Regenicin, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2020 March (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

Regenicin, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days

[ ] Yes [X] No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). [ ] Yes [X] No

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

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

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

State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 153,483,050 as of May 15, 2020.

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements 

Our consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q are as follows:

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and the SEC instructions to Form 10-Q. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the interim period ended March 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that can be expected for the full year.

REGENICIN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

REGENICIN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

REGENICIN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY

(UNAUDITED) 

(1) The number of shares in treasury stock for all periods presented was 4,428,360.

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

REGENICIN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. 

REGENICIN

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) 

NOTE 1 - THE COMPANY

Regenicin, Inc. (“Regenicin”), formerly known as Windstar, Inc., was incorporated in the state of Nevada on September 6, 2007. On July 19, 2010, the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation to change the name of the Company to Regenicin, Inc. In September 2013, Regenicin formed a new wholly owned subsidiary for the sole purpose of conducting research in the State of Georgia (together, the “Company”). The subsidiary has no activity since its formation due to the lack of funding. The Company’s business plan is to develop and commercialize a potentially lifesaving technology by the introduction of tissue-engineered skin substitutes to restore the qualities of healthy human skin for use in the treatment of burns, chronic wounds and a variety of plastic surgery procedures.

NOTE 2 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Interim Financial Statements:

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and note disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of those of a recurring nature) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the six months ended March 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending September 30, 2020. These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2019 contained herein has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2019 but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

Going Concern:

The Company's consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has incurred recurring losses and as of March 31, 2020, has an accumulated deficit of approximately $14.5 million from inception, expects to incur further losses in the development of its business and has been dependent on funding operations through the issuance of convertible debt and private sale of equity securities. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Currently management plans to finance operations through the private or public placement of debt and/or equity securities. However, no assurance can be given at this time as to whether the Company will be able to obtain such financing. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustment relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurement:

As of October 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASU No. 2016-01, “Financial Instruments-Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”. The new standard principally affects accounting standards for equity investments, financial liabilities where the fair value option has been elected, and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. Upon the effective date of the new standards, all equity investments in unconsolidated entities, other than those accounted for using the equity method of accounting, will generally be measured at fair value through earnings. There no longer is an available-for-sale classification and therefore, no changes in fair value will be reported in other comprehensive income (loss) for equity securities with readily determinable fair values. As a result of the adoption, the Company recorded a cumulative effect adjustment of a $950 decrease to accumulated other comprehensive income, and a corresponding decrease to accumulated deficit, as of October 1, 2018.

Common stock of Amarantus BioScience Holdings, Inc. (“Amarantus”) is carried at fair value in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Fair value is determined under the guidelines of GAAP which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Realized gains and losses, determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method, and unrealized gains and losses are included in other income (expense) on the statement of operations.

The common stock of Amarantus is valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the security is traded. This valuation methodology is considered to be using Level 1 inputs. The total value of Amarantus common stock at March 31, 2020 is $2,925. The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the six and three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was ($1,575), ($350), ($1,325) and $2,125 net of income taxes, respectively, and was reported as other income (expense).

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements:

Any recent pronouncements issued by the FASB or other authoritative standards groups with future effective dates are either not applicable or are not expected to be significant to the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

NOTE 3 - LOSS PER SHARE

Basic loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share gives effect to dilutive convertible securities, options, warrants and other potential common stock outstanding during the period; only in periods in which such effect is dilutive.

For the six and three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred net losses which cannot be diluted; therefore, basic and diluted loss per common share is the same. As of March 31, 2020 and 2019, shares issuable which could potentially dilute future earnings were as follows:

NOTE 4 – LOANS PAYABLE

Convertible Promissory Note – Officer:

Through September 30, 2019, John Weber, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, has advanced the Company a total of $238,133. From October 2019 through March 31, 2020 he advanced an additional $97,550 for a total of $335,683. On March 31, 2020, these advances were converted into a convertible promissory note. Interest on the note is computed at 5% per annum and accrues from the time of the advances until the maturity date. The maturity date is June 29, 2020 at which time all the accrued interest and principal becomes due. For the six and three months ended March 31, 2020 interest totaling $21,075 was accrued. The note is convertible at the option of the holder into shares of the Company’s common stock at the prevailing market rate on the date of conversion.

Loan Payable:

In February 2011, an investor advanced $10,000. The loan does not bear interest and is due on demand. At both March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, the loan payable totaled $10,000.

Loans Payable - Officer:

Through September 30, 2019, J. Roy Nelson, the Company’s Chief Science Officer, made net advances to the Company totaling $26,935. The loans do not bear interest and are due on demand.

In September 2018, Randall McCoy, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, advanced to the Company $4,500. The loan does not bear interest and is due on demand.

NOTE 5 - BRIDGE FINANCING

On December 21, 2011, the Company issued a $150,000 promissory note to an individual. The note bore interest so that the Company would repay $175,000 on the maturity date of June 21, 2012. Additional interest of 10% was charged on any late payments. The note was not paid at the maturity date and the Company is incurring additional interest as described above. At both March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, the note balance was $175,000. Interest expense was $8,776 and $8,726 for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Interest expense was $4,365 and $4,315 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Accrued interest on the note was $136,164 and $127,388 as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively, and is included in Accrued expenses - other in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

NOTE 6 - INCOME TAXES

The Company recorded no income tax expense for the six or three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 because the estimated annual effective tax rate was zero. As of March 31, 2020, the Company continues to provide a valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets since the Company believes it is more likely than not that its deferred tax assets will not be realized.

NOTE 7 – STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY

Preferred Stock:

Series A

At both March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, 885,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred”) were outstanding.

Series A Preferred pays a dividend of 8% per annum on the stated value and has a liquidation preference equal to the stated value of the shares ($885,000 liquidation preference as of March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 plus dividends in arrears as per below). Each share of Series A Preferred Stock has an initial stated value of $1 and is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at the rate of 10 for 1.

The Series A Preferred Stock was marketed through a private placement memorandum that included a reference to a ratchet provision which would have allowed the holders of the stock to claim a better conversion rate based on other stock transactions conducted by the Company during the three-year period following the original issuance of the shares. The Certificate of Designation does not contain a ratchet provision. Certain of the stock related transactions consummated by the Company during this time period may have triggered this ratchet provision, and thus created a claim by holders of the Series A Preferred Stock who purchased based on this representation for a greater conversion rate than initially provided. There have been no new developments related to the remaining Series A holders regarding this claim and the conversion rate of their Series A Preferred Stock. Changes to the preferred stock conversion ratio may result in modification or extinguishment accounting. That may result in a deemed preferred stock dividend which would reduce net income available to common stockholders in the calculation of earnings per share. Certain of the smaller Series A holders have already converted or provided notice of conversion of their shares. In respect of this claim, the Company and its outside counsel determined that it is not possible to offer an opinion regarding the outcome. An adverse outcome could materially increase the accumulated deficit.

The dividends are cumulative commencing on the issue date when and if declared by the Board of Directors. As of March 31, 2020, and September 30, 2019, dividends in arrears were $640,932 ($.72 per share) and $605,436 ($.68 per share), respectively.

Series B

Four million shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred”) have been authorized with a liquidation preference of $2.00 per share. Each share of Series B Preferred is convertible into ten shares of common stock. Holders of Series B Preferred have a right to a dividend (pro-rata to each holder) based on a percentage of the gross revenue earned by the Company in the United States, if any, and the number of outstanding shares of Series B Preferred, as follows: Year 1 - Total Dividend to all Series B holders = .03 x Gross Revenue in the U.S. Year 2 - Total Dividend to all Series B holders = .02 x Gross Revenue in the U.S. Year 3 - Total Dividend to all Series B holders = .01 x Gross Revenue in the U.S. At March 31, 2020, no shares of Series B Preferred are outstanding.

NOTE 8 - STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company accounts for equity instruments issued in exchange for the receipt of goods or services from other than employees in accordance with FASB ASC 505, “Equity.” Costs are measured at the estimated fair value of the consideration received or the estimated fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is more reliably measurable. The value of equity instruments issued for consideration other than employee services is determined on the earlier of a performance commitment or completion of performance by the provider of goods or services as defined by ASC 505.

On January 6, 2011, the Company approved the issuance of 885,672 options to each of the four members of the board of directors at an exercise price of $0.035, as amended, per share that were to expire, as extended, on December 31, 2018. Effective as of the expiration date, the Company extended the term of those options for two of the directors to December 31, 2023. All other contractual terms of the options remained the same. The option exercise price was compared to the fair market value of the Company’s shares on the date when the extension was authorized by the Company, resulting in the immediate recognition of $1,316 in compensation expense. There is no deferred compensation expense associated with this transaction, since all extended options had previously been fully vested. The extended options were valued utilizing the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: Exercise price of $0.035, expected volatility of 25.54%, risk free rate of 2.51% and expected term of 5 years.

On January 15, 2015, the Company approved the issuance of 10,000,000 options to one of its Officers at an exercise price of $0.02 per share that were set to expire on January 15, 2019. Effective December 31, 2018, the Company extended the term of those options to December 31, 2023. All other contractual terms of the options remained the same. The option exercise price was compared to the fair market value of the Company’s shares on the date when the extension was authorized by the Company, resulting in the immediate recognition of $29,508 in compensation expense. There is no deferred compensation expense associated with this transaction, since all extended options had previously been fully vested. The extended options were valued utilizing the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: Exercise price of $0.02, expected volatility of 25.54%, risk free rate of 2.51% and expected term of 5 years.

Stock-based compensation is included as a separate line item in operating expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

NOTE 9 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company’s principal executive offices are located in Little Falls, New Jersey. The headquarters is located in the offices of McCoy Enterprises LLC, an entity controlled by Mr. McCoy. The office is attached to his residence but has its own entrances, restroom and kitchen facilities.

The Company also maintains an office at Carbon & Polymer Research Inc. ("CPR") in Pennington, New Jersey, which is the Company's materials and testing laboratory. An officer of the Company is an owner of CPR.

No rent is charged for either premises.

On May 16, 2016, the Company entered into an agreement with CPR in which CPR will supply the collagen scaffolds used in the Company's production of the skin tissue. The contract contains a most favored customer clause guaranteeing the Company prices equal or lower than those charged to other customers. The Company has not yet made purchases from CPR.

See Note 4 for loans payable to related parties.

NOTE 10 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated subsequent events through the date of this filing.

The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 virus on the Company’s industry. While it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of the operations, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. 

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

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements, other than purely historical information, including estimates, projections, statements relating to our business plans, objectives, and expected operating results, and the assumptions upon which those statements are based, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believes,” “project,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “strategy,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe-harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are including this statement for purposes of complying with those safe-harbor provisions. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Our ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Factors which could have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects on a consolidated basis include, but are not limited to: changes in economic conditions, legislative/regulatory changes, availability of capital, interest rates, competition, and generally accepted accounting principles. These risks and uncertainties should also be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Further information concerning our business, including additional factors that could materially affect our financial results, is included herein and in our other filings with the SEC.

Overview 

As reported, in our previous filings in 2019, the risk of introducing pathogens when using materials from animals to produce drugs, devices, and biologics has increased awareness of the safety issues. Covid 19 has now clearly demonstrated the dire consequences when pathogens from animals are introduced into humans. The pandemic has also exposed the weaknesses in our healthcare system and its dependence on foreign supply chain. NovaDerm^® and future Regenicin products will be the first and only products that use domestic closed herd animal sourced materials like collagen to produce the life-saving products. We have been working with our collagen supplier and the FDA to ensure we are meeting the expectations for traceability and purity of the FDA for NovaDerm^® production.

Covid 19 has also had a devastating economic impact and caused our potential investor, particularly, the U.S. Government to reassess and prioritize their current financial requirements. 

Our major objective for 2020 remains to secure funding to finalize some additional requirements of the IND application and begin the clinical trials. It is estimated that the direct costs to finalize the IND will be approximately $1.9 million, and the cost to complete Phase 1/2 of the clinical trial will be approximately $5.0 million. As previously reported, our goal in obtaining this funding has been to minimize shareholders' dilution as much as possible. Consequently, we are continuing to primarily pursuing financing through the issuance of a debt instrument, international licensing agreements and government grants. 

We will continue to work with potential investors in order to pursue the necessary funding based on our stated objectives. It has taken longer to raise the funds than originally estimated; however, despite the concerns of the virus, we remain confident that our goal is achievable. In the interim, the officers and related parties intend to continue to fund our essential operating costs as they have in the past.

In preparation of the IND application, we will continue to develop the testing suggested by the FDA during the Pre-IND meeting. Our scaffold supplier continues to introduce the FDA suggested testing on collagen processing which addresses Bovine Closed Herd requirements for the tighter safety and traceability of the collagen scaffolds used to produce NovaDerm^®. Our scaffold supplier is close to entering a contract for ASTM-F2212 testing of Type I collagen. We continue discussions and evaluation of possible clinical trial sites for NovaDerm^®. Our discussions have confirmed that patient recruitment and enrollment should be faster and less complicated than other clinical trials because of our Orphan Designation and the surgical protocol will be similar to the grafting procedures currently in use at those facilities. NovaDerm^® should thus require minimal physician training and documentation to complete the clinical trial, when and if conducted.

Subject to funding, the initial trials are planned to begin with a total of ten subjects and an Initial Data Safety Monitoring Board, (DSMB), review of safety on the first three subjects once they have reached 6 months follow-up. We do not intend to interrupt our trial waiting for the DSMB report. Our management’s approach is to set up the trials so as to allow for a seamless transition into commercial production upon approval.

We have arranged for sufficient Bovine Closed Herd corium to produce sufficient collagen scaffolds to meet our needs for the clinical trials if they are conducted.

Our first cultured skin substitute product candidate, NovaDerm^®, is a multi-layered tissue-engineered living skin prepared by utilizing autologous (patient’s own) skin cells. It is a graftable cultured epithelium skin substitute containing both epidermal and dermal components with a collagen base. Clinically, we expect our Cultured Skin substitute self-to-self skin graft product will perform the same as split thickness allograft skin. Our Autologous cultured skin substitute should not be rejected by the immune system of the patient, unlike porcine or cadaver cellular grafts. Immune system rejection is a serious concern in Xeno-transplant procedures which have a cellular component. The use of our cultured skin substitute should not require any specialized physician training because it is applied the same as in a standard split thickness allograft procedure.

NovaDerm® does not require the large harvest areas that are required when performing split thickness allograft procedures. NovaDerm^® is designed to need only a small area of harvest material to cover the wound. Where split thickness allograft skin can be stretched 2 to 4 times, NovaDerm® can expand the coverage 100 to 400 times, greatly reducing scarring from harvesting. There are limits to how much burned area can be covered with the current split thickness allograft procedure. When a patient has more than 50% of their body with full thickness burns there is not enough harvest area available to cover the area so the same area harvested must be allowed to grow back the replacement skin before it can be harvested the second or third time, allowing to wound area open with high risk of infection and even mortality.

Clinically speaking, a product designed to treat a life-threatening condition must be available for the patient when needed. Our Culture skin substitute is being developed to be ready to apply to the patient when the patient is ready for grafting, within the first month of the patient being admitted to the hospital. Patients with serious burn injuries may not be in a condition to be grafted on a predefined schedule made more than a month in advance. Therefore, in order to accommodate the patient’s needs, we are striving to ensure that our cultured skin substitute will have an adequate shelf life and manufacturing schedule to ensure it is available whether the patient needs it the first month, or any day after, until the patient’s wound is completely covered and closed. We intend to provide the patient enough NovaDerm® to meet the patients’ needs in a single lot of material with adequate shelf life to be available when the patient is ready. With our extended shelf life and enough material in the first shipment the physician may perform a second grafting 5 or ten days post grafting period 1.

Our second product is anticipated to be TempaDerm®. TempaDerm® uses cells obtained from human donors to develop banks of cryo-preserved (frozen) cells and cultured skin substitute to provide a continuous supply of non-allogenic skin substitutes to treat much smaller wound areas on patients, such as ulcers. This product is expected to have applications in the treatment of chronic skin wounds such as diabetic ulcers, decubitus ulcers and venous stasis ulcers. This product is also expected to be similar to our burn indication product, except for the indications, and it will not depend totally on autologous cells. In fact, it may be possible to use the excess cultured skin that was originally produced for use on the patient that donated the cells used to grow the skin. Hopefully, TempaDerm® will be able to take this original cultured skin and use it on someone other than the original donor. As currently planned, TempaDerm® has the possibility of using banked cells, or even frozen cultured skin substitutes, to carry inventory to satisfy unknown needs or large volumes to meet the demands created in large scale disasters. Because of our focus to date on NovaDerm®, we have taken only limited steps toward the development of TempaDerm®. We may also decellularize TempaDerm^® or NovaDerm^® to make collagen wound coverings containing all the natural growth promoters found in skin.

We believe this technology has many different uses beyond the burn indication. The other uses may include chronic wounds, reconstructive surgery, other complex organs and tissues. Some of the individual components of our planned cultured skin substitute technology is expected to be developed for devices, such as tendon wraps made of collagen or collagen temporary coverings of large area wounds to protect the patients from infections while waiting for the permanent skin substitute. The collagen technology used for cultured skin substitutes, as designed, is expected to be used for many different applications in wound healing and stem cell technology and even drug delivery systems.

We could pursue any or all of the indications simultaneously if financing permitted, but for now we will seek approval for burns first as an Orphan Biologic Product to establish significant safety data and then Biological License Approval.

Results of Operations for the Six and Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019

We generated no revenues from September 6, 2007 (date of inception) to March 31, 2020. We do not expect to generate revenues until we are able to obtain FDA approval of our product and thereafter successfully market and sell the product.

Operating expenses, consisting solely of general and administrative expenses, amount to $335,208 and $162,858 for the six and three months ended March 31, 2020, compared with $415,153 and $176,161 for the six and three months ended March 31, 2019. The decrease was the result of a decrease in insurance expense and stock-based compensation.

Other income (expenses) totaled $31,426 and $25,790 for the six and three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to $10,504 and $2,190 for the six and three months ended March 31, 2019. Other income (expenses) consisted primarily of interest expense. The increase in interest expense related primarily to interest charged on a convertible note issued to John Weber, the Company’s chief financial officer, on March 31, 2020.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2020, we had cash of $1,479. At September 30, 2019, we had cash of $815.

Operating activities used $96,886 in cash for the six months ended March 31, 2020. The decrease in cash was primarily attributable to funding the loss for the period.

There were no investing activities during the reported period.

Cash flows from financing activities for the six months ended March 31, 2020 represent proceeds from loans from an officer of $97,550. 

We have issued various promissory notes to meet our short term demands, the terms of which are provided in the notes to the consolidated financial statements accompanying this report. While this source of bridge financing has been helpful in the short term to meet our financial obligations, we will need additional financing to fund our operations, continue with the FDA approval process, and implement our business plan. Our long term financial needs are estimated at about $8-10 million.

Based upon our current financial condition, we do not have sufficient cash to operate our business at the current level for the next twelve months. We intend to fund operations through increased debt and/or equity financing arrangements, which may be insufficient to fund expenditures or other cash requirements. We plan to seek additional financing in a private equity or debt offering to secure funding for operations. Alternatively, we have been discussing the possibility of obtaining financing through a merger and/or other arrangements related to combining with other related companies or a going private transaction. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in raising additional funding or in entering into any of these sorts of arrangements. If we are not able to secure additional funding, the implementation of our business plan will be impaired. There can be no assurance that such additional financing will be available to us on acceptable terms or at all.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of March 31, 2020, there were no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Going Concern

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. We have incurred operating losses from inception, expect to incur further losses in the development of our business, and have been dependent on funding operations through the issuance of convertible debt and private sale of equity securities. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans include continuing to finance operations through the private or public placement of debt and/or equity securities and the reduction of expenditures. However, no assurance can be given at this time as to whether we will be able to achieve these objectives. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustment relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

A smaller reporting company is not required to provide the information required by this Item.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of March 31, 2020. This evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of March 31, 2020, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the presence of material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Management has identified the following material weaknesses which have caused management to conclude that, as of March 31, 2020, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective: (i) inadequate segregation of duties and effective risk assessment; and (ii) insufficient written policies and procedures for accounting and financial reporting with respect to the requirements and application of both US GAAP and SEC guidelines.

Remediation Plan to Address the Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our company plans to take steps to enhance and improve the design of our internal controls over financial reporting. During the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, we have not been able to remediate the material weaknesses identified above. To remediate such weaknesses, we plan to implement the following changes during our fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 assuming we are able to obtain necessary funding: (i) appoint additional qualified personnel to address inadequate segregation of duties and ineffective risk management; and (ii) adopt sufficient written policies and procedures for accounting and financial reporting. The remediation efforts set out are largely dependent upon our securing additional financing to cover the costs of implementing the changes required. If we are unsuccessful in securing such funds, remediation efforts may be adversely affected in a material manner.

We are unable to remedy our controls related to the inadequate segregation of duties and ineffective risk management until we receive financing to hire additional employees. 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended March 31, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonable likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings 

We are not a party to any pending legal proceeding. We are not aware of any pending legal proceeding to which any of our officers, directors, or any beneficial holders of 5% or more of our voting securities are adverse to us or have a material interest adverse to us.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

A smaller reporting company is not required to provide the information required by this Item.

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

None.

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities

None

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None

Item 6. Exhibits

SIGNATURES

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