UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 20212022
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number: 001-33958
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SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 20-8099512
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
7 Times Square, Suite 2503, New York, NY 10036
(646) 200-5278
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per shareSLSThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes      No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter time that the registrant was required to submit such files).   Yes      No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller 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.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):      Yes      No
As of August 12, 2021,10, 2022, SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. had outstanding 15,873,94120,551,918 shares of common stock.



SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP, INC.
FORM 10-Q - Quarterly Report
For the Quarter Ended June 30, 20212022

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Item 4
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1Legal Proceedings
Item 1ARisk Factors
Item 2
Item 3
Item 4
Item 5
Item 6

The names “SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc.,” “SELLAS,” the SELLAS logo, and other trademarks or service marks of SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are the property of SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. Other trademarks, service marks or trade names appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are the property of their respective owners. We do not intend the use or display of other companies’ trade names, trademarks or service marks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of or by either of, these other companies.
Unless the context otherwise indicates, references in these notes to the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries.

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements that reflect our current views with respect to our development programs, business strategy, business plan, financial performance and other future events. These statements include forward-looking statements both with respect to us, specifically, and our industry, in general. Such forward-looking statements include the words "expect," "intend,” "plan," "believe," "project," "estimate,” "may,” "should," "anticipate," "will" and similar statements of a future or forward-looking nature identify forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Forward-looking statements are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a widespread global health crisis that could adversely affect the economies and financial markets of many countries, resulting in an economic downturn that could impact our operating results. We expect the COVID-19 pandemic tomay continue to have both a direct and an indirect impact on our business operations and financial results however,and the business operations of our partners and collaborators, including direct and indirect economic effects as a result of inflation, supply chain disruptions and labor shortages. The extent of the impact on our clinical development and regulatory efforts and those of our partners and collaborators, our corporate development objectives, our financial position and the value of and market for our common stock will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence at this time, such as the ultimate duration of the pandemic, including infection rate and hospitalizations, the emergence of new variants, of COVID-19, the emergence of new geographic hotspots where the coronavirus is spreading more rapidly, travel restrictions, quarantines, social distancing and business closure requirements in the United States and in other countries, as well asincluding the European Union and China, and the effectiveness of actions taken globally to contain and treat the disease, including the availability of safe and effective vaccines and the uptake thereof, and whether existing vaccines are effective with respect to new variants.thereof. There are or will be important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, those factors set forth in the sections captioned "Business – Overview,” “Risk Factors,” “Legal Proceedings,” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20202021 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 23, 31, 2022 ("2021 ("2020 Annual Report") and in our other public filings with the SEC, all of which you should review carefully. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.


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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
June 30, 2021December 31, 2020June 30, 2022December 31, 2021
ASSETSASSETSASSETS
Current assets:Current assets:Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$29,917 $35,302 Cash and cash equivalents$26,987 $21,355 
Restricted cash and cash equivalentsRestricted cash and cash equivalents100 100 Restricted cash and cash equivalents100 100 
Stock subscription receivable2,240 
Contract asset1,128 
Prepaid expenses and other current assetsPrepaid expenses and other current assets2,318 395 Prepaid expenses and other current assets1,650 1,589 
Total current assetsTotal current assets34,575 36,925 Total current assets28,737 23,044 
Operating lease right-of-use asset812 896 
In-process research and development5,700 5,700 
Operating lease right-of-use assetsOperating lease right-of-use assets1,045 723 
GoodwillGoodwill1,914 1,914 Goodwill1,914 1,914 
Deposits and other assetsDeposits and other assets623 614 Deposits and other assets514 594 
Total assetsTotal assets$43,624 $46,049 Total assets$32,210 $26,275 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITYLIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITYLIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:Current liabilities:Current liabilities:
Accounts payableAccounts payable$2,276 $4,657 Accounts payable$3,339 $2,144 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilitiesAccrued expenses and other current liabilities1,781 1,913 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities3,006 2,640 
Operating lease liability182 166 
Deferred revenue5,600 
Operating lease liabilitiesOperating lease liabilities341 198 
Acquired in-process research and development payableAcquired in-process research and development payable5,500 — 
Total current liabilitiesTotal current liabilities4,239 12,336 Total current liabilities12,186 4,982 
Operating lease liability, non-current721 825 
Deferred tax liability239 239 
Operating lease liabilities, non-currentOperating lease liabilities, non-current783 610 
Warrant liabilityWarrant liability114 55 Warrant liability40 
Contingent considerationContingent consideration4,896 4,633 Contingent consideration181 296 
Total liabilitiesTotal liabilities10,209 18,088 Total liabilities13,153 5,928 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 6)00
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)00
Stockholders’ equity:Stockholders’ equity:Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; Series A convertible preferred stock, 17,500 shares designated; 0 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 350,000,000 shares authorized, 15,873,941 and 14,254,554 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; Series A convertible preferred stock, 17,500 shares designated; no shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; Series A convertible preferred stock, 17,500 shares designated; no shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021— — 
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 350,000,000 shares authorized, 20,551,918 and 15,895,637 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectivelyCommon stock, $0.0001 par value; 350,000,000 shares authorized, 20,551,918 and 15,895,637 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively
Additional paid-in capitalAdditional paid-in capital158,333 145,864 Additional paid-in capital182,816 158,948 
Accumulated deficitAccumulated deficit(124,920)(117,904)Accumulated deficit(163,761)(138,603)
Total stockholders’ equityTotal stockholders’ equity33,415 27,961 Total stockholders’ equity19,057 20,347 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equityTotal liabilities and stockholders’ equity$43,624 $46,049 Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$32,210 $26,275 

See accompanying notes to these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
20212020202120202022202120222021
Licensing revenueLicensing revenue$1,900 $$7,600 $Licensing revenue$— $1,900 $1,000 $7,600 
Operating expenses:Operating expenses:Operating expenses:
Cost of licensing revenueCost of licensing revenue100 200 Cost of licensing revenue— 100 100 200 
Research and developmentResearch and development3,456 2,280 7,740 4,144 Research and development5,529 3,456 10,140 7,740 
Acquired in-process research and developmentAcquired in-process research and development— — 10,000 — 
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative2,797 1,987 6,358 4,187 General and administrative3,094 2,797 6,118 6,358 
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses6,353 4,267 14,298 8,331 Total operating expenses8,623 6,353 26,358 14,298 
Operating lossOperating loss(4,453)(4,267)(6,698)(8,331)Operating loss(8,623)(4,453)(25,358)(6,698)
Non-operating income (expense), net:Non-operating income (expense), net:Non-operating income (expense), net:
Change in fair value of warrant liabilityChange in fair value of warrant liability(28)(16)(59)19 Change in fair value of warrant liability48 (28)37 (59)
Change in fair value of contingent considerationChange in fair value of contingent consideration(134)(143)(263)(281)Change in fair value of contingent consideration115 (134)115 (263)
Interest incomeInterest income25 Interest income46 48 
Total non-operating expense, net(160)(158)(318)(237)
Total non-operating income (expense), netTotal non-operating income (expense), net209 (160)200 (318)
Net lossNet loss(4,613)(4,425)(7,016)(8,568)Net loss$(8,414)$(4,613)$(25,158)$(7,016)
Deemed dividend arising from warrant modifications(78)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders$(4,613)$(4,425)$(7,016)$(8,646)
Per share information:Per share information:Per share information:
Net loss per common share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted$(0.30)$(0.66)$(0.47)$(1.32)
Net loss per common share, basic and dilutedNet loss per common share, basic and diluted$(0.41)$(0.30)$(1.39)$(0.47)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic and dilutedWeighted-average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted15,270,288 6,717,900 15,074,887 6,546,440 Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted20,286,624 15,270,288 18,104,176 15,074,887 

See accompanying notes to these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(Amounts in thousands, except share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2021
Common StockAdditional Paid-In CapitalAccumulated DeficitTotal Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
SharesAmount
Balance at March 31, 202115,084,754 $$149,047 $(120,307)$28,742 
Issuance of common stock and common stock warrants, net of issuance costs786,927 — 9,005 — 9,005 
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of warrants, net of offering costs2,260 — 17 — 17 
Stock-based compensation— — 264 — 264 
Net loss— — — (4,613)(4,613)
Balance at June 30, 202115,873,941 $$158,333 $(124,920)$33,415 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
Common StockAdditional Paid-In CapitalAccumulated DeficitTotal Stockholders' Equity
SharesAmount
Balance at December 31, 202014,254,554 $$145,864 $(117,904)$27,961 
Issuance of common stock and common stock warrants, net of issuance costs786,927 — 9,005 — 9,005 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2022
Common StockAdditional Paid-In CapitalAccumulated DeficitTotal Stockholders' Equity
SharesAmount
Balance at March 31, 2022Balance at March 31, 202215,905,999 $$159,370 $(155,347)$4,025 
Issuance of common stock and common stock warrants, net of issuance costsIssuance of common stock and common stock warrants, net of issuance costs4,645,919 — 22,996 — 22,996 
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation— — 450 — 450 
Net lossNet loss— — — (8,414)(8,414)
Balance at June 30, 2022Balance at June 30, 202220,551,918 $$182,816 $(163,761)$19,057 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2022
Common StockAdditional Paid-In CapitalAccumulated DeficitTotal Stockholders' Equity
SharesAmount
Balance at December 31, 2021Balance at December 31, 202115,895,637 $$158,948 $(138,603)$20,347 
Issuance of common stock and common stock warrants, net of issuance costsIssuance of common stock and common stock warrants, net of issuance costs4,645,919 — 22,996 — 22,996 
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase planIssuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan10,362 — 47 — 47 
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation— — 825 — 825 
Net lossNet loss— — — (25,158)(25,158)
Balance at June 30, 2022Balance at June 30, 202220,551,918 $$182,816 $(163,761)$19,057 
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of warrants832,460 3,016 — 3,017 
Stock-based compensation— — 448 — 448 
Net loss— — — (7,016)(7,016)
Balance at June 30, 202115,873,941 $$158,333 $(124,920)$33,415 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020Three Months Ended June 30, 2021
Common StockAdditional Paid-In CapitalAccumulated DeficitTotal Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)Common StockAdditional Paid-In CapitalAccumulated DeficitTotal Stockholders' Equity
SharesAmountSharesTotal Stockholders' Equity
Balance at March 31, 20206,717,900 $$113,351 $(105,290)$8,062 
Balance at March 31, 2021Balance at March 31, 202115,084,754 $$149,047 $(120,307)$28,742 
Issuance of common stock and common stock warrants, net of issuance costsIssuance of common stock and common stock warrants, net of issuance costs786,927 — 9,005 — 9,005 
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of warrantsIssuance of common stock upon exercise of warrants2,260 — 17 — 17 
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation— — 264 — 264 
Net lossNet loss— — — (4,613)(4,613)
Balance at June 30, 2021Balance at June 30, 202115,873,941 $$158,333 $(124,920)$33,415 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
Common StockAdditional Paid-In CapitalAccumulated DeficitTotal Stockholders' Equity
SharesAmount
Balance at December 31, 2020Balance at December 31, 202014,254,554 $$145,864 $(117,904)$27,961 
Issuance of common stock and common stock warrants, net of issuance costsIssuance of common stock and common stock warrants, net of issuance costs786,927 — 9,005 — 9,005 
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of warrantsIssuance of common stock upon exercise of warrants832,460 3,016 — 3,017 
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation— — 146 — 146 Stock-based compensation— — 448 — 448 
Net lossNet loss— — — (4,425)(4,425)Net loss— — — (7,016)(7,016)
Balance at June 30, 20206,717,900 $$113,497 $(109,715)$3,783 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
Common StockAdditional Paid-In CapitalAccumulated DeficitTotal Stockholders' Equity
SharesAmount
Balance at December 31, 20195,080,100 $$107,239 $(101,147)$6,093 
Issuance of common stock and common stock warrants, net of issuance costs1,189,000 — 5,963 — 5,963 
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of pre-funded warrants448,800 — — 
Stock-based compensation— — 291 — 291 
Net loss— — — (8,568)(8,568)
Balance at June 30, 20206,717,900 $$113,497 $(109,715)$3,783 
Balance at June 30, 2021Balance at June 30, 202115,873,941 $$158,333 $(124,920)$33,415 

See accompanying notes to these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts in thousands)
(Unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended June 30,For the Six Months Ended June 30,
2021202020222021
Cash flows from operating activities:Cash flows from operating activities:Cash flows from operating activities:
Net lossNet loss$(7,016)$(8,568)Net loss$(25,158)$(7,016)
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Acquired in-process research and development expenseAcquired in-process research and development expense10,000 — 
Non-cash stock-based compensationNon-cash stock-based compensation825 448 
Change in operating lease right of use assetsChange in operating lease right of use assets127 — 
Change in fair value of common stock warrantsChange in fair value of common stock warrants(37)59 
Change in fair value of contingent considerationChange in fair value of contingent consideration(115)263 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Contract assetContract asset— 1,128 
Non-cash stock-based compensation448 291 
Change in operating lease right of use assets24 
Change in fair value of common stock warrants59 (19)
Change in fair value of contingent consideration263 281 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Contract asset1,128 
Prepaid expenses and other assetsPrepaid expenses and other assets(1,932)(1,383)Prepaid expenses and other assets19 (1,932)
Accounts payableAccounts payable(2,381)(1,476)Accounts payable1,195 (2,381)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilitiesAccrued expenses and other current liabilities(136)638 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities366 (136)
Operating lease liabilitiesOperating lease liabilities(133)— 
Deferred revenueDeferred revenue(5,600)Deferred revenue— (5,600)
Net cash used in operating activitiesNet cash used in operating activities(12,911)(15,167)
Cash flows from investing activities:Cash flows from investing activities:
Cash paid for acquisition of in-process research and developmentCash paid for acquisition of in-process research and development(4,500)— 
Net cash used in investing activitiesNet cash used in investing activities(4,500)— 
Cash flows from financing activities:Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and common stock warrants, net of offering costsProceeds from issuance of common stock and common stock warrants, net of offering costs22,996 6,765 
Net cash used in operating activities(15,167)(10,212)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of offering costs6,765 5,963 
Collection of stock subscription receivable308 
Proceeds from employee stock purchasesProceeds from employee stock purchases47 — 
Net proceeds from exercise of warrantsNet proceeds from exercise of warrants3,017 Net proceeds from exercise of warrants— 3,017 
Net cash provided by financing activitiesNet cash provided by financing activities9,782 6,275 Net cash provided by financing activities23,043 9,782 
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents(5,385)(3,937)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalentsNet increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents5,632 (5,385)
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents at the beginning of periodCash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents at the beginning of period35,402 7,377 Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents at the beginning of period21,455 35,402 
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents at the end of periodCash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents at the end of period$30,017 $3,440 Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents at the end of period$27,087 $30,017 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash received during the period for interestCash received during the period for interest$$25 Cash received during the period for interest$48 $
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Payable for acquired in-process research and developmentPayable for acquired in-process research and development$5,500 $— 
Stock subscription receivableStock subscription receivable$2,240 $Stock subscription receivable$— $2,240 
Operating right of use asset and current and non-current lease liability$$976 
Offering expenses in accounts payable and accrued expenses and other current liabilities$$25 
Increase in operating right of use asset and current and non-current lease liabilityIncrease in operating right of use asset and current and non-current lease liability$449 $— 

See accompanying notes to these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


1. Description of Business

Overview

SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. (the "Company" or "SELLAS") is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on novel cancer immunotherapeuticstherapeutics for a broad range of cancer indications. SELLAS’ lead product candidate, galinpepimut-S ("GPS"), is a cancer immunotherapeutic agent licensed from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ("MSK") and targets the Wilms Tumor 1 ("WT1") protein, which is present in 20 or more canceran array of tumor types. Based on its mechanism of action as a directly immunizing agent, GPS has potential as a monotherapy or in combination with other immunotherapeutic agents to address a broad spectrum of hematologic, or blood, cancers and solid tumor indications. SELLAS’SELLAS' second product candidate nelipepimut-Sis GFH009, a small molecule, highly selective cyclin-dependent kinase 9 ("NPS"CDK9") inhibitor, which is licensed from GenFleet Therapeutics (Shanghai), is a cancer immunotherapy targetingInc., for all therapeutic and diagnostic uses in the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 ("HER2") expressing cancers with potential for the treatmentworld outside of patients with early stage breast cancer with low to intermediate HER2 expression, otherwise known as HER2 1+ or 2+, which includes triple negative breast cancer ("TNBC") patients, following standard of care.Greater China.

As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q,
2. Liquidity

On April 5, 2022, the wordsCompany closed an underwritten public offering (the "April 2022 Offering"), issuing 4,629,630 shares of common stock and accompanying common stock warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,629,630 shares of common stock. The shares of common stock and accompanying common stock warrants were sold at a combined price of $5.40 per share and accompanying common stock warrant. Each common stock warrant sold with the "Company," and "SELLAS" refershares of common stock represents the right to SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries following the completionpurchase 1 share of the business combination with Galena Biopharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Galena"),Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $5.40 per share. The common stock warrants are exercisable immediately and SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Ltd., a privately held Bermuda exempted company ("Private SELLAS"), in December 2017. This business combination is referredwill expire on April 5, 2027, five years from the date of issuance. The net proceeds to as the Merger. Upon completionCompany from the April 2022 Offering, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, and excluding the exercise of the Merger, the Company's name changed from "Galena Biopharma, Inc." to "SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc." and the Company's financial statements became those of Private SELLAS.any warrants, were approximately $23.0 million.

On March 11, 2020,31, 2022, the World Health Organization declaredCompany entered into an exclusive license agreement with GenFleet Therapeutics (Shanghai) Inc. ("GenFleet") pursuant to which GenFleet granted to the outbreakCompany a sublicensable, royalty-bearing license, under certain of its intellectual property, to develop, manufacture, and commercialize a new coronavirus to be a “pandemic”small molecule CDK9 inhibitor for the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of disease in humans and animals in all countries and territories of the world other than mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (the "GFH009 Territory"). The COVID-19 pandemic continues to present substantial public health and economic challenges around the world which have impacted, and will continue to impact, millions of individuals and business worldwide. Efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus since March 2020 have led to travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, shelter-in-place orders and shutdowns. The CompanyCDK9 inhibitor, GFH009, is continuously monitoring the impact of the pandemic on itscurrently in a Phase 1 clinical development programs. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic directly or indirectly impacts the Company's business, results of operations and financial condition will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain, subject to change and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the actions taken to contain or treat COVID-19, the ultimate overall duration of the pandemic, the emergence of new variants of COVID-19, the emergence of new geographic hotspots where the coronavirus is spreading more rapidly, and continued or new travel restrictions, quarantines, social distancing and business closure requirementstrial in the United States and in other countries, as well as the effectiveness of actions taken globally to contain and treat the coronavirus, including the availability of safe and effective vaccines and the uptake thereof and whether existing vaccines are effective with respect to new variants. In particular, the continued spread of the coronavirus globally could adversely impact the Company's clinical trial operations and could have an adverse impact on our business and the financial results.China.

In consideration for the exclusive license, the Company agreed to pay GenFleet (i) an upfront and technology transfer fee of $10.0 million, of which $4.5 million was paid in April 2022 and $5.5 million is due upon the first day of the 15th calendar month following the effective date of the license agreement, (ii) development and regulatory milestone payments for up to three indications totaling up to $48.0 million in the aggregate, and (iii) sales milestone payments totaling up to $92.0 million in the aggregate upon the achievement of certain net sales thresholds in a given calendar year. The Company has also agreed to pay GenFleet single-digit tiered royalties based upon a percentage of annual net sales of GFH009 in the GFH009 Territory, with the royalty rate escalating based on the level of annual net sales ranging from the low to high single digits.

On March 31, 2022, the Company announced that an investigational new drug ("IND") application filed by 3D Medicines Inc. ("3DMed"), pursuant to its Exclusive License Agreement with the Company (the “3DMed License Agreement) for a small Phase 1 clinical trial investigating safety of GPS in China, was approved by China's National Medical Products Administration ("NMPA"). The IND approval by the NMPA triggered a $1.0 million milestone payment to the Company which was recognized as licensing revenue in the first quarter of 2022 and payment was received in May 2022. An additional $191.5 million in potential future development, regulatory, and sales milestones, not including future royalties, remains under the 3DMed License Agreement as of June 30, 2022, which milestones are variable in nature and not under the Company's control. The current clinical development plan provides for initiation of a Phase 2 clinical trial following receipt of satisfactory safety data from the Phase 1 clinical trial. In addition, the Company and 3DMed are planning a regulatory submission in China by the end of 2022 for the commencement of a Phase 1 or Phase 1/2 clinical trial of GPS in combination with envafolimab, 3DMed's checkpoint inhibitor which has been approved in China and is the first single-domain PD-L1 targeting antibody
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2. Liquidity

Since inception,administered by rapid subcutaneous injection. Under the Company has incurred recurring losses and negative cash flows from operations and, asterms of June 30, 2021, has an accumulated deficitthe 3DMed License Agreement, the initiation of $124.9 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company used $15.2 million of cash in operations which included a net loss of $7.0 million, a $1.9 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets primarily for insurance and prepaidPhase 2 clinical trial costs,will trigger a $5.6 million decrease in deferred revenue duemilestone payment to the recognition of licensing revenues and a $2.5 million decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses and other current liabilities, partially offset by a $1.1 million decrease of contract acquisition costs related to the out-licensing of intellectual property rights and transfer of technical know-how and various net non-cash charges of $0.7 million. The Company expects to continue to generate operating losses and negative cash flows for the next few years and will need additional funding to support its planned operating activities through profitability. The transition to profitability is dependent upon the successful development, approval, and commercialization of the Company's product candidates and the achievement of a level of revenues adequate to support its cost structure.Company.

On April 16, 2021, the Company entered into a Controlled Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement (the "Sales Agreement") with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (the "Agent"). From time to time during the term of the Sales Agreement, the Company may offer and sell shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price up to a total of $50.0 million in gross proceeds. The Agent will collect a fee equal to 3% of the gross sales price of all shares of common stock sold. Shares of common stock sold under the Sales Agreement will beare offered and sold pursuant to the Company's registration statement on Form S-3, which was filed with the SEC on April 16, 2021 and was declared effective on April 29, 2021. During the three monthsyear ended June 30,December 31, 2021, the Company sold a total of 786,927 shares of common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement at an average price of $12.04 per share for aggregate net proceeds of approximately $9.0 million, of which approximately $2.2 million in net proceeds were received in July 2021 and classified as a stock subscription receivable as ofmillion. During the six months ended June 30, 2021.2022, the Company sold an additional 16,289 shares of common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement at an average price of $3.16 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $0.1 million. There remains approximately $40.5 million available for future sales of shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement. Other than the Sales Agreement, the Company currently does not have any commitments to obtain additional funds.

TheSince inception, the Company received $1.0 millionhas incurred recurring losses and $2.0 million duringnegative cash flows from operations and, as of June 30, 2022, has an accumulated deficit of $163.8 million. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively,2022, the Company incurred a net loss of $25.2 million, which includes a one-time $10.0 million expense for acquired in-process research and development related to the upfront license fee for GFH009, and used $12.9 million of cash in operations. The Company expects to generate losses from operations for the achievement of certainforeseeable future primarily due to research and development milestones pursuant tocosts for its product candidates, which raises substantial doubt about the Company's Exclusive License Agreement (the "3DMed License Agreement) with 3D Medicines, Inc. ("3DMed"). An additional $192.5 million in potential future certain development, regulatory, and sales milestones remains under the 3DMed License Agreement, which milestones are variable in nature and not under the Company's control.ability to continue as a going concern.

As of June 30, 2021,2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $29.9$27.0 million and restricted cash and cash equivalents of $0.1 million, and $2.2 million of stock subscription receivable which cash was received in July 2021.million. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern, the Company evaluated whether there are conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the consolidated financial statements are issued. The Company expects its cash and cash equivalents together with access to the Sales Agreement to sell common stock, will not be sufficient to fund its current planned operations for at least the next 12twelve months from the date of issuance of these financial statements. The Company has prepared its consolidated financial statements thoughassuming that it may pursue additional capital resources through public or private equity or debt financings or by entering into additional license agreements or collaborations with other companies. Management's expectations with respect to its ability to fund current planned operations is based on estimates that are subject to riskswill continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and uncertainties. If actual results are different from management's estimates, the Company may need to seek additional strategic or financing opportunities sooner than would otherwise be expected. There is no guarantee that anysatisfaction of these strategic or financing opportunities will be executed or executed on favorable terms, and some could be dilutive to existing stockholders. Ifliabilities in the Company is unable to obtain additional funding on a timely basis, it may be forced to significantly curtail, delay, or discontinue one or morenormal course of its planned research and development programs or be unable to expand its operations or otherwise prepare for the potential regulatory approval and commercialization of its product candidates, assuming positive data.business.

The Company will require substantial additional financing to commercially develop any current or future product candidates. Alternatively, the Company will be required to scale back its plans and place certain activities on hold. Other than the Sales Agreement, the Company currently does not have any commitments to obtain additional funds, and may be unable to obtain sufficient funding in the future on acceptable terms, if at all. The Company's management continues to evaluate different strategies to obtain the required funding for future operations. These strategies may include utilizing the Sales Agreement, public and private placements of equity and/or debt securities, payments from potential strategic research and development collaborations, and licensing and/or marketing arrangements with pharmaceutical companies. Additionally, the Company may continue to pursue discussions with global and regional pharmaceutical companies for licensing and/or co-development rights to its product candidates.

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3. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

The Company's complete summary of significant accounting policies can be found in "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 3. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies" in the audited annual consolidated financial statements included in the 20202021 Annual Report. The significant accounting policies summarized and included in the 20202021 Annual Report have not materially changed, except as set forth below.

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Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to U.S. GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC")ASC and Accounting Standards Updates ("ASUs") of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB").

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation. Unless the context otherwise indicates, reference in these notes to the "Company" refer to SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Private SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Ltd., a privately held Bermuda exempted company, SLSG Limited, LLC, Sellas Life Sciences Limited, and Apthera, Inc. The functional currency of the Company's non-U.S. operations is the U.S. dollar.

Unaudited Interim Results

These consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the Company's annual consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the 20202021 Annual Report. The accompanying consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 20212022 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 20212022 and 2020,2021, are unaudited, but include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring entries, that management believes to be necessary for a fair presentation of the periods presented. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. Balance sheet amounts as of December 31, 20202021 have been derived from the audited financial statements as of that date.

ReclassificationImpact of COVID-19

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassifiedThe ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, including the surges of cases from various variants, continues to conformdisrupt the Company’s business operations and those of its collaborators, including 3DMed and GenFleet, contractors, contract research organizations (“CROs”), suppliers, clinical sites, contract manufacturing organizations (“CMOs”), and other partners. The COVID-19 pandemic has and may continue to current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effectaffect the health and availability of the Company’s workforce and that of the third-parties it relies on, such as its CROs, clinical sites, CMOs, and other contractors as well as the Company's loss fromgovernmental agencies, such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and health authorities in other countries which could delay or otherwise adversely impact the ability of such parties to fulfill their obligations. The Company is continuously monitoring the impact of the pandemic on its clinical development programs. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to directly or indirectly impact the Company’s business, results of operations net loss, and net loss per share.financial condition will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain, subject to change and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the duration of the outbreak, the continued availability and efficacy of vaccines and booster shots, new information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19, the emergence of new variants of COVID-19, the actions to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, including continuing or new lockdowns, among others, and the direct and indirect economic effects of the pandemic, including as a result of inflation, supply chain disruptions and labor shortages.

Stock Subscription ReceivableAcquired In-Process Research and Development

In accordance with FASB ASC 505-10-45-2, Receivables for Issuance of Equity,Costs incurred in obtaining technology licenses are immediately recognized as acquired in-process research and development expense, provided the Company recorded a stock subscription receivable as of June 30, 2021technology licensed has no alternative future use. Payments related to contingent consideration such as development milestones, commercial milestones and royalties (Note 5) will be recognized when the sale, prior to June 30, 2021contingency is probable and before the financial statements are issued or available to be issued, of 157,130 shares of common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement for net proceeds of $2.2 million which cash was collected on July 2, 2021.reasonably estimable as prescribed by ASC 450, Contingencies.

Time-Vested Restricted Stock Units

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Board of Directors granted restricted stock units ("RSUs") to employees that vest based on continuous service. Time-vested RSUs awarded to employees vest one-fourth per year annually over four years, provided the employee remains employed with the Company. The fair values of the RSUs are measured on the date of grant and are based on the Company's closing stock price on such date. Compensation expense for RSUs with only service conditions is recognized straight-line over the applicable service period. The Company accounts for forfeitures of RSUs when they occur. Previously recognized compensation expense for forfeited RSUs are reversed in the period the RSUs are forfeited.

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Net Loss Per Share

Net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. Diluted loss per share includes the effect, if any, from the potential exercise or conversion of securities, such as warrants, stock options and unvested
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restricted stock that would result in the issuance of incremental shares of common stock. In computing the basic and diluted net loss per share, the weighted average number of shares remains the same for both calculations due to the fact that, when a net loss exists, dilutive shares are not included in the calculation as the impact is anti-dilutive.

The following potentially dilutive securities outstanding have been excluded from the computation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding, as they would be anti-dilutive (in thousands):
Six Months Ended June 30,
20212020
Common stock warrants559 1,120 
Stock options520 208 
RSUs210 170 
1,289 1,498 

Recent Accounting Standards Adopted and Recent Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

Six Months Ended June 30,
20222021
Common stock warrants5,148 559 
Stock options1,012 520 
Restricted stock units ("RSUs")297 210 
6,457 1,289 
Recent Accounting Standards Adopted

In December 2019,May 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12,No. 2021-04, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying theIssuer’s Accounting for Income TaxesCertain Modifications of Exchanges of Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options which, among other things, eliminates certain exceptions in the current rules regarding the approach for intraperiod tax allocations and the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period, and clarifiesto clarify the accounting for transactionsmodifications or exchanges of freestanding equity-classified written call options, such as warrants, that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill. The standard was adopted byremain equity classified after modification or exchange. This ASU became effective for the Company on January 1, 2021. This new standard2022 and did not have a material impact on the Company’sCompany's consolidated financial statements.

Recent accounting standards not yet adoptedAccounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity which, among other things, simplifies the accounting models for the allocation of proceeds attributable to the issuance of a convertible debt instrument. As a result, after adopting the ASU’s guidance, entities will not separately present in equity an embedded conversion feature in such debt. Instead, they will account for a convertible debt instrument wholly as debt, and for convertible preferred stock wholly as preferred stock (i.e., as a single unit of account), unless (i) a convertible instrument contains features that require bifurcation as a derivative under ASC 815 or (ii) a convertible debt instrument was issued at a substantial premium. The standard becomes effective for the Company in the first quarter of 20222024 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of the adoption of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.


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4. Fair Value Measurements

The following tables present information about the Company's assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):
 
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DescriptionJune 30, 2022Quoted Prices In
Active Markets
(Level 1)
Significant Other
Observable 
Inputs (Level 2)
Unobservable 
Inputs
(Level 3)
Assets:
Cash equivalents$25,984 $25,984 $— $— 
Restricted cash equivalents100 100 — — 
Total assets measured and recorded at fair value$26,084 $26,084 $— $— 
Liabilities:
Warrant liability$$— $— $
Contingent consideration181 — — 181 
Total liabilities measured and recorded at fair value$184 $— $— $184 
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DescriptionJune 30, 2021Quoted Prices In
Active Markets
(Level 1)
Significant Other
Observable 
Inputs (Level 2)
Unobservable 
Inputs
(Level 3)
Assets:
Cash equivalents$29,455 $29,455 $$
Restricted cash equivalents100 100 
Total assets measured and recorded at fair value$29,555 $29,555 $$
Liabilities:
Warrant liability$114 $$$114 
Contingent consideration4,896 4,896 
Total liabilities measured and recorded at fair value$5,010 $$$5,010 
DescriptionDescriptionDecember 31, 2020Quoted Prices In  
Active Markets
(Level 1)
Significant Other
Observable 
Inputs (Level 2)
Unobservable 
Inputs
(Level 3)
DescriptionDecember 31, 2021Quoted Prices In 
Active Markets
(Level 1)
Significant Other
Observable 
Inputs (Level 2)
Unobservable 
Inputs
(Level 3)
Assets:Assets:Assets:
Cash equivalentsCash equivalents$34,959 $34,959 $$Cash equivalents$21,000 $21,000 $— $— 
Restricted cash equivalentsRestricted cash equivalents100 100 Restricted cash equivalents100 100 — — 
Total assets measured and recorded at fair valueTotal assets measured and recorded at fair value$35,059 $35,059 $$Total assets measured and recorded at fair value$21,100 $21,100 $— $— 
Liabilities:Liabilities:Liabilities:
Warrant liabilityWarrant liability$55 $$$55 Warrant liability$40 $— $— $40 
Contingent considerationContingent consideration4,633 4,633 Contingent consideration296 — — 296 
Total liabilities measured and recorded at fair valueTotal liabilities measured and recorded at fair value$4,688 $$$4,688 Total liabilities measured and recorded at fair value$336 $— $— $336 

The Company did not transfer any financial instruments into or out of Level 3 classification, during the six months ended June 30, 20212022 or during the year ended December 31, 2020.2021. See Note 8,9, Warrants to Acquire Shares of Common Stock, for a reconciliation of the changes in the fair value of the warrant liability for the six months ended June 30, 2021.2022.

A reconciliation of the change in the fair value of the contingent consideration liability for the six months ended June 30, 20212022 is as follows (in thousands):
 Fair Value
Measurements
Using Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Contingent consideration, December 31, 20202021$4,633296 
Change in the estimated fair value of the contingent consideration263 (115)
Contingent consideration, June 30, 20212022$4,896181 

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The contingent consideration relates to Galena's acquisition of Apthera, Inc. in 2011 and the future contingent payments of up to $32.0 million based on the achievement of certain development and commercial milestones relating to the Company’s NPSnelipepimut-S ("NPS") product candidate, of which $2.0 million has been paid to date. The remaining contingent consideration of up to $30.0 million is payable at the election of the Company in either cash or shares of common stock, provided that the Company may not issue any shares in satisfaction of any contingent consideration, unless it has first obtained approval from its stockholders in accordance with Rule 5635(a) of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.
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the contingent consideration is measured at the end of each reporting period using Level 3 inputs. The fair value of development and regulatory milestones are estimated utilizing a probability adjusted, discounted cash flow approach and the fair value of net sales milestones is estimated utilizing an option pricing model with Monte Carlo simulation.

The following significant unobservable assumptions includeinputs were used in the probability of achieving each milestone, the date the Company expects to reach the milestone, and a determination of present value factors used to discount future expected cash outflows. Changes in fair value reflect new information about the probability and anticipated timing of meeting the conditionsvaluation of the milestone payments. In the absence of new information, changes in fair value will only reflect the interest component of contingent consideration related to the passage of time. As of June 30, 2021, estimated future contingent milestone payments related to the Company's business range from 0, if no milestone events are achieved, to a maximum of $30.0 million if all development and commercial milestones are reached. As of June 30, 2021, resulting probability-weighted cash flows were discounted using a weighted average cost of capital of 11.8% for development milestones and cost of debt of 5.4% for the commercial milestones. The Company estimates the timing of achievement of these development milestones to range from liability:
five
to eight years as of June 30, 2021.
As of June 30, 2022As of December 31, 2021
Potential milestone payments$0 - $30 million$0 - $30 million
Discount rate16.5 %15.5 %
Cumulative probability of success5.3 %5.3 %
Projected years of payments2028 - 20312028 - 2031

5. Balance Sheet AccountsAcquired In-Process Research and Development

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):
June 30, 2021December 31, 2020
Insurance$1,247 $221 
Clinical trial costs996 95 
Professional fees72 49 
Other30 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets$2,318 $395 
Exclusive License Agreement with GenFleet Therapeutics (Shanghai) Inc.

On March 31, 2022, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement with GenFleet pursuant to which GenFleet granted to the Company a sublicensable, royalty-bearing license, under certain of its intellectual property, to develop, manufacture, and commercialize GFH009 for the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of disease in humans and animals in the GFH009 Territory. GFH009 is currently in a Phase 1 clinical trial in the United States and China.

Accrued expensesIn consideration for the exclusive license, the Company has agreed to pay to GenFleet (i) an upfront and other current liabilities consisttechnology transfer fee of $10.0 million, of which $4.5 million was paid in April 2022 and $5.5 million is due upon the first day of the 15th calendar month following (in thousands):the effective date of the license agreement, (ii) development and regulatory milestone payments for up to three indications totaling up to $48.0 million in the aggregate, and (iii) sales milestone payments totaling up to $92.0 million in the aggregate upon the achievement of certain net sales thresholds in a given calendar year. The Company has also agreed to pay GenFleet single-digit tiered royalties based upon a percentage of annual net sales of GFH009 in the GFH009 Territory, with the royalty rate escalating based on the level of annual net sales ranging from the low to high single digits.
June 30, 2021December 31, 2020
Clinical trial costs$806 $631 
Compensation and related benefits576 812 
Professional fees149 276 
Other250 194 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities$1,781 $1,913 

During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company expensed $10.0 million related to the acquired technology as in-process research and development based on the assessment that the technology has no alternative future use, $4.5 million of which was paid in April 2022 and the remaining $5.5 million expected to be paid by the end of the second quarter of 2023 for which the Company has recorded a current payable as of June 30, 2022.


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6. Balance Sheet Accounts

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):
June 30, 2022December 31, 2021
Insurance$1,206 $217 
Clinical development240 1,309 
Professional fees111 36 
Other93 27 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets$1,650 $1,589 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
June 30, 2022December 31, 2021
Clinical trial costs$1,815 $1,325 
Compensation and related benefits869 989 
Professional fees30 165 
Other292 161 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities$3,006 $2,640 

7. Commitments and Contingencies

LeaseLeases

The Company has a non-cancelable operating lease for certain executive, administrative, and general business office space for its headquarters in New York, New York, which began on June 5, 2020, was amended in February 2022 to add additional space, and has a term through December 31, 2024. The Company assessed the lease amendment for the additional space and determined it should be accounted for as a separate contract.

The weighted average discount rate of the Company's operating leaseleases under FASB Topic ASC 842: 842,Leases is the Company's estimated incremental borrowing rate of 13%approximately 13.95%. As of June 30, 2021,2022, the lease hasleases have a remaining term of 3.52.50 years.

Rent expense related to the Company's operating leaseleases was approximately $0.1 million for for each of the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, and 2020$0.2 million and $0.1 million and $0.2 million forfor the six months ended June 30, 20212022 and 2020,2021, respectively. The Company made cash payments related to its operating leaseleases of approximately $0.1 million for each of the three months ended June 30, 20212022 and 20202021 and $0.2 million for each of the six months ended June 30, 20212022 and 2020. 2021.

Future minimum lease payments under the Company's non-cancelable operating lease are as follows as of June 30, 20212022 (in thousands):

Future minimum lease payments:Future minimum lease payments:Future minimum lease payments:
2021 (remaining)$152 
2022311 
2022 (remaining)2022 (remaining)$253 
20232023321 2023518 
20242024330 2024533 
Total future minimum lease paymentsTotal future minimum lease payments1,114 Total future minimum lease payments1,304 
Less: imputed interestLess: imputed interest(211)Less: imputed interest(180)
Current and non-current operating lease liability$903 
Current and non-current operating lease liabilitiesCurrent and non-current operating lease liabilities$1,124 

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Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company is subject to various pending or threatened legal actions and proceedings, including those that arise in the ordinary course of its business, which may include employment matters, breach of contract disputes and stockholder litigation. Such actions and proceedings are subject to many uncertainties and to outcomes that are not predictable with assurance and that may not be known for extended periods of time. The Company records a liability in its consolidated financial statements for costs related to claims, including future legal costs, settlements and judgments, when the Company has assessed that a loss is probable and an amount can be reasonably estimated. If the reasonable estimate of a probable loss is a range, the Company records the most probable estimate of the loss or the minimum amount when no amount within the range is a better estimate than any other amount. The Company discloses a contingent liability even if the liability is not probable or the amount is not estimable, or both, if there is a reasonable possibility that a material loss may have been incurred. In the opinion of management, as of the date hereof,of filing of these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements as of and for the period ended June 30, 2022, the amount of liability, if any, with respect to these matters, individually or in the aggregate, will not materially affect the Company’s consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

The Company’s predecessor company, Galena, As of June 30, 2022 there was involved in multiple legal proceedings and administrative actions, including stockholder class actions, both state and federal. The remaining legal proceedings to which the Company is now subject are as follows:


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On February 13, 2017, certain putative shareholder securities class action complaints were filed in federal court alleging, among other things, that Galena and certain of Galena's former officers and directors failed to disclose that Galena’s promotional practices for Abstral® (fentanyl sublingual tablets) were allegedly improper and that Galena may be subject to civil and criminal liability, and that these alleged failures rendered Galena’s statements about its business misleading. The actions were consolidated, lead plaintiffs were named by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and a consolidated complaint was filed. The Company filed a motion to dismiss the consolidated complaint. On August 21, 2018, the Company's motion to dismiss the consolidated complaint was granted without prejudice to file an amended complaint. On September 20, 2018, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. On October 22, 2018, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint. On November 13, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey granted the Company's motion to dismiss without prejudice to file an amended complaint. On December 20, 2019, the lead plaintiffs filed a second Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint. On January 29, 2020, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint. On January 5, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey granted the Company's motion to dismiss without prejudice to file an amended complaint. On February 18, 2021, the lead plaintiffs filed a third Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint. The Company has reached a settlement in principle with the plaintiffs in this action which is subject to final documentation and court approval and which will be fully covered by the Company's directors and officers insurance policy applicable to this case.

In March 2017, a derivative complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company’s former directors and Galena, as a nominal defendant. In July 2017, a derivative complaint was filed in California state court against the Company’s former directors and Galena, as a nominal defendant. In January 2018, a derivative complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company’s former directors, officers and employees, and the Company as a nominal defendant. These complaints purport to assert derivative claims for breach of fiduciary duty on the Company’s behalf against the Company’s former directors and, in certain of the complaints, the Company’s current directors, and the Company’s former officers and former employees, based on substantially similar facts as alleged in the putative shareholder securities class action complaints mentioned above. The derivative lawsuit filed in California state court is currently stayedno pending resolution of a motion to dismiss in the referenced securities class action. On July 13, 2020 and July 16, 2020, respectively, the Company filed motions to dismiss the 2 complaints filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The Company has reached a settlement in principle with the plaintiffs in these three cases which is subject to final documentation and court approval and which will be fully covered by the Company's directors and officers insurance policy applicable to these cases.or threatened litigation.


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7.8. Stockholders’ Equity

Preferred Stock

The Company has authorized up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share, for issuance. There were no preferred shares outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

Common Stock

The Company has authorized up to 350,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, for issuance.

As of June 30, 2021,2022, the Company has shares of common stock reserved for future issuance as follows (in thousands):

Warrants outstanding5595,148 
Stock options outstanding5201,012 
RSUs outstanding210297 
Shares reserved for future issuance under the Company’s 2019 Equity Incentive Plan463666 
Shares reserved for future issuance under the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan300290 
Shares reserved for future issuance under the 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan11 
Total common stock reserved for future issuance2,0637,413 

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9. Warrants to Acquire Shares of Common Stock

Warrants Outstanding

The following is a summary of the activity of the Company's warrants to acquire shares of common stock for the six months ended June 30, 20212022 (in thousands):
 
Warrant IssuanceWarrant IssuanceOutstanding, December 31, 2020GrantedExercisedCanceled/ExpiredOutstanding, June 30, 2021ExpirationWarrant IssuanceOutstanding, December 31, 2021GrantedCanceled/ExpiredOutstanding, June 30, 2022Exercise Price per ShareExpiration
Warrants classified as equity:Warrants classified as equity:
April 2022 OfferingApril 2022 Offering— 4,630 — 4,630 $5.40 April 2027
January 2020 OfferingJanuary 2020 Offering309 — — 309 $3.93 July 2025
July 2020 PIPE OfferingJuly 2020 PIPE Offering445 (420)25 August 2025July 2020 PIPE Offering25 — — 25 $3.30 August 2025
January 2020 Offering719 (410)309 July 2025
June 2019 Offering(1)June 2024
July 2018 OfferingJuly 2018 Offering132 — — 132 $7.50 July 2023
March 2019 Exercise AgreementMarch 2019 Exercise Agreement63 63 March 2024March 2019 Exercise Agreement30 — — 30 $7.50 March 2024
July 2018 Offering141 (1)140 July 2023
OtherOther22 (1)21 November 2021 - November 2023Other— — $306.66 December 2022 - June 2024
505 4,630 — 5,135 
Warrants classified as liabilityWarrants classified as liability14 — (1)13 $7.50 September 2023 - November 2023
519 4,630 (1)5,148 
1,392 (832)(1)559 

Warrants to acquire shares of common stock primarily consist of equity-classified warrants. In addition, warrants to acquire shares of common stock that may be settledrequire the Company to settle in cash which are liability-classified warrants, and equity-classified warrants.

Warrants Classified as Equity

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Warrants Classified as Liabilities

Liability-classified warrants consist of warrants to acquire common stock issued in connection with certain previous equity financings. These warrants may be settled in cash and were determined not to be indexed to the Company’s common stock.

The estimated fair value of outstanding warrants accounted for as liabilities is determined at each balance sheet date. Any decrease or increase in the estimated fair value of the warrant liability since the most recent balance sheet date is recorded in the consolidated statement of operations as change in fair value of warrant liability. The fair value of the warrants is estimated using a Black-Scholes pricing model with the following inputs:
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As of June 30, 2021
Warrant IssuanceOutstanding (in thousands)Strike price (per share)Expected term (years)Volatility %Risk-free rate %
Other warrants (liability-classified)13 $7.50 2.26151.45 %0.30 %
As of December 31, 2020
Warrant IssuanceOutstanding (in thousands)Strike price (per share)Expected term (years)Volatility %Risk-free rate %
Other warrants (liability-classified)13 $7.50 2.75150.38 %0.16 %
June 30, 2022December 31, 2021
Risk free interest rate2.83 %0.65 %
Volatility90.76 %131.04 %
Expected term (years)1.261.75
Expected dividend yield— %— %
Strike price$7.50 $7.50 

The expected volatility assumptions are based on the Company's implied volatility in combination with the implied volatilities of similar publicly traded entities. The expected life assumption is based on the remaining contractual terms of the warrants. The risk-free rate is based on the 0zero coupon rates in effect at the time of valuation. The dividend yield used in the pricing model is 0,zero, because the Company has no present intention to pay cash dividends.

The changes in fair value of the warrant liability for the six months ended June 30, 20212022 were as follows (in thousands):
 
Warrant IssuanceWarrant liability, December 31, 2020Change in fair value of warrantsWarrant liability, June 30, 2021
Other warrants (liability-classified)$55 $59 $114 
$55 $59 $114 
Warrant liability, December 31, 2021$40 
Change in fair value of warrants(37)
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9.10. License Revenue with 3D Medicines, Inc.

Exclusive License Agreement with 3D Medicines Inc.

In December 2020, the Company, together with its wholly-owned subsidiary, SLSG Limited, LLC, entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “3DMed License Agreement”) with 3D Medicines Inc. ("3DMed"), pursuant to which the Company granted 3DMed a sublicensable, royalty-bearing license, under certain intellectual property owned or controlled by the Company, to develop, manufacture and have manufactured, and commercialize GPS and heptavalent GPS (referred to as GPS Plus) product candidates ("GPS Licensed Products") for all therapeutic and other diagnostic uses in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan ("3DMed Territory"). The license is exclusive, except with respect to certain know-how that has been non-exclusively licensed to the Company and is sublicensed to 3DMed on a non-exclusive basis. The Company has retained development, manufacturing and commercialization rights with respect to the GPS Licensed Products in the rest of the world.

In partial consideration for the rights granted by the Company, 3DMed agreed to pay the Company (i) a one-time upfront cash payment of $7.5 million, and (ii) milestone payments totaling up to $194.5 million in the aggregate upon the achievement of certain technology transfer, development and regulatory milestones, as well as sales milestones based on certain net sales thresholds of GPS Licensed Products in the 3DMed Territory in a given calendar year. The Company is responsible for providing the licensed technology and data (the "3DMed License") as well as transferring certain technological and manufacturing know-how (the "transfer of know-how").

3DMed also agreed to pay tiered royalties based upon a percentage of annual net sales of GPS Licensed Products in the 3DMed Territory ranging from the high single digits to the low double digits. The royalties are payable on a GPS Licensed Product-by-GPS Licensed Product and region-by-region basis commencing on the first commercial sale of a GPS Licensed Product in a region and continuing until the latest of (i) the date that is 15 years from the receipt of marketing authorization for such GPS Licensed Product in such region and (ii) the date that is 10 years from the expiration of the last valid claim of a licensed patent covering or claiming such GPS Licensed Product in such region. The royalty rate is subject to reduction under certain circumstances, including when generic competition for a GPS Licensed Product exists in a particular region.

3DMed is responsible for all costs related to developing, obtaining regulatory approval of and commercializing the GPS Licensed Products in the 3DMed Territory. 3DMed is required to use commercially reasonable best efforts to develop and obtain regulatory approval for, and upon receipt of regulatory approval, commercialize the GPS Licensed Products in the 3DMed Territory. A joint steering committee has been established between 3DMed and the Company to coordinate and review the development, manufacturing and commercialization plans with respect to the GPS Licensed Products in the 3DMed Territory. The Company and 3DMed also agreed to negotiate in good faith the terms and conditions of a clinical supply agreement, a commercial supply agreement, and related quality agreements pursuant to which the Company will manufacture or have manufactured and supply 3DMed with all quantities of the GPS Licensed Products necessary for 3DMed to develop and commercialize the GPS Licensed Products in the 3DMed Territory until 3DMed has received all approvals required for 3DMed or its designated contract manufacturing organization to manufacture the GPS Licensed Products in the 3DMed Territory.

The 3DMed License Agreement will expire on a GPS Licensed Product-by-GPS Licensed Product and region-by-region basis on the date of the expiration of all of 3DMed’s payment obligations to the Company. Upon expiration of the 3DMed License Agreement, the license granted to 3DMed will become fully paid-up, perpetual and irrevocable. Either party may terminate the 3DMed License Agreement for the other party’s material breach following a cure period or upon certain insolvency events. The Company may terminate the 3DMed License Agreement if 3DMed or its affiliates or sublicensees challenge the validity or enforceability of the licensed patents. At any time following the two-year anniversary of the effective date, 3DMed has the right to terminate the 3DMed License Agreement for convenience, subject to certain requirements. 3DMed may terminate the 3DMed License Agreement upon prior notice to the Company if the grant of the license to 3DMed is prohibited or delayed for a period of time due to a change of U.S. export laws and regulations.

The 3DMed License Agreement includes customary representations and warranties, covenants and indemnification obligations for a transaction of this nature.
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Revenue Recognition

The Company evaluated the 3DMed License Agreement and concluded that 3DMed was a customer and the 3DMed License Agreement should be evaluated under ASC 606. In determining the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized under ASC 606 as the Company fulfills its obligations under the 3DMed License Agreement, the Company performs the following steps: (i) identifies the promised goods or services in the contract; (ii) determines whether the promised goods or services are performance obligations including whether they are distinct in the context of the contract; (iii) measures the transaction price, including any constraints on variable consideration; (iv) allocates the transaction price to the performance obligations; and (v) recognizes revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies each performance obligation.

The Company identified the 3DMed License and the transfer of know-how to be the material promises under the 3DMed License Agreement. The Company determined that the 3DMed License and the transfer of know-how are not distinct from each other. As such, for the purposes of ASC 606, the Company determined that these two material promises, described above, should be combined into a single performance obligation.

The Company determined the initial transaction price of the single performance obligation to be $9.5 million, which includesincluded the $7.5 million upfront fee as well as $2.0 million in development milestones that arewere assessed to beas probable of being achieved at the inception of the 3DMed License Agreement and therefore were not constrained. The Company achieved $1.0As of December 31, 2021, the full $9.5 million of these milestones in the first quarter of 2021 and achieved the remaining $1.0 million milestone in the second quarter of 2021.initial transaction price was fully recognized as licensing revenue. The Company determined that the remaining $192.5 million in certain future certain development, regulatory, and sales milestones to beis variable consideration subject to constraint at inception. At the end of each subsequent reporting period, the Company will reevaluatereevaluates the probability of achievement of the future development, regulatory, and sales milestones subject to constraint and, if necessary, will adjust its estimate of the overall transaction price. Any such adjustments will be recorded on a cumulative catch-up basis, which would affect revenues and earnings in the period of adjustment.
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On March 31, 2022, the Company announced that an IND application filed by 3DMed, pursuant to its 3DMed License Agreement for GPS, for a small Phase 1 clinical trial investigating safety of GPS in China was approved by China's NMPA. The IND approval by the NMPA triggered a $1.0 million milestone payment to the Company which was recognized as licensing revenue in the first quarter of 2022 and payment was received in May 2022. An additional $191.5 million in potential future development, regulatory, and sales milestones, not including future royalties, remains under the 3DMed License Agreement as of June 30, 2022, which milestones are variable in nature and not under the Company's control. The current clinical development plan provides for initiation of a Phase 2 clinical trial following receipt of satisfactory safety data from the Phase 1 clinical trial as well as a Phase 1 or Phase 1/2 clinical trial of GPS in combination with envafolimab, 3DMed’s checkpoint inhibitor which has been approved in China. Under the 3DMed License Agreement, the initiation of a Phase 2 clinical trial will trigger a milestone payment to the Company.

For the sales-based royalties, the Company will recognize revenue when the related sales occur. To date, the Company has not recognized any royalty revenue resulting from any of its licensing arrangements.

Since 3DMed benefited from the combined single performance obligation relating to the 3DMed License and the transfer of know-how as the technology transfer occurred, the Company recognized the transaction price over the technology transfer period, which was finalized in the second quarter of 2021. The revenue recognized was based on an output method to measure progress, using a straight-line convention, which the Company believes reasonably approximates its efforts in satisfying the combined performance obligation. The Company recognized $1.9 million and $7.6 million of license revenue during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. As of June 30, 2021, the initial transaction price of the single performance obligation of $9.5 million has been fully recognized as licensing revenue. There was 0 license revenue recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.

The following table presents a summary of2022, and $1.9 million in license revenue recognized during the activitythree months ended June 30, 2021. There was $1.0 million and $7.6 million in the Company's deferredlicense revenue related to the total cash payments received of $9.5 million to date under the 3DMed License,recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, (in thousands):respectively.

December 31, 2020AdditionsRevenue RecognizedJune 30, 2021
Deferred revenue$5,600 $2,000 $(7,600)$


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Cost of Contract Acquisition

The Company incurred contract acquisition costs (commissions) recorded as a contract asset amounting to approximately $1.4 million at inception of the 3DMed License Agreement which were capitalized under ASC 340-40 as incremental costs of obtaining the 3DMed License Agreement. These costs are amortized through general and administrative expense over the technology transfer period, commensurate with when the license revenue is recognized. The Company recognized $0.3 million and $1.1 million in expense associated with these costs during the three months ended June 30, 2022, and six$0.1 million in cost of license revenue recognized during the three months ended June 30, 2021 respectively. There was 0 contract acquisitions expense during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.

Cost of License Revenue

The Company incurred $0.1 million and $0.2 million offor sublicensing fees payableincurred under itsthe Company's license from MSK in connection with the 3DMed License duringAgreement. There was $0.1 million and $0.2 million in cost of license revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. There was 0 cost of license revenue duringrespectively, for sublicensing fees incurred in connection with the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.3DMed License Agreement.

10.11. Stock-Based Compensation

2017 Equity Incentive Plan

On December 29, 2017, the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan was approved by the stockholders of the Company, which providedcurrently allows for the issuance of up to a maximum of 24,204approximately 22,000 shares of common stock underlying stock options granted prior to September 10, 2019. The 2017 Equity Incentive Plan was terminated upon the approval of the 2019 Incentive Plan subject to outstanding stock options granted under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan that remain exercisable through maturity for the Company's employees and directors.

2019 Equity Incentive Plan

On September 10, 2019, the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan was approved by the stockholders of the Company, which currently allows for issuance of up to approximately (i) 1,191,0001,964,000 shares of common stock in connection with the grant of stock-based awards, including stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights and other types of awards as deemed appropriate plus (ii) 2,684 shares of common stock under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan that were forfeited back to the Company subsequent to September 10, 2019 and are available for future issuance.appropriate.

The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan will automatically increase on January 1 of each year, for a period of not more than four years, commencing on January 1, 2020 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2023, by an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 5% of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding at the end of the prior fiscal year; and (ii) an amount determined by the board of directors or authorized committee. As of June 30, 2021,2022, approximately 463,000666,000 shares of common stock were reserved for future grants under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan.

The following table summarizes the components of stock-based compensation expense in the consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively (in thousands):

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Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2022202120222021
Research and development$70 $35 $125 $48 
General and administrative380 229 700 400 
Total stock-based compensation$450 $264 $825 $448 

Options to Purchase Shares of Common Stock

The following table summarizes stock option activity of the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2021:2022:
Total
Number of
Shares
(In Thousands)
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (In Years)Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(In Thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2020208 $13.38 9.08$733 
Granted312 7.99 
Outstanding at June 30, 2021520 $10.14 9.25$2,688 
Options exercisable at June 30, 202190 $23.36 8.48$695 
Total
Number of
Shares
(In Thousands)
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (In Years)Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(In Thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2021534 $10.09 8.77$681 
Granted478 5.28 
Outstanding at June 30, 20221,012 $7.81 8.92$67 
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The aggregate intrinsic values of outstanding and exercisable stock options at June 30, 20212022 were calculated based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market on June 30, 20212022 of $11.10$2.23 per share. The aggregate intrinsic value equals the positive difference between the closing fair market value of the Company’s common stock and the exercise price of the underlying stock options.


The following table summarizes the components of stock-based compensation expense in the consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively (in thousands):

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2021202020212020
Research and development$35 $$48 $
General and administrative229 142 400 286 
Total stock-based compensation$264 $146 $448 $291 

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to determine the fair value of all its stock options granted. The weighted average assumptions used during the three and six months ended June 30, 20212022 and 2020,2021, respectively, were as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2021202020212020
Risk free interest rate1.12 %0.53 %1.04 %0.62 %
Volatility121.47 %108.08 %121.23 %106.24 %
Expected lives (years)6.256.256.186.15
Expected dividend yield%%%%

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2022202120222021
Risk free interest rate2.87 %1.12 %1.80 %1.04 %
Volatility144.75 %121.47 %130.60 %121.23 %
Expected lives (years)6.256.256.216.18
Expected dividend yield— %— %— %— %

The weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted during the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 was $2.13 and 2020 was $6.89, and $1.35, respectively. The weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 was $4.76 and 2020 was $6.97, and $1.53, respectively.

The Company’s expected common stock price volatility assumption is based upon the Company's own implied volatility in combination with the implied volatility of a basket of comparable companies. The expected life assumptions for employee grants were based upon the simplified method, which averages the contractual term of the Company’s options of ten years with the average vesting term of four years for an average of approximately six years. The expected life assumptions for non-employees were based upon the contractual term of the option. The dividend yield assumption is 0zero because the Company has never paid cash dividends and presently has no intention to do so. The risk-free interest rate used for each grant was also based upon prevailing short-term interest rates. The Company accounts for forfeitures as they occur.

As of June 30, 2021,2022, there was $2.4$3.6 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding stock options that is expected to be recognized as a component of the Company’s operating expenses over a weighted-average period of 2.982.88 years.

Time-vested RSUs and RSUs with Performance Conditions

The following table summarizes RSU activity of the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2021:2022:
Shares
(In Thousands)
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2020170 $1.89 
Granted40 $8.00 
Vested$
Unvested at June 30, 2021210 $3.06 
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Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2021200 $2.81 
Granted97 $5.34 
Unvested at June 30, 2022297 $3.64 

As of June 30, 2021,2022, there was $0.6$1.0 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding RSUs that is expected to be recognized as a component of the Company's operating expenses over a weighted-average period of 2.942.51 years. NaNNo RSUs vested during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021.2022.


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2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

On April 22, 2021, the Board of Directors adopted the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("2021 ESPP") which was approved by the Company's stockholders on June 8, 2021. The 2021 ESPP allows employees to contribute up to 20% of their cash earnings, subject to a maximum of $25,000 per year under Internal Revenue Service rules, to be used to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock on semi-annual purchase dates. The 2021 ESPP allows eligible employees to purchase shares of common stock at a price per share equal to 85% of the lower of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning or end of each six-month offering period during the term of the 2021 ESPP. The first offering period will begin in September 2021.

During the six months ended June 30, 2022, 10,362 shares of common stock were purchased by employees under the 2021 ESPP for proceeds of approximately $47,000. There are currently 300,000289,638 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2021 ESPP.ESPP as of June 30, 2022.

11.12. Subsequent Events

The Company evaluated all events or transactions that occurred after June 30, 20212022 up through the date these financial statements were issued. Other than as disclosed elsewhere in the notes to the consolidated financial statements, the Company did not have any material subsequent events.



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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition as of June 30, 20212022 and results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 20212022 and 2020,2021, respectively, should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on March 23, 2021,31, 2022, or our 20202021 Annual Report, and our other public reports filed with the SEC.

Overview

We are a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on developingthe development of novel cancer immunotherapeuticstherapies for a broad range of cancer indications. Our product development candidates currently include galinpepimut-S, or GPS, and nelipepimut-S.GFH009. We are pursuing an out-licensing strategy for a third product candidate, nelipepimut-S, or NPS.

Galinpepimut-S, or GPS

Our lead product candidate, galinpepimut-S, or GPS, is a cancer immunotherapeutic agent licensed from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, or MSK, that targets the Wilms tumor 1, or WT1, protein, which is present in 20 or more cancer types. Based on its mechanism of action as a directly immunizing agent, GPS has potential as a monotherapy or in combination with other immunotherapeutic agents to address a broad spectrum of hematologic, or blood, cancers and solid tumor indications.

In January 2020, we commenced in the United States a Phase 3 clinical trial, or the REGAL study, for GPS monotherapy in patients with acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, in the maintenance setting after achievement of second complete remission, or CR2, following successful completion of second-line antileukemic therapy. We expect this study will be used as the basis for submission of a Biologics License Application, or BLA, subject to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful data outcome and agreement with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, or the FDA. We expectplan to enroll approximately 116 patients at up to approximately 13595 clinical sites primarily in the United States, Europe and EuropeAsia with a planned interim safety and futility analysis after 80 events (deaths). Under our current planning assumptions, which take into account our best estimates of potential delays, including due to COVID-19, we believe that we will complete enrollment for the REGAL study in early 2023. We continue to face enrollment challenges, which we anticipatebelieve are being experienced throughout our industry, and we plan to activate additional clinical sites in the United States and several countries in Europe and Asia throughout the remainder of 2022. Based upon our current assumptions with respect to completion of enrollment and the estimated survival times for both the treated and control groups in the study, we believe, after discussions with our external statisticians and experts, that the planned interim analysis after 80 events (deaths) per the protocol will take place inoccur by the end of the first half of 2022, 2023, provided that our statistical assumptions and assumptions regarding the ongoingimpact of COVID-19 on the operations of our clinical sites as well as the duration of the pandemic does not significantly adversely impactremain unchanged. Because this analysis is event driven, it may occur at a different time than currently expected.

In December 2020, we entered into an exclusive license agreement with 3D Medicines Inc., or 3DMed, a China-based biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation immuno-oncology drugs, for the development and commercialization of GPS, as well as our projected timelinenext generation heptavalent immunotherapeutic GPS Plus, which is at preclinical stage, across all therapeutic and diagnostic uses in the Greater China territory (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan). We have retained sole rights to GPS and GPS Plus outside of the Greater China area. On March 30, 2022, an investigational new drug, or IND, application filed by 3DMed to initiate the first clinical trial in China for enrollment.3D189, also known as GPS, was approved by China’s National Medical Products Administration, or NMPA. The IND is for a small Phase 1 clinical trial investigating safety. The approval by the NMPA triggered a $1.0 million milestone payment to the Company which we recognized as license revenue in the first quarter of 2022 and payment was received in the second quarter of 2022.

In December 2018, pursuant to a Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement, we initiated a Phase 1/2 multi-arm "basket"“basket” type clinical study of GPS in combination with Merck & Co., Inc.’s, or Merck, anti-PD-1 therapy, pembrolizumab (Keytruda®)Keytruda® (pembrolizumab). The tumor type currently being studied isIn 2020, we and Merck determined to focus on ovarian cancer (second or third line)line WT1+ relapsed or refractory metastatic ovarian cancer). We reported updated clinical and initial immune response data from this study in June 2021. In February 2022, we reported that we had completed enrollment of 17
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evaluable patients in this study. In May 2022, we reported the following preliminary data from 15 of the 17 evaluable patients:

An ad hoc analysis of clinical outcomes showed a disease control rate, or DCR, which is the sum of overall response rate and rate of stable disease, of 53.9 percent at a median follow-up of 43.1 weeks. In a study of a similar platinum-resistant ovarian cancer patient population treated with a checkpoint inhibitor alone, the observed DCR was 37.2 percent. This is consistent with a DCR rate increase of 45 percent in the patients treated with the GPS combination with pembrolizumab over that seen for checkpoint inhibitors alone.

Median progression-free survival, or PFS, was 12 weeks compared to 8.4 weeks seen in studies for checkpoint inhibitors alone with similar patient populations, which is a 43 percent increase in the GPS combination with pembrolizumab. Patients with fewer previous lines of chemotherapy experienced a more favorable median PFS than those with more than two previous lines: for patients with two or fewer previous lines of therapy treated with GPS in combination with pembrolizumab, median PFS was 24 weeks.

With 43.1 weeks of follow-up the median overall survival, or OS, has not been reached.

The safety profile of GPS in combination with pembrolizumab was similar to pembrolizumab alone, with only the addition of low-grade rapidly resolving local reactions at the GPS injection site, consistent with observations from other GPS clinical studies.

The final data analysis for all evaluable patients is expected by the end of 2022.

In February 2020, we commenced a Phase I1 open-label investigator-sponsored clinical trial of GPS, in combination with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s anti-PD-1 therapy, nivolumab (Opdivo®), in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma, or MPM, who harbor relapsed or refractory disease after having received frontline standard of care multimodality therapy (the "MPM IST")at MSK. Completion of enrollment of a target total of 10 evaluable patients is expected during the second half of 2022. In June 2022, we announced the following updated data from eight evaluable patients in this study, seven of which received at least three doses of GPS, the last given in combination with nivolumab:

Of the eight evaluable patients, 75 percent of the patients entered the study as Stage III or IV patients, with 50 percent of patients entering as Stage IV. Initial tumor stages were II (two patients), III and IIIB (two patients) and IV (four patients). All patients had the MPM epithelioid and/or sarcomatoid variant, a tumor which is universally expressing WT1.

Median OS calculated as the time from the cessation of the most recent previous therapy until confirmed death or most recent data update for patients who are still alive (50 percent of patients) was commenced40.9 weeks (9.4 months) for all eight patients and 45.7 weeks (10.5 months) in patients who received the combination therapy (seven out of eight patients). The median PFS was 11.1 weeks for all eight patients and 11.9 weeks in patients who received the combination therapy.

The safety profile of the GPS-nivolumab combination was similar to that seen with nivolumab alone, with the addition of only low-grade, temporary local reactions at MSK.the GPS injection site, consistent with previously performed clinical studies with GPS. No Grade 3/4 toxicities were observed for GPS and there were no dose-limiting toxicities.

GPS was granted Orphan Drug Product Designations from the FDA, as well as Orphan Medicinal Product Designations from the European Medicines Agency, or EMA, for GPS in AML, MPM, and multiple myeloma, or MM, as well as Fast Track Designationdesignation for AML, MPM, and MM from the FDA.

GFH009

On March 31, 2022, we entered into an exclusive license agreement with GenFleet Therapeutics (Shanghai), Inc., or GenFleet, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing cutting-edge therapeutics in oncology and immunology, that grants rights to us for the development and commercialization of GFH009, a highly selective small molecule cyclin-dependent kinase 9, or CDK9, inhibitor, across all therapeutic and diagnostic uses worldwide outside of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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CDK9 activity has been shown to correlate negatively with overall survival in a number of cancer types, including hematologic cancers, such as AML and lymphomas, as well as solid cancers, such as osteosarcoma, pediatric soft tissue sarcomas, and melanoma, and endometrial, lung, prostate, breast and ovarian cancer. As demonstrated in pre-clinical and clinical data, to date, GFH009’s high selectivity has the potential to reduce toxicity as compared to older CDK9 inhibitors and other next-generation CDK9 inhibitors currently in clinical development.

GFH009 is currently in a Phase 1 clinical trial in the United States and China. There are currently six dose levels in this dose-escalating trial of up to 80 patients (2.5 mg, 4.5 mg, 9 mg, 15 mg, 22.5 mg, and 30 mg), administered twice-a-week, and the indications are relapsed/refractory AML, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL, small lymphocytic leukemia, or SLL, and lymphoma. We may further increase the twice-a-week dose regimen beyond 30 mg, if warranted, which will be based on efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetic parameters, among others. The primary goal of the trial is to establish the recommended Phase 2 dose and to assess safety. We expect enrollment in the planned cohorts in the trial to be completed by the end of 2022. As of August 4, 2022, we have observed the following:

Among the 30 patients evaluable for safety and efficacy, there have been no dose limiting toxicities, or DLTs, with doses up to 22.5 mg (given twice a week) for the AML cohort and up to 15 mg for the lymphoma cohort and no grade 3 or 4 neutropenias that fall under the DLT definition have been observed.

In the initial data from the first five dose levels for the AML patients, significant anti-leukemic effects (i.e., greater or equal to 50 percent decrease in bone marrow blasts following GFH009 monotherapy) have been observed in two AML patients treated sufficiently long enough to assess efficacy at previous dose levels.

Four lymphoma patients achieved stable disease (three at 4.5 mg and one at 9 mg); One patient with peripheral T cell lymphoma treated at 9 mg had a 62% decrease in the sum of the product of the perpendicular diameters for multiple lesions based on a computed tomography, or CT, scan.

In July 2022, we announced that a second, once-a-week dose cohort has been added in the study. Given that both AML and lymphoma patients tolerated all dose levels studied to date with the twice-a-week administration as well as the efficacy signals seen with both AML and lymphoma patients, we have amended the protocol for the study to introduce an additional single-dose cohort to study GFH009 once-a-week administration starting at the higher dose level of 30 mg. The new, weekly single-dose cohort regimen will commence at 30mg and escalate. The amended protocol allows us to expand our knowledge of the drug’s safety and efficacy profile, including observing whether efficacy could be increased beyond what has already been seen with twice-a-week dosing.

Following completion of the Phase 1 clinical trial and determination of the recommended Phase 2 dose, we intend to commence a Phase 2 clinical trial of GFH009 in combination with venetoclax and azacitidine in AML patients. The current standard of care for most AML patients, including older patients, is venetoclax in combination with a hypomethylating agent such as azacitidine. GFH009 has shown in preclinical models a strong synergy with venetoclax. The goal of the Phase 2 clinical trial, which we expect to initiate by the end of the second quarter of 2023, would be to show improved efficacy of venetoclax and would include patients who are resistant to venetoclax. We also intend to commence a Phase 1/2 basket clinical trial of monotherapy GFH009 in pediatric soft tissue sarcomas including Ewing’s sarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma in late 2022 or early 2023 and complete by the end of 2023. We believe positive results from this program could provide the basis for a rare pediatric disease priority voucher.

Nelipepimut-S or NPS

Nelipepimut-S, or NPS, is a cancer immunotherapy targeting thethat targets human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, or HER2, expressing cancers. Data presented in 2018 from a Phase 2b clinical trial of the combination of trastuzumab (Herceptin®) plus NPS in HER2 low expressing (1+ or 2+ per immunohistochemistry, or IHC) breast cancer patients in the adjuvant setting to prevent recurrences showed a clinically and statistically significant improvement in the disease-free survival, or DFS, rate for the triple negative breast cancer, or TNBC, cohort at 24 months for patients treated with NPS plus trastuzumab of 92.6% compared to 70.2% for those treated with trastuzumab alone. Following ongoing discussions with the FDA and based upon written feedback from the FDA and on the totality of clinical, safety and translational NPS data to date, we have finalized the design and plan for a Phase 3 registration-enabling study of NPS in combination with trastuzumab for the treatment of patients with TNBC in the adjuvant setting after standard treatment. If successful, we believe this study may be considered as the basis for a BLA submission to the FDA. We are seeking out-licensing opportunities to fund and conduct the future clinical development of NPS in order to maximize the potential of the program and we do not currently plan to conduct andor fund a Phase 3further development program for NPS on our own.

GPS Program Updateand are seeking to out-license the asset.

In June 2021, we reported encouraging updated clinical data from the MPM IST. For the four evaluable patients, all of whom had the epithelioid and/or sarcomatoid variant and have received and progressed with, or are refractory to, frontline pemetrexed-based chemotherapy, the average overall survival, or OS, was 35.3 weeks with a median OS of 35.4 weeks at a median follow-up of 35.4 weeks. OS for relapsed/refractory patients receiving standard of care (pemetrexed, a chemotherapy) is approximately 28 weeks.Average progression-free survival, of PFS, was 8.8 weeks with a median PFS of seven weeks at a median follow-up of 35.4 weeks. The safety profile of the GPS-nivolumab combination was similar to that seen with nivolumab alone, with the addition of only low-grade, temporary local reactions at the GPS injection site which was consistent with previous clinical studies of GPS.

In June 2021, we also reported updated clinical data and immune response profiles from the basket study of GPS in combination with pembrolizumab for treating WT1+ advanced ovarian cancer. Of the 11 evaluable patients, 66.7% were refractory to or had failed their second-line therapies and 33.3% had failed third-line or later therapy and all patients were resistant to the standard of care platinum-based therapy. The expected overall survival for patients receiving standard of care platinum-based therapy is nine to 12 months. The median OS among the patients in this trial is not yet known as all patients remained alive at the time of analysis which time period exceeds nine months. In an ad hoc analysis of the clinical outcomes for the cohort of 11 patients, the disease control rate, or DCR, which is the sum of overall response rate and rate of stable disease, was 63.6% with a median follow-up of 15.4 weeks. At the time of follow-up analysis, median PFS was 11.8 weeks. The safety profile of the GPS-pembrolizumab combination was similar to that seen with pembrolizumab alone, with the addition of only low-grade, temporary local reactions at the GPS injection site, consistent with previously performed clinical studies with GPS. We also reported immunobiological data from this study. CD8+ and CD4+ T-lymphocytes were isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells from three patients from whom samples had been collected both at baseline and at the time of the sixth GPS dose (i.e., 18 weeks after starting investigational therapy). The T-cells were assayed ex-vivo for immune responses against the pool of the four peptides that comprise GPS using the validated assay intracellular cytokine staining with fluorescence-activated single cell sorting (ICS-FACS) (Scorpion Biological Services, San Antonio, Texas), with appropriate positive and negative controls. A total of five cytokine “channels” were used for the analysis (i.e., interferon-g, TNF-a, interleukin-2, CD107a and MIP-1b). The peptide re-challenge incubation period was seven days. At the 18-week time point versus pre-vaccination baseline, the assay demonstrated a relative increase in WT1-specific T-lymphocyte frequencies in peripheral blood averaging +242% (range: +104 to +385% across five cytokines) for CD8+ and +80.5% (range: +1 to +174%) for CD4+. There was also evidence of polyfunctional T-cell activation (increases in secretion of >2 cytokines) in two out of three patients (66%).

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In June 2021, a peer-reviewed article was published in the journal Bone Marrow Transplantation which included a comprehensive retrospective analysis of survival outcomes in 4,280 AML patients treated in more than 450 blood and marrow transplant centers worldwide between 2007 and 2015. The analysis demonstrates the high unmet medical need to extend survival in AML patients. The published analysis showed that even among patients eligible to receive a bone marrow transplant, considered to be the only potential curative therapy in AML, less than half of the patients are alive five years after initial diagnosis. The analysis highlights the importance of the presence of minimal residual disease, or MRD, with patients who harbored MRD at the time of transplant having only 34%-37% probability of surviving five years. In our completed Phase 2 study of AML patients who achieved first remission, or CR1, OS for patients treated with GPS was 48.5 months from time of enrollment in the study. The retrospective analysis of the pooled outcomes for AML patients who underwent a transplant in the article published in Bone Marrow Transplantation indicates that the median OS from the time of transplant is approximately 26 months. In our Phase 2 AML CR1 study the median OS from the time of initial AML diagnosis was 67.6 months.

Impact of COVID-19

On March 11, 2020,The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, including the World Health Organization declaredsurges of cases from the outbreakDelta and Omicron variants, continues to disrupt our business operations and those of a new coronavirus to be a “pandemic”.our collaborators, including 3D Med and GenFleet, contractors, contract research organizations, or CROs, suppliers, clinical sites, contract manufacturing organizations, or CMOs, and other partners. The COVID-19 pandemic continueshas affected and may continue to present substantial publicaffect the health and economic challenges around the world which have impacted,availability of our workforce and will continue to impact, millions of individuals and businesses worldwide. Efforts to contain the spreadthat of the coronavirus since March 2020 have ledthird-parties we rely on, such as our CROs, clinical sites, CMOs, and other contractors as well as the governmental agencies, such as the FDA and health authorities in other countries which could delay or otherwise adversely impact the ability of such parties to travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, shelter-in-place orders and shutdowns. As we have historically functioned operationally as a semi-virtual company, the transition to “work-from-home” for our employees has not materially altered our business operations.fulfill their obligations. We have implemented a return-to-work policy in compliance with federal, state and local requirements and guidance, which provides for a hybrid of remote and in-office work, and we have operated on such a semi-virtual basis during the first half of 2021.work. We are continuously monitoring the impact of the pandemic on our clinical development programs.programs and on those of our partners, 3DMed and GenFleet. Our Phase 3 REGAL study is progressing, with the necessary work to activate additional sites in the United States, Europe and EuropeAsia continuing. Throughout 2020 and first halfHowever, since the onset of 2021, we initiated additional sites as planned. However,the COVID-19 pandemic, we have observed that, at certain times and in certain instances, clinical site initiations, patient screening and patient enrollment may be delayedhave been delayed. These delays are likely due to many reasons, which have been changing and evolving as the COVID-19 pandemic itself has evolved, including the prioritization of hospital resources towards the care of patients with COVID-19, pandemic. Cliniciansdelays in reviews and approvals by independent institutional review boards, or IRBs, and/or ethics committees at clinical sites, the challenges for clinicians and patients may not be able to comply with clinical trial protocols ifdue to quarantines impedeimpeding patient movement or interruptinterrupting operations at sites. Accordingly, we are uncertainsites, restrictions on travel and, most recently, inadequate staffing at this timeclinical sites, supply chain-related delays, materials shortages and, most recently, lockdowns in China. Throughout the extent to which theseUnited States, Europe and Asia, newly initiated sites will behave taken longer than expected to become fully operational which we believe could have an impact on the projected timingand begin enrolling patients. We are continuing to monitor each clinical site through our CROs as well as conducting direct outreach to investigators and study staff through site visits investigator meetings and other modes of the REGAL study. Additionally, several European Union countries in which we plan to initiate clinical sites, including Germany, France, and Italy, continue to impose restrictions in response to the continued surge in coronavirus cases throughout the European Union. We believe that the COVID-19 pandemic has not materially impacted our efforts to out-license NPS.communication. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to directly or indirectly impactsimpact our business, results of operations and financial condition will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain, subject to change and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the actions taken to contain or treat COVID-19, the ultimate overall duration of the pandemic,outbreak, the continued availability and efficacy of vaccines, new information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19, the emergence of new variants of COVID-19, the emergence of new geographic hotspots where the coronavirus is spreading more rapidly, and continuedactions to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, including continuing or new travel restrictions, quarantines, social distancing and business closure requirements in the United States and in other countries, as well as the effectiveness of actions taken globally to contain and treat the coronavirus, including the availability of safe and effective vaccineslockdowns, among others, and the uptake thereofdirect and whether existing vaccines are effective with respect to new variants. In particular, the continued spreadindirect economic effects of the coronavirus globally could adversely impact our clinical trial operationspandemic, including as a result of inflation, supply chain disruptions and could have an adverse impact on our business and the financial results.

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Components of Results of Operations

License Revenue

License revenue consists of revenue recognized pursuant to our Exclusive License Agreement with 3D Medicines Inc., or 3DMed dated December 7, 2020, or the 3DMed License Agreement. In the future, we may generate revenue from a combination of reimbursements, up-front payments, milestone payments and royalties in connection with the 3DMed License Agreement.

Cost of License Revenue

Cost of license revenue consists of sublicensing fees payableincurred under our license from MSK in connection with the 3DMed License Agreement.

Research and Development Expense

Research and development expense consists of expenses incurred in connection with the discovery and development of our product candidates. We expense research and development costs as incurred. These expenses include:
expenses incurred under agreements with CROs, as well as investigative sites and consultants that conduct our preclinical studies and clinical trials;
manufacturing expenses;
quality control and quality assurance services;
outsourced professional scientific development services;
employee-related expenses, which include salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation;
payments made under our license agreements, under which we acquired certain intellectual property;
expenses relating to certain regulatory activities, including filing fees paid to regulatory agencies;
laboratory materials and supplies used to support our research activities; and
allocated expenses, utilities and other facility-related costs.
 
The successful development of our current and future product candidates is highly uncertain. At this time, we cannot reasonably estimate or know the nature, timing and costs of the efforts that will be necessary to complete the remainder of the development of, or when, if ever, material net cash inflows may commence from any current or future product candidates. This uncertainty is due to the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the duration and cost of our clinical trials, which vary significantly over the life of a project as a result of many factors, including, but not limited to:
the number of clinical sites and participating countries included in the trials;
the length of time required to enroll suitable patients;
the number of patients that ultimately participate in the trials;
the number of doses patients receive;
the duration of patient follow-up;
the results of clinical trials;
the expenses associated with manufacturing;
the receipt of marketing approvals;
the commercialization of current and future product candidates; and
the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.


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Research and development activities are central to our business model. Cancer immunotherapyOncology product candidates in the later stages of clinical development generally have higher development costs than those in the earlier stages of clinical development, primarily due to the increased size and duration of the later-stage clinical trials. We expect our research and development expenses to increase for the foreseeable future as we conduct and complete our ongoing early and late stage clinical trials and initiate additional clinical trials.

Our expenditures are subject to additional uncertainties, including the terms and timing of regulatory approvals. We may never succeed in achieving regulatory approval for any of our current or future product candidates. We may obtain unexpected results from our clinical trials. We may elect to discontinue, delay or modify clinical trials of some product candidates or target indications or focus on others. A change in the outcome of any of these variables with respect to the development of a product candidate could mean a significant change in the costs and timing associated with the development of that product candidate. For example, if the FDA or other regulatory authorities were to require us to conduct clinical trials beyond those that we currently anticipate, or if we experience significant delays in enrollment in any of our clinical trials due to the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise, we could be required to expend significant additional financial resources and time on the completion of clinical development. Cancer immunotherapy

Acquired In-Process Research and Development

Acquired in-process research and development consists of costs to acquire or license product commercialization may take several years and millions of dollars incandidates from third-parties for development costs.with no alternative future use.

General and Administrative Expense

General and administrative expenses consist principally of salaries and related costs for personnel in executive, administrative, finance and legal functions, including stock-based compensation, travel expenses and recruiting expenses, fees for outside legal counsel, amortization of contract acquisition costs (commissions), and director and officer insurance premiums. Other general and administrative expenses include facility related costs, patent filing and prosecution costs, professional fees for business development, accounting, consulting, legal and tax-related services associated with maintaining compliance with our Nasdaq listing and SEC reporting requirements, investor relations costs, and other expenses associated with being a public company.

If and when we believe that regulatory approval of a product candidate appears likely, we anticipate that an increase in general and administrative expenses will occur as a result of our preparation for commercial operations, particularly as it relates to the sales and marketing of such product candidate. Cancer immunotherapyOncology product commercialization may take several years and millions of dollars in development costs.

Non-Operating Income (Expense) Income,, Net

Non-operating income (expense) income,, net consists of changes in fair value of our warrant liability, changes in fair value of our contingent consideration, and interest income. Interest income primarily reflects interest earned from our cash and cash equivalents.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

In the 20202021 Annual Report, we disclosed our critical accounting policies and estimates upon which our financial statements are derived. There have been no material changes to these policies since December 31, 20202021 that are not included in Note 3 of the accompanying consolidated financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2021.2022. Readers are encouraged to read the 20202021 Annual Report in conjunction with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Results of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 20212022 and 20202021

The following table summarizes our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30,
20212020Change
Licensing revenue$1,900 $— $1,900 
Operating expenses:
Cost of license revenue100 — 100 
Research and development3,456 2,280 1,176 
General and administrative2,797 1,987 810 
Total operating expenses6,353 4,267 2,086 
Loss from operations(4,453)(4,267)(186)
Non-operating expense, net(160)(158)(2)
Net loss$(4,613)$(4,425)$(188)

The following table summarizes our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 20212022 and 20202021 (in thousands):
Six Months Ended June 30,Three Months Ended June 30,
20212020Change20222021Change
Licensing revenueLicensing revenue$7,600 $— $7,600 Licensing revenue$— $1,900 $(1,900)
Operating expenses:Operating expenses:Operating expenses:
Cost of license revenueCost of license revenue200 — 200 Cost of license revenue— 100 (100)
Research and developmentResearch and development7,740 4,144 3,596 Research and development5,529 3,456 2,073 
Acquired in-process research and developmentAcquired in-process research and development— — — 
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative6,358 4,187 2,171 General and administrative3,094 2,797 297 
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses14,298 8,331 5,967 Total operating expenses8,623 6,353 2,270 
Loss from operations(6,698)(8,331)1,633 
Non-operating expense, net(318)(237)(81)
Operating lossOperating loss(8,623)(4,453)(4,170)
Non-operating income (expense), netNon-operating income (expense), net209 (160)369 
Net lossNet loss$(7,016)$(8,568)$1,552 Net loss$(8,414)$(4,613)$(3,801)

Six Months Ended June 30,
20222021Change
Licensing revenue$1,000 $7,600 $(6,600)
Operating expenses:
Cost of license revenue100 200 (100)
Research and development10,140 7,740 2,400 
Acquired in-process research and development10,000 — 10,000 
General and administrative6,118 6,358 (240)
Total operating expenses26,358 14,298 12,060 
Operating loss(25,358)(6,698)(18,660)
Non-operating income (expense), net200 (318)518 
Net loss$(25,158)$(7,016)$(18,142)

Further analysis of the changes and trends in our operating results are discussed below.

Licensing Revenue

LicensingThere was no licensing revenue for the three and sixmonths ended June 30, 2022. Licensing revenue was $1.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 was $1.9 million and $7.6 million, respectively, and related to the initial transaction price of $9.5 million under the 3DMed License Agreement, which was recognized over a period of time to satisfy the out-licensing of intellectual property rights and transfer of technical know-how associated with the 3DMed License Agreement for the development and commercialization of GPS in China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Thereknow-how.

Licensing revenue was no licensing revenue$1.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020.2022 related to an approval by the NMPA of an IND application for a small Phase 1 clinical trial investigating safety of GPS in China, which triggered a development milestone under the 3DMed License Agreement. Licensing revenue was $7.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 related to the initial transaction price of $9.5 million under the 3DMed License Agreement, which was recognized over a period of time to satisfy the out-licensing of intellectual property rights and transfer of technical know-how.





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Cost of License Revenue

There was no cost of licensing revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2022. We incurred $0.1 million of sublicensing fees payable under our license from MSK in connection with the 3DMed License Agreement during the three months ended June 30, 2021.

We incurred $0.1 million and $0.2 million of sublicensing fees payable under our license from MSK in connection with the 3DMed License Agreement during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. There was no cost of license revenue during for the six months ended June 30, 2020.


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Research and Development

Research and development expenses were $5.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $3.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 compared to $2.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The $1.2$2.0 million increase was primarily attributable to a $0.8$0.9 million increase in manufacturing expenses due to the purchase of drug supply and manufacturing of a registration batch of GPS, a $0.6 million increase in clinical trial expenses primarily related to our ongoing Phase 3 REGAL clinical trial of GPS in AML, a $0.4 million increase in manufacturing and drug supply costspersonnel related expenses due to the ramp up of the manufacture of clinical trial materials and registration batches of GPS,increased headcount, and a $0.1 million increase in personnel related expenses due to increased headcount. These increases were partially offset by a $0.1 million decrease in licensing fees.clinical and regulatory consulting expenses. We anticipate that our research and development expenses will increase in the future as we continue to advance the development of GPS and GFH009, including our Phase 3 clinical trial of GPS in AML, and the ongoing basket trial of GPS in combination with pembrolizumab.pembrolizumab, and the ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of GFH009.

Research and development expenses were $10.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $7.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 compared to $4.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The $3.6$2.4 million increase was primarily attributable to a $1.7 million increase in manufacturing and drug supply costs due to the ramp up of the manufacture of clinical trial materials and registration batches of GPS, a technology transfer to a new contract manufacturer, and clinical drug supply purchase costs in the European Union as we prepared to open sites and enroll patients in European Union countries for our Phase 3 REGAL clinical trial for GPS in AML, a $1.5$1.9 million increase in clinical trial expenses primarily related to our ongoing Phase 3 REGAL clinical trial forof GPS in AML and a $0.3$0.7 million increase in personnel related expenses due to increased headcount,headcount. These increases were partially offset by a $0.2 million decrease in manufacturing expenses due to the timing of the manufacturing of registration batches of GPS in the prior year. We anticipate that our research and a $0.1 milliondevelopment expenses will increase in the future as we continue to advance the development of GPS and GFH009, including our Phase 3 clinical trial of GPS in AML, the ongoing basket trial of GPS in combination with pembrolizumab, and regulatory consulting costs.the ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of GFH009.

Acquired In-Process Research and Development

There was no acquired in-process research and development expense during the three months ended June 30, 2022. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, we recognized $10.0 million for the acquisition of in-process research and development related to the in-licensing of GFH009, $4.5 million of which was paid in April 2022 and the remaining $5.5 million which was deemed probable to occur and expected to be paid by the end of the second quarter of 2023. There was no acquired in-process research and development during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses were $3.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $2.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 compared to $2.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020.2021. The $0.8$0.3 million increase was primarily due to a $0.3 million amortization expense of our contract asset associated with the 3DMed License Agreement, a $0.4$0.5 million increase in legal fees as comparedpersonnel expenses due to the second quarter of 2020 in which we received a credit in legal fees that offset the majority of legal expenses incurred for the quarter, andincreased headcount, including a $0.2 million increase in personnel related expenses due to a $0.1 million increase in stock based-basednon-cash stock-based compensation, and increased headcounts. These increases werewhich was partially offset by a $0.1$0.2 million decrease in other generaloutside services and administrative related expenses.public company costs.

General and administrative expenses were $6.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $6.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 compared to $4.22021. The $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020. The $2.2 million increasedecrease was primarily due to a $1.1 million decrease related to the amortization expense of our contract asset costs associated with the 3DMed License Agreement as well asin the prior year with no comparable expense in the current year, a $0.8$0.3 million increasedecrease in legal fees, as compared to the first half of 2020 in which we received a credit in legal fees that offset the majority of legal expenses incurred for the period, and a $0.3$0.1 million decrease in accounting fees. These decreases were partially offset by a $0.9 million increase in personnel related expenses due to increased headcount, including a $0.1$0.3 million increase in non-cash stock-based compensation, and increased headcount.a $0.3 million increase in outside services and public company costs.

Non-Operating Income (Expense), Net

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Non-Operating Income (Expense), Net

Non-operating income (expense), net for the three and six months ended June 30, 20212022 and 2020,2021, respectively, was as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
20212020Change20212020Change20222021Change20222021Change
Change in fair value of warrant liabilityChange in fair value of warrant liability$(28)$(16)$(12)$(59)$19 $(78)Change in fair value of warrant liability$48 $(28)$76 $37 $(59)$96 
Change in fair value of contingent considerationChange in fair value of contingent consideration(134)(143)(263)(281)18 Change in fair value of contingent consideration115 (134)249 115 (263)378 
Interest incomeInterest income25 (21)Interest income46 44 48 44 
Total non-operating expense, net$(160)$(158)$(2)$(318)$(237)$(81)
Total non-operating income (expense), netTotal non-operating income (expense), net$209 $(160)$369 $200 $(318)$518 

Net non-operating income (expense) was nominal forof $0.2 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 20212022 was primarily due to decreases in the fair value of the contingent consideration liability driven by an increase in discount rates, a decrease in the fair value of the warrant liability driven by a decrease in our common stock price, and 2020.an increase in interest income earned from our cash and cash equivalents.

Net non-operating expense of $0.2 million and $0.3 million duringfor the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, was primarily due to the increaseincreases in the change in the fair value of the contingent consideration liability and a slight increase in the change in the fair value of the warrant liability partially offset by nominal interest income. The change in the fair value of the contingent consideration liability reflectsreflected the interest component of contingent consideration related to the passage of time. The increase in the estimated fair value of our warrant liability was primarily due to an increase in our common stock price. Interest income consisted of interest earned from our cash and cash equivalents.

The change in fair value of warrant liability and change in fair value of contingent consideration are non-cash in nature.

Income Tax Expense

There was no income tax expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 20212022 and 2020.2021. We continue to maintain a full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We did not generate any revenue from product sales during the three and six months ended June 30, 20212022 and 2020.2021. Through June 30, 2021,2022, the Company has only generated licensing revenue from the 3DMed License Agreement. Since inception, we have incurred net losses, used net cash in our operations, and have funded substantially all of our operations through proceeds of the sale of equity securities and convertible notes.

On April 5, 2022, we consummated an underwritten public offering, or the April 2022 Offering, issuing 4,629,630 shares of common stock and accompanying common stock warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,629,630 shares of common stock. The shares of common stock and accompanying common stock warrants were sold at a combined price of $5.40 per share and accompanying common stock warrant. Each common stock warrant sold with the shares of common stock represents the right to purchase one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.40 per share. The common stock warrants are exercisable immediately and will expire on April 5, 2027, five years from the date of issuance. The net proceeds to us from the April 2022 Offering, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, and excluding the exercise of any warrants, were approximately $23.0 million.

On March 31, 2022, we entered into an exclusive license agreement with GenFleet pursuant to which GenFleet granted to us a sublicensable, royalty-bearing license, to certain of its intellectual property, to develop, manufacture, and commercialize a small molecule CDK9 inhibitor for the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of disease in humans and animals in all countries and territories of the world other than mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, or the GFH009 Territory. The CDK9 inhibitor, GFH009, is currently in a Phase 1 clinical trial in the United States and China.

In consideration for the exclusive license, we agreed to pay GenFleet (i) an upfront and technology transfer fee of $10.0 million, of which $4.5 million was paid in April 2022, and $5.5 million is due upon the first day of the
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15th calendar month following the effective date of the license agreement, (ii) development and regulatory milestone payments for up to three indications totaling up to $48.0 million in the aggregate, and (iii) sales milestone payments totaling up to $92.0 million in the aggregate upon the achievement of certain net sales thresholds in a given calendar year. We have also agreed to pay GenFleet single-digit tiered royalties based upon a percentage of annual net sales, with the royalty rate escalating based on the level of annual net sales of GFH009 in the GFH009 Territory ranging from the low to high single digits.

On March 31, 2022, we announced that an IND application filed by 3DMed, pursuant to its Exclusive License Agreement for GPS, for a small Phase 1 clinical trial investigating safety of GPS in China was approved by China's NMPA. The IND approval by the NMPA triggered a $1.0 million milestone payment to us which was recognized as licensing revenue in the first quarter of 2022 and the payment was received in May 2022. An additional $191.5 million in potential future development, regulatory, and sales milestones, not including future royalties, remains under the 3DMed License Agreement as of June 30, 2022, which milestones are variable in nature and not under our control. 3DMed's current clinical development plan provides for initiation of a Phase 2 clinical trial following receipt of satisfactory safety data from the Phase 1 clinical trial as well as a Phase 1 or Phase 1/2 clinical trial of GPS in combination with envafolimab, 3DMed's checkpoint inhibitor which has been approved in China. Under the 3DMed License Agreement, the initiation of a Phase 2 clinical trial will trigger a milestone payment to the Company.

On April 16, 2021, we entered into a Controlled Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement, , or the Sales Agreement, with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., or the "Agent.Agent. From time to time during the term of the Sales Agreement, we may offer and sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price up to a total of $50.0 million in gross proceeds. The Agent will collect a fee equal to 3% of the gross sales price of all shares of common stock sold. Shares of common stock sold under the Sales Agreement will beare offered and sold pursuant to our registration statement on Form S-3, which was filed with the SEC on April 16, 2021 and was declared effective on April 29, 2021. During the three monthsyear ended June 30,December 31, 2021, we sold a total of 786,927 shares of our common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement at an average price of $12.04 per share for aggregate net proceeds of approximately $9.0 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, we sold an additional 16,289 shares of common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement at an average price of $3.16 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $0.1 million. Approximately $40.5 million remains available for future sales of shares of common stock under the Sales Agreement. Other than the Sales Agreement, we currently do not have any commitments to obtain additional funds.

We received $1.0 million and $2.0 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, for the achievement of certain development milestones pursuant to our 3DMed License Agreement. An additional $192.5 million in potential future certain development, regulatory, and sales milestones remains under the 3DMed License Agreement which milestones are variable in nature and not under our control.
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As of June 30, 2021,2022, we had an accumulated deficit of $124.9$163.8 million, cash and cash equivalents of $29.9$27.0 million and restricted cash and cash equivalents of $0.1 million, and a stock subscription receivable of $2.2 million, which cash was received in July 2021.million. In addition, we had accounts payable and accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $4.1$12.2 million as of June 30, 2021.2022. We expect that our cash and cash equivalents together with access to the Sales Agreement, will not be sufficient to fund our current planned operations for at least the next twelve months from the date of issuance of these financial statements, although we may pursue additional capital resources through public or private equity or debt financings or by establishing additional collaborations with other companies. Our expectations with respectstatements. These conditions give rise to a substantial doubt over our ability to fundcontinue as a going concern.

We will require substantial additional financing to commercially develop any current planned operations is based on estimates that are subject to risks and uncertainties. If actual results are different from management's estimates,or future product candidates. Alternatively, we may need to seek additional strategic or financing opportunities sooner than would otherwise be expected. There is no guarantee that any of these strategic or financing opportunities will be executed or executedrequired to scale back our plans and place certain activities on favorable terms,hold. Other than the Sales Agreement, we currently do not have any commitments to obtain additional funds, and some couldmay be dilutive to existing stockholders. If we are unable to obtain additionalsufficient funding in the future on a timely basis, weacceptable terms, if at all. Our management continues to evaluate different strategies to obtain the required funding for future operations. These strategies may be forced to significantly curtail, delay, include utilizing the Sales Agreement, public and private placements of equity and/or discontinue one or more of our planneddebt securities, payments from potential strategic research and development programs collaborations, and licensing and/or marketing arrangements with pharmaceutical companies. Additionally, we continue to pursue discussions with global and regional pharmaceutical companies for licensing and/or co-development rights to its product candidates. There can be unable to expand our operations or otherwise prepare for the potential regulatory approval and commercialization of our product candidates, assuming positive data.no assurance that these future funding efforts will be successful.

Our future operations are highly dependent on a combination of factors, including (i) the timely and successful completion of any additional financings, (ii) our ability to complete revenue-generating partnerships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, (iii) the success of our research and development activities, (iv) the development of competitive therapies by other biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, and, ultimately, (v) regulatory approval and market acceptance of our proposed future products. on is imminent.


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Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows from operating and financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 20212022 and 20202021 (in thousands):
Six Months Ended June 30,
20212020
Net cash (used in) provided by:
Operating activities$(15,167)$(10,212)
Financing activities9,782 6,275 
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents$(5,385)$(3,937)

We had no investing activities during the during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.
Six Months Ended June 30,
20222021
Net cash (used in) provided by:
Operating activities$(12,911)$(15,167)
Investing activities(4,500)— 
Financing activities23,043 9,782 
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents$5,632 $(5,385)

Net Cash Used in Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities of $12.9 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022 was primarily attributable to our net loss of $25.2 million, which was partially offset by various net non-cash charges of $10.8 million and the net change in our operating assets and liabilities of approximately $1.5 million. Net non-cash charges were driven by $10.0 million in expense related to the acquired in-process research and development and $0.8 million in non-cash stock compensation expense. The net change in our operating assets and liabilities of $1.5 million is primarily attributable to an increase in accounts payable of $1.2 million and an increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $0.4 million, which were partially offset by a decrease in operating lease liabilities of $0.1 million.

Net cash used in operating activities of $15.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021 was primarily attributable to a $8.9 million change in our operating assets and liabilities and our net loss of $7.0 million, which was offset by various net non-cash charges of $0.7 million. The net change in our operating assets and liabilities of $8.9 million is primarily attributable to a decrease in deferred revenue of $5.6 million, a $1.9 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets primarily for prepaid insurance premiums and clinical trial costs and a $2.5 million decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses and other current liabilities, partially offset by a $1.1 million decrease in contract acquisition costs related to the out-licensing of intellectual property rights and transfer of technical know-how associated with the 3DMed License Agreement.

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

Net cash used in operatinginvesting activities of $10.2$4.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020 was primarily attributable to our net loss of $8.6 million and the prepayment of certain expenses and payment of certain payables. The net change in our operating assets and liabilities of $2.2 million is primarily attributable to an increase in prepaid expenses of $1.4 million and a $0.8 million decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses and other current liabilities. The increase in prepaid expenses was primarily from payments of $1.0 million for insurance premiums and $0.4 million for clinical trial expenses2022 related to our Phase 3 REGAL study.license payments made for the acquisition of in-process research and development under the Company's GenFleet License Agreement.


There was no cash used in investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2021.
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Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

We generated $23.0 million in net cash from financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2022 that was due to $23.0 million in aggregate net proceeds received from our underwritten public offering, which closed in April 2022.

We generated $9.8 million of net cash from financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2021. We received $6.8 million in net proceeds from the issuance of common stock under the Sales Agreement, with an additional $2.2 million in net proceeds received in July 2021, as well as $3.0 million from the exercise of warrants to acquire shares of common stock.

We generated $6.3 million of net cash from financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2020. We received $6.0 million in net proceeds from the sale of securities in a registered direct offering in January 2020 and $0.3 million from the collection of our stock subscription receivable.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements as of June 30, 2021.2022.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Not applicable.


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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer (the “Certifying Officer”), evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and procedures designed to reasonably assure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), such as this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures are also designed to reasonably assure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Certifying Officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on these evaluations, the Certifying Officers have concluded, that, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:

(a)our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms; and

(b)our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that material information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act was accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Certifying Officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 20212022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Please refer to Note 67 (Commitments and Contingencies) to our consolidated financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 (Financial Statements) of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which is incorporated into this item by reference.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Please refer to our note on forward-looking statements on page 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which is incorporated into this item by reference.

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the risk factors discussed in our 20202021 Annual Report.Report and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The risks described in such 20202021 Annual Report and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and stock price.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit
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Exhibit
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DescriptionFormExhibitFiling DateExhibit
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DescriptionFormExhibitFiling Date
3.13.110-K3.1April 13, 20183.110-K3.1April 13, 2018
3.23.28-K3.3January 5, 20183.28-K3.3January 5, 2018
10.1
4.14.18-K4.1April 1, 2022
31.131.131.1
31.231.231.2
32.132.132.1
101.INS101.INSXBRL Instance Document.*101.INSXBRL Instance Document.*
101.SCH101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.*101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.*
101.CAL101.CALXBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.*101.CALXBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.*
101.DEF101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.*101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.*
101.LAB101.LABXBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.*101.LABXBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.*
101.PRE101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.*101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.*
*Indicates management contract or compensatory plans or arrangements.
**Filed herewith
***
The certification attached as Exhibit 32.1 accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and shall not be deemed “filed” by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc.
By:/s/ Angelos M. Stergiou
Angelos M. Stergiou, MD, ScD h.c.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: August 12, 202111, 2022
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