UMeWorld Ltd - Annual Report: 2008 (Form 10-K)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
Q Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended: September 30, 2008
¨ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 for the transition period from __________ to __________
Commission File Number: 000-30813
AlphaRx, Inc.
(Name of Small Business Issuer in its Charter)
Delaware | 98-0416123 |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
incorporation or organization) |
200-168 Konrad Crescent, Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 9T9
(Address of principal executive offices)
(905) 479-3245
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
Title of Each Class | Name of Exchange on Which Registered |
Common Stock ($0.0001 par value) | None |
Check whether the issuer: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirement for the past 90 days.
YES Q
NO ¨
Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B contained in this form, and that no disclosure will be contained, to the best of issuer'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. ¨
Issuer's revenues for its most recent fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 were $ 97,499.
The aggregate market value of the issuer's Common Stock (the only class of voting stock), held by non-affiliates was approximately $3,694,847 based on the average closing bid and ask price for the Common Stock on December 17, 2008.
As of December 19, 2008 there were 92,371,192 shares outstanding of the issuer's Common Stock.
AlphaRx, Inc.
FORM 10-K
For the Year Ended September 30, 2008
INDEX
PART I |
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Item 1. |
Description of Business |
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Item 2. |
Description of Property |
18 |
Item 3. |
Legal Proceedings |
19 |
Item 4. |
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
19 |
PART II |
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Item 5. |
Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters |
20 |
Item 6. |
Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition |
22 |
Item 7. |
Financial Statements for 2008 and 2007 |
31 |
Item 8. |
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure |
32 |
Item 8A |
Controls and Procedures |
32 |
Item 8B |
Other Information |
32 |
PART III |
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Item 9. |
Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons; Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act. |
32 |
Item 10. |
Executive Compensation |
34 |
Item 11. |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management |
37 |
Item 12. |
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions |
37 |
Item 13. |
Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K |
38 |
Item 14. |
Principal Accountants Fees and Services |
40 |
SIGNATURES |
41 | |
EXHIBITS |
44 | |
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PART I
Item 1. Description of Business
COMPANY BACKGROUND
In this annual report on Form 10-K, the "Company," "AlphaRx," "we," "us," and "our," refer collectively to AlphaRx, Inc., AlphaRx Canada Limited, our wholly-owned subsidiary, 85% of AlphaRx International Holdings Limited and 85% of Alpha Life Sciences Limited.
AlphaRx, Inc., formerly known as Logic Tech International Inc., was incorporated in Delaware on August 8, 1997 as an intellectual property holding company whose mission was to identify, acquire and develop new technologies or products and devise commercial applications to be taken to market through licensing or joint venture partners. Logic Tech International Inc. was renamed AlphaRx, Inc. on January 28, 2000 and our Common Stock commenced trading on the OTC Pink Sheets under the symbol "AHRX" on July 25, 2000. On October 12, 2000 AlphaRx, Inc. Common Stock ceased trading on the Pink Sheets and began trading on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) under the same symbol. Subsequent to March 19, 2002 AlphaRx, Inc.'s symbol was changed to ALRX after a consolidation of its Common Stock on a 1 new for 5 old basis. All references to AlphaRx, Inc. Common Stock have been retroactively restated.
Effective June 22, 2006 New Super Limited, an independent Hong Kong based corporation, subscribed for 1,500 shares of Common Stock of AlphaRx International Holdings Ltd. (AIH), previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. New Super Limited owns 15% of AIH.
Effective June 30 2006, AlphaRx International Holdings Limited. (AIH) acquired 100% of Alpha Life Sciences Ltd. (ALS) for a nominal amount and the assumption of approximately $63,000 of related party liabilities. ALS is involved in obtaining necessary regulatory approvals for the manufacture and distribution of the Company's products in the Asian market and continues to seek out partners and collaborative arrangements for the Company.
COMPANY OVERVIEW
We are a pharmaceutical company, engaged in the research and development of innovative therapeutic products using advanced drug delivery technologies, which we believe, can be combined with a broad range of therapeutic products to improve their effectiveness.
Our primary strategy is to seek alliances with pharmaceutical companies which will assist us in completing the reformulation and development of the drug candidates and which will initiate clinical trials and commercialize the drug candidates.
We have one product that has completed a Phase II Proof of Concept clinical trial and has been licensed by one of our partners for completion of late stage clinical trials and commercialization, and several product candidates in different stages of preclinical development.
With only limited financial resources available to us, and with significant competition in the over the counter arthritis and muscle pain relief category, we have decided not to continue pursuing direct sales and marketing of one of our first products - Flexogan. We will focus our resources on research and development of products and in attempting to establish local and international licensing and distribution arrangements and joint ventures for our new product candidates and our existing over the counter products.
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We intend to use our proprietary drug delivery technologies in collaborative arrangements with pharmaceutical companies to formulate their existing commercialized drugs as well as drugs under development by them. By improving drug efficacy and reducing side effects, we believe our drug delivery technologies will provide pharmaceutical companies with the opportunity to enhance the commercial value of their existing products and new drug candidates. We also intend to develop either independently or jointly certain off-patent and over-the-counter ("OTC") products utilizing our proprietary drug delivery technologies.
Our most promising drug candidate is Zysolin, an inhaled Tobramycin nanoparticles intended for the adjunctive treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in intubated and mechanically-ventilated patients (VAP). We continue to test formulations and conduct research on Vansolin for MRSA- pneumonia.. The delivery route for the above product candidates is Intravenous (I.V.) or Intratracheal (I.T.). Our objectives for the remainder of this fiscal year and fiscal year 2009 include:
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Complete pre-clinical studies of Zysolin and prepare protocol for Phase I/II human trials;
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Initiate Phase I human trials for Zysolin.
We established a feasibility and option agreement in October 2008 with Gaia BioPharma Limited, a privately held early stage biopharmaceutical company. Under the agreement we will utilize our nano drug delivery platforms to formulate two injectible drugs targeting underserved medical conditions. Gaia will have 12 months to evaluate the formulated products and exercise its option right for a pre-negotiated license agreement. Development and sales milestone payments could reach $32 million in addition to royalties based on net product sales that utilize our drug delivery technology. There is no assurance that Gaia will proceed with commercialization of the product candidates.
During March 2008 Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (Cypress) completed the acquisition of our partner Proprius Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Propius). Proprius has development and commercialization rights for Indaflex our topical cream for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. Additional funding is now available through Cypress in order to further Phase II and III human trials for Indaflex and continue the FDA application process. Under the terms of our agreement, Proprius will undertake completion of clinical trials for Indaflex and will have exclusive global rights (except for Asia and Mexico) to sell and or sublicense Indaflex and any successor NSAID products developed by us. Should clinical trials for Indaflex be successful and sales commence, we will receive clinical trial completion milestone payments and sales milestone payments including a milestone payment of $3 million for the successful completion of the Phase II trials. In addition to the milestone payments, we will receive royalty payments on sales of Indaflex by Proprius, its affiliates and its sublicensees. There are no assurances or guarantees that Proprius and or Cypress will continue with human trials and commercialization of Indaflex.
We established AlphaRx International Holdings Limited (AIH) in 2005 in order to pursue sales and other commercial activities in the Asia Pacific region with experienced and established partners. To date we have been limited in our scope due to our limited financial resources. Product approval and registration for Indaflex and Flexogan continues in the Asia Pacific region.
In August 2003, we licensed Indaflex, our lead pharmaceutical product under development, to Industria Farmaceutica Andromaco, S.A. de C.V. (Andromaco) for commercialization in Mexico. Subject to the terms of the Agreement, Andromaco has the exclusive and non-transferable manufacturing rights and distribution rights in Mexico for Indaflex and we receive 15% royalties based on the gross revenue from product sales. Furthermore, Andromaco is responsible for funding and completing any clinical and regulatory activities in support of Indaflex registration in Mexico. The Agreement has an initial term of five (5) years commencing on the effective date, and it shall automatically be renewed on terms as provided in the Agreement and shall not be terminated without cause. In June 2005, Andromaco launched Indaflex into the Mexican market.
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PRINCIPAL PRODUCT AND SERVICES AND PRINCIPAL MARKETS
Drug delivery companies apply proprietary technologies to create new pharmaceutical products utilizing drugs developed by others. These products are generally novel, cost-effective dosage forms that may provide any of several benefits, including better control of drug concentration in the blood, improved safety and efficacy, and ease of use and improved patient compliance. We believe drug delivery technologies can provide pharmaceutical companies with a means of developing new products as well as extending existing patents.
The increasing need to deliver medication to patients efficiently and with fewer side effects has accelerated the development of new drug delivery systems. Today, medication can be delivered to a patient through many different means of delivery, including transdermal (through the skin), injection, implant and oral methods. These delivery methods, however, continue to have certain limitations. Transdermal patches are often inconvenient to apply, can be irritating to the skin and the rate of release can be difficult to control. Injections are uncomfortable for most patients. Implants generally are administered in a hospital or physician's office and frequently are not suitable for home use. Oral administration remains the preferred method of administering medication. Conventional oral drug administration, however, also has limitations in that capsules and tablets have limited effectiveness in providing controlled drug delivery, resulting frequently in drug release that is too rapid (causing incomplete absorption of the drug), irritation to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and other side effects. In addition capsules and tablets cannot provide localized therapy. Insoluble or poorly soluble drugs are a major problem for the pharmaceutical industry, with over one-third of the drugs listed in the United States' Pharmacopoeia being insoluble or poorly soluble in water. Further, most approaches used to overcome insolubility result in clinical problems ranging from poor and erratic bioavailability to serious side effects.
We are engaged in developing novel formulations of existing drugs that are insoluble or poorly soluble in water, utilizing our proprietary Bioadhesive Colloidal Dispersion (BCD™) (henceforth, “BCD”) drug delivery systems. Our strategy is to develop patentable improved formulations of such drugs that are soluble in human medicines. Our BCD drug delivery technology includes two different approaches to improve the effectiveness of insoluble drugs and provide new methods of delivery, namely, (i) CLD (Colloidal Lipid Dispersion System), (ii) SECRET (Self Emulsifying Controlled Release Tablet System) and (iii) SLN (Solid Lipid Nanoparticles) delivery system and HLN (Hybrid Lipid-polymer Nanoparticles)
The BCD drug delivery technology is designed to develop drugs with major medical advantages, such as lower dosing, fewer side effects and alternative dosage forms, as well as commercial advantages, such as extended patent protection and broader use. We have a number of drugs under development, certain of which have been successfully reformulated, utilizing our BCD technology.
PRODUCTS AND PRODUCT PIPLELINE
The table below is a list of our products and candidates in the product pipeline as well as their current stage of development. Although we believe our development strategy of reformulating FDA approved drugs may have less development risks as compared to new chemical entities development, there can be no guarantee that any product candidates can be successfully developed and as such, we constantly evaluate and prioritize our development programs. As a result, new product candidates are constantly added and lower priority development programs may be discontinued or delayed. We believe this product development optimization process is essential for the development of a broad portfolio of short to long-term drug candidates, which will position the company for stable and sustainable growth.
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Product |
Initial Indication |
Stage of Development |
Indaflex™* |
Osteoarthritis |
Phase 2 |
Vansolin™ |
Pneumonia (MRSA) |
Animal (POC)** |
Zysolin™ |
Pneumonia (Gram neg.) |
IND Preparation |
Cipro NDS |
Biodefense |
Animal (POC) |
Doxy NDS |
Biodefense |
Animal (POC) |
Zysolin™ |
Biodefense |
Animal (POC) |
Teposolin |
Cancers |
Formulation |
ARX-606T |
Wound Healing |
Animal (POC) |
GAI-122 |
Undisclosed |
Animal (POC) |
GAI-122 |
Undisclosed |
Animal (POC) |
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Indaflex is approved for sale in Mexico, but must undergo FDA approval for sale in United States and other countries.
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Animal Proof of concept (POC) activities include basic in vitro and in vivo research attempting to adopt our Nano Delivery System (NDS) to the respective drug while maintaining or improving efficacy and effectiveness of the active ingredients. We anticipate that clinical trials, if they take place at all, will initially be conducted in Canada, at test sites, which are pre-approved by both Health Canada and FDA.
Indaflex is our only prescription drug at the clinical trial stage. We completed a Phase I human trial for Indaflex in Canada during March 2005.
Together with our licensee Proprius Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Proprius"), we completed Phase II clinical trials for Indaflex in March 2007. The randomized double-blind placebo and vehicle controlled trial, which included a six-week treatment period, was conducted on 233 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. While the trial did not meet its primary endpoints, subgroup analyses of patients with moderate to severe pain and more impaired physical function at baseline showed positive trends in patients treated with Indaflex as compared to patients treated with either placebo or vehicle. Indaflex was demonstrated to be safe and well tolerated. Because we did not meet the primary endpoints, under the terms of the Licensing Agreement with Proprius we did not receive any milestone payments for this trial. Proprius retained the rights to clinical development and commercialization of Indaflex in April 2006 in exchange for an initial license fee and future milestone and royalty payments. Future milestone and royalty payments are based on successful completion of trials and commercialization of Indaflex. Proprius is solely responsible for the global commercialization (with the exception of Asia and Mexico) of Indaflex. Proprius was acquired by Cypress Bioscience Inc. during March 2008.
Indaflex is a topical NSAID formulation intended to be used in the treatment of arthritis. Indaflex's active ingredient, Indomethacin, has a long-standing and proven clinical treatment record. With our enhanced proprietary drug delivery system, we believe its clinical effectiveness to be significantly enhanced. Topical Indaflex delivery is intended to circumvent the significant gastro intestinal side effects found with orally ingested NSAID's.
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Vansolin is encapsulating Vancomycin, a broad spectrum antibiotic, in the Company's nanoparticulate drug delivery platform for intracellular delivery. This early stage drug candidate is currently going through in-vitro and in-vivo studies including biodistribution study, evaluation of the efficacy in murine infection models and toxicological studies.
Zysolin. an inhaled Tobramycin nanoparticles intended for the adjunctive treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in intubated and mechanically-ventilated patients (VAP). Injectible Tobramycin is the drug of choice used in the initial empirical therapy for VAP and is also well known for its nephrotoxicity. Zysolin™ is intended to replace injectible Tobramycin in VAP therapy. AlphaRx believes Zysolin™ will have an attractive safety, tolerability and efficacy profile in comparison to injectible Tobramycin.This early stage preclinical drug candidate is currently going through in-vivo studies including biodistribution study, evaluation of the efficacy in murine infection models and toxicological studies.
Cipro NDS is a polymeric nanoparticulate formulation of Cirpofloxacin. Ciprofloxacin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic recommended as indicated therapy for the treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Cipro NDS is intended for the treatment of critically ill pneumonia patients caused by gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae. In the biodefense arena, Cipro NDS is intended for the treatment of pneumonia caused by Anthrax and Francisella tularensis
Doxy NDS is a polymeric nanoparticlulate formulation of Doxycycline. Doxycycline is highly effective against all of the common pathogens that cause upper respiratory tract infections. It is especially useful in treating community-acquired pneumonias, both cases caused by typical bacterial pathogens and cases caused by atypical pathogens. Doxycycline is not only uniformly active against S pneumoniae, but also is highly active against penicillin-resistant pneumococci. Therefore, doxycycline monotherapy may be used with confidence for bacterial community-acquired pneumonias. Doxycycline is also highly effective against a wide variety of zoonotic infections such as anthrax and plague. Doxy NDS is intended for the treatment of critically-ill pneumonia patients caused by both gram negative/positive bacteria.
In the biodefense arena, Doxy NDS is intended for the treatment of pneumonia caused by Francisella tularensis, Anthrax and Plague.
Teposolin, is camptothecin compound in nanoparticles. Its' initial indication will be ovarian cancer; other indications will include lung and colon cancer. This product is in the formulation stage.
ARX606T is a topical nanoparticlulated formulation of antibiotic and growth factor intended for wound healings. ARX606T is in animal proof of concept stage.
BIOADHESIVE COLLOIDAL DISPERSION (BCD) SYSTEMS
Our proprietary BCD oral and transdermal drug delivery technologies permit formulations of drug-containing polymeric units that allow controlled delivery of an incorporated hydrophobic drug (this process is referred to as our BCD Systems). Although our formulations are proprietary, the polymers utilized in our BCD Systems are commonly used in the food and drug industries. By using different formulations of the polymers, we believe our BCD Systems are able to provide continuous, controlled delivery of drugs of varying molecular complexity and solubility.
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The BCD Systems are designed to provide orally and transdermally administered, conveniently dosed, cost-effective drug therapy in a continuous, controlled delivery over a multihour period. We believe our BCD Systems may provide one or more of the following therapeutic advantages over conventional methods of drug administration:
1. Enhanced Safety and Efficacy. We believe our BCD Systems may improve the ratio of therapeutic effect to toxicity by decreasing the initial peak concentrations of a drug, associated with toxicity, while maintaining levels of the drug at therapeutic, subtoxic concentrations for an extended period of time. Many drugs demonstrate optimal efficacy when concentrations are maintained at therapeutic levels over an extended period of time. When a drug is administered intermittently, the therapeutic concentration is often exceeded for some period of time, and then rapidly drops below effective levels. Excessively high concentrations are a major cause of side effects, while subtherapeutic concentrations are ineffective.
2. Greater Patient and Caregiver Convenience. We believe our BCD Systems may permit once-daily dosing for certain drugs that are currently required to be administered several times daily, thereby promoting compliance with dosing regimens. Patient non-compliance with dosing regimens has been associated with increased costs by prolonging treatment duration, increasing the likelihood of secondary or tertiary disease manifestation and contributing to over-utilization of medical personnel and facilities. By improving patient compliance, providers and third-party payers may reduce unnecessary expenditures and improve therapeutic outcomes.
3. Expanding the Types of Drugs Capable of Oral Delivery. Some drugs, including certain proteins (complex organic compounds of high molecular weight containing numerous amino acids) and peptides (low molecular weight compounds consisting of two or more amino acids), because of their large molecular size and susceptibility to degradation in the GI tract, must currently be administered by injection or by continuous infusion, which is typically done in a hospital or other clinical setting. We believe our BCD Systems may permit some of these drugs to be delivered orally and/or transdermally without the necessity of visiting a hospital or clinic.
4. Proprietary Reformulation of Generic Products. We believe our BCD Systems offer the potential to produce improved proprietary formulations of off-patent drugs, differentiated from the existing generic products by reduced dosing requirements, improved efficacy, decreased toxicity or additional indications. The potential attraction here is the possibility to repatent existing drugs due to the adaptation of our delivery systems, which may differentiate the new drug from the existing drug.
DISTRIBUTION METHODS OF THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
We intend to have the BCD Systems used with as many pharmaceutical products as possible. Our primary strategy is to establish collaborative relationships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to develop improved therapeutic products utilizing our BCD Systems technology. The products will be jointly developed, with the collaborative partner having primary responsibility to clinically test, manufacture, market and sell the product, and we retaining ownership of our technologies. We believe that our partnering strategy will enable us to reduce our cash requirements while developing a larger potential product portfolio. By providing new formulations of existing products using the BCD Systems, we believe it will not only be able to offer our partners improved products but also may provide them with the ability to extend the life of their patents on such products, especially attractive to pharmaceutical companies whose patents on existing products are close to expiration. Collaborations with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are expected to provide near-term revenues from sponsored development activities and future revenues from license fees and royalties relating to the sale or sub-licensing of our products.
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We also intend to develop over-the-counter (OTC) and/or off-patent drug products utilizing our BCD Systems, either independently or jointly by entering into collaborative partnerships with pharmaceutical, biotechnology or other healthcare companies. To reduce costs and time-to-market, we intend to select those products that treat indications with clear-cut clinical end-points and that are reformulations of existing compounds already approved by the FDA. We believe that products utilizing the BCD Systems will provide favorable product differentiation in the highly competitive generic and OTC drug product markets at costs below those of other drug delivery systems, thereby enabling us and our collaborative partners to compete more effectively in marketing improved off-patent and OTC drug products. We are also seeking to establish alliances with overseas sales and marketing partners for the initial sale of our future generic products. We believe that due to the more favorable regulatory environments in some foreign countries, we may be able to generate revenues from these markets while awaiting FDA approval in the United States.
COMPETITION
There are other companies that have oral drug delivery technologies that compete with the BCD Systems. The competitors have oral tablet products designed to release the incorporated drugs over time. Each of these companies has a patented technology with attributes different from ours, and in some cases with different sites of delivery to the GI tract. We believe that we are the only drug delivery company that is currently using polymeric based colloidal dispersion controlled release technologies to develop products for oral and transdermal drug delivery systems for enhanced solubility and bioavailability for drugs that are not readily water soluble. We believe that this combination of oral and transdermal drug delivery technologies differentiates us from other oral drug delivery companies and will enable us to attract pharmaceutical companies to incorporate their proprietary drugs into the BCD Systems and also to differentiate any OTC and/or off-patent drugs that utilize the BCD Systems from those of other drug delivery companies.
Competition in the areas of pharmaceutical products and drug delivery systems is intense and this is expected to continue in the future. Competing technologies may prove superior, either generally or in particular market segments, in terms of factors such as cost, consumer satisfaction or drug delivery profile. Our principal competitors in the business of developing and applying drug delivery systems have substantially greater financial, technological, marketing, personnel and research and development resources than we do. In addition, we may face competition from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that may develop or acquire drug delivery technologies. Many of our potential collaborative partners have devoted and are continuing to devote significant resources in the development of their own drug delivery systems and technologies. Products incorporating our technologies will compete both with products employing advanced drug delivery systems and with products in conventional dosage forms. New drugs or future developments in alternate drug delivery technologies may provide therapeutic or cost advantages over any potential products that utilize the BCD Systems. There can be no assurance that developments by others will not render any potential products utilizing the BCD Systems non-competitive or obsolete. In addition, our competitive success will depend heavily on entering into collaborative relationships on reasonable commercial terms, commercial development of products incorporating the BCD Systems, regulatory approvals, protection of intellectual property and market acceptance of such products.
PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
It is our policy to file patent applications in the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions for any drug formulations and any drug delivery methodologies that we consider commercially viable. We have four United States patent pending applications as follows: Colloidal solid lipid vehicle for pharmaceutical application and Hybrid Lipid-Polymer Nanoparticulate Delivery Composition for the use of Rifamsolin, Zysolin, Vansolin & Ocusolin to treat Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, Topical composition for acne treatment and Stabilization of benzoyl peroxide in solution for the use of NuProm to treat acne. We have also applied for patents in Mexico, Japan and China under the title Vehicle for topical delivery of anti-inflammatory compounds for the use of Indaflex to increase efficacy of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs which are still pending.
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We currently have three issued United States patents as follows: Toothpaste comprising bioadhesive submicron emulsion for improved delivery of antibacterial and anticaries agents for the use of certain oral care products that have never been developed. This patent was issued on September 12, 2000 and will expire on June 17, 2019. Vehicle for topical delivery of anti-inflammatory compounds for the use of Indaflex to increase efficacy of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. This patent was issued on November 21, 2006 and will expire on September 29, 2021. Stabilization of benzoyl peroxide in solution. This patent was issued on December 26, 2006 and will expire on December 21, 2021.
No assurance can be given that our patent applications will be approved or that any issued patents will provide competitive advantages for the BCD System or our technologies or will not be challenged or circumvented by competitors. With respect to any patents which may be issued from our applications, there can be no assurance that claims allowed will be sufficient to protect our technologies. Patent applications in the United States are maintained in secrecy until a patent is issued and we cannot be certain that others have not filed patent applications for technology covered by our pending applications or that we were the first to file patent applications for such technology. Competitors may have filed applications for, or may have received patents and may obtain additional patents and proprietary rights relating to, compounds or processes that may block our patent rights or compete without infringing our patent rights. In addition, there can be no assurance that any patents issued to us will not be challenged, invalidated or circumvented, or that the rights granted thereunder will provide proprietary protection or commercial advantage to us.
We also rely on trade secrets and proprietary know-how that we seek to protect, in part, through confidentiality agreements with employees, consultants, collaborative partners and others. There can be no assurance that these agreements will not be breached, that we will have adequate remedies for any such breach or that our trade secrets will not otherwise become known or be independently developed by competitors. Although potential collaborative partners, research partners and consultants are not given access to our proprietary trade secrets and know-how until they have executed confidentiality agreements, these agreements may be breached by the other party or may otherwise be of limited effectiveness or enforceability.
Trademarks
We have registered the following trademarks in Canada: BCD, Flexogan, Indaflex,AlphaRx, PhytoScience, NuProm, and LipoLette. We have registered the following trademarks in the United States: Flexogan, Indaflex, LipoBloc, NuProm, Oralife. We have also registered Flexogan in the Peoples' Republic of China. In connection with our Internet web site, we have registered with Network Solutions, Inc., the internet domain name "AlphaRx.com" for our corporate website.
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Proprietary Information
Much of our technology is dependent upon the knowledge, experience and skills of key scientific and technical personnel. To protect the rights to our proprietary technology, our policy requires all employees and consultants to execute confidentiality agreements that prohibit the disclosure of confidential information to anyone outside the Company. These agreements also require disclosure and assignment to us of discoveries and inventions made by such persons while devoted to Company activities.
MANUFACTURING, MARKETING AND SALES
We do not have and do not intend to establish in the foreseeable future internal manufacturing capabilities. Rather, we intend to use the facilities of our collaborative partners or those of contract manufacturers to manufacture products using the BCD Systems. Our dependence on third parties for the manufacture of products using the BCD Systems may adversely affect our ability to develop and deliver such products on a timely and competitive basis. There may not be sufficient manufacturing capacity available to us when, if ever, it is ready to seek commercial sales of products using the BCD Systems. In addition, we expect to rely on our collaborative partners or to develop distributor arrangements to market and sell products using the BCD Systems. We may not be able to enter into manufacturing, marketing or sales agreements on reasonable commercial terms, or at all, with third parties. Failure to do so would have a material adverse effect on us.
Applicable good manufacturing practices (GMP) requirements and other rules and regulations prescribed by foreign regulatory authorities will apply to the manufacture of products using the BCD Systems. We will depend on the manufacturers of products using the BCD Systems to comply with current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) and applicable foreign standards. Any failure by a manufacturer of products using the BCD Systems to maintain cGMP or comply with applicable foreign standards could delay or prevent their commercial sale. This could have a material adverse effect on us.
We rely on Canadian Custom Packaging Inc., Patheon Inc. and Andromaco to manufacture our products on a when needed basis. There are no outstanding manufacturing orders or any conditional obligations outstanding to any of these parties.
We are not actively pursuing the direct sales and marketing of our market ready products or potential products due primarily to our limited amount of financial resources. We do retain marketing and sales agents from time to time on an as needed basis on a commission or flat fee basis and other incentives.
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
We are subject to regulation under various federal laws regarding pharmaceutical products and also various Canadian federal and provincial laws regarding, among other things, occupational safety, environmental protection, hazardous substance control and product advertising and promotion. In connection with our research and development activities, AlphaRx is subject to federal, provincial and local laws, rules, regulations and policies governing the use, generation, manufacture, storage, air emission, effluent discharge, handling and disposal of certain materials and wastes. We believe that we have complied with these laws and regulations in all material respects and we have not been required to take any action to correct any material non-compliance.
In the United States, pharmaceutical products, including any drugs utilizing the BCD System, are subject to rigorous regulation by the FDA. If a company fails to comply with applicable requirements, it may be subject to administrative or judicially imposed sanctions such as civil penalties, criminal prosecution of our officers and employees, injunctions, product seizure or detention, product recalls, total or partial suspension of production, FDA withdrawal of approved applications or FDA refusal to approve pending new drug applications, premarket approval applications, or supplements to approved applications.
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Prior to commencement of clinical studies involving human beings, preclinical testing of new pharmaceutical products is generally conducted on animals in the laboratory to evaluate the potential efficacy and the safety of the product. The results of these studies are submitted to the FDA as a part of an IND application, which must become effective before clinical testing in humans can begin. Typically, clinical evaluation involves a time consuming and costly three-phase process.
OTC products that comply with monographs issued by the FDA are subject to various FDA regulations such as cGMP requirements, general and specific OTC labelling requirements (including warning statements), the restriction against advertising for conditions other than those stated in product labelling, and the requirement that in addition to approved active ingredients OTC drugs contain only safe and suitable inactive ingredients. OTC products and manufacturing facilities are subject to FDA inspection, and failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements may lead to administrative or judicially imposed penalties. If an OTC product differs from the terms of a monograph, it will, in most cases, require FDA approval of an NDA for the product to be marketed.
In Canada and the United States, the manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical products is rigorously controlled by the Canadian Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB) and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), respectively. The laws of both countries require appropriate manufacturing facilities and carefully controlled research, manufacturing and testing of products. Pharmaceutical companies must establish control over manufacturing and testing of their products, through the use of good manufacturing practices (GMP) before being allowed to market their products. The safety and efficacy of a new product must be demonstrated through clinical trials of the drug carried out under procedures acceptable to the HPFB and FDA.
In Canada, new in vivo products must pass through a number of testing stages including pre-clinical testing and clinical trial testing. Pre-clinical testing usually involves evaluating the product's pharmacokinetics, pharmacology and toxicology in animals. Successful results (that is, potentially valuable pharmacological activity combined with an acceptable level of toxicity) can lead to Investigational New Drug (IND) status. This enables the manufacturer of the new product to begin clinical trials on humans.
In order to achieve IND status in Canada, a clinical trial application (CTA) must be filed with the HPFB. The submission must contain specified information including the results of the preclinical tests completed at the time of the submission together with any available data on testing in humans. In addition, since the method of manufacture may affect the efficacy and safety of a product, information on manufacturing methods and standards and the stability of the substance and dosage form must be presented to enable the HPFB to evaluate whether the product that may eventually be sold to the public has been shown to be comparable to that determined to be effective and safe in the clinical trials. Production methods and quality control procedures must be in place to ensure that a product meets its specifications for identity and purity and other parameters for assessing product quality. The submission must also provide details on the testing that is to be performed, including who will be performing the testing and where it will be performed.
Once the HPFB clears a CTA, clinical trials can begin. Clinical trials are generally carried out in three phases. Phase I involves studies to evaluate safety in humans. The new product is administered to consenting subjects to determine the safety profile and prevalence of adverse side effects. In many Phase I studies the effects of dosing and scheduling are also studied. Phases II and III involve efficacy studies. Phase II trials seek clues to clinical efficacy, while furthering the safety profile in patients with the condition the product is intended to treat. In Phase III, controlled clinical trials are conducted in which the product is administered to a large number of patients who may receive benefit from the product. In Phase III, the effectiveness of the new product is usually compared to that of a control or accepted methods of treatment or best standard of care, in the anticipation that significant clinical efficacy can be demonstrated. After clearance of the initial CTA application, the manufacturer has certain reporting responsibilities to the HPFB.
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If the clinical studies are successful, the manufacturer submits a New Drug Submission (NDS) (referred to in the United States as a New Drug Application or NDA or Biologics Licence Application or BLA) to the HPFB for marketing approval. The NDS contains all information pertaining to the proposed claims about the product's performance including the results of the pre-clinical and clinical studies. Information about a substance contained in an NDS includes its proper name, its chemical name, details on its method of manufacturing and purification and its biological, pharmacological and toxicological properties. The NDS also gives information about the dosage form of the product including the quantitative listing of all ingredients used in the formulation, its method of manufacture, packaging and labelling, the results of stability tests, its diagnostic or therapeutic claims and side effects as well as details of the clinical studies to support the safety and efficacy of the product. All aspects of the NDS are critically reviewed by the HPFB. Where an NDS is found satisfactory and the manufacturing establishment(s) is found satisfactory a Notice of Compliance is issued permitting the substance to be sold.
The controls of a new product do not cease once it is on the market. For example, a manufacturer of a new product must report any new information received concerning serious side effects, including the failure of the product to produce desired effects. In addition, if it is determined to be in the interest of the public health, a Notice of Compliance for a new product may be suspended and the new product may be removed from the market.
The requirements for in vivo products outlined for Canada are similar to those in all major pharmaceutical markets and while the tests carried out for Canada are likely to be acceptable for all other countries, supplementary testing may be requested by individual regulatory authorities during their assessment of any submissions by the Company.
In the United States, a manufacturer must prepare and file an IND submission with the FDA before testing can begin on humans. An application contains a variety of information about the products, including the results of previous animal and human studies, the basic chemistry of the product and manufacturing information. The submission also provides details on the testing that is to be performed, including who will be performing the testing and where it will be performed. As in Canada, human studies are characterized as Phase I, Phase II or Phase III studies. Phase I studies focus on the safety profile of the product, Phase II seeks clues as to efficacy, and Phase III seeks to statistically confirm in larger trials the efficacy of the product.
After acceptance of the initial IND application, the manufacturer has certain reporting responsibilities to the FDA including the submission of yearly updates on the product's safety. As the testing progresses into Phases II and III, the focus shifts to the efficacy of the product and the clinical studies that will enable the manufacturer to receive FDA approval for the marketing of the product.
The process of completing clinical testing and obtaining regulatory approval for a new product is, in general, likely to take a number of years and require the expenditure of substantial resources. If an application is submitted, there can be no assurance that the HPFB or FDA will review and approve the marketing application in a timely manner. Even after initial approval has been obtained, further studies may be required by an agency to provide additional data or may be voluntarily conducted to gain approval for the use of a product as a treatment for clinical indications other than those for which the product was initially tested. Also, the HPFB and FDA require post-market surveillance programs to monitor a product's side effects. Results of post-marketing programs may limit or expand the further marketing of products. It is not possible to accurately predict the time required for new product approval or the extent of clinical testing and documentation that may be required by regulatory authorities. Any delays in obtaining, or failing to obtain, regulatory approvals would significantly delay the development of markets and the receipt of revenues from the sale of these products.
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In addition to the regulatory product approval framework, pharmaceutical companies are subject to regulation under provincial, state and federal law, including requirements regarding occupational safety, laboratory practices, the use, handling and disposition of radioactive materials, environmental protection and hazardous substance control, and may be subject to other present and future local, provincial, state, federal and foreign regulation, including possible future regulation of the biotechnology field.
Furthermore, even if required FDA approval has been obtained with respect to a product, foreign regulatory approval of a product must also be obtained prior to marketing the product internationally. Foreign approval procedures vary from country to country and the time required for approval may delay or prevent marketing. In certain instances our collaborative partners or we may seek approval to market and sell certain of our products outside of the U.S. before submitting an application for U.S. approval to the FDA. The regulatory procedures for approval of new pharmaceutical products vary significantly among foreign countries. The clinical testing requirements and the time required to obtain foreign regulatory approvals may differ from that required for FDA approval. Although there is now a centralized EU approval mechanism in place, each EU country may nonetheless impose our own procedures and requirements, many of which are time consuming and expensive, and some EU countries require price approval as part of the regulatory process. Thus, there can be substantial delays in obtaining required approval from both the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities after the relevant applications are filed, and approval in any single country may not be a meaningful indication that the product will thereafter be approved in another country.
The foreign regulatory approval process includes all of the risks associated with obtaining FDA approval set forth above, and approval by the FDA does not ensure approval by the health authorities of any other country, nor does the approval by foreign health authorities ensure approval by the FDA.
We presently have a licensed manufacturer and distributor in Mexico - Andromaco. We rely on Andromaco to complete, maintain and adhere to the required regulatory processes and procedures needed to manufacture and distribute our product in Mexico. Andromaco is a large pharmaceutical manufacturer in Mexico with more than 50 years of experience in manufacture, marketing and distribution of drugs. We will attempt to complete licensing and distribution arrangements in foreign countries and in the United States with larger, experienced organizations to ensure that regulatory processes and country-specific regulations are being observed and maintained.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
We conduct our research and development activities in house and through collaborative arrangements with universities, contract research organizations and independent consultants. We are also dependent upon third parties to conduct clinical studies, and to obtain FDA, Health Canada and other regulatory approvals. We conduct all of our fundamental research and development activities in Canada. We conduct animal testing, and other specialized research and development activities in various countries via third parties depending primarily on the most competitive pricing we can obtain. Until recently all of our research and development activities took place at our main offices in Canada. We have commenced research and development of our oncology initiatives in China via our 85% owned subsidiary AlphaRx International Holdings Limited.
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We anticipate incurring significant development expenditures in the future as we continue our efforts to develop our present technologies and new formulations and as we begin to research other technologies and to commence or expand clinical studies of certain products.
INSURANCE
We maintained product liability insurance until September 30, 2008 in the amount of CAD $1,000,000. As we no longer directly sell, market, or manufacture any products we determined that product liability insurance is no longer necessary. We have never had any adverse legal or other consequences from either Flexogan sales, nor from our Phase 1 and II clinical trials on Indaflex. Our licensees do have product liability insurance based on their commercial activities. Should we determine to commence direct sales or production of any of our products or product candidates, product liability insurance will be obtained accordingly. Any clinical trials require separate insurance coverage related specifically to those trials. We could still be indirectly subject to product liability claims.
We have property insurance coverage, materials in transit, kidnap and ransom, and business interruption insurance coverage. Although we deem the coverage amounts to be adequate to protect our interests, there is no assurance that the insurance coverage would be adequate to protect us against all potential liabilities. We do not carry directors and officers' liability insurance due to the prohibitive cost and limited coverage this insurance offers.
EMPLOYEES
We have six full time employees and two part time consultants on staff. None of our staff is represented by a collective bargaining agreement, nor have we experienced any work stoppage. We believe that our relations with our staff are good.
RISK FACTORS
We provide the following cautionary discussion of risks, uncertainties and possible inaccurate assumptions relevant to our business and our products. These are factors that we think could cause our actual results to differ materially from expected results. Other factors besides those listed here could also adversely affect us.
We have significant historical losses and may continue to incur losses in the future.
We have incurred annual operating losses since our inception. As a result, at September 30, 2008 we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $ 17,619,930. Our revenues for the years ended September 30, 2008 and September 30, 2007 were $97,499 and $170,441 respectively. Our revenues have not been sufficient to sustain our operations. Revenues for 2008 consisted of royalty revenues from one customer and in 2007 consisted of royalty revenues and consulting revenues. In order to achieve profitability our revenue streams will have to increase and there is no assurance that revenues can increase to such a level. We may never be profitable.
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We are subject to currency fluctuations, which may affect our results
The majority of our expenses and some of our debt are in Canadian dollars, while our revenues are primarily U.S. dollars. We also incur expenses in Hong Kong dollars related to our Far East subsidiaries. The fluctuation of the Canadian dollar and Hong Kong dollar vis a vis the U.S. dollar could materially impact our operating results and financial position.
We will require additional financing to sustain our operations, and our ability to secure additional financing is uncertain.
We may be unable to raise on acceptable terms, if at all, the substantial capital resources necessary to conduct our operations. If we are unable to raise the required capital, we may be forced to limit some or all of our research and development programs and related operations, curtail commercialization of our product candidates and, ultimately, cease operations. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:
continued scientific progress in our research programs;
progress with preclinical studies and clinical trials;
the magnitude and scope of our research and development programs;
our ability to establish corporate partnerships and licensing arrangements;
the time and costs involved in obtaining regulatory approvals;
the costs involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining,
defending and enforcing patent claims;
the potential need to develop, acquire or license new technologies and products;
the continued ability to source loans from our private lenders;
our efforts to sell and market our products through licensees, distributors and other partners; and
other factors beyond our control.
At September 30, 2008, we had a working capital deficiency of approximately $686,919 as compared to a working capital deficiency of $559,439 as at September 30, 2007. The independent auditors' report for the year ended September 30, 2008 includes an explanatory paragraph stating that our recurring losses from operations and working capital levels raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
We believe that satisfying our long-term capital requirements will require at least the successful commercialization of one of our over-the-counter health care products or one of our prescription drug candidates. Our products may never become commercially successful.
We are subject to industry and government regulation
All of our products, clinical trials, and certain research and development initiatives are regulated by Canadian health authorities, and if applicable, the FDA in the United States, and similar governing bodies in Mexico, China and elsewhere. Any changes in regulatory requirements, depth and breadth of clinical trials, provisions, statutes, or regulations could adversely impact the cost and duration of our research and development, product completion and related operations.
We face significant competition in the over-the-counter health care market.
The over-the-counter health care market is highly competitive and is characterized by the frequent introduction of new products, including the migration of prescription drugs to the over-the-counter market, often accompanied by major advertising and promotional support. These introductions may adversely affect our business, especially because we compete in categories in which product sales are highly influenced by advertising and promotions. Our competitors include large over-the-counter pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, consumer products companies such as Procter & Gamble Co., many of which have considerably greater financial and other resources than we do and are not as highly leveraged as we are. These competitors are thus better positioned to spend more on research and development, employ more aggressive pricing strategies, utilize greater purchasing power, build stronger vendor relationships and develop broader distribution channels than us. In addition, our competitors may use aggressive spending on trade promotions and advertising as a strategy for building market share, at the expense of their competitors, including us. If we are unable to introduce new and innovative products that are attractive to consumers, or are unable to allocate sufficient resources to effectively advertise and promote our products so that they achieve wide spread market acceptance, we may not be able to compete effectively, and our operating results and financial condition may be adversely affected.
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Our competitors may include large pharmaceutical companies with superior resources.
We are engaged in a rapidly changing and highly competitive field. To date, we have concentrated our efforts primarily on one pharmaceutical product -- Indaflex for treating osteoarthritis and other inflammatory indications. Like the market for any pharmaceutical product, the market for treating arthritis and these other indications has the potential for rapid, unpredictable and significant technological change. Competition is intense from specialized biotechnology companies, major pharmaceutical and chemical companies and universities and research institutions. We currently have no products approved for sale in the U.S. If we are successful in obtaining approval for one of our products, our future competitors will have substantially greater financial resources, research and development staffs and facilities, and regulatory experience than we do. Major companies in the field of osteoporosis treatment include Novartis, Wyeth, Merck, Eli Lilly, Aventis, and Procter & Gamble Co. Any one of these potential competitors could, at any time, develop products or a manufacturing process that could render our technology or products non-competitive or obsolete.
Our success depends upon our ability to protect our intellectual property rights.
We filed applications for U.S. patents relating to proprietary drug delivery technologies and formulations that we have invented in the course of our research. To date, three U.S. patents have been issued and other applications are pending. We have also made patent application filings in selected foreign countries. We face the risk that any of our pending applications will not issue as patents. In addition, our patents may be found to be invalid or unenforceable. Our business is also subject to the risk that our issued patents will not provide us with significant competitive advantages if, for example, a competitor were to independently develop or obtain similar or superior technologies. To the extent we are unable to protect our patents and patent applications, our investment in those technologies may not yield the benefits that we expect.
We also rely on trade secrets to protect our inventions. Our policy is to include confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations in all research contracts, joint development agreements and consulting relationships that provide access to our trade secrets and other know-how. However, parties with confidentiality obligations could breach their agreements causing us harm. If a confidentiality or non-disclosure obligation were to be breached, we may not have the financial resources necessary for a legal challenge. If licensees, consultants or other third parties use technological information independently developed by them or by others in the development of our products, disputes may arise from the use of this information and as to the ownership rights to products developed using this information. These disputes may not be resolved in our favour.
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We are not aware of infringing on any third party's patents, nor are we aware of any third party infringing on any of our patents or patent applications.
Our technology, clinical trials, or products could give rise to product liability claims.
Our business exposes us to the risk of product liability claims that are a part of human testing, manufacturing and sale of pharmaceutical products. The administration of drugs to humans, whether in clinical trials or commercially, can result in product liability claims even if our products are not actually at fault for causing an injury. Furthermore, our products may cause, or may appear to cause, adverse side effects or potentially dangerous drug interactions that we may not learn about or understand fully until the drug is actually manufactured and sold. Product liability claims can be expensive to defend and may result in large judgments against us. Even if a product liability claim is not successful, the adverse publicity, time, and expense involved in defending such a claim may interfere with our business. We may not have sufficient resources to defend against or satisfy these claims. Even though our licensees are required to have product liability insurance we may still be subject to product liability claims.
We may be unable to retain key employees or recruit additional qualified personnel.
Because of the specialized scientific nature of our business, we are highly dependent upon qualified scientific, technical, and managerial personnel. There is competition for qualified personnel in our business. Therefore, we may not be able to attract and retain the qualified personnel necessary for the development of our business. The loss of the services of existing personnel, as well as the failure to recruit additional key scientific, technical, and managerial personnel in a timely manner would harm our research and development programs and our business.
The market price of our Common Stock is volatile.
The market price of our Common Stock has been, and we expect it to continue to be, highly unstable. Factors, including our announcement of technological improvements or announcements by other companies, regulatory matters, research and development activities, new or existing products or procedures, signing or termination of licensing agreements, concerns about our financial condition, operating results, litigation, government regulation, developments or disputes relating to agreements, patents or proprietary rights, and public concern over the safety of activities or products have had a significant impact on the market price of our stock. We expect such factors to continue to impact our market price for the foreseeable future.
Our Common Stock is classified as a "penny stock" under SEC rules which may make it more difficult for our stockholders to resell our Common Stock.
Our Common Stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board. As a result, the holders of our Common Stock may find it more difficult to obtain accurate quotations concerning the market value of the stock. Stockholders also may experience greater difficulties in attempting to sell the stock than if it was listed on a stock exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq Small-Cap Market. Because AlphaRx Common Stock is not traded on a stock exchange or on Nasdaq, and the market price of the Common Stock is less than $5.00 per share, the Common Stock is classified as a "penny stock." Rule 15g-9 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers that recommend the purchase or sale of penny stocks to persons other than those who qualify as an "established customer" or an "accredited investor." This includes the requirement that a broker-dealer must make a determination that investments in penny stocks are suitable for the customer and must make special disclosures to the customer concerning the risks of penny stocks. Application of the penny stock rules to our Common Stock could adversely affect the market liquidity of the shares, which in turn may affect the ability of holders of our Common Stock to resell the stock.
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We have a significant number of options and warrants outstanding that could be exercised in the future. Subsequent resales of these and other shares could cause the Company's stock price to decline. This could also make it more difficult to raise funds at acceptable levels, via future securities offerings.
Lack of Independent Directors
We cannot guarantee that our Board of Directors will have a majority of independent directors in the future. In the absence of a majority of independent directors, our executive officers, which are also principal stockholders and directors, could establish policies and enter into transactions without independent review and approval thereof. This could present the potential for a conflict of interest between the Company and its stockholders generally and the controlling officers, stockholders or directors.
Ownership of our Common Stock by Current Officers and Directors
The present officers and directors own approximately 26.58% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, and are therefore no longer in a position to elect all of our Directors and otherwise control the Company. Any single shareholder or the management group as a whole can no longer control the Company. Shareholders have no cumulative voting rights. (See Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management)
Item 2. Description of Property
We lease approximately 2,930 square feet in Markham, Ontario, on a month-to-month basis and are presently negotiating for a long term (1-5 years) lease at the same premises. Present leasing costs are approximately $2,600 a month. We believe that our existing properties are sufficient for our administrative, research and development needs for the foreseeable future.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
There are no legal proceedings either against or in favor of the Company at the present time.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At our Annual General Meeting held November 26, 2008 our shareholders voted in favour of re-electing the board of directors, re-appointing Schwartz Levitsky Feldman LLP as our auditors and revising the stock option incentive plan for our employees, directors and advisors. Details of the Stock Option Incentive Plan are described below.
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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
MARKET INFORMATION
Our Common Stock is traded over-the-counter and its quotations are carried in the Electronic Bulletin Board of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
The following table sets forth the range of high and low bid quotations for our Common Stock for the periods indicated from sources we deem reliable.
High $ |
Low $ | ||
Fourth Quarter |
(Ended September 30, 2008) |
0.11 |
0.06 |
Third Quarter |
(Ended June 30, 2008) |
0.15 |
0.05 |
Second Quarter |
(Ended March 31, 2008) |
0.26 |
0.11 |
First Quarter |
(Ended December 31, 2007) |
0.28 |
0.08 |
Fourth Quarter |
(Ended September 30, 2007) |
0.10 |
0.05 |
Third Quarter |
(Ended June 30, 2007) |
0.12 |
0.04 |
Second Quarter |
(Ended March 31, 2007) |
0.15 |
0.08 |
First Quarter |
(Ended December 31, 2006) |
0.10 |
0.07 |
The foregoing quotations reflect inter-dealer prices without retail mark-up, markdown or commissions and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
Records of our stock transfer agent indicate that as of December 18, 2008 there were approximately 78 record holders of our Common Stock. This does not include an indeterminate number of shareholders who may hold their shares in "street name" or in nominee form.
DIVIDENDS
We have never declared any cash dividends and do not anticipate paying such dividends in the near future. We anticipate all earnings, if any, over the next twelve (12) to twenty - four (24) months will be retained for working capital purposes. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will be dependent upon our results of operations, financial conditions, contractual restrictions, and other factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors. We are under no contractual restrictions in declaring or paying dividends to our common shareholders.
The future sale of presently outstanding "unregistered" and "restricted" Common Stock of the Company by present members of management and persons who own more than five percent of the outstanding voting securities of the Company may have an adverse effect on the public market for our Common Stock.
STOCK OPTION PLANS
Under the 2000 Stock Option Plan we issued 1,150,000 options to purchase shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $0.10 per share. Of these options, 700,000 were exercised on December 27, 2007. The remaining 450,000 options were cancelled with the agreement of the option holders immediately thereafter.
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Under the 2003 Stock Option Plan we issued 570,000 options to purchase shares of Common Stock with exercise prices ranging from $0.50 - $0.69 per share. These options were cancelled on December 28, 2007 with the agreement of the option holders.
Under the 2004 Stock Option Plan approved by our stockholders in July 2004, 24,000,000 shares of Common Stock were made available as options. Of these options, 2,730,000 were exercised on December 27, 2007. We cancelled 6,640,000 options on December 28, 2007 with the agreement of the option holders. Finally, 460,000 options expired on February 10, 2008. There remain 14,170,000 options exercisable at present at an exercise price ranging from $0.15 - $0.16 per share.
Under the 2006 Option Plan approved by our stockholders in March 2006, 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock were made available as options. On January 3, 2007 we issued options to purchase up to 90,000 shares of Common Stock to consultants of the Company. These options have an exercise price of $0.10, vest 100% on November 10, 2007 and expire on January 3, 2012.
At the Annual General Meeting of stockholders held on November 26, 2008 a majority of stockholders approved a new stock option plan -the 2008 Stock Incentive Plan. This plan is generally more restrictive than the preceding plans were. Major amendments to the existing plans reflected in the 2008 Stock Incentive Plan include: (i) combining the 2004 and 2006 Plans for ease of administration; (ii) providing a cap for the number of options to be issued at 22,000,000; (iii) providing guidelines for exercise prices such that the exercise price of any newly granted option is never less than the market value or in the case of a 10%+ holder, never less than 110% of the market value on the date of grant; (iv) providing for a maximum term of 5 years for any option granted; (v) provide for a vesting schedule whereby vesting must occur over at least 18 months with no more than 1/6th of the options granted vesting in any 3 month period; (vi) providing for the maximum number of options to be granted to any one individual in any 12 month period to be no more than 5% of the issued and outstanding common stock, and (vii) providing for a maximum number of options to be granted to any Investor Relations party to be no more than 2% of the issued and outstanding common stock.
No options were granted during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 and no options have been granted since that time. There are 14,260,000 options issued an outstanding none of which are in the money at the present time.
RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
On November 14, 2007 we issued 5,000,000 units consisting of 5,000,000 shares of unregistered Common Stock and warrants to purchase 5,000,000 shares of unregistered Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.10. We received gross proceeds of $500,000 before commission of 5% or $25,000. The warrants are exercisable at $0.10 per share and expire on December 31, 2009.
In the interest of increased transparency we also issued the following registered shares of Common Stock during the year ended September 30, 2008:
On December 27, 2007 officers, directors and consultants exercised options to purchase 3,430,000 shares of Common Stock at an average exercise price of $0.08 per share;
Also on December 27, 2007 Michael Lee (CEO) exercised warrants to purchase 1,862,228 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share;
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On February 28, 2008 warrants to purchase 875,000 shares of Common Stock were exercised at a price of $0.10 per share. All of the above mentioned shares are subject to regulatory restrictions as to resale.
ITEM 6. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and Notes included in Item 8 of this report. Except for the historical information contained herein the foregoing discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements discussed herein.
General
AlphaRx is a drug delivery company specializing in the development of innovative therapeutic products for the pharmaceutical and consumer health care market. Our core competence is in the development of novel drug formulations for therapeutic molecules or compounds that have exhibited poor gastro intestinal absorption due to poor solubility or have yet be administrable to the human body with an acceptable delivery method. Our drug delivery system is versatile and offers significant flexibility in the development of suitable dosage formulations. Our delivery systems can be adopted to administer drugs orally, topically, or parenterally in order to meet the requirements of specific drug molecules.
Please refer to the table under Product Pipeline, Item 1 for the current status of our product research and development activities.
The costs incurred for each of these initiatives to date cannot be readily determined because (i) there is no clear distinction between initiatives in order to be able to differentiate between them; (ii) all initiatives have a common goal and that is to adopt our Bioadhesive Colloidal Dispersion (BCD) drug delivery system to the specific drug in order to improve that drug's effectiveness; and (iii) we do not maintain a time control system to differentiate research and development activities.
The nature, timing and estimated costs to complete a project and anticipated completion dates cannot be estimated because: (i) the nature of research is experimental and we could encounter unforeseen situations which could significantly delay project completion or require us to abandon the project; (ii) timing to complete a project depends, to a certain extent, on financial resources and we cannot predict with any degree of certainty that financial resources will be available when needed to complete any specific project and (iii) cost estimates cannot be predicted with any acceptable degree of accuracy due to unforeseen issues arising during the clinical stages or the approval stages of any specific initiative.
If we cannot complete our research and development initiatives on a timely basis consequences to our operations could be significant to the point where the initiative would be delayed or even abandoned. We would also face the risk of competitors developing the same or similar products and being first to market. Finally, our failure to develop products on a timely basis could substantially impair our ability to generate revenues and materially harm our financial position.
We cannot predict the timing of material net cash inflows from significant projects due to a number of factors including (i) availability of financial resources required to market a new product, (ii) our lack of experience in bringing a new product to market successfully and gaining market share; (iii) competitors' products and the nature and timing of their marketing initiatives.
We intend to continue investing in the further development of our drug delivery technologies and to actively seek collaborators and licensees to accelerate the development and commercialization of products incorporating our drug delivery systems. Depending upon a variety of factors, including collaborative arrangements, available personnel and financial resources, we will conduct or fund clinical trials on such products and will undertake the associated regulatory activities.
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Recent Developments
We entered into a feasibility and option agreement with Gaia Biopharma Limited, a privately held, early stage biopharmaceutical company, during October 2008. Under the agreement we will use our proprietary nano drug delivery platforms to formulate two injectable products. Should development and commercialization of these product candidates proceed beyond the formulation stage, we could earn development and sales milestones as well as royalties based on net sales.
We entered into a co-development agreement with a US publicly traded company during October 2008 whereby we have been tasked to develop a novel drug formulation using our proprietary drug delivery technology. The company will have an exclusive option period to complete a commercialization agreement with Us within six months of completion of the formulation. The extent and duration of consulting services for the initial phase have been finalized and work has commenced on the formulation. There is no assurance that any further consulting services or any other form of revenues will materialize with this company.
One of our most promising drug candidates is Zysolin that uses an inhalable version of the drug Tobramycin (an antibiotic used to treat Gram-negative bacteria) to treat Gram-negative pneumonia. We have completed animal testing on Zysolin and are in the process of preparing protocols for Phase I/II human trials. We have completed safety and efficacy testing on Streptomycin (a drug used to treat tuberculosis) and are seeking collaborative partner(s) to initiate human trials on this product candidate. We continue to test formulations and conduct research on Vansolin (MRSA- pneumonia) and Streptomycin (tuberculosis). The delivery route for all of the above product candidates is Intravenous (I.V.) or Intratracheal (I.T.). Our objectives for the remainder of this fiscal year include:
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Complete pre-clinical studies of Zysolin and prepare protocol for Phase I/II human trials;
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Initiate Phase I human trials for Zysolin.
During March 2008 Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (Cypress) completed the acquisition of our partner Proprius Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Propius). Proprius has development and commercialization rights for Indaflex our topical cream for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. Additional funding is now available through Cypress in order to further Phase II and III human trials for Indaflex and continue the FDA application process. Under the terms of our agreement, Proprius will undertake completion of clinical trials for Indaflex and will have exclusive global rights (except for Asia and Mexico) to sell and or sublicense Indaflex and any successor NSAID products developed by us. Should clinical trials for Indaflex be successful and sales commence, we will receive clinical trial completion milestone payments and sales milestone payments including a milestone payment of $3 million for the successful completion of the Phase II trials. In addition to the milestone payments, we will receive royalty payments on sales of Indaflex by Proprius, its affiliates and its sublicensees. There are no assurances or guarantees that Proprius and or Cypress will continue with human trials of Indaflex.
Our 85% owned subsidiary AlphaRx International Holdings Ltd. (AIH), through its wholly-owned subsidiary AlphaRx Life Sciences Ltd. has commenced several research initiatives in China and is responsible for the commercialization of Indaflex in China.
We suspended application to have the Company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture Market during October 2008 due to market conditions and our stock price among other factors. Should market conditions improve in the future we may consider re-applying for this listing. There is no assurance that we will re-apply for this listing or that we will obtain the listing, once applied for.
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Overview of Results of Operations
The following tables summarize the results of operations for the years ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 and the quarterly results of operations for the past two years:
Year Ended September 30 |
2008 $ |
2007 $ |
Net Sales |
97,499 |
170,441 |
Net Loss |
(1,335,457) |
(1,750,236) |
Net Loss Per Share |
(0.01) |
(0.03) |
Three Months Ended |
Sep 30 2008 $ |
June 30 2008 $ |
Mar 31 2008 $ |
Dec 31 2007 $ |
Sep 30 2007 $ |
Jun 30 2007 $ |
Mar 31 2007 $ |
Dec 31 2006 $ |
Net Sales |
16,326 |
46,798 |
17,243 |
17,132 |
95,891 |
35,856 |
27,365 |
11,329 |
Net Loss |
(59,252) |
(293,761) |
(397,255) |
(585,189) |
(227,583) |
(462,236) |
(469,640) |
(590,777) |
Net Loss per Share(1) |
(0.01) |
(0.01) |
(0.01) |
(0.01) |
(0.01) |
(0.01) |
(0.01) |
(0.01) |
NOTE (1) Net Loss per share on a quarterly basis may not equal net Loss per share for the six-month periods due to rounding.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to year ended September 30, 2007
Revenues
Revenues totalled $97,499 for the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $170,441 generated for the year ended September 30, 2007, a decrease of $72,942 or about 43%. Royalties from Andromaco based on Indaflex sales in Mexico increased to $97,499 from $81,602 generated for the same period a year ago based on increased sales of Indaflex. Royalties from our joint venture AlphaAP Inc. ceased as our joint venture partner is no longer pursuing sales of Flexogan in the Asia region. Finally we did not generate any consulting revenues during the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $76,000 generated a year ago. We anticipate generating both royalty revenues and consulting revenues in the new fiscal year.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $753,118 for the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $1,023,684 incurred for the same period a year ago, a decrease of $270,566 or about 26%.
Warrant amortization was $197,795 for the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $318,718 in 2006, a decrease of $120,923 or about 38%. There are no further amounts remaining to be amortized related to warrants or options as at September 30, 2008. We anticipate issuance of additional options and warrants in the future, which will continue to result in stock based compensation expense and may result in warrant amortization expense.
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General and administrative salary and consulting fees totalled $198,723 for the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $283,774 incurred for the same period a year ago, a decrease of $85,051 or about 30%. The decrease stems from salary reductions and reduced consulting efforts. Head count remains static in administration category with 3 full time and 1 part time staff.
We recovered $120,000 in previously incurred financial consulting expenses, thereby reducing general and administrative expenses by the same amount. There were no comparable recoveries in the previous year.
We incurred $117,135 in investor relations expenses for the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $67,078 incurred in the same period a year ago, an increase of $50,057 or about 75%. We also incurred $124,380 in expenses pursuant to an application to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture market, with no comparable expenses in the previous year.
We realized $15,694 in foreign exchange gains during the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to a foreign exchange loss of $136,558 incurred during the same period a year ago, a decrease of $152,252.
Non-salary administrative expenses incurred in China totalled $53,237 for the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $26,980 incurred in the same period a year ago, an increase of $26,257 or about 97%. The increase was primarily a result of $18,089 in increased travel expenses during 2008 as compared to fiscal 2007.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses include costs for scientific personnel, supplies, equipment, outsourced clinical and other research activities, consultants, and other costs directly related to research and development of new and existing products. We are incurring research and development expenses in Canada via our wholly owned subsidiary AlphaRx Canada Ltd. and to a lesser degree in China.
We incurred $583,195 in research and development expenses during the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $727,046 incurred in the same period a year ago, a decrease of $143,851 or about 20%. The decrease stems primarily from a reduction of $179,134 in research and development expenses incurred in China during fiscal 2008 as compared to fiscal 2007.
During 2008 we incurred research and development expenses related to completing animal testing with Zysolin™, as well as continued research and development with Vancomycin, Tobramycin, Gentamycin and Doxycycline.
During 2007 we incurred research and development expenses related to various initiatives including clinical animal trials with Vansolin™ and Zysolin used for serious infections such as lung inflammation and nosocomial pneumonia, Dicloflex™, an eye-drop formula used to treat ocular inflammation and pain, and ARX828, an orally-administered, potent and selective inhibitor of iNOS (Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase).
We anticipate continued spending on research and development in the future. The degree and pace of expenditures will depend primarily on financial resources available to us.
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Sales and Marketing Expenses
We did not incur any sales and marketing expenses for the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $3,750 incurred in the same period a year ago. Our marketing efforts may increase in the future as our product candidates approach Phase I and Phase II testing. Our marketing efforts will focus on sourcing a licensee, collaborative partner or other arrangements in order to complete clinical trials and commercialize our product candidates.
Depreciation Expense
Depreciation expense totalled $78,269 for the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $92,279 incurred for the same period a year ago, a decrease of $14,010 or about 15%. Our capital asset purchases were $10,141 and $6,289 for the years ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 respectively. Fully depreciated assets no longer attracting depreciation expense more than offset the additional depreciation expense stemming from capital asset purchases.
Interest Expense
We incurred $35,857 in net interest expense during 2008 as a result of our borrowings and the issuance of promissory notes yielding interest ranging from 10% - 12% per annum. This compares to $122,600 incurred during 2007. To reduce interest expense in 2008, we converted $1,169,793 in promissory notes into shares of Common Stock of the Company during September 2007. We also used the proceeds from a private placement completed during November 2007 to repay all outstanding debt as of December 31, 2007. Further borrowings from January to September, 2008 resulted in the interest expense incurred. We will continue to seek funding in the form of Promissory Notes which will cause interest expense to be incurred.
Minority Interest
We issued 1,500 shares of our subsidiary's Common Stock (AlphaRx International Holdings Limited AIH) to New Super Limited (NSL) in June, 2006 in exchange for a cash infusion of $HK 10 million (about $1,288,826). There are presently 10,000 shares of Common Stock of AIH issued and outstanding, of which we own 85%. In accordance with SAB No. 51, we have accounted for the issuance of our subsidiary's stock as a capital transaction. A minority interest credit of $15,362 for the year ended September 30, 2008 ($44,297 for the year ended September 30, 2007) has resulted in a corresponding reduction of our consolidated expenses, this amount representing NSL's portion of AIH's loss.
Loss before Discontinued Operations
The above income and expenses resulted in a loss before discontinued operations of $1,337,578 for the year ending September 30, 2008 as compared to a net loss of $1,754,621 incurred for the same period a year ago.
Discontinued Operations
We determined to discontinue direct sales during 2006 of Flexogan because: (a) we were not able to source a qualified marketing partner to take over direct sales of Flexogan; (b) we did not have adequate financial resources or expertise to market Flexogan on a longer term basis, and (c) we concluded there was a better overall opportunity for success if we focused on drug development and enhancement while allowing our partners and potential partners to market our products in return for royalties and, or license fees.
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The gain from operations of discontinued component, representing sales of Flexogan, was $2,121 for the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $4,385 for the same period a year ago, a reduction of $2,264 or about 52%. Direct sales of Flexogan have now ceased entirely.
Net Loss
Including the loss from discontinued operations and all other expense and income items described above, we incurred a net loss of $1,335,457 for the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to a net loss of $1,750,236 for the year ended September 30, 2007.
Cumulative Translation Adjustment
The cumulative translation adjustment stems from unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses stemming from translation of foreign currency subsidiaries into U.S. dollars. Although the cumulative translation adjustment is reflected in the statement of operations, it is reflected after the net loss and flows into shareholders' equity directly. The cumulative translation adjustment was $95 for the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $1,280 for the year ended September 30, 2007.
Year ended September 30, 2007 as compared to year ended September 30, 2006
Consulting Revenue
We completed our provision of services during fiscal 2007 in conjunction with a feasibility and option agreement for three of our formulas with a pharmaceutical company, generating $76,000 in consulting revenue, with no comparable revenues generated for the same period a year ago.
License Fees and Royalties
License fees and royalties totalled $81,602 for the year ended September 30, 2007 derived from sales of Indaflex via Farmaceutica Andromaco, S.A. de C.V. (Andromaco) in Mexico. This compares to $24,774 derived for the year ended September 30, 2006. We also generated initial milestone license payments during 2006 in the amount of $1,000,000 from Proprius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. with no comparable milestones earned in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007. We continue to work with Proprius Pharmaceutical Inc. in determining the nature and extent of the next clinical trials to initiate in relation to Indaflex ™.
Royalties from Joint Venture
We generated $12,839 in royalties from our joint venture Alpha AP Inc. during the year ended September 2007 with no comparable royalties generated for the same period a year ago.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $1,023,684 for the year ended September 30, 2007 as compared to $1,944,910 incurred for the same period a year ago, a decrease of $921,226 or about 47%. Stock based compensation expense totalled $15,752 for the year ended September 30, 2007 as compared to $717,117 for the year ended September 30, 2006, a decrease of $701,365 or about 98%. The majority of options issued by the Company were fully vested during 2006 (22,430,000), and only 3,290,000 options vested in October 2007 (the majority of the stock compensation expense for these options was therefore also incurred in fiscal 2006 causing the reduction in this expense year over year).
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Warrant amortization was $318,718 for the year ended September 30, 2007 as compared to $251,720 in 2006, an increase of $66,998 or about 27%. There remains about $66,000 in warrant amortization to be expensed in fiscal 2008 and no further stock based compensation expense related to options outstanding as at September 30, 2007. We anticipate issuance of additional options and warrants in the future, which will continue to result in stock based compensation expense and may result in warrant amortization expense.
We incurred about $14,000 in expenses related to discontinued operations during 2007 as compared to about $197,000 in the year ended September 30, 2006, a decrease of about $183,000. Expenses related to discontinued operations (sales of Flexogan in Canada) will be nominal in the future.
We incurred about $141,000 in administrative expenses during the year, in relation to AlphaRx International Holdings Limited and AlphaRx Life Sciences Ltd., our 85% owned subsidiaries operating out of China as compared to about $194,000 incurred during 2006, a decrease of about $53,000. We incurred $214,905 in administrative consulting and salaries during 2007 as compared to $265,286 incurred in the same period a year ago, a decrease of $50,381 or about 19%.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses include costs for scientific personnel, supplies, equipment, outsourced clinical and other research activities, consultants, and other costs directly related to research and development of new and existing products. We are incurring research and development expenses both in China via our 85% owned subsidiary AlphaRx Life Sciences Ltd. and in Canada via our wholly owned subsidiary AlphaRx Canada Ltd.
During 2007 we incurred research and development expenses related to various initiatives including clinical animal trials with Vansolin™ and Zysolin™ used for serious infections such as lung inflammation and nosocomial pneumonia, Dicloflex™, an eye-drop formula used to treat ocular inflammation and pain, and ARX828, an orally-administered, potent and selective inhibitor of iNOS (Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase).
We incurred a total of $727,046 in research and development during 2007 as compared to $1,417,700 incurred during the year ago period, a decrease of about $690,654 or about 49%. During 2006 we incurred about $994,000 related to Indaflex clinical trials with no comparable expense during 2007. Effective April 2006 all costs related to Indaflex clinical trials and commercialization are being borne by Proprius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in return for full commercialization and sub-licensing rights in the U.S and other regions.
Offsetting the decrease in research and development related to Indaflex, we incurred about $205,000 in research and development in China during 2007 as compared to $9,995 during 2006, an increase of about $194,970. We are utilizing more competitive resources in Asia in the drug research fields as compared to North American costs and will continue to pursue cost effective development of our drug candidates and commercial potential in China and other regions.
We incurred $166,591 in research and development consulting fees in North America for the year ended September 30, 2007 as compared to about $77,355 during 2006 for non-Indaflex initiatives, an increase of $89,236 or about 115%.
We anticipate continued spending on research and development in the future. The degree and pace of expenditures will depend primarily on financial resources available to us.
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Sales and Marketing Expenses
Sales and marketing expenses totalled $3,750 for the year ended September 30, 2007 as compared to $94,140 incurred during the same period a year ago, a decrease of $90,390 or about 96%. We are focusing our resources on research and development of drug candidates and are not actively marketing any of our products or potential products. We have sales arrangements in place for the payment of commissions but only in the event of receipt of milestone payments from our license arrangements.
Sales commissions will continue in future, based on collection of license fee milestones. We also expect to continue business development expenditures, and sales consulting based on opportunities available to us. We no longer intend to incur expenses related to marketing of our products, as our existing and future business partners and licensees will be involved in the selling of our products, and related marketing expenditures.
Depreciation Expense
Depreciation expense totalled $92,279 for the year ended September 30, 2007 as compared to $74,307 incurred for the same period a year ago, an increase of $17,973 or about 24%. Our capital asset purchases were $6,289 for the year ended September 30, 2007. Capital asset purchases during 2006, primarily scientific research equipment, in the amount of $124,011 experienced a full year of depreciation during 2007, leading to the increase in depreciation expense as compared to 2006, when they experienced only a six-month depreciation expense.
Interest Expense
We incurred $122,600 in net interest expense during 2007 as a result of our borrowings and the issuance of promissory notes yielding interest ranging from 10% - 12% per annum. This compares to $67,410 incurred during 2006. To mitigate future interest expense, we converted $1,169,793 in promissory notes into shares of Common Stock of the Company during September 2007.
Minority Interest
We issued 1,500 shares of our subsidiary's Common Stock (AlphaRx International Holdings Limited AIH) to New Super Limited (NSL) in June, 2006 in exchange for a cash infusion of $HK 10 million (about $1,288,826). There are presently 10,000 shares of Common Stock of AIH issued and outstanding, of which we own 85%. In accordance with SAB No. 51, we have accounted for the issuance of our subsidiary's stock as a capital transaction. A minority interest credit of $44,297 for the year ended September 30, 2007 ($33,316 for the year ended September 30, 2006) has resulted in a corresponding reduction of our consolidated expenses, this amount representing NSL's portion of AIH's loss.
Loss before Discontinued Operations
The above income and expenses resulted in a loss before discontinued operations of $1,754,621 for the year ending September 30, 2007 as compared to a net loss of $2,540,377 incurred for the same period a year ago.
Discontinued Operations
We determined to discontinue direct sales during 2006 of Flexogan because: (a) we were not able to source a qualified marketing partner to take over direct sales of Flexogan; (b) we did not have adequate financial resources or expertise to market Flexogan on a longer term basis, and (c) we concluded there was a better overall opportunity for success if we focused on drug development and enhancement while allowing our partners and potential partners to market our products in return for royalties and, or license fees.
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Net Income from discontinued operations, representing sales of Flexogan was $4,385 for the year ended September 30, 2007 as compared to $18,084 for the same period a year ago, a reduction of $13,700 or about 76%. Direct sales of Flexogan will be nominal in the future.
Net Loss
Including the loss from discontinued operations and all other expense and income items described above, we incurred a net loss of $1,750,236 for the year ended September 30, 2007 as compared to a net loss of $2,522,293 for the year ended September 30, 2006.
Cumulative Translation Adjustment
The cumulative translation adjustment stems from unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses stemming from translation of foreign currency subsidiaries into U.S. dollars. Although the cumulative translation adjustment is reflected in the statement of operations, it is reflected after the net loss and flows into shareholders' equity directly. The cumulative translation adjustment was $1,280 for the year ended September 30, 2007 as compared to $5,329 for the year ended September 30, 2006.
Liquidity And Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2008 the Company had a working capital deficiency of $686,919 as compared to a working capital deficiency of $559,439 as at September 30, 2007. We have licensing arrangements with Andromaco and Proprius Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which provide our royalty and licensing revenues based on achieving milestones and/or sales of our products. We also generate certain consulting revenues from time to time in conjunction with our research and development. We continue to seek out licensing and royalty arrangements and distribution arrangements with established and experienced partners in order to expand our revenue base.
Immediate capital needs are sourced via directors' loans and other private sources. Since inception, we have financed operations primarily from the issuance of Common Stock. We expect to continue Common Stock issuances and issuance of promissory notes to fund our ongoing activities.
We currently do not have sufficient resources to complete the commercialization of all of our proposed products or to carry out our entire business strategy. Therefore, we will need to raise additional capital to fund our operations sometime in the future. We cannot be certain that any financing will be available when needed. Any additional equity financings will be dilutive to our existing shareholders, and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants on our business and also the issuance of warrants or conversion features which may further dilute our existing shareholders.
We expect to continue to spend capital on:
1. research and development programs;
2. preclinical studies and clinical trials;
3. regulatory processes; and
4. sales and marketing activities, but unrelated to direct sales.
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The amount of capital we may need will depend on many factors, including:
1. the progress, timing and scope of our research and development programs;
2. the progress, timing and scope of our preclinical studies and clinical trials;
3. the time and cost necessary to obtain regulatory approvals;
4. the time and cost necessary to establish licensing and similar marketing arrangements in order to generate royalty and license fee revenues;
5. the time and cost necessary to respond to technological and market developments; and
6. new collaborative, licensing and other commercial relationships that we may establish.
The inability to raise capital would have a material adverse effect on the Company.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off balance sheet arrangements that are material and which, in our opinion, could become material in the future.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
Excluding accounts payable and accrued liabilities, the Company is committed to the following contractual obligations and commitments.
2009 |
2010 | |
Operating Lease Obligations |
$ 24,232 |
$2,062 |
Notes Payable (1) |
403,665 |
- |
Total |
$ 427,897 |
$2,062 |
(1) These notes are unsecured and include accrued interest accruing at rates ranging from 10% -12% per annum.
Certain Factors that may Affect Future Results
Certain of the information contained in this document constitutes forward-looking statements, including but not limited to those with respect to the future revenues, our development strategy, 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 such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the risks and uncertainties associated with a drug delivery company including a history of net losses, unproven technology, lack of manufacturing experience, current and potential competitors with significant technical and marketing resources, need for future capital and dependence on collaborative partners and on key personnel. Additionally, we are subject to the risks and uncertainties associated with all drug delivery companies, including compliance with government regulations and the possibility of patent infringement litigation, as well as those factors disclosed in our documents filed from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2008 AND 2007
The financial statements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 and 2007, required by Item 7 are set forth on pages F-1 through F-18.
ITEM 8. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Not applicable
ITEM 8A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The Company's chief executive officer and the Company's chief financial officer and principal accounting officer are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures for the Company.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Based on their evaluation as of September 30, 2008, the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer and principal accounting officer have concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-14(c) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that the Company files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Changes in Internal Controls
The chief executive officer and the chief financial officer and principal accounting officer have concluded that there were no significant changes in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting or in any other areas that could significantly affect the Company's internal controls subsequent to the date of their most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
ITEM 8B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
PART III
Item 9. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons; Compliance with Section 16(a) Of The Exchange Act
The following table sets forth, as of December 12, 2008, the name, age, and position of each of our executive officers and directors:
Name | Age | Position | Term |
Michael M. Lee | 45 | Chairman of the Board of Directors | |
Chief Executive Officer | since 8/8/1997 | ||
Marcel Urbanc, C.A. | 52 | Chief Financial Officer and | |
Principal Accounting Officer |
Joseph Schwarz, Ph.D | 54 | Chief Scientist | |
Michael Weisspapir, MD, Ph.D | 52 | Chief Medical Officer | |
Sandro Persia | 38 | Secretary/Treasurer | |
Dr. David Milroy | 57 | Director | since 4/15/2003 |
Dr. Ford Moore | 57 | Director | Since 4/15/2003 |
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Michael M. Lee: Mr. Lee is a founder of the Company. Mr. Lee has over 15 years of business experience in the areas of high tech development, marketing and corporate finance. Mr. Lee holds a B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Western Ontario. Mr Lee founded the company in August 1997.
Marcel Urbanc, C.A.: Mr. Urbanc obtained his Chartered Accountant designation in 1985 after articling with Arthur Andersen & Co. for 3 years. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Urbanc served as Controller and then VP Finance & CFO of Oasis Technology Ltd., a software company involved in transaction processing from 1994 to 2002. During his tenure at Oasis private equity funding of approximately $45,000,000 was raised. Mr Urbanc has been with the company since March 2003.
Joseph Schwarz, Ph.D.: Dr. Schwarz is our chief scientist. Dr. Schwarz has extensive experience in the research and development of controlled release drug delivery systems, his areas of expertise cover controlled delivery of drugs, colloidal and microcorpusculate drug delivery systems, submicron emulsions (SME), transdermal delivery (topical and systemic). Dr. Schwarz has published more than 40 articles in various scientific journals and has written over 20 patents and patent applications. Dr. Schwarz was the senior scientist at Pharmos Ltd., a publicly traded U.S. pharmaceuticals company from 1991 to 1995. From 1995 to 1997 he was the senior scientist in the research and development department of TEVA Pharmaceuticals Ltd. From 1997 to 1998, Dr. Schwarz was the senior scientist of D-PHARM, a pharmaceuticals concern located in Israel. From 1998 to 1999 Dr. Schwarz served as a part time consultant to the Company and has been with the company since that time.
Michael Weisspapir, M.D., Ph.D.: Dr. Weisspapir has 19 years of successful experience in experimental medicine and extensive experience in interdisciplinary research and development in experimental pharmacology, immunopharmacology, toxicology and neuroscience. Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Weisspapir held a variety of research positions at the University of Tel Aviv and Rabin Medical Center, Israel and the University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada.
Sandro Persia: Mr. Persia joined Logic Tech Corp. in 1989 as Marketing Manager and promoted to Vice President in 1996. Mr. Persia has extensive business experience in high tech marketing and sales. Mr. Persia holds a diploma in business administration from the Seneca College.
David Milroy, D.D.S. M.R.C.D. (C): Dr. Milroy is a Certified Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon and has been in private practice in Richmond Hill, Woodbridge, and Port Hope, Ontario for the past twenty years. He graduated from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1976 and a Residency in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Toronto, Toronto General and Toronto Doctor's Hospitals in 1982.
Ford Moore, D.D.S. F.R.C.D. (C): Dr. Moore is a certified Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, is engaged in a full-time private practice in Newmarket, Ontario that he established in 1981. Dr. Moore graduated from the University of Toronto with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1976, and completed a hospital Residency in Oral Surgery and Anesthesia at Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Doctor's Hospital and the University of Toronto in 1980.
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All directors will hold office until the next annual stockholder's meeting and until their successors have been elected or qualified or until their death, resignation, retirement, removal, or disqualification. Vacancies on the board will be filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors. Officers of the Company serve at the discretion of the board of directors.
Compensation of Directors
Our two non-management directors did not receive any compensation for the year ended September 30, 2008 as compared to annual fees of CAD $6,250 ($3,125 per director) for the year ended September 30, 2007. Directors are reimbursed for direct out-of-pocket expenses for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors and for expenses incurred for and on behalf of the Company.
Board of Directors Committees
We were not able to attract an independent director with financial experience to sit on our board or our audit committee. The two independent board members who sat on the audit committee had no financial experience. It was determined that the audit committee be disbanded until appropriate qualified independent directors can be located. Based on the size of the organization six full time employees, and 2 part time consultants, effective controls over financial reporting and internal financial controls can still be effectively maintained without an audit committee.
The board of directors has not yet established a compensation committee.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires directors, officers and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file reports of ownership and change in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Directors, officers and greater than 10% shareholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
Based solely upon our review of the copies of such forms that we received during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008, we believe that each person who at any time during the fiscal year was a director, officer, or beneficial owner of more than ten percent of our Common Stock complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements during such fiscal year.
CODE OF ETHICS
We have not adopted a formal code of ethics at this time, as our focus has been on our product development and enhancement. We do follow what are considered proper business ethics and labour law in Canada ensures that our employees are treated with a minimum standard of care and consideration.
ITEM 10. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Summary Compensation
The table below summarizes the compensation received by the Company's Chief Executive Officer for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006 and each other executive officer of the Company who received compensation in excess of $40,000 for services rendered during any of those years ("named executive officers").
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LONG TERM COMPENSATION | ||||
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION |
YEAR |
SALARY ($) |
BONUS ($) |
SECURITIES UNDERLYING OPTION (#) |
Michael M. Lee President & C.E.O. |
2008 |
21,209 |
0 |
0 |
2007 |
51,068 |
0 |
0 | |
2006 |
110,279 |
0 |
800,000 | |
Joseph Schwarz Chief Scientist |
2008 |
89,614 |
0 |
0 |
2007 |
114,170 |
0 |
0 | |
2006 |
123,946 |
0 |
200,000 | |
Michael Weisspapir Chief Medical Scientist |
2008 |
82,023 |
0 |
0 |
2007 |
103,073 |
0 |
0 | |
2006 |
111,508 |
0 |
200,000 | |
Marcel Urbanc Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer |
2008 |
47,765 |
0 |
0 |
2007 |
34,473 |
0 |
0 | |
2006 |
25,939 |
0 |
200,000 |
Aggregated Option Exercises In Last Fiscal Year
and Fiscal Year End Option Values
The following table sets forth certain information regarding exercises of stock options during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 by the named executive officers. Value of unexercised options is considered to be the difference between exercise price and market price of $0.06 per share on September 30, 2008. No options were exercised by the named executive officers during fiscal 2007 or any prior year.
Name |
Shares acquired on exercise (#) |
Value Realized (1) ($) |
Number of Exercisable Options at Fiscal Year-End (#) Exercisable/ Unexercisable |
Value of Unexercised In-The-Money Options at Fiscal Year-End ($) Exercisable/ Unexercisable |
Michael M. Lee |
1,200,000 |
140,000 |
7,000,000/0 |
0/0 |
Marcel Urbanc |
130,000 |
16,900 |
270,000/0 |
0/0 |
Joseph Schwarz |
- |
- |
3,000,000/0 |
0/0 |
Michael Weisspapir |
- |
- |
3,000,000/0 |
0/0 |
1. The value realized is the difference between Fair Market Value of the underlying stock at the time of exercise and the exercise price.
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2000 and 2003 Stock Option Plans
After the exercising of options to purchase 700,000 shares of Common Stock on December 27, 2007 at an exercise price of $0.10, the 2000 Stock Option Plan was cancelled with the agreement of the option holders. Similarly the 2003 Stock Option Plan was cancelled in December 2007 with the agreement of the option holders. A total of 1,020,000 options to purchase Common Stock were cancelled under these plans.
2004 and 2006 Stock Option Plans
The 2004 and 2006 Plans are administered by the board of directors, which determines which directors, officers, employees, consultants, scientific advisors and independent contractors of the Company are to be granted options, the number of shares subject to the options granted, the exercise price of the options, and certain terms and conditions of the options. The board of directors may delegate administration of the 2004 and 2006 Plans, including the power to grant options to persons who are not officers or directors of the Corporation, to a Stock Option Committee, composed of members of the board of directors. The board of directors, in its sole discretion, may amend, modify or terminate the 2004 and 2006 Plans at any time without restriction. However, no amendment may, without stockholder approval, increase the total number of shares of stock, which may be issued under the 2004 and 2006 Plans (other than increases to reflect stock dividends, stock splits or other relevant capitalization changes). There were 26,000,000 authorized shares of our Common Stock that are not issued or outstanding, reserved for implementation of the 2004 and 2006 Plans.
Options to purchase 2,730,000 shares of Common Stock were exercised on December 27, 2007 at an exercise price of $0.075. Immediately thereafter 6,640,000 options to purchase shares of Common Stock were cancelled with the agreement of the option holders.
2008 Stock Option Plan
At the Annual General Meeting of Stockholders held November 26, 2008 a majority of stockholders approved the amendment of our Stock Option Plans. The key changes reflected in the 2008 Plan: (i) combine the 2004 and 2006 Plans (the only remaining plans) into one plan for ease of administration; (ii) provide for a cap for the number of options allowed to be issued at 22,000,000; (iii) provide guidelines for exercise prices such that the exercise price of any newly granted option is never less than market value or in the case of any 10% holder, never less than 110% of market value on the day of grant; (iv) provide for a maximum term of 5 years for any option granted; (v) provide for a vesting schedule whereby vesting must occur over at least 18 months with no more than 1/6th of the options granted vesting in any 3 month period; (vi) provide for a maximum number of options to be granted to any one individual in any 12 month period to be no more than 5% of the issued and outstanding common stock; and (vii) provide for a maximum number of options to be granted to any Investor Relations party to be no more than 2% of the issued and outstanding common stock.
These changes provide for more restrictions as to the issuance of stock options than exist under the present 2004 and 2006 Plans. Secondly the combination of the two existing plans will result in less administration effort and resultingly fewer administrative costs. The above summary of the 2008 Plan is qualified in all respects by reference to the full text of the 2008 Plan, which was filed together with our Proxy Statement on or about October 1, 2008.
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Equity Compensation Plan Information
|
Number of Securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants, and rights |
Weighted-Average Exercise Price of outstanding options, warrants, and rights |
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in the first two columns |
Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Security Holders |
14,260,000 |
$0.155 |
4,310,000 * |
Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Security Holders |
None |
None |
None |
Total** |
14,260,000 |
$0.155 |
4,310,000 |
* This amount represents options made available to management, employees and consultants as approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held November 26, 2008. None of these options have been granted to date.
** The total number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued equals 18,570,000, which is less than the 22,000,000 maximum number that may be issued in accordance with the 2008 Plan. Once options have been exercised the maximum allowed to be issued is reduced accordingly. (22,000,000 less 3,430,000 exercised during fiscal 2008 = 18,570,000)
Item 11. Security Ownership Of Certain Beneficial Owners And Management
The following table sets forth information with respect to ownership of the Company's securities by its officers and directors and by any person (including any group) who is the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Company's Common Stock. The total number of shares authorized is 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, each of which has a par value of $0.0001. As of December 12, 2008 there were 92,371,192 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.
Name and Address | Amount and Nature of | Percent of |
Of Owner | Beneficial Owner | Class |
Michael Lee (1) | 16,505,834 shares | 17.87% |
Joseph Schwarz (2) | 602,500 shares | 0.65% |
Ford Moore (3) | 4,158,179 shares | 4.50% |
Michael Weisspapir (2) | 457,500 shares | 0.50% |
David Milroy (3) | 2,556,933 shares | 2.77% |
Marcel Urbanc (2) | 250,000 shares | 0.27% |
Sandro Persia (2) | 18,000 shares | 0.02% |
All directors and officers | 24,548,946 shares | 26.58% |
as a group (7 persons) |
(1) Director and Officer; (2) Officer; (3) Director
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Item 12. Certain Relationships And Related Party Transactions
During the year ended September 30, 2008 Michael Lee CEO and Director has loaned Us about $207,828 plus accrued interest of $3,422. These notes carry interest at 12% per annum and are unsecured. These funds were used for general corporate purposes. Of these amounts approximately $164,000 was repaid during the year.
During the year ended September 30, 2007 Mr Lee loaned Us about $78,176 plus accrued interest of $11,421. We also converted $85,960 in promissory notes owing to Mr. Lee into 1,719,000 shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.05 on September 21, 2007.
On September 21, 2007 we converted all of the promissory notes and accrued interest owing to Dr. Ford Moore (Director) or $145,280 into 2,905,600 shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.05 per share.
On September 21, 2007 we converted all of the promissory notes and accrued interest owing to Dr. David Milroy (Director) or $66,597 into 1,331,933 shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.05 per share.
The Company's managing director of its 85% owned subsidiary -AlphaRx International Holdings Limited, is Edward Lee, the brother of Michael Lee President & CEO of the Company. Edward Lee was paid approximately $48,000 in base salary plus statutory pension and benefits as well as $25,000 in commissions for sourcing private equity funding ($77,000 for the year ended September 30, 2007). Edward Lee left the Company in May 2008.
Except as disclosed above, during the past two years, there have been no other material transactions, series of similar transactions or currently proposed transactions, to which the Company was or is to be a party, in which the amount involved exceeds $60,000 and in which any director or executive officer, or any security holder who is known to the Company to own of record or beneficially more than five percent of the Company's Common Stock, or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons, had a material interest.
ITEM 13. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Exhibits
Exhibits required to be attached by Item 601 of Regulation S-B are listed in the Index to Exhibits beginning after Item 14 of this Form 10-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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(b) Reports on Form 8-K
On May 13, 2005 we informed the SEC of the necessity to restate certain prior periods based on the beneficial conversion feature related to the issuance of senior convertible debt during the period February to April 2004.
On May 16, 2005 we filed an amended 8K regarding the original 8K filed May 13, 2005.
On May 18, 2005 we filed an 8K regarding the entry into a material definitive agreement between AlphaRx International Holdings Limited (AIH), a wholly owned subsidiary, and Basin Industrial Ltd., an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Pharmaceutical Ltd.
On June 3, 2005 we filed an 8K regarding a press release issued on June 2, 2005 commenting on Indaflex Phase 1 clinical trial results.
On June 6, 2005 we filed an 8K regarding a Joint Venture established between AIH and Basin Industrial Ltd. AlphaAP Inc., the Joint Venture to be established, will be used to market certain products in the Asia Pacific Region.
On June 17, 2005 we filed an 8K regarding the official launch of Indaflex in Mexico. Indaflex must complete further clinical trials in Canada and the United States to be able to market Indaflex in those countries.
On June 28, 2005 we filed an 8K reporting that the test batches for our Indaflex clinical trials were completed.
On June 29, 2005 we filed an 8K describing in more detail, the Joint Venture agreement between AIH (our wholly owned subsidiary) and Basin Industrial Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Pharmaceutical Ltd.). Both parties will own 50% of AlphaAP Inc., a company to be established.
On July 13, 2005 we released an 8K indicating that Health Canada provided approval for Phase 2 human trials with Indaflex.
On July 14, 2005 we filed an 8K regarding board approval to allow AlphaAP Inc. (50% owned Joint Venture) to buy up to 10% of our outstanding Common Stock in the open market.
On July 18, 2005 we filed an 8K regarding a press release, providing an update on our antibiotic development program.
On April 19, 2006 we reported on a press release regarding a license agreement that we entered into with Proprius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Under the agreement, we will receive an upfront payment of $1 million and will be eligible to receive additional clinical and sales milestone payments of up to $116 million for the successful development and commercialization of Indaflex, as well as royalties on all future sales.
On May 3, 2006 we reported on a press release regarding a joint venture agreement entered into between our wholly owned subsidiary AlphaRx International Holdings Ltd and China Lianyungang City Golden Enterprises Limited (China Party) to establish a Joint Venture company in mainland China. The China Party has agreed to provide funding of up to RMB 250 million (about $31 million) to establish a manufacturing facility and a distribution network in order to produce and market certain products and to develop new novel branded generic products in China.
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On November 6, 2006, we filed an 8K reporting on a Feasibility and Option Agreement with a global pharmaceutical company based in U.S. We have concluded our feasibility agreement as of September 30, 2007 and are not contracted for any further license fee, consulting fee, or other payments.
On December 21, 2006 we issued a press release announcing results of operations for the year ended September 30, 2006.
On May 14, 2007 we issued a press release regarding the top line results from the Indaflex 2.5% Topical Indomethacin Cream exploratory phase II clinical trials in osteoarthritis of the knee (INDF-200).
On November 14, 2007 we announced the unregistered sale of 5,000,000 units consisting of 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock and warrants to buy 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock at $0.10 per unit. The Company received gross proceeds of $500,000. AlphaRx will not file a registration statement covering such Common Stock.
On December 28, 2007 we announced the exercise of 3,430,000 options to purchase Common Stock and the cancellation of 7,660,000 options to purchase shares of Common Stock by certain directors, officers and employees. Also, we announced the exercise of 1,862,228 warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock by our President and CEO - Michael Lee. The Form 8-K related to this announcement was filed on December 31, 2007.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Audit Fees: For the year ended September 30, 2008 we incurred $30,228 in external audit fees, and quarterly reviews in connection with statutory and regulatory filings to our principal accountants as compared to approximately $27,751 for the year ended September 30, 2007.
Audit-Related Fees: For the years ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 we incurred no fees for assurance and related services by the principal accountant.
Tax Fees: For the year ended September 30, 2008 we incurred $4,732 in non-corporate tax related fees as compared to NIL for the year ended September 30, 2007.
All Other Fees: For the year ended September 30, 2008 we incurred $2,478 in other fees with our principal accountant related to our application to the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture market as compared to NIL for 2007.
Audit Committee's Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures: The Company currently does not have a designated Audit Committee, and accordingly, the Company's Board of Directors policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent auditors. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. The independent auditors and management are required to periodically report to the Company's Board of Directors regarding the extent of the services to be provided. Pre-approval is generally provided prior to the service commencing.
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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.
DATED: December 22, 2008
ALPHARx, INC. | |
By: /s/ Michael M. Lee Michael M. Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer | |
By: /s/ Marcel Urbanc Marcel Urbanc Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant, in the capacities, and on the dates, indicated.
DATED: December 22, 2008
ALPHARx, INC. | |
|
Directors:
/s/ Michael M. Lee Michael M. Lee, Director and Chairman of the Board |
|
/s/ David Milroy David Milroy, Director |
|
/s/ Ford Moore Ford Moore, Director |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT | PAGE | |
NO. | NO. | DESCRIPTION |
3(i)(a) | * | Certificate of Incorporation dated August 8, 1997 (incorporated by reference to the Form 10-KSB filed on June 16, 2000). |
3(i)(b) | * | Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated January 26, 2000 (incorporated by reference to the Form 10-KSB filed on June 16, 2000). |
3(i)(c) | * | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated July 20, 2000 (incorporated by reference to the Form 10-KSB filed on December 31, 2001). |
3(ii) | * | Bylaws dated August 11, 1997 (incorporated by reference to the Form 10-KSB filed on June 16, 2000). |
10.1 | * | 2000 Stock Option Plan adopted June 20, 2000 (incorporated by reference to the Form 10-KSB filed on December 31, 2001). |
10.2 | * | Manufacturing and Distribution License Agreement with Industria Farmaceutica Andromaco, S.A. de C.V. (incorporated by reference to the Form 10KSB filed on July 8, 2005). |
10.3 | * | 2004 Stock Option Plan adopted March 29, 2005 (incorporated by reference to the 10KSB filed on December 29, 2005) |
10.4 | * | 2006 Stock Option Plan adopted March 29, 2006 (incorporated by reference to the 10KSB filed on December 21, 2006) |
10.5 | * | 2008 Stock Option Plan adopted November 26, 2008 (incorporated by reference to the 10K filed on December 22, 2008) |
31.1 | 44 | Certification of C.E.O. Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
31.2 | 45 | Certification of C.F.O. Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
32.1 | 46 | Certification of Michael Lee pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 United States Code. |
32.2 | 47 | Certification of Marcel Urbanc pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 United States Code. |
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ALPHARx, INC.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2008 AND 2007 |
PAGE (S) |
|
|
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM |
F-2 |
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS FOR 2008 AND 2007 |
F-3 |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS FOR 2008 AND 2007 |
F-4 |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT FOR 2008 AND 2007 |
F-5 |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR 2008 AND 2007 |
F-6 |
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
F-7-21 |
F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
AlphaRx, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of AlphaRx, Inc. (incorporated in the State of Delaware) as at September 30, 2008 and 2007 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, cash flows and stockholders' equity (deficit) for the years then ended. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of AlphaRx, Inc. as at September 30, 2008 and 2007 and the results of its operations and comprehensive loss and its cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern, certain assets and liabilities will have to be adjusted to their liquidation values.
"SCHWARTZ LEVITSKY FELDMAN LLP" | |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Chartered Accountants |
December 3, 2008 | Licensed Public Accountants |
F-2
ALPHARx, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND 2007
(All amounts in US Dollars)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and Cash Equivalents |
$ |
24,623 |
$ |
128,328 |
Trade Accounts Receivable (note 3) |
|
6,076 |
|
7,738 |
Other Accounts Receivable (note 3) |
|
2,353 |
|
4,066 |
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets |
|
- |
|
6,582 |
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS |
|
33,052 |
|
146,714 |
|
|
|
|
|
PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIPMENT, net (note 5) |
|
149,498 |
|
217,626 |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS |
|
182,550 |
|
364,340 |
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (note 6) |
|
316,306 |
|
519,519 |
Notes Payable (note 7) |
|
403,665 |
|
167,804 |
Discontinued Operations (note 4) |
|
- |
|
18,829 |
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES |
|
719,971 |
|
706,152 |
|
|
|
|
|
MINORITY INTEREST (note 8) |
|
101,624 |
|
116,986 |
Going Concern (note 1) |
|
|
|
|
Commitments (note 9) |
|
|
|
|
Related Party Transactions (note 14) |
|
|
|
|
SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT |
|
|
|
|
Common Stock: $ 0.0001 par value, |
|
|
|
|
Authorized: 250,000,000 shares; Issued and outstanding 2008: 92,371,192; 2007: 81,203,964 (notes 10,12,13 and 17) |
|
9,238 |
|
8,122 |
Additional paid-in capital |
|
16,978,351 |
|
15,824,162 |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
|
(6,704) |
|
(6,609) |
Deficit |
|
(17,619,930) |
|
(16,284,473) |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT |
|
(639,045) |
|
(458,798) |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT |
$ |
182,550 |
$ |
364,340 |
Signed: Michael Lee | Signed: Dr. David Milroy | |
Director | Director |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
F-3
ALPHARx, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE
LOSS FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND 2007
(All amounts in US Dollars)
|
2008 |
|
2007 | |
|
|
|
| |
Consulting Revenue |
$ |
- |
$ |
76,000 |
License Fees and Royalties |
97,499 |
|
81,602 | |
Royalties from Joint Venture |
- |
|
12,839 | |
TOTAL REVENUES |
97,499 |
|
170,441 | |
|
| |||
General and Administrative Expenses |
753,118 |
|
1,023,684 | |
Research and Development Expenses |
583,195 |
|
727,046 | |
Sales and Marketing Expenses |
- |
|
3,750 | |
Depreciation |
78,269 |
|
92,279 | |
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS |
(1,317,083) |
|
(1,676,318) | |
|
|
|
| |
OTHER EXPENSES |
| |||
|
|
|
| |
Interest Expense, net |
(35,857) |
|
(122,600) | |
|
|
|
| |
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES |
(1,352,940) |
|
(1,798,918) | |
|
|
|
| |
Income Tax (note 11) |
- |
|
- | |
|
|
|
| |
LOSS BEFORE MINORITY INTEREST |
(1,352,940) |
|
(1,798,918) | |
Minority Interest (note 8) |
15,362 |
|
44,297 | |
LOSS BEFORE DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS |
(1,337,578) |
|
(1,754,621) | |
Gain from Operations of Discontinued Component (note 4) |
2,121 |
|
4,385 | |
NET LOSS |
(1,335,457) |
|
(1,750,236) | |
Cumulative Translation Adjustment |
(95) |
|
(1,280) | |
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS | $ |
(1,335,552) |
$ |
(1,751,516) |
|
| |||
Net Loss per Common Share, Basic and Diluted, before and after discontinued operations (note 10) |
$ |
(0.01) |
$ |
(0.03) |
|
| |||
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding (note 10) |
90,088,635 |
|
60,096,837 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
F-4
ALPHARx, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND 2007
(All amounts in US Dollars)
Common Stock |
||||||
Number of Shares |
Amount |
Additional Paid in Capital |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
(Deficit) |
Total Shareholders' Deficit | |
Balance as of September 30, 2006 |
57,508,112 |
$5,752 |
$14,479,082 |
$(5,329) |
$(14,534,237) |
$(54,732) |
Issuance of Stock for services |
300,000 |
30 |
29,970 |
|
|
30,000 |
Warrants Amortization |
|
|
131,905 |
|
|
131,905 |
Stock Based Compensation |
|
|
15,752 |
|
|
15,752 |
Debt Conversion |
23,395,852 |
2,340 |
1,167,453 |
|
|
1,169,793 |
Foreign Currency Translation |
|
|
|
(1,280) |
|
(1,280) |
Net Loss 2007 |
|
|
|
|
(1,750,236) |
(1,750,236) |
Balance as of September 30, 2007 |
81,203,964 |
$8,122 |
$15,824,162 |
$(6,609) |
$(16,284,473) |
$(458,798) |
Warrants Amortization |
|
|
131,832 |
|
|
131,832 |
Warrants exercised |
2,737,228 |
273 |
273,450 |
|
|
273,723 |
Stock Options exercised |
3,430,000 |
343 |
274,407 |
|
|
274,750 |
Private Placement |
5,000,000 |
500 |
474,500 |
|
|
475,000 |
Net Loss 2008 |
|
|
|
|
(1,335,457) |
(1,335,457) |
Foreign Currency Translation |
|
|
|
(95) |
|
(95) |
Balance as of September 30, 2008 |
92,371,192 |
9,238 |
16,978,351 |
(6,704) |
(17,619,930) |
(639,045) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
F-5
ALPHARx, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND 2007
(All amounts in US Dollars)
|
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
Net Loss |
$ |
(1,335,457) |
$ |
(1,750,236) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
78,269 |
|
92,279 |
Warrant Amortization |
|
197,795 |
|
318,718 |
Employee stock based compensation expense |
|
- |
|
15,752 |
Options/Common Stock Issued For Services Rendered |
|
- |
|
30,000 |
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
(Increase)/Decrease in Marketable Securities |
|
- |
|
176,418 |
Decrease/(Increase) in Accounts Receivable |
|
3,375 |
|
(1,033) |
Decrease in Prepaid Expenses |
|
6,582 |
|
2,924 |
Accrued Interest on Notes Payable |
|
18,602 |
|
12,538 |
Increase/(Decrease) in Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities |
|
(203,213) |
|
(12,990) |
Discontinued Operations (note 4) |
|
(18,829) |
|
(28,915) |
Minority Interest |
|
(15,362) |
|
(44,297) |
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
|
(1,268,238) |
|
(1,188,842) |
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
Purchase of Machinery and Equipment |
|
(10,141) |
|
(6,289) |
|
|
|
|
|
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
(10,141) |
|
(6,289) |
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
Issuance of Common Stock |
|
1,023,473 |
|
- |
Issuance of Notes Payable net of repayment |
|
181,974 |
|
353,133 |
|
|
|
|
|
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
1,205,447 |
|
353,133 |
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
|
(30,773) |
|
(17,427) |
NET DECREASE IN CASH |
|
(103,705) |
|
(859,425) |
CASH, and cash equivalents, beginning of year |
|
128,328 |
|
987,753 |
|
|
|
|
|
CASH, and cash equivalents, end of year |
$ |
24,623 |
$ |
128,328 |
SUPPLEMENTARY DISCLOSURE: The statement of cash flows has been prepared using the indirect method as defined under SFAS No. 95. On September 21, 2007 the Company converted promissory notes in the amount of $1,169,793 into 23,395,852 shares of Common Stock. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income Tax Paid |
$ |
- |
$ |
- |
Interest Paid |
$ |
23,419 |
$ |
45,183 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
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ALPHARX INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 AND 2007
(All amounts in US Dollars)
NOTE 1. NATURE OF BUSINESS AND GOING CONCERN
ALPHARX, INC. (the Company) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on August 8, 1997. AlphaRx Inc. is an emerging pharmaceutical company specializing in the formulation of therapeutic products using proprietary drug delivery technologies.
Effective June 30, 2006, AlphaRx International Holdings Limited (a British Virgin Island company and an 85% owned subsidiary of AlphaRx Inc.) (AIH) acquired 100% of Alpha Life Sciences Ltd. (ALS) for a nominal amount and the assumption of approximately $63,000 of related party liabilities. ALS is primarily involved in research and development of drugs in the Asian market.
Effective June 22, 2006, New Super Limited, an independent Hong Kong based corporation, subscribed for 1,500 shares of Common Stock of AIH, previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
The consolidated financial statements reflect the activities of the Company, 100% of AlphaRx Canada Limited and 85% of AIH and ALS (AIH's wholly-owned subsidiary) accounted for on a self-sustained basis. All material inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Accordingly, they do not include any adjustments relating to the realization of the carrying value of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. Factors relating to going concern issues include working capital deficiency, operating losses, shareholders' deficit, and continued reliance on external funding sources. Continuance of the Company as a going concern is dependent on its future profitability and on the on-going support of its shareholders, affiliates and creditors. In order to mitigate the going concern issues, the Company is constantly pursuing new business arrangements and striving to achieve profitability, and seeking capital funding on an ongoing basis via the issuance of Promissory Notes, and private placements. The Company has contracted with two parties subsequent to year end for research and development consulting services that could also result in future license fees and royalties.
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
This summary of significant accounting policies is presented to assist in understanding the Company's consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements and notes are representations of the Company's management who is responsible for their integrity and objectivity. These accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and have been consistently applied in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand, amounts on deposit with banks, and any other highly liquid investments purchased with a maturity of three months or less which are readily convertible to cash. The carrying amount approximates fair value because of the immediate liquidity or short maturity of these instruments. As at September 30, 2008 and 2007 the Company had only cash on deposit.
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Accounts Receivable
The Company segregates trade receivables resulting from revenues generated from non-trade or other receivables. An allowance for bad debts is estimated for each receivable on a periodic basis based on experience with the respective parties.
Financial Instruments
a) Fair Value
Fair value estimates of financial instruments are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant information about financial markets and specific financial instruments. As these estimates are subjective in nature, involving uncertainties and matters of judgement, they cannot be determined with complete accuracy. Changes in assumptions can significantly affect estimated fair values. The carrying values of cash, accounts receivable, notes payable, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values because of the short-term nature of these instruments.
b) Interest rate, currency and credit risk
The Company is not subject to significant credit, currency and interest risks arising from these financial instruments.
Long-Term Financial Instruments
The fair value of each of the Corporation's long-term financial assets is based on the amount of future cash flows associated with each instrument discounted using an estimate of what the Company's current borrowing rate for similar instruments of comparable maturity would be.
It is of the management's opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant interest rate risk, credit risk or currency risks arising from these financial instruments.
Foreign Currency Translation
The Company maintains the books and records of AlphaRx Canada Ltd. in Canadian dollars, and the books and records of Alpha Life Sciences Ltd. and AlphaRx International Holdings Ltd. in Hong Kong dollars, their respective functional currencies. The records of these companies are converted to US dollars, the reporting currency. The translation method used is the current rate method which is the method mandated by SFAS 52 where the functional currency is the foreign currency. Under the current rate method all assets and liabilities are translated at the current rate, stockholders' equity accounts are translated at historical rates and revenues and expenses are translated at average rates for the year. Cumulative net translation adjustments related to equity accounts are included as a separate component of shareholders' equity.
Earnings or Loss Per Share
The Company adopted FAS No.128, Earnings per Share, which requires disclosure on the financial statements of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share. Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus Common Stock equivalents (if dilutive) related to stock options and warrants for each year.
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Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income tax under the provision of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statement or tax returns. Deferred income taxes are provided using the liability method. Under the liability method, deferred income taxes are recognized for all significant temporary differences between the tax and financial statement bases of assets and liabilities.
Effects of changes in enacted tax laws on deferred tax assets and liabilities are reflected as adjustments to tax expense in the period of enactment. Deferred tax assets may be reduced, if deemed necessary based on a judgmental assessment of available evidence, by a valuation allowance for the amount of any tax benefits which are more likely, based on current circumstances, not expected to be realized.
Property Plant and Equipment
Property plant and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is calculated by using the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System Method for financial reporting as well as for income tax purposes at rates based on the following estimated useful lives:
Furniture and Fixtures | 7 years |
Machinery and Equipment | 3 - 7 years |
Leasehold Improvements | 10 years |
The Company capitalizes expenditures that materially increase assets' lives and expenses ordinary repairs and maintenance to operations as incurred. When assets are sold or disposed or otherwise fully depreciated, the cost and related accumulated depreciation is removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is included in the statement of income and retained earnings.
Research and Development
All research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred. These costs include in house and contracted research and development, travel to explore and evaluate new product candidates, raw materials, lab supplies and other costs related directly to research and development of new and existing drug product candidates.
Revenue Recognition
Revenues related to license fees and royalties are recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collectability is probable. Should there be any future obligations or deliverables related to the license fees, revenue is deferred and not recognized until those obligations and or deliverables have been satisfied. Any advance payments or deposits received in relation to license fees and other fees are deferred until those obligations or deliverables have been satisfied. Royalty payments are not received in advance but rather, are paid to the Company based on previous period sales by licensees.
Sales represent the invoiced value of goods supplied to customers. Revenues are recognized upon the passage of title to the customers, provided that the collection of the proceeds from sales is reasonably assured. A reserve for returns is considered periodically based on actual or anticipated returns from customers. The Company no longer sells any products directly to end users.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include the fair valuation of warrants issued and estimated lives of capital assets. These estimates are reviewed periodically and as adjustments become necessary, they are reported in earnings in the period in which they become known. Estimates were used in determining the amounts of accrued liabilities, useful lives of capital assets, stock based compensation, and valuation allowances.
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Long-Lived Assets
The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of which has been superseded by SFAS No. 144. SFAS No. 144 requires that long-lived assets to be held and used by an entity be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Management used its best estimate of the undiscounted cash flows to evaluate the carrying amount and have determined that no impairment has occurred.
Concentrations of Credit Risks and Revenues
The Company's receivables are unsecured and are generally due in 30 Days. Reserves for uncollectible receivables are determined by the Company periodically based on best estimates available and historical data, as well as the economic and financial status of its debtors. Investment in marketable securities carry normal market risk of fluctuation in the price of securities traded on recognized stock exchanges as well as liquidity and foreign exchange risks.
Currently, the Company does not have a diverse customer base. The Company relies on one licensee for all of its revenues and has another licensee attempting to commercialize one of its product candidates. Should these licensees discontinue sales of our products, or should commercialization efforts of our product candidates be curtailed, our revenues could be adversely impacted.
Investment in Joint Venture
The Company holds an indirect 42.5% interest in AlphaAP Inc. (AAP), a joint venture established between the Company (via its AIH subsidiary) and Basin Industrial Limited (an independent third party). As the Company contributes no funds, and does not provide management or direction to the joint venture, the Company's interest in the joint venture is not consolidated into the financial statements. AIH will receive a 5% royalty on all revenues generated by AAP. This joint venture is currently inactive.
Stock Based Compensation
In December 2004 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R) Share Based Payment (SFAS 123(R)). SFAS 123(R) requires the Company to recognize compensation cost for third party and employee services rendered in exchange for an equity instrument award based on the fair value of the award on the date of grant. The Company adopted the fair value accounting for all stock options as per SFAS 123(R) using the modified retrospective application method, effective April 1, 2005. Under this standard the Company records compensation cost related to unvested stock options by recognizing the unamortized fair value of those stock options as of the grant date over the remaining vesting period with no change in historical reported earnings.
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Comprehensive Income
The Company follows Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income. This statement establishes reporting standards and presentation methods of comprehensive income and its components. Comprehensive income is net income plus certain items that are recorded directly to shareholders' equity, bypassing net income. With the exception of foreign exchange gains and losses, the Company has no other components in its comprehensive income (loss) accounts.
Recent Pronouncements
SFAS 157 In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157 Fair Value Measurements. This Statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This Statement applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements, the Board having previously concluded in those accounting pronouncements that fair value is the relevant measurement attribute. Accordingly, this Statement does not require any new fair value measurements. However, for some entities, the application of this Statement will change current practice. SFAS 157 is effective in fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.
SFAS 158 In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 158 Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plansan amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R). This Statement improves financial reporting by requiring an employer to recognize the overfunded or underfunded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan (other than a multiemployer plan) as an asset or liability in its statement of financial position and to recognize changes in that funded status in the year in which the changes occur through comprehensive income of a business entity or changes in unrestricted net assets of a not-for-profit organization. This Statement also improves financial reporting by requiring an employer to measure the funded status of a plan as of the date of its year-end statement of financial position, with limited exceptions. SFAS 158 is effective as of the end of the fiscal year ending after December 15, 2006.
SFAS 159- In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 159 The Fair Value Option for Financial Assts and Financial Liabilities Including an amendment of FASB 115. This Statement permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. This Statement is expected to expand the use of fair value measurement by entities in the future.
SFAS 141(R) In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 141(R) Business Combinations. The objective of this statement is to enhance the information that an entity provides in its financial reports about a business combination and its effects. The statement mandates: (i) how the acquirer recognizes and measures the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree; (ii) what information to disclose in its financial reports and; (iii) recognition and measurement criteria for goodwill acquired. This statement is effective for any acquisitions made on or after December 15, 2008.
SFAS 160 - Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statementsan amendment of ARB No. 51. The objective of this Statement is to improve the relevance, comparability, and transparency of the financial information that a reporting entity provides in its consolidated financial statements by establishing accounting and reporting standards that require: (i) the ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent be clearly identified, labeled, and presented in the consolidated statement of financial position within equity, but separate from the parent's equity; (ii) the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest be clearly identified and presented on the face of the consolidated statement of income; (iii) changes in a parent's ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling financial interest in its subsidiary be accounted for consistently; (iv) when a subsidiary is deconsolidated, any retained noncontrolling equity investment in the former subsidiary be initially measured at fair value. The gain or loss on the deconsolidation of the subsidiary is measured using the fair value of any noncontrolling equity investment rather than the carrying amount of that retained investment and;(v) entities provide sufficient disclosures that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the non-controlling owners.
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SFAS 161 - Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activitiesan amendment of FASB Statement No. 133. The use and complexity of derivative instruments and hedging activities have increased significantly over the past several years. Constituents have expressed concerns that the existing disclosure requirements in FASB Statement No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, do not provide adequate information about how derivative and hedging activities affect an entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. Accordingly, this Statement requires enhanced disclosures about an entity's derivative and hedging activities and thereby improves the transparency of financial reporting. This Statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged.
SFAS 162 - The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. This Statement identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles to be used in the preparation of financial statements of entities that are presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States (the GAAP hierarchy). The GAAP hierarchy should be an entity's responsibility and not that of the entity's auditors for financial statements that are presented in conformity with GAAP. Accordingly, the GAAP hierarchy should be available in the accounting literature established by the FASB. Accordingly this Statement is intended to achieve that result. This Statement is effective 60 days following the SEC's approval of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board amendments to AU Section 411, The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity With Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. It is not expected that this Statement will result in a change in current practice.
SFAS 163 - Accounting for Financial Guarantee Insurance Contractsan interpretation of FASB Statement No. 60.Diversity exists in practice in accounting for financial guarantee insurance contracts by insurance enterprises under FASB Statement No. 60, Accounting and Reporting by Insurance Enterprises. That diversity results in inconsistencies in the recognition and measurement of claim liabilities because of differing views about when a loss has been incurred under FASB Statement No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies. This Statement requires that an insurance enterprise recognize a claim liability prior to an event of default (insured event) when there is evidence that credit deterioration has occurred in an insured financial obligation. This Statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and all interim periods within those fiscal years, except for some disclosures about the insurance enterprise's risk-management activities.
The Company believes that the above standards would not have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations, cash flows or reporting requirements.
NOTE 3. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
2008 | 2007 | ||
Trade Accounts Receivable | $ 6,076 | $ 7,738 | |
Less: Allowance for bad debts | - | - | |
$ 6,076 | $ 7,738 | ||
Other Accounts Receivable | $ 2,353 | $ 4,066 | |
Less: Allowance for bad debts | - | - | |
$ 2,353 | $ 4,066 |
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The Company carries accounts receivable at the amounts it deems to be collectible. Accordingly, the Company provides allowances for accounts receivable it deems to be uncollectible based on management's best estimates. Recoveries are recognized in the period they are received. The ultimate amount of accounts receivable that becomes uncollectible could differ from those estimated.
NOTE 4. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
The Company discontinued direct sales of Flexogan during 2005 because: (a) it was not able to source a qualified marketing partner to take over direct sales of Flexogan; (b) it did not have adequate financial resources or expertise to market Flexogan on a longer term basis, and (c) it concluded there was a better overall opportunity for success if it focused on drug development and enhancement while allowing its partners and potential partners to market its products in return for royalty and, or license payments.
The statements of income and balance sheets for the Discontinued Operations are seen below:
|
|
|
|
|
Income Statements |
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
Sales |
$ |
2,121 |
$ |
4,385 |
Cost of Sales |
|
- |
|
- |
Gross Margin |
|
2,121 |
|
4,385 |
Income Taxes |
|
- |
|
- |
Gain from Discontinued Operations |
$ |
2,121 |
$ |
4,385 |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance Sheets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities |
|
- |
|
18,829 |
Total Current Liabilities |
|
- |
|
18,829 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets (Liabilities) |
$ |
- |
$ |
(18,829) |
NOTE 5. PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIPMENT
2008 | 2007 | |||
Leasehold Improvements |
$ | 22,891 | $ | 22,891 |
Furniture & Fixtures |
28,060 | 27,546 | ||
Machinery & Equipment |
339,502 | 380,265 | ||
|
||||
COST |
390,453 | 430,702 | ||
|
||||
Less: Accumulated depreciation/amortization |
||||
Leasehold Improvements |
20,149 | 15,846 | ||
Furniture & Fixtures |
19,943 | 14,852 | ||
Machinery & Equipment |
200,863 | 182,378 | ||
240,955 | 213,076 | |||
NET |
$ | 149,498 | $ | 217,626 |
The cost and accumulated depreciation of $201,353 ($151,598 in 2007) for property, plant and equipment that are fully depreciated or amortized, has been removed.
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NOTE 6. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities are comprised of the following:
2008 | 2007 | |||
Accounts Payable | $ | 290,939 | $ | 359,131 |
Accrued Liabilities for services rendered but not invoiced as of September 30, 2008 and 2007: | ||||
Professional services (legal, audit, financial) | 21,112 | 149,314 | ||
Other | 4,255 | 11,074 | ||
$ | 316,306 | $ | 519,519 | |
NOTE 7. NOTES PAYABLE
The Company and its subsidiaries issued $385,063 in promissory notes, net of repayments during the year ended September 30, 2008. ($221,228 during the year ended September 30, 2007). These promissory notes bear interest at rates of 10% - 12% per annum and are repayable on or before the first anniversary date of issuance. The Company also converted $1,169,793 of Notes Payable including accrued interest into 23,395,852 shares of Common Stock during fiscal 2007. See also Note 14 Related Party Transactions and Note 17 Subsequent Events.
Promissory notes issued during the three months ended December 31, 2007 were issued together with warrants. This in turn required a discount to be established and amortized over the life of the promissory notes. As all promissory notes were repaid prior to December 31, 2007 the unamortized discount was brought into income accordingly. The Company issued additional promissory notes during the remainder of fiscal 2008 without any warrants or other attachments.
Included in Promissory Notes payable are $47,250 in Notes Payable including accrued interest of $3,422 to Michael Lee CEO at September 30, 2008. (As at September 30, 2007 Notes Payable including accrued interest of $11,421 owing to Directors totalled $89,597). See also Related Party Transactions Note 14.
September 30, |
2008 |
2007 |
Promissory Notes Issued, net of repayments and conversions: |
$385,063 |
$221,228 |
Unamortized Discount |
- |
(65,962) |
Interest accrued
|
18,602 |
12,538 |
Promissory Notes Payable |
$403,665 |
$167,804 |
NOTE 8. MINORITY INTEREST
On June 22, 2006, AlphaRx International Holdings Ltd. (AIH), previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company issued 1,500 shares of its Common Stock to New Super Limited (NSL), an independent Hong Kong based corporation, at a price of approximately $HK 6,667 per share or $HK 10 million in cash. (USD $1,288,826). As a result AIH's issued and outstanding shares were increased to 10,000 and the Company's interest in AIH was reduced to 85%. With the consolidation of only 85% of AIH, a minority interest was established, representing amounts owing to the minority shareholder. The capital infusion into AIH is accounted for as additional paid in capital on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.
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NOTE 9. COMMITMENTS
Operating Leases
The Company leases scientific research and development equipment, its main premises and an automobile. The aggregate minimum annual and total payments due under these operating leases are as follows:
As of September 30, | 2008 | 2007 | |
Year | |||
2008 | $ - | $75,849 | |
2009 | 24,232 | 25,788 | |
2010 | 2,062 | 2,194 | |
Total | $26,294 | $103,831 |
NOTE 10. COMMON STOCK
The Company is authorized to issue up to 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of September 30, 2008, there are 92,371,192 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, with a stated par value of $0.0001 per share. (September 30, 2007 81,203,964 issued and outstanding)
During the year ended September 30, 2008 the Company issued 11,167,228 shares of Common Stock as follows:
On November 14, 2007 the Company issued 5,000,000 units, each unit consisting of one share of Common Stock and a warrant to purchase a share of Common Stock. The Warrants expire December 31, 2009 and are exercisable at $0.10 per share;
On December 27, 2007 officers, directors and consultants exercised options to purchase 3,430,000 shares of Common Stock at an average exercise price of $0.08 per share;
Also on December 27, 2007 Michael Lee (CEO) exercised warrants to purchase 1,862,228 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share;
On February 28, 2008 warrants to purchase 875,000 shares of Common Stock were exercised at a price of $0.10 per share. All of the above mentioned shares are subject to regulatory restrictions as to resale.
During fiscal 2007 the Company issued 300,000 shares of Common Stock in exchange for services rendered. The Company also converted $1,169,793 in promissory notes including accrued interest into 23,395,852 shares of Common Stock on September 21, 2007.
Net Loss per share of Common Stock is not based on diluted shares since the effect would be anti-dilutive. The Company has warrants outstanding to purchase 7,260,000 shares of Common Stock and options outstanding to purchase 14,260,000 shares of Common Stock as at September 30, 2008. On a diluted basis there would be 113,891,192 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding if all warrants and all options were to be exercised. Refer to Notes 12 and 13 respectively for more details on options and warrants. (As at September 30, 2007 there would be 121,350,627 shares outstanding on a diluted basis if all outstanding warrants and options were exercised).
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NOTE 11. INCOME TAXES
The regional sources of tax losses for the years ended September 30, 2008 and 2007were as follows:
2008 |
|
2007 |
||
North America | $ | (973,560) | $ | (893,571) |
Outside North America | (99,852) | (293,528) | ||
$ | (1,073,412) | $ | (1,187,099) |
Tax losses by year of origin are as follows:
Year |
2008 (estimate) |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 and Prior |
TOTAL |
North America |
(973,560) |
(1,530,976) |
(1,764,202) |
(2,904,777) |
(5,042,872) |
(12,216,387 |
Outside North America |
(99,852) |
(293,528) |
(205,123) |
- |
- |
(598,503) |
TOTAL |
(1,073,412) |
(1,824,504) |
(1,969,325) |
(2,904,777) |
(5,042,872) |
(12,814,890) |
The tax effect of material temporary differences representing deferred tax assets is estimated as follows:
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|
||
2008 |
2007 |
||
|
|
||
Deferred tax assets: |
|
|
|
North America |
$ 4,214,654 |
$ 3,403,970 |
|
Outside North America |
89,775 |
74,797 |
|
Sub-total |
4,304,429 |
3,478,767 |
|
|
|
||
Less Valuation allowance | (4,304,429) | (3,478,767) | |
|
|
||
Net deferred tax assets |
- |
- |
These losses expire in varying amounts between 2010 and 2028. The tax rates being used to determine deferred tax assets are estimated at 34.5% for North America and 15% for outside North America. Deferred tax assets relate primarily to non-capital operating loss carry-forwards incurred since inception.
The consolidated effective tax (benefit) rate as a percentage of income (loss) before income taxes is as follows:
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|
||
2008 |
2007 |
||
|
|
||
Combined Statutory Rates |
34.5% |
36% |
|
Non-deductible expenses |
(8) |
|
(16) |
Change in valuation allowance |
(26.5) |
|
(20) |
|
|
||
Effective tax rate |
0% |
0% |
NOTE 12. STOCK OPTION PLANS
During the year the employees, officers and consultants exercised a total of 3,430,000 options at an average exercise price of approximately $0.08 per share and resulting in $274,750 in cash proceeds to the Company. Of these options 700,000 were from the 2000 Plan and had a weighted remaining contractual life of 2.5 years when exercised and 2,730,000 were from the 2004 Plan and had a weighted remaining contractual life of 7.8 years when exercised. Immediately thereafter the remaining options in the 2000 Plan and 2003 Plan were cancelled, with the agreement of the option holders. In addition, and pursuant to an application for listing on the Toronto Venture Exchange, the Company cancelled a total of 7,660,000 options with the agreement of the option holders. Options to purchase 460,000 shares of common stock expired during February 2008.
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The Company, via written consent from a majority of the holders of Common Stock, approved the adoption of a new option plan during July 2004. Under this plan the Company has issued the maximum number of options permitted totalling 24,000,000 options to purchase Common Stock. The expiry date on all options under this plan was accelerated to June 30, 2012 with the agreement of the option holders.
A majority of shareholders approved the 2006 Option Plan at the Annual General Meeting held March 29, 2006. Under this plan up to 2,000,000 options may be granted and during the year ended September 30, 2007 the Company granted 40,000 options to two consultants in exchange for committee advisory services. The Company also granted 50,000 options to a sales and marketing consultant in relation to his services. These options were granted on January 3, 2007 with a 5-year contractual life and fully vested on November 10, 2007. The fair value of these options was determined to be $5,032, using the Black-Sholes method described below. No options were granted during fiscal 2008.
The Company did not record any stock based compensation expense during fiscal 2008. In fiscal 2007 the Company recorded $15,752 in stock based compensation expense using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and the following assumptions: expected volatility of 75.2%, risk free rate of return of 4.5%, expected life of 10 years, and a nil dividend rate. Stock based compensation expense comprises a portion of general and administrative expenses seen on the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss. There remains no further unamortized stock compensation to be expensed in relation to the options granted to date.
The intrinsic value of outstanding stock options defined as the difference between the exercise price and the closing price of the stock on September 30, 2008 was nil. In all cases the exercise price of the options exceeded the closing price of the stock - $0.06 as of September 30, 2008.
Proceeds received by the Company from exercises of stock options are credited to Common Stock and additional paid-in capital. Additional information with respect to the plan's stock option activity is seen in the table below. The weighted average exercise price and remaining contractual life for all options seen at the bottom of the table was calculated by multiplying the number of options by the exercise prices or remaining lives and dividing the result by the total number of options. The remaining contractual life of the options as of September 30, 2007 was one year older than shown in the applicable column of the table below except for the 2004 Plan options. Those options as of September 30, 2007 had a contractual life remaining of between 7.12 and 8.05 years. During the year, with the agreement of the option holders, the option expiry date for all remaining 2004 Plan options was accelerated to June 30, 2012. The table below reflects remaining contractual life of the options as of September 30, 2008.
See also Subsequent Event Note 17. At the Annual General Meeting of stockholders held November 26 2008, the Company received approval from its shareholders to amend the existing stock option plans. The Plans were made more restrictive as to option terms and option pricing among other new conditions. The maximum number of options that can still be issued and assigned totals 4,310,000.
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Option Plan |
Number Granted |
Issue Date |
Exercise Price $ |
Share Price on |
Expiry Date |
Remaining |
2000 |
1,150,000 |
6/30/2000 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
6/30/2010 |
2.75 |
Exercised |
(700,000) |
12/27/2007 |
0.10 |
- |
- |
- |
Cancelled |
(450,000) |
12/28/2007 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Remaining |
NIL |
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|
|
|
N/A |
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|
|
|
| |
2003 |
480,000 |
2/10/2003 |
0.63 0.69 |
0.63 |
2/10/2008 |
N/A |
20,000 |
5/5/2003 |
0.55 |
0.51 |
5/5/2008 |
N/A | |
70,000 |
5/10/2003 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
5/10/2008 |
N/A | |
Cancelled |
(570,000) |
12/28/2007 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Remaining |
NIL |
|
|
|
|
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
2004 |
12,720,000 |
15/11/2004 |
0.15 |
0.11 |
6/30/2012 |
3.75 |
500,000 |
15/11/2004 |
0.40 0.50 |
0.11 |
6/30/2012 |
3.75 | |
7,000,000 |
10/1/2005 |
0.16 |
0.14 |
6/30/2012 |
3.75 | |
390,000 |
8/2/2005 |
0.15 |
0.14 |
6/30/2012 |
3.75 | |
100,000 |
5/25/2005 |
0.13 |
0.13 |
6/30/2012 |
3.75 | |
3,290,000 |
10/17/2005 |
0.075 |
0.08 |
6/30/2012 |
3.75 | |
Total Grant |
24,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised |
(2,730,000) |
12/27/2007 |
0.075 |
- |
- |
- |
Cancelled |
(6,640,000) |
12/28/2007 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Expired |
(460,000) |
2/10/2008 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Remaining |
14,170,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
2006 |
90,000 |
1/3/2007 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
1/3/2012 |
3.26 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Total |
14,260,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Weighted Average of Options Remaining |
0.15 |
|
|
3.74 |
NOTE 13. WARRANTS
The Company recorded $197,795 in warrant amortization for the year ended September 30, 2008 (2007- $318,718). This expense comprises a portion of general and administrative expenses seen on the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss. Additional details regarding warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2007 and 2008 are seen in the table below.
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Number Granted and Exercisable |
Issue Date |
Exercise Price $ |
Share Price on |
Expiry Date |
Remaining |
Reason for Issuance |
670,275 |
12/19/2003 |
1.10 |
0.18 |
12/19/2007 |
0.22 |
Financing costs |
5,204,160 |
10/13/2004 |
0.30 |
0.13 |
10/13/2007 |
0.04 |
Conversion of Promissory Notes and Private Placement |
1,577,453 |
2/13/2006 |
0.10 |
0.13 |
2/13/2008 |
0.37 |
Issuance of Promissory Notes |
3,182,000 |
3/31/2006 |
0.10 |
0.20 |
3/31/2008 |
0.50 |
Issuance of Promissory Notes |
300,000 |
6/30/2006 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
6/30/2008 |
0.75 |
Issuance of Promissory Notes |
465,000 |
9/30/2006 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
9/30/2008 |
1.00 |
Issuance of Promissory Notes |
1,500,000 |
12/31/2006 |
0.10 |
0.09 |
12/31/2008 |
1.25 |
Issuance of Promissory Notes |
807,775 |
3/31/2007 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
3/31/2009 |
1.50 |
Issuance of Promissory Notes |
630,000 |
9/30/2007 |
0.10 |
0.08 |
9/30/2009 |
2.00 |
Issuance of Promissory Notes |
Outstanding as at September 30, 2007 |
|
Weighted Average Exercise Price |
|
|
Weighted Average Contractual Life |
|
14,336,663 |
|
0.22 |
|
|
0.53 |
|
Activity during fiscal 2008 | ||||||
(5,204,160) |
Expired October 13, 2007 | |||||
5,000,000 |
Granted November 14, 2007 as part of a Private Placement of 5,000,000 units | |||||
770,000 |
Granted during Q1, 2008 based on issuance of Promissory Notes | |||||
(670,275) |
Expired December 19, 2007 | |||||
(1,862,228) |
Exercised December 27, 2007 @ $0.10 per share | |||||
(770,000) |
Cancelled January 5, 2008 with the agreement of the warrant holder | |||||
(300,000) |
Expired February 13, 2008 | |||||
(875,000) |
Exercised February 28, 2008 | |||||
(3,050,000) |
Expired March 31, 2008 | |||||
(115,000) |
Expired September 30, 2008 | |||||
(7,076,663) |
Net change in number of warrants during fiscal 2008 | |||||
Outstanding as at September 30, 2008 |
Issue Date |
Exercise Price $ |
Share Price on Grant Date $ |
Expiry Date |
Remaining |
Reason for Issuance |
1,050,000 |
12/31/2006 |
0.10 |
0.09 |
12/31/2008 |
1.25 0.25 |
Issuance of Promissory Notes |
625,000 |
3/31/2007 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
3/31/2009 |
1.50 0.50 |
Issuance of Promissory Notes |
585,000 |
9/30/2007 |
0.10 |
0.08 |
9/30/2009 |
2.00 1.00 |
Issuance of Promissory Notes |
5,000,000 |
12/31/2007 |
0.10 |
0.26 |
12/31/2009 |
N/A 1.25 |
Private Placement of Units completed on Nov 14, 2007 and consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant. |
Total |
|
Weighted Average Exercise Price |
|
|
Weighted Average Contractual Life |
|
7,260,000 |
|
0.10 |
|
|
1.02 |
During the year ending September 30, 2008 warrants to purchase 9,339,435 shares of common stock expired and warrants to purchase 2,737,228 shares of common stock were exercised and an exercise price of $0.10 per share. Of these warrants, 1,862,228 had a remaining weighted average contractual life of 0.69 years when exercised, and 875,000 warrants had a remaining contractual life of 15 days when exercised. Warrants to purchase 5,770,000 shares of common stock were granted during fiscal 2008, of which 770,000 were cancelled pursuant to an application for listing of the Company's stock on the Toronto Venture Exchange. Of these warrants, 5,000,000 were issued as a result of a private placement, and 770,000 were issued pursuant to a promissory note issued during the year. All of the warrants entitle the holder to purchase one share of Common Stock on or before the expiry date. All of the warrants granted during 2007 and 2008 have a 2-year contractual life upon issuance.
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Warrant amortization for the year was calculated using the Black-Sholes pricing model and the following assumptions: expected volatility of 127%, risk free rate of return of 4%, expected life of 4 weeks, and a nil dividend rate. For the year ended September 30, 2007 warrant amortization was also calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model for two issuances assuming volatility of 88% and 97%, risk free rate of return of 4.66% for both issuances, expected life of 2 years for both issuances, and a nil dividend rate for both issuances.
As at September 30, 2008 there were 7,260,000 warrants issued and outstanding (September 30, 2007 -14,336,663).
NOTE 14. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company sourced some of its funding during the year from the directors. The directors loaned the Company approximately $43,828 during the year ended September 30, 2008 taking back promissory notes (2007- $78,177). Interest accrued on these loans totals approximately $3,422 as at September 30, 2008 (2007 - $11,421). Interest rates on these loans range from 10% - 12% per annum. The loans are repayable on or before the first anniversary date of issuance and are unsecured.
During fiscal 2007 the Company's managing director of its 85% owned subsidiary -AlphaRx International Holdings Limited, was Edward Lee, the brother of Michael Lee President & CEO of the Company. He was paid approximately $77,000 per annum base salary plus statutory pension and benefit contributions, a fair market value salary. During fiscal 2008 Edward Lee received $25,000 in conjunction with the sourcing of funds for the purchase of Common Stock during November 2007 based on a commission rate of 5% of funds raised. He also received a base salary of approximately $37,480 until April 2008 at which point his employment was terminated.
NOTE 15. SEGMENTED INFORMATION
The Company operates in one business segment, namely human therapeutics. Results of operations are reported on a consolidated basis for segment reporting purposes. Consolidated disclosures about revenue streams and long-lived assets by geographic area are seen below.
Revenues
All of the Company's revenues for the year ended September 30, 2008 were derived from royalties received from one of its partners. For the year ended September 30, 2007 the Company derived the majority of its revenues from royalties.
Years ended September 30, | ||
Revenue Stream |
2008 |
2007 |
Third Party Royalties (Mexico) |
97,499 |
81,602 |
Royalties from Joint Venture (Asia) |
- |
12,839 |
Consulting Fees (North America) |
- |
76,000 |
Discontinued Operations |
2,121 |
4,385 |
Total Revenues including Discontinued Operations |
$99,620 |
$174,826 |
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Long Lived Assets
Years ended September 30, | ||
Long Lived Assets |
2008 |
2007 |
North America |
$148,481 |
$215,796 |
Asia |
1,017 |
1,830 |
Total Long Lived Assets |
$149,498 |
$217,626 |
NOTE 16. RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain amounts from prior year have been reclassified to conform to current year's presentation.
NOTE 17. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Stock Incentive Plan
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held November 26, 2008 a majority of stockholders approved amendments to the existing Stock Incentive Plans including, among others: (i) combining the 2004 and 2006 Plans for ease of administration; (ii) providing a cap for the number of options to be issued at 22,000,000; (iii) providing guidelines for exercise prices such that the exercise price of any newly granted option is never less than the market value or in the case of a 10%+ holder, never less than 110% of the market value on the date of grant; (iv) providing for a maximum term of 5 years for any option granted; (v) provide for a vesting schedule whereby vesting must occur over at least 18 months with no more than 1/6th of the options granted vesting in any 3 month period; (vi) providing for the maximum number of options to be granted to any one individual in any 12 month period to be no more than 5% of the issued and outstanding common stock, and (vii) providing for a maximum number of options to be granted to any Investor Relations party to be no more than 2% of the issued and outstanding common stock.
As a result of the new terms governing the Company's Stock Incentive Plan, the maximum number of options that can still be issued totals 4,310,000.
The Company has contracted with two parties subsequent to year end for research and development consulting services that could result in future license fees and royalties.
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