Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2007 June (Form 10-Q)
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
þ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the Quarter ended June 30, 2007
OR
o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 001-33216
OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
68-0423298 (I.R.S Employer Identification No.) |
1129 N. McDowell Blvd.
Petaluma, CA 94954
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Petaluma, CA 94954
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code (707) 782-0792
Indicate by check 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 filings requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filter, an accelerated filer,
or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act (Check One):
Large Accelerated Filer o Accelerated Filer o Non-Accelerated Filer þ
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
As of July 31, 2007 the number of shares outstanding of the registrants Common Stock, $0.0001 par
value, was 11,884,994.
OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC.
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OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
June 30, | March 31, | |||||||
2007 | 2007 | |||||||
(unaudited) | ||||||||
ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 12,850 | $ | 19,050 | ||||
Restricted cash |
2,008 | 2,000 | ||||||
Accounts receivable, net |
1,296 | 1,364 | ||||||
Inventories |
281 | 282 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
1,137 | 1,172 | ||||||
Total current assets |
17,572 | 23,868 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net |
2,235 | 2,207 | ||||||
Restricted cash |
50 | 49 | ||||||
Debt issue costs, net |
680 | 826 | ||||||
Total assets |
$ | 20,537 | $ | 26,950 | ||||
LIABILITIES |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
$ | 1,814 | $ | 2,551 | ||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
1,209 | 1,421 | ||||||
Current portion of long-term debt |
5,895 | 6,045 | ||||||
Current portion of capital lease obligations |
17 | 17 | ||||||
Total current liabilities |
8,935 | 10,034 | ||||||
Long-term debt, less current portion |
1,634 | 1,990 | ||||||
Capital lease obligations, less current portion |
20 | 25 | ||||||
Deferred revenue |
350 | | ||||||
Total liabilities |
10,939 | 12,049 | ||||||
Commitments and Contingencies |
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Stockholders Equity |
||||||||
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized,
11,844,411 shares issued and outstanding
at June 30, 2007 (unaudited) and March 31,
2007 |
1 | 1 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
85,961 | 85,751 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(859 | ) | (364 | ) | ||||
Accumulated deficit |
(75,505 | ) | (70,487 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders equity |
9,598 | 14,901 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders equity |
$ | 20,537 | $ | 26,950 | ||||
See accompanying notes
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OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)
Three months ended June | ||||||||
30, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Revenues |
||||||||
Product |
$ | 632 | $ | 904 | ||||
Service |
234 | 174 | ||||||
Total revenues |
866 | 1,078 | ||||||
Cost of revenues |
||||||||
Product |
376 | 504 | ||||||
Service |
241 | 201 | ||||||
Total cost of revenues |
617 | 705 | ||||||
Gross profit |
249 | 373 | ||||||
Operating expenses |
||||||||
Research and development |
2,207 | 767 | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative |
3,458 | 3,646 | ||||||
Total operating expenses |
5,665 | 4,413 | ||||||
Loss from operations |
(5,416 | ) | (4,040 | ) | ||||
Interest expense |
(339 | ) | (39 | ) | ||||
Interest income |
206 | 58 | ||||||
Other income (expense), net |
531 | (276 | ) | |||||
Net loss |
(5,018 | ) | (4,297 | ) | ||||
Preferred stock dividends |
| (121 | ) | |||||
Net loss available to common stockholders |
$ | (5,018 | ) | $ | (4,418 | ) | ||
Net loss per common share: basic and diluted |
$ | (0.42 | ) | $ | (1.05 | ) | ||
Weighted-average number of shares used in per common share calculations: |
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Basic and diluted |
11,844 | 4,220 | ||||||
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax |
||||||||
Net loss |
$ | (5,018 | ) | $ | (4,418 | ) | ||
Foreign currency translation adjustments |
(495 | ) | 214 | |||||
Comprehensive loss |
$ | (5,513 | ) | $ | (4,204 | ) | ||
See accompanying notes
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OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders Equity
(In thousands, except share amounts)
(unaudited)
Accum- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock ($0.0001) | Additional | Compre- | Accum- | |||||||||||||||||||||
Par Value | Paid in | Hensive | ulated | |||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Capital | Loss | Deficit | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance, April 1, 2007 |
11,844,411 | $ | 1 | $ | 85,751 | $ | (364 | ) | $ | (70,487 | ) | $ | 14,901 | |||||||||||
Amortization of
stock-based
compensation |
| | 38 | | | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-employee
stock-based
compensation |
| | 5 | | | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fair value adjustment
related to common stock
warrants with service
conditions |
| | 46 | | | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||
Employee stock-based
compensation expense
recognized under SFAS
No. 123R, net of
forfeitures |
| | 121 | | | 121 | ||||||||||||||||||
Translation adjustment |
| | | (495 | ) | | (495 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Net loss |
| | | | (5,018 | ) | (5,018 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance, June 30, 2007 |
11,844,411 | $ | 1 | $ | 85,961 | $ | (859 | ) | $ | (75,505 | ) | $ | 9,598 | |||||||||||
See accompanying notes
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OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
June 30, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities |
||||||||
Net loss from operations |
$ | (5,018 | ) | $ | (4,297 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
167 | 161 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation |
210 | 124 | ||||||
Non-cash interest expense |
146 | 17 | ||||||
Unrealized foreign exchange gain |
(528 | ) | | |||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Accounts receivable |
96 | (382 | ) | |||||
Inventories |
5 | (35 | ) | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
42 | 71 | ||||||
Accounts payable |
(743 | ) | (709 | ) | ||||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
132 | 259 | ||||||
Net cash used in operating activities |
(5,491 | ) | (4,791 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Purchases of property and equipment |
(100 | ) | (272 | ) | ||||
Increase in restricted cash |
(8 | ) | | |||||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(108 | ) | (272 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Deferred offering costs |
| (531 | ) | |||||
Proceeds from issuances of long-term debt |
| 4,250 | ||||||
Principal payments on debt |
(582 | ) | (195 | ) | ||||
Payments on capital lease obligations |
(5 | ) | (4 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
(587 | ) | 3,520 | |||||
Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents |
(14 | ) | 229 | |||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
(6,200 | ) | (1,314 | ) | ||||
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period |
19,050 | 7,448 | ||||||
Cash and equivalents, end of period |
$ | 12,850 | $ | 6,134 | ||||
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: |
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Cash paid for interest |
$ | 275 | $ | 19 | ||||
Fair value of warrants issued with line of credit |
$ | | $ | 1,046 | ||||
Financed equipment |
$ | 76 | $ | | ||||
See accompanying notes
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OCULUS INNOVATIVE SCIENCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
Note 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Organization
Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. (the Company) was incorporated under the laws of the State
of California in April 1999 and was reincorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in
December 2006. The Companys principal office is located in Petaluma, California. The Company
develops, manufactures and markets a family of products intended to prevent and eliminate infection
in acute and chronic wounds. The Companys platform technology, Microcyn, is a non-irritating,
proprietary oxychlorine compound that is designed to eliminate a wide range of bacteria, viruses,
fungi and spores without promoting the development of resistant strains of pathogens. The Company
conducts its business worldwide, with significant operating subsidiaries in Europe and Mexico.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2007 and
for the three months then ended have been prepared on the same basis as the annual audited
consolidated financial statements. The unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June
30, 2007, condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2007
and 2006, condensed consolidated statement of stockholders equity for the three months ended June
30, 2007 and condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended June 30,
2007 and 2006 are unaudited, but include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring
adjustments, which the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of the financial
position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented. The results for the three
months ended June 30, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year
ending March 31, 2008 or for any future interim period. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at
March 31, 2007 has been derived from audited consolidated financial statements. However, it does
not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States for complete consolidated financial statements. The accompanying condensed
consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements and notes thereto included in the Companys Form 10-K/A, which was filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2007.
Revenue Recognition
The Company generates revenue from sales of its products to hospitals, medical centers,
doctors, pharmacies, and distributors. The Company sells its products directly to third parties and
to distributors through various cancelable distribution agreements. The Company has also entered
into agreements to license its technology.
The Company also provides regulatory compliance testing and quality assurance services to
medical device and pharmaceutical companies.
The Company applies the revenue recognition principles set forth in Securities and
Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 104 Revenue Recognition with respect to all
of its revenue. Accordingly, the Company records revenue when (i) persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred, (iii) the fee is fixed or determinable, and (iv)
collectability of the sale is reasonably assured.
The Company requires all of its product sales to be supported by evidence of a sale
transaction that clearly indicates the selling price to the customer, shipping terms and payment
terms. Evidence of an arrangement generally consists of a contract or purchase order approved by
the customer. The Company has ongoing relationships with certain customers from which it
customarily accepts orders by telephone in lieu of a purchase order.
The Company recognizes revenue at the time in which it receives a confirmation that the
goods were either tendered at their destination when shipped FOB destination, or transferred to a
shipping agent when shipped FOB shipping point. Delivery to the customer is deemed to have
occurred when the customer takes title to the product. Generally, title passes to the customer upon
shipment, but could occur when the customer receives the product based on the terms of the
agreement with the customer.
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The selling prices of all goods that the Company sells are fixed, and agreed to with the
customer, prior to shipment. Selling prices are generally based on established list prices. The
Company does not customarily permit its customers to return any of its products for monetary
refunds or credit against completed or future sales. The Company, from time to time, may replace
expired goods on a discretionary basis. During the three months ended June 30, 2007, the Company
recorded a $28,000 estimated allowance for future sales returns.
The Company evaluates the creditworthiness of new customers and monitors the
creditworthiness of its existing customers to determine whether events or changes in their
financial circumstances would raise doubt as to the collectability of a sale at the time in which a
sale is made. Payment terms on sales made in the United States are generally 30 days and
internationally, generally range from 30 days to 180 days.
In the event a sale is made to a customer under circumstances in which collectability is
not reasonably assured, the Company either requires the customer to remit payment prior to shipment
or defers recognition of the revenue until the time of collection. The Company maintains a reserve
for amounts which may not be collectible due to risk of credit losses.
The Company has entered into distribution agreements in Europe. Recognition of revenue
and related cost of revenue from product sales is deferred until the product is sold from the
distributors to their customers.
When the Company receives letters of credit and the terms of the sale provide for no
right of return except to replace defective product, revenue is recognized when the letter of
credit becomes effective and the product is shipped.
The Company has entered into licensing agreements that generally provide for
non-refundable license fees and/or milestone payments. The licensing agreements typically require a
non-refundable license fee and allow licensees to sell our proprietary products in a defined
territory for a specified period of time. A milestone payment is a payment made by a licensee to us
upon achievement of a pre-determined event, as defined in the applicable agreement. Non-refundable
license fees and milestone payments are initially reported as deferred revenue. They are recognized
as revenue over the remaining contractual term using the straight-line method or until the
agreement is terminated. No milestone revenue is recognized until the Company has completed the
required milestone-related services as set forth in licensing agreements.
Revenue from consulting contracts is recognized as services are provided. Revenue from
testing contracts is recognized as tests are completed and a final report is sent to the customer.
Stock-Based Compensation
On April 1, 2006, the Company adopted the prospective method with respect to accounting
for its transition to Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 123(R) Share Based
Payment (SFAS 123(R)). Accordingly, the Company recognized in salaries and related expense in
the condensed consolidated statement of operations $38,000 and $52,000 of stock-based compensation
expense during the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, which represents the
intrinsic value amortization of options granted prior to April 1, 2006 that the Company is
continuing to account for using the recognition and measurement principles prescribed under APB 25.
The Company also recognized in salaries and related expense in the condensed consolidated statement
of operations $121,000 of stock-based compensation expense during the three months ended June 30,
2007 which represents the amortization of the fair value of options granted subsequent to adoption
of SFAS 123(R).
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FASB Interpretation No. 48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. This Interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold
and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position
taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. This Interpretation also provides guidance on
derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure,
and transition. The Interpretation is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006.
See Note 7 for further discussion of the impact of adoption of this pronouncement on April 1,
2007.
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In February 2007, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, The Fair
Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (SFAS 159). SFAS 159, which includes
an amendment to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, Accounting for Certain
Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, permits entities the option to measure many financial
instruments and certain other items at fair value. SFAS 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning
after November 15, 2007. The Company is in the process of determining the impact that SFAS 159 will
have on its financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other
standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have
a material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.
Net Loss per Share
The Company computes net loss per share in accordance with SFAS No. 128 Earnings Per
Share and has applied the guidance enumerated in Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 98 (SAB Topic 4D)
with respect to evaluating its issuances of equity securities during all periods presented.
Under SFAS No. 128, basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss per share
available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for
the period and excludes the effects of any potentially dilutive securities. Diluted earnings per
share, if presented, would include the dilution that would occur upon the exercise or conversion of
all potentially dilutive securities into common stock using the treasury stock and/or if
converted methods as applicable. The computation of basic loss per share excludes potentially
dilutive securities because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.
In addition to the above, the SEC (under SAB Topic 4D) requires new registrants to
retroactively include the dilutive effect of common stock or potential common stock issued for
nominal consideration during all periods presented in its computation of basic earnings (loss) per
share and diluted earnings (loss) per share as if they were, in substance, recapitalizations. The
Company evaluated all of its issuances of equity securities and determined that it had no nominal
issuances of common stock or common stock equivalents to include in its computation of loss per
share for any of the periods presented.
The following securities were excluded from basic and diluted net loss per share calculation
because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive (in thousands):
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
June 30, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Anti-dilutive securities not included in
basic and diluted net loss per share |
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Options to purchase common stock |
2,499 | 1,955 | ||||||
Restricted stock units |
60 | | ||||||
Warrants to purchase common stock |
1,369 | 858 | ||||||
Convertible preferred stock
(as if converted) |
| 3,984 | ||||||
Warrants to purchase convertible preferred stock
(as if converted) |
| 89 | ||||||
3,928 | 6,886 | |||||||
As
described in Note 9, on August 13, 2007 the Company closed a
private placement of 1,262,500 shares of its common stock and
warrants to purchase 416,625 shares of common stock.
Common Stock Purchase Warrants and Other Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company accounts for the issuance of common stock purchase warrants issued and other
free standing derivative financial instruments in accordance with the provisions of Emerging Issues
Task Force Issue (EITF) 00-19 Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and
Potentially Settled in, a Companys Own Stock (EITF 00-19). Based on the provisions of EITF
00-19, the Company classifies as equity any contracts that (i) require physical settlement or
net-share settlement or (ii) gives the Company a choice of net-cash settlement or
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settlement in its own shares (physical settlement or net-share settlement). The Company
classifies as assets or liabilities any contracts that (i) require net-cash settlement (including a
requirement to net cash settle the contract if an event occurs and if that event is outside the
control of the Company) or (ii) gives the counterparty a choice of net-cash settlement or
settlement in shares (physical settlement or net-share settlement).
The Company completed a classification assessment of all of its freestanding derivative
financial instruments as of June 30, 2007 and determined that such instruments meet the criteria
for equity classification in accordance with EITF 00-19.
Note 2. Liquidity and Financial Condition
The Company incurred a net loss of $5,018,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007. At
June 30, 2007 the Companys accumulated deficit amounted to $75,505,000. In the three months ended
June 30, 2007, net cash used in operating activities amounted to $5,491,000.
The Company currently anticipates that its cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
balances, together with revenues it expects to generate and interest it expects to earn on invested
funds will be sufficient to meet its anticipated cash requirements through at least July 1, 2008.
The Company also expects to continue incurring losses for the foreseeable future and must raise
substantial additional capital during the year ending March 31, 2008 to pursue its product
development initiatives, fund clinical trials and penetrate markets for the sale of its products.
The Company is currently planning to commence Phase 3 clinical trials of its Microcyn products.
Management considers the execution and eventual completion of these trials to be a critical
milestone in the development of the business. These clinical trials are likely to be lengthy and
expensive and cannot be completed unless the Company raises capital in addition to
the private placement described below. These clinical trials must also be completed in order for the Company to
commercialize Microcyn as a drug product in the United States.
As
described in Note 9, on August 8, 2007, the Company entered
into definitive agreements with institutional and other accredited
investors for the private placement of up to 1,262,500 shares of
its common stock at a purchase price of $8.00 per share, and warrants
to purchase an aggregate of 416,625 shares of common stock at an
exercise price of $9.50 per share for gross
proceeds of $10.1 million and net proceeds of $9.3 million (after the
agents commissions and expenses). The Company expects to use the
proceeds of this transaction to fund clinical trials and related
research; to fund expansion of our laboratory and clinical
facilities; and for unspecified working capital needs. The Company
expects to use approximately $700,000 to make normal recurring
payments on outstanding debt.
Additionally,
pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to the Burlingame loan agreement
(Note 3), as a result of this transaction the Company will be
required to promptly repay the $4.0 million outstanding note
balance and interest. This note was originally scheduled to be repaid
on November 7, 2007, but will now be repaid in August 2007 out
of existing cash reserves.
Management believes that the Company has access to capital resources through possible
public or private equity offerings, debt financings, corporate collaborations or other means;
however, the Company has not secured any commitment for new financing at this time nor can it
provide any assurance that new financing will be available on commercially acceptable terms, if at
all. If the Company is unable to secure additional capital, it will be required to curtail its
research and development initiatives, delay clinical trials and take additional measures to reduce
costs in order to conserve its cash. These measures could cause significant delays in the Companys
efforts to commercialize its products in the United States, which is critical to the realization of
its business plan and the future operations of the Company.
Note 3. Balance Sheet
Inventories
Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):
June 30, | ||||
2007 | ||||
(unaudited) | ||||
Raw materials |
$ | 283 | ||
Finished goods |
104 | |||
387 | ||||
Less: inventory allowances |
(106 | ) | ||
$ | 281 | |||
Notes Payable
On June 14, 2006, the Company entered into a credit facility providing it with up to
$5,000,000 of available credit. The facility permitted the Company to borrow up to a maximum of
$2,750,000 for growth capital, $1,250,000 for working capital based on eligible accounts receivable
and $1,000,000 in equipment financing. In June 2006, the
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Company drew an aggregate of $4,182,000 of borrowings under this facility. These borrowings
are payable in 30 to 33 fixed monthly installments with interest at rates ranging from 12.4% to
12.7% per annum, maturing at various times through April 9, 2009. The Company has no unused
availability under this credit facility since amounts drawn under the working capital facility were
based upon an initial measurement of eligible accounts receivable.
In connection with the borrowings under this facility, the Company also issued to the
lender warrants to purchase up to 71,521 shares of its common stock. The aggregate fair value of
all warrants issued to the lender under this arrangement amounts to $1,046,000. This amount was
recorded as debt issue costs in the June 30, 2007 condensed consolidated balance sheet and is being
amortized as interest expense over the term of the credit facility of 30 to 33 months.
Borrowings under the growth capital line are collateralized by the total assets of the
Company. Borrowings under the equipment line are collateralized by the underlying assets funded,
and borrowings under the working capital line are collateralized by eligible accounts receivable.
On a monthly basis, the Company must maintain a 1:1 ratio of borrowing under the working capital
line to eligible accounts receivable. The Company has 30 days from each measurement date to either
increase eligible accounts receivable or pay the excess principal in the event that the ratio is
less than 1:1. No restrictive covenants exist for either the equipment line or the growth capital
line. The Company is not required to direct customer remittances to a lock box, nor does the credit
agreement provide for subjective acceleration of the loans.
In connection with these notes, for the three months ended June 30, 2007, the Company made
$358,000 of principal payments, $100,000 of interest payments and recorded $105,000 of non-cash
interest expense related to the amortization of debt issue costs. The aggregate remaining principal
balance under this facility amounted to $2,972,000, including $1,548,000 in the current portion of
long term debt in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2007. As of
March 31, 2007, the Company no longer had the ability to draw additional funds on the various
lines.
On March 29, 2007, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the loan agreement
described above. Pursuant to the amendment the lender and the Company agreed that the security
interest in the Companys intellectual property would be removed and the lenders security interest
in the Companys assets would not include the Companys intellectual property unless and until the
Companys cash and cash equivalents fall below 600% of the Companys average monthly expenses less
non-cash charges. At March 31, 2007, the Companys cash and cash equivalents position was in excess
of 600% of its average monthly expenses and therefore the lender had
no security interest in the Companys intellectual property. At June 30, 2007, the Companys cash and cash equivalents position was in not in excess
of 600% of its average monthly expenses and therefore the lender has
a security interest in the Companys intellectual property. On
an ongoing basis, the Company will periodically review and assess
whether the security interest in the Companys intellectual
property should be released or remain in effect. The Companys intellectual
property is used only as collateral and remains in the Companys
control unless the lender takes action after an event of default by
the Company under the loan
agreements.
From
July 1, 2006 to March 25, 2007, the Company financed
insurance premiums in the aggregate amount of $805,000 with interest rates ranging from 7.0% to 9.7% per annum. The Company made principal payments of $192,000 and interest
payments of $11,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2007.
The remaining balance on these financings amounted to $288,000 at June 30, 2007, and is included in the current portion of long-term debt in
the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. On July 3, 2007, the Company paid all
outstanding principal and interest under these financings.
On November 7, 2006, the Company signed a loan agreement with Robert Burlingame, one of
the Companys directors, in the amount of $4,000,000, which was funded on November 10, 2006 and
which accrues interest at an annual rate of 7%. Concurrently, Mr. Burlingame became a consultant to
the Company under a two-year consulting agreement, and was appointed to fill a vacancy on the
Companys Board of Directors. After the closure of the private
placement of the Companys common stock described in
Note 3, the Company became obligated to promptly repay
outstanding amounts under the loan agreement. The Company intends to
pay $2 million under the loan agreement on August 15, 2007,
and the remaining $2 million and accrued interest on
August 31, 2007 (Note 3). The loan is secured by all
assets of the Company, other than intellectual property, and is subordinate to the security
interest held by the Companys secured lender. At the time the principal was advanced to the
Company, Brookstreet, who acted as the agent in this transaction, was paid a fee of $50,000 and was
granted a warrant to purchase 25,000 shares of the Companys common stock at an exercise price of
$18.00 per share. The aggregate fair value of all warrants issued to the agent under this
arrangement amounts to $105,000. This amount in addition to the $50,000 cash payment was recorded
as debt issue costs in the June 30, 2007 condensed consolidated balance sheet and is being
amortized as interest expense over the term of the credit facility. During the three months ended
June 30, 2007, the Company recorded $39,000 of non-cash interest expense related to the
amortization of the debt issue costs and paid $158,000 of interest expense related to this note of
which $109,000 was accrued at March 31, 2007. For the three
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months ended June 30, 2007, interest expense for this note was $73,000. The $4,000,000 loan
is included in the current portion of long-term debt in the accompanying condensed consolidated
balance sheet at June 30, 2007.
On March 29, 2007, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the loan agreement
described above. Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company will make monthly interest payments on the
$4,000,000 principal of the original promissory note and deposited $2,000,000 into a segregated
interest-bearing account. Under a second Amendment No. 2 to the loan agreement, Mr. Burlingame has
been granted sole signatory rights on this account but may not make any draws on the account until
the loan obligation matures. The Company also agreed to deposit an additional $2,000,000 into this
account if its cash and cash equivalents drop below $10,000,000 (including the amounts in this
account). The Company may withdraw accrued interest from this account at any time, but has agreed
not to withdraw principal amounts from this account without the prior consent of Mr. Burlingame.
The Company has agreed that if it receives unrestricted funds from the issuance of debt, or equity
funding, in excess of $500,000 prior to November 7, 2007, it will pay such amounts to Mr.
Burlingame to reduce the amounts owing under these notes.
On April 12, 2007, the Company entered into a note agreement to purchase an automobile for
$75,800 with interest at the rate of 7.75 % percent per annum. This note is payable in monthly
installments of $1,500 through April 2012. The Company made principal payments of $1,800 and
interest payments of $1,200 during the three months ended June 30, 2007. The remaining balance of
this note amounted to $74,000 at June 30, 2007, including $13,000 in the current portion of
long-term debt in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet.
Note 4. Commitments and Contingencies
Legal
Matters
In November 2005, the Company identified a possible criminal misappropriation of its
technology in Mexico, and we notified the Mexican Attorney Generals office. The Company believes
the Mexican Attorney General is currently conducting an investigation.
On March 14, 2006, the Company filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of California against Nofil Corporation and Naoshi Kono, Chief Executive Officer of Nofil, for
breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets and trademark infringement. The Company
believes that Nofil Corporation violated key terms of both an exclusive purchase agreement and
non-disclosure agreement by contacting and working with a potential competitor in Mexico. In the
complaint, the Company seeks damages of $3,500,000 and immediate injunctive relief. On February 13,
2007, the Company received the defendants answer and cross-complaint. The cross-complaint, which
alleges fraudulent inducement to enter contracts, breach of non-disclosure contract, trade secret
misappropriation, conversion and violation under civil RICO statutes by the Company, seeks damages
in excess of $4,500,000. The Company believes that the cross-complaint, and allegations therein,
are without merit. Since the cross-complaint was filed, their counsel has withdrawn and defendants
have failed to take any action to prosecute their claims. The Company plans to file a motion to
dismiss the cross-complaint in its entirely within the next thirty days. The Company will also
file a motion for summary judgment seeking a pre-trial ruling granting all of the affirmative
relief requested in its complaint. If successful, this will result in a judgment against
defendants and the trial date, currently November 17, 2007, will be vacated. While it is not
possible to predict the outcome of this matter with certainty, Oculus believes that it is unlikely
that this matter will result in a material loss or have a material adverse effect on the Companys
financial condition or operations.
The Company is currently in discussions regarding two trademark matters in Mexico. The
Company settled on e matter in August 2006, asserting confusion in trademarks with respect to the
Companys use of the name Microcyn60 in Mexico. The Company settled on of the trademark matters in
August 2006. Although the Company believes that the nature and intended use of its products are
different from those with the similar names, it has agreed with one of the parties to stop using
the name Microcyn60 by September 2007. Although one plaintiff referred the matter to the Mexico
Trademark Office, the Company is not aware of a claim for monetary damages. The Company is in
discussions with the other party and believes that the name change will satisfy an assertion of
confusion; however, Company management believes that the Company could incur a possible loss of
approximately $100,000 for the use of the name Microcyn60 during the twelve month period following
the date of settlement.
In August 2006, the Company received a show cause letter from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), which stated that, in tests conducted by the EPA, Cidalcyn was found to
be ineffective in killing certain specified pathogens when used according to label directions.
Based on its results, the EPA strongly recommended that the Company immediately recalled all
Cidalcyn distributed on and after September 28, 2005. Accordingly, the Company commenced a
voluntary recall of Cidalcyn. Although the Company has not marketed Cidalcyn on a large commercial
scale, it has provided it in small quantities to numerous hospitals solely for use in product
evaluation exercises. In a second letter, the EPA stated it intended to file a civil administrative
complaint against the Company for violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA). Under FIFRA, the EPA could assess civil penalties related to the sale and
distribution of a pesticide product not meeting the labels claims as a broad-spectrum hospital
disinfectant. In April 2007, the Company paid a settlement amounting to $20,800 to the EPA in
connection with this matter.
In June 2006, the Company received a written communication from the grantor of a license
to an earlier version of its technology indicating that such license was terminated due to an
alleged breach of the license agreement by the Company. The license agreement extends to the
Companys use of the technology in Japan only. While the Company does not believe that the grantors revocation is valid under
the terms of the license agreement and no legal claim has been threatened to date, the Company
cannot provide any assurance that the grantor will not take legal action to restrict the Companys
use of the technology in the licensed territory. While Company management does not anticipate that
the outcome of this matter is likely to result in a material loss, there can be no assurance that
if the grantor pursues legal action, such legal action would not have a material adverse effect on
the Companys financial position or results of operations.
In November 2005, the Company identified a possible criminal misappropriation of its
technology in Mexico, and it notified the Mexican Attorney Generals office. The Company believes
the Mexican Attorney General is currently conducting an investigation.
The Company, from time to time, is involved in legal matters arising in the ordinary
course of its business. While management believes that such matters are currently insignificant,
there can be no assurance that matters arising in the ordinary course of business for which the
Company is or could become involved in litigation, will not have a material adverse effect on its
business, financial condition or results of operations.
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Recent Commercial Agreements
On May 8, 2007, the Company entered into a five year agreement with a customer in China
granting the customer an exclusive right to sell the Companys products into a specified region.
The customer is required to maintain minimum levels of purchases of the Companys products in order
to maintain exclusivity. The customer made a non-refundable up-front payment of $350,000 to the
Company in consideration for the exclusive right to sell the Companys products. The Company
recorded the $350,000 as non-current deferred revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated
balance sheet at June 30, 2007. Once product shipments commence to the customer, the Company will
amortize the deferred revenue balance over the remaining term of the contract.
On June 11, 2007, the Company entered into a ten year agreement with a customer in United
States granting the customer an exclusive right to sell the
Companys products. Subject to obtaining necessary regulatory
approvals, the customer is
required to maintain minimum levels of purchases of the Companys products in order to maintain
exclusivity. The customer made a $150,000 refundable payment to the Company at the execution of
the agreement. The payment is fully refundable in the event the Company does not meet certain
deliverables requirements. The Company recorded the $150,000 as a customer deposit in accrued liabilities in
the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2007. In addition, the customer
has agreed to pay an additional non-refundable payment of $125,000 if additional deliverables are
met. Once product shipments commence to the customer, the up-front payments will be amortized over
the remaining life of the contract.
Employment
Agreements
The
Company has entered into employment agreements with five of its key
executives. The agreements provide, among other things, for the
payment of aggregate annual salaries of approximately $1,065,000 and
twelve to twenty four months of severance compensation for
terminations under certain circumstances. Aggregate potential
severance compensation amounted to $1,492,500 at June 30, 2007.
Additionally, during the three months ended June 30, 2007, the
Company added an additional member to the executive team who will
receive an annual salary of $242,000. The Company has not undertaken
severance payment obligations with respect to this employee.
Other Matters
On June 16, 2005, the Company entered into a series of agreements with Quimica Pasteur, or QP,
a Mexico-based company engaged in the business of distributing pharmaceutical products to hospitals
and health care entities owned or operated by the Mexican Ministry of Health. These agreements
provided, among other things, for QP to act as the Companys exclusive distributor of Microcyn to
the Mexican Ministry of Health for a period of three years. In connection with these agreements,
the Company was concurrently granted an option to acquire all except a minority share of the equity
of QP directly from its principals in exchange for 150,000 shares of common stock, contingent upon
QPs attainment of certain financial milestones. The Companys distribution and related agreements
were cancelable by the Company on thirty days notice without cause and included certain provisions
to hold the
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Company harmless from debts incurred by QP outside the scope of the distribution and related
agreements. The Company terminated these agreements on March 26, 2006 without having exercised the
option.
Due to its liquidity circumstances, QP was unable to sustain operations without the Companys
subordinated financial and management support. Accordingly, QP was deemed to be a variable interest
entity in accordance with FIN 46(R) and its results were consolidated with the Companys
consolidated financial statements for the period of June 16, 2005 through March 26, 2006, the
effective termination date of the distribution and related agreement without such option having
been exercised.
Subsequent to having entered into the agreements with QP, the Company became aware of an
alleged tax avoidance scheme involving the principals of QP. The audit committee of the Companys
Board of Directors engaged an independent counsel, as well as tax counsel in Mexico to investigate
this matter. The audit committee of the Board of Directors was advised that QPs principals could
be liable for up to $7,000,000 of unpaid taxes; however, the Company is unlikely to have any loss
exposure with respect to this matter because the alleged tax omission occurred prior to the
Companys involvement with QP. The Company has not received any communications to date from Mexican
tax authorities with respect to this matter.
Based on an opinion of Mexico counsel, the Company management and the audit committee of the
Board of Directors do not believe that the Company is likely to experience any loss with respect to
this matter. However, there can be no assurance that the Mexican tax authorities will not pursue
this matter and, if pursued, that it would not result in a material loss to the Company.
Note 5. Stockholders Equity
Common Stock and Common Stock Purchase Warrants Issued to Non-Employees for Services
During the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company recorded $46,000 and
$26,000, respectively, for the adjusted fair value of warrants with service conditions issued in
prior periods. In April 2007, the Company accelerated the vesting of the outstanding warrants and
extended the exercise period to two years. The non-vested portion of the warrants were adjusted to
fair value at the time of acceleration using the Black Scholes pricing model and the following
weighted average assumptions: Fair value of the underlying stock $5.92; risk-free interest rate
4.87% percent; contractual life of 2 years; dividend yield of 0.00%; and volatility of 70.00%.
Note 6. Stock-Based Compensation
Stock-Based Compensation Before Adoption of SFAS No. 123(R)
As described in Note 1, prior to April 1, 2006, the Company accounted for stock-based employee
compensation arrangements in accordance with the provisions of APB No. 25, Accounting for Stock
Issued to Employees, and its related interpretations and applied the disclosure requirements of
SFAS No. 148. The Company used the minimum value method to measure the fair value of awards issued
prior to April 1, 2006 with respect to its application of the disclosure requirements under SFAS
123.
The Company recognized in salaries and related expense in the condensed consolidated
statements of operations $38,000 and $52,000 of stock-based compensation expense during the three
months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, which represents the intrinsic value
amortization of options granted prior to April 1, 2006 that the Company is continuing to account
for using the recognition and measurement principles prescribed under APB 25. At June 30, 2007,
there was $304,000 of unrecognized compensation cost related to options that the Company accounted
for under APB 25 through March 31, 2006. These costs are expected to be recognized over a weighted
average amortization period of 3.28 years.
Stock-Based Compensation After Adoption of SFAS 123(R)
As described in Note 1, effective April 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R) using the
prospective transition method, which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation
expense for all share-based payment awards granted, modified and settled to the Companys employees
and directors after April 1, 2006. The Companys condensed consolidated financial statements as of
June 30, 2007 and for the three months ended June 30, 2007 reflect the impact of SFAS No. 123(R).
In accordance with the prospective transition method, the Companys
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financial statements for prior periods have not been restated to reflect, and do not include,
the impact of SFAS No. 123(R).
The effect of the change of recording stock-based compensation expense from the original
provisions of APB No. 25 to the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R) is as follows (in thousands, except
per share amounts):
Three Months | ||||
Ended | ||||
June 30, 2007 | ||||
Research and development |
$ | 34 | ||
Selling, general and administrative |
87 | |||
Total stock-based compensation |
$ | 121 | ||
Effect on basic and diluted net loss per common share
share |
$ | 0.01 | ||
No income tax benefit has been recognized relating to stock-based compensation expense and no
tax benefits have been realized from exercised stock options. The implementation of SFAS No. 123(R)
did not have an impact on cash flows from financing activities during the three months ended June
30, 2007.
The Company estimated the fair value of employee stock awards using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model. The fair value of employee stock options is being amortized on a straight-line basis
over the requisite service period of the awards. The fair value of employee stock options was
estimated using the following weighted-average assumptions (unaudited):
Three Months | ||||
Ended | ||||
June 30, 2007 | ||||
Expected life |
5.39 years | |||
Risk-free interest rate |
4.94 | % | ||
Dividend yield |
0.00 | % | ||
Volatility |
70 | % |
The estimated expected life of stock options represents the average period the stock options
are expected to remain outstanding and is based on the expected term calculated using the approach
prescribed by SAB 107 for plain vanilla options. The Company used this approach as it did not
have sufficient historical information to develop reasonable expectations about future exercise
patterns and post-vesting employment termination behavior. The expected stock price volatility for
the Companys stock options for the three months ended June 30, 2007 was determined by examining
the historical volatilities for industry peers and using an average of the historical volatilities
of the Companys industry peers as the Company did not have any trading history for its common
stock. The Company will continue to analyze the historical stock price volatility and expected term
assumption as more historical data for the Companys common stock becomes available. The risk-free
interest rate assumption is based on the U.S. Treasury instruments whose term was consistent with
the expected term of the Companys stock options. The expected dividend assumption is based on the
Companys history and expectation of dividend payouts.
In addition, SFAS No. 123(R) requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and
revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.
Forfeitures were estimated based on historical experience. Prior to the adoption of SFAS No.
123(R), the Company accounted for forfeitures as they occurred.
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A summary of all option activity as of June 30, 2007 and changes during the three months then
ended is presented below (unaudited):
Weighted- | Weighted- | Aggregate | ||||||||||||||
Average | Average | Intrinsic | ||||||||||||||
Shares | Exercise | Contractual | Value | |||||||||||||
Options |
(000) | Price | Term | ($000) | ||||||||||||
Outstanding at April 1, 2007 |
2,020 | $ | 4.91 | |||||||||||||
Granted (unaudited) |
539 | 7.21 | ||||||||||||||
Forfeited or expired (unaudited) |
(60 | ) | 3.00 | |||||||||||||
Outstanding at June 30, 2007 (unaudited) |
2,499 | $ | 5.45 | 7.02 | $ | 8,585 | ||||||||||
Exercisable at June 30, 2007 (unaudited) |
1,408 | $ | 3.23 | 5.63 | $ | 7,517 | ||||||||||
The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of
the underlying stock options and the fair value of the Companys
common stock ($8.16) for stock
options that are in-the-money as of June 30, 2007.
During the three months ended June 30, 2007, the Company granted stock options to
employees with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $7.21 per share. At June 30, 2007, there
was unrecognized compensation costs of $3,426,000 related to these stock options. The cost is
expected to be recognized over a weighted-average amortization period of 3.70 years.
During the three months ended June 30, 2007, the Company modified a stock option
grant to its Chief Financial Officer. The Company cancelled the original stock option grant to
purchase 60,000 shares of the Companys common stock and replaced the grant with a restricted stock
grant with similar terms to the original grant. The modification of
this award did not result in incremental
fair value or an additional charge to Companys condensed
consolidated statements of operations.
The Company issues new shares of common stock upon exercise of stock options.
As provided under the 2006 Plan, the aggregate number of shares authorized for issuance as
awards under the 2006 Plan automatically increased on April 1, 2007 by 592,220 shares (which number
constitutes 5% of the 11,844,411 outstanding shares on the last day of the fiscal year ended March
31, 2007). Remaining shares authorized for issuance from the 2006 Plan at June 30, 2007 is
1,167,719.
Non-Employee Options
The Company believes that the fair value of the stock options issued to non-employees is
more reliably measurable than the fair value of the services received. The fair value of the stock
options granted was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model using the following
weighted-average assumptions:
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
June 30, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Estimated life |
2.60 years | 8.61 yrs | ||||||
Risk-free interest rate |
4.67 | % | 5.13 | % | ||||
Dividend yield |
0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||
Volatility |
70 | % | 70 | % |
Stock-based compensation expense will fluctuate as the fair market value of the common stock
fluctuates. During the three months ended June 30, 2007, the Company accelerated the vesting of
certain non-employee stock options and reduced the expiration term of the options to 2 years.
During the three months ended June 30, 2007 and
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2006, the Company recorded $4,600 and $3,000 of
stock-based compensation expense related to non-employees, respectively.
Note 7. Income Taxes
In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation
48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN 48), which became effective for the Company
beginning January 1, 2007. FIN 48 addresses how tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a
tax return should be recorded in the financial statements. Under FIN 48, the tax benefit from an
uncertain tax position can be recognized only if it is more likely than not that the tax position
will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the
position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position are measured
based on the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized
upon ultimate resolution. The adoption of FIN 48 had no impact on the Companys financial
condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Utilization of the NOL carryforwards may be subject to a substantial annual limitation due to
ownership change limitations that have occurred previously or that could occur in the future as
provided in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as well as similar state and foreign
provisions. These ownership changes may limit the amount of NOL and R&D tax credit carryforwards
that can be utilized annually to offset future taxable income and tax, respectively. In general, an
ownership change, as defined by Section 382, results from transactions increasing the ownership of
certain shareholders or public groups in the stock of a corporation by more than fifty percentage
points over a three-year period. Since its formation, the Company has raised capital through the
issuance of capital stock which, combined with the purchasing shareholders subsequent disposition
of those shares, may have resulted in a change of control, as defined by Section 382, or could
result in a change of control in the future upon subsequent disposition.
The Company has initiated a study to assess whether a change in control has occurred or
whether there have been multiple changes of control since the Companys formation. If the Company
has experienced a change of control at any time since its formation, utilization of NOL or R&D tax
credit carryforwards would be subject to an annual limitation under Section 382. This annual
limitation is determined by first multiplying the value of the Companys stock at the time of the
ownership change by the applicable long-term tax-exempt rate, and could then be subject to
additional adjustments, as required. Any limitation may result in expiration of a portion of the
NOL or R&D tax credit carryforwards before utilization. Until the study is completed and any
limitation known, no amounts are being presented as an uncertain tax position. Interest and
penalties related to uncertain tax positions will be reflected in income tax expense. As of June
30, 2007, the Company had not recorded any tax penalties or interest in its condensed consolidated
financial statements. All tax years since the Companys inception remain subject to future
examination by the major tax jurisdictions in which it is subject to tax.
Note 8. Segment and Geographic Information
The Company is organized primarily on the basis of operating units which are segregated
by geography.
The following tables present information about reportable segments (in thousands):
Three months ended June 30, 2007: | U.S | Europe | Mexico | Total | ||||||||||||
Product revenues |
$ | 38 | $ | 68 | $ | 526 | $ | 632 | ||||||||
Service revenues |
234 | | | 234 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues |
272 | 68 | 526 | 866 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
expense |
93 | 56 | 18 | 167 | ||||||||||||
Loss from operations |
(4,425 | ) | (563 | ) | (428 | ) | (5,416 | ) | ||||||||
Interest expense |
(339 | ) | | | (339 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest income |
206 | | | 206 |
Three months ended June 30, 2006: | U.S | Europe | Mexico | Total | ||||||||||||
Product revenues |
$ | 29 | $ | 280 | 595 | 904 | ||||||||||
Service revenues |
174 | | | 174 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues |
203 | 280 | 595 | 1,078 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
expense |
93 | 45 | 23 | 161 | ||||||||||||
Loss from operations |
(2,598 | ) | (620 | ) | (822 | ) | (4,040 | ) | ||||||||
Interest expense |
(39 | ) | | | (39 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest income |
58 | | | 58 |
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For the three months ended June 30, 2006, sales to a customer in India were $121,000. These
sales are reported as part of the Europe segment.
The following table shows property and equipment balances by segment (in thousands):
June 30, | ||||
2007 | ||||
U.S. |
$ | 1,031 | ||
Europe |
805 | |||
Mexico |
399 | |||
$ | 2,235 | |||
The following table shows total asset balances by segment (in thousands):
June 30, | ||||
2007 | ||||
U.S. |
$ | 17,063 | ||
Europe |
1,533 | |||
Mexico |
1,941 | |||
$ | 20,537 | |||
Note 9. Subsequent Events
Private Placement of Companys Common Stock
On July 26, 2007, the Company entered into an agreement with Rodman & Renshaw to serve as the
exclusive placement agent for a private placement of the Companys common stock. The Company
agreed to pay a fee equal to 7% of the aggregate purchase price paid by each purchaser of
securities that are placed in the offering and up to $25,000 for travel and legal expenses related
to the offering.
On August 7, 2007, the Company entered into definitive agreements with institutional and other
accredited investors for the private placement of 1,262,500 shares of its common stock at a
purchase price of $8.00 per share, and warrants to purchase an
aggregate of 416,625 shares of
common stock at an exercise price of $9.50 per share, subject to
adjustment as provided in the warrant, for gross proceeds of $10.1 million and
proceeds of $9.3 million net of agent commissions and offering
expenses. The warrants become exercisable on February 10, 2008
and remain exercisable for a period of five years from that date. The
warrants are subject to weighted average anti-dilution protection.
The Company will account for the warrants in accordance with the
provisions of EITF 00-19.
Under the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement, the Company agreed to register with the
Securities & Exchange Commission for resale the shares of common stock, as well as the common stock
underlying the warrants within 90 days after the closing of the offering or, if the registration
statement is reviewed, within 120 days of the offering. Failure to timely file the registration
statement or to have the registration statement become effective will result in an obligation of the Company to pay to investors liquidated damages of up
to 15% of the purchase price for the shares (but not the common stock underlying the warrants) not
timely registered.
In
addition, the Company agreed to pay a financial advisor, $75,000 as
an advisory fee in connection with this private placement.
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Repayment of Loan Agreement with Robert Burlingame
Pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to the loan agreement with Robert Burlingame described in Note 3,
after closure of a private placement of the Companys common stock with proceeds in excess of
$500,000, the Company is required to promptly repay the $4 million outstanding note and
interest balances. The Company intends to repay Robert Burlingame $2.0 million on August 15, 2007 and the remaining
$2.0 million and interest on August 31, 2007 (Note 3).
Item 2. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read
in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes to those statements
included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as of June 30, 2007 and our audited
consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31,
2007 included in our 10K/A, which was
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2007.
This Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this Report, the words expects, anticipates,
intends, estimates, plans, projects, continue, ongoing, potential, expect,
predict, believe, intend, may, will, should, could, would and similar expressions
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These are statements that relate to future
periods and include statements about, but not limited to: the progress and timing of our
development programs and regulatory approvals for our products; the benefits and effectiveness of
our products; the development of protocols for clinical studies; enrollment in clinical studies;
the progress and timing of clinical trials and physician studies; our expectations related to the
use of our proceeds from our initial public offering; our ability to manufacture sufficient amounts
of our product candidates for clinical trials and products for commercialization activities; the
outcome of discussions with the FDA and other regulatory agencies; the content and timing of
submissions to, and decisions made by, the FDA and other regulatory agencies, including
demonstrating to the satisfaction of the FDA the safety and efficacy of our products; the ability
of our products to meet existing or future regulatory standards; the rate and causes of infection;
the accuracy of our estimates of the size and characteristics of the markets which may be addressed
by our products; our expectations and capabilities relating to the sales and marketing of our
current products and our product candidates; the execution of distribution agreements; the
expansion of our sales force and distribution network; the establishment of strategic partnerships
for the development or sale of products; the timing of commercializing our products; our ability to
protect our intellectual property and operate our business without infringing on the intellectual
property of others; our ability to continue to expand our intellectual property portfolio; our
expectations about the outcome of litigation and controversies with third parties; our ability to
attract and retain qualified directors, officers, employees and advisory board members; our
relationship with Quimica Pasteur; our ability to compete with other companies that are developing
or selling products that are competitive with our products; the ability of our products to become
the standard of care for controlling infection in chronic and acute wounds; our ability to expand
to and commercialize products in markets outside the wound care market; our estimates regarding
future operating performance, earnings and capital requirements; our expectations with respect to
our microbiology contract testing laboratory; our expectations relating to the concentration of our
revenue from international sales; and the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and any future
changes in accounting regulations or practices in general with respect to public companies
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are
not limited to, those risks discussed below, as well as our ability to develop and commercialize
new products; the risk of unanticipated delays in research and development efforts; the risk that
we may not obtain reimbursement for our existing test and any future products we may develop; the
risks and uncertainties associated with the regulation of our products by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration; the ability to compete against third parties; our ability to obtain capital when
needed; our history of operating losses and the risks set forth under Risks Related to our
Business. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The Company expressly
disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Companys expectations
with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such
statement is based.
In the section of this report entitled Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of OperationsFactors that May Affect Results, all references to Oculus,
we, us, or our mean Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc.
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Business Overview
We have developed, and we manufacture and market, a family of products intended to prevent and
treat infections in chronic and acute wounds. Infection is a serious potential complication in both
chronic and acute wounds, and controlling infection is a critical step in wound healing. Our
platform technology, called Microcyn, is a proprietary oxychlorine small molecule formulation that
is designed to treat a wide range of organisms that cause
disease, or pathogens, including viruses, fungi, spores and antibiotic resistant strains of
bacteria, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, and Vancomycin-resistant
Enterococcus, or VRE, in wounds. We do not have the necessary regulatory approvals to market
Microcyn in the United States as a drug, nor do we have the necessary regulatory clearance or
approval to market Microcyn in the U.S. as a medical device for an antimicrobial or wound healing
indication. However, our device product is cleared for sale in the United States as a medical
device for wound cleaning, or debridement, lubricating, moistening and dressing; is a device under
CE Mark in Europe; and is approved as a drug in India and Mexico.
Clinical testing we conducted in connection with our submissions to the FDA, as well as
physician clinical studies, suggest that our Microcyn-based product may help reduce a wide range of
pathogens from acute and chronic wounds. These physician clinical studies suggest that our
Microcyn-based product is easy to use and complementary to most existing treatment methods in wound
care. Physician clinical studies in the United States suggest that our 510(k) product may shorten
hospital stays, lower aggregate patient care costs and, in certain cases, reduce the need for
system-wide, or systemic, antibiotics.
In 2005, chronic and acute wound care represented an aggregate of $9.6 billion in global
product sales, of which $3.3 billion was spent for the treatment of skin ulcers, $1.6 billion to
treat burns and $4.7 billion for the treatment of surgical and trauma wounds, according to Kalorama
Information, a life sciences market research firm. We believe our addressable market for the
treatment of skin ulcers is approximately $1.3 billion, $300 million for the treatment of burns and
$700 million for the treatment of surgical and trauma wounds. Common methods of controlling
infection, including topical antiseptics and antibiotics, have proven to be only moderately
effective in combating infection in the wound bed. However, topical antiseptics tend to inhibit the
healing process due to their toxicity and may require specialized preparation or handling.
Antibiotics can lead to the emergence of resistant bacteria, such as MRSA and VRE. Systemic
antibiotics may not be effective in controlling infection in patients with disorders affecting
circulation, such as diabetes, which are commonly associated with chronic wounds. As a result, no
single treatment is used across all types of wounds and stages of healing.
We believe Microcyn provides significant advantages over current methods of care in the
treatment of a wide range of chronic and acute wounds throughout all stages of treatment. These
stages include cleaning, or debridement, prevention and treatment of infections and wound healing.
We believe that Microcyn may be the first topical product that is effective against a broad range
of bacteria and other infectious microbes including antibiotic resistant strains such as MRSA and
VRE, without causing irritation of or damage to healthy tissue. Unlike most antibiotics, we believe
Microcyn does not target specific strains of bacteria, a practice which has been shown to promote
the development of resistant bacteria. In addition, our products are shelf stable, require no
special preparation, and are easy to use.
Our goal is to become a worldwide leader in anti-infectives in treating wounds. We
currently have, and intend to seek additional regulatory clearances and approvals to market our
Microcyn-based products worldwide. In July 2004, we began selling Microcyn in Mexico after
receiving approval from the Mexican Ministry of Health, or MOH, for the use of Microcyn as an
antiseptic, disinfectant and sterilant. Since then, physicians in the United States, Europe, India
and Mexico have conducted 21 physician clinical studies assessing Microcyns use in the treatment
of infections in a variety of wound types, including hard-to-treat wounds such as diabetic ulcers
and burns. These studies were not intended to be rigorously designed or controlled clinical trials
and, as such, did not have all of the controls required for clinical trials used to support an NDA
submission to the FDA in that they did not include blinding, randomization, predefined clinical end
points, use of placebo and active control groups or U.S. good clinical practices requirements. We
used the data generated from some of these studies to support our application for the CE Mark, or
European Union certification, for wound cleaning and reduction of infection. We received the CE
Mark in November 2004 and additional international approvals in Canada, Mexico and India. Microcyn
has also received three FDA 510(k) clearances for use as a medical device in wound cleaning, or
debridement, lubricating, moistening and dressing, including traumatic wounds and acute and chronic
dermal lesions.
In the second quarter of 2007, we initiated a Phase II randomized clinical trial, which
is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of Microcyn in mildly infected diabetic foot ulcers with
endpoints of resolution of all symptoms of inflammation, or clinical cure, and improvement in signs
and symptoms of infection supported by microbiological
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response as described in FDA guidelines. We
are using more than 15 clinical sites with a target of enrolling 60 patients in three arms using
Microcyn alone, Microcyn plus an oral antibiotic and saline plus an oral antibiotic. We expect to
announce the results of our Phase II trial in autumn of 2007. A well known contract research
organization is coordinating, monitoring and documenting results of this trial. Following the
completion of this trial, and a review meeting with the FDA, we intend to initiate two Phase III
trials. We anticipate that patient enrollment
for Phase III trials will start in early 2008, and the trials will last about 12 to 18 months.
These Phase II and Phase III clinical trials are intended to provide the clinical basis for
submission to the FDA of a new drug application, or NDA, for the treatment of infected diabetic
foot ulcers. In the event that we obtain drug approval from the FDA, we may seek clearance for
treatment of other types of wounds. We are currently pursuing strategic partnerships to assess
potential applications for Microcyn in several other markets, including respiratory, ophthalmology,
dermatology, dental and veterinary markets, and FDA or other governmental approvals may be required
for any potential new products or new indications. We have reduced expenses in our international
operations in order to focus our resources on our U.S. clinical trials.
We currently make Microcyn available under our 510(k) clearances in the United States
primarily through our website, one national distributor and several regional distributors. We plan
for a more aggressive commercialization and product launch in the event we obtain drug approval
from the FDA. Most of our current marketing efforts in the United States are designed to build
brand awareness. In Europe, we sell Microcyn through exclusive distribution agreements with
distributors, all of which, we believe, are experienced suppliers to hospitals, supported by a
distributor coordinator. We are seeking a significant distribution partner to sell the product in
Europe into the wound care market. Also, we have a distribution agreement with a private company in
Europe that distributes Microcyn in Europe to salons for cleaning hands and feet during treatment.
In Mexico, we sell Microcyn through a network of distributors and through a contract sales force,
including salespeople, nurses and clinical support staff. In India we sell through Alkem, the 6th
largest pharmaceutical company in India. This year is the first full year of the product launch of
Microcyn in India. In China, we recently signed a distribution agreement with China Bao Tai, which
intends to distribute Microcyn to hospitals, doctors and clinics through Sinopharm, the largest
pharmaceutical company in China, and to retail pharmacies through Lianhua Supermarkets after
required regulatory approval in China is obtained.
Financial Operations Overview
Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that have been made
pursuant to the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and concern
matters that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Discussions containing forward-looking
statements may be found in the material set forth under Business, Managements Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and in other sections of this Form 10-Q.
Words such as may, will, should, could, expect, plan, anticipate, believe,
estimate, predict, potential, continue or similar words are intended to identify
forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words.
Although we believe that our opinions and expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements
are reasonable as of the date of this Quarterly Report, we cannot guarantee future results, levels
of activity, performance or achievements, and our actual results may differ substantially from the
views and expectations set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We expressly disclaim any
intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date hereof to conform such
statements to actual results or to changes in our opinions or expectations. Readers are urged to
carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us, which attempt to advise
interested parties of the risks, uncertainties, and other factors that affect our business,
including without limitation the condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto
and disclosures made under the captions, Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations, Risk Factors, Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, included in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
three months ended June 30, 2007.
Business Overview
Oculus Innovative Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and
markets a family of products, based on its platform technology called Microcyn, intended to help
treat infections in chronic and acute wounds. Microcyn is a non-irritating oxychlorine compound
designed to treat a wide range of pathogens, including antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria,
viruses, fungi and spores.
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First Quarter Developments
During the first quarter of fiscal 2008 we initiated patient enrollment of a 60-patient,
randomized and open-label Phase II trial to evaluate the preliminary safety and efficacy of topical
Dermacyn Wound Care versus systemic
oral antibiotics for the treatment of mild diabetic foot infections. The primary efficacy
endpoint of the trial will be clinical cure or improvement of infection.
We also completed the previously-announced reduction in our sales forces in Europe and Mexico
in order to focus our resources on our U.S. clinical trials of Dermacyn Wound Care.
In April 2007, we announced an exclusive distribution agreement with China Bao Tai Investment
Company, Ltd., for the rights to our Microcyn-based wound care solution in China. We also
announced an exclusive licensing agreement with the Drug Enhancement Company of America, LLC for
use of our Microcyn Technology in an over-the-counter first responder pen-like applicator
intended for use by police, fire, military, emergency medical personnel, healthcare providers,
homeland security personnel and consumers.
Comparison of Three Months Ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
Revenues
During the three months ended June 30, 2007, our revenues were $866,000, representing a 20%
decline from the prior year level of $1.1 million. The $272,000, or 30%, decline in product
revenues was due primarily to no recurring sales to our customer Alkem Laboratories Limited, in
India, as well as lower sales in Mexico and Europe. The following table shows our product revenues
by country (in thousands); note that sales in India are reported as part of our Europe business:
Three months ended June 30, | Increase | |||||||||||
2007 | 2006 | (Decrease) | ||||||||||
U.S. |
$ | 38 | $ | 28 | $ | 10 | ||||||
Mexico |
526 | 595 | (69 | ) | ||||||||
India |
| 121 | (121 | ) | ||||||||
Europe |
68 | 160 | (92 | ) | ||||||||
Total |
$ | 632 | $ | 904 | $ | (272 | ) | |||||
The $60,000, or 34%, increase in service revenues was due primarily to an increase in the
volume of tests provided by our services business. We expect that our service revenues will
significantly decline in future periods, as we continue to implement our strategy of focusing
primarily on our Microcyn business.
Gross Profit / Loss
We reported gross profit from our Microcyn products business of $256,000, or 40% of product
revenues, during the three months ended June 30, 2007, compared
to a gross profit of $400,000, or 44%,
during the year ago period. We reported a gross loss from our services business of $7,000, or -3%
of service revenues, in the three months ended June 30, 2007, compared to the prior year reported
gross loss of $27,000, or -16% of service revenues.
We expect gross profit to increase as a percentage of sales in future periods as we continue
to implement our strategy of focusing on our Microcyn business, and we move away from our
lower-margin services business.
Research and Development Expense
Research and development expense consists primarily of costs associated with personnel,
materials, and clinical trials within our product development, regulatory and clinical
organizations. Research and development expense increased $1.4 million to $2.2 million for the
three months ended June 30, 2007, from $767,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2006. This
increase was primarily the result of a $1.2 million increase in clinical development costs which
include contract research organization fees, management and other personnel costs, and other
outside consulting fees due to our Dermacyn Phase II clinical trial, and preparation for our
Dermacyn Phase III clinical trial.
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In addition, our product development expenses increased
$333,000 as we grew the team and expanded the scope of our new product development initiatives.
We expect research and development expenses to increase significantly in future periods as we
incur the costs associated with our FDA trials for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcer infections
with Dermacyn, and as we further expand the scope of our new product development.
Selling, General and Administrative Expense
Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of costs for sales, marketing
and administrative personnel, as well as other corporate charges such as legal, accounting, and
insurance. Selling, general and administrative expense decreased $188,000, or 5%, to $3.5 million
for the three months ended June 30, 2007, from $3.6 million for the three months ended June 30,
2006. Primarily this decrease was due to a $655,000 decrease in our selling, general and
administrative expenses in our Europe and Mexico subsidiaries as we shifted our companys resources
away from opening new markets internationally. This decrease was offset in part by $416,000 of
added expenses associated with being a public company, including insurance, legal, and accounting
fees.
We expect that selling, general and administrative expenses will increase in future periods
due primarily to outside consulting fees associated with becoming compliant with Sarbanes Oxley.
Interest income and expense and other income and expense
Interest expense increased $300,000 to $339,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2007, from
$39,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2006, primarily due to the issuance of $8.2 million
of new debt. Interest income increased $148,000 to $206,000 for the three months ended June 30,
2007, from $58,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2006, primarily due to higher balances of
interest-bearing instruments during the three months ended June 30, 2007.
Other income and expense primarily consists of non-cash charges due to the fluctuation of
foreign exchange rates, and the resulting gain or loss booked for the revaluation of our
intercompany notes payable denominated in non-local currencies. During the three months ended June
30, 2007 the U.S. dollar became stronger in relation to the Mexican Peso and the Euro, and a net
$531,000 gain on foreign exchange was recorded accordingly. In comparison, during the three months
ended June 30, 2006, the U.S. dollar became weaker in relation to the Mexican Peso and the Euro,
and a net $276,000 loss on foreign exchange was recorded.
Due to the difficulty of predicting foreign currency fluctuations, we do not know the affect
that such fluctuations may have on our operating results in future periods.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Since our inception, we have incurred significant losses. As of June 30, 2007, we had an
accumulated deficit of approximately $75.5 million. We have not yet achieved profitability, and we
expect that our operating losses will continue to increase. As a result, we will need to raise
additional capital to sustain the business until such time that we are able to generate sufficient
product revenues to achieve profitability.
Sources of Liquidity
Since our inception, substantially all of our operations have been financed through sales of
our common and preferred stock. Through June 30, 2007, we received net proceeds of $24.7 million
through the sale of our common stock in our initial public offering in January 2007, $3.5 million
from prior sales of common stock, $6.7 million from the sale of Series A convertible preferred
stock, $43.7 million from the sale of Series B convertible preferred stock, $2.9 million from the
sales of Series C convertible preferred stock, and $304,000 from the issuance of common stock to
employees, consultants and directors in connection with the exercise of stock options. We have
received additional funding through loans, as described below. We have also used our revenues to
date as a source of additional liquidity. As of June 30, 2007, we had unrestricted cash and cash
equivalents of $12.9 million, and restricted cash of $2.0 million specifically to repay certain
debt.
In June 2006, we entered into a loan and security agreement with a financial institution to
borrow a maximum of $5.0 million. Under this facility we have borrowed $4.2 million, and have paid
back $852,000 in principal as of June 30, 2007. The terms of this facility include monthly
principal payments over three years, plus interest payments of 8.5% per annum. In conjunction with this agreement,
we issued warrants to purchase up to 75,000 shares of our Series B convertible preferred stock at
an exercise price of $18.00 per share. Warrants to purchase 53,750 shares were issued and
exercisable at execution of the agreement.
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On November 7, 2006, we signed a loan agreement with Robert Burlingame, under which Mr.
Burlingame advanced to us $4.0 million, which was funded on November 10, 2006, which accrues
interest at an annual rate of
7%. The principal and all accrued interest under the loan agreement
is to be paid promptly after the closure of a private placement of
securities, such as the offering described in Note 9. The loan is secured by all of our assets, other than our
intellectual property, but is subordinate to the security interest held by our secured lender.
Brookstreet Securities Corporation was paid a finders fee in the amount of $50,000 and granted a
warrant to purchase 25,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $18.00 per share in
connection with this loan. In addition, $2.0 million of cash was classified as restricted cash to
repay this loan in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
Cash Flows
As of June 30, 2007, we had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $12.9 million, compared
to $19.1 million at March 31, 2007, and $6.1 million at June 30, 2006. Additionally, at June 30,
2007 we had $2.0 million of restricted cash reserved for the repayment of the Burlingame loan.
Net cash used in operating activities was $5.5 million and $4.8 million for the three months
ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Net cash used in each of these periods primarily
reflects the net loss for these periods, offset in part by non-cash charges in operating assets and
liabilities, non-cash stock-based compensation and depreciation and amortization.
Net cash used in investing activities was $184,000 and $803,000 for the three months ended
June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Primarily this cash was used to invest in fixed assets and
to make other capital expenditures to support increased personnel and manufacturing facility expansion, as
well as $531,000 in deferred offering costs during the three months ended June 30, 2006.
Net cash used in financing activities was $510,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2007
primarily due to payments on debt. Net cash provided by financing activities was $4.1 million for
the three months ended June 30, 2006 primarily due to the addition of $4.3 million of new debt
during the period, offset in part by $195,000 in principal payments on debt.
Operating Capital and Capital Expenditure Requirements
We expect to continue to incur substantial operating losses in the future as we continue our
FDA clinical trials on our Microcyn technology to treat diabetic foot ulcers, and the subsequent
commercialization of an FDA approved drug. It may take several years to obtain the necessary
regulatory approvals to commercialize Microcyn as a drug in the United States.
We have incurred net losses available to common stockholders of $5.0 million for the three
months ended June 30, 2007. At June 30, 2007 and March 31, 2007, the Companys accumulated deficit
amounted to $75.5 million and $70.5 million, respectively.
We currently anticipate that our cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash balances,
together with revenues we expect to generate and interest we expect to earn on invested funds will
be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements through at least July 1, 2008. We also
expect to continue incurring losses for the foreseeable future and must raise substantial
additional capital during the year ending March 31, 2008 to pursue our product development
initiatives, fund clinical trials and penetrate markets for the sale of our products. We are
currently planning to commence Phase 3 clinical trials of our Microcyn products. Management
considers the execution and eventual completion of these trials to be a critical milestone in the
development of our business. These clinical trials are likely to be lengthy and expensive and
cannot be commenced during the year ending March 31, 2008 unless we raise capital in addition to
the private placement described below. These clinical trials must
also be completed in order for us to
commercialize Microcyn as a drug product in the United States.
On
August 7, 2007, we entered into definitive agreements with institutional and other
accredited investors for the private placement of 1,262,500 shares of common stock at a
purchase price of $8.00 per share, and warrants to purchase
416,625 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of
$10.1 million and net proceeds of $9.3 million (after the agents commissions and expenses). We expect to use the proceeds of this transaction to
fund clinical trials and related research; to fund expansion of our laboratory and clinical
facilities; and for unspecified working capital needs. We also expect to use approximately
$700,000 to make normal recurring payments on outstanding debt.
Additionally, pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to the Burlingame loan agreement (Note 3), as a
result of this transaction we will be required to promptly repay the $4.0 million outstanding note
balance and interest. This note was originally scheduled to be repaid
on November 10, 2007, but
will now be repaid in August 2007 out of funds previously raised.
We believe that we have access to capital resources through possible public or private equity
offerings, debt financings, corporate collaborations or other means; however, we have not secured
any additional commitments for new financing at this time nor can we provide any assurance that new
financing will be available on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. If we are unable to secure
additional capital, we will be required to curtail our research and development initiatives, delay
clinical trials and take additional measures to reduce costs in order to conserve our cash. These
measures could cause significant delays in our efforts to commercialize our products in the
United States, which is critical to the realization of our business plan and our future operations.
Our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including:
| the scope, rate of progress and cost of our clinical trials and other research and development activities; | ||
| future clinical trial results; | ||
| the terms and timing of any collaborative, licensing and other arrangements that we may establish; | ||
| the cost and timing of regulatory approvals; | ||
| the cost and delays in product development as a result of any changes in regulatory oversight applicable to our products; | ||
| the cost and timing of establishing sales, marketing and distribution capabilities; | ||
| the effect of competing technological and market developments; |
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| the cost of filing, prosecuting, defending and enforcing any patent claims and other intellectual property rights; and | ||
| the extent to which we acquire or invest in businesses, products and technologies. |
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of
contingent liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from
these estimates. These estimates and assumptions include reserves and write-downs related to
receivables and inventories, the recoverability of long-term assets, deferred taxes and related
valuation allowances and valuation of equity instruments.
Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Interest Rate Market Risk
Our exposure to interest rate risk is confined to our excess cash in highly liquid money
market funds denominated in U.S. dollars. The primary objective of our investment activities is to
preserve our capital to fund operations. We also seek to maximize income from our investments
without assuming significant risk. We do not use derivative financial instruments in our investment
portfolio. Our cash and investments policy emphasizes liquidity and preservation of principal over
other portfolio considerations.
Foreign Currency Market Risks
We have two significant subsidiaries, one each in Europe and Mexico. Revenues and expenses
associated with these subsidiaries are denominated in foreign currency. Accordingly, our operating
results are affected by exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and these foreign
currencies In order to mitigate our exposure to foreign currency rate fluctuations, we maintain
minimal cash balances in the foreign subsidiaries. However, if we are successful in our efforts to
grow internationally, our exposure to foreign currency rate fluctuations, primarily the Euro and
Mexican Peso, may increase.
We are also exposed to foreign currency risk related to the Euro denominated and Mexican Peso
denominated intercompany receivables. Because our intercompany receivables are accounted for in
Euros and US dollars, any appreciation or devaluation of the Euro or Mexican Peso will result in a
gain or loss to the consolidated statements of operations.
We do not currently enter into forward exchange contracts to hedge exposure denominated in
foreign currencies or any other derivative financial instrument for trading or speculative
purposes. In the future, if we believe our currency exposure merits, we may consider entering into
transactions to help mitigate the risk.
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Item 4T. Controls and Procedures
(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. We maintain disclosure controls and
procedures, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the Exchange Act), that are
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or
submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time
periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and that such information
is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief
financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In
designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that
disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only
reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures
are met. In response to comments from our auditors and our own investigations, our disclosure
controls and procedures have been designed to meet, and management believes that they meet,
reasonable assurance standards. Additionally, in designing disclosure controls and procedures, our
management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit
relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any disclosure controls
and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future
events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals
under all potential future conditions. Based on their evaluation as of the end of the period
covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our chief executive officer and chief financial
officer have concluded that, subject to the limitations noted above, our disclosure controls and
procedures were effective to ensure that material information relating to us, including our
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to them by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was being prepared.
(b) Changes in internal controls In connection with our implementation of the provisions of
Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley, we have made various improvements to our system of internal control.
We continue to review, revise and improve the effectiveness of our internal controls. There were
no significant changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule
13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) identified in connection with the evaluation described in Item
4(a) above that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Legal Matters
In
November 2005, we identified a possible criminal
misappropriation of our technology in Mexico, and we notified the
Mexican Attorney Generals office. We believe
the Mexican Attorney General is currently conducting an investigation.
On
March 14, 2006, we filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California against Nofil Corporation and Naoshi Kono, Chief Executive Officer of Nofil,
for breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets and
trademark infringement. We believe that Nofil Corporation violated key terms of both an exclusive purchase agreement and
non-disclosure agreement by contacting and working with a potential competitor in Mexico. In the
complaint, we seek damages of $3,500,000 and immediate injunctive relief. On February 13,
2007, we received the defendants answer and cross-complaint.
The cross-complaint, which
alleges fraudulent inducement to enter contracts, breach of non-disclosure contract, trade secret
misappropriation, conversion and violation under civil RICO statutes by the Company, seeks damages
in excess of $4,500,000. We believe that the cross-complaint, and allegations therein,
are without merit. Since the cross-complaint was filed, their counsel has withdrawn and defendants
have failed to take any action to prosecute their claims. We plan to file a motion to dismiss
the cross-complaint in its entirely within the next thirty days. We will also file a motion
for summary judgment seeking a pre-trial ruling granting all of the affirmative relief requested in
its complaint. If successful, this will result in a judgment against defendants and the trial
date, currently November 17, 2007, will be vacated. While it is not possible to predict the
outcome of this matter with certainty, we believe that it is unlikely that this matter will
result in a material loss or have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or
operations.
We are currently in discussions regarding two trademark matters asserting
confusion in trademarks with respect to our use of the name
Microcyn60 in Mexico. We settled one of the trademark matters in
August 2006. Although we believe that the nature and intended use of
our products are different from
those with the similar names, we have agreed with one of the parties to stop using the name
Microcyn60 by September 2007. Although such plaintiff referred the matter to the Mexico Trademark
Office, we are not aware of a claim for monetary damages. We are in discussions
with the other party and believe that the name change will satisfy an assertion of confusion;
however, our management believes that we could incur a possible loss of approximately
$100,000 for the use of the name Microcyn60 during the twelve month period following the date of
settlement.
In
August 2006, we received a show cause letter from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), which stated that, in tests conducted by the EPA, Cidalcyn was found to
be ineffective in killing certain specified pathogens when used according to label directions.
Based on its results, the EPA strongly recommended
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that we immediately recalled all Cidalcyn distributed on and after September 28,
2005. Accordingly, we commenced a voluntary recall of Cidalcyn.
Although we have not marketed Cidalcyn on a large commercial scale, it has provided it in small quantities to
numerous hospitals solely for use in product evaluation exercises. In a second letter, the EPA
stated it intended to file a civil administrative complaint against us for violation of
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Under FIFRA, the EPA could
assess civil penalties related to the sale and distribution of a pesticide product not meeting the
labels claims as a broad-spectrum hospital disinfectant. In
April 2007, we paid a
settlement amounting to $20,800 to the EPA in connection with this matter.
In
June 2006, we received a written communication from the grantor of a license
to an earlier version of its technology indicating that such license was terminated due to an
alleged breach of the license agreement by us. The license agreement
extends to our use of the technology in Japan only. While we do not believe that the
grantors revocation is valid under the terms of the license agreement and no legal claim has been
threatened to date, we cannot provide any assurance that the grantor will not take legal
action to restrict our use of the technology in the licensed
territory. While our management does not anticipate that the outcome of this matter is likely to result in a material
loss, there can be no assurance that if the grantor pursues legal action, such legal action would
not have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.
In
February 2007, our Mexico subsidiary served Quimica Pasteur (QP), a former
distributor of the Companys products in Mexico, with a claim alleging breach of contract under a
note made by QP. A trial date has not yet been set.
From
time to time, we are involved in legal matters arising in the ordinary
course of its business. While our management believes that such matters are currently insignificant,
there can be no assurance that matters arising in the ordinary course
of business for which we are or could become involved in litigation,
will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Factors that May Affect Results
Risks Related to Our Business
We have a history of losses, we expect to continue to incur losses and we may never achieve
profitability.
We have incurred significant net losses in each fiscal year since our inception,
including losses $5.0 million during the three months ended June 30, 2007. Our accumulated deficit
as of June 30, 2007 was $75.5 million. We have yet to demonstrate that we can generate sufficient
sales of our products to become profitable. The extent of our future operating losses and the
timing of profitability are highly uncertain, and we may never achieve profitability. Even if we do
generate significant revenues from our product sales, we expect that increased operating expenses
will result in significant operating losses in the near term as we, among other things:
| conduct preclinical studies and clinical trials on our products and product candidates; | ||
| seek FDA clearance to market Microcyn as a drug in the United States; | ||
| increase our research and development efforts to enhance our existing products, commercialize new products and develop new product candidates; | ||
| establish additional and expand existing manufacturing facilities; and | ||
| grow our sales and marketing capabilities in the United States and internationally. |
As a result of these activities, we will need to generate significant revenue in order to
achieve profitability and may never become profitable. We must also maintain specified cash
reserves in connection with our loan and security agreement which may limit our investment
opportunities. Failure to maintain these reserves could result in our secured lenders foreclosing
against our assets or imposing significant restrictions on our operations. Even if we do achieve
profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on an ongoing basis.
Without raising additional capital, we would curtail certain operational activities in
order to reduce costs. We cannot provide any assurance that we will secure any commitments for new
financing on acceptable terms, if at all.
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Because all of our products are based on our Microcyn platform technology, we will need to
generate sufficient revenues from the sale of Microcyn to execute our business plan.
All of our products are based on our Microcyn platform technology, and we do not have any
non-Microcyn product candidates that will generate revenues in the foreseeable future. Accordingly,
we expect to derive substantially all of our future revenues from sales of our current Microcyn
products. We have only been selling our products since July 2004, and substantially all of our
historical product revenues have been from sales of Microcyn in Mexico. Although we began selling
in Europe in October 2004, in the United States in June 2005, and in India in July 2006, our
product revenues outside of Mexico were not significant prior to fiscal year 2007. For example,
product revenues from countries outside of Mexico were just 9% of our product revenues for the year
ended March 31, 2006. However, during the year ended March 31, 2007, the percentage of product
revenues from outside of Mexico increased to 32% and during the three months ended June 30, 2007
decreased to 17% . Microcyn has not been adopted as a standard of care for wound treatment in any
country and may not gain acceptance among physicians, nurses, patients, third-party payors and the
medical community. Existing protocols for wound care are well established within the medical
community and tend to vary geographically, and healthcare providers may be reluctant to alter their
protocols to include the use of Microcyn. If Microcyn does not achieve an adequate level of
acceptance, we will not generate sufficient revenues to become profitable. We recently decreased
our sales and marketing activities in Europe and Mexico, which could materially affect our revenues
in the geographic areas in the future.
Our inability to raise additional capital on acceptable terms in the future may cause us to
curtail certain operational activities, including regulatory trials, sales and marketing, and
international operations, in order to reduce costs and sustain the business, and would have a
material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
We expect capital outlays and operating expenditures to increase over the next several
years as we work to conduct regulatory trials, commercialize our products and expand our
infrastructure. We have entered into debt financing arrangements which are secured by all of our
assets. We may need to raise additional capital to, among other things:
| fund our clinical trials and preclinical studies; | ||
| sustain commercialization of our current products or new products; | ||
| expand our manufacturing capabilities; | ||
| increase our sales and marketing efforts to drive market adoption and address competitive developments; | ||
| acquire or license technologies; and | ||
| finance capital expenditures and our general and administrative expenses. | ||
Our present and future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including: | |||
| the progress and timing of our clinical trials; | ||
| the level of research and development investment required to maintain and improve our technology position; | ||
| cost of filing, prosecuting, defending and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property rights; | ||
| our efforts to acquire or license complementary technologies or acquire complementary businesses; | ||
| changes in product development plans needed to address any difficulties in commercialization; | ||
| competing technological and market developments; and | ||
| changes in regulatory policies or laws that affect our operations. |
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If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, dilution to our stockholders
could result. Any equity securities issued also may provide for rights, preferences or privileges
senior to those of holders of our common stock. If we raise additional funds by issuing debt
securities, these debt securities would have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of
holders of our common stock, and the terms of the debt securities issued could impose significant
restrictions on our operations. If we raise additional funds through collaborations and licensing
arrangements, we might be required to relinquish significant rights to our technologies or
products, or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us. A failure to obtain adequate
funds may cause us to curtail certain operational activities, including regulatory trials, sales
and marketing, and international operations, in order to reduce costs and sustain the business, and
would have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
We do not have the necessary regulatory approvals to market Microcyn as a drug in the United
States.
We have obtained three 510(k) clearances in the United States that permit us to sell
Microcyn as a medical device to clean, moisten and debride wounds. However, we do not have the
necessary regulatory approvals to market Microcyn in the United States as a drug, which we will
need to obtain in order to execute our business plan. Before we are permitted to sell Microcyn as a
drug in the United States, we must, among other things, successfully complete additional
preclinical studies and well-controlled clinical trials, submit a New Drug Application, or NDA, to
the FDA and obtain FDA approval. In July 2006, we completed a controlled clinical trial for
pre-operative skin preparation. After completion of this trial, the FDA advised us that it is
considering adopting new heightened performance requirements for evaluating efficacy of products
designed to be used in pre-operative skin preparation such as ours. In discussions with the FDA,
the FDA has not provided us with the definitive timing for, or parameters of, any such
requirements, and has informally stated that it is uncertain during what time frame it will be able
to do so. We plan to continue our discussions with the FDA regarding the possible timing and
parameters of any new guidelines for evaluating efficacy for pre-operative skin preparations.
Depending on the ultimate position of the FDA regarding performance criteria for pre-operative skin
preparations, we may reassess our priorities, clinical timelines and schedules for pursuing a
pre-operative skin preparation indication or may decide not to pursue this indication. We also
intend to seek FDA approval for the use of Microcyn to treat infections in wounds.
We have sponsored the majority of physicians performing physician clinical studies of
Microcyn and in some cases, the physicians who performed these studies also hold equity in our
company. The physician clinical studies were performed in the United States, Mexico and Italy, and
used various endpoints, methods and controls. These studies were not intended to be rigorously
designed or controlled clinical trials and, as such, did not have all of the controls required for
clinical trials used to support an NDA submission to the FDA in that they did not include blinding,
randomization, predefined clinical endpoints, use of placebo and active control groups or U.S. good
clinical practice requirements. Consequently, the results of these physician clinical studies may
not be used by us to support an NDA submission for Microcyn to the FDA. In addition, any results
obtained from clinical trials designed to support an NDA submission for Microcyn to the FDA may not
be as favorable as results from such physician clinical studies and otherwise may not be sufficient
to support an NDA submission or FDA approval of any Microcyn NDA.
The FDA approval process is expensive and uncertain, requires detailed and comprehensive
scientific and other data and generally takes several years. Despite the time and expense exerted,
approval is never guaranteed. We do not know whether we will obtain favorable results in our
preclinical and clinical studies or whether we will obtain the necessary regulatory approvals to
market Microcyn as a drug in the United States. We anticipate that obtaining approval for the use
of Microcyn to treat infections in wounds in the United States will take several years. Even if we
obtain FDA approval to sell Microcyn as a drug, we may not be able to successfully commercialize
Microcyn as a drug in the United States and may never recover the substantial costs we have
invested in the development of our Microcyn products.
Delays or adverse results in clinical trials could result in increased costs to us and delay
our ability to generate revenue.
Clinical trials can be long and expensive, and the outcome of clinical trials is
uncertain and subject to delays. It may take several years to complete clinical trials, if at all,
and a product candidate may fail at any stage of the clinical trial process. The length of time
required varies substantially according to the type, complexity, novelty and
intended use of the product candidate. Interim results of a preclinical study or clinical
trial do not necessarily predict final results, and acceptable results in preclinical studies or
early clinical trials may not be repeatable in later subsequent clinical trials. The commencement
or completion of any of our clinical trials may be delayed or halted for a variety of reasons,
including the following:
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| FDA requirements for approval, including requirements for testing efficacy or safety, may change; | ||
| the FDA or other regulatory authorities do not approve a clinical trial protocol; | ||
| patients do not enroll in clinical trials at the rate we expect; | ||
| delays in reaching agreement on acceptable clinical trial agreement terms with prospective sites; | ||
| delays in obtaining institutional review board approval to conduct a study at a prospective site; | ||
| third party clinical investigators do not perform our clinical trials on our anticipated schedule or consistent with the clinical trial protocol and good clinical practices, or the third party organizations do not perform data collection and analysis in a timely or accurate manner; | ||
| governmental regulations or administrative actions are changed; and | ||
| insufficient funds to continue our clinical trials. |
We do not know whether our existing or any future clinical trials will demonstrate safety
and efficacy sufficiently to result in additional FDA approvals. While a number of physicians have
conducted clinical studies assessing the safety and efficacy of Microcyn for various indications,
the data from these studies is not sufficient to support approval of Microcyn as a drug in the
United States. In addition, further studies and trials could show
different results. For example, after EPA review of our registration filing, including the results of
disinfectant efficacy testing conducted by an independent laboratory retained by us, we obtained
EPA authorization, or registration, for the distribution and sale of our Microcyn-based product,
Cidalcyn, as a hospital grade disinfectant, but the EPA conducted subsequent tests and informed us
that Cidalcyn did not meet efficacy standards when tested against three specific pathogens. In
response to this test, we voluntarily recalled samples of the product previously distributed and
later entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order with the EPA, allowing us to amend our EPA
registration and pay a $20,800 fine without admitting or denying any wrongdoing. In addition, in an independent physician
study of 10 patients in which procedures were not fully delineated, published in February 2007,
four patients discontinued treatment with Demacyn due to pain, and beneficial change in wound
microbiology was found in only one of the six remaining patients. We will be required to conduct
additional clinical trials prior to seeking approval of Microcyn for additional indications. Our
failure to adequately demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our product candidates to the
satisfaction of the FDA will prevent our receipt of FDA approval for additional indications and,
ultimately, impact commercialization of our products in the United States. If we experience
significant delays or adverse results in clinical trials, our financial results and the commercial
prospects for products based on Microcyn will be harmed, our costs would increase and our ability
to generate revenue would be delayed.
If we fail to obtain, or experience significant delays in obtaining additional regulatory
clearances or approvals to market our current or future products, we may be unable to commercialize
these products.
Developing, testing, manufacturing, marketing and selling of medical technology products
are subject to extensive regulation by numerous governmental authorities in the United States and
other countries. The process of obtaining regulatory clearance and approval of medical technology
products is costly and time consuming. Even though the underlying product formulation may be the
same or similar, our products are subject to different regulations and approval processes depending
upon their intended use. In the United States, use of Microcyn to cleanse and debride a wound comes
within the medical device regulation framework, while use of Microcyn to treat infections in wounds
will require us to seek FDA approval of Microcyn as a drug in the United States.
To obtain regulatory approval of our products as drugs in the United States, we must
first show that our products are safe and effective for target indications through preclinical
studies (laboratory and animal testing) and
clinical trials (human testing). The FDA generally clears marketing of a medical device
through the 510(k) pre-market clearance process if it is demonstrated that the new product has the
same intended use and the same or similar technological characteristics as another legally marketed
Class II device, such as a device already cleared by the FDA through the 510(k) premarket
notification process, and otherwise meets the FDAs requirements. Product modifications, including
labeling the product for a new intended use, may require the submission of a new 510(k) clearance
and FDA approval before the modified product can be marketed.
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We do not know whether our products based on Microcyn will receive approval from the FDA
as a drug. The data from clinical studies of Microcyn conducted by physicians to date will not
satisfy the FDAs regulatory criteria for approval of an NDA. In order for us to seek approval for
the use of Microcyn as a drug in the treatment of infections in wounds, we will be required to
conduct additional preclinical and clinical trials and submit applications for approval to the FDA.
For example, we are currently planning to conduct a pilot study of Microcyn for the treatment of
wound infections, and we will need to conduct additional non-clinical and well-controlled clinical
trials in order to generate data to support FDA approval of Microcyn for this indication.
The outcomes of clinical trials are inherently uncertain. In addition, we do not know
whether the necessary approvals or clearances will be granted or delayed for future products. The
FDA could request additional information or clinical testing that could adversely affect the time
to market and sale of products as drugs. If we do not obtain the requisite regulatory clearances
and approvals, we will be unable to commercialize our products as drugs or devices and may never
recover any of the substantial costs we have invested in the development of Microcyn.
Distribution of our products outside the United States is subject to extensive government
regulation. These regulations, including the requirements for approvals or clearance to market, the
time required for regulatory review and the sanctions imposed for violations, vary from country to
country. We do not know whether we will obtain regulatory approvals in such countries or that we
will not be required to incur significant costs in obtaining or maintaining these regulatory
approvals. In addition, the export by us of certain of our products that have not yet been cleared
for domestic commercial distribution may be subject to FDA export restrictions. Failure to obtain
necessary regulatory approvals, the restriction, suspension or revocation of existing approvals or
any other failure to comply with regulatory requirements would have a material adverse effect on
our future business, financial condition, and results of operations.
If our products do not gain market acceptance, our business will suffer because we might not
be able to fund future operations.
A number of factors may affect the market acceptance of our products or any other
products we develop or acquire, including, among others:
| the price of our products relative to other treatments for the same or similar treatments; | ||
| the perception by patients, physicians and other members of the health care community of the effectiveness and safety of our products for their indicated applications and treatments; | ||
| our ability to fund our sales and marketing efforts; and | ||
| the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts. |
If our products do not gain market acceptance, we may not be able to fund future
operations, including developing, testing and obtaining regulatory approval for new product
candidates and expanding our sales and marketing efforts for our approved products, which would
cause our business to suffer.
We have agreed to change the brand name of our product in Mexico, which may result in the loss
of any brand recognition that we have established with users of our products.
In accordance with the settlement of a trademark infringement lawsuit filed against us in
Mexico, we have agreed to stop using the name Microcyn60 in Mexico by September 2007. In addition,
in May 2006, a complaint was filed against us for trademark confusion in connection with the same
tradename, and we are in settlement negotiations concerning such claim. We have marketed our
products in Mexico under the brand name of
Microcyn60 since 2004. During the three months ended June 30, 2007 and the year ended March
31, 2007 the percentage of our product revenues derived from Mexico were 83% and 68%,
respectively. As a result of our agreement to change our product name, we may lose the benefit of
the brand name recognition we have generated in the region and our product sales in Mexico could
decline. In locations where we have distributed our products, we believe that the brand names of
those products have developed name recognition among consumers who purchase them. Any change to the
brand name of our other products may cause us to lose such name recognition, which may lead to
confusion in the marketplace and a decline in sales of our products.
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If our competitors develop products similar to Microcyn, we may need to modify or alter our
business strategy, which may delay the achievement of our goals.
Competitors may develop products with similar characteristics as Microcyn. Such similar
products marketed by larger competitors can hinder our efforts to penetrate the market. As a
result, we may be forced to modify or alter our business and regulatory strategy and sales and
marketing plans, as a response to changes in the market, competition and technology limitations,
among others. Such modifications may pose additional delays in achieving our goals.
We intend to license or collaborate with third parties in various potential markets, and
events involving these strategic partners or any future collaborations could delay or prevent us
from developing or commercializing products.
Our business strategy and our short- and long-term operating results will depend in part on
our ability to execute on existing strategic collaborations and to license or partner with new
strategic partners. We believe collaborations allow us to leverage our resources and technologies
and to access markets that are compatible with our own core areas of expertise while avoiding the
cost of establishing a direct sales force in each market. We may incur significant costs in the use
of third parties to identify and assist in establishing relationships with potential collaborators.
To penetrate our target markets, we may need to enter into additional collaborative
agreements to assist in the development and commercialization of future products. For example,
depending upon our analysis of the time and expense involved in obtaining FDA approval to sell a
product to treat open wounds, we may choose to license our technology to a third party as opposed
to pursuing commercialization ourselves. Establishing strategic collaborations is difficult and
time-consuming. Potential collaborators may reject collaborations based upon their assessment of
our financial, regulatory or intellectual property position and our internal capabilities. Our
discussions with potential collaborators may not lead to the establishment of new collaborations on
favorable terms. We have limited control over the amount and timing of resources that our current
collaborators or any future collaborators devote to our collaborations or potential products. These
collaborators may breach or terminate their agreements with us or otherwise fail to conduct their
collaborative activities successfully and in a timely manner. Further, our collaborators may not
develop or commercialize products that arise out of our collaborative arrangements or devote
sufficient resources to the development, manufacture, marketing or sale of these products. By
entering into a collaboration, we may preclude opportunities to collaborate with other third
parties who do not wish to associate with our existing third party strategic partners. Moreover, in
the event of termination of a collaboration agreement, termination negotiations may result in less
favorable terms.
If we are unable to expand our direct domestic sales force, we may not be able to successfully
sell our products in the United States.
We have very limited commercialization capability and make Microcyn-based products
available primarily through our website, one national distributor and several regional
distributors. We plan for a more aggressive commercialization and product launch in the event we
obtain drug approval from the FDA. Developing a sales force is expensive and time consuming, and
the lack of qualified sales personnel could delay or limit the success of our product launch. Our
domestic sales force, if established, will be competing with the sales operations of our
competitors, which are better funded and more experienced. We may not be able to develop domestic
sales capacity on a timely basis or at all.
Our dependence on distributors for sales could limit or prevent us from selling our products
and from realizing long-term revenue growth.
We currently depend on distributors to sell Microcyn in the United States, Europe and
other countries and intend to continue to sell our products primarily through distributors in
Europe and the United States for the foreseeable future. If we are unable to expand our direct
sales force, we will continue to rely on distributors to sell Microcyn. Our existing distribution
agreements are generally short-term in duration, and we may need to pursue alternate distributors
if the other parties to these agreements terminate or elect not to renew their agreements. If we
are unable to retain our current distributors for any reason, we must replace them with alternate
distributors experienced in supplying the wound care market, which could be time-consuming and
divert managements
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attention from other operational matters. In addition, we will need to attract
additional distributors to expand the geographic areas in which we sell Microcyn. Distributors may
not commit the necessary resources to market and sell our products to the level of our
expectations, which could harm our ability to generate revenues. In addition, some of our
distributors may also sell products that compete with ours. In some countries, regulatory licenses
must be held by residents of the country. For example, the regulatory approval for one product in
India is owned and held by our Indian distributor. If the licenses are not in our name or under our
control, we might not have the power to ensure their ongoing effectiveness and use by us. If
current or future distributors do not perform adequately, or we are unable to locate distributors
in particular geographic areas, we may not realize long-term revenue growth.
We depend on a contract sales force to sell our products in Mexico.
We currently depend on a contract sales force to sell Microcyn in Mexico. Our existing
agreement is short-term in duration and can be terminated by either party upon 30 days written
notice. If we are unable to retain our current agreement for any reason, we may need to build our
own internal sales force or find an alternate source for contract sales people. We may be unable to
find an alternate source, or the alternate sources sales force may not generate sufficient
revenue. If our current or future contract sales force does not perform adequately, we may not
realize long-term revenue growth in Mexico.
If we fail to comply with ongoing regulatory requirements, or if we experience unanticipated
problems with our products, these products could be subject to restrictions or withdrawal from the
market.
Regulatory approvals or clearances that we currently have and that we may receive in the
future are subject to limitations on the indicated uses for which the products may be marketed, and
any future approvals could contain requirements for potentially costly post-marketing follow-up
studies. If the FDA determines that our promotional materials or activities constitute promotion of
an unapproved use or we otherwise fail to comply with FDA regulations, we may be subject to
regulatory enforcement actions, including a warning letter, injunction, seizure, civil fine or
criminal penalties. In addition, the manufacturing, labeling, packaging, adverse event reporting,
storage, advertising, promotion, distribution and record-keeping for approved products are subject
to extensive regulation. Our manufacturing facilities, processes and specifications are subject to
periodic inspection by the FDA, European and other regulatory authorities and from time to time, we
may receive notices of deficiencies from these agencies as a result of such inspections. Our
failure to continue to meet regulatory standards or to remedy any deficiencies could result in
restrictions being imposed on products or manufacturing processes, fines, suspension or loss of
regulatory approvals or clearances, product recalls, termination of distribution or product
seizures or the need to invest substantial resources to comply with various existing and new
requirements. In the more egregious cases, criminal sanctions, civil penalties, disgorgement of
profits or closure of our manufacturing facilities are possible. The subsequent discovery of
previously unknown problems with Microcyn, including adverse events of unanticipated severity or
frequency, may result in restrictions on the marketing of our products, and could include voluntary
or mandatory recall or withdrawal of products from the market.
New government regulations may be enacted and changes in FDA policies and regulations,
their interpretation and enforcement, could prevent or delay regulatory approval of our products.
We cannot predict the likelihood, nature or extent of adverse government regulation that may arise
from future legislation or administrative action, either in the United States or abroad. Therefore,
we do not know whether we will be able to continue to comply with any regulations or that the costs
of such compliance will not have a material adverse effect on our future business, financial
condition, and results of operations. If we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we will
not be permitted to market our products and our business would suffer.
We may experience difficulties in manufacturing Microcyn, which could prevent us from
commercializing one or more of our products.
The machines used to manufacture our Microcyn-based products are complex, use complicated
software and must be monitored by highly trained engineers. Slight deviations anywhere in our
manufacturing process, including
quality control, labeling and packaging, could lead to a failure to meet the specifications
required by the FDA, the EPA, European notified bodies, Mexican regulatory agencies and other
foreign regulatory bodies, which may result in lot failures or product recalls. In August 2006, we
received a show cause letter from the EPA, which stated that, in tests conducted by the EPA,
Cidalcyn was found to be ineffective in killing specified pathogens when used according to label
directions. We gathered records for review to determine if there might have been any problems in
production of the lot tested by the EPA. We have also quarantined all remaining quantities of the
production lot in question. If we are unable to obtain quality internal and external components,
mechanical and electrical parts, if our
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software contains defects or is corrupted, or if we are
unable to attract and retain qualified technicians to manufacture our products, our manufacturing
output of Microcyn, or any other product candidate based on our platform that we may develop, could
fail to meet required standards, our regulatory approvals could be delayed, denied or revoked, and
commercialization of one or more of our Microcyn-based products may be delayed or foregone.
Manufacturing processes that are used to produce the smaller quantities of Microcyn needed for our
clinical test and current commercial sales may not be successfully scaled up to allow production of
significant commercial quantities. Any failure to manufacture our products to required standards on
a commercial scale could result in reduced revenues, delays in generating revenue and increased
costs.
Our competitive position depends on our ability to protect our intellectual property and our
proprietary technologies.
Our ability to compete and to achieve and maintain profitability depends on our ability
to protect our intellectual property and proprietary technologies. We currently rely on a
combination of patents, patent applications, trademarks, trade secret laws, confidentiality
agreements, license agreements and invention assignment agreements to protect our intellectual
property rights. We also rely upon unpatented know-how and continuing technological innovation to
develop and maintain our competitive position. These measures may not be adequate to safeguard our
Microcyn technology. In addition, we granted a security interest in our assets, including our
intellectual property, under two loan and security agreements. If we do not protect our rights
adequately, third parties could use our technology, and our ability to compete in the market would
be reduced.
Although we have filed U.S. and foreign patent applications related to our Microcyn based
products, the manufacturing technology for making the products, and their uses, only one patent has
been issued from these applications to date.
Our pending patent applications and any patent applications we may file in the future may
not result in issued patents, and we do not know whether any of our in-licensed patents or any
additional patents that might ultimately be issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or
foreign regulatory body will protect our Microcyn technology. Any claims that issue may not be
sufficiently broad to prevent third parties from producing competing substitutes and may be
infringed, designed around, or invalidated by third parties. Even issued patents may later be found
to be invalid, or may be modified or revoked in proceedings instituted by third parties before
various patent offices or in courts.
The degree of future protection for our proprietary rights is more uncertain in part
because legal means afford only limited protection and may not adequately protect our rights, and
we will not be able to ensure that:
| we were the first to invent the inventions described in patent applications; | ||
| we were the first to file patent applications for inventions; | ||
| others will not independently develop similar or alternative technologies or duplicate our products without infringing our intellectual property rights; | ||
| any patents licensed or issued to us will provide us with any competitive advantages; | ||
| we will develop proprietary technologies that are patentable; or | ||
| the patents of others will not have an adverse effect on our ability to do business. |
The policies we use to protect our trade secrets may not be effective in preventing
misappropriation of our trade secrets by others. In addition, confidentiality and invention
assignment agreements executed by our employees, consultants and advisors may not be enforceable or
may not provide meaningful protection for our trade secrets or other proprietary information in the
event of unauthorized use or disclosures. We cannot be certain that the steps we have taken will
prevent the misappropriation and use of our intellectual property, particularly in foreign
countries where the laws may not protect our proprietary rights as fully as in the United States.
For example, one of our former contract partners, Nofil Corporation, whom we relied upon to
manufacture our proprietary machines had access to our proprietary information and we believe
undertook the development and manufacture of the machines to be sold to third parties in violation
of our agreement with such company. We have brought a claim against Nofil Corporation in the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California. We believe that a former officer of our
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Mexico subsidiary collaborated in these acts, misappropriated our trade secrets, and is currently
selling products in Mexico that are competitive with our products. In addition, we believe that,
through the licensor of the patents that we in-license and who has also assigned patents to us, a
company in Japan obtained one of our patent applications, translated it into Hangul and filed it
under such companys and the licensors name in South Korea. These and any other leak of
confidential data into the public domain or to third parties could allow our competitors to learn
our trade secrets.
We may face intellectual property infringement claims that could be time-consuming, costly to
defend and could result in our loss of significant rights and, in the case of patent infringement
claims, the assessment of treble damages.
On occasion, we may receive notices of claims of infringement, misappropriation or misuse
of other parties proprietary rights. We may have disputes regarding intellectual property rights
with the parties that have licensed those rights to us. For example, in June 2006, we received
written notice from Coherent Technologies, the licensor of exclusive licenses to six issued
Japanese patents and five Japanese published pending patent applications, advising us that the
patent license was terminated, citing various reasons with which we disagree. Since that time, we
have engaged in discussions with Coherent Technologies concerning the license agreement and our
continued business relationship. Although we do not believe Coherent
Technologies has grounds to
terminate the license, we may have to take legal action to preserve our rights under the license
and to enjoin Coherent Technologies from breaching its terms. Some claims received from third parties may lead to litigation. We cannot assure you that
we will prevail in these actions, or that other actions alleging misappropriation or misuse by us
of third-party trade secrets, infringement by us of third-party patents and trademarks or the
validity of our patents, will not be asserted or prosecuted against us. We may also initiate claims
to defend our intellectual property. For example, we brought a claim against Nofil Corporation for
misappropriation of our trade secrets and Nofil Corporation filed a cross-complaint against us in
February 2007 claiming ownership of our technology. Intellectual property litigation, regardless of
outcome, is expensive and time-consuming, could divert managements attention from our business and
have a material negative effect on our business, operating results or financial condition. In
addition, the outcome of such litigation may be unpredictable. If there is a successful claim of
infringement against us, we may be required to pay substantial damages (including treble damages if
we were to be found to have willfully infringed a third partys patent) to the party claiming
infringement, develop non-infringing technology, stop selling our products or using technology that
contains the allegedly infringing intellectual property or enter into royalty or license agreements
that may not be available on acceptable or commercially practical terms, if at all. Our failure to
develop non-infringing technologies or license the proprietary rights on a timely basis could harm
our business. In addition, modifying our products to include the non-infringing technologies could
require us to seek re-approval or clearance from various regulatory bodies for our products, which
would be costly and time consuming. Also, we may be unaware of pending patent applications that
relate to our technology. Parties making infringement claims on future issued patents may be able
to obtain an injunction that would prevent us from selling our products or using technology that
contains the allegedly infringing intellectual property, which could harm our business.
In September 2005, a complaint was filed against us in Mexico claiming trademark
infringement with respect to our Microcyn60 mark. To settle this claim we have agreed to cease
marketing our product in Mexico under the name Microcyn60 by September 2007. A second unrelated
claim was filed against us in Mexico in May 2006, claiming trademark infringement with respect to
our Microcyn60 mark in Mexico. We are in discussions with the claimant to settle the matter.
In addition to the infringement claims in Mexico, we are currently involved in several
pending trademark opposition proceedings in connection with our applications to register the marks
Microcyn, Oculus Microcyn and Dermacyn in the European Union, Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua and Paraguay. If we are unable to
settle these disputes or prevail in these opposition proceedings, we will not be able to
obtain registrations for the Microcyn, Oculus Microcyn and Dermacyn marks in those countries, and
that may impair our ability to enforce our trademark rights against infringers in those countries.
Although no such legal proceedings have been brought or threats of such legal proceedings have been
made, we cannot rule out the possibility that any of these opposing parties will also file a
trademark infringement lawsuit seeking to prevent our use and seek monetary damages based on our
use of the Microcyn, Oculus Microcyn and Dermacyn marks in the European Union, Argentina,
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Paraguay.
We have also entered into agreements with third parties to settle trademark opposition
proceedings in which we have agreed to certain restrictions on our use and registration of certain
marks. In March 2006, we entered into
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an agreement with an opposing party that places restrictions
on the manner in which we can use and register our Microcyn and Microcyn60 marks in countries where
the opposing party has superior rights, including in Europe and Singapore. These restrictions
include always using Microcyn along with the word technology and another distinctive trademark
such as Cidalcyn, Dermacyn and Vetericyn. In addition, we have entered into an agreement with an
opposing party in which we agreed to limit our use and registration of the Microcyn mark in Uruguay
to disinfectant, antiseptic and sterilizing agents. Moreover, we have entered into an agreement
with an opposing party in Europe in which we agreed to specifically exclude ophthalmologic products
for our Oculus Microcyn application in the European Union.
Our ability to generate revenue will be diminished if we are unable to obtain acceptable
prices or an adequate level of reimbursement from third-party payors of healthcare costs.
The continuing efforts of governmental and other third-party payors, including managed
care organizations such as health maintenance organizations, or HMOs, to contain or reduce costs of
health care may affect our future revenue and profitability, and the future revenue and
profitability of our potential customers, suppliers and collaborative or license partners and the
availability of capital. For example, in certain foreign markets, pricing or profitability of
prescription pharmaceuticals is subject to government control. In the United States, governmental
and private payors have limited the growth of health care costs through price regulation or
controls, competitive pricing programs and drug rebate programs. Our ability to commercialize our
products successfully will depend in part on the extent to which appropriate coverage and
reimbursement levels for the cost of our Microcyn products and related treatment are obtained from
governmental authorities, private health insurers and other organizations, such as HMOs.
There is significant uncertainty concerning third-party coverage and reimbursement of
newly approved medical products and drugs. Third-party payors are increasingly challenging the
prices charged for medical products and services. Also, the trend toward managed healthcare in the
United States and the concurrent growth of organizations such as HMOs, as well as legislative
proposals to reform healthcare or reduce government insurance programs, may result in lower prices
for or rejection of our products. The cost containment measures that health care payors and
providers are instituting and the effect of any health care reform could materially and adversely
affect our ability to generate revenues.
In addition, given ongoing federal and state government initiatives directed at lowering
the total cost of health care, the United States Congress and state legislatures will likely
continue to focus on health care reform, the cost of prescription pharmaceuticals and the reform of
the Medicare and Medicaid payment systems. While we cannot predict whether any proposed
cost-containment measures will be adopted, the announcement or adoption of these proposals could
reduce the price that we receive for our Microcyn products in the future.
We could be required to indemnify third parties for alleged infringement, which could cause us
to incur significant costs.
Some of our distribution agreements contain commitments to indemnify our distributors
against liability arising from infringement of third party intellectual property such as patents.
We may be required to indemnify our customers for claims made against them or license fees they are
required to pay. If we are forced to indemnify for claims or to pay license fees, our business and
financial condition could be substantially harmed.
A significant part of our business is conducted outside of the United States, exposing us to
additional risks that may not exist in the United States, which in turn could cause our business
and operating results to suffer.
We have international operations in Mexico and Europe. During the three months ended June
30, 2007 69% of our total revenue was generated from sales outside of the United States. Our
business is highly regulated for the use, marketing and manufacturing of our Microcyn products both
domestically and internationally. Our international operations are subject to risks, including:
| local political or economic instability; | ||
| changes in governmental regulation; | ||
| changes in import/export duties; |
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| trade restrictions; | ||
| lack of experience in foreign markets; | ||
| difficulties and costs of staffing and managing operations in certain foreign countries; | ||
| work stoppages or other changes in labor conditions; | ||
| difficulties in collecting accounts receivables on a timely basis or at all; and | ||
| adverse tax consequences or overlapping tax structures. |
We plan to continue to market and sale our products internationally to respond to
customer requirements and market opportunities. We currently have international manufacturing
facilities in Mexico and The Netherlands. Establishing operations in any foreign country or region
presents risks such as those described above as well as risks specific to the particular country or
region. In addition, until a payment history is established over time with customers in a new
geography or region, the likelihood of collecting receivables generated by such operations could be
less than our expectations. As a result, there is a greater risk that reserves set with respect to
the collection of such receivables may be inadequate. If our operations in any foreign country are
unsuccessful, we could incur significant losses and we may not achieve profitability.
In addition, changes in policies or laws of the United States or foreign governments
resulting in, among other things, changes in regulations and the approval process, higher taxation,
currency conversion limitations, restrictions on fund transfers or the expropriation of private
enterprises, could reduce the anticipated benefits of our international expansion. If we fail to
realize the anticipated revenue growth of our future international operations, our business and
operating results could suffer.
Our sales in international markets subject us to foreign currency exchange and other risks and
costs which could harm our business.
A substantial portion of our revenues are derived from outside the United States,
primarily from Mexico. We anticipate that revenues from international customers will continue to
represent a substantial portion of our revenues for the foreseeable future. Because we generate
revenues in foreign currencies, we are subject to the effects of exchange rate fluctuations. The
functional currency of our Mexican subsidiary is the Mexican Peso, and the functional currency of
our subsidiary in The Netherlands is the Euro. For the preparation of our consolidated financial
statements, the financial results of our foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars on
average exchange rates during the applicable period. If the U.S. dollar appreciates against the
Mexican Peso or the Euro, as applicable, the revenues we recognize from sales by our subsidiaries
will be adversely impacted. Foreign exchange gains or losses as a result of exchange rate
fluctuations in any given period could harm our operating results and negatively impact our
revenues. Additionally, if the effective price of our products were to increase as a result of
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, demand for our products could decline and
adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
The loss of key members of our senior management team, one of our directors or our inability
to retain highly skilled scientists, technicians and salespeople could adversely affect our
business.
Our success depends largely on the skills, experience and performance of key members of
our executive management team, including Hojabr Alimi, our Chief Executive Officer, and a member of
our Board of Directors and Robert Northey, our Vice President of Research and Development.. The
efforts of these people will be critical to us as we continue to develop our products and attempt
to commercialize products in the chronic and acute wound care market. If we were to lose one or
more of these individuals, we may experience difficulties in competing effectively, developing our
technologies and implementing our business strategies.
Our research and development programs depend on our ability to attract and retain highly
skilled scientists and technicians. We may not be able to attract or retain qualified scientists
and technicians in the future due to the intense competition for qualified personnel among medical
technology businesses, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area. We also face competition from
universities and public and private research institutions in recruiting and retaining highly
qualified personnel. In addition, our success depends on our ability to attract and retain
salespeople with extensive experience in wound care and close relationships with the medical
community, including physicians
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and other medical staff. We may have difficulties locating,
recruiting or retaining qualified salespeople, which could cause a delay or decline in the rate of
adoption of our products. If we are not able to attract and retain the necessary personnel to
accomplish our business objectives, we may experience constraints that will adversely affect our
ability to support our research, development and sales programs.
We maintain key-person life insurance only on Mr. Alimi. We may discontinue this
insurance in the future, it may not continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms or,
if continued, it may prove inadequate to compensate us for the loss of Mr. Alimis services.
We may be unable to manage our future growth effectively, which would make it difficult to
execute our business strategy.
We may experience periods of rapid growth as we expand our business, which will likely
place a significant strain on our limited personnel and other resources. Any failure by us to
manage our growth effectively could have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our
commercialization goals.
Furthermore, we conduct business in a number of geographic regions and are seeking to
expand to other regions. We have not established a physical presence in many of the international
regions in which we conduct or plan to conduct business, but rather we manage our business from our
headquarters in Northern California. As a result, we conduct business at all times of the day and
night with limited personnel. If we fail to appropriately target and increase our presence in these
geographic regions, we may not be able to effectively market and sell our Microcyn products in
these locations or we may not meet our customers needs in a timely manner, which could negatively
affect our operating results.
Future growth will also impose significant added responsibilities on management,
including the need to identify, recruit, train and integrate additional employees. In addition,
rapid and significant growth will place strain on our administrative and operational
infrastructure, including sales and marketing and clinical and regulatory personnel. Our ability to
manage our operations and growth will require us to continue to improve our operational, financial
and management controls, reporting systems and procedures. If we are unable to manage our growth
effectively, it may be difficult for us to execute our business strategy.
The wound care industry is highly competitive and subject to rapid technological change. If
our competitors are better able to develop and market products that are less expensive or more
effective than any products that we may develop, our commercial opportunity will be reduced or
eliminated.
The wound care industry is highly competitive and subject to rapid technological change.
Our success depends, in part, upon our ability to stay at the forefront of technological change and
maintain a competitive position.
We compete with large healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, along with
smaller or early-stage companies that have collaborative arrangements with larger pharmaceutical
companies, academic institutions, government agencies and other public and private research
organizations. Many of our competitors have significantly greater financial resources and expertise
in research and development, manufacturing, pre-clinical testing, conducting clinical trials,
obtaining regulatory approvals and marketing approved products than we do. Our competitors may:
| develop and patent processes or products earlier than we will; | ||
| develop and commercialize products that are less expensive or more efficient than any products that we may develop; | ||
| obtain regulatory approvals for competing products more rapidly than we will; and | ||
| improve upon existing technological approaches or develop new or different approaches that render our technology or products obsolete or non-competitive. |
As a result, we may not be able to successfully commercialize any future products.
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The success of our research and development efforts may depend on our ability to find suitable
collaborators to fully exploit our capabilities. If we are unable to establish collaborations or if
these future collaborations are unsuccessful, our research and development efforts may be
unsuccessful, which could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
An important element of our business strategy will be to enter into collaborative or
license arrangements under which we license our Microcyn technology to other parties for
development and commercialization. We expect that while we may initially seek to conduct initial
clinical trials on our drug candidates, we may need to seek collaborators for a number of our
potential products because of the expense, effort and expertise required to conduct additional
clinical trials and further develop those potential products candidates. Because collaboration
arrangements are complex to negotiate, we may not be successful in our attempts to establish these
arrangements. If we need third party assistance in identifying and negotiating one or more
acceptable arrangements, it might be costly. Also, we may not have products that are desirable to
other parties, or we may be unwilling to license a potential product because the party interested
in it is a competitor. The terms of any arrangements that we establish may not be favorable to us.
Alternatively, potential collaborators may decide against entering into an agreement with us
because of our financial, regulatory or intellectual property position or for scientific,
commercial or other reasons. If we are not able to establish collaborative agreements, we may not
be able to develop and commercialize new products, which would adversely affect our business and
our revenues.
In order for any of these collaboration or license arrangements to be successful, we must
first identify potential collaborators or licensees whose capabilities complement and integrate
well with ours. We may rely on these arrangements for, not only financial resources, but also for
expertise or economies of scale that we expect to need in the future relating to clinical trials,
manufacturing, sales and marketing, and for licenses to technology rights. However, it is likely
that we will not be able to control the amount and timing of resources that our collaborators or
licensees devote to our programs or potential products. If our collaborators or licensees prove
difficult to work with, are less skilled than we originally expected, or do not devote adequate
resources to the program, the relationship will not be successful. If a business combination,
involving a collaborator or licensee and a third party were to occur, the effect could be to
diminish, terminate or cause delays in development of a potential product.
We may acquire other businesses or form joint ventures that could harm our operating results,
dilute your ownership of us, increase our debt or cause us to incur significant expense.
As part of our business strategy, we may pursue acquisitions of complementary businesses
and assets, as well as technology licensing arrangements. We also intend to pursue strategic
alliances that leverage our core technology and industry experience to expand our product offerings
or distribution. We have no experience with respect to acquiring other companies and limited
experience with respect to the formation of collaborations, strategic alliances and joint ventures.
If we make any acquisitions, we may not be able to integrate these acquisitions successfully into
our existing business, and we could assume unknown or contingent liabilities. Any future
acquisitions by us also could result in significant write-offs or the incurrence of debt and
contingent liabilities, any of which could harm our operating results. Integration of an acquired
company also may require management resources that otherwise would be available for ongoing
development of our existing business. We may not identify or complete these transactions in a
timely manner, on a cost-effective basis, or at all, and we may not realize the anticipated
benefits of any acquisition, technology license, strategic alliance or joint venture.
To finance any acquisitions, we may choose to issue shares of our common stock as
consideration, which would dilute your ownership interest in us. If the price of our common stock
is low or volatile, we may not be able to acquire other companies for stock. Alternatively, it may
be necessary for us to raise additional funds for acquisitions through public or private
financings. Additional funds may not be available on terms that are favorable to us, or at all.
If we are unable to comply with broad and complex federal and state fraud and abuse laws,
including state and federal anti-kickback laws, we could face substantial penalties and our
products could be excluded from government healthcare programs.
We are subject to various federal and state laws pertaining to healthcare fraud and
abuse, which include, among other things, anti-kickback laws that prohibit payments to induce the
referral of products and services, and false claims statutes that prohibit the fraudulent billing
of federal healthcare programs. Our operations are subject to the federal anti-kickback statute, a
criminal statute that, subject to certain statutory exceptions, prohibits any
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person from knowingly
and willfully offering, paying, soliciting or receiving remuneration, directly or indirectly, to
induce or reward a person either (i) for referring an individual for the furnishing of items or
services for which payment may be made in whole or in part by a government healthcare program such
as Medicare or Medicaid, or (ii) for purchasing, leasing, or ordering or arranging for or
recommending the purchasing, leasing or ordering of an item or service for which payment may be
made under a government healthcare program. Because of the breadth of the federal anti-kickback
statute, the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or
the OIG, was authorized to adopt regulations setting forth additional exceptions to the
prohibitions of the statute commonly known as safe harbors. If all of the elements of an
applicable safe harbor are fully satisfied, an arrangement will not be subject to prosecution under
the federal anti-kickback statute.
We previously had agreements to pay compensation to our advisory board members and
physicians who conduct clinical trials or provide other services for us. Currently, these
agreements have been terminated. The agreements may be subject to challenge to the extent they do
not fall within relevant safe harbors under federal and similar state anti-kickback laws. If our
past or present operations, including, but not limited to, our consulting arrangements with our
advisory board members or physicians conducting clinical trials on our behalf, or our promotional
or discount programs, are found to be in violation of these laws, we or our officers may be subject
to civil or criminal penalties, including large monetary penalties, damages, fines, imprisonment
and exclusion from government healthcare program participation, including Medicare and Medicaid.
In addition, if there is a change in law, regulation or administrative or judicial
interpretations of these laws, we may have to change our business practices or our existing
business practices could be challenged as unlawful, which could have a negative effect on our
business, financial condition and results of operations.
Healthcare fraud and abuse laws are complex and even minor, inadvertent irregularities
can potentially give rise to claims that a statute or regulation has been violated.
The frequency of suits to enforce these laws have increased significantly in recent years
and have increased the risk that a healthcare company will have to defend a false claim action, pay
fines or be excluded from the Medicare, Medicaid or other federal and state healthcare programs as
a result of an investigation arising out of such action. We cannot assure you that we will not
become subject to such litigation. Any violations of these laws, or any action against us for
violation of these laws, even if we successfully defend against it, could harm our reputation, be
costly to defend and divert managements attention from other aspects of our business. Similarly,
if the physicians or other providers or entities with whom we do business are found to have
violated abuse laws, they may be subject to sanctions, which could also have a negative impact on
us.
Our efforts to discover and develop potential products may not lead to the discovery,
development, commercialization or marketing of actual drug products.
We are currently engaged in a number of different approaches to discover and develop new
product applications and product candidates. At the present time, we have one Microcyn-based drug
candidate in clinical trials. We also have a non-Microcyn-based compound in the research and
development phase. We believe this compound has potential applications in oncology. Discovery and
development of potential drug candidates are expensive and time-consuming, and we do not know if
our efforts will lead to discovery of any drug candidates that can be successfully developed and
marketed. If our efforts do not lead to the discovery of a suitable drug candidate,
we may be unable to grow our clinical pipeline or we may be unable to enter into agreements
with collaborators who are willing to develop our drug candidates.
We must implement additional and expensive finance and accounting systems, procedures and
controls as we grow our business and organization and to satisfy new reporting requirements, which
will increase our costs and require additional management resources.
As a public reporting company, we are required to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 and the related rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the
Commission, including expanded disclosures and accelerated reporting requirements and more complex
accounting rules for the reporting period ending March 31, 2008. Compliance with Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other requirements will increase our costs and require additional
management resources. In a letter following their dismissal, our prior independent auditors
informed us that we did not have the appropriate financial management and reporting structure in
place to meet the demands of a public company and that our accounting and financial personnel
lacked the appropriate level of accounting knowledge, experience and training. Our current
independent auditors recommended
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certain changes in our internal controls, which we are working
implementing. We have upgraded our finance and accounting systems, procedures and controls and will
need to continue to implement additional finance and accounting systems, procedures and controls as
we grow our business and organization, enter into complex business transactions and take actions
designed to satisfy new reporting requirements. Specifically, our experience in entering into a
series of Agreements with Quimica Pasteur, or QP, a Mexico-based distributor of pharmaceutical
products to hospitals and health care entities owned or operated by the Mexican Ministry of Health,
or MOH, indicated that we need to better plan for complex transactions and the application of
complex accounting principles relating to those transactions and to better identify potentially
improper practices. As a result of these agreements, we were required to consolidate QPs
operations with our financial results for a portion of our year ended March 31, 2006. In connection
with our audit of QPs financial statements in late 2005, we were made aware of a number of facts
that suggested that QP or its principals may have engaged in some form of tax avoidance practice in
Mexico prior to the execution of the agreements between our company and QP, and we did not discover
these facts prior to our execution of these agreements or for several months thereafter. If we are
unable to complete the required Section 404 assessment as to the adequacy of our internal control
over financial reporting, if we fail to maintain or implement adequate controls, or if our
independent registered public accounting firm is unable to provide us with an unqualified report as
to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the date of our second
Annual Report on Form 10-K for which compliance is required and thereafter, our ability to obtain
additional financing could be impaired. In addition, investors could lose confidence in the
reliability of our internal control over financial reporting and in the accuracy of our periodic
reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A lack of investor confidence in the
reliability and accuracy of our public reporting could cause our stock price to decline. Also, if
we are unable to implement and maintain adequate internal controls, we could be subject to fines
and penalties. For example, although we do nto believe that we are responsible for any tax
avoidance practices of QPs principals prior to June 16, 2005, the Mexican taxing authority could
make a claim against us or our Mexican subsidiary. We have been informed by counsel in Mexico that
the statute of limitations, including for action for fraud, is five years from March 31, 2006.
We may not be able to maintain sufficient product liability insurance to cover claims against
us.
Product liability insurance for the healthcare industry is generally expensive to the
extent it is available at all. We may not be able to maintain such insurance on acceptable terms or
be able to secure increased coverage if the commercialization of our products progresses, nor can
we be sure that existing or future claims against us will be covered by our product liability
insurance. Moreover, the existing coverage of our insurance policy or any rights of indemnification
and contribution that we may have may not be sufficient to offset existing or future claims. A
successful claim against us with respect to uninsured liabilities or in excess of insurance
coverage and not subject to any indemnification or contribution could have a material adverse
effect on our future business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock
Our operating results may fluctuate, which could cause our stock price to decrease.
Fluctuations in our operating results may lead to fluctuations, including declines, in
our share price. Our operating results and our share price may fluctuate from period to period due
to a variety of factors, including:
| demand by physicians, other medical staff and patients for our Microcyn products; | ||
| reimbursement decisions by third-party payors and announcements of those decisions; | ||
| clinical trial results and publication of results in peer-reviewed journals or the presentation at medical conferences; | ||
| the inclusion or exclusion of our Microcyn products in large clinical trials conducted by others; | ||
| actual and anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly financial and operating results; | ||
| developments or disputes concerning our intellectual property or other proprietary rights; | ||
| issues in manufacturing our product candidates or products; |
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| new or less expensive products and services or new technology introduced or offered by our competitors or us; | ||
| the development and commercialization of product enhancements; | ||
| changes in the regulatory environment; | ||
| delays in establishing new strategic relationships; | ||
| costs associated with collaborations and new product candidates; | ||
| introduction of technological innovations or new commercial products by us or our competitors; | ||
| litigation or public concern about the safety of our product candidates or products; | ||
| changes in recommendations of securities analysts or lack of analyst coverage; | ||
| failure to meet analyst expectations regarding our operating results; | ||
| additions or departures of key personnel; and | ||
| general market conditions. |
Variations in the timing of our future revenues and expenses could also cause significant
fluctuations in our operating results from period to period and may result in unanticipated earning
shortfalls or losses. In addition, the Nasdaq Global Market, in general, and the market for life
sciences companies, in particular, have experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that
have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies.
If an active, liquid trading market for our common stock does not develop, you may not be able
to sell your shares quickly or at or above the initial offering price.
Prior to our initial public offering, there was no public market for our common stock.
Although we listed our common stock listed on the Nasdaq Global Market, an active and liquid
trading market for our common stock has not yet and may not ever develop or be sustained. You may
not be able to sell your shares quickly or at or above the initial offering price if trading in our
stock is not active.
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We do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. As a result, you must rely on
stock appreciation, if any, for a return on your investment.
We do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.
Any payment of cash dividends will depend on our financial condition, results of operations,
capital requirements and other factors and will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors. In
addition, under two of our secured loans, we will not pay any dividends without our secured
lenders prior written consent for as long as we have any outstanding obligations to the secured
lenders. Accordingly, you will have to rely on appreciation in the price of our common stock, if
any, to earn a return on your investment in our common stock. Furthermore, we may in the future
become subject to contractual restrictions on, or prohibitions against, the payment of dividends.
We may allocate our cash and cash equivalents in ways with which you may not agree.
Our management has broad discretion in using our cash and cash equivalents and may use
them in ways with which you may disagree. For example, we have deposited $2 million into a
segregated account to which we do not have access to assure payment under one of our secured loan
agreements. You and other stockholders may not agree with our decisions about the use of our
reserves. Because we are not required to allocate our cash and cash equivalents to any specific
investment or transaction, you cannot determine at this time the value or propriety of our
application of our cash position. Moreover, you will not have the opportunity to evaluate the
economic, financial or other information on which we base our decisions on how to use our cash and
cash equivalents. As a result, we may use our cash and cash equivalents for corporate purposes that
do not immediately enhance our prospects for the future or increase the value of your investment.
Anti-takeover provisions in our charter, by-laws and Delaware law may make it more difficult
for you to change our management and may also make a takeover difficult.
Our corporate documents and Delaware law contain provisions that limit the ability of
stockholders to change our management and may also enable our management to resist a takeover.
These provisions include:
| the ability of our Board of Directors to issue and designate the rights of, without stockholder approval, up to 5,000,000 shares of convertible preferred stock, which rights could be senior to those of common stock; | ||
| limitations on persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders; and | ||
| advance notice procedures required for stockholders to make nominations of candidates for election as directors or to bring matters before an annual meeting of stockholders. |
These provisions might discourage, delay or prevent a change of control in our
management. These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for
you and other stockholders to elect directors and
cause us to take other corporate actions. In addition, the existence of these provisions,
together with Delaware law, might hinder or delay an attempted takeover other than through
negotiations with our Board of Directors.
Our stockholders may experience substantial dilution in the value of their investment if we
issue additional shares of our capital stock.
Our charter documents allow us to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of our common stock and
to issue and designate the rights of, without stockholder approval, up to 5,000,000 shares of
convertible preferred stock. In the event we issue additional shares of our capital stock, dilution
to our stockholders could result. In addition, if we issue and designate a class of convertible
preferred stock, these securities may provide for rights, preferences or privileges senior to those
of holders of our common stock.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Securities and Use of Proceeds
On January 24, 2007, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-135584) relating to
our initial public offering was declared effective by the SEC. The closing was January 30, 2007,
and on February 16, 2007, our underwriters exercised their option to sell over-allotment shares. In
total, the net offering proceeds to us including over-allotment shares were approximately $21.9
million (after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses). Through June
30, 2007, $9.9 million of the net proceeds were used, including $4.0 million for clinical trials
and related research and development, $2.2 million for working capital and general corporate
purposes, $2.6 million for sales and marketing activities worldwide, and $163,000 were used to
expand facilities and laboratory operations capacity and for information systems infrastructure. A
portion of the net proceeds may also be used to acquire or invest in complementary businesses,
technologies, services or products.
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Pending use for these or other purposes, net proceeds have been
invested in interest bearing, investment grade securities.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of the Security Holders
None
Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit | ||
Number | Description | |
31.1
|
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer | |
31.2
|
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer | |
32.1#
|
Statement of Chief Executive Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. §1350) | |
32.2#
|
Statement of Chief Financial Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. §1350) |
# | In accordance with Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation SK and SEC Release Nos. 33-8238 and 34-47986, Final Rule: Managements Reports on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and Certification of Disclosure in Exchange Act Periodic Reports, the certifications furnished in Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 hereto are deemed to accompany this Form 10-Q and will not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. | ||||||
Date:
August 13, 2007
|
By: | /s/ Hojabr Alimi
|
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Its: | Chairman of the Board of Directors | |||||
and | ||||||
Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||
Date:
August 13, 2007
|
By: | /s/ Robert Miller
|
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Its: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
(Principal Financial Officer and | ||||||
Accounting Officer) |
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit | ||
Number | Description | |
31.1
|
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer | |
31.2
|
Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer | |
32.1#
|
Statement of Chief Executive Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. §1350) | |
32.2#
|
Statement of Chief Financial Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. §1350) |
# | In accordance with Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation SK and SEC Release Nos. 33-8238 and 34-47986, Final Rule: Managements Reports on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and Certification of Disclosure in Exchange Act Periodic Reports, the certifications furnished in Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 hereto are deemed to accompany this Form 10-Q and will not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act. |