MEI Pharma, Inc. - Annual Report: 2004 (Form 10-K)

UNITED STATES

FORM 10-K

For the period ended June 30, 2004

OR

For the transition period from ________ to ________.

Commission File Number: 000-50484

Marshall Edwards, Inc.

140 Wicks Road, North Ryde, NSW, 2113 Australia
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(011) 61 2 8877- 6196

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, $0.00000002 par value
Warrants to Purchase Common Stock
(Title of Class)

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

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein. and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).Yes o No x

The aggregate market value of the voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $87.5 million as of December 31, 2003 being based on the closing price of the Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ National Market on such date.

As of July 31, 2004, the number of shares outstanding of the issuer’s common stock, $0.00000002 par value, was 56,938,000.

Documents Incorporated by Reference

Portions of this registrant’s definitive proxy statement for its 2004 annual meeting to be filed with the SEC no later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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MARSHALL EDWARDS, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I

Item 1. Business

This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Security Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Annual Report, including statements regarding the future financial position, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, without limitation, those described in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Form 10-K, including, among other things:

These risks are not exhaustive. Our other sections of the Annual Report on Form 10-K may include additional factors which could adversely impact our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

You should not rely upon forward looking statements as predictions of future events. We cannot assure you that the events and circumstances reflected in the forward looking statements will be achieved or occur. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.

Overview of Our Business

We are a developmental stage pharmaceutical company, incorporated on December 1, 2000 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Novogen Limited, an Australian Company. We commenced operation in May 2002 and our business purpose is the development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of cancer. We are presently engaged in the clinical development and commercialization of a drug candidate called phenoxodiol, which we believe may have broad application against a wide range of cancers. Phenoxodiol appears to target a number of key components involved in cancer cell survival and proliferation based on the emerging field of signal transduction regulation, with little or no effect on normal cells.

Novogen Limited, an Australian company publicly traded on the Nasdaq National Market, owns approximately 86.9% of our outstanding common stock. We were incorporated as a separate subsidiary of Novogen to focus on the development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of cancer and were not incorporated primarily as a finance vehicle. In contrast, Novogen has a broader business focus which, in addition to the business conducted by us includes a consumer health division that focuses on the development of a range of non prescription products for the health needs of both men and women and a pharmaceutical division which focuses on the development of prescription

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drugs. We were established by Novogen to advance Novogen’s research on one specific degenerative disease, cancer. We believe that Novogen’s corporate structure, with us functioning as a corporate entity separate from Novogen’s other lines of business, has provided us with:

During 2004, we made significant progress in the clinical development of phenoxodiol including:

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Scientific Overview

Phenoxodiol belongs to a class of drugs that we refer to as Multiple Signal Transduction Regulators (“MSTRs”).

Signal transduction refers to the means by which cells respond to chemical signals that come from within the cell itself, from neighboring cells, and from elsewhere in the body. These signals regulate such vital functions as the growth and survival of the cell. We believe that malfunctions in key components of the signal transduction process (whereby a series of chemical signals within a cell leads to the expression of a particular function) are fundamental to degenerative diseases such as cancer, where cells respond abnormally to normal levels of signals, typically by over-responding to them with increased cell growth and survival.

We believe that identifying malfunctions in the signal transduction process and then designing drugs to block or correct them has become a basis for the development of the next generation of anti-cancer drugs. These drugs have become known as signal transduction inhibitors. These drugs are being designed to target a specific signaling pathway which typically is over-active in a tumor cell, and by blocking its progression, so to prevent or reduce the ability of the tumor cell to divide or to survive. We believe that signal transduction inhibitors, while displaying anti-tumor activity against a small number of different types of cancer, generally have failed to provide more than modest prolongation of survival of cancer patients. We believe this is because most human cancers involve errors of multiple signaling pathways, and inhibition of a single pathway by any one drug alone cannot reasonably be expected to provide more than a temporary halt to cancer progression.

We believe that phenoxodiol increases the potency of signal transduction inhibitors by targeting multiple signaling pathways, and in particular, those pathways vital to the survival of most, if not all, human cancer cells. In the term MSTR, “multiple” refers to the fact that more than one signaling pathway is targeted by the drug, and “regulator” refers to the fact that while the drug predominantly inhibits errant signaling pathways, other signaling pathways (e.g., anti-survival pathways) can be activated.

We believe that phenoxodiol targets a number of key components involved in cancer cell survival and proliferation of signal transduction processes. For example, phenoxodiol appears to target enzymes called kinases that catalyze phosphorylation of acceptor molecules. These kinases appear to be involved in signaling related to cell survival and cell growth (e.g., sphingosine kinase, a kinase believed to be important to both cell survival and cell growth). Inhibition of these targets results in increased cancer cell death and cancer cell cytostasis (the inhibition of cell growth or division).

This disrupting effect of phenoxodiol is restricted to tumor cells, with non-tumor cells remaining unaffected. A potential explanation for this selective anti-tumor effect was provided by a discovery of a research team at Purdue University. The research team discovered that phenoxodiol targets a particular member of the ECTO-NOX family of proteins. This family of proteins regulates fundamental biological processes at the cell surface that are vital to the survival and growth of all living matter. One of these proteins, known as constitutive NADH oxidase (“CNOX”) is a fundamental source of hydrogen ions for all living cells. The Purdue University studies have now shown that all forms of human cancer express a variant form of CNOX, known as tNOX. The presence of tNOX disrupts the normal pattern of behavior of the cell, contributing to the unregulated cell growth and survival that characterizes tumor cells. This makes tNOX the first pan-cancer expressed protein, identifying it as a potentially important new target for anti-cancer drug development. Phenoxodiol appears to specifically block the action of tNOX, with the resulting inhibition of H+ influx into the cell, leading to extensive disruption to signaling pathways and to eventual apoptosis, which is the process of programmed cell death by which a cell dies naturally. Phenoxodiol has no effect on CNOX, providing an explanation of how phenoxodiol can be so selective in its action, with its cytotoxic effects being limited to cancer cells.

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Laboratory studies at Yale University also have revealed that the killing effect of phenoxodiol of cancer cells occurs through the caspase enzyme pathway, and that key triggers of this proteolytic pathway are the up-regulation of production in the cancer cell of pro-apoptotic factors such as Bax and the increased degradation of anti-apoptotic factors such as c-FLIP and XIAP. The latter effect facilitates death of cancer cells via either the Fas or TRAIL death receptor mechanisms, each of which is a signaling molecule that when activated causes cell death.

Recent laboratory studies conducted by Novogen and Yale University have revealed that phenoxodiol interacts well with a number of standard anti-cancer drugs such as cisplatin, gemcitabine and taxanes. In one aspect of this effect, phenoxodiol appears to restore sensitivity to these drugs in cells such as ovarian cancer cells that have acquired resistance to such drugs. In another aspect, pretreatment of tumor cells with phenoxodiol considerably increases the sensitivity of virgin tumor cells to the cytotoxic effects of standard chemotoxic drugs. Both of these effects are achieved without increasing the toxicity of the standard chemotoxic drugs to non tumor cells.

Overall Clinical Development Strategy

Based on the early clinical and pre-clinical work conducted on phenoxodiol, we believe that based on its mode of action, phenoxodiol has the potential to become a treatment option for a wide range of human cancers, and to be employed at various stages of cancer development ranging from early-stage cancer through to late-stage cancer.

The immediate priority, is to focus on those therapeutic indications that will expedite drug marketing approval of phenoxodiol by regulatory bodies. To this end, we will continue our work in late-stage chemo-resistant cancers. In chemo-resistant cancers we hope to show that phenoxodiol will provide in humans what it has demonstrated in the laboratory and in animal models that is the restoration of chemo-sensitivity to standard chemotoxic agents. In this way, phenoxodiol will be used to condition the tumor cells to the more destructive effects of drugs such as cisplatin, gemcitabine and taxanes with the combined effects of all drugs providing a potent force able to attack well established and extensive cancer disease. In the next stage of our clinical development program for phenoxodiol in the area of chemo-resistant cancers, it is possible that other forms of cancer (such as renal carcinoma, head and neck cancer), generally regarded as unresponsive to standard drugs, will be added to this program in due course in order to maximize the opportunity for treating chemo-resistant cancers.

Phenoxodiol is also being developed for use in earlier-stage cancers. This is the basis of the clinical program involving oral phenoxodiol in which Squamous Cell Carcinoma (“SCC”) of the cervix, vagina and vulva, and prostate cancer. These are also being targeted as a matter of priority. These are all forms of cancer for which early diagnosis is commonly available, and for which a non-invasive, non-surgical drug option might be an attractive therapeutic option. In this strategy, phenoxodiol is being studied in the first instance as an oral monotherapy in the expectation that phenoxodiol alone may provide an adequate anti-cancer effect.

History of Phenoxodiol Development

In 1995, phenoxodiol was identified as a potential intermediate in the metabolism of daidzein, a naturally occurring isoflavone. Isoflavones are a family of structurally related molecules found in foods such as legumes, red clover, lentils and chickpeas. To date, phenoxodiol has not appeared to have been isolated or identified in mammals.

Novogen scientists first synthesized phenoxodiol in 1997 as part of a program of drug discovery based on the structure of naturally occurring isoflavones. When screened for anti-cancer action against human cancer cells in vitro (in the laboratory), phenoxodiol was found to be cytostatic and cytotoxic against a wide range of human cancer cells, but without toxicity against non tumor cells. In vivo (in animals) studies in laboratory animals subsequently showed that phenoxodiol administered either orally or systemically was adequately bio-available (absorbed into the body in useful form) and

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significantly retarded tumor development, in particular in athymic mice bearing xenografts of human prostate cancer Such anticancer effects in animals were achieved without evidence of toxicity, and thus phenoxodiol was selected for development as a human anti-cancer drug.

Subsequent pre-clinical studies identified a range of molecular targets of phenoxodiol within human cancer cells, prompting us to classify the drug as a Multiple Signal Transduction Regulator.

The broad anti-cancer action of phenoxodiol against an extensive library of different human cancer cell lines (prostate, breast, ovarian, lung and cervical cancer, mesothelioma. melanoma, glioma and rhabdomyosarcoma), suggested potential clinical application against a wide range of types of human cancer. Further pre-clinical studies showed that phenoxodiol has a number of indirect anti-cancer effects (a potent ability as an anti-androgen, which is a process that reduces the biological impact of male sex hormones like testosterone, and an ability to induce apoptosis of hyperplastic prostate smooth muscle cells, the main type of stromal cells found in the prostate gland) that suggested prostate cancer as a particularly suitable clinical target, leading to this form of cancer being identified early as a prime potential clinical target for the drug. However, with a view to allowing further time to identify those cancer types that are the most sensitive types of cancer to phenoxodiol, the strategy adopted was to conduct Phase I studies in patients with a wide selection of solid tumors in order to gain preliminary evidence of efficacy across a range of different tumor types.

Phase Ia pharmacokinetic studies, which measure the way a drug is handled by the body, conducted in cancer patients in May 2000, showed that phenoxodiol, like steroidal hormones, is prone to conjugation (glucuronide and sulfates) within the body. These conjugated forms are the means by which a water-insoluble drug such as phenoxodiol is transported within the body. Conversion of these drugs to the active form requires deconjugation by relevant enzymes within end tissues to yield the bioactive (unconjugated) drug form. Bioequivalence studies showed that phenoxodiol is considerably more prone to conjugation when administered orally (greater than 99%) compared to intravenously (approximately 85%). Therefore, in the absence of definitive data on the rates of expression of deconjugating enzymes by different tumor types, it was decided to commence clinical studies with an intravenous dosage form of phenoxodiol because of the certainty of obtaining levels of unconjugated phenoxodiol in the plasma the liquid component of blood that were known in the laboratory to be highly cytotoxic to cancer cells.

A Phase lb toxicity study was commenced in Australia in November 2000 and finished in March 2002. Twenty-one patients with late-stage solid cancers (any type) were given phenoxodiol by weekly bolus injections, which are intravenous injections delivered quickly (usually over several minutes), for 12 weeks. This was a dose-escalating study with inter-patient escalation from 1 to 30 mg/kg/dose. No dose-limiting toxicity was reached and no significant toxicities other than some hypersensitivities to the drug vehicle (cyclodextrin) were encountered.

A second Phase lb toxicity study commenced in Australia in April 2001 and concluded in 2002. Twenty-one patients with late-stage solid cancers (any type) were given phenoxodiol by continuous intravenous infusion. This was a dose-escalating study, with inter-patient escalation from 1 to 40 mg/kg / day No dose-limiting toxicity was reached and no significant toxicities were encountered.

An Investigational New Drug Application (“IND”) for the intravenous dosage form of phenoxodiol became effective in January 2001, allowing a third Phase lb toxicity study to commence at The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, in August 2001. This study concluded in 2002. Nineteen patients with late-stage solid cancers (any type) were given phenoxodiol by continuous intravenous infusion. This was a dose-escalating study, with inter-patient escalation from 0.5 to 64 mg/kg/day. No dose-limiting toxicity was reached and no significant toxicities were encountered.

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Concurrent with the Phase I clinical trial program outlined above, pre clinical studies continued with a view to better understanding the molecular targets of phenoxodiol and the most appropriate tumor types for therapy. In terms of molecular targets, a number of important actions were identified:

A further key pre-clinical finding was that phenoxodiol was effective against various types of cancer cells including ovarian, mesothelioma and lung cancer cells that were resistant to all standard chemotoxic anti-cancer drugs, pointing to the potential usefulness of phenoxodiol, at least in patients with these cancers who had failed all other forms of chemotherapy.

The selection of specific tumor types in which to test phenoxodiol in Phase II clinical trials was based on a number of factors. First, the known relevance of certain actions of phenoxodiol (e.g., the targeting of death receptor activity) to the survival of certain cancer cell types; second, pre-clinical experience with the use of phenoxodiol in animals bearing human tumor xenografts; and third, observations of clinical responses in patients treated with phenoxodiol. The particular tumor types selected are ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, and SCC of skin, mucosal surfaces and renal cancer. Breast and pancreatic cancer also have been identified as potential clinical targets, and may be studied in due course. A feature of this entire group of cancers that underlies their selection from a strategic point of view is their aggressiveness and generally low sensitivity to standard chemotoxic drugs.

Novogen decided to pursue the clinical applications in prostate cancer and SCC using the oral dosage form of the drug. This followed the trial use of the oral dosage form in a number of patients who had completed the Phase I trials of the intravenous dosage form of phenoxodiol. The oral dosage form was found capable of prolonging survival in patients with advanced disease despite the presence of phenoxodiol in the blood in an almost completely conjugated form. It appears that certain types of tumors may have the capacity to deconjugate phenoxodiol conjugates to the active drug form. Clinical trials on the oral dosage form of phenoxodiol began in Australia in January 2002. This dosage form currently is being evaluated in Australian hospitals in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of prostate cancer and in a U.S. hospital for the treatment of SCC.

An IND for the oral dosage form of phenoxodiol became effective in June 2003 which cleared the way to commence a study in collaboration with Yale University School of Medicine in patients with SCC of the cervix vulva and vagina. Phenoxodiol will be used on a monotherapy basis in patients following a primary diagnosis of cancer. Phenoxodiol will be administered daily for periods of up to 4 weeks prior to surgery or radiotherapy.

A Phase lb/IIa study began in early 2002 on the use of phenoxodiol in patients with hematological tumors, in an attempt to test the usefulness of phenoxodiol in non-solid tumors. However, the apparent greater sensitivity of certain solid tumors to phenoxodiol and the need to focus resources on those clinical opportunities mean that an application in hematological tumors is unlikely to be taken further.

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Competition

The clinical development and commercialization of new anti-cancer drugs is highly competitive. As a developmental stage pharmaceutical company, we compete with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic and scientific institutions, governmental agencies and public and private research organizations.

Many pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies have drug candidates or non-drug therapies including vaccines and radiotherapies in various stages of pre clinical or clinical development to treat prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, SCC and other cancers. Some of these potentially competitive drugs and therapies are further advanced in development and may receive FDA or other regulatory approval and may be commercialized earlier than phenoxodiol. Some of these drugs and therapies may be directly competitive with phenoxodiol to the extent that they would obviate the need for phenoxodiol. In other cases, however, phenoxodiol could offer competitive advantages to these drugs and therapies. In other cases, these drugs or therapies may not be competitive to the extent that they are not mutually exclusive and could be used in conjunction with phenoxodiol.

Many pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are developing drugs specifically in the area of signal transduction inhibition. Several such drugs have received marketing approval over the past five years. While much of the activity in this field is based on rational drug design, meaning that the nature of action of such drugs is overwhelmingly focused on individual signaling targets, it would be reasonable to expect that attention will be drawn increasingly to the development of drugs like phenoxodiol that have activity against multiple targets.

Two signal transduction drugs have been approved by the FDA in recent years as cancer therapies and are potentially competing products to phenoxodiol. Iressa distributed by AstraZeneca, has been granted approval for use in the treatment of advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer in patients who have already received specific chemotherapy. Erbitux, distributed by Bristol-Myers Squibb, was recently granted approval for use in the treatment of patients with late-stage colo-rectal cancer. In the area of more traditional cytotoxic anti-cancer drugs, Taxotere, a drug distributed by Aventis, was approved recently by the FDA for the treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer, establishing a new bench-mark for standard chemotherapy in late stage prostate cancer. We are also aware of the experimental drug, Telcyta, being developed by Telik Inc. as a chemo-sensitizing drug for various cancers, including refractory and resistant ovarian cancer, which is an indication also under development for phenoxodiol.

Our competitors may develop and commercialize products that are safer, less costly and more efficacious in the treatment of cancers. In addition, we and Novogen, our services provider, face and will continue to face competition from companies, institutions, agencies and organizations, including those in fields unrelated to drug development, to recruit qualified personnel, attract partners for joint ventures and license competitive technologies.

Many of our competitors have significantly greater capital resources, larger research and development staffs and facilities and greater experience in drug development, regulation, manufacturing and marketing than we do at present. Aventis, which is developing Flavopiridol™, AstraZeneca, which has been granted approval for Iressa, and Bristol-Myers Squibb are three such companies with potentially competitive anti-cancer drugs that have greater size, resources and market presence than we do.

Intellectual Property

Novogen has been granted patents and has additional patents pending in a number of countries which cover a family of chemically related compounds with potentially broad ranging and complementary anticancer effects. Novogen has granted to us an exclusive license, with respect to its patent rights and intellectual property know-how to develop, market and distribute one of these compounds,

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phenoxodiol, as an, anti-cancer agent, except in topical form. See Part III, Item 13 “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” for more information regarding our agreements with Novogen.

We have licensed from Novogen the rights to the Novogen patents and applications as they relate to phenoxodiol as an anti-cancer agent. Excluded from these rights is phenoxodiol in a topical formulation. The patent rights we have licensed from Novogen can be largely classified into two broad groups: patent rights relating to phenoxodiol used as an anti-cancer agent, which we refer to as “therapeutic patent rights,” and patent rights relating to the manufacture of phenoxodiol for anti-cancer purposes, which we refer to as “manufacturing patent rights.” The pending and issued Novogen patent rights can be further broken down into four families, three families belonging to the therapeutic patent rights and one family belonging to the manufacturing patent rights. The three families in the therapeutic patent rights comprise phenoxodiol in the treatment of cancer (15 pending and seven issued) compositions and methods for protecting skin from ultraviolet induced immunosuppression and skin damage, including phenoxodiol (nine pending and four issued), and therapeutic methods and compositions involving isoflav-3-ene and isoflavan structure, including phenoxodiol (PCT pending). The family relating to the manufacturing patent rights relate to the production of isoflavone derivatives, including phenoxodiol (16 pending and one issued).

Novogen has been granted a U.S. Patent (No. 6,649,648) by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) relating to the treatment of and cancerous disease with isoflavone derivatives including phenoxodiol. U.S. Patent 6,649,648 also includes claims specifically directed to the treatment of ovarian cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, uterine cancer, bowel cancer, testicular cancer, endometrial cancer, leukemia and metastatic cancer with isoflavone derivatives including phenoxodiol.

As patent applications in the United States are maintained in secrecy until published by the USPTO at 18 months from filing (for all cases filed after November 29, 2000), or at issue (for cases filed prior to November 29, 2000) and as publication of discoveries in the scientific or patent literature often lag behind the actual discoveries, we cannot be certain that Novogen was the first to make the inventions covered by the Novogen patents and applications as they relate to phenoxodiol as an anti-cancer agent referred to above. Moreover, pursuant to the terms of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, patents filed on or after June 8, 1995 have a term of twenty years from the date of such filing, irrespective of the period of time it may take for such patent to ultimately issue. This may shorten the period of patent protection afforded to therapeutic use of phenoxodiol as patent applications in the biopharmaceutical sector often take considerable time to issue.

The Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act, signed into law on January 4, 2002, provides an additional six months of marketing exclusivity for new or marketed drugs, for which specific pediatric studies were conducted at the written request of the FDA. On December 3, 2003, the Pediatric Research Equity Act was signed into law, authorizing the FDA to require pediatric studies for drugs and biological products to ensure the drugs’ or products’ safety and effectiveness in children. This Act required that New Drug Applications (“NDAs”) or supplements to NDAs contain data assessing the safety and effectiveness for the claimed indication in all relevant pediatric subpopulations. Dosing and admistration must be supported for each pediatric subpopulation for which the drug is safe and effective. The FDA may grant deferrals for submission of data, or full or partial waivers. We cannot be certain that Novogen will be able to take advantage of these statutory pediatric marketing exclusivity provisions.

In order to protect the confidentiality of our technology, including trade secrets and know-how and other proprietary technical and business information, we require all of our consultants, advisors and collaborators to enter into confidentiality agreements that prohibit the use or disclosure of information that is deemed confidential. The agreements also oblige our consultants, advisors and collaborators to assign to us developments, discoveries and inventions made by such persons in connection with their work with us. We cannot be sure that confidentiality will be maintained or disclosure prevented by

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these agreements or that our proprietary information or intellectual property will be protected thereby or that others will not independently develop substantially equivalent proprietary information or intellectual property.

The pharmaceutical industry is highly competitive and patents may have been applied for by, and issued to, other parties relating to products competitive with phenoxodiol. Use of phenoxodiol and any other drug candidates may give rise to claims that they infringe the patents or proprietary rights of other parties, existing now and in the future. An adverse claim could subject us to significant liabilities to such other parties and/or require disputed rights to be licensed from such other parties. We cannot be sure that any license required under any such patents or proprietary rights would be made available on terms acceptable to us, if at all. If we do not obtain such licenses, we may encounter delays in product market introductions, or may find that the development, manufacture or sale of products requiring such licenses may be precluded. We have not conducted any searches or made any independent investigations of the existence of any patents or proprietary rights of other parties.

Relationship with Novogen

Novogen has been granted patents and has, additional patent applications pending in a number of countries pertaining to phenoxodiol’s family of compounds and to phenoxodiol itself and their use in anticancer therapeutics. Novogen has granted us an exclusive license under its patent rights and the intellectual property rights in its relevant know-how to develop, market and distribute all forms of administering phenoxodiol for anti-cancer applications, except topical applications.

Novogen is active in the discovery and development of new drugs based, on the emerging field of signal transduction regulation. Signal transduction regulators offer the potential for effective, well-tolerated treatment of common degenerative diseases, including cancer and heart disease. Novogen has developed a family of chemically related compounds with potentially broad ranging and complementary anti-cancer effects.

We have entered into certain key agreements with Novogen. These agreements, discussed briefly below, are more fully detailed in Part III, Item 13 “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.”

Under the license agreement, Novogen granted us an exclusive world-wide, non-transferable license, under the Novogen patent rights, to conduct clinical trials and commercialize and distribute all forms of administering phenoxodiol except topical applications. The agreement covers uses of phenoxodiol in the field of prevention, treatment or cure of cancer in humans. Our business is currently focused on advancing the clinical program underway for the development of phenoxodiol.

Under a manufacturing license and supply agreement, we have granted Novogen a sublicense to manufacture and supply phenoxodiol to us in its primary manufactured form for both the research and development program and phenoxodiol’s ultimate commercial use. Novogen has a pilot phenoxodiol manufacturing plant which we believe has sufficient capacity to meet the projected amount of phenoxodiol required to complete the proposed clinical program.

Under a license option deed, Novogen granted us an exclusive first right to accept and an exclusive last right to match any proposed dealing by Novogen with its intellectual property rights in other synthetic compounds developed by Novogen that have known or potential anti-cancer applications in all forms other than topical applications.

Pursuant to a services agreement, Novogen provides services reasonably required by us relating to the development and commercialization of phenoxodiol. We do not currently intend to directly employ any staff and are reliant on Novogen for the provision of resources to conduct our business.

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Research and Development

The objective of our research and development program is the generation of data sufficient to achieve regulatory approval of phenoxodiol in one or more dosage forms in major markets such as the United States, and/or to allow us to enter into a commercial relationship with another party. The data is generated by our clinical trial programs.

The key aspects of this program are to provide more complete characterization of the following:

Research expenses were $2.381 million for the year ended June 30, 2004, $2.024 million for the year ended June 30, 2003 and $0.069 million for the year ended June 30, 2002.

Regulation

U.S. Regulatory Requirements

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, and comparable regulatory agencies in foreign countries regulate and impose substantial requirements upon the research, development, pre-clinical and clinical testing, labeling, manufacture, quality control, storage, approval, advertising, promotion, marketing, distribution and export of pharmaceutical products including biologics, as well as significant reporting and record-keeping obligations. State governments may also impose obligations in these areas.

In the United States, pharmaceutical products are regulated by the FDA under the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act or FDCA and other laws including in the case of biologics, the Public Health Service Act. We believe, but cannot be certain, that our products will be regulated as drugs by the FDA. The process required by the FDA before drugs may be marketed in the United States generally involves the following:

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The testing and approval process requires substantial time, effort, and financial resources, and we cannot be certain that any approval will be granted on a timely basis, if at all.

The results of the pre-clinical tests, together with initial specified manufacturing information, the proposed clinical trial protocol, and information about the participating investigators are submitted to the FDA as part of an IND, which must become effective before we may begin human clinical trials. Additionally, an independent Institutional Review Board at each clinical trial site proposing to conduct the clinical trials must review and approve each study protocol and oversee conduct of the trial. An IND becomes effective 30 days after receipt by the FDA, unless the FDA, within the 30-day period, raises concerns or questions about the conduct of the trials as outlined in the IND and imposes a clinical hold. If the FDA imposes a clinical hold, the IND sponsor must resolve the FDA’s concerns before clinical trials can begin. Pre-clinical tests and studies can take several years to complete, and there is no guarantee that an IND we submit based on such tests and studies will become effective within any specific time period, if at all.

Human clinical trials are typically conducted in three sequential phases that may overlap.

• Phase I: The drug is initially introduced into healthy human subjects or patients and tested for safety and dosage tolerance. Absorption, metabolism, distribution, and excretion testing is generally performed at this stage.

• Phase II: The drug is studied in controlled, exploratory therapeutic trials in a limited number of subjects with the disease or medical condition for which the new drug is intended to be used in order to identify possible adverse effects and safety risks, to determine the preliminary or potential efficacy of the product for specific targeted diseases or medical conditions, and to determine dosage tolerance and the optimal effective dose.

• Phase III: When Phase II studies demonstrate that a specific dosage range of the drug is likely to be effective and the drug has an acceptable safety profile controlled, large-scale therapeutic Phase III trials are undertaken at multiple study sites to demonstrate clinical efficacy and to further test for safety in expanded patient population.

We cannot be certain in that we will successfully complete Phase I, Phase II, or Phase III testing of our products within any specific time period if at all. Furthermore the FDA, the Institutional Review Board or we may suspend or terminate clinical trials at any time on various grounds, including a finding that the subjects or patients are being exposed to an unacceptable health risk.

Results of pre-clinical studies and clinical trials, as well as detailed information about the manufacturing process, quality control methods, and product composition, among other things, are submitted to the FDA as part of an NDA seeking approval to market and commercially distribute the product on the basis of a determination that the product is safe and effective for its intended use. Before approving an NDA, the FDA will inspect the facilities at which the product is manufactured and will not approve the product unless cGMP compliance is satisfactory. If applicable regulatory criteria are not satisfied, the FDA may deny the NDA or require additional testing or information. As a condition of approval, the FDA also may require post-marketing testing or surveillance to monitor the product’s safety or efficacy. Even after an NDA is approved, the FDA may impose additional obligations or restrictions (such as labeling changes), or even suspend or withdraw a product approval on the basis of data that arise after the product reaches the market, or if compliance with regulatory

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standards is not maintained. We cannot be certain that any NDA we submit will be approved by the FDA on a timely basis, if at all. Also, any such approval may limit the indicated uses for which the product may be marketed. Any refusal to approve, delay in approval, suspension or withdrawal of approval, or restrictions on indicated uses could have a material adverse impact on our business prospects.

Each NDA must be accompanied by a user fee, pursuant to the requirements of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, or PDUFA, and its amendments. According to the FDA’s fee schedule, effective on October 1, 2003 for the fiscal year 2004, the user fee for an application requiring clinical data, such as an NDA, is $573,500. The FDA adjusts the PDUFA user fees on an annual basis. PDUFA also imposes an annual product fee for prescription drugs and biologics ($36,080), and an annual establishment fee ($226,800) on facilities used to manufacture prescription drugs and biologics. A written request can be submitted for a waiver for the application fee for the first human drug application that is filed by a small business, but there are no waivers for product or establishment fees. We are not at the stage of development with our products where we are subject to these fees, but they are significant expenditures that will be incurred in the future and must be paid at the time of application submissions to FDA.

Satisfaction of FDA requirements typically takes several years. The actual time required varies substantially, based upon the type, complexity, and novelty of the pharmaceutical product, among other things. Government regulation imposes costly and time-consuming requirements and restrictions throughout the product life cycle and may delay product marketing for a considerable period of time, limit product marketing, or prevent marketing altogether. Success in pre-clinical or early stage clinical trials does not assure success in later stage clinical trials. Data obtained from pre-clinical and clinical activities is not always conclusive and may be susceptible to varying interpretations that could delay, limit, or prevent marketing approval. Even if a product receives marketing approval, the approval is limited to specific clinical indications. Further, even after marketing approval is obtained, the discovery of previously unknown problems with a product may result in restrictions on the product or even complete withdrawal of the product from the market.

After product approval, there are continuing significant regulatory requirements imposed by the FDA, including record-keeping requirements, obligations to report adverse experiences, and restrictions on advertising and promotional activities. Quality control and manufacturing procedures must continue to conform to cGMPs, and the FDA periodically inspects facilities to assess cGMP compliance. Additionally, post-approval changes in ingredient composition, manufacturing processes or facilities, product labeling, or other areas may require submission of an NDA Supplement to the FDA for review and approval. New indications will require submission of an NDA Supplement. Failure to comply with FDA regulatory requirements may result in an enforcement action by the FDA, including Warning Letters, product recalls, suspension or revocation of product approval, seizure of product to prevent distribution, impositions of injunctions prohibiting product manufacture or distribution, and civil and criminal penalties. Maintaining compliance is costly and time-consuming. We cannot be certain that we, or our present or future suppliers or third-party manufacturers, will be able to comply with all FDA regulatory requirements, and potential consequences of noncompliance could have a material adverse impact on our business prospects.

The FDA’s policies may change, and additional governmental regulations may be enacted that could delay, limit, or prevent regulatory approval of our products or affect our ability to manufacture, market, or distribute our products after approval. Moreover, increased attention to the containment of healthcare costs in the United States and in foreign markets could result in new government regulations that could have a material adverse effect on our business. Our failure to obtain coverage, an adequate level of reimbursement, or acceptable prices for our future products could diminish any revenues we may be able to generate. Our ability to commercialize future products will depend in part on the extent to which coverage and reimbursement for the products will be available from government and health administration authorities, private health insurers, and other third-party payers. European Union and U.S. government and other third-party payers increasingly are attempting to

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contain healthcare costs by consideration of new laws and regulations limiting both coverage and the level of reimbursement for new drugs. We cannot predict the likelihood, nature or extent of adverse governmental regulation that might arise from future legislative or administrative action, either in the United States or abroad.

Our activities also may be subject to state laws and regulations that affect our ability to develop and sell our products. We are also subject to numerous federal, state, and local laws relating to such matters as safe working conditions, clinical, laboratory, and manufacturing practices, environmental protection, fire hazard control, and disposal of hazardous or potentially hazardous substances. We may incur significant costs to comply with such law’s and regulations now or in the future, and the failure to comply may have a material adverse impact on our business prospects.

The FDCA includes provisions designed to facilitate and expedite the development and review of drugs and biological products intended for treatment of serious or life-threatening conditions that demonstrate the potential to address unmet medical needs for such conditions. These provisions set forth a procedure for designation of a drug as a “fast track product.” The fast track designation applies to the combination of the product and specific indication for which it is being studied. A product designated as fast track is ordinarily eligible for additional programs for expediting development and review, but products that are not in fast track drug development programs may also be able to take advantage of these programs. These programs include priority review of NDAs, and accelerated approval. Drug approval under the accelerated regulations may be based on evidence of clinical effect on a surrogate endpoint that is reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit. A postmarketing clinical study will be required to verify clinical benefit, and other restrictions to assure safe use may be imposed.

Under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (the “Patent Act”), a sponsor may obtain marketing exclusivity for a period of time following FDA approval of certain drug applications, regardless of patent status, if the drug is a new chemical entity or if new clinical studies were required to support the marketing application for the drug. This marketing exclusivity prevents a third party from obtaining FDA approval for an identical or nearly identical drug under an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) or a “505(b)(2) New Drug Application.” The statute also allows a patent owner to obtain an extension of applicable patent terms for a period equal to one-half the period of time elapsed between the filing of an IND and the filing of the corresponding NDA plus the period of time between the filing of the NDA and FDA approval, with a five year maximum patent extension. We cannot be certain that Novogen will be able to take advantage of either the patent term’ extension or marketing exclusivity provisions of these laws.

Australian Regulatory Requirements

The Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, or 1989 Act, sets out the legal requirements for the import, export, manufacture and supply of pharmaceutical products in Australia. The 1989 Act requires that all pharmaceutical products to be imported into, supplied in, or exported from Australia be included in the Australian Register of Therapeutic. Goods, or ARTG, unless specifically exempted under the Act.

In order to ensure that a product can be included in the ARTG, a sponsoring company must make an application to the Therapeutic Goods Administration, or TGA. The application usually consists of a form accompanied by data (based on the European Union requirements) to support the quality, safety and efficacy of the drug. In the case of drugs for important medical conditions the TGA will accept either European or American dossier format in an attempt to expedite the registration process.

The first phase of evaluation, known as the Application Entry Process, is usually a short period during which an application is assessed on an administrative level to ensure that it complies with the basic guidelines. The TGA must decide within 40 working days whether it will accept the application for evaluation.

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Once an application is accepted for evaluation, aspects of the data provided are allocated to evaluators, who prepare evaluation reports. Following this evaluation, the chemistry and quality control aspects of a product may be referred to a sub-committee of the Australian Drug and Evaluation Committee, or ADEC, to review the evaluation reports. The evaluation reports are then sent to the sponsoring company who then has the opportunity to comment on the views expressed within the evaluation report and to submit supplementary data to address any issues raised in the evaluation reports.

Once the evaluations are complete, the TGA prepares a summary document on the key issues on which advice will be sought from the ADEC. This summary is sent to the sponsoring company which is able to submit a response to the ADEC dealing with issues raised in the summary and those not previously addressed in the evaluation report. The ADEC provides advice on the quality, risk-benefit, effectiveness and access of the drug and conduct medical and, scientific evaluations of the application. The ADEC’s resolutions are provided to the sponsoring company after 5 working days.

The TGA takes into account the advice of the ADEC in reaching a decision to approve or reject a product Any approval for registration on the ARTG may have conditions associated with it.

From the time that the TGA accepts the initial application for evaluation, the TGA must complete the evaluation and make a decision on the registration of the product within 255 working days. The TGA also has a system of priority evaluation for products that meet certain criteria, including where the product is a new chemical entity that it is not otherwise available on the market as an approved product, and is for the treatment of a serious, life-threatening illness for which other therapies are either ineffective or not available.

European Union Regulatory Requirements

Outside the United States, our ability to market our products will also be contingent upon receiving marketing authorizations from the appropriate regulatory authorities and compliance with applicable post-approval regulatory requirements. Although the specific requirements and restrictions vary from country to country, as a general matter, ‘foreign regulatory systems include risks similar to those associated with FDA regulation, described above. Under EU regulatory systems, marketing authorizations may be submitted either under a centralized or decentralized procedure. Under the centralized procedure, a single application to the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) leads to an approval granted by the European Commission which permits the marketing of the product throughout the EU. The centralized procedure is mandatory for certain classes of medicinal products, but optional for others. For example, all medicinal products developed by certain biotechnological means must be authorized via the centralized procedure. We assume that the centralized procedure will apply to our products that are developed by means of a biotechnology process. The decentralized procedure provides for mutual recognition of nationally approved decisions and is used for products that are not required to be authorized by the centralized procedure. Under the decentralized procedure, the holders of a national marketing authorization may submit further applications to the competent authorities of the remaining member states, which will then be requested to recognize the original authorization based upon an assessment report prepared by the original authorizing competent authority. The recognition process should take no longer than 90 days, but if one member state makes an objection, which under the legislation can only be based on a possible risk to human health, we have the option to withdraw the application from that country or take the application to arbitration by the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) of the EMEA. If a referral for arbitration is made, the procedure is suspended, and in the intervening time, the only EU country in which the product can be marketed will be the country where the original authorization has been granted, even if all the other designated countries are ready to recognize the product. The opinion of the CPMP, which is binding, could support or reject the objection or alternatively could reach a compromise position acceptable to all EU countries concerned. Arbitration can be avoided if the application is withdrawn in the objecting country, but once the application has been referred to arbitration, it cannot be withdrawn. The arbitration procedure may take an additional year before a final decision is reached and may require the delivery of additional data.

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As with FDA approval we may not be able to secure regulatory approvals in Europe in a timely manner, if at all. Additionally, as in the United States, post-approval regulatory requirements, such as those regarding product manufacture, marketing, or distribution, would apply to any product that is approved in Europe, and failure to comply with such obligations could have a material adverse effect on our ability to successfully commercialize any product.

There has recently been introduced in Europe new legislation designed to harmonize the regulation of clinical trials across the EU and that legislation is currently being implemented on a country by country basis. In addition, the entire EU regulatory regime has recently undergone significant revision and the new law is to take effect by the end of 2005. Accordingly, there is a marked degree of change and uncertainty both in the regulation of clinical trials and in respect of marketing authorizations which face us for our products in Europe.

Government Funding

Novogen received financial support for the phenoxodiol drug program from the Australian government under what is known as the START Program. The START Program is a merit-based program designed to encourage and assist Australian companies to undertake research and development and commercialization through a range of grants and loans. The START Program is administered by the Industry Research and Development, or IR&D Board. The IR&D Board is made up of private sector and academic members with expertise and experience in research and development and commercialization. In 1998, the Australian government agreed to provide A$2.7 million (approximately U.S. $1.8 million) to Novogen, enabling it to expedite phenoxodiol into clinical trials, provided that the grant money was matched by an equal expenditure by Novogen. The START grant was awarded after the government’s review of the pertinent research results, the intellectual property driving the program, and the likelihood and potential for commercial success of the drug.

The terms of the grant require Novogen to obtain the consent of the Australian government to deal with the intellectual property rights which have arisen through the program conducted to date. Novogen has obtained the consent of the Australian government to the grant of the license to us and to the other arrangements between us and Novogen concerning the development and commercialization of phenoxodiol

Under the START Program, Novogen must meet certain project development and commercialization obligations. Novogen has met the project development obligations and has received final payment thereon. Novogen believes that it is currently in compliance with its commercialization schedule and that it has fulfilled all of its obligations under the terms of the START Program and expects to continue to do so in the future. For additional information on the consequences to us in the event Novogen fails to comply with its obligations under the START Program, see the “Intellectual Property” and “Risk Factors” sections of this annual report.

Employees

We do not have any employees. Novogen provides us with staff and other financial and administrative services under our services agreement with Novogen.

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Risk Factors

In addition to the other information in this Annual Report the following risk factors should be considered carefully in evaluating us and our business.

Risks Related to Our Business

We have a limited operating history, and we are likely to incur operating losses for the foreseeable future.

You should consider our prospects in light of the risks and difficulties frequently encountered by early stage and developmental companies. Although we were incorporated in December 2000, we have only been in operation since May 2002. We have incurred net losses since our inception, including net losses of $8,538,000, $3,033,000 and $123,000 for the years ended June 30, 2004, 2003 and 2002 respectively. We anticipate that we will incur operating losses and negative cash flow for the foreseeable future. We have not yet commercialized any products and cannot be sure that we will ever be able to do so, or that we may ever become profitable. We expect to expand our clinical trials significantly, which will result in increasing losses, and may continue to incur substantial losses even if we begin to generate revenues from the distribution and sale of phenoxodiol.

If we are unable to successfully develop and commercialize phenoxodiol or license other viable drug candidates, our ability to sustain future operations will be significantly diminished.

We are currently developing only one drug, phenoxodiol. We cannot guarantee that phenoxodiol will be successful. Although we have rights to potentially develop other related compounds discovered and developed by Novogen under the terms of our license option deed with Novogen, our rights under our license agreement with Novogen are limited to the commercialization of phenoxodiol as an anti-cancer agent and these rights specifically exclude phenoxodiol in a topical application. If we are unable to successfully develop and commercialize phenoxodiol or other viable drug candidates, we may be required to cease or reduce our operations.

If we do not receive regulatory approval for phenoxodiol or such approval is withdrawn, we will not be able to commercialize phenoxodiol.

We need regulatory approval in order to commercialize phenoxodiol. We may never receive regulatory approval or if we do receive regulatory approval, it will be limited to those disease states and conditions for which phenoxodiol has proven to be safe and effective. Phenoxodiol is currently in Phase II clinical trials in intravenous dosage form to treat late stage chemo-refractory ovarian cancer. An IND became effective for phenoxodiol in the United States for the oral dosage form in June 2003 and phenoxodiol in this form is being studied as an adjunctive therapy for cervical cancer in the US. The oral dosage form is also being studied in clinical trials in Australia for prostate cancer and SCC. Product approval, if granted, can be withdrawn for failure to comply with regulatory requirements or upon the occurrence of adverse events following commercial introduction. In addition, our ability to market phenoxodiol in overseas countries is contingent upon receiving the required regulatory approvals in those countries. If we cannot commercialize phenoxodiol, we may be required to cease or reduce our operations. We cannot assure you that material delays, difficulties or adverse events in the regulatory process will not be encountered in the future.

Our ability to achieve profitability is dependent on a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control.

Our ability to achieve profitability is dependent on a number of factors including:

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We have no direct control over the costs of manufacturing phenoxodiol and increases in these costs would increase the costs of conducting clinical trials and could adversely affect future profitability if these costs increase significantly.

We do not intend to manufacture phenoxodiol ourselves and we will be relying on third parties for our supplies of phenoxodiol both for clinical trials and for commercial quantities in the future. We have contracted with Novogen to manufacture and supply us with our requirements of phenoxodiol. The cost of manufacturing phenoxodiol is charged to us on a cost plus markup basis. We have no direct control over the costs of manufacturing phenoxodiol. It the costs of manufacturing phenoxodiol increase or if the cost of the materials used to make phenoxodiol increases these costs will be passed on to us by Novogen making the cost of conducting clinical trials more expensive. If, in the future a third party other than Novogen manufactures and supplies us with phenoxodiol, we will not have direct control over those manufacturing costs. Once we are able to commercialize phenoxodiol, increases in manufacturing costs could adversely affect our future profitability if we are unable to pass all of the increased costs along to our customers.

Final approval by regulatory authorities of phenoxodiol for commercial use may be delayed, limited or prevented, any of which would adversely affect our ability to generate operating revenues.

Any of the following factors may serve to delay, limit or prevent the final approval by regulatory authorities of phenoxodiol for commercial use:

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While we have not encountered any material delays or adverse events from the factors described above to date, we cannot assure you that such delays or adverse events will not be encountered in the future.

We may not be able to establish the strategic partnerships necessary to market and distribute phenoxodiol.

A key part of our business plan is to establish relationships with strategic partners. We must successfully contract with third parties to package, market and distribute phenoxodiol. We have not yet established any strategic partnerships. Potential partners may not wish to enter into agreements with us due to Novogen’s current equity position as our majority stockholder or our contractual relationships with Novogen. Similarly, potential partners may be discouraged by our limited operating history. Additionally, our relative attractiveness to potential partners and consequently, our ability to negotiate acceptable terms in any partnership agreement will be affected by the results of our clinical program. For example if phenoxodiol is shown to have high efficacy against a broad range of cancers we may generate greater interest from potential partners than if phenoxodiol was demonstrated to be less effective or applicable to a narrower range of cancers. There is no assurance that we will be able to negotiate commercially acceptable licensing or other agreements for the future exploitation of phenoxodiol, including the continued clinical development, manufacture or marketing of phenoxodiol. If we are unable to successfully contract for these services, or if arrangements for these services are terminated, we may have to delay our commercialization program for phenoxodiol which will adversely affect our ability to generate operating revenues.

We may not be able to secure and maintain suitable research institutions to conduct our clinical trials.

We rely on suitable research institutions, of which there are many, to conduct our clinical trials. While we have not previously experienced problems with third parties upon whom we rely for research or clinical trials, our reliance upon research institutions, including hospitals and cancer clinics, provides us with less control over the timing and cost of clinical trials and the ability to recruit patients than if we had conducted the trials on our own. Further, there is a greater likelihood that disputes may arise with these research institutions over the ownership of intellectual property discovered during the clinical trials. If we are unable to retain suitable research institutions on acceptable terms, or if any resulting agreement is terminated and we are unable to quickly replace the applicable research institution with another qualified institution on acceptable terms, the research could be delayed and we may be unable to complete development, or commercialize phenoxodiol, which will adversely affect our ability to generate operating revenues.

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Any failure in our clinical trials could impair the commercial prospects for phenoxodiol

Clinical trials have a high risk of failure. A number of companies in the pharmaceutical industry, including biotechnology companies, have suffered significant setbacks in advanced clinical trials, even after achieving promising results in earlier trials. While we have not had any material delays in our clinical testing program if we experience delays in the testing or approval process or need to perform more or larger clinical trials than originally planned our commercial prospects for phenoxodiol or any other drug candidates may be impaired and we may be required to cease or reduce our operations.

We face a risk of product liability claims and may not be able to obtain adequate insurance.

Our business exposes us to the risk of product liability claims. This risk is inherent in the manufacturing, testing and marketing of human therapeutic products. We have product liability insurance coverage of up to approximately $14 million. Although we believe that this amount of insurance coverage is appropriate for our business at this time, it is subject to deductibles and coverage limitations, and the market for such insurance is becoming more restrictive. We may not be able to obtain or maintain adequate protection against potential liabilities. If we are unable to sufficiently insure against potential product liability claims, we will be exposed to significant liabilities, which may materially and adversely affect our business development and commercialization efforts.

We will need to raise additional funds to complete Phase III clinical trials and commercialize phenoxodiol, and the actual amount of funds we will need will be determined by a number of factors, some of which are beyond our control.

While we believe that we have sufficient funds to complete our current clinical trial program, we will require additional funds to further the evaluation of phenoxodiol beyond the current objectives including the completion of any Phase III clinical trials for phenoxodiol, and to pursue the commercialization of phenoxodiol.

The actual amount of funds that we will need will be determined by many factors, some of which are beyond our control. As a result, we may need additional funds sooner than we currently anticipate. These factors include:

If our capital resources are insufficient to meet future capital requirements, we will have to raise additional funds. If we are unable to obtain additional funds on favorable terms we may be required to cease or reduce our operations. Also, if we raise more funds by selling additional shares of our common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of our common stock, your ownership interests may be diluted.

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Our commercial opportunity will be reduced or eliminated if competitors develop and market products that are more effective, have fewer side effects or are less expensive than phenoxodiol.

The development of phenoxodiol and other drug candidates is highly competitive. A number of other companies have products or drug candidates in various stages of pre-clinical or clinical development to treat prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, SCC and other cancers that are the current focus of phenoxodiol.

Some of these potential competing drugs are further advanced in development than phenoxodiol and may be commercialized sooner. Even if we are successful in developing effective drugs, phenoxodiol may not compete successfully with products produced by our competitors.

Two signal transduction drugs have been approved by the FDA in recent years as cancer therapies and are potentially competing products to phenoxodiol. Iressa, distributed by AstraZeneca, has been granted approval for use in the treatment of advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer in patients who have already received specific chemotherapy. Erbitux, distributed by Bristol Myers Squibb, was recently granted approval for use in the treatment of patients with late-stage colo-rectal cancer. In the area of more traditional cytotoxic anti-cancer drugs, Taxotere, a drug distributed by Aventis, was approved recently by the FDA for the treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer, establishing a new bench-mark for standard chemotherapy in late stage prostate cancer. We are also aware of the experimental drug, Telcyta, being developed by Telik Inc. as a chemo-sensitizing drug for various cancers, including refractory and resistant ovarian cancer which is an indication also under development for phenoxodiol.

Our competitors include pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies, as well as universities and public and private research institutions. In addition, companies active in different but related fields represent substantial competition for us. Many of our competitors, including Aventis and AstraZeneca, have significantly greater capital resources, larger research and development staffs and facilities and greater experience in drug development, regulation, manufacturing and marketing than us. These organizations also compete with Novogen, our services provider, to recruit qualified personnel, and with us to attract partners for joint ventures and to license technologies that are competitive with ours. As a result, our competitors may be able to more easily develop technologies and products that would render our technologies or our drug candidates obsolete or non-competitive.

We depend on a number of key personnel whose services are provided by Novogen under our services agreement. If we are not able to procure these services in the future, the strategic direction of the clinical development program would be disrupted, causing a delay in phenoxodiol’s commercialization.

We currently rely on Dr. Graham Kelly, our Chairman and phenoxodiol Program Director, Professor Alan Husband, Novogen Research Director, and Mr. Chris Naughton, our President and CEO, to provide the strategic direction for the clinical development of phenoxodiol. If we are unable to secure the ongoing services of these key personnel, the commercialization program for phenoxodiol will be disrupted and will cause delays in obtaining marketing approval. Novogen has entered into employment agreements and maintains key man life insurance policies for each of these persons.

Our right to develop and exploit phenoxodiol is subject to the terms and conditions of agreements we have entered into with Novogen and under these agreements our rights may be terminated under certain circumstances, some of which may be beyond our control.

We have licensed the intellectual property in the phenoxodiol technology from Novogen. All forms of administering phenoxodiol for the treatment of cancer are licensed to us, excluding topical applications. If we fail to meet our obligations under our license agreement, the manufacturing license

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and supply agreement or the services agreement with Novogen, any or all of these agreements may be terminated by Novogen and we could lose our rights to develop phenoxodiol. See Part III, Item 13 “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” for a description of our principal obligations under our agreements with Novogen. As of the date of this Annual Report, we have no reason to believe that we will be unable to satisfy our obligations under these agreements. In addition, each of these agreements may be terminated immediately by Novogen in the event that we undergo a change of control without the consent of Novogen. A “change of control” means a change in control of more than half the voting rights attaching to the shares of our subsidiary, a change in control of more than half of the issued shares of our subsidiary (not counting any share which carries no right to participate beyond a specified amount in the distribution of either profit or capital) or a change in control of the composition of the board of directors of our subsidiary. Each of these agreements may also be terminated if we become the subject of certain bankruptcy proceedings or cease for any reason to be able to lawfully carry out all the transactions required by each respective agreement.

Our license rights are fundamental to our business and therefore a loss of these rights will likely cause us to cease operations.

The rights granted to us under the license agreement, the manufacturing license and supply agreement and the license option deed with Novogen are fundamental to our business.

The license agreement grants us the right to make, have made, market, distribute, sell, hire or otherwise dispose of phenoxodiol products in the field of prevention, treatment or cure of cancer in humans by pharmaceuticals delivered in all forms except topical applications. Our business purpose is to develop and commercialize cancer drugs including phenoxodiol, which we would be unable to pursue without the rights granted to us under the license agreement.

Under the manufacturing license and supply agreement, we have granted to Novogen an exclusive sub-license to manufacture and supply phenoxodiol to us in its primary manufactured form and Novogen has agreed to manufacture for us our required quantities of phenoxodiol. This agreement enables us to protect the licensed intellectual property rights used in the manufacturing process while securing the services of a manufacturing partner in Novogen, which through its equity position in us, shares a common interest in the production of phenoxodiol.

The license option deed grants us an exclusive first right to accept and exclusive last right to match any proposed dealing by Novogen with its intellectual property rights with a third party relating to certain compounds (other than phenoxodiol) developed by Novogen and its affiliates which have applications in the field of prevention, treatment or cure of cancer in humans. The license option deed is important to our business because it allows us to maintain control over the sale by Novogen of complementary as well as potentially competitive intellectual property rights to third party competitors.

Any loss of the rights under any of these agreements will likely cause us to cease operations.

The success of phenoxodiol is largely dependent on Novogen’s ability to obtain and maintain patent protection and preserve trade secrets, which cannot be guaranteed.

Patent protection and trade secret protection are important to our business and our future will depend, in part on our ability and the ability of Novogen to maintain trade secret protection obtain patents and operate without infringing the proprietary rights of others both in the United States and abroad. Litigation or other legal proceedings may be necessary to defend against claims of infringement, to enforce our patents, or to protect our trade secrets or the trade secrets of Novogen. Such litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of our management’s attention. Novogen has not been involved in any opposition re-examination trade secret dispute infringement litigation or any other litigation or legal proceedings pertaining to the licensed patent rights.

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The patent positions of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies can be highly uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions. Novogen has applied for patents in a number of countries with respect to the use of phenoxodiol for the treatment, prevention or cure of cancer. We have licensed both issued patents and pending patent applications from Novogen. Novogen has issued patents in the United States, Australia and Singapore covering the use of phenoxodiol to prevent, or treat skin cancer from ultraviolet damage. Novogen also has patents issued in Australia, ‘Hong Kong, New Zealand and the United Kingdom related to phenoxodiol for the treatment of a variety of cancers and has recently received a notice of allowance in the United States that is also related to phenoxodiol for the treatment of a variety of cancers.

Novogen’s applications may not proceed to grant or may be amended to reduce the scope of protection of any patent granted. The applications and patents may also be opposed or challenged by third parties. Our commercial success will depend, in part, on the ability of Novogen and our ability to obtain and maintain effective patent protection for the technologies underlying phenoxodiol and other compounds, and to successfully defend patent rights in those technologies against third-party challenges. As patent applications in the United States are maintained in secrecy until published or issued and as publication of discoveries in the scientific or patent literature often lag behind the actual discoveries, we cannot be certain that Novogen was the first to make the inventions covered by its pending patent applications or issued patents or that it was the first to file patent applications for such inventions. Additionally, the breadth of claims allowed in biotechnology and pharmaceutical patents or their enforceability cannot be predicted. We cannot be sure that any additional patents will issue from any of Novogen’s patent applications or, should any patents issue, that we will he provided with adequate protection against potentially competitive products. Furthermore, we cannot be sure that should patents issue, they will be of commercial value to us, or that private parties, including competitors, will not successfully challenge our patents or circumvent our patent position in the United States or abroad.

Claims by other companies that we infringe their proprietary technology may result in liability for damages or stop our development and commercialization efforts.

The pharmaceutical industry is highly competitive and patents have been applied for by, and issued to, other parties relating to products competitive with phenoxodiol. Therefore, phenoxodiol and any other drug candidates may give rise to claims that they infringe the patents or proprietary rights of other parties existing now and in the future. Furthermore, to the extent that we or Novogen or our respective consultants or research collaborators use intellectual property owned by others in work performed for us or Novogen, disputes may also arise as to the rights in such intellectual property or in resulting know-how and inventions. An adverse claim could subject us to significant liabilities to such other parties and/or require disputed rights to be licensed from such other parties.

We cannot he sure that any license required under any such patents or proprietary rights would be made available on terms acceptable to us, if at all. If we do not obtain such licenses, we may encounter delays in product market introductions, or may find that the development, manufacture or sale of products requiring such licenses may be precluded. We have not conducted any searches or made any independent investigations of the existence of any patents or proprietary rights of other parties.

We may be subject to substantial costs stemming from our defense against third-party intellectual property infringement claims.

Third parties may assert that we or Novogen are using their proprietary information without authorization. Third parties may also have or obtain patents and may claim that technologies licensed to or used by us infringe their patents. If we are required to defend patent infringement actions brought by third parties, or if we sue to protect our own patent rights, we may be required to pay substantial litigation costs and managerial attention may be diverted from business operations even it the outcome is not adverse to us. In addition, my legal action that seeks damages or an injunction to stop us from carrying on our commercial activities relating to the affected technologies could subject us to

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monetary liability and require us or Novogen or any third party licensors to obtain a license to continue to use the affected technologies. We cannot predict whether we or Novogen would prevail in any of these types of actions or that any required license would be made available on commercially acceptable terms or at all.

In the event that Novogen does not comply with its obligations under a grant from the Australian government under which phenoxodiol was, in part, developed, our rights to use the intellectual property relating to phenoxodiol and developed by Novogen may revert back to the Australian government.

Novogen developed phenoxodiol in part using funds from the Australian government under what is known as the START Program. Under the START Program, Novogen must meet certain project development and commercialization obligations. Novogen has met the project development obligations and has received final payment thereon. Novogen believes it is currently in compliance with its commercialization schedule. Although Novogen believes that it has complied with its obligations under the START Program, if the Australian government disagrees or if Novogen undergoes a change of control without the prior consent of the Australian Government, the Australian government has a right to demand that intellectual property created during the course of the project funded by the grant be vested back in the Australian government or demand repayment of the funds paid to Novogen under the program. The Australian government may then license the intellectual property rights related to phenoxodiol to other parties and may demand other intellectual property rights from Novogen. Any such reclamation by the Australian government could preclude our use of Novogen’s intellectual property in the development and commercialization of phenoxodiol and we may have to compete with other companies to whom the Australian government may license the intellectual property.

The enforcement of civil liabilities against our officers and directors may be difficult.

All of our officers and directors are residents of jurisdictions outside the United States. As a result it may be difficult for you to effect service of process within the United States upon our officers and directors or to enforce judgments obtained against our officers and directors or us in United States courts.

Our revenue is affected by fluctuations in currency exchange rates.

Much of our expenditures and potential revenue will be spent or derived outside of the United States. As a result, fluctuations between the United States dollar and the currencies of the countries in which we operate may increase our costs or reduce our potential revenue. At present, we do not engage in hedging transactions to protect against uncertainly in future exchange rates between particular foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar.

We are authorized to issue a class of blank check preferred stock, which could adversely affect the holders of our common stock.

Our restated certificate of incorporation allows us to issue a class of blank check preferred stock with rights potentially senior to those of our common stock without any further vote or action by the holders of our common stock. The issuance of preferred stock could decrease the amount of earnings and assets available for distribution to the holders of our common stock or could adversely affect the rights and powers including voting rights, of such holders In certain circumstances such issuance could have the effect of decreasing the market price of our shares, or making a change’ in control of us more difficult.

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Risks Related to Our Relationship with Novogen

As our majority stockholder, Novogen will have the ability to determine the outcome of all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval and Novogen’s interests may conflict with ours or our other stockholders’ interests.

Novogen beneficially owns approximately 86.9% of our outstanding shares of common stock. As a result, Novogen will have the ability to effectively determine the outcome of all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election and removal of directors and any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets.

Novogen will have the ability to effectively control our management and affairs Novogen s interests may not always be the same as that of our other stockholders. In addition this concentration of ownership may harm the market price of our shares by:

A majority of our directors are officers and/or directors of Novogen which may create a conflict of interest.

Four of our six existing board members, including our Chairman, currently serve as board members of Novogen. Our President and Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Naughton, is the Managing Director of Novogen. Our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, David Ross Seaton, is the Chief Financial Officer of Novogen. Simultaneous service as a Novogen director or officer can create, or appear to create, a conflict of interest, when such directors or officers are presented with decisions that could have different implications for us and for Novogen.

Novogen can compete with us.

We have no contract, arrangement or understanding with Novogen to preclude it from developing a product which may be competitive with phenoxodiol or to use phenoxodiol for any uses other than anticancer applications. Novogen has reserved the intellectual property rights and know-how rights relating to topical applications of phenoxodiol even in the field of cancer. There can be no assurance that Novogen or its subsidiaries will not pursue alternative technologies or product candidates either on its own or in collaboration with others, as a means of developing treatments for the conditions targeted by phenoxodiol or any other product candidate which we seek to exploit.

We are dependent on Novogen for our personnel.

We have no employees. We rely on Novogen to provide or procure the provision of staff and other financial and administrative services under our services agreement with Novogen. Novogen has fully complied with the terms of our services agreement. To successfully develop phenoxodiol, we will require ongoing access to the personnel who have, to date, been responsible for the development of phenoxodiol. The services agreement does not specify a minimum amount of time that Novogen employees must devote to our operations. If we are unable to secure or if we lose the services of these personnel, the ability to develop phenoxodiol could be materially impaired. Moreover, if our business experiences substantial and rapid growth, we may not be able to secure the services and resources we require from Novogen or from other persons to support that growth.

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We are largely dependent on Novogen for our supply of phenoxodiol and should Novogen be unable to supply commercial quantities of phenoxodiol, it may be difficult to secure an alternative source.

We currently intend that phenoxodiol will be supplied to us in its primary manufactured form by Novogen under the manufacturing license and supply agreement. As the manufacturing process for phenoxodiol has not been tested in the quantities needed for commercial sales, we may he unable to receive the necessary quantities in a timely manner. In addition, in order for Novogen to supply commercial quantities of phenoxodiol in due course, it will need to build a new manufacturing plant. To build a new manufacturing plant, Novogen will need to scale up its current pilot plant. If the plant proves difficult to scale up or requires significant redesign, our ability to commercialize phenoxodiol could be delayed. Any larger manufacturing plant built by Novogen will also have to comply with the FDA’s current Good Manufacturing Practices, or cGMPs. Also, significant additional capital will be required to build the plant. Such capital may not be available to Novogen.

If Novogen materially and persistently fails to supply us with the quantities of phenoxodiol that we require, the manufacturing license and supply agreement permits us, and we could consider contracting with third party manufacturers for the production of phenoxodiol. Any third party manufacturer would have to satisfy cGMPs and would have to meet our quality assurance standards. In addition, it may be difficult to negotiate acceptable terms with any third party manufacturer.

The trading price of the shares of our common stock and warrants could be highly volatile and could decline in value and we may incur significant costs from class action litigation.

The trading price of our common stock and warrants could be highly volatile in response to various factors, many of which are beyond our control, including:

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In addition equity markets in general and the market for biotechnology and life sciences companies in particular have experienced substantial price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of companies traded in those markets. In addition, changes in economic conditions in the United States, Europe or globally, could impact upon our ability to grow profitably. Adverse economic changes are outside our control and may result in material adverse impacts on our business or our results of operations. These broad market and industry factors may materially affect the market price of our shares of common stock and warrants, regardless of our development and operating performance. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class-action litigation has often been instituted against that company. Such litigation, if instituted against us, could cause us to incur substantial costs and divert management’s attention and resources.

Item 2. Properties

The Company does not own or lease any property.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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PART II

Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Securities

The following tables set forth for the period indicated the high and low sale prices of our common stock and warrants as reported by the Nasdaq National Market and for our common stock as reported by the AIM market. The trading price for our shares of common stock on the AIM are quoted as sterling (£), the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

The following table sets forth, for the period indicated, the high, low, average and period-end noon buying rate for sterling, expressed in dollars per sterling in New York City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

As of July 31, 2004, the last reported closing price of our common stock an warrants on the Nasdaq National Market was $6.90 and $3.20 respectively. The price of our common stock on the AIM market was £4.55 as of July 31, 2004. There were approximately 74 stockholders of record of our common stock

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Dividends

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to fund the expansion and growth of our business. Payments of any future cash dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors after taking into account various factors, including our financial condition, operating results, current and anticipated cash needs, plans for expansion and other factors that our board of directors deem relevant.

Use of Proceeds of Initial Public Offering

The effective date of the registration statement (Registration No. 333-109129) filed on Form S-1 and registration statement (Registration No. 333-111291) filed on Form S-1 pursuant to Rule 462(b), both relating to the initial public offering in the United States of common stock units (each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock and one warrant to purchase a share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $9.00 per share), was December 17, 2003. Proceeds to the Company from the offering, after deduction of underwriting discounts and commissions of approximately $806,000 and offering costs of approximately $1,612,000, totaled approximately $15,522,000. As of June 30, 2004, the Company had used $7,485,000 of the proceeds of the offering of which, $5,000,000 was used to make the first license fee payment due to Novogen under the terms of the license agreement and $2,485,000 was used to pay the ongoing expenses of clinical trials., amounts due to Novogen under the services agreement and the manufacturing license and supply agreement and general corporate expenses. All remaining proceeds of the offering have been invested in short-term money market accounts.

The Company intends to use the amount invested in short-term money market accounts as follows:

The occurrence of unforeseen events, opportunities or changed business conditions, however, could cause us to use the net proceeds of the U.S. initial public offering in a manner other than as described above.

Stock Repurchases

The Company has not repurchased any shares of common stock during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004.

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Equity Compensation

The following table sets forth, as of June 30, 2004 outstanding awards and shares remaining available for future issuance under the Company’s compensation plans under which equity securities are authorized for issuance.

Our employee share option plan provides our directors, employees, employees of our affiliates and certain of our contractors and consultants with the opportunity to participate in our ownership. Our remuneration committee addresses participation, the number of options offered and any conditions of exercise. In making these determinations the committee will generally consider the participant’s position and record of service to us and our affiliates and potential contribution to the growth of us and our affiliates. Any other matters tending to indicate the participant’s merit may also be considered. Options will be exercisable between two years and five years after grant, unless otherwise determined by the committee appointed by the board. Options granted will be exercisable at a price determined by the committee at the time of issue (and will be subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the plan). Other key terms of the plan include:

The plan also contains standard provisions dealing with matters such as administration of the plan, amendment of the plan and termination or suspension of the plan.

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data

The following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Item 8. “Financial Statements” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We were incorporated in December 2000 but did not commence operations until May 2002, coinciding with the Company’s listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and results of Operations.

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” included below. Operating results are not necessarily indicative of results that may occur in future periods. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks uncertainties and assumptions. The actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors including, but not limited to, those set forth under “Risk Factors in Item 1. Business” included above in this Annual Report. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based on the information available to us on the date of this document and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report.

Overview

We are a development stage company incorporated on December 1, 2000 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Novogen Limited. The Company commenced operations in May 2002 and its business purpose is the development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of cancer. The Company

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is presently engaged in the clinical development of the anti-cancer drug phenoxodiol. Novogen’s subsidiary has granted to the Company’s subsidiary, a worldwide non-transferable license under its patent right and patent applications and its relevant know-how to conduct clinical trials and commercialize and distribute all forms of phenoxodiol for uses in the field of prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer in humans, except topical applications. Novogen currently owns approximately 86.9% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock.

The Company’s main focus since commencing operations is to undertake human clinical testing of phenoxodiol. The Company does not employ any staff directly but obtains services from Novogen under a services agreement. The Company has incurred losses since inception and expects to incur operating losses and generate negative cash flows from operations for the foreseeable future as it expands research and development activities and moves phenoxodiol into later stages of development. As of June 30, 2004, the Company had accumulated losses of $11,694,000.

During 2004, we made significant progress in the clinical development of phenoxodiol including:

The Company has not generated any revenues from operations since inception other than interest on cash assets.

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Expenses have consisted primarily of costs associated with conducting the clinical trials of phenoxodiol and costs incurred under the license agreement, the services agreement and the manufacturing license and supply agreements with Novogen and its subsidiaries, including the costs of the clinical trial drug supplies. See Part III, Item 13 “Certain Relationships on Related Transactions” for a description of the agreements.

To date, operations have been funded primarily through the sale of equity securities.

The Company expects that quarterly and annual operating results of operations will fluctuate for the foreseeable future due to several factors including the timing and extent of research and development efforts and the outcome and extent of clinical trial activities. The Company’s limited operating history makes accurate prediction of future operating results difficult or impossible.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Clinical Trials Expenses

Estimates have been used in determining the expense liability under certain clinical trial contracts where services have been performed but not yet invoiced. The actual costs of those services could differ in amount and timing from the estimates used in completing the financial results.

Clinical trial expenses of $774,000 have been included in the financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2004, of which $333,000 has been accrued at June 30, 2004. These estimates are based on the number of patients in each trial and the drug administration cycle.

Clinical research contracts may vary depending on the clinical trial design and protocol. Generally the costs, and therefore estimates, associated with clinical trial contracts are based on the number of patients, drug administration cycles, the type of treatment and the outcome being measured. The length of time before actual amounts can be determined will vary depending on length of the patient cycles and the timing of the invoices by the clinical trial partners.

Development Expenses

Research and development costs incurred since inception through June 30, 2004 amount to $4,474,000.

Research and development costs are expensed as they are incurred and are expected to increase in the future as the phenoxodiol clinical program progresses.

Historical research and development costs and clinical trial costs have not been documented on a project by project basis. In addition, research and development resources are supplied by Novogen across several projects. As a result, the costs incurred for each clinical project cannot be stated precisely on a project by project basis.

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The Company expects that a large percentage of research and development expenses in the future will be incurred in support of current and future clinical development programs. These expenditures are subject to a number of uncertainties in timing and cost to completion.

The duration and cost of clinical trials may vary significantly over the life of a project as a result of:

The Company’s strategy also includes the option of entering into collaborative arrangements with third parties to participate in the development and commercialization of phenoxodiol. In the event third parties have control over the clinical development process, the completion date would largely be under the control of that third party.

As a result of these uncertainties, the Company is unable to determine the duration of or completion costs for research and development projects or when and to what extent it will receive cash inflows from the commercialization and sale of phenoxodiol.

The Company intends to continue the clinical development of phenoxodiol and to assess the opportunity to license other cancer drugs developed by Novogen as the opportunities arise.

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Results of Operations

Summary of Revenue and Expenses

The following table provides a summary of revenues and expenses to supplement the more detailed discussions below:

Revenues

Research and development expenses

License Fees

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Year Ended June 30, 2004 Compared to the Year Ended June 30, 2003

The Company recorded a consolidated loss of $8,538,000 and $3,033,000 for the years ended June 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

Revenues: The Company received interest on cash assets and cash equivalents of $193,000 for the year ended June 30, 2004 versus $145,000 for the year ended June 30, 2003. This increase was due to the Company’s higher cash balances following the Company’s December 2003 public offering.

Research and Development: Research and Development expenses increased $357,000 to $2,381,000 for the year ended June 30, 2004 compared to $2,024,000 of the year ended June 30, 2003. This increase was due primarily to the increase in cost of phenoxodiol supplied for use in the clinical trial program.

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License Fees: A license fee of $5,000,000 was paid to Novogen in February 2004 under the terms of the license agreement following the exercise of warrants and the receipt of proceeds from the public offering completed in December 2003. Milestone license fees of $1,000,000 have been accrued at June 30, 2004 in connection with the annual milestone license fee of $2,000,000 that is payable to Novogen on December 31, 2004 under the terms of the license agreement with Novogen.

Selling, General and Administrative: Selling, administrative and general expenses increased by $251,000 to $908,000 for the year ended June 30, 2004 compared to $657,000 for the year ended June 30, 2003. The increase was due primarily to the increase in costs associated with professional and other fees relating to compliance with United States reporting requirements. Other expenses including those related to compliance costs and related on-going investor relations also increased.

Foreign Exchange Gains/(Losses): The Company conducts a portion of its business in Australian dollars. At June 30, 2004, the Company had not established a foreign currency hedging program. Net foreign exchange gains during the twelve months ended June 30, 2004 were $58,000 compared with net exchange gains of $3,000 during the twelve months ended June 30, 2003. MEPL’s accounts are maintained in Australian dollars, however, its functional currency is US dollars. Foreign exchange gains and losses occur upon consolidation of MEPL and also as a result of translations in foreign currency.

Year Ended June 30, 2003 Compared to the Year Ended June 30, 2002

The Company recorded a consolidated loss of $3,033,000 and $123,000 for the years ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 respectively.

MEI commenced operations in May 2002 following its listing on the Alternative Investment Market in the UK. Consequently, the financial results for the year ended June 30, 2003 represent the first full year of the Company’s operations. The financial results reported for the year ended June 20, 2002 are the results of only one month of operations.

Revenues: The Company received interest of $145,000 on cash assets and cash equivalents for the year ended June 30, 2003 versus $7,000 for the year ended June 30, 2002. The Company had no cash balance prior to its completion of a share offering in May 2002. As a result, the Company only had the benefit of interest income for one month in the year ended June 30, 2002 verses a full year of interest income in the year ended June 30, 2003.

Research and Development: Research and Development expenses increased $1,955,000 to $2,024,000 for the year ended June 30, 2003 compared to $69,000 of the year ended June 30, 2002. The Company took responsibility for research and development costs of May 2002. The increase in research and development costs for the year ended June 30, 2003 over 2002 was due to the fact that the year ended June 30, 2003 was the first full year of clinical trial expenses and the associated cost of phenoxodiol supplied for use in the clinical trial program.

License Fees: A license fee of $5,000,000 was paid to Novogen in February 2004 under the terms of the license agreement following the exercise of warrants and the receipt of proceeds from the public offering completed in December 2003 of which, $500,000 had been expensed in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003.

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Selling, General and Administrative: Selling, administrative and general expenses increased $597,000 to $657,000 for the year ended June 30, 2003 compared to $60,000 for the year ended June 30, 2002. The increase was due primarily to the fact that the year ended June 30, 2003 was the first full year of operations.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At June 30, 2004, the Company had cash resources of $24,819,000 compared to $7,244,000 at June 30, 2003. The increase is due almost exclusively to the sale of common stock through the exercise of warrants in November 2003 and as a result of a public offering of common stock units in December 2003. Funds are invested in short term bank accounts, pending use. The implementation of the Company’s business plan is dependent on the Company’s ability to maintain adequate cash resources to complete the clinical development program.

Source and Uses of Cash

Cash Used in Operating Activities

Cash used in operating activities for the year ended June 30, 2004 was $7,972,000 compared to $1,841,000 for the same period in 2003. The increase in cash outflow of $6,131,000 for the year ended June 30, 2004 included the payment of $5,000,000 to Novogen under the terms of the license agreement. The remaining cash outflow of $1,131,000 resulted from increased payments of operating expenses including clinical trial costs and drug supplies and payments to Novogen for services provided pursuant to the services agreement.

Cash Provided from Financing Activities

Cash provided from financing activities for the year ended June 30, 2004 was $25,578,000.

In November 2003, 2,514,000 warrants were exercised at an exercise price of $4.00. These warrants were issued as part of the sale of common stock in May 2002. Proceeds from the exercise of the warrants were $10,056,000.

In December 2003, the Company completed an initial public offering in the United States of 2,392,000 common stock units at an initial public offering price of $7.50 per unit. Each common stock unit consists of:

The net proceeds to the company form the offering totaled approximately $15,522,000

Cash Requirements

Based on current plans, the Company believes that it will have sufficient cash resources to fund operations at least through the end of June 2005 and to complete the current Phase lb/IIa and Phase II clinical trial program, complete the Phase II clinical trials of phenoxodiol as a monotherapy in early stage cancer which commenced at Yale New Haven Hospital, and to Complete the Phase II clinical

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trials of phenoxodiol in combinational therapy with other anti-cancer drugs for late stage chemo-resistant tumors which also commenced at Yale New Haven Hospital. Ongoing operations through the conduct of the clinical trial program will continue to consume cash resources without generating revenues.

If the Phase III clinical program, which is a multi-center study measuring efficacy in a large number of patients is undertaken, additional funds will be required to complete the program. The Company is not able to reasonably estimate at this time either the amount required or when that amount will need to be raised. This will to a large extent be influenced by the number of patients enrolled in the trial, which can only be determined accurately upon completion of Phase II trials. If the Phase II trials are successful the Company will seek to raise the funds required to complete Phase III trials or enter into a collaborative arrangement with a major pharmaceutical company.

The Company must pay amounts to Novogen under the license agreement with Novogen when certain milestones are met. For details of the amounts payable see Note 7 to the Financial Statements, “Related Party Transactions”, included under Item 8.

The Company does not intend to incur any significant capital expenditures in the foreseeable future.

Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our future payment obligations and commitments as of June 30, 2004:

(In thousands)

No amounts have been included in the above table for future payments to Novogen which may arise in connection with the license agreement, the services agreement or the manufacturing and supply agreement.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company does not currently have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

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Recent Accounting Announcements

Accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB or other authoritative accounting standards groups with future effective dates are either not applicable or not significant to the consolidated financial statements.

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Item 7a. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk

The Company places cash in “on call” deposits with high quality financial institutions.

The Company does not consider the effects of interest rate movements to be a material risk to its financial condition. The Company does not use derivative financial instruments to hedge its risks associated with the fluctuations of interest rates.

Foreign Currency Risk

The Company conducts a portion of its business in Australian dollars. At June 30, 2004, the Company had not established a foreign currency hedging program. Net foreign exchange gains during the twelve months ended June 30, 2004 were $58,000 compared with net exchange gains of $3,000 during the twelve months ended June 30, 2003. MEPL’s accounts are maintained in Australian dollars, however, its functional currency is US dollars. Foreign exchange gains and losses occur upon consolidation of MEPL and also as a result of translations in foreign currency.

The Company does not consider the effects of foreign currency movements to be a material risk to its financial condition.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Marshall Edwards, Inc
Index to Financial Statements

Report of Ernst & Young Independent Auditors
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Operations
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Equity
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Marshall Edwards, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Marshall Edwards, Inc. (a development stage enterprise) (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, and for the period from December 1, 2000 (inception) through June 30, 2004. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. The financial statements as of June 30, 2003, and for the period from December 1, 2000 (inception) through June 30, 2003, were audited by other auditors whose report dated July 31, 2003 expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements. The financial statements for the period from December 1, 2000 (inception) through June 30, 2003 include total revenues and net loss of US$152,000 and US$3,156,000, respectively. Our opinion on the statements of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the period from December 1, 2000 (inception) through June 30, 2004, insofar as it relates to amounts for prior periods through June 30, 2003, is based solely on the report of other auditors.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit and the report of other auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, based on our audit and the report of other auditors, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Marshall Edwards, Inc. at June 30, 2004, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended and the period from December 1, 2000 (inception) through June 30, 2004, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors Marshall Edwards, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Marshall Edwards, Inc. (a development stage company) as of June 30, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows and for each of the two years in the period ended June 30, 2003 and for the period from December 1, 2000 (inception) through June 30, 2003. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Marshall Edwards, Inc. at June 30, 2003 and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended June 30, 2003 and the period from December 1, 2000 (inception) through June 30, 2003, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

July 31, 2003

A Member Practice of Ernst & Young Global

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MARSHALL EDWARDS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)

See accompanying notes.

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MARSHALL EDWARDS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)

See accompanying notes.

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MARSHALL EDWARDS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)

See accompanying notes.

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MARSHALL EDWARDS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands, except share data)

See accompanying notes.

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MARSHALL EDWARDS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2004

1. The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Marshall Edwards, Inc. (“MEI”) is a development stage company incorporated in December 2000 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Novogen Limited, an Australian pharmaceutical company. MEI commenced operations in May 2002. MEI, including its wholly-owned Australian subsidiary, Marshall Edwards Pty. Limited (“MEPL”) (together the “Company”) is a pharmaceutical company with a primary focus on the development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of cancer. The Company is presently engaged in the clinical development and commercialization of a drug candidate called phenoxodiol. The Company intends to develop phenoxodiol for use in a wide range of human cancers. The Company operates primarily in Australia and the United States.

Novogen Limited and certain of its subsidiary companies (collectively “Novogen”), have granted to the Company a worldwide, non transferable license under their patent and patent applications and in their know-how to conduct clinical trials and commercialize and distribute all forms of delivering phenoxodiol in the field of prevention, treatment and cure of cancer in humans except topical applications. In addition, the Company has an exclusive first right and an exclusive last right to match any proposed dealing by Novogen of its intellectual property rights with a third party relating to synthetic pharmaceutical compounds (other than phenoxodiol), that have known or potential applications in the field of prevention, treatment or cure of cancer in humans all forms other than topical applications.

The Company’s business focus is to conduct the clinical program for the development and commercialization of phenoxodiol.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Marshall Edwards, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Marshall Edwards Pty. Limited. Significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition

Interest

The only revenue earned to date is interest on cash balances.

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Cash and cash equivalents

Cash on hand and in banks and short-term deposits are stated at the nominal value. The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

Income Taxes

Income taxes have been provided for using the liability method in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized and measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to be recognized. Valuation allowances are established against the recorded deferred income tax assets to the extent that management believes that it is more likely than not that a portion of the deferred income tax assets are not realizable.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents and accounts payable approximate fair value.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents. The company limits its exposure to credit risk by placing its cash with high credit quality financial institutions. Substantially all of the Company’s cash is deposited in financial institutions that are FDIC insured. These deposits are in excess of the FDIC insurance limits.

Foreign Currency Translation

The financial statements of MEPL have been translated into U.S. dollars in accordance with FASB Statement No. 52, “Foreign Currency Translation.” Assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Income statement amounts have been translated using the average exchange rate for the periods. Accumulated other comprehensive loss includes the cumulative translation adjustments. Realized gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses relate primarily to the cost of conducting human clinical trials of phenoxodiol. Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred. Research and development expenses consist mainly of clinical trial expenditures, payments to Novogen for research and development services under the terns of the services agreement and the cost of phenoxodiol used in clinical trials supplied by Novogen under the terms of the manufacturing license and supply agreement.

License Fees

Costs incurred related to the acquisition or licensing of products that have not yet received regulatory approval to be marketed, or that are not commercially viable and ready for use or have no alternative future use, are charged to earnings in the period incurred.

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Stock-Based Compensation

The Company’s stock option plan provides for the grant of options to the Company’s directors, employees, employees of the Company’s affiliates and certain of the Company’s contractors and consultants. To date no options have been issued under the plan.

Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share

Basic and diluted earnings or loss per share is calculated in accordance with FASB Statement No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” In computing basic earnings or loss per share, the dilutive effect of stock options are excluded, whereas for diluted earnings per share they are included unless the effect is anti-dilutive.

Comprehensive Loss

Comprehensive loss is comprised of net loss and other comprehensive loss. Other comprehensive loss includes certain changes in Stockholders’ Equity that are excluded from net loss. Comprehensive loss for all periods presented has been reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity.

Recent Accounting Announcements

Accounting pronouncements issued by the financial accounting standards board or other authoritative accounting standards groups with future effective dates are either not applicable or not significant to the consolidated financial statements.

2. Income Taxes

Loss from operations consists of the following jurisdictions:

The reconciliation of income tax computed at the U.S. federal statutory tax rates to income tax expense attributable to loss arising during development stage is:

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Deferred tax liabilities and assets are comprised of the following:

Management evaluates the recoverability of the deferred tax asset and the amount of the required valuation allowance. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the realization of the tax deductions in future tax returns, the Company has recorded a valuation allowance against its net deferred tax asset at June 30, 2004 and 2003. At such time as it is determined that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will be realized, the valuation allowance will be reduced.

There was no benefit from income taxes recorded for the period from December 1, 2000 (inception) to June 30, 2004 due to the Company’s inability to recognize the benefit of net operating losses. The Company had federal net operating loss carry forwards of approximately $439,000 at June 30, 2004. The federal net operating losses will begin to expire in 2022.

Foreign tax losses of approximately $10,702,000 at June 30, 2004, may be carried forward indefinitely.

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3. Loss Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per common share:

During all periods presented the Company had warrants outstanding that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future, but were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would have been anti-dilutive. The outstanding warrants consist of the following potential common shares:

The warrants outstanding at June 30, 2004 have an exercise price of $9.00 per share and are exercisable prior to December 18, 2006.

The fair value of financial assets and liabilities approximates their carrying value in the Consolidated Balance Sheets because they are short term and at market rates of interest.

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At June, 30, 2004, the Company contracted with third parties to conduct research and development expenditures of approximately $3,796,000. Of the expenditure commitments, clinical trial amounts are based on the assumption that all patients enrolled in clinical trials will complete the maximum number of allowed treatment cycles. The amounts, assuming all treatment cycles are completed, are expected to be incurred as follows:

No amounts have been included for future payments to Novogen which may arise in connection with the license agreement, the services agreement or the manufacturing license and supply agreement. Payments in connection with these agreements are detailed in Note 7 “Related Party Transactions”

The company is not currently a party to any material legal proceedings.

The Company’s certificate of incorporation provided that it will indemnify Novogen in connection with certain actions brought against Novogen by any of the Company’s stockholders or any other person.

The Company has guaranteed the payment and performance of the obligations of its subsidiary, Marshall Edwards Pty Limited, to Novogen and its subsidiaries, Novogen Laboratories Pty Limited and Novogen Research Pty Limited, under the license agreement, the manufacturing license and supply agreement and the services agreement. Novogen has guaranteed the performance of the obligations of Novogen Research Pty Limited under the license agreement and the obligations of Novogen Laboratories Pty Limited under the manufacturing license and supply agreement to Marshall Edwards Pty Limited. Each of the Company and Novogen’s obligations in the guarantee and indemnity agreement are absolute, unconditional and irrevocable.

6. Segment Information

The Company’s focus is to continue the clinical program currently underway for the development and commercialization of phenoxodiol. The business contains two major segments based on geographic location.

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7. Related Party Transactions

License Agreement

The license agreement is an agreement under which Novogen’s subsidiary, Novogen Research Pty Limited, grants to MEPL a worldwide non-transferable license under its patent and patent applications and in its know-how to conduct clinical trials and commercialize and distribute phenoxodiol products. The agreement covers uses of phenoxodiol in the field of prevention, treatment or cure of cancer in humans delivered in all forms except topical applications. The license is exclusive until the expiration or lapsing of the last relevant Novogen patents or patent applications in the world and thereafter is nonexclusive. MEPL may terminate the agreement by giving three months’ notice to Novogen. Novogen may also terminate the agreement immediately if a change of control, as defined in the license agreement, occurs without the consent of Novogen. MEPL paid $5,000,000 to Novogen in February 2004 which was the first lump sum license fee payment due under the terms of the license agreement. Future amounts payable to Novogen under terms of the license agreement are as follows:

1. A second lump sum license fee of $5,000,000 is payable to Novogen on November 1, 2003 or such later date when the cumulative total of all funds received from debt or equity issuances and revenue received from commercialization (income other than sales) and sales of phenoxodiol products exceeds $50,000,000.

2. In addition to the amounts above, until the expiration of the exclusivity period of the license, MEPL must pay Novogen 2.5 % of all net sales and 25% of commercialization income. After the exclusivity period of the license, 1.5% of net sales must be paid to Novogen.

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3. Amounts payable for annual milestone license fees under the license agreement for the calendar years ended December 31 are as follows:

At June 30, 2004 an amount of $1,000,000 was accrued and reflected in amounts due to parent company, being 50% of the milestone payment due December 31, 2004. (June 2003: $500,000 was accrued). During the years ended June 30, 2004, 2003 and 2002, $5,500,000, $500,000 and Nil were charged to profit and loss.

Novogen developed phenoxodiol in part using funds from the Australian government under what is known as the START Program. In the event that Novogen fails to comply with its obligations under the agreement which governs this grant, or if Novogen undergoes a change of control, the Australian government has the right to demand that the intellectual property created during the course of the project funded by the grant be vested back in the Australian government. The Australian government may then license the intellectual property rights related to phenoxodiol to other parties and may demand other intellectual property rights from Novogen. Any such reclamation by the Australian government could preclude the Company’s use of Novogen intellectual property in the development and commercialization of phenoxodiol and the Company may have to compete with other companies to whom the Australian government may license the intellectual property.

Termination

The Company may terminate the license agreement at any time, by giving three months’ notice to Novogen. The Company may also terminate the agreement if Novogen commits a breach of any of its material obligations under the agreement, becomes the subject of certain bankruptcy proceedings or is unable to lawfully perform its obligations. Novogen may terminate the agreement if the Company commits a breach of any of our material obligations under the agreement, become the subject of certain bankruptcy proceedings or are unable to lawfully perform our obligations. Novogen may also terminate the agreement immediately if a change of control, as defined in the license agreement, occurs without the consent of Novogen.

License Option Deed

The license option deed grants MEPL an exclusive right to accept and an exclusive right to match any proposed dealing by Novogen of its intellectual property rights with a third party relating to synthetic compounds (other than phenoxodiol) that have known or potential applications in the field of prevention, treatment or cure of cancer in humans in all forms other than topical applications.

Term and Termination

The term of the deed is sixteen years from the commencement date of the agreement, unless terminated earlier. The Company may terminate the deed at any time on three months’ notice to Novogen. Either party may terminate the deed immediately at any time if the other party becomes the subject of certain bankruptcy proceedings, becomes unable to carry out the transactions contemplated by the agreement or breaches its obligations and does not cure such breach within 21 days notice.

Novogen may also terminate the deed immediately if a change of control, as defined in the license option deed, occurs without the consent of Novogen.

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Services Agreement

The Company does not currently intend to directly employ any staff. Under the terms of the services agreement, Novogen Limited or its subsidiaries have agreed to provide services reasonably required by the Company relating to the development and commercialization of phenoxodiol and other administration and management support services. Novogen has agreed to provide these services at cost plus a 10% mark-up. The Company may terminate the agreement on three months written notice to Novogen.

Termination

The Company may terminate its rights and obligations under the services agreement on three months’ written notice to Novogen. Either the Company or Novogen may terminate the agreement immediately at any time if the other party becomes the subject of certain bankruptcy proceedings, becomes unable to carry out the transactions contemplated by the agreement, breaches its obligations and does not cure such breach within 21 days notice or if a change of control in the other party occurs. Novogen may also terminate the agreement immediately if a change of control, as defined in the services agreement, occurs without the consent of Novogen.

Manufacturing License and Supply Agreement

Under the terms of the manufacturing license and supply agreement, MEPL has granted to one of Novogen’s subsidiaries an exclusive, non-transferable sublicense to manufacture and supply phenoxodiol in its primary manufactured form. Novogen’s subsidiary has agreed to supply phenoxodiol to MEPL for the clinical trial development program and phenoxodiol’s ultimate commercial use. Novogen will supply phenoxodiol at cost plus a 50% markup.

Transactions amounting to $1,874,000, $1,239,000 and $79,000 were made under the services agreement and the manufacturing license and supply agreement with Novogen during the years ended June 30, 2004, June 30, 2003 and June 30, 2002 respectively. These amounts are recorded in research and development expenses and in selling general and administration. At June 30, 2004, $278,000 owed to Novogen under these agreements is included in amounts due to parent company. At June 30, 2003, $142,000 was included in amounts due to parent company.

Termination

Either party may terminate the agreement immediately at any time if the other party becomes the subject of certain bankruptcy proceedings, becomes unable to carry out the transactions contemplated by the agreement or breaches its obligations and does not cure such breach within 21 days notice. The Company may also terminate the agreement immediately if the license agreement expires or is terminated. Novogen may also terminate the agreement immediately if a change of control, as defined in the manufacturing license and supply agreement, occurs without the consent of Novogen.

Guarantee and Indemnity Agreement

The Company has guaranteed the payment and performance of the obligations of its subsidiary, Marshall Edwards Pty Limited, to Novogen and its subsidiaries, Novogen Laboratories Pty Limited and Novogen Research Pty Limited, under the license agreement, the manufacturing license and supply agreement and the services agreement. Novogen has guaranteed the performance of the obligations of Novogen Research Pty Limited under the license agreement and the obligations of

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Novogen Laboratories Pty Limited under the manufacturing license and supply agreement to Marshall Edwards Pty Limited. Each of the Company’s and Novogen’s obligations in the guarantee and indemnity agreement are absolute, unconditional and irrevocable.

Indemnification

The Company and Novogen have each agreed to indemnity the other if either of our respective subsidiaries default in the performance of any obligation under the license agreement, the manufacturing license and supply agreement or the services agreement. The defaulting party must indemnify the other against all losses, liabilities and expenses, including legal expenses on a full indemnity basis, incurred, directly or indirectly, as a result of that default. The party in default must pay the amount of those losses, liabilities and expenses on demand to the non-defaulting party. Furthermore, if Marshall Edwards Pty Limited defaults on its payment obligations, the Company must pay that money as directed by Novogen.

Termination

This agreement is a continuing obligation, and remains in full force until all the guaranteed obligations have been irrevocably paid and performed in full.

8. Equity

Marshall Edwards, Inc. (the “Company”) is a development stage company incorporated in December 2000 that commenced operations in May 2002 coinciding with its listing on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

In May 2002, the Company sold 2,523,000 shares of its common stock and 2,523,000 warrants, raising proceeds of $9,022,000, net of $1,070,000 of transaction costs. The warrants were exercisable prior to November 30, 2003 at an exercise price of $4.00 per share. The common stock was listed for trading on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”). Following the listing, Novogen Limited retained 95.1% of the Company’s common stock.

In June 2003, 9,000 warrants were exercised, resulting in proceeds to the Company of $36,000. In November 2003 the remaining 2,514,000 warrants were exercised at an exercise price of $4.00 per share with proceeds to the Company of $10,056,000.

In December 2003, the Company sold 2,392,000 common stock units at a public offering price of $7.50 per unit. Each common stock unit consisted of:

In connection with the December 2003 offering, the Company’s common stock and warrants commenced trading separately on the Nasdaq National Market. The Company received proceeds of $15,509,000, net of $2,431,000 transaction costs in the December 2003 offering. Following the offering, Novogen Limited retained 86.9% of the Company’s common stock.

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     9. Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)