UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
x
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the
quarterly period ended September 30, 2007
or
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the
transition period from ____________ to ____________
Commission
file number 000-26422
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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94-3171943
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
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2600
Kelly Road, Suite 100
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Warrington,
Pennsylvania 18976-3622
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(215)
488-9300
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements
for
the past 90 days. YES x
NO
o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer o |
Accelerated
filer x
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Non-accelerated
filer o
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
YES
o
NO
x
As
of
November 6, 2007, 86,590,393 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value
$0.001 per share, were outstanding.
Table
of Contents
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Page
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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1
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CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
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As
of September 30, 2007 (unaudited) and December 31, 2006
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1
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)
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For
the Three Months Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006
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For
the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006
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2
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (unaudited)
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For
the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006
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3
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
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4
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Item
2.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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9
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
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25
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Item
4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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26
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PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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26
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Item 1A. |
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Risk
Factors
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27
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Item
2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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27
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Item
3.
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Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
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27
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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27
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Item
5.
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Other
Information
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27
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Item
6.
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27
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Signatures
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28
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Unless
the context otherwise requires, all references to “we,” “us,” “our,” and the
“Company” include Discovery
Laboratories,
Inc., and its wholly-owned, presently inactive subsidiary, Acute Therapeutics,
Inc.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act). The forward-looking statements
are only predictions and provide our current expectations or forecasts of future
events and financial performance and may be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology, including the terms “believes,” “estimates,”
“anticipates,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “may,” “will” or “should” or, in
each case, their negative, or other variations or comparable terminology, though
the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not
forward-looking. Forward-looking statements include all matters that are not
historical facts and include, without limitation, statements concerning: our
business strategy, outlook, objectives, future milestones, plans, intentions,
goals, future financial conditions, our research and development programs and
planning for and timing of any clinical trials; the possibility, timing and
outcome of submitting regulatory filings for our products under development;
remediation of manufacturing issues related to the April 2006 process validation
stability failures and plans with respect to the release and stability testing
of recently manufactured new process validation batches of Surfaxin®;
plans
regarding strategic alliances and collaboration arrangements with pharmaceutical
companies and others to develop, manufacture and market our drug products;
research and development of particular drug products, technologies and
aerosolization drug devices; the development of financial, clinical,
manufacturing and marketing plans related to the potential approval and
commercialization of our drug products, and the period of time for which our
existing resources will enable us to fund our operations.
We
intend
that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions
of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
are subject to many risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results
to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements. Examples of the risks and uncertainties include,
but
are not limited to:
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the
risk that we may not successfully and profitably develop and market
our
products;
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risks
relating to our research and development activities, which are
time-consuming, costly and involve pre-clinical studies, clinical
trials
and other studies, and the risk that such trials and studies may
be
delayed, halted or fail;
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risks
relating to the rigorous regulatory approval process required for
approval
of any products that we may develop, independently, with our development
partners or pursuant to collaboration arrangements;
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the
risk that changes in the national or international political and
regulatory environment may make it more difficult to gain FDA or
other
regulatory approval of our drug product
candidates;
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the
risk that the FDA or other regulatory authorities may not accept,
or
may
withhold or delay consideration of, any applications that we may
file
or
limit approval to particular indications or other label
limitations;
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the
risk that, after acceptance and review of applications that we file,
the
FDA or other regulatory authorities will not approve the marketing
and
sale of our drug product candidates;
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risks
that we may not have successfully resolved the Chemistry, Manufacturing
and Controls (CMC) and other cGMP-related matters at our manufacturing
operations in Totowa, New Jersey, with respect to Surfaxin and our
other
Surfactant Replacement Therapies (SRT) presently under development,
including those identified in connection with our April 2006 process
validation stability failures and matters noted by the FDA in its
inspectional reports on Form FDA 483;
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risks
that our recently submitted formal response to the April 2006 Approvable
Letter will not satisfy the FDA;
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risks
relating to our own drug manufacturing operations and the manufacturing
operations of our third-party suppliers and contract
manufacturers;
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risks
relating to the ability of our development partners and third-party
suppliers of materials, drug substance and aerosolization systems
and
related components to provide us with adequate supplies and expertise
to
support manufacture of drug product for initiation and completion
of our
clinical studies;
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risks
relating to our ability and the ability of our collaborators and
development partners to develop and successfully manufacture and
commercialize products that combine our drug products with innovative
aerosolization technologies;
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risks
relating to the transfer of our manufacturing technology to third-party
contract manufacturers;
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risks
that financial market conditions may change, additional financings
could
result in equity dilution, or we will be unable to maintain the Nasdaq
Global Market listing requirements, causing the price of our shares
of
common stock to decline;
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the
risk that we will not be able to raise additional capital or enter
into
additional strategic alliances and collaboration arrangements (including
strategic alliances in support of our aerosol and other SRT);
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the
risk that recurring losses, negative cash flows and the inability
to raise
additional capital could threaten our ability to continue as a going
concern;
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risks
relating to our ability to develop or otherwise provide for a successful
sales and marketing organization in a timely manner, if at all, and
that
we or our marketing partners will not succeed in developing market
awareness of our products;
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the
risk that we or our development partners, collaborators or marketing
partners will not be able to attract or maintain qualified
personnel;
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risks
relating to the maintenance, protection and expiry of the patents
and
licenses related to our SRT and the potential development of competing
therapies and/or technologies by other
companies;
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risks
relating to the impact of securities, product liability, and other
litigation or claims that have been and may be brought against us
and our
officers and directors;
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risks
relating to reimbursement and health care reform; and
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other
risks and uncertainties detailed in “Risk Factors” and in the documents
incorporated by reference in this
report.
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Pharmaceutical
and biotechnology companies have suffered significant setbacks in advanced
clinical trials, even after obtaining promising earlier trial results. Data
obtained from such clinical trials are susceptible to varying interpretations,
which could delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval.
Except
to
the extent required by applicable laws or rules, we do not undertake to update
any forward-looking statements or to publicly announce revisions to any of
the
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM
1. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
(in
thousands, except per share data)
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September
30,
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December
31,
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2007
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2006
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(Unaudited)
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ASSETS
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Current
Assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$
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18,831
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$
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26,173
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Restricted
cash
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646
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829
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Available-for-sale
securities
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13,609
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—
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Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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298
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565
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Total
Current Assets
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33,384
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27,567
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Property
and equipment, net
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7,186
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4,794
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Deferred
financing costs and other assets
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1,778
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2,039
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Total
Assets
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$
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42,348
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$
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34,400
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LIABILITIES
& STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Current
Liabilities:
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Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
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$
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6,819
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$
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5,953
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Capitalized
leases and note payable, current portion
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2,146
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2,015
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Total
Current Liabilities
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8,965
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7,968
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Loan
payable, non-current portion, including accrued interest
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9,452
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8,907
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Capitalized
leases and note payable, non-current portion
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2,768
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2,687
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Other
liabilities
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895
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516
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Total
Liabilities
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22,080
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20,078
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Stockholders’
Equity:
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Common
stock, $0.001 par value; 180,000 shares authorized; 84,995
and 69,871 shares issued; and 84,681 and 69,558 shares outstanding
at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.
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85
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70
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Additional
paid-in capital
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299,556
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265,604
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Accumulated
deficit
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(276,339
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)
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(248,298
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)
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Treasury
stock (at cost); 313 shares
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(3,054
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)
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(3,054
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Other
comprehensive income
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20
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—
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Total
Stockholders’ Equity
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20,268
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14,322
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Total
Liabilities & Stockholders’ Equity
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$
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42,348
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$
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34,400
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See
notes to consolidated financial
statements
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(in
thousands, except per share data)
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Three
Months Ended
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Nine
Months Ended
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September
30,
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September
30,
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2007
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2006
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2007
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2006
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Revenue
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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-
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$
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-
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Expenses:
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Research
and development
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6,184
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5,204
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18,400
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18,728
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General
and administrative
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3,147
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2,723
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9,366
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15,429
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Restructuring
charge
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—
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—
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—
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4,805
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Total
expenses
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9,331
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7,927
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27,766
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38,962
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Operating
loss
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(9,331
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)
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(7,927
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)
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(27,766
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)
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(38,962
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)
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Other
income / (expense):
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Interest
and other income
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457
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|
291
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1,321
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1,468
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Interest
and other expense
|
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|
(473
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)
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(362
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)
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(1,596
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)
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(994
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)
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Other
income / (expense), net
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(16
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)
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(71
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)
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(275
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)
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474
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Net
loss
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|
$
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(9,347
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)
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$
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(7,998
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)
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$
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(28,041
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)
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$
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(38,488
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)
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Net
loss per common share - Basic
and diluted
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$
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(0.11
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)
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$
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(0.13
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)
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$
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(0.35
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)
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$
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(0.62
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)
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Weighted
average number of common shares
outstanding - basic and diluted
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84,642
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62,312
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79,485
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61,703
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|
See
notes to consolidated financial
statements
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(in
thousands)
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Nine
Months Ended
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September
30,
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2007
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2006
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net
loss
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$
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(28,041
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)
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$
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(38,488
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)
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Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
operating activities:
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Depreciation
and amortization
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1,212
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685
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Stock-based
compensation and 401(k) match
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3,743
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4,891
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Loss
on disposal of property and equipment
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3
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—
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Changes
in:
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Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
233
|
|
|
282
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|
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
866
|
|
|
(673
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)
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Other
assets
|
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|
(149
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)
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|
2
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Other
liabilities and accrued interest on loan payable
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|
|
924
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|
|
383
|
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(21,209
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)
|
|
(32,918
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)
|
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
|
|
(3,163
|
)
|
|
(967
|
)
|
Restricted
cash
|
|
|
183
|
|
|
(183
|
)
|
Purchases
of marketable securities
|
|
|
(26,800
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)
|
|
(4,631
|
)
|
Proceeds
from sales or maturity of marketable securities
|
|
|
13,211
|
|
|
7,884
|
|
Net
cash (used in) / provided by investing activities
|
|
|
(16,569
|
)
|
|
2,103
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from issuance of securities, net of expenses
|
|
|
30,224
|
|
|
2,800
|
|
Equipment
financed through capital lease obligation
|
|
|
5,509
|
|
|
1,130
|
|
Principal
payments under capital lease obligation
|
|
|
(5,297
|
)
|
|
(1,232
|
)
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
30,436
|
|
|
2,698
|
|
Net
decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(7,342
|
)
|
|
(28,117
|
)
|
Cash
and cash equivalents - beginning of period
|
|
|
26,173
|
|
|
47,010
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents - end of period
|
|
$
|
18,831
|
|
$
|
18,893
|
|
Supplementary
disclosure of cash flows information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
paid
|
|
$
|
511
|
|
$
|
964
|
|
Non-cash
transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized
gain/(loss) on marketable securities
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
2
|
|
See notes to consolidated financial
statements
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
Note
1 - The Company and Basis of Presentation
The
Company
Discovery
Laboratories, Inc. (referred to in these Notes as “we”, “us” and “our”) is a
biotechnology company developing its proprietary surfactant technology as
Surfactant Replacement Therapies (SRT) for respiratory disorders and diseases.
Surfactants are produced naturally in the lungs and are essential for breathing.
Our technology produces a precision-engineered surfactant that is designed
to
closely mimic the essential properties of natural human lung surfactant. We
believe that through this SRT technology, pulmonary surfactants have the
potential, for the first time, to be developed into a series of respiratory
therapies for patients in the Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Intensive
Care
Unit (ICU) and other hospital settings, to treat conditions for which there
are
few or no approved therapies available.
Our
SRT
pipeline is focused initially on the most significant respiratory conditions
prevalent in the NICU and PICU. We have filed a New Drug Application (NDA)
with
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for our lead product, Surfaxin®
(lucinactant) for the prevention of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in
premature infants. In connection with this NDA, we recently submitted our formal
response to a second Approvable Letter that we received from the FDA in April
2006. If the FDA deems our submission to be a complete response, we anticipate
a
six-month review period, with a target potential approval date in the second
quarter of 2008. For older children being treated in the PICU, we recently
initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the use of Surfaxin in children
up
to two years of age suffering from Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF). We are
also
developing Surfaxin for the prevention and treatment of Bronchopulmonary
Dysplasia (BPD) in premature infants, a debilitating and chronic lung disease
typically affecting premature infants who have suffered RDS. Aerosurf™ is our
proprietary SRT in aerosolized form administered through nasal continuous
positive airway pressure (nCPAP) and is being developed for the prevention
and
treatment of infants at risk for respiratory failure. Aerosurf has the potential
to obviate the need for endotracheal intubation and conventional mechanical
ventilation.
In
addition to potentially treating respiratory conditions prevalent in the NICU
and PICU, we believe that our SRT will also potentially address a variety of
debilitating respiratory conditions affecting other pediatric, young adult
and
adult patients in the ICU and other hospital settings, such as Acute Lung Injury
(ALI), cystic fibrosis (CF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
asthma, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and other debilitating
respiratory conditions.
We
have
implemented a business strategy that includes: (i) ongoing efforts intended
to
gain regulatory approval to market and sell Surfaxin for the prevention of
RDS
in premature infants in the United States; (ii) preparing for the potential
approval and commercial launch of Surfaxin for RDS in the United States by
(A) expanding our existing Medical Affairs organization to support
increased educational and scientific activities, and (B) strategic planning
for
commercial capabilities to execute the launch of Surfaxin in the United States,
if approved; (iii) continued investment in development of SRT pipeline
programs, including Surfaxin for neonatal and pediatric conditions and Aerosurf,
which uses the aerosol-generating technology rights that we have licensed
through a strategic alliance with Chrysalis Technologies (Chrysalis), a division
of Philip Morris USA Inc.; (iv) continued investment in enhancements to our
quality systems and manufacturing capabilities, including our operations in
Totowa, New Jersey (which we acquired in December 2005), to produce surfactant
drug products to meet the anticipated pre-clinical, clinical and potential
future commercial requirements of Surfaxin and our other SRT product candidates,
and potentially to develop new and enhanced formulations of Surfaxin and our
other SRT product candidates. Our long-term manufacturing strategy includes
potentially building or acquiring additional manufacturing capabilities for
the
production of our precision-engineered SRT drug products; and (v) seeking
investments of additional capital including potentially entering into
collaboration agreements and strategic partnerships for the development and
commercialization of our SRT product candidates.
Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States for interim financial information in accordance with the
instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the
information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of
management, all adjustments (consisting of normally recurring accruals)
considered for fair presentation have been included. Operating results for
the
three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2007 are not necessarily
indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December
31,
2007. Certain prior period balances have been reclassified to conform to the
current period presentation. For further information, refer to the consolidated
financial statements and footnotes thereto included in our Annual Report on
Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Note
2 -
Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting
Policies
There
have been no changes to our critical accounting policies since December 31,
2006. For more information on critical accounting policies, refer to our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. Readers
are encouraged to review these disclosures in conjunction with the review of
this Form 10-Q.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
July
2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Interpretation
No. 48, Accounting
for Uncertainty
in Income Taxes,
an
interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, (FIN 48). FIN 48 prescribes a
recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement
recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken
in a
tax return. We adopted FIN 48 on January 1, 2007. The adoption of
FIN 48 did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial
statements.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No.157, “Fair Value Measurements” (SFAS
157). SFAS 157 provides guidance for using fair value to measure assets and
liabilities. The standard requires expanded information about the extent to
which a company measures assets and liabilities at fair value, the information
used to measure fair value, and the effect of fair value measurements on
earnings. SFAS 157 will be effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning
January 1, 2008. The Company is currently reviewing the effect SFAS 157 will
have on its financial statements.
Note
3 -
Net Loss Per Share
Net
loss
per share is computed based on the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding for the periods. Common shares issuable upon the exercise of options
and warrants are not included in the calculation of the net loss per share
as
their effect would be anti-dilutive.
Note
4 -
Comprehensive Loss
Total
comprehensive loss was $9.3 million and $28.0 million for the three months
and
nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, and $8.0 million and $38.5
million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2006,
respectively. Total comprehensive loss consists of the net loss and unrealized
gains and losses on marketable securities.
Note
5 -
Restricted Cash
There
are
cash balances that are restricted as to use and we disclose such amounts
separately on our balance sheets. The primary component of Restricted Cash
is a
cash security deposit in the amount of $600,000 securing a letter of credit
in
the same amount related to our lease agreement dated May 26, 2004 for office
space in Warrington, Pennsylvania. Beginning in March 2010, the security deposit
and the letter of credit related to the lease agreement will be reduced to
$400,000 and will remain in effect through the remainder of the lease term.
Subject to certain conditions, upon expiration of the lease in February 2013,
the letter of credit will expire.
Note
6 -
Stock-Based Employee Compensation
Our
stock-based employee compensation plans (Plans) are intended to attract, retain
and provide incentives for employees, officers and directors, and to align
stockholder and employee interests. We use the Black-Scholes option pricing
model to determine the fair value of stock options and amortize the stock-based
compensation expense over the requisite service periods of the stock options.
The fair value of the stock options is determined on the date of grant using
the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of stock options is affected
by our stock price and several subjective variables, including the expected
stock price volatility over the term of the option, actual and projected
employee stock option exercise behaviors, risk-free interest rate and expected
dividends.
We
use
historical data and other factors to estimate the expected term, volatility
and
forfeiture rates within the valuation model. The risk-free interest rate is
based upon the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. We
have
not and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future
and therefore use an expected dividend yield of zero in the option valuation
model. We estimate forfeitures of unvested stock options at the time of grant
and revise those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ
from those estimates, resulting in recognition of stock-based compensation
expense only for those options that vest.
The
fair
value of each stock option is estimated on the date of grant using the
Black-Scholes option-pricing formula and the assumptions noted in the following
table:
|
|
September
30,
2007
|
|
September
30,
2006
|
|
Expected
volatility
|
|
|
97
|
%
|
|
101
|
%
|
Expected
term
|
|
|
4
and 5 years
|
|
|
5
years
|
|
Risk-free
rate
|
|
|
4.6
|
%
|
|
5.0
|
%
|
Expected
dividends
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
The
total
employee stock-based compensation for the three and nine months ended September
30, 2007 and 2006 was as follows:
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September
30,
|
|
September
30,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research
& Development
|
|
$
|
319
|
|
$
|
353
|
|
$
|
1,109
|
|
$
|
1,255
|
|
General
& Administrative
|
|
|
737
|
|
|
567
|
|
|
2,343
|
|
|
2,878
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
1,056
|
|
$
|
920
|
|
$
|
3,452
|
|
$
|
4,133
|
|
As
of
September 30, 2007, there was $7.8 million of total unrecognized compensation
cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under
the Plans. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average
vesting period of 2.01 years.
As
of
September 30, 2007, 57,123 phantom restricted stock awards were issued and
outstanding under our Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (1998
Plan) and 57,123 shares were reserved for future issuance. Effective as of
October 30, 2007, to replace the shares of phantom stock previously granted
to
each such grantee under the 1998 Plan, we entered into Stock Issuance Agreements
(Agreements) pursuant to which the then-eligible grantees received in the
aggregate 56,660 restricted shares of common stock. Under the Agreements,
restricted shares are subject to a vesting schedule whereby such shares will
fully vest on the date that our first drug product first becomes widely
commercially available, as determined by management. Prior to such date, a
grantee’s shares are non-transferable and subject to automatic cancellation upon
the termination of such grantee’s employment for any reason.
Note
7 -
Working Capital
Cash
is
required to fund our working capital needs, to purchase capital assets, and
to
pay debt service, including principal and interest payments. We do not currently
have any source of operating revenue and will require significant amounts of
cash to continue to fund operations, clinical trials and research and
development efforts until such time, if ever, that one of our products receives
regulatory approval for marketing and begins to generate sales. Since we have
not generated any revenue from the sale of any products, we have relied upon
the
capital markets and debt financings as our primary sources of funding. We will
continue to be opportunistic in accessing the capital markets to obtain
financing on terms satisfactory to us. We plan to fund our future cash
requirements through:
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·
|
the
issuance of equity and debt financings;
|
|
·
|
payments
from potential strategic collaborators, including license fees and
sponsored research funding;
|
|
·
|
sales
of Surfaxin, if approved;
|
|
·
|
sales
of our other product candidates, if
approved;
|
|
·
|
capital
lease financings; and
|
|
·
|
interest
earned on invested capital.
|
After
taking into account an October 2007 draw-down pursuant to our Committed Equity
Financing Facility (CEFF) with Kingsbridge Capital Limited (Kingsbridge), a
private investment group (see
“Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -
Liquidity and Capital Resources”) that resulted in $5.0 million of gross
proceeds, and before taking into account any additional amounts that may be
potentially available through our CEFF, any potential strategic collaborations,
and any potential financings, we believe that our current working capital is
sufficient to meet planned activities through mid 2008. Use of the CEFF is
subject to certain conditions, including a limitation on the total number of
shares of our common stock that we may issue under the CEFF (currently not
more
than approximately 5.2 million shares). In addition, if on any trading day
during the eight trading day pricing period for a draw down, the volume weighted
average price of our common stock (VWAP) is less than the greater of (i) $2.00
or (ii) 85 percent of the closing price of our common stock for the trading
day
immediately preceding the draw-down period, no shares will be issued with
respect to that trading day and the total amount of the draw down for that
pricing period will be reduced for each such trading day by one-eighth of the
draw down amount that we had initially specified. We anticipate using the CEFF,
when available, to support working capital needs for the remainder of
2007.
Note
8 -
Q2 2006 Restructuring Charge
In
April
2006, we received an Approvable Letter from the FDA for Surfaxin for the
prevention of RDS in premature infants and announced that ongoing analysis
of
data from Surfaxin process validation batches that we had manufactured as a
requirement for our NDA indicated that certain stability parameters no longer
met acceptance criteria. As a result of these events, to lower our cost
structure and to re-align our operations with changed business priorities,
in
April 2006, we reduced our staff levels and reorganized corporate management.
We
incurred a restructuring charge of $4.8 million in the second quarter of 2006
associated with the staff reductions and close-out of certain commercial
programs, which was accounted for in accordance with Statement No. 146
“Accounting
for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities”.
As
of
September 30, 2007, the remaining balance of the unpaid restructuring charge
was
$0.5 million, which was included in accounts payable and accrued expenses.
Note
9 -
Debt
Capital
Equipment Financing Arrangements
On
May
21, 2007, we and Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business
Financial Services Inc. (Merrill Lynch), entered into a Credit and Security
Agreement (Loan Agreement), pursuant to which Merrill Lynch is providing us
a
$12.5 million credit facility (Facility) to fund our capital programs. Under
the
Facility, $9 million was made available immediately (with up to an additional
$3.5 million becoming available, at a rate of $1 million for each $10 million
raised by us through business development partnerships, stock offerings and
other similar financings). Approximately $4.0 million of the Facility was drawn
to fund the prepayment of all our outstanding indebtedness to General Electric
Capital Corporation (GECC) under the Master Security Agreement with GECC dated
December 20, 2002, as amended (GECC Agreement). The right to draw funds under
the Facility will expire on May 30, 2008, subject to a best efforts undertaking
by Merrill Lynch to extend the draw down period beyond the expiration date
for
an additional six months. The minimum advance under the Facility is $100,000.
Interest on each advance will accrue at a fixed rate per annum equal to LIBOR
plus 6.25%, determined on the funding date of such advance. Principal and
interest on all advances will be payable in equal installments on the first
business day of each month. We may prepay advances, in whole or in part, at
any
time, subject to a prepayment penalty, which, depending on the period of time
elapsed from the closing of the Facility, will range from 4% to 1%.
We
may
use the Facility to finance (a) new property and equipment and (b) up to
approximately $1.7 million “Other Equipment” and related costs, which may
include leasehold improvements, intangible property such as software and
software licenses, specialty equipment, a pre-payment penalty paid to GECC
and
“soft costs” related to financed property and equipment (including, without
limitation, taxes, shipping, installation and other similar costs). Advances
to
finance the acquisition of new property and equipment will be amortized over
a
period of 36 months. The advance related to the GECC prepayment will be
amortized over a period of 27 months and Other Equipment and related costs
will
be amortized over a period of 24 months.
Our
obligations to Merrill Lynch are secured by a security interest in (a) the
financed property and equipment, including the property and equipment securing
GECC at the time of prepayment, and (b) all of our intellectual property,
subject to limited exceptions set forth in the Loan Agreement (Supplemental
Collateral). The Supplemental Collateral will be released on the earlier to
occur of (i) receipt by us of FDA approval of our NDA for Surfaxin for
the
prevention of RDS in premature infants, or (ii) the date on which we shall
have
maintained over a continuous 12-month period ending on or after March 31, 2008,
measured at the end of each calendar quarter, a minimum cash balance equal
to
our projected cash requirements for the following 12-month period. In addition,
we, PharmaBio Development Inc. d/b/a NovaQuest (PharmaBio), to which we are
indebted under a separate loan arrangement (discussed below), and Merrill Lynch
entered into an Intercreditor Agreement under which Merrill Lynch agreed to
subordinate its security interest in the Supplemental Collateral (which does
not
include financed property and equipment) to the security interest in the same
collateral that we previously granted to PharmaBio.
As
of
September 30, 2007, approximately $4.9 million was outstanding under the secured
credit facility with Merrill Lynch and $3.5 million remained available for
use,
subject to the conditions of the Facility.
Loan
with PharmaBio Development, Inc. d/b/a/ NovaQuest (PharmaBio), a strategic
investment group of Quintiles Transnational Corp.
We
have a
loan with PharmaBio in the principal amount of $8.5 million that matures on
April 30, 2010. Interest on the loan accrues at the prime lending rate, subject
to change when and as such rate changes, compounded annually, and is payable
on
the maturity date of the loan. We may repay the loan, in whole or in part,
at
any time without prepayment penalty or premium. As of September 30, 2007, $9.5
million was outstanding on this loan, which was comprised of $8.5 million of
principal and $1.0 million of accrued and unpaid interest. For further
discussion,
see “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -
Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
Note
10 - Litigation
On
March
15, 2007, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the Second Consolidated
Amended Complaint filed by the Mizla Group, individually and on behalf of a
class of investors who purchased our publicly traded securities between March
15, 2004 and June 6, 2006, alleging securities laws-related violations in
connection with various of our public statements. The amended complaint had
been
filed on November 30, 2006 against us, our Chief Executive Officer, Robert
J.
Capetola, and our former Chief Operating Officer, Christopher J. Schaber, under
the caption “In re: Discovery Laboratories Securities Litigation” and sought an
order that the action proceed as a class action and an award of compensatory
damages in favor of the plaintiffs and the other class members in an unspecified
amount, together with interest and reimbursement of costs and expenses of the
litigation and other equitable or injunctive relief. On April 10, 2007,
plaintiffs filed a Notice of Appeal with the United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and filed an opening brief on July 2,
2007.
Defendants filed their opening brief on August 6, 2007, and Plaintiffs filed
their reply brief on August 20, 2007.
We
intend
to vigorously defend the appeal of the securities class action. The potential
impact of this or any such actions, all of which generally seek unquantified
damages, attorneys’ fees and expenses is uncertain. Additional actions based
upon similar allegations, or otherwise, may be filed in the future. There can
be
no assurance that an adverse result in any such proceedings would not have
a
potentially material adverse effect on our business, results of operations
and
financial condition.
We
have
from time to time been involved in disputes arising in the ordinary course
of
business, including in connection with the termination in 2006 of certain
pre-launch commercial programs following our process validation stability
failure. Such claims, with or without merit, if not resolved, could be
time-consuming and result in costly litigation. While it is impossible to
predict with certainty the eventual outcome of such claims, we believe the
pending matters are unlikely to have a material adverse effect on our financial
condition or results of operations. However, there can be no assurance that
we
will be successful in any proceeding to which we are or may be a party.
Note
11 - Subsequent Event
In
October 2007, we completed a financing pursuant to the CEFF resulting in
proceeds of $5 million from the issuance of 1,909,172 shares of our common
stock
at an average price per share, after the applicable discount, of
$2.62.
ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
“Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” should
be read in connection with our accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements
(including the notes thereto) appearing elsewhere herein.
OVERVIEW
We
are a
biotechnology company developing our proprietary surfactant technology as
Surfactant Replacement Therapies (SRT) for respiratory disorders and diseases.
Surfactants are produced naturally in the lungs and are essential for breathing.
Our technology produces a precision-engineered surfactant that is designed
to
closely mimic the essential properties of natural human lung surfactant. We
believe that through this SRT technology, pulmonary surfactants have the
potential, for the first time, to be developed into a series of respiratory
therapies for patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric
Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and other hospital
settings, to treat conditions for which there are few or no approved therapies
available.
Our
SRT
pipeline is focused initially on the most significant respiratory conditions
prevalent in the NICU and PICU. We have filed a New Drug Application (NDA)
with
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for our lead product, Surfaxin®
(lucinactant) for the prevention of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in
premature infants. In connection with this NDA, we recently submitted our formal
response to a second Approvable Letter that we received from the FDA in April
2006. If the FDA deems our submission to be a complete response, we anticipate
a
six-month review period, with a target potential approval date in the second
quarter of 2008. For older children being treated in the PICU, we recently
initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the use of Surfaxin in children
up
to two years of age suffering from Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF). We are
also
developing Surfaxin for the prevention and treatment of Bronchopulmonary
Dysplasia (BPD) in premature infants, a debilitating and chronic lung disease
typically affecting premature infants who have suffered RDS. Aerosurf™ is our
proprietary SRT in aerosolized form administered through nasal continuous
positive airway pressure (nCPAP) and is being developed for the prevention
and
treatment of infants at risk for respiratory failure. Aerosurf has the potential
to obviate the need for endotracheal intubation and conventional mechanical
ventilation.
In
addition to potentially treating respiratory conditions prevalent in the NICU
and PICU, we believe that our SRT will also potentially address a variety of
debilitating respiratory conditions affecting other pediatric, young adult
and
adult patients in the ICU and other hospital settings, such as Acute Lung Injury
(ALI), cystic fibrosis (CF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
asthma, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and other debilitating
respiratory conditions.
We
have
implemented a business strategy that includes:
|
·
|
ongoing
efforts intended to gain regulatory approval to market Surfaxin for
the
prevention of RDS in premature infants in the United States. We recently
submitted our formal response to the Approvable Letter that we received
from the FDA in April 2006. Assuming that the FDA accepts our submission
as a complete response, we anticipate that the FDA will designate
our
submission as a Class 2 submission, thereby allowing for a six-month
review period with a target approval date under the Prescription
Drug User
Fee Act (PDUFA) in the second quarter of
2008;
|
|
·
|
preparing
for the potential approval and commercial launch of Surfaxin for
RDS in
the United States by (i) expanding our existing Medical Affairs
organization to support increased educational and scientific activities,
and (ii) strategic planning for commercial capabilities to execute
the
launch of Surfaxin in the United States, if
approved;
|
|
·
|
continued
investment in the development of our SRT pipeline programs,
including Surfaxin
for neonatal and pediatric conditions and Aerosurf, which uses the
aerosol-generating technology rights that we have licensed through
a
strategic alliance with Chrysalis Technologies, a division of Philip
Morris USA Inc. (Chrysalis);
|
|
·
|
continued
investment in enhancements to our quality systems and our manufacturing
capabilities, including our operations in Totowa, NewJersey (which
we
acquired in December 2005). We plan to (i) produce surfactant drug
products to meet the anticipated pre-clinical, clinical and potential
future commercial needs of Surfaxin and our other SRT product candidates,
and (ii) potentially develop new and enhanced formulations of Surfaxin
and
our other SRT product candidates. Our long-term manufacturing strategy
includes potentially building or acquiring additional manufacturing
capabilities for the production of our precision-engineered SRT drug
products; and
|
|
·
|
seeking
investments of additional capital and potentially entering into
collaboration agreements and strategic partnerships for the development
and commercialization of our SRT product candidates. We continue
to
evaluate a variety of strategic transactions intended to enhance
the
future growth potential of our SRT pipeline and maximize shareholder
value, including, but not limited to, potential business alliances,
commercial and development partnerships, financings and other similar
opportunities, although we cannot assure you that we will enter into
any
specific actions or transactions.
|
Since
our
inception, we have incurred significant losses and, as of September 30, 2007,
we
had an accumulated deficit of $276.3 million. The majority of our expenditures
to date have been for and in support of research and development activities.
See
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations - Plan of Operations.”
Historically,
we have funded our operations with working capital provided principally through
public and private equity financings, debt arrangements and strategic
collaborations. As of September 30, 2007, we had: (i) cash and marketable
securities of $33.1 million; (ii) approximately 7.1 million shares potentially
available for issuance (up to a maximum of $40.5 million) under our Committed
Equity Financing Facility (CEFF) with Kingsbridge Capital Limited (Kingsbridge),
a private investment group, subject to certain conditions that could cause
the
CEFF to be unavailable (discussed
in “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -
Liquidity and Capital Resources”); (iii) $9.5 million outstanding ($8.5 million
principal and $1.0 million of accrued interest as of September 30, 2007) on
a
loan from PharmaBio Development Inc. d/b/a NovaQuest (PharmaBio), the strategic
investment group of Quintiles Transnational Corp. (Quintiles), which is due
and
payable together with all accrued interest on April 30, 2010; and (iv) $4.9
million debt outstanding under a $12.5 million capital equipment financing
arrangement with Merrill Lynch, of which approximately $4.0 million was applied
to prepay the outstanding capital equipment loan and prepayment penalties then
due to General Electric Capital Corporation (GECC). See “Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and
Capital Resources.”
RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT
Research
and development expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2007
were $6.2 million and $18.4 million, respectively. Research and development
expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 were $5.2
million and $18.7 million, respectively. These costs are charged to operations
as incurred and are tracked by category rather than by project. Research and
development costs consist primarily of expenses associated with research,
formulation development, manufacturing development, clinical and regulatory
operations and other direct preclinical and clinical projects.
These
cost categories typically include the following expenses:
Manufacturing
Development
Manufacturing
development primarily reflects costs incurred to develop current good
manufacturing practices (cGMP) manufacturing capabilities in order to provide
clinical and anticipated commercial drug supply. Manufacturing development
activities include: (1) costs associated with our manufacturing operations
in
Totowa, New Jersey (which we acquired from our then-contract manufacturer,
Laureate Pharma, Inc. (Laureate) in December 2005) to support the production
of
clinical and anticipated commercial drug supply for our SRT programs, such
as
employee expenses, depreciation, the purchase of drug substances, quality
control and assurance activities, and analytical services; (2) continued
investment in our quality assurance and analytical chemistry capabilities,
including implementation of enhancements to quality controls, process assurances
and documentation requirements that support the production process and expanding
and upgrading our quality operations to meet production needs for our SRT
pipeline in accordance with cGMP; and (3) expenses associated with our
comprehensive investigation of the April 2006 Surfaxin process validation
stability failure, remediation of our related manufacturing issues and such
activities associated with obtaining data and other information necessary for
our formal response to the Surfaxin Approvable Letter.
Unallocated
Development - Clinical, Regulatory and Formulation Development Operations
Clinical,
regulatory and formulation development operations reflect the preparation,
implementation and management of our clinical trial activities in accordance
with current good clinical practices (cGCPs) and research and development of
aerosolized and other related formulations of our precision-engineered lung
surfactant, engineering of aerosol delivery systems and analytical chemistry
activities to support the continued development of Surfaxin. Included in
unallocated clinical, regulatory and formulation development operations are
costs associated with personnel, supplies, facilities, fees to consultants,
and
other related costs for clinical trial implementation and management, clinical
quality control and regulatory compliance activities, data management and
biostatistics, including such activities associated with obtaining data and
other information necessary for our formal response to the Surfaxin Approvable
Letter.
Direct
Pre-Clinical and Clinical Program Expenses
Direct
pre-clinical and clinical program expenses include pre-clinical activities
associated with the development of SRT formulations prior to the initiation
of
any potential human clinical trials and activities associated with conducting
clinical trials, including patient enrollment costs, external site costs,
expense of clinical drug supply and external costs such as contract research
consultant fees and expenses.
The
following summarizes our research and development expenses by each of the
foregoing categories for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007
and
2006:
|
|
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
(
in thousands)
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
Research
and Development Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Manufacturing
development
|
|
$
|
3,141
|
|
$
|
2,341
|
|
$
|
8,408
|
|
$
|
7,732
|
|
Unallocated
development - clinical and regulatory operations
|
|
|
1,994
|
|
|
1,753
|
|
|
6,329
|
|
|
6,291
|
|
Direct
pre-clinical and clinical program expenses
|
|
|
1,049
|
|
|
1,110
|
|
|
3,663
|
|
|
4,705
|
|
Total
Research & Development Expenses
|
|
$
|
6,184
|
|
$
|
5,204
|
|
$
|
18,400
|
|
$
|
18,728
|
|
Due
to
the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in the clinical development
and
regulatory approval processes, the nature, timing and costs of the efforts
necessary to complete projects in development are not reasonably estimable.
Results from clinical trials may not be favorable and data from clinical trials
are subject to varying interpretation and may be deemed insufficient by the
regulatory bodies reviewing applications for marketing approvals. As such,
clinical development and regulatory programs are subject to risks and changes
that may significantly impact cost projections and timelines.
Currently,
none of our drug product candidates are available for commercial sale. All
of
our potential products are in regulatory review, clinical or pre-clinical
development. The status and anticipated completion date of each of our lead
SRT
programs are discussed in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations - Plan of Operations.” Successful completion
of development of our SRT is contingent on numerous risks, uncertainties and
other factors, some of which are described in detail in the “Risk Factors”
section contained in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Development
risk factors include, but are not limited to:
·
|
Completion
of pre-clinical and clinical trials of our SRT product candidates
with
scientific results that are sufficient to support further development
and/or regulatory approval;
|
·
|
Receipt
of necessary regulatory approvals;
|
·
|
Obtaining
adequate supplies of surfactant active drug substances, manufactured
to
our specifications and on commercially reasonable
terms;
|
·
|
Performance
of our third-party collaborators and suppliers on whom we rely for
supply
of drug substances, medical device components and related services
necessary to manufacture our SRT drug product candidates, including
Surfaxin and Aerosurf;
|
·
|
Whether
we have successfully resolved the chemistry, manufacturing and controls
(CMC) and cGMP-related matters at our manufacturing operations in
Totowa,
New Jersey with respect to Surfaxin, including those matters identified
in
connection with the April 2006 process validation stability failures
and
those noted by the FDA in its inspectional reports on Form FDA 483;
|
·
|
Successful
manufacture at our manufacturing operations in Totowa of our SRT
drug
product candidates, including Surfaxin;
|
·
|
Successful
development and implementation of a manufacturing strategy for the
Chrysalis aerosolization device and related materials to support
clinical
studies and commercialization of Aerosurf;
and
|
·
|
Providing
for additional manufacturing capabilities, for which we presently
have
limited resources.
|
·
|
Obtaining
capital necessary to fund our operations, including our research
and
development efforts, manufacturing requirements and clinical
trials;
|
Because
these factors, many of which are outside our control, could have a potentially
significant effect on our activities, the success, timing of completion, and
ultimate cost of development of any of our product candidates is highly
uncertain and cannot be estimated with any degree of certainty. The timing
and
cost to complete drug trials alone may be impacted by, among other
things:
· |
Slow
patient enrollment;
|
· |
Long
treatment time required to demonstrate
effectiveness;
|
· |
Lack
of sufficient clinical supplies and
material;
|
· |
Adverse
medical events or side effects in treated
patients;
|
· |
Lack
of compatibility with complimentary
technologies;
|
· |
Failure
of a product candidate to demonstrate effectiveness;
and
|
· |
Lack
of sufficient funds.
|
If
we do
not successfully complete clinical trials, we will not receive regulatory
approval to market our SRT products. Failure to obtain and maintain regulatory
approval and generate revenues from the sale of our products would have a
material adverse effect on our value, financial condition and results of
operations.
CORPORATE
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS
Chrysalis
Technologies, a Division of Philip Morris USA Inc.
In
December 2005, we entered into a strategic alliance with Chrysalis to develop
and commercialize aerosol SRT to address a broad range of serious respiratory
conditions, such as neonatal respiratory failure, ALI, CF, COPD, asthma, and
others. Through this alliance, we gained exclusive rights to Chrysalis’
aerosolization technology for use with pulmonary surfactants for all respiratory
diseases. The alliance unites two complementary respiratory technologies -
our
precision-engineered surfactant technology with Chrysalis’ novel aerosolization
technology that is being developed to deliver therapeutics to the deep lung.
Chrysalis
has developed a proprietary aerosol generation technology that is being designed
with the potential to enable targeted upper respiratory or deep lung delivery
of
therapies for local or systematic applications. The Chrysalis technology is
designed to produce high-quality, low velocity aerosols for possible deep lung
aerosol delivery. Aerosols are created by pumping the drug formulation through
a
small, heated capillary wherein the excipient system is substantially converted
to the vapor state. Upon exiting the capillary, the vapor stream quickly cools
and slows in velocity yielding a dense aerosol with a defined particle
size.
The
alliance focuses on therapies for hospitalized patients, including those in
the
NICU, PICU and ICU, and can be expanded into other hospital applications and
ambulatory settings. We and Chrysalis are utilizing our respective capabilities
and resources to support and fund the design and development of combination
drug-device systems that can be uniquely customized to address specific
respiratory diseases and patient populations. Chrysalis is responsible for
developing the design for the aerosolization device platform, disposable dose
packets and patient interface. We are responsible for aerosolized SRT drug
formulations, clinical and regulatory activities, and the manufacturing and
commercialization of the combination drug-device products. We have exclusive
rights to Chrysalis’ aerosolization technology for use with pulmonary
surfactants for all respiratory diseases and conditions in hospital and
ambulatory settings. Generally, Chrysalis will receive a tiered royalty on
product sales: the base royalty generally applies to aggregate net sales of
less
than $500 million per contract year; the royalty generally increases on
aggregate net sales in excess of $500 million per contract year, and generally
increases further on aggregate net sales of alliance products in excess of
$1
billion per contract year.
Our
lead
neonatal program utilizing the Chrysalis technology is Aerosurf, an aerosolized
formulation administered via nCPAP to treat premature infants in the NICU at
risk for RDS. We are also planning an adult program utilizing the Chrysalis
aerosolization technology to develop aerosolized SRT administered as a
prophylactic for patients in the hospital at risk for ALI.
Laboratorios
del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
In
December 2004, we further restructured our strategic alliance with Laboratorios
del Dr. Esteve, S.A. (Esteve) for the development, marketing and sales of our
products. We had first entered into the alliance in 1999 and had revised it
in
2002 to broaden the territory to include all of Europe, Central and South
America, and Mexico. Under the 2004 restructuring, we regained full
commercialization rights to our SRT, including Surfaxin for the prevention
of
RDS in premature infants and the treatment of ARDS in adults, in key European
markets, Central America, and South America. Esteve will focus on Andorra,
Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and now has development and marketing rights
to a broader portfolio of potential SRT products. Esteve will pay us a transfer
price on sales of Surfaxin and other SRT. We will be responsible for the
manufacture and supply of all of the covered products and Esteve will be
responsible for all sales and marketing in the revised territory. We also agreed
to pay to Esteve 10% of any cash up-front and milestone fees (not to exceed
$20
million in the aggregate) that we may receive in connection with any future
strategic collaborations for the development and commercialization of Surfaxin
for RDS, ARDS or certain other SRTs in the territory for which we had previously
granted a license to Esteve. Esteve has agreed to make stipulated cash payments
to us upon our achievement of certain milestones, primarily upon receipt of
marketing regulatory approvals for the covered products. In addition, Esteve
has
agreed to contribute to Phase 3 clinical trials for the covered products by
conducting and funding development performed in the revised
territory.
In
October 2005, Esteve sublicensed the distribution rights to Surfaxin in Italy
to
Dompé farmaceutici s.p.a. (Dompé), a privately owned Italian company. Under the
sublicense agreement, Dompé will be responsible for sales, marketing and
distribution of Surfaxin in Italy.
PLAN
OF OPERATIONS
We
have
incurred substantial losses since inception and expect to continue to expend
substantial amounts for continued product research, development, manufacturing,
and general business activities. We will need to generate significant revenues
from product sales, related royalties and transfer prices to achieve and
maintain profitability.
Through
September 30, 2007, we had no revenues from any product sales, and had not
achieved profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Our ability to achieve
profitability depends upon, among other things, our ability to develop products,
obtain regulatory approval for products under development and enter into
collaboration and other agreements for product development, manufacturing and
commercialization. In addition, our results are dependent upon the performance
of our strategic partners and suppliers. Moreover, we may never achieve
significant revenues or profitable operations from the sale of any of our
products or technologies.
Through
September 30, 2007, we had not generated taxable income. At December 31, 2006,
net operating losses available to offset future taxable income for Federal
tax
purposes were approximately $229.8 million. The future utilization of such
loss
carryforward may be limited pursuant to regulations promulgated under Section
382 of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, we had a research and development
tax credit carryforward of $5.2 million at December 31, 2006. The Federal net
operating loss and research and development tax credit carryforwards expire
beginning in 2008 through 2026.
We
anticipate that during the next 12 to 24 months:
Research
and Development
We
will
focus our research, development and regulatory activities in an effort to
develop a pipeline of potential SRT for respiratory diseases. The drug
development, clinical trial and regulatory process is lengthy, expensive and
uncertain and subject to numerous risks including, without limitation, the
applicable risks discussed in herein and those contained in the “Risk Factors”
section in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. See “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis - Research and Development.”
Our
major
research and development projects include:
SRT
for Neonatal and Pediatric Indications
|
|
In
order to address the most prevalent respiratory disorders affecting
infants in the NICU and PICU, we are conducting several NICU and
PICU
therapeutic programs targeting respiratory conditions cited as some
of the
most significant unmet medical needs for the neonatal and pediatric
community.
|
Surfaxin
for the Prevention of RDS in Premature Infants
In
April
2006, we received a second Approvable Letter from the FDA for Surfaxin for
the
prevention of RDS in premature infants. Specifically, the FDA requested
information primarily focused on the Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls
(CMC)
section of our NDA, predominately involving drug product specifications and
stability, analytical methods and related controls. Also in April 2006, ongoing
analysis of Surfaxin process validation batches that had been manufactured
for
us in 2005 by our contract manufacturer, Laureate Pharma, Inc. (Laureate),
as a
requirement for our NDA indicated that certain stability parameters no longer
met acceptance criteria. We immediately conducted a comprehensive investigation,
which focused on analysis of manufacturing processes, analytical methods and
method validation and active pharmaceutical ingredient suppliers. As a result
of
our investigation, we identified a most probable root cause, and executed a
corrective action and preventative action (CAPA) plan.
In
December 2006, we attended a meeting with the FDA, the purpose of which was
to
clarify certain of the key CMC matters identified by the FDA in the Approvable
Letter, provide information concerning the status and interim findings of our
comprehensive investigation into the process validation stability failure and
efforts to remediate the related manufacturing issues, and obtain guidance
from
the FDA on the appropriate path to potentially gain approval of Surfaxin for
the
prevention of RDS in premature infants. Following that meeting and consistent
with the guidance obtained from the FDA, in February 2007, we completed the
manufacture of three new Surfaxin process validation batches. These process
validation batches have been, and will continue to be, subjected to ongoing
comprehensive stability testing on pre-specified testing dates, initially every
three months, in accordance with an established protocol that complies with
guidelines established by the International Conference on Harmonisation of
Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH).
Under this comprehensive testing protocol, these process validation batches
have
demonstrated acceptable stability through six months and continue to be
monitored.
In
October 2007, we completed the projects and compiled the additional data that
we
thought necessary to address the outstanding CMC issued identified in the
Approvable Letter and submitted our formal response to FDA. Those projects
were
developed based on the guidance that we received at our December 2006 meeting
with the FDA. Our formal response also included the six-month stability data
from our new process validation batches. We expect that the FDA will advise
us
in mid-November whether it has accepted our submission as a complete response
and provide a review classification that determines the targeted review
timeframe. Assuming that our submission is deemed complete, we anticipate that
the FDA will designate our submission as a Class 2 submission, thereby allowing
for a six-month review period with a target approval date under PDUFA in the
second quarter of 2008.
We
voluntarily withdrew in June 2006the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA)
filed in October 2004 with the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for clearance
to
market Surfaxin for the prevention and rescue treatment of RDS in premature
infants in Europe because our manufacturing issues would not be resolved within
the regulatory time frames mandated by the EMEA procedure. Our withdrawal of
the
MAA precluded final resolution of certain outstanding clinical issues related
to
the Surfaxin Phase 3 clinical trials, which had been the focus of a recent
EMEA
clinical expert meeting and were expected to be reviewed at a planned Oral
Explanation before the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP)
in
late June 2006. We plan in the future to have further discussions with the
EMEA
and develop a strategy to potentially gain approval for Surfaxin in Europe.
Surfaxin
for BPD in Premature Infants
In
October 2006, we announced preliminary results of our Phase 2 clinical trial
of
Surfaxin for the prevention and treatment of BPD. We believe that these results
suggest that Surfaxin may potentially represent a novel therapeutic option
for
infants at risk for BPD and anticipate determining the next development steps
for this program by early 2008.
Surfaxin
for Acute Respiratory Failure
In
June
2007, we initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the use of Surfaxin
in
children up to two years of age suffering from ARF. This Phase 2 clinical trial
is a multicenter, randomized, masked, placebo-controlled trial that will compare
Surfaxin to standard of care with sham air control. Approximately 180 children
under the age of two with ARF will receive standard of care and be randomized
to
receive either Surfaxin at 5.8 mL/kg of body weight (expected weight range
up to
15 kg) or sham air control. The trial is being conducted at approximately 20
sites throughout the United States, Chile, and Europe. The objective of the
study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of Surfaxin administration
and
to assess whether such treatment can decrease the duration of mechanical
ventilation in young children with ARF. The trial is expected to be completed
by
mid-year 2008.
Aerosurf,
Aerosolized SRT
|
|
In
September 2005, we completed and announced the results of our first
pilot
Phase 2 clinical study of Aerosurf, which was designed as an open
label,
multicenter study to evaluate the feasibility, safety and tolerability
of
Aerosurf delivered using a commercially-available aerosolization
device
(Aeroneb Pro®)
via nCPAP for the prevention of RDS in premature infants administered
within 30 minutes of birth over a three hour duration. The study
showed
that it is feasible to deliver Aerosurf via nCPAP and that the treatment
was generally safe and well
tolerated.
|
We
are
presently collaborating with Chrysalis on the development of a prototype
aerosolization system to deliver Aerosurf to patients in the NICU. We have
also
met with and received guidance from the FDA with respect to the design of a
proposed Phase 2 clinical program utilizing Chrysalis’ technology. We and
Chrysalis, together with third-party engineers and manufacturers, are presently
collaborating on the development and optimization of this novel system as well
as next generation drug device systems. Initiation of our Phase 2 clinical
program is anticipated in the first half of 2008.
SRT
for Critical Care and Hospital Indications
We
are
also evaluating the potential development of our proprietary
precision-engineered SRT to address respiratory disorders such as CF, ALI,
COPD,
asthma, and other debilitating respiratory conditions.
Manufacturing
Our
precision-engineered surfactant product candidates, including Surfaxin, must
be
manufactured in compliance with cGMPs established by the FDA and other
international regulatory authorities. Surfaxin is a complex drug and, unlike
many drugs, contains four active ingredients. It must be aseptically
manufactured at our facility as a sterile, liquid suspension and requires
ongoing monitoring of the stability and conformance to product specifications
of
each of the four active ingredients.
We
plan
to invest in and support our manufacturing strategy for the production of our
precision-engineered SRT to meet anticipated clinical needs and, if approved,
commercial needs in the United States, Europe and other markets:
Current
Manufacturing Capabilities
In
December 2005, we purchased our manufacturing operations from Laureate (our
contract manufacturer at that time) and entered into a transitional services
arrangement under which Laureate agreed to provide us with certain limited
manufacturing-related support services through December 2006. In July 2006,
we
completed the transition and terminated the arrangement with Laureate. Owning
the Totowa operation has provided us with direct operational control and, we
believe, potentially improved economics for the production of clinical and
potential commercial supply of our lead product, Surfaxin, and our SRT pipeline
products. This facility is the only facility in which we produce our drug
product.
In
April
2006, ongoing analysis of our initial Surfaxin process validation batches that
had been manufactured for us in 2005 by our then contract manufacturer,
Laureate, as a requirement for our NDA indicated that certain stability
parameters no longer met acceptance criteria. We immediately initiated a
comprehensive investigation, which focused on analysis of manufacturing
processes, analytical methods and method validation and active pharmaceutical
ingredient suppliers, to determine the cause of the failure. As a result of
this
investigation, we developed a corrective action and preventative action (CAPA)
plan to remediate the related manufacturing issues.
In
anticipation of our December 2006 meeting with the FDA, we submitted an
information package that covered certain of the key CMC matters identified
in
the Approvable Letter and provided information concerning the status and interim
findings of our comprehensive investigation and our efforts to remediate the
related manufacturing issues. Following our meeting with the FDA, and consistent
with the guidance obtained at the meeting, in February 2007, we completed the
manufacture of three new Surfaxin process validation batches. These process
validation batches have been, and will continue to be, subjected to ongoing
comprehensive stability testing under an established protocol that complies
with
ICH guidelines and, to date, have demonstrated acceptable stability through
six
months. For a discussion of the status of the new Surfaxin process validation
batches and our recent response to the Approvable Letter, please see “MD&A -
Research and Development, Surfaxin for the Prevention of RDS in Premature
Infants.”
Our
manufacturing strategy includes continuing investment in our analytical and
quality systems to support our manufacturing and development activities. We
recently completed construction of a new analytical and development laboratory
in our Warrington, Pennsylvania corporate headquarters. When fully operational,
the new laboratory will consolidate all of the analytical, quality and
development activities that are presently located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
and Mountain View, California. The laboratory will expand our capabilities
by
providing additional capacity to conduct analytical testing and opportunities
to
leverage our newly consolidated professional expertise across a broad range
of
projects. Our analytical testing activities predominantly involve release and
stability testing of raw materials as well as commercial and clinical drug
product supply. We also expect to perform development work with respect to
our
aerosolized SRT and novel formulations of our product candidates.
Long-Term
Manufacturing Capabilities
We
are
planning to have manufacturing capabilities, primarily through our manufacturing
operation in Totowa, New Jersey that should allow for sufficient commercial
production of Surfaxin, if approved, to supply the potential worldwide demand
for our RDS, ARF and BPD programs and all of our anticipated production
requirements for Aerosurf.
We
view
our acquisition of manufacturing operations in Totowa as an initial step of
our
manufacturing strategy for the continued development of our SRT portfolio,
including life cycle management of Surfaxin for new indications, potential
new
formulations and formulation enhancements, and expansion of our aerosol SRT
products, beginning with Aerosurf. The lease for our Totowa facility extends
through December 2014. In addition to customary lease terms and conditions,
the
lease contains an early termination option, first beginning in December 2009.
The early termination option can only be exercised by the landlord upon a
minimum of two years prior notice and, in the earlier years, payment to us
of
significant early termination amounts. Taking into account this early
termination option, which may cause us to move out of our Totowa facility as
early as December 2009, our long-term manufacturing strategy includes
potentially building or acquiring additional manufacturing capabilities, as
well
as using contract manufacturers, for the production of our precision-engineered
SRT drug products.
Aerosol
Devices and Related Componentry
To
manufacture aerosolization systems for our planned clinical trials, we expect
to
utilize third-party contract manufacturers, suppliers and assemblers. The
manufacturing process will require assembly of the key device sub-components
that comprise the aerosolization systems, including the aerosol-generating
device, the disposable dose delivery packet and patient interface system
necessary to administer our aerosolized SRT in patients. We expect that
third-party vendors will manufacture these key device sub-components, and ship
them to one central location for assembly and integration into the
aerosolization system. Once assembled, critical/product contact components
and/or assemblies are packaged and sterilized. Each of the aerosolization
systems will be quality-control tested prior to release for use in our clinical
trials or, potentially, for commercial use. To complete the combination
drug-device product, we plan to manufacture the SRT drug product at our Totowa,
New Jersey facility.
See
the
applicable risks discussed herein and in the “Risk Factors” section contained in
our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.
General
and Administrative
We
intend
to invest in general and administrative resources in the near term primarily
to
support our legal requirements, intellectual property portfolios (including
building and enforcing our patent and trademark positions), our business
development initiatives, financial systems and controls, management information
technologies, and general management capabilities.
Potential
Collaboration Agreements and Strategic Partnerships
We
intend
to seek investments of additional capital and potentially enter into
collaboration agreements and strategic partnerships for the development and
commercialization of our SRT product candidates. To assist us in identifying
and
evaluating strategic alternatives intended to enhance the future growth
potential of our SRT pipeline and maximize shareholder value, in June 2006,
we
engaged Jefferies & Company, Inc. (Jefferies), a New York-based investment
banking firm, under an exclusive arrangement that we terminated in June 2007.
We
continue to evaluate a variety of strategic transactions, including, but not
limited to, potential business alliances, commercial and development
partnerships, financings and other similar opportunities, although we cannot
assure you that we will enter into any specific actions or
transactions.
CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The
preparation of financial statements, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States, requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
at
the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
There
have been no changes to our critical accounting policies since December 31,
2006. For more information on critical accounting policies, refer to our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. Readers
are encouraged to review these disclosures in conjunction with the review of
this Form 10-Q.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
The
net
loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 were $9.3 million
(or $0.11 per share) and $28.0 million (or $0.35 per share), respectively.
The
net loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 were $8.0
million (or $0.13 per share) and $38.5 million (or $0.62 per share),
respectively.
Revenue
We
did
not earn revenue during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007
or
2006.
Research
and Development Expenses
Research
and development expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2007
were $6.2 million and $18.4 million, respectively. Research and development
expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 were $5.2
million and $18.7 million, respectively. For a description of expenses and
research and development activities, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis -
Research and Development.” For a description of the clinical programs included
in research and development, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis - Plan of
Operations.”
Research
and development expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2007
compared to the same periods in 2006 primarily reflects:
(i)
|
Manufacturing
development activities (included in research and development expenses)
to
support the production of clinical and commercial drug supply for
our SRT
programs, including Surfaxin, in conformance with cGMPs. Expenses
associated with manufacturing development activities for the three
and
nine months ended September 30, 2007 were $3.1 million and $8.4 million,
respectively, as compared to $2.3 million and $7.7 million for the
three
and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. Manufacturing
development expenses for 2007 primarily consist of (i) costs associated
with our manufacturing operations in Totowa, New Jersey to support
the
production of clinical and anticipated commercial drug supply for
our SRT
programs; (ii) continued investment in our quality assurance and
analytical chemistry capabilities including implementation of enhancements
to quality controls, process assurances and documentation requirements
that support the production process and expanding and upgrading our
quality operations to meet production needs for our SRT pipeline
in
accordance with cGMP; (iii) expenses associated with our comprehensive
investigation of the April 2006 Surfaxin process validation stability
failure and remediation of our related manufacturing issues; and
(iv)
activities to develop additional formulations of our SRT;
and
|
(ii)
|
Research
and development activities, excluding manufacturing development
activities, associated with infrastructure development, including
clinical
trial management, regulatory compliance, data management and
biostatistics, and medical and scientific affairs activities as well
as
direct program expenses to advance our SRT pipeline. Expenses associated
with research and development activities for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2007 were $3.1 million and $10.0 million,
respectively, as compared to $2.9 million and $11.0 million for the
three
and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. Research
and
development expenses for 2007 primarily include: (i) costs associated
with
obtaining data and other information necessary for our formal response
to
the Surfaxin Approvable Letter; (ii) activities associated with the
ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the use of Surfaxin for
ARF in
children up to two years of age; and (iii) development activities
related
to Aerosurf. The decrease in expenses for the nine months ended September
30, 2007 compared to the same period last year primarily reflects
personnel and related costs incurred in 2006, in anticipation of
the
potential approval and commercial launch of Surfaxin for the prevention
of
RDS in premature infants, that were later reduced as a result of
staff
reductions and a reorganization of corporate management that occurred
immediately after the April 2006 Surfaxin process validation stability
failure.
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General
and Administrative Expenses
General
and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2007 were $3.1 million and $9.4 million, respectively, as compared to $2.7
million and $15.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2006, respectively. The decrease is primarily due to costs incurred in 2006
in
anticipation of the potential approval and commercial launch of Surfaxin for
the
prevention of RDS in premature infants. After the April 2006 process validation
stability failure, we took immediate steps to lower our costs and suspended
pre-launch commercial activities, reduced personnel and reorganized corporate
management. General and administrative costs for 2007 primarily include costs
associated with executive management, evaluation of various strategic business
alternatives, financial and legal management and other administrative costs.
2006
Restructuring Charge
In
April
2006, we received an Approvable Letter from the FDA for Surfaxin for the
prevention of RDS in premature infants and announced that ongoing analysis
of
data from Surfaxin process validation batches that we had manufactured as a
requirement for our NDA indicated that certain stability parameters no longer
met acceptance criteria. As a result of these events,
to
lower our cost structure and re-align our operations with changed business
priorities, in April 2006, we reduced our staff levels and reorganized corporate
management. The reduction in workforce, which included three senior executives,
totaled 52 employees, representing approximately 33% of our workforce, and
was
focused primarily on our commercial infrastructure. All affected employees
were
eligible for certain severance payments and continuation of benefits.
Additionally, a number of pre-launch commercial programs were discontinued.
Such
commercial program expenses totaled approximately $5.0 million for the fourth
quarter of 2005 and first quarter of 2006.
We
incurred a restructuring charge of $4.8 million in the second quarter of 2006
associated with the staff reductions and close-out of certain commercial
programs, which was accounted for in accordance with Statement No. 146
“Accounting
for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities”
and is
identified separately on our Statement of Operations as a Restructuring Charge.
This charge included $2.5 million of severance and benefits related to staff
reductions and $2.3 million for the termination of certain pre-launch commercial
programs. As of September 30, 2007, the remaining balance of the unpaid
restructuring charge totals $0.5 million, which is included in accounts payable
and accrued expenses.
Other
Income and (Expense)
Other
income and (expense) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007
were
($16,000) and ($257,000) million, respectively. Other income and (expense)
for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 were ($71,000) and $474,000
million, respectively.
Interest
and other income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 was
$0.5
million and $1.3 million, respectively, as compared to $0.3 million and $1.5
million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively.
The
increase for the three months ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the same
period last year is primarily due to an increase in our average outstanding
cash
balance and a general increase in earned market interest rates. The decrease
for
the nine months ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the same period last
year is primarily due to proceeds of $0.3 million in the first quarter of 2006
from the sale of our Commonwealth of Pennsylvania research and development
tax
credits.
Interest,
amortization and other expenses for the three and nine months ended September
30, 2007 was $0.5 million and $1.6 million, respectively, as compared to $0.4
million and $1.0 million for the three and nine month ending September 30,
2006,
respectively. The increase is primarily due to: (i) interest expense related
to
the amortization of deferred financing costs associated with warrants issued
to
PharmaBio in October 2006 in consideration for renegotiating the terms on the
existing $8.5 million loan and (ii) a prepayment penalty of $0.2 million
incurred in the second quarter of 2007 associated with the prepayment of our
outstanding indebtedness with GECC. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital
Resources.”
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Working
Capital
We
have
incurred substantial losses since inception and expect to continue to make
significant investments for continued product research, development,
manufacturing and commercialization activities. Historically, we have funded
our
operations primarily through the issuance of equity securities and the use
of
debt and capital lease facilities.
We
are
subject to risks customarily associated with the biotechnology industry, which
requires significant investment for research and development. There can be
no
assurance that our research and development projects will be successful, that
products developed will obtain necessary regulatory approval, or that any
approved product will be commercially viable.
We
plan
to fund our research, development, manufacturing and potential commercialization
activities through:
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the
issuance of equity and debt financings;
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payments
from potential strategic collaborators, including license fees and
sponsored research funding;
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sales
of Surfaxin, if approved;
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sales
of our other product candidates, if
approved;
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capital
lease financings; and
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interest
earned on invested capital.
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Our
capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the success of
the
product development and commercialization plan. Even if we succeed in developing
and subsequently commercializing product candidates, we may never achieve
sufficient sales revenue to achieve or maintain profitability. There is no
assurance that we will be able to obtain additional capital when needed with
acceptable terms, if at all.
To
assist
us in identifying and evaluating strategic alternatives intended to enhance
the
future growth potential of our SRT pipeline and maximize shareholder value,
in
2006, we engaged Jefferies under an exclusive arrangement that we terminated
in
June 2007. In November 2006, we raised $10 million in a private placement
transaction and, in April 2007, we raised $30.2 million ($28.1 million net)
in a
registered direct offering. We continue to evaluate a variety of strategic
transactions, including, but not limited to, potential business alliances,
commercial and development partnerships, financings and other similar
opportunities, although we cannot assure you that we will enter into any
specific actions or transactions.
We
have a
CEFF that allows us to raise capital, subject to certain conditions, at the
time
and in amounts deemed suitable to us, during a three-year period ending on
May
12, 2009. Use of the CEFF is subject to certain conditions (discussed at
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Committed Equity Financing
Facility”, below), including a limitation on the total number of shares of
common stock that we may issue under the CEFF (currently not more than
approximately 5.2 million shares). We anticipate using the CEFF, when available,
to support working capital needs in 2007.
Cash,
Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities
As
of
September 30, 2007, we had cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and
marketable securities of $33.1 million, as compared to $27.0 million as of
December 31, 2006. The increase is primarily due to: (i) in April 2007, a
registered direct offering of 14,050,000 shares of our common stock to select
institutional investors. The shares were priced at $2.15 per share resulting
in
gross proceeds of $30.2 million ($28.1 million net). This offering was made
pursuant to our October 2005 universal shelf registration statement; (ii)
proceeds of $2.0 million from a financing pursuant to the CEFF (discussed
below); and (iii) $1.5 million from the use of the secured credit facility
with
Merrill Lynch; offset by (iv) $25.9 million used in operating activities,
purchases of capital expenditures and principal payments on capital lease
arrangements.
In
October 2007, we completed a financing pursuant to the CEFF resulting in
proceeds of $5 million from the issuance of 1,909,172 shares of our common
stock
at an average price per share, after the applicable discount, of
$2.62.
Committed
Equity Financing Facility (CEFF)
In
April
2006, we entered into a new CEFF with Kingsbridge, in which Kingsbridge
committed to purchase, subject to certain conditions, the lesser of up to $50
million or up to 11,677,047 shares of our common stock. Our previous Committed
Equity Financing Facility, which was entered with Kingsbridge in July 2004
(2004
CEFF) and under which up to $47.6 million remained available, automatically
terminated on May 12, 2006, the date on which the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) declared effective the registration statement filed in
connection with the new CEFF.
The
CEFF
allows us to raise capital, subject to certain conditions that we must satisfy,
at the time and in amounts deemed suitable to us, during a three-year period
that began on May 12, 2006. We are not obligated to utilize the entire $50
million available under this CEFF.
The
purchase price of shares sold to Kingsbridge under the CEFF is at a discount
ranging from 6 to 10 percent of the volume weighted average of the price of
our
common stock (VWAP) for each of the eight trading days following our initiation
of a “draw down” under the CEFF. The discount on each of these eight trading
days is determined as follows:
VWAP*
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%
of VWAP (Applicable Discount)
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Greater
than $10.50 per share
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94
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%
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(6
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)%
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Less
than or equal to $10.50 but greater than $7.00 per share
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92
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%
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(8
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)%
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Less
than or equal to $7.00 but greater than or equal to $2.00 per
share
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90
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%
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(10
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)%
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*
As such
term is set forth in the Common Stock Purchase Agreement.
If
on any
trading day during the eight trading day pricing period for a draw down, the
VWAP is less than the greater of (i) $2.00 or (ii) 85 percent of the closing
price of our common stock for the trading day immediately preceding the
beginning of the draw down period, no shares will be issued with respect to
that
trading day and the total amount of the draw down for that pricing period will
be reduced for each such trading day by one-eighth of the draw down amount
that
we had initially specified.
Our
ability to require Kingsbridge to purchase our common stock is subject to
various limitations. Each draw down is limited to the lesser of 2.5 percent
of
the closing price market value of our outstanding shares of our common stock
at
the time of the draw down or $10 million. Unless Kingsbridge agrees otherwise,
a
minimum of three trading days must elapse between the expiration of any draw
down pricing period and the beginning of the next draw down pricing period.
In
addition, Kingsbridge may terminate the CEFF under certain circumstances,
including if a material adverse effect relating to our business continues for
10
trading days after notice of the material adverse effect.
In
2006,
in connection with the CEFF, we issued a Class C Investor Warrant to Kingsbridge
to purchase up to 490,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of
$5.6186 per share, which is fully exercisable beginning October 17, 2006 and
for
a period of five years thereafter. The warrant is exercisable for cash, except
in limited circumstances, with expected total proceeds to us, if exercised,
of
approximately $2.8 million.
In
February 2007, we completed a financing pursuant to the CEFF resulting in
proceeds of $2 million from the issuance of 942,949 shares of our common stock
at an average price per share, after the applicable discount, of
$2.12.
In
October 2007, we completed a financing pursuant to the CEFF resulting in
proceeds of $5 million from the issuance of 1,909,172 shares of our common
stock
at an average price per share, after the applicable discount, of
$2.62.
As
of
October 12, 2007, there were approximately 5.2 million shares available for
issuance under the CEFF (up to a maximum of $35.5 million in gross proceeds)
for
future financings.
In
2004,
in connection with the 2004 CEFF, we issued a Class B Investor warrant to
Kingsbridge to purchase up to 375,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise
price equal to $12.0744 per share. The warrant, which expires in January 2010,
is exercisable in whole or in part for cash, except in limited circumstances,
with expected total proceeds, if exercised, of approximately $4.5 million.
As of
December 31, 2006, the Class B Investor Warrant had not been exercised.
October
2005 Universal Shelf Registration Statement
In
October 2005, we filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3
with
the SEC for the proposed offering, from time to time, of up to $100 million
of
our debt or equity securities. In December 2005, we completed a registered
direct offering of 3,030,304 shares of our common stock to select institutional
investors resulting in gross proceeds to us of $20 million. In April 2007,
we
completed a registered direct offering of 14,050,000 shares of our common stock
to select institutional investors resulting in gross proceeds of $30.2 million.
The
universal shelf registration statement may permit us, from time to time, to
offer and sell up to an additional approximately $49.8 million of equity or
debt
securities. There can be no assurance, however, that we will be able to complete
any such offerings of securities. Factors influencing the availability of
additional financing include the progress of our research and development
activities, investor perception of our prospects and the general condition
of
the financial markets, among others.
Investments
in Property and Equipment
In
October, we completed the construction of a new research and analytical
laboratory in our Warrington, Pennsylvania corporate headquarters. The new
laboratory will consolidate the analytical and development activities that
are
presently located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and Mountain View, California,
including analytical testing of raw materials and commercial and clinical drug
product supply, as well as research and development of our aerosol SRT and
other
novel formulations. The consolidation of scientific and analytical resources
into one facility will allow us to leverage professional and scientific
expertise and improve both operational efficiency and financial economics.
The
investment in the new laboratory will be $3.3M ($2.6M is reflected on the
balance sheet as property and equipment at September 30, 2007 and the remainder
is anticipated in the fourth quarter 2007). We anticipate that approximately
95%
of the total project will be financed utilizing: (i) our existing secured credit
facility with Merrill Lynch; (ii) $650,000 from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
(including a $500,000 loan from the Machinery and Equipment Loan Fund and grants
of up to $150,000 through the Opportunities Grant Program and Customized Job
Training Funds); and (iii) a $400,000 landlord contribution under our existing
lease agreement.
Debt
Loan
with PharmaBio
PharmaBio,
the strategic investment group of Quintiles, extended to us a secured, revolving
credit facility of $8.5 to $10 million in 2001. In 2004 and in October 2006,
we
amended and restated the loan documents and restructured the loan. As a result
of the restructuring, we now have a loan with PharmaBio in the principal amount
of $8.5 million that matures on April 30, 2010. Since October 1, 2006, interest
on the loan has accrued at the prime rate, compounded annually. All unpaid
interest, including interest payable with respect to the quarter ending
September 30, 2006, will now be payable on April 30, 2010, the maturity date
of
the loan. We may repay the loan, in whole or in part, at any time without
prepayment penalty or premium. In addition, our obligations to PharmaBio under
the loan documents are now secured by an interest in substantially all of our
assets, subject to limited exceptions set forth in the Security Agreement (the
PharmaBio Collateral).
Also
in
October 2006, in consideration of PharmaBio’s agreement to restructure the loan,
we entered into a Warrant Agreement with PharmaBio, pursuant to which PharmaBio
has the right to purchase 1.5 million shares of our common stock at an exercise
price equal to $3.5813 per share. The warrants have a seven-year term and are
exercisable, in whole or in part, for cash, cancellation of a portion of our
indebtedness under the PharmaBio loan agreement, or a combination of the
foregoing, in an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price for the shares
being purchased upon any exercise. Under the Warrant Agreement, we filed a
registration statement with the SEC with respect to the resale of the shares
issuable upon exercise of the warrants.
As
of
September 30, 2007, the outstanding balance under the loan was $9.5 million
($8.5 million of pre-restructured principal and $1.0 million of accrued
interest) and was classified as a long-term loan payable on the Consolidated
Balance Sheets.
Capital
Lease Financing Arrangements with Merrill Lynch Capital
On
May
21, 2007, we and Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business
Financial Services Inc. (Merrill Lynch), entered into a Credit and Security
Agreement (Loan Agreement), pursuant to which Merrill Lynch is providing us
a
$12.5 million credit facility (Facility) to fund our capital programs. Under
the
Facility, $9 million was made available immediately (with up to an additional
$3.5 million becoming available, at a rate of $1 million for each $10 million
raised by us through business development partnerships, stock offerings and
other similar financings). Approximately $4.0 million of the Facility was drawn
to fund the prepayment of all our outstanding indebtedness to General Electric
Capital Corporation (GECC) under the Master Security Agreement with GECC dated
December 20, 2002, as amended (GECC Agreement). The right to draw funds under
the Facility will expire on May 30, 2008, subject to a best efforts undertaking
by Merrill Lynch to extend the draw down period beyond the expiration date
for
an additional six months. The minimum advance under the Facility is $100,000.
Interest on each advance will accrue at a fixed rate per annum equal to LIBOR
plus 6.25%, determined on the funding date of such advance. Principal and
interest on all advances will be payable in equal installments on the first
business day of each month. We may prepay advances, in whole or in part, at
any
time, subject to a prepayment penalty, which, depending on the period of time
elapsed from the closing of the Facility, will range from 4% to 1%.
We
may
use the Facility to finance (a) new property and equipment and (b) up to
approximately $1.7 million “Other Equipment” and related costs, which may
include leasehold improvements, intangible property such as software and
software licenses, specialty equipment, a pre-payment penalty paid to GECC
and
“soft costs” related to financed property and equipment (including, without
limitation, taxes, shipping, installation and other similar costs). Advances
to
finance the acquisition of new property and equipment will be amortized over
a
period of 36 months. The advance related to the GECC prepayment will be
amortized over a period of 27 months and Other Equipment and related costs
will
be amortized over a period of 24 months.
Our
obligations to Merrill Lynch are secured by a security interest in (a) the
financed property and equipment, including the property and equipment securing
GECC at the time of prepayment, and (b) all of our intellectual property,
subject to limited exceptions set forth in the Loan Agreement (Supplemental
Collateral). The Supplemental Collateral will be released on the earlier to
occur of (i) receipt by us of FDA approval of our NDA for Surfaxin for
the
prevention of RDS in premature infants, or (ii) the date on which we shall
have
maintained over a continuous 12-month period ending on or after March 31, 2008,
measured at the end of each calendar quarter, a minimum cash balance equal
to
our projected cash requirements for the following 12-month period. In addition,
we, Merrill Lynch and PharmaBio entered into an Intercreditor Agreement under
which Merrill Lynch agreed to subordinate its security interest in the
Supplemental Collateral (which does not include financed property and equipment)
to the security interest in the same collateral that we previously granted
to
PharmaBio (discussed above).
As
of
September 30, 2007, approximately $4.9 million was outstanding under the
Facility ($2.1 million classified as current liabilities and $2.8 million as
long-term liabilities) and $3.5 million remained available for use, subject
to
the conditions of the Facility. In the quarter ending September 30, 2007, we
used $1.3 million under this Facility, primarily to finance the new
laboratory.
Previously,
our capital financing arrangements had been primarily with the Life Science
and
Technology Finance Division of GECC. Pursuant to a Master Security Agreement,
we
purchased capital equipment, including manufacturing, information technology
systems, laboratory, office and other related capital assets and subsequently
financed those purchases through GECC.
Lease
Agreements
We
maintain facility leases for our operations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
California.
We
maintain our headquarters in Warrington, Pennsylvania. The facility is 39,594
square feet and serves as the main operating facility for clinical development,
regulatory, sales and marketing, and administration. In April 2007, the lease,
which originally expired in February 2010 with total aggregate payments of
$4.6
million, was extended an additional three years through February 2013 with
additional payments of $3.0 million over the extension period.
We
lease
a 21,000 square foot pharmaceutical manufacturing and development facility
in
Totowa, New Jersey, that is specifically designed for the production of sterile
pharmaceuticals in compliance with cGMP requirements. The lease expires in
December 2014 with total aggregate payments since inception of the lease of
$1.4
million ($150,000 per year). The lease contains an early termination option,
first beginning in December 2009. The early termination option can only be
exercised by the landlord upon a minimum of two years prior notice and payment
of significant early termination amounts to us, subject to certain
conditions.
In
August
2006, we reduced our leased office and analytical laboratory space in
Doylestown, Pennsylvania from approximately 11,000 square feet to approximately
5,600 square feet and extended the lease that expired in August 2007 on a
monthly basis. We are currently consolidating the activities at this location
into our new laboratory space in Warrington, Pennsylvania and expect to
terminate this lease in the first half of 2008.
We
lease
office and laboratory space in Mountain View, California. The facility is 16,800
square feet and houses aerosol and formulation development activities. We are
currently consolidating these activities into our new laboratory space in
Warrington, Pennsylvania. The lease expires in June 2008 with total aggregate
payments since inception of the lease of $804,000.
If
we are
successful in commercializing our SRT portfolio, we expect that our needs for
additional leased space will increase.
Future
Capital Requirements
Unless
and until we can generate significant cash from our operations, we expect to
continue to require substantial additional funding to conduct our business,
including our manufacturing, research and product development activities and
to
repay our indebtedness. Our operations will not become profitable before we
exhaust our current resources; therefore, we will need to raise substantial
additional funds through additional debt or equity financings or through
collaborative ventures with potential corporate partners. We may in some cases
elect to develop products on our own instead of entering into collaboration
arrangements and this would increase our cash requirements. Other than our
CEFF
with Kingsbridge and our capital equipment financing facility with Merrill
Lynch, the use of which are subject to certain conditions, we have no
contractual arrangements under which we may obtain additional
financing.
To
assist
us in identifying and evaluating strategic alternatives intended to enhance
the
future growth potential of our SRT pipeline and maximize shareholder value,
in
2006, we engaged Jefferies under an exclusive arrangement that we terminated
in
June 2007. In November 2006, we raised $10 million in a private placement
transaction and, in April 2007, we raised $30.2 million ($28.1 million net)
in a
registered direct offering. We continue to evaluate a variety of strategic
transactions, including, but not limited to, potential business alliances,
commercial and development partnerships, financings and other similar
opportunities, although we cannot assure you that we will enter into any
specific actions or transactions.
If
a
transaction involving the issuance of additional equity and debt securities
is
concluded, such a transaction may result in additional dilution to our
shareholders. We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available
when needed or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. If we fail to receive
additional funding or enter into business alliances or other similar
opportunities, we may have to reduce significantly the scope of or discontinue
our planned research, development and manufacturing activities, which could
significantly harm our financial condition and operating results.
ITEM
3.
QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our
exposure to market risk is confined to our cash, cash equivalents and available
for sale securities. We place our investments with high quality issuers and,
by
policy, limit the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. We currently
do
not hedge interest rate or currency exchange exposure. We classify highly liquid
investments purchased with a maturity of three months or less as “cash
equivalents” and commercial paper and fixed income mutual funds as “available
for sale securities.” Fixed income securities may have their fair market value
adversely affected due to a rise in interest rates and we may suffer losses
in
principal if forced to sell securities that have declined in market value due
to
a change in interest rates.
ITEM
4. CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
(a)
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
Our
management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer,
does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal control over
financial reporting will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system,
no
matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not
absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Further,
the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource
constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their
costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation
of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances
of fraud, if any, within the company have been detected. These inherent
limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be
faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake.
Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by
collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls.
The
design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about
the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design
will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future
conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or
procedures. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control
system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
In
designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, our management
recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and
operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control
objectives and our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment
in
evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
Our
Chief
Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the
effectiveness of the design and operation of
our
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e)
and
Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by
this
Quarterly
Report
on Form
10-Q.
Based
on this
evaluation,
our
Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer
concluded that as
of the
end of the period covered by this report our
disclosure controls and procedures were
effective in their
design to ensure that
information
required
to be disclosed by
us
in
the
reports that
we
file
or
submit
under
the
Exchange Act
is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in the SEC's rules and forms.
(b) Changes
in internal controls
There
were no changes in internal controls over financial reporting or other factors
that could materially affect those controls subsequent to the date of our
evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses.
PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
On
March
15, 2007, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the Second Consolidated
Amended Complaint filed by the Mizla Group, individually and on behalf of a
class of investors who purchased our publicly traded securities between March
15, 2004 and June 6, 2006, alleging securities laws-related violations in
connection with various of our public statements. The amended complaint had
been
filed on November 30, 2006 against us, our Chief Executive Officer, Robert
J.
Capetola, and our former Chief Operating Officer, Christopher J. Schaber, under
the caption “In re: Discovery Laboratories Securities Litigation” and sought an
order that the action proceed as a class action and an award of compensatory
damages in favor of the plaintiffs and the other class members in an unspecified
amount, together with interest and reimbursement of costs and expenses of the
litigation and other equitable or injunctive relief. On April 10, 2007,
plaintiffs filed a Notice of Appeal with the United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and filed an opening brief on July 2,
2007.
Defendants filed their opening brief on August 6, 2007, and Plaintiffs filed
their reply brief on August 20, 2007.
We
intend
to vigorously defend the appeal of the securities class action. The potential
impact of this or any such actions, all of which generally seek unquantified
damages, attorneys’ fees and expenses is uncertain. Additional actions based
upon similar allegations, or otherwise, may be filed in the future. There can
be
no assurance that an adverse result in any such proceedings would not have
a
potentially material adverse effect on our business, results of operations
and
financial condition.
We
have
from time to time been involved in disputes arising in the ordinary course
of
business, including in connection with the termination in 2006 of certain
pre-launch commercial programs following our process validation stability
failure. Such claims, with or without merit, if not resolved, could be
time-consuming and result in costly litigation. While it is impossible to
predict with certainty the eventual outcome of such claims, we believe the
pending matters are unlikely to have a material adverse effect on our financial
condition or results of operations. However, there can be no assurance that
we
will be successful in any proceeding to which we are or may be a party.
ITEM
1A. RISK
FACTORS
In
addition to the risks, uncertainties and other factors set forth herein, see
the
“Risk Factors” section contained in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.
ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
During
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, we did not issue any
unregistered shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of outstanding
warrants and options. There were no stock repurchases during the three and
nine
months ended September 30, 2007.
ITEM
3. DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM
4. SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.
ITEM
5. OTHER
INFORMATION
None.
ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
Exhibits
are listed on the Index to Exhibits at the end of this Quarterly Report. The
exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K, listed on such Index in
response to this Item, are incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
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Discovery
Laboratories, Inc.
(Registrant)
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Date:
November 8, 2007 |
By: |
/s/
Robert J. Capetola |
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Robert
J. Capetola, Ph.D.
President
and Chief Executive Officer
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Date:
November 8, 2007 |
By: |
/s/
John
G. Cooper |
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John
G. Cooper
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
The
following exhibits are included with this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q.
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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Method
of Filing
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3.1
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Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of Discovery, dated September 18,
2002.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, as filed with the SEC on
March
31, 2003.
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3.2
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Amended
and Restated By-Laws of Discovery.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, as filed with the SEC on
March
15, 2004.
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3.3
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Certificate
of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating
Cumulative Preferred Stock of Discovery, dated February 6,
2004.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Discovery’s Form 8-A, as filed with the SEC
on February 6, 2004.
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3.4
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Certificate
of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Discovery, dated
as of
May 28, 2004.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, as filed with the SEC on August
9,
2004.
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3.5
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Certificate
of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Discovery,
dated as of July 8, 2005.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, as filed with the SEC on August
8,
2005.
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4.1
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Shareholder
Rights Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2004, by and between Discovery
and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on February 6, 2004.
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4.2
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Form
of Class A Investor Warrant.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on June 20, 2003.
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4.3
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Class
B Investor Warrant dated July 7, 2004, issued to Kingsbridge Capital
Limited.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K as
filed with the SEC on July 9, 2004.
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4.4
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Warrant
Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2004, by and between Discovery
and
QFinance, Inc.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q,
as filed with the SEC on November 9, 2004.
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4.5
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Class
C Investor Warrant, dated April 17, 2006, issued to Kingsbridge Capital
Limited
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on April 21, 2006.
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4.6
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Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2004, by and between Kingsbridge
Capital Limited and Discovery.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on July 9, 2004.
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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Method
of Filing
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4.7
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Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2006, by and between Kingsbridge
Capital Limited and Discovery.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on April 21, 2006.
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4.8
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Second
Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated as of October 25, 2006,
issued
to PharmaBio Development Inc. (PharmaBio)
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on October 26, 2006.
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4.9
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Warrant
Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2006, by and between Discovery
and
PharmaBio
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on October 26, 2006.
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4.10
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Warrant
Agreement, dated November 22, 2006
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on November 22, 2006.
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10.1
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Stock
Issuance Agreement dated as of October 30, 2007
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on October 30, 2007.
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31.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange
Act.
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Filed
herewith.
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31.2
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer pursuant
to
Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Filed
herewith.
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32.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to
18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Filed
herewith.
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Exhibit
31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I,
Robert
J. Capetola, certify that:
1. I
have
reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Discovery Laboratories, Inc.;
2. Based
on
my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based
on
my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
4. The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange
Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting
(as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
(a)
Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
this
report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
(b)
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who
have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting.
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Date:
November 8,
2007 |
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/s/ Robert
J.
Capetola |
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Robert
J. Capetola, Ph.D. |
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President
and Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit
31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I,
John
G. Cooper, certify that:
1. I
have
reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Discovery Laboratories, Inc.;
2. Based
on
my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based
on
my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
4. The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange
Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting
(as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
(a)
Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
this
report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
(b)
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who
have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting.
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Date:
November 8,
2007 |
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/s/ John
G.
Cooper |
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John
G. Cooper |
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Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
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Exhibit
32.1
CERTIFICATIONS
Pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, each of the undersigned officers of Discovery Laboratories,
Inc. (the “Company”) hereby certifies that, to his knowledge, the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2007 (the
“Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and that the information contained in the
Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and
results of operations of the Company.
Date:
November 8, 2007
/s/
Robert J. Capetola
Robert
J.
Capetola, Ph.D.
President
and Chief Executive Officer
/s/
John
G. Cooper
John
G.
Cooper
Executive
Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
A
signed
original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 has been provided to us and will be retained by us and furnished
to
the SEC or its staff upon request.
This
certification is being furnished pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that
section. This certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange
Act
of 1934.