.12      

 

Subsidiary Stock-Based Transactions

 

Mayfield Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, Mayfield repurchased 650,000 shares of its common stock from Elle, for an aggregate purchase price of $1.

 

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, Mayfield issued 475,000 shares of its restricted common stock, with a fair value of $11, that vest upon various performance-based milestones and over a four-year service period to Mayfield’s Chief Executive Officer candidate. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recognized $17 in stock-based compensation tied to the Mayfield stock options.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, 500,000 shares of Mayfield’s restricted common stock were forfeited by a consultant.

 

Stock-Based Compensation Summary

 

The Company recorded stock-based compensation related to equity instruments granted to employees, directors and consultants as follows:

 

 

   For the   For the 
   Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
   September 30, 2020   September 30, 2019   September 30, 2020   September 30, 2019 
Employees - selling, general and administrative  $740   $252   $1,612   $1,158 
Directors - selling, general and administrative   177    75    370    225 
Consultants - selling, general and administrative   -    76    96    175 
Total  $917   $403   $2,078   $1,558 

 

NOTE 14. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Novel Drug Solutions et al.

 

In April 2018, Novel Drug Solutions, LLC and Eyecare Northwest, PA (collectively “NDS”) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the U.S. District Court of Delaware asserting claims for breach of contract. The claims stem from an asset purchase agreement between the Company and NDS entered into in 2013. In July 2019, NDS filed a second amended complaint which added a claim related to its purported termination of the APA. In October 2019, NDS voluntarily dismissed all claims related to breach of contract, leaving only claims related to the scope of the post-termination obligations to be litigated. On October 29, 2020, at a hearing on the various dispositive motions before it, the Court found that there were triable issues of fact and reopened discovery for limited purposes. NDS is seeking unspecified damages, interest, attorney’s fees and other costs. The Company believes the claims are meritless and has previously and will continue to dispute all claims asserted against it and intends to vigorously defend against these allegations. Nonetheless, the Company cannot predict the eventual outcome of this litigation and it could result in substantial costs, losses and a diversion of management’s resources and attention, which could harm the Company’s business and the value of its common stock.

 

Product and Professional Liability

 

Product and professional liability litigation represents an inherent risk to all firms in the pharmaceutical and pharmacy industry. We utilize traditional third-party insurance policies with regard to our product and professional liability claims. Such insurance coverage at any given time reflects current market conditions, including cost and availability, when the policy is written.

 

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John Erick et al.

 

In January 2018, John Erick and Deborah Ferrell, successors-in-interest and heirs of Jade Erick, (collectively “Erick”) filed a lawsuit in the San Diego County Superior against Kim Kelly, ND, MPH asserting claims related to the death of Jade Erick. In April 2018, Erick filed an amendment to the lawsuit, naming the Company as a co-defendant. In September 2018, co-defendant Dr. Kelly filed a cross-complaint against the Company and various entities affiliated with Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc., Spectrum Chemical Manufacturing Corp. and Spectrum Pharmacy Products, Inc. (collectively “Spectrum”). The cross-complaint seeks indemnity and contribution from the Company and Spectrum. The Company answered the claims filed by Dr. Kelly in October 2018. The case is currently in the discovery phase and the Company’s motion for summary adjudication is pending before the Court. Erick is seeking unspecified damages, interest, attorney’s fees and other costs. The Company believes the claims are meritless and has previously and will continue to dispute all claims asserted against it and intends to vigorously defend against these allegations. Nonetheless, the Company cannot predict the eventual outcome of this litigation, it could result in substantial costs, losses and a diversion of management’s resources and attention, which could harm the Company’s business and the value of its common stock.

 

General and Other

 

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may face various claims brought by third parties and it may, from time to time, make claims or take legal actions to assert its rights, including intellectual property disputes, contractual disputes and other commercial disputes. Any of these claims could subject the Company to litigation.

 

Indemnities

 

In addition to the indemnification provisions contained in the Company’s governing documents, the Company generally enters into separate indemnification agreements with each of the Company’s directors and officers. These agreements require the Company, among other things, to indemnify the director or officer against specified expenses and liabilities, such as attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlements, paid by the individual in connection with any action, suit or proceeding arising out of the individual’s status or service as the Company’s director or officer, other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct or conduct that is knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest, and to advance expenses incurred by the individual in connection with any proceeding against the individual with respect to which the individual may be entitled to indemnification by the Company. The Company also indemnifies its lessors in connection with its facility leases for certain claims arising from the use of the facilities. These indemnities do not provide for any limitation of the maximum potential future payments the Company could be obligated to make. Historically, the Company has not incurred any payments for these obligations and, therefore, no liabilities have been recorded for these indemnities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

Klarity License Agreement – Related Party

 

The Company entered into a license agreement in April 2017 and as amended in April 2018, (the “Klarity License Agreement”) with Richard L. Lindstrom, M.D., a member of its Board of Directors. Pursuant to the terms of the Klarity License Agreement, the Company licensed certain intellectual property and related rights from Dr. Lindstrom to develop, formulate, make, sell, and sub-license the topical ophthalmic solution Klarity used to protect and rehabilitate the ocular surface (the “Klarity Product”).

 

Under the terms of the Klarity License Agreement, the Company is required to make royalty payments to Dr. Lindstrom ranging from 3% to 6% of net sales, dependent upon the final formulation of the Klarity Product sold. In addition, the Company is required to make certain milestone payments to Dr. Lindstrom including: (i) an initial payment of $50 upon execution of the Klarity License Agreement, (ii) a second payment of $50 following the first $50 in net sales of the Klarity Product; and (iii) a final payment of $50 following the first $100 in net sales of the Klarity Product. All of the above referenced milestone payments are payable at the Company’s election in cash or shares of the Company’s restricted common stock. Payments totaling $0 and $55 were made during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. Royalty expense of $38 and $94 was incurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, is included in accounts payable and is due to Dr. Lindstrom at September 30, 2020.

 

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Injectable Asset Purchase Agreement – Related Party

 

In December 2019, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Lindstrom APA”) with Dr. Lindstrom, a member of its Board of Directors. Pursuant to the terms of the Lindstrom APA, the Company acquired certain intellectual property and related rights from Dr. Lindstrom to develop, formulate, make, sell, and sub-license an ophthalmic injectable product (the “Lindstrom Product”).

 

Under the terms of the Lindstrom APA, the Company is required to make royalty payments to Dr. Lindstrom ranging from 2% to 3% of net sales, dependent upon the final formulation and patent protection of the Lindstrom Product sold. In addition, the Company is required to make certain milestone payments to Dr. Lindstrom including an initial payment of $33 upon execution of the Lindstrom APA. Dr. Lindstrom was paid $0 and $7 in cash during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and an additional $48 was payable to Dr. Lindstrom at September 30, 2020. The Company incurred royalty expense of $6 and $48 related to the Lindstrom APA during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

 

Eyepoint Commercial Alliance Agreement

 

In August 2020, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary ImprimisRx, LLC, entered into a Commercial Alliance Agreement (the “Dexycu Agreement”) with Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Eyepoint”), pursuant to which Eyepoint granted the Company the non-exclusive right to co-promote DEXYCU® (dexamethasone intraocular suspension) 9% for the treatment of post-operative inflammation following ocular surgery in the United States. Pursuant to the Dexycu Agreement, Eyepoint will pay the Company a fee calculated based on the quarterly sales of DEXCYU in excess of predefined volumes to specific customers of the Company in the U.S. Under the terms of the Dexycu Agreement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promote and market DEXCYU in the U.S.

 

Subject to early termination, the Dexycu Agreement expires on August 1, 2025, subject to specified notice periods and specified limitations, either party may terminate the Dexycu Agreement in the event of (i) uncured material breach by the other party or (ii) if DEXCYU ceases to have “pass-through” payment status. In addition, subject to certain limitations, the Company may terminate the Dexycu Agreement (i) for convenience subject to an extended specified notice period or (ii) in the event Eyepoint undergoes a change of control. Eyepoint may terminate the Dexycu Agreement, subject to specified notice periods and specified limitations, if the Company fails to achieve certain minimum sales levels during specified periods. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded $7 in commission revenues related to the Dexycu Agreement.

 

Sales and Marketing Agreements

 

The Company has entered various sales and marketing agreements with certain organizations, to provide exclusive sales and marketing representation services to Harrow in select geographies in the U.S., in connection with our ophthalmic compounded formulations.

 

Under the terms of the sales and marketing agreements, the Company is required to make commission payments equal to 10% to 14% of net sales for products above and beyond the initial existing sales amounts. In addition, the Company is required to issue shares of the Company’s restricted common stock to certain organizations if net sales in the assigned territory reach certain future milestone levels by the end of their terms, as applicable. Commission expenses of $741 and $1,745 were incurred under these agreements during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, of which $0 and $83 were stock-based payments.

 

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Asset Purchase, License and Related Agreements

 

The Company has acquired and sourced intellectual property rights related to certain proprietary innovations from certain inventors and related parties (the “Inventors”) through multiple asset purchase agreements, license agreements, strategic agreements and commission agreements. In general, these agreements provide that the Inventors will cooperate with the Company in obtaining patent protection for the acquired intellectual property and that the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to research, develop and commercialize a product based on the acquired intellectual property. In addition, the Company has acquired a right of first refusal on additional intellectual property and drug development opportunities presented by these Inventors.

 

In consideration for the acquisition of the intellectual property rights, the Company is obligated to make payments to the Inventors based on the completion of certain milestones, generally consisting of: (1) a payment payable within 30 days after the issuance of the first patent in the United States arising from the acquired intellectual property (if any); (2) a payment payable within 30 days after the Company files the first investigational new drug application (“IND”) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for the first product arising from the acquired intellectual property (if any); (3) for certain of the Inventors, a payment payable within 30 days after the Company files the first new drug application with the FDA for the first product arising from the acquired intellectual property (if any); and (4) certain royalty payments based on the net receipts received by the Company in connection with the sale or licensing of any product based on the acquired intellectual property (if any), after deducting (among other things) the Company’s development costs associated with such product. If, following five years after the date of the applicable asset purchase agreement, the Company either (a) for certain of the Inventors, has not filed an IND or, for the remaining Inventors, has not initiated a study where data is derived, or (b) has failed to generate royalty payments to the Inventors for any product based on the acquired intellectual property, the Inventors may terminate the applicable asset purchase agreement and request that the Company re-assign the acquired technology to the Inventors. Royalty expenses of $159 and $420 and $207 and $672 were incurred under these agreements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $590 and $207 are included in accounts payable at September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

NOTE 15. SEGMENT INFORMATION AND CONCENTRATIONS

 

Management evaluates performance of the Company based on operating segments. Segment performance for its two operating segments is based on segment contribution. The Company’s reportable segments consist of (i) its commercial stage pharmaceutical compounding business (Pharmaceutical Compounding), generally including the operations of the ImprimisRx business; and (ii) its start-up operations associated with pharmaceutical drug development business (Pharmaceutical Drug Development). Segment contribution for the segments represents net revenues less cost of sales, research and development, selling and marketing expenses, and select general and administrative expenses. The Company does not evaluate the following items at the segment level:

 

  Selling, general and administrative expenses that result from shared infrastructure, including certain expenses associated with legal matters, public company costs (e.g. investor relations), board of directors and principal executive officers and other like shared expenses.
     
  Operating expenses within selling, general and administrative expenses that result from the impact of corporate initiatives. Corporate initiatives primarily include integration, restructuring, acquisition and other shared costs.
     
  Other select revenues and operating expenses including R&D expenses, amortization, and asset sales and impairments, net as not all such information has been accounted for at the segment level, or such information has not been used by all segments.
     
  Total assets including capital expenditures.

 

The Company defines segment net revenues as pharmaceutical compounded drug sales, licenses and other revenue derived from related agreements.

 

Cost of sales within segment contribution includes direct and indirect costs to manufacture formulations and sell products, including active pharmaceutical ingredients, personnel costs, packaging, storage, royalties, shipping and handling costs, manufacturing equipment and tenant improvements depreciation, the write-off of obsolete inventory and other related expenses.

 

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Selling, general and administrative expenses consist mainly of personnel-related costs, marketing and promotion costs, distribution costs, professional service costs, insurance, depreciation, facilities costs, transaction costs, and professional services costs which are general in nature and attributable to the segment.

 

Segment net revenues, segment operating expenses and segment contribution information consisted of the following for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020:

 

 

   For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 
   Pharmaceutical   Pharmaceutical     
   Compounding   Drug Development   Total 
Net revenues  $14,399   $-   $14,399 
Cost of sales   (3,696)   -    (3,696)
Gross profit   10,703    -    10,703 
                
Operating expenses:               
Selling, general and administrative   5,893    44    5,937 
Research and development   94    22    116 
Segment contribution  $4,716   $(66)   4,650 
Corporate             2,460 
Research and development             554 
Amortization             39 
Asset sales and impairments, net             - 
Operating income                                    $1,597 

 

   For the Nine Months ended September 30, 2020 
   Pharmaceutical   Pharmaceutical     
   Compounding   Drug Development   Total 
Net revenues  $34,276   $-   $34,276 
Cost of sales   (10,526)   -    (10,526)
Gross profit   23,750    -    23,750 
                
Operating expenses:               
Selling, general and administrative   17,131    131    17,262 
Research and development   634    79    713 
Segment contribution  $5,985   $(210)   5,775 
Corporate             6,417 
Research and development             1,109 
Amortization             127 
Asset sales and impairments, net                              363 
Operating loss                             $(2,241)

 

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   For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 
   Pharmaceutical   Pharmaceutical     
   Compounding   Drug Development   Total 
Net revenues  $12,755   $-   $12,755 
Cost of sales   (4,061)   -    (4,061)
Gross profit   8,694    -    8,694 
                
Operating expenses:               
Selling, general and administrative   6,244    44    6,288 
Research and development   193    96    289 
Segment contribution  $2,257   $(140)   2,117 
Corporate             2,280 
Research and development             155 
Amortization             40 
Asset sales and impairments, net             4,040 
Operating loss            $(4,398)

 

   For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 
   Pharmaceutical   Pharmaceutical     
   Compounding   Drug Development   Total 
Net revenues  $38,561   $-   $38,561 
Cost of sales   (13,184)   -    (13,184)
Gross profit   25,377    -    25,377 
                
Operating expenses:               
Selling, general and administrative   17,763    130    17,893 
Research and development   851    359    1,210 
Segment contribution  $6,763   $(489)   6,274 
Corporate             7,341 
Research and development             449 
Amortization             165 
Asset sales and impairments, net             4,040 
Operating loss            $(5,721)

 

The Company categorizes revenues by geographic area based on selling location. All operations are currently located in the U.S.; therefore, total revenues are attributed to the U.S. All long-lived assets at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are located in the U.S.

 

The Company sells its compounded formulations to a large number of customers. No customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total pharmacy sales for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

 

The Company receives its active pharmaceutical ingredients from three main suppliers. These suppliers collectively accounted for 76% and 72% of active pharmaceutical ingredient purchases during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and 69% and 66% during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

 

NOTE 16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

The Company has performed an evaluation of events occurring subsequent to September 30, 2020 through the filing date of this Quarterly Report. Based on its evaluation, no events other than those described herein need to be disclosed.

 

In October 2020, the Company issued 93,798 shares of its common stock underlying RSUs held by a director that resigned. The RSUs had previously vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, but the issuance and delivery of the shares were deferred until the director resigned.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto contained in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Quarterly Report”). Our condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared and, unless otherwise stated, the information derived therefrom as presented in this discussion and analysis is presented, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

 

The information contained in this Quarterly Report is not a complete description of our business or the risks associated with an investment in our common stock. We urge you to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this Quarterly Report and in our other reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and subsequent reports, which discuss our business in greater detail. As used in this discussion and analysis, unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms the “Company”, “Harrow” “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Harrow Health, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, consisting of Park Compounding, Inc., ImprimisRx, LLC, ImprimisRx NJ, LLC dba ImprimisRx, Imprimis NJOF, LLC, Radley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mayfield Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Stowe Pharmaceuticals, Inc. In this discussion and analysis, we refer to our consolidated subsidiaries ImprimisRx, LLC, ImprimisRx NJ, LLC and Imprimis NJOF, LLC collectively as “ImprimisRx.”

 

In addition to historical information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and our future performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “will”, “may”, “should”, “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “forecasts”, “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. All statements made in this Quarterly Report other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and reflect only our current views, expectations and assumptions with respect to future events and our future performance. If risks or uncertainties materialize or assumptions prove incorrect, actual results or events could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Risks that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make include, among others, risks related to: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations; our ability to successfully implement our business plan, develop and commercialize our proprietary formulations in a timely manner or at all, identify and acquire additional proprietary formulations, manage our pharmacy operations, service our debt, obtain financing necessary to operate our business, recruit and retain qualified personnel, manage any growth we may experience and successfully realize the benefits of our previous acquisitions and any other acquisitions and collaborative arrangements we may pursue; competition from pharmaceutical companies, outsourcing facilities and pharmacies; general economic and business conditions; regulatory and legal risks and uncertainties related to our pharmacy operations and the pharmacy and pharmaceutical business in general; physician interest in and market acceptance of our current and any future formulations and compounding pharmacies generally; our limited operating history; and the other risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and, except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to revise or publicly update any forward-looking statement for any reason.

 

Overview

 

Our business specializes in the development, production and sale of innovative medications that offer unique competitive advantages and serve unmet needs in the marketplace through our subsidiaries and deconsolidated companies. We own and operate one of the nation’s leading ophthalmology pharmaceutical businesses, ImprimisRx. In addition to wholly owning ImprimisRx, we also have non-controlling equity positions in Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Eton”), Surface Ophthalmics, Inc. (“Surface”), and Melt Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Melt”), all companies that began as subsidiaries of Harrow. More recently, we founded drug development subsidiaries Mayfield Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Mayfield”) and Stowe Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Stowe”), among others. We also intend to launch a new business called Visionology. We own royalty rights in various drug candidates being developed by Surface, Melt and Mayfield. We intend to continue to create and hold equity and royalty rights in new businesses that commercialize drug candidates that are internally developed or otherwise acquired or licensed from third parties.

 

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ImprimisRx

 

ImprimisRx is our ophthalmology focused prescription pharmaceutical business. We offer to over 9,000 physician customers and their patients critical medicines to meet their needs that are unmet by commercially available drugs. We make our formulations available at prices that are, in most cases, lower than non-customized commercial drugs. Our current ophthalmology formulary includes over twenty compounded formulations, many of which are patented or patent-pending, and are customizable for the specific needs of a patient. Some examples of our compounded medications are various combinations of drugs formulated into one bottle and numerous preservative free formulations. Depending on the formulation, the regulations of a specific state and ultimately the needs of the patient, ImprimisRx products may be dispensed as patient-specific medications from our 503A pharmacy, or for in-office use, made according to current good manufacturing practices (or cGMPs) or other FDA guidance documents, in our FDA-registered New Jersey Outsourcing Facility (“NJOF”).

 

Visionology

 

Visionology is expected to be an online eye health platform. Visionology will leverage our experience in the ophthalmic pharmaceutical business as well as our relationships with eyecare professionals across the United States. We expect to launch a proof-of-concept model for Visionology within a certain region of the U.S after securing financing. If successful, Visionology will expand the launch on a nationwide basis later in 2021.

 

Pharmaceutical Compounding Businesses

 

Pharmaceutical Compounding

 

Pharmaceutical compounding is the science of combining different active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), all of which are approved by the FDA (either as a finished form product or as a bulk drug ingredient) and excipients, to create specialized pharmaceutical preparations. Physicians and healthcare institutions use compounded drugs when commercially available drugs do not optimally treat a patient’s needs. In many cases, compounded drugs, such as ours, have wide market utility and may be clinically appropriate for large patient populations. Examples of compounded formulations include medications with alternative dosage strengths or unique dosage forms, such as topical creams or gels, suspensions, or solutions with more tolerable drug delivery vehicles.

 

Almost all of our sales revenue is derived from making, selling and dispensing our compounded prescription drug formulations as cash pay transactions between us and our end-user customer. As such, the majority of our commercial transactions do not involve distributors, wholesalers, insurance companies, pharmacy benefit managers or other middle parties. By not being reliant on insurance company formulary inclusion and pharmacy benefit manager payment clawbacks, we are able to simplify the prescription transaction process. We believe the outcome of our business model is a simple transaction, involving a patient-in-need, a physician’s diagnosis, a fair price and great service for a quality pharmaceutical product. We sell our products through a network of employees and independent contractors and we dispense our formulations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and in selected markets outside the United States.

 

Our Compounding Facilities

 

Pharmaceutical compounding businesses are governed by Sections 503A and 503B of the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (the “FDCA”). Section 503A of the FDCA provides that a pharmacy is only permitted to compound a drug for an individually identified patient based on a prescription for a patient, and is only permitted to distribute the drug interstate if the pharmacy is licensed to do so in the states where it is compounded and where the medication is received.

 

Section 503B of the FDCA provides that a pharmacy engaged in preparing sterile compounded drug formulations may voluntarily elect to register as an “outsourcing facility.” Outsourcing facilities are permitted to compound large quantities of drugs without a prescription and distribute them out of state with certain limitations such as the formulation appearing on the FDA’s drug shortage list or the bulk drug substances contained in the formulations appearing on the FDA’s “clinical need” list. Entities voluntarily registering with FDA as outsourcing facilities are subject to additional requirements that do not apply to compounding pharmacies (operating under Section 503A of the FDCA), including adhering to standards such as current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) or other FDA guidance documents and being subject to regular FDA inspection.

 

We operate two compounding facilities located in Ledgewood, New Jersey. Our New Jersey operations are comprised of two separate entities and facilities, one of which is registered with the FDA as an outsourcing facility under Section 503B of the FDCA. The other New Jersey facility (“RxNJ”), is a licensed pharmacy operating under Section 503A of the FDCA. All products that we sell, produce and dispense are made in the United States.

 

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We believe that, with our current compounding pharmacy facilities and licenses and FDA registration of NJOF, we have the infrastructure to scale our business appropriately under the current regulatory landscape and meet the potential growth in demand we are targeting. We plan to invest in one or both of our facilities to further their capacity and efficiencies. Also, we may seek to access greater pharmacy and production related redundancy and markets through acquisitions, partnerships or other strategic transactions.

 

Pharmaceutical Development Businesses

 

We have ownership interests in Eton, Surface, Melt, Mayfield, and Stowe and hold royalty interests in certain of their drug candidates. These companies are pursuing market approval for their drug candidates under the FDCA, including in some instances under the abbreviated pathway described in Section 505(b)(2) which permits the submission of a new drug application (“NDA”) where at least some of the information required for approval comes from studies not conducted by or for the applicant and for which the applicant has not obtained a right of reference. We intend to create additional subsidiaries that will be focused on the development and FDA approval of certain proprietary drug formulations that we currently own, will in-license/acquire and/or otherwise develop.

 

Consolidated Businesses (Controlling Equity Interests)

 

Stowe Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Stowe is a consolidated subsidiary of Harrow that was formed in 2019, focused on the development of its proprietary ophthalmic drug candidate STE-006. STE-006 is a patented, new chemical entity, small molecule topical drug candidate intended to treat various bacterial, fungal, and viral infections in the eye and ear. In initial preclinical models, STE-006 was shown to be significantly more effective compared to current conventional therapies against numerous bacterial and viral pathogens, including strains of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, and herpes simplex virus. STE-006 has several patents covering matter of composition, methods of production, methods of use and molecule, which are valid until 2038. In October 2020, we completed in vivo preclinical studies of certain anti-viral activity of STE-006 along with another asset DS-007. We also conducted in vitro studies earlier in the year, that studied certain antibacterial activity of STE-006. While the initial data from our studies were positive, we were unable to replicate as strong of data as previously produced on STE-006. Therefore, while we remain interested in pathogen-agnostic topical agents to treat non-specific conjunctivitis, we do not intend to invest further in STE-006. We are currently evaluating the market and clinical potential of DS-007 and other Harrow formulations in the anti-infective category.

 

We own 2,500,000 shares of Stowe common stock, and control 70% of the equity and voting interests issued and outstanding of Stowe, at September 30, 2020.

 

Mayfield Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Mayfield, a consolidated subsidiary of Harrow, is a development-stage pharmaceutical company focused on consequential products that address the conspicuous unmet needs of patients. Its development programs focus on using known molecules in dosage forms for new indications, and by developing new chemical entities with known mechanisms of action. Mayfield recently licensed worldwide rights to a first-in-class antimicrobial drug candidate, called MAY-66, which is being studied to treat recurrent bacterial vaginosis. In February 2019, Mayfield acquired drug formulation assets and intellectual property, including three recently issued patents, for MAY-44, a drug candidate for the treatment of dyspareunia, or pain experienced by women during sexual intercourse. In addition to MAY-44, Mayfield is also developing MAY-88 for patients suffering from interstitial cystitis, which it will acquire from Harrow at the closing of a deconsolidating transaction.

 

We own 2,500,000 shares of Mayfield common stock, and control 79% of the equity and voting interests issued and outstanding of Mayfield, at September 30, 2020. We are currently pursuing a deconsolidating transaction for Mayfield. We have contracted with an experienced life science executive that we expect to lead Mayfield once deconsolidated.

 

Radley Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Radley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Radley”), a consolidated subsidiary of Harrow, is a development-stage pharmaceutical company that has been focused on the development of proprietary drug candidates focused on rare diseases. Radley currently has three drug programs in its pipeline. During the second quarter of 2020, we suspended all activities related to Radley to focus attention and capital on other projects. Currently, we do not intend to resume the activities related to Radley.

 

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De-Consolidated Businesses (Noncontrolling Equity Interests)

 

Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Eton is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative products utilizing the FDA’s 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway. Its pipeline includes several products and drug candidates in various stages of development across a variety of dosage forms. Eton’s pipeline is focused on innovative 505(b)(2) products and obtaining FDA marketing approval for currently marketed but unapproved drugs.

 

In May 2017, Eton closed an offering of its Series A Preferred Stock and we lost our controlling interest in it. In November 2018, Eton completed an initial public offering of its common stock. We own 3,500,000 shares of Eton common stock, which is less than 20% of the equity and voting interests issued and outstanding of Eton as of September 30, 2020.

 

Surface Ophthalmics, Inc. (f/k/a Surface Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)

 

Surface is a development-stage pharmaceutical company focused on development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics for ocular surface diseases and is seeking FDA approval for the commercialization of its drug candidates through the Section 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway under the FDCA. In 2017 and amended in April 2018, Harrow entered into asset purchase and license agreements (the “Surface License Agreements”) and transferred to Surface its current drug pipeline, which consists of three proprietary drug candidates. Surface’s patent-pending topical eye drop drug candidates, SURF-100 and SURF-200, utilize a patented delivery vehicle known as Klarity Drops (“Klarity”), that was invented by Harrow board member and Surface’s chairman of the board, renowned ophthalmologist Dr. Richard Lindstrom.

 

During the fourth quarter of 2019, Surface filed an investigational new drug application (“IND”) for its drug program SURF-201. SURF-201 is a novel steroid topical eye drop drug candidate for treating pain and inflammation post-ocular surgery. Surface submitted an IND for its lead drug candidate, SURF-100, in May 2020, for treating signs and symptoms associated with chronic dry eye disease. Surface also filed a third IND during the first half of 2020. We expect Surface may release certain clinical data related to these programs near the end of 2020 and beginning of 2021, however such clinical programs were delayed as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and as a result, data from these clinical programs will likely be delayed as well.

 

In May and July 2018, Surface closed on an offering of its Series A Preferred Stock. At that time, we lost our controlling interest and deconsolidated Surface from our consolidated financial statements. We own 3,500,000 shares of Surface which is approximately 30% of the equity and voting interests as of September 30, 2020. We expect Surface to complete another round of financing within the next twelve months.

 

Melt Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Melt is a development-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary non-intravenous, sedation and anesthesia therapeutics for human medical procedures in hospital, outpatient, and in-office settings. Melt intends to seek regulatory approval for its proprietary technologies, where possible. In December 2018, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Melt (the “Melt Asset Purchase Agreement”), and Harrow assigned to Melt the underlying intellectual property for Melt’s current pipeline, including its lead drug candidate MELT-100. The core intellectual property Melt owns is a patented series of combination non-opioid sedation drug formulations that we estimate to have multitudinous applications. Pursuant to the terms of the Melt Asset Purchase Agreement, Melt is required to make royalty payments to the Company equal to 5% of net sales of MELT-100, while any patent rights remain outstanding, subject to other conditions.

 

MELT-100 is a novel, sublingually delivered, non-IV, opioid-free drug candidate being developed for procedural sedation. Melt filed an IND in June 2020 and has begun its clinical program for MELT-100. We expect Melt will announce topline data from its Phase 1 study during the fourth quarter of 2020 or first quarter of 2021.

 

In January 2019, Melt closed an offering of its Series A Preferred Stock and we lost our controlling interest in it. We own 3,500,000 shares of Melt common stock, which is approximately 44% of the equity and voting interests issued and outstanding of Melt, as of September 30, 2020. We expect Melt to complete another round of financing within the next twelve months.

 

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Factors Affecting Our Performance

 

We believe the primary factors affecting our performance are our ability to increase revenues of our proprietary compounded formulations and certain non-proprietary products, grow and gain operating efficiencies in our pharmacy operations, optimize pricing and obtain reimbursement options for our proprietary compounded formulations, and continue to pursue development and commercialization opportunities for certain of our ophthalmology and other assets that we have not yet made commercially available as compounded formulations. We believe we have built a tangible and intangible infrastructure that will allow us to scale revenues efficiently in the long-term. All of these activities will require significant costs and other resources, which we may not have or be able to obtain from operations or other sources. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below.

 

Reimbursement Options

 

Our proprietary ophthalmic compounded formulations are currently primarily available on a cash-pay basis. However, we work with third-party insurers, pharmacy benefit managers and buying groups to offer patient-specific customizable compounded formulations at accessible prices. We may devote time and other resources to seek reimbursement and patient pay opportunities for these and other compounded formulations and we have hired pharmacy billers to process certain existing reimbursement opportunities for certain formulations. However, we may be unsuccessful in achieving these goals, as many third-party payors have imposed significant restrictions on reimbursement for compounded formulations in recent years. Moreover, third-party payors, including Medicare, are increasingly attempting to contain health care costs by limiting coverage and the level of reimbursement for new drugs and by refusing, in some cases, to provide coverage for uses of approved products for disease indications for which the FDA has not granted labeling approval. Further, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively, the “Health Care Reform Law”), may have a considerable impact on the existing U.S. system for the delivery and financing of health care and could conceivable have a material effect on our business. As a result, reimbursement from Medicare, Medicaid and other third-party payors may never be available for any of our products or, if available, may not be sufficient to allow us to sell the products on a competitive basis and at desirable price points. We are communicating with government and third-payor payors in order to make our formulations available to more patients and at optimized pricing levels. However, if government and other third-party payors do not provide adequate coverage and reimbursement levels for our formulations, the market acceptance and opportunity for our formulations may be limited.

 

Additionally, we have previously made efforts to receive reimbursement and/or optimize the pricing for some of our currently available pharmaceutical compounded formulations, including applying for transitional pass-through reimbursement status for one of our formulations. Pass-through status allows for separate payment (i.e., outside the bundled payment) under Medicare Part B for new drugs and other medical technologies that meet well-established criteria specified by federal regulations governing CMS spending. In September 2020, we were informed by CMS that our application for pass-through payment was denied for one of our formulations. Any future efforts to attain optimized pricing or reimbursement of our other proprietary compounded formulations could fail, which could make our products less attractive or unavailable to some patients or could reduce our margins.

 

Recent Developments

 

The following describes certain developments in 2020 to date that are important to understand our financial condition and results of operations as well as operating trends and prospects. See the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report for additional information about each of these developments.

 

COVID-19 Pandemic

 

A novel strain of coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The disease caused by it, COVID-19, was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. On March 18, 2020, CMS released guidance for U.S. healthcare providers to limit all elective medical procedures in order to conserve personal protective equipment and limit exposure to COVID-19 during the pendency of the pandemic. In addition to limiting elective medical procedures, many hospitals and other healthcare providers have strictly limited access to their facilities during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted global supply chains and healthcare delivery, led to social distancing recommendation, and created significant volatility in financial markets.

 

In response to the pandemic and business disruptions, first and foremost, we have prioritized the health and safety of our employees, customers, suppliers and others with whom we partner in our business activities. We have instructed employees to work from home when possible and to maintain recommended physical distancing when working in our facilities. We also have eliminated non-essential in-person contact with customers, suppliers and other third parties.

 

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Many of the Company’s customers use its drugs in procedures that were impacted by the CMS guidance to limit elective procedures. In addition, the Company and our business partners need access to healthcare providers and facilities to conduct clinical trials and other activities required to achieve regulatory clearance of products under development. We are carefully monitoring rapidly evolving changes in healthcare delivery systems and may adjust our operating and product development plans accordingly.

 

Given the unprecedented and dynamic nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot reasonably estimate the impacts it may have on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows in the future. However, the reduction in elective procedures in response to CMS guidance has had a material adverse impact, on our revenues, profitability and cash flows, in particular during the second quarter of 2020. The extent and duration of future impact will depend upon the extent of procedure postponements, the duration of the pandemic and any resurgences of it, especially within certain geographies and states that have retained restrictive measures and social distancing policies. In May 2020 and the following months, some U.S. states and geographies began easing restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic including those restrictions related to elective procedures, as restrictions were lifted in those areas there was a correlation with an increase in our revenues. Despite the recent resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in certain parts of the U.S., we are hopeful that the general trend of easing of restrictions will continue, and sales of our products will return to historical norms and historical growth trends, as other states and governmental authorities continue to ease restrictions associated with elective procedures and the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

SWK Amendment

 

In April 2020, the Company and several of its wholly owned subsidiaries entered into a second amendment (the “SWK Amendment”) to the term loan and security agreement dated as of July 19, 2017, as amended (the “SWK Loan”), with SWK Funding LLC, as lender and collateral agent, and certain other lenders (collectively, “SWK”). A summary of the material changes contained in the SWK Amendment are as follows:

 

  SWK agreed to make available to the Company, and the Company drew down on, an additional principal amount of $1,000,000;
     
  The definition of the first amortization date was changed to August 14, 2020, permitting the Company to pay interest only on the principal amount loaned for the next payment (payments are due on a quarterly basis) following the SWK Amendment; and
     
  The interest payment due May 14, 2020 will be paid in-kind by increasing the principal amount of the term loans by an amount equal to the interest that has accrued.

 

PPP Loan

 

In April 2020, we entered into the PPP Loan with Renasant Bank in the principal amount of $1,967,100 and received cash proceeds of the same amount, pursuant to the PPP under the CARES Act, which was enacted March 27, 2020. The PPP is administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (the “SBA”).

 

Under the terms of the PPP Loan, interest accrues on the outstanding principal at the rate of 1.0% per annum. The term of the PPP Loan is two years, unless sooner required in connection with an event of default under the PPP Loan. To the extent the PPP Loan amount is not forgiven under the PPP, the Company is obligated to make equal monthly payments of principal and interest, beginning seven months from the date of the PPP Loan, until the maturity date.

 

The CARES Act and the PPP provide a mechanism for forgiveness of up to the full amount borrowed. Under the PPP, the Company may apply for and be granted forgiveness for all or part of the PPP Loan. The amount of loan proceeds eligible for forgiveness is based on a formula that takes into account a number of factors, including the amount of loan proceeds used by the Company during the eight-week period after the loan origination for certain purposes including payroll costs, interest on certain mortgage obligations, rent payments on certain leases, and certain qualified utility payments (it being anticipated that at least 75% of the loan amount will be required to be used for eligible payroll costs); the employer maintaining or rehiring employees and maintaining salaries at certain levels; and other factors. Subject to the other requirements and limitations on loan forgiveness, only loan proceeds spent on payroll and other eligible expenses during the covered eight-week period will qualify for forgiveness. While we used proceeds from the PPP Loan for such qualifying expenses, in particular maintaining continuity of our payroll and workforce (including staff critical to the timely production and dispensing of medicines we make), no assurance can be provided that we will apply for or obtain forgiveness of the PPP Loan in whole or in part.

 

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Eyepoint Commercial Alliance Agreement

 

On August 1, 2020, our wholly-owned subsidiary ImprimisRx entered into a Commercial Alliance Agreement (the “Dexycu Agreement”) with Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Eyepoint”), pursuant to which Eyepoint granted ImprimisRx the non-exclusive right to co-promote DEXYCU® (dexamethasone intraocular suspension) 9% for the treatment of post-operative inflammation following ocular surgery in the United States. Pursuant to the Dexycu Agreement, Eyepoint will pay ImprimisRx a fee calculated based on the quarterly sales of DEXCYU in excess of predefined volumes to specific customers of ImprimisRx in the U.S. Under the terms of the Dexycu Agreement, ImprimisRx shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promote and market DEXCYU in the U.S.

 

Subject to early termination, the Dexycu Agreement expires on August 1, 2025. Subject to specified notice periods and specified limitations, either party may terminate the Dexycu Agreement in the event of (i) uncured material breach by the other party or (ii) if DEXCYU ceases to have “pass-through” payment status. In addition, subject to certain limitations, ImprimisRx may terminate the Dexycu Agreement (i) for convenience subject to an extended specified notice period or (ii) in the event Eyepoint undergoes a change of control. Eyepoint may terminate the Dexycu Agreement, subject to specified notice periods and specified limitations, if ImprimisRx fails to achieve certain minimum sales levels during specified periods.

 

Results of Operations

 

The following period-to-period comparisons of our financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, are not necessarily indicative of results for the current period or any future period.

 

Revenues

 

Our revenues include amounts recorded from sales of proprietary compounded formulations and revenues received from royalty payments owed to us pursuant to out-license arrangements.

 

The following presents our revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

   For the Three Months Ended       For the Nine Months Ended     
   September 30,       September 30,   $ 
   2020   2019   Variance   2020   2019   Variance 
Product sales, net  $14,385,000   $12,748,000   $1,637,000   $34,244,000   $38,540,000   $(4,296,000)
Other revenues   14,000    7,000    7,000    32,000    21,000    11,000 
Total revenues  $14,399,000   $12,755,000   $1,644,000   $34,276,000   $38,561,000   $(4,285,000)

 

The increase in revenues between the three months ended September 30, 2020 and the same period in the prior year was largely attributable to an increase in customer demand and unit volumes sold. The decrease in revenues between the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and the same period in the prior year was largely attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and CMS guidance to limit elective procedures during parts of the first and second quarters of 2020. Net revenues generated from NJOF totaled $10,205,000 and $23,010,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, and $8,860,000 and $24,102,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

 

Cost of Sales

 

Our cost of sales includes direct and indirect costs to manufacture formulations and sell products, including active pharmaceutical ingredients, personnel costs, packaging, storage, royalties, shipping and handling costs, manufacturing equipment and tenant improvements depreciation, the write-off of obsolete inventory and other related expenses.

 

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The following presents our cost of sales for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

   For the Three Months Ended       For the Nine Months Ended     
   September 30,   $   September 30,   $ 
   2020   2019   Variance   2020   2019   Variance 
Cost of sales  $3,696,000   $4,061,000   $(365,000)  $10,526,000   $13,184,000   $(2,658,000)

 

The decrease in our cost of sales between the three months ended September 30, 2020 and the same period in the prior year was largely attributable to increased efficiencies and the August 2019 closure of our Irvine, California based pharmacy. The decrease in cost of goods sold between the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and the same period in the prior year was largely due to a decrease in unit volumes sold impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, partially offset by continued improved utilization of capacity at our compounding facilities.

 

Gross Profit and Margin

 

   For the Three Months Ended       For the Nine Months Ended     
   September 30,   $   September 30,   $ 
   2020   2019   Variance   2020   2019   Variance 
Gross Profit  $10,703,000   $8,694,000   $2,009,000   $23,750,000   $25,377,000   $(1,627,000)
Gross Margin   74%   68%   6%   69%   66%   3%

 

Increased efficiencies in our production process, extension of beyond using dating, or BUD, of some of our products, the closure of our Irvine, California based pharmacy in August 2019 and an increase in sales prices has contributed to our gross margin increase.

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

 

Our selling, general and administrative expenses include personnel costs, including wages and stock-based compensation, corporate facility expenses, and investor relations, consulting, insurance, filing, legal and accounting fees and expenses as well as costs associated with our marketing activities and sales of our proprietary compounded formulations and other non-proprietary pharmacy products and formulations.

 

The following presents our selling, general and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

   For the Three Months Ended       For the Nine Months Ended     
   September 30,   $   September 30,   $ 
   2020   2019   Variance   2020   2019   Variance 
Selling, general and administrative  $8,436,000   $8,608,000   $(172,000)  $23,806,000   $25,399,000   $(1,593,000)

 

The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses between periods was largely attributable to decreased legal expenses incurred associated with certain litigation matters that concluded during 2019, and certain expenses that are correlated with our sales.

 

Research and Development Expenses

 

Our research and development expenses primarily include expenses related to the development of acquired intellectual property, investigator-initiated research and evaluations and other costs related to the clinical development of our assets.

 

The following presents our research and development expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

   For the Three Months Ended       For the Nine Months Ended     
   September 30,   $   September 30,   $ 
   2020   2019   Variance   2020   2019   Variance 
Research and development  $670,000   $444,000   $226,000   $1,822,000   $1,659,000   $163,000 

 

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The increase in research and development expenses between periods was primarily attributable to formulation development studies for new ophthalmic formulations and clinical programs related to our drug development segment during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

Interest Expense, net

 

Interest expense, net was $498,000 and $1,563,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $620,000 and $1,939,000 for the same respective periods last year. The decrease during the period ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily due to interest expense recognition related to a decrease in the amortization of our finance lease obligations.

 

Investment Gain (Loss) from Melt, net

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded a loss of $300,000 and $1,536,000, respectively, for our share of losses based on our ownership of Melt. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recorded a net gain of $4,517,000 related to our investment in Melt. We recorded a gain of $5,810,000 for the deconsolidation of Melt, and a loss of $1,293,000 for our share of losses based on our ownership of Melt. We began using the equity method accounting for our investment in Melt beginning on January 30, 2019, the date we no longer had a controlling interest. Prior to that date, Melt’s losses were consolidated within our statements of operations.

 

Investment Loss from Surface, net

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded a loss of $756,000 and $1,694,000, respectively, for our share of losses based on our ownership of Surface. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recorded a loss of $400,000 and $904,000, respectively, for our share of losses based on our ownership of Surface. We began using the equity method accounting for our investment in Surface beginning on June 11, 2018, the date we no longer had a controlling interest. Prior to that date, Surface’s losses were consolidated within our statements of operations.

 

Investment Gain (Loss) from Eton, net

 

We recorded a gain of $8,575,000 and $2,450,000 related to the change in fair market value of Eton’s common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. We recorded a loss of $(5,530,000) and a gain of $700,000 related to the change in fair market value of Eton’s common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. We began recording our investment in Eton at fair market value and ceased using the equity method accounting for our investment in Eton in November 2018 following Eton’s Initial Public Offering and our ownership falling below 20%.

 

Other Income, net

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recorded other income, net of $630,000. This was the result of income of $630,000 related to expenses that were paid by us and will be reimbursed by Melt following its deconsolidation. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded other income, net of $24,000. This was primarily the result of income of $19,000 related to equipment from our Park facility that was sold during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

Net Loss

 

The following table presents our net income (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

   For the Three Months Ended   For the Nine Months Ended 
   September 30,   September 30, 
   2020   2019   2020   2019 
Numerator – net income (loss)  $8,638   $(11,469)  $(4,506)  $(2,489)
Net income (loss) per share, basic  $0.33   $(0.45)  $(0.17)  $(0.10)
Net income (loss) per share, diluted  $0.32   $(0.45)  $(0.17)  $(0.10)

 

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Financial Information About Segments and Geographic Areas

 

Management evaluates performance of the Company based on operating segments. Segment performance for our two operating segments are based on segment contribution. Our reportable segments consist of (i) our commercial stage pharmaceutical compounding business (Pharmaceutical Compounding), generally including the operations of our ImprimisRx and Park businesses; and (ii) the start-up operations associated with our pharmaceutical drug development business (Pharmaceutical Drug Development). Segment contribution for the segments represents net revenues less cost of sales, research and development, selling and marketing expenses, and select general and administrative expenses. We do not evaluate the following items at the segment level:

 

  Selling, general and administrative expenses that result from shared infrastructure, including certain expenses associated with litigation and other legal matters, public company costs (e.g. investor relations), board of directors and principal executive officers, and other like shared expenses.
     
  Operating expenses within selling, general and administrative expenses that result from the impact of corporate initiatives. Corporate initiatives primarily include integration, restructuring, acquisition and other shared costs.
     
  Other select revenues and operating expenses including research and development expenses, amortization, and asset sales and impairments, net as not all such information has been accounted for at the segment level, or such information has not been used by all segments.
     
  Total assets including capital expenditures.

 

The Company defines segment net revenues as pharmaceutical compounded drug sales, licenses and other revenue derived from related agreements.

 

Cost of sales within segment contribution includes direct and indirect costs to manufacture formulations and sell products, including active pharmaceutical ingredients, personnel costs, packaging, storage, royalties, shipping and handling costs, manufacturing equipment and tenant improvements depreciation, the write-off of obsolete inventory and other related expenses.

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses consist mainly of personnel-related costs, marketing and promotion costs, distribution costs, professional service costs, insurance, depreciation, facilities costs, transaction costs, and professional services costs which are general in nature and attributable to the segment.

 

See Note 15 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report for more information about our reportable segments.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Liquidity

 

Our cash on hand (including restricted cash) at September 30, 2020 was $5,727,000, compared to $4,949,000 at December 31, 2019. Since inception, July 24, 1998, through September 30, 2020, we have incurred aggregate losses of $78,549,000. These losses are primarily due to selling, general and administrative, and research and development expenses incurred in connection with developing and seeking regulatory approval for a former drug candidate, which activities we discontinued in 2013, the development and commercialization of novel compounded formulations and the development of our pharmacy operations.

 

As of the date of this Quarterly Report, we believe that cash and cash equivalents of $5,527,000 and restricted cash of $200,000, totaling approximately $5,727,000 at September 30, 2020 together with cash generated from revenues, will be sufficient to sustain our planned level of operations and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months. We also may consider the sale of certain assets including, but not limited to, part of, or all of, our ownership interests in Eton, Surface, Melt, and/or any of our consolidated subsidiaries. However, our plans for this period may change, our estimates of our operating expenses, capital expenditures and working capital requirements could be inaccurate, we may pursue acquisitions of pharmacies or other strategic transactions that involve large expenditures or we may experience growth more quickly or on a larger scale than we expect, any of which could result in the depletion of capital resources more rapidly than anticipated and could require us to seek additional financing earlier than we expect to support our operations.

 

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We expect to use our current cash position and funds generated from our operations and any financing to pursue our business plan, which includes developing and commercializing compounded formulations and technologies, integrating and developing our compounding operations, pursuing potential future strategic transactions as opportunities arise, including potential acquisitions of additional pharmacy, outsourcing facilities, drug company and manufacturers, and/or assets or technologies, and otherwise fund our operations. We may also use our resources to conduct clinical trials or other studies in support of our formulations or any drug candidate for which we pursue FDA approval, to pursue additional development programs or to explore other development opportunities.

 

Net Cash Flow

 

The following provides detailed information about our net cash flows:

 

   For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 
   2020   2019 
Net cash (used in) provided by:          
Operating activities  $(534,000)  $(702,000)
Investing activities   (891,000)   (864,000)
Financing activities   2,203,000    (1,641,000)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents   778,000    (3,207,000)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of the period

   4,949,000    6,838,000 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period

  $5,727,000   $3,631,000 

 

Operating Activities

 

Net cash used in operating activities was $(534,000) during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $(702,000) in operating activities during the same period in the prior year. The decrease in net cash used in operating activities during the period was mainly attributed to the increase in revenue during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 and increased operational efficiencies.

 

Investing Activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $(891,000) and $(864,000), respectively. Cash used in investing activities in 2020 and 2019 was primarily associated with equipment purchases and upgrades and investments in our intellectual property portfolio.

 

Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $2,203,000 and $(1,641,000), respectively. Cash provided by financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was related to proceeds received from the amendment to our loan and security agreement with SWK as well as proceeds received from the PPP Loan.

 

Sources of Capital

 

Our principal sources of cash consist of cash provided by operating activities from our pharmaceutical compounding business. We may also sell some or all of our ownership interests in Eton, Surface, Melt or our other subsidiaries. We produced cash from operations during 2018 and 2019, and during the third quarter of 2020; however, during the second quarter of 2020, we experienced a significant downturn in revenues mostly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic which may have an impact on our ability to produce cash for the current year. In addition, prior to 2017, we had not generated sufficient revenues to support our operations and may not be able to do so in the future.

 

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The changing trends and overall economic outlook in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any related interim stay-at-home orders and future bans on elective surgeries, have created uncertainty surrounding our operating outlook and may impact our future operating results. As a result, we may need significant additional capital to support our business plan and fund our proposed business operations. We may receive additional proceeds from the exercise of stock purchase warrants that are currently outstanding. We may also seek additional financing from a variety of sources, including other equity or debt financings, funding from corporate partnerships or licensing arrangements, sales of assets or any other financing transaction. If we issue equity or convertible debt securities to raise additional funds, our existing stockholders may experience substantial dilution, and the newly issued equity or debt securities may have more favorable terms or rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our existing stockholders. If we raise additional funds through collaboration or licensing arrangements or sales of assets, we may be required to relinquish potentially valuable rights to our product candidates or proprietary technologies or formulations or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us. If we raise funds by incurring additional debt, we may be required to pay significant interest expenses and our leverage relative to our earnings or to our equity capitalization may increase. Obtaining commercial loans, assuming they would be available, would increase our liabilities and future cash commitments and may impose restrictions on our activities, such as the financial and operating covenants included in the agreements governing the SWK Loan. Further, we may incur substantial costs in pursuing future capital and/or financing transactions, including investment banking fees, legal fees, accounting fees, printing and distribution expenses and other costs. We may also be required to recognize non-cash expenses in connection with certain securities we may issue, such as convertible notes and warrants, which would adversely impact our financial results.

 

We may be unable to obtain financing when necessary as a result of, among other things, our performance, general economic conditions, conditions in the pharmaceuticals and pharmacy industries, or our operating history, including our past bankruptcy proceedings. In addition, the fact that we have a limited history of profitability could further impact the availability or cost to us of future financings. As a result, sufficient funds may not be available when needed from any source or, if available, such funds may not be available on terms that are acceptable to us. If we are unable to raise funds to satisfy our capital needs when needed, then we may need to forego pursuit of potentially valuable development or acquisition opportunities, we may not be able to continue to operate our business pursuant to our business plan, which would require us to modify our operations to reduce spending to a sustainable level by, among other things, delaying, scaling back or eliminating some or all of our ongoing or planned investments in corporate infrastructure, business development, sales and marketing and other activities, or we may be forced to discontinue our operations entirely.

 

Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

See Note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, our management conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act, as they existed on September 30, 2020. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to achieve their stated purpose as of September 30, 2020, the end of the period covered by this report.

 

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

 

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended September 30, 2020, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We have not experienced any material impact to our internal control over financial reporting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are continually monitoring and assessing the COVID-19 pandemic on our internal controls to minimize the impact on their design and operating effectiveness.

 

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PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

See Note 14 to our consolidated condensed financial statements included in tie Quarterly Report for information on various legal proceedings, which is incorporated into this Item by reference.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

You should carefully consider the following risk factors in addition to the other information contained in this Quarterly Report. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and stock price could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. You should consider all of the factors described in this section as well as the risk factors and the other information in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and our Annual Report on Form 10-K including our audited financial statements and the related notes and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” when evaluating our business. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations and future growth prospects would likely be materially and adversely affected. In these circumstances, the market price of our common stock would likely decline and you may lose all or part of your investments. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial also may impair our business operations.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an adverse effect on our business and results of operations and is expected to continue to have further adverse effects, which could be material, on our business, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, and capital investments.

 

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted supply chains and created significant volatility in financial markets. We have implemented business policies intended to protect our employees from the spread of COVID-19. Those policies include employees working from home when possible and employees in our facilities increasing physical distancing.

 

On March 18, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released guidance for U.S. healthcare providers to limit all elective medical procedures in order to conserve personal protective equipment and limit exposure to COVID-19 during the pendency of the pandemic. Many of our customers use our products in procedures impacted by the guidance. In addition to limiting medical procedures, many hospitals and other healthcare providers have strictly limited access to their facilities during the pandemic. We cannot predict the duration or scope of the pandemic, actions that may be taken by governments and businesses in response to the pandemic, or the impacts of the pandemic on healthcare systems. The impacts of the pandemic may include, but are not limited to:

 

  Reduced revenues from our customers, including our major customers, whose products are impacted by CMS guidance to limit elective medical procedures;
     
  Diminished ability or willingness of third parties to market, distribute and sell our products, due to reduced demand from, or lack of access to, healthcare facilities and providers;
     
  Diminished ability, or inability, to complete clinical trials and other activities required to achieve regulatory clearance of our products under development due to lack of access to healthcare facilities, healthcare providers and patients;
     
  Diminished or lost access to third party service providers that we use in our research and development or marketing efforts;
     
  Reduced cash flow from our operations due to reductions in revenues or collections from our customers and increases in operating costs related to actions we have taken in response to the pandemic;
     
  Reduced business productivity due to inefficiencies in employees working from home or increasing physical distancing and other pandemic response protocols in our production facilities;
     
  Increased susceptibility to the risk of information technology security breaches and other disruptions due to increased volumes of remote access to our information systems from our employees working at home;

 

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  Inability to source sufficient components used in our products due to disruptions in supply chains;
     
  Diminished ability to identify, evaluate and acquire, or effectively integrate, complementary businesses, products, materials or technologies due to travel restrictions, physical distancing protocols, and lack of access to third party service providers related to our development activities;
     
  Loss of manufacturing capacity, which could lead to failures to meet product delivery commitments, or increased operating costs if one of our facilities were to experience a COVID-19 outbreak;
     
  Difficulties in assessing and securing intellectual property rights due to lack of access to, or delayed responsiveness of, third party service providers or governmental agencies;
     
  Diminished ability to retain personnel over concerns about workplace exposure to COVID-19, or to hire and effectively train new personnel, due to physical distancing protocols; and
     
  Impairment of goodwill or other assets due to reductions in the fair value of our reporting units.

 

These and other factors relating to, or arising from, the pandemic could have material adverse effects on our business, results of operations, cash flows, financial condition, and capital investments. Actual or anticipated adverse effects on our cash flows or financial condition may lead us to seek additional funding. Any future debt financing into which we enter may impose upon us covenants that restrict our operations, including limitations on our ability to incur liens or additional debt, pay dividends, repurchase our common stock, make certain investments and engage in certain merger, consolidation or asset sale transactions. We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. If we do not have, or are not able to obtain, sufficient funds, we may have to delay development or commercialization of our products or otherwise curtail our operations. Any of these events could materially harm our business and operating results.

 

Our business is significantly impacted by state and federal statutes and regulations.

 

Our proprietary formulations are comprised of active pharmaceutical ingredients that are components of drugs that have received marketing approval from the FDA, although our proprietary compounded formulations have not themselves received FDA approval. FDA approval is not required in order to market and sell our compounded formulations. In the future we may choose to pursue FDA approval to market and sell certain potential drug candidates. The marketing and sale of compounded formulations is subject to and must comply with extensive state and federal statutes and regulations governing compounding pharmacies. These statutes and regulations include, among other things, restrictions on compounding for office use or in advance of receiving a patient-specific prescription or, for outsourcing facilities, requirements regarding preparation, such as regular FDA inspections and cGMP requirements, prohibitions on compounding drugs that are essentially copies of FDA-approved drugs, limitations on the volume of compounded formulations that may be sold across state lines, and prohibitions on wholesaling or reselling. These and other restrictions on the activities of compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities may significantly limit the market available for compounded formulations, compared to the market available for FDA-approved drugs.

 

Our pharmacy business is impacted by federal and state laws and regulations governing the following: the purchase, distribution, management, compounding, dispensing, reimbursement, marketing and labeling of prescription drugs and related services including; FDA and/or state regulation affecting the pharmacy and pharmaceutical industries, including state pharmacy licensure and registration or permit standards; rules and regulations issued pursuant to HIPAA and other state and federal laws related to the use, disclosure and transmission of health information; and state and federal controlled substance laws. Our failure to comply with any of these laws and regulations could severely limit or curtail our pharmacy operations, which would materially harm our business and prospects. Further, our business could be adversely affected by changes in these or any newly enacted laws and regulations, and federal and state agency interpretations of the statutes and regulations. Statutory or regulatory changes could require us to make changes to our business model and operations and/or could require us to incur significantly increased costs to comply with such regulations.

 

On July 30, 2020, the FDA issued a notice for comments related to certain bulk drug substances to be removed from the 503B Bulk’s List (or Category 1 List). Included in this notice for comment were certain bulk drug substances which we currently use in some of our compounded products. In the event one or more of these bulk substances are ultimately removed from the Category 1 List, we intend to utilize commercially available versions of these substances or similar active pharmaceutical ingredients as replacements of the bulk powders contained in our sterile products. In addition, nothing in the FDA’s notice affects the dispensing of bulk powder-containing products from our 503A pharmacy. Nonetheless, if all or some of the bulk drug substances we use are removed from the 503B Bulk’s List, this may result in a disruption in our operations, revenues and cash flows.

 

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On October 27, 2020, the FDA announced availability of a final Memorandum of Understanding, Addressing Certain Distributions of Compounded Human Drug Products Between the State Board of Pharmacy or Other Appropriate State Agency and the Food and Drug Administration (the “MOU”). The MOU describes the responsibilities of a state board of pharmacy, or other appropriate state agency that chooses to sign the MOU, in investigating and responding to complaints related to drug products compounded in such state and distributed outside such state and in addressing the interstate distribution of inordinate amounts of compounded human drug products. Additionally, as part of the MOU, FDA refined the definition of “inordinate amount,” a threshold for certain information identification and sharing which does not place a limit on the distribution of compounded human drug products interstate by a pharmacy located in a state that has entered into the MOU. Section 503A of the FDCA sets a five percent limit on compounded drugs distributed outside the state by a pharmacist, pharmacy or physician located in a state that has not entered into the MOU.

 

States have 365 days to sign the MOU, before the FDA intends to enforce the five percent limit described in Section 503A of the FDCA in states that have not signed the MOU. Our pharmacy is based in the state of New Jersey, and we believe the state board of pharmacy in New Jersey will sign the MOU and as a result, our operations will not be materially affected by the MOU. In the event New Jersey does not sign the MOU, our pharmacy that operates under Section 503A may be materially affected and we will transition as many prescription orders as possible to our outsourcing facility, which is not subject to the MOU.

 

Our loan under the Paycheck Protection Program may not be forgiven or may subject us to challenges and investigations regarding qualification for the loan.

 

In April 2020, we received the PPP Loan, which was established under the CARES Act in the principal amount of $1,967,000. Pursuant to Section 1106 of the CARES Act we may apply for and be granted forgiveness for all or a portion of the PPP Loan. Such forgiveness will be determined, subject to limitations, based on the use of the loan proceeds for qualifying expenses, which include payroll costs, rent, and utility costs over the allowable measurement period following receipt of the loan proceeds.

 

The SBA continues to develop and issue new and updated guidance regarding the PPP Loan application and forgiveness process, including guidance regarding required borrower certifications and requirements for forgiveness of loans made under the program. Given the evolving nature of the guidance and depending upon our ability to use the loan proceeds for qualifying expenses, we cannot give any assurance that our PPP Loan will be forgiven in whole, in part, or that we will apply for forgiveness.

 

Additionally, the PPP Loan application required us to certify that the current economic uncertainty made the PPP Loan request necessary to support our ongoing operations. While we made this certification in good faith after analyzing, among other things, our financial situation and access to alternative forms of capital, and believe that we satisfied all eligibility criteria for the PPP Loan and that our receipt of the PPP Loan is consistent with the broad objectives of the Paycheck Protection Program of the CARES Act, the certification described above does not contain any objective criteria and is subject to interpretation. In addition, the SBA has stated that it is unlikely that a public company with substantial market value and access to capital markets will be able to make the required certification in good faith. The lack of clarity regarding loan eligibility under the program has resulted in significant media coverage and controversy with respect to public companies applying for and receiving loans. If, despite our good faith belief that we satisfied all eligibility requirements for the PPP Loan, we are found to have been ineligible to receive the PPP Loan or in violation of any of the laws or regulations that apply to us in connection with the PPP Loan, including the False Claims Act, we may be subject to penalties, including significant civil, criminal and administrative penalties and would be required to repay the PPP Loan. In the event that we seek forgiveness of all or a portion of the PPP Loan, we will also be required to make certain certifications which will be subject to audit and review by governmental entities and could subject us to significant penalties and liabilities if found to be inaccurate, including being required to repay the PPP loan. In addition, our receipt of the PPP Loan may result in adverse publicity and damage to our reputation, and a review or audit by the SBA or other government entity or claims under the False Claims Act could consume significant financial and management resources. Any of these events could materially harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

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Business disruptions could seriously harm our future revenue and financial condition and increase our costs and expenses.

 

Our operations, and those of contract research organizations (or CROs), contractors and consultants, could be subject to power shortages, telecommunications failures, wildfires, water shortages, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, fires, extreme weather conditions, medical epidemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and other natural or man-made disasters or business interruptions for which we are predominantly self-insured. The occurrence of any of these business disruptions could seriously harm our operations and financial condition and increase our costs and expenses. Our ability to obtain clinical supplies of our product candidates could be disrupted if the operations of our contract manufacturers or cell line storage facilities are affected by a man-made or natural disaster or other business interruption.

 

Unstable market and economic conditions may have serious adverse consequences on our business, financial condition and stock price.

 

From time to time, including recently as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, global credit and financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and disruptions, including severely diminished liquidity and credit availability, declines in consumer confidence, declines in economic growth, increases in unemployment rates and uncertainty about economic stability. Our general business strategy may be adversely affected by any such economic downturn, volatile business environment and continued unpredictable and unstable market conditions. If the equity and credit markets deteriorate it may make any debt or equity financing more difficult to complete, more costly, and more dilutive. In the event the Company or one of its subsidiaries needed to access additional capital, failure to secure financing in a timely manner and on favorable terms could have a material adverse effect on our growth strategy, financial performance and stock price and could require us to delay or abandon development plans. In addition, there is a risk that one or more of our current service providers, manufacturers and other partners may not survive an economic downturn, which could directly affect our ability to attain our operating goals on schedule and on budget.

 

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

 

None.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

None.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

 

 

Description

10.1*#  

Commercial Alliance Agreement between Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and ImprimisRx, LLC dated August 1, 2020.

     
31.1*   Certification of Mark L. Baum, principal executive officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002.

 

31.2*   Certification of Andrew R. Boll, principal financial and accounting officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.1**   Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, executed by Mark L. Baum, principal executive officer, and Andrew R. Boll, principal financial and accounting officer.
     
101.INS*   Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
     
101.SCH*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
101.CAL*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
     
101.DEF*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
     
101.LAB*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
     
101.PRE*   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
     
104   The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, has been formatted in Inline XBRL.

 

* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.
# Portions of this exhibit have been omitted in compliance with item 601 of Regulation S-K

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  Harrow Health, Inc.
     
Dated: November 9, 2020 By: /s/ Mark L. Baum
    Mark L. Baum
    Chief Executive Officer and Director
    (Principal Executive Officer)
     
  By: /s/ Andrew R. Boll
    Andrew R. Boll
    Chief Financial Officer
    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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