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Proportion of patients with an improved NYHA Class from baseline to six months as compared to control group

Total days alive out of hospital over the six-month study period

Change in LVEF from baseline to six months as compared to control group

Change in LV Volume and wall motion from baseline to six months as compared to control group

Change in BNP Level from baseline to six months as compared to control group

assessed using Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire from baseline to three months as compared to control group

Proportion of patients with improved NYHA Class from baseline to three months as compared to control group

UNITED STATES
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Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

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

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011

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 001-33718

BIOHEART, INC.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida		65-0945967
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

13794 NW 4^th Street, Suite 212, Sunrise, Florida 33325
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (954) 835-1500

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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

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As of June 30, 2011, the last day of registrant’s second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value, held by non-affiliates, computed by reference to the closing sale price of the common stock reported on the OTCBB as of June 30, 2011, was approximately $3,639,348. For purposes of the above statement only, all directors, executive officers and 10% shareholders are assumed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value, as of April 12, 2012 was 132,919,498.

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011



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	PART I
Item 1.	Business	1
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	22
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	42
Item 2.	Properties	42
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	42
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	42

	PART II

Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	43
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data	45
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	45
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	52
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	52
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	52
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	52
Item 9B.	Other Information	54

	PART III

Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	55
Item 11.	Executive Compensation	58
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
	Stockholder Matters	60
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	62
Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services	62

	PART IV

Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	65

PART I

This report may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and we intend that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. These forward-looking statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Any such forward-looking statements would be contained principally in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors.” Forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, financing plans, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities and the effects of regulation. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “hopes,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We discuss many of these risks in greater detail in “Risk Factors.” Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, forward-looking statements represent our management’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this report. You should read this report and the documents that we reference in this report and have filed as exhibits to the report completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.

Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, all references in this Form 10-K to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Bioheart” or the “Company” refer to Bioheart, Inc.

Item 1.

Business

Overview

We are a biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and, subject to regulatory approval, commercialization of autologous cell therapies for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage. Our lead product candidate is MyoCell, an innovative clinical therapy designed to populate regions of scar tissue within a patient’s heart with autologous muscle cells, or cells from a patient’s body, for the purpose of improving cardiac function in chronic heart failure patients.

We were incorporated in the state of Florida in August 1999. Our principal executive offices are located at 13794 NW 4th Street, Suite 212, Sunrise, Florida 33325 and our telephone number is (954) 835-1500. Information about us is available on our corporate web site at www.bioheartinc.com. Information contained on the web site does not constitute part of, and is not incorporated by reference in, this report.

Biotechnology Product Candidates

We are focused on the discovery, development and, subject to regulatory approval, commercialization of autologous cell therapies for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage. In our pipeline, we have multiple product candidates for the treatment of heart damage, including MyoCell, Myocell SDF-1 and Lipicell. MyoCell and MyoCell SDF-1 are clinical muscle-derived cell therapies designed to populate regions of scar tissue within a patient's heart with new living cells for the purpose of improving cardiac function in chronic heart failure patients.

MyoCell SDF-1 is intended to be an improvement to MyoCell. MyoCell SDF-1 is similar to MyoCell except that the myoblast cells to be injected for use in MyoCell SDF-1 will be modified prior to injection by an adenovirus vector or non-viral vector so that they will release extra quantities of the SDF-1 protein, which expresses angiogenic factors. LipiCell is a patient-derived cell therapy proposed for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction, chronic heart ischemia, and lower limb ischemia. We hope to demonstrate that these product candidates are safe and effective complements to existing therapies for chronic and acute heart damage.

Our most recent completed clinical trials of MyoCell are the SEISMIC Trial, a 40-patient, randomized, multicenter, controlled, Phase II-a study conducted in Europe and the MYOHEART Trial, a 20-patient, multicenter, Phase I dose-escalation trial conducted in the United States. We were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, to proceed with a 330-patient, multicenter Phase II/III trial of MyoCell in North America and Europe, or the MARVEL Trial. We completed the MyoCell implantation procedure on the first patient in the MARVEL Trial on October 24, 2007. Thus far, 20 patients, including 6 control patients, have been treated. Initial results for the 20 patients were released at the Heart Failure Society of American meeting in September, 2009, showing a significant (35%) improvement in the 6 minute walk for those patients who were treated, and no improvement for those who received a placebo. On the basis of these results, we have applied for and received approval from the FDA to reduce the number of additional patients in the trial to 134, for a total of 154 patients. The SEISMIC, MYOHEART and MARVEL Trials have been designed to test the safety and efficacy of MyoCell in treating patients with severe, chronic damage to the heart. Upon regulatory approval of MyoCell, we intend to generate revenue in the United States from the sale of MyoCell cell-culturing services for treatment of patients by qualified physicians.

We received approval from the FDA in July of 2009 to conduct a Phase I safety study on 15 patients of a combined therapy (Myocell with SDF-1), which we believe was the first approval of a study combining gene and cell therapies. We initially commenced work on this study, called the REGEN Trial, during the first quarter of 2010. We suspended activity on the trial in 2010 while seeking additional funding necessary to conduct the trial.

We are seeking to secure sufficient funds to reinitiate enrollment in the MARVEL and REGEN trials. If we successfully secure such funds, we intend to re-engage a contract research organization, or CRO, investigators and certain suppliers to advance such trials.

In August 2011, we applied to the FDA to conduct a Phase I study, called the ANGEL Trial, utilizing LipiCell in chronic ischemia heart patients. The ANGEL Trial is a Phase I trial and is expected to be conducted at the University of Miami. We are seeking to secure sufficient funds to initiate enrollment in such trial. If we successfully secure such funds, we intend to engage a CRO and certain suppliers to advance the trial.

MyoCell

MyoCell is a clinical therapy intended to improve cardiac function and is designed to be utilized months or even years after a patient has suffered severe heart damage due to a heart attack or other cause. We believe that MyoCell has the potential to become a leading treatment for severe, chronic damage to the heart due to its perceived ability to satisfy, at least in part, what we believe to be an unmet demand for more effective and/or more affordable therapies for chronic heart damage. MyoCell uses myoblasts, cells that are precursors to muscle cells, from the patient's own body. The myoblasts are removed from a patient's thigh muscle, isolated, grown through our proprietary cell culturing process, and injected directly in the scar tissue of a patient's heart. A qualified physician performs this minimally invasive procedure using an endoventricular catheter. We entered into an agreement with a Johnson & Johnson company to use its NOGA® Cardiac Navigation System along with its MyoStar™ injection catheter for the delivery of MyoCell in the MARVEL Trial

When injected into scar tissue within the heart wall, myoblasts have been shown to be capable of engrafting in the damaged tissue and differentiating into mature muscle cells. In a number of clinical and animal studies, the engrafted skeletal muscle cells have been shown to express various proteins that are important components of contractile function. By using myoblasts obtained from a patient's own body, we believe MyoCell is able to avoid certain challenges currently faced by other types of cell-based clinical therapies, including tissue rejection and instances of the cells differentiating into cells other than muscle. Although a number of therapies have proven to improve the cardiac function of a damaged heart, no currently available treatment has demonstrated an ability to generate new muscle tissue within the scarred regions of a heart.

Our completed clinical trials of MyoCell to date, including the SEISMIC Trial and the MYOHEART Trial have been primarily targeted to patients with severe, chronic damage to the heart who are in Class II or Class III heart failure according to the New York Heart Association, or NYHA, heart failure classification system. The

NYHA system classifies patients in one of four categories based on how limited they are during physical activity. NYHA Class II heart failure patients have a mild limitation of activity and are generally comfortable at rest or with mild exertion while NYHA Class III heart failure patients suffer from a marked limitation of activity and are generally comfortable only at rest.

In addition to studies we have sponsored, we understand that myoblast-based clinical therapies have been the subject of at least eleven clinical trials involving more than 325 enrollees, including at least 235 treated patients. Although we believe many of the trials are different from the trials sponsored by us in a number of important respects, it is our view that the trials have advanced the cell therapy industry’s understanding of the potential opportunities and limitations of myoblast-based therapies.

We believe the market for treating patients in NYHA Class II or NYHA Class III heart failure is significant. According to the American Heart Association Heart Disease Statistics — 2012 Update, or the AHA Statistics in the United States there are approximately 5.7 million patients with heart failure. The AHA Statistics further indicate that patients who experience heart failure generally experience high mortality rates, with one in five of such patients dying within one year and 70-80% of such patients under age 65 dying within eight years. We believe that approximately 60% of heart failure patients are in either NYHA Class II or NYHA Class III heart failure based upon a 1999 study entitled “Congestive Heart Failure Due to Diastolic or Systolic Dysfunction – Frequency and Patient Characteristics in an Ambulatory Setting” by Diller, PM, et. al.

MyoCath Product Candidate

The MyoCath is a deflecting tip needle injection catheter that has a larger (25 gauge) needle to allow for better flow rates and less leakage than systems that are 27 gauge. This larger needle allows for thicker compositions to be injected, which helps with cell retention in the heart. Also, the MyoCath needle has more fluoroscopic brightness than the normally used nitinol needle, enabling superior visualization during the procedure. Seeing the needle well during injections enables the physician who is operating the catheter to pinpoint targeted areas more precisely. The MyoCath is used to inject cells into cardiac tissue in therapeutic procedures to treat chronic heart ischemia and congestive heart failure. Investigators in our MARVEL Trial may use either our MyoCath catheters or Biosense Webster’s (a Johnson & Johnson company) NOGA® Cardiac Navigation System along with the MyoStar™ injection catheter for the delivery of MyoCell to patients enrolled in the trial. We do not currently have any inventory of MyoCath catheters available for use in pre-clinical and clinical trials and none are currently in production. Although we are considering several contract manufacturers to produce additional inventory, we do not currently have any MyoCath catheters available for use by investigators in the MARVEL Trial or for sale for other pre-clinical and clinical uses.

Business Strategy

The number of heart failure patients is expected to increase from 25 million worldwide today to over 50 million in five years. Our focus is on serving these patients. To achieve this objective, we plan to pursue the following key strategies:

Obtain initial regulatory approval of MyoCell and/or MyoCell SDF-1 by targeting patients with severe heart damage.

Obtain regulatory approval of MyoCell and/or MyoCell SDF-1 to treat patients with less severe heart damage. If we obtain initial regulatory approval of MyoCell for the Class III Subgroup, we intend to continue to sponsor clinical trials in an effort to demonstrate that MyoCell and/or MyoCell SDF-1 should receive regulatory approval to treat all patients in NYHA Class II, Class III and Class IV heart failure and, provided we believe we have a reasonable basis to support such an indication, we intend to seek regulatory approval for these patients.

Continue to develop our pipeline of cell-based therapies and related devices for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage. In parallel with our efforts to secure regulatory approval of MyoCell, we intend to continue to develop and test other product candidates for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage. These efforts are expected to initially focus on the MyoCell SDF-1 product candidate.

Continue to refine our MyoCell and MyoCell SDF-1 cell culturing processes.

Expand and enhance our intellectual property rights. We intend to expand and enhance our intellectual property rights.

License, acquire and/or develop complementary products and technologies. We intend to strengthen and expand our product development efforts through the license, acquisition and/or development of products and technologies that support our business strategy.

Industry Background

Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)

Myocardial infarction, or MI, commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when a blockage in a coronary artery severely restricts or completely stops blood flow to a portion of the heart. When blood supply is greatly reduced or blocked for more than a short period of time, heart muscle cells die. If the healthy heart muscle cells do not replace the dead cells within approximately two months, the injured area of the heart becomes unable to function properly. In the healing phase after a heart attack, white blood cells migrate into the affected area and remove the dead heart muscle cells. Then, fibroblasts, the connective tissue cells of the human body, proliferate and form a collagen scar in the affected region of the heart. Following a heart attack, the heart's ability to maintain normal function will depend on the location and amount of damaged tissue. The remaining initially undamaged heart muscle tissue must perform more work to adequately maintain cardiac output. Because the uninjured region is then compelled to work harder than normal, the heart can progressively deteriorate until it is unable to pump adequate blood to oxygenate the body properly, leading to heart failure and ultimately death.

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Congestive heart failure, or CHF, is a debilitating condition that occurs as the heart becomes progressively less able to pump an adequate supply of blood throughout the body, resulting in fluid accumulation in the lungs, kidneys and other body tissues. Persons suffering from NYHA Class II or worse heart failure experience high rates of mortality, frequent hospitalization and poor quality of life. CHF has many causes, generally beginning in patients with a life-long history of high blood pressure or after a patient has suffered a major heart attack or some other heart-damaging event. CHF itself may lead to other complicating factors such as pulmonary hypertension, edema, pulmonary edema, liver dysfunction and kidney failure. Although medical therapy for CHF is improving, it remains a major debilitating condition.

Classifying Heart Failure

The NYHA heart failure classification system provides a simple and widely recognized way of classifying the extent of heart failure. It places patients in one of four categories based on how limited they are during physical activity. NYHA Class I heart failure patients have no limitation of activities and suffer no symptoms from ordinary activities. NYHA Class II heart failure patients have a mild limitation of activity and are generally comfortable at rest or with mild exertion. NYHA Class III heart failure patients suffer from a marked limitation of activity and are generally comfortable only at rest. NYHA Class IV heart failure patients generally suffer discomfort and symptoms at rest and should remain confined to a bed or chair.

The risk of hospitalization and death increases as patients progress through the various stages of heart failure. The risk of hospitalization due to heart failure for patients in NYHA Class II, NYHA Class III and NYHA Class IV is approximately 1.2, 2.3 and 3.7 times greater than for patients in NYHA Class I heart failure, according to a 2006 American Heart Journal article entitled “Higher New York Heart Association Classes and Increased Mortality and Hospitalization in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Left Ventricular Function”' by Ahmed, A et al. Similarly, according to this same article, the risk of death from all causes for patients in NYHA Class II, NYHA Class III and NYHA Class IV is approximately 1.5, 2.6 and 8.5 times greater than for patients in NYHA Class I heart failure.

The following chart illustrates the various stages of heart failure, their NYHA classifications and the associated current standard of treatment.


NYHA Class	NYHA Functional Classification⁽¹⁾	Specific Activity Scale⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	Current Standard of Treatment⁽⁴⁾

I	Symptoms only with above normal physical activity	Can perform more than 7 metabolic equivalents	ACE Inhibitor, Beta-Blocker
II	Symptoms with normal physical activity	Can perform more than 5 metabolic equivalents	ACE Inhibitor, Beta-Blocker, Diuretics
III	Symptoms with minimal physical activity	Can perform more than 2 metabolic equivalents	ACE Inhibitor, Beta-Blocker, Diuretics, Digoxin, Bi-ventricular pacers
IV	Symptoms at rest	Cannot perform more than 2 metabolic equivalents	ACE Inhibitor, Beta-Blocker, Diuretics, Digoxin, Hemodynamic Support, Mechanical Assist Devices, Bi-ventricular pacers, Transplant

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(1)

Symptoms include fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath and chest pain; normal activity is equivalent to walking one flight of stairs or several blocks.

(2)

Based upon the Goldman Activity Classification of Heart Failure, which classifies severity of heart failure based on estimated metabolic cost of various activities; the four classes of the Goldman Activity Classification system correlate to the NYHA Classes.

(3)

7 metabolic equivalents = shovel snow, carry 24 lbs. up 8 stairs, recreational sports; 5 metabolic equivalents = garden, rake, dance, walk 4 mph on level ground, have intercourse; 2 metabolic equivalents = shower without stopping, strip and make bed, dress without stopping.

(4)

Source: American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult.

Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure

Heart disease has been the leading cause of death from 1950 on within the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In addition, heart failure is the single most frequent reason for hospitalization of the elderly according to a 2007 study entitled “Long-Term Costs and Resource Use in Elderly Participants with Congestive Heart Failure” by Liao, L., et al. The American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult, or the ACC/ AHA Guidelines, provides recommendations for the treatment of chronic heart failure in adults with normal or low left ventricular ejection fraction, or LVEF. The treatment escalates and becomes more invasive as the heart failure worsens. Current treatment options for severe, chronic heart damage include, but are not limited to, heart transplantation and other surgical procedures, bi-ventricular pacers, drug therapies, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators, or ICDs, and ventricular assist devices. Therapies utilizing drugs, ICDs and bi-ventricular pacers are currently by far the most commonly prescribed treatments for patients suffering from NYHA Class II or NYHA Class III heart failure. Since these therapies generally each address a particular feature of heart disease or a specific subgroup of heart failure patients, they are often complementary and used in combination.

Drug Therapies.

The ACC/AHA Guidelines recommend that most patients with heart failure should be routinely managed with a combination of ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers and diuretics. The value of these drugs has been established by the results of numerous large-scale clinical trials and the evidence supporting a central role for their use is, according to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, compelling and persuasive. ACE inhibitors and beta blockers have been shown to improve a patient’s clinical status and overall sense of well-being and reduce the risk of death and hospitalization. Side effects of ACE inhibitors include hypotension, worsening kidney function, potassium retention, cough and angioedema. Side effects of beta-blockers include fluid retention, fatigue, bradycardia and heart block and hypotension.

Bi-Ventricular Pacers.

The ACC/AHA Guidelines recommend bi-ventricular pacers for persons who, in addition to suffering from heart failure, have left and right ventricles that do not contract in sync, known as ventricular dyssynchrony, and who have a LVEF less than or equal to 35%, sinus rhythm and NYHA Class III or NYHA Class IV symptoms. Bi-ventricular pacers are surgically implanted electrical generators that function primarily by stimulating the un-damaged portion of the heart to beat more strongly using controlled bursts of

electrical currents in synchrony. Compared with optimal medical therapy alone, bi-ventricular pacers have been shown in a number of clinical trials to significantly decrease the risk of all-cause hospitalization and all-cause mortality as well as to improve LVEF, NYHA Class and quality of life. According to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, there are certain risks associated with the bi-ventricular pacer, including risks associated with implantation and device-related problems.

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators.

ACC/AHA Guidelines recommend ICDs primarily for patients who have experienced a life-threatening clinical event associated with a sustained irregular heartbeat and in patients who have had a prior heart attack and a reduced LVEF. ICDs are surgically implanted devices that continually monitor patients at high risk of sudden heart attack. When an irregular rhythm is detected, the device sends an electric shock to the heart to restore normal rhythm. In 2009, ICDs were implanted in approximately 133 patients in the United States. Although ICDs have not demonstrated an ability to improve cardiac function, according to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, ICDs are highly effective in preventing sudden death due to irregular heartbeats. However, according to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, frequent shocks from an ICD can lead to a reduced quality of life, whether triggered appropriately or inappropriately. In addition, according to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, ICDs have the potential to aggravate heart failure and have been associated with an increase in heart failure hospitalizations.

Heart Transplantation and Other Surgical Procedures.

According to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, heart transplantation is currently the only established surgical approach for the treatment of severe heart failure that is not responsive to other therapies. Heart transplantation is a major surgical procedure in which the diseased heart is removed from a patient and replaced with a healthy donor heart. Heart transplantation has proven to dramatically improve cardiac function in a majority of the patients treated and most heart transplant recipients return to work, travel and normal activities within three to six months after the surgery. In addition, the risk of hospitalization and mortality for transplant recipients is dramatically lower than the risk faced by patients with NYHA Class III or NYHA Class IV heart failure. For a variety of reasons, heart transplants are not readily available to all patients with severe heart damage. The availability of heart transplants is limited by, among other things, cost and donor availability. In addition to the significant cost involved and the chronic shortage of donor hearts, one of the serious challenges in heart transplantation is potential rejection of the donor heart. For many heart transplant recipients, chronic rejection significantly shortens the length of time the donated heart can function effectively and such recipients are generally administered costly anti-rejection drug regimens that can have adverse and potentially severe side effects.

Ventricular Assist Devices.

Ventricular assist devices are mechanical heart pumps that replace or assist the pumping role of the left ventricle of a damaged heart too weak to pump blood through the body. Ventricular assist devices are primarily used as a bridge for patients on the waiting list for a heart transplant and have been shown in published studies to be effective at halting further deterioration of the patient’s condition and decreasing the likelihood of death before transplantation. In addition, ventricular assist devices are a destination therapy for patients who are in NYHA Class IV heart failure despite optimal medical therapy and who are not eligible for heart transplant. According to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, device-related adverse events are reported to be numerous and include bleeding, infection, blood clots and device failure. In addition, ventricular assist devices are very expensive, with the average first-year cost estimated at approximately $225,000.

We believe the heart failure treatment industry generally has a history of adopting therapies that have proven to be safe and effective complements to existing therapies and using them in combination with existing therapies. It is our understanding that there are no one or two measurement criteria, either quantitative or qualitative, which define when a therapy for treating heart failure will be deemed safe and effective by the FDA. We believe that the safety and efficacy of certain existing FDA approved therapies for heart damage were demonstrated based upon a variety of endpoints, including certain endpoints (such as LVEF) that individually did not demonstrate large numerical differences between the treated patients and untreated patients. For instance, the use of bi-ventricular pacers with optimal drug therapy has proven to significantly decrease the risk of all-cause hospitalization and all-cause-mortality as well as to improve LVEF, NYHA Class and quality of life as compared to the use of optimal drug therapy alone. In the Multicenter InSync Randomized Clinical Evaluation (MIRACLE) trial, one of the first large studies to measure the therapeutic benefits of bi-ventricular pacing, 69% of the patients in the treatment group experienced an improvement in NYHA Class by one or more classes at six-month follow-up versus a 34% improvement in the control group. However, patients in the treatment group experienced on average only a 2.1% improvement in LVEF as compared with a 1.7% improvement for patients in the control group. Although a number

of the therapies described above have proven to improve the cardiac function of a damaged heart, no currently available heart failure treatment has demonstrated an ability to generate new muscle tissue within the scarred regions of a heart.

Our Proposed Solution

We believe MyoCell has the potential to become a leading treatment for severe chronic damage to the heart due to its perceived ability to satisfy, at least in part, what we believe to be a presently unmet demand for more effective and/or more affordable therapies for chronic heart damage.

MyoCell

The human heart does not have cells that naturally repair or replace damaged heart muscle. Accordingly, the human body cannot, without medical assistance, populate regions of scar tissue within the heart with functioning muscle. MyoCell is a clinical therapy designed to improve cardiac function by populating regions of scar tissue within a patient’s heart with myoblasts derived from a biopsy of a patient’s thigh muscle. Myoblasts are precursors to muscle cells that have the capacity to fuse with other myoblasts or with damaged muscle fibers to generate skeletal muscle. When injected into scar tissue within the heart wall, myoblasts have been shown to be capable of engrafting in the damaged tissue and differentiating into mature skeletal muscle cells. In a number of clinical and animal studies, the engrafted skeletal muscle cells have been shown to express various proteins that are important components of contractile function. By using myoblasts obtained from a patient’s own body, we believe MyoCell is able to avoid certain challenges currently faced by other cell-based clinical therapies intended to be used for the treatment of chronic heart damage, including tissue rejection and instances of the cells differentiating into cells other than muscle.

Our clinical research to date suggests that MyoCell may improve the contractile function of the heart. However, we have not yet been able to demonstrate a mechanism of action. The engrafted skeletal muscle tissues are not believed to be coupled with the surrounding heart muscle by the same chemicals that allow heart muscle cells to contract simultaneously. The theories regarding why contractile function may improve include:

the engrafted muscle tissue can contract in unison with the other muscles in the heart by stretching or by the channeling of electric currents;

the myoblasts acquire certain characteristics of heart muscle or fuse with them; and/or

the injected myoblasts release various proteins that indirectly result in a limit on further scar tissue formation.

As part of the MyoCell therapy, a general surgeon removes approximately five to ten grams of thigh muscle tissue from the patient utilizing local anesthesia, typically on an outpatient basis. The muscle tissue is then express-shipped to a cell culturing site. At the cell culturing site, our proprietary techniques are used to isolate and remove myoblasts from the muscle tissue. We typically produce enough cells to treat a patient within approximately 21 days of his or her biopsy. Such production time is expected to continue to decrease as we continue to refine our cell culturing processes. After the cells are subjected to a variety of tests, the cultured cells are packaged in injectate media and express shipped to the interventional cardiologist. Within four days of packaging, the cultured myoblasts are injected via catheter directly into the scar tissue of the patient’s heart. The injection process takes an average about one hour and can be performed with or without general anesthesia. Following treatment, patients generally remain in the hospital for approximately 48-72 hours for monitoring.

The MyoCell injection process is a minimally invasive procedure that presents less risk and considerably less trauma to a patient than conventional (open) heart surgery. Patients are able to walk immediately following the injection process and require significantly less time in the hospital as compared to surgically treated patients. In the 79 patients who have received MyoCell injections delivered via percutaneous catheter, only two minor procedure-related events (2.5%) have been reported. In each of these two cases, the patient did not experience any complications as a result of the event and remained asymptomatic at all times during and after the procedure.

We have developed and/or licensed a number of proprietary processes and techniques to:

create therapeutic quantities of myoblasts from a patient’s thigh muscle biopsy;

transport muscle tissue and cultured cells;

disassociate muscle tissue with manual and chemical processes;

separate myoblasts from other muscle cells;

culture and grow myoblasts;

identify a cell population with the propensity to engraft, proliferate and adapt to the cardiac environment, including areas of scar tissue; and

maintain and test the cell quality and purity.

We have also developed and/or licensed a number of proprietary processes related to the injection of myoblasts into damaged heart muscle, including the following:

package the cultured cells in a manner that facilitates shipping and use by the physician administering MyoCell;

methods of using MyoCath;

the use of an injectate media that assists in the engraftment of myoblasts;

cell injection techniques utilizing contrast media to assist in the cell injection process; and

cell injection protocols related to the number and location of injections.

Assuming we secure regulatory approval of MyoCell for the treatment of all NYHA Class II and Class III patients, we believe MyoCell will provide a treatment alternative for the millions of NYHA Class II and Class III patients in the United States and Europe who either do not qualify for or do not have access to heart transplant therapy. Furthermore, we anticipate that the time incurred and cost of identifying patients qualified to receive MyoCell as well as the cost of MyoCell, including any ICD, drug and bi-ventricular pacer therapies that are simultaneously prescribed, if any, will be less expensive than the current cost of heart transplant therapy. Moreover, MyoCell is less invasive than a heart transplant and is not subject to the tissue rejection and immune system suppression issues associated with heart transplants.

We believe there is still a large population of patients exhibiting symptoms consistent with NYHA Class II and Class III heart failure that are seeking an effective or more effective therapy for chronic heart damage than ICDs, bi-ventricular pacers and drug therapies. We hope to demonstrate that MyoCell is complementary to various therapies using ICDs, bi-ventricular pacers and drugs. In the MYOHEART and SEISMIC Trials, enrolled patients were required to have an ICD and to be on optimal drug therapy to be included in the study. While we do not require patients to have previously received a bi-ventricular pacer to participate in our clinical trials, we will accept patients in our MARVEL Trial who have had prior placement of a bi-ventricular pacer. We are hopeful that the results of our future clinical trials will demonstrate that MyoCell is complementary to existing therapies for treating heart damage.

Metrics Used to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Heart Failure Treatments

The performance of therapies used to treat damage to the heart is assessed using a number of metrics, which compare data collected at the time of initial treatment to data collected when a patient is re-assessed at follow-up. The time periods for follow-up are usually three, six and twelve months. Statistical data is often accompanied by a p-value, which is the mathematical probability that the data are the result of random chance. A result is

considered statistically significant if the p-value is less than or equal to 5%. The common metrics used to evaluate the efficacy of these therapies include:



Metric		Description

NYHA Class		The NYHA heart failure classification system is a functional and therapeutic classification system based on how much cardiac patients are limited during physical activity.
Six-Minute Walk Distance		Six-Minute Walk Distance is an objective evaluation of functional exercise capacity that measures the distance a patient can walk in six minutes. The distance walked during this test has been shown to correlate with the severity of heart failure.
LVEF		LVEF is a measure of the heart’s efficiency and can be used to estimate the function of the left ventricle, which pumps blood to the rest of the body. The LVEF is the amount of blood pumped divided by the amount of blood the ventricle contains. A normal LVEF is more than 55% of the blood volume. Damage to the heart impairs the heart’s ability to efficiently pump and therefore reduces LVEF.
Quality of Life		Quality of Life is evaluated by administration of a patient questionnaire that asks questions designed to measure subjective aspects of health status in heart failure patients.
Number of Hospital Admissions and Mean Length of Stay		The Number of Hospital Admissions and Mean Length of Stay measure the aggregate number of times that a patient is admitted to the hospital during a defined period and the number of days a patient remains in the hospital during each such admission.
Total Days Hospitalized		The Total Days Hospitalized measures the aggregate number of days a patient is admitted to the hospital during a defined period.
End-Systolic Volume		End-Systolic Volume is a measurement of the adequacy of cardiac emptying, related to the function of the heart during contraction.
End-Diastolic Volume		End-Diastolic Volume is the amount of blood in the ventricle immediately before a cardiac contraction begins and is used as a measurement of the function of the heart at rest.
LV Volume		Left Ventricular Volume, or LV Volume, is measured in terms of left ventricular End-Diastolic Volume and left ventricular End-Systolic Volume. Both measure the reduction in volume of blood in the left ventricle of the heart following expansion and contraction, respectively. Reduction in volume generally is reflective of positive ventricular remodeling and improvement in the heart’s ability to circulate oxygenated blood through the arteries.
Wall Motion		Wall Motion is a test designed to show whether the heart is receiving adequate quantities of oxygen-rich blood. Wall motion is generally measured by a stress echocardiography test.
Cardiac Output		Cardiac Output is a measure of the amount of blood that is pumped by the heart per unit time, measured in liters per minute.
BNP Level		B-Type Natriuretic Peptide, or BNP, is a substance secreted from the ventricles or lower chambers of the heart in response to changes in pressure that occur when heart failure develops and worsens. The level of BNP in the blood increases when heart failure symptoms worsen and decreases when the heart failure condition is stable.

MARVEL Phase II/III Clinical Trial in the United States

The MARVEL Trial is designed to be a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of MyoCell. In August 2007, we received clearance from the FDA to proceed with the trial. We completed the MyoCell implantation procedure on the first patient in the MARVEL Trial on October 24, 2007. Thus far, 20 patients, including 6 control patients, have been treated. Initial results for the 20 patients were released at the Heart Failure Society of American meeting in September 2009, showing a dramatic (35%) improvement in the 6 minute walk for those patients who were treated, and no improvement for those who

received a placebo. On the basis of these results, we have applied for and received approval from the FDA to reduce the number of additional patients in the trial to 134, for a total of 154 patients. We have suspended activity on this trial while seeking additional funding necessary to conduct the trial. The SEISMIC, MYOHEART and MARVEL Trials have been designed to test the safety and efficacy of MyoCell in treating patients with severe, chronic damage to the heart. Upon regulatory approval of MyoCell, we intend to generate revenue in the United States from the sale of MyoCell cell-culturing services for treatment of patients by qualified physicians. Abroad, we are identifying centers where it is already acceptable to use the Myocell treatment so that greater numbers of patients with this problem can have access to treatment.

We received approval from the FDA in July of 2009 to conduct a Phase I safety study on 15 patients of a combined therapy (Myocell with SDF-1), the first approval of a study combining gene and cell therapies. We initially commenced work on this study, called the REGEN trial, during the first quarter of 2010. We suspended activity on the trial in 2010 while seeking additional funding necessary to conduct the trial. Based on the results of the trial, we intend to either incorporate the combined treatment into the MARVEL Trial, or continue with the MARVEL Trial based on the use of Myocell alone.

We are seeking to secure sufficient funds to reinitiate enrollment in the MARVEL and REGEN trials. If we successfully secure such funds, we intend to re-engage a CRO, investigators and certain suppliers to advance such trials.

All of the patients selected for enrollment in the MARVEL Trial have (i) symptoms associated with NYHA Class II or Class III heart failure, (ii) suffered a previous heart attack at least 90 days prior to the date of treatment, (iii) a LVEF of less than or equal to 35%, (iv) been on optimal drug therapy for at least two months prior to enrollment and (v) had prior placement of an ICD at least 60 days prior to enrollment. Patients were required to use Amiodarone, an anti-arrhythmic drug therapy, at least 24 hours prior to MyoCell implantation. This prophylactic treatment successfully ameliorated the problem with arrhythmias in patients treated with Myocell and the placebo, which, although it never lead to any deterioration in the patients, was considered a serious adverse event.

The patients were divided into three groups. Patients in the first group underwent treatment consisting of 16 injections of an aggregate dosage of approximately 800 million myoblast cells. Patients in the second group underwent treatment consisting of 16 injections of an aggregate dosage of approximately 400 million myoblast cells. Patients in the third group received 16 placebo injections.

The MARVEL Trial measures the following safety and efficacy endpoints of the MyoCell treatment:



Primary Safety	Primary Efficacy	Secondary Efficacy	Tertiary Efficacy
Endpoint	Endpoints	Endpoints	Endpoints


Number of serious adverse events in treatment group as compared to control group	Change in Six-Minute Walk Distance from baseline to six months as compared to control group	Total Days Hospitalized in treatment group as compared to control group Quality of Life scores assessed using Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire from baseline to six months as compared to control group Cause-specific hospitalizations in treatment group as compared to control group	Total cost and healthcare utilization within six months Time to death or CHF hospitalization Change in degree of mitral regurgitation from baseline to six months Change in Six-Minute Walk Distance from baseline to three months as compared to control group Quality of Life scores

With respect to the 20 patients that have been treated in the MARVEL Trial to date, we have only received and analyzed data regarding the primary efficacy endpoint - improvement in the 6 minute walk. Our CRO for the MARVEL Trial has collected data for all endpoints in the study, but has not releases such data pending our payment of certain past due balances owed to them. We intend to analyze the results for all other endpoints if and when they are release to us by the CRO.

Pipeline

In addition to MyoCell, we have multiple cell therapies and related devices for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage in various stages of development. We intend to allocate our capital, material and personnel resources among MyoCell and the product candidates described below, a number of which may have complementary therapeutic applications. For each product candidate, we have developed or are in the process of developing a regulatory approval plan.


Candidate	Proposed Use or Indication	Status/Phase	Comments


MyoCath	Disposable endoventricular catheter used for the delivery of biologic solutions to the myocardium.	Used in European Phase II clinical trials of MyoCell; used in Phase I clinical trials of MyoCell.
LipiCell	Adipose Derived Stem Cells derived from fat tissue for use in acute MI, lower limb ischemia and chronic ischemia.	IND application filed in 2011. Waiting for FDA response.	Trial to be completed at University of Miami, subject to the receipt of additional financing.
MyoCell SDF-1	Autologous cell therapy treatment for severe chronic damage to the heart; cells modified to express angiogenic factors.	IND application filed in May 2007. Additional animal studies complete. Phase I trial approved by FDA in July of 2009.	Trial commenced in April 1, 2010. Anticipate enrolling patients in 2012, subject to the receipt of additional financing.

MyoCath

The MyoCath was developed by Bioheart co-founder Robert Lashinski specifically for delivering new cells to damaged tissue. It is a deflecting tip needle injection catheter that has a larger (25 gauge) needle to allow for better flow rates and less leakage than systems that are 27 gauge. This larger needle allows for thicker compositions to be injected, which helps with cell retention in the heart. Also, the MyoCath needle has more fluoroscopic brightness than the normally used nitinol needle, enabling superior visualization during the procedure. Seeing the needle well during injections enables the physician who is operating the catheter to pinpoint targeted areas more precisely. The MyoCath is used to inject cells into cardiac tissue in therapeutic procedures to treat chronic heart ischemic and congestive heart failure. Investigators in our MARVEL Trial may use either our MyoCath catheters or Biosense Webster’s (a Johnson & Johnson company) NOGA® Cardiac Navigation System along with the MyoStar™ injection catheter for the delivery of MyoCell to patients enrolled in the trial. We do not currently have any inventory of MyoCath catheters available for use in pre-clinical and clinical trials and none are currently in production. Although we are considering several contract manufacturers to produce additional inventory, we do not currently have any MyoCath catheters available for use by investigators in the MARVEL Trial or for sale for other pre-clinical and clinical uses.

LipiCell

LipiCell is a patient-derived cell therapy proposed for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction, chronic heart ischemia, and lower limb ischemia in which the patient derived adipose cells can be purified and administered bed-side to the patient in a single visit. In December 2011, we licensed worldwide exclusive rights of Ageless Regenerative Institute's adipose (fat) derived therapeutic cell technology for use in the cardiac field. Under the terms of the agreement, we will have a worldwide exclusive license to all of Ageless technology for use in the heart attack and heart failure markets. The agreement provides for upfront and milestone equity payments to the Ageless Regenerative Institute.

Unlike MyoCell, which is intended to be used to treat deep scar tissue and focus on new muscle creation, LipiCell can create angiogenesis and focus on new blood vessel creation. We hope to demonstrate that the injection of endothelial progenitor and stem cells derived from fat tissue is a safe and effective means of limiting or reversing some of the effects of acute myocardial infarction and preventing or slowing a patient’s progression from initial heart attack to congestive heart failure. Similarly, we are working to introduce the system as a treatment for lower limb ischemia and chronic heart ischemia, to regenerate tissue. Fat tissue is an abundant and readily available source of endothelial progenitor and stem cells and is easily extractable from a patient using minimally invasive techniques.

MyoCell SDF-1

Our MyoCell SDF-1 product candidate, which has completed preclinical testing, is intended to be an improvement to MyoCell. In February 2006, we signed a patent licensing agreement with the Cleveland Clinic of Cleveland, Ohio which gave us exclusive license rights to pending patent applications in connection with MyoCell SDF-1. Dr. Marc Penn, the Medical Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at the Cleveland Clinic and a staff cardiologist in the Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cell Biology, joined our Scientific Advisory Board. The license for SDF-1 was expired and was turned over to a Cleveland Clinic affiliate, Juventas, in July of 2009. We have an oral, non-binding understanding with Juventas pursuant to which the license with Bioheart will be reinstated upon completion of certain financial milestones. Without an agreement from Juventas, we may not be able to commercialize our MyoCell SDF-1 product following regulatory approval. We believe we will also need to, among other things, license some additional intellectual property to commercialize MyoCell SDF-1 in the form we believe may prove to be the most safe and/or effective.

We anticipate that MyoCell SDF-1 will be similar to MyoCell, except that the myoblast cells to be injected will be modified prior to injection by an adenovirus vector or non-viral vector so that they will release extra quantities of the SDF-1 protein, which expresses angiogenic factors. Following injury which results in inadequate blood flow to the heart, such as a heart attack, the human body naturally increases the level of SDF-1 protein in the heart. By modifying the myoblasts to express additional SDF-1 prior to injection, we are seeking to increase the SDF-1 protein levels present in the heart. We are seeking to demonstrate that the presence of additional quantities of SDF-1 protein released by the myoblasts will stimulate the recruitment of the patient’s existing stem cells to the cell transplanted area and, thereafter, the recruited stem cells will assist in the tissue repair and blood vessel formation process. Preclinical animal studies showed a definite improvement of cardiac function when the myoblasts were

modified to express additional SDF-1 protein prior to injection as compared to when the myoblasts were injected without modification.

Our Phase I safety study, the REGEN Trial, was approved by the FDA in July of 2009 and work commenced on the trial during the first quarter of 2010. We are seeking to secure sufficient funds to reinitiate enrollment in the REGEN Trial. If we successfully secure such funds, we intend to re-engage a CRO, investigators and certain suppliers to advance such trial.

Center of Excellence Program

We do not have an agreement at this point, the Centers of Excellence purchase cathers for use in trials. They are using LipiCell product and they have an agreement with Ageless. Bioheart has an agreement with Ageless where we licensed the Lipicell product in Cardiac, so we own the data coming out of Renerative Medicine Institute.

On March 23, 2010, we announced plans for establishing Centers of Excellence in Latin America to provide cell therapy procedures to patients suffering from congestive heart failure (CHF) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The LipiCell product is currently being utilized by the Regenerative Medicine Institute of Tijuana, Mexico. Therapies for CHF and PAD patients are available at the Hospital Angeles Tijuana, a fully equipped state-of-the-art private specialties hospital. The center in Mexico has completed treatment of approximately 15 heart failure patients. On average, these patients have demonstrated an absolute improvement of 13 percentage points in ejection fraction and an increase of 100 meters in their 6 minute walk distance.

We also completed a trial with the University Hospital Ostrava for end stage critical limb patients who have been listed on the amputation list. These patients are being treated with adipose derived stem cells in the Czech Republic. Follow up showed that 75% of the patients demonstrated healing and pain reduction while only 25% of the patients required amputation.

Research

We supervise and perform experimental work in the areas of improving cell culturing, cell engraftment, and other advanced research projects related to our product candidates from our cell culturing facility in Sunrise, Florida. The primary focus of a substantial majority of our employees is advancing our clinical trials, preclinical studies, research and product development.

In addition, we work with a number of third parties within and outside the United States on various research and product development projects, including:

preclinical small and large animal testing for product candidate enhancements and pipeline product candidate development; and

contract research for clinical and preclinical testing of our pipeline product candidates.

Cell Culturing

We have an approximately 2,000 square foot cell culturing facility at our headquarters in Sunrise, Florida. We began culturing cells at this facility for preclinical uses in the third quarter of 2006. Upon commencement of the MARVEL Trial in the fourth quarter of 2007, we began culturing cells at this facility for clinical uses.

We have significantly improved our ability to:

culture in excess of 800 million myoblast cells per biopsy; and

produce cell cultures with a high percentage of viable myoblast cells.

Accordingly, we were able to increase the maximum dosage of myoblast cells injected as part of the MyoCell therapy to approximately 800 million myoblast cells. We continually refine our MyoCell cell culturing processes.

We have historically met and, with respect to the cell culturing of our product candidates in Europe, expect to meet, our cell culturing needs internally.

Third Party Reimbursement

Government and private insurance programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid, health maintenance organizations and private insurers, fund the cost of a significant portion of medical care in the United States. As a result, government imposed limits on reimbursement of hospitals and other healthcare providers have significantly impacted their spending budgets and buying decisions. Under certain government insurance programs, a healthcare provider is reimbursed a fixed sum for services rendered in treating a patient, regardless of the actual cost of such treatment incurred by the healthcare provider. Private third party reimbursement plans are also developing increasingly sophisticated methods of controlling healthcare costs through redesign of benefits and exploration of more cost-effective methods of delivering healthcare. In general, we believe that these government and private measures have caused healthcare providers to be more selective in the purchase of medical products.

As of the date of this report, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, has agreed to reimburse some of the costs at the centers that are participating in the MARVEL Trial. Specifically, CMS will reimburse costs deemed “routine” in nature for patients suffering from heart failure. Examples of these reimbursable costs include, but are not limited to, costs associated with physical examination of the patients, x-rays, holter monitoring, MUGA scan and echocardiography. However, at present, CMS reimbursement does not cover the cost of MyoCell implantation.

Reimbursement for healthcare costs outside the United States varies from country to country. In European countries, the pricing of prescription pharmaceutical products and services and the level of government reimbursement are subject to governmental control. In these countries, pricing negotiations with governmental authorities can take six to twelve months or longer after the receipt of marketing approval for a product. To obtain reimbursement or pricing approval in some countries, we may be required to conduct one or more clinical trials that compare the cost effectiveness of our product candidates to other available therapies. Conducting one or more clinical trials would be expensive and result in delays in commercialization of our product candidates.

Research Grants

Historically, part of our research and development efforts have been indirectly funded by research grants to various centers and/or physicians that have participated in our MyoCell and MyoCath clinical trials. As part of our development strategy, we intend to continue to seek to develop research partnerships with centers and/or physicians. On November 9, 2010, we received a grant in the amount of $244,500 under the qualifying therapeutic discovery project under section 48D of the Internal Revenue code. We did not receive any research grant income in 2011.

Patents and Proprietary Rights

We hold limited patent rights in our product candidates. Our MyoCath product candidate is protected by a patent, expiring in September 2017, in which we have an irrevocable co-exclusive license. Our MyoCell product candidate is no longer protected by patents, which means that competitors will be free to sell products that incorporate the same or similar technologies that are used in MyoCell without infringing our patent rights. As a result, MyoCell, if approved for use, may be vulnerable to competition in the form of products that use the same or similar technologies. We have previously licenses certain patents and patent applications relating to our MyoCell product candidate. These licenses have all lapsed as of the date of this report, although we have had discussions with the relevant licensor regarding a potential reinstatement of our rights in such licenses.

In addition to patented intellectual property, we also rely on our own trade secrets and proprietary know-how to protect our technology and maintain our competitive position, since patent protection may not be available or applicable to our technology. Our policy is to require each of our employees, consultants and advisors to execute a confidentiality and inventions assignment agreement before beginning their employment, consulting or advisory relationship with us.

The agreements generally provide that the individual must keep confidential and not disclose to other parties any confidential information developed or learned by the individual during the course of the individual’s relationship with us except in limited circumstances. These agreements generally also provide that we shall own all inventions conceived by the individual in the course of rendering services to us. Moreover, some of our academic institution licensors, collaborators and scientific advisors have rights to publish data and information to which we have rights, which may impair our ability to protect our proprietary information or obtain patent protection in the future.

We work with others in our research and development activities and one of our strategies is to enter into collaborative agreements with third parties to develop our proposed products. Disputes may arise about inventorship and corresponding rights in know-how and inventions resulting from the joint creation or use of intellectual property by us and our licensors, collaborators, consultants and others. In addition, other parties may circumvent any proprietary protection we do have. As a result, we may not be able to maintain our proprietary position.

Our commercial success will depend to a significant degree on our ability to:

compel the owners of the patents licensed to us to defend and enforce such patents, to the extent such patents may be applicable to our products and material to their commercialization;

obtain new patent and other proprietary protection for MyoCell and our other product candidates;

obtain and/or maintain appropriate licenses to patents, patent applications or other proprietary rights held by others with respect to our technology, both in the United States and other countries;

preserve company trade secrets and other intellectual property rights relating to our product candidates; and

operate without infringing the patents and proprietary rights of third parties.

We are not currently a party to any litigation or other adverse proceeding related to our patents, patent licenses or intellectual property rights. However, if we become involved in litigation or any other adverse intellectual property proceeding, for example, as a result of an alleged infringement, or a third party alleging an earlier date of invention, we may have to spend significant amounts of money and time and, in the event of an adverse ruling, we could be subject to liability for damages, including treble damages, invalidation of our intellectual property and injunctive relief that could prevent us from using technologies or developing products, any of which could have a significant adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operation. In addition, any claims relating to the infringement of third party proprietary rights, or earlier date of invention, even if not meritorious, could result in costly litigation, lengthy governmental proceedings, divert management’s attention and resources and require us to enter royalty or license agreements which are not advantageous, if available at all.

See Item 1A. “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property” for a discussion of additional risks we face with respect to our intellectual property rights.

MyoCell SDF-1 Patents

To develop our MyoCell SDF-1 product candidate, we have relied primarily on certain patents which we had previously licensed but with respect to which our license has lapsed. These patents relate to methods of repairing damaged heart tissue by transplanting myoblasts that express SDF-1 and other therapeutic proteins capable of recruiting other stem cells within a patient’s own body to the cell transplant area. We believe we will also need to, among other things, license some additional intellectual property to commercialize MyoCell SDF-1 in the form we believe may prove to be the most safe and/or effective.

In February 2006, we signed a patent licensing agreement with the Cleveland Clinic which provided us with the worldwide, exclusive rights to three pending U.S. patent applications and certain corresponding foreign filings in the following jurisdictions: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe and Japan, or, collectively, the Cleveland Clinic IP, related to methods of repairing damaged heart tissue by transplanting myoblasts that express SDF-1 and other therapeutic proteins capable of recruiting other stem cells within a patient’s own body to the cell transplant area.

The term of our agreement with the Cleveland Clinic expired in July of 2009, when the license to the patents was turned over to a Cleveland Clinic affiliate, Juventas. We have an understanding with Juventas to restore the license to the patents once certain milestones have been achieved by us.

In 2007, we signed a Letter of Intent with Ono Pharmaceutical which provided rights to conduct clinical development and testing of SDF-1 to determine the effectiveness of SDF-1 for the treatment of damaged myocardium and tissues following acute myocardial infarction, coronary arterial diseases or heart failure. If the results of this testing is deemed successful then we and Ono Pharmaceuticals have agreed to enter into good faith negotiations in an effort to reach a definitive license agreement that will allow us to commercialize our SDF-1 product candidate in all territories of the world except Japan.

Primary MyoCath Patent

The primary MyoCath patent includes device claims that we believe covers, among other things, the structure of MyoCath. The primary MyoCath patent expires in the United States in September 2017.

In January 2000, we entered into a license agreement with Comedicus Incorporated pursuant to which Comedicus granted us a royalty-free, fully paid-up, non-exclusive and irrevocable license to the primary MyoCath patent in exchange for a payment of $50,000. This agreement was amended in August 2000 to provide us an exclusive license to the primary MyoCath patent in exchange for a payment of $100,000 and our loan of $250,000 to Comedicus. Pursuant to this amendment we also received the right, but not the obligation, with Comedicus’ consent, which consent is not to be unreasonably withheld, to defend the primary MyoCath patent against third party infringers.

In June 2003, we entered into agreements with Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., or ACS, originally a subsidiary of Guidant Corporation and now d/b/a Abbott Vascular, a division of Abbott Laboratories, pursuant to which we assigned our rights under the license agreement with Comedicus, as amended, and committed to deliver 160 units of MyoCath (of which 88 have been delivered to date) and sold certain of our other catheter related intellectual property, or, collectively with the Primary MyoCath Patent (the Catheter IP), for aggregate consideration of $900,000. In connection with these agreements, ACS granted to us a co-exclusive, irrevocable, fully paid-up license to the Catheter IP for the life of the patents related to the Catheter IP.

ACS has the exclusive right, at its own expense, to file, prosecute, issue, maintain, license, and defend the Catheter IP, and the primary right to enforce the Catheter IP against third party infringers. If ACS fails to enforce the Catheter IP against a third party infringer within a specified period of time, we have the right to do so at our expense. The party enforcing the Catheter IP is entitled to retain any recoveries resulting from such enforcement. The asset purchase agreement only pertains to the Catheter IP developed or acquired by us prior to June 24, 2003. Our subsequent catheter related developments and/or acquisitions, such as MyoCath II, were not sold or licensed to ACS.

Sales and Marketing

MyoCell

In advance of any expected commercial approval of our MyoCell product candidate in the United States, we intend to internally develop a direct sales and marketing force. We anticipate the team will be comprised of salespeople, clinical and reimbursement specialists and product marketing managers.

We intend to market MyoCell to interventional cardiologists and heart failure specialists. In the typical healthcare system, the interventional cardiologist functions as a “gatekeeper” for determining the course of appropriate medical care for our target patient population. We anticipate our marketing efforts will be focused on informing interventional cardiologists of the availability of our treatment alternative through the following channels of communication: (i) articles published in medical journals by widely recognized interventional cardiologists, including cardiologists that have participated in our clinical trials; (ii) seminars and speeches featuring widely recognized interventional cardiologists; and (iii) advertisements in medical journals.

Government Regulation

The research and development, preclinical studies and clinical trials, and ultimately, the culturing, manufacturing, marketing and labeling of our product candidates are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA and other regulatory authorities in the United States and other countries. We believe MyoCell and Lipicell are subject to regulation in the United States and Europe as a biological products and our MyoCath product candidate is subject to regulation in the United States and Europe as a medical device.

Biological products are subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or the FD&C Act, the Public Health Service Act, or the PHS Act, and the regulations promulgated thereunder as well as other federal, state, and local statutes and regulations. Medical devices are subject to regulation under the FD&C Act and the regulations promulgated hereunder as well as other federal, state, and local statutes and regulations. The FD&C Act and the PHS Act and the regulations promulgated hereunder govern, among other things, the testing, cell culturing, manufacturing, safety, efficacy, labeling, storage, record keeping, approval, clearance, advertising and promotion of our product candidates. Preclinical studies, clinical trials and the regulatory approval process typically take years and require the expenditure of substantial resources. If regulatory approval or clearance of a product is granted, the approval or clearance may include significant limitations on the indicated uses for which the product may be marketed.

FDA Regulation — Approval of Biological Products

The steps ordinarily required before a biological product may be marketed in the United States include:

completion of preclinical studies according to good laboratory practice regulations;

the submission of an investigational new drug, or IND, application to the FDA, which must become effective before human clinical trials may commence;

performance of adequate and well-controlled human clinical trials according to good clinical practices to establish the safety and efficacy of the proposed biological product for its intended use;

satisfactory completion of an FDA pre-approval inspection of the manufacturing facility or facilities at which the product is manufactured, processes, packaged or held to assess compliance with clinical good manufacturing practices, or cGMPs; and

the submission to, and review and approval by, the FDA of a biologics license application, or BLA, that includes satisfactory results of preclinical testing and clinical trials.

Preclinical tests include laboratory evaluation of the product candidate, its formulation and stability, as well as animal studies to assess the potential safety and efficacy of the product candidate. The FDA requires that preclinical tests be conducted in compliance with good laboratory practice regulations. The results of preclinical testing are submitted as part of an IND application to the FDA together with manufacturing information for the clinical supply, analytical data, the protocol for the initial clinical trials and any available clinical data or literature. A 30-day waiting period after the filing of each IND application is required by the FDA prior to the commencement of clinical testing in humans. In addition, the FDA may, at any time during this 30-day waiting period or any time thereafter, impose a clinical hold on proposed or ongoing clinical trials. If the FDA imposes a clinical hold, clinical trials cannot commence or recommence without FDA authorization.

Clinical trials to support BLAs involve the administration of the investigational product to human subjects under the supervision of qualified investigators. Clinical trials are conducted under protocols detailing, among other things, the objectives of the study, the parameters to be used in monitoring safety and the efficacy criteria to be evaluated.

Clinical trials are typically conducted in three sequential phases, but the phases may overlap.

In Phase I clinical trials, the initial introduction of the biological product candidate into human subjects or patients, the product candidate is tested to assess safety, dosage tolerance, absorption, metabolism, distribution and excretion, including any side effects associated with increasing doses.

Phase II clinical trials usually involve studies in a limited patient population to identify possible adverse effects and safety risks, preliminarily assess the efficacy of the product candidate in specific, targeted indications; and assess dosage tolerance and optimal dosage.

If a product candidate is found to be potentially effective and to have an acceptable safety profile in Phase II evaluations, Phase III trials are undertaken within an expanded patient population at multiple study sites to further demonstrate clinical efficacy and safety, further evaluate dosage and establish the risk-benefit ratio of the product and an adequate basis for product labeling.

Phase IV, or post-marketing, trials may be mandated by regulatory authorities or may be conducted voluntarily. Phase IV trials are typically initiated to monitor the safety and efficacy of a biological product in its approved population and indication but over a longer period of time, so that rare or long-term adverse effects can be detected over a much larger patient population and time than was possible during prior clinical trials. Alternatively, Phase IV trials may be used to test a new method of product administration, or to investigate a product’s use in other indications. Adverse effects detected by Phase IV trials may result in the withdrawal or restriction of a drug.

If the required Phase I, II and III clinical testing is completed successfully, the results of the required clinical trials, the results of product development, preclinical studies and clinical trials, descriptions of the manufacturing process and other relevant information concerning the safety and effectiveness of the biological product candidate are submitted to the FDA in the form of a BLA. In most cases, the BLA must be accompanied by a substantial user fee. The FDA may deny a BLA if all applicable regulatory criteria are not satisfied or may require additional data, including clinical, toxicology, safety or manufacturing data. It can take several years for the FDA to approve a BLA once it is submitted, and the actual time required for any product candidate may vary substantially, depending upon the nature, complexity and novelty of the product candidate.

Before approving an application, the FDA will inspect the facility or facilities where the product is manufactured. The FDA will not approve a BLA unless it determines that the manufacturing processes and facilities are in compliance with cGMP requirements.

If the FDA evaluations of the BLA and the manufacturing facilities are favorable, the FDA may issue either an approval letter or an approvable letter. The approvable letter usually contains a number of conditions that must be met to secure final FDA approval of the BLA. When, and if, those conditions have been met to the FDA’s satisfaction, the FDA will issue an approval letter. If the FDA’s evaluation of the BLA or manufacturing facility is not favorable, the FDA may refuse to approve the BLA or issue a non-approvable letter that often requires additional testing or information.

FDA Regulation — Approval of Medical Devices

Medical devices are also subject to extensive regulation by the FDA. To be commercially distributed in the United States, medical devices must receive either 510(k) clearance or pre-market approval, or PMA, from the FDA prior to marketing. Devices deemed to pose relatively low risk are placed in either Class I or II, which requires the manufacturer to submit a pre-market notification requesting permission for commercial distribution, or 510(k) clearance. Devices deemed by the FDA to pose the greatest risk, such as life-sustaining, life-supporting or implantable devices, devices deemed not substantially equivalent to a previously 510(k) cleared device and certain other devices are placed in Class III which requires PMA. We anticipate that MyoCath will be classified as a Class III device.

To obtain 510(k) clearance, a manufacturer must submit a pre-market notification demonstrating that the proposed device is substantially equivalent in intended use and in safety and efficacy to a previously 510(k) cleared device, a device that has received PMA or a device that was in commercial distribution before May 28, 1976. The FDA’s 510(k) clearance pathway usually takes from four to twelve months, but it can last longer.

After a device receives 510(k) clearance, any modification that could significantly affect its safety or efficacy, or that would constitute a major change in its intended use, requires a new 510(k) clearance or could require PMA. The FDA requires each manufacturer to make this determination, but the FDA can review any such decision. If the FDA disagrees with a manufacturer’s decision not to seek a new 510(k) clearance, the agency may retroactively require the manufacturer to seek 510(k) clearance or PMA. The FDA also can require the manufacturer to cease marketing and/or recall the modified device until 510(k) clearance or PMA is obtained.

A product not eligible for 510(k) clearance must follow the PMA pathway, which requires proof of the safety and efficacy of the device to the FDA’s satisfaction. The PMA pathway is much more costly, lengthy and uncertain than the 510(k) approval pathway. A PMA application must provide extensive preclinical and clinical trial data and also information about the device and its components regarding, among other things, device design, manufacturing and labeling. As part of the PMA review, the FDA will typically inspect the manufacturer’s facilities for compliance with quality system regulation requirements, which impose elaborate testing, control, documentation and other quality assurance procedures. Upon acceptance by the FDA of what it considers a completed filing, the FDA commences an in-depth review of the PMA application, which typically takes from one to two years, but may last longer. The review time is often significantly extended as a result of the FDA asking for more information or clarification of information already provided.

If the FDA’s evaluation of the PMA application is favorable, and the applicant satisfies any specific conditions (e.g., changes in labeling) and provides any specific additional information (e.g., submission of final labeling), the FDA will issue a PMA for the approved indications, which can be more limited than those originally sought by the manufacturer. The PMA can include post-approval conditions that the FDA believes necessary to ensure the safety and efficacy of the device including, among other things, restrictions on labeling, promotion, sale and distribution. Failure to comply with the conditions of approval can result in an enforcement action, which could have material adverse consequences, including the loss or withdrawal of the approval.

Even after approval of a pre-market application, a new PMA or PMA supplement is required in the event of a modification to the device, its labeling or its manufacturing process.

FDA Regulation — Post-Approval Requirements

Even if regulatory clearances or approvals for our product candidates are obtained, our products and the facilities manufacturing our products will be subject to continued review and periodic inspections by the FDA. For example, as a condition of approval of a new drug application, the FDA may require us to engage in post-marketing testing and surveillance and to monitor the safety and efficacy of our products. Holders of an approved new BLA, PMA or 510(k) clearance product are subject to several post-market requirements, including the reporting of certain adverse events involving their products to the FDA, provision of updated safety and efficacy information, and compliance with requirements concerning the advertising and promotion of their products.

In addition, manufacturing facilities are subject to periodic inspections by the FDA to confirm the facilities comply with cGMP requirements. In complying with cGMP, manufacturers must expend money, time and effort in the area of production and quality control to ensure full compliance. For example, manufacturers of biologic products must establish validated systems to ensure that products meet high standards of sterility, safety, purity, potency and identity. Manufacturers must report to the FDA any deviations from cGMP or any unexpected or unforeseeable event that may affect the safety, quality, or potency of a product. The regulations also require investigation and correction of any deviations from cGMP and impose documentation requirements.

In addition to regulations enforced by the FDA, we are also subject to regulation under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and other federal, state and local regulations. Our research and development activities involve the controlled use of hazardous materials, chemicals, biological materials and radioactive compounds.

International Regulation

Our product candidates are subject to regulation in every country where they will be tested or used. Whether or not we obtain FDA approval for a product candidate, we must obtain the necessary approvals from the comparable regulatory authorities of foreign countries before we can commence testing or marketing of a product candidate in those countries. The requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials and the approval processes vary from country to country and the time required may be longer or shorter than that associated with FDA approval.

The European Economic Area requires that manufacturers of medical devices obtain the right to affix the CE mark to their products before selling them in member countries. The CE mark is an international symbol of adherence to quality assurance standards and compliance with applicable European medical device directives. In order to obtain the right to affix the CE mark to a medical device, the medical device in question must meet the essential requirements defined under the Medical Device Directive (93/42/ EEC) relating to safety and performance, and the manufacturer of the device must undergo verification of regulatory compliance by a third party standards certification provider, known as a notified body.

In addition to regulatory clearance, the conduct of clinical trials in the European Union is governed by the European Clinical Trials Directive (2001/20/ EC), which was implemented in May 2004. This directive governs how regulatory bodies in member states may control clinical trials. No clinical trial may be started without authorization by the national competent authority and favorable ethics approval.

Manufacturing facilities are subject to the requirements of the International Standards Organization. In complying with these requirements, manufacturers must expend money, time and effort in the area of production and quality control to ensure full compliance.

In some cases, we plan to submit applications with different endpoints or other elements outside the United States due to differing practices and requirements in particular jurisdictions. However, in cases where different endpoints will be used outside the United States, we expect that such submissions will be discussed with the FDA to ensure that the FDA is comfortable with the nature of human trials being conducted in any part of the world. As in the United States, post-approval regulatory requirements, such as those regarding product manufacture, marketing, or distribution, would apply to any product that is approved in Europe.

Competition

Our industry is subject to rapid and intense technological change. We face, and will continue to face, competition from pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies developing heart failure treatments both in the United States and abroad, as well as numerous academic and research institutions, governmental agencies and private organizations engaged in drug funding or discovery activities both in the United States and abroad. We also face competition from entities and healthcare providers using more traditional methods, such as surgery and pharmaceutical regimens, to treat heart failure. We believe there are a substantial number of heart failure products under development by numerous pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies, and it is likely that other competitors will emerge.

Many of our existing and potential competitors have substantially greater research and product development capabilities and financial, scientific, marketing and human resources than we do. As a result, these competitors may succeed in developing competing therapies earlier than we do; obtain patents that block or otherwise inhibit our ability to further develop and commercialize our product candidates; obtain approvals from the FDA or other regulatory agencies for products more rapidly than we do; or develop treatments or cures that are safer or more effective than those we propose to develop. These competitors may also devote greater resources to marketing or selling their products and may be better able to withstand price competition. In addition, these competitors may introduce or adapt more quickly to new technologies or scientific advances, which could render our technologies obsolete, and may introduce products that make the continued development of our product candidates uneconomical. These competitors may also be more successful in negotiating third party licensing or collaborative arrangements and may be able to take advantage of acquisitions or other strategic opportunities more readily than we can.

Our ability to compete successfully will depend on our continued ability to attract and retain skilled and experienced scientific, clinical development and executive personnel, to identify and develop viable heart failure product candidates and to exploit these products and compounds commercially before others are able to develop competitive products.

We believe the principal competitive factors affecting our markets include, but are not limited to:

the safety and efficacy of our product candidates;

the freedom to develop and commercialize cell-based therapies, including appropriate patent and proprietary rights protection;

the timing and scope of regulatory approvals;

the cost and availability of our products;

the availability and scope of third party reimbursement programs; and

the availability of alternative treatments.

We are still in the process of determining, among other things:

if MyoCell and MyoCell SDF-1 are both safe and effective;

the timing and scope of regulatory approvals; and

the availability and scope of third party reimbursement programs.

Accordingly, we have a limited ability to predict how competitive MyoCell will be relative to existing treatment alternatives and/or treatment alternatives that are under development. See “Business — Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure.”

If approved, MyoCell will compete with surgical, pharmaceutical and mechanical based therapies. Surgical options include heart transplantation and left ventricular reconstructive surgery. Although not readily accessible, heart transplantation has proven to be an effective treatment for patients with severe damage to the heart who locate a donor match and are in sufficiently good health to undergo major surgery. Mechanical therapies such as biventricular pacing, ventricular restraint devices and mitral valve therapies have been developed by companies such as Medtronic, Inc., Acorn Cardiovascular, Inc., St. Jude Medical, Inc., World Heart Corporation, Guidant Corporation, a part of Boston Scientific, and Edwards Lifesciences Corp. Pharmaceutical therapies include anti-thrombotics, calcium channel blockers such as Pfizer’s Norvasc® and ACE inhibitors such as Sanofi’s Delix®.

The field of regenerative medicine is rapidly progressing, as many organizations are initiating or expanding their research efforts in this area. We are also aware of several competitors seeking to develop cell-based therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, including Aastrom Biosciences, Inc., Aldagen, Inc., Angioblast Systems, Inc., Athersys, Inc., Baxter International, Inc., Cytori Therapeutics, Inc., MG Biotherapeutics, LLC (a joint venture between Genzyme Corporation and Medtronic, Inc.), Mytogen, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.), Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., ViaCell, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of PerkinElmer, Inc.), and potentially others.

It is our understanding that some of our large competitors have devoted considerable resources to developing a myoblast-based cell therapy for treating severe damage to the heart.

Some organizations are involved in research using alternative cell sources, including bone marrow, embryonic and fetal tissue, umbilical cord and peripheral blood, and adipose tissue.

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones facing us. Other events that we do not currently anticipate or that we currently deem immaterial also may affect our results of operations and financial condition. If any events described in the risk factors actually occur, our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition could be materially harmed. In connection with the forward looking statements that appear elsewhere in this quarterly report, you should also carefully review the cautionary statement referred to under “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements.”

Risks Related to Our Financial Position and Need for Additional Financing

We will need to secure additional financing in 2012 in order to continue to finance our operations. If we are unable to secure additional financing on acceptable terms, or at all, we may be forced to curtail or cease our operations.

As of March 26, 2012, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $1,700 and a working capital deficit of approximately $12.3 million. As such, our existing cash resources are insufficient to finance even our immediate operations. Accordingly, we will need to secure additional sources of capital to develop our business and product candidates as planned. We are seeking substantial additional financing through public and/or private financing, which may include equity and/or debt financings, research grants and through other arrangements, including collaborative arrangements. As part of such efforts, we may seek loans from certain of our executive officers, directors and/or current shareholders. We may also seek to satisfy some of our obligations to the guarantors of our loan with Seaside National Bank & Trust, or the Guarantors, through the issuance of various forms of securities or debt on negotiated terms. However, financing and/or alternative arrangements with the Guarantors may not be available when we need it, or may not be available on acceptable terms.

If we are unable to secure additional financing in the near term, we may be forced to:

curtail or abandon our existing business plan;

reduce our headcount;

default on our debt obligations;

file for bankruptcy;

seek to sell some or all of our assets; and/or

cease our operations.

If we are forced to take any of these steps, any investment in our common stock may be worthless.

Our ability to obtain additional debt financing and/or alternative arrangements, with the Guarantors or otherwise, may be limited by the amount of, terms and restrictions of our then current debt. For instance, we do not anticipate repaying our Northstar loan (described below) until its scheduled maturity. Accordingly, until such time, we will generally be restricted from, among other things, incurring additional indebtedness or liens, with limited exceptions. See “We have a substantial amount of debt...” Additional debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants that limit or further limit our operating and financial flexibility and prohibit us from making distributions to shareholders.

If we raise additional capital and/or secure alternative arrangements, with the Guarantors or otherwise, by issuing equity, equity-related or convertible securities, the economic, voting and other rights of our existing shareholders may be diluted, and those newly issued securities may be issued at prices that are a significant discount to current and/or then prevailing market prices. In addition, any such newly issued securities may have rights superior to those of our common stock. If we obtain additional capital through collaborative arrangements, we may be required to relinquish greater rights to our technologies or product candidates than we might otherwise have or become subject to restrictive covenants that may affect our business.

Our independent registered public accounting firm has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Our independent registered public accounting firm issued its report dated April 12, 2012 in connection with the audit of our financial statements as of December 31, 2011, which included an explanatory paragraph describing the existence of conditions that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. If we are not able to continue as a going concern, it is likely that holders of our common stock will lose all of their investment. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Current Adverse Economic Conditions have had a negative impact on our ability to obtain additional financing. Our inability to obtain additional financing would have a significant adverse effect on our operations.

In early 2008, as the United States economy began to weaken and there were increased doubts about the ability of borrowers to pay debts. Housing values began to fall and marginal loans were first to default, triggering the sub-prime lending crisis. Financial institutions responded by tightening their lending policies with respect to counterparties determined to have sub-prime mortgage risk. This tightening of institutional lending policies led to the failure of major financial institutions late in the third quarter of 2008. Continued failures, losses, and write-downs at major financial institutions through 2011 intensified concerns about credit and liquidity risks and have resulted in a sharp reduction in overall market liquidity. The global credit crisis threatens the stability of the global economy and has adversely impacted consumer confidence and spending. We believe this global credit crisis has also had a negative impact on our ability to obtain additional financing. As discussed above, our inability to obtain additional financing would have a significant adverse effect on our operations, results and financial condition.

We are a development stage life sciences company with a limited operating history and a history of net losses and negative cash flows from operations. We may never be profitable, and if we incur operating losses and generate negative cash flows from operations for longer than expected, we may be unable to continue operations.

We are a development stage life sciences company and have a limited operating history, limited capital, limited sources of revenue and have incurred losses since inception. Our operations to date have been limited to organizing our company, developing and engaging in clinical trials of our MyoCell product candidate, expanding our pipeline of complementary product candidates through internal development and third party licenses, expanding and strengthening our intellectual property position through internal programs and third party licenses and recruiting management, research and clinical personnel. Consequently, it may be difficult to predict our future success or viability due to our lack of operating history. As of December 31, 2011, we have accumulated a deficit during our development stage of approximately $111.0 million. Our MyoCell product candidate has not received regulatory approval or generated any material revenues and is not expected to generate any material revenues until commercialization of MyoCell, if ever. Since inception, we have generated substantial net losses, including net losses of approximately $4.7 million, $5.2 million, $4.4 million and $14.2 million in 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively and substantial negative cash flows from operations. We anticipate that we will continue to incur significant and increasing net losses and negative cash flows from operations for the foreseeable future as we:

establish a distribution network for and commence distribution of certain products for which we have acquired distribution rights;

resume full scale enrollment of the MARVEL and REGEN Trials;

commence enrollment in our ANGEL Trial;

continue research and development and undertake new clinical trials with respect to our pipeline product candidates, including clinical trials related to MyoCell SDF-1;

seek to raise additional capital;

apply for regulatory approvals;

make capital expenditures to increase our research and development and cell culturing capabilities;

add operational, financial and management information systems and personnel and develop and protect our intellectual property;

make payments pursuant to license agreements upon achievement of certain milestones; and

establish sales and marketing capabilities to commercialize products for which we obtain regulatory approval, if any.

Our limited experience in conducting and managing preclinical development activities, clinical trials and the application process necessary to obtain regulatory approvals might prevent us from successfully designing or implementing a preclinical study or clinical trial. If we do not succeed in conducting and managing our preclinical development activities or clinical trials, or in obtaining regulatory approvals, we might not be able to commercialize our product candidates, or might be significantly delayed in doing so, which will materially harm our business.

None of the products that we are currently developing has been approved by the FDA or any similar regulatory authority in any foreign country. Our ability to generate revenues from any of our product candidates will depend on a number of factors, including our ability to successfully complete clinical trials, obtain necessary regulatory approvals and implement our commercialization strategy. In addition, even if we are successful in obtaining necessary regulatory approvals and bringing one or more product candidates to market, we will be subject to the risk that the marketplace will not accept those products. We may, and anticipate that we will need to, transition from a company with a research and development focus to a company capable of supporting commercial activities and we may not succeed in such a transition.

Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with our product development and commercialization efforts, we are unable to predict the extent of our future losses or when or if we will become profitable. Our failure to successfully commercialize our product candidates or to become and remain profitable could impair our ability to raise capital, expand our business, diversify our product offerings and continue our operations.

We have a substantial amount of debt and may incur substantial additional debt, which could adversely affect our ability to pursue certain business objectives, obtain financing in the future and/or react to changes in our business.

As of December 31, 2011, we had an aggregate of $5.8 million in principal amount of outstanding indebtedness, excluding accounts payable and accruals. This amount includes approximately $712,000 outstanding pursuant to a loan and security agreement formerly held by BlueCrest Venture Master Fund Limited (and now held by NorthStar Biotech Group, LLC, or Northstar, which is owned in part by certain of our existing directors and shareholders, including Dr. William P. Murphy Jr., Dr. Samuel Ahn and Charles Hart), approximately $980,000 outstanding pursuant to a Loan Agreement with Seaside National Bank, and approximately $1.5 million outstanding to the Guarantors in respect of payments made by them on our behalf in connection with our original loan with Bank of America.

The Loan and Security Agreement relating to the Northstar loan contains various provisions that restrict our operating flexibility. Pursuant to the agreement, we may not, among other things:

incur additional indebtedness, except for certain permitted indebtedness (generally, accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business, leases of equipment or property incurred in the ordinary course of business not to exceed, in the aggregate, $250,000, any unsecured debt less than $20,000 or any debt not secured by the collateral pledged to Northstar that is subordinated to the rights of Northstar pursuant to a subordination agreement satisfactory to Northstar in its sole discretion);

make any principal, interest or other payments arising under or in connection with our loan from Seaside National Bank or any other debt subordinate to Northstar loan;

incur additional liens on any of our assets, including any liens on our intellectual property, except for certain permitted liens including but not limited to non-exclusive licenses or sub-licenses of our intellectual property in the ordinary course of business and licenses or sub-licenses of intellectual property in connection with joint ventures and corporate collaborations (provided that any proceeds from such licenses be used to pay down the Northstar loan);

voluntarily prepay any debt prior to maturity, except for accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business, leases of equipment or property incurred in the ordinary course of business not to exceed, in the aggregate, $250,000 and any unsecured debt less than $20,000;

convey, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of property, except for sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business, sales of obsolete or unneeded equipment and transfers or our intellectual property related to product candidates other than MyoCell or MyoCell SDF-1 to a currently operating or newly formed wholly owned subsidiary;

merge with or acquire any other entity if we would not be the surviving person following such transaction;

pay dividends (other than stock dividends) to our shareholders;

redeem any outstanding shares of our common stock or any outstanding options or warrants to purchase shares of our common stock except in connection with a share repurchase pursuant to which we offer to pay our then existing shareholders not more than $250,000;

enter into transactions with affiliates other than on arms-length terms; and

make any change in any of our business objectives, purposes and operations which has or could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on our business.

These provisions could have important consequences for us, including (i) making it more difficult for us to obtain additional debt financing from another lender, or obtain new debt financing on terms favorable to us, because such new lender will have to be willing to be subordinate to Northstar, (ii) causing us to use a portion of our available cash for debt repayment and service rather than other perceived needs and/or (iii) impacting our ability to take advantage of significant, perceived business opportunities. Our failure to timely repay our obligations under the Northstar loan or meet the covenants set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement could give rise to a default under the agreement. In the event of an uncured default, the agreement provides that all amounts owed to Northstar are immediately due and payable and that Northstar has the right to enforce its security interest in the assets securing the Northstar loan. In such event, Northstar could take possession of any or all of our assets in which they hold a security interest, and dispose of those assets to the extent necessary to pay off our debts, which would materially harm our business. On March 30, 2012, we entered into an extension and waiver with Northstar pursuant to which Northstar agreed to extend until May 1, 2012 the due date for any and all principal and interest payments that were due and payable with respect to the Northstar loan on March 1, 2012 and to waive any and all defaults and/or events of default with respect to such payments.

In addition to the limitations imposed on our operational flexibility by the Northstar loan as described above, the Northstar loan, the Seaside National Bank loan, our obligations to the Guarantors, and any other indebtedness incurred by us could have significant additional negative consequences, including, without limitation:

requiring the dedication of a portion of our available cash to service our indebtedness, thereby reducing the amount of our cash available for other purposes, including funding our research and development programs and other capital expenditures;

increasing our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;

limiting our ability to obtain additional financing;

limiting our ability to react to changes in technology or our business; and

placing us at a possible competitive disadvantage to less leveraged competitors.

Risks Related to Product Development

All of our product candidates are in an early stage of development and we may never succeed in developing and/or commercializing them. We depend heavily on the success of our MyoCell product candidate. If we are unable to commercialize MyoCell or any of our other product candidates or experience significant delays in doing so, our business may fail.

We have invested a significant portion of our efforts and financial resources in our MyoCell product candidate and depend heavily on its success. MyoCell is currently in the clinical testing stage of development, although we have suspended work under our clinical trials as we seek to raise sufficient funds to complete the trials.

We need to devote significant additional research and development, financial resources and personnel to develop commercially viable products, obtain regulatory approvals and establish a sales and marketing infrastructure.

We are likely to encounter hurdles and unexpected issues as we proceed in the development of MyoCell and our other product candidates. There are many reasons that we may not succeed in our efforts to develop our product candidates, including the possibility that:

our product candidates will be deemed ineffective, unsafe or will not receive regulatory approvals;

our product candidates will be too expensive to manufacture or market or will not achieve broad market acceptance;

others will hold proprietary rights that will prevent us from marketing our product candidates; or

our competitors will market products that are perceived as equivalent or superior.

Our approach of using cell-based therapy for the treatment of heart damage is risky and unproven and no products using this approach have received regulatory approval in the United States or Europe.

No company has yet been successful in its efforts to obtain regulatory approval in the United States or Europe of a cell-based therapy product for the treatment of heart damage. Cell-based therapy products, in general, may be susceptible to various risks, including undesirable and unintended side effects, unintended immune system responses, inadequate therapeutic efficacy or other characteristics that may prevent or limit their approval by regulators or commercial use. Many companies in the industry have suffered significant setbacks in advanced clinical trials, despite promising results in earlier trials. One of our competitors exploring the use of skeletal myoblasts ceased enrolling new patients in its European Phase II clinical trial based on the determination of its monitoring committee that there was a low likelihood that the trial would result in the hypothesized improvement in heart function. Although our clinical research to date suggests that MyoCell may improve the contractile function of the heart, we have not yet been able to demonstrate a mechanism of action and additional research is needed to precisely identify such mechanism.

If our clinical trials are unsuccessful or significantly delayed, or if we do not complete our clinical trials, we will not receive regulatory approval for or be able to commercialize our product candidates.

We cannot market any product candidate until regulatory agencies grant approval or licensure. In order to obtain regulatory approval for the sale of any product candidate, we must, among other requirements, provide the FDA and similar foreign regulatory authorities with preclinical and clinical data that demonstrate to the satisfaction of regulatory authorities that our product candidates are safe and effective for each indication under the applicable standards relating to such product candidate. The preclinical studies and clinical trials of any product candidates must comply with the regulations of the FDA and other governmental authorities in the United States and similar agencies in other countries.

Even if we achieve positive interim results in clinical trials, these results do not necessarily predict final results, and positive results in early trials may not be indicative of success in later trials. For example, MyoCell has been studied in a limited number of patients to date. Even though our early data has been promising, we have not yet completed any large-scale pivotal trials to establish the safety and efficacy of MyoCell. A number of participants in our clinical trials have experienced serious adverse events adjudicated or determined by trial investigators to be potentially attributable to MyoCell. See “ – Our product candidates may never be commercialized due to unacceptable side effects and increased mortality that may be associated with such product candidates.” There is a risk that safety concerns relating to our product candidates or cell-based therapies in general will result in the suspension or termination of our clinical trials.

We may experience numerous unforeseen events during, or as a result of, the clinical trial process that could delay or prevent regulatory approval and/or commercialization of our product candidates, including the following:

the FDA or similar foreign regulatory authorities may find that our product candidates are not sufficiently safe or effective or may find our cell culturing processes or facilities unsatisfactory;

officials at the FDA or similar foreign regulatory authorities may interpret data from preclinical studies and clinical trials differently than we do;

our clinical trials may produce negative or inconclusive results or may not meet the level of statistical significance required by the FDA or other regulatory authorities, and we may decide, or regulators may require us, to conduct additional preclinical studies and/or clinical trials or to abandon one or more of our development programs;

the FDA or similar foreign regulatory authorities may change their approval policies or adopt new regulations;

there may be delays or failure in obtaining approval of our clinical trial protocols from the FDA or other regulatory authorities or obtaining institutional review board approvals or government approvals to conduct clinical trials at prospective sites;

we, or regulators, may suspend or terminate our clinical trials because the participating patients are being exposed to unacceptable health risks or undesirable side effects;

we may experience difficulties in managing multiple clinical sites;

enrollment in our clinical trials for our product candidates may occur more slowly than we anticipate, or we may experience high drop-out rates of subjects in our clinical trials, resulting in significant delays;

we may be unable to manufacture or obtain from third party manufacturers sufficient quantities of our product candidates for use in clinical trials; and

our product candidates may be deemed unsafe or ineffective, or may be perceived as being unsafe or ineffective, by healthcare providers for a particular indication.

In the SEISMIC Trial, we experienced delays attributable to slower than anticipated enrollment of patients. We may continue to experience difficulties in enrolling patients in our clinical trials, which could increase the costs or affect the timing or outcome of these trials and could prevent us from completing these trials.

Failures or perceived failures in our clinical trials would delay and may prevent our product development and regulatory approval process, make it difficult for us to establish collaborations, negatively affect our reputation and competitive position and otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business.

Our product candidates may never be commercialized due to unacceptable side effects and increased mortality that may be associated with such product candidates.

Possible side effects of our product candidates may be serious and life-threatening. A number of participants in our clinical trials of MyoCell have experienced serious adverse events potentially attributable to MyoCell, including six patient deaths and 18 patients experiencing irregular heartbeats. A serious adverse event is generally an event that results in significant medical consequences, such as hospitalization, disability or death, and must be reported to the FDA. The occurrence of any unacceptable serious adverse events during or after preclinical and clinical testing of our product candidates could temporarily delay or negate the possibility of regulatory approval of our product candidates and adversely affect our business. Both our trials and independent trials have reported the occurrence of irregular heartbeats in treated patients, a significant risk to patient safety. We and our competitors have also, at times, suspended trials studying the effects of myoblasts, at least temporarily, to assess the risk of irregular heartbeats, and it has been reported that one of our competitors studying the effect of myoblast implantation prematurely discontinued a study because of the high incidence of irregular heartbeats. While we believe irregular heartbeats may be manageable with the use of certain prophylactic measures including an ICD, and antiarrhythmic drug therapy, these risk management techniques may not prove to sufficiently reduce the risk of unacceptable side effects. Although our early results suggest that patients treated with MyoCell do not face materially different health risks than heart failure patients with similar levels of damage to the heart who have not been treated with MyoCell, we are still in the process of seeking to demonstrate that our product candidates do not pose unacceptable health risks. We have not yet treated a sufficient number of patients to allow us to make a determination that serious unintended consequences will not occur.

We depend on third parties to assist us in the conduct of our preclinical studies and clinical trials, and any failure of those parties to fulfill their obligations could result in costs and delays and prevent us from obtaining regulatory approval or successfully commercializing our product candidates on a timely basis, if at all.

We engage consultants and CROs to help design, and to assist us in conducting, our preclinical studies and clinical trials and to collect and analyze data from those studies and trials. The consultants and contract research organizations we engage interact with clinical investigators to enroll patients in our clinical trials. As a result, we depend on these consultants and CROs to perform the studies and trials in accordance with the investigational plan and protocol for each product candidate and in compliance with regulations and standards, commonly referred to as “good clinical practice”, for conducting, recording and reporting results of clinical trials to assure that the data and results are credible and accurate and the trial participants are adequately protected, as required by the FDA and foreign regulatory agencies. We may face delays in our regulatory approval process if these parties do not perform their obligations in a timely or competent fashion or if we are forced to change service providers. The risk of delays is heightened for our clinical trials conducted outside of the United States, where it may be more difficult for us to ensure that studies are conducted in compliance with foreign regulatory requirements. Any third parties that we hire to conduct clinical trials may also provide services to our competitors, which could compromise the performance of their obligations to us. If these third parties do not successfully carry out their duties or meet expected deadlines, or if the quality, completeness or accuracy of the data they obtain is compromised due to their failure to adhere to our clinical trial protocols or for other reasons, our clinical trials may be extended, delayed or terminated or may otherwise prove to be unsuccessful. If there are delays or failures in clinical trials or regulatory approvals as a result of the failure to perform by third parties, our development costs will increase, and we may not be able to obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates. In addition, we may not be able to establish or maintain relationships with these third parties on favorable terms, if at all. If we need to enter into replacement arrangements

because a third party is not performing in accordance with our expectations, we may not be able to do so without undue delays or considerable expenditures or at all.

Risks Related to Government Regulation and Regulatory Approvals

Our cell-based product candidates are based on novel technologies and the FDA and regulatory agencies in other countries have limited experience reviewing product candidates using these technologies.

We are subject to the risks of failure inherent in the development of product candidates based on new technologies. The novel nature of our product candidates creates significant challenges in regards to product development and optimization, government regulation, third party reimbursement and market acceptance. These include:

the scientific basis of our technology could be determined to be less sound than we believe;

the time and effort required to solve novel technical problems could delay the development of our product candidates;

the FDA and regulatory agencies in other countries have relatively limited experience with therapies based upon cellular medicine generally and, as a result, the pathway to regulatory approval for our cell-based product candidates may be more complex and lengthy; and

the healthcare community has relatively little experience with therapies based upon cellular medicine and, accordingly, following regulatory approval, if any, our product candidates may not become widely accepted by physicians, patients, third party payors or the healthcare community.

As a result, the development and commercialization pathway for our cell-based therapies may be subject to increased uncertainty, as compared to the pathway for new conventional drugs.

We are subject to numerous risks associated with seeking regulatory approval of MyoCell pursuant to a protocol that permits the use of a catheter system which is still subject to FDA approval. The catheter system we intend to use in connection with our MARVEL Trial is owned by an unaffiliated third party. Although we have entered into a two-year supply agreement for delivery of the catheter system for use in the MARVEL Trial, we are subject to a number of risks not addressed by the parties in the supply agreement.

We have been cleared by the FDA to proceed under the protocol for our MARVEL Trial, which protocol permits participating trial investigators to use either our MyoCath catheters Biosense Webster’s (a Johnson & Johnson company) NOGA® Cardiac Navigation System along with the MyoStar™ injection catheter for the delivery of MyoCell to patients enrolled in the trial. We do not currently have any inventory of MyoCath catheters available for use in pre-clinical and clinical trials and none are currently in production. Although we are considering several contract manufacturers to produce additional inventory, we do not currently have any MyoCath catheters available for use by investigators in the MARVEL Trial or for sale for other pre-clinical and clinical uses. As a result, if we were to reinitiate the MARVEL Trial in the immediate future, investigators in the trial would practically be limited to using the NOGA Cardiac Navigation System along with the MyoStar™ injection catheter for the delivery of MyoCell to patients enrolled in the trial. We further anticipate that if MyoCell receives regulatory approval, such approval will require MyoCell to be injected with a catheter system that has also secured regulatory approval. Accordingly, the commercial deployment of MyoCell is dependent upon MyoStar, MyoCath or some other catheter system securing regulatory approval for use with MyoCell. Although MyoStar has received CE mark approval in Europe, neither MyoStar, MyoCath nor any other catheter system is commercially available in the United States and they may only be used pursuant to FDA approved investigational protocols. Notwithstanding the devotion of considerable resources to the development and testing of MyoStar and MyoCath, they may never receive additional or any, respectively, regulatory approval that will allow for their commercial use with MyoCell.

We are not affiliated with Biosense Webster, the Cordis Corporation or any other Johnson & Johnson company. Although we entered into a supply agreement with Biosense Webster on May 10, 2007 pursuant to which

it has agreed to deliver MyoStar to us for a two year period at an agreed upon price as and when required by the MARVEL Trial, we currently have no right to control the further development, clinical testing and/or refinement of MyoStar. Biosense Webster currently has the right to make the following types of decisions without consulting with or even considering our views, which decisions could directly or indirectly negatively impact our efforts and/or ability to secure regulatory approval of MyoCell:

the terms and conditions under which MyoStar will be made available for use to trial investigators, if at all, after the term of the supply agreement;

the terms and conditions under which the diagnostic consoles that are part of the NOGA® Cardiac Navigation System will be made available for use to trial investigators, if at all;

the modification or not of the MyoStar System or any of its components and its protocol for use as a result of information obtained during trials;

the license or sale of the MyoStar System related intellectual property to a third party, potentially including our competitors;

the use of the MyoStar System or any of its components in myoblast-based clinical therapies other than ours; and the suspension or abandonment of other clinical trials involving MyoStar.

The unavailability of the MyoStar System, for any reason, would have a material adverse effect on our product development and commercialization efforts as we will be unable to recover the time and money expended on the MARVEL Trial prior to such determination of unavailability.

We must comply with extensive government regulations in order to obtain and maintain marketing approval for our products in the United States and abroad. If we do not obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates, we may be forced to cease our operations.

Our product candidates are subject to extensive regulation in the United States and in every other country where they will be tested or used. These regulations are wide-ranging and govern, among other things:

product design, development, manufacture and testing;

product safety and efficacy;

product labeling;

product storage and shipping;

record keeping;

pre-market clearance or approval;

advertising and promotion; and

product sales and distribution.

We cannot market our product candidates until we receive regulatory approval. The process of obtaining regulatory approval is lengthy, expensive and uncertain. Any difficulties that we encounter in obtaining regulatory approval may have a substantial adverse impact on our business and cause our stock price to decline significantly.

In the United States, the FDA imposes substantial requirements on the introduction of biological products and many medical devices through lengthy and detailed laboratory and clinical testing procedures, sampling activities and other costly and time-consuming procedures. Satisfaction of these requirements typically takes several years and the time required to do so may vary substantially based upon the type and complexity of the biological product or medical device.

In addition, product candidates that we believe should be classified as medical devices for purposes of the FDA regulatory pathway may be determined by the FDA to be biologic products subject to the satisfaction of significantly more stringent requirements for FDA approval.

The requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials and cell culturing and marketing of our product candidates outside the United States vary widely from country to country. Foreign approvals may take longer to obtain than FDA approvals and can require, among other things, additional testing and different clinical trial designs. Foreign regulatory approval processes generally include all of the risks associated with the FDA approval processes. Some foreign regulatory agencies also must approve prices of the products. Regulatory approval in one country does not ensure regulatory approval in another, but a failure or delay in obtaining regulatory approval in one country may negatively impact the regulatory process in others. We may not be able to file for regulatory approvals and may not receive necessary approvals to market our product candidates in any foreign country. If we fail to comply with these regulatory requirements or fail to obtain and maintain required approvals in any foreign country, we will not be able to sell our product candidates in that country and our ability to generate revenue will be adversely affected.

We cannot assure you that we will obtain FDA or foreign regulatory approval to market any of our product candidates for any indication in a timely manner or at all. If we fail to obtain regulatory approval of any of our product candidates for at least one indication, we will not be permitted to market our product candidates and may be forced to cease our operations.

Even if some of our product candidates receive regulatory approval, these approvals may be subject to conditions, and we and our third party manufacturers will in any event be subject to significant ongoing regulatory obligations and oversight.

Even if any of our product candidates receives regulatory approval, the manufacturing, marketing and sale of our product candidates will be subject to stringent and ongoing government regulation. Conditions of approval, such as limiting the category of patients who can use the product, may significantly impact our ability to commercialize the product and may make it difficult or impossible for us to market a product profitably. Changes we may desire to make to an approved product, such as cell culturing changes or revised labeling, may require further regulatory review and approval, which could prevent us from updating or otherwise changing an approved product. If our product candidates are approved by the FDA or other regulatory authorities for the treatment of any indications, regulatory labeling may specify that our product candidates be used in conjunction with other therapies. For instance, we currently anticipate that prior implantation of an ICD and treatment with optimal drug therapy will be required at least initially as a condition to treatment with MyoCell.

Once obtained, regulatory approvals may be withdrawn for a number of reasons, including the later discovery of previously unknown problems with the product. Regulatory approval may also require costly post-marketing follow-up studies, and failure of our product candidates to demonstrate sufficient efficacy and safety in these studies may result in either withdrawal of marketing approval or severe limitations on permitted product usage. In addition, numerous additional regulatory requirements relating to, among other processes, the labeling, packaging, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising, promotion and record-keeping will also apply. Furthermore, regulatory agencies subject a marketed product, its manufacturer and the manufacturer’s facilities to continual review and periodic inspections. Compliance with these regulatory requirements is time consuming and requires the expenditure of substantial resources.

If any of our product candidates is approved, we will be required to report certain adverse events involving our products to the FDA, to provide updated safety and efficacy information and to comply with requirements concerning the advertisement and promotional labeling of our products. As a result, even if we obtain necessary regulatory approvals to market our product candidates for any indication, any adverse results, circumstances or events that are subsequently discovered could require that we cease marketing the product for that indication or expend money, time and effort to ensure full compliance, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

In response to recent events regarding questions about the safety of certain approved prescription products, including the lack of adequate warnings, the FDA and the U.S. Congress are currently considering new regulatory and legislative approaches to advertising, monitoring and assessing the safety of marketed drugs, including legislation authorizing the FDA to mandate labeling changes for approved products, particularly those related to safety. It is possible that congressional and FDA initiatives pertaining to ensuring the safety of marketed biologics and similar initiatives in other countries, or other developments pertaining to the pharmaceutical industry, could require us to expend additional resources to comply with such initiatives and could adversely affect our operations.

In addition, the FDA and similar foreign governmental authorities have the authority to require the recall of commercialized products in the event of any failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations or defects in design or manufacture. In the event any of our product candidates receives approval and is commercialized, a government-mandated or voluntary product recall by us could occur as a result of component failures, device malfunctions, or other negative events such as serious injuries or deaths, or quality-related issues such as cell culturing errors or design or labeling defects. Recalls of any of our potential products could divert managerial and financial resources, harm our reputation and adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and stock price.

Any failure by us, or by any third parties that may manufacture or market our products, to comply with the law, including statutes and regulations administered by the FDA or other U.S. or foreign regulatory authorities, could result in, among other things, warning letters, fines and other civil penalties, suspension of regulatory approvals and the resulting requirement that we suspend sales of our products, refusal to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications, export or import restrictions, interruption of production, operating restrictions, closure of the facilities used by us or third parties to manufacture our product candidates, injunctions or criminal prosecution. Any of the foregoing actions could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We must comply with federal, state and foreign laws, regulations and other rules relating to the healthcare business, and, if we do not fully comply with such laws, regulations and other rules, we could face substantial penalties.

We are, or will be directly or indirectly through our customers, subject to extensive regulation by the federal government, the states and foreign countries in which we may conduct our business. The laws that directly or indirectly affect our ability to operate our business include the following:

the federal Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback law, which prohibits persons from knowingly and willfully soliciting, offering, receiving or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce either the referral of an individual or furnishing or arranging for a good or service, for which payment may be made under federal healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid;

other Medicare laws, regulations, rules, manual provisions and policies that prescribe the requirements for coverage and payment for services performed by our customers, including the amount of such payment;

the Federal False Claims Act, which imposes civil and criminal liability on individuals and entities who submit, or cause to be submitted, false or fraudulent claims for payment to the government;

the Federal False Statements Act, which prohibits knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false statement in connection with delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services; and

state and foreign law equivalents of the foregoing.

If our operations are found to be in violation of any of the laws, regulations, rules or policies described above or any other law or governmental regulation to which we or our customers are or will be subject, or if the interpretation of the foregoing changes, we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. Similarly, if our customers are found non-compliant with applicable laws, they may be subject to sanctions, which could also have a negative impact on us. Any penalties, damages, fines, curtailment or restructuring of our operations would adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our financial results. The risk of our being found in violation of these laws is increased by the fact that many of them have not been fully interpreted by the regulatory authorities or the courts, and their provisions are open to a variety of interpretations, and additional legal or regulatory change. Any action against us for violation of these laws, even if we successfully defend against it, could cause us to incur significant legal expenses, divert our management’s attention from the operation of our business and damage our reputation.

Our business involves the use of hazardous materials that could expose us to environmental and other liability.

Our facility in Sunrise, Florida is subject to various local, state and federal laws and regulations relating to the use and disposal of hazardous or potentially hazardous substances, including chemicals and microorganisms used in connection with our research and development activities. In the United States, these laws include the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Toxic Test Substances Control Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Although we believe that our safety procedures for handling and disposing of these materials comply with the standards prescribed by these regulations, we cannot assure you that accidental contamination or injury to employees and third parties from these materials will not occur.

Risks Related to Commercialization of our Product Candidates

The healthcare community has relatively little experience with therapies based on cellular medicine and, accordingly, if our product candidates do not become widely accepted by physicians, patients, third party payors or the healthcare community, we may be unable to generate significant revenue, if any.

We are developing cell-based therapy product candidates for the treatment of heart damage that represent novel and unproven treatments and, if approved, will compete with a number of more conventional products and therapies manufactured and marketed by others, including major pharmaceutical companies. We cannot predict or guarantee that physicians, patients, healthcare insurers, third party payors or health maintenance organizations, or the healthcare community in general, will accept or utilize any of our product candidates. We anticipate that, if approved, we will market MyoCell primarily to interventional cardiologists, who are generally not the primary care physicians for patients who may be eligible for treatment with MyoCell. Accordingly, our commercial success may be dependent on third party physicians referring their patients to interventional cardiologists for MyoCell treatment.

If we are successful in obtaining regulatory approval for any of our product candidates, the degree of market acceptance of those products will depend on many factors, including:

our ability to provide acceptable evidence and the perception of patients and the healthcare community, including third party payors, of the positive characteristics of our product candidates relative to existing treatment methods, including their safety, efficacy, cost effectiveness and/or other potential advantages;

the incidence and severity of any adverse side effects of our product candidates;

the availability of alternative treatments;

the labeling requirements imposed by the FDA and foreign regulatory agencies, including the scope of approved indications and any safety warnings;

our ability to obtain sufficient third party insurance coverage or reimbursement for our products candidates;

the inclusion of our products on insurance company coverage policies;

the willingness and ability of patients and the healthcare community to adopt new technologies;

the procedure time associated with the use of our product candidates;

our ability to manufacture or obtain from third party manufacturers sufficient quantities of our product candidates with acceptable quality and at an acceptable cost to meet demand; and

marketing and distribution support for our products.

Failure to achieve market acceptance would limit our ability to generate revenue and would have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, if any of our product candidates achieve market acceptance, we may not be able to maintain that market acceptance over time if competing products or technologies are introduced that are received more favorably or are more cost-effective.

There is substantial uncertainty as to the coverage that may be available and the reimbursement rates that may be established for our product candidates. Any failure to obtain third party coverage or an adequate level of reimbursement for our product candidates will likely have a material adverse effect on our business.

If we successfully develop, and obtain necessary regulatory approvals for, our product candidates we intend to sell them initially in Europe and the United States. We have not yet submitted any of our product candidates to CMS or any private or governmental third party payor in the United States to determine whether or not our product candidates will be covered under private or public health insurance plans or, if they are covered, what coverage or reimbursement rates may be available. Although we believe hospitals may be entitled to some procedure reimbursement for MyoCell, we cannot assure you that such reimbursement will be adequate or available at all.

In Europe, the pricing of prescription pharmaceutical products and services and the level of government reimbursement generally are subject to governmental control. Reimbursement and healthcare payment systems in European markets vary significantly by country, and may include both government-sponsored healthcare and private insurance. In these countries, pricing negotiations with governmental authorities can take six to twelve months or longer after the receipt of marketing approval for a product. To obtain reimbursement or pricing approval in some countries, we may be required to conduct one or more clinical trials that compare the cost effectiveness of our product candidates to other available therapies. Conducting one or more clinical trials for this purpose would be expensive and result in delays in commercialization of our product candidates. We may not obtain coverage or reimbursement or pricing approvals from countries in Europe in a timely manner, or at all. Any failure to receive coverage or reimbursement or pricing approvals from one or more European countries could effectively prevent us from selling our product candidates in those countries, which could materially adversely affect our business.

In the United States, our revenues will depend upon the coverage and reimbursement rates and policies established for our product candidates by third party payors, including governmental authorities, managed-care providers, public health insurers, private health insurers and other organizations. These third party payors are increasingly attempting to contain healthcare costs by limiting both coverage and the level of reimbursement for new healthcare products approved for marketing by the FDA or regulatory agencies in other countries. As a result, significant uncertainty exists as to whether newly approved medical products will be eligible for coverage by third party payors or, if eligible for coverage, what the reimbursement rates will be for those products. Furthermore, cell-based therapies like MyoCell may be more expensive than pharmaceuticals due to, among other things, the higher cost and complexity associated with the research, development and production of these therapies. This, in turn, may make it more difficult for us to obtain adequate reimbursement from third party payors, particularly if we cannot demonstrate a favorable cost-benefit relationship. Third party payors may also deny coverage or offer inadequate levels of reimbursement for our potential products if they determine that the product has not received appropriate clearances from the FDA or other government regulators or is experimental, unnecessary or inappropriate. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that adequate third party coverage or reimbursement will be available for any of our product candidates to allow us to successfully commercialize these product candidates.

Coverage and reimbursement rates for our product candidates may be subject to increased restrictions both in the United States and in other countries in the future. Coverage policies and reimbursement rates are subject to change and we cannot guarantee that current coverage policies and reimbursement rates will be applicable to our product candidates in the future. U.S. federal, state and foreign agencies and legislatures from time to time may seek to impose restrictions on coverage, pricing, and reimbursement level of drugs, devices and healthcare services in order to contain healthcare costs.

If we are unable to establish sales and marketing capabilities or enter into agreements with third parties to market and sell our product candidates, we may be unable to generate product revenues.

We do not have a sales and marketing force and related infrastructure and have limited experience in the sales, marketing and distribution of our product candidates. To achieve commercial success for any approved product, we must either develop a sales and marketing force or outsource these functions to third parties. Currently, we intend to internally develop a direct sales and marketing force in both Europe and the United States as we approach commercial approval of our product candidates. In other regions, we intend to seek to enter into exclusive or non-exclusive distribution arrangements. The development of our own sales and marketing force will result in us incurring significant costs before the time that we may generate revenues. We may not be able to attract, hire, train and retain qualified sales and marketing personnel to build a significant or effective marketing and sales force for sales of our product candidates.

Product liability and other claims against us may reduce demand for our products or result in substantial damages. We anticipate that we will need to obtain and maintain additional or increased insurance coverage, and we may not be able to obtain or maintain such coverage on commercially reasonable terms, if at all.

A product liability claim, a clinical trial liability claim or other claim with respect to uninsured liabilities or for amounts in excess of insured liabilities could have a material adverse effect on our business. Our business exposes us to potential liability risks that may arise from the clinical testing of our product candidates in human clinical trials and the manufacture and sale of any approved products. Any clinical trial liability or product liability claim or series of claims or class actions brought against us, with or without merit, could result in:

liabilities that substantially exceed our existing clinical trial liability insurance, or any clinical trial liability or product liability insurance that we may obtain in the future, which we would then be required to pay from other sources, if available;

an increase in the premiums we pay for our clinical trial liability insurance and any clinical trial liability or product liability insurance we may obtain in the future or the inability to renew or obtain clinical trial liability or product liability insurance coverage in the future on acceptable terms, or at all;

withdrawal of clinical trial volunteers or patients;

damage to our reputation and the reputation of our products, including loss of market share;

regulatory investigations that could require costly recalls or product modifications;

litigation costs; and

diversion of management’s attention from managing our business.

We do not currently have product liability insurance because none of our product candidates has yet been approved for commercialization. While we plan to seek product liability insurance coverage if any of our product candidates are sold commercially, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain product liability insurance on commercially acceptable terms, if at all, or that we will be able to maintain such insurance at a reasonable cost or in sufficient amounts to protect against potential losses.

Claims may be made by consumers, healthcare providers, third party strategic collaborators or others selling our products if one of our products or product candidates causes, or appears to have caused, an injury. We may be subject to claims against us even if an alleged injury is due to the actions of others. For example, we rely on the expertise of physicians, nurses and other associated medical personnel to perform the medical procedures and processes related to our product candidates. If these medical personnel are not properly trained or are negligent in using our product candidates, the therapeutic effect of our product candidates may be diminished or the patient may suffer injury, which may subject us to liability. In addition, an injury resulting from the activities of our suppliers may serve as a basis for a claim against us.

We do not intend to promote, or to in any way support or encourage the promotion of, our product candidates for off-label or otherwise unapproved uses. However, if our product candidates are approved by the FDA or similar foreign regulatory authorities, we cannot prevent a physician from using them for any off-label applications. If injury to a patient results from such an inappropriate use, we may become involved in a product liability suit, which will likely be expensive to defend.

These liabilities could prevent or interfere with our clinical efforts, product development efforts and any subsequent product commercialization efforts, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Our success will depend in part on establishing and maintaining effective strategic partnerships, collaborations and licensing agreements.

Our strategy for the development, testing, culturing and commercialization of our product candidates relies on establishing and maintaining numerous collaborations with various corporate partners, consultants, scientists, researchers, licensors, licensees and others. While we are continually in discussions with a number of companies, universities, research institutions, consultants, scientists, researchers, licensors, licensees and others to establish additional relationships and collaborations, which are typically complex and time consuming to negotiate, document and implement, we may not reach definitive agreements with any of them. Even if we enter into these arrangements, we may not be able to maintain these relationships or establish new ones in the future on acceptable terms.

Furthermore, any collaboration that we enter into may not be successful. The success of our collaboration arrangements, if any, will depend heavily on the efforts and activities of our collaborators. Possible future collaborations have risks, including the following:

our collaboration agreements are likely to be for fixed terms and subject to termination by our collaborators in the event of a material breach or lack of scientific progress by us;

our collaborators are likely to have the first right to maintain or defend our intellectual property rights and, although we would likely seek to secure the right to assume the maintenance and defense of our intellectual property rights if our collaborators do not, our ability to do so may be compromised by our collaborators' acts or omissions;

our collaborators may utilize our intellectual property rights in such a way as to invite litigation that could jeopardize or invalidate our intellectual property rights or expose us to potential liability;

our collaborators may underfund or not commit sufficient resources to the testing, marketing, distribution or development of our product candidates; and

our collaborators may develop alternative products either on their own or in collaboration with others, or encounter conflicts of interest or changes in business strategy or other business issues, which could adversely affect their willingness or ability to fulfill their obligations to us.

These arrangements also may require us to grant certain rights to third parties, including exclusive marketing rights to one or more products, or may have other terms that are burdensome to us, and may involve the issuance of our securities. If any of our partners terminates its relationship with us or fails to perform its obligations

in a timely manner, the development or commercialization of our technology and product candidates may be substantially delayed. Further, disputes may arise with our collaborators about inventorship and corresponding rights in know-how and inventions resulting from the joint creation or use of intellectual property by us and our collaborators.

Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property

We hold limited patent and other intellectual property rights, and our success will be dependent in large part on safeguarding our existing intellectual property rights and obtaining patent and other proprietary protection for our product candidates.

We hold limited patent rights in our product candidates. Our MyoCath product candidate is protected by a patent, expiring in September 2017, in which we have an irrevocable co-exclusive license. Our MyoCell product candidate is no longer protected by patents, which means that competitors will be free to sell products that incorporate the same or similar technologies that are used in MyoCell without infringing our patent rights. As a result, MyoCell, if approved for use, may be vulnerable to competition in the form of products that use the same or similar technologies. We have previously licensed certain patents and patent applications relating to our MyoCell product candidate. These licenses have all lapsed as of the date of this report, although we have had discussions with the relevant licensor regarding a potential reinstatement of our rights in such licenses.

Our commercial success will depend to a significant degree on our ability to:

compel the owners of the patents licensed to us to defend and enforce such patents, to the extent such patents may be applicable to our products and material to their commercialization;

obtain new patent and other proprietary protection for MyoCell and our other product candidates;

obtain and/or maintain appropriate licenses to patents, patent applications or other proprietary rights held by others with respect to our technology, both in the United States and other countries;

preserve intellectual property rights relating to our product candidates; and

operate without infringing the patents and proprietary rights of third parties.

Failure to obtain adequate patent protection for our product candidates, or the failure to protect our existing patent rights, may impair our ability to be competitive. The availability of infringing products in markets where we have patent protection, or the availability of competing products in markets where we do not have adequate patent protection, could erode the market for our product candidates, negatively impact the prices we can charge for our product candidates, and harm our reputation if infringing or competing products are manufactured to inferior standards.

Our most important license agreement with respect to MyoCath is co-exclusive and the co-licensor of the intellectual property, a division of Abbott Laboratories, may also seek to commercialize MyoCath.

In June 2003, we assigned our exclusive license to the primary patent protecting MyoCath to ACS, originally a subsidiary of Guidant Corporation and now d/b/a Abbott Vascular, a division of Abbott Laboratories. In connection with this agreement, ACS granted to us a co-exclusive, irrevocable, fully paid-up license to this patent for the life of the patent. Because our license is co-exclusive with ACS, ACS may, parallel to our efforts, seek to commercialize MyoCath if MyoCath secures regulatory approval. Accordingly, even if ACS does nothing to assist us to secure regulatory approval of MyoCath, ACS may become a direct competitor in the MyoCath manufacturing and supply business. In addition, pursuant to our agreement with ACS, we are prohibited from contracting with third parties for the distribution of MyoCath.

Our patents may not be valid or enforceable, and may be challenged by third parties.

We cannot assure you that any patents issued or licensed to us would be held valid by a court or administrative body or that we would be able to successfully enforce our patents against infringers, including our

competitors. The issuance of a patent is not conclusive as to its validity or enforceability, and the validity and enforceability of a patent is susceptible to challenge on numerous legal grounds. Challenges raised in patent infringement litigation brought by or against us may result in determinations that patents that have been issued or licensed to us or any patents that may be issued to us or our licensors in the future are invalid, unenforceable or otherwise subject to limitations. In the event of any such determinations, third parties may be able to use the discoveries or technologies claimed in these patents without paying licensing fees or royalties to us, which could significantly diminish the value of our intellectual property and our competitive advantage. Even if our patents are held to be enforceable, others may be able to design around our patents or develop products similar to our products that are not within the scope of any of our patents.

In addition, enforcing the patents that have been licensed to us and any patents that may be issued to us in the future against third parties may require significant expenditures regardless of the outcome of such efforts. Our inability to enforce our patents against infringers and competitors may impair our ability to be competitive and could have a material adverse effect on our business.

If we are not able to protect and control unpatented trade secrets, know-how and other technological innovation, we may suffer competitive harm.

We rely to a large extent on unpatented technology, trade secrets, confidential information and proprietary know-how to protect our technology and maintain our competitive position, especially when we do not believe that patent protection is appropriate or can be obtained. Trade secrets are difficult to protect. In order to protect proprietary technology and processes, we rely in part on confidentiality and intellectual property assignment agreements with our employees, consultants and others. These agreements generally provide that the individual must keep confidential and not disclose to other parties any confidential information developed or learned by the individual during the course of the individual’s relationship with us except in limited circumstances. These agreements generally also provide that we shall own all inventions conceived by the individual in the course of rendering services to us. These agreements may not effectively prevent disclosure of confidential information or result in the effective assignment to us of intellectual property, and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of confidential information or other breaches of the agreements. In addition, others may independently discover trade secrets and proprietary information that have been licensed to us or that we own, and in such case we could not assert any trade secret rights against such party.

Enforcing a claim that a party illegally obtained and is using trade secrets that have been licensed to us or that we own is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. In addition, courts outside the United States may be less willing to protect trade secrets. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to seek to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could have a material adverse effect on our business. Moreover, some of our academic institution licensors, collaborators and scientific advisors have rights to publish data and information to which we have rights. If we cannot maintain the confidentiality of our technologies and other confidential information in connection with our collaborations, our ability to protect our proprietary information or obtain patent protection in the future may be impaired, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Other Risks Related to Our Business

We depend on attracting and retaining key management and scientific personnel and the loss of these personnel could impair the development of our products candidates.

Our success depends on our continued ability to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified management, clinical and scientific personnel and on our ability to develop and maintain important relationships with academic institutions, clinicians and scientists. We are highly dependent upon our senior scientific staff, many of whom have developed very specialized expertise in their position. The loss of services of one or more members of our senior scientific staff could significantly delay or prevent the successful completion of our clinical trials or commercialization of our product candidates. The employment of each of our employees with us is “at will,” and each employee can terminate his or her employment with us at any time. We do not have a succession plan in place for any of our officers and key employees. We do not carry insurance on any of our other key employees and, accordingly, their death or disability may have a material adverse effect on our business.

The competition for qualified personnel in the life sciences field is intense. We will need to hire additional personnel, including regulatory and sales personnel, as we continue to expand our development activities. We may not be able to attract and retain quality personnel on acceptable terms given our geographic location and the competition for such personnel among life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and other companies. If we are unable to attract new employees and retain existing employees, we may be unable to continue our development and commercialization activities and our business may be harmed.

We face intense competition in the biotechnology and healthcare industries.

We face, and will continue to face, intense competition from pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies developing heart failure treatments both in the United States and abroad, as well as numerous academic and research institutions, governmental agencies and private organizations engaged in drug discovery activities or funding both in the United States and abroad. We also face competition from entities and healthcare providers using more traditional methods, such as surgery and pharmaceutical regimens, to treat heart failure. We believe there are a substantial number of heart failure products under development by numerous pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies, and it is likely that other competitors will emerge. We are also aware of several competitors developing cell-based therapies for the treatment of heart damage, including Aastrom Bioscience, Inc., Aldagen, Inc., Angioblast Systems, Inc., Athersys, Inc., Baxter International, Inc., Cytori Therapeutics, Inc., MG Biotherapeutics, LLC (a joint venture between Genzyme Corporation and Medtronic, Inc.), Mytogen, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.), Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., ViaCell, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of PerkinElmer, Inc.) and potentially others. We also recognize that there may be competitors and competing technologies, therapies and/or products that we are not aware of.

These third parties also compete with us in recruiting and retaining qualified personnel, establishing clinical trial sites and registering patients for clinical trials, as well as acquiring or licensing intellectual property and technology.

Many competitors have more experience than we do in research and development, marketing, cell culturing, manufacturing, preclinical testing, conducting clinical trials, obtaining FDA and foreign regulatory approvals and marketing approved products. The competitors, some of which have their own sales and marketing organizations, have greater financial and technical resources than we do and may be better equipped than we are to sell competing products, obtain patents that block or otherwise inhibit our ability to further develop and commercialize our product candidates, obtain approvals from the FDA or other regulatory agencies for products more rapidly than we do, or develop treatments or cures that are safer or more effective than those we propose to develop. In addition, academic institutions, governmental agencies, and other public and private organizations conducting research in the field of heart damage may seek patent protection with respect to potentially competitive products or technologies and may establish exclusive collaborative or licensing relationships with our competitors.

MyoCell is a clinical therapy designed to be utilized at least a few months after a patient has suffered heart damage. Our competitors may discover technologies and techniques for the acute treatment of heart failure, which, if successful in treating heart failure shortly after its occurrence, may reduce the market size for treatments for chronic heart damage, including MyoCell.

Our industry is subject to rapid technological change.

Our industry is subject to rapid technological change and our cellular-based therapies involve new and rapidly developing technology. Our competitors may discover and develop new technologies and techniques, or enter into partnerships with collaborators in order to develop, competing products that are more effective or less costly than the product candidates we hope to secure regulatory approval for. In light of the industry’s limited experience with cell-based therapies and the dedication of significant resources to a better understanding of this field, we expect these cell-based technologies to undergo significant change in the future. For example, some of our competitors are exploring whether the use of cells, other than myoblasts, is safer or more effective than MyoCell. If

there is rapid technological development or new product introductions, our current and future product candidates or methods may become obsolete or noncompetitive before or after we commercialize them.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

An active, liquid and orderly trading market for our common stock may not develop or continue.

Prior to our initial public offering, there was no public market for our common stock. Following our initial public offering, our common stock was traded on the NASDAQ Global Market and, subsequently, the NASDAQ Capital Market. On February 25, 2009, we received notification from The NASDAQ Stock Market of its determination to discontinue our NASDAQ listing effective February 27, 2009. We filed for quotation of our common stock on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board and that application was approved by FINRA on May 13, 2009. On February 23, 2011 we received notice of FINRA’s determination of our ineligibility for continued quotation of our shares on the OTCBB due to quoting inactivity under SEC Rule 15c2-11. On March 9, 2011 we again filed for quotation of our common stock on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board and that application was approved by FINRA on March 29, 2011.

We cannot offer any assurance that an active trading market for our common stock will continue or how liquid that market may be. As a result, relatively small trades may have a disproportionate impact on the price of our common stock, which may contribute to the price volatility of our common stock and could limit your ability to sell your shares.

The market price of our common stock could also be subject to wide fluctuations in response to many risk factors described in this section and other matters, including:

publications of clinical trial results by clinical investigators or others about our products and competitors' products and/or our industry;

changes by securities analysts in financial estimates of our operating results and the operating results of our competitors;

publications of research reports by securities analysts about us, our competitors or our industry;

fluctuations in the valuation of companies perceived by investors to be comparable to us;

actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly or annual operating results;

retention and departures of key personnel;

our failure or the failure of our competitors to meet analysts' projections or guidance that we or our competitors may give to the market;

strategic decisions by us or our competitors, such as acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures, strategic investments or changes in business strategy;

the passage of legislation or other regulatory developments affecting us or our industry;

speculation in the press or investment community; and

natural disasters, terrorist acts, acts of war or periods of widespread civil unrest.

Furthermore, the stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies, especially life sciences and pharmaceutical companies. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations, as well as general economic, political and market conditions, may negatively affect the market price of our common stock. As a result, the market price of our common stock is likely to be similarly volatile and investors in our common stock may experience a decrease, which could be substantial, in the value of their stock. In the past, many companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future. Securities litigation against us could result in substantial costs and divert

our management's attention from other business concerns, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Anti-takeover provisions of Florida law, our articles of incorporation and our bylaws may prevent or delay an acquisition of us that shareholders may consider favorable or attempts to replace or remove our management that could be beneficial to our shareholders.

Our articles of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions, such as the right of our directors to issue preferred stock from time to time with voting, economic and other rights superior to those of our common stock without the consent of our shareholders, all of which could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us without the consent of our board of directors. In addition, our bylaws impose restrictions on the persons who may call special shareholder meetings. Furthermore, the Florida Business Corporation Act contains an “affiliated transaction” provision that prohibits a publicly-held Florida corporation from engaging in a broad range of business combinations or other extraordinary corporate transactions with an “interested shareholder” unless, among others, (i) the transaction is approved by a majority of disinterested directors before the person becomes an interested shareholder; (ii) the interested shareholder has owned at least 80% of the corporation's outstanding voting shares for at least five years; or (iii) the transaction is approved by the holders of two-thirds of the corporation's voting shares other than those owned by the interested shareholder. An interested shareholder is defined as a person who together with affiliates and associates beneficially owns more than 10% of the corporation's outstanding voting shares. The Florida Business Corporation Act also prohibits the voting of shares in a publicly-held Florida corporation that are acquired in a “control share acquisition” unless the holders of a majority of the corporation's voting shares (exclusive of shares held by officers of the corporation, inside directors or the acquiring party) approve the granting of voting rights as to the shares acquired in the control share acquisition or unless the acquisition is approved by the corporation's Board of Directors. These provisions may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of our company even if this change of control would benefit our shareholders.

We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future and, accordingly, capital appreciation of our common stock, if any, will be a shareholder's sole source of gain from an investment in our common stock.

Our policy is to retain earnings to provide funds for the operation and expansion of our business and, accordingly, we have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock or other securities and do not currently anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Consequently, shareholders will need to sell shares of our common stock to realize a return on their investments, if any, and this capital appreciation, if any, will be a shareholder's sole source of gain from an investment in the common stock. The declaration and payment of dividends by us are subject to the discretion of our Board of Directors and the restrictions specified in our articles of incorporation and by applicable law. In addition, under the terms of the Northstar Loan, we are restricted from paying cash dividends to our shareholders while this loan is outstanding. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will depend on our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.

Our common stock may be considered a “penny stock,” and thereby be subject to additional sale and trading regulations that may make it more difficult to sell.

Our common stock is considered to be a “penny stock.” It does not qualify for one of the exemptions from the definition of “penny stock” under Section 3a51-1 of the Exchange Act. Our common stock is a “penny stock” because it meets one or more of the following conditions (i) the stock trades at a price less than $5.00 per share; (ii) it is not traded on a “recognized” national exchange or (iii) it is not quoted on the NASDAQ Global Market, or has a price less than $5.00 per share. The principal result or effect of being designated a “penny stock” is that securities broker-dealers participating in sales of our common stock are subject to the “penny stock” regulations set forth in Rules 15-2 through 15g-9 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act. For example, Rule 15g-2 requires broker-dealers dealing in penny stocks to provide potential investors with a document disclosing the risks of penny stocks and to obtain a manually signed and dated written receipt of the document at least two business days before effecting any transaction in a penny stock for the investor's account. Moreover, Rule 15g-9 requires broker-dealers in penny stocks to approve the account of any investor for transactions in such stocks before selling any penny stock to that investor. This procedure requires the broker-dealer

to (i) obtain from the investor information concerning his or her financial situation, investment experience and investment objectives; (ii) reasonably determine, based on that information, that transactions in penny stocks are suitable for the investor and that the investor has sufficient knowledge and experience as to be reasonably capable of evaluating the risks of penny stock transactions; (iii) provide the investor with a written statement setting forth the basis on which the broker-dealer made the determination in (ii) above; and (iv) receive a signed and dated copy of such statement from the investor, confirming that it accurately reflects the investor's financial situation, investment experience and investment objectives. Compliance with these requirements may make it more difficult and time consuming for holders of our common stock to resell their shares to third parties or to otherwise dispose of them in the market or otherwise.

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments

Not applicable.

Item 2.

Properties

Our headquarters are located in Sunrise, Florida and consists of 4,860 square feet of space, which we lease at a current rent of approximately $65,124 per year. The lease is scheduled to expire in January 2013. In addition to our corporate offices, at this location, we maintain:

our MyoCell cell culturing facility for supply within the United States; and

a fully equipped cell culturing laboratory where we perform experimental work in the areas of cell culturing, cell engraftment, and other advanced research projects related to our core business.

We believe the space available at our headquarters will be sufficient to meet the needs of our operations for the foreseeable future.

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

We are not presently engaged in any material litigation and are unaware of any threatened material litigation. However, the biotechnology and medical device industries have been characterized by extensive litigation regarding patents and other intellectual property rights. In addition, from time to time, we may become involved in litigation relating to claims arising from the ordinary course of our business.

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

PART II

Item 5.

Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information

Our common stock is listed on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol “BHRT.OB”. The following table sets forth the range of high and low bid prices for our common stock on the OTCBB as reported for the periods indicated.


	Bid Price
Period
Quarter ended December 31, 2011	$0.0448
Quarter ended September 30, 2011	$0.0681
Quarter ended June 30, 2011	$0.080
Quarter ended March 31, 2011	$0.210
Quarter ended December 31, 2010	$0.330
Quarter ended September 30, 2010	$0.235
Quarter ended June 30, 2010	$0.350
Quarter ended March 31, 2010	$0.600

Holders

As of April 2, 2012 there were approximately 348 shareholders of record of our common stock.

Dividends

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock or other securities and do not currently anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. The declaration and payment of dividends by us are subject to the discretion of our Board of Directors and the restrictions specified in our articles of incorporation and by applicable law. In addition, under the terms of the Northstar loan, we are restricted from paying cash dividends to our shareholders while the loan is outstanding. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will depend on our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.

Securities Authorized For Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table provides certain information regarding our existing equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2011:


	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options	Weighted- average exercise price of outstanding options	Number of securities remaining available for issuance under equity compensation plans
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (1)	4,636,318	$1.20	2,449,061
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders (2)	32,610,075	$0.86	0

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(1)

Consists of our 1999 Officers and Employees Stock Option Plan, 1999 Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan and Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan.

(2)

Includes:


	·	a warrant issued to Tissue Genesis, Inc. to purchase 1,544,450 shares of our common stock at $7.69 per share, which expires in December 2026 (See Note 3 “Collaborative License and Research/Development Agreements” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements);

	·	warrants issued to the Guarantors in connection with the former Bank of America Loan to purchase an aggregate of 764,519 shares of our common stock at $7.69 per share, which expire at various dates from May 2017 through October 2017 (See Note 6 “Notes Payable – Seaside Bank” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements);

	·	a warrant issued to one of our officers to purchase 188,423 shares of our common stock at $5.67 per share, which expires in August 2016;

	·	warrants issued to BlueCrest Capital in connection with the BlueCrest Loan to purchase an aggregate of 3,137,838 shares of our common stock at prices ranging from $7.69 to $0.53 per share, which expire at various dates April 2019 through December 2019 (See Note 6 “Notes Payable – BlueCrest Capital Finance Note Payable” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements);

	·	a warrant issued to a strategic partner to purchase 32,515 shares of our common stock at $7.69 per share, which expires in February 2016;

	·	warrants issued to consultants to purchase an aggregate of 154,411 shares of our common stock at prices ranging from $1.09 to $6.00 per share, which expire at various dates from April 2013 through September 2017;

	·	warrants issued to the underwriters of our initial public offering in February 2008 to purchase an aggregate of 77,000 shares of our common stock at $6.56 per share, which expire in February 2013; and

	·	warrants issued in connection with our private placement in October 2008 to purchase an aggregate of 1,172,845 shares of our common stock at prices ranging from $0.59 to $2.60 per share, which expire at various dates October 2011 through October 2012;

	·	warrants issued in connection with our private placement in December 2009 to purchase an aggregate of 2,127,786 shares of our common stock at prices ranging from $0.54 to $0.95 per share, which expire at various dates from December 2012 through June 2013;

	·	warrants issued in connection with our private placement completed in September 2010 to purchase an aggregate of 170,180 shares of our common stock at price of $0.18 per share, which expire in September 2013;

	·	warrants issued in connection with Short Term Payables to purchase an aggregate of 475,043 shares of our common stock at prices ranging from $0.61 to $0.5321 per share, which expire at various dates April 2019 through September 2019 (See Note 6 “Notes Payable – Short-term Note Payable” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements);

	·	warrants issued in connection with our private placements in 2011 to purchase an aggregate of 20,437,034 shares of our common stock at prices from $0.03 to $0.65 per share expiring three to six years from the date of issuance.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

During 2011, we issued the following unregistered securities, not previously disclosed in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011:


	·	In October 2011 we issued an aggregate of 4,310,490 shares of our common stock and 4,046,855 warrants for the purchase of our common stock at an exercise prices of $0.03 to $0.13, for aggregate gross proceeds of $155,000.

	·	In November 2011 we issued an aggregate of 3,340,000 shares of our common stock and 1,345,000 warrants for the purchase of our common stock at exercise price of $0.05, for aggregate gross proceeds of $133,600.

	·	In December 2011 we issued an aggregate of 4,200,020 shares of our common stock and 5,012,960 warrants for the purchase of our common stock at exercise price ranging from $0.03 to $0.05, for aggregate gross proceeds of $133,000.

Each of the listed sales was exempt from registration in reliance upon Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering. The offer and sale of such securities was made without general solicitation or advertising to “accredited investors” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated by the Securities Act. The proceeds raised in each of the issuances described above was used for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

None.

Item 6.

Selected Financial Data

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

Item 7.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis by our management of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our Ability To Continue as a Going Concern

Our independent registered public accounting firm has issued its report dated, April 12, 2012 in connection with the audit of our financial statements as of December 31, 2011 that included an explanatory paragraph describing the existence of conditions that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2011 have been prepared under the assumption that we will continue as a going concern. If we are not able to continue as a going concern, it is likely that holders of our common stock will lose all of their investment. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Overview

Biotechnology Product Candidates

Our most recent completed clinical trials of MyoCell are the SEISMIC Trial, a 40-patient, randomized, multicenter, controlled, Phase II-a study conducted in Europe and the MYOHEART Trial, a 20-patient, multicenter, Phase I dose-escalation trial conducted in the United States. We were approved by the FDA, to proceed with a 330-patient, multicenter Phase II/III trial of MyoCell in North America and Europe, or the MARVEL Trial. We completed the MyoCell implantation procedure on the first patient in the MARVEL Trial on October 24, 2007. Thus far, 20 patients, including 6 control patients, have been treated. Initial results for the 20 patients were released at the Heart Failure Society of American meeting in September, 2009, showing a significant (35%) improvement in the 6 minute walk for those patients who were treated, and no improvement for those who received a placebo. On the basis of these results, we have applied for and received approval from the FDA to reduce the number of additional patients in the trial to 134, for a total of 154 patients. The SEISMIC, MYOHEART and MARVEL Trials have been designed to test the safety and efficacy of MyoCell in treating patients with severe, chronic damage to the heart. Upon regulatory approval of MyoCell, we intend to generate revenue in the United States from the sale of MyoCell cell-culturing services for treatment of patients by qualified physicians.

MyoCath Product Candidate

currently have any MyoCath catheters available for use by investigators in the MARVEL Trial or for sale for other pre-clinical and clinical uses.

We conduct operations in one business segment. We may organize our business into more discrete business units when and if we generate significant revenue from the sale of our product candidates. Our revenue since inception has been generated inside and outside the United States, and the majority of our long-lived assets are located in the United States.

Results of Operations Overview

Revenues

We have not generated any material revenues from our MyoCell product candidate. The revenues we have recognized to date are related to (i) sales of MyoCath to ACS and other parties, (ii) fees associated with our assignment to ACS of our rights relating to the Primary MyoCath Patent, (iii) revenues generated from paid registry trials, (iv) revenues from the sale of our now discontinued tissue genesis system and related supplies and (v) revenues generated for providing cell culturing services under exclusive supply agreements. We did not generate significant revenue in 2011 and do not expect to do so in 2012. Our revenue may vary substantially from quarter to quarter and from year to year. We believe that period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations are not meaningful and should not be relied upon as indicative of our future performance. We do not expect to generate substantial revenues until we obtain regulatory approval for and commercialize our product candidates, which we do not expect to occur before 2014.

We recognized revenues of $17,475 in 2011 compared to revenues of $46,383 in 2010. Our revenue in 2011 was generated from the sale of MyoCath catheters. Our revenues for 2010 was generated from the sale of MyoCath Catheters, Cardio Monitoring Devices and TGI accessories.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales consists of the costs associated with the production of MyoCath.

Cost of sales was $694 in the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011 compared to $19,765 in the twelve-months ended December 31, 2010. The decrease in cost of sales was due to the decrease in sales.

Research and Development

Our research and development expenses consist of costs incurred in identifying, developing and testing our product candidates. These expenses consist primarily of costs related to our clinical trials, the acquisition of intellectual property licenses and preclinical studies. We expense research and development costs as incurred.

Clinical trial expenses include costs related to the culture and preparation of cells in connection with our clinical trials, costs of contract research, costs of clinical trial facilities, costs of delivery systems, salaries and related expenses for clinical personnel and insurance costs. Preclinical study expenses include costs of contract research, salaries and related expenses for personnel, costs of development biopsies, costs of delivery systems and costs of lab supplies.

We are focused on the development of a number of autologous cell-based therapies, and related devices, for the treatment of heart damage. Accordingly, many of our costs are not attributable to a specifically identified product candidate. We use our employee and infrastructure resources across several projects, and we do not account for internal research and development costs on a product candidate by product candidate basis. From inception through December 31, 2011, we incurred aggregate research and development costs of approximately $64.3 million related to our product candidates. We estimate that at least $48.4 million of these expenses relate to our preclinical and clinical development of MyoCell and at least $5.2 million of these expenses relate to our preclinical and clinical development of MyoCath.

During the third quarter 2009, we received notification that approximately $630,000 in pending projects (Indiana University, University of Florida, Northwestern University, and other sites) were completed, however, the

invoicing had not been received as of September 30, 2009. As of December 31, 2011 of the $630,000, we still have an accrual of $295,000 for the completed contracts.

Clinical trials and preclinical studies are time-consuming and expensive. Our expenditures on current and future preclinical and clinical development programs are subject to many uncertainties. We generally test our products in several preclinical studies and then conduct clinical trials for those product candidates that we determine to be the most promising. As we obtain results from clinical trials, we may elect to discontinue or delay trials for some product candidates in order to focus our resources on more promising product candidates. Completion of clinical trials may take several years or more, but the length of time generally varies substantially according to the type, size of trial and intended use of the product candidate.

Due to the risks inherent in the clinical trial process, development completion dates and costs vary significantly for each product candidate, are difficult to estimate and are likely to change as clinical trials progress.

The cost of clinical trials may vary significantly over the life of a project as a result of a variety of factors, including the number of patients who participate in the clinical trials, the number of sites included in the clinical trials, the length of time required to enroll trial participants, the efficacy and safety profile of our product candidates and the costs and timing of and our ability to secure regulatory approvals.

Marketing, General and Administrative

Our marketing, general and administrative expenses primarily consist of the costs associated with our general management and clinical marketing and trade programs, including, but not limited to, salaries and related expenses for executive, administrative and marketing personnel, rent, insurance, legal and accounting fees, consulting fees, travel and entertainment expenses, conference costs and other clinical marketing and trade program expenses.

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation reflects our recognition as an expense of the value of stock options and other equity instruments issued to our employees and non-employees over the vesting period of the options and other equity instruments. We have granted to our employees options to purchase shares of common stock at exercise prices equal to the fair market value of the underlying shares of common stock at the time of each grant, as determined by our Board of Directors, with input from management.

In valuing our common stock, our Board of Directors considered a number of factors, including, but not limited to:

· our financial position and historical financial performance;

· the illiquidity of our capital stock as a private company prior to our IPO;

· arm's length sales of our common stock;

· the development status of our product candidates;

· the business risks we face;

· vesting restrictions imposed upon the equity awards;

· an evaluation and benchmark of our competitors; and

· the prospects of a liquidity event, such as our initial public offering in February 2008.

During 2011 and 2010, we recognized stock-based compensation expense of $409,314 and $248,457, respectively. The increase in stock based compensation from 2010 to 2011 was primarily due to stock options granted to officers, consultants and key employees. We intend to grant stock options and other stock-based compensation in the future and we may therefore recognize additional stock-based compensation in connection with these future grants.

Interest Expense

Interest expense in 2011 and 2010 primarily consists of interest incurred on the principal amount of the Northstar loan, our former Bank of America loan, the Seaside National Bank loan, accrued fees and interest payable to the Guarantors, the amortization of related deferred loan costs and the amortization of the fair value of warrants issued in connection with the loans. The deferred loan costs and fair value of warrants issued in connection with the loans are being amortized to interest expense over the terms of the respective loans using the effective interest method.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. While our critical accounting policies are described in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report, we believe the following policies are important to understanding and evaluating our reported financial results:

Revenue Recognition

Since inception, we have not generated any material revenues from our MyoCell product candidate. In accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements, as amended by SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, Revenue Recognition, our revenue policy is to recognize revenues from product sales and service transactions generally when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determined, collection is reasonably assured and delivery of product or service has occurred.

We initially recorded payments received by us pursuant to our agreements with ACS as deferred revenue. Revenues are recognized on a pro rata basis as the catheters are delivered pursuant to those agreements.

Research and Development Activities

Research and development expenditures, including payments to collaborative research partners, are charged to expense as incurred. We expense amounts paid to obtain patents or acquire licenses as the ultimate recoverability of the amounts paid is uncertain.

Results of Operations

We are a development stage company and our MyoCell product candidate has not received regulatory approval or generated any material revenues and is not expected to until 2014, if ever. We have generated substantial net losses and negative cash flow from operations since inception and anticipate incurring significant net losses and negative cash flows from operations for the foreseeable future as we continue clinical trials, undertake new clinical trials, apply for regulatory approvals, make capital expenditures, add information systems and personnel, make payments pursuant to our license agreements upon our achievement of certain milestones, continue

development of additional product candidates using our technology, establish sales and marketing capabilities and incur the additional cost of operating as a public company.

Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010

Revenues

We recognized revenues of $17,475 in 2011, revenues generated from the sale of MyoCath Catheters. In 2010 we recognized revenues of $46,383, revenues generated from the sales of MyoCath Catheters, Cardio Monitoring Devices and TGI accessories.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales was $694 in 2011 and $19,765 in 2010. Decrease in cost of sales was due to the decrease in sales.

Research and Development

Research and development expenses were $0.5 million in 2011, a decrease of $1.0 million from research and development expenses of $1.5 million in 2010. The decrease was primarily attributable to a reduction in the amount of available funds.

The timing and amount of our planned research and development expenditures is dependent on our ability to obtain additional financing. See “- Existing Capital Resources and Future Capital Requirements” and Item 1A. “Risk Factors - We will need to secure additional financing …”

Marketing, General and Administrative

Marketing, general and administrative expenses were $2.1 million in 2011, an increase of $0.30 million from marketing, general and administrative expenses of $1.8 million in 2010. The increase in marketing, general and administrative expenses is attributable, in part, to an increase in legal fees, salaries and insurance expenses.

Interest Expense

Interest expense was $2.0 million in 2011 compared to interest expense of $2.1 million in 2010. Interest incurred on the principal amount of our outstanding loans and interest and fees earned by the guarantors totaled approximately $819,000 in 2011 and $1.1 million in 2010. Amortization of deferred loan costs and amortization of the fair value of warrants issued in connection with the BlueCrest, Bank of America and other loans totaled approximately $1,194,000 in 2011, compared to $1.1 million in 2010.

Inflation

Our opinion is that inflation has not had, and is not expected to have, a material effect on our operations.

Climate Change

Our opinion is that neither climate change, nor governmental regulations related to climate change, have had, or are expected to have, any material effect on our operations.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

In 2011, we continued to finance our considerable operational cash needs with cash generated from financing activities.

Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $1.7 million in 2011 as compared to $1.9 million of cash used in 2010. Our use of cash for operations in 2011 reflected a net loss generated during the period of $4.7 million, adjusted for non-cash items such as stock-based compensation of $409,314, amortization of debt discounts associated with our convertible notes of $880,763, amortization of the fair value of warrants granted in connection with the BlueCrest loan and Bank of America loan of $278,213, amortization of loan costs incurred in connection with the BlueCrest loan and Bank of America loan of $12,207 and non cash interest payments of $177,901, common stock issued in connection with accounts payable of $101,434, and depreciation expense of $31,963. An increase in prepaid and other current assets of $25,476, an increase in accounts payable of $301,136, a decrease in inventory of $89,915, an increase in receivables of $3,495 and an increase in accrued expenses and deferred rent of $597,961 contributed to our use of operating cash in 2011.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $0 in 2011 and 2010.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was $1.7 million in 2011 as compared to $1.8 million in 2010. In 2011 we sold, in a private placement, shares of common stock and warrants for aggregate net cash proceeds of approximately $1.4 million. In addition, we received an aggregate of $498,000 related party loans and advances, $1,632 from exercise of options and $59,750 from issuance of notes payable, net of $256,748 payments of existing notes payable.

Existing Capital Resources and Future Capital Requirements

Our MyoCell product candidate has not received regulatory approval or generated any material revenues. We do not expect to generate any material revenues or cash from sales of our MyoCell product candidate until commercialization of MyoCell, if ever. We have generated substantial net losses and negative cash flow from operations since inception and anticipate incurring significant net losses and negative cash flows from operations for the foreseeable future. Historically, we have relied on proceeds from the sale of our common stock and our incurrence of debt to provide the funds necessary to conduct our research and development activities and to meet our other cash needs.

At December 31, 2011 we had cash and cash equivalents totaling $36,828; however, our working capital deficit as of such date was $12.0 million. Our independent registered public accounting firm has issued its report dated April 12, 2012 in connection with the audit of our financial statements as of December 31, 2011 that included an explanatory paragraph describing the existence of conditions that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

As of March 31, 2012, we had $5.8 million in outstanding loans. On February 29, 2012, we were informed that Northstar assumed all amounts outstanding under the BlueCrest loan. On March 30, 2012, Northstar agreed with us to extend until May 1, 2012 the initial payment date for any and all required monthly payments and payable with respect to the BlueCrest loan and to waive any and all defaults and/or events of default with respect to such payments. We are currently in discussions regarding certain additional amendments to the terms of the loan.

On November 2, 2011, we entered into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement, or the SEDA, with Greystone Capital Partners, or GCP. Pursuant to the SEDA’s terms, we may, at our sole discretion and upon giving written notice to GCP, each an “Advance Notice”, periodically sell shares of our common stock to GCP. For each share of Common Stock purchased under the SEDA, GCP will pay us an amount, referred to as the “Purchase Price”, that is eighty percent (80%) of the lowest daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock as quoted by Bloomberg, LP, during the five (5) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is defined in the SEDA) immediately subsequent to the date of the relevant Advance Notice. We are not obligated to sell any shares of common stock to GCP but may, over the term of the SEDA and in our sole discretion, sell to GCP that number of

shares of common stock valued at the Purchase Price from time to time in effect that equals up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) in the aggregate. GCP's obligation to purchase shares of Common Stock under the SEDA is subject to certain conditions, including (i) periodic sales of shares of our common stock to GCP must be separated by a time period equal to five Trading Days, and (ii) the amount of any individual periodic sale designated by us in any Advance Notice shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the average weekly volume of shares of our common stock traded during the two (2) week period immediately prior to an Advance Notice, where a “week” is five (5) consecutive Trading Days. GCP’s obligations under the SEDA are not transferable.

No drawdowns as April 10, 2012

Other than the SEDA, we have no commitments or arrangements from third parties for any additional financing to fund our research and development and/or other operations. We will need to seek substantial additional financing through public and/or private financing, which may include equity and/or debt financings, and through other arrangements, including collaborative arrangements. We may also seek to satisfy some of our obligations to the Guarantors through the issuance of various forms of securities or debt on negotiated terms. However, financing and/or alternative arrangements with the Guarantors may not be available when we need it, or may not be available on acceptable terms. In addition, our ability to obtain additional debt financing and/or alternative arrangements with the Guarantors may be limited by the amount of, terms and restrictions of our then current debt. Accordingly, we will generally be restricted from, among other things, incurring additional indebtedness or liens, with limited exceptions. Additional debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants that limit or further limit our operating and financial flexibility and prohibit us from making distributions to shareholders. If we raise additional funds and/or secure alternative arrangements with the Guarantors by issuing equity, equity-related or convertible securities, the economic, voting and other rights of our existing shareholders may be diluted, and those securities may have rights superior to those of our common stock. If we obtain additional capital through collaborative arrangements, we may be required to relinquish greater rights to our technologies or product candidates than we might otherwise have or become subject to restrictive covenants that may affect our business.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to our consolidated financial statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Our Financial Statements begin on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that material information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports filed under the Exchange Act, as amended, or 1934 Act, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer (principal financial officer) as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. During the quarter ended December 31, 2011 we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer (principal financial officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13(a)-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, because of the Company’s limited resources and limited number of employees, management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of December 31, 2011.

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree or compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

With the participation of our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, currently the same person, our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011 based on the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, or COSO. Based on our evaluation and the material weaknesses described below, management concluded that the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, based on the COSO framework criteria. Management has identified control deficiencies regarding the lack of segregation of duties and the need for a stronger internal control environment. Our management believes that these material weaknesses are due to the small size of our accounting staff. The small size of our accounting staff may prevent adequate controls in the future, such as segregation of duties, due to the high cost of such remediation relative the benefit expected to be derived thereby.

To mitigate the current limited resources and limited employees, we rely heavily on direct management oversight of transactions, along with the use of external legal and accounting professionals. As we grow, we expect to increase our number of employees, which will enable us to implement adequate segregation of duties within the internal control framework. These control deficiencies could result in a misstatement of account balances that would result in a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement to our consolidated financial statements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Accordingly, we have determined that these control deficiencies as described above together constitute a material weakness.

In light of this material weakness, we performed additional analyses and procedures in order to conclude that our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011 included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K were fairly stated in accordance with US GAAP. Accordingly, management believes that despite our material weaknesses, our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011 are fairly stated, in all material respects, in accordance with US GAAP.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm.

Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures

Our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system,

no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include, but are not limited to, the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls 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. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

Changes in Internal Controls

During the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal controls over financial reporting.

Item 9B.

Other Information

None.

PART III

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Executive Officers and Directors

Set forth below is information regarding our executive officers and directors as of March 30, 2012


Mike Tomas	46	Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Howard J. Leonhardt	50	Director, Chief Technology Officer
William P. Murphy, Jr., M.D.	88	Director, Chairman of the Board
Bruce C. Carson	49	Director
Richard T. Spencer III	76	Director
Mark P. Borman	57	Director
Charles A. Hart	51	Director
Sam Ahn	58	Director
Kristin Comella	34	Chief Scientific Officer

Executive Officers and Directors

Mike Tomas. Mr. Mike Tomas was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors on June 19, 2010. Mike Tomas was appointed as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a director on June 19, 2010. Mr. Tomas has been President for the past nine years of The ASTRI Group, an early stage private equity investment company in Florida with an investment in Bioheart since 2001. In 2003, he joined Bioheart’s board as the independent representative of The ASTRI Group. ASTRI provides capital, business development and strategic marketing support to emerging private companies. Mr. Tomas will continue to serve as President of The ASTRI Group. Previously from 1983 to 2001, Mr. Tomas held ascending executive positions including Chief Marketing Officer at Avantel, a $1 billion dollar joint venture with MCI. Upon retiring from MCI and WorldCom, Tomas joined other ex-MCI executives and helped raise $40M in venture capital to form Ineto, an integrated customer communications software solution that was successfully sold in 2001. Today Mr. Tomas sits on the boards of Perimeter Internetworking (SaaS providing secure transfer of information for medical and financial institutions), Avisena (revenue cycle management for medical practices) and Total Home Health (Medicare-certified home care provider). Mr. Tomas is also the current chairman of the Global Entrepreneurship Center at Florida International University and a founding coach/mentor at the University of Miami’s Launch Pad at the Toppel Center. Mr. Tomas holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Miami and a Bachelors degree from Florida International University.

Howard J. Leonhardt. Mr. Leonhardt is the co-founder, and Chief Technology Officer of Bioheart. He has served as our Chairman of the Board since our incorporation in August 1999, until March 2007. He resumed his position as Chief Executive Officer in July 2008, and served until August 2009. He has served as our Chief Technology Officer since March 2007. Mr. Leonhardt also served as our Executive Chairman from March 2007 until March 2008. Mr. Leonhardt rejoined the Board of Directors in June 2010. In 1986, Mr. Leonhardt founded World Medical Manufacturing Corporation, or World Medical, and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1986 until December 1998 when World Medical was acquired by Arterial Vascular Engineering, Inc., or AVE. AVE was acquired by Medtronic, Inc. in January 1999. Mr. Leonhardt was the co-inventor of World Medical’s primary product, the TALENT (Taheri-Leonhardt) stent graft system. From December 1998 until June 1999, Mr. Leonhardt served as President of World Medical Manufacturing Corporation, a subsidiary of Medtronic. Scientific articles written by Mr. Leonhardt have been published in a number of publications including Techniques in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and the Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. Mr. Leonhardt received a diploma in International Trade from the Anoka-Hennepin Technical College, attended the University of Minnesota and holds an honorary Doctorate Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Northern California.

William P. Murphy, Jr., M.D. Dr. Murphy has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2003. Dr. Murphy founded Small Parts, Inc., a supplier of high quality mechanical components for design

engineers, in 1964 and served as its Chairman until his retirement in April 2005. Small Parts, Inc. was acquired by Amazon.com, Inc. in March 2005. From October 1999 until October 2004, Dr. Murphy served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hyperion, Inc., a medical diagnosis company which had an involuntary bankruptcy filed against it in December 2003. Dr. Murphy is the founder of Cordis Corporation (now Cordis Johnson & Johnson) which he led as President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at various times during his 28 years at Cordis until his retirement in October 1985. Cordis Johnson & Johnson is a leading firm in cardiovascular instrumentation. Dr. Murphy received an M.D. in 1947 from the University of Illinois and a B.S in pre-medicine from Harvard College in 1946. He also studied physiologic instrumentation at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT. After a two year rotating internship at St. Francis Hospital in Honolulu, he became a Research Fellow in Medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston where he was the dialysis engineer on the first clinical dialysis team in the United States. He continued as an Instructor in Medicine and then a research associate in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Murphy is the author of numerous papers and owns 17 patents. He is the recipient of a number of honors, including the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award, the MIT Corporate Leadership Award, the Distinguished Service Award from North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, and the Jay Malina Award from the Beacon Council of Miami, Florida.

Bruce C. Carson. Mr. Carson has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2001. From May 2001 until January 2010, Mr. Carson served as the Vice President of Sales of FinishMaster, Inc., a privately held company specializing in the distribution of paints and products to the automotive and industrial refinishing industries. From 1987 until May 2001, Mr. Carson was President of Badger Paint Plus, Inc., a privately held distributor of paints and products, until Badger Paint Plus’ merger with FinishMaster, Inc. Mr. Carson was co-founder of the Southern Minnesota Express Hockey Club, a member of the North American Hockey League. Mr. Carson was also the founder and President of the Athletic Performance Academy in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a privately held athletic training facility that specialized in sports specific training for elite athletes.

Richard T. Spencer, III. Mr. Spencer has served as a member of our Board of Directors since December 2001. From April 1982 until July 1987, Mr. Spencer was President of the Marketing Division of Cordis Corporation (now Cordis Johnson & Johnson) and a member of its executive committee and a Vice President of Cordis Dow Corporation, a joint venture of the Dow Chemical Company and Cordis to manufacture hollow fiber dialysers and machinery for dialysis. Mr. Spencer was Chief Operating Officer and held other executive positions with World Medical from 1993 to January 1999. Mr. Spencer received a B.A. in Economics in 1959 from the University of Michigan. He has studied business theory, case studies and financial management while attending executive programs at the Stanford University School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and the Clemson University School of Business. Between his University of Michigan studies and embarking on a career in healthcare, Mr. Spencer served in Europe with the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps as a military intelligence analyst with top secret security clearance. Mr. Spencer is also the founder and a member of the board of directors of Viacor, Inc., a private company that is developing techniques for the percutaneous repair of heart mitral valves.

Mark P. Borman. Mr. Borman has served as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since May 2009. He is a seasoned financial officer with more than 30 years of broad-based financial and investor relations experience. Mr. Borman brings small-company entrepreneurial passion and larger-company disciplines. In addition to the valuable experience he gained working with entrepreneurs and their startups from 2009 to present, Mr. Borman has experience with global, NASDAQ- and NYSE-listed companies in various executive and financial roles. He most recently served as Corporate Officer, Treasurer and Vice President of Investor Relations with ADC Telecommunications. During his career, Mr. Borman has held positions with General Instrument Corporation, First Chicago Corporation, FMC Corporation, Price Waterhouse, and KPMG. Mr. Borman received his B.A. in Accounting from Michigan State University and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst and has experience as an advisor, board member, faculty, speaker, and mentor.

Charles A. Hart. Mr. Hart has served as a member of our Board of Directors since May 2009. Mr. Hart has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience. Mr. Hart founded Hart Masonry, Inc. in 1986 and has served as its President since then. He is also the Founder and President of Wildridge Enterprises. Mr. Hart is a member of the Board of Directors for Eagle Street Properties LLP.

Sam Ahn. Dr. Ahn previously served as a member of the Company's Board of Directors from January 2001 thru September 2008. Dr Ahn was one of the early pioneers in developing the field of endovascular surgery by coordinating and leading the first endovascular training courses in the US and Europe as well as developing some of the endovascular devices and techniques currently in clinical use today. He is a former Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery at UCLA, where he was also the Director of the Endovascular Surgery Program. In 2006 Dr. Ahn founded Vascular Management Associates, Inc., a consulting and management firm that sets up outpatient endovascular centers across the US. VMA has set up 8 such sites to date and is on track to set up two more this year. In 2008, he co-founded Wright-Ahn Technology, LLC, to develop and commercialize endovascular devices. In 2009, he co-founded MediBank International, LLC, a global healthcare IT Company. Dr. Ahn graduated from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, and received his general and vascular surgical residency training at UCLA. He also earned his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in August, 2004. Dr. Ahn sits on five vascular journal editorial boards, and has published over 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 50 book chapters, and five textbooks, including the first and definitive textbook on Endovascular Surgery. During the past eighteen years he has consulted for over 50 biomedical companies, both new and established, and has authored over 15 patents.

Kristin Comella. Ms. Comella was appointed Chief Scientific Officer in September 2010. Ms. Comella has served as our Vice President of R&D and Corporate Development since December 2008 and has played a major role in managing our product development, manufacturing and quality systems since joining Bioheart in 2004. Ms. Comella has 12 years of industry experience with expertise in regenerative medicine, training and education, research and product development, and currently serves on multiple advisory boards in the stem cell arena. Ms. Comella has over ten years of cell culturing experience including building and managing the stem cell laboratory at Tulane University's Center for Gene Therapy and developing stem cell therapies for osteoarthritis at Osiris Therapeutics. Ms. Comella holds an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Florida.

Family Relationships

There are no family relationships among our executive officers and directors.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than ten percent (10%) of our outstanding Common Stock, or the Reporting Persons, to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership on Form 3 and reports of changes in ownership of Common Stock on Forms 4 or 5. Such persons are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all such reports they file. Based solely on a review of Forms 3 and 4 furnished to us by the Reporting Persons or prepared on behalf of the Reporting Persons by the Company and on written representations from certain Reporting Persons that no Forms 5 were required, the Company believes that the Reporting Persons have complied on a timely basis with reporting requirements applicable to them for transactions during 2011.

Code of Ethics

As part of our system of corporate governance, our Board of Directors has adopted a code of ethics that is specifically applicable to our Chief Executive Officer and senior financial officers. This Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, as well as our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, applicable to all directors, officers and employees, are available on our web site at http://www.bioheartinc.com/investorrelations.html. If we make substantive amendments to the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers or the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or grant any waiver, including any implicit waiver, we will disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on our website or in a report on Form 8-K within four days of such amendment or waiver.

Shareholder Recommendations for Board Nominees

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to the Company’s board of directors from the procedures described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Audit Committee

The Board of Directors has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. The members of our Audit Committee are Mr. Borman, who serves as Chairperson of the Audit Committee, Dr. Murphy and Mr. Hart. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Borman and Mr. Hart are independent under the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules and Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and that Mr. Borman qualifies as a “financial expert” as that term is defined in rules of the SEC implementing requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Item 11.

Executive Compensation.

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the aggregate compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our Chief Executive Officer and our two most highly compensated officers (other than the Chief Executive Officer), who were serving as executive officers as of December 31, 2011, or the Named Executive Officers.


Name and Principal Position	Year	Salary ($)	Option Awards ($) (1)		Total ($)

Mike Tomas (2) President, Chief Executive Officer	2011 2010	230,599 151,666	40,000 110,000	(3) (4)	270,599 261,666

Catherine Sulawske-Guck ⁽⁵⁾ Former Chief Operating Officer	2011 2010	108,892 106,000	20,000 13,099	(4) (6)	128,892 119,099

Kristin Comella ⁽⁷⁾ Chief Scientific Officer	2011 2010	106,204 105,000	20,000 —	(4)	126,204 105,000


(1)	Amount reflects the expensed fair value of stock options in 2009, 2008 and 2007, calculated in accordance with SFAS No. 123(R).
(2)	Mr. Tomas was appointed Chief Executive Officer & President on June 18, 2010.
(3)	Amounts reflects the fair value of stock options granted in 2011.
(4)	Represents 2010 expensed fair value of options to purchase 500,000 shares of our common stock granted September 18, 2010, with an exercise price of $0.50 per share, vesting in four equal installments on each of June 18, 2011, June 18, 2012, June 18, 2013 and June 18, 2014.
(5)	Ms. Sulawske-Guck was appointed Chief Operating Officer on July 1, 2010 and was terminated on March 20, 2012.
(6)	Represents 2010 expensed fair value of options to purchase 22,584 shares of our common stock granted February 10, 2010, with an exercise price of $0.68 per share, vesting in four equal installments on each of February 10, 2011, February 10, 2012, February 10, 2013 and February 10, 2014.
(7)	Ms. Comella was appointed Chief Scientific Officer on September 24, 2010.

Our Stock Option Plans

In December 1999, our Board of Directors and shareholders adopted our 1999 Officers and Employees Stock Option Plan, or the Employee Plan, and the 1999 Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan, or the Director Plan. The Employee Plan and the Director Plan are collectively referred to herein as the Plans The Plans are

administered by the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee. The objectives of the Plans include attracting and retaining key personnel by encouraging stock ownership in the Company by such persons. In February 2010 the Directors & Consultants Plan was amended to extend the termination date of the Plan to December 1, 2011.

In July 2008, the Board of Directors approved, subject to shareholder approval, the establishment of the Bioheart Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan, or the “Omnibus Plan. The establishment of the Omnibus Plan was approved by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on July 30, 2008. Pursuant to the Omnibus Plan, the Company may grant restricted stock, incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, deferred stock, stock awards, performance shares, and other stock-based awards consisting of cash, restricted stock or unrestricted stock in various combinations to the Company’s employees, directors and consultants. 5,000,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance under the Omnibus Plan. As of December 31, 2011, an option to purchase 500,000 shares of our common stock has been issued under the Omnibus Plan.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End

The following table sets forth outstanding equity awards held by our Named Executive Officers as of December 31, 2011.


	Number of Securities Underlying		Option
	Unexercised Options and Warrants		Exercise Price	Option Expiration
Name	Exercisable (#)	Unexercisable (#)	($/per share)	Date
Mike Tomas	125,000	375,000	0.50	06/18/2020
	—	500,000	0.10	08/12/2021
Catherine Sulawske-Guck	15,444	—	0.71	01/10/2014
	309	—	0.71	12/30/2015
	9,267	—	0.71	01/01/2017
	17,228	—	0.71	01/08/2019
	2,584	2,584	0.74	03/13/2019
	20,000	20,000	0.85	05/28/2019
	5,646	16,938	0.68	02/10/2020
		250,000	0.10	08/21/2021
Kristin Comella	12,356	—	0.71	08/31/2014
	24,712	—	0.71	02/19/2005
	618	—	0.71	12/30/2015
	9,267	—	0.71	04/18/2016
	6,178	—	0.71	01/01/2017
	6,500	—	0.71	10/16/2017
	19,700	—	0.71	01/09/2019
	1,478	1,477	0.74	03/13/2019
	15,000	15,000	0.85	05/28/2019
	—	250,000	0.10	08/21/2021

Option Exercises

In 2011 and 2010, none of our Named Executive Officers exercised any options to purchase shares of our common stock.

Pension Benefits

We do not have any plan that provides for payments or other benefits at, following, or in connection with the retirement of any of our employees.

Nonqualified Defined Contribution and Other Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans

We do not have any defined contribution or other plan that provides for the deferral of compensation on a basis that is not tax-qualified.

Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control

We do not have any contract, agreement, plan or arrangement that provides for any payment to any of our Named Executive Officers at, following, or in connection with a termination of the employment of such Named Executive Officer, a change in control of the Company or a change in such Named Executive Officer’s responsibilities.

Director Compensation

As of December 31, 2011 we had six non-employee directors that qualified for compensation. Our non-employee directors do not receive cash compensation for their services as directors. However, it is generally our policy to annually grant each non-employee director options to purchase shares of our common stock provided that he or she has served as a member of our Board of Directors for at least six months and one day of the twelve month period immediately preceding the date of grant. In addition, we reimburse non-employee directors for actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred. In consideration of the extraordinary time and effort dedicated to the Company by the members of the Board of Directors throughout the IPO process and in consideration of the lack of stock option grants to directors in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (notwithstanding the Company’s policy of providing grants each September), the Company, effective as of the close of business immediately after the Company’s Form S-8 Registration Statement became effective in 2008, granted to each director an option to purchase 35,000 shares of common stock.

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership⁽¹⁾ of our common stock as of March 15, 2011, for each of our greater than 5% shareholders, directors, named executive officers that continue to serve as executive officers of Bioheart and by all of our directors and named executive officers as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each of the individuals and entities named below is: c/o Bioheart, Inc., 13794 NW 4th Street, Suite 212, Sunrise, Florida 33325.


Name and Address of Beneficial Owner	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership		Percent of Class

Mike Tomas, President, CEO and Director	44,738	(1)	*

Howard Leonhardt, Chief Technology Officer, Director	4,428,531	(2)	3.3

Kristin Comella, Chief Scientific Officer	104,838	(3)	*

William P. Murphy, Director	11,782,728	(4)	8.9

Bruce Carson, Director	770,325	(5)	*

Richard T. Spencer, III, Director	446,673	(6)	*

Charles A. Hart, Director	8,493,590	(7)	6.4


Sam Ahn, Director	12,705,315	(8)	9.6

Mark P. Borman, Director	220,485	(9)	*

Ariel Quiros,ANC BIO, and Bioheart Florida	9,160,314	(10)	6.9

All officers and directors as a group (8 persons)	38,997,223		29.3

* Less than 1%



(1)	Shares are held by The Astri Group over which Mr. Tomas has shared voting and investment power.

(2)	Shares are directly and jointly held by Mr. Leonhardt and his former spouse. Includes (i) 3,212 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.67 per share and 100,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.07 per share, (ii) 940,956, 38,823, 19,437, 12,972 and 18,801 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.79, $0.82, $0.85, $0.89 and $0.90 per share, respectively.

(3)	Includes (i) 88,360 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.71 per share (ii) 1,478 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.74 per share (iii) 15,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.85 per share

(4)	Shares are directly owned by trusts controlled by Dr. Murphy and his spouse. Includes (i) 12,356 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.67 per share, (ii) 6,178 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $7.69 per share, (iii) 35,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.25 per share, (iv) 40,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.68 per share , (iv) 40,000 shares issuable upon exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.21 per share, (v) 300,000 shares issuable upon exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.07 per share, and (vi) 42,126 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.85 per share, (vii) 27,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.70 per share, (viii) 69,503 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.69 per share, (ix) 3,079,540 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.18 per share, (x) 162 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.65 per share, .

(5)	Consists of (i) 129,734 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.67 per share, (ii) 6,178 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $7.69 per share, (iii) 35,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.25 per share, (iv) 40,000 shares issuable upon exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.68 per share, (v) 40,000 shares issuable upon exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.21 per share and (vi) 100,000 shares issuable upon exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.07 per share.

(6)	Includes (i) 67,957 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.67 per share, (ii) 6,178 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $7.69 per share, (iii) 35,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.25 per share, (iv) 40,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.68 per share, (v) 40,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.21 per share, (vi) 100,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.07 per share, and (vii) 139,003 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $7.69 per share.


(7)	Includes (i) 20,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.68 per share, (ii) 50,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.92 per share, (iii) 40,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.21 per share, (iv) 460,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.07 per share, (v) 108,963 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.64 per share, (vi) 183,672 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.59 per share, (vii) 26,316 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.68 per share, (viii) 22,059 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.82 per share, and (ix) 428,100 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.18 per share.

(8)	Includes (i) 67,956 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.67 per share, (ii) 6,178 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $7.69 per share, (iii) 35,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.25 per share, (iv) 10,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.21 per share, (v) 100,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.07 per share, (vi) 46,336 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $7.69 per share, (vii) 209,508 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.14 per share, (viii) 142,622 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.15 per share, and (ix) 497,373 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.65 per share.

(9)	Includes (i) 20,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.68 per share, (ii) 40,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.21 per share, (iii) 100,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.07 per share, and (ii) 7,035 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.70 per share.

(10)	Shares are held or entitled to be acquired by Mr. Quiros, AnCBio Holdings, Inc. and Bioheart Florida, LLC over which Mr. Quiros has shared voting or investment power.

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence.

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

Guarantees Provided By Mr. Leonhardt

In addition to the guarantee arrangement described above, from time to time, Mr. Leonhardt has, without compensation, personally guaranteed certain of our financial obligations. As of the date of this report, he is the guarantor of our obligations under the lease for our facilities in Sunrise, Florida. He is also the guarantor of our obligations under corporate credit cards issued by Bank of America. Mr. Leonhardt does not receive any compensation for providing these guarantee services.

Mr. Leonhardt has guaranteed Dr. Murphy, a director, the repayment of his initial $200,000 investment in the Company.

Item 14.

Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees

On February 12, 2009, the Company engaged Jewett Schwartz Wolfe & Associates to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. JSW&A was acquired by Russell Bedford Stefano Mirchandani LLP (RBSM) in 2010. RBSM performed the Company’s 2010 audit. In January of 2012, Bioheart engaged Fiondella, Milone, LaSaracina LLP (FML) to perform the 2011 audit. Aggregate fees billed to us for the

fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 by our independent registered public accounting firms are as follows:


Types of Fees	2011		2010
Audit Fees (1)	$	80,500	$	73,000
Audit Related Fees		—		—
Tax Fees		—		—
All Other Fees		—		—


(1)		This category also includes advice on audit and accounting matters that arose during, or as a result of, the audit of the annual consolidated financial statements or the reviews of the interim financial statements.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy

Consistent with policies of the SEC regarding auditor independence, the Audit Committee has responsibility for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of the independent auditor. As part of this responsibility, the Audit Committee has adopted, and our Board has ratified, an Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy pursuant to which the Audit Committee is required to pre-approve the audit and non-audit services performed by our independent registered public accounting firm in order to assure that these services do not impair the auditor’s independence from us.

Prior to engagement of the independent auditor for the next year’s audit, the independent auditor and the Audit Committee will review a list of services and related fees expected to be rendered during that year within each of four categories of services to the Audit Committee for approval:

(i) Audit Services: Audit services include the annual financial statement audit (including required quarterly reviews), subsidiary audits, equity investment audits and other procedures required to be performed by the independent auditor to be able to form an opinion on our consolidated financial statements. Audit Services also include information systems and procedural reviews and testing performed in order to understand and place reliance on the systems of internal control, and consultations relating to the audit or quarterly review as well as the attestation engagement for the independent auditor’s report on management’s report on internal controls for financial reporting.

(ii) Audit-Related Services: Audit-related services are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements, including due diligence related to potential business acquisitions/dispositions, accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters not classified as “Audit Services,” assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities, financial audits of employee benefit plans, agreed-upon or expanded audit procedures related to accounting and/or billing records required to respond to or comply with financial, accounting or regulatory reporting matters and assistance with internal control reporting requirements.

(iii) Tax Services: Tax services include services such as tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice; however, the Audit Committee will not permit the retention of the independent registered public accounting firm in connection with a transaction initially recommended by the independent registered public accounting firm, the sole business purpose of which may be tax avoidance and treatment which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations.

(iv) All Other Services: All other services are those permissible non-audit services that the Audit Committee believes are routine and recurring and would not impair the independence of the auditor and are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence.

Prior to engagement, the Audit Committee pre-approves the services and fees of the independent auditor within each of the above categories. During the year, it may become necessary to engage the independent auditor for additional services not previously contemplated as part of the engagement. In those instances, the Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy requires that the Audit Committee specifically approve the services prior to the

independent auditor’s commencement of those additional services. Under the Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy, the Audit Committee may delegate the ability to pre-approve audit and non-audit services to one or more of its members provided the delegate reports any pre-approval decision to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. As of the date hereof, the Audit Committee has not delegated its ability to pre-approve audit services.

PART IV

Item 15.

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

(a)(1) Financial Statements

See Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for Financial Statements included with this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules

All schedules have been omitted because the required information is not applicable or the information is included in the consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto.

(a)(3) Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Exhibit Description

3.1(6)		Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the registrant, as amended
3.2(9)		Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the registrant
3.3(8)		Amended and Restated Bylaws
4.1(5)		Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2007 by and between BlueCrest Capital Finance, L.P. and the registrant
4.2(12)		Notice of Event of Default, from BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited to the Company, dated January 28, 2009
4.3(12)		Notice of Acceleration, from BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited to the Company, dated February 2, 2009
4.4(13)		Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, between the Company and BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited, dated as of April 2, 2009
4.5(13)		Grant of Security Interest (Patents), between the Company and BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited, dated as of April 2, 2009
4.6(13)		Security Agreement (Intellectual Property), between the Company and BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited, dated as of April 2, 2009
4.7(13)		Subordination Agreement, by Hunton & Williams, LLP in favor of BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited, entered into and effective April 2, 2009
4.8(13)		Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated April 2, 2009, by the Company to BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited
4.9(13)		Warrant to purchase 1,315,542 shares of the registrant’s common stock, dated April 2, 2009, issued to BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited
4.10(14)		Warrant to purchase 451,043 shares of the registrant’s common stock, dated April 2, 2009, issued to Rogers Telecommunications Limited
4.11(14)		Warrant to purchase 173,638 shares of the registrant’s common stock, dated April 2, 2009, issued to Hunton & Williams, LLP
4.12(4)		Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant's common stock issued to Howard J. Leonhardt and Brenda Leonhardt
4.12(19)		10% Convertible Promissory Note Due July 23, 2010, in the amount of $20,000, payable to Dana Smith
4.13(19)		10% Convertible Promissory Note Due July 23, 2010, in the amount of $100,000, payable to Bruce Meyers
4.14(19)		Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 23, 2009
4.15(4)		Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant's common stock issued to the R&A Spencer Family Limited Partnership
4.15(19)		Subordination Agreement, dated July 23, 2009
4.16(19)		Note Purchase Agreement, dated July 23, 2009
4.17(19)		Closing Confirmation of Conversion Election, dated July 23, 2009
4.20(6)		Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant's common stock issued to Samuel S. Ahn, M.D.
4.23(7)		Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant's common stock issued to Howard and Brenda Leonhardt
4.27(11)		Form of Warrant Agreement for October 2008 Private Placement
4.30(19)		10% Convertible Promissory Note Due July 23, 2010, in the amount of $100,000, payable to Bruce Meyers
10.1**(1)		1999 Officers and Employees Stock Option Plan
10.2**(1)		1999 Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan
10.3(1)		Form of Option Agreement under 1999 Officers and Employees Stock Option Plan
10.4(3)		Form of Option Agreement under 1999 Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan


10.5**(4)		Employment Letter Agreement between the registrant and Scott Bromley, dated August 24, 2006.
10.6(1)		Lease Agreement between the registrant and Sawgrass Business Plaza, LLC, as amended, dated November 14, 2006.
10.7(1)		Asset Purchase Agreement between the registrant and Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., dated June 24, 2003.
10.8(4)		Conditionally Exclusive License Agreement between the registrant, Dr. Peter Law and Cell Transplants International, LLC, dated February 7, 2000, as amended.
10.9(4)		Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2007, by and between the registrant, Howard J. Leonhardt and Brenda Leonhardt
10.10(4)		Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2007, by and between the registrant and William P. Murphy Jr., M.D.
10.11(4)		Loan Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2007, by and between the registrant and Bank of America, N.A.
10.13(4)		Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant's common stock issued to Howard J. Leonhardt and Brenda Leonhardt
10.14(4)		Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant's common stock issued to William P. Murphy, Jr., M.D.
10.16(4)		Material Supply Agreement, dated May 10, 2007, by and between the registrant and Biosense Webster
10.17(5)		Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant's common stock issued to BlueCrest Capital Finance, L.P.
10.18(6)		Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2007, by and between the registrant and Samuel S. Ahn, M.D.
10.19(6)		Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2007, by and between the registrant and Dan Marino
10.21(6)		Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2007, by and between the registrant and Jason Taylor
10.22(7)		Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2007, by and between the registrant and Howard and Brenda Leonhardt
10.24(7)		Second Amendment to Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2007, by and between the registrant and Howard and Brenda Leonhardt
10.25(7)		Second Amendment to Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2007, by and between the registrant and William P. Murphy, Jr., M.D.
10.26**(10)		Bioheart, Inc. Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan
10.28(11)		Form of Registration Rights Agreement for October 2008 Private Placement
10.29(19)		10% Convertible Promissory Note Due July 23, 2010, in the amount of $20,000, payable to Dana Smith
10.31(19)		Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 23, 2009
10.32(19)		Subordination Agreement, dated July 23, 2009
10.33(19)		Note Purchase Agreement, dated July 23, 2009
10.34(19)		Closing Confirmation of Conversion Election, dated July 23, 2009
10.35**(20)		Amended and Restated 1999 Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan
10.36(21)		Preliminary Commitment Letter with Seaside National Bank and Trust, dated September 30, 2010.
10.37(22)		Loan Agreement with Seaside National Bank and Trust, dated October 25, 2010.


10.38(22)		Promissory Note with Seaside National Bank and Trust, dated October 25, 2010.
10.39(22)		Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement with BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited, dated October 25, 2010.
10.40(23)		Form of Subscription Agreement, executed November 30, 2010.
10.41(23)		Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant, issued November 30, 2010.
10.42(23)		Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 30, 2010.
10.43(24)		Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note for $25,000, with Magna Group, LLC, dated January 3, 2011.
10.44(24)		Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Magna Group, LLC, dated January 3, 2011.
10.45(24)		Securities Purchase Agreement with Magna Group, LLC, dated January 3, 2011.
10.46(24)		Subordination Agreement, dated January 3, 2011.
10.47(24)		Notice of Conversion Election, dated January 3, 2011.
10.48(25)		Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note for $34,750, with Magna Group, LLC, dated May 16, 2011.
10.49(25)		Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Magna Group, LLC, dated May 16, 2011.
10.50(25)		Securities Purchase Agreement with Magna Group, LLC, dated May 16, 2011.
10.51(25)		Subordination Agreement, dated May 16, 2011.
10.52(26)		Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Lotus Funding Group, LLC, dated June 15, 2011.
10.53(26)		Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement, dated June 15, 2011.
10.54(26)		Subordination Agreement, dated June 15, 2011.
10.55*		Promissory Note for $140,380.21 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated July 8, 2011.
10.56*		Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement, dated July 8, 2011.
10.57*		Subordination Agreement, dated July 8, 2011.
10.58*		Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated August 1, 2011.
10.59*		Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement, dated August 1, 2011.
10.60*		Subordination Agreement, dated August 1, 2011.
10.61*		Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated September 1, 2011.
10.62*		Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement, dated September 1, 2011.
10.63*		Subordination Agreement, dated September 1, 2011.
10.64*		Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated October 1, 2011.
10.65*		Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement, dated October 1, 2011.
10.66*		Subordination Agreement, dated October 1, 2011.
10.67*		Right of First Refusal with Greystone Capital Partners dated September 28, 2011
10.68*		Promissory Note fot $35,000 with Thalia Woods Management, Inc. dated September 28, 2011.
10.69*		Subordination Agreement, dated September 28, 2011
10.70*		Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated November 1, 2011.
10.71*		Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement, dated November 1, 2011.
10.72*		Subordination Agreement, dated November 1, 2011.
10.73*		Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated December 1, 2011
10.74*		Form of Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement.
10.75*		Form of Subordination Agreement.
10.76*		Standby Equity Distribution Agreement dated as of November 2, 2011.
10.77*		Registration Rights Agreement dated as of November 2, 2011.


10.74*		Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated January 3, 2012
10.75*		Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Mr. Charles Hart and Mr. Greg Knutson dated February 6, 2012
10.76*











14.1(2)		Code of Ethics for Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and persons performing similar functions
14.2(2)		Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
23.1*		Consent of Fiondella, Milone, LaSaracina LLP
31.1*		Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1*		Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


*		Filed herewith
**		Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.


(1)		Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 13, 2007.
(2)		Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on June 5, 2007.
(3)		Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 12, 2007.
(4)		Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on August 9, 2007.
(5)		Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on September 6, 2007.
(6)		Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 5 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on October 1, 2007.
(7)		Incorporated by reference to Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on October 11, 2007.
(8)		Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 3, 2008.
(9)		Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 8, 2008.
(10)		Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 14, 2008.
(11)		Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 14, 2008.
(12)		Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 3, 2009.

(13)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 8, 2009.
(14)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2009.
(15)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on April 30, 2009.
(16)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 18, 2009.
(17)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 20, 2009.
(18)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 9, 2009.
(19)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 3, 2009.
(20)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Post Effective Amendment to Registration Statement on Form S-8/A, filed with the SEC on June 2, 2010.
(21)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 6, 2010.
(22)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 29, 2010.
(23)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 6, 2010.
(24)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 12, 2011.
(25)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 25, 2011
(26)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 21,2011
(27)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15. 2011
(28)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2011
(29)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2012
(30)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 30, 2012
(31)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 23, 2012
(32)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2012
(33)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 2, 2012

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.



	BIOHEART, INC.

	By:	/s/ Mike Tomas
		Mike Tomas Chief Executive Officer & President
Dated: April 12, 2012

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Each person whose signature appears below, hereby authorizes Mike Tomas, as attorney in fact to sign on his or her behalf, individually, in each capacity stated below, and to file all amendments or supplements to this annual report on Form 10-K.


SIGNATURE	TITLE	DATE
/s/ William P. Murphy, Jr., M.D.	Chairman of the Board	April 12, 2012
William P. Murphy, Jr., M.D.

/s/ Mike Tomas	Chief Executive Officer & Director	April 12, 2012
Mike Tomas

/s/ Mark P. Borman	Director	April 12, 2012
Mark Borman

/s/ Bruce C. Carson	Director	April 12, 2012
Bruce C. Carson

/s/Howard Leonhardt	Chief Technology Officer & Director	April 12, 2012
Howard Leonhardt

/s/ Richard T. Spencer III	Director	April 12, 2012
Richard T. Spencer III

/s/ Charles A. Hart	Director	April 12, 2012
Charles A. Hart

/s/ Samuel S. Ahn, MD, MBA	Director	April 12, 2012
Samuel S. Ahn, MD, MBA

INDEX OF EXHIBITS

As required under Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, the exhibits filed as part of this report are provided in this separate section. The exhibits included in this section are as follows:


Exhibit No.		Description

23.1		Consent of Fiondella, Milone, LaSaracina, LLP
31.1		Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Auditors???
32.1		Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Auditors???



Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	F-2

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2011 and 2010	F-4

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the cumulative period from August 12, 1999 (date of inception) to December 31, 2011	F-5

Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ (Deficit) Equity for the period from August 12, 1999 (date of inception) through December 31, 2011	F-6

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the cumulative period from August 12, 1999 (date of inception) to December 31, 2011	F-12

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	F-14

	2011			2010
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	36,828		$	3,298
Accounts receivable, net		3,495			1,266
Inventory		63,702			64,612
Prepaid		49,828			34,322
Total current assets		153,853			103,498

Property and equipment, net		15,476			47,439

Other assets		99,164			157,859

Total assets	$	268,493		$	308,796

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	2,377,807		$	2,050,161
Accrued expenses		3,882,115			3,581,445
Advances, related party		456,000			238,000
Deposits		465,286			465,286
Subordinated debt, related party		1,500,000			1,500,000
Notes payable, related party		365,000			225,000
Notes payable, net of debt discount		3,232,762			3,232,271
Total current liabilities		12,278,970			11,292,163

Long term debt:
Note payable, long term		—			1,032,827
Total long term debt		—			1,032,827

Total liabilities		12,278,970			12,324,990

Commitments and contingencies		—			—

Stockholders' deficit:
Preferred stock, par value $0.001; 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2011 and 2010		—			—
Common stock, par value $0.001; 195,000,000 and 75,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, 95,625,236 and 37,545,865 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 , respectively		95,625			37,545
Additional paid in capital		98,915,155			94,274,281
Common stock subscribed		—			—
Subscriptions receivable		—			(3,800	)
Deficit accumulated during development stage		(111,021,257	)		(106,324,220	)
Total stockholders' deficit		(12,010,477	)		(12,016,194	)

Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit	$	268,493		$	308,796



See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements

							From August 12,
							1999 (date of
	Year ended December 31,						Inception) to
	2011			2010			December 31, 2011
Revenue	$	17,475		$	46,383		$	1,208,531
Cost of sales		694			19,765			550,834
Gross profit		16,781			26,618			657,697

Operating expenses:
Research and development		465,461			1,467,078			64,291,111
Marketing, general and administrative		2,126,546			1,768,612			34,659,484
Impairment of investment		58,695			—			58,695
Depreciation and amortization		31,963			56,958			883,325
Total operating expenses		2,682,665			3,292,648			99,892,615

Net loss from operations		(2,665,884	)		(3,266,030	)		(99,234,918	)

Other income (expenses):
Development revenues		—			—			117,500
Loss on change of fair value of derivative liability		(25,026	)					(25,026	)
Interest income		—			2			762,277
Other income		7,277			245,554			252,831
Interest expense		(2,013,404	)		(2,138,982	)		(12,893,921	)
Total other expenses		(2,031,153	)		(1,893,426	)		(11,786,339	)

Net loss before income taxes		(4,697,037	)		(5,159,456	)		(111,021,257	)

Income taxes (benefit)		—			—			—

NET LOSS	$	(4,697,037	)	$	(5,159,456	)	$	(111,021,257	)

Net loss per common share, basic and diluted	$	(0.08	)	$	(0.19	)

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted		57,089,902			27,167,539


See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements

							From August 12,
							1999 (date of
	Year ended December 31,						Inception) to
	2011			2010			December 31, 2011
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss	$	(4,697,037	)	$	(5,159,456	)	$	(111,021,257	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		31,963			56,958			883,325
Bad debt expense		1,266			—			166,266
Discount on convertible debt		880,763			—			1,142,987
Loss on change in fair value of derivative liability		25,026			—			25,026
Non cash payment of interest		177,901			—			177,901
Amortization of warrants issued in exchange for licenses and intellectual property		—			—			5,413,156
Amortization of debt discount attributable to warrants issued in connection with notes payable		278,213			975,969			5,342,313
Amortization of loan costs		12,207			72,262			1,227,790
Warrants issued in exchange for services		—			—			285,659
Equity instruments issued in connection with R&D agreement		—			360,032			360,032
Equity instruments issued in connection with settlement agreement		—			—			3,381,629
Common stock issued in exchange for settlement of accounts payable and accrued interest		101,434			412,660			756,816
Common stock issued in exchange for services		125,005			—			1,447,922
Common stock issued in connection with amounts due to guarantors of Bank of America loan		—			69,159			69,159
Common stock issued in exchange for distribution rights and intellectual property		—			—			99,997
Warrants issued in connection with accounts payable					—			7,758
Stock based compensation		409,314			248,457			9,874,328
(Increase) decrease in:
Receivables		(3,495	)		141,013			(4,760	)
Inventory		89,915			46,297			(63,703	)
Prepaid and other current assets		(25,476	)		(8,592	)		(59,797	)
Other assets		—			—			(28,854	)
Increase (decrease) in:
Accounts payable		301,136			133,040			2,935,415
Accrued expenses		597,961			799,952			5,246,803
Deferred revenue		—			(41,995	)		465,287
Net cash used in operating activities		(1,693,904	)		(1,894,244	)		(71,868,802	)


See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements

							From August 12,
							1999 (date of
	Year ended December 31,						Inception) to
	2011			2010			December 31, 2011
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Acquisitions of property and equipment		—			—			(898,800	)
Net cash used in investing activities		—			—			(898,800	)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net		1,424,800			2,399,800			63,296,975
Proceeds from (payments for) initial public offering of common stock, net		—			—			1,447,829
Proceeds from subordinated related party note		—			—			3,000,000
Payment of note payable		—			—			(3,000,000	)
Proceeds from notes payable, related party		280,000			463,000			505,000
Proceeds from related party advances		218,000			—			456,000
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		1,632			—			293,749
Proceeds from notes payable		59,750			—			11,557,750
Repayments of notes payable		(256,748	)		(1,020,289	)		(3,533,605	)
Payment of loan costs		—			(20,000	)		(1,219,268	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		1,727,434			1,822,511			72,804,430

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		33,530			(71,733	)		36,828

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		3,298			75,031			—
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	36,828		$	3,298		$	36,828

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Interest paid	$	173,863		$	361,947		$	1,780,464
Income taxes paid	$	—		$	—		$	—

Non cash financing activities:
Common stock issued in settlement of notes payable	$	1,360,745		$	2,172,000		$	3,532,745

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements

																	Deficit
																	Accumulated
							Additional								Common		During
	Preferred stock			Common stock				Paid in			Deferred			Subscription		Stock		Development
	Shares		Amount	Shares		Amount		Capital			Compensation			Receivable		Subscription		Stage			Total
Balance, August 12, 1999 (date of inception)	—	$	—	—	$	—	$	—		$	—		$	—	$	—	$	—		$	—
Issuance of common stock	—		—	4,324,458		4,324		395,676			—			—		—		—			400,000
Stock based compensation	—		—	—		—		98,000			(98,000	)		—		—		—			—
Amortization of stock based compensation	—		—	—		—		—			49,000			—		—		—			49,000
Net loss	—		—	—		—		—			—			—		—		(903,290	)		(903,290	)
Balance, December 31, 1999	—		—	4,324,458		4,324		493,676			(49,000	)		—		—		(903,290	)		(454,290	)
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $61,905	—		—	1,493,575		1,494		9,607,201			—			—		—		—			9,608,695
Stock based compensation	—		—	—		—		2,559,000			(2,559,000	)		—		—		—			—
Fair value of warrants issued in exchange for licenses and intellectual property	—		—	—		—		5,220,000			—			—		—		—			5,220,000
Amortization of stock based compensation	—		—	—		—		—			1,080,692			—		—		—			1,080,692
Contributed capital	—		—	—		—		1,050,000			—			—		—		—			1,050,000
Common stock issued in exchange for services	—		—	7,964		8		51,993			—			—		—		—			52,001
Net loss	—		—	—		—		—			—			—		—		(14,113,933	)		(14,113,933	)
Balance, December 31, 2000	—		—	5,825,997		5,826		18,981,870			(1,527,308	)		—		—		(15,017,223	)		2,443,165
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $98,996	—		—	985,667		986		6,282,018			—			—		—		—			6,283,004
Stock based compensation	—		—	—		—		779,000			(779,000	)		—		—		—			—
Amortization of stock based compensation	—		—	—		—		—			1,523,000			—		—		—			1,523,000
Conversion of contributed capital to common stock	—		—	81,084		81		(81	)		—			—		—		—			—
Common stock issued in exchange for services	—		—	8,291		8		53,993			—			—		—		—			54,001
Net loss	—		—	—		—		—			—			—		—		(8,173,464	)		(8,173,464	)
Balance, December 31, 2001	—	$	—	6,901,039	$	6,901	$	26,096,800		$	(783,308	)	$	—	$	—	$	(23,190,687	)	$	2,129,706


	2011			2010
Laboratory and medical equipment	$	352,358		$	352,358
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		130,916			130,916
Computer equipment		53,481			53,481
Leasehold improvements		362,046			362,046
		898,801			898,801
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(883,325	)		(851,362	)
	$	15,476		$	47,439


	2011		2010
License and royalty fees	$	1,540,204	$	1,090,000
Amounts payable to the Guarantors of the Company’s loan agreement with Bank of America and Seaside Bank, including fees and interest		1,164,306		1,102,941
Interest payable on notes payable		732,556		595,342
Vendor accruals and other		115,312		582,403
Employee commissions, compensation, etc		329,737		208,239
Other		—		2,520
	$	3,882,115	$	3,581,445


	2011			2010
Seaside Bank note payable. Terms described below	$	980,000		$	980,000
BlueCrest Capital Finance note payable. Monthly payments of principal and interest as described below, net of unamortized debt discount of $96,218 and $317,709 respectively		711,609			1,958,834
Short-term note payable, net of unamortized debt discount of $-0- and $58,708 respectively. Terms described below		1,384,972			1,326,264
Short-term note payable, net of unamortized debt discount of $11,391. Terms described below		23,609			—
Short-term note payable, net of unamortized debt discount of $4,721. Terms described below		7,854			—
Short-term note payable, net of unamortized debt discount of $60,663. Terms described below		79,066			—
Short-term note payable, net of unamortized debt discount of $8,552. Terms described below		45,652			—
		3,232,762			4,265,098
Less current portion		(3,232,762	)		(3,232,271	)
Notes payable – long term	$	—		$	1,032,827



•	In January 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 538,542 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of $87,729 of the convertible note.

•	In February 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 421,392 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of the remaining balance of $52,000 of the convertible note.



•	In June 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 338,834 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of $29,729 of the convertible note.

•	In July 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 2,304,615 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of $110,000 of the convertible note.



•	In August 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 3,358,866 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of the $139,728.82 convertible note.



•	In September 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 5,769,150 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of the $139,728.82 convertible note.



•	In October 2011, we issued an aggregate of 4,997,487 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of the $115,144 convertible note.
•	In November 2011, we issued an aggregate of 500,000 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of $12,010 convertible note.


	Shares			Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)
Options outstanding at January 1, 2010		2,252,334		$	3.28		5.4
Granted		1,764,940		$	0.32
Exercised		(831,526	)	$	0.001
Forfeited/Expired		(1,027,301	)	$	2.62
Options outstanding at December 31, 2010		2,158,447		$	2.79		6.8
Granted		4,620,092		$	0.057
Exercised		(1,982,995	)	$	0.001
Forfeited/Expired		(159,226	)	$	1.80
Options outstanding at December 31, 2011		4,636,318		$	1.20		8.1
Options exercisable at December 31, 2011		2,967,426		$	1.74		7.4
Available for grant at December 31, 2011		0


	Options Outstanding						Options Exercisable
	Shares		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Shares		Weighted- Average Exercise Price
$0.00 – $0.70		3,494,360		9.4	$	0.19		1,846,161	$	0.18
$0.71 – $1.28		324,780		6.3	$	0.77		315,712	$	0.76
$5.25 – $5.67		770,810		3.4	$	5.58		759,185	$	5.58
$7.69		39,572		4.7	$	7.69		39,572	$	7.69
$8.47		6,796		5.3	$	8.47		6,796	$	8.47
		4,636,318		8.1	$	1.20		2,967,426	$	1.74


	Warrants Outstanding				Warrants Exercisable
	Shares	Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term		Weighted- Average Exercise Price	Shares	Weighted- Average Exercise Price
0.01 – $0.50	23,226,720	2.8	$	0.09	8,013,055	0.16
0.52 – $0.68	3,800,078	5.5	$	0.59	3,800,078	$ 0.59
0.70 – $1.62	2,626,285	3.3	$	0.79	2,626,285	$ 0.79
1.81 – $2.61	33,710	0.7	$	1.90	33,710	$ 1.90
3.60 – $4.93	105,000	1.7	$	4.87	105,000	$ 4.87
5.67 – $7.69	2,818,282	10.5	$	7.50	1,273,832	$ 7.26
	32,610,075	3.8	$	0.86	15,851,960	$ 0.97

•	The Company issued to the officer 47,658 shares of its common stock and agreed to pay the officer’s income taxes related to the receipt of the shares of common stock, estimated to be approximately $153,000. The fair value of the shares of common stock was determined to be $7.69 per share, which was based on a current valuation of the Company. The aggregate fair value of the shares of common stock issued and the $153,000 in cash was approximately $500,000, which was recorded as compensation expense in August 2006.

•	The Company issued to the officer a warrant to purchase 188,423 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $5.67 per share. This warrant is exercisable immediately and expires 10 years from the date of issuance. The approximate fair value of this warrant of $1,200,000 was recorded as compensation expense in August 2006.

•	The Company issued to the officer stock options to purchase up to 282,635 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $5.67 per share. These stock options are exercisable immediately and expire 10 years from the date of grant. The fair value of these stock options of approximately $1,800,000 was recorded as compensation expense in August 2006.

•	As consideration for continued employment as an officer of the Company, the officer was eligible to receive an annual salary of $130,000 per year while employed by the Company.


Year ending December 31,
2012	$66,906
2013	5,589
Total	$72,495


		2011
Income taxes using U.S. federal statutory rate	$	(1,596,993	)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		176,770
Change in Valuation Allowance		1,414,842
Other		5,381
	$	—

	2011
Deferred tax assets:
Stock Based Compensation	$	4,789,550
Net Operating Losses		33,124,707
Other		141,834
Total deferred tax assets		38,056,091

Deferred tax liabilities:		—
Total deferred tax liabilities		—

Valuation allowance		38,056,091
Net deferred tax assets	$	—


	December 31,
	2011			2010
Statutory federal income tax rate		35.0	%		35.0	%
State income taxes and other		0.0	%		0.0	%

Effective tax rate		35.0	%		35.0	%



	Derivative Liability
Balance, December 31, 2010	$	—
Total (gains) losses
Initial fair value of debt derivative at note issuance		335,406
Mark-to-market at December 31, 2011:
Embedded debt derivative		25,026
Transfers out of Level 3 upon conversion and settlement of notes		(360,432	)

Balance, December 31, 2011	$	—

Net Loss for the period included in earnings relating to the liabilities held at December 31, 2011	$	(25,026	)


	·	In January 2012 we issued aggregate of 5,500,000 shares of our common stock and warrants for the purchase of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.02, for aggregate gross proceeds of $110,000.

	·	In March 2012 we issued aggregate of 200,000 shares of our common stock and warrants for the purchase of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.39, for aggregate gross proceeds of $7,800

	·	In March 2012 we issued aggregate of 383,333 shares of our common stock and warrants for the purchase of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.03, for aggregate gross proceeds of $11,500