Talon Therapeutics 10Q 2009 Q1 Quarterly report

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarter ended March 31, 2009

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

For the transition period __________ to __________.

Commission file number 001-32626

Hana Biosciences, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	32-0064979 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

7000 Shoreline Ct., Suite 370, South San Francisco , CA.	94080
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(650) 588-6404

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):

Large accelerated filer o	Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o	Smaller reporting company x
(Do not check if smaller reporting company)

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

Yes o No x

As of May 13, 2009, there were 32,451,184 shares of the registrant's common stock, $.001 par value, outstanding.

INDEX

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PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	4

Item 1.	Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements	4

	Unaudited Condensed Balance Sheets	4

	Unaudited Condensed Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Loss	5

	Unaudited Condensed Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Deficit	6

	Unaudited Condensed Statements of Cash Flows	7

	Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements	8

Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	18

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	25

Item 4T.	Controls and Procedures	25

PART II	OTHER INFORMATION	26

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	26

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	26

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	26

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	26

Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	26

Item 5.	Other Information	26

Item 6.	Exhibits	26

	Signatures	27

	Index of Exhibits Filed with this Report	28

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Any statements about our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance are not historical facts and may be forward-looking. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

·	our ability to obtain adequate financing;

·	the development of our drug candidates, including when we expect to undertake, initiate and complete clinical trials of our product candidates;

·	the regulatory approval of our drug candidates;

·	our use of clinical research centers and other contractors;

·	our ability to find collaborative partners for research, development and commercialization of potential products;

·	acceptance of our products by doctors, patients or payors and the availability of reimbursement for our product candidates;

·	our ability to market any of our products;

·	our history of operating losses;

·	our ability to secure adequate protection for our intellectual property;

·	our ability to compete against other companies and research institutions;

·	the effect of potential strategic transactions on our business;

·	our ability to attract and retain key personnel; and

·	the volatility of our stock price.

These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend” and similar words or phrases. For such statements, we claim the protection of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the time this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. These forward-looking statements are based largely on our expectations and projections about future events and future trends affecting our business, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Discussions containing these forward-looking statements may be found throughout this report, including Part I, the section entitled “Item 2: Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including the risks discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 (the “2008 Form 10-K”), that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly revise our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the filing of this report or documents incorporated by reference herein that include forward-looking statements. The risks discussed in this report should be considered in evaluating our prospects and future financial performance.

In addition, past financial or operating performance is not necessarily a reliable indicator of future performance and you should not use our historical performance to anticipate results or future period trends. We can give no assurances that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if any of them do, what impact they will have on our results of operations and financial condition.

References to the “Company,” “Hana,” the “Registrant,” “we,” “us,” or “our” in this report refer to Hana Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation, unless the context indicates otherwise.

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

HANA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

	March 31, 2009			December 31, 2008
ASSETS	(Unaudited)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	8,479,637		$	13,999,080
Available-for-sale securities		96,000			128,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		132,423			131,663
Total current assets		8,708,060			14,258,743

Property and equipment, net		359,157			400,168
Restricted cash		125,000			125,000
Debt issuance costs		1,328,662			1,361,356
Total assets	$	10,520,879		$	16,145,267

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	4,393,265		$	4,225,863
Other short-term liabilities		62,947			61,341
Warrant liabilities, short-term		786,419			1,450,479
Total current liabilities		5,242,631			5,737,683
Notes payable, net of discount		16,995,655			16,851,541
Other long-term liabilities		33,606			41,775
Total long term liabilities		17,029,261			16,893,316
Total liabilities		22,271,892			22,630,999
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 4, 9 and 10):

Stockholders' deficit:
Common stock; $0.001 par value:
100,000,000 shares authorized, 32,451,184 and 32,386,130 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively		32,451			32,386
Additional paid-in capital		104,824,478			104,431,469
Accumulated other comprehensive income		4,000			36,000
Accumulated deficit		(116,611,942	)		(110,985,587	)
Total stockholders' deficit		(11,751,013	)		(6,485,732	)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit	$	10,520,879		$	16,145,267

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements.

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HANA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2009			2008

Operating expenses:
General and administrative	$	1,107,889		$	1,900,920
Research and development		4,462,194			4,264,332
Total operating expenses		5,570,083			6,165,252

Loss from operations		(5,570,083	)		(6,165,252	)

Other income (expense):
Interest income		11,582			170,908
Interest expense		(727,007	)		(249,164	)
Other expense, net		(4,907	)		(6,062	)
Change in fair market value of warrant liabilities		664,060			(9,930	)

Total other expense		(56,272	)		(94,248	)

Net loss	$	(5,626,355	)	$	(6,259,500	)
Net loss per share, basic and diluted	$	(0.17	)	$	(0.19	)
Weighted average shares used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted		32,449,739			32,181,275

Comprehensive loss:
Net loss	$	(5,626,355	)	$	(6,259,500	)
Unrealized holding (losses) gains arising during the period		(32,000	)		24,000

Comprehensive loss	$	(5,658,355	)	$	(6,235,500	)

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements.

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HANA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT

(Unaudited)

Period from January 1, 2009 to March 31, 2009

	Common stock				Additional paid-in		Accumulated Other Comprehensive			Accumulated			Total stockholders'
	Shares		Amount		capital		income			deficit			deficit
Balance at January 1, 2009		32,386,130	$	32,386	$	104,431,469	$	36,000		$	(110,985,587	)	$	(6,485,732	)
Share-based compensation of employees amortized over vesting period of stock options						379,803								379,803
Issuance of shares under employee stock purchase plan		65,054		65		13,206								13,271
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities								(32,000	)					(32,000	)
Net loss											(5,626,355	)		(5,626,355	)

Balance at March 31, 2009		32,451,184	$	32,451	$	104,824,478	$	4,000		$	(116,611,942	)	$	(11,751,013	)

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements.

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HANA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2009			2008
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$	(5,626,355	)	$	(6,259,500	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		50,906			43,572
Share-based compensation of employees for services		379,803			518,269
Amortization of discount and debt issuance costs		176,808			63,783
Unrealized (gain) loss on derivative liability		(664,060	)		9,930

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
(Increase)decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets		(760	)		64,558
Increase(decrease) in accrued and other current liabilities		167,402			(1,253,936	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(5,516,256	)		(6,813,324	)

Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment		—			(43,458	)
Net cash used in investing activities		—			(43,458	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from exercise of warrants and options and issuance of shares under employee stock purchase plan		13,271			10,680
Payments on notes payable and capital leases		(16,458	)		(3,313	)
Proceeds from lease agreement for equipment		—			—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(3,187	)		7,367

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(5,519,443	)		(6,849,415	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		13,999,080			20,795,398
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	8,479,637		$	13,945,983
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow data:
Cash paid for interest	$	482,057		$	186,332
Supplemental disclosures of noncash financing activities:
Unrealized (loss) gain on available-for-sale securities	$	(32,000	)	$	24,000
Equipment purchases financed through capital lease	$	9,895		$	—

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements.

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HANA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1. BUSINESS DESCRIPTION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

BUSINESS

Hana Biosciences, Inc. (“Hana,” “we” or the “Company”) is a South San Francisco, California-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing new and differentiated cancer therapies designed to improve and enable current standards of care. Our two lead product candidates target large markets and are in pivotal and/or proof-of-concept clinical trials. We are developing Marqibo ® for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphomas. Menadione topical lotion is a first-in-class compound that we are developing for the potential prevention and/or treatment of skin toxicity associated with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors. We have additional pipeline opportunities that, like Marqibo, we believe may improve delivery and enhance the therapeutic benefits of well characterized, proven chemotherapies and enable high potency dosing without increased toxicity.

Our product candidates consist of the following:

·	Marqibo® (vincristine sulfate liposomes injection), a novel, targeted Optisome™ encapsulated formulation product candidate of the FDA-approved anticancer drug vincristine, being developed for the treatment of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and metastatic uveal melanoma.

·	Menadione, a novel supportive care product candidate, being developed for the prevention and/or treatment of the skin toxicities associated with the use of epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors (EGFRI) in the treatment of certain cancers.

·	Brakiva™ (topotecan liposomes injection), a novel targeted Optisome™ encapsulated formulation product candidate of the FDA-approved anticancer drug topotecan, being developed for the treatment of solid tumors including small cell lung cancer and ovarian cancer.

·	Alocrest™ (vinorelbine liposomes injection), a novel, targeted Optisome™ encapsulated formulation product candidate of the FDA-approved anticancer drug vinorelbine, being developed for the treatment of solid tumors such as non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND LIQUIDITY

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q. In the opinion of the Company’s management, the unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited financial statements and include all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position for the periods presented herein. These interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 or any subsequent interim period.

As of March 31, 2009, the Company has an accumulated deficit of approximately $116.6 million, and for the three months ended March 31, 2009, the Company experienced a net loss of $5.6 million. The Company has financed operations primarily through equity and debt financing and expects such losses to continue over the next several years. The Company currently has a limited supply of cash available for operations. As of March 31, 2009, the Company had available $8.6 million in cash and cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities from which to draw upon. An additional $5.0 million became available on April 30, 2009 pursuant to a loan facility. Another $2.5 million will become available to the Company if it reaches a clinical development milestone pursuant to the same loan facility. See Note 4.

The Company does not generate any recurring revenue and will require substantial additional capital before it will generate cash flow from its operating activities, if ever. The Company’s continued operations are entirely reliant upon obtaining additional capital. The Company will be unable to continue the progression of clinical compounds unless it is able to obtain additional funding through equity or debt financings or from payments in connection with potential strategic transactions. The Company can give no assurances that any additional capital that it is able to obtain, if any, will be sufficient to meet its needs. Moreover, there can be no assurance that such capital will be available to the Company on favorable terms or at all, especially given the current economic environment which has severely restricted access to the capital markets. Based on the anticipated use of cash resources between $5.0 million and $6.0 million per quarter, including any milestones pursuant to the Company’s license agreements, the Company estimates that it will be able to continue with planned development activities into the second half of 2009. If anticipated costs are higher than planned or if the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it will have to significantly curtail planned development to maintain operations through 2009 and beyond. These conditions raise substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

The Company has financed operations primarily through equity and debt financing and expects such losses to continue over the next several years. The Company's continued operations will depend on whether it is able to continue the progression of clinical compounds and obtain additional funding through equity or debt financings. The Company can give no assurances that any additional capital that it is able to obtain will be sufficient to meet its needs. The Company does not currently have sufficient capital resources to complete planned operations through 2009. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it will likely be forced to curtail its desired development activities beyond the second half of 2009, which will delay the development of the Company's product candidates. There can be no assurance that such capital will be available to the Company on favorable terms or at all. The Company will need additional financing thereafter until it can achieve profitability, if ever.

NOTE 2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Use of Management's Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates based upon current assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Examples include provisions for deferred taxes, the valuation of the warrant liabilities, the cost of contracted clinical study activities and assumptions related to share-based compensation expense. Actual results may differ materially from those estimates.

Segment Reporting

The Company has determined that it currently operates in only one segment, which is the research and development of oncology therapeutics and supportive care for use in humans. All assets are located in the United States.

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HANA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Loss Per Share

Basic net loss per common share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net loss per common share is the same as basic net loss per common share, since potentially dilutive securities from stock options and stock warrants would have an anti-dilutive effect because the Company incurred a net loss during each period presented. The number of shares potentially issuable at March 31, 2009 and 2008 upon exercise or conversion that were not included in the computation of net loss per share totaled 13,533,200 and 12,128,150, respectively.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Concentration of Risk

The Company considers all highly-liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when acquired to be cash equivalents. Short-term investments consist of investments acquired with maturities exceeding three months and are classified as available-for-sale. All short-term investments are reported at fair value, based on quoted market price, with unrealized gains or losses included in other comprehensive loss.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, and accounts payable. Marketable securities are carried at fair value. Cash and cash equivalents and accounts payable are carried at cost, which approximates fair value due to the relative short maturities of these instruments.

Debt Issuance Costs

As discussed in Note 4, the debt issuance costs relate to fees paid in the form of cash and warrants to secure a firm commitment to borrow funds. These fees are deferred, and if the commitment is exercised, amortized over the life of the related loan using the interest method. If the commitment expires unexercised, the deferred fee is expensed immediately.

Warrant Liabilities

On October 30, 2007, the Company entered into a loan facility agreement with certain affiliates of Deerfield Management (“Deerfield”). Deerfield has committed funds to assist with the development of the Company’s product candidates. Under the agreement, the Company may borrow from Deerfield up to an aggregate of $30 million, of which $20 million may be drawn down by the Company in as many as four installments every six months commencing October 30, 2007. As additional consideration for the loan, the Company also issued to Deerfield warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.31 per share. The Company issued similar warrants to Deerfield on October 14, 2008 upon drawing down funds related to certain development milestones. A certain portion of these warrants included an anti-dilution feature. This feature requires that, as the Company issues additional shares of its common stock during the term of the warrant, the number of shares purchasable under these series is automatically increased so that they always represent 17.625% of the Company’s then outstanding common stock. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, so that Deerfield may sell their shares if the warrants are exercised. These financing transactions were recorded in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-19, “Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company's Own Stock” and related interpretations. Because the warrants are redeemable in the event of a change in control or if the Company’s shares become delisted, the fair value of the warrants based on the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model is recorded as a liability. The Company updates its estimate of the fair value of the warrant liabilities in each reporting period as new information becomes available and any gains or losses resulting from the changes in fair value from period to period are included as other income (expense).

Reclassification

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

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HANA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 3. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements.” SFAS No. 160 requires all entities to report non-controlling (minority) interests in subsidiaries as equity in the consolidated financial statements. SFAS No. 160 requires that transactions between an entity and non-controlling interests are treated as equity transactions. SFAS No. 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The Company does not own subsidiaries and as such, adoption of SFAS No. 160 had no impact on its financial position and results of operations.

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” as an amendment to SFAS No. 133. SFAS 161 is intended to improve financial reporting about derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring companies to enhance disclosure about how these instruments and activities affect their financial position, performance and cash flows. SFAS 161 also improves the transparency about the location and amounts of derivative instruments in a company’s financial statements and how they are accounted for under SFAS 133. SFAS 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008 (the Company’s 2009 fiscal year), and interim periods within beginning after that date. The adoption of SFAS 161 did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

In June 2008, the FASB ratified the consensus reached on EITF Issue No. 07-05, Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) Is Indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock. EITF Issue No. 07-05 clarifies the determination of whether an instrument (or an embedded feature) is indexed to an entity’s own stock, which would qualify as a scope exception under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. EITF Issue No. 07-05 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Early adoption for an existing instrument is not permitted. The adoption of EITF Issue No. 07-05 did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

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HANA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 4. FACILITY LOAN AGREEMENT

On October 30, 2007, we entered into a Facility Agreement (the “loan agreement”) with Deerfield under which Deerfield has agreed to loan to us an aggregate principal amount of up to $30 million. Of the total $30 million funds committed pursuant to the loan agreement, $20 million is available for disbursement to us in four installments every six months commencing October 30, 2007. As of March 31, 2009, we have drawn down $15 million pursuant to these funds. The remaining $10 million is subject to disbursement in three installments upon the achievement of clinical development milestones relating to our Marqibo and Menadione product candidates, of which we have drawn down $7.5 million as of March 31, 2009. Deerfield’s obligation to disburse loan proceeds expires October 30, 2010, and we must repay all outstanding principal and interest owing under the loan no later than October 30, 2013. We are also required to make quarterly interest payments on outstanding principal, at a stated annual rate of 9.85%. In accordance with and upon execution of the loan agreement, we paid a loan commitment fee of $1.1 million to an affiliate of Deerfield. Our obligations under the loan are secured by all assets owned (or that will be owned in the future) by us, both tangible and intangible. The effective interest rate on the $15 million notes payable for funds available on the six month installments, including discount on debt, is approximately 17.7%. The effective interest rate on the $7.5 million notes payable related to the achievement of development milestones, including discount on debt, is approximately 11.6%. As of March 31, 2009, we had accrued $0.5 million in interest payable that was paid in April 2009.

As additional consideration for the loan, on October 30, 2007, we issued to Deerfield two series of 6-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 5,225,433 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.31 per share (subject to adjustment for stock splits, combinations and similar events), which represented the closing bid price of our common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on the issuance date. One series of such warrants initially represented the right to purchase 4,825,433 shares, which equaled 15% of our currently issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of October 30, 2007. These warrants contain an anti-dilution feature so that, as we issue additional shares of our common stock during the term of the warrant, the number of shares purchasable under this series is automatically increased so that they always represent 15% of our then outstanding common stock. The exercise price for any incremental shares that become purchasable due to this feature remains fixed at $1.31 per share (subject to adjustment for stock splits, combinations and similar events). Pursuant to this anti-dilution feature and as a result of additional shares of our common stock that we issued following October 30, 2007, this series of warrants represented the right to purchase an aggregate of 4,867,678 shares of our common stock as of March 31, 2009. The second series of warrants, representing the right to purchase an aggregate of 400,000 shares, is identical in form except that it does not contain such anti-dilution feature. When the Company drew down the $7.5 million of funds conditioned upon the achievement of clinical development milestones relating to the Marqibo and Menadione programs on October 14, 2008, it was required to issue to Deerfield additional warrants to purchase up to an additional 2.625% of its then outstanding Common Stock, which warrants will contain the same anti-dilution feature as those issued by the Company on October 30, 2007. These warrants represented the right to purchase 851,844 shares of our common stock as of March 31, 2009. If the Company draws down the remaining funds conditioned upon the achievement of clinical development milestones, it will be required to issue to Deerfield additional warrants to purchase up to an additional 0.875% of its then outstanding Common Stock, which warrants will contain the same anti-dilution feature as those issued by the Company on October 30, 2007 and October 14, 2008.

As of March 31, 2009, we had drawn down $22.5 million of the entire $30 million loan facility, which represented the entire amount available to us based on installments and clinical development milestones achieved related to the Marqibo and Menadione programs.

Fair Value of Warrants. The aggregate fair values of the warrant series issued upon execution of the loan agreement, under which an aggregate of the 5,225,433 shares of our common stock were issuable upon purchase, pursuant to the loan agreement was $5.9 million. $5.5 million of the total fair value, related to the warrant series to purchase an aggregate of 4,825,433 shares with an anti-dilution feature, was recorded as a discount to the note payable. The remaining $0.4 million fair value, relating to the additional warrant series to purchase an aggregate of 400,000 shares of common stock, was recorded as a debt issuance cost and is being amortized, using the interest method, over the life of the loan. The aggregate fair values of the warrant series issued when we drew down the funds related to clinical development milestones, under which an aggregate of the 850,136 shares of our common stock were issuable upon purchase, pursuant to the loan agreement was $0.5 million, which was accounted for as a discount to the notes payable in the balance sheet. Deerfield can elect a cashless exercise of any portion of shares outstanding in which case they would receive shares equal to the net settlement price on the date of exercise. Additionally, pursuant to the loan agreement, Deerfield has certain registration rights and we would be obligated to make penalty payments to Deerfield in the event we were unable to maintain effective registration with the SEC.

The Company used a Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to obtain the fair value of these warrants. In order to estimate the fair value of the anti-dilution feature, the Company estimated the number of additional shares potentially purchasable under the warrant agreement using weighted probability scenarios. A summary of the assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the warrants issued pursuant to the execution of the loan agreement as well as the estimated additional shares purchasable under the warrants pursuant to the anti-dilution feature as of March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 is as follows:

	March 31			December 31
	2009			2008
Warrants
Risk-free interest rate		1.67	%		1.52	%
Expected life (in years)		4.59 - 5.54			4.83 - 5.79
Volatility		116	%		116.1	%
Dividend yield		0	%		0	%
Estimated fair value of shares issuable under warrants	$	0.07-0.08		$	0.14 - $0.16

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HANA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Warrant Liabilities. The fair value of the warrants issued pursuant to the loan agreement was recorded in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-19, “Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company's Own Stock.” Accordingly, we determined that the fair value of the warrants represented a liability because the warrants are redeemable in the event of a change in control or if the Company’s shares become delisted. The fair value of the warrants is recalculated each reporting period with the change in value taken as income or expense in the “Statement of Operations.”

On March 5, 2009, we received notice that our common stock would be subject to delisting from the Nasdaq Capital Market as a result of a listing requirement deficiency, of which we were previously notified on November 19, 2008. If our common stock is delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market, we may be required to redeem the warrants we have issued to Deerfield pursuant to our October 2007 loan agreement. Those warrants contain a provision that would require us to redeem the warrants, at Deerfield’ s election, in the event our common stock is no longer listed on the Nasdaq or another national stock exchange. The redemption price applicable to the warrants is based upon a Black-Scholes-Merton calculation, as specified in the warrant agreement. As of March 31, 2009, the total redemption price that would be applicable to all of the warrants issued to Deerfield is approximately $0.8 million, which amount also approximates the fair value of the warrant liability. We have classified an amount equal to the redemption price at March 31, 2009 as a short-term liability due to the potential risk that, due to our Nasdaq listing status, Deerfield will have the right to require redemption of these warrants within a one year period from March 31, 2009. As the warrant redemption price is based on a Black-Scholes-Merton calculation, the fair value of this liability is highly dependent on the price of our common shares and the volatility of our stock. If Deerfield elects redemption of these warrants, the actual redemption price may be materially different from the amount we have estimated on March 31, 2009.

A summary of the activity of the fair value of the warrant liability is as follows:

	Beginning Value of Warrant Liabilities		Liability Incurred for Warrants Issued Pursuant to the Deerfield Agreement		Realized (Gain)/Loss on Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liabilities			Ending Fair Value of Warrant Liabilities
3 months ended March 31, 2009	$	1,450,479	$	—	$	(664,060	)	$	786,419

3 months ended March 31, 2008	$	4,232,355	$	—	$	9,930		$	4,242,285

Summary of Notes Payable. On November 1, 2007, the Company drew down $7.5 million of the $30.0 million in total loan proceeds available. On October 14, 2008 and November 12, 2008, the Company drew down an additional $12.5 million and $2.5 million, respectively. The Company is not required to pay back any portion of the principal amount until October 30, 2013. Of the $12.5 million borrowed on October 14, 2008, $7.5 million related to development milestones the Company had previously achieved and was subsequently entitled to draw down additional funds pursuant to the Deerfield agreement. These warrants contained an anti-dilution feature that provided Deerfield with the right to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock equal to 2.625% of the total shares outstanding. Upon issuance of these shares, the fair value of the warrants was determined and included as additional discount on the debt to Deerfield. Because the Company issued the warrants pursuant to the loan, the Company recognized a discount on the note. The table below is a summary of the change in carrying value of the notes payable, including the discount on debt for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008:

	Carrying Value at January 1,			Gross Borrowings Incurred		Debt Discount Incurred		Amortized Discount		Carrying Value at March 31,
2009

Notes payable	$	22,500,000		$	—	$	—	$	—	$	22,500,000
Discount on debt		(5,648,459	)		—		—		144,114		(5,504,345	)
Carrying value	$	16,851,541								$	16,995,655

2008
Notes payable	$	7,500,000		$	—	$	—	$	—	$	7,500,000
Discount on debt		(5,474,376	)		—		—		54,346		(5,420,000	)
Carrying value	$	2,025,624								$	2,080,000

A summary of the debt issuance costs and changes during the periods ending March 31, 2009 and 2008 is as follows:

	Deferred Transaction Costs on January 1,		Amortized Debt Issuance Costs			Deferred Transaction Costs on March 1,

2009	$	1,361,356	$	(32,694	)	$	1,328,662

2008	$	1,423,380	$	(9,407	)	$	1,413,973

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 5. STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT

Stock Incentive Plans. We have two stockholder-approved stock incentive plans under which we grant or have granted options to purchase shares of our common stock and restricted stock awards to employees: the 2003 Stock Option Plan (the “2003 Plan”) and the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2004 Plan”). The Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, to the extent authorized by the Board, is responsible for administration of the Company’s employee stock incentive plans and determines the term, exercise price and vesting terms of each option. In general, stock options issued under the 2003 Plan and 2004 Plan have a vesting period of three years and expire ten years from the date of grant. We may grant a maximum of 7,000,000 shares for issuance under the 2004 plan and a maximum of 1,410,068 shares under the 2003 plan.

The Company also has adopted the 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2006 Plan”) under which the Company's eligible employees may purchase shares of the Company’s common stock through lump sum payments or payroll deductions. The 2006 Plan is intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. As adopted, the 2006 Plan authorized the issuance of up to a maximum of 750,000 shares of common stock.

Stock Options. The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at March 31, 2009 and changes in outstanding options in the three months then ended, all of which are at fixed prices:

	Number of Shares Subject to Options Outstanding			Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding January 1, 2009		4,470,871		$	2.36
Options granted		1,225,000			0.14
Options cancelled		(39,166	)		1.55
Options exercised		—			—
Outstanding March 31, 2009		5,656,705			1.88		8.31	$	4,865
Exercisable at March 31, 2009		2,331,533		$	3.00		7.19	$	4,865

Total share-based compensation expense was approximately $0.3 million and $0.5 million related to employee stock options recognized in the operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at March 31, 2009:

	Options Outstanding				Options Exercisable
Exercise Price	Number of Shares Subject to Options Outstanding	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life of Options Outstanding	Number of Options Exercisable	Weighted Average Exercise Price
$ 0.07 - $ 0.14	1,255,505	$	0.14	9.6 yrs	70,505	$	0.07
$ 0.21 - $ 1.18	2,251,044		1.00	8.6 yrs	797,544		1.02
$ 1.33 - $ 2.41	1,180,156		1.69	7.5 yrs	662,488		1.68
$ 4.51 - $ 10.98	970,000		6.44	7.1 yrs	800,996		6.31
$0.07 - $10.98	5,656,705	$	1.88	8.3 yrs	2,331,533	$	3.00

Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The 2006 Plan allows employees to contribute a percentage of their gross salary toward the semi-annual purchase of shares of our common stock. The price of each share will not be less than the lower of 85% of the fair market value of our common stock on the last trading day prior to the commencement of the offering period or 85% of the fair market value of our common stock on the last trading day of the purchase period. A total of 750,000 shares of common stock were initially reserved for issuance under the 2006 Plan.

Through March 31, 2009, we have issued 198,676 shares under the 2006 Plan. For the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, the total share-based compensation expense recognized related to the 2006 Plan under SFAS 123(R) was approximately $43,000 and $50,000, respectively.

Assumptions. The following table summarizes the assumptions used in applying the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to determine the fair value of awards granted during the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2009			2008
Employee stock options
Risk-free interest rate		1.90	%		2.65	%
Expected life (in years)		5.5 – 6.0			5.5 – 6.0
Volatility		0.95			0.9
Dividend Yield		—	%		—	%
Employee stock purchase plan
Risk-free interest rate		0.27 – 0.76	%		3.05 – 3.49	%
Expected life (in years)		0.5 - 2			0.5 - 2
Volatility		1.30 – 1.99			0.75 – 0.8
Dividend Yield		—	%		—	%

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

We estimate the fair value of each option award on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model. As allowed by SFAS No. 123R for companies with a short period of publicly traded stock history, our estimate of expected volatility is based on the average expected volatilities of a sampling of three companies with similar attributes to us, including industry, stage of life cycle, size and financial leverage as well as our own historical data. As we have so far only awarded “plain vanilla” options as described by the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (SAB 107), we used the “simplified method” for determining the expected life of the options granted. Originally, under SAB 107, this method was allowed until December 31, 2007. However, on December 21, 2007, the SEC issued SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 110 (SAB 110), which will allow a Company to continue to use the “simplified method” under certain circumstances, which we will continue to use as we do not have sufficient historical data to estimate the expected term of share-based award. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant valuation. SFAS No. 123R does not allow companies to account for option forfeitures as they occur. Instead, estimated option forfeitures must be calculated upfront to reduce the option expense to be recognized over the life of the award and updated upon the receipt of further information as to the amount of options expected to be forfeited. Based on our historical information, we currently estimate that 22% annually of our stock options awarded will be forfeited.

Warrants . As of March 31, 2009, all outstanding warrants were available for exercise. Warrants to acquire 258,927 shares of common stock at $1.85 per share expired in February of 2009. Warrants to acquire 892,326 shares of common stock at $1.57 per share expire in April 2010. Warrants to acquire 864,648 shares of common stock at $5.80 per share expire in October 2010. Additionally, the Company has issued warrants to acquire 6,119,521 shares of common stock to Deerfield in accordance with the Company’s October 2007 loan agreement. Certain of these warrants contain an anti-dilution feature that automatically increases the number of shares purchasable so that they always represent 17.625% of the Company’s then outstanding common stock. The majority of the warrants issued to Deerfield expire in October 2013 with a smaller portion expiring in October 2014. The following table summarizes the warrants outstanding as of March 31, 2009 and the changes in outstanding warrants in the period then ended:

	Number Of Shares Subject To Warrants Outstanding			Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Warrants outstanding January 1, 2009		8,123,956		$	1.83
Warrants granted		11,466			1.31
Warrants cancelled		(258,927	)		1.85
Warrants outstanding March 31, 2009		7,876,495		$	1.83

NOTE 6. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under generally accepted accounting principles and enhances disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value is defined under SFAS No. 157 as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value under SFAS No. 157 must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The standard describes a fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value which are the following:

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Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

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Level 2 - Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities; and

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Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

In accordance with SFAS 157, the following table represents the fair value hierarchy for our financial assets and liabilities held by the Company measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2009:

Assets	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Money market funds	$	69,031	$	—	$	—	$	69,031
Available-for-sale equity securities		96,000		—		—		96,000
Total	$	165,031	$	—	$	—	$	165,031

Liabilities	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Warrant liabilities		—		—	$	786,419	$	786,419
Total	$	—	$	—	$	786,419	$	786,419

NOTE 7. AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE SECURITIES

On March 31, 2009, the Company had $96,000 in total marketable securities which consisted of shares of NovaDel Pharma, Inc. (“NovaDel”) purchased in conjunction with the Zensana license agreement.

During the three months ended March 31, 2009, the Company recorded an unrealized loss of $32,000, compared to an unrealized gain of $24,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008. The following table summarizes the NovaDel shares classified as available-for-sale securities during the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008:

	Beginning Value			Net Unrealized Gain/(Loss)				Gross Realized Gain/(Loss)			Ending Value

Three months ended March 31, 2009		$	128,000		$	(32,000	)		$	—		$	96,000

Three months ended March 31, 2008		$	96,000		$	24,000			$	—		$	120,000

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 8. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consist of the following at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008:

	March 31, 2009		December 31, 2008
Trade accounts payable	$	1,079,518	$	457,725
Clinical research and other development related costs		2,336,794		2,554,374
Accrued personnel related expenses		218,374		549,469
Interest payable		546,473		478,332
Accrued other expenses		212,106		185,963
Total	$	4,393,265	$	4,225,863

NOTE 9. COMMITMENTS

Employment Agreements. On June 6, 2008, the Company entered into a new employment agreement with its President and Chief Executive Officer. This agreement provides for an employment term that expires in December 2010. The minimum aggregate amount of gross salary compensation to be provided for over the remaining term of the agreement amounted to approximately $0.7 million at March 31, 2009.

The Company entered into a written employment agreement with its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on December 18, 2006. As amended on October 31, 2008, this agreement provides for an employment term that expires on October 31, 2009. The minimum aggregate amount of gross salary compensation to be provided for over the remaining term of the agreement amounted to approximately $0.1 million at March 31, 2009.

Lease. The Company entered into a three year sublease, which commenced on May 31, 2006, for property at 7000 Shoreline Court in South San Francisco, California, where the Company’s executive offices are located. In May 2008, the Company and its sublessor entered into an amendment to the sublease agreement, which increased the term of the lease from three years to four years. The total cash payments due for the duration of the sublease equaled approximately $0.7 million at March 31, 2009.

NOTE 10. RESTRICTED CASH

On May 31, 2006, the Company entered into a sublease agreement relating to its South San Francisco, CA offices. The sublease required the Company to provide a security deposit in the amount of $125,000. To satisfy this obligation the Company obtained a $125,000 letter of credit with the sublessor as the beneficiary in case of default or failure to comply with the sublease requirements. In order to obtain the letter of credit, the Company was required to deposit a compensating balance of $125,000 into a restricted money market account with its financial institution. This compensating balance for the letter of credit will be restricted for the entire four-year period of the sub-lease.

NOTE 11. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On May 11, 2009, the Company requested an additional $5.0 million of funds pursuant to its loan agreement with Deerfield. These funds were available as an installment of the loan that became available on April 30, 2009. Pursuant to the agreement, these funds are to be remitted to the Company within 15 days of the request. See Note 4.

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Item 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This discussion includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, such as those set forth under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I of the 2008 Form 10-K, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.

Overview

We are a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing new, differentiated cancer therapies designed to improve and enable current standards of care. We currently have four product candidates in various stages of development:

·	Marqibo® (vincristine sulfate liposomes injection), a novel, targeted Optisome™ encapsulated formulation product candidate of the FDA-approved anticancer drug vincristine, being developed for the treatment of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and metastatic uveal melanoma.

·	Menadione, a novel supportive care product candidate, being developed for the prevention and/or treatment of the skin toxicities associated with the use of epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors (EGFRI), a type of anti-cancer agent used in the treatment of certain cancers.

·	Brakiva™ (topotecan liposomes injection), a novel targeted Optisome™ encapsulated formulation product candidate of the FDA-approved anticancer drug topotecan, being developed for the treatment of solid tumors including small cell lung cancer and ovarian cancer.

·	Alocrest™ (vinorelbine liposomes injection), a novel, targeted Optisome™ encapsulated formulation product candidate of the FDA-approved anticancer drug vinorelbine, being developed for the treatment of solid tumors such as non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Revenues

We do not expect to generate any significant revenue from product sales or royalties in the foreseeable future. We anticipate that any revenues that we may recognize in the near future will be related to upfront, milestone development funding payments received pursuant to strategic license agreements or partnerships and that we may have large fluctuations of revenue recognized from quarter to quarter as a result of the timing and the amount of these payments. We may be unable to control the development of commercialization of these products and may be unable to estimate the timing and amount of revenue to be recognized pursuant to these agreements. Revenue from these agreements and partnerships help us fund our continuing operations. Our revenues may increase in the future if we are able to develop and commercialize our products, license our technology and/or enter into strategic partnerships. If we are unsuccessful, our future revenues will decrease and we may be forced to limit our development of our product candidates.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses, which account for the bulk of our expenses, consist primarily of salaries and related personnel costs, fees paid to consultants and outside service providers for laboratory development, manufacturing, legal expenses resulting from intellectual property protection, business development and organizational affairs and other expenses relating to the acquiring, design, development, testing, and enhancement of our product candidates, including milestone payments for licensed technology. We expense our research and development costs as they are incurred.

While expenditures on current and future clinical development programs are expected to be substantial, particularly in light of our available resources, they are subject to many uncertainties, including the results of clinical trials and whether we develop any of our drug candidates with a partner or independently. As a result of such uncertainties, we cannot predict with any significant degree of certainty the duration and completion costs of our research and development projects or whether, when and to what extent we will generate revenues from the commercialization and sale of any of our product candidates. The duration and cost of clinical trials may vary significantly over the life of a project as a result of unanticipated events arising during clinical development and a variety of factors, including:

the number of trials and studies in a clinical program;

the number of patients who participate in the trials;

the number of sites included in the trials;

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the rates of patient recruitment and enrollment;

the duration of patient treatment and follow-up;

the costs of manufacturing our drug candidates; and

the costs, requirements, timing of, and the ability to secure regulatory approvals.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenses for executive, finance and other administrative personnel, recruitment expenses, professional fees and other corporate expenses, including accounting and general legal activities.

Share-based Compensation

Share-based compensation expenses consist primarily of expensing the fair-market value of a share-based award over the vesting term. This expense is included in our operating expenses for each reporting period.

Critical Accounting Policies

The accompanying discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our condensed unaudited financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. We believe there are certain accounting policies that are critical to understanding our condensed unaudited financial statements, as these policies affect the reported amounts of expenses and involve management’s judgment regarding significant estimates. We have reviewed our critical accounting policies and their application in the preparation of our financial statements and related disclosures with our Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Our critical accounting policies and estimates are described below.

Share Based Compensation

Effective January 1, 2006, we adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123R requiring that compensation cost relating to all share-based employee payment transactions be recognized in the financial statements. We adopted SFAS No. 123R using the modified prospective method for share-based awards granted after we became a public entity and the prospective method for share-based awards granted prior to the time we became a public entity. As allowed by SFAS No. 123R for companies with a short period of publicly traded stock history, our estimate of expected volatility is based on the average expected volatilities of a sampling of five companies with similar attributes to us, including industry, stage of life cycle, size and financial leverage as well as our historical data. We use the “simplified method” for determining the expected life of the options granted as permitted under the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 110 (SAB 110), which will allow a Company to continue to use the “simplified method” under certain circumstances. SFAS No. 123R does not allow companies to account for option forfeitures as they occur. Instead, estimated option forfeitures must be calculated upfront to reduce the option expense to be recognized over the life of the award and updated upon the receipt of further information as to the amount of options expected to be forfeited. Based on our historical information, we currently estimate that 22% annually of our stock options awarded will be forfeited.

See Note 5 of our unaudited financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q report for further information regarding the SFAS No. 123R disclosures.

Warrant Liabilities

On October 30, 2007, we entered into a loan facility agreement with certain affiliates of Deerfield Management (“Deerfield”). As partial consideration for the loan, we also issued to Deerfield certain warrants to purchase shares of our common stock. Certain of these warrants include an anti-dilution feature. This feature requires that, as we issue additional shares of our common stock during the term of the warrant, the number of shares purchasable under this series is automatically increased so that they always represent a fixed percentage of our then outstanding common stock. Because the warrants are redeemable if certain events occur, we record the fair value of the warrants as a liability. We update our estimate of the fair value of the warrant liabilities in each reporting period as new information becomes available and any gains or losses resulting from the changes in fair value from period to period are included as an increase or decrease of interest expense. See Note 4 of our unaudited financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q report for further information regarding the warrant liabilities.

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Licensed In-Process Research and Development

Licensed in-process research and development relates primarily to technology, intellectual property and know-how acquired from another entity. We evaluate the stage of development as well as additional time, resources and risks related to development and eventual commercialization of the acquired technology. As we historically have acquired non-FDA approved technologies, the nature of the remaining efforts for completion and commercialization generally include completion of clinical trials, completion of manufacturing validation, interpretation of clinical and preclinical data and obtaining marketing approval from the FDA and other regulatory bodies. The cost in resources, probability of success and length of time to commercialization are extremely difficult to determine. Numerous risks and uncertainties exist with respect to the timely completion of development projects, including clinical trial results, manufacturing process development results and ongoing feedback from regulatory authorities, including obtaining marketing approval. Additionally, there is no guarantee that the acquired technology will ever be successfully commercialized due to the uncertainties associated with the pricing of new pharmaceuticals, the cost of sales to produce these products in a commercial setting, changes in the reimbursement environment or the introduction of new competitive products. Due to the risks and uncertainties noted above, we will expense such licensed in-process research and development projects when incurred. However, the cost of acquisition of technology is capitalized if there are alternative future uses in other research and development projects or otherwise based on internal review. All milestone payments will be expensed in the period the milestone is reached.

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Clinical Study Activities and Other Expenses from Third-Party Contract Research Organizations

Much of our research and development activities related to clinical study activity are conducted by various third parties, including contract research organizations, which may also provide contractually defined administration and management services. Expense incurred for these contracted activities are based upon a variety of factors, including actual and estimated patient enrollment rates, clinical site initiation activities, labor hours and other activity-based factors. On a regular basis, our estimates of these costs are reconciled to actual invoices from the service providers, and adjustments are made accordingly.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Results of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2008

General and administrative expenses. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, general and administrative, or G&A, expense was $1.1 million, as compared to $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008. The decrease of $0.8 million is due to decreased personnel related expenses of $0.4 million, decreased costs for outside services and professional services of $0.3 million and decreased allocable expenses of $0.1 million.

The $0.4 million decrease in employee-related expenses includes:

·	a decrease of $0.3 million in employee related share-based compensation expense due to decreased valuation of stock options issued to employees as a result of the decrease in value of the Company’s stock price and

·	a decrease of $0.1 million in salary and benefits, due mainly to the reduction in headcount and decreased compensation measures.

The $0.3 million decrease in outside services and professional fees includes:

·	a decrease of $0.2 million in market research on our leading product candidates and

·	a decrease of $0.1 million in legal, accounting and other consulting fees.

The $0.1 million decrease of allocable expenses is mainly a result of cost reduction measures undertaken by the Company to decelerate our cash burn.

Research and development expenses. The following table summarizes our R&D expenses incurred for preclinical support, contract manufacturing for clinical supplies and clinical trial services provided by third parties, as well as milestone payments for in-licensed technology for each of our current major product development programs for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008. The table also summarizes unallocated costs, which consist of personnel, facilities and other costs not directly allocable to development programs.

Product candidates ($ in thousands)	2009			2008		Annual % Change
Marqibo	$	1,221		$	878		39	%
Menadione		431			349		23	%
Brakiva		136			576		-76	%
Alocrest		(13	)		305		N/A
Discontinued/out-licensed product candidates		5			8		-38	%
Total third party costs		823			483		70	%
Allocable costs and overhead		305			412		-26	%
Personnel related expense		1,349			1,174		15	%
Share-based compensation expense		205			79		159	%
Total research and development expense	$	4,462		$	4,264		5	%

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Marqibo. In the three months ended March 31, 2009, we continued enrollment in our Phase 2, registration-enabling, open-label trial in relapsed adult ALL and our pilot Phase 2 trial in metastic uveal melanoma. We plan to finish enrollment in both of these trials by mid-2009. We plan to initiate a confirmatory trial in the first half of 2010 and we also intend to seek limited approval in the ALL indication in early 2010, pending the results of our Phase 2 study in relapsed adult ALL. We expect to spend approximately $6.7 million on external project costs relating to Marqibo in 2009, including the amounts expended in the first quarter of 2009. We estimate that we will need to expend at least an additional aggregate of approximately $45 million in order for us to obtain full FDA approval for Marqibo, if ever, which includes milestone payments that would be owed to our licensor upon FDA approval. Through of March 31, 2009, we have spent approximately $9.6 million on the development of Marqibo. We expect that it will take approximately three to four years until we will have completed development and obtained full FDA approval of Marqibo, if ever.

Menadione. In the three months ended March 31, 2009, we continued enrollment in our Phase 1 clinical trials in Menadione in cancer patients. We completed the healthy volunteer trial in late 2008 and plan to complete the trial in cancer patients by mid-2009. We plan to initiate a Phase 2 clinical trial in cancer patients in mid 2009. As this drug is early in its clinical development, both the registrational strategy and total expenditures to obtain FDA approval are still being evaluated. Including the amounts expended in the first quarter of 2009, we expect to spend approximately $3.2 million on external project costs relating to Menadione in 2009, and we estimate that we will need to expend at least an aggregate of approximately $40 million of additional funds in order for us to obtain full FDA approval for Menadione, if ever, which includes milestone payments that would be owed to our licensor upon FDA approval. Through of March 31, 2009, we have spent approximately $6.1 million on the development of Menadione. We expect that it will take approximately two to three years until we will have completed development and obtained FDA approval, if ever.

Brakiva. We initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial in November 2008 and continued enrollment in the three months ended March 31, 2009. We plan to complete enrollment in this clinical trial in 2009 and expect that we will expend approximately $0.5 million in 2009, including the amounts expended in the first quarter of 2009. We are exploring options for further development of Brakiva beyond the phase 1 trial. As this drug is early in its clinical development, both the registrational strategy and total expenditures to obtain FDA approval are still being evaluated. Through of March 31, 2009, we have spent approximately $3.5 million on the development of Brakiva.

Alocrest. We completed enrollment in a Phase 1 clinical trial in early 2008. This Phase 1 trial was designed to assess safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy in patients with advanced solid tumors. We are currently exploring options for the continued development of Alocrest and do not expect to incur significant project costs in 2009. Through of March 31, 2009, we have spent approximately $3.4 million on the development of Alocrest.

Discontinued/Out-licensed projects. We did not pursue development on our discontinued/out-license product candidates in the three months ended March 31, 2009. These include Zensana which was out-licensed in 2007, IPdR and Talvesta, which were terminated in 2006 and 2007, respectively. We may incur only incidental expenses in 2009 related to the continued disposition of these terminated products.

Other R&D expenses. Third-party costs related to indirect support of our clinical trials and product candidates increased in the three months ended March 31, 2009. These costs are not directly allocable to an individual product candidate and primarily relate to outside services and professional fees related to indirect support of our r&d functions including data management, regulatory and clinical development. We expect these costs to stay consistent in 2009 with the totals for 2008 as we finish the rALLy study in Marqibo and prepare for the Phase 2 study in Menadione and the confirmatory study for Marqibo. Allocable costs decreased as a result of cost-cutting measures pursued by the Company. We expect these costs to decrease in 2009 compared to 2008. Personnel related costs increased in the three months ended March 31, 2009 and we expect these costs to remain slightly higher in 2009 due to certain executive positions that have been filled in later 2008 and early 2009. Stock compensation expense increased due to a large credit in the three months ended March 31, 2008 due to the termination of certain executives with large stock option grants which were cancelled upon termination. We expect share-based compensation will continue to decrease until our stock price increases or the amount of options issued increases.

Interest income. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, interest income was less than $12,000 compared to interest income of $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008. The decrease is a result of decreased cash balances in our interest bearing accounts as well as decreasing interest rates.

Interest expense. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, interest expense was $0.7 million as compared to interest expense of $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008. The increase resulted from a larger average balance outstanding on our loan facility with Deerfield. We originally entered into this loan agreement in October 2007.

Gain or loss on change in fair market value of warrant liabilities. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, we recognized a gain related to the change in fair market value of the warrant liabilities, pursuant to the warrants issued to Deerfield as part of the Facility Loan Agreement (see Note 4) of $0.7 million. In three months ended March 31, 2008, we recognized a loss on this warrant liability of approximately $10,000. The value of these warrants is largely dependent on the price of our common stock, and as the stock price is reduced, the value of these warrants will decrease and our gain on the change in market value will increase.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2009, we had aggregate cash and cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities of $8.6 million. In addition, pursuant to the Deerfield loan facility, we have $5.0 million in funds that became available to us on April 30, 2009 and $2.5 million that may become available to us if we achieve a certain milestone in the development of our product candidate Menadione. As of March 31, 2009, we had drawn down $22.5 million of the total $30 million available under the agreement.

Through March 31, 2009, we have an accumulated deficit of $116.6 million. Management expects this deficit to increase in future periods as we continue to develop our product candidates. We expect to incur sizeable expenses in our Marqibo development program as we expect to complete enrollment in the Phase 2 registration-enabling study in the first half of 2009. We also expect to incur considerable expenses in the development of Menadione as we anticipate the initiation of a Phase 2 clinical trial in mid 2009. Our continued operations will depend on whether we are able to raise additional funds through various potential sources, such as equity and debt financing. Through March 31, 2009, a significant portion of our financing has been and will continue to be through private placements of common stock, preferred stock and debt financing.

We can give no assurances that any additional capital that we are able to obtain will be sufficient to meet our needs which raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue operating as a going concern. Given the current and desired pace of clinical development of our product candidates, we estimate that we will have sufficient cash on hand, together with amounts committed under our loan facility agreement with Deerfield, to fund clinical development into the second half of 2009. We will be forced to raise additional capital in 2009 in order to fund our future development activities, likely by selling shares of our capital stock or through debt financing. If we are unable to raise additional capital or enter into strategic partnerships and/or license agreements, we will be required to cease operations or curtail our desired development activities, which will delay the development of our product candidates. There can be no assurance that such capital will be available to us on favorable terms or at all, particularly in light of the general economic conditions, which have severely limited our access to the capital markets. We will need additional financing thereafter until we can achieve profitability, if ever.

Current and Future Financing Needs. We currently do not have enough capital resources to fund our entire development plan through 2009. Our plan of operation for the year ending December 31, 2009 is to continue implementing our business strategy, including the continued development of our four product candidates that are currently in clinical and preclinical phases. We expect our principal expenditures during the next 12 months to include:

·	operating expenses, including expanded research and development and general and administrative expenses;

·	product development expenses, including the costs incurred with respect to applications to conduct clinical trials in the United States, as well as outside of the United States, for our product candidates, including manufacturing, intellectual property prosecution and regulatory compliance.

As part of our planned research and development, we intend to use clinical research organizations and third parties to help perform our clinical studies and manufacturing. As indicated above, at our current and desired pace of clinical development of our product candidates, over the next 12 months we expect to spend approximately between $16.0 million and $18.0 million on clinical development (including milestone payments of $0.3 million that we expect to be triggered under the license agreements relating to our product candidates, half of which can be satisfied through the issuance of new shares of our common stock at our discretion). We expect to spend approximately $4.0 million on general corporate and administrative expenses as well as $0.6 million on facilities and rent.

We believe that our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, which totaled $8.6 million as of March 31, 2009, along with the funds available through the Deerfield agreement, will be sufficient to meet our anticipated operating needs into the second half of 2009 based upon current operating and spending assumptions. However, we expect to incur substantial expenses as we continue our drug development efforts, particularly to the extent we advance our lead candidate Marqibo through a pivotal clinical study. We cannot guarantee that future financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

The actual amount of funds we will need to operate is subject to many factors, some of which are beyond our control. These factors include the following:

·	costs associated with conducting preclinical and clinical testing;

·	costs of establishing arrangements for manufacturing our product candidates;

·	payments required under our current and any future license agreements and collaborations;

·	costs, timing and outcome of regulatory reviews;

·	costs of obtaining, maintaining and defending patents on our product candidates; and

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·	costs of increased general and administrative expenses.

We have based our estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong. We may need to obtain additional funds sooner or in greater amounts than we currently anticipate. Potential sources of financing include strategic relationships, public or private sales of our stock or debt and other sources. We may seek to access the public or private equity markets when conditions are favorable due to our long-term capital requirements. We do not have any committed sources of financing at this time, and it is uncertain whether additional funding will be available when we need it on terms that will be acceptable to us, or at all. If we raise funds by selling additional shares of common stock or other securities convertible into common stock, the ownership interest of our existing stockholders will be diluted. If we are not able to obtain financing when needed, we will be unable to carry out our business plan. As a result, we will have to significantly limit our operations and our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially harmed.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any “off-balance sheet agreements,” as that term is defined by SEC regulation.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not applicable.

Item 4T. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We conducted an evaluation as of March 31, 2009, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, which are defined under SEC rules as controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within required time periods. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all error and all fraud. 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 benefit 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 Hana have been detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

During the quarter ended March 31, 2009, there were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting 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 involved in any legal proceeding.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

We have not had any material changes to our risk factors disclosed in response to Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

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

None

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not applicable

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Securities Holders

None

Item 5. Other Information

On May 15, 2009, we issued a press release announcing our financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2009. A copy of this press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such exhibit and the information set forth therein and in this Item 5 have been furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liability under that section nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing regardless of any general incorporation language.

Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description

31.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).

31.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).

32.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as required by Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350).

99.1		Press release of Hana Biosciences, Inc. dated March 15, 2009.

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	HANA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

Dated: May 15, 2009	By:	/s/ Steven R. Deitcher, MD
		Steven R. Deitcher, MD
		President and Chief Executive Officer

Dated: May 15, 2009	By:	/s/ John P. Iparraguirre
		John P. Iparraguirre Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

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Index to Exhibits Filed with this Report

Exhibit No.		Description

31.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).

31.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).

32.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as required by Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350).

99.1		Press release of Hana Biosciences, Inc. dated March 15, 2009.

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