UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON,Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

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

 

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 20172021

 

or

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TOUNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission file number 000-55654

 

NUTRIBAND INC.

(Exact Namename of Registrantregistrant as Specifiedspecified in Its Charter)its charter)

 

Nevada 81-1118176
(State or other jurisdiction of Organization)
Incorporation or organization)
 (IRSI.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

309 Celtic Ct, Oviedo, Florida,121 South Orange Ave., Suite 1500, Orlando, FL 3276532801
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code385-881-3385telephone number, including area code: (407) 377-6695

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: None

 

Title Of Each ClassName Of Each Exchange On Which Registered
Class A common

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: Common stock, $0.001 par value $0.001 per share

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐  No ☒

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes  No ☒

Note - Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from their obligations under those Sections.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: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 ☒  No ☐

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuantin response to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendmentamendments to this Form 10-K. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,”company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)Smaller reporting company
 Emerging growth company

 

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

 

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

 

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter: $ 32,761,773 as of July 31, 2020.

As of May 5, 2017, there were 15,572,100April 1, 2021, the registrant had 6,356,269 shares of common stock par value $0.001 per share,outstanding.

 

 

WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

THIS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K CONTAINS FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS REFLECT OUR CURRENT VIEWS, INTENTS AND EXPECTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, OUR OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. OUR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE USE OF WORDS SUCH AS “OUTLOOK,” “BELIEVE,” “EXPECT,” “POTENTIAL,” “WILL,” “MAY,” “ESTIMATE,” “ANTICIPATE,” DERIVATIVES OR NEGATIVES OF SUCH WORDS OR SIMILAR WORDS. SUCH FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO VARIOUS RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES. ACCORDINGLY, THERE ARE OR WILL BE FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE ACTUAL OUTCOMES OR RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE INDICATED OR IMPLIED IN THESE STATEMENTS. WE BELIEVE THESE FACTORS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:

CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS, INCLUDING RISING INTEREST RATES THAT MAY ADVERSELY IMPACT OUR MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES AND OUR BUSINESS WITH THEM;

POTENTIAL TERMINATIONS OF OUR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH OUR CLIENT COMPANIES;

OUR ABILITY TO EXPAND OUR BUSINESS DEPENDS UPON THE GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE OF OUR DiSTRIBUTION COMPANIES AND OUR ABILITY TO OBTAIN OR CREATE NEW CLIENTS FOR OUR BUSINESS AND IS OFTEN DEPENDENT UPON CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL;

LITIGATION RISKS;

ALLEGATIONS OF ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARISING FROM OUR MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES;

OUR ABILITY TO RETAIN THE SERVICES OF OUR FOUNDERS AND OTHER KEY PERSONNEL;

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH AND COSTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS, INCLUDING SECURITIES REGULATIONS, EXCHANGE LISTING STANDARDS AND OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING PUBLIC COMPANIES; AND

OTHER RISKS DESCRIBED UNDER “RISK FACTORS” BEGINNING ON PAGE 4.

 

 

 

Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
PART IPart I 
Item 1.Business1
Item 1A.Risk Factors411
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments5
Item 2.Properties526
Item 3.Legal Proceedings526
Item 44.Mine Safety Disclosures526
 Part II 
PART II
Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities627
Item 6.Selected Financial Data727
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations728
Item 7a.7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk932
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data932
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure1032
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures1033
Item 9B.Other Information1033
 Part III 
PART III
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance1134
Item 11.Executive Compensation1238
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters1239
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions, and Director Independence1340
Item 14.Principal AccountantAccounting Fees and Services1341
 Part IV 
PART IV
Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules1442
Item 16.Form 10-K Summary42

References to “we,” “us,” “our” and words of like import refer to us and our subsidiaries, including 4P Therapeutics LLC following our acquisition of 4P Therapeutics on August 1, 2018, and the acquisition of Pocono Pharmaceuticals Inc. unless the context indicates otherwise. References to 4P Therapeutics and Pocono refer to the business and operations of 4P Therapeutics and Pocono prior to our acquisition unless the context indicates otherwise.

The market data and certain other statistical information used throughout this annual report are based on independent industry publications, government publications and other published independent sources. Some data is also based on our good faith estimates. The industry in which we operate is subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described in the section entitled “Risk Factors.” These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in these publications.

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This annual report on Form 10-K contain “forward-looking statements,” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, all of which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “expects,” “plans,” “will,” “forecasts,” “projects,” “intends,” “estimates,” and other words of similar meaning. One can identify them by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements are likely to address our growth strategy, financial results and product and development programs. One must carefully consider any such statement and should understand that many factors could cause actual results to differ from our forward looking statements. These factors may include inaccurate assumptions and a broad variety of other risks and uncertainties, including some that are known and some that are not. No forward looking statement can be guaranteed and actual future results may vary materially.

These risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, include, and are not limited to:

Our ability to raise the financing which we require for the continuation and development of our business, failing which we may not be able to continue in business;
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The terms of any financing we may be able to obtain;

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the steps taken to address the pandemic and the market’s reaction to the pandemic on our ability to raise necessary financing or enter into a joint venture agreement;
Our ability to receive FDA marketing approval for any products we may develop;

Our ability to get and enforce any United States and foreign patent we may seek;

Our ability to design and execute clinical trials to the satisfaction of regulatory authorities;

Our ability to engage, if and when necessary, an independent preclinical or clinical testing organization to design and implement our trials;

Our ability to launch any products for which we receive FDA marketing approval;

Our ability to generate sufficient revenue from our contract services to cover our operating expenses;
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on both our contract service customers engaging us to perform services and our ability to perform such services;
The effect of our financial condition and our scaled-back operations resulting from our financial position on generating contract services;
If we obtain FDA approval for marketing any products, our ability to establish a distribution network for such products;

Our ability to establish manufacturing facilities in compliance with FDA good manufacturing practices or to enter into manufacturing agreements for the manufacture of our products in an FDA approved manufacturing facility;

Our ability to enter into joint venture or other strategic relationship with respect to any of our proposed products and the terms of any sure relationships, particularly in view of our precarious financial position;

The ability of the other party to any joint venture or strategic relationship to implement successfully any plans for the development, clinical testing, manufacturing and marketing of the products subject to the joint venture or strategic relationship;

Our ability to evaluate potential acquisitions, and the consequences of our failure to accurately evaluate the acquisitions;

Our ability to integrate any business we acquire with our business;

Changes in national, regional and local government regulations, taxation, controls and political and economic developments that the market for our products;

Our ability to develop and market products with the most current technology;

Our ability to obtain and maintain any permits or licenses necessary for our business;

 

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Our ability to identify, hire and retain qualified executive, administrative, regulatory, research and development, and other personnel;

Our ability to negotiate licenses on favorable terms with companies that have experience in marketing products such as ours;

The costs associated with defending and resolving potential legal claims, even if such claims are without merit;

The effects of the SEC settlement;

The effects of competition on our and our licensee’s ability to price, market and sell our product;

Our ability to achieve favorable pricing for our products with third party reimbursement parties with respect to our products;

Our ability to accurately estimate anticipated expenses, capital requirements and needs for additional financing;

Our ability to accurately estimate the timing, cost or other aspects of the commercialization of our product candidates;

Any failure of any international distributor to comply with applicable laws, including the failure of our South Korean distributor to obtain regulatory approval to market our consumer products in South Korea;
The failure or inability of any international distributor to develop an effective marketing program or to sell our products in any meaningful quantity in their territory;
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on both the market for our over-the-counter products in any country where we have a distributor and the regulatory process for approval of the marketing of our products in such country;

Actions by third parties to either sell or purchase our common stock in quantities that would have a significant effect on our stock price;

Risks generally associated with pre-revenue development stage companies in the pharmaceutical industry;

Current and future economic and political conditions, including the effects of the COVID-19 panedmic;

The impact of changes in accounting rules on our financial statements;

Other assumptions described in this annual report; and

Other matters that are not within our control.

Information regarding market and industry statistics contained in this annual report is included based on information available to us that we believe is accurate. It is generally based on industry and other publications that are not produced for purposes of securities offerings or economic analysis. We have not reviewed or included data from all sources. Forecasts and other forward-looking information obtained from these sources are subject to the same qualifications and the additional uncertainties accompanying any estimates of future market size, revenue and market acceptance of products and services. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

The forward-looking statements in this annual report speak only as of the date of this annual report and you should not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain events, risks, and uncertainties that may be outside of our control. When considering forward-looking statements, you should carefully review the risks, uncertainties and other cautionary statements in this annual report as they identify certain important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others, the risks described in this annual report, including those described under “Item 1. Business,” “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” as well as in other reports and documents we file with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

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PART I

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Item 1.Our Business

 

HistoryOur primary business is the development of a portfolio of transdermal pharmaceutical products. Our lead product is our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system which we are developing to provide clinicians and Backgroundpatients with an extended-release transdermal fentanyl product for use in managing chronic pain requiring around the clock opioid therapy combined with our AVERSA® technology which we plan to show can reduce the abuse and misuse of fentanyl patches. We believe that AVERSA® can be broadly applied to various transdermal products and our strategy is to follow the development of our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system with the development of additional transdermal prescription products for pharmaceuticals that have risks or a history of abuse. In addition, we are developing a portfolio of transdermal pharmaceutical products to deliver commercially available drugs or biologics that are typically delivered by injection but with the potential to improve compliance and therapeutic outcomes.

 

In AprilBecause of 2012, Nutriband Ltd.our financial position, we have put our development efforts with respect to these products on hold, and our only business is the performance of contract manufacturing and R&D services. The description of our business in this annual report is based on our ability to raise significant financing or enter into a joint venture agreement with a third party that has the financial ability to fund the joint venture’s operations. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain necessary financing or enter into a joint venture agreement on reasonable, if any, terms for the development of our prescription pipeline.

Through July 31, 2018, we had not generated any revenue from our business, which was established and registered in Dublin, Ireland, by CEO and founder Gareth Sheridan, to enter the health supplement market with new applicationsdevelopment of a range of transdermal consumer patches. Consumer products are products that can be sold over-the-counter and do not require a prescription. Most transdermal patches are considered drugs in the United States and cannot be marketed in the United States without approval from the FDA. We have not taken any steps to seek to obtain FDA approval for deliveryany of supplements. Initial market researchour consumer products, and we have no plans to do so in the near term.

We acquired 4P Therapeutics on August 1, 2018 for $2,250,000 consisting of 62,500 shares of common stock, valued at $1,850,000, cash of $400,000, and a 6% royalty on any revenues we generate or derive from the abuse deterrent intellectual property developed by 4P Therapeutics payable to Steve Damon, who has been one of our directors since April 2018 and who was performed,the sole equity owner of 4P Therapeutics. As a result of the acquisition, the focus of our business has changed from the development and Nutriband Ltd. workedmarketing of consumer transdermal products to the development of 4P Therapeutics’ portfolio of pharmaceutical transdermal system, with the lead product being the abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system, AVERSA®.

We have received patent protection from the European Patent Office, the patent offices for Japan, Australia and Russia and and the patent office of Mexico has granted a notice of allowance for abuse deterrent transdermal technology patent used in our lead product, an abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system. The patent is being prosecuted in the United States and in other countries. The patent applications were filed by 4P Therapeutics prior to our acquisition of 4P Therapeutics and any patents issued in respect of these applications will be in the name of 4P Therapeutics. In addition to applying the technology to developing an abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system, we believe that the abuse deterrent patch technology can be applied to other opioids and pain medication patches where there is a risk of abuse and overdose, as well as other transdermal pharmaceuticals where we believe our technology can help prevent abuse or accidental misuse.

Our lead product under development is our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system which we plan to develop to deter the abuse and accidental misuse of fentanyl transdermal patches. Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid that is marketed as a transdermal patch for chronic pain management. There are currently a number of generic fentanyl patches on the sciencemarket but we believe that none of them are abuse deterrent. We believe that our abuse deterrent technology, AVERSA®, containing aversive agents will significantly deter the abuse and accidental misuse of fentanyl from transdermal patches. In 2017, according to a report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, of the patchmore than 72,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States, nearly 30,000 occurred due to overdoses of fentanyl and to develop three core products that would be effective and reliable for market testing: a multivitamin patch, an amino acid mix patch and finally an energy patch.

Having engaged a contract manufacturer in Asia to produce a small quantity of products to test the market, Nutriband Ltd. went to production and started to create sales accounts. By the end of 2012, Nutriband Ltd. had received small purchase orders from independent stores and distributors in Ireland. fentanyl analogues.

 

The year 2013development of our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system requires preclinical and clinical trials to be conducted for the purposes of obtaining FDA approval. We require funds for these trials.

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With the acquisition of 4P Therapeutics, we acquired a pipeline of other transdermal products, including peptides and proteins such as exenatide for type 2 diabetes and FSH for infertility, which we anticipate will be the next products for development. These drugs are off-patent but are currently only available as injections, and we are evaluating the possibility of developing a transdermal delivery system for these drugs as an alternative to injection but with improved compliance and safety. In addition we may develop certain generic transdermal products where we think we can make an improvement to existing patches and where we believe we can take significant market share with good profit margins. One example of such a product candidate is the development of a generic scopolamine patch. The prioritization of our portfolio product candidates will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and will take into account technical progress, market potential and commercial interest. We cannot assure you that we will be able to develop and obtain FDA approval for any of these potential products or that we can be successful in marketing any such products. The FDA approval process can take many years to complete successfully and we will require substantial funding for each product that goes through the process. We cannot assure you that we will obtain FDA marketing approval for any of our products.

Since 4P Therapeutics did not have any products that it can market, its sole source of revenue to date was derived from the performance of contract research and development and other services for a restructure phase; expenditures were made towards creating contactssmall number of clients in the life sciences field on an as-needed basis to support its ongoing operations. The work varied in nature and includes early stage drug and device preclinical studies, commercial biologic manufacturing support, clinical-regulatory consulting, drug or device clinical studies and formulation/analytical services relating to the chemistry, manufacturing and controls function of drug manufacturing. The current continuing arrangements are varied, from purchase order supported per animal study fees, to hourly rate research and development services, to flat rate contract research and development projects. Neither we nor current clients have any long-term commitments, and either party can terminate at any time. If we raise financing we intend to devote our efforts toward the development and testing of our lead product and other product candidates in our pipeline. However, for expansion internationally. In February 2014 Nutriband Ltd. signedthe near term, we are looking to perform research and development services for third parties although we do not expect to generate significant revenues from these services.

We have a licensedistribution agreement dated April 13, 2018 with EMI-Korea (Best Choice), Inc., whom we refer to as Best Choice, for marketing in certain regions in Asia. Pursuant to an exclusive distribution agreement, we granted Best Choice exclusive distribution rights for all of our transdermal consumer products in South Korea, Taiwan (the Republic of China), the People’s Republic of China and distribution deal with a Utah based company, Nutranomics Inc. Over theSouth Asia. We currently have no plans to market our own products in these regions and following eight months, efforts wereour acquisition of Pocono Pharma we are primarily focused on rebranding, reformulatingcontract manufacturing services for Best Choice and improvingits partners. Best Choice is responsible for complying with all applicable regulations.

Acquisition of 4P Therapeutics

Pursuant to an acquisition agreement dated April 5, 2018 between us and 4P Therapeutics, on August 1, 2018, we acquired all of the products. In February 2015 Nutriband Ltd. wasequity interest in 4P Therapeutics from Steven Damon, the owner of 4P Therapeutics. The purchase price of $2,250,000, consisting of 62,500 shares of common stock, valued at $1,850,000, and cash of $400,000, and are to pay Mr. Damon a 6% royalty on any revenue we receive or derive from our utilization or sale of the abuse deterrent intellectual property that we acquired by Nutranomics.as a part of the assets 4P Therapeutics, including partner license milestones and development payments. The acquisition, however, was rescinded in November 2015royalty is payable pursuant to anthe acquisition agreement by both parties,and continues as termslong as we generate revenue from our utilization or sale of our agreementthe abuse deterrent intellectual property we acquired as part of the acquisition of 4P Therapeutics. The 62,500 shares were issued to Mr. Damon (41,750 shares) and Dr. Alan Smith (20,750 shares). In connection with Nutranomics were not met. Accordingthe acquisition, Mr. Damon retained any cash and accounts receivable and assumed any liabilities other than those relating to the ongoing business. Pursuant to the acquisition agreement, we appointed Mr. Damon to our board of directors in April 2018, when we signed with Nutranomics on January 26, 2015, Nutranomicsthe acquisition agreement, and we agreed to issue Gareth Sheridan 5%pay Mr. Damon the compensation received by independent board members.

Acquisition of Pocono Coated Products

Effective August 31, 2020, the Company acquired from Pocono Coated Products (“PCP”), pursuant to which PCP agreed to sell the Company certain of the totalassets and outstanding sharesliabilities associated with its Transdermal, Topical, Cosmetic and Nutraceutical business. Included in the transaction, the Company acquired 100% of Nutranomics, which would had been about 3.2 million shares asthe membership interests of January 26, 2015. Subsequent stock issuances had the result of diluting Mr. Sheridan to well below 1%. In addition, Nutranomics had not, as it had agreed, developed Nutriband products from stage of acquisition, offered Mr. Sheridan a position in Nutranomics, or generated any sales of Nutriband products, as it was not in a financial position to produce Nutriband products or generate sales.Active Intelligence LLC. The companies mutually agreed to rescind the January 26, 2015 acquisition agreement effective November 30, 2015.

Mr. Sheridan decided to completely restructure the approach to the marketing effortpurchase price for the Nutriband products, and brought on our Chief Financial Officer, whose experienceacquired assets was (i) $6,085,180 paid in the financial industry would assist the Company in raising investment capital and introducing and marketing our products to the nutritional supplement distributors, retailers and others in that market. In 2016 Nutriband Ltd. had raised limited working capital and was acquired by a newly-formed Nevada corporation, Nutriband Inc., in January 2016, from Gareth Sheridan in exchange for 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. Nutriband Ltd. following the acquisition became a wholly-owned subsidiarystock of Nutriband Inc. (Nevada) and we moved manufacturing and operationsat a value of the average price of the previous 90 days at the date of Closing equal to 608,519 shares; (ii) a promissory note of the United States.Company in the principal amount of $1,500,000, which is due upon the earlier of (a) twelve (12) months from issuance, or (b) immediately following a capital raise of not less than $4,000,000 and/or a public offering of no less than $4,000,000

 

Following the acquisition of Nutriband Ltd. by the Company, all prior sales agreements, licensing arrangements and acquisitions entered into or under negotiation by Nutriband Ltd., have been terminated. In particular, we are no longer exploring the opportunity of a possible acquisition in Memphis. 

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Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms the “Company", “Nutriband”, "we," "our" and "us" refers to Nutriband Inc., and, as the context requires, its subsidiary Nutriband Limited.Our Organization

 

BusinessWe are a Nevada corporation, incorporated on January 4, 2016. In January 2016, we acquired Nutriband Ltd, an Irish company which was formed by Gareth Sheridan, our chief executive officer, in 2012 to enter the health and productswellness market by marketing transdermal patches. Our corporate headquarters are located at 121 S. Orange Ave. Suite 1500, Orlando, Florida 32765, telephone (407) 377-6695. Our website is www.nutriband.com. Information contained on or available through our website or any other website does not constitute a portion of this annual report.

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

 

As at this time,a company with less than $1.07 billion in revenue during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Company has not had any salesJumpstart Our Business Startups Act of its products, which2012, or the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of reduced reporting requirements that are nutritional, cosmeticotherwise generally applicable to public companies, although as a smaller reporting company we are taking advantage of reduced reporting requirements. In particular, as an emerging growth company, we:

may present only two years of audited financial statements and related disclosure under Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, or MD&A;

are not required to provide a detailed narrative disclosure discussing our compensation principles, objectives and elements and analyzing how those elements fit with our principles and objectives, which is commonly referred to as “compensation discussion and analysis”;

are not required to obtain an attestation and report from our auditors on our management’s assessment of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002;

are not required to obtain a non-binding advisory vote from our stockholders on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements (commonly referred to as the “say-on-pay,” “say-on frequency” and “say-on-golden-parachute” votes);

are exempt from certain executive compensation disclosure provisions requiring a pay-for-performance graph and chief executive officer pay ratio disclosure;

are not be required to conduct an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting by our auditors.

We intend to take advantage of all of these reduced reporting requirements and therapeutic transdermal patches. The Nutriband product line initially consists of three transdermal patch products currently, with additional productsexemptions. However, since we have already adopted certain new or revised accounting standards under development. The basis§107 of the product’s operation isJOBS Act, we are not able to take advantage of the delayed phase in of the new or revised accounting standards.

Under the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of the above-described reduced reporting requirements and exemptions for up to five years after our initial sale of common equity pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or such earlier time that oncewe no longer meet the product is applied, the ingredients will pass through the skin and release the productdefinition of an emerging growth company. The JOBS Act provides that we would cease to be an “emerging growth company” if we have more than $1.07 billion in annual revenues (as adjusted for inflation), have more than $700 million in market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates, or issue more than $1 billion in principal amount of non-convertible debt over a periodthree-year period. Under current Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, rules however, we will continue to qualify as a “smaller reporting company” for so long as we have either (i) a public float (i.e., the market value of time. 

The initial productscommon equity held by non-affiliates) of Nutriband Ltd. were developed solely by Gareth Sheridan and were manufactured in China on a small scale to initiate a test market. The products are being redeveloped with U.S. based manufacturer in North Carolina. Product shape, density and quality has been improved along with packaging design and branding.

The product line currently consistsless than $250 million as of three products: an Energy Patch line, a Weight Management supplement patch linethe last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter or (ii) annual revenues of less than $100 million and a Multivitamin Patch line.

As to caffeine, an ingredient in our products, a test was conducted at Rutgers University to test the flowpublic float of caffeine through cadaver skin, with results as to amount of time and flow consistent what the Company had anticipated. The Rutgers test was carried out by our manufacturer.  We believe this test to be applicable to us, as our manufacturer’s ingredients and compounds were used and this test was provided to us by our manufacturer as proof of efficacy. There was no further formal testing of our dosage or time of delivery, and the Rutgers test provided a basis to forecast how our dosage would be delivered through our patch products. We have not conducted any further tests.

The caffeine dose in our products is based off similar products on the market and Global RDA allowances, staying within published safety limits, which are effective. Our patch has less caffeine that a can of Red Bull® energy drink. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published an opinion on the safety of caffeine, advising that single doses of caffeine up to 200 mg (about 3 mg/kg bw for a 70-kg adult) do not give rise to safety concerns. than $700 million.

 

The Mayo Clinic has stated that‘UpEffects of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Our business may be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the response to 400 milligrams (mg) of caffeine a day appearsthe pandemic. Factors which may affect our business include, but are not limited to, be safe for most healthy adults. That's roughly the amount of caffeine in four cups of brewed coffee, 10 cans of cola or two "energy shot" drinks.’The FDA is in agreement with EFSA on caffeine intake being safe up to 200mg, as per the article on the FDA website, ‘medicines in my home, Caffeine and your body’.following:

 

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For further ingredients in our patch formulation we based our decision on ingredients and levels of dosages of market competitors and what we deemed effective while also referring to recommended daily allowances in the US and EU.

No studies have been conducted internally; however, the Company has based the quantities of vitamins on government recommended daily requirements, as well as the medical suggested tolerable upper intake levels (UIL). Nutriband patches contain lesser quantities than what would be required to cause any health issue involving hypervitaminosis or other problematic results based on current medical institutional or governmental recommendations or practice, for example, the UIL for Vitamin D promulgated by the U.S. Institute of Medicine.

All product lines can be bought for a single application, and in five pack and thirty pack options.

The current range of Nutriband patches we have developed are all 1X3 inches in size and approximately 1 mm in thickness. Where applied on the body is up to the user; however, we will recommend areas of application in future manufacturing runs through a product insert. These include the shoulder, arm and torso. Sizes are subject to alterations in future as more products are added to the line.

Some Unique Features of Nutriband Products

 

SimilarOur ability to raise financing for our operations and to enter into a nicotine patch,joint venture agreement may be affected by both the contentswillingness and ability of potential financing sources and potential joint venture partners to invest in an undercapitalized business, particularly at a time when the potential financing source or joint venture partner may need to devote its resources to existing portfolio companies or joint ventures which may be in need of financing decision by investors who would invest in early stage pharmaceutical companies to limit their financing efforts to companies that are absorbed slowly and continuously over extended periods of time. This avoids 'overdosing' of vitamins and other nutrients.dealing with products or services related to COVID-19 diagnosis or treatment.

The Nutriband patch is small, discreet and simpledecision by investors who would invest in early stage pharmaceutical companies to use.limit their financing efforts to companies that are dealing with products or services related to COVID-19 diagnosis or treatment.

Only essential ingredients plusThe effect of recent stock market declines on the willingness of investors to make an investment in our proprietary delivery gel. No additives, flavorings, preservatives or other.securities.

Nutriband Patches are also completely vegetarian and vegan friendly,The financial health of our potential contract service customers.

Our ability to perform contract services.

Our ability to obtain any goods or services which cannotwe may need to perform contract services.

The ability of our foreign distributors to obtain regulatory approval, which may be claimed for similar capsule form supplementsaffected by the regulatory agencies giving a low priority to products such as gelatine is derived from collagen whichour consumer patches.

The financial health of Best Choice.

If regulatory approval is obtained from various animal by-products.in South Korea, the extent to which consumers in South Korea purchase our products.

The extent to which the purchase of our consumer products is a low priority item for a population whose disposable income may have decreased as a result of COVID-19 and the steps taken by the South Korean government to curb the spread of infection.

 

Competition and MarketsPharmaceutical Products in Development

 

Target MarketsWe have a pipeline of transdermal pharmaceutical products that are primarily in the early, preclinical, stages of development. Our pipeline consists primarily of drug compounds which have been previously approved by the FDA and are now off-patent. In many cases, we are developing the first non-injectable version of the drug utilizing our transdermal technology which represents a new route of administration. In most cases, we plan to utilize the 505(b) (2) regulatory pathway provided by the FDA which allows us to reference the safety information on file at FDA for the approved drug or to reference the published literature instead of having to generate new safety information that would typically be required for new chemical entities. However, we cannot assure you that the FDA will concur with our approach or that we will be able to receive FDA approval to market any of products that we develop.

 

Our lead product under development is our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system. As the United States faces an epidemic of opioid abuse, fentanyl transdermal patches have become an attractive target for recreational drug abusers due to the drug’s potency and its ease of abuse by the oral route. We are looking to utilize our proprietary approach to incorporate aversive agents into the transdermal patch to deter the abuse of fentanyl patches by the oral, buccal and inhaled routes, which represent as much as 70% of all transdermal fentanyl abuse. The target markettechnology is based on the incorporation of taste and sensory aversive agents into the patch. We believe that the aversive agents we selected have several advantages, such as their high potency, established safety, and the potential to prevent accidental misuse by children and pets. The aversive agents are formulated in a controlled-release matrix that is coated onto the backing of a transdermal fentanyl patch. The controlled release aspect of the technology is designed so that the abuse deterrent properties are maintained after normal use and during attempts to separate the aversive agents from the fentanyl. We believe that this structure provides maximum exposure during oral abuse and during attempts to extract the drug, while preventing exposure of the patient to the aversive agents during transdermal wear. We believe that a key differentiating aspect of the technology is that the aversive agents are physically separated from the drug matrix, meaning that the aversive agents do not have to be formulated in the fentanyl drug matrix and do not contact the skin. In addition to the fentanyl patch, this technology has broad applicability to any therapeutic patch where deterring abuse and accidental misuse by children and pets are valuable attributes.

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We believe that our abuse deterrent technology can be broadly applied to various transdermal products and our strategy is to follow the development of our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system with the development of additional products for pharmaceuticals that have risks or history of abuse. For example, we believe that our technology can be utilized in other transdermal products to deter the abuse of other transdermal drugs such as buprenorphine, an opioid used to treat acute pain and chronic pain, and methylphenidate, a central nervous system stimulant.

Buprenorphine is an opioid used to treat opioid addiction, acute pain and chronic pain. It can be used under the tongue, by injection, as a skin patch, or as an implant. For opioid addiction, it is typically only started when withdrawal symptoms have begun and for the Companyfirst two days of treatment under direct observation of a health care provider. For longer term treatment of addiction, a combination formulation of buprenorphine/naloxone is the global supplement market and currentlyrecommended to a lesser extent, the therapeutic pharmacy and cosmetic markets. In the U.S., sales of vitamins and dietary supplements grew consistently from US$19.7 billion in 2009 to US$24.6 billion in 2013, according to Euromonitor International’s latest data.prevent misuse by injection.

 

In 2013 for IrelandMethylphenidate, sold under various trade names, such as Ritalin in oral form, and in transdermal patch form known as Daytrana, is a central nervous system stimulant of the U.K., the markets were valued at: UK - c. 700 million pounds Sterling;phenethylamine and

Ireland - 60 million euros.

"Healthcare reform, an aging population and growth Piperidine classes that is used in the numbertreatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and variety of dietary supplements offered will boost revenuenarcolepsy. We plan to follow up with transdermal delivery systems for the Vitaminbuprenorphine and Supplement Manufacturing industry at an average rate of 4.5% annually, according to IBIS World, publisher of industry research.” (www.neutraceuticalsworld.com)

Our Market Strategy

Raw Materials, Production and Fulfillmentmethylphenidate after we make significant progress on our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system.

 

We are currently using a third party manufacturer, Pocono Coated Products, Cherryville, North Carolina, but plan, if the marketsalso exploring product applications for our transdermal technology to deliver proteins and peptides such as exenatide for type 2 diabetes and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) for infertility. Presently, these products developare only available by injection or oral routes. We believe that transdermal delivery has the potential to improve compliance, which can lead to improved therapeutic outcomes associated with these treatments.

Exenatide (exendin-4) is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist which is approved to improve glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Exenatide is currently approved as a twice-daily subcutaneous injection or as a once-weekly injection. However, many patients have a strong aversion to needles, resist initiation of injections even when oral agents are failing to control their diabetes and westruggle with compliance after starting therapy. We have sufficient capital, to use facilities aroundperformed pre-clinical work on the world to ensure that production will continue in the eventdevelopment of a disturbance in operation at any given location,novel transdermal patch for administration of exenatide to match the therapeutic plasma levels achieved by subcutaneous injections of exenatide. However, we need substantial funds before we can continue these efforts. In addition to being needle-free, painless and easy-to-use, our proposed exenatide transdermal system is being designed to source some of our raw materials directly. All raw materials are sourced by our contract manufacturer in N. Carolina through their list of suppliers.incorporate compliance tracking to help providers improve patient outcomes. We do not deal directly with the raw material suppliers and believe that the raw materials used in our products are widely available from a large numberdevelopment of sources. Our manufacturer does not have aan exenatide patch matching the profile of exenatide injections will follow the 505(b)(2) NDA regulatory pathway, thereby limiting the extent of safety and efficacy trials required for FDA CGMP certificate; however, they advise usapproval, although we cannot assure you that the facilityFDA will agree. Transdermal exenatide is completely compliantcurrently in the preclinical phase of development.

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is a gonadotropin, a glycoprotein polypeptide hormone that is synthesized and secreted by the gonadotropic cells of the anterior pituitary gland. Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is indicated for the treatment of infertility in women and is currently only approved and marketed as a subcutaneous injection. FSH is mainly used for ovarian hyperstimulation as part of an in vitro fertilization (IVF) regimen. There are several purified and recombinant FSH injections currently on the market. We are developing a novel transdermal patch to match the pharmacokinetic profile of FSH subcutaneous injection but without the need for painful injections. Transdermal FSH is intended to offer a painless, easy to use one-step application to improve patient compliance with FSH therapy. Transdermal FSH will be offered at multiple strengths to match the typical doses prescribed to treat infertility. We plan to conduct a Phase 1 clinical trial to demonstrate that the transdermal patch can match the pharmacokinetics of subcutaneous injection. Then we plan to conduct an irritation and sensitization study to demonstrate the skin safety of the product and a pivotal clinical efficacy trial to demonstrate that transdermal FSH is not inferior to subcutaneous injection. We intend to seek to utilize the 505(b)(2) NDA regulatory pathway to register the product with the FDA regulationswhich allows us to reference the know safety of FSH on file at FDA for manufacturingthe reference listed drug and the safety information that has been published in the literature. We have not yet communicated with the FDA on our current range,proposed development plan or registration plan and have been inspectedwe cannot assure you that the FDA will agree to our use of the 505(b)(2) pathway. Transdermal FSH is currently in the preclinical phase of development.

In addition, we may seek to develop certain generic transdermal products where we think we can efficiently make an improvement to existing patches and potentially take significant market share with good profit margins. One example of such a product candidate is the development of a generic scopolamine patch.

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Transdermal scopolamine (Transderm Scop®) was developed in the 1970s by Alza Corporation for Ciba-Geigy (now Novartis) for prevention of nausea and vomiting associated with motion sickness and recovery from anesthesia and surgery. The product was approved as the first modern transdermal therapeutic system by the FDA resulting in comments1979. A generic transdermal scopolamine product was approved in 2015 (Perrigo) but was not marketed until 2017. As of November 2018, there was only one generic transdermal scopolamine approved and marketed. We are looking to develop what we believe is an improved proprietary generic scopolamine patch. Product improvements include enhancements to the manufacturing processes to reduce the manufacturing cost and optimization of the adhesive formulation to reduce cold flow and increase patient acceptability. We have performed pre-clinical work on this proposed product, however, we cannot proceed further without significant funding. We plan to follow the FDA guidance on the product development of a generic transdermal scopolamine patch and plan on utilizing the ANDA regulatory pathway to obtain FDA approval for certain improvements, which were carried out.marketing. Transdermal scopolamine is currently in the preclinical phase of development.

 

We have not yet formalized an agreement withdetermined which product we will seek to develop after our manufacturer governing the business terms of the manufacture by themabuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system. The prioritization of our products. We are currently operating under a business arrangement under which Pocono produces our products to order. Weportfolio of product candidates will be negotiatingreviewed on an ongoing basis and will take into account technical progress, market potential, available funding and commercial interest. Our ability to take any meaningful steps to the development of any of these products is determined by our ability to provide sufficient funding for such purchase. As stated above, without significant financing or a manufacturingjoint venture agreement once we are more established which will outline pricing, lead times, late penalties, quality assurances and payment terms. not be able to take any steps to the development of any of these products.

We currently have a written agreed pricing structure through email only. We have not yet set up a schedule for negotiation of a manufacturing agreement, butno branded OTC or Consumer products nor do we plan to do thislaunch any OTC or Consumer products in the near future. Thereterm as our focus is no assurance thatprimarily on our arrangement with the manufacturer, for productionprescription pipeline and contract services offered by both 4P Therapeutics and Pocono Pharma.

Manufacturing of our pharmaceutical transdermal products will be performed for clinical trials during the development program and acquisitionfor manufacturing of commercial products prior to FDA approval and for sales and marketing. Clinical manufacturing for our early stage clinical trials will most likely be performed at our facilities at 4P Therapeutics. However, the manufacture of clinical products for later stage pivotal clinical trials and for commercial manufacturing may either be done by contract manufacturers or done in our commercial facilities. Manufacture of clinical and commercial product will be performed in compliance with current FDA Good Manufacturing Procedures (cGMP) and all applicable local regulations. All manufacturing processes will be subject to review by the FDA during development, prior to approval and during subsequent routine FDA inspections.

On December 9, 2020, the Company entered into a License Agreement (the “License Agreement”) with Rambam Med-Tech Ltd., Haifa, Israel (“RamBam”), for us to develop the RAMBAM Closed System Transfer Device (CSTD) the (“Medical Products”). As a part of the necessary raw materials, will continuetransaction with RamBam for the License Agreement, and to assist in the development of the RAMBAM CSTD Device, on satisfactory termsMarch 10, 2021, the Company finalized a Distribution Agreement (“Distribution Agreement”)_with BPM Inno Ltd., Kiryat, Israel (“BPM”), providing for distribution of the Medical Products developed and produced under the License Agreement and a Stock Purchase Agreement (“SPA”), dated December 7, 2020, providing for the purchase by BPM of 81,396 shares of common stock at a price of $8.60 per share, or $700,000. The investment by BPM in our common stock under the SPA was completed on February 26, 2021. Under the Distribution Agreement, BPM has the right to us until we formalizedistribute the arrangementsMedical Products in an agreement.Israel and has a right of first refusal in relation to all other countries/states, other than United States, Korea, China, Vietnam, Canada and Ecuador, which are termed excluded countries.

 

At this time,Employees

As of January 1, 2021, we had five employees, all of which are substantially dependentofficers of the Company, and three of which are full-time and two of which are currently part-time. We also engage one consultant who provides services on this manufacturera part-time basis. None of our employees is represented by a labor union and have a quality control agreement the manufacturer as of July 19, 2016, which agreement sets out responsibilities for both parties for quality control. Priorwe consider our employee relations to this date we did have not had any agreement in place.be good.

Government Regulation

 

Sales and MarketingUnited States

 

The highly fragmented, competitive naturepharmaceutical business is subject to extensive government regulation. In the United States, we must comply with the rules and regulations of the nutritional supplementFDA. In other countries we must comply with the laws and regulations of each country to legally market makes sales and marketing efforts withinsell our products. Obtaining FDA approval does not mean that the sector largely relationship driven. We are currently selling our productsproduct will be approved in other countries. Each country may require that additional clinical and nonclinical studies be conducted prior to customers through our website and plan to use direct marketing to wholesalers and distributors, so that we establish a network of retail distributors as well as an online customer base.approval.

 

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We also plan to use the social media to promote our products, multiple times daily, through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and other social media sites. Through this medium we are able to obtain referral customers, new customers, and educate our customers.

 

The third toolprocess required by the FDA to receive approval prior to marketing and distributing a drug in the United States generally involves the following. The definition of drug is email campaigns. We planbroadly defined, and includes our pharmaceutical products and most of our consumer transdermal patches. Even though the drug used in each of our proposed products is currently approved by the FDA in oral or injectable dosage forms, we will still need to utilize email to our customer lists for newsletters, pricing updates,conduct a full development program including preclinical and promotional offers.

clinical trials before we receive FDA marketing approval. The CompanyFDA also has marketing contacts through the various distributors we have contacts with. We plan to budget to ensure SEO placement (favorable and higher ranking appearance on search engines so as to generate more traffic) for online presence. Samples have been sent to a number of distributors with positive feedback; however, no distribution agreements have been requested or offered.

We plan to participate in industry conferences and expos, and to seek endorsements from athletes and other known celebrities. Thereabbreviated approval pathways which, if we are no assurances that such endeavors willeligible, could shorten the time for approval. However, we cannot be successful and will materialize in distribution agreements or any other agreements.

Competition

The U.S. and international nutritional supplements retail industry is a large, highly fragmented and growing industry, with no single industry participant accounting for a majority of total industry retail sales. We believe competition is based on price, quality and assortment of products, customer service, marketing support and availability of new products. In addition, the market is highly sensitive to the introduction of new products.

Virtually all of our competitors have had longer operating histories, better brand recognition and greater financial resources than we do.  In order for us to successfully compete in our industry, we will need to raise additional capital, develop our brand, leverage our management’s contacts and business experience to develop a wider customer base, develop a comprehensive marketing system for retail clients, and increase our financial resources.

We compete with shots, nutrition shakes, supplement pills, supplement capsules, and dissolvable multivitamins. Some key players in this area are Patch MD, Le-Vel, 5 Hour Energy, Berocca and Red Bull.

The above brands have all established themselves as key brands in the area of supplemental nutrition although much of their product ingestion diversification is very minimum therefore we believe leaving the gap open for Nutriband to exploit. As seen previously almost half of supplement users are open to new methods of ingestion due to reasons such as taste quality or hassle or pill swallowing complications.

However, there can be no assurance that even if our products gain market acceptance,certain that we will be able to compete effectivelyuse any abbreviated approval pathway, in which event we will need to comply with the full regulatory pathway.

Preclinical phase. Before a drug company can test an experimental treatment in humans, it must prove the drug is safe and effective in animals. Scientists run tests in various animals before presenting the data to the FDA as an investigational new drug application. For already approved drugs, an animal study may not be required prior to testing in humans. In most cases, the company must file an Investigational New Drug (IND) submission to get clearance to test the product in humans.

Phase one clinical trial. In the first round of clinical trials, the drug company attempts to establish the drug’s safety in humans. Drug researchers administer the treatment to healthy individuals — instead of patients suffering from the disease or condition the drug is intended to treat — and gradually increase the dose to see if the drug is toxic at higher levels or if any possible side effects occur. These drug trials are usually small, containing about 20 to 80 participants, according to the FDA. For drug delivery products incorporating already approved drugs, Phase 1 studies involve measuring blood levels of the drug to understand the pharmacokinetics for a new route of administration.

Phase two clinical trial. In the second round of clinical trials, researchers give the treatment to patients who have the disease to assess the drug’s efficacy. The trial is randomized, meaning half of the study participants receive the drug and half receive a placebo. These trials usually contain hundreds of participants, according to the FDA. There is about a 30 percent chance of a drug moving on to a phase three clinical trial, according to data from the biotech trade organization BIO. For already approved drugs, as is the case with drug delivery products, a Phase 2 trial may not be necessary as the therapeutic drug doses and blood concentrations are already known. However, a Phase 2 may be conducted to inform the design of the Phase 3 clinical trial in regards to the safety and efficacy of the product when used by patients.

Phase three clinical trial. In the third phase of clinical trials, researchers work with the FDA to design a larger trial to test the drug’s ideal dosage, patient population and other factors that could decide whether the drug is approved, according to the report. These trials usually contain a few hundred to thousands of participants. In the case of drug delivery products that utilize an approved drug, Phase 3 trials will typically include a comparison to the already approved reference product. For example a transdermal patch may be compared to an injection.

New drug application. Once a drug company collects and analyzes all data from the clinical trials, it submits a new drug application to the FDA. The application includes trial data, preclinical information and details on the drug’s manufacturing process. If the FDA accepts the application for review, the agency has ten months — or six months if the drug has priority review status — to make a decision, according to the report. The FDA can hold an advisory committee meeting where independent experts assess the data and recommend whether to approve the drug. From there, the FDA will either approve the drug or give the applicant a complete response letter, which explains why the drug did not get approved and what steps the applicant must take before resubmitting the application for approval.

The FDA may also require Human Abuse Liability or Human Abuse Potential clinical studies to evaluate the abuse liability or abuse potential of a new chemical entity for drugs that affect the central nervous system. If the abuse deterrent technology renders a product less desirable than conventional formulations, it is said to convey abuse deterrent properties and can include specific label language indicating this difference.

In other companiesinstances, sponsors are required to evaluate the effectiveness of an Abuse Deterrent Formulation. For Abuse Deterrent Formulation trials, the objective is to assess the ability of the new formulation to be tampered with and abused, and is often pursuant to a 505(b)(2) strategy.

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Before approving an NDA, the FDA may inspect the facilities where the product is being manufactured or facilities that are significantly involved in our industry. As wethe product development and distribution process and will not approve the product unless compliance with current good manufacturing processes is satisfactory. The FDA may deny approval of an NDA if applicable statutory or regulatory criteria are a relatively small company, we facenot satisfied, or may require additional testing or information, which can delay the same problems as other small companies in any industry, including the lack of available funds, lack of established distribution channels or large customer base. Our competitorsapproval process. In pursuing FDA approval there may be substantially largervarious delays and better funded than us, and have significantly longer histories of operation and development than us.it is possible that approval may never be granted. In addition, theynew government requirements may be able to provide more competitive products than we canestablished that could delay or prevent regulatory approval of our product candidates under development.

If a product is approved, the FDA may impose limitations on the indications for use for which the product may be marketed, may require that warning statements be included in the product labeling, may require that additional studies or trials be conducted following approval as a condition of the approval, may impose restrictions and generally be able to respond more quickly to newconditions on product distribution, prescribing or emerging technologies anddispensing in the form of a risk management plan, or impose other limitations.

Once a product receives FDA approval, marketing the product for other indicated uses or making certain manufacturing or other changes in legislation and regulations relatingrelated to the industry. Additionally, our competitorsproduct will require FDA review and approval of a supplemental NDA or a new NDA, which may devote greater resourcesrequire additional clinical safety and efficacy data and may require additional review fees. In addition, further post-marketing testing and surveillance to monitor the safety or efficacy of a product may be required. Also, product approvals may be withdrawn if compliance with regulatory standards is not maintained or if safety or manufacturing problems occur following initial marketing.

With respect to the development, promotion and salelabeling for our abuse deterrent transdermal fentanyl system or any other opioid transdermal patch we develop, it is likely that we will need to disclose the risks of their productsimproper use or services than we do. Increased competition could also result in loss of key personnel, reduced margins or loss of market share, any of which could harm our business.abuse using language required by the FDA.

 

Governmental RegulationFDA Approval Pathways

 

The manufacture, packaging,FDA has several pathways that can be followed to obtain FDA approval.

A stand-alone NDA is an application submitted under Section 505(b)(1) of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (“FD&C Act”) and approved under Section 505(c) of the FD&C Act that contains full reports of investigations of safety and effectiveness that were conducted by or for the applicant or for which the applicant has a right of reference or use. This is typically the pathway used for new chemical entities.

A 505(b)(2) application is an NDA submitted under Section 505(b)(1) and approved under Section 505(c) of the FD&C Act that contains full reports of investigations of safety and effectiveness, where at least some of the information required for approval comes from studies not conducted by or for the applicant and for which the applicant has not obtained a right of reference or use. This is the pathway typically taken for off-patent drugs that are being development into alternate dosage forms or routes of administration.

An ANDA is an application for a duplicate of a previously approved drug product that was submitted and approved under Section 505(j) of the FD&C Act. An ANDA relies on the FDA’s finding that the previously approved drug product is safe and effective. An ANDA generally must contain information to show that the proposed generic product (1) is the same as the drug with respect to the active ingredients, conditions of use, route of administration, dosage form, strength and labeling (with certain permissible differences) and (2) is bioequivalent to the referenced drug. An ANDA may not be submitted if studies are necessary to establish the safety and effectiveness of the proposed product. This is the pathway taken for generic drugs.

We cannot assure you that we will be able to take advantage of any of the available abbreviated approval pathways for any of our proposed products.

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Post-approval requirements

Any drug products for which we receive FDA approval will be subject to continuing regulation by the FDA. Certain requirements include, among other things, record-keeping requirements, reporting of adverse events with the product, providing the FDA with updated safety and efficacy information on an annual basis or more frequently for specific events, product sampling and distribution requirements, complying with certain electronic records and signature requirements and complying with FDA promotion and advertising requirements. These promotion and advertising requirements include, among others, standards for direct-to-consumer advertising, prohibitions against promoting drugs for uses or patient populations that are not described in the drug’s approved labeling, known as “off-label use,” and other promotional activities, such as those considered to be false or misleading. Failure to comply with FDA regulations can have negative consequences, including the immediate discontinuation of noncomplying materials, adverse publicity, enforcement letters from the FDA, mandated corrective advertising promotion, distributionor communications with doctors, and salecivil or criminal penalties. Such enforcement may also lead to scrutiny and enforcement by other government and regulatory bodies.

Although physicians may prescribe legally available drugs for off-label uses, manufacturers may not encourage, market or promote such off-label uses. As a result, “off-label promotion” has formed the basis for litigation under the Federal False Claims Act, violations of which are subject to significant civil fines and penalties. In addition, manufacturers of prescription products are required to disclose annually to the Center for Medicaid and Medicare any payments made to physicians and teaching hospitals in the U.S. under the federal Physician Payment Sunshine Act. Reportable payments may be direct or indirect, in cash or kind, for any reason, and are required to be disclosed even if the payments are not related to the approved product. Failure to fully disclose or not in time reporting could lead to penalties up to $1.15 million per year.

The manufacturing of any of our products will be required to comply with the FDA’s current good manufacturing process (cGMP) regulations. These regulations require, among other things, quality control and quality assurance, as well as the corresponding maintenance of comprehensive records and documentation. Drug manufacturers and other entities involved in the manufacture and distribution of approved drugs are also required to register with the FDA their establishments and list any products they make and to comply with related requirements in certain states. These entities are further subject to periodic unannounced inspections by the FDA and certain state agencies for compliance with current good manufacturing processes and other laws. Accordingly, manufacturers must continue to expend time, money and effort in the area of production and quality control to maintain cGMP compliance.

Discovery of problems with a product after approval may result in serious and extensive restrictions on a product, manufacturer or holder of an approved NDA, as well as lead to potential market disruptions. These restrictions may include recalls, suspension of a product until the FDA is assured that quality standards can be met, and continuing oversight of manufacturing by the FDA under a “consent decree,” which frequently includes the imposition of costs and continuing inspections over a period of many years, as well as possible withdrawal of the product from the market. In addition, changes to the manufacturing process generally require prior FDA approval before being implemented. Other types of changes to the approved product, such as adding new indications and additional labeling claims, are also subject to further FDA review and approval.

The FDA also may require post-marketing testing, or Phase IV testing, as well as risk minimization action plans and surveillance to monitor the effects of an approved product or place conditions on an approval that could otherwise restrict the distribution or use of our products.

Other Government Regulations

We are subject to regulationgovernment regulations that are applicable to businesses generally, including those relating to workers’ health and safety, environmental and waste disposal, wage and hour and labor practices, including sexual harassment laws and regulations, and anti-discrimination laws and regulations.

In addition, we must comply with the laws and regulations governing the research and manufacture of products containing controlled substances such as fentanyl and other opioids. We must be licensed by one or more federal agencies, including the FDA, Consumer Product Safety Commission, or CPSC,Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA. Advertising and other forms of promotion and methods of marketing are subject to regulation primarily by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, which regulates these activities under the Federal Trade Commission Act, or FTCA. The FTC and the FDA work together under a division of responsibilities between the two agencies. As applied to dietary supplements, the FDA has primary responsibility for claims on product labeling, including packaging, inserts, and other promotional materials distributed at the point of sale. The FTC has primary responsibility for claims in advertising, including print and broadcast ads, infomercials, catalogs, and similar direct marketing materials. The foregoing matters regarding our products are also regulated by various state and local agencies as well as those of each foreign countrystate(s) in which we conduct research and development activities. We currently hold a DEA license and a Georgia State Board of Pharmacy license to support our current research activities at our facility in Georgia. As a result we have been inspected by the DEA and the Georgia Board of Pharmacy. As we enter the manufacturing phase of development we will need to obtain a DEA manufacturing license and a Georgia Board of Pharmacy manufacturing license and obtain production quota from the DEA to allocate sufficient amounts of controlled substances to us to conduct our development program. There is no guarantee that we will be able to obtain sufficient production quota from the DEA to support our manufacturing operations.

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Europe and Other Countries

If we market our products in any countries other than the United States, we would distributebe subject to the laws of those countries. In order to obtain market our products in other countries we must comply with numerous and varying regulatory requirements of such countries regarding safety and efficacy and governing, among other things, clinical trials and commercial sales, pricing and distribution of our products.

 

The Dietary Supplement HealthEuropean medicines regulatory system is based on a network of around 50 regulatory authorities from the 31 countries in the European Economic Area, the European Commission and Education Actthe European Medicines Agency. All medicines must be authorized before they can be placed on the market in the European Union. The European system offers different routes for authorization. A centralized procedure allows the marketing of 1994 ("DSHEA") amendeda medicine on the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the "FDC Act") to establishbasis of a new framework governing the composition, safety, labeling, manufacturingsingle European Union assessment and marketing authorization which is valid throughout the European Union. However, a majority of dietary supplements. Dietary supplements are defined,medicines authorized in part, asthe European Union do not fall within the scope of the centralized procedure, and we do not know whether our proposed products (other than tobacco products) taken by mouth that contain a "dietary ingredient", i.e., products intendedwill fall within the centralized authorization. We also do not know how the withdrawal of Great Britain from the European Union will affect the procedure for ingestion (meaning oral consumption)approval of medicines in tablet, capsule, powder, softgel, gelcap, or liquid form or, if not intended for ingestion in such a form,the United Kingdom. If we are not represented as conventional food and not represented forable to use as a sole item of a meal orthe centralized procedure, we would need to use one of the diet. Transdermal patchesfollowing procedures. One method is the decentralized procedure where we would apply for the simultaneous authorization in more than one European Union member. The second method is the mutual-recognition procedure where we would have a medicine authorized in one European Union country apply for authorization to be recognized in other European Union countries. In either case, we would be required to complete clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the medicine and show and that the medicine is manufactured in accordance with good manufacturing practice based upon European Union standards.

In countries other than the United States and the European Union, we would be required to comply with the applicable laws of those countries, which may require us to perform additional clinical testing.

Failure to obtain regulatory approval in any country would prevent our product candidates from being marketed in those countries. In order to market and sell our products in jurisdictions other than the United States and the European Union, we must obtain separate marketing approvals and comply with numerous and varying regulatory requirements. The regulatory approval process outside the United States and the European Union generally includes all of the risks associated with obtaining FDA and European Union approval, but can involve additional testing.

In addition, in many countries worldwide, it is required that the product be approved for reimbursement before the product can be approved for sale in that country. We may not obtain approvals from regulatory authorities outside the United States on a timely basis, if at all. Even if we were to receive approval in the United States or the European Union, approval by the FDA or the European Medicines Agency does not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in other countries or jurisdictions. Similarly, approval by one regulatory authority outside the United States would not fall under this definitionensure approval by regulatory authorities in other countries or jurisdictions. We may not be able to file for marketing approvals and may not receive necessary approvals to commercialize our products in any market. If we are unable to obtain approval of dietary supplement,our product candidates by regulatory authorities in other foreign jurisdictions, the commercial prospects of those product candidates may be significantly diminished and nicotine patches are specifically allowedour business prospects could decline.

Outside the United States, particularly in member states of the European Union, the pricing of prescription drugs is subject to governmental control. In these countries, pricing negotiations or the successful completion of health technology assessment procedures with governmental authorities can take considerable time after receipt of marketing approval for a product. In addition, there can be considerable pressure by governments and other stakeholders on prices and reimbursement levels, including as part of cost containment measures. Certain countries allow companies to fix their own prices for medicines, but monitor the pricing.

In addition to regulations in the United States, if we market outside of the United States, we will be subject to a variety of regulations governing, among other things, clinical trials and any commercial sales and distribution of our products. Whether or not we obtain FDA approval for a product, we must obtain the requisite approvals from regulatory authorities in foreign countries prior to the commencement of clinical trials or marketing of the product in those countries.

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Intellectual Property Rights

4P Therapeutics filed an international patent application under the FDA rules.

Dietary ingredients include vitamins, minerals, amino acids,Patent Cooperation Treaty for worldwide prosecution of the abuse deterrent transdermal technology patent used in our lead product, an abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system. The patent is being prosecuted in the United States and herbs or botanicals,in other countries. The European Patent Office and the patent offices for Japan, Australia and Russia had granted patent protection for the patent application filed by 4P Therapeutics for its abuse deterrent transdermal technology and the patent office of Mexico has granted a notice of allowance. In addition to applying the technology to developing an abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system, we believe that the abuse deterrent patch technology can be applied to other opioids and pain medication patches where there is risk of abuse and overdose, as well as other substances thattransdermal pharmaceuticals where we believe our technology can be used to supplement the diet. Federal law requires that every dietary supplement be labeled as such, either with the term "dietary supplement"help prevent abuse or with a term that substitutes a description of the product's dietary ingredient(s) for the word "dietary" (e.g., "herbal supplement" or "calcium supplement"). Federal law does not require dietary supplements to be proven safe to FDA's satisfaction before they are marketed.

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Generally, under the FDC Act, dietary ingredients that were marketed in the United States prior to October 15, 1994 may be used in dietary supplements without notifying the FDA. "New" dietary ingredients (i.e., dietary ingredients that were "not marketed in the United States before October 15, 1994") must be the subject of a new dietary ingredient notification submitted to the FDA unless the ingredient has been "present in the food supply as an article used for food" without being "chemically altered." A new dietary ingredient notification must provide the FDA evidence of a "history of use or other evidence of safety" establishing that use of the dietary ingredient "will reasonably be expected to be safe." A new dietary ingredient notification must be submitted to the FDA at least 75 days before the initial marketing of the new dietary ingredient.

To date, our products have not had “new” ingredients in accordance with FDA regulations and guidance so as to require notification to FDA; however, if notification would be required as to any future ingredients proposed to be used, we would incur additional expenses, which could be significant, and negatively impact our business in several ways, including, but not limited to, enjoining the manufacturing of our products until the FDA determines that we are in compliance. 

FDA monitors drug manufacturers' compliance with its Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) regulations.  The CGMP regulations for drugs contain minimum requirements for the methods, facilities, and controls used in manufacturing, processing, and packing of a drug product.  The regulations make sure that a product is safe for use, and that it has the ingredients and strength it claims to have. The approval process for new drug and generic drug marketing applications includes a review of the manufacturer's compliance with the CGMP.  FDA inspectors determine whether the firm has the necessary facilities, equipment, and skills to manufacture the new drug for which it have applied for approval.   Decisions regarding compliance with CGMP regulations are based upon inspection of the facilities, sample analyses, and compliance history of the firm. This information is summarized in reports which represent several years of history of the firms.

FDA can issue a warning letter or initiate other regulatory actions against a company that fails to comply with Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations.  Failure to comply can also lead to a decision by FDA not to approve an application to market a drug. The FTC has taken action not just against supplement manufacturers, but also, in appropriate circumstances, against ad agencies, distributors, retailers, catalog companies, infomercial producers and others involved in deceptive promotions.

Our contract manufacturer is aware of FDA guidelines for labeling, packaging and product regulation, and we rely primarily on our manufacturer for the compliance of our products with FDA manufacturing requirements.

Employeesaccidental misuse.

 

We currently have two executive employees,received a trademark and Wordmark for the name Nutriband. We have also received a trademark for the name AVERSA® which we use for our CEO and CFO.abuse deterrent technology.

 

Competition

Since our proposed pharmaceutical products deliver a drug which is off patent and presently available, we will compete with a number of companies who are presently selling the drug which is generally taken by injection. In addition, there are a number of companies that market generic transdermal patches, including fentanyl transdermal patches, and we will compete against those companies that make products with the same drug. Further, as transdermal patches become more popular, other companies, many of which have significantly greater resources and existing relationships with physicians and medical personnel, may use their resources to develop improved transdermal delivery systems for the drugs that are in our pipeline. We believe that competition is based on such factors as price, insurance/Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rates and policies, safety and efficacy, side effects or reduction in side effects and the reliability of the supplier or manufacturer. Since we are developing our products to meet the needs of the patients, physicians, and the payers, we need to demonstrate advantages in terms of safety, efficacy, compliance and cost. If we obtain regulatory approval to market our products, we cannot assure you that we will be successful in the marketplace.

ItemITEM 1A. Risk FactorsRISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below together with all of the other information included in this annual report before making an investment decision with regard to our securities. The statements contained in this annual report include forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by forward-looking statements. The risks set forth below are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties may exist that could also adversely affect our business, prospects or operations. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be harmed. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or a significant part of your investment.

Risks Concerning our Business

Because of a lack of funds, we have suspended our pharmaceutical product development operations.

 

Our business is the development of transdermal systems for the delivery of pharmaceuticals. The development of pharmaceutical products is highly cash intensive, and many early-stage drug development companies are unable to raise sufficient cash to complete the development and testing of their products and obtain regulatory approval, with the result that they either obtain funding on very unfavorable terms, cease to conduct business or sell or license their intellectual property on unfavorable terms. Because of our lack of cash and the absence of any significant financing, we have suspended our development activities relating to our transdermal pharmaceutical products. Because of the anticipated lack of revenues until we have an approved product that we can market and the time required to obtain FDA approval, which can take many years, we must rely on our ability to raise money in the private or public equity market or enter into a joint venture relationship with a company that has the funds, the willingness and the ability to fund or obtain funds for the project that is the subject of the joint venture. In March 2020, we withdrew a registration statement relating to numerous risk factors, includinga proposed public offering. If we are able to raise funds or enter into a joint venture, it is likely that the following:term will not be favorable to us. We cannot assure you that we will be able to raise funds in a public or private financing or a joint venture, and, if we are unable to do so, we may cease operations.

 

WE HAVE A LIMITED OPERATING HISTORY THAT YOU CAN USE TO EVALUATE US, AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF OUR SUCCESS MUST BE CONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF THE PROBLEMS, EXPENSES, DIFFICULTIES, COMPLICATIONS AND DELAYS FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED BY A SMALL COMPANY.

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Because we are an early-stage company with minimal revenue and a history of losses and we expect to continue to incur substantial losses for the foreseeable future, we cannot assure you that we can or will be able to operate profitably.

 

We were incorporateddid not generate any revenue prior to the quarter ended October 31, 2018 and since then, we have incurred losses as, 4P Therapeutics generated only modest revenue from contract research and development services which are not related to our pharmaceutical transdermal patch business. Although we anticipate that, for the near term, we will continue to perform research and development services for third parties, we do not expect to generate significant revenue from performing contract research and development services for our clients and we have generated losses from operations from this business. During the year ended January 31, 2021, we experienced a significant decline in Nevada onrevenue from 4P Therapeutics’ largest customer. We generated negative cash flow from operations for the years ended January 4, 2016,31, 2021 and acquired Nutriband Ltd. (Ireland) on January 15, 2016.2020. We have a limited amountare subject to the risks common to start-up, pre-revenue enterprises, including, among other factors, undercapitalization, cash shortages, limitations with respect to personnel, financial and other resources and lack of assetsrevenues. Drug development companies typically incur substantial losses during the product development and FDA testing phase of the business and do not generate revenues until after the drug has received FDA approval, which cannot be assured, and until the company has started to sell the product. We can give no assurance that we can or financial resources. Thewill ever be successful in achieving profitability and the likelihood of our success must be considered in light of our early stage of operations. We cannot assure you that we will be able to operate profitably or generate positive cash flow. If we cannot achieve profitability, we may be forced to cease operations and you may suffer a total loss of your investment.

Our business will be likely be adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the response to the pandemic will affect our business in a number of ways, including, but are not limited to, the following:

Our ability to raise financing for our operations and to enter into a joint venture agreement may be affected by both the willingness and ability of potential financing sources and potential joint venture partners to invest in an undercapitalized business, particularly at a time when the potential financing source or joint venture partner may need to devote its resources to existing portfolio companies or joint ventures which may be in need of financing.

The decision by investors who would invest in early stage pharmaceutical companies to limit their financing efforts to companies that are dealing with products or services related to COVID-19 diagnosis or treatment.

The effect of recent stock market decline on the willingness of investors to make an investment in our securities.

The financial health of our potential contract service customers.

Our ability to perform contract services.

Our ability to obtain any goods or services which we may need to perform contract services.

The ability of our foreign distributors to obtain regulatory approval, which may be affected by the regulatory agencies giving a low priority to products such as our consumer patches.

The financial health of Best Choice.

If regulatory approval is obtained in South Korea, the extent to which consumers in South Korea purchase our products.

The extent to which the purchase of our consumer products is a low priority item for a population whose disposable income may have decreased as a result of COVID-19 and the steps taken by the South Korean government to curb the spread of infection.

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Because we do not have a product we can market in the United States, we cannot predict when or whether we will operate profitably.

We have not completed the development of our lead product, which is our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system, and we do not have any product that we can market in the United States. Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with product development, we cannot assure you that we will be able to develop and market any products or achieve or attain profitability. If we are able to obtain financing for our operations, we expect that we will incur substantial expenses as we continue with our product development and difficultiesclinical trials. Further, if we are required by applicable regulatory authorities, including the FDA as well as the comparable regulatory agencies in other countries in which we may seek to market product, to perform studies in addition to those we currently anticipate, our expenses will increase beyond expectations and the timing of any potential product approval may be delayed. As a result, we expect to continue to incur substantial losses and negative cash flow for the foreseeable future.

A number of factors, including, but not limited to the following, may affect our ability to develop our business and operate profitably:

our ability to obtain necessary funding to develop our proposed products;

the success of clinical trials for our products;

our ability to obtain FDA approval for us to market any proposed product in our pipeline in the United States;

any delays in regulatory review and approval of product in development;

if we obtain FDA approval to market our product, our ability to establish manufacturing and distribution operations or entering into manufacturing and distribution agreements with qualified third parties;

market acceptance of our products;

our ability to establish an effective sales and marketing infrastructure;

our ability to protect our intellectual property;

competition from existing products or new products that may emerge;

the ability to commercialize our products;

potential product liability claims and adverse events;

our ability to adequately support future growth; and

our ability to attract and retain key personnel to manage our business effectively.

Our failure to develop our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system will harm our business.

Our lead product is our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system, and we are devoting our resources primarily to developing this product, and, if we complete the development of this product, we will conduct the clinical trials necessary to enable us to obtain FDA approval and to market the product. If we are not able to obtain necessary financing to develop, obtain FDA marketing approval and market this product successfully, we may not have the resources to develop additional products..

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Before we can market in the United States any product which is classified by the FDA as a drug, we must obtain FDA marketing approval.

Our proposed transdermal products are drug-device combinations that are considered by the FDA to be drugs, which require approval by the FDA. In order to obtain FDA approval, it is necessary to conduct a series of preclinical and clinical tests to confirm that the product is safe and effective. Even though the medication that is being delivered through our transdermal patch may have already received FDA approval, because we are delivering the medication through the skin, we will need to complete, to the FDA’s satisfaction, all of the required clinical testing steps to demonstrate safety and efficacy. At any point, the FDA could ask us to perform additional tests or to refine and redo a test that we had previously completed. The process of obtaining FDA approval could take many years, with no assurance that the FDA will approve the product. The FDA also will need to approve the manufacturing process and the manufacturing facility.

We may need to rely on a third party contract research organization to conduct our preclinical and clinical trials.

Although we believe that we, through 4P Therapeutics, have the capabilities to conduct preclinical studies and early stage clinical studies in house, we may need to rely on third party contract research organizations to conduct our pivotal preclinical and clinical trials. Our failure or the failure of the contract research organization to conduct the trials in compliance with FDA regulations could possibly derail our obtaining FDA approval, and could require us to redo any preclinical or clinical trials which we or the organization administered.

We may encounter delays in completing clinical trials, which would increase our costs and delay market entry.

We may experience delays in completing the clinical trials necessary for FDA approval. These delays may result from a number of factors which could prevent us from starting the trial on time or completing the study in a timely manner, which may include factors out of our control. Since we may need to rely on third parties for supplying us with the drug and transdermal patches used in the trials, there may be various reasons for us to experience a delay in obtaining the clinical materials required to start each clinical trial, which may include factors out of our control. Clinical trials can be delayed or terminated for a number of reasons, including delay or failure to:

obtain necessary financing;

obtain regulatory approval to commence a trial;

reach agreement on acceptable terms with prospective contract research organizations, investigators and clinical trial sites, the terms of which may be subject to extensive negotiation and vary significantly among different research organizations and trial sites;

obtain institutional review board approval at each site;

enlist suitable patients to participate in a trial;

have patients complete a trial or return for post-treatment follow-up;

ensure clinical sites observe trial protocol or continue to participate in a trial;

address any patient safety concerns that arise during the course of a trial;

address any conflicts with new or existing laws or regulations;

add a sufficient number of clinical trial sites; or

manufacture sufficient quantities of the product candidate for use in clinical trials.

Patient enrolment is also a significant factor in the timely completion of clinical trials and is affected by many factors, including the size and nature of the patient population, the proximity of patients to clinical sites, the eligibility criteria for the trial, the design of the clinical trial, competing clinical trials and clinicians’ and patients’ perceptions as to the potential advantages of the drug being studied in relation to available alternatives, including any new drugs or treatments that may be approved for the indications we are investigating.

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We may also encounter delays if a clinical trial is suspended or terminated by us, by the independent review boards of the institutions in which such trials are being conducted, by the trial’s data safety monitoring board, or by the FDA. Such authorities may suspend or terminate one or more of our clinical trials due to a number of factors, including our failure to conduct the clinical trial in accordance with relevant regulatory requirements or clinical protocols, inspection of the clinical trial operations or trial site by the FDA resulting in the imposition of a clinical hold, unforeseen safety issues or adverse side effects, failure to demonstrate a benefit from using a drug, changes in governmental regulations or administrative actions or lack of adequate funding to continue the clinical trial.

If we experience delays in carrying out or completing preclinical or clinical trials for any product candidates, the commercial prospects of our product candidates may be harmed, and our ability to generate revenues from any of these product candidates will be delayed. In addition, any delays in completing our clinical trials will increase our costs, slow down our product candidate development and approval process and jeopardize our ability to commence product sales and generate revenues. Any of these occurrences may significantly harm our business and financial condition. In addition, many of the factors that cause, or lead to, a delay in the commencement or completion of clinical trials may also ultimately lead to the denial of regulatory approval of our product candidates.

Our ability to generate revenues from our planned pharmaceutical products depends on the clinical and commercial success of our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system and our other product candidates and failure to achieve such success will negatively impact our business.

The clinical and commercial success of our pharmaceutical product candidates depends on a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, including:

the FDA’s acceptance of our parameters for regulatory approval relating to our product candidates, including our proposed indications, primary endpoint assessments, primary endpoint measurements and regulatory pathways;

the FDA’s acceptance of the number, design, size, conduct and implementation of our clinical trials, our trial protocols and the interpretation of data from preclinical studies or clinical trials;

the FDA’s acceptance of the sufficiency of the data we collect from our preclinical studies and pivotal clinical trials to support the submission of a New Drug Application, known as an NDA, without requiring additional preclinical or clinical trials;

the FDA’s acceptance of our abuse deterrent labelling relating to our products, including our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system;

when we submit our NDA upon completion of our clinical trials, the FDA’s willingness to schedule an advisory committee meeting, if applicable, in a timely manner to evaluate and decide on the approval of our NDA;

the recommendation of the FDA’s advisory committee, if applicable, to approve our application without limiting the approved labelling, specifications, distribution or use of the products, or imposing other restrictions;

our ability to satisfy any issued raised by the FDA in response to our test data;

the FDA’s satisfaction with the safety and efficacy of our product candidates;

the prevalence and severity of adverse events associated with our product candidates;

the timely and satisfactory performance by third party contractors of their obligations in relation to our clinical trials;

if we receive FDA approval, our success in educating physicians and patients about the benefits, administration and use our product candidates;

our ability to raise additional capital on acceptable terms in order to achieve conduct the necessary clinical trials;

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the availability, perceived advantages and relative cost of alternative and competing treatments;

the effectiveness of our marketing, sales and distribution strategy and operations;

our ability to develop, validate and maintain a commercially viable manufacturing process that is compliant with current good manufacturing practices;

our ability to obtain, protect and enforce our intellectual property rights;

our ability to bring an action timely for patent infringement arising out of the filing of ANDAs by generic companies seeking approval to market generic versions of our products, if applicable, before the expiry of our patents; and

our ability to avoid third party claims of patent infringement or intellectual property violations.

Since we do not have commercial drug manufacturing capability, if we are unable to establish manufacturing facilities, we may have to enter into a manufacturing agreement with a manufacturer that has been approved by the FDA.

Any commercial manufacturer of our products and the manufacturing facilities where we make our commercial products will be subject to wholesale and other customers. Since we have a limited operating historyFDA approval. Part of marketingthe process of seeking FDA approval to market our products is the FDA’s approval of the manufacturing process and facility. Although we recently added certain manufacturing capabilities through our acquisition of Pocono, the establishment of a manufacturing facility at the level required for prescription medication’s is very costly, and, unless we obtain funding for that purpose, it would be necessary for us to engage a third party who has experience is manufacturing transdermal patches for FDA approved products. By relying on a third-party manufacturer, we will be dependent upon the public,manufacturer, whose interests may be different from ours. Any third-party contract manufacturer will be responsible for quality control and for meeting our requirements. If the manufacturer does not meet our quality standards and delivers products that do not meet our specifications, we may both incur liability for breach of our warranty to our customer, as well as liability for any damage, including death, that may result from the use, abuse or accidental misuse of the product. Regardless of whether we are able to make a claim against the manufacturer, our reputation may be impaired and we may lose business as a result. Further, the contract manufacturer may have other customers and may allocate its resources based on the contract manufacturer’s interest rather than our interest. Furthermore, we may not be able to continue to operate profitably or to grow our business.

WE HAVE NOT HAD OPERATIONS OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE SINCE INCEPTION AND WILL BE REQUIRED TO RAISE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF CAPITAL

We will have to obtain significant additional capital, estimated at between $85,000 and $150,000 to continue with development of our proposed business, which may be made more difficult by the opinion of our auditors that sets forth the substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. There is no assuranceassure ourselves that we will be able to obtain sufficient capital to implementget favorable pricing. We have previously had problems with our proposed business plan. 

AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMPANY MUST BE CONSIDERED SPECULATIVE.

Raising additional capital may cause dilution to our existing stockholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish rights. If we raise additional funds through collaboration, strategic alliance and licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our product candidates, our intellectual property, future revenue streams or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us.

AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO UNIVERSAL MARKET ACCEPTANCE OF OUR NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS.

There is no assurance that we will be successful in commercializing one or moremanufacturer of our nutritional supplement products, it being uncertain whether our products will achieveconsumer over-the-counter transdermal patches, and sustain high levels of demand, consumer acceptance and market adoption. We are seeking distribution and marketing channels; however, we cannot assure you that any significant degreewe will not have the same, similar or other problems with the manufacturer of market acceptance will result, and that acceptance, if achieved, will be sustained for any significant period or that product life cycles will be sufficient (or substitute products developed) to permit the Company to recover start-up and other associated costs. Failure by us to achieve or sustain market acceptance would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial conditions, and results of operations.FDA approved products.

 

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THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION MAY IN THE FUTURE DETERMINE TO REGULATE TRANSDERMAL SUPPLIMENTS (VITAMINS) PATCHES.If we or any third-party manufacturer fails to comply with FDA current good manufacturing practices, we may not be able to sell our products until and unless the manufacture becomes compliant.

 

AlthoughAll FDA approved drugs, including our proposed transdermal patchesproducts, must be manufactured in accordance with good manufacturing practices. All manufacturing facilities are not currently regulatedinspected by the FDA as “dietary supplements”, this agency maya matter of routine inspection or for a specific cause. If a manufacturer fails to comply with all applicable regulations, the FDA can prohibit us from distributing products manufactured in those facilities, whether they are a contract manufacturer or own facility. A failure to be in compliance with good manufacturing practices could result in the future makeFDA closing the facilities or limiting our use of the facilities.

If the FDA implements Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies policies for any of our proposed products, we will need to comply with such policies before we can obtain FDA approval or the product.

The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 gave FDA the authority to require a determinationRisk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy from manufacturers to regulate this area and requireensure that the benefits of a drug or biological product outweigh its risks. The FDA has issued a Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy for a fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system. Before we can receive FDA approval for new transdermal patch products,any product for which could increase our costs and result in delays in the introduction of new products.

ADVERSE PUBLICITY OR CONSUMER PERCEPTION OF OUR PRODUCTS AND ANY SIMILAR PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED BY OTHERS COULD HARM OUR REPUTATION AND ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR SALES AND REVENUES.

We believeFDA has issued a Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy, we are highly dependent upon positive consumer perceptions ofmust satisfy the safety and qualityFDA that we have complied with the Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy. If one of our products as well as similarbecomes subject to a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy policy after receiving FDA approval, it will need to comply with such policy.

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Our products distributed by other nutrition supplement companies. Consumer perceptionwill continue to be subject to FDA review after FDA approval is given.

Discovery of nutrition supplements andpreviously unknown problems with our products in particular can be substantially influenced by scientific research or findings, national media attentionunanticipated problems with the manufacturing processes and facilities, even after FDA and other publicity aboutregulatory approvals of the product use. Adverse publicityfor commercial sale, may result in the imposition of significant restrictions, including withdrawal of the product from the market.

The FDA and other regulatory agencies continue to review products even after the products receive agency approval. If and when the FDA approves one of our products, its manufacture and marketing will be subject to ongoing regulation, which could include compliance with current good manufacturing practices, adverse event reporting requirements and general prohibitions against promoting products for unapproved or “off-label” uses. We are also subject to inspection and market surveillance by the FDA for compliance with these sources regardingand other requirements. Any enforcement action resulting from the failure, even by inadvertence, to comply with these requirements could affect the manufacture and marketing of our products. In addition, the FDA or other regulatory agencies could withdraw a previously approved product from the market upon receipt of newly discovered information. The FDA or another regulatory agency could also require us to conduct additional, and potentially expensive, studies in areas outside our approved indicated uses.

We must continually monitor the safety quality or efficacy of nutritional supplementsour products once approved and marketed for potential adverse events which could jeopardize our ability to continue marketing the products.

As with all medical products, the use of our products could harmsometimes produce undesirable side effects or adverse reactions or events (referred to cumulatively as adverse events). Our consumer products initially caused skin irritation because of certain of the ingredients in the patch, which we corrected by reformulating the patches. For the most part, we expect these adverse events to be known and occur at some predicted frequency based on our experience in the clinical development program. When adverse events are reported to us, we are required to investigate each event and the circumstances surrounding it to determine whether it was caused by our product and whether a previously unrecognized safety issue exists. We will also be required to periodically report summaries of these events to the applicable regulatory authorities. If the adverse effects are significant, we may be required to recall our product. We cannot assure you that our medical products will not cause skin irritation or other adverse events. Our ability to market our products may be impaired by unanticipated adverse events and any recall of our product. Because we are an early-stage company, our reputation, and resultsour ability to market products, could be affected more severely than a major pharmaceutical company.

In addition, the use of operations. The mere publicationour products could be associated with serious and unexpected adverse events, or with less serious reactions at a greater than expected frequency. Such issues may arise when our products are used in critically ill or otherwise compromised patient populations. When unexpected events are reported to us, we are required to make a thorough investigation to determine causality and the implications for product safety. These events must also be specifically reported to the applicable regulatory authorities. If our evaluation concludes, or regulatory authorities perceive, that there is an unreasonable risk associated with the product, we would be obligated to withdraw the impacted lot(s) of news articlesthat product or reports assertingrecall the product and discontinue marketing until all problems are satisfactorily resolved. Furthermore, an unexpected adverse event of a new product could be recognized only after extensive use of the product, which could expose us to product liability risks, enforcement action by regulatory authorities and damage to our reputation and public image.

A serious adverse finding concerning the risk of any of our products by any regulatory authority could adversely affect our reputation, business and financial results.

If we obtain FDA approval to market our products, we expect to spend considerable time and money complying with federal and state laws and regulations governing their sale, and, if we are unable to fully comply with such laws and regulations, we could face substantial penalties.

Health care providers, physicians and others will play a primary role in the recommendation and prescription of our proposed products. Further, if we use third-party sales and marketing providers, they may expose us to broadly applicable fraud and abuse and other health care laws and regulations that such products may constrain the business or financial arrangements and relationships through which we market, sell and distribute our products. Applicable federal and state health care laws and regulations are expected to include, but not be harmfullimited to, the following:

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The federal anti-kickback statute is a criminal statute that makes it a felony for individuals or entities knowingly and willfully to offer or pay, or to solicit or receive, direct or indirect remuneration, in order to induce the purchase, order, lease, or recommending of items or services, or the referral of patients for services, that are reimbursed under a federal health care program, including Medicare and Medicaid;

The federal False Claims Act imposes liability on any person who knowingly submits, or causes another person or entity to submit, a false claim for payment of government funds. Penalties include three times the government’s damages plus civil penalties of $5,500 to $11,000 per false claim. In addition, the False Claims Act permits a person with knowledge of fraud, referred to as a qui tam plaintiff, to file a lawsuit on behalf of the government against the person or business that committed the fraud, and, if the action is successful, the qui tam plaintiff is rewarded with a percentage of the recovery;

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as HIPAA, imposes obligations, including mandatory contractual terms, with respect to safeguarding the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information;

The Social Security Act contains numerous provisions allowing the imposition of a civil money penalty, a monetary assessment, exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs, or some combination of these penalties; and

Many states have analogous state laws and regulations, such as state anti-kickback and false claims laws. In some cases, these state laws impose more strict requirements than the federal laws. Some state laws also require pharmaceutical companies to comply with certain price reporting and other compliance requirements.

Our failure to comply with any of these federal and state health care laws and regulations, or questioning their efficacyhealth care laws in foreign jurisdictions, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and resultsresult of operations regardlessand cash flows.

Before we can market our product outside of whetherthe United States, we will need to obtain regulatory approval in each country in which we propose to sell our products.

In order to market and sell our products in jurisdictions other than the United States, we must obtain separate marketing approvals and comply with numerous and varying regulatory requirements. The regulatory approval process outside the United States generally includes all of the risks associated with obtaining FDA and can involve additional testing.

In addition, in many countries worldwide, it is required that the product be approved for reimbursement before the product can be approved for sale in that country. We may not obtain approvals from regulatory authorities outside the United States on a timely basis, if at all. Even if we were to receive approval in the United States, approval by the FDA does not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in other countries. Similarly, approval by one regulatory authority outside the United States would not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in other countries. We may not be able to file for marketing approvals and may not receive necessary approvals to commercialize our products in any market. If we are unable to obtain approval of our product candidates by regulatory authorities in foreign jurisdictions, the commercial prospects of those product candidates may be significantly diminished, and our business prospects could be impaired.

Outside the United States, particularly in member states of the European Union, the pricing of prescription drugs is subject to governmental control. In these countries, pricing negotiations or the successful completion of health technology assessment procedures with governmental authorities can take considerable time after receipt of marketing approval for a product. In addition, there can be considerable pressure by governments and other stakeholders on prices and reimbursement levels, including as part of cost containment measures. Certain countries allow companies to fix their own prices for medicines but monitor the pricing.

In addition to regulations in the United States, if we market outside of the United States, we will be subject to a variety of regulations governing, among other things, clinical trials and any commercial sales and distribution of our products. Whether or not we obtain FDA approval for a product, we must obtain the requisite approvals from regulatory authorities in foreign countries prior to the commencement of clinical trials or marketing of the product in those countries.

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If we do not have sufficient product liability insurance, we may be subject to claims that are in excess of our net worth.

Before we market any pharmaceutical product, we will need to purchase significant product liability insurance. However, in the event of major claims from the use of our products, it is possible that our product liability insurance will not be sufficient to cover claims against us. We cannot assure you that we will not face liability arising out of the use of our products which is significantly in excess of the limits of our product liability insurance. In such news articlesevent, if we do not have the funds or reportsaccess to the funds necessary to satisfy such liability, we may be unable to continue in business.

Because some of the patches we are scientifically supporteddeveloping, such as our abuse deterrent fentanyl patch, have potential severe side effects, we may face liability in the event patients suffer serious, possibly life-threatening, side effects from our products.

Fentanyl patches have known side effects and may cause serious or whetherlife-threatening breathing problems due to opioid-induced respiratory depression. In addition, taking certain medications with fentanyl may increase the claimed harmfulrisk of serious or life-threatening breathing problems, sedation or coma. Because of the seriousness of the side effects, fentanyl patches should only be used in accordance labelling approved by the FDA or by the applicable regulatory authorities outside of the United States. Fentanyl patches are only indicated for the treatment of people who are tolerant to opioid medications because they have taken this type of medication for at least one week and should not be used to treat mild or moderate pain, short-term pain, pain after an operation or medical or dental procedure, or pain that can be controlled by medication that is taken on an as-needed basis. Although we will include all warnings on the packaging that are required by the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities, claims may be made against us in the event that death or serious side effects result from the use of our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system, even if prescribed for a patient for whom fentanyl patches should not be prescribed. We cannot assure you that we will not face significant liability as a result of such side effects, and we may not have sufficient product liability insurance to cover any damages that may be assessed against us.

Because of our lack of funds, we may have to enter into a joint venture or strategic relationship or licensing agreement with a third party to develop and seek to obtain FDA approval of our potential products.

Our present efforts are directed to developing and seeking FDA approval for our pipeline of transdermal pharmaceutical products including our lead product, the abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system. The development of pharmaceutical products including a new delivery system for an already approved drug, is very expensive with no assurance of obtaining FDA approval. Because of the costs involved, we may need to enter into a joint venture or strategic alliance or licensing or similar agreement with a third party to bring our products to market, in which event we would have to give up a significant percentage of the equity in or rights to the product and require the other party to provide the necessary financing and personnel and to take a significant role in making the decisions relating to the development, testing, marketing and manufacturing of the product. The third party may have interests which are different from, and possibly in conflict with, our own. If we are unable to attract competent parties to distribute and market any product which we may develop, or if such parties’ efforts are inadequate, we will not be presentable to implement our business strategy and may have to cease operations. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in entering into joint ventures or other strategic relationships or that any relationship into which we may enter will develop a marketable product or that we will generate any revenue or net income from such a venture.

We may decide not to continue developing or commercializing any products at any time during development or after approval, which would reduce or eliminate our potential return on investment for those product candidates.

We may decide to discontinue the dosages recommendeddevelopment of our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system or any other product in our pipeline or not to continue to commercialize any potential product for a variety of reasons, such as the appearance of new technologies that make our product less commercially viable, an increase in competition, changes in or failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements, the discovery of unforeseen side effects during clinical development or after the approved product has been marketed or the occurrence of adverse events at a rate or severity level that is greater than experienced in prior clinical trials. If we discontinue a program in which we have invested significant resources, we will not receive any return on our investment.

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If any of our potential products are approved for marketing but fail to achieve the broad degree of physician or market acceptance necessary for commercial success, our operating results and financial condition will be adversely affected.

If any of the products in our pipeline receives FDA approval for us to market the product in the United States, it will be necessary for us to generate acceptance of our product for the indications covered by the FDA approval. In order to generate acceptance in the marketplace, we will need to demonstrate to physicians that our product provides a distinct advantage or better outcome at a price that reflects the value of our product as compared with existing products. We will need to develop and implement a marketing program directed at both physicians and the general public. Since we do not presently have the resources necessary to develop or implement an in-house marketing program and we may not have the funds to do so if and when we obtain FDA approval to market our product, we will need to establish a distribution network though license and distribution agreements with third parties who have the capability to market our product to physicians and emergency service organizations, and we will be dependent upon the ability of these third parties to market our products effectively. We cannot assure you that we will be able to negotiate license and distribution agreements with terms that are acceptable to us. Since we do not have an established track record and our product pipeline is relatively small, we may be at a disadvantage in negotiating the terms of license and distribution agreements. Further, we may have little control over the development and implementation of our licensee’s marketing program, and our licensees may have interests that are inconsistent with ours with respect to the allocation of resources and implementation of the marketing program. We cannot assure you that a marketing program for any of our products can or will be implemented effectively or that we will be successful in developing physician and emergency service acceptance of our products.

 

WE ARE DEPENDENT FOR ONLINE SALES, SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING AND PUBLICITY FOR OUR PRODUCTS ON INTERNET AND WIRELESS SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS (CYBER SECURITY).If we seek to market any products in our pipeline in countries other than the United States, we will need to comply with the regulations of each country in which we seek to market our products.

None of our pharmaceutical products are currently approved for sale by any government authority in any jurisdiction. If we fail to comply with regulatory requirements in any market we decide to enter, or to obtain and maintain required approvals, or if regulatory approvals in the relevant markets are delayed, our target market will be reduced and our ability to realize the full market potential of our products will be harmed. Marketing approval in one jurisdiction, including the United States, does not ensure marketing approval in another, but a failure or delay in obtaining marketing approval in one jurisdiction may have a negative effect on the regulatory process in others. Failure to obtain a marketing approval in countries in which we seek to market our products or any delay or setback in obtaining such approval would impair our ability to develop foreign markets for any of our products.

The drug delivery industry is subject to rapid technological change and, our failure to keep up with technological developments may impair our ability to market our products.

Our products use technology which we developed for the transdermal delivery of drugs. The field of drug delivery is subject to rapid technological changes. Our future success will depend upon our ability to keep abreast of the latest developments in the industry and to keep pace with advances in technology and changing customer requirements. If we cannot keep pace with such changes and advances, our proposed products could be rendered obsolete, which would result in our having to cease its operations.

If we obtain FDA approval, we will face significant competition from better known and better capitalized companies.

If we obtain FDA approval for any of our products, we expect to face significant competition from existing companies, which are better known and already have developed relationships with physicians within the healthcare system. Any product we may develop will compete with existing medications performing the same medicinal functions, which may include transdermal patches. We cannot assure you that we will be able to compete successfully. In addition, even if we are able to commercialize our product candidates, we may not be able to price them competitively with current standard of care products or their price may drop considerably due to factors outside our control. If this happens or the price of materials and manufacture increases dramatically, our ability to continue to operate our business would be materially harmed and we may be unable to commercialize any products successfully. In addition, other pharmaceutical companies may be engaged in developing, patenting, manufacturing and marketing products that compete with those that we are developing. These potential competitors may include large and experienced companies that enjoy significant competitive advantages over us, such as greater financial, research and development, manufacturing, personnel and marketing resources, greater brand recognition and more experience and expertise in obtaining marketing approvals from the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities.

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Healthcare reforms by governmental authorities, court decisions affecting health care policies and related reductions in pharmaceutical pricing, reimbursement and coverage by third-party payors may adversely affect our business.

We expect the healthcare industry to face increased limitations on reimbursement, rebates and other payments as a result of healthcare reform, which could adversely affect third-party coverage of our proposed products and how much or under what circumstances healthcare providers will prescribe or administer our products, if approved.

 

In marketingboth the U.S. and other countries, sales of our products, throughif approved for marketing, will depend in part upon the internet and generating publicity over the internet, we are heavily dependent and reliant on availability of Microsoft and Apple computer-based technologies for accessing the Internet and, for wireless devices, technologyreimbursement from Apple (ios phones) and Google (android phones and geo locating services). Our operations are potentially vulnerable to breakdown or other interruption by fire, power loss, system malfunction, unauthorized accessthird-party payors, which include governmental authorities, managed care organizations and other events suchprivate health insurers. Third-party payors are increasingly challenging the price and examining the cost effectiveness of medical products and services.

Increasing expenditures for healthcare have been the subject of considerable public attention in the United States. Both private and government entities are seeking ways to reduce or contain healthcare costs. Numerous proposals that would effect changes in the United States healthcare system have been introduced or proposed in Congress and in some state legislatures, including reducing reimbursement for prescription products and reducing the levels at which consumers and healthcare providers are reimbursed for purchases of pharmaceutical products.

Cost reduction initiatives and changes in coverage implemented through legislation or regulation could decrease utilization of and reimbursement for any approved products, which in turn would affect the price we can receive for those products. Any reduction in reimbursement that results from federal legislation or regulation may also result in a similar reduction in payments from private payors, since private payors often follow Medicare coverage policy and payment limitations in setting their own reimbursement rates.

Significant developments that may adversely affect pricing in the United States include the enactment of federal healthcare reform laws and regulations, including the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, which is popularly known as computer hackings, cyber attacks, computer viruses, worms or other destructive or disruptive software. Likewise, data privacy breaches by employeesObamacare, and others with permitted access to our systems may pose a risk that sensitive data may be exposed to unauthorized persons or to the public. There can be no assurance that our efforts will prevent significant breakdowns, breaches in our systems or other cyber incidents thatMedicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. A recent district court decision which struck down Obamacare, if upheld, could have a material adverse effect upon reimbursement and payment for products such as our reputation, business, operations or financial conditionproposed products. Changes to the healthcare system enacted as part of any healthcare reform in the United States, as well as the increased purchasing power of entities that negotiate on behalf of Medicare, Medicaid, and private sector beneficiaries, may result in increased pricing pressure by influencing, for instance, the reimbursement policies of third-party payors. Regulatory changes which have the effect of decreasing the use of opioids has resulted in a decrease in the size of the Company.market for opioid products, including fentanyl, could impact the market for our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system or any other opioid-based transdermal product we may develop.

In 2017, a new administration, which had promised to repeal and replace the ACA, took office in the United States. Although we cannot predict the form any such replacement of the ACA may take or the full effect on our business of the enactment of additional legislation pursuant to healthcare and other legislative reform, we believe that legislation or regulations that would reduce reimbursement for, or restrict coverage of, our products could adversely affect how much or under what circumstances healthcare providers prescribe or administer our products. This could materially and adversely affect our business by reducing our ability to generate revenues, raise capital, obtain licensees and market our products. In addition, significant implementation issueswe believe the increasing emphasis on managed care in the United States, has and will continue to put pressure on the price and usage of pharmaceutical products, which may ariseadversely impact product sales.

It will be difficult for us to profitably sell any of our products if reimbursement for these products is limited by government authorities and third-party payor policies.

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It is difficult and costly to protect our proprietary rights, and we consolidatemay not be able to ensure their protection.

Our commercial success will depend in part on obtaining and outsource certain computer operationsmaintaining patent protection and trade secret protection for our technology which is incorporated in our products as well as successfully defending these patents against third-party challenges, should any be brought. 4P Therapeutics originally filed an international patent application supportunder the Patent Cooperation Treaty for worldwide prosecution of the abuse deterrent transdermal technology patent used in our lead product, the abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system. The patent is being prosecuted in the United States and in other countries. Although the European Patent Office and the Japan patent office have approved our patent application, we have not yet received any response from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Our ability to stop third parties from making, using, selling, offering to sell or importing products utilizing our proprietary or patented technology is dependent upon the extent to which we have rights under valid and enforceable patents or trade secrets that cover these activities. We cannot assure you that a patent will be granted in the United States or in any country in which the patent is being prosecuted. The patent positions of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies can be highly uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions for which important legal principles remain unresolved. No consistent policy regarding the breadth of claims allowed in biopharmaceutical patents has emerged to date in the United States. The biopharmaceutical patent situation outside the United States varies from country to country and is even more uncertain. Changes in either the patent laws or in interpretations of patent laws in the United States and other countries may diminish the value of our intellectual property. Accordingly, we cannot predict the breadth of claims that may be allowed or enforced in any patents we may be granted. Further, if any patents are granted and are subsequently deemed invalid and unenforceable, it could impact our ability to license our technology and, as noted previously, fend off competitive challenges. Patent litigation is very expensive, and we may not have sufficient funds to defend our proprietary technology from infringement, either as a plaintiff in an action seeking to stop infringers from using our technology, or as a defendant in an action against us alleging infringement by us.

The degree of future protection for our proprietary rights is uncertain because legal means afford only limited protection and may not adequately protect our rights or permit us to gain or keep our competitive advantage. For example:

others may be able to make compositions or formulations that are similar to our product s but that are not covered by the claims of our patents;

other persons may have filed patents covering inventions, technology or processes that we use, with the result that we may infringe upon the prior patents;

others may independently develop similar or alternative technologies or duplicate any of our technologies;

our pending patent applications may not result in the grant of patents;

any patents which may be issued may not provide us with any competitive advantages, or may be held invalid or unenforceable as a result of legal challenges by third parties;

our inability to fund any litigation to defend our proprietary rights, either in defense of an action against us or a plaintiff to seek to prevent infringement.

our failure to develop additional proprietary technologies that are patentable.

We have no current plans regarding the marketing of our own consumer products.

 

We operatedo not currently sell or market our own branded consumer transdermal products directly, and have no such plans to do so. We cannot market our consumer transdermal patch products in a highly competitive industry IN WHICH WE ARE A SMALL ENTERPRISE COMPARED TO OUR COMPETITORS.the United States without first obtaining FDA approval. We do not plan to seek FDA approval or market our own branded products in the United States at this time. Following our acquisition of Pocono, our core focus is on contract manufacturing and consulting for third party brands primarily in Asia.

 

Our revenue would derive from the nutritional supplement market, which is highly competitive,We are dependent upon our chief executive officer and could be affected by changes in regulatory changes and healthcare spending and policy. The Company is a very small factor in the nutritional supplement market. Substantially all of our competitors and potential competitors are much larger and better financed companies.chief operating officer.

 

We depend heavily on OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,are dependent upon Gareth Sheridan, our chief executive officer, and HIS departure could harmDr. Alan Smith, our chief operating officer who is president of 4P Therapeutics. Although Mr. Sheridan has an employment agreement with us, the employment agreement does not guarantee that he will continue with us. We do not have an employment agreement with Dr. Smith. The loss of Mr. Sheridan or Dr. Smith would materially impair our ability to conduct our business.

 

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If we are unable to attract, train and efforts of Gareth Sheridan,retain technical and financial personnel, our Chief Executive Officer, are criticalbusiness may be materially and adversely affected.

Our future success depends, to the success of our business. The loss of Mr. Sheridan’s services could significantly undermine our management expertise anda significant extent, on our ability to operateattract, train and retain key management, technical, regulatory and financial personnel. Recruiting and retaining capable personnel with experience in pharmaceutical product development is vital to our Company.success. There is substantial competition for qualified personnel, and competition is likely to increase. We cannot assure you we will be able to attract or retain the personnel we require. Our financial condition is likely to impair our ability to attract qualified candidates. If we are unable to attract and retain qualified employees, our business may be materially and adversely affected.

 

THERE IS NO MARKET FOR OUR COMMON STOCK.Risks Concerning our Securities

 

ThereThe market price for our common stock may be volatile and your investment in our common stock could suffer a decline in value.

The trading volume in our stock is currently nolow, which may result in volatility in our stock price. As a result, any reported prices may not reflect the price at which you would be able to sell shares of common stock if you want to sell any shares you own or buy if you wish to buy shares. Further, stocks with a low trading volume may be more subject to manipulation than a stock that has a significant public float and is actively traded. The price of our stock may fluctuate significantly in response to a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following, in addition to the risks described above and general market and economic conditions:

the market’s reaction to the offering, our financial condition and the general perception of our ability to raise necessary funding or enter into a joint venture or partnering arrangement, given the economic environment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as its perception of the possible terms of any financing or joint venture;

the market’s perception as to our ability to generate positive cash flow or earnings;

changes in our or any securities analysts’ estimate of our financial performance;

the perception of our ability to raise the necessary financing to complete the product development activities including preclinical and clinical testing required for FDA approval and our ability to generate revenue and cash flow from our products;

the anticipated or actual results of our operations;

changes in market valuations of other companies in our industry;

litigation or changes in regulations and insurance company reimbursement policies affecting prescription drugs;

concern that our internal controls are ineffective;

any discrepancy between anticipated or projected results and actual results of our operations;

actions by third parties to either sell or purchase stock in quantities which would have a significant effect on our stock price; and

other factors not within our control.

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We may issue preferred stock whose terms could adversely affect the voting power or value of our common stock.

Our articles of incorporation authorize us to issue, without the approval of our stockholders, one or more classes or series of preferred stock having such designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights, including preferences over our common stock respecting dividends and distributions, as our board of directors may determine. The terms of one or more classes or series of preferred stock could adversely impact the voting power or value of our common stock. For example, we might grant holders of preferred stock the right to elect a number of our directors in all events or on the happening of specified events or the right to veto specified transactions. Similarly, the repurchase or redemption rights or liquidation preferences we might assign to holders of preferred stock could affect the residual value of the common stock.

We may not be able to recover the 1,200,000 shares of common stock we issued in connection with our proposed acquisition of Advanced Health Brands.

On May 22, 2017, we entered into an agreement to acquire Advanced Health Brands, which held six provisional patents for transdermal products. Pursuant to the agreement, we were to issue 1,250,000 shares of common stock, valued at $2,500,000, in exchange for the stock of Advanced Health Brands and a related corporation. In August 2017, when we issued the shares to the Advanced Health Brands stockholders, the Advanced Health Brands stock had not been transferred to us. Although we did not have title to the shares of Advanced Health Brands stock, we treated the transaction as completed and we announced that we had acquired Advanced Health Brands, relying on the stockholders’ obligation to transfer the shares to us. We had appointed two of the Advanced Health Brands stockholders as directors and executive officers. In January 2018, we recognized an impairment loss of $2,500,000 based on both our failure to obtain title to the Advanced Health Brands stock and our conclusion that the provisional patents that were held by Advanced Health Brands did not have any value to us. In December 2018 50,000 shares were returned by one of the defendants. We have commenced legal actions against Advanced Health Brands and its stockholders in Florida and New York. In the Florida action, the court ruled against us. On February 1, 2019, we appealed the court’s order. Pursuant to a settlement agreement with one of the defendants, that defendant returned the 50,000 shares which had been issued to her, and the shares were cancelled as of January 31, 2019. On March 20, 2020, the Florida district court of appeal reversed the lower court ruling in the Florida state court action that dismissed our complaint with prejudice, and gave us leave to file an amended complaint. The New York action was recently commenced against the stockholders of Advanced Health Brands, and the defendants filed a motion to dismiss the action. We cannot assure you that we will prevail in either action, that we will be able recover either the 1,200,000 shares of common stock or any monetary damages from the Advanced Health Brands stockholders or that we will not incur any liability as a result of either our issuance of the shares or our failure to provide the necessary documentation to permit the Advanced Health Brands stockholders to sell their shares pursuant to Rule 144 or from our treating and announcing the acquisition as completed or based on other claims.

For as long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to comply with certain reporting requirements, including those relating to accounting standards and disclosure about our executive compensation, that apply to other public companies.

We are classified as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act. For as long as we are an emerging growth company, which may be up to five full fiscal years, we will not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our system of internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (ii) comply with any new requirements adopted by the PCAOB requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report in which the auditor would be required to provide additional information about the audit and the financial statements of the issuer, (iii) provide certain disclosure regarding executive compensation, or (iv) hold nonbinding advisory votes on executive compensation. We will remain an emerging growth company for up to five years, although we will lose that status sooner if we have more than $1.07 billion of revenues in a fiscal year, have more than $700 million in market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates, or issue more than $1.07 billion of non-convertible debt over a three-year period. To the extent that we rely on any of the exemptions available to emerging growth companies, you will receive less information about our executive compensation and internal control over financial reporting than issuers that are not emerging growth companies. If some investors find our common stock to be less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and there canour stock price may be no assurance thatmore volatile.

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We and our senior executive officers settled an activeSEC investigation, which may affect the market will develop or, if one does develop, that it will be sustained. Transfersfor and the market price of our common stock must be madeand our ability to list on a stock exchange.

Following an investigation into the accuracy of statements in strict accordance with all limitations upon transfer imposedour Form 10 registration statement filed June 2, 2016, as amended, and our Form 10-K annual report filed May 8, 2017 that did not accurately reflect the FDA’s jurisdiction over our consumer products and did not disclose that we could not legally market these products in the United States, a Wells notice which we, our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer received on August 10, 2017 and a Wells submission which we and the officers submitted in response to the Wells notice, the SEC, on December 26, 2018, announced that it has accepted our settlement offer and instituted settled an administrative cease-and-desist proceeding against us and our chief executive officer and chief financial officer. The SEC’s administrative order, dated December 26, 2018, finds that we and the officers consented – without admitting or denying any findings by the FederalSEC — to cease-and-desist orders against them for violations by us of Sections 12(g) and applicable state13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rules 12b-20 and 13a-1 thereunder, which require issuers to file accurate registration statements and annual reports with the Commission; violations by the officers for causing our violations of the above issuer reporting provisions; and violations by the officers of Rule 13a-14 of the Exchange Act, which requires each principal executive and principal financial officer of issuers to attest that annual reports filed with the SEC do not contain any untrue statements of material fact. In addition to consenting to the cease-and-desist orders, the officers have each agreed to pay a $25,000 civil penalty to resolve the investigation. The administrative order does not impose a civil penalty or any other monetary relief against us. The settlement may affect the market for and the market price of our common stock.

Our lack of internal controls over financial reporting may affect the market for and price of our common stock.

Pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we are required to file a report by our management on our internal control over financial reporting. Our disclosure controls and our internal controls over financial reporting are not effective. We do not have the financial resources or personnel to develop or implement systems that would provide us with the necessary information on a timely basis so as to be able to implement financial controls. Our financial condition together with the fact that we recently acquired 4P Therapeutics, which was a privately owned company prior to our acquisition and did not have any internal controls over financial reporting in effect, makes it difficult for us to implement a system of internal controls over financial reporting, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to develop and implement the necessary controls. The absence of internal controls over financial reporting may inhibit investors from purchasing our stock and may make it more difficult for us to raise capital or borrow money. Implementing any appropriate changes to our internal controls may require specific compliance training of our directors and employees, entail substantial costs in order to modify our existing accounting systems, take a significant period of time to complete and divert management’s attention from other business concerns. These changes may not, however, be effective in developing or maintaining internal control.

Raising funds by issuing equity or convertible debt securities laws.could dilute the net tangible book value of the common stock and impose restrictions on our working capital.

We anticipate that we will require funds in addition to the net proceeds from this offering for our business. If we were to raise additional capital by issuing equity securities, either alone or in connection with a non-equity financing, the net tangible book value of the then outstanding common stock could decline. If the additional equity securities were issued at a per share price less than the market price, which is customary in the private placement of equity securities, the holders of the outstanding shares would suffer dilution, which could be significant. Further, if we are able to raise funds from the sale of debt securities, the lenders may impose restrictions on our operations and may impair our working capital as we service any such debt obligations.

Stockholders may experience significant dilution as a result of future equity offerings and other issuances of our common stock or other securities.

We will need to raise substantial funds in order to develop our products. In order to ensure total compliance,raise additional capital, we may requirein the opinionfuture offer additional shares of counsel with respect toour common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock at prices that may not which is less than the applicabilitymarket price and which may be based on a discount from market at the time of issuance. Stockholders will incur dilution upon exercise of any outstanding stock options, warrants or upon the issuance of shares of common stock under our present and future stock incentive programs. In addition, the sale of shares and any future sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such laws to a transfer.sales may occur, could adversely affect the price of our common stock. We cannot predict the effect, if any, that market sales of those shares of common stock or the availability of those shares of common stock for sale will have on the market price of our common stock.

 

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff CommentsWe do not intend to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

None.We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock and do not intend to pay cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

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ItemITEM 2. Properties.PROPERTIES

 

The Company is currently seekingWe do not own any real property. We lease a shared office space in Orlando for $ 149 per month. With the office lease, we have access to board rooms, kitchen facilities and administrative support services. We lease manufacturing space in Cherryville, North Carolina, for $4,200 per month under a representative office in the United States. The mailing address ofverbal agreement on a shareholder in the United States is being used for the purpose of receipt of notices or other communications.month-to-month basis.

 

ItemITEM 3. Legal ProceedingsLEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

NoneOn August 10, 2018, we, our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer received a Wells notice from the enforcement division staff of the Miami Regional Office of the SEC in connection with an investigation into the accuracy of certain statements in our Form 10 registration statement filed June 2, 2016, as amended, and our Form 10-K annual report filed May 8, 2017. The staff’s inquiry was focused on our disclosure language in those filings relating to the FDA requirements for our consumer transdermal patch products in that our filings did not accurately reflect the FDA’s jurisdiction over our consumer products and did not disclose that we could not legally market these products in the United States. On September 7, 2018, we and the officers filed a Wells submission in response. After engaging in settlement discussions with the staff about the matters under investigation, we and the officers submitted an offer of settlement to resolve the investigation without admitting or denying any violations of the federal securities laws.

On December 26, 2018, the SEC announced that it has accepted the settlement offer and instituted settled administrative cease-and-desist proceedings against us and the named officers. The SEC’s administrative order, dated December 26, 2018, finds that we and the officers consented – without admitting or denying any findings by the SEC– to cease-and-desist orders against them for violations by us of Sections 12(g) and 13(a) of the Exchange Act 1934 and Rules 12b-20 and 13a-1 thereunder, which require issuers to file accurate registration statements and annual reports with the SEC; violations by the officers for causing our violations of the above issuer reporting provisions; and violations by the officers of Rule 13a-14 of the Exchange Act, which requires each principal executive and principal financial officer of issuers to attest that annual reports filed with the SEC do not contain any untrue statements of material fact. In addition to consenting to the cease-and-desist orders, the officers have each agreed to pay a $25,000 civil penalty to resolve the investigation. The administrative order does not impose a civil penalty or any other monetary relief against us.

On July 27, 2018, we commenced an action in the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County, Florida, against Advanced Health Brands, Inc., Raymond Kalmar, Paul Murphy, Michelle Polly-Murphy, Laura Fillman and John Baker, together with a Motion for Temporary Injunction Without Notice and a Motion for Prejudgment Writ of Replevin arising from our decision to seek to rescind for misrepresentation the agreement by which we acquired advanced Health Brands, Inc. for 1,250,000 shares of common stock valued at $2,500,000 and seek return of the shares. On August 2, 2018, the court entered a Temporary Injunction Without Notice and an Order to Show Cause against the defendants. Defendants Kalmar, Murphy, Polly-Murphy, and Baker filed a Motion to Dismiss our Verified Complaint, Motion to Dissolve Temporary Injunction Without Notice and Response to Order to Show Cause, and Motion to Compel Arbitration. On January 4, 2019, the court dismissed our complaint with prejudice, and directed the defendants to assign to us within 30 days, the six patents never duly transferred to us. On February 1, 2019, we appealed the court’s order. Pursuant to a settlement agreement with one of the defendants, that defendant returned the 50,000 shares which had been issued to her, and the shares were cancelled as of January 31, 2019. On June 7, 2019, the individual defendants (other than the defendant whom we have a settlement agreement), filed a motion for sanctions and civil contempt against us, which generally claimed that we failed to comply with the Court’s January 4, 2019 order by refusing to issue the Ruling 144 letters that would allow the defendants to transfer their shares of common stock. On October 29, 2019, the Court denied the defendants motion. On March 20, 2020, the Florida district court of appeal reversed the lower court ruling in the Florida state court action that dismissed our complaint with prejudice, and gave us leave to file an amended complaint

On August 22, 2018, four of the defendants in the Florida action described in the previous paragraph filed a complaint against us in the Franklin County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas seeking a declaratory judgment permitting them to sell the shares of common stock they received pursuant to the acquisition agreement. The parties have agreed to a stay pending the outcome of the Florida litigation.

On April 29, 2019, we filed a securities fraud action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Raymond Kalmar, Paul Murphy, Michelle Polly-Murphy, Advanced Health Brands and TD Therapeutic, Inc. In the complaint we allege that in 2017, the defendants fraudulently and deceitfully obtained 1,250,000 shares of common stock by orchestrating a months-long scheme to defraud us. We are seeking the return of the 1,200,000 shares of common stock and monetary damages resulting from the defendants’ fraudulent conduct. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss on August 23, 2019, and we filed our response on September 13, 2019. On July 20, 2020, the Court denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, and the parties have recently commenced the discovery phase of the litigation. No trial date has been scheduled by the Court.

 

ItemITEM 4. Mine Safety DisclosuresMINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

 

Not Applicable

 

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The common stock of the Company is not traded in any United States or foreign trading market. There are seven holders of the Company’s common stock at April 30, 2017.

The Company has never paid a cash dividend on its common stock and does not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future. It is the present policy of the Company's Board of Directors to retain earnings, if any, to finance the expansion of the Company's business. The payment of dividends in the future will depend on the results of operations, financial condition, capital expenditure plans and other cash obligations of the Company and will be at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors.

The Company does not have, and has not at any time had in effect, any equity compensation plan.

 

Shares Eligible for Future Sale Under Rule 144ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

 

Rule 144Our common stock has been traded on the OTCQB market under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provides an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act for resales of "restricted securities," which are securities that have been acquired from the issuer of the securitiessymbol NTRB since November 30, 2017. Any over-the-counter market quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or an affiliate of the issuer in a transaction or chain of transactionscommission and may not involving a public offering, and for resales of any securities held by an affiliate of the issuer.necessarily represent actual transaction.

 

In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated), including an affiliate, who beneficially owns restricted securitiesAs of a reporting company may not sell these securities until the person has beneficially owned them for at least six months. Thereafter, affiliates may sell those securities, but only if they comply with certain restrictions relating to the mannerApril 1, 2021 we had approximately 83 holders of sale, the availability of current public information about the reporting company, and the filing of a notice of sale. In addition, under Rule 144, affiliates may not sell within any three-month period a number of shares in excess of the greater of:

1% of the total number of securities of the same class then outstanding; and
the average weekly trading volume of such securities as reported through the automated quotation system during the four calendar weeks preceding the date on which notice of the sale is filed with the SEC.

Persons not deemed to be affiliates of the reporting company who have beneficially owned the restricted securities for at least six months but for less than one year may sell these securities, provided that the reporting company is current in its Exchange Act filings. After beneficially owning restricted securities for one year, a non-affiliate of the reporting company may engage in unlimited resales of such securities.

There are 15,572,100 sharesrecord of our common stock. The transfer agent for the common stock outstanding.is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, 6201 15th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11219, telephone (800) 937-5449.

 

Of these shares, 2,375,000We do not have any equity plans, except to the extent that our employment agreements with Mr. Gallagher and Dr. Patarick may be deemed equity incentive plans since they give us the right to pay their compensation in shares of our common stock became freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act on February 18, 2017, except that any securities held by our affiliates, as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, must generally be sold in compliance with the limitations of Rule 144 described above.stock.

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ItemITEM 6. Selected Financial DataSELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

Not requiredThe following information as of January 31, 2021 and 2020, and for smaller reporting companies.years then ended, has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements which appear elsewhere in this prospectus.

Statement of Operations Information:

  January 31, 
  2021  2020 
Revenue $943,702  $370,647 
Cost of revenue  582,378   549,107 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  2,957,269   1,790,980 
Derivative expense  -   767,650 
Net (loss)  (2,932,828)  (2,721,627)
Net (loss) per share of common stock (basic and diluted) $(0.51) $(0.50)
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding (basic and diluted)  5,770,944   5,423,956 

Balance Sheet Information:

  January 31, 
  2021  2020 
Current assets $314,188  $43,181 
Working capital deficiency  (2,254,418)  (1,979,141)
Accumulated deficit  (11,835,105)  (8,902,277)
Stockholders’ equity  7,111,946   175,433 

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

MANAGEMENT'SITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion and analysis of ourfinancial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes appearingincluded elsewhere in this prospectus.report. This discussion and analysis contain forward−lookingcontains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. ActualSee “Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Our actual results maycould differ materially from those anticipated in these forward−lookingthe forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors including, but not limited to, those presented under the heading ofdiscussed in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus.report.

It should be noted that current public health threats could adversely affect our ongoing or planned business operations. In particular, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has resulted in quarantines, restrictions on travel and other business and economic disruptions. We cannot presently predict the scope and severity of any potential business shutdowns or disruptions, but if we or any of the third parties with whom we engage, including the partners and other third parties with whom we conduct business, were to experience shutdowns or other business disruptions, our ability to conduct our business in the manner and on the timelines presently planned could be materially and adversely impacted. The measures being taken by service providers and government agencies to suppress the spread of COVID-19 infection may delay time to production of our planned abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system product and therefor delay the time of filing with FDA for approval.

 

Overview

The Company was incorporated in the State of Nevada on January 4, 2016. We plan to enter the health supplement market with new applications of transdermal patches for delivery of supplements.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 2017

Revenues

 

Our revenue was $0primary business is the development of a portfolio of transdermal pharmaceutical products. Our lead product is our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system which we are developing to provide clinicians and patients with an extended-release transdermal fentanyl product for use in managing chronic pain requiring around the clock opioid therapy combined with properties designed to help combat the opioid crisis by deterring the abuse and misuse of fentanyl patches. We believe that our abuse deterrent technology can be broadly applied to various transdermal products and our strategy is to follow the development of our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system with the development of additional transdermal prescription products for pharmaceuticals that have risks or a history of abuse. In addition, we incurredare developing a net lossportfolio of $151,260transdermal pharmaceutical products to deliver commercially available drugs or biologics that are typically delivered by injection but with the potential to improve compliance and therapeutic outcomes.

Because of our financial position, we have put our development efforts with respect to these products on hold, and our only business is the performance of contract services for a small number of customers. Because of both our financial position and the year ended January 31, 2017.effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, our contract service business has also been scaled back. The description of our business in this annual report is based on our ability to raise significant financing or enter into a joint venture agreement with a third party that has the financial ability to fund the joint venture’s operations. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain necessary financing or enter into a joint venture agreement on reasonable, if any, terms. If we are not able to continue obtain financing or enter into a joint venture agreement, we may not be able to continue in business.

 

GeneralThrough July 31, 2018, our business was the development of a line of consumer and Administrative Expenseshealth products that are delivered through a transdermal patch which we plan to sell internationally. Consumer products are products that are sold over the counter and do not require a prescription. Most of our consumer products require FDA approval for sale in the United States, and we have not sought to obtain, and we do not plan to seek to obtain, FDA approval to market these products in the United States at this time. Following our acquisition of Pocono, our focus is primarily now on providing contract manufacturing services and consulting services to 3rd party brands with no intention at this time to launch our own consumer products.

With our acquisition of 4P Therapeutics on August 1, 2018, our focus changed, and we are seeking to develop and seek FDA approval on a number of transdermal pharmaceutical products under development by 4P Therapeutics. As a result of the acquisition of 4P Therapeutics, we have pipeline of potential products.

4P Therapeutics has not generated any revenue from any of its products under development. Rather, prior to our acquisition, 4P Therapeutics generated revenue to provide cash for its operations through contract research and development and related services for a small number of clients in the life sciences field on an as-needed basis. We are, for the near term, continuing this activity, although we do not anticipate that it will generate significant revenues and, since our acquisition, it has generated a negative gross margin. We have no long-term contractual obligations, and either party can terminate at any time.

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With the change in our focus, our capital requirements have increased substantially. The process of developing pharmaceutical products and submitting them for FDA approval is both time consuming and expensive, with no assurance of obtaining approval from the FDA to market our product in the United States. We have budgeted $5.0 million for research and development of our abuse deterrent fentanyl transdermal system, including clinical manufacturing and clinical trials that need to be completed in order to obtain FDA approval. However, the total cost could be substantially in excess of that amount.

On March 25, 2020, we issued in a private placement 46,828 units at a price of $11 per unit. Each unit consisted of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $14 per share. The warrants expire April 30, 2023. We issued a total of 46,828 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 46,828 shares of common stock. We received proceeds of $515,113.

On March 25, 2020, we paid off the convertible notes in the principal amount of $270,000 from the proceeds of the private placement. The total payments, including the prepayment penalty and accrued interest, was $345,656. The payment was made from the proceeds of the private placement. As a result of the payment of the notes, the derivative liability, which was $928,774 at January 31, 2020, was reduced to zero. As a result of a completed private placement, the warrants to purchase 50,000 shares at the lesser of (i) $20.90 or, (ii) if the Company completes its public offering of its common stock, 110% of the initial public offering price of the Common Stock in the public offering, became a warrant to purchase 95,000 warrants at $11 per share, subject to adjustment pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the warrant. The Company recorded a derivative liability for the warrants in the amount of $906,678 and reclassed the derivative liability to additional paid-in capital as of January 31, 2021.

In March 2020, a minority stockholder who had previously made loans to us in the total amount of $215,00, made an additional loan to us in the amount of $60,000, increasing the total loans from the stockholder to $275,000. On March 27, 2020, we issued 25,000 shares of common stock upon conversion of the notes.

Pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement (“SPA”), dated December 7, 2020, with the Company, BPM Inno Ltd., Kiryat, Israel, purchased 81,396 shares of common stock at a price of $8.60 per share, or $700,000. The transaction was completed at a closing on February 26, 2021.

Results of Operations

Years Ended January 31, 2021 and 2020

 

For the year ended January 31, 2017,2021, we generated revenue of $943,702 and our costs of revenue were $582,378, resulting in a gross margin of $361.324. For the year ended January 31, 2020, we generated revenue of $370,647 and our costs of revenue were $549,107, resulting in negative gross margin of $178,460. Our revenue for January 31, 2021 was derived from three sources – (1) a continuation of research and development contracts of the type 4P Therapeutics performed prior to our acquisition, which accounted for $206,183, (2) sales of our consumer transdermal product to or South Korean distributor, which accounted for $583,324 which our distributor purchased for its preliminary marketing efforts since the product has not obtained regulatory approval for retail sales in South Korea and (3) sales from our recent acquisition of transdermal patches, which accounted for $154,195. Since we do not have the funds for development of our lead product, the 4P Therapeutics fixed costs are allocated to the contract services that we perform for clients. Our cost of revenue for our contract research and development services represents basically our labor cost plus a modest amount of material costs which we passed on to the client. The Company moved from the 4P facilities, and many of the prior costs relating to the facility were not incurred.

For the year ended January 31, 2021, our selling, general and administrative expenses were $151,260.$2,957,269 primarily legal, accounting and non-cash compensation expense compared to $1,790,980 for the year ended January 31, 2020.The increase from 2020 is primarily attributable to non-cash compensation to officers and directors of $1,954,875 in 2021 offset by a decrease in professional fees. For the year ended January 31, 2020, $252,700 was stock-based compensation comprised of a warrant granted to Dr. Jeff Patrick, our scientific officer, which expired unexercised, and $120,000 representing the value of shares of common stock issued to our president, Sean Gallagher, and to an entity controlled by Dr. Patrick as compensation for services during the year ended January 31, 2021 pursuant to employment agreements with Mr. Gallagher and Dr. Patrick. The agreements provide for annual compensation of $60,000 to each of them, which may be paid in stock or cash, and the shares were issued for services rendered in the years ended January 31, 2020 and 2019.

 

YEAR ENDED JANUARYDuring the year ended January 31, 2016.2021, we incurred gain on change in fair value of derivatives of $22,096 in connection with our October 2019 financing in which we raised gross proceeds of $250,000 and net proceeds of approximately $230,000 from the sale of convertible notes and warrants. During the year ended January 31, 2020, we incurred derivative expense $767,650 and a gain on change of fair value of derivatives of $88,876 in connection with the October 2019 financing.

 

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We incurred interest expense of $280,686, primarily from the amortization of debt discounts for the year ended January 31, 2021 as compared to $73,413 for the year ended January 31, 2020.

 

Our revenue was $0 andAs a result of the foregoing, we incurredsustained a net loss of $400$2,932,828 or $(0.51) per share (basic and diluted) for the period from January 4, 2016 throughyear ended January 31, 2016.2021, compared with a loss of $2,721,627, or $(0.50) per share (basic and diluted) for the year ended January 31, 2020.

 

GeneralLiquidity and Administrative Expenses

For the period from January 4, 2016 through January 31, 2016, our general and administrative expenses were $400.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS

OverviewCapital Resources

 

As of January 31, 2016, the Company2021, we had $100$151,993 in cash and at January 31, 2017 cash of $27,124. We do not have sufficient resources to effectuate our business. We expect to incur a minimum of $85,000 in expenses during the next twelve months of operations. We estimate that these expenses will be comprised primarily of general expenses including marketingequivalents and research and development costs, overhead, legal and accounting fees. 

We will have to raise funds to pay for our expenses. We may have to borrow money from shareholders or issue debt or equity or enter into a strategic arrangement with a third party. There can be no assurance that additional capital will be available to us. We currently have no arrangements or understandings with any person to obtain funds through bank loans, lines of credit or any other sources. Since we have no such arrangements or plans currently in effect, our inability to raise funds for our operations will have a severe negative impact on our ability to remain a viable company.

Going Concern

The Company has not generated any revenues, has recurring net losses, a working capital deficiency of $2,254,418, as compared with cash and cash equivalents of $10,181 and working capital deficiency of $1,979,141 as of January 31, 20162020. In March 2020, the Company repaid the convertible debt that the Company received in October 2019. The total payments, including a prepayment fee of $10,789,$69,131 and accrued interest, was $345,565. In May 2020, the Company completed a surplusprivate placement and received proceeds of $23,109 as$515,108. The increase in our working capital deficiency is primarily due to the issuance of January 31, 2017, and used casha $1,500,000 note due in operations of $0 forAugust 2021 in connection with the period ended January 31, 2016, and of $147,923 forCompany’s recent acquisition.

For the year ended January 31, 2017. In addition, as2021, we used cash of $297,065 in our operations. The principal adjustments to our net loss of $2,932,828 were amortization of debt discount of $272,130, depreciation and amortization of $160,108, and loss on extinguishment of debt and early prepayment fee on convertible debentures of $81,631 offset by a gain on change in fair value of derivative of $22,096 stock-based compensation expense of $2,004,875.

For the year ended January 31, 2016 and January 31, 2017, the Company2021, we had accumulated deficitscash flows of $26,204 and $177,469 respectively. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern and the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The ability of the Company to continue its operations is dependent on the execution of management’s plans, which include the raising of capital through the debt and/or equity markets, until such time that funds provided by operations are sufficient to fund working capital requirements. If the Company were not to continue as a going concern, it would likely not be able to realize its assets at values comparable to the carrying value or the fair value estimates reflected in the balances set out in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements.

There can be no assurances that the Company will be successful in generating additional cash$371,873 from the equity/debt markets or other sources to be used for operations. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability of assets and classification of assets and liabilities that might be necessary. Based on the Company’s current resources, the Company will not be able to continue to operate without additional immediate funding. Should the Company not be successful in obtaining the necessary financing to fund its operations, the Company would need to curtail certain or all operational activities, and/or contemplateprimarily $515,108 from gross proceeds from the sale of its assets, if necessary.

Estimated 2017 Capital Requirements

We estimate our capital requirements overUnits consisting of shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock offset by the next twelve months for the development and marketingrepayment of our products to be $85,000 to $150,000.

USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparationconvertible debt, including an early prepayment fee, of the financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to oil and gas properties, intangible assets, income taxes and contingencies and litigation. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.$339,131.

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Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We currently have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Going Concern

As of January 31, 2021, the Company believes the substantial doubt about going concern has been resolved. The discussiongoing concern conditions that caused substantial doubt consisted of current year net loss, negative working capital, negative cash flow, and analysisaccumulated deficit. Management has implemented plans to alleviate the substantial doubt. These plans include a substantial increase in sales commitments, a decrease in planned overhead expenses, equity funding that has been received and the net revenue and positive cash flow from its recent acquisition. These factors did not exist in prior years during its start-up operations. The Company’s recent history of losses has changed from prior periods due to its current management’s plans including its acquisition in the latter part of 2020 to alleviate the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans have been currently implemented. The plans enable the Company to meet its obligations for at least one year from the date when the financial statements are issued.

Revenue Recognition

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU 2014-09”), which amends the accounting standards for revenue recognition. ASU 2014-09 is based on principles that govern the recognition of revenue at an amount an entity expects to be entitled when products are transferred to a customer. We adopted the guidance under the new revenue standards using the modified retrospective method effective February 1, 2018. Topic 606 requires us to recognize revenues when control of the promised goods or services and receipt of payment is probable. The Company recognizes revenue based on the five criteria for revenue recognition established under Topic 606: 1) identify the contract, 2) identify separate performance obligations, 3) determine the transaction price, 4) allocate the transaction price among the performance obligations, and 5) recognize revenue as the performance obligations are satisfied.

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Revenue Service Types

The following is a description of our planrevenue service types, which include professional services and sales of goods:

Professional services include the contract of research and development related services with our clients in the life sciences field on an as-needed basis. Deliverables primarily consist of detailed findings and conclusion reports provided to the client for each given research project engaged.

Sales revenues are generated from the sale of our products. Upon the receipt of a purchase order, we have the order filled and shipped.

Contracts with Customers

A contract with a customer exists when (i) we enter into an enforceable contract with a customer that defines each party’s rights regarding the goods or services to be transferred and identifies the payment terms related to these goods or services, (ii) the contract has commercial substance and, (iii) we determine that collection of substantially all consideration for services that are transferred is probable based on the customer’s intent and ability to pay the promised consideration.

Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue is a liability related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not been recognized. The Company records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a contract before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in accordance with GAAP. As of January 31, 2021 and 2020, the balance of deferred revenue was $86,846 and $—0-.

Performance Obligations

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer and is the unit of account in the new revenue standard. The contract transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. For the Company’s different revenue service types, the performance obligation is satisfied at different times. Our performance obligations include providing products and professional services in the area of research. We recognize product revenue performance obligations in most cases when the product has shipped to the customer. When we perform professional service work, we recognize revenue when we have the right to invoice the customer for the work completed, which typically occurs on a monthly basis for work performed during that month.

All revenue recognized in the statement of operations is based upon our consolidatedconsidered to be revenue from contracts with customers.

Stock-Based Compensation

ASC 718, “Compensation — Stock Compensation,” prescribes accounting and reporting standards for all stock-based payment transactions in which employee services, and, since February 1, 2019, non-employee services, are acquired. Transactions include incurring liabilities, or issuing or offering to issue shares, options and other equity instruments such as employee stock ownership plans and stock appreciation rights. Stock-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, are recognized as compensation expense in the financial statements based on their fair values. That expense is recognized over the period during which havean employee is required to provide services in exchange for the award, known as the requisite service period (usually the vesting period).

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets include trademarks, intellectual property and customer base acquired through business combinations. The Company accounts for Other Intangible Assets under the guidance of ASC 350, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other.” The Company capitalizes certain costs related to patent technology. A substantial component of the purchase price related to the Company’s acquisition has also been preparedassigned to intellectual property and other intangibles. Under the guidance, other intangible assets with definite lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives. Intangible assets with indefinite lives are tested annually for impairment. Trademarks, intellectual property and customer base are being amortized over their estimated useful lives of ten years.

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Goodwill

Goodwill represents the difference between the total purchase price and the fair value of assets (tangible and intangible) and liabilities at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is reviewed for impairment annually on January 31, and more frequently as circumstances warrant, and written down only in the period in which the recorded value of such assets exceeds their fair value. The Company does not amortize goodwill in accordance with accounting principles generally acceptedASC 350. On August 31, 2020, in connection with the United StatesCompany’s acquisition of America.Pocono Coated Products LLC and Active Intelligence LLC, the Company recorded Goodwill of $5,810,640. As of January 31, 2021, Goodwill amounted to $7,529,875.

Long-lived Assets

Management reviews long-lived assets for potential impairment whenever significant events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. An impairment exists when the carrying amount of the long-lived asset is not recoverable and exceeds its fair value. The preparationcarrying amount of our consolidated financial statements requires usa long-lived asset is not recoverable if it exceeds the sum of the estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to make estimatesresult from the use and assumptions that affect our reported resultseventual disposition of operationsthe asset. If an impairment exists, the resulting write-down would be the difference between fair market value of the long-lived asset and the amount of reported assets and liabilities.

Some accounting policies involve judgments and uncertainties to such an extent that there is reasonable likelihood that materially different amounts could have been reported under different conditions, or if different assumptions had been used. Actual results may differ from the estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

It is the opinion of the Company that inflation has not had a material effect on its operations.related net book value.

 

New Financial Accounting Standards

 

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standard if currently adopted would have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements included herewith.

 

ItemITEM 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market RiskQUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Credit Risk - Our accounts receivables would be subject, inWe are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the normal courseSecurities Exchange Act of business,1934 and are not required to collection risks. We plan to assess these risks and establish policies and business practices to protect againstprovide the adverse effects of collection risks.information under this item.

 

ItemITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Selected Financial DataFINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

Our consolidatedThe financial statements together with accompanying footnotes, and the report of our independent registered accounting firm, are set forthstart on pagePage F-1.

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ItemITEM 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial DisclosureCHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

None.

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ItemITEM 9A. Controls and ProceduresCONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

EvaluationManagement’s Conclusions Regarding Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

As supervisedWe conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined by Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of January 31, 2021, the end of the period covered by this annual report. The disclosure controls evaluation was done under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our boardchief executive officer and chief financial officer, who are two of directors and our principal executive and principal financial officers, management has established athree full-time employees. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures and has evaluated the effectiveness of that system.  The system and its evaluation are reported on in the below Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.  Our principal executive and financial officer has concluded that ourprocedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the 1934 Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e))can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Based upon this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, due to our limited internal audit function, our very limited staff, and our recent acquisition of 4P Therapeutics and Pocono Coated Products, which are principally responsible for our business operations and were privately owned when we acquired them, were not effective as of January 31, 2017, are not effective, based on2021, such that the evaluation of these controlsinformation required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and procedures required by paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-15.reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to the chief executive officer/chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

 

Management's AnnualManagement’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

ManagementOur management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting;reporting as such term is defined in RuleRules 13a-15(f) ofand 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange ActAct. Our management is also required to assess and report on the effectiveness of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").  Internalour internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Section 404”). Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2021. In making this assessment, we used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control - Integrated Framework. During our assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2017. We carried out this assessment using the criteria2021, management identified material weaknesses related to (i) our internal audit functions (ii) inadequate levels of review of the Committeefinancial statements,(iii) a lack of Sponsoring Organizationssegregation of the Treadway Commission (COSO)duties within accounting functions, (iv) inadequate monitoring review controls in Internal Control—Integrated Framework. Management concluded in this assessment thataccounting for complex transactions. Therefore, our internal controls over financial reporting were not effective as of January 31, 2017,2021.

Management has determined that our internal controls contain material weaknesses due to the absence of segregation of duties, as well as lack of qualified accounting personnel, excessive reliance on third party consultants for accounting, financial reporting and related activities, and the lack of any separation of duties. During the past fiscal year, we have added qualified accounting personnel so the Company does not have to rely on third party consultants. The Company has established additional monitoring controls over the financial statements. We have also improved our internal controls to provide for a detailed accounting review of all revenue items, and accounts receivable and payable transactions in connection with the entry and categorization of each transaction in the preparation of the Company’s financial statements. As a result of these improvements, we are confident our financial statements as of January 31, 2021 and for the two years then ended, fairly present in all material respects our financial condition and results of operations for all that reporting period covered by this report.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting ismay not effective.prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies and procedures may deteriorate.

 

This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal controlChanges in Internal Control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm, pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit us to provide only management's report in this annual report.Financial Reporting.

 

There have beenDuring the quarterly period ended January 31, 2021, there was no significant changeschange in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in RulesRule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fourth quarter of 2016 that havehas materially affected, or areis reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

ItemITEM 9B. Other InformationOTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

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PART III

 

ItemITEM 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate GovernanceDIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

DirectorsExecutive Officers and Executive Officers.Directors

 

We have officersSet forth below is certain information with respect to our directors and directors as follows:executive officers:

 

Name Age Positions and Offices HeldPosition
Gareth Sheridan 2731 Chief Executive Officerexecutive officer and Directordirector
Vitalie BotgrosSean Gallagher 4457 Executive Chairman of the Board and Directordirector
Serguei Melnik 4448Director
Michael Myer36President of Pocono Pharma and Director
Gerald Goodman73 Chief Financial Officer
Alan Smith, Ph.D.54Chief operating officer and president of 4P Therapeutics
Patrick Ryan35Chief technical officer
Jeff Patrick, Pharm.D.50Chief scientific officer
Larry Dillaha, MD56Chief medical officer
Radu Bujoreanu49Director
Steven P. Damon64Director
Vsevolod Grigore62Director
Mark Hamilton35Director
Stefan Mancas43Director
Tyler Overk37President of Active intelligence

Gareth Sheridan

 

Gareth Sheridan, is the Founderour founder, has been chief executive officer and CEO of Nutriband Ltd.a director since our organization in 2016. In 2012, Mr. Sheridan founded Nutriband was established asLtd., an innovative and progressive supplementIrish company basedwhich we acquired in Ireland, which was acquired by the Company on January 15, 2016. Mr. Sheridan attended Stratford College, Dublin,was named Ireland’s ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 2014 in the National Bank of Ireland from 2002 to 2007, and received a Certificate of Honors graduating from Terenure College in 2008. He attended Dublin Institute of Technology from 2008 to 2012 and received a B.Sc. in 2012.Startup Awards for establishing Nutriband Ltd. Mr. Sheridan concentrated on international economics, venture creationhas further business awards from S. Dublin’s Best Young Entrepreneur and marketing, and specializes in branding and marketing in his experience with theNutriband Ltd as S. Dublin’s Best Startup Company.

Mr. Sheridan has also worksworked as a student mentorBusiness Mentor with 100 Minds, a social enterprise founded in 2013, that brings together some of Ireland’s top college students and connects them with one cause to achieve biglarge charitable goals in a short space of time. This year the project was to raise 1 million euros for Childline Ireland, Mr. Sheridan oversawis also a past Nissan Generation Next Ambassador, receiving the fund raising effortsacknowledgement in 2015 by Nissan Ireland as one of six students.Ireland’s future generational leaders.

 

Vitalie BotgrosIn 2019 Mr. Sheridan served on the Board of the St. James Hospital foundation, the charitable foundation for Ireland’s largest public hospital. Mr. Sheridan received a B.Sc. in Business and Management from Dublin Institute of Technology in 2012 where he concentrated on international economics, venture creation and entrepreneurship.

 

Sean Gallagher is an experienced businessman, an inspiring speaker & a highly regarded business writer. He also stood, as an Independent Candidate, and was runner up, in the 2011 Irish Presidential Election. Sean’s notable business ventures include Co Founding and serving as CEO of Clyde Real Estate, Pharmaceutical Directorships and co-founding Ireland’s largest home technology company, Smarthomes. Sean has also served as a investor in popular TV show, Dragon’s Den which is Ireland and UK’s version of popular US TV show Shark tank. Sean qualified with an MBA from the University of Ulster and previously worked with one of Ireland’s Enterprise Agencies and has, over the past 20 years, trained and mentored hundreds of emerging entrepreneurs. He has also served on a number of Irish State Boards including the National Training and Employment Agency (FAS), the North South Trade Body (InterTrade Ireland) and was Chair of the State owned Drogheda Port Company. Mr. Botgros, from 2007 toGallagher works for us on a part-time basis.

Michael Myer, who was nominated as a director for election at the present,November 12, 2020 annual meeting in connection with our acquisition, effective August 31, 2020, of Pocono Coated Products, LLC’s Transdermal, Topical Cosmetic and Health business. Michael has been the Chief Quality Officer at Pocono Coated Products, LLC from January 2015 to June 2019, and General Manager—Nutraceutical Division, from June 2019 to the present. Michael has substantial experience as chief quality officer in manufacturing, quality systems, risk management, process engineering, lean practices, and financial management. Michael has been acting as General Manager of the transdermal patch side of Pocono Coated Products, and the CEO of its Active Intelligence subsidiary. He remains active in daily operations, as well as executive level decision making. Michael is also a former Marine, CrossFit Level 1 Coach, and shareholderUSAW Sport Performance Coach.

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Serguei Melnik serves as part a member of MJet GmbH, Schwechat, Austria, which specializes in executive business jets managementthe board of directors and operations, providing also aviation consulting. Prior to founding MJet, Mr. Vitalie held specialized positions involvingis a co-founder of Nutriband Inc. Mr Melnik has previously served as our chief financial management for airline executives, marketing and sales. Previous positions included project manager and advisor to Group CFO, Transmasholding, Russia, from 2005 to 2006,officer and a VP Finance and shareholder of Moldavian Airlines SA and Carpathair SA from 1995 to 2004. He is fluent in both Russian and English. Mr. Botgros attended the State University of the Republic of Moldova from 1990 to 1995, graduating with a degree in law in 1995.

Serguei Melnik

director since January 2016. Mr. Melnik has been involved in general business consulting for companies in the U.S. financial markets and setting up the legal and financial framework for operations of foreign companies in the U.S. During the last 5 years, Mr. Melnik, through his consulting company Wolf Blitz Inc. consulted on multiple international trade deals with the clients from Ecuador, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania. Mr. Melnik advised UNR Holdings, Inc. with regard to the initiation of the trading of its stock in the over-the-counter markets in the U.S., and has provided general advice with respect to the U.S. financial markets for companies located in the U.S. and abroad. From February 2003 to May 2005 he was the Chief Operations Officer and a Board member of Asconi Corporation, Winter Park, Florida, with regard to restructuring the company and listing it on the American Stock Exchange. Mr. Melnik from June 1995 to December 1996 was a lawyer in the Department of Foreign Affairs, JSC Bank “Inteprinzbanca”“Inteprinzbanca,”, Chisinau, Moldova, and prior thereto practiced law in Moldova in various positions. Mr. Melnik is fluent in Russian, Romanian, English and Spanish.

 

We selectedGerald Goodman has been our directorschief accounting officer since July 31, 2018, and was elected our Chief Financial Officer on November 12, 2020. Mr. Goodman is a certified public accountant and, since 2014, has practiced with his own firm, Gerald Goodman CPA P.C. From January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2014, Mr. Goodman practiced with Madsen & Associates, CPA’s Inc., Murray, Utah, and was a non-equity partner and managed the firm’s SEC practice. Mr. Goodman is a director of Lifestyle Medical Network, Inc., which provides management services to healthcare providers. From 1971 to 2010, Mr. Goodman was a partner in the accounting firm of Wiener, Goodman & Company P.C. Mr. Goodman is a 1970 graduate of Pennsylvania State University where he received a B.S. Degree in Accounting.

Alan Smith, Ph.D., co-founded 4P Therapeutics in 2011 and serves as Head of 4P Theraputics, and Head of Clinical, Regulatory, Quality,& Operations at Nutriband. Previously, he was with Altea Therapeutics, most recently serving as Vice President, Product Development and Head of Clinical R&D, Regulatory Affairs, and Project Management. At Altea, he led major research and development programs with pharmaceutical companies such as Eli Lilly, Amylin, Hospira, Elan, and Novartis. He joined Altea as one of the first employees and spent 12 years growing its multidisciplinary drug delivery research and development organization. Dr. Smith has 20 years of experience in the research and development of drug and biologic delivery systems, diagnostics and medical devices for treatment and management of diabetes, chronic pain and cardiovascular disease. Prior to joining Altea Therapeutics, he led the development of transdermal glucose monitoring systems at SpectRx, Inc., a publicly traded noninvasive diagnostics company. Dr. Smith received Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery.

Paddy Ryan has been chief technical officer since February 2018. Having worked in the tech industry for 8 years, Paddy brings a fresh perspective and understanding to our team. From September 2019 to present Mr. Ryan served as director of digital agency for Trigger Media. From 2013 to 2016, Mr. Ryan worked as an online security analyst with Paddy Power Betfair Plc. From 2016 to 2017, Mr. Ryan was general manager at CRS Events setting up and organising One-Zero, the largest sports conference in Ireland. Mr Ryan served as head of technology for Irish agency Trigger Movement between 2017 and 2019. Mr Ryan serves as technical advisor for sports media brand, Pundit Arena, where he has advised on their technical development since 2012. Mr Ryan also served as a digital consultant for Irish Aid Charity, Bóthar, where he worked on the development of the charity’s digital plans plans. Mr. Ryan has also consulted with Irish Local Government in County Limerick (Limerick County Council) regarding their digital activity in September 2018. Mr. Ryan has also assisted Swiss Company, SEBA Crypto AG, to develop their online presence in October 2018. Mr. Ryan is also a technical advisor for Irish dairy company, Arrabawn where he has assisted them with online strategies since 2017. Mr. Ryan has been involved in general technical consulting for startups and companies in Ireland for more than ten years. Mr. Ryan attended University College Dublin where he studied engineering and is working towards his masters in data analytics from National College of Ireland. Mr Ryan also assisted in the development and launch of the Pandemic Action Network website in early 2020. As CTO, Paddy is responsible for Nutriband’s technology strategy and plays a key role in leading new initiatives. Mr. Ryan works for us on a part-time basis.

Jeff Patrick Pharm.D. currently serves as Director of Drug Development Institute at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Patrick most recently serving as Chief Scientific Officer for New Haven Pharmaceuticals. Prior roles included global vice president of professional affairs at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and roles with ascending responsibilities at Dyax, Myogen/Gilead, Actelion and Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc. Dr. Patrick is a residency-trained clinical pharmacist with approximately 20 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. He brings expertise in executive leadership, scientific and medical strategy, drug development and commercialization to the company. Prior to pursuing a career in research and development, Patrick was an ambulatory care clinical pharmacist at the University of Tennessee Medical Center and a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, where he earned his doctorate in pharmacy. He also completed the Wharton School of Business Pharmaceutical Executive Program. Dr. Patrick works for us on a part-time basis.

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Dr. Dillaha brings nearly 20 years of pharmaceutical industry experience to Nutriband. Prior to joining Nutriband, he was chief executive officer of Repros Therapeutics from February 2017 to February 2018. Prior to joining Repros, Dr. Dillaha was the chief executive officer of CavtheRx, an inception stage biotechnology company, from June 2016 to February 2017, and chief operating officer and chief medical officer of New Haven Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company. He also served as chief medical officer of Insys Therapeutics, Sciele Pharma and as Medical Director of Sanofi-Sythelabo. Dr. Dillaha received an M.D. degree from the University of Tennessee, Memphis. Dr. Dillaha works for us on a part-time basis.

Radu Bujoreanu has been a director since June 2019. Mr. Bujoreanu has been the owner and executive director of Consular Assistance, Inc., which provides assistance in obtaining visas for the Republic of Moldava and related services since December 2002, and he has been a real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty, Inc. since May 2019. Mr. Bujoreanu received his Bachelor in International Public Law from the University of Moldova.

Steven P. Damon has been a director since April 2018, when we signed the agreement to acquire 4P Therapeutics. Mr. Damon is a co-founder of 4P Therapeutics, which was formed in 2011, and he has more than 20 years of experience with various business roles in the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Before founding 4P Therapeutics, Mr. Damon led the business development team at Altea Therapeutics as the company’s senior vice president of business development. Mr. Damon is a director of Georgia BIO, a non-profit trade association that promotes Georgia’s life science industry. Mr. Damon received is Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and Associate in Accounting from Colorado Mesa University.

Mark Hamilton, a director since July 2018, has been at BDO Ireland, a major accounting firm, for more than nine years, held positions in Corporate Finance, Corporate Advisory, Restructuring and Recovery, Client management and operational experience.in his current role in Business Development. Mr. Melnik bringsHamilton is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Association of Chartered Accountants (ACA) qualifying in 2012. He is a chartered accountant and has been a member of the Association of Chartered Accountants since 2012. Mr. Hamilton’s accounting background and experience in public company reportingcorporate finance, corporate advisory and internal controlsinsolvency assists us in his role as an independent board member. Mr. Hamilton received a B.Sc. in Business and day to day operationsManagement from Dublin Institute of Technology in 2008 and subsequently received 1st class honours in his postgraduate degree specializing in Accountancy in 2009.

Stefan Mancas, a director since July 2018, received a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Central Florida in May 2007 under the supervision of Dr. Roy S. Choudhury, with the dissertation topic “Dissipative Solitons in the cubic-quintic Complex Ginzburg Landau equation: Bifurcations and Spatiotemporal Structure” for which he received the Outstanding Dissertation Award in 2008. Dr. Mancas is a public company. Mr. Botgros brings extensive knowledgeprofessor and associate chair in the department of international business and business operations and networks.mathematics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is the founderco-founder of the nonlinear Waves Lab which contains a 10 m. long water tank used for research in water waves, solitons in shallow water, vortex solitons, soliton ships, surface waves and CEOwind-wave interaction, microcavitation, design and optimization, submarine currents, autonomous underwater vehicles, tractor beams, etc. He is also the organizer of national and international conferences in applied mathematics, and has published more than 40 articles in refereed journals.

Vsevolod Grigore, age 62, is a charter jets companyseasoned executive who managed to build careers in multiple fields. He is a former assistant professor and Head of 150 employees basedDepartment at the Moldova State University and Moldova Free International University. As a PhD in Vienna, Austria, with clientslinguistics, he contributed to establishing many language services and business contacts areconference management businesses in many countries, all over the world. We feel that Mr. Botgros is an asset on our Board and may be able to directly to assist the Companyhis native country of Moldova. He then engaged in our businessa prodigious diplomatic career, serving at high level positions in the future.Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova. From 1999 to 2002 he was Minister Counselor, Deputy Chief of Mission, then Chargé d’Affaires at Moldovan Embassy to the United States. From 2002 to 2006 he was Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Moldova to the United Nations. During his tenure he served on the board of UNICEF and UNFPA. He currently resides in New York City, using his extensive network of connections to provide a wide array of consultancy services, primarily in the legal and medical field. He graduated from Moldova State University in 1979, received a PhD from Minsk State Linguistic University, Belorussia, in 1987.

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS

At this time, we have no employment agreementsTyler Overk, age 37, is the co-founder of Active Intelligence, which was formed in effect2017, and has more than 15 years of experience with anyvarious business roles in the Corporate Trade and Health & Wellness industries. Before Co-Founding Active Intelligence Mr. Overk spearheaded Business Development for Active International as a Director of our executives or employees.New Business Development and later as a member of the Corporate Development team tasked with leading the company into new markets and developing new strategic offerings. Previously, Mr. Overk led a highly motivated sales team at Medi-One LLC focused on high end Medical Diagnostic testing. He received a Bachelor’s degree from Ramapo College of New Jersey in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and minor in Economics

 

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Committees of Contentsthe Board of Directors

The board of directors has created two committees - the audit committee and the compensation committee. The board intends to create a nominating and corporate governance committee. Each of the committees will have a charter which meets the NASDAQ requirements and will be composed of three independent directors.

Audit Committee

The audit committee is comprised of Mr. Hamilton, as chairman, Mr. Bujoreanu and Dr. Mancas. We do not have an “audit committee financial expert.” The audit committee oversees, reviews, acts on and reports on various auditing and accounting matters to the board, including: the selection of our independent accountants, the scope of our annual audits, fees to be paid to the independent accountants, the performance of our independent accountants and our accounting practices, all as set forth in our audit committee charter.

Compensation Committee

The compensation committee is comprised of Mark Hamilton and Mr. Bujoreanu. The compensation committee oversees the compensation of our chief executive officer and our other executive officers and reviews our overall compensation policies for employees generally as set forth in the audit committee charter. If so authorized by the board, the compensation committee may also serve as the granting and administrative committee under any option or other equity-based compensation plans which we may adopt. The compensation committee will not delegate its authority to fix compensation; however, as to officers who report to the chief executive officer, the compensation committee will consult with the chief executive officer, who may make recommendations to the compensation committee. Any recommendations by the chief executive officer are accompanied by an analysis of the basis for the recommendations. The committee will also discuss with the chief executive officer and other responsible officers the compensation policies for employees who are not officers. The compensation committee has the responsibilities and authority relating to the retention, compensation, oversight and funding of compensation consultants, legal counsel and other compensation advisers. The compensation committee members will consider the independence of such advisors before selecting or receiving advice from such advisors.

Independent Directors

Five of our directors, Radu Bujoreanu, Steven Damon, Mark Hamilton, Stefan Mancas and Vsevolod Grigore are independent directors based on the NASDAQ definition of independent director.

Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our executive officers, directors and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the SEC initial statements of beneficial ownership, reports of changes in ownership and annual reports concerning their ownership of the our common stock and other equity securities, on Form 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Mr. Goodman, Dr. Smith, Mr. Ryan, Dr. Patrick, Dr. Dillaha, Mr. Bujoreanu, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Mancas and Mr. Grigore have not filed their Form 3 or Form 4.

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ItemITEM 11. Executive CompensationEXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLEThe following summary compensation table sets forth information concerning compensation for services rendered in all capacities during the years ended January 31, 2021 and 2020, earned by or paid to our chief executive officers and the two other officers receiving the greatest compensation

Name and Principal Position    Salary  Bonus Awards  Stock Awards  Option/ Awards (1)  Incentive Plan Compensation  Nonqualified Deferred Earnings  All Other Compensation  Total 
 Year  $  $  $  $  $  $  $  $ 
Gareth Sheridan, 2021   60,000      150,000-        -        -        -        -   210,0000 
CEO3 2020   42,000   15,000                       67,000 
                                    
Sean Gallagher, 2021           150,000                   150,000 
President1 2020   -   -   60,000   -   -   -   -   60,000 
                                    
Jeff Patrick 2021   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Chief Scientific 2020           60,000  252,700                 
Officer2                                   

1During the year ended January 31, 2021, the Company issued Mr. Gallagher 10,000 shares of common stock, valued at $150,000, as compensation. During the year ended January 31, 2020, we issued to Mr. Gallagher 8,572 shares of common stock, valued at $120,000, representing his compensation for the years ended January 31, 2019 and 2018 pursuant to his employment agreement.

2During the year ended January 31, 2020, we issued to Strategic Pharmaceutical Consulting LLC, a company controlled by Dr. Patrick 8,572 shares of common stock, valued at $120,000, representing Dr. Patrick’s compensation for the years ended January 31, 2020 and 2019. We also granted him to an option to purchase 25,000 shares of common stock at 75% of the market price. The option expired unexercised.

3During the year ended January 31, 2021, we issued to Gareth Sheridan, our CEO, 10,000 shares of common stock valued at $150,000, representing compensation for the year ended January 31, 2021.

We have entered into a three-year employment agreement with Gareth Sheridan, our CEO, effective April 25, 2019. The agreement also provides that the executive will continue as a director. The Agreement provides for an initial term, commencing on the effective date of this Agreement and ending on January 31, 2024, and continuing on a year-to-year basis thereafter unless terminated by either party on not less than 30 days�� notice given prior to the expiration of the initial term or any one-year extension. For his services to the Company during the term of the Agreement, Mr. Sheridan receives an annual salary of $42,000 per annum, commencing on the effective date of the Agreement and increasing to $170,000 per annum commencing in the month in which the Company shall have received not less than $2,500,000 from one or more public or private financings of the Company’s equity securities subsequent to the date of the Agreement.

 

We have an employment agreement dated January 1, 2018 with Sean Gallagher pursuant to which we employed him as president for a term with no expiration date at an annual salary of $60,000, which may be paid in stock or cash. The president serves on a part-time basis. The employment agreement terminated January 1, 2020.

Name and Principal Position (a) Year (b)  Salary
($)
(c)
  Bonus
($)
(d)
  Stock Awards
($)
(e)
  Option Awards
($)
(f)
  Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation
($)
(g)
  Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings
(b)
  All Other Compensation
i. (i)
  Total
($)
(i)
 
Gareth Sheridan, CEO  2016  $5,300                                                                                      $5,300 
Serguei Melnik
CFO
  2016  $5,000                          $5,000 

 

The Company has an employment agreement dated February 19, 2019 with its chief scientific officer pursuant to which the Company agrees to employ him as chief scientific officer for annual compensation of $60,000, payable in cash or stock, as the Company may elect. The agreement has a term ending on February 13, 2021 and continues thereafter on a year to year basis unless terminated by either party on 30 days’ notice. The chief scientific officer series on a part-time basis. The employment agreement terminated January 31, 2020.

Pension Benefits

We currently have no stock optionplans that provide for payments or other executive compensation plans.benefits at, following, or in connection with retirement of our officers.

 

The Company does not compensate its three directors separately for services performed in their capacity as directors.Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

There are no outstanding equity awards at January 31, 2021.

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ItemITEM 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder MattersSECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

The following table sets forth,provides information as to shares of common stock beneficially owned as of April 30, 2017, the ownership of our common stock by each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of five percent or more1, 2021, by:

Each director;

Each current officer named in the summary compensation table; 

Each person owning of record or known by us, based on information provided to us by the persons named below, at least 5% of our common stock; and 

All directors and officers as a group.

For purposes of the Company'sfollowing table, “beneficial ownership” means the sole or shared power to vote, or to direct the voting stock, by the founders of, the Company and all directors individually and by all directors and officers of the Company as a group. Except as noted, each person hassecurity, or sole voting andor shared investment power with respect to a security, or any combination thereof, and the shares shown. Asright to acquire such power (for example, through the exercise of warrants granted by us) within 60 days of April 30th there were 15,572,1001, 2021. At April 1, 2021, 6,356,269 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding, reflecting the 5-for-1 forward split in the outstanding common stock effective May 12, 2016 and 7,000,000 shares returned by the CEO to the authorized unissued.outstanding.

 

  Number of Shares Owned Beneficially  Ownership Percentage of Class 
Gareth Sheridan
1 Minnowbrook
Terenure Road West
Dublin 6W, Ireland.
  7,000,000   44.8%
Serguei Melnk
309 Celtic Ct.
Oviedo, FL, 32765
  3,000,000   19.3%
Vitalie Botgros
Dacia 42, Ap.20
Chisinau, Moldova
  3,000,000   19.3%
All directors and officers as a group  13,000,000   83.4%
Name and Address1 of Beneficial Owner Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership  Percentage 
Gareth Sheridan
  1,510,000   23.76%
Vitalie Botgros  455,000   7.167%
Serguei Melnik2  717,500   11.29%
Steven Damon  41,750   * 
Sean Gallagher  33,572   * 
Stefan Mancas  1,625   * 
Mark Hamilton  1,250   * 
Radu Bujoreanu  -   * 
Dr. Jeff Patrick3  21,072   * 
Patrick Ryan  2,500   * 
All officers and directors as a group (14 individuals)2,3  2,402,522   37.80%

*Less than One (1%) Percent.

1The address is c/o Nutriband, Inc., 121 South Orange Ave., Suite 1500, Orlando, FL 32801.
2Includes 100,000 shares owned by Mr. Melnik’s wife, as to which Mr. Melnik disclaims beneficial interest, and 100,000 shares owned by each of his two minor children.
3Includes 21,072 shares owned by Strategic Pharmaceutical Consulting, with respect to which Dr. Jeff Patrick, chief scientific officer, has the power to vote and dispose of the shares.

 

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ItemITEM 13. Certain RelationshipsCERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

During the year ended January 31, 2021, Serguei Melnik, our chief financial officer, and Related Person Transactions,Dr. Alan Smith, our chief operating officer, advanced us $18,128, all of which was repaid. As of January 31, 2021, the amounts due the officers was $-0-.

On January 31, 2020, we issued 8,572 shares to each of Sean Gallagher and to Strategic Pharmaceutical Consulting LLC, which is controlled by Jeff Patrick, for services rendered by Mr. Gallaher and Dr. Patrick valued at $120,000. These issuances were made pursuant to employment agreements with Mr. Gallagher and Dr. Patrick which provide for annual compensation of $60,000 and represented compensation for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.

On January 5, 2021, the Company issued the following numbers of shares common stock to Company officers and members of its Board of Directors. All stock issuances were valued by the Board at $15.00 per share.

Gareth Sheridan, CEO and Director10,000
Sean Gallagher, Executive Chairman and Director10,000
Serguei Melnik, Director10,000
Michael Myer, President of Pocono Pharma and Director5,000
Radu Bujoreanu, Director12,500
Steven P. Damon, Director10,000
Michael Doron, Director*5,000
Mark Hamilton, Director12,500
Stefan Mancass, Director12,500
Vsevolod Grigore, Director5,000
Patrick Ryan, Chief Technical Officer5,000
Gerald Goodman, Chief Financial Officer10,000
Alan Smith, Chief Operating Officer and President of 4P Therapeutics6,825
Vitalie Botgros, Consultant5,000
Thomas Cooney, Director*6,000
Jay Moore, Director*5,000

*Former directors.

Director Independence

Related Party Transactions

On January 15, 2016, the Company issued founders’ stock as follows (adjusted for 5:1 stock split effective May 12, 2016): 11,500,000 shares to Gareth Sheridan; 3,000,000 shares each to Serguei Melnik and Vitalie Botgros; 875,000 shares to Radim Kohut; 500,000 shares to Victor Orindas; and 500,000 shares to Simon McDonald, the founders of the Company for nominal stated consideration.

In addition, effective January 15, 2016, pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement, the Company issued 2,500,000 shares of common stock, valued at $13,094, to Gareth Sheridan, our Chief Executive Officer and major shareholder, in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of Nutriband Ltd., the Irish company owned by Mr. Sheridan that was the predecessor to the Company and which is now a subsidiary of the Company.

Director Independence

TwoFive of our directors, Radu Bujoreanu, Steven P. Damon, Mark Hamilton, Stefan Mancas and Vsevolod Grigore, are executive officersindependent directors based on the NASDAQ definition of the Company and would not be classified as “independent��� under the rules of the SEC and The New York Stock Exchange. Our board of directors has determined that Vitalie Botgros is not "independent" within the meaning of the applicable rules of the SEC and The New York Stock Exchange.independent director.

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ItemITEM 14. Principal Accountant Fees and ServicesPRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

 

The following table presentssets forth the fees billed for audit services and other services provided during fiscal years 2017 and 2016 by our independent accountants, Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC, for each of our last two years for the auditcategories of the Company’s 2017 and 2016 fiscal years.services indicated.

 

  2017  2016 
Audit Fees  15,000   15,800 
Audit-related Fees        
Tax Fees        
All Other Fees        
Total Fees $15,000  $15,800 

Audit Fees

  Year Ended
January 31
 
  2021  2020 
Audit fees $63.500  $42.469 
Audit – related fees  0   0 
Tax fees  0   0 
All other fees $65,637  $23,325 

 

Audit fees were forconsist of fees related to professional services rendered forin connection with the audit of our annual financial statements theand review of theour interim financial statements,statements.

All other fees relate to professional services rendered in connection with our statutoryproposed registration statement and regulatory filings for fiscal 2016.acquisition audit.

 

Audit-Related Fees

Audit related fees were for assurance and related services rendered that are reasonably relatedOur policy is to thepre-approve all audit and reviews of our financial statements for fiscal 2016, exclusive of the fees disclosed as Audit Fees above. These fees include assistance with registration statements and consents not performed directly in connection with audits.

All Other Fees

We did not incur fees for anypermissible non-audit services other than the fees disclosed above relating to audit and audit-related services, rendered during fiscal 2016.

Audit Services. Audit services include the annual financial statement audit and other procedures required to be performed by the independent auditor to be able to form an opinionaccountants. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. Under our audit committee’s policy, pre-approval is generally provided for particular services or categories of services, including planned services, project based services and routine consultations. In addition, the audit committee may also pre-approve particular services on our financial statements.

Audit-Related Services. Audit-related services are assurance and relateda case-by-case basis. Our board approved all services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements which historically have beenindependent accountants provided to us byin the independent auditor and are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence.

All Other Services. Other services are services provided by the independent auditor that do not fall within the established audit, audit-related and tax services categories.past two fiscal years.

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15. Financial Statements and Exhibits.EXHIBITS

 

(a)Financial Statements.

1. Financial Statements of Nutriband Inc. at January 31, 2017 (Audited)

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Balance Sheets as of January 31, 2017
Statements of Operations for the period January 31, 2016 (Date of Formation) through January 31, 2017
Statement of Stockholders' Equity for the period January 31, 2016 (Date of Formation) through January 31, 2017
Statement of Cash Flows for the period January 31, 2017 (Date of Formation) through January 31, 2016 
Notes to Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Balance Sheets as of January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016
Statements of Operations for the period ended January 31, 2017 and the year ended January 31, 2016
Statement of Stockholders' Equity for the period ended January 31, 2017
Statement of Cash Flows for the period ended January 31, 2017 and the year ended January 31, 2016 
Notes to Financial Statements

(b) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.Number Description
3.1a3.1A Articles of Incorporation. (Incorporated by reference to(Filed as Exhibit 3.1a3.1A to the the Company’s registration statement on Form 10, which was filed with the SECCommission on June 2, 2016.2016, and incorporated herein by reference.)
3.1b3.1B Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, filed May 12, 2016. (Incorporated2(Filed as Exhibit 3.1B to the the Company’s registration statement on Form 10, which was filed with the Commission on June 2, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference toreference.)
3.1Certificate of Amendment filed January 22, 2020. (Filed as Exhibit 3.1b3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 10,8-K, filed with the SEC on June 2, 2016.)January 27, 2020).
3.2 By-Laws. (Incorporated by referenceBy-laws(1)
4.3Securities purchase agreement dated October 29, 2019 among the Company, Jefferson Street Capital LLC and Platinum Point Capital LLC(6)
4.4Form of convertible 6% promissory note issued pursuant to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Form 10, filed with the SEC on June 2, 2016.)4.3(6)
10.1 Share Exchangeexchange agreement dated January 15, 2016 by and among the Company, Nutriband Limited, an Ireland corporation, and Gareth Sheridan and/or his nominee(1)
10.4Acquisition agreement dated April 5, 2018 between the Company and 4P Therepeutics LLC.(3)
10.5Form of agreement with independent directors.(4)
10.6Exclusive master distribution agreement dated April 13, 2018 between the Company and EMI-Korea (Best Choice), Inc.(4)
10.15Employment Agreement, dated April 23, 2019, between Gareth Sheridan and the Company.(5)
10.16Employment Agreement, dated April 23, 2019, between Serguei Melnik and the Company.(5)
10.17Employment Agreement, dated February 19, 2019, between Jeffrey Patrick and the Company.(5)
10.18Employment Agreement, dated January 15, 2016. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to1, 2018, between Sean Gallagher and the Company’s Form 10, filed with the SEC on June 2, 2016.)Company.(5)
10.210.19 QualityPurchase Agreement, dated July 19, 2016, betweenAugust 31, 2020, by and among the Company and Pocono Coated Products, LLCLLC.(7)
10.20Security Agreement, between the Company and Pocono Coated Products, LLC.(7)
10.21Promissory Note Issued by the Company. (Incorporated by referenceCompany on August 31, 2020 to Exhibit 10.2 toPocono Coated Products, LLC.(7)
10.22License Agreement, dated December 9, 2020, between the Company’s Form 10, filed withCompany and Rambam Med-Tech Ltd.(8)
10.23Distribution Agreement, dated March 26, 2021, between the SEC on July 27, 2016.)Company and BPM Inno Ltd.(8)
10.24Stock Purchase Agreement, dated December 7, 2020, between the Company and BPM Inno Ltd.(8)
31.1 CertificationsCertification of ChiefPrincipal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.2002*
31.2 CertificationsCertification of ChiefPrincipal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.2002*
32.1 CertificationsCertification of ChiefPrincipal Executive Officer pursuantand Financial Officers Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. SEC. 1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)*
32.299.1 Certifications of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. SEC. 1350 (Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)Audit Committee Charter(4)
99.2Compensation Committee Charter(4)
101.INSXBRL Instance Document
101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CALXBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LABXBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

(1)Filed as exhibit to the Company’s registration statement on Form 10, which was filed with the Commission on June 2, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s report on Form 8-K, which was filed with the Commission on May 23, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.
(3)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s report on Form 8-K, which was filed with the Commission on April 10, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
(4)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 2019 which was filed with the Commission on April 19, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference.
(5)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, which was filed with the Commission on May 19, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference.
(6)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s report on Form 8-K, which was filed with the Commission on November 4, 2019.
(7)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s report on Form 8-K, which was filed with the Commission on September 4, 2020.
(8)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s report on Form 8-K, which was filed with the Commission on March 11, 2021.

ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY

 

Not applicable.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with Section 12Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrantRegistrant has duly caused this registration statementreport to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

NUTRIBAND INC.Date: April 2, 2021

 

NUTRIBAND INC.
By:/s/ Gareth Sheridan 
Gareth Sheridan
Chief Executive Officer
By:/s/ Gerald Goodman
Gerald Goodman
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

SignatureTitleDate
/s/ Gareth Sheridan 
Chief Executive Officer and Director April 2, 2021
Gareth Sheridan 
 Title: President/CEO 

By:/s/ Serguei Melnik
 DirectorApril 2, 2021
Serguei Melnik
 Title: Chief
/s/ Sean GallagherExecutive Chairman and Director April 2, 2021
Sean Gallagher
/s/ Michael MyerPresident of Pocono Pharma and DirectorApril 2, 2021
Michael Myer
/s/ Radu BujoreanuDirectorApril 2, 2021
Radu Bujoreanu
Director
Steven P. Damon
/s/ Vsefolod GrigoreDirectorApril 2, 2021
Vsevolod Grigore
Director
Mark Hamilton
/s/ Stefan MancasDirectorApril 2, 2021
Stefan Mancas

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NUTRIBAND INC.

January 31, 2021

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmF-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets at January 31, 2021 and 2020F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the years ended January 31, 2021 and 2020F-4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholder’s Equity (Deficit) for the years ended January 31, 2021 and 2020F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended January 31, 2021 and 2020F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial OfficerStatementsF-7

 

Dated: May 5, 2017

F-1

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

Nutriband Inc.:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Nutriband Inc. and Subsidiaries (“the Company”) as of January 31, 20172021 and 2016, and2020, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income,loss, stockholders’ deficiency,equity, and cash flows for each of the yearyears in the two-year period ended January 31, 20172021 and the period from January 4, 2016 throughrelated notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of January 31, 2016 . 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended January 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidatedthe Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement.misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The companyCompany is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. OurAs part of our audit, included considerationwe are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’sCompany’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining on a test basis, evidence supportingregarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessingstatements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement presentation.statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion,Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current-period audit of the consolidated financial statements referredthat were communicated or required to above present fairly, in allbe communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material respects,to the financial positionstatements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of Nutriband Inc.a critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as of January 31, 2017a whole, and 2016, andwe are not, by communicating the results of its operations and its cash flows forcritical audit matters below, providing a separate audit opinion on the year ended January 31, 2017 andcritical audit matters or on the period from January 4, 2016 through January 31, 2016, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. Long-Lived Asset Impairment Assessment

Critical Audit Matter Description

As discusseddescribed in Notenote 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company performs impairment testing for its long-lived assets when events or changes in circumstances indicate that its carrying amount may not be recoverable and exceeds its fair value. Due to challenging industry and economic conditions, the Company tested its long-lived assets during the year ended January 31, 2021.

We identified the evaluation of the impairment analysis for long-lived assets as a critical audit matter because of the significant estimates and assumptions management used in the related cash flow analysis. Performing audit procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of these estimates and assumptions required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

Our audit procedures related to the following:

·Testing management’s process for developing the fair value estimate.
·Evaluating the appropriateness of the cash flow model used by management.
·Testing the completeness and accuracy of underlying data used in the fair value estimate.
·Evaluating the significant assumptions used by management related to revenues, gross margin, other operating expenses, income taxes and long-term growth rate to discern whether they are reasonable considering (i) the current and past performance of the entity; (ii) the consistency with external market and industry data; and (iii) whether these assumptions were consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit.
·Professionals with specialized skill and knowledge were utilized by the Firm to assist in the evaluation of the discounted cash flow model and discount rate assumptions.

Goodwill Impairment Assessment

Critical Audit Matter Description

As described in note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company tests goodwill for impairment annually at the reporting unit level, or more frequently, if events or circumstances indicate it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. Reporting units are tested for impairment by comparing the estimated fair value of each reporting unit with its carrying amount. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value, an impairment loss is recorded based on the difference between the fair value and carrying amount, not to exceed the associated carrying amount of goodwill. The Company’s annual impairment test occurred on January 31, 2021.

We identified the evaluation of the impairment analysis for goodwill as a critical audit matter because of the significant estimates and assumptions management used in the discounted cash flow analysis performed by management to determine fair value of the reporting unit. Performing audit procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of these estimates and assumptions required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

Our audit procedures related to the following:

·Testing management’s process for developing the fair value estimate.
·Evaluating the appropriateness of the discounted cash flow model used by management.
·Testing the completeness and accuracy of underlying data used in the fair value estimate.
·Evaluating the significant assumptions used by management related to revenues, gross margin, other operating expenses, income taxes, long-term growth rate, and discount rate to discern whether they are reasonable considering (i) the current and past performance of the entity; (ii) the consistency with external market and industry data; and (iii) whether these assumptions were consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit.
·Professionals with specialized skill and knowledge were utilized by the Firm to assist in the evaluation of the discounted cash flow model and discount rate assumptions.

Business Combinations

Description of the Critical Audit Matter

As described in note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company completed an acquisition agreement wherein the Company acquired the net assets from one entity and 100% ownership of a second entity for total consideration of $7,418,073. The acquisition was accounted for a business combination.

The recognition, measurement and disclosure of the Company’s business combination in the January 31, 2021 consolidated financial statements was considered especially challenging and required significant auditor judgment due to the complex determination by management of the appropriate assumptions, such as discount rates, revenue growth rates, and projected profit margins, for the valuation of acquired net assets and expected probabilities of key outcomes for the valuation of assumed liabilities. The Company used income valuation models including Relief from Royalty, Multi-Period Excess Earnings and With and Without Method to measure the Intellectual property, customer base and tradenames.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

Our audit procedures related to the following:

·Testing management’s process for developing the fair value estimate.
·Evaluating the appropriateness of the income valuation models used by management.
·Testing the completeness and accuracy of underlying data used in the fair value estimate.
·Evaluating the significant assumptions used by management related to sales growth, discount rates, royalty rates cost of goods and operating overhead to discern whether they are reasonable considering (i) the current and past performance of the entity; (ii) the consistency with external market and industry data; and (iii) whether these assumptions were consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit.
·Professionals with specialized skill and knowledge were utilized by the Firm to assist in the evaluation of the discounted cash flow model and discount rate assumptions.

Evaluation of a Going Concern

Description of the Critical Audit Matter

As described further in Note 1 to the financial statements, in the current year the Company has suffered netrecorded operating losses, since inceptionnegative working capital, negative cash flows from operations and hasan accumulated a significant deficit. These factors raise substantialdeficit, which raises doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’sManagement has implemented plans to alleviate the substantial doubt. Management plans to address the concerns, as needed, by (a) utilizing recent financing obtained through equity issuances; (b) delaying planned expenditures and (c) relying on recent increases in regardrevenues and positive cash flow trends. When considering these factors in conjunction with the Company’s operating plan, management believes it has sufficient ability to these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might resultfund operations and satisfy
the Company’s obligations as they come due for at least one year from the outcome of this uncertainty.financial statement issuance date.

 

We determined the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is a critical audit matter due to the estimation and execution uncertainty regarding the Company’s available capital and the risk of bias in management’s judgments and assumptions in their determination.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

Our audit procedures related to the Company’s assertion on its ability to continue as a going concern included the following, among others:

·We performed testing procedures such as analytical procedures to identify conditions and events that indicate there could be substantial doubt about the entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.
·We reviewed and evaluated management's plans for dealing with adverse effect of these conditions and events that raised doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
·We tested the reasonableness of management’s assessment of whether the Company has sufficient liquidity to fund operations for at least one year from the financial statement issuance date.

·We assessed whether the Company’s determination that there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern was adequately disclosed.

/s/ Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC

 

Salt Lake City, UT

May 5, 2017We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016.

 

 Draper, UT

April 2, 2021

 

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NUTRIBAND INC. AND SUBSIDIARYSUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

ASSETS

  January 31, 
  2017  2016 
       
CURRENT ASSETS:      
Cash and cash equivalents $27,124  $100 
Inventories  8,048   - 
Prepaid expenses  2,326   - 
VAT receivable  229   230 
Total Current Assets  37,727   330 
         
TOTAL ASSETS $37,727  $330 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)        
         
CURRENT LIABILITIES:        
Short-term debt to related parties $8,888  $9,015 
Current portion of long-term debt  1,581   900 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  4,149   1,199 
         
Total Current Liabilities  14,618   11,114 
         
Long-term debt- less current portion  -   686 
         
Total Liabilities  14,618   11,800 
         
Commitments and Contingencies  -   - 
         
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY):        
Preferred stock, $.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, -0- outstanding  -   - 
Common stock, $.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 15,572,100 and 21,875,000 shares issued and outstanding at January 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively  15,572   21,875 
Additional paid-in-capital  183,292   (8,781)
Accumulated other comprehensive income  1,709   1,640 
Accumulated deficit  (177,464)  (26,204)
Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency)  23,109   (11,470)
         
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY) $37,727  $330 

See notes to consolidated financial statements

F-2

NUTRIBAND INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

     Period January 4, 2016 
     (Date of Formation) 
  Year Ended  through 
  January 31, 2017  January 31, 2016 
       
Revenue $-  $- 
         
Costs and expenses:        
Selling, general and administrative expenses  151,260   400 
         
Loss from operations before        
provision for income taxes  (151,260)  (400)
         
Provision for income taxes  -   - 
         
Net loss $(151,260) $(400)
         
Net loss per common share-basic and diluted $(0.01) $(0.00)
         
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted  21,210,592   12,962,963 
         
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss):        
         
Net loss $(151,260) $(400)
         
Foreign currency translation adjustment  69   1,640 
         
Total Comprehensive Income (Loss) $(151,191) $1,240 

See notes to consolidated financial statements

F-3

NUTRIBAND INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY

              Accumulated    
     Common Stock  Additional  Other    
     Number of     Paid In  Comprehensive  Accumulated 
  Total  shares  Amount  Capital  Income  Deficit 
Balance, January 4, 2016 $-   -  $-  $-  $-  $- 
                         
Issuance of common stock to founders  -   19,375,000   19,375   (19,375)  -   - 
                         
Acquisition of Nutriband Limited, an entity under common control  (12,710)  2,500,000   2,500   10,594   -   (25,804)
                         
Foreign currency tranlsation adjustment  1,640   -   -   -   1,640   - 
                         
Net loss for the period January 4, 2016 (Date of Formation) through January 31, 2016  (400)  -   -   -   -   (400)
                         
Balance, January 31, 2016  (11,470)  21,875,000   21,875   (8,781)  1,640   (26,204)
                         
Sale of common stock for cash  175,000   650,000   650   174,350   -   - 
                         
Issuance of common stock for services  10,770   47,100   47   10,723   -   - 
                         
Common shares returned and cancelled  -   (7,000,000)  (7,000)  7,000   -   - 
                         
Net loss for the year ended January 31, 2017  (151,260)  -   -   -   -   (151,260)
                         
Foreign currency translation adjustment  69   -   -   -   69   - 
                         
Balance, January 31, 2017 $23,109   15,572,100  $15,572  $183,292  $1,709  $(177,464)

See notes to consolidated financial statements

F-4

NUTRIBAND INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

    Period January 4, 2016 
    (Date of Formation) 
  Year Ended  through 
  January 31, 2017  January 31, 2016 
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net loss $(151,260) $(400)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Stock-based compensation  7,770  $- 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Prepaid expenses  674   - 
Inventories  (8,048)  - 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  2,941   400 
Net Cash Used In Operating Activities  (147,923)  - 
         
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities  -   - 
         
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Proceeds from sale of common stock  175,000   - 
Proceeds from related parties  22,950   100 
Payment of related party payables  (23,050)  - 
         
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities  174,900   100 
         
Effect of exchange rate on cash  47   - 
         
Net change in cash  27,024   100 
         
Cash and cash equivalents - Beginning of period  100   - 
         
Cash and cash equivalents - End of period $27,124  $100 
         
Supplementary information:        
         
Cash paid for:        
Interest $-  $- 
         
Income taxes $-  $- 
         
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities        
         
Common stock issued for acquisition $-  $13,094 
         
Common stock issued for services $3,000  $- 
         
Common stock returned and cancelled $7,000  $- 
         
Common stock issued for founder shares $-  $19,375 
         
Details of acquistion        
         
Assets purchased     $230 
         
Liabilities assumed      (13,324)
         
Net liabilities incurred      (13,094)
         
Common stock issued     $13,094 
  January 31, 
  2021  2020 
ASSETS      
CURRENT ASSETS:        
Cash and cash equivalents $151,993  $10,181 
Accounts receivable  109,347   12,833 
Inventory  52,848   - 
Prepaid expenses  -   20,167 
Total Current Assets  314,188   43,181 
         
PROPERTY & EQUIPMENT-net  1,076,626   111,029 
         
OTHER ASSETS:        
Goodwill  7,529,875   1,719,235 
Right of use operating lease asset-net  -   9,610 
Intangible assets-net  1,006,730   314,700 
         
TOTAL ASSETS $9,927,419  $2,197,755 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
CURRENT LIABILITIES:        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $940,612  $771,931 
Derivative liability  -   928,774 
Operating lease liability  -   10,050 
Deferred revenue  86,846   - 
Notes payable-related party  1,402,523   29,067 
Finance lease liabilities-current portion  24,740   - 
Notes payable-current portion  113,885   215,000 
Convertible debt- net  -   67,500 
Total Current Liabilities  2,568,606   2,022,322 
         
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:        
Notes payable-net of current portion  150,063   - 
Finance lease liabilities-net of current portion  96,804   - 
Total Liabilities  2,815,473   2,022,322 
         
Commitments and Contingencies  -   - 
         
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:        
Preferred stock, $.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, -0- outstanding  -   - 
Common stock, $.001 par value, 250,000,000 shares and 250,000,000 shares authorized; 6,256,772 and 5,441,100 shares issued and outstanding at January 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively  6,257   5,441 
Additional paid-in-capital  18,871,098   9,072,573 
Subscription payable  70,000   - 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (304)  (304)
Accumulated deficit  (11,835,105)  (8,902,277)
Total Stockholders’ Equity  7,111,946   175,433 
         
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY $9,927,419  $2,197,755 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements

 

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NUTRIBAND INC. AND SUBSIDIARYSUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

  For the Years Ended
January 31,
 
  2021  2020 
Revenue $943,702  $370,647 
         
Costs and expenses:        
Cost of revenues  582,378 �� 549,107 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  2,957,269   1,790,980 
Total Costs and Expenses  3,539,647   2,340,087 
         
Loss from operations  (2,595,945)  (1,969,440)
         
Other income (expense)        
Loss on extinguishment of debt  (12,500)  - 
Early prepayment fee on convertible debenture  (69,131)  - 
Gain on forgiveness of debt  3,338   - 
Derivative expense  -   (767,650)
Gain on change in fair value of derivative  22,096   88,876 
Interest expense  (280,686)  (73,413)
Total other income (expense)  (336,883)  (752,187)
         
Loss from operations before provision for income taxes  (2,932,828)  (2,721,627)
         
Provision for income taxes  -   - 
         
Net loss $(2,932,828) $(2,721,627)
         
Net loss per share of common stock-basic and diluted $(0.51) $(0.50)
         
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding - basic and diluted  5,770,944   5,423,956 
         
Other Comprehensive Loss:        
         
Net loss $(2,932,828) $(2,721,627)
         
Foreign currency translation adjustment  -   (252)
         
Total Comprehensive Loss $(2,932,828) $(2,721,879)

See notes to consolidated financial statements


NUTRIBAND INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

              Accumulated       
     Common Stock  Additional  Other       
     Number of     Paid In  Comprehensive  Accumulated  Subscription 
  Total  shares  Amount  Capital  Income (Loss)  Deficit  Payable 
Balance, February 1, 2019 $2,404,612   5,423,956  $5,424  $8,579,890  $(52) $(6,180,650) $- 
                             
Issuance of warrants for services  252,700   -   -   252,700   -   -   - 
                             
Issuance of common stock for accounts payable  240,000   17,144   17   239,983   -   -   - 
                             
Foreign currency translation adjustment  (252)  -   -   -   (252)  -   - 
                             
Net loss for the year ended January 31, 2020  (2,721,627)  -   -   -   -   (2,721,627)    
                             
Balance, January 31, 2020  175,433   5,441,100   5,441   9,072,573   (304)  (8,902,277)  - 
                             
Proceeds from sale of common stock and warrants  515,108   46,828   47   515,061   -   -   - 
                             
Issuance of common stock for acquisition  6,085,180   608,519   609   6,084,571   -   -   - 
                             
Issuance of common stock for services  2,004,875   135,325   135   2,004,740   -   -   - 
                             
Reclassification of warrants from liability to equity  906,678   -   -   906,678   -   -   - 
                             
Issuance of common stock for note payable  287,500   25,000   25   287,475   -   -   - 
                             
Subscrption payable for cash  60,000   -   -   -   -   -   60,000 
                             
Subscrption payable for services  10,000                       10,000 
                             
Net loss for the year ended January 31, 2021  (2,932,828)  -   -   -   -   (2,932,828)  - 
                             
Balance, January 31, 2021 $7,111,946   6,256,772  $6,257  $18,871,098  $(304) $(11,835,105) $70,000 

See notes to consolidated financial statements


NUTRIBAND INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

  Years Ended
January 31,
 
  2021  2020 
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net loss $(2,932,828) $(2,721,627)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Expenses paid on behalf of the Company by related party  12,627   23,817 
Depreciation and amortization  160,108   72,188 
Derivative expense  -   767,650 
Early prepayment fee on convertible debentures  69,131   - 
Loss on extinguishment of debt  12,500   - 
Gain on forgiveness of loan payment  (3,338)  - 
Gain on change in fair value of derivative  (22,096)  (88,876)
Amortization of debt discount  272,130   67,500 
Amortization of right of use asset  9,610   19,217 
Stock-based compensation  2,004,875   252,700 
Subscription payable  10,000     
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receivable  (94,753)  255 
Prepaid expenses  20,167   82,558 
Inventories  (10,235)  - 
Customer deposits  59,995   (71,225)
Operating lease liability  (10,050)  (18,777)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  145,102   720,150 
Net Cash Used In Operating Activities  (297,055)  (894,470)
         
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Cash received from acquisition  66,994   - 
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities  66,994   - 
         
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Proceeds from sale of common stock  515,108   - 
Proceeds from notes payable  194,870   175,000 
Proceeds from convertible debt  -   250,000 
Proceeds from stock subscription  60,000   - 
Payment of notes payable  (8,935)  - 
Payment of convertible debt  (339,131)  - 
Payment of finance leases  (8,345)  - 
Proceeds from related parties  5,500   34,980 
Payment of related party payables  (47,194)  (29,730)
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities  371,873   430,250 
         
Effect of exchange rate on cash  -   (252)
         
Net change in cash  141,812   (464,472)
Cash and cash equivalents - Beginning of period  10,181   474,653 
Cash and cash equivalents - End of period $151,993  $10,181 
         
Supplementary information:        
Cash paid for:        
Interest $11,555  $- 
         
Income taxes $-  $- 
         
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities        
         
Common stock and note issued for acquisition $7,418,073  $- 
Adoption of ASC 842 Operating lease asset and liability $-  $28,827 
Derivative liability warrant reclassed to equity $906,678  $- 
Debt discount on convertible notes $-  $270,000 
Common stock issued for accounts payable $-  $240,000 
Common stock issued for settlement of debt $287,500  $- 

See notes to consolidated financial statements


NUTRIBAND INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARYEARS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2017

2021 AND FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 4, 2016 (DATE OF FORMATION)

THROUGH JANUARY 31, 20162020

 

1.DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESSORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Organization

 

Nutriband Inc. (the “Company” or “Nutriband”) wasis a Nevada corporation, incorporated in the State of Nevada inon January 4, 2016. In January 2016, the Company acquired Nutriband Ltd. (“Nutriband Ltd”), aLtd, an Irish company registeredwhich was formed by the Company’s chief executive officer in Dublin, Ireland,2012 to enter the health supplementand wellness market with new applicationsby marketing transdermal patches. References to the Company relate to the Company and its subsidiaries unless the context indicates otherwise.

On August 1, 2018, the Company acquired 4P Therapeutics LLC (“4P Therapeutics”) for $2,250,000, consisting of 250,000 shares of common stock, valued at $1,850,000, and $400,000, and a royalty of 6% on all revenue generated by the Company from the abuse deterrent intellectual property that had been developed by 4P Therapeutics payable to the former owner of 4P Therapeutics. The former owner of 4P Therapeutics has been a director of the Company since April 2018, when the Company entered into an agreement to acquire 4P Therapeutics.

4P Therapeutics is engaged in the development of a series of transdermal patches for deliverypharmaceutical products, that are in the preclinical stage of supplements. Nutriband Ltd. moved manufacturingdevelopment. Prior to the acquisition of 4P Therapeutics, the Company’s business was the development and operations tomarketing of a range of transdermal consumer patches. Most of these products are considered drugs in the United States during 2016.and cannot be marketed in the United States without approval by the Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”). The Company is not presently taking any steps to seek FDA approval of its consumer transdermal products and its consumer products are not being marketed in the United States.

With the acquisition of 4P Therapeutics, 4P Therapeutics’ drug development business became the Company’s principal business. The Company’s approach is to use generic drugs that are off patent and incorporate them into the Company’s transdermal drug delivery system. Although these medications have received FDA approval in oral or injectable form, the Company needs to conduct a transdermal product line consistsdevelopment program which will include the preclinical and clinical trials that are necessary to receive FDA approval before we can market any of three products: an Energy Patchline, Weight Management Patchline,our pharmaceutical products.

On August 25, 2020, the Company formed Pocono Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Pocono Pharmaceuticals”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. On August 31, 2020, the Company acquired certain assets and liabilities associated with the Transdermal, Topical, Cosmetic, and Nutraceutical business of Pocono Coated Products LLC (“PCP”). The net assets were contributed to Pocono Pharmaceuticals. Included in the transaction the Company also acquired 100% of the membership interests of Active Intelligence LLC (“Active Intelligence”). See Note 2 for further details of the acquisition.

Pocono Pharmaceuticals is a Multivitamin Patchline.coated products manufacturing entity organized to take advantage of unique process capabilities and experience. Pocono helps their customer with product design and development along with manufacturing to bring new products to market with minimal capital investment. Pocono Pharmaceutical’s competitive edge is a low-cost manufacturing base: a result of its unique processes and state of the art material technology. Active Intelligence manufactures activated kinesiology tape. The tape has transdermal and topical properties. This tape is the same as traditional kinesiology tape.

In December 2019, COVID-19 emerged and has subsequently spread world-wide. The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a pandemic resulting in federal, state and local governments and private entities mediating various restrictions, including travel restrictions, restrictions on public gatherings, stay at home orders and advisories and quarantining people who may have been exposed to the virus. The effect of these orders, government imposed quarantines and measures the Company would take, such as work-at-home policies, may negatively impact productivity, disrupt our business and could delay our clinical programs and timelines, the magnitude of which will depend, in part, on the length and severity of the restrictions and disruptions in our operations could negatively impact our business, operating results and financial condition. Further, quarantines, shelter-in-place and similar government orders, or the perception that such orders, shutdowns, or other restrictions on the conduct of business could occur, related to COVID-19 or other infectious diseases could impact personnel at third-party manufacturing facilities in the United States and other countries, or the availability or cost of materials, which could disrupt our supply chain.


Reverse Stock Split

On June 25, 2019, the Company effected one-for-four reverse split, pursuant to which each share of common stock became and was converted into 0.25 share of common stock. The reverse split became effective in the marketplace on July 24, 2019. All share and per share information in these financial statements retroactively reflect the reverse split.

 

Going Concern

 

The consolidated financial statements for the year ended

As of January 31, 2017, have been prepared on a2021, the Company believes the substantial doubt about going concern basis which contemplateshas been resolved. The going concern conditions that caused substantial doubt consisted of current year net loss, negative working capital, negative cash flow, and accumulated deficit. Management has implemented plans to alleviate the realization of assetssubstantial doubt. These plans include a substantial increase in sales commitments, a decrease in planned overhead expenses, equity funding that has been received and the settlementnet revenue and positive cash flow from its recent acquisition. These factors did not exist in prior years during its start-up operations. The Company’s recent history of liabilities and commitmentslosses has changed from prior periods due to its current management’s plans including its acquisition in the normal courselatter part of business.  The Company has a past history of recurring losses from operations.  The Company will require additional funding2020 to execute its future strategic business plan.  Successful business operations and its transition to attaining profitability are dependent upon obtaining additional financing and achieving a level of revenue to support its cost structure.  These factors raisealleviate the substantial doubt about the Company'sCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Management acquired Nutriband Ltd. in 2016 to enter the health supplement market. The Company is also exploring some acquisition opportunities which would expand the Company’s operations into the pharmaceutical field, although no agreements Management’s plans have been consummated at this time.

Management believes these acquisitions will be profitable and the cash flows from these operations willcurrently implemented. The plans enable the Company to fundmeet its obligations for at least one year from the operations ofdate when the consolidated group over the next twelve months. Therefore, the annual financial statements continue to be prepared on a going concern basis.are issued.

 

Significant Accounting Policies

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary.wholly owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The operations of 4P Therapeutics are included in the Company’s financial statements from the date of acquisition of August 1, 2018 and the operations of Pocono and Active Intelligence are included in the Company’s financial statements from the date of acquisition of September 1, 2020. The wholly owned subsidiaries are as follows:

Nutriband Ltd.

4P Therapeutics LLC

Pocono Pharmaceuticals Inc.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates including, but not limited to, those related to such items as income tax exposures, accruals, depreciable/useful lives, allowance for doubtful accounts and valuation allowances. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash equivalents include short-term investments in money-market funds and certificate of deposits with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased.

 

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Foreign Currency Translation

 

The functional currency of the Company’s Irish subsidiary is the Euro. The assets and liabilities of the subsidiary are translated into US dollars using the prevailing exchange rate as of the balance sheet date and income and expenses are translated into US dollars using the average exchange rate during the reporting period. Translation adjustments are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss).


Revenue Recognition

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU 2014-09”), which amends the accounting standards for revenue recognition. ASU 2014-09 is based on principles that govern the recognition of revenue at an amount an entity expects to be entitled when products are transferred to a customer. The Company adopted the guidance under the new revenue standards using the modified retrospective method effective February 1, 2018 and determined no cumulative effect adjusted to retained earnings was necessary upon adoption. Topic 606 requires the Company to recognize revenues when control of the promised goods or services and receipt of payment is probable. The Company recognizes revenue based on the five criteria for revenue recognition established under Topic 606: 1) identify the contract, 2) identify separate performance obligations, 3) determine the transaction price, 4) allocate the transaction price among the performance obligations, and 5) recognize revenue as the performance obligations are satisfied.

Revenue Types

The following is a description of the Company’s revenue types, which include professional services and sale of goods:

Service revenues include the contract of research and development related services with the Company’s clients in the life sciences field on an as-needed basis. Deliverables primarily consist of detailed findings and conclusion reports provided to the client for each given research project engaged.

Product revenues are derived from the sale of the Company’s consumer transdermal and coated products. Upon the reception of a purchase order, we have the order filled and shipped.

Contracts with Customers

A contract with a customer exists when (i) we enter into an enforceable contract with a customer that defines each party’s rights regarding the goods or services to be transferred and identifies the payment terms related to these goods or services, (ii) the contract has commercial substance and, (iii) we determine that collection of substantially all consideration for services that are transferred is probable based on the customer’s intent and ability to pay the promised consideration.

Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue is a liability related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not been recognized. The Company records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a contract before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

Performance Obligations

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer and is the unit of account in the new revenue standard. The contract transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. For the Company’s different revenue service types, the performance obligation is satisfied at different times. The Company’s performance obligations include providing products and professional services in the area of research. The Company recognizes product revenue performance obligations in most cases when the product has shipped to the customer. When we perform professional service work, we recognize revenue when we have the right to invoice the customer for the work completed, which typically occurs over time on a monthly basis for the work performed during that month.

All revenue recognized in the income statement is considered to be revenue from contracts with customers.


Disaggregation of Revenues

The Company disaggregates its revenue from contracts with customers by type and by geographical location. See the tables:

  Years Ended January 31, 
  2021  2020 
Revenue by type        
Sale of goods $737,519  $124,958 
Services  206,183   245,679 
Total $943,702  $370,637 

  Years Ended January 31, 
  2021  2020 
Revenue by geographical location        
United States $360,378  $245,679 
Foreign  583,324   124,958 
Total $943,702  $370,637 

Accounts receivable

Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the net invoice value and are not interest bearing. The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses from the inability of its customers to make required payments. The Company determines its allowances by both specific identification of customer accounts where appropriate and the application of historical loss to non-specific accounts. For the years ended January 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded no bad debt expense and no allowance for doubtful accounts related to accounts receivable.

 

Inventories

 

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and realizable value determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less applicable variable selling expenses. The cost of finished goods and work in progress is comprised of material costs, direct labor costs and other direct costs and related production overheads (based on normal operating capacity).

 

Business CombinationsProperty, Plant and Equipment

 

Property and equipment represent an important component of the Company’s assets. The Company recognizesdepreciates its plant and equipment on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the assets. Property, plant and equipment is stated at historical cost. Expenditures for minor repairs, maintenance and replacement parts which do not increase the useful lives of the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date, measured at their fair values as of that date, with limited exceptions specified in the accounting literature. In accordance with this guidance, acquisition-related costs, including restructuring costs, must be recognized separately from the acquisition and will generally be expensedare charged to expense as incurred. That replacesAll major additions and improvements are capitalized. Depreciation is computed using the cost-allocation process detailed in previous accounting literature,straight-line method. The lives over which required the costfixed assets are depreciated range from 3 to 10 years as follows:

Lab Equipment5-10 years
Furniture and fixtures3 years
Machinery and equipment10-20 years


Intangible Assets

Intangible assets include trademarks, intellectual property and customer base acquired through business combinations. The Company accounts for Other Intangible Assets under the guidance of an acquisitionASC 350, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other.” The Company capitalizes certain costs related to be allocatedpatent technology. A substantial component of the purchase price related to the individualCompany’s acquisition has also been assigned to intellectual property and other intangibles. Under the guidance, other intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based onwith definite lives are amortized over their estimated fair value.useful lives. Intangible assets with indefinite lives are tested annually for impairment. Trademarks, intellectual property and customer base are being amortized over their estimated useful lives of ten years.

 

EvaluationGoodwill

Goodwill represents the difference between the total purchase price and the fair value of assets (tangible and intangible) and liabilities at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is reviewed for impairment annually on January 31, and more frequently as circumstances warrant, and written down only in the period in which the recorded value of such assets exceeds their fair value. The Company does not amortize goodwill in accordance with ASC 350. On August 31, 2020, in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Pocono Coated Products LLC and Active Intelligence LLC, the Company recorded Goodwill of $5,810,640. As of January 31, 2021, Goodwill amounted to $7,529,875.

Long-lived Assets

 

Management reviews long-lived assets for potential impairment whenever significant events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. An impairment exists when the carrying amount of the long-lived asset is not recoverable and exceeds its fair value. The carrying amount of a long-lived asset is not recoverable if it exceeds the sum of the estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset. If an impairment exists, the resulting write-down would be the difference between fair market value of the long-lived asset and the related net book value.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

ASC 718, “Compensation - Stock Compensation,” prescribes accounting and reporting standards for all share-based payment transactions in which employee services, and, since February 1, 2019, non-employees, are acquired. Transactions include incurring liabilities, or issuing or offering to issue shares, options and other equity instruments such as employee stock ownership plans and stock appreciation rights. Share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, are recognized as compensation expense in the financial statements based on their fair values. That expense is recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide services in exchange for the award, known as the requisite service period (usually the vesting period). As of February 1, 2019, pursuant to ASC 2018-07, ASC 718 was applied to stock-based compensation for both employees and non-employees.

Business Combinations

The Company recognizes the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquired entity at the acquisition date, measured at their fair values as of that date, with limited exceptions specified in the accounting literature. In accordance with this guidance, acquisition-related costs, including restructuring costs, must be recognized separately from the acquisition and will generally be expensed as incurred. That replaces the cost-allocation process detailed in previous accounting literature, which required the cost of an acquisition to be allocated to the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair value.

Leases

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases” (Topic 842), to provide a new comprehensive model for lease accounting under this guidance, lessees and lessors should apply a “right-of-use” model in accounting for all leases (including subleases) and eliminate the concept of operating leases and off-balance-sheet leases. Recognition, measurement and presentation of expenses will depend on classification as a finance or operating lease. Similar modifications have been made to lessor accounting in-line with revenue recognition guidance.


The Company adopted ASU 2016-02 as amended effective February 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective approach. In connection with the adoption, the Company elected to utilize the Comparative Under 840 Option whereby the Company will continue to present prior period financial statements and disclosures under ASC 840. In addition, the Company elected the transition package of three practical expedients permitted under the standard, which eliminates the requirements to reassess prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. The Company completed the necessary changes to its accounting policies, processes, disclosure and internal control over financial reporting.

Research and Development

Research and developments costs are expensed as incurred.

Income Taxes

 

Taxes are calculated in accordance with taxation principles currently effective in the United States and Ireland.

 

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

The Company records net deferred tax assets to the extent they believe these assets will more-likely-than-not be realized. In making such determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies and recent financial operations. In the event the Company was to determine that it would be able to realize its deferred income tax assets in the future in excess of its net recorded amount, the Company would make an adjustment to the valuation allowance which would reduce the provision for income taxes.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash.

 

The Company'sCompany’s cash and cash equivalents are concentrated primarily in banks. At times, such deposits could be in excess of insured limits. Management believes that the financial institutions that hold the Company’s financial instruments are financially sound and, accordingly, minimal credit risk is believed to exist with respect to these financial instruments.

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and for the year ended January 31, 2020, three customers accounted for 100% of the Company’s revenues and two customers accounted for 100% of accounts receivable. As of and for the year ended January 31, 2021, one customer accounted for 62% of the Company’s revenues and two customers accounted for 67% and 13% of accounts receivable.

 

Earnings Per Share

 

Basic earnings per share of common share arestock is computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted average number of shares of common sharesstock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share areis computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted average number of shares of common sharesstock and potential shares of common sharesstock outstanding during the period. Potential shares of common sharesstock consist of outstanding common stock purchase warrants. For the years ended January 31, 20172021 and 2020 there were 650,000141,830 and 70,000 potential shares of common sharesstock that were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share as their effect would be anti-dilutive.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standard if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying consolidated financial statements.


Fair Value Measurements

 

FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”Disclosure” (“ASC 820”), defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. ASC 820 describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value.

 

The Company utilizes the accounting guidance for fair value measurements and disclosures for all financial assets and liabilities and nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the consolidated financial statements on a recurring basis during the reporting period. The fair value is an exit price, representing the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants based upon the best use of the asset or liability at the measurement date. The Company utilizes market data or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. ASC 820 establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. These tiers are defined as follows:

 

Level 1 - Observable inputs such as quoted market prices in active markets

Level 1 -Observable inputs such as quoted market prices in active markets.

Level 2- Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable

Level 3- Unobservable inputs about which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions

 

Level 2 -Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable.

Level 3 -Unobservable inputs about which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions.

The carrying value of the Company’s financial instruments including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, and accrued expenses approximate their fair value due to the short maturities of these financial instruments.

Derivative liabilities are determined based on “Level 3” inputs, which are significant and unobservable and have the lowest priority. The recorded values of all other financial instruments approximate their current fair value because of their nature and respective short maturity dates or durations.

Derivative Liabilities

The Company accounts for derivative instruments in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” and all derivative instruments are reflected as either assets or liabilities at fair value on the balance sheet. The Company uses estimates at fair value to value its derivative instruments. Fair value is defined as the price to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between willing and able market participants. In general, the Company’s policy in estimating fair values is to first look at observable market prices for identical assets and liabilities in active markets, when available. When these are not available, other inputs are used to model fair value such as prices of similar instruments, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, default rates and credit spreads, relying first on observable data from active markets. Depending on the availability of observable inputs and prices, different valuation models could produce materially different fair value estimates. The value presented may not represent future fair values and may not be reliable. The Company categorizes its fair value estimates in accordance with ASC 820 based on the hierarchical framework associated with the three levels of price transparency utilized in measuring financial instruments at fair value as discussed above. As of January 31, 2017, there were no2021, and 2020, the Company had a $-0- and $928,774 derivative liability, respectively.

Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information about the financial assetsstatement. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matter of significant judgment and therefore cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates.

Recent Accounting Standards

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements”. The updated guidance improves the disclosure requirements on fair value measurement. The updated guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company adopted the provisions effective February 1, 2020. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or liabilitiesconsolidated results of operations.


In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, which modifies ASC 740 to reduce complexity while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information provided to the users of financial statements. ASU 209-12 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021. The Company is currently assessing the impact of ASU 209-12, but it is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The Company has reviewed all other FASB-issued ASU accounting pronouncements and interpretations thereof that required disclosure.have effective dates during the period reported and in future periods. The Company has carefully considered the new pronouncements that alter previous GAAP and does not believe that any new or modified principles will have a material impact on the company’s reported financial position or operations in the near term. The applicability of any standard is subject to the formal review of the Company’s financial management and certain standards are under consideration.

 

2.ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS

 

On January 16, 2016,August 31, 2020, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement (“Agreement”), with Pocono Coated Products (“PCP”), pursuant to which PCP agreed to sell the Company certain of the assets and liabilities associated with its Transdermal, Topical, Cosmetic, and Nutraceutical business, including: (1) all the equipment, intellectual property and trade secrets, cash balances, receivables, bank accounts and inventory, free and clear of all liens, except for certain lease obligations, and (2), a 100% membership interest in Active Intelligence, LLC (collectively the “Assets”). The net assets acquired 100%were contributed to Pocono Pharmaceuticals Inc, a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of Nutriband Ltd., an entity under common control,the Company. The purchase price for the Assets was (i) $6,085,180 paid with the issuance of 608,519 shares in exchange for 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock valuedof Nutriband at $13,094,a value of the average price of the previous 90 days at the date of Closing (the “Shares”), and (ii) a promissory note of the Company, net of debt discount, in the principal amount, of $1,332,893 (the Note”) which is due upon the earlier of (a) twelve (12) months from issuance, or (b) immediately following a capital raise of not less than $4,000,000 and/or a public offering of no less than $4,000,000. Michael Myer, the CEO of PCP, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Company for period of one year at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company held in October 2020.

The Agreement provides that it is effective August 31, 2020, on which date the parties also entered into an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”), with legal counsel serving as the escrow agent, providing for holding of the Note, certificate for the shares, and title to the Assets (held in a special purpose subsidiary) as collateral security for completion of all closing conditions under the Agreement. On that date, the parties also entered into a security agreement granting PCP a security interest in all proceeds of the Assets held as collateral under the Escrow Agreement.

The purpose of the Company entering into the transaction is to enhance the transdermal products operations of the Company. The fair value of consideration given was allocated to the net liability historical value.tangible assets acquired. Under U.S. GAAP, both the PCP segment and Active Intelligence were considered to be businesses and, as such, the transaction was accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting.

 

Details of the acquisitionnet assets acquired are as follows:

 Accounts receivable $230 
      
 Liabilities  (13,324)
 Net liabilities incurred  (13,094)
      
 Satisfied by:    
 Common stock issued $13,094 

   Fair value Recognized on Acquisition 
Common stock issued $6,085,180 
Note payable issued  1,332,893 
     
  $7,418,073 
Cash $66,994 
Accounts receivable  1,761 
Inventory  42,613 
Equipment and fixtures  1,056,935 
Customer base  177,600 
Intellectual property and trademarks  583,200 
Goodwill  5,810,640 
Acounts payable and accrued expenses  (26,104)
Deferred revenue  (26,851)
Debt  (268,715)
Net assets acquired $7,418,073 


The following unaudited pro forma condensed financial information presents the combined results of operations of the Company and the two businesses acquired from PCP, Pocono and Active Intelligence, as if the acquisition occurred as part of the beginning of cash period presented. The unaudited pro forma condensed financial information is not intended to represent or be indicative of the consolidated results of operations of the Company that would have been reported had the acquisition occurred at the beginning of the period presented and should not be taken as being representation of the future consolidated results of operations of the Company.

  January 31, 
  2021  2020 
  As     As    
  Reported  Proforma  Reported  Proforma 
Net revenue $943,702  $1,369,761  $370,647  $1,993,472 
                 
Net loss  (2,932,828)  (3,001,178)  (2,766,627)  (2,732,727)
                 
Loss per common share - basic and diluted  (0.51)  0.52   (0.50)  (0.45)

 

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acquisition, Pocono and Active Intelligence had net revenues of $154,195 and incurred a net loss of $40,068.

 

3.INVENTORIESPROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

  January 31, 
  2021  2020 
Lab equipment $144,585  $144,585 
Machinery and equipment  1,053,966   - 
Furniture and fixtures  22,612   19,643 
   1,221,163   164,228 
Less: Accumulated depreciation  (144,537)  (53,199)
Net Property and Equipment $1,076,626  $111,029 

Inventory as of

Depreciation expense amounted to $91,338 and $35,118 for the years ended January 31, 201732, 2021 and 2016 are as follows:

   January 31, 
   2017  2016 
 Finished goods $8,048  $- 
 Work in progress  -   - 
 Raw materials  -   - 
   $8,048  $- 

2020, respectively.

 

4.DEBT

Short-term debt-related parties as of January 31, 2017 and 2016, consists of loans from officers and related parties, that are interest free and due on demand. As of January 31, 2017 and 2016, short-term debt amounted to $8,888 and $9,015, respectively.

Long-term debt as of January 31, 2017 and 2016, consists of a loan from South County Dublin Council that is interest free with monthly payments of $75. The loan is due October 2017. As of January 31, 2017 and 2016, the total balance of long-term debt amounted to $1,581 and $1,586, respectively.

5.INCOME TAXES

 

The Company adopted the provisions of ASC 740, “Income Taxes, (“ASC 740”). As a result of the implementation of ASC 740, the Company recognized no adjustment in the net liability for unrecognized income tax benefits. The Company believes there are no potential uncertain tax positions, and all tax returns are correct as filed. Should the Company recognize a liability for uncertain tax positions, the Company will separately recognize the liability for uncertain tax positions on its balance sheet. Included in any liability or uncertain tax positions, the Company will also setup a liability for interest and penalties. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of the current provision for income taxes.

 

There is no U.S. tax provision due to losses from U.S. operations for the yearyears ended January 31, 20172021 and during the period January 4, 2016 (Date of Formation) through January 31, 2016.2020. Deferred income taxes are provided for the temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax basis of the Company’s assets and liabilities. The principal item giving rise to deferred taxes is the net operating loss carryforward in the U.S. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The Company has set up a valuation allowance for losses for certain carryforwards that it believes may not be realized.

 


The provision for income taxes consistconsists of the following:

 

   Years Ended 
   December 31, 
   2016  2015 
 Current      
 Federal $-  $- 
 Foreign  -   - 
    -   - 
 Deferred        
 Federal  -   - 
 Foreign  -   - 
   $-  $- 

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  Years Ended January 31, 
  2021  2020 
Current        
Federal $-  $- 
Foreign  -   - 
         
Deferred        
Federal  -   - 
Foreign  -   - 
  $-  $- 

 

A reconciliation of taxes on income computed at the federal statutory rate to amounts provided is as follows:

 

   Years Ended 
   January 31, 
   2017  2016 
 Book income (loss) from operations $(51,428) $(136)
 Change in valuation allowance  51,428   136 
 Income tax expense $-  $- 

  Years Ended January 31, 
  2021  2020 
Book income (loss) from operations $(615,894) $(580,992)
Common stock issued for services  421,024   52,931 
Impairment expense  -   - 
Unused operating losses  194,870   528,061 
Income tax expense $-  $- 

 

As of January 31, 2017,2021, the Company recorded a deferred tax asset associated with a net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforward of approximately $152,000$5,300,000 that was fully offset by a valuation allowance due to the determination that it was more likely than not that the Company would be unable to utilize those benefits in the foreseeable future. The Company’s NOL expires in 2033.2038. The valuation allowance increased by approximately $4,000$810,000 during the year ended January 31, 2017.2021. On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) significantly revised U.S. corporate income tax law by, among other things, reducing the corporate rate from 34% to 21%. Because the Company recognizes a valuation allowance for the entire balance, there is no net impact to the Company’s balance sheet or results of operations.

 

The types of temporary differences between tax basis of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts that give rise to the deferred tax liability and deferred tax asset and their approximate tax effects are as follows:

 

   2016  2015 
        
 Net operating loss carry forwards (expire through 2033) $(51,564) $(136)
          
 Valuation allowance  51,564   136 
 Net deferred taxes $-  $- 
  January 31, 
  2021  2020 
Net operating loss carryforwards (expire through 2038) $(1,106,339) $(698,308)
Stock issued for services  (844,520)  (436,904)
Intangible impairment expense  (525,000)  (525,000)
Valuation allowance  2,475,859   1,660,212 
Net deferred taxes $-  $- 

5.NOTES PAYABLE/CONVERTIBLE DEBT

Notes Payable

On March 21, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES ACT” was enacted. The CARES ACT established the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) which funds small businesses through federally guaranteed loans. Under the PPP, companies are eligible for forgiveness of principal and interest if the proceeds are used for eligible payroll costs, rent and utility costs. On June 17, 2020, the Company’s subsidiary, 4P Therapeutics, was advanced $34,870 under the PPP, all of which was outstanding as of January 31, 2021. The note matures June 17, 2022 and accrues interest at 0.98% per year.


In March 2020, a minority shareholder who had previously made loans of $215,000 as of January 31, 2020, made an additional loan to the Company in the amount of $60,000, increasing the total loans from the stockholder to $275,000. The loans are interest free and due upon demand. On March 27, 2020, the Company issued 25,000 shares of common stock upon reaching a settlement with the noteholder to convert the notes in the principal balance of $275,000. The transaction resulted in a loss on extinguishment of $12,500. In July 2020, the minority shareholder made an additional loan to the Company in the amount of $100,000. The loan is interest free and due upon demand. The loan was outstanding as of January 31, 2021.

Active Intelligence, the Company’s newly acquired subsidiary, entered into an agreement with the Carolina Small Business Development Fund for a line of credit of $160,000 due October 16, 2029 with interest of 5% per year. The amount assumed in Note 2 was $139,184. The loan requires monthly payments of principal and interest of $1,697. During the year ended January 31, 2021, Active Intelligence made payments of $3,351, and $2,217 were principal payments advanced under the Cares Act. As of January 31, 2020, the amount due was $129,078, of which $13,885 is current.

Pocono has two finance leases secured by equipment. The leases mature in 2025 and 2026. The incremental borrowing rate is 5.0%. As of January 31, 2021, the minimum lease payments are as follow:

Years Ending January 31, 2022 $24,738 
 January 31, 2023  26,295 
 January 31, 2024  27,948 
 January 31, 2025  26,361 
 January 31, 2026  16,202 

Total

 $121,543 

Related Party Payable

As of January 31, 2020, the Company owed its chief financial officer and chief operating officer $29,067 from advances made to the Company. During the year ended January 31, 2021, the Company’s chief financial officer paid expenses of $12,628 on behalf of the Company, the Company’s chief executive officer and chief operating officer advanced the Company $5,500 and the officers were repaid $40,194. As of January 31, 2021, the amount the officers were fully repaid.

On August 31, 2020, in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Pocono Products LLC, the Company issued to Pocono Coated Products LLC a promissory note, net of debt discount, in the amount of $1,332,893 with interest accruing at an annual rate of 0.17%, due on August 28, 2021 or immediately following the earlier of a capital raise of no less than $4,000,000 and/or a public offering of no less than $4,000,000. Pocono Coated Products LLC, a related party, is a shareholder of the Company.

Convertible Debt

On October 30, 2019, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with two investors pursuant to which the Company issued to the investors (i) 6% one-year convertible promissory notes in the principal amount of $270,000 and (ii) three-year warrant to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to the lesser of (i) $20.90 or (ii) if the Company completes a public offering, 110% of the initial public offering price of the common stock in the public offering. The loans contained an original issue discount of $20,000 resulting in gross proceeds from this financing of $250,000.

The notes are convertible at a conversion price equal to the lesser of (i) the per share price of our common stock offered in a public offering or (ii) the variable conversion price, which is defined as 70% of the lowest trading price of the common stock during the 20 trading days preceding the date of conversion. The conversion price and the percentage of the trading price is subject to downward adjustment in the event the Company fails to comply with the obligations under the notes. The Company has the right to prepay the notes during the 180 days following the issuance of the notes at a premium of 115% of the outstanding principal and interest during the 60 days following the date of issuance of the note, which percentage increases to 125% during the remainder of the 180-day period. The Company is required to pay the notes one business day after the closing of the first to occur of (a) the next public offering of the Company’s securities or (b) the next private placement of the Company’s equity or debt securities in which the Borrower received net proceeds of at least $1.0 million, (c) issuance of securities pursuant to an equity line of credit or (d) a financing with a bank or other institutional lender.


The embedded conversion option qualified for derivative accounting and bifurcation under ASC 815-15 Derivative and Hedging. The initial fair of the conversion feature was $128,870 and the fair value of the warrants in connection with the notes were valued at $888,789 and were recorded based on their relative fair values. A debt discount to the note payables of $270,000 and an initial derivative discount of $767,650 was recorded.

The debt discount will be amortized over the life of the note. Amortization of the debt discount for the year ended January 31, 2020 was $67,500. As of January 31, 2020, the debt discount remaining was $202,500.

On March 25, 2020, the Company prepaid the convertible notes in the principal amount of $270,000 from the proceeds of a private placement. The total payments, including a prepayment fee of $69,131 and accrued interest, was $345,565. As a result of the payment of the notes, the derivative liability, which was $928,774 as of January 31, 2021, was reduced to zero. The warrants are no longer a derivative liability based on the notes being paid in full. See Note 7 for further information. The total loss of $81,631 was recorded as a result of early prepayment.

Interest expense for the year ended January 31, 2021 was $280,686 including the amortization of the debt discounts of was $272,130 and interest expense of $8,566.

 

6.STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL

 

DuringAs of January 31, 2021, and 2020, intangible assets consisted of intellectual property, customer base and trademarks, net of amortization, as follows:

  January 31,  January 31, 
  2021  2020 
Customer base $314,100  $136,500 
Intellectual property and trademarks  817,400   234,200 
         
Total  1,131,500   370,700 
         
Less: Accumulated amortization  (124,770)  (56,000)
         
Net Intangible Assets $1,006,730  $314,700 

The value of the intangible assets, consisting of intellectual property and customer base has been recorded at their fair value by the Company after completing a valuation and are being amortized over a period of ten years. Amortization expense for the year ended January 31, 2017,2021 and 2020 was $68,770 and $37,070, respectively.

Estimated Amortization:

  Total 
Year Ended January 31,   
2022 $113,150 
2023  113,150 
2024  113,150 
2025  113,150 
2026 and thereafter  554,130 
  $1,006,730 


7.DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES

The embedded conversion option of the Company issued 47,100 shares as compensationconvertible debentures described in Note 4 contain conversion features that qualify for services rendered.embedded derivative classification. The fair value of the shares issuedliabilities will be re-measured at the end of every reporting period and the change in fair value will be reported in the statement of operations as a gain or loss on derivative financial instruments.

The table below sets forth a summary in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial liabilities:

  January 31,
2021
 
Balance at the beginning of the period $928,774 
     
Derivative liability warrants reclassed to equity  (906,678) 
     
Change in value of embedded conversion option  (22,096) 
    
Balance at the end of the period $- 

The Company uses Level 3 inputs for its valuation methodology for the embedded conversion option and warrant liabilities as their fair value were determined by using the Monte Carlo Model based on various assumptions.

At issuance, the expected volatility was $10,770,158.3%; risk-free interest rate of which $8,444 was expensed during1.58%; and expected term of one year. For the year endedrevaluation at January 31, 2017.2020, the expected volatility was 184.4%; risk-free rate of return of 1.43%; and expected term of nine months.

 

On November 30, 2016, Gareth Sheridan returned 7,000,000Reclassification at March 25, 2020 to settle the Company, allliabilities, the expected volatility was 147.47%; risk-free rate of which were cancelled.

In November 2016, the Company issued Nociota Holdings Limited 150,000 sharesreturn of common stock in exchange for proceeds of $75,000. In connection with the transactions, the Company issued a warrant to purchase 150,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an0.36%; exercise price of $3.50 per share not sooner than one year from the execution$11; and expected term of the transaction and not later than three years from the closing of the transaction.

On May 12, 2016, a majority of shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation. Each share of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock shall be subject to a 5-for-1 forward stock split. All shares and per share amounts in the consolidated financial statements have been retroactively restated to reflect the forward stock split.

In February 2016, the Company issued Nociota Holdings Limited 500,000 shares of common stock in exchange for proceeds of $100,000. In connection with the transaction, the Company issued a warrant to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $0.70 per share not sooner than one year from the execution of the transaction and not later than three years from the closing of the transaction.

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At a Board meeting held on January 15, 2016, the Company’s Board approved the issuance of 19,375,000 shares to be issued to founders, valued at $19,375.

At a Board meeting held January 15, 2016, the Company’s Board approved the form of a Share Exchange Agreement between the Company and Gareth Sheridan, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company, the purchase of all the outstanding shares and ownership interests of Nutriband Ltd. in exchange for the issuance to Gareth Sheridan of 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, valued at $13,094, the net liability historical value.2.6 months.

 

7.8.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

a)As of January 31, 2017, Ann Sheridan, mother of the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Nutriband Limited (Irelend), advancedOn February 19, 2019, the Company $8,888 for operating capital. The advance is interest free and due on demand.

b)On January 15, 2016 the Company approved a Share Exchange Agreement between the Company and Gareth Sheridan for the purchase of all the outstanding shares of Nutriband Ltd. in exchange for the issuancegranted an executive officer an option to Gareth Sheridan of 2,500,000purchased 25,000 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $13,094.an exercise price equal to 75% of the market price on the date the Company receives notice of exercise.

The fair value of the warrant on the date of grant using the Black Scholes model was $252,700 and was expensed during the six months ended July 31, 2019. The warrant expired unexercised on May 19, 2019.

b)The Company had related party notes with its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. See footnote 5 for further discussion.

 

c)DuringIn connection with the year ended January 31, 2017, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer advancedacquisition of Pocono, the Company $22,950 for operating capital allrecorded various transactions and operations through Pocono Coated Products LLC, a related entity. The transactions included revenue of which was repaid as$68,780, purchase of materials of $33,479, paid expenses of $23,310, and finance payments of $6,763. As of January 31, 2017.2021, Pocono Coated Products LLC owed the Company $5,228. The advance is interest free and due on demand.Company also issued a note in the amount $1,500,000 to Pocono Coated Products LLC. See footnote 5 for further discussion.

 

8.d)During the years ended January 31, 2021, the Company issued 51,825 shares of common stock, valued at $777,375, to executive officers of the Company, based on the market price at the date of issuance, and 78,500 shares of common stock, valued at 1,221,500, to the Company’s current and former independent directors, based on the market price at the date of issuance. The shares were issued on December 31, 2020 at a stock price of $15 per share.


9.STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY

Preferred Stock

On January 15, 2016, the board of directors of the Company approved a certificate of amendment to the articles of incorporation and changed the authorized capital stock of the Company to include and authorize 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share.

On May 24, 2019, the board of directors created a series of preferred stock consisting of 2,500,000 shares designated as the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”). On June 20, 2019, the Series A preferred Stock was terminated, and the 2,500,000 shares were restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to series, until such stock is once more designated as part of a particular series by the board of directors.

Common Stock

On June 25, 2019, the Company effected a one-for four reverse split, pursuant to which each share of common stock became converted into 0.25 shares of common stock, and the Company decreased its authorized common stock from 100,000,000 to 25,000,000 shares.

On January 27, 2020, the Company amended its articles of incorporation to increase its authorized common shares from 25,000,000 shares to 250,000,000 shares.

Activity during the Year Ended January 31, 2021

On March 22, 2020, the Company issued in a private placement 46,828 units at a price of $11 per unit. Each unit consisted of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $14 per share. The warrants expire April 30, 2023. The Company issued a total of 46,828 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 46,828 shares of common stock. The Company received proceeds of $515,108.

In March 2020, a minority shareholder who had previously made loans of $215,000, made an additional loan to the Company in the amount of $60,000, increasing the loans to shareholder to $275,000. On March 27, 2020, the Company issued 25,000 shares of common stock upon reaching a settlement with the noteholder to convert the notes in the principal amount of $275,000. The transaction resulted in a loss on extinguishment of $12,500.

On June 30, 2020, the Company issued 5,000 shares to a consultant for services rendered to the Company. The fair value of the common stock at the date of issuance was $50,000, all of which is included in selling and general administrative expense for the year ended January 31, 2021.

On August 31, 2020, the Company acquired the membership interests in Pocono Coated Products LLC and issued 608,519 shares of its common stock, valued at $6,085,180, and issued a promissory note, net of debt discount, in the amount of $1,332,893. See Note 2 for further information.

On December 31, 2020, the Company issued 130,325 shares of common stock for services, valued at $1,954,875, as follows:

(1)51,825 shares of common stock, valued at $777,375, issued to executive officers.

(2)78,500 shares of common stock, valued at $1,177,500, issued to the Company’s current and former independent directors.


Subscription Payable

(1)On February 25, 2021, in connection with the Company’s License Agreement with Rambam, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement with BPM Inno Ltd (“BPM”), the Company issued 81,396 shares of common stock to BPM and received proceeds of $700,000 to be applied to product development expenses under the License Agreement. The Company entered into the Stock Purchase Agreement with BPM in December 2020 and received a payment of $60,000 which is included in Stockholders’ Equity as Subscription in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of January 31, 2021. The balance of the funds was received in February 2021.

(2)On February 25,2021, the Company issued 5,602 shares of common stock, valued at $60,000, for consulting services pursuant to a consultant agreement commencing December 1, 2020. The Company has reflected $10,000 representing 934 shares as Subscription Payable in the Stockholders’ Equity in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of January 31, 2021.

Activity during the Year Ended January 31, 2020

During the year ended January 31, 2020, the Company issued 17,144 shares of common stock to extinguish accounts payable in the amount of $240,000.

10.WARRANTS AND OPTIONS

 

The following table summarizes the changes in warrants outstanding and the related price of the shares of the Company’s common stock issued to non-employees of the Company. The

     Exercise  Remaining  Intrinsic 
  Shares  Price  Life  Value 
Outstanding, January 31, 2019  182,500  $6.32   0.35  $4,101,000 
                 
Granted  50,000   20.90  3.00 years   - 
                 
Exercised  -   -   -   - 
                 
Expired/Cancelled  (162,500)  5.38   -   - 
                 
Outstanding, January 31, 2020  70,000  $18.93  2.08 years   - 
                 
Granted  91,828   12.53  3.00 years   - 
                 
Expired/Cancelled  (20,000)  14.00   -   - 
                 
Exercised  -   -   -   - 
                 
Outstanding-period ending January 31, 2021  141,828  $11.99   2.16  $853,311 
                 
Exercisable - period ending January 31, 2021  141,828  $11.99   2.16  $853,311 

As a result of a completed private placement, the warrants were granted in connection withto purchase 50,000 shares at the proceedslesser of (i) $20.90 or, (ii) if the Company completes its public offering of its common stock, 110% of the saleinitial public offering price of the Common Stock in the public offering, became a warrant to purchase 95,000 warrants at $11 per share, subject to adjustment pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the warrant. The Company recorded a derivative liability for the warrants in the amount of $906,678 and reclassed the derivative liability to additional paid-in capital as of January 31, 2021.


The following table summarizes additional information relating to the warrants outstanding at January31, 2021:

Range of
Exercise
Prices
  Number
Outstanding
  Remaining
Contractual
Life(Years)
  Exercise Price
for Shares
Outstanding
  Number
Exercisable
  Exercise Price
for Shares
Exercisable
 
$11.00   95,000   1.75  $11.00   95,000  $11.00 
$14.00   46,828   2.24  $14.00   46,828  $14.00 

The following table summarizes the changes in options outstanding and the related price of the shares of the Company’s common stock with Nociota Holdings Limited in February, 2016 and November, 2016. The fair valueissued to non-employees of the warrants issued amounted to $142,434.

Company.

 

      Exercise  Remaining  Intrinsic 
   Shares  Price  Life  Value 
 Outstanding, February 1, 2016  -  $-   -     
                  
 Granted  650,000    .07 - 3.50    2.2     
                  
 Expired/Cancelled  -             
                  
 Exercised  -             
                  
 Outstanding-period ending January 31, 2017  650,000  $1.35    2.2 years  $- 
                  
 Exercisable - period ending January 31, 2017  -  $-   -  $      - 
     Exercise  Remaining  Intrinsic 
  Shares  Price  Life  Value 
Outstanding, January 31, 2019  -  $-        -  $- 
                 
Granted  25,000   25.64  0.05 years   232,750 
                 
Expired  (25,000)  25.64   -   - 
                 
Exercised  -   -   -   - 
                 
Outstanding-period ending January 31, 2020  -  $-   -  $- 
                 
Exercisable - period ending January 31, 2020  -  $-   -  $- 

 

9.11.LEASES

The Company had operating leases for its facilities used for research and development, sales and administration. These leases have been terminated. The Company is currently operating its manufacturing operations on a month-to-month basis in a North Carolina facility under a verbal commitment. The monthly rent is $4,200.

See financing leases for equipment in Note 5.

12.COMMITMENTS AND CONTIGENCIES

Legal Proceedings

On July 27, 2018, the Company commenced an action in the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County, Florida, against Advanced Health Brands, Inc., Raymond Kalmar, Paul Murphy, Michelle Polly-Murphy, Laura Fillman and John Baker, together with a Motion for Temporary Injunction Without Notice and a Motion for Prejudgment Writ of Replevin arising from the Company’s decision to seek to rescind for misrepresentation the agreement by which the Company acquired advanced Health Brands, Inc. for 1,250,000 shares of common stock valued at $2,500,000 and seek return of the shares. On August 2, 2018, the court entered a Temporary Injunction Without Notice and an Order to Show Cause against the defendants. Defendants Kalmar, Murphy, Polly-Murphy, and Baker filed a Motion to Dismiss the Company’s Verified Complaint, Motion to Dissolve Temporary Injunction Without Notice and Response to Order to Show Cause, and Motion to Compel Arbitration. On January 4, 2019, the court dismissed the Company’s complaint with prejudice, and directed the defendants to assign the Company within 30 days, the six patents never duly transferred to the Company. On February 1, 2019, the Company appealed the court’s order. Pursuant to a settlement agreement with one of the defendants, that defendant returned the 50,000 shares which had been issued to her, and the shares were cancelled as of January 31, 2019. On June 7, 2019, the individual defendants (other than the defendant whom the Company has a settlement agreement), filed a motion for sanctions and civil contempt against us, which generally claimed that we failed to comply with the Court’s January 4, 2019 order by refusing to issue the Ruling 144 letters that would allow the defendants to transfer their shares of common stock. On October 29, 2019, the Court denied the Defendants motion. On March 20, 2020, the Florida district court of appeal reversed the lower court ruling in the Florida state court action that dismissed our complaint, with prejudice, and gave us leave to file an amended complaint. On July 7, 2020, Defendants filed Notice for Trial, requesting the court to set a trial date. The Company and defendants have served their first set of interrogatories on each other and have filed answers and responses to each other’s first set of interrogatories.


On August 22, 2018, four of the defendants in the Florida action described in the previous paragraph filed a complaint against the Company in the Franklin County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas seeking a declaratory judgment permitting them to sell the shares of common stock they received pursuant to the acquisition agreement. The parties have agreed to a stay pending the outcome of the Florida litigation.

On April 29, 2019, the Company filed a securities fraud action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Raymond Kalmar, Paul Murphy, Michelle Polly-Murphy, Advanced Health Brands and TD Therapeutic, Inc. In the complaint the Company alleges that in 2017, the defendants fraudulently and deceitfully obtained 1,250,000 shares of common stock by orchestrating a months-long scheme to defraud the Company. The Company is seeking the return of the shares of common stock and monetary damages resulting from the defendants’ fraudulent conduct. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the complaint on August 23, 2019, and on September 13, 2019 the Company filed its response. On July 20, 2020, the Court denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, and the parties have recently commenced the discovery phase of the litigation. No trial date has been scheduled by the Court.

Employment Agreements

The Company entered into a three-year employment agreement with Gareth Sheridan, our CEO, effective April 25, 2019. The agreement also provides that the executive will continue as a director. The agreement provides for an initial term, commencing on the effective date of the agreement and ending on January 31, 2024., and continuing on a year-to-year basis thereafter unless terminated by either party on not less than 30 days’ notice given prior to the expiration of the initial term or any one-year extension. For his services to the Company during the term of the agreement, Mr. Sheridan receives an annual salary $42,000 per annum, commencing on the effective date of the agreement and increasing to $170,000 per annum in the month in which the Company shall have received not less than $2,500,000 from one or more public or private financings of the Company’s equity securities subsequent to the date of the agreement. During the year ended January 31, 2021, the salary was increased to $60,000 per anum.

Rambam Agreement

On December 9, 2020, the Company entered into a License Agreement (the “License Agreement”) with Rambam Med-Tech Ltd. (“Rambam”), Haifa, Israel, to develop the RAMBAM Closed System Transfer Device (“CTSD”) and such other products as the parties agree to develop/commercialize. The Company will license from Rambam the full technology, IP, and title to CTSD in the field, with an Initial license fee of $50,000 and running royalties on net sales. The $50,000 license fee was paid in February 2021, at which time the agreement became effective.

The Company had entered into a prior agreement, dated November 13, 2020, with BPM Inno Ltd., Kiryat, Israel (“BPM”), that, in consideration of BPM’s introduction of Rambam to the Company, provided for BPM to have the rights as the exclusive of agent of the Company with Rambam and any other parties similarly introduced by BPM, and for a commission payable to BPM by the Company of 4.5% of revenues received by the Company resulting from the introduction of Rambam (and any other companies as to which the exclusive agency of BPM was in effect), and for BPM’s payment of a royalty to Rambam. If the Company fails to commercialize the medical products subject to the License Agreement with Rambam within 36 months, under the November 13, 2020 agreement, BPM and the Company would share 50/50 in the revenues generated from sales of the licensed products from Rambam. This agreement further provides that it will be effective for a period of 10 years, with either party having the right to terminate on notice given 30 days prior to the desired termination, and also provided for certain territorial distribution rights of BPM as are set forth in the March 10, 2021 Distribution Agreement between the Company and BPM.


BPM Distribution and Stock Purchase Agreements

(a)On March 10, 2021, the Company finalized the Distribution Agreement with BPM, providing for distribution of the medical products developed and produced under the License Agreement. Under the Distribution Agreement, BPM has the right to distribute the medical products in Israel and has a right of first refusal in relation to all other countries/states, other than United States, Korea, China, Vietnam, Canada and Ecuador, which are termed excluded countries.

(b)The Company and BPM entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (“SPA”), dated December 7, 2020, providing for the purchase by BPM of 81,396 shares of common stock at a price of $8.60 per share, or $700,000. In December 2020, the Company received an initial payment of $60,000 under the SPA, which is included in Stockholders’ Equity in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of January 31, 2021. On February 25, 2021, in connection with the Company’s License Agreement with Rambam, pursuant to the SPA, the Company issued 81,395 shares of common stock to BPM and received the balance of the proceeds of $700,000 to be applied to product development expenses under the License Agreement.

13.SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In accordance with ASC 855-10, Company management reviewed all material events through the date of this report. There are no material subsequent events to report.

(a)On February 10, 2021, the Company issued 12,500 shares of common stock, valued at $350,000, for consulting fee in connection with Rambam License Agreement.

 

(b)On February 25,2021, the Company issued 5,602 shares of common stock, valued at $60,000, for consulting services pursuant to a consultant agreement commencing December 1, 2020.

 

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