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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended January 31, 20192020

or

 

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

        

For the transition period from __________ to __________

 

Commission file number333-68008

 

PHARMACYTE BIOTECH, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada62-1772151
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

23046 Avenida de la Carlota, Suite 600, Laguna Hills, CA 92653

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(917) 595-2850

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
N/AN/AN/A

 

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. YesxNoo

 

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) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

YesxNoo

 

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. (Check one)

 

 Large accelerated filer oAccelerated filer o
 Non-accelerated filer oSmaller reporting company x
 Emerging growth company o 

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes oNox

 

As of March 14, 2019,13, 2020 the registrant had 1,126,904,5051,481,471,172 outstanding shares of common stock, with a par value of $0.0001 per share.

 

 

 

 

PHARMACYTE BIOTECH, INC.

INDEX TO QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 20192020

 

  Page
PART I.FINANCIAL INFORMATION13
   
Item 1.Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)13
 
 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 31, 20192020 and April 30, 20182019 (Unaudited)13
 
 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended January 31, 20192020 and 20182019 (Unaudited)24
   
 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the Three and Nine Months Ended January 31, 20192020 and 20182019 (Unaudited)35
   
 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Three and Nine Months Ended January 31, 20192020 and 20182019 (Unaudited)46
   
 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended January 31, 20192020 and 20182019 (Unaudited)57
 
 Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)68
 
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations2429
 
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk2834
   
Item 4.Controls and Procedures2834
   
PART II.OTHER INFORMATION3037
   
Item 1.Legal Proceedings3037
   
Item 1A.Risk Factors3037
   
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds3037
   
Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities3037
   
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures3037
   
Item 5.Other Information3037
   
Item 6.Exhibits3138
   
 Signatures3239

 

 

 

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements.

 

PHARMACYTE BIOTECH, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)

 

 January 31,
2020
 April 30,
2019
 January 31,
2019
  April 30,
2018
     
ASSETS                
Current assets:                
Cash $699,462  $1,059,798  $142,242  $515,253 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  8,484   224,067   66,952   138,151 
Total current assets  707,946   1,283,865   209,194   653,404 
                
Other assets:                
Intangibles  3,549,427   3,549,427   3,549,427   3,549,427 
Investment in SG Austria  1,572,193   1,572,193   1,572,193   1,572,193 
Other assets  7,372   7,372   7,372   7,372 
Total other assets  5,128,992   5,128,992   5,128,992   5,128,992 
                
Total Assets $5,836,938  $6,412,857  $5,338,186  $5,782,396 
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                
Current liabilities:                
Accounts payable $133,676  $352,621  $340,494  $121,885 
Accrued expenses  337,567   291,547   678,360   620,966 
Total current liabilities  471,243   644,168   1,018,854   742,851 
                
Total Liabilities  471,243   644,168   1,018,854   742,851 
                
Commitments and Contingencies (Notes 6 and 8)                
                
Stockholders' equity:                
Common stock: authorized 1,490,000,000 shares, $0.0001 par value, 1,126,904,505 and 1,013,260,644 shares issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2019 and April 30, 2018, respectively  112,690   101,326 
Additional paid in capital  104,153,928   101,636,215 
Preferred stock, authorized 10,000,000 shares, $0.0001 par value:        
Series A Preferred Stock, 0 and 0 shares issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2020 and April 30, 2019, respectively      
Common stock: authorized 2,490,000,000 shares, $0.0001 par value, 1,428,471,172 and 1,186,004,505 shares issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2020 and April 30, 2019, respectively  142,847   118,600 
Additional paid-in capital  107,305,733   104,966,158 
Accumulated deficit  (98,892,427)  (95,964,143)  (103,107,876)  (100,031,371)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (8,496)  (4,709)  (21,372)  (13,842)
Total stockholders' equity  5,365,695   5,768,689   4,319,332   5,039,545 
                
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $5,836,938  $6,412,857  $5,338,186  $5,782,396 

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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PHARMACYTE BIOTECH, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

  Three Months Ended
January 31,
  Nine Months Ended
January 31,
 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
             
Revenue $  $  $  $ 
                 
Operating Expenses:                
Research and development costs  59,144   802,564   442,039   1,745,692 
Compensation expense  371,571   636,999   1,199,252   1,793,946 
Director fees  50,000   31,093   189,502   209,574 
Legal and professional  57,224   107,149   242,318   434,688 
General and administrative  138,408   452,855   855,173   1,349,473 
Total operating expenses  676,347   2,030,660   2,928,284   5,533,373 
                 
Loss from operations  (676,347)  (2,030,660)  (2,928,284)  (5,533,373)
                 
Net loss $(676,347) $(2,030,660) $(2,928,284) $(5,533,373)
                 
Basic and diluted loss per share $(0.00) $(0.00) $(0.00) $(0.01)
Weighted average shares outstanding basic and diluted  1,126,904,505   975,848,246   1,084,053,016   958,198,483 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PHARMACYTE BIOTECH, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(UNAUDITED)

  

Three Months Ended

January 31,

  

Nine Months Ended

January 31,

 
  2019  2018  2019  2018 
             
Net Loss $(676,347) $(2,030,660) $(2,928,284) $(5,533,373)
Other comprehensive income (loss):                
Foreign currency translation  3,544   (1,508)  (3,787)  (1,243)
Other comprehensive income (loss)  3,544   (1,508)  (3,787)  (1,243)
Comprehensive loss $(672,803) $(2,032,168) $(2,932,071) $(5,534,616)

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PHARMACYTE BIOTECH, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTSTATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2019 AND 2018 OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

 

  Common stock  Paid-in  Accumulated  Other
Comprehensive Income
  Total
Stockholders’
 
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  (Loss)  Equity 
                   
Balance, April 30, 2018  1,013,260,644  $101,326  $101,636,215  $(95,964,143) $(4,709) $5,768,689 
                         
Shares issued for compensation        92,070         92,070 
Shares issued for services        45,800         45,800 
Shares issued for cash, net of issuance costs of $105,000  66,239,316   6,624   1,388,376         1,395,000 
Stock options granted        113,225         113,225 
Foreign currency translation adjustment              (1,273)  (1,273)
Net loss           (1,215,363)     (1,215,363)
Balance, July 31, 2018  1,079,499,960   107,950   103,275,686   (97,179,506)  (5,982)  6,198,148 
                         
Shares issued for compensation        92,070         92,070 
Shares issued for services  1,950,000   195   59,459         59,654 
Stock options granted        96,964         96,964 
Foreign currency translation adjustment              (6,058)  (6,058)
Net loss           (1,036,574)     (1,036,574)
Balance, October 31, 2018  1,081,449,960   108,145   103,524,179   (98,216,080)  (12,040)  5,404,204 
                         
Shares issued for compensation        61,380         61,380 
Shares issued for services        35,430         35,430 
Shares issued for cash, net of issuance costs of $35,000  45,454,545   4,545   460,455         465,000 
Stock options granted        72,484         72,484 
Foreign currency translation adjustment              3,544   3,544 
Net loss           (676,347)     (676,347)
                         
Balance, January 31, 2019  1,126,904,505  $112,690  $104,153,928  $(98,892,427) $(8,496) $5,365,695 
                         
Balance, April 30, 2017  905,349,047  $90,534  $97,130,279  $(89,135,302) $1,736  $8,087,247 
                         
Shares issued for compensation        171,600         171,600 
Shares issued for services  5,450,000   545   93,946         94,491 
Shares issued for cash, net of issuance costs of $70,000  62,368,764   6,238   1,745,171         1,751,409 
Stock options granted         244,701         244,701 
Foreign currency translation adjustment              (1,718)  (1,718)
Net loss           (1,688,415)     (1,688,415)
Balance, July 31, 2017  973,167,811   97,317   99,385,697   (90,823,717)  18   8,659,315 
                         
Shares issued for compensation        171,600         171,600 
Shares issued for services     50   86,400         86,450 
Stock options granted        245,095         245,095 
Foreign currency translation adjustment              247   247 
Net loss           (1,814,298)     (1,814,298)
Balance, October 31, 2017  973,167,811   97,367   99,888,792   (92,638,015)  265   7,348,409 
                         
Shares issued for compensation  6,600,000   660   144,430         145,090 
Shares issued for services  500,000      69,840         69,840 
Stock options granted        306,906         306,906 
Foreign currency translation adjustment              (1,508)  (1,508)
Net loss           (2,030,660)     (2,030,660)
                         
Balance, January 31, 2018  980,267,811  $98,027  $100,409,968  $(94,668,675) $(1,243) $5,838,077 
  Three Months Ended
January 31,
 Nine Months Ended
January 31,
  2020 2019 2020 2019
         
Revenue $  $  $  $ 
                 
Operating Expenses:                
Research and development costs  113,296   59,144   203,566   442,039 
Compensation expense  406,006   371,571   1,305,346   1,199,252 
Director fees  79,269   50,000   237,765   189,502 
Legal and professional  116,531   57,224   342,142   242,318 
General and administrative  160,206   138,408   987,686   855,173 
Total operating expenses  875,308   676,347   3,076,505   2,928,284 
                 
Loss from operations  (875,308)  (676,347)  (3,076,505)  (2,928,284)
                 
Net loss $(875,308) $(676,347) $(3,076,505) $(2,928,284)
                 
Basic and diluted loss per share $(0.00) $(0.00) $(0.00) $(0.00)
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding basic and diluted  1,375,499,976   1,126,904,505   1,284,500,731   1,084,053,016 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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PHARMACYTE BIOTECH, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWSCOMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(UNAUDITED)

 

  Nine Months Ended January 31, 
  2019  2018 
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net loss $(2,928,284) $(5,533,373)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Stock issued for services  140,884   201,576 
Stock issued for compensation  245,520   488,290 
Stock based compensation – options  282,673   766,382 
Change in assets and liabilities:        
Decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets  215,583   65,405 
Decrease in accounts payable  (218,945)  (60,008)
Increase in accrued expenses  46,020   66,916 
Increase in binding term sheet obligation     300,000 
Net cash used in operating activities  (2,216,549)  (3,704,812)
         
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities      
         
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Proceeds from sale of common stock, net of issuance costs  1,860,000   1,751,409 
Net cash provided by financing activities  1,860,000   1,751,409 
         
Effect of currency rate exchange on cash  (3,787)  (2,979)
         
Net decrease in cash  (360,336)  (1,956,382)
         
Cash at beginning of the period  1,059,798   3,464,229 
Cash at end of the period $699,462  $1,507,847 
  

Three Months Ended

January 31,

 

Nine Months Ended

January 31,

  2020 2019 2020 2019
         
Net Loss $(875,308) $(676,347) $(3,076,505) $(2,928,284)
Other comprehensive income (loss):                
Foreign currency translation  (602)  3,544   (7,530)  (3,787)
Other comprehensive income (loss)  (602)  3,544   (7,530)  (3,787)
Comprehensive loss $(875,910) $(672,803) $(3,084,035) $(2,932,071)

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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PHARMACYTE BIOTECH, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

NINE MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2020 AND 2019

(UNAUDITED)

  Series A Preferred Stock Common stock Paid-in Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income
 Total
Stockholders’
  Shares Amount Shares Amount Capital Deficit (Loss) Equity
                 
Balance, April 30, 2019    $   –   1,186,004,505  $118,600  $104,966,158  $(100,031,371) $(13,842) $5,039,545 
                                 
Shares issued for compensation              104,726         104,726 
Shares issued for services        5,500,000   550   311,266         311,816 
Shares issued for cash, net of issuance costs of $70,000        66,666,667   6,667   551,333         558,000 
Stock options granted              126,325         126,325 
Foreign currency translation
adjustment
                    (6,862)  (6,862)
Net loss                 (1,134,075)     (1,134,075)
Balance, July 31, 2019        1,258,171,172   125,817   106,059,808   (101,165,446)  (20,704)  4,999,475 
                                 
Shares issued for compensation              104,727         104,727 
Shares issued for services        3,700,000   370   73,183         73,553 
Shares issued for cash, net of issuances costs of $24,500         70,000,000   7,000   318,500         325,500 
Share issued for cash  1                           1 
Stock options granted              98,409         98,409 
Foreign currency translation
adjustment
                    (66)  (66)
Net loss                 (1,067,122)     (1,067,122)
                                 
Balance, October 31, 2019  1       1,331,871,172   133,187   106,654,628   (102,232,568)  (20,770)  4,534,477 
                                 
Shares issued for compensation        6,600,000   660   99,578         100,238 
Shares issued for services              26,092         26,092 
Shares issued for cash         90,000,000   9,000   441,000         450,000 
Share repurchased for cash  (1)                          (1)
Stock options granted              84,436         84,436 
Foreign currency translation
adjustment
                    (602)  (602)
Net loss                 (875,308)     (875,308)
Balance, January 31, 2020    $   1,428,471,172  $142,847  $107,305,733  $(103,107,876) $(21,372) $4,319,332 
                                 
Balance, April 30, 2018    $   1,013,260,644  $101,326  $101,636,215  $(95,964,143) $(4,709) $5,768,689 
                                 
Shares issued for compensation              92,070         92,070 
Shares issued for services              45,800         45,800 
Shares issued for cash, net of issuance costs of $105,000        66,239,316   6,624   1,388,376         1,395,000 
Stock options granted              113,225         113,225 
Foreign currency translation
adjustment
                    (1,273)  (1,273)
Net loss                 (1,215,363)     (1,215,363)
Balance, July 31, 2018        1,079,499,960   107,950   103,275,686   (97,179,506)  (5,982)  6,198,148 
                                 
Shares issued for compensation              92,070         92,070 
Shares issued for services          1,950,000   195   59,459         59,654 
Stock options granted              96,964         96,964 
Foreign currency translation
adjustment
                    (6,058)  (6,058)
Net loss                 (1,036,574)     (1,036,574)
                                 
Balance, October 31, 2018        1,081,449,960   108,145   103,524,179   (98,216,080)  (12,040)  (5,404,204)
Shares issued for compensation              61,380         61,380 
Shares issued for services              35,430         35,430 
Shares issued for cash, net of issuance costs of $35,000          45,454,545   4,545   460,455         465,000 
Stock options granted              72,484         72,484 
Foreign currency translation
adjustment
                    3,544   (6,058)
Net loss                 (676,647)     (676,347)
Balance, January 31, 2019    $   1,126,904,505  $112,690  $104,153,928  $(98,892,427) $(8,496) $5,365,695 

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PHARMACYTE BIOTECH, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

  Nine Months Ended January 31,
  2020 2019
     
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net loss $(3,076,505) $(2,928,284)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Stock issued for services  411,461   140,884 
Stock issued for compensation  309,691   245,520 
Stock-based compensation – options  309,170   282,673 
Change in assets and liabilities:        
Increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets  71,199   215,583 
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable  218,608   (218,945)
Increase in accrued expenses  57,395   46,020 
Net cash used in operating activities  (1,698,981)  (2,216,549)
         
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Net cash used in investing activities      
         
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Proceeds from sale of Series A Preferred Stock  1    
Repurchase of Series A Preferred Stock  (1)   
Proceeds from sale of common stock, net of issuance costs  1,333,500   1,860,000 
Net cash provided by financing activities  1,333,500   1,860,000 
         
Effect of currency rate exchange on cash  (7,530)  (3,787)
         
Net decrease in cash  (373,011)  (360,336)
         
Cash at beginning of the period  515,253   1,059,798 
Cash at end of the period $142,242  $699,462 
         
Supplemental disclosure of cash flows information:        
Cash paid during the periods for taxes $800  $ 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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PHARMACYTE BIOTECH, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

NOTE 1 – NATURE OF BUSINESS

 

PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. (“Company”) is a biotechnology company focused on developing and preparing to commercialize cellular therapies for cancercertain solid tumor cancers and diabetes based upon a proprietary cellulose-based live cell encapsulation technology known as “Cell-in-a-Box®.” The Company intends to use the Cell-in-a-Box®technology is intended to be used as a platform upon which treatmentstherapies for several types of cancer, including locally advanced, inoperable, non-metastatic pancreatic cancer (“LAPC”), and Type 1 and insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes will beare being developed.

 

The Company is developing therapies for pancreatic and other solid tumor cancers involvingcancerous tumors by using genetically engineered live human cells that are capable of converting a cancer prodrug into its cancer-killing form, by encapsulating those cells using the encapsulation of live cells placedCell-in-a-Box®technology and placing those capsules in the bodyblood supply as close as possible to enable the activationcancerous tumor. In this way, when the cancer prodrug is administered to a patient with a particular type of cancer-killing drugs atcancer that may be affected by the sourceactive form of the cancer. prodrug, the killing of the patient’s tumor may be optimized.

The Company is alsohas been examining ways to exploit the benefits of the Cell-in-a-Box® encapsulation technology to develop therapies for cancer that involve prodrugs based upon certain constituents of theCannabis plant; these constituents are of the class of compounds known as “cannabinoids.” Until the IND involving LAPC has been submitted to the FDA, the Company will not be spending any further resources developing this program.

In addition, the Company has been involved in preclinical studies to determine if its cancer therapy can slow the production and/or accumulation of malignant ascites fluid in the abdomen that often accompanies the growth of several types of abdominal cancers. Until the IND involving LAPC has been submitted to the FDA, the Company will not be spending any further resources developing this program.

Finally, the Company has been developing a therapy for Type 1 diabetes and insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes based upon the encapsulation using the Cell-in-a-Box® technology, of a human liver cell line genetically engineered to produce, store and secrete insulin at levels in proportion to the levels of blood sugar in the human body. The Company is also working on an alternative route to bring a biological treatment for diabetes into the clinic. The Company is exploring the possibility of encapsulating human insulin-producing isletstem cells or stemand islet cells and transplanting them into a diabetic patient. In addition, the Company is examining ways to exploit the benefitsAll three types of cells will be encapsulated using the Cell-in-a-Box® encapsulation technology. Each method is designed to function as a bio-artificial pancreas for purposes of insulin production. Until the IND involving LAPC has been submitted to the FDA, the Company will not be spending any further resources developing this program.

The Cell-in-a-Box® capsules are largely composed of cellulose (cotton) and are bio-inert in the human body. The Cell-in-a-Box encapsulation technology potentially enables genetically engineered live human cells to develop therapies for cancer based uponbe used as miniature factories. The technology results in the constituentsformation of pin-head sized cellulose-based porous capsules in which genetically modified live human cells can be encapsulated and maintained. They are protected from environmental challenges, such as the sheer forces associated with bioreactors, passage through catheters and needles, etc., enabling greater growth and production of theCannabis plant, known as “Cannabinoids.” end-product.

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Cancer Therapy

Targeted Chemotherapy

Targeted Chemotherapy

The Company is usingseeking to utilize the Cell-in-a-Box®encapsulation technology to develop a therapy for certain solid cancerous tumors through a form of targeted chemotherapy. For pancreatic cancer, the Company is encapsulating genetically engineered live human cells that produce an enzyme designed to convert the prodrug ifosfamide into its cancer-killing form. The capsules containing these cells will be implanted in a patient in the blood supply to the pancreas as near as possible to the pancreas tumor.tumor in the pancreas. The cancer prodrug ifosfamide will then be given intravenously at one-third the normal dose. In this way, ita very low dose (1 g/m2). It is believed that the ifosfamide will be converted at the site of the tumor in addition to the liver where it is normally converted. The Company believes placement of the Cell-in-a-Box®capsules nearin close proximity to the tumor enables the production of optimal concentrations of the “cancer-killing” form of ifosfamide at the site of the tumor. The cancer-killing metabolite of ifosfamide has a short half-life, which the Company believes will result in little to no collateral damage to other organs inside effects from the body.chemotherapy.

 

Pancreatic Cancer Therapy for LAPC

 

The Company believes that aA critical unmet medical need exists for patients with locally advanced, inoperable non-metastatic pancreatic cancer (“LAPC”)LAPC whose tumor in the pancreas tumor no longer responds after 4-6 months of treatment with either Abraxane® plus gemcitabine or the 4-drug combination known as FOLFIRINOX (both combinations are the current standards of care)care for pancreatic cancer). The Company believes thatWe believe these patients have no effective treatment alternative once their tumor no longer respondstumors stop responding to these therapies. Two of the most commonly used treatments for such patients are 5-fluorouiracil (“5-FU”) or capecitabine (a prodrug of 5-FU) plus radiation (chemoradiation therapy). Both treatments are only marginally effective in treating the tumor in the pancreas and result in serious side effects. More recently, radiation treatment alone is being used at some cancer centers in the United States (“U.S.”). The Company is developing a therapy comprised of Cell-in-a-Box® encapsulated live cells implanted nearas close as possible to the cancerous tumor in a patient’s pancreas tumor followed by treatment with low doses of the cancer prodrug ifosfamide.ifosfamide administered intravenously. The Company believes that its treatment can serve as a “consolidation therapy” with the current standards of care for patients with LAPC and thus address this critical unmet medical need.

 

The Company is currently working on an Investigational New Drug Application (“IND”)Subject to submit toapproval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to begin a clinical trial with patients who have LAPC. Subject to the FDA’s acceptance of the IND following submission to the FDA,, the Company plans to commence a clinical trial involving patients with LAPC whose tumors have ceased to respond to either Abraxane® plus gemcitabine or FOLFIRINOX after 4-6 months of treatment. The Company had a Pre-Investigational New Drug Application meeting (“Pre-IND meeting”) with the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research of the FDA (“CBER”) in January 2017. At that Pre-IND meeting, the FDA communicated its agreement with certain aspects of the Company’s clinical development plan, charged the Company with completing numerous tasks and provided the Company with the guidance on the tasks the Company believes is needed to complete a successful IND, although no assurance can be given whether the FDA will approve the Company’s IND for LAPC once it is submitted to the FDA. Since the pre-IND meeting, the Company has completed the Cell-in-a-Box®engineering runs and manufacturing production runs along with most of the studies intended to provide data necessary for the completion of the Company’s IND for LAPC.

The Company is continuing to work on projects related to its planned IND submission for LAPC. Among other things, this work includes completion of each Module within the IND, the Investigator’s Brochure, the Pharmacy Manual, the Protocol for the LAPC clinical trial, a container closure integrity test of the hypothesis articulated above.Company’s clinical trial product that will be conducted over the course of two years, a pyrogenicity test, preparation of the angiography guidelines for implantation of the encapsulated cells for use in the LAPC clinical trial and a two-year stability study of the Company’s clinical trial product. The work also includes preparation of a Drug Master File, drafting change history related to the manufacturing process that existed when the preclinical studies were conducted compared to the current manufacturing process for the Company’s clinical trial would take placeproduct and publication of the IND in concert with the Company’s U.S. Agent for the FDA. The Company will need to raise additional funds to complete preparation of its IND submission to the FDA for the treatment of LAPC.

The plan is to initially conduct the LAPC trial in the U.S. with possible study sites in Europe.

Europe at a later date.

 

 

 

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Malignant Ascites FluidCannabinoid Therapy to Treat Cancer

 

The Company plans to use cannabinoids, constituents of theCannabis plant, to develop therapies for cancer, with the initial target of brain cancer. The Company is focusing on developing specific therapies based on carefully chosen molecules rather than using complexCannabis extracts.

To further itsCannabis therapy development plans, the Company entered a Research Agreement with the University of Northern Colorado. The initial goal of the research was to develop methods for the identification, separation and quantification of constituents ofCannabis (some of which are prodrugs) that may be used in combination with the Cell-in-a-Box®technology to treat cancer. This has been accomplished.

Further research has been conducted to identify the appropriate cell type that can convert the selected cannabinoid prodrugs into metabolites with anticancer activity. Once identified, the genetically modified cells that will produce the appropriate enzyme to convert the selected prodrugs will be encapsulated using the Company’s Cell-in-a-Box® technology. The encapsulated cells and cannabinoid prodrugs identified by these studies will then be combined and used for future studies to evaluate their anticancer effectiveness.

Malignant Ascites Fluid Therapy

The Company has also been developing a therapy to delay the production and accumulation of malignant ascites fluid that results from many types of abdominal tumors. Malignant ascites fluid is secreted by abdominal tumors into the abdomen after the tumors have reached a certain stage of growth. This fluid contains cancer cells that can seed and form new tumors throughout the abdomen. This fluid accumulates in the abdominal cavity, causing swelling of the abdomen, severe breathing difficulties and extreme pain.

 

Once an abdominal tumor reaches a certain stage of development, it produces malignant ascites in the abdominal cavity. Malignant ascites fluid must be removed by paracentesis (a clinical procedure in which a needle is inserted into the peritoneal cavity and ascites fluid is removed) on a periodic basis. This procedure is painful and costly. There is no therapy that the Company is aware of that prevents or delays the production and accumulation of malignant ascites fluid.

The Company has been involved in a series of preclinical studies conducted by Translational Drug Development (“TD2”), an early stage CRO specializing in oncology, to determine if the combination of Cell-in-a-Box® encapsulated cells plus ifosfamide therapy can delay the production and accumulation of malignant ascites fluid. The data from the TD2 studies indicated that the treatment might play a role in the rate of malignant ascites fluid production and accumulation, but the conclusions were difficult to interpret with certainty. As a result, the Company plans to conduct another preclinical study in Germany to determine if its conclusions from the TD2 studies are valid. If the preclinicalthis European study in Germany is deemed successful and the Company receives approval to do so from the FDA,shows positive results, the Company plans to seek approval from the FDA to conduct a Phase 1 clinical trial in the U.S. to determine if its therapy for pancreatic cancer can prevent or delay the production and accumulation of malignant ascites fluid. It also plans to have additional study sites in Europe if the Company receives approval to do so from the European Medicines Agency.

 

Diabetes Therapy

 

Bio-Artificial Pancreas for Diabetes

 

The Company plans to develop a therapy for Type 1 diabetes and insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes. The Company is attempting to develophas been developing a therapy that involves encapsulation of human liver cells that have been genetically engineered to produce, store and release insulin on demand at levels in proportion to the levels of blood sugar (glucose) in the human body. The Company is also exploring the possibility of encapsulating human-insulin producingusing genetically modified stem cells and natural, human insulin-producing cells (beta islet cells) and/or insulin-producing stem cells.to treat Type 1 diabetes and insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes. All three types of cells will be encapsulated using the Cell-in-a-Box® encapsulation technology. The goal for the three approaches is to develop a bio-artificial pancreas for purposes of insulin production for diabetics who are insulin dependent. After appropriate animal testing has been completed successfully, completed, the Company willplans to seek the FDA’s approval to transplant encapsulated insulin-producing cells into diabetic patients. The goal for these approaches is to develop a bio-artificial pancreas for purposes of insulin production for diabetics who are insulin dependent.

Cannabis Therapy

Cannabinoids

The Company plans to use Cannabinoids (chemical constituents of theCannabis plant) to develop therapies for cancer, with the initial target being brain cancer. The Company is focusing on developing specific therapies based on carefully chosen molecules rather than using complexCannabisextracts. Targeted cannabinoid-based chemotherapy utilizing the Cell-in-a-Box® technology offers a “green” approach to treating solid-tumor malignancies. Here, the methodology of placing the encapsulated cells in close proximity to the tumor so that a cancer prodrug can be activated near the site of the cancerous tumor mimics the Company’s efforts with LAPC except that in this case the cancer prodrug will be Cannabinoid-derived.

To further itsCannabis therapy development plans, the Company entered into a Research Agreement with the University of Northern Colorado. The initial goal of the ongoing research was to develop methods for the identification, separation and quantification of constituents ofCannabis (some of which are prodrugs) that may be used in combination with the Cell-in-a-Box®technology to treat cancer; this has been accomplished. Subsequent studies have been undertaken to identify the appropriate cell type that can convert the selected Cannabinoid prodrugs into metabolites with anticancer activity. Once identified, the genetically modified cells that will produce the appropriate enzyme to convert that prodrug will be encapsulated using the Cell-in-a-Box® technology. The encapsulated cells and Cannabinoid prodrugs identified by these studies will then be combined and used for future studies to evaluate their anticancer effectiveness.insulin-dependent.

 

 

 

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Company Background and Material Agreements

 

The Company is a Nevada corporation incorporated in 1996. In 2013, the Company restructured its operations to focus on biotechnology. The restructuring resulted in the Company focusing all its efforts upon the development of a novel, effective and safe way to treat various types of cancer and diabetes. On January 6, 2015, the Company changed its name from Nuvilex, Inc. to PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. to reflect the nature of its business.business in the biotechnology sector.

 

In 2011, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (“SG Austria APA”) with SG Austria Private Limited (“SG Austria APA”Austria”) to purchase 100% of the assets and liabilities of SG Austria Private Limited (“SG Austria”).Austria. Austrianova Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“Austrianova”) and Bio Blue Bird AG (“Bio Blue Bird”), then wholly-owned subsidiaries of SG Austria, were to become wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company on the condition that the Company pay SG Austria $2.5 million and 100,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock of the Company’s common stock.(“Common Stock”). The Company was to receive 100,000 shares of common stock of Austrianova and nine bearer shares of Bio Blue Bird representing 100% of the ownership of Bio Blue Bird.

 

Through two addenda to the SG Austria APA, the closing date of the SG Austria APA was extended twice by agreement between the parties.

 

In June 2013, the Company and SG Austria entered a Third Addendum to the SG Austria APA (“Third Addendum”). The Third Addendum changed materially the transaction contemplated by the SG Austria APA. Under the Third Addendum, the Company acquired 100% of the equity interests in Bio Blue Bird and received a 14.5% equity interest in SG Austria. In addition, the Company received nine bearer shares of Bio Blue Bird to reflect its 100% ownership of Bio Blue Bird. The Company paid: (i) $500,000 to retire all outstanding debt of Bio Blue Bird; and (ii) $1.0 million to SG Austria. The Company also paid SG Austria $1,572,193 in exchange for the 14.5% equity interest inof SG Austria. The Third Addendum required SG Austria to return the 100,000,000 shares of common stockCommon Stock held by SG Austria and for the Company to return the 100,000 shares of common stock of Austrianova held by the Company.Company held.

 

Effective as of the same date of the Third Addendum, the parties entered into a Clarification Agreement to the Third Addendum (“Clarification Agreement”) to clarify and include certain language that was inadvertently left out ofomitted from the Third Addendum. Among other things, the Clarification Agreement confirmed that the Third Addendum granted the Company an exclusive, worldwide license to use, with a right to sublicense, the Cell-in-a-Box® encapsulation technology for the development of treatments for cancer and use of Austrianova’s Cell-in-a-Box®trademark and its associated technology.

  

With respect to Bio Blue Bird, Bavarian Nordic A/S (“Bavarian Nordic”) and GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt u. Gesundheit GmbH (collectively, “Bavarian Nordic/GSF”) and Bio Blue Bird entered into the Bavarian Nordic/GSF License Agreement in July 2005 whereby Bio Blue Bird was granted a non-exclusive license to further develop, make or have made (including services under contract for Bio Blue Bird or a sub-licensee), by Contract Manufacturing Organizations, Contract Research Organizations, Consultants, Logistics Companies or others,products to treat cancer, obtain marketing approval, sell and offer for sale those products using the clinical data generated from the second pancreatic cancer clinical trial which contained proprietary information from the 1st Interim Analysis of the trial that used the cells and capsules developed by Bavarian Nordic/GSF (then known as “CapCells”) or otherwise use the. The licensed patent rights related thereto into this information and technology pertain to the countries in which patents had been granted.granted to Bavarian Nordic/GSF.

 

Bavarian Nordic/GSF and Bio Blue Bird amended the Bavarian Nordic License Agreement in December 2006 to reflect: (i) the license granted was exclusive; (ii) the royalty rate was increased from 3% to 4.5%; (iii) Bio Blue Bird assumed the patent prosecution expenses;expenses for the existing patents; and (iv) it was made clear that the license wouldwill survive as a license granted by one of the licensors if the other licensor rejectedrejects performance under the Bavarian Nordic License Agreement due to any actions or declarations of insolvency.

 

In June 2013, the Company acquired from Austrianova an exclusive, worldwide license to use the Cell-in-a-Box® technology and trademark for the development of a therapy for Type 1 and insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes (“Diabetes Licensing Agreement”).

 

 

 

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In October 2014, the Company entered into an exclusive, worldwide license agreement (“Melligen Cell License Agreement”) with the University of Technology Sydney (“UTS”) in Australia to use insulin-producing genetically engineered human liver cells developed by UTS to treat Type 1 diabetes and insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes. These cells, named “Melligen,” were testedThe Company plans to develop a therapy for diabetes by UTS in mice and shown to produce insulin in direct proportion toencapsulating the amount of glucose in their surroundings. In those studies, when Melligen cells were transplanted into immunosuppressed diabetic mice,using the blood glucose levels of the mice became normal.Cell-in-a-Box® encapsulation technology.

 

In December 2014, the Company acquired from Austrianova an exclusive, worldwide license to use the Cell-in-a-Box® technology in combination with genetically modified non-stem cell lines which are designed to activate Cannabinoidcannabinoid prodrug molecules for development of therapies for diseases and their related symptoms using of the Cell-in-a-Box® technology and trademark (“Cannabis Licensing Agreement”). This allows the Company to develop a therapy to treat some solid cancers through encapsulation of genetically modified cells designed to convert Cannabinoids to their cancer killing form using the Cell-in-a-Box®technology. The Company paid Austrianova $2.0 million to secure this license.

 

In July 2016, the Company entered into a Binding Memorandum of Understanding with Austrianova (“Austrianova MOU”). Pursuantpursuant to the Austrianova MOU,which Austrianova will actively work with the Company to seek an investment partner or partners who will finance clinical trials and further develop products for the Company’s therapytherapies for cancer, in exchange for which the Company, Austrianova and any future investment partner or partners will each receive a portionshare of the net revenue of the sales from the parties’ cancer products.sale of products in designated territories.

 

In

Effective October 1, 2016, the partiesCompany and Bavarian Nordic/GSF amended the Bavarian Nordic/GSF License Agreement toto: (i) include the right to: (i)to import; (ii) reflect ownership and notification of improvements; (ii)(iii) clarify which provisions survive expiration or termination of the Bavarian Nordic/GSF License Agreement; (iii)(iv) provide rights to Bio Blue Bird to the clinical data after expiration of the licensed patent rights; and (iv)(v) change the notice address and recipients of Bio Blue Bird.

 

In August 2017, the Company entered into a Binding Term Sheet with SG Austria and Austrianova (“Binding Term Sheet”) pursuant to which the parties reached an agreement to amend certain provisions in the SG Austria APA, the Diabetes Licensing Agreement the Cannabis Licensing Agreement and the Vin-de-Bona Consulting Agreement (defined below).

In May 2018 and pursuant to the Binding Term Sheet, the Company entered into agreements with SG Austria and Austrianova to amend certain provisions of the SG Austria APA, the Diabetes Licensing Agreement, the Cannabis Licensing Agreement and the Vin-de-Bona Consulting Agreement required by the Binding Term Sheet (“Binding Term Sheet Amendments”). The Binding Term Sheet Amendments provide that the Company’s obligation to make milestone payments to Austrianova will beare eliminated in their entirety under the Cannabis License Agreement and the Diabetes License Agreement, as amended. The Binding Term Sheet Amendments also provide that the Company’s obligation to make milestone payments to SG Austria pursuant to the SG Austria APA, as amended and clarified, will beis eliminated in theirits entirety. One of the Binding Term Sheet Amendments also provides that the scope of the Diabetes License Agreement will beis expanded to include all cell types and cell lines of any kind or description now or later identified, including, but not limited to, primary cells, mortal cells, immortal cells and stem cells at all stages of differentiation and from any source specifically designed to produce insulin for the treatment of diabetes.

 

In addition, one of the Binding Term Sheet Amendments provides that the Company will havehas a 5-year right of first refusal from August 30, 2017 in the event that Austrianova chooses to sell, transfer or assign at any time during this period the Cell-in-a-Box® tradename and its Associated Technologies; provided, however, that the Associated Technologies subject to the right of first refusal do not include Bac-in-a-Box®. Additionally,, which relates to encapsulation of probiotic bacteria and yeast for stomach acid protection and ambient storage. Also, for a period of one year from August 30, 2017 one of the Binding Term Sheet Amendments provides that Austrianova will not solicit, negotiate or entertain any inquiry regarding the potential acquisition of the Cell-in-a-Box®encapsulation technology and its Associated Technologies.

 

The Binding Term Sheet Amendments further provide that the royalty payments on gross sales as specified in the SG Austria APA, the Cannabis License Agreement and the Diabetes License Agreement will be changed to 4%. They also provide that the royalty payments on amounts received by the Company from sublicensees’ gross sales under the same agreements will be changed to 20% of the amount received by the Company’s sublicensees, provided, however,that in the event the amounts received by the Company from sublicensees is 4% or less of sublicensees’ gross sales, Austrianova or SG Austria (as the case may be) will receive 50% of what the Company receives up to 2%. In addition, Austrianova or SG Austria (as the case may be) will receive 20% of any amount the Company receives over a 4% royalty payment from sublicensees.

  

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The Binding Term Sheet Amendments also provide that Austrianova will receive 50% of any other financial and non-financial consideration received from the Company’s sublicensees of the Cell-in-a-Box® technology.

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NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

General

 

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of January 31, 20192020 and for the three and nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 20182019 are unaudited. These unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and are presented in accordance with the requirements of Regulation S-X of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) and with the instructions to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.10-Q (“Report”). Accordingly, they do not include all the information and Notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended January 31, 20192020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2019.2020. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the fiscal year ended April 30, 20182019 and the Notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended April 30, 20182019 (“Form 10-K”) the Company filed with the Commission.

 

The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of April 30, 2018January 31, 2020 contained hereinin this Report has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements as of April 30, 20182019 but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

 

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

 

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. The Company operates independently and through four wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiaries: (i) Bio Blue Bird; (ii) PharmaCyte Biotech Europe Limited; (iii) PharmaCyte Biotech Australia Pty. Ltd.; and (iv) Viridis Biotech, Inc. and are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and the rules and regulations of the Commission. Intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated. The Company’s 14.5% investment in SG Austria is presented on the cost method of accounting.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities known to exist as of the date the financial statements are published and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates these estimates including those related to fair values of financial instruments, intangible assets, fair value of stock-based awards, income taxes and contingent liabilities, among others. Uncertainties with respect to such estimates and assumptions are inherent in the preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements; accordingly,statements. Therefore, it is possible that the actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions, which could have a material effect on the reported amounts of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial position and results of operations.

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Intangible Assets

 

The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") standard on goodwill and other intangible assets prescribes a two-step process for impairment testing of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles, which is performed annually, as well as when an event triggering impairment may have occurred. The first step tests for impairment, while the second step, if necessary, measures the impairment. The Company has elected to perform its annual analysis at the end of its fiscal reporting year.

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The Company’s intangible assets are licensing agreements related to the use the Cell-in-a-Box®technologyTrademark and Associated Technologies for the treatment of cancer of $1,549,427 and the Diabetes Licensing Agreement related to the use of the Cell-in-a-Box®Trademark and Associated Technologies for the treatment of diabetes license forof $2,000,000 for an aggregate total of $3,549,427.

 

These intangible assets have an indefinite life; therefore, they are not amortizable.

 

The Company concluded that there was no impairment of the carrying value of the intangibles for the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018.2019.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company evaluates long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be fully recoverable. If the estimated future cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) from the use of an asset are less than carrying value, a write-down would be recorded to reduce the related asset to its estimated fair value. No impairment was identified or recorded during the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018.2019.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

For certain of the Company’s non-derivative financial instruments, including cash, accounts payable and accrued expenses, the carrying amount approximates fair value due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.

 

Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments held by the Company. ASC Topic 825, “Financial Instruments,” defines fair value, and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement that enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The carrying amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheets for current liabilities qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of their fair values because of the short period between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:

 

 ·Level 1. Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;

 ·Level 2. Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and

 ·Level 3. Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

 

The Company follows ASC subtopic 820-10, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures and ASC subtopic 825-10, Financial Instruments, which permit entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Neither of these statements had an impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows. The carrying value of cash, accounts payable and accrued expenses, as reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments.

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Income Taxes

 

Deferred taxes are calculated using the liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.

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A valuation allowance is provided for deferred income tax assets when, in management’s judgment, based upon currently available information and other factors, it is more likely than not that all or a portion of such deferred income tax assets will not be realized. The determination of the need for a valuation allowance is based on an on-going evaluation of current information including, among other things, historical operating results, estimates of future earnings in different taxing jurisdictions and the expected timing of the reversals of temporary differences. The Company believes the determination to record a valuation allowance to reduce a deferred income tax asset is a significant accounting estimate because it is based on, among other things, an estimate of future taxable income in the U.S. and certain other jurisdictions, which is susceptible to change and may or may not occur, and because the impact of adjusting a valuation allowance may be material. In determining when to release the valuation allowance established against the Company’s net deferred income tax assets, the Company considers all available evidence, both positive and negative. Consistent with the Company’s policy, and because of the Company’s history of operating losses, the Company does not currently recognize the benefit of all its deferred tax assets, including tax loss carry forwards, which may be used to offset future taxable income. The Company continually assesses its ability to generate sufficient taxable income during future periods in which deferred tax assets may be realized. When the Company believes it is more likely than not that it will recover its deferred tax assets, the Company will reverse the valuation allowance as an income tax benefit in the statements of operations.

 

The U.S. GAAP method of accounting for uncertain tax positions utilizes a two-step approach to evaluate tax positions. Step one, recognition, requires evaluation of the tax position to determine if based solely on technical merits it is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. Step two, measurement, is addressed only if a position is more likely than not to be sustained. In step two, the tax benefit is measured as the largest amount of benefit, determined on a cumulative probability basis, which is more likely than not to be realized upon ultimate settlement with tax authorities. If a position does not meet the more likely than not threshold for recognition in step one, no benefit is recorded until the first subsequent period in which the more likely than not standard is met,met. When this occurs, the issue is resolved with the taxing authority or the statute of limitations expires. Positions previously recognized are derecognized when the Company subsequently determines the position no longer is more likely than not to be sustained. Evaluation of tax positions, their technical merits and measurements using cumulative probability are highly subjective management estimates. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

 

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. enacted the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (“Tax Act”), which made significant changes to U.S. federal income tax law affecting the Company. Set forth below is a discussion of certain provisions of the Tax Act and the Company's assessment of the impact of such provisions on its financial statements.

Effective January 1, 2018, the Company's U.S. income will be taxed at a 21% (subject to IRC Section 15 blended rate provisions) down from the 35 percent federal corporate rate. ASC 740-10-25-47 requires the Company to recognize the effect of this rate change on its deferred tax assets and liabilities in the period the tax rate change is enacted. As a result, the Company has concluded this will cause the Company's net deferred taxes to be remeasured at the new lower tax rate. The Company maintains a full valuation allowance on its U.S. net deferred tax assets. Deferred tax asset remeasurement (tax expense) will bewas offset by a net decrease in valuation allowance, resultingthat resulted in no impact on the Company's income tax expense.

 

Research and Development

 

Research and development (“R&D”) expenses consist of costs incurred for direct and overhead-related research expenses and are expensed as incurred. Costs to acquire technologies, including licenses, that are utilized in research and developmentR&D and that have no alternative future use are expensed when incurred. Technology developed for use in the Company’s product candidates is expensed as incurred until technological feasibility has been established.

 

ResearchR&D expenses for the three and development costsnine months ended January 31, 2020 were $113,296 and $203,566, respectively, and for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019 were approximately $59,000,$59,144 and $442,000, respectively, and for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2018 $803,000 and $1,746,000,$442,039, respectively.

 

 

 

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Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense for only those awards ultimately expected to vest on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award, net of an estimated forfeiture rate.award. The Company estimates the fair value of stock options using a Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model. This model which requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the option's expected term and stock price volatility. In addition, judgment is also required in estimating the number of stock-based awards that are expected to be forfeited. Forfeitures are estimated based on historical experience at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of share-based payment awards represent management's best estimates, but these estimates involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management's judgment. Thus, if factors change and the Company uses different assumptions, itsthe stock-based compensation expense could be materially different in the future.

 

Effective August 1, 2018, the Company early adopted ASU 2018-07Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): - Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which simplified the guidance for accounting for nonemployee share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from nonemployees.

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

The Company has no significant off-balance-sheet concentrations of credit risk such as foreign exchange contracts, options contracts or other foreign hedging arrangements. The Company maintains most of its cash balance at a financial institution located in California. AccountsThe Company’s account at this institution areis insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250,000. Uninsured balances aggregated approximately $307,000$0 and $772,000$127,000 at January 31, 20192020 and April 30, 2018,2019, respectively. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.from this account. Management believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash.

 

Foreign Currency Translation

 

The Company translates the financial statements of its foreign subsidiarysubsidiaries from the local (functional) currencies to U.S. dollars in accordance with FASB ASC 830,Foreign Currency Matters. All assets and liabilities of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are translated at the Company’s quarter-end exchange rates, while revenue and expenses are translated at average exchange rates prevailing during the fiscal year.period. Adjustments for foreign currency translation fluctuations are excluded from net loss and are included in other comprehensive income. Gains and losses on short-term intercompany foreign currency transactions are recognized as incurred.

 

Going Concern

 

The Company'saccompanying condensed consolidated financial statements arehave been prepared using U.S. GAAP applicable toassuming that the Company will continue as a going concern which contemplatesconcern; however, the realizationfollowing conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to do so. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and liquidationclassifications of liabilities inthat may result should the normal course of business.Company be unable to continue as a going concern. As of January 31, 2019,2020, the Company hashad an accumulated deficit of $98,892,427$103,107,876 and incurred a net loss for the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 of $2,928,284.$3,076,505. The Company requires substantial additional capital to finance its planned business operations and expects to incur operating losses in future periods due to the expenses related to the Company’s core businesses. The Company has not realized any revenue since it commenced doing business in the biotechnology sector, and there can be no assurance that it will be successful in generating revenues in the future in this sector. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

For the nine months ended January 31, 2019,2020, funding was provided by investors to maintain and expand the Company’s operations. Sales of the Company’s common stockCommon Stock were made under the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on September 13, 2017 (“S-3”) allowing for offerings of up to $50 million dollars in transactions that are deemed to be “at the market offerings” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”) or transactions structured as a public offering of a distinct block or blocks of shares (“Block Trades”) of the shares of the Company’s common stock.Common Stock. During the nine-month period endingended January 31, 2019,2020, the Company continued to acquire funds through the Company’s S-3 pursuant to which the placement agent sells shares of common stockCommon Stock in Block Trades in a program which is structured to provide up to $25 million dollars to the Company less certain commissions. From May 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019commissions pursuant to the Company raised capital of approximately $1.9 million in Block Trade transactions. The Company plans to continue selling securities using the S-3. Also, the Company has the ability to reduce the research and development expenses significantly should further funding be delayed.

 

 

 

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Management determined that these plans alleviate substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company believes the cash on hand at January 31,

On August 13, 2019, the abilityCompany no longer met the eligibility requirements to use the S-3 to raise capital, and the Company ceased to use the S-3 to raise capital after that date. In late January 2020, the Company became eligible to use the S-3.

From May 1, 2019 through at-the-market sales andAugust 12, 2019 the Company raised capital of approximately $884,000 in Block Trades, salesTrade transactions net of registered andcommissions. During the quarter ended January 31, 2020, the Company raised $450,000 through the sale of unregistered shares of its common stock and any public offerings of common stockCommon Stock in whichprivate placement transactions. Subsequent to January 31, 2020, the Company may engageraised additional capital in will provide sufficientthe amount of $65,000 through the sale of unregistered shares of its Common Stock in private placement transactions and $186,000 net of commissions, in Block Trades pursuant to the S-3.

The Company plans to continue to sell registered securities using the S-3 to raise capital to meetfund operations and R&D expenses until it files its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Company’s capital requirements andfiscal year ended April 30, 2020 with the Commission, at which time it believes the S-3 will no longer be available to fund the Company’s operations through March 30, 2020.use to raise capital.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The amendments in ASU 2018-02 ASC Topic 220:Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Incomeprovide financial statement preparers with an option to reclassify stranded tax effects within Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income to retained earnings in each period in which the effect of the change in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (or portion thereof) is recorded. The amendments in ASC Topic 220 are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years. While early application is permitted, including adoption in an interim period,On May 1, 2019, the Company has not elected to early adopt. The effectiveness of this update is not expected to have a significant effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

ASUadopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02,Leases “Leases (Topic 842), allows” which requires the recognition of leaseright-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities by lessees for thoseon the consolidated balance sheet. This ASU retains a distinction between finance leases classified asand operating leases, under previous US GAAP. Theand the classification criteria for distinguishing between finance leases and operating leases are substantially similar to the classification criteria for distinguishing between capital leases and operating leases in the previous guidance relatedcurrent accounting literature. Under the standard, disclosures are required to meet the objective of enabling users of financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. The Update 2016-02 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018,Company elected the available practical expedients on adoption. Adoption of the new standard resulted in an immaterial amount of total lease liabilities and early adoption is permitted. The adoptionROU assets of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.as of May 1, 2019.

 

The Company does not anticipate any material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements upon the adoption of the following accounting pronouncements issued during 2016, 20172018 and 2018:2019: (i) ASU 2018-19,ASC Topic 326: Codification Improvements to Financial Instruments; and (ii) ASU No. 2016-13,Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments; (iii) .

ASU No. 2016-15,2019-12,StatementSimplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes ("ASU 2019-12"), was issued in December 2019. Under ASU 2019-12, the accounting for income taxes is simplified by eliminating certain exceptions and implementing additional requirements which result in a more consistent application of Cash Flows (Topic 230): ClassificationASC 740. The Company is currently in the process of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments.evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2019-12 in 2021, but it does not expect it to have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

NOTE 3 – PREFERRED STOCKACCRUED EXPENSES

 

The Company has authorized 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $0.0001, of which 13,500 shares have been designated as “Series E Convertible Preferred Stock.” ThereAccrued expenses at January 31, 2020 and April 30, 2019 are no outstanding shares of preferred stock or Series E Convertible Preferred Stock. The Series E Convertible Preferred Stock has the following material features:summarized below:

 

·The holders of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to receive cash out of the assets of the Company before any amount is paid to the holders of any capital stock of the Company of any class junior in rank to the shares of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock;

·Each share of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible, at the holder’s option, into shares of common stock at the average closing bid price of the common stock for five trading days prior to the conversion date;

·The Company has the right, in its sole discretion, at any time 110 days after issuance of shares of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock, to redeem all the shares of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock upon thirty days advance written notice at a redemption price equal to the par value of the shares of the Series E Convertible Preferred Stock; and

·At every meeting of stockholders every holder of shares of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock is entitled to 50,000 votes for each share of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock with the same and identical voting rights as a holder of a share of common stock.
  January 31, 2020 April 30, 2019
Payroll related costs $421,941  $358,616 
Share issuance compensation     240,015 
Other  256,419   22,335 
Total $678,360  $620,966 

 

 

 

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NOTE 4 – COMMON STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

A summary of the Company’s non-vested restricted stock activityCommon Stock transactions and related weighted average grant date fair value information for the nine months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019 is set forth below:

In July 2017, the Company issued 4,200,000 shares of restricted Common Stock to three consultants pursuant to consulting agreements. The terms of two of the agreements were for twelve months and one agreement was for eighteen months. The shares vest monthly over a twelve-month to eighteen-month period and were subject to the consultants providing services under their respective agreements with the Company. The Company recorded a non-cash consulting expense in the amount of $0 and $0 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2020, respectively, and $11,200 and $73,800 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019, respectively. There were no unvested shares remaining related to such consulting agreements as of January 31, 2020 and 2018 are as follows:2019, respectively.

 

During the nine months ended January 31, 2019, the Company issued 1,950,000 shares of restricted Common Stock to two consultants pursuant to consulting agreements. The terms of these two consulting agreements were for twelve months. The shares vest monthly over a twelve-month period and are subject to the consultants providing services under their respective consulting agreement. An additional agreement with one of the consultants required 500,000 shares vest upon issuance. The Company recorded a non-cash consulting expense in the amount of $0 and $12,816 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2020, respectively, and $24,230 and $67,084 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019, respectively. There were zero and 562,500 unvested shares of Common Stock remaining related to these consulting agreements as of January 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

In April 2019, two consultants were issued 2,500,000 shares of restricted Common Stock pursuant to their respective consulting agreement. The term of the agreements is for twelve months which covered prior and current periods. The shares vest monthly over a twelve-month period and are subject to the consultant providing services under their respective consulting agreement. The Company recorded a non-cash consulting expense in the amount of $0 and $11,910 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2020. There were zero unvested shares as of January 31, 2020.

During the nine months ended January 31, 2020, the four independent directors of the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”) were issued 2,000,000 shares of restricted Common Stock pursuant to their respective Director Letter Agreement (“DLA”) with the Company. relating to their services for the prior year. The terms of each DLA is for twelve months. The shares vest on the directors’ anniversary date of their respective DLA. The Company recorded a non-cash expense of $0 and $19,212 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2020, respectively. There were zero unvested shares of Common Stock remaining related to these DLAs as of January 31, 2020.

During the nine months ended January 31, 2020, a consultant was issued 500,000 shares of restricted Common Stock pursuant to his consulting agreement with the Company. The term of the consulting agreement is for twelve months which covered prior and current periods. The shares vest monthly over a twelve-month period and are subject to the consultant providing services under his consulting agreement. The Company recorded a non-cash consulting expense in the amount of $0 and $17,350 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2020, respectively.

In April 2019, the Company awarded 6,600,000 shares of common stockrestricted Common Stock to officers as part of their respective executive compensation agreementsagreement for 2017.2019. These shares vest monthly over a twelve-month period and are subject to them continuing service under the agreements.their respective executive compensation agreement. During the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019,2020, the Company recorded a non-cash compensation expense in the amount of $0$69,438 and $0, respectively, and during the three and nine months ended January 31, 2018, the Company recorded non-cash compensation of $114,400 and $457,600,$278,891, respectively. AsThere were zero unvested shares as of January 31, 2019, there were no unvested shares.2020.

 

During the nine months ended January 31, 2018, the Company issued 1,750,000 shares of common stock to2020, four independent directors of the Company’s Board were issued 2,000,000 shares of Directors (“Board”)restricted Common Stock pursuant to Board compensation agreements. The terms oftheir respective DLA with the agreements are for twelve months.Company. Each share issuance under a DLA covers a twelve-month period. The shares vestedvest upon issuancethe appointment of a director pursuant to a DLA. The DLA is automatically renewed and a new grant of shares of Common Stock occurs upon on the anniversary date of each DLA. The Company recorded a non-cash expense of $0$18,998 and $0$46,433 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019, respectively, and $25,038 and $50,947 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2018,2020, respectively. AsThere were zero unvested shares remaining related to a DLA as of January 31, 2019, there were no unvested shares.2020.

 

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During the nine months ended January 31, 2018, the Company2020, a consultant was issued 4,200,0002,000,000 shares of common stockrestricted Common Stock pursuant to three consultants. The terms of twohis services as the Chairman of the agreements are for twelve monthsCompany’s Medical and one agreement is for eighteen months.Scientific Advisory Board over a four-year period. This share issuance covered prior and current periods. The shares vest monthly over a twelve-month to eighteen-month period andupon issuance are subject to the consultantsconsultant providing services underto the agreements.Company. The Company recorded a non-cash consulting expense in the amount of $11,200$0 and $73,800$11,851 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019, respectively, and $69,840 and $150,630 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2018,2020, respectively. AsThere were zero unvested shares remaining related to his compensation agreements as of January 31, 2019, there were no unvested shares.

The Company awarded 6,600,000 shares of common stock to officers as part of their compensation agreements for 2018. These shares vest monthly over a twelve-month period and are subject to them continuing service under the agreements. During the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019, the Company recorded a non-cash compensation expense in the amount of $61,380 and $245,520, respectively. As of January 31, 2019, there were no unvested shares.2020.

 

During the nine months ended January 31, 2019, the Company2020, five consultants were issued 1,950,0002,200,000 shares of common stockrestricted Common Stock pursuant to two consultants.their respective consulting agreement with the Company. The terms of two of the agreements are for twelve months. The shares vest monthly over a twelve-month period and are subject to the consultantsconsultant providing services under the agreements. An additional agreement requiredconsultant’s respective consulting agreement. The Company recorded a non-cash consulting expense in the amount of $26,092 and $46,895 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2020, respectively. There were 750,000 unvested shares remaining related to these consulting agreements as of January 31, 2020.

During the nine months ended January 31, 2020, a consultant was issued 500,000 shares of restricted Common Stock pursuant to his services as the Company’s Chairman of its Medical and Scientific Advisory Board over a twelve-month period. The shares vest upon issuance. The Company recorded a non-cash consulting expense in the amount of $24,230$4,600 and $67,084$6,133 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019,2020, respectively. As

In January 2020, the Company awarded 6,600,000 shares of restricted Common Stock to officers as part of their executive compensation agreements for 2020. These shares vest monthly over a twelve-month period and are subject to them continuing service under their respective executive compensation agreement. During the three and nine months ended January 31, 2020, the Company recorded a non-cash compensation expense in the amount of $30,800 and $30,800, respectively. There were 6,050,000 unvested shares remaining related to the executive compensation agreements as of January 31, 2019, there were 562,500 unvested2020.

During the nine months ended January 31, 2020, the Company entered into three stock subscription agreements resulting in the sale and issuance of ninety million (90 million) shares of restricted Common Stock. The Company received $450,000 from the sale of these shares.

 

All shares described above were issued without registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D.Act.

  

During the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, the Company sold and issued approximately 111.7 million136.7 and 62.4111.7 million shares of common stock,registered Common Stock, respectively, at prices ranging from approximately $0.01 to $0.08$0.03 per share as Block Trades pursuant to the Company’s S-3. Net of underwriting discounts, legal, accounting and other offering expenses, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $1.9 million$884,000 and $1.8$1.9 million from the sale of these shares for the nine months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, respectively, and $465,000 and $0 duringrespectively.  

On October 30, 2019, the three months ended JanuaryCompany issued one share of its Series A Preferred Stock to its Chief Executive Officer as described in detail in Note 11 – Preferred Stock. On October 31, 2019, and 2018, respectively.the Board passed a resolution recommending to shareholders that they approve the amendment of the Company’s articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock by 1,000,000,000 from 1,490,000,000 to 2,490,000,000 shares.  Subsequently, on October 31, 2019, by a written consent executed by holders of a majority of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding stock, the Company’s stockholders approved such an amendment. On October 31, 2019 such amendment was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. 

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A summary of the Company’s non-vestedunvested restricted stock activity and related weighted average grant date fair value information for the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 are as follows:

 

   Shares  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
        
 Non-vested, April 30, 2018   5,600,000  $0.06 
 Granted   1,950,000   0.05 
 Vested   (6,987,500)  0.06 
 Non-vested, January 31, 2019   562,500  $0.05 
  Shares  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
Unvested, April 30, 2019  4,600,000  $0.05 
Granted  15,800,000   0.05 
Vested  (13,600,000)  0.05 
Unvested, January 31, 2020  6,800,000  $0.05 

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NOTE 5 – STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS

 

Stock Options

 

As of January 31, 2019,2020, the Company had 96,450,00094,650,000 outstanding stock options to its directors and officers (collectively, “Employee Options”) and consultants (“Non-Employee(collectively, “Non-Employee Options”).

 

During the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, the Company granted 011,000,000 and 10,750,000zero Employee Options, respectively. During the nine months ended January 31, 2020, 25,000,000 options expired.

 

The fair value of the Employee Options at the date of grant was estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model, based on the following weighted average assumptions:

 

 Nine Months Ended January 31,  Nine Months Ended January 31, 
 2019 2018  2020 2019 
Risk-free interest rate     2.0%  1.8%  
Expected volatility     107%  91%  
Expected life (years)     2.8 
Expected lives (years) 2.7  
Expected dividend yield     0.00%  0.00%  

 

During the nine months ended January 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company granted Non-Employee Options of 1,200,000 and 5,400,000, respectively.

The fair value of the Non-Employee Options was estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model, based on the following weighted average assumptions:

  Nine Months Ended January 31, 
  2019  2018 
Risk-free interest rate  2.8%   2.5% 
Expected volatility  97%   106% 
Expected life (years)  4.9   4.3 
Expected dividend yield  0.00%   0.00% 

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The Company’s computation of expected volatility is based on the historical daily volatility of its publicly traded stock.Common Stock. For stock option grants issued during the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, the Company used a calculated volatility for each grant. The Company currently lacks adequate information about thepotential exercise behavior. The Companybehavior and has determined the expected term assumption usingunder the simplified method provided for under ASC 718. This method718, which averages the contractual term of the Company’s stock options of five years with the average vesting term of two and one-half years for an average of three years. The dividend yield assumption of zero is based upon the fact the Company has never paid cash dividends and presently has no intention of paying cash dividends. The risk-free interest rate used for each grant is equal to the U.S. Treasury rates in effect at the time of the grant for instruments with a similar expected life.

 

During the nine months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company granted 1,200,000 and 1,200,000 Non-Employee Options, respectively. During the three months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company granted zero and zero Non-Employee Options, respectively.

Non-Employee Option grants that do not vest immediately upon grant are recorded as an expense over the vesting period. Effective August 1, 2018 the Company adopted ASU 2018-07 early using the modified retrospective transition approach. The Company determined that there was no transition adjustment upon adoption of ASU 2018-07. The Company issued 1,200,000 stock options to a non-employee during the nine months ended January 31, 2019. The value of thesethe options was determined as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model and compensation expense is being recognized over the service period.

 

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information for the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 are shown below:

 

  Options  Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
per Share
 
          
Outstanding, April 30, 2018  95,250,000  $0.11  $0.11 
Issued  1,200,000   0.05  $0.05 
Outstanding, January 31, 2018  96,450,000  $0.11  $0.11 
Exercisable, January 31, 2018  95,950,000  $0.11  $ 
Vested and expected to vest  96,450,000  $0.11  $ 
  Options  Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
per Share
 
Outstanding, April 30, 2019  107,450,000  $0.11  $0.11 
Issued  12,200,000  $0.04  $0.04 
Forfeited  (25,000,000) $0.19  $0.19 
Exercised         
Outstanding, January 31, 2020  94,650,000  $0.08  $0.07 
Exercisable, January 31, 2020  85,900,000  $0.08    
Vested and expected to vest  94,650,000  $0.08    

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A summary of the activity for unvested stock options during the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 is as follows:

 

   Options  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
        
 Non-vested, April 30, 2018   7,200,000  $0.06 
 Granted   1,200,000  $0.05 
 Vested   (7,900,000) $0.06 
 Non-vested, January 31, 2019   500,000  $0.05 
  Options  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
Unvested, April 30, 2019  6,200,000  $0.05 
Granted  12,200,000  $0.04 
Vested  (9,650,000) $0.05 
Forfeited      
Unvested, January 31, 2020  8,750,000  $0.04 

 

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The Company recorded approximately $51,000$74,025 and $220,000$51,153 of stock-based compensation related to the issuance of Employee Options to certain officers and directors in exchange for services during the three months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively, and approximately $205,000$284,934 and $612,000$204,619 during the nine months ended January 31, 20182020 and 2018,2019, respectively. At January 31, 2019,2020, there remained $0$194,758 of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested Employee Options granted to officers and directors.directors, to be recognized as expense over a weighted-average period of the remaining eleven months in the calendar year. The unvested options vest at 750,000 shares per month and are expected to be fully vested on December 31, 2020.

 

The Company recorded approximately $21,000$10,411 and $57,000$21,331 of stock-based compensation related to the issuance of Non-Employee Options in exchange for services during the three months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively, and approximately $78,000$24,237 and $154,000$78,054 during the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively. At January 31, 2019,2020, there remained approximately $24,000$17,089 of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested Non-Employee Options granted to consultants, to be recognized as expense over a weighted-average period of the remaining five months. The non-vestedunvested Non-Employee Options vest at 100,000 shares per month and are expected to be fully vested on June 30, 2019.2020.

 

The following table summarizes ranges of outstanding stock options by exercise price at January 31, 2019:2020:

 

Exercise PriceExercise Price Number of Options Outstanding Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (years) of Outstanding Options Weighted Average Exercisable Price Number of Options Exercisable Weighted Average Exercise Price of Exercisable Options Exercise Price Number of
Options
Outstanding
 Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(years) of
Outstanding
Options
 Weighted Average
Exercisable
Price
 Number of
Options
Exercisable
 Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
of Exercisable
Options
 
$0.190   25,000,000   0.33  $0.190   25,000,000  $0.190 0.110   27,200,000   0.06  $0.110   27,200,000  $0.110 
$0.110   27,200,000   0.48  $0.110   27,200,000  $0.110 0.184 250,000 0.11 $0.184 250,000 $0.184 
$0.184   250,000   0.61  $0.184   250,000  $0.184 0.063 15,600,000 0.55 $0.063 15,600,000 $0.063 
$0.063   15,600,000   1.15  $0.063   15,600,000  $0.063 0.104 10,450,000 1.35 $0.104 10,450,000 $0.104 
$0.104   10,450,000   2.00  $0.104   10,450,000  $0.104 0.0685 600,000 1.25 $0.0685 600,000 $0.0685 
$0.0685   600,000   2.25  $0.0685   600,000  $0.0685 0.058 2,450,000 1.80 $0.058 2,450,000 $0.058 
$0.058   2,450,000   2.55  $0.058   2,450,000  $0.058 0.0734 1,200,000 2.25 $0.0734 1,200,000 $0.0734 
$0.0734   1,200,000   3.25  $0.0734   1,200,000  $0.0734 0.0729 1,800,000 2.44 $0.0729 1,800,000 $0.0729 
$0.0729   1,800,000   3.44  $0.0729   1,800,000  $0.0729 0.089 1,200,000 2.46 $0.089 1,200,000 $0.089 
$0.089   1,200,000   3.46  $0.089   1,200,000  $0.089 0.0553 500,000 1.35 $0.0553 500,000 $0.0553 
$0.0553   500,000   1.85  $0.0553   500,000  $0.0553 0.0558 9,000,000 1.75 $0.0558 9,000,000 $0.0558 
$0.0534   1,200,000   4.60  $0.0534   700,000  $0.0534 0.0534 1,200,000 3.60 $0.0534 1,200,000 $0.0534 
$0.0558   9,000,000   2.35  $0.0558   9,000,000  $0.0558 0.0539 1,000,000 1.62 $0.0539 1,000,000 $0.0539 
$0.0683 500,000 1.71 $0.0683 500,000 $0.0683 
$0.0649 500,000 1.85 $0.0649 500,000 $0.0649 
$0.0404 1,000,000 2.13 $0.0404 1,000,000 $0.0404 
$0.0370 500,000 2.21 $0.0370 500,000 $0.0370 
$0.0495 9,000,000 2.48 $0.0495 9,000,000 $0.0495 
$0.0380 1,200,000 4.65 $0.0380 700,000 $0.0380 
$0.0340 500,000 2.35 $0.0340 500,000 $0.0340 
$0.0408  9,000,000 2.96 $0.0408  750,000 $0.0408 
Total   96,450,000   1.13  $0.11   95,950,000  $0.11 Total  94,650,000 1.27 $0.08  85,900,000 $0.08 

 

As of January 31, 2019, the

The aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding options as of January 31, 2020 was $0.$125,970. This represents options whose exercise price was less than the closing fair market value of the Company’s common stockCommon Stock on January 31, 20192020 of approximately $0.042$0.056 per share.

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Warrants

 

The warrants issued by the Company are classified as equity.equity-classified. The fair value of the warrants was recorded as additional-paid-in-capital,additional paid-in-capital, and no further adjustments are made.

 

For stock warrants paid in consideration of services rendered by non-employees, the Company recognizes consulting expense in accordance with the requirements of ASC 505.

 


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Effective May 24, 2017, the Company issued a common stock purchase warrant to the placement agent of the Company’s at-the-market and Block Trade offerings. The Company issued a warrantCommon Stock Purchase Warrant (“May 2018 Warrant”) to purchase 833,333 shares of common stock based uponAeon Capital, Inc. (“Aeon”) dated May 30, 2018 for a Block Trade pursuant to the amendedCompany’s engagement agreement with Aeon dated February 22, 2018 (“Engagement Agreement”). The May 2018 Warrant provides Aeon the Company’s placement agent dated December 15, 2016.right to purchase 1,388,889 shares of restricted Common Stock based upon this Block Trade. The Company classified these warrantsthe May 2018 Warrant as equity, and the warrants haveequity. The May 2018 Warrant has a term of five years with an exercise price of approximately $0.03$0.02 per warrant share. Using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate value of these warrantsthe May 2018 Warrant to be approximately $20,000.$19,000. The warrants haveMay 2018 Warrant has a cashless exercise feature.

 

Effective July 26, 2017, the Company issued a common stock purchase warrant to the placement agent of the Company’s at-the-market and Block Trade offerings. The Company issued a warrant to purchase 2,000,000 shares of common stock based uponAeon dated June 28, 2018 (“June 2018 Warrant”) for a Block Trade pursuant to the amended engagement agreementEngagement Agreement. The June 2018 Warrant provides Aeon with the Company’s placement agent dated December 15, 2016.right to purchase 1,923,077 shares of restricted Common Stock based upon a Block Trade. The Company classified these warrantsthe June 2018 Warrant as equity, and the warrants haveequity. The June 2018 Warrant has a term of five years with an exercise price of approximately $0.03 per warrant share. Using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate value of these warrantsthe June 2018 Warrant to be approximately $39,000.$38,000. The warrants haveJune 2018 Warrant has a cashless exercise feature.

 

Effective May 30, 2018, the Company issued a common stock purchase warrant to the placement agent of the Company’s at-the-market and Block Trade offerings. The Company issued a warrant to purchase 1,388,889 shares of common stock based uponAeon dated November 1, 2018 (“November 2018 Warrant”) for a Block Trade pursuant to the engagement agreementEngagement Agreement. The November 2018 Warrant provides Aeon with the Company’s placement agent dated February 22, 2018.right to purchase 2,272,727 shares of restricted Common Stock based upon a Block Trade. The Company classified these warrantsthe November 2018 Warrant as equity, and the warrants haveequity. The November 2018 Warrant has a term of five years with an exercise price of approximately $0.02$0.01 per warrant share. Using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate value of these warrantsthe November 2018 Warrant to be approximately $19,000. The warrants haveNovember 2018 Warrant has a cashless exercise feature.

 

Effective June 28, 2018, the Company issued a common stock purchase warrant to the placement agent of the Company’s at-the-market and Block Trade offerings. The Company issued a warrantWarrant to purchase 1,923,077 shares of common stock based uponAeon dated June 13, 2019 (“June 2019 Warrant”) for a Block Trade pursuant to the engagement agreementEngagement Agreement. The June 2019 Warrant provides Aeon with the Company’s placement agent dated February 22, 2018.right to purchase 1,388,889 shares of restricted Common Stock based upon a Block Trade. The Company classified these warrantsthe June 2019 Warrant as equity, and the warrants haveequity. The June 2019 Warrant has a term of five years with an exercise price of approximately $0.03$0.01 per warrant share. Using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate value of these warrantsthe June 2019 Warrant to be approximately $38,000.$9,000. The warrants haveJune 2019 Warrant has a cashless exercise feature.

 

Effective November 1, 2018, the Company issued a common stock purchase warrant to the placement agent of the Company’s at-the-market and Block Trade offerings. The Company issued a warrantWarrant to purchase 2,272,727 shares of common stock based uponAeon dated July 15, 2019 (“July 2019 Warrant”) for a Block Trade pursuant to the engagement agreementEngagement Agreement. The July 2019 Warrant provides Aeon with the Company’s placement agent dated February 22, 2018.a right to purchase 1,944,444 shares of restricted Common Stock based upon a Block Trade. The Company classified these warrantsthe July 2019 Warrant as equity, andequity. The July 2019 Warrant has a term of five years with an exercise price of approximately $0.01 per warrant share. Using the warrantsBlack-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate value of the July 2019 Warrant to be approximately $12,000. The July 2019 Warrant has a cashless exercise feature.

The Company issued two Warrants to Aeon dated August 7, 2019 (“August 2019 Warrants”) for two Block Trades pursuant to the Engagement Agreement. The August 2019 Warrants provide Aeon with a right to purchase 3,500,000 shares of restricted Common Stock based upon two Block Trades. The Company classified the August 2019 Warrants as equity. The August 2019 Warrants have a term of five years with an exercise price of approximately $0.01 per warrant share. Using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, the Company determined the aggregate value of these warrantsthe August 2019 Warrants to be approximately $19,000.$12,000. The warrantsAugust 2019 Warrants have a cashless exercise feature.

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A summary of the Company’s warrant activity and related information for the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 are shown below:

 

   Warrants  Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
 
 Outstanding, April 30, 2018   33,993,104  $0.10 
 Issued   5,584,693  $0.02 
 Outstanding, January 31, 2019   39,577,797  $0.09 
 Exercisable, January 31, 2019   39,577,797  $0.09 

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  Warrants  Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
 
Outstanding, April 30, 2019  42,077,797  $0.09 
Issued  6,833,333   0.01 
Expired  (854,308)  0.12 
Outstanding, January 31, 2020  48,056,822    
Exercisable, January 31, 2020  48,056,822  $0.07 

  

The following table summarizes additional information concerning warrants outstanding and exercisable at January 31, 2019:2020:

 

Exercise Prices Number of
Warrant Shares
Exercisable at
January 31, 2019
  Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
  Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
 
$0.011, $0.018, $0.025, $0.026, $0.03, $0.0575, $0.065, $0.11 and $0.12  39,577,797   2.17  $0.09 
             
Five Year Term   –   $0.12  17,854,308   1.87     
Five Year Term   –   $0.11  10,000,000   1.14     
Five Year Term   –   $0.065  769,231   2.88     
Five Year Term   –   $0.0575  869,565   3.18     
Five Year Term   –   $0.03  2,500,000   3.82     
Five Year Term   –   $0.026  1,923,077   4.41     
Five Year Term   –   $0.025  2,000,000   3.48     
Five Year Term   –   $0.018  1,388,889   4.33     
Five Year Term   –   $0.011  2,272,727   4.75     
   39,577,797         
Exercise Prices Number of
Warrant Shares
Exercisable at
October 31, 2019
  Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
  Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
 
          
$0.12  17,000,000   0.94    
$0.11  10,000,000   0.14    
$0.065  769,231   1.88    
$0.0575  869,565   2.18    
$0.03  2,500,000   2.82    
$0.026  1,923,077   3.41    
$0.025  2,000,000   2.48    
$0.018  1,388,889   3.33    
$0.011  2,272,727   3.75    
$0.01  2,500,000   4.15    
$0.009  3,333,333   4.42    
$0.005  3,500,000   4.52    
   48,056,822   1.94  $0.07 

 

NOTE 6 – LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

The Company is not currently a party to any pending legal proceedings, material or otherwise. There are no legal proceedings to which any property of the Company is subject.

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NOTE 7 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Company had the following related party transactions during the three and nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively.

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The Company owns 14.5% of the equity in SG Austria andwhich is reported on the cost method of accounting. SG Austria has two subsidiaries: (i) Austrianova; and (ii) Austrianova Thailand Co., Ltd. The Company purchased products and services from these subsidiaries in the approximate amounts of $85,000 and $87,000 in the three and nine months ended January 31, 2020, respectively, and $48,000 and $168,000 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019, respectively, and $317,000 and $958,000 in the three and nine months ended January 31, 2018, respectively.

 

In April 2014, the Company entered into a consulting agreement (“Vin-de-Bona Consulting Agreement”) with Vin-de-Bona Trading Private LimitedCo. Ltd (“Vin-de-Bona”) pursuant to which it agreed to provide professional consulting services to the Company. Vin-de-Bona is owned by Prof. Walter H. Günzburg (“Prof. Günzburg”) and Dr. Brian Salmons, PhD (“Dr. Salmons”), both of whom are involved in numerous aspects of the Company’s scientific endeavors relating to cancer and diabetes. Prof. Günzburg is the Chairman of Austrianova, and Dr. Salmons is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Austrianova. The term of the agreementVin-de-Bona Consulting Agreement is for 12 months and is automatically renewablerenews for successive 12-month terms. After the initial term, either party canhas the right to terminate the agreementVin-de-Bona Consulting Agreement by giving the other party 30 days’ written notice before the effective date of termination. The amounts paidincurred for consulting services by Vin-de-Bona for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2020 were approximately $3,000 and $18,000, respectively, and $2,000 and $14,000 for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019, respectively. In addition, during the nine months ended January 31, 2020 the Company issued 250,000 common shares to Dr. Salmons for being a member of the Company’s Medical and 2018 wereScientific Advisory Board. The Company recorded a noncash expense of approximately $2,000 and $0, respectively, and approximately $14,000 and $27,000$7,300 relating to these shares for the nine months ended January 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.2020.

 

During the month of October 2019, the Company received $70,000 from an officer of the Company as a short-term payable that was non-interest bearing and due on demand. During the three months ended January 31, 2020, the related party was repaid in full.

 

During the nine months ended January 31, 2020, the Company issued one share of Series A Preferred Stock to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for $1 pursuant to a subscription agreement. The Series A Preferred Stock is described in detail in Note 11 – Preferred Stock. During the three months ended January 31, 2020, the Board exercised its right to have the Company redeem the one share of Series A Preferred Stock. It is no longer issued and outstanding.

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NOTE 8 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

The Company acquires assets still in development and enters research and development arrangementsinto license agreements with third parties that often require milestone and/orand royalty payments to the third-party contingent upon the occurrence of certain future events linked to the success of the asset in development. Milestone payments may be required, contingent upon the successful achievement of an important point in the development life-cyclelifecycle of the pharmaceutical product (e.g., approval by a regulatory agency of the product for marketing)marketing by a regulatory agency). If required by athe license agreement,agreements, the Company may have to make royalty payments based upon a percentage of the sales of the pharmaceutical products if regulatory approval for marketing is obtained.

 

Office Lease

Effective September

The Company determines whether an arrangement is, or contains, a lease at inception of the agreement. Prior to May 1, 2016,2019, the Company entered into a newgenerally accounted for operating lease forpayments by charging them to expense as incurred. Beginning on May 1, 2019, operating leases that have commenced are included in other assets and accrued expenses in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Classification of operating lease liabilities as either current or noncurrent is based on the expected timing of payments due pursuant to the Company’s obligations under the lease. The Company concluded that as of May 1, 2019, the lease liability and the ROU are immaterial to the condensed consolidated balance sheet; therefore, no amount was included in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

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The Company leases office space related to the administrative activities and at 23046 Avenida de la Carlota, Suite 600, Laguna Hills, California 92653 (“Leased Premises”). The term of that lease was for 12 months. In May 2017,January 31, 2020, the Company entered into an additional two-year lease for the Leased Premises, commencing upon the expiration of theremaining term of the first lease. The term of the new lease expires on August 31, 2019.

Rent expense for this office for the three months ended January 31, 2019 and 2018 was approximately $9,000 and $9,000, respectively, and $25,000 and $25,000 for the nine months ended January 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.is seven months.

 

The following table summarizespresents the Company’s aggregate future minimum lease payments required under the office lease for the Leased Premises as of January 31, 2019.2020.

 

Periods Ending January 31,  Amount 
 2020  $19,299 
  Amount 
2020 $7,110 
2021  9,480 
Total minimum lease payments $16,590 

 

Material Agreements

 

The Company’s material agreements are identified and summarized in Note 1 – Nature of Business Company Background and Material Agreements.

Service Agreements

The Company has entered into several service agreements, with both independent and related parties, pursuant to which services will be provided over the next four to twenty-four months related to the Company’s planned IND filing. The services include regulatory affairs strategy, advice and completion of the IND submission to the FDA, container closure integrity testing of the clinical trial product syringes over the course of two years, a two year stability study and the preparation of angiography guidelines for implantation of the encapsulated cells for use in the Company’s planned clinical trial in LAPC. The total cost of such service agreements is estimated to be approximately $220,000, of which the related party portion will be $40,000.

 

Compensation Agreements

 

The Company entered into executive compensation agreements with its three executive officers in March 2015, each of which was amended in December 2015. Each amendmentThe amendments provided that each executive compensation agreement has a term of two years.years with annual extensions thereafter unless the Company or the officer provides written notification of termination at least ninety days prior to the end of the term or subsequent extensions. The Company also entered into a compensation agreementDLA with a new Board member in April 2015 which continues in effect until the member is no longer on the Board.

 

In March 2017, the Company amended the executive compensation agreements.agreements with its three executive officers. The term for each agreement is two years from an effective date of January 1, 2017. At the same time, the Company amended the compensation agreement with the Board member referenced above. It continues in effect until the member is no longer on the Board.

 

The Company has four independent directors. Each director receives the same compensation: (i) $12,500 in cash for each calendar quarter of service on the Board; (ii) 500,000 fully-paid, non-assessable shares of the Company’s restricted common stockCommon Stock (“Shares”) annually; and (iii) a five-year option to purchase 500,000 Shares annually at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Shares on the date of grant. The Shares and the option Sharesoptions fully vest on the date of the grants.

 

The Company’s Chief Medical Officer (“CMO”) receives: (i) $10,000 in cash for each calendar month of service as the Company’s CMO; (ii) 1,200,000 Shares annually; and (iii) a five-year option to purchase 1,200,000 Shares at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Shares on the date of the grant. The Shares and the option Shares each vest in the amount of 100,000 Shares per month. The Company will indemnify the CMO for her work as the Company’s CMO.

 

 

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NOTE 9 – INCOME TAXES

 

The Company had no income tax expense for the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively. During the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, the Company had a net operating loss (“NOL”) for each period which generated deferred tax assets for NOL carryforwards. The Company provided valuation allowances against the net deferred tax assets including the deferred tax assets for NOL carryforwards. Valuation allowances provided for the net deferred tax asset increased by approximately $710,000$270,000 and $1,341,000$710,000 for the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively.

 

There was no material difference between the effective tax rate and the projected blended statutory tax rate for the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018.2019.

 

In assessingCurrent tax laws limit the realizationamount of deferred tax assets, management considered whether itloss available to be offset against future taxable income when a substantial change in ownership occurs. Therefore, the amount available to offset future taxable income may be limited. Based on the assessment of all available evidence including, but not limited to, the Company’s limited operating history in its core business and lack of profitability, uncertainties of the commercial viability of its technology, the impact of government regulations and healthcare reform initiatives and other risks normally associated with biotechnology companies, the Company has concluded that is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred assetthese operating loss carryforwards will not be realized. The ultimate realizationAccordingly, 100% of the deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Based on the available objective evidence, including the history of operating losses and the uncertainty of generating future taxable income, management believes it is more likely than not that the net deferred taxvaluation allowance has been recorded against these assets at January 31, 2019 will not be fully realizable. Accordingly, management has maintained a valuation allowance against the net deferred tax assets at January 31, 2019.

The Tax Act was enacted on December 22, 2017. The Tax Act reduces the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, requires companies to pay a one-time transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred and creates new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings. The Company is applying the guidance in SAB 118 when accounting for the enactment-date effects of the Tax Act. The Company’s accounting for the Tax Act is incomplete, as noted at fiscal year-end. However, the Company is able to reasonably estimate certain effects and, therefore, recorded provisional adjustments at April 30, 2018 associated with the reduction of the U.S. federal corporate tax rate. During the quarter ended January 31, 2019, the Company recognized no adjustments to the provisional amounts recorded at April 30, 2018 and has not completed the Company’s accounting for all the tax effects of the Tax Act. The Company is awaiting further guidance from U.S. federal and state regulatory agencies with regard to the final accounting and reporting of these items in the several jurisdictions where the Company files tax returns. In all cases the Company will continue to make and refine its calculations as additional analysis is completed. The Company’s estimates may also be affected as it gains a more thorough understanding of the tax law.2020.

 

The Company’s policy is to recognize any interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. As of the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, the Company had accrued no interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions.

 

See Note 9 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 20182019 for additional information regarding income taxes.

 

NOTE 10 – EARNINGS PER SHARE

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share of common stock is computed by dividing earnings available to common stockholders who own Common Stock by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares and potentially dilutive common shares of Common Stock outstanding during the period increased to include the number of additional shares of common stockCommon Stock that would be outstanding if the potentially dilutive securities had been issued. Potential common stock shares of Common Stock outstanding principally include stock options and warrants. During the three and nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, the Company incurred losses. Accordingly, the effect of any common stockCommon Stock equivalent would be anti-dilutive during those periods and are not included in the calculation of diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding.

 

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The table below sets forth the basic loss per share of common stock calculations:

 

 Nine Months Ended January 31,  Nine Months Ended January 31, 
 2019 2018  2020 2019 
Net loss $(2,928,284) $(5,533,373) $(3,076,505) $(2,928,284)
Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding  1,084,053,016   958,198,483  1,284,500,731 1,084,053,016 
Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding  1,084,053,016   958,198,483  1,284,500,731 1,084,053,016 
Basic and diluted loss per share $(0.00) $(0.01) $(0.00) $(0.00)

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The table below sets forth these potentially dilutive securities:

 

 Nine Months Ended January 31,  Nine Months Ended January 31, 
 2019 2018  2020 2019 
Excluded options  96,450,000   95,250,000  94,650,000 96,450,000 
Excluded warrants  39,577,797   48,850,197   48,056,822  39,577,797 
Total excluded options and warrants  136,027,797   144,100,197   142,706,822  136,027,797 

  Three Months Ended January 31, 
  2020  2019 
Net loss $(875,308) $(676,347)
Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding  1,375,499,976   1,126,904,505 
Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding  1,375,499,976   1,126,904,505 
Basic and diluted loss per share $(0.00) $(0.00)

  

NOTE 11 – PREFERRED STOCK

  Three Months Ended January 31, 
  2019  2018 
Net loss $(676,347) $(2,030,660)
Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding  1,126,904,505   975,848,246 
Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding  1,126,904,505   975,848,246 
Basic and diluted loss per share $(0.00) $(0.00)

 

The table below sets forth these potentially dilutive securities:Company has authorized 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $0.0001, of which one share has been designated as "Series A Preferred Stock". The one share of Series A Preferred Stock was issued on October 30, 2019 and repurchased by the Company on December 3, 2019. As of January 31, 2020, there are no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.

 

  Three Months Ended January 31, 
  2019  2018 
Excluded options  96,450,000   95,250,000 
Excluded warrants  39,577,797   48,850,197 
Total excluded options and warrants  136,027,797   144,100,197 

The description of the Series A Preferred Stock below is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended.

 

The Series A Preferred Stock has the following features:

There is one share of preferred stock designated as Series A Preferred Stock;
The Series A Preferred Stock has a number of votes at any time equal to the number of votes then held by all other shareholders of the Company having a right to vote on any matter plus one. The Certificate of Designations that designated the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock cannot be amended without the consent of the holder of the Series A Preferred Stock;
The Company may redeem the Series A Preferred Stock at any time for a redemption price of $1.00 paid to the holder of the share of Series A Preferred Stock; and
The Series A Preferred Stock has no rights of transfer, conversion, dividends, preferences upon liquidation or participation in any distributions to shareholders.

 

 

 

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NOTE 12 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On February 2, 2020, the Company entered into a share subscription agreement in a private placement for a total of 13,000,000 shares of restricted Common Stock for a total of $65,000. There were no fees payable by the Company or warrant coverage relating to the share subscription agreement and the securities were offered and sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) thereof.

From February 1, 2020 through March 13, 2020, the Company sold 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock using the S-3 structured as a Block Trade. The issuance of these shares resulted in gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $200,000. Pursuant to the Engagement Agreement with Aeon , the Company is required to pay Aeon a fee of 7%, which equals $14,000 and provide warrant coverage equal to 5% of the number of shares of Common Stock sold in the Block Trade with a five-year term which is 2 million warrant shares with an exercise price of $0.005 per share.

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Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward LookingForward-Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Report”) includes “forward looking“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical fact are “forward looking“forward-looking statements” for purposes of this Report, including any projections of earnings, revenue or other financial items, any statements regarding the plans and objectives of management for future operations, any statements concerning proposed new products or services, any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance, any statements regarding expected benefits from any transactions and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. In some cases, forward looking statements can be identified by use of terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “believes,” “intends,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “goal,” “aim,” “potential” or “continue,” or the negative thereof or other comparable terminology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward lookingforward-looking statements contained in this Report are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations or any of the forward lookingforward-looking statements will prove to be correct, and actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in the forward lookingforward-looking statements. Thus, investors should refer to and carefully review information in future documents we file with the Commission. Our future financial condition and results of operations, as well as any forward looking statements, are subject to inherent risk and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the risk factors set forth in “Part I, Item 1A – Risk Factors” set forth in our Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 20182019 and for the other reasons described elsewhere in this Report.

 

All forward lookingforward-looking statements and reasons why results may differ included in this Report are made as of the date of this Report, and we do not intend to update any forward lookingforward-looking statements except as required by law or applicable regulation. Except where the context otherwise requires, in this Report, the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and, where appropriate, its subsidiaries.

 

Overview

 

We are a biotechnology company focused on developing and preparing to commercialize cellular therapies for various types of cancer and for diabetes that are based upon a proprietary cellulose-based live cell encapsulation technology known as “Cell-in-a-Box®.” The Cell-in-a-Box®technology is intended to be used as a platform upon which therapies for several types of cancer, including LAPC, and diabetes are being developed.

 

A critical unmet medical need exists for patients with locally advanced, inoperable non-metastatic pancreatic cancerLAPC whose tumor in a patient’s pancreas tumor no longer responds after 4-6 months of treatment with either Abraxane® plus gemcitabine or the 4-drug combination known as FOLFIRINOX (both combinations are the current standards of care). These patients have no effective treatment alternative once their tumor no longer responds to these therapies. Two commonly used treatments for such patients are 5-FU or capecitabine plus radiation (chemoradiation therapy). Both treatments are only marginally effective in treating the tumor and result in serious side effects. More recently,Recently, radiation treatment alone is being used at some cancer centers in the U.S.

 

For LAPC, our therapy is comprised of implanting encapsulated genetically modified live cells in the blood supply as nearclose to the tumor in the pancreas tumor as possible followed by the administration of low doses of the cancer prodrug ifosfamide. We believe that our therapy can serve as a “consolidation therapy” with the current standards of care for patients with LAPC and meet the critical unmet medical need discussed above.need. We are currently working on an IND to submit to the FDA so that we can commence a Phase 2b clinical trial involving LAPC.

 

In addition,We are continuing to work on projects related to the planned IND submission involving LAPC. Among other things, this work includes completion of each Module within the IND, the Investigator’s Brochure, the Pharmacy Manual, the Protocol for the LAPC clinical trial, a container closure integrity test of our clinical trial product that will be conducted over the course of two years, a pyrogenicity test, preparation of the angiography guidelines for implantation of the encapsulated cells for use in the LAPC clinical trial and a two-year stability study of our clinical trial product. The work also includes preparation of a Drug Master File, drafting change history related to the manufacturing process that existed when the preclinical studies involving our product were conducted compared to the current manufacturing process for our clinical trial product and publication of the IND in concert with our U.S. Agent for the FDA.

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The plan is to initially conduct the LAPC trial in the U.S. with possible study sites in Europe at a later date. However, no assurance can be given that we will be able to make the IND submission to the FDA or that the FDA will approve our submission.

We are examiningalso developing ways to exploituse the benefits of the Cell-in-a-Box® technology to develop therapies for difficult-to-treattreat forms of cancer that are based upon the use of Cannabinoidscannabinoids fromCannabis as prodrugs in much the same way that the Cell-in-a-Box® plus the cancer prodrug ifosfamide will be used forto treat LAPC. Until the IND involving LAPC has been submitted to the FDA, we are not spending any further resources developing this program.

 

WeIn addition, we are also developing a therapy to delay the production and accumulation of malignant ascites fluid that results from many types of abdominal cancerous tumors. Malignant ascites fluid is secreted by abdominal cancerous tumors into the abdomen after the tumors have reached a certain stage of growth. This fluid contains cancer cells that can seed and form new tumors throughout the abdomen. This fluid accumulates in the abdominal cavity, causing swelling of the abdomen, severe breathing difficulties and extreme pain. We are using our therapy for pancreatic cancer to determine if it can prevent or delay the production and accumulation of malignant ascites fluid. As with ourCannabis program, until the IND involving LAPC has been submitted to the FDA, we are not spending any further resources developing this program.

 

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Finally, we are developing a therapy for Type 1 diabetes and insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes. Our diabetes therapy consists of encapsulating genetically modified human liver cells, beta islet cells and/or insulin-producing stem cells using the Cell-in-a-Box® technology and then implanting them in the body to act as a bio-artificial pancreas for insulin production. As with the two previous programs, we are not spending any further resources developing this program until the IND involving LAPC has been submitted to the FDA. However, work at UTS on the Melligen cells continues. The work is being funded by us and UTS. Our portion of the funding was previously paid to UTS.

 

Performance Indicators

 

Non-financial performance indicators used by management to manage and assess how the business is progressing include, but are not limited to, the ability to: (i) acquire appropriate funding for all aspects of our operations; (ii) complete necessary contracts; (iii) complete activities for producing genetically modified live cells that can convert a cancer prodrug to its cancer killingcancer-killing form and having them encapsulated and grown in the capsules for use in our planned preclinical studies and clinical trials; (iv) complete all tests required by the FDA for our cellular therapies; (v) ensure the manufacture of our encapsulated live cells is in compliance with current good manufacturing procedurespractice (“cGMP”GMP”) regulations as required by the applicable regulatory agencies so they may be used in our clinical trials; and (vi) have regulatory work completed to enable studies and trials to be submitted to regulatory agencies and be cGMPGMP compliant.

  

There are numerous factors required to be completed successfully to ensure our final product candidates are ready for use in our clinical trials. Therefore, the effects of material transactions with related parties and certain other parties to the extent necessary for such an undertaking may have substantial effects on both the timeliness and success of our current and prospective financial position and operating results. Nonetheless, we are actively working to ensure strong ties and interactions to minimize the inherent risks regarding success. From our assessments to date, we do not believe there are factors which will cause materially different amounts to be reported than those presented in this Report and aim to assess this regularly to provide the most accurate information to our shareholders.

 

Results of Operations

 

Three and nine months ended January 31, 20192020 compared to three and nine months ended January 31, 20182019

 

Revenue

 

We had no revenues for the three and nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018.2019.

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Operating Expenses and Loss from Operations

 

The following table summarizes our operating expenses and loss from operations for the three and nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively:

  

Three Months Ended January 31,Three Months Ended January 31, Nine Months Ended January 31, Three Months Ended January 31, Nine Months Ended January 31, 
2019 2018 2019 2018 
20202020 2019 2020 2019 
$676,347  $2,030,660  $2,928,284  $5,533,373 875,308  $676,347  $3,076,505  $2,928,284 

 

The total operating expenses for the three-month period ended January 31, 2019 decreased2020 increased by $1,354,313$198,961 from the three months ended January 31, 2018.2019. The decreaseincrease is attributable to a decreasean increase in research and development costR&D expenses of $743,420, a decrease$54,152, an increase in director fees of $29,269, an increase in compensation expense of $265,428, a decrease$34,435, an increase in legal and professional expense of $49,925$59,307 and a decreasean increase in general and administrative expenses of $314,447, net of an increase in director fees of $18,907. The decrease in general and administrative expenses was mainly attributable to a decrease in travel and consulting expenses.$21,798.

 

The total operating expenses for the nine-month period ended January 31, 2019 decreased2020 increased by $2,605,089$148,221 from the nine months ended January 31, 2018.2019. The decreaseincrease is attributable to a decrease in research and development cost of $1,303,653, a decreasean increase in director fees of $20,072, a decrease in compensation expense of $594,694, a decrease$48,263, an increase in legal and professional expense of $192,370$99,824 and a decreasean increase in general and administrative expenses of $494,300.$132,513, and an increase in compensation expense of $106,094, net of a decrease in R&D expenses of $238,473. The decreaseincrease in general and administrative expenses was mainly attributable to an increase in travel expense net of a decrease in travel expenses and consulting expenses.expense.

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Discussion of Operating, Investing and Financing Activities

 

The following table presents a summary of our sources and uses of cash for the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively:

 

 Nine Months Ended  Nine Months Ended 
 January 31, 2019 January 31, 2018  January 31, 2020 January 31, 2019 
Net cash used in operating activities: $(2,216,549) $(3,704,812) $(1,698,981) $(2,216,549)
Net cash used in investing activities: $  $  $ $ 
Net cash provided by financing activities: $1,860,000  $1,751,409  $1,333,500 $1,860,000 
Effect of currency rate exchange $(3,787) $(2,979) $(7,530) $(3,787)
Net decrease in cash $(360,336) $(1,956,382) $(373,011) $(360,336)

 

Operating Activities:

 

The net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 is a result of our net losses, increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses, a decrease in accounts payable, offset byprepaid expenses and an increase in securities issued for services and compensation, a decrease to prepaid expenses and an increase to accrued expenses.compensation. The cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended January 31, 20182019 is a result of our net losses, a decrease in account payable, offset by an increase in stock issued, a decreasedecreases to prepaid expenses and in accounts payable and an increase in accrued expenses. See Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows on page 5.7.

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Investing Activities:

 

There were no investing activities in the nine months ended January 31, 20192020 and 2018.2019.

 

Financing Activities:

 

The cash provided from financing activities is mainly attributable to the proceeds from the sale of our common stock.Common Stock.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of January 31, 2019,2020, our cash totaled approximately $699,000,$142,000, compared to approximately $1.5 million$699,000 at January 31, 2018.2019. Working capital was approximately a negative $810,000 at January 31, 2020 and approximately $227,000 at January 31, 2019 and approximately $709,000 at January 31, 2018.2019. The decrease in cash is attributable to a lower beginning cash balance, an increasea decrease in proceeds from the sale of our common stockCommon Stock offset by an increase in our operating expenses which generated a net loss.

 

During the nine months ended January 31, 2019,2020, funding was provided by investors to maintain and expand our operations and research and development.R&D. Sales of our common stockCommon Stock were made underconsummated using the S-3. During the months ended January 31,From May 1, 2019 through August 12, 2019, we continued to acquire funds through our S-3 pursuant to which the placement agent sells shares of common stock at-the-market and Block TradeTrades transactions in a program which is structured to provide up to $25 million dollars to us less certain commissions pursuant to the S-3. We also raised funds from private placements with investors. From May 1, 20182019 through January 31, 20192020 we raised capital from private placements of approximately $1.9 million in Block Trade transactions. $1,400,000.

As of August 13, 2019, we did not meet the eligibility requirements to use the S-3. In late January 2020, we regained our eligibility to use the S-3.

We plan to continue selling securities undersell shares of our registered Common Stock using the S-3. Also,S-3 until we havefile our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the abilityfiscal year ended April 30, 2020 with the Commission, at which time we believe the S-3 will no longer be available. We will need to reduceraise additional funds to complete preparation of our IND filing with the research and development expenses significantly should further funding be delayed.FDA relating to LAPC.

 

In Note 2 – Going Concern to our condensed consolidated financial statements set forth in this Report, we note that certain conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We determined, however, that the plans set forth above alleviate substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We believe the cash on hand at January 31, 2019, the ability to use the S-3 to raise capital through at-the-market sales and Block Trade transactions, sales of registered and unregistered shares of our common stock and any public offerings of our common stock in which we may engage will provide sufficient capital to meet the our capital requirements and to fund our operations through March 31, 2020.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

Except as described below, we have no off-balance sheet arrangements that could have a material current effect or that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

 

The future royalty and other payments under the Third Addendum, as amended, are royalty payments of 4% royalty on all gross sales by us and 20% percent royalty of the amount we receive form sublicensees’ gross sales, provided, however, that in the event the amounts received by us from sublicensees is 4% or less of sublicensees’ gross sales SG Austria will receive 50% of what we receive up to 2%. In addition, SG Austria will receive 20% of any amount we receive over a 4% royalty payment from our sublicensees. SG Austria will also receive 50% of any other financial and non-financial consideration received by us from sublicensees of the Cell-in-a-Box® technology.

 

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The future royalty and other payments under the Diabetes License Agreement are royalty payments of 4% royalty on all gross sales by us and 20% percent royalty of the amount we receive from sublicensees’ gross sales, provided, however, that in the event the amounts received by us from sublicensees is 4% or less of sublicensees’ gross sales, Austrianova will receive 50% of what we receive up to 2%. In addition, Austrianova will receive 20% of any amount we receive over a 4% royalty payment from sublicensees. Austrianova will also receive 50% of any other financial and non-financial consideration received by us from sublicensees of the Cell-in-a-Box® technology.

  

The future royalty and other payments under the Cannabis License Agreement are royalty payments of 4% royalty on all gross sales by us and 20% percent royalty of the amount we receive form sublicensees’ gross sales, provided, however, that in the event the amounts received by us from sublicensees is 4% or less of sublicensees’ gross sales, Austrianova will receive 50% of what we receive up to 2%. In addition, Austrianova will receive 20% of any amount we receive from sublicensees over a 4% royalty payment. Austrianova will also receive 50% of any other financial and non-financial consideration received by us from sublicensees of the Cell-in-a-Box® technology.

 

The future royalty, milestone and patent prosecution costs under the Melligen Cell License Agreement are: (i) 6% royalty on gross sales; (ii) 25% royalty on sublicense gross sales; (iii) milestone payments of $50,000 after the first preclinical study; (iv) $100,000 after the successful conclusion of a Phase 1 clinical trial; (v) $450,000 after the successful conclusion of a Phase 2 clinical trial; (vi) $3,000,000 after the successful conclusion of a Phase 3 clinical trial; and (vii) 15% of the costs paid by UTS to prosecute and maintain patents related to the licensed intellectual property.

 

Service Agreements

We entered into several service agreements, with both independent and related parties, pursuant to which services will be provided over the next four to twenty-four months related to our IND involving LAPC. The services include regulatory affairs strategy, advice and completion of the IND submission to the FDA, container closure integrity testing of the clinical trial product syringes over the course of two years, a two year stability study and the preparation of angiography guidelines for implantation of the encapsulated cells for use in our planned clinical trial in LAPC. The total cost is estimated to be approximately $220,000, of which the related party portion will be $40,000.

Contractual Obligations

As of January 31, 2020, we leased office space in Laguna Hills, California under a lease ending August 31, 2020.

 

The following table presents certain payments due by us as of January 31, 20192020 with respect to our known contractual obligations:

 

Payments due by periodPayments due by periodPayments due by period
Contractual Obligations Total  Less than
1 Year
  

1-3

Years

  3-5
Years
  More than
5 Years
  Total Less than
1 Year
 

1-3

Years

 3-5
Years
 More than
5 Years
 
Capital Leases $  $  $  $  $  $ $ $ $ $ 
Operating Leases  19,299   19,299           16,590 16,590    
Purchase Obligations                          
Other Long-Term Liabilities Reflected on the Company’s Balance Sheet under U.S. GAAP                          
Total $19,299  $19,299  $  $  $  $16,590 $16,590 $ $ $ 

  

 

 

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As of January 31, 2019, we leased office space in Laguna Hills, California under a lease ending August 31, 2019.

 

Critical Accounting Estimates and Policies

 

Our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information and are presented in accordance with the requirements of Regulation S-X of the Commission and with the instructions to Form 10-Q. However, they do not include all the information and Notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In connection with the preparation of our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Report, we are required to make assumptions and estimates about future events and apply judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses and the related disclosures. We base our assumptions, estimates and judgments on historical experience, current trends and other factors that management believes to be relevant at the time the financial statements are prepared. On a regular basis, management reviews the accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are presented fairly and in accordance with U.S. GAAP. However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results could differ from our assumptions and estimates, and such differences could be material.

 

We discuss our critical accounting estimates and policies in Part II, Item 7. "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2018.2019. There has been no material change in our critical accounting estimates and policies since April 30, 2018.2019.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

For a discussion of all recently adopted and recently issued but not yet adopted accounting pronouncements, see Note 2 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Report.

 

Available Information

 

Our website is located atwww.PharmaCyte.com. In addition, all our filings submitted to the Commission, including our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and all our other reports and statements filed with the Commission are available on the Commission’s web site atwww.sec.gov. Such filings are also available for download free of charge on our website. The contents of the website are not, and are not intended to be, incorporated by reference into this Report or any other report or document filed with the Commission or furnished by us, and any reference to the websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.

 

Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

The information called for by Item 3 is not required for a smaller reporting company.

 

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Our Chief Executive Officer, President and General Counsel, as our principal executive officer (“Chief Executive Officer”), and our Chief Financial Officer, as our principal financial officer (“Chief Financial Officer”), evaluated the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”). Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit to the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the period specified by the Commission’s rules and forms and are accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of January 31, 2019,2020, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 

 

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A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Also, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some person, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events. There can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

  

Management’s Evaluation of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting as that term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Our internal controls over financial reporting are designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting as of January 31, 20192020 based on the criteria outlined in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) and identified the following material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting:

 

 ·Insufficient procedures and control documentation to implement control procedures.procedures including lack of timely contract preparation and review. We have developed procedures to provide ample review time of financial information, including contract preparation and review by qualified accounting and finance personnel as well as management. We have implemented these procedures, determined they are still insufficient and will continue to review these procedures to determine ways to further improve them.

 ·Insufficient segregation of duties of the Chief Financial Officer. We have delegated some of the duties of our Chief Financial Officer to other personnel within the Company and have added review and approval processes performed by the Chief Executive Officer. However, we have determined that we still have insufficient segregation of the duties of our Chief Financial Officer and will continue to review these procedures to determine ways to further improve them given our limited staff.

 ·Insufficient information technology controls and documentation. We currently use accounting software which we have determined is inadequate to provide the level of controls required by COSO. We are in the process of initiating a review process to fully evaluate the deficiencies in our technology controls and documentation. Based upon the results of this review process, we intend to implement the required remediation measures.measures when it is reasonable to do so.

 

Because of these material weaknesses, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of January 31, 2019,2020, our internal controls over financial reporting waswere not effective based on the COSO criteria.

 

We are in the process of investigating new procedures and controls for fiscal year 2019.2020. We plan to make reasonable changes to our procedures and controls that we believe are reasonably likely to strengthen and materially affect our internal controls over financial reporting.

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Prior to the remediation of these material weaknesses, there remains risk that the processes and procedures on which we currently rely will fail to be sufficiently effective, which could result in material misstatement of our financial position or results of operations and require a restatement. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls-even where we conclude the controls are operating effectively-can provide absolute assurance that all control issues, including instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of a person, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events; accordingly, there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, our control systems, as we develop them, may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected and could be material to our financial statements.

 

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 

 

 

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings.

 

We are not currently a party to any material pending legal proceedings. There are no material legal proceedings to which any property of ours is subject.

 

Item 1A.  Risk Factors.

 

In addition to the other information set forth in this Report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K for the period ended April 30, 2018 (“10-K”). The information set forth in the 10-K and in this Report could materially affect our business, financial position and results of operations.Not applicable as we are a smaller reporting company.

 

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

 

Effective November 1, 2018,On January 2, 2020, we issued a common stock purchase warrant to the placement agentan aggregate of the Company’s at-the-market and block trade sales. We issued a warrant to purchase 2,272,7276.6 million unregistered shares of commonCommon Stock to our executive officers as disclosed in this Report. The non-cash expense for these share issuances totaled $369,600.

On January 2, 2020, we issued an aggregate of 9 million stock based upon a Block Tradeoptions to our three executive officers pursuant to the engagement agreement with our placement agent dated February 22, 2018. We classified these warrants as equity, and the warrants have a term of five years with an exercise price of approximately $0.01 per share. Using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, we determined the aggregate value of these warrants to be approximately $19,000.their 2020 executive compensation agreements. The warrants have a cashless exercise feature.non-cash expense for stock options totaled $212,464.

 

On November 11, 2019, we issued an aggregate of 60 million unregistered shares of Common Stock through the sale of unregistered Common Stock to accredited investors pursuant to two subscription agreements. The issuance ofnet proceeds received by us were $300,000.

All such warrantssecurities were issued without registration under the Securities Act isof 1933, as amended, in reliance upon the exemption afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of that Act based on the Securities Actlimited number of investors, the sophistication of the individuals involved and Regulation D.the use of restrictive legends on the securities issued to prevent a public distribution of the relevant securities. No underwriters were involved in any of these issuances.

 

Item 3.  Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

 

None.

 

Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosure.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.  Other Information.

None.

 

 

 

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Item 6.  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No. Description Location
     
3.1*

Conformed version of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended by that Certificate of Amendment previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K on November 8, 2019.

Filed herewith
10.1Share Subscription Agreement between the Company and the Investor dated January 17, 2020.

Incorporated by reference to the designated exhibit of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 21, 2020.

31.1 Principal Executive Officer Certification required by Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith
     
31.2 Principal Financial Officer Certification required by Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith
     
32.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith
     
32.2 Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith
     
101. Interactive Data Files for the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended January 31, 20192020 Submitted herewith.

 

* This exhibit is being filed pursuant to Item 601(b)(3)(i) of Regulation S-K which requires a conformed version of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended, reflecting all amendments in one document.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc.

 

March 14, 201913, 2020By:/s/ Kenneth L. Waggoner                          
 Kenneth L. Waggoner
 Chief Executive Officer
 (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Executive Officer)
  
  
March 14, 201913, 2020By:/s/ Carlos A. Trujillo                                   
 Carlos A. Trujillo
 Chief Financial Officer
 (Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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