UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-QSB
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _______________________ to _____________
Commission file number 333-113734
MARC PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
Delaware 13-4169954
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
350 Bedford Street,
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Issuer's telephone number, including area code (203) 352-8817
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Check 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 past 12
months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such
reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days. Yes X No
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State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common
equity, as of the latest practicable date.
The outstanding number of each type of the issuer's securities as of November 8,
2004 is (i) 285,380,000 shares Common Stock, par value $.0001 (ii) 1,730,000
Class A Warrants to acquire common shares and (iii) 3,460,000 Class B Warrants
to acquire common shares.
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
MARC PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
Balance Sheets as at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 (Unaudited) 3
Statements of Operations
For the Nine and Three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 and Cumulative
For the Period from January 29, 1999 (Inception) to September 30, 2004 (Unaudited) 4
Statement of Stockholders' Equity (Capital Deficiency)
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004 and Cumulative For the Period
From February 21, 2001 (Inception) to September 30, 2004 (Unaudited) 5
Statements of Cash Flows
For the Nine Months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 and
From February 21, 2001 (Inception) to September 30, 2004 (Consolidated) (Unaudited) 6
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) 7-17
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION. 18-23
ITEM 3. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. 23
PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K. 23
SIGNATURES 24
EXHIBITS 26-28
See notes to financial statements.
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MARC PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
BALANCE SHEET
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
September 30, December 31,
2004 2003
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Current assets:
Cash $ 57,998 $ 3,105
Prepaid insurance 10,517 7,215
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Total current assets 68,515 10,320
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Other assets:
Deferred rent 29,381 36,494
Deferred registration costs - 40,000
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Total other assets 29,381 76,494
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Total assets $ 97,896 $ 86,814
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' CAPITAL DEFICIENCY
Current liabilities:
Notes payable:
Chairman $ 125,000 $ 275,000
Others - Subject to Rescission 700,000 25,000
Accrued expenses - related parties 455,507 81,601
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 66,313 24,685
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Total current liabilities 1,346,820 406,286
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Commitments and contingencies - -
Stockholders' capital deficiency:
Common stock - $.0001 par value
Authorized - 750,000,000 shares
Issued and outstanding - 284,740,000 and
281,150,000 , respectively 28,474 28,315
Additional paid-in capital 1,308,296 1,143,069
Deficit accumulated in the development stage (2,585,694) (1,490,856)
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Total stockholders' capital deficiency (1,248,924) (319,472)
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Total liabilities and stockholders'
capital deficiency $ 97,896 $ 86,814
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See notes to financial statements.
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MARC PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
For the Nine For the Nine For the Three
Months Ended Months Ended Months Ended
September 30, 2004 September 30, 2003 September 30, 2004
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Revenues $ - $ - $ -
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Operating expenses:
Research and development 475,000 378,257 475,000
License costs - - -
Web site costs - 28,000 -
Professional fees 22,049 34,792 751
Consulting fees 99,000 33,000
Director's fees 125,000 - -
Payroll and fringe benefits 234,079 - 43,099
Insurance 9,982 13,161 3,423
Rent 15,950 4,500 5,550
Other 18,378 6,750 8,333
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Total operating expenses 999,438 465,460 569,156
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Loss from operations (999,438) (465,460) (569,156)
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Other (Income) expenses:
Interest expense 95,439 289,267 51,872
Interest income (39) (19) (30)
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Total other expenses 95,400 289,248 51,842
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Net loss ($1,094,838) ($754,708) ($620,998)
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Per share data:
Loss per share - basic and diluted ($ - ) ($ - ) ($ - )
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Weighted average number of
shares outstanding 283,652,552 273,469,259 283,785,435
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Cumulative From
For the Three February 21, 2001
Months Ended (Inception) to
September 30, 2003 September 30, 2004
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Revenues $ - $ -
Operating expenses:
Research and development 375,000 1,409,828
License costs - 50,000
Web site costs 10,000 28,000
Professional fees 28,600 122,924
Consulting fees - 99,000
Director's fees - 125,000
Payroll and fringe benefits - 257,709
Insurance 7,281 27,723
Rent 4,500 24,950
Other 653 31,863
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Total operating expenses 426,034 2,176,997
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Loss from operations (426,034) (2,176,997)
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Other (Income) expenses:
Interest expense 18,277 410,446
Interest income - (1,749)
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Total other expenses 18,277 408,697
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Net loss ($444,311) ($2,585,694)
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Per share data:
Loss per share - basic and diluted ($ - )
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Weighted average number of
shares outstanding 280,933,478
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See notes to financial statements.
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MARC PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' CAPITAL EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)
FOR THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 21, 2001 (Inception) TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
Deficit Total
Accumulated Stockholders'
Common Stock Additional in the Stock Equity
------------------------- Paid-In Development Subscriptions (Capital
Shares Amount Capital Stage Receivable Deficiency)
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Balance at February 21, 2001 - Inception 202,700,000 $20,270 $ - $ - ($ 20,270) $ -
Payment of common stock subscriptions - - - - 140 140
Compensatory element of common stock
issued for services rendered 450,000 45 45
Proceeds from sale of common stock 19,000,000 1,900 77,409 79,309
Net loss for the period from Inception -
to December 31, 2001 - - - (450) - (450)
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Balance at December 31, 2001 222,150,000 22,215 77,409 (450) (20,130) 79,044
Payment of common stock subscriptions - - - 20,130 20,130
Proceeds from sale of common stock 41,810,000 4,181 179,029 - - 183,210
Net loss for the year ended
December 31, 2002 - - - (723,240) - (723,240)
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Balance at December 31, 2002 263,960,000 26,396 256,438 (723,690) - (440,856)
Proceeds from sale of common stock 14,190,000 1,419 637,131 638,550
Compensatory element of common stock
issued as payment of interest 5,000,000 500 249,500 250,000
Net loss for the year ended
December 31, 2003 - - - (767,166) - (767,166)
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Balance at December 31, 2003 283,150,000 28,315 1,143,069 (1,490,856) - (319,472)
Compensatory element of common stock
issued for services rendered (Unaudited) 500,000 50 124,950 125,000
Net proceeds from sale of securities (Unaudited) 1,090,000 109 40,277 40,386
Net loss for the nine months ended
September 30, 2004 (Unaudited) - - - (1,094,838) - (1,094,838)
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Balance at June 30, 2004 (Unaudited) 284,740,000 $28,474 $1,308,296 ($2,585,694) $ - ($1,248,924)
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See notes to financial statements.
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MARC PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Cumulative From
For the Nine For the Nine February 21, 2001
Months Ended Months Ended (Inception) to
September 30, 2004 September 30, 2003 September 30, 2004
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss ($1,094,838) ($754,708) ($2,585,694)
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Adjustments to reconcile net loss
to net cash used in
operating activities:
Compensatory element of common
stock issued for services 125,000 - 125,045
Compensatory element of common
stock issued in payment of interest - 250,000 250,000
Increase (decrease) in cash flows as
a result of changes in asset and
liability account balances:
Prepaid expenses (3,302) - (10,517)
Deferred rent 7,113 (22,884) (29,381)
Accrued expense - related parties 373,906 - 455,507
Accrued expenses and other current - -
liabilities 33,453 3,951 58,138
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Total adjustments 536,170 231,067 848,792
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Net cash used in operating activities (558,668) (523,641) (1,736,902)
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable - stockholders 775,000 - 1,150,000
Repayments of notes payable - stockholders (250,000) (325,000)
Deferred registration costs (162,139) (40,000) (202,139)
Proceeds from sale of common stock 250,700 638,550 1,172,039
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Net cash provided by financing activities 613,561 598,550 1,794,900
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Increase (decrease) in cash 54,893 74,909 57,998
Cash at beginning of period 3,105 25,411 -
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Cash at end of period $ 57,998 $100,320 $ 57,998
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Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:
Cash paid during the period:
Interest $ - $ - $ -
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Taxes $ 363 $ - $ 363
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Supplemental Schedules of Noncash
Investing and Financing Activities:
Common stock issued for services $ 125,000 $ - $ 125,045
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Common stock issued as payment for
interest on note payable $ - $250,000 $ 250,000
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See notes to financial statements.
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MARC PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1 - PLAN OF ORGANIZATION:
(a) Organization and Presentation of Financial Statements:
Marc Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated in the
State of Delaware on February 21, 2001 at which time the founding
and original stockholders subscribed for 202,700,000 shares of the
Company's common stock for an aggregate of $20,270. $140 of the
stock subscriptions were paid in 2001 and the balance in 2002.
Effective February 21, 2001 four persons were issued 450,000 shares
of the Company's common stock for administrative services rendered.
Since its inception through September 30, 2004, the Company has not
generated any significant revenues and has not carried on any
significant operations. The accompanying financial statements have
been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going
concern. As shown in the accompanying financial statements, the
Company had a working capital deficiency of $1,278,305 and $395,966
at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 respectively, and has
incurred net losses of $1,094,838 and $754,708 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and losses of
$767,166 and $723,240 for the years ended December 31, 2003 and
December 31, 2002, respectively, and had an accumulated deficit of
$2,585,694 and $1,490,856 at September 30, 2004 and December 31,
2003, respectively.
These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's
ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do
not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of
this uncertainty. Management's efforts have been directed towards
the development and implementation of a plan to develop various
pharmaceutical products to the point at which they may be sold. This
plan necessarily means that it will be at least several years before
the Company will generate sufficient revenues to cover all of its
present and future costs and expenses. The Company's sources of cash
to fund its operations have been the sales of its securities to
accredited investors. The Company received, through September 30,
2004, $961,725 in proceeds (net of placement costs) from the sale of
203,790,000 unregistered shares of its common stock to its original
founding stockholders and 75,000,000 unregistered shares of its
common stock to accredited investors in two private placements. In
July 2002 the Company issued its $350,000 note payable to one of its
directors as reimbursement for funds the director had paid on the
Company's behalf for certain research and development costs. In
November 2003 the Company commenced a private offering of up to
$500,000 (increased to $1,000,000) of its 20% interest bearing notes
to accredited investors. Through June 25, 2004, eleven notes
aggregating $775,000 were sold of which $100,000 was repaid in
September 2004. Since the Company has not generated revenues from
its inception and since management does not anticipate the Company
will generate sufficiently substantial revenues from the sale of its
products in an amount necessary to meet its cash needs for the next
twelve months, management believes the Company will need additional
financing to continue to operate.
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NOTE 1 - PLAN OF ORGANIZATION: (Continued)
(a) Organization and Presentation of Financial Statements:
(Continued)
Towards that end the Company pursuant to an initial public
offering has contracted with a placement agent, on a best efforts
basis, to sell up to 20,000,000 units of the Company's securities to
the public at a purchase price of $0.25 per unit. Each unit consists
of one share of the Company's common stock, one Class A warrant to
buy a share of the Company's common stock at $.50 and two Class B
warrants to each purchase one share of the Company's common stock
for $1.00. The Company will pay the placement agent commission of 8%
of the proceeds of all the units placed by the placement agent and a
non-accountable expense allowance of 3% of the proceeds of all the
shares placed by the placement agent. In addition to the placement
agent's cash compensation, the Company has agreed to give the
placement agent warrants to purchase up to 1,600,000 units at a
purchase price of $.3125 per unit which will be exercisable for a
period of 5 years, which means that the placement agent will receive
a warrant to purchase one unit for every 12.5 units sold by the
placement agent. The placement agent's warrants and the underlying
shares of common stock will not be registered at the time of grant.
Through September 30, 2004, the Company sold 1,090,000 units
aggregating cash proceeds, after deducting the placement agent 8%
commission, of $250,700. The placement agent's 3% expense allowance
of $8,175 has not been paid and is included in accrued expenses at
September 30, 2004. Through November 8, 2004, an additional 640,000
units were sold for additional net proceeds of $142,400.
(b) Principal Business Activity:
The Company is a development stage start-up pharmaceutical
Company focusing on the development and commercialization of
innovative products for the treatment of debilitating diseases.
Management has no clinical experience in the development of
pharmaceutical products and intends to rely, in part, on academic
institutions and on clinical research institutions to conduct and
monitor certain clinical trials. The Company and its products are
subject to comprehensive regulation by the United States Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States of America and by
comparable authorities in other countries. In addition, certain
clinical trials for our products are conducted by
government-sponsored agencies. Because the conduct of such trials
will be dependent on government funding and participation, the
Company will have less control over such trials than if it were the
sponsor of these trials. As a result, there can be no assurance that
these trials will commence or be completed as planned.
Currently, the Company is the exclusive licensee of a
medical compound which has certain derivatives that are (i) directed
towards the treatment of cancer as a site directed chemotherapeutic
agent that selectively attacks only cancer cells through a specific
delivery device depending on the organ in which the cancer is
located in the body and (ii) directed towards anti-HIV activity
which could be used either systemically as an AIDS therapy, or
locally as a microbicide to prevent the sexual acquisition of HIV.
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NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT AND CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
(a) Basis of Presentation:
The accompanying unaudited financial statements as at and
for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 have
been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America. In the opinion of
management, the statements contain all adjustments (consisting only
of normal recurring accruals) necessary to present fairly the
financial position as of September 30, 2004 and the results of
operations and cash flows for the six and three months ended
September 30, 2004 and 2003. The results of operations for the six
and three months ended September 30, 2004 are not necessarily
indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.
The December 31, 2003 balance sheet was derived from the
audited statements for the year ended December 31, 2003 included in
the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 File No.
333-113734 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
August 12, 2004.
(b) Revenue Recognition:
Since its inception, the Company did not have any revenues
and is in the development stage. The Company will recognize revenues
in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America. Revenues from the sale of its products
will be recognized when shipped to its customers. Royalties earned
from the licensing of its products to other pharmaceutical entities
will be recorded on a pro-rata basis over the life of the contract
effectuating the royalty.
(c) Use of Estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual
results could differ from those estimates.
(d) Deferred Registration Costs:
Costs incurred in connection with the proposed initial sale
of the Company's securities to the public have been deferred and
were offset against the proceeds from the sale of the securities.
Through September 30, 2004, all of the $202,139 in offering costs
incurred plus the $29,975 in placement agent's commissions and
expense allowance were charged to additional paid-in capital.
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NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT AND CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
(Continued)
(e) Sponsored Research and Development Costs:
Sponsored research and development costs (R&D) are expensed
at the earlier of when they are paid or when the R&D is performed.
R&D costs to date have consisted of the minimum payments required
under a sponsored research agreement between the Company and Weill
Medical College of Cornell University ("WMC"). The three year
agreement which commenced on June 19, 2002 requires the Company to
pay an aggregate of $1,250,000 to WMC for research costs and
overhead associated with the research. In July 2002 and 2003,
respectively, payments of $500,000 and $375,000 were made to WMC and
the remaining $375,000 was paid in July 2004. Although the pro rata
amortization of the entire R&D cost is less than the amounts paid in
fiscal 2002 and 2003, management has charged the entire payments to
operations when paid because there is no evidence that the R&D will
result in a commercially viable product. Additionally the agreement
requires the Company to reimburse WMC for certain costs incurred in
obtaining patents for any technology developed through the sponsored
research. Fees for patent attorneys of $12,266 in the nine months
ended September 30, 2004, in addition to $7,682 and $52,146 in
fiscal 2003 and 2002, respectively, were reimbursed to Cornell.
The agreement provides the Company with an exclusive license
to the technology developed under the research and development
agreement. The Company paid an initial license fee for the cancer
therapeutic compound of $50,000 in fiscal 2002 which was charged to
operations as there is no evidence that any technology developed
from the research will be commercially viable. The license agreement
was amended in July 2004 to include the HIV compound for an
additional $50,000 payable in two equal installments in July and
November 2004. The agreement also requires additional payments upon
the attainment of certain milestones - initiation of clinical trials
and FDA or equivalent approval of products developed. The aggregate
payments required for the various milestones are $2,137,500.
In January 2004 the Company entered into a second sponsored
research agreement with WMC for three years. The Company has agreed
to sponsor research in other uses of certain oncological
technologies for an aggregate of $1,000,000 of which $75,000 was
paid in July 2004, and $112,500 is payable in November 2004,
$187,500 in April 2005 and $312,500 in each of October 2005 and
October 2006. The Company, in return for its research funding,
received a first right of refusal to acquire a royalty-bearing
license to market the technology developed by the researchers.
(f) Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements:
In December 2003 the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46
(Revised) "Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities". This
interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, "Consolidated
Financial Statements", describes the circumstances under which a
variable special purpose entity is to be consolidated with entities
that do not have the characteristics of a controlling interest in
the special purpose entity.
In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149 which amends and
clarifies SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities".
In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, "Accounting for
Certain Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and
Equity". This statement establishes standards for how an issuer
classifies certain financial instruments with characteristics of
both liabilities and equity.
Management believes the adoption of these pronouncements
will not have a material impact on the Company.
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NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT AND CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
(Continued)
(g) Earnings Per Share:
The Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 128, "Earnings Per Share". Basic earnings per share is
based on the weighted effect of all common shares issued and
outstanding, and is calculated by dividing net income available to
common stockholders by the weighted average shares outstanding
during the period. Diluted earnings per share, which is calculated
by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the
weighted average number of common shares used in the basic earnings
per share calculation plus the number of common shares that would be
issued assuming conversion of all potentially dilutive securities
outstanding, is not presented as it is anti-dilutive.
NOTE 3 - ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES.
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of
the following at:
September 30, 2004 December 31, 2003
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Professional fees $46,150 $15,000
Deferred registration costs - -
Payroll and payroll fringes 9,738 3,160
Franchise taxes payable 1,950 2,000
Sundry operating expenses 8,475 4,525
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$66,313 $24,685
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NOTE 4 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS.
(a) Notes Payable - Chairman:
In July 2002, a founding shareholder and the Chairman of the
Company personally paid $350,000 to WMC University on behalf of the
Company in partial satisfaction of the Company's commitment to fund
research under the sponsored research and development agreement. The
Company issued this director its 15% interest bearing note payable
on August 17, 2002. The director agreed to extend the due date
initially to March 31, 2003, then to June 30, 2003, then to
September 30, 2003, then to March 31, 2004, then to May 31, 2004 and
currently to December 31, 2004. During the fourth quarter of 2003,
$75,000 of loan principal was repaid. In return for the director's
extension of the note from March 31, 2003 to June 30, 2003, the
Company issued this director 5,000,000 shares of its common stock
whose fair value at the date of issuance was $250,000 which was
charged to operations in 2003 as interest expense. The fair value of
the shares issued is based upon the per share price which the
Company was offering at that time to accredited investors through a
private placement of its common stock. During the nine months ended
September 30, 2004, $150,000 of this loan's principal was repaid.
Interest expense charged to operations on this debt was $36,875 and
$39,267 in the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003,
respectively. At September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 the
director was owed accrued interest of $101,269, and $64,404,
respectively, on this indebtedness which is included in the
accompanying financial statements under the caption accrued expenses
- related parties.
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NOTE 4 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS. (Continued)
(b) Notes Payable - Others - Subject to Rescission:
In November 2003, the Company commenced a $500,000 private
placement of its 20% interest bearing notes to accredited investors.
On May 31, 2004 the total note private placement was increased to
$1,000,000. A stockholder purchased a note for $25,000 payable on
November 7, 2004 plus accrued interest. Accrued interest on this
obligation of $603 was charged to operations in 2003 and is included
in accrued expenses - related parties at December 31, 2003. Through
June 25, 2004 when the private placement was terminated, eight
stockholders and a personal friend of the Company's CEO acquired
eleven (11) notes aggregating $800,000. Interest charged to
operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2004 was
$58,561 and is included in accrued expenses - related parties. In
September, 2004 $100,000 of a stockholder's note was repaid.
management of the Company offered the notes to only accredited
individuals, all but one of whom were stockholders at the time they
were offered these notes. Management did not seek investors outside
of its own stockholders and a few other individuals who are
longstanding business associates of the Company's officers.
Management of the Company did not solicit any other person to buy
these notes. Moreover, Management believes that its note offering
could not be integrated under applicable rules with its proposed
initial public offering. Nevertheless, the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), a state securities regulator or one or more of
the note holders from this private placement note offering may
assert the position that the note offering was an unregistered
public offering. If such position were to prevail, among other
things, the note holders could demand immediate repayment of their
notes plus interest at the prevailing market rate. The Company and
its management could be accused by the SEC or other regulatory
bodies of violations of securities or other laws and regulations
which could subject them to criminal or civil sanctions and
penalties. If such accusations were instituted, the Company's
planned initial offering of its securities for sale to the public
could be jeopardized. The defense of such accusations would not only
require the expenditure of legal fees but would divert management's
attention from the Company's operations.
(c) Legal Fees:
The Company's general and securities counsel is an original
shareholder of the Company. During the period from inception to
September 30, 2004, these attorneys rendered services aggregating
$171,980. $36,460 of the total was charged to additional paid-in
capital for legal services rendered in connection with the Company's
private placements of its common stock. $75,226 is for legal
services in connection with the Company's initial offering of its
securities to the public of which $50,000 was paid at September 30,
2004. This amount is included in the accompanying financial
statements under the heading deferred registration costs. The
remainder was for general corporate matters of which $7,603 and
$51,243 was charged to operations in fiscal 2003 and 2002,
respectively. A portion, $11,841, of these legal fees was paid by a
director of the Company who was subsequently reimbursed by the
Company in September 2002. At September 30, 2004 and December 31,
2003, these unpaid fees aggregated $37,268 and $16,594,
respectively, and are included in accrued expenses - related
parties.
(d) Placement Agent Fees:
The Company's president controlled a corporate placement
agent which placed the Company's two private sales of its common
stock to accredited investors. The placement agent firm received
$9,500 in 2001, $25,000 in 2002 and $70,950 in 2003 in commissions
and fees for its services.
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NOTE 4 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS. (Continued)
(e) Consulting Agreement:
The Company in January 2004 retained the services of its
Chairman to assist senior management in identifying opportunities
and developing strategies to enhance the Company's value through a
five year consulting agreement. The Chairman will receive $120,000
annually for his services and a monthly car allowance of $1,000. At
September 30, 2004, the Chairman is owed $90,000 for his consulting
services. This liability is included in accrued expenses - related
parties at September 30, 2004.
(f) Lease:
The Company leases its Stamford, Connecticut premises from a
corporation whose Chairman and CEO is the Company's Chairman. The
lease commenced in March 2004 and is for one year which is
automatically renewable for an additional one year term. Rental is
$350 per month. At September 30, 2004, unpaid rent of $1,400 is
included in accrued expense - related parties.
(g) Employment Contract:
The Company entered into a four year employment contract
with its CEO on January 1, 2004. The CEO is to be paid $250,000
annually, an automobile allowance of $12,000 annually plus all other
benefits which are or will be provided to other executive officers
and employees of the Company. Additionally, the CEO is to receive
annually a cash incentive bonus equal to 1% of the after-tax net
income of the Company as defined. At September 30, 2004, the CEO is
owed $166,667 of his salary which is included in accrued expense -
related parties. The CEO was paid in June 2004 $15,530 in
reimbursement of telephone costs and medical and life insurance
expenses he had previously paid on of behalf of the Company.
NOTE 5 - INCOME TAXES.
The Company does not have any currently payable or deferred
federal or local tax benefit since its inception to September 30,
2004. At September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, the Company had a
net operating loss carryforward amounting to approximately
$2,586,000 and $1,493,000, respectively, available to reduce future
taxable income, of which $724,000 expires in 2022, $767,000 expires
in 2023, and $1,095,000 expires in 2024. Management is unable to
determine if the utilization of the future tax benefit is more
likely than not to occur and, accordingly, the deferred tax asset of
approximately $879,100 and $507,000 at September 30, 2004 and
December 31, 2003 has been fully reserved. A reconciliation of the
actual tax provision to the expected statutory rate is as follows:
For the Three Months Ended September 30,
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2004 2003
------------------------ ------------------------
(Unaudited) (Unaudited)
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Loss before income taxes ($193,590) ($444,311)
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Expected statutory tax benefits (65,800) -34.0% (151,000) -34.0%
Net operating loss valuation reserve 65,800 34.0% 151,000 34.0%
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Total tax benefit $ - $ -
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NOTE 5 - INCOME TAXES. (Continued)
For the Period From
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, February 21, 2001
----------------------------------------------- (Inception) To
2004 2003 September 30, 2004
----------------------- ------------------- --------------------
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited)
----------- ----------- ---------
Loss before income taxes ($1,094,838) ($754,708) ($2,585,694)
---------- -------- ----------
Expected statutory tax benefits (372,200) -34.0% (256,600) -34.0% (879,200) -34.0%
Net operating loss valuation reserve 372,200 34.0% 256,600 34.0% 879,200 34.0%
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Total tax benefit $ - $ - $ -
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NOTE 6 - COMMON STOCK.
On February 21, 2001, the founding, original shareholders,
all of whom are accredited investors, subscribed for 202,700,000
shares of common stock for an aggregate of $20,270 of which $140 was
paid in 2001 and the balance in 2002.
In payment for administrative services rendered in
conjunction with the organizing of the Company, four persons
received 450,000 shares of the Company's common stock whose fair
value was $45 as determined by the then per share price ($.0001)
paid by the founding and original shareholders.
In 2003, the Chairman was issued 5,000,000 shares of the
Company's common stock as compensation for the Chairman's extending
the due date of his $350,000 note to June 30, 2003. The fair value
of the securities of $250,000 was charged to operations as
additional interest expense.
The Company in January 2004 issued 500,000 shares of its
common stock to an individual as an inducement to become a member of
the Company's Board of Directors. The fair value of the common
shares issued of $125,000 was charged to operations upon issuance.
The fair value was based upon the per share value $0.25 ascribed to
the Company's initial public offering of its securities. See below.
Private Placements of the Company's Securities:
In September 2001, the Company commenced the sale of
60,000,000 of its unregistered common shares to accredited investors
for $.005 per share. The Company received $79,309 in proceeds (net
of $16,191 in offering costs) in 2001 and $178,095 (net of $23,809
in offering costs) in 2002 from this private offering.
In July 2002 the Company commenced another private placement
of 15,000,000 unregistered shares of its common stock to accredited
investors for an aggregate of $750,000 ($.05 per share). The Company
received $5,115 net proceeds from the sale of 810,000 shares of its
common stock in 2002 and $638,550 in net proceeds from the sale of
14,190,000 shares of its common stock in 2003.
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NOTE 6 - COMMON STOCK. (Continued)
In November 2003 the Company commenced an offering for up to
$500,000 of its 20% interest bearing one year unregistered notes to
accredited investors. The offering amount was increased to
$1,000,000. The note offering was to expire on February 3, 2004 but
was extended to February 29, 2004 and further extended until its
termination on June 25, 2004. If the Company's initial sale of its
securities is successful, the note offering will be terminated upon
the effectiveness of a registration statement. Through June 25, 2004
eleven notes in the amount of $800,000 were sold. These notes were
offered to all accredited individuals, all but one whom are
stockholders of the Company. The Company did not go out into the
open market to solicit individuals to buy these notes. The Company
did not use the registration statement as a general solicitation for
the sale of the notes. The registration statement does not state any
specific information to a note holder regarding the repayment of the
note. The individual who was not an existing stockholder of the
Company is a personal friend of the Company's President.
Nevertheless, the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Blue Sky
regulator or one of the note holders from the note offering may at
some time assert the position that the note offering was an
unregistered public offering. If such a position were to prevail,
several possible consequences might ensue including the immediate
repayment of the notes with interest at the market rate. In
addition, we may also be subject to legal enforcement by federal and
state agencies which will necessitate the expenditure of a
significant amount of time and resources in our legal defense.
Initial Sale of the Company's Securities to the Public:
Pursuant to the Company's initial public offering, the
Company entered into an agreement with a placement agent to offer
for sale to the public, on a best efforts basis, up to 20,000,000
units of the Company's securities to the public at a purchase price
of $0.25 per unit. Through September 30, 2004, the Company has
received $272,500 in gross proceeds from the sale of said securities
to the public. Each unit consists of one share of the Company's
common stock, one Class A warrant to buy a share of the Company's
common stock at $.50 and two Class B warrants to each purchase one
share of the Company's common stock for $1.00. The Company paid a
placement agent commission of 8% of the proceeds ($21,800) of all
the units placed by the placement agent and a non-accountable
expense allowance of 3% of the proceeds ($8,175) of all the shares
placed by the placement agent. The expense allowance was not paid at
September 30, 2004 and is included in accrued expenses. Upon the
sale of the units deferred offering costs of $202,139 were charged
to additional paid-in capital. At September 30, 2004, $42,500 of
these costs were unpaid and are included in accrued expenses. In
addition to the placement agent's cash compensation, the Company has
agreed to give the placement agent warrants to purchase up 1,600,000
units at a purchase price of $.3125 per unit which will be
exercisable for a period of 5 years, which means that the placement
agent will receive a warrant to purchase one unit for every 12.5
units sold by the placement agent. At September 30, 2004, the
placement agent has not has not been issued nor has it exercised the
87,200 placement agent warrants that it is entitled to receive. The
placement agent's warrants and the underlying shares of common stock
will not be registered at the time of grant. Through November 8
2004, another 640,000 units were sold for net proceeds of $142,400.
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NOTE 7 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES.
(a) Sponsored Research and License Agreements.
In June 2002, the Company simultaneously entered into a
three year Sponsored Research Agreement with the Weill Medical
College of Cornell University ("WMC") and a license agreement with
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., a subsidiary of Cornell
University ("Cornell"). In January 2004, the Company entered into a
three year Sponsored Research Agreement with WMC which became
effective on October 1, 2004. In July 2004, the Company executed an
Amendment to the License Agreement. The agreements require the
Company to fund the research for a medical compound which has
certain derivatives that are (i) directed towards the treatment of
cancer as a site directed chemotherapeutic agent that selectively
attacks only cancer cells through a specific delivery device
depending on the organ in which the cancer is located in the body
and (ii) directed towards anti-HIV activity which could be used
either systematically as an AIDS therapy, or locally as a
microbicide to prevent the sexual acquisition of HIV. In return for
the research funding the Company became the exclusive licensee for
the commercial use of any product derived from the research.
Under the License Agreement, the Company is required to pay
a portion of any costs associated with obtaining patents on the
technology derived from the research. During the nine months ended
September 30, 2004, $12,266 of these patent expenses were paid. In
order for the Company to maintain its exclusive license arrangement,
as amended in July 2004, the Company must make additional payments
when and if certain milestones are achieved. The milestones and the
amounts due are as follows:
Submission of Investigative New Drug
Application to the FDA or equivalent $ 50,000
Initiation of Phase I Clinical Trial 62,500
Initiation of Phase II Clinical Trial 125,000
Initiation of Phase III Clinical Trial 200,000
FDA or Equivalent Body Approval 1,000,000
First Anniversary after FDA Approval 750,000
The amended license agreement required non-refundable
initial payments of $50,000 in 2002 for the cancer therapeutic
technology license and $50,000 payable in two equal installments in
July and November 2004 for the HIV license. The term of the license
extends up to the expiration date of any patent granted from the R&D
technology. The license requires the Company to make royalty
payments of up to 7% from the sale of any product developed through
the R&D technology. Commencing one year after the first sale of any
R&D related product, the Company is required to make annual minimum
royalty payments of $100,000 for as long as the Company remains
licensee. Cornell is also entitled to a percentage of the proceeds
received by the Company from its sub-licensees and from the sale or
transfer of any part of its rights and interest in the license. The
Company may terminate the license agreement at any time provided
that all amounts owed under the agreement are paid and that the sale
of all products developed from the R&D technology by the Company or
its sub-licensees must cease and the license is returned to Cornell.
Under the Sponsored Research Agreement entered into in
January 2004 as amended in October 2004, the Company has agreed to
sponsor research directed towards HIV/AIDS for an aggregate of
$1,000,000 of which $75,000 was paid in July 2004, $112,500 is
payable in November 2004, $187,500 in April 2005 and $312,500 in
each of October 2005 and October 2006. The Company, in return for
its research funding, received a first right of refusal to acquire a
royalty-bearing license to market the technology developed by the
researchers.
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NOTE 7 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES. (Continued)
(b) Lease:
The Company and a corporation controlled by the lead
researcher employed by WMC to undertake the sponsored research have
entered into an arrangement whereby the Company is entitled to use
the researcher's apartment in New York City for $1,500 per month
through July 2004. The arrangement provides for automatic yearly
renewals. The researcher has agreed to credit the company for its
use fee any and all furnishings the company purchases for use in the
apartment. The Company in 2004 and 2003 acquired $6,387 and $45,494
of furnishings and improvements to the apartment and received a
credit from the owner of $13,500 and $9,000, respectively, for the
nine months ended September 30, 2004 and for the nine months use
through December 31, 2003. At September 30, 2004 and December 31,
2003, the balance of the furnishings costs was included in deferred
rent.
Commencing in March 2004, the Company also occupies office
space in Stamford, Connecticut for $350 per month. The office is
leased from a corporation whose CEO is the Company's Chairman. Rent
charged to operations during the nine and three months ended
September 30, 2004 was $ 1,750 and $1,050. At September 30, 2004,
$700 of the rent was unpaid and is included in accrued expenses
related parties.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters
discussed below or elsewhere in this quarterly report may contain
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the
forward-looking statements. Marc Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") makes
such forward-looking statements under the provisions of the "safe harbor"
section of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements reflect the Company's views and assumptions based on information
currently available to management. Such views and assumptions are based on,
among other things, the Company's operating and financial performance over
recent years and its expectations about its business for the current and future
fiscal years. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in
such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that
such expectations will prove to be correct. Such statements are subject to
certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to, (a)
the Company's products may not be proven to be safe or effective, (b) the Food
and Drug Administration may not approve clinical trials for the products, (c)
the Company will depend substantially upon the efforts of contracting with
parties who may not perform adequately, (d) the Company's patent rights may not
be sufficient to protect its products, (e) the Company may never earn a profit
from its products, (f) the Company may not be able to raise the necessary fund
in its current public offering that is needed for the continued research and
development of its products, (g) the Company's licenses require substantial
performance on its part to remain effective, including the payment of
substantial sums, it the company lose a license, it will lose the right to
develop and market the drug which it covers and (h) other groups may have
developed similar inventions to those of the Company, and therefore, the Company
may be at a competitive disadvantage.
PLAN OF OPERATION
Marc Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") is a development stage
start-up pharmaceutical company focusing on the development and
commercialization of innovative products for the treatment of debilitating
diseases. Currently, the Company has exclusive licenses from Cornell Research
Foundation, Inc. ("Cornell") of certain patent applications covering compounds
intended for use in treating cancer and in treating HIV and AIDS. Some of the
compounds can be attached to an antibody that selectively attaches only to
cancer cells and does not attach to healthy cells, thereby permitting
administration of lower amounts of active chemotherapeutic agents. Other
chemical variations of the compounds appear to be effective in treating HIV and
could be used both systemically (i.e., as a general whole body therapy) or as an
AIDS therapy, or locally to inhibit the growth and transmission of HIV through
sexual activity.
Although there are preliminary indications that the Company's
compounds may be effective in treating cancer and HIV and AIDS, the Company's
compounds and their derivatives have not been proven effective in treating
cancer or HIV or AIDS in humans or in preventing HIV or AIDS in humans and the
Company's compounds and their derivatives have not yet been proven safe for
administration to human beings.
The Company's business plan, which involves the development of
various pharmaceutical products to the point at which they may be sold in the
United States, necessarily means that it will be at least several years before
the Company generates sales or revenues. During those years, the Company's
development expenditures will likely exceed $10,000,000 for every product that
it seeks to commercialize.
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The Company and its products are subject to comprehensive regulation
by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States and by
comparable authorities in other countries. The Company has not yet applied for,
or received, approval from the FDA or any other of these authorities and, unless
the Company receives such approvals, even if its compounds are both safe and
effective, it will not be able to market its drugs.
To date, the Company has had no revenues and sales. The Company has
financed its operations since inception primarily with the net proceeds received
from private placements of debt and equity securities. These placements from
inception through June 25, 2004 aggregated a total of $1,150,000 in proceeds
from notes payable (of which $325,000 was repaid) and net proceeds from the sale
of the Company's common stock through private placements of $921,339.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 to raise $5,000,000 in an initial public
offering for the sale of 20,000,000 units at a purchase price of $.25 per unit
("IPO"). Each unit consists of one share of common stock, one class A redeemable
warrant to purchase a share of common stock at $.50 per share and two class B
redeemable warrants to each purchase a share of common stock at $1.00 per share
("Unit"). The Company is offering the Units on a "best efforts" basis with no
required minimum amount to be raised. Even if not all, or very few, of the
20,000,000 Units are sold the Company will not refund any payments for the
Units. The offering of the Units will terminate on December 31, 2004 if not
earlier terminated by the Company. The offering may be extended at the
determination of the placement agent and the Company for up to an additional 6
months.
Each class A redeemable warrant gives its holder the right to
purchase one share of common stock at $.50. A maximum of 20,000,000 shares of
common stock are issuable upon the exercise of the class A redeemable warrants.
If the Company's common stock trades for at least 5 consecutive trading days at
a price of $.75 or more, the Company will have the right to call the class A
redeemable warrants at a price of $.001 per warrant, unless an investor chooses
to exercise the warrant at that time. The class A redeemable warrants are
tradeable and are exercisable at any time beginning on August 12, 2004 for a
period of 5 years.
Each class B redeemable warrant gives its holder the right to
purchase one share of common stock at $1.00. A maximum of 40,000,000 shares of
common stock is issuable upon the exercise of the class B redeemable warrants.
If the Company's common stock trades for at least 5 consecutive trading days at
a price of $1.25 or more, the Company will have the right to call the class B
redeemable warrants at a price of $.001 per warrant, unless an investor chooses
to exercise the warrant at that time. The class B redeemable warrants are
tradeable and are exercisable at any time beginning on August 12, 2004 for a
period of 7 years.
The registration statement became effective on August 12, 2004.
Through September 30, 2004, the Company sold 1,090,000 units for $272,500 before
placement agent commissions and unaccountable expense allowance aggregating
$29,975 of which $8,175 was not paid at September 30, 2004. Through November 8,
2004 an additional 640,000 units were sold for an aggregate of $160,000 before
placement agent costs of $17,600 of which $4,800 was not paid. The placement
agent is eligible to receive, but has not yet received, a warrant to purchase
128,000 units, each unit consisting of a share of the Company's common stock, a
warrant to purchase a share of the Company's common stock at a price of $.50 for
a period of five years from August 12, 2004 and two warrants to each purchase a
share of the Company's common stock at a price of $1.00 for a period of 5 years
from August 12, 2004.
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The Company's authorized capital stock consists of 750,000,000
shares of common stock, par value $.0001. Based on the number of shares of
common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2004 and assuming that all
20,000,000 units offered pursuant to the IPO are sold, a total of 303,650,000
shares of common stock will be outstanding after the offering. This total does
not include any shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of either the
class A redeemable warrants or the class B redeemable warrants.
The Company's securities are not listed on any securities exchange
or on the Nasdaq Stock Market. They do not presently trade and there is no
market for them. The Company is in the process of seeking quotation for its
shares and warrants on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board which will enable its
shares and warrants to be traded. However, there may still be no market for
them.
The Company has a working capital deficiency of ($1,278,305) and
($395,966) at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively, and a has
incurred net losses of ($1,094,838) and ($854,708) for nine months ended
September 30, 2004 and September 30, 2003, respectively, and losses of
($767,166) and ($723,240) for years ended December 31, 2003 and December 31,
2002, respectively and had an accumulated deficit of ($2,585,694) at September
30, 2004 and ($1,490,856) at December 31, 2003.
The Company's cash on hand at September 24, 2004 totaled $57,998.
The Company is in the development stage and has had no revenues from its
inception. The Company does not anticipate any revenues during 2004 and 2005.
The Company will need additional financing to meet its obligations. The
Company's plan of operation for the next twelve months depends, in part, upon
two variables: (a) the amount of money available to it both from its IPO and
from other financing sources and (b) the respective rate of success in the
clinical testing of the Company's two products.
If the Company sells all of the Units in its IPO and it continues to
have positive results from its testing program, the Company intends, over the
next twelve months, to increase its staff, arrange for permanent leased space,
continue its clinical in vitro and animal testing, submit investigative new drug
applications ("INDs") to the FDA for both of its products, perhaps begin Phase I
human testing, and make all of the payments associated with these activities. In
tabular form, the Company expects to expend the following amounts for these
purposes (some of which has now been spent):
a. Payments to Cornell $560,000
b. Patent expenses $150,000
c. Compensation for a chief financial officer,
chief product scientist and other staff $300,000
d. Expanded facility $100,000
e. Other expenses for testing $200,000
f. FDA expenses $50,000
g. Miscellaneous expenses $100,000
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TOTAL $1,460,000
If the Company sells less than all of the Units in its IPO, but at
least $3,000,000 worth of Units, the Company may not be able to undertake all of
the described activities and it will reduce its expenditures to the levels as
shown in the following chart. It will still be able to carry on its necessary
activities for the 12 months of operations, including the filing of the INDs for
both of its products.
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a. Payments to Cornell $560,000
b. Patent expenses $102,000
c. Compensation for a chief financial officer,
chief product scientist and other staff $100,000
d. FDA expenses $ 50,000
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TOTAL $812,000
If the Company sells less than $3,000,000 of Units, the Company will
be required to seek alternative financing sources in order to conduct the
required activities and expend the amounts shown in the preceding table. If the
Company cannot raise these funds, the Company will suspend operations until the
Company has the necessary capital. If the Company does not raise the necessary
capital by the time that additional expenditures must be made, it may lose its
licenses or be unable to take its drugs to the FDA.
Units in the Company's IPO are being sold on a best efforts basis
and it is likely that the proceeds of those sales will be received by the
Company over a period of at least several months. As these proceeds are
received, if they are sufficient, after paying the expenses of the offering, the
Company will utilize them for the purposes described in this Plan of Operation.
The Company also intends to utilize these proceeds to pay the amounts due on the
Company's outstanding notes, which total approximately $1,050,000. Except for
the note payable to the Company's chairman of the board, the other notes are
payable between November 2004 and June 2005. The largest portion of the notes
are due in 2005.
As of November 8, 2004, the company has sold 1,730,000 units in its
IPO and raised a total of $432,500 before placement agent and offering costs.
The Company has used the net funds to pay a portion of its existing indebtedness
and a portion of its obligations to Cornell.
If the notes other than the note to the Company's chairman were
issued in violation of the private offering rules, and a rescission resulted
with respect to some or all of the notes, the Company may be required to direct
funds to pay notes at an earlier time, thereby postponing its ability to carry
out some or all of its plan.
If the Company's testing results do not continue to demonstrate
success, the Company may abandon one or both of its products or it may delay the
filing of one or both of the INDs. In any of those circumstances, the Company's
planned expenditures would be reduced.
It is also possible that the Company may identify an additional
product candidate, although the Company is not projecting that event during
these twelve months.
The Company anticipates that expenditures for product development,
research and general and administrative expenses and license payments with
respect to the cancer therapeutic product will exceed $10,000,000 and with
respect to the HIV product will exceed $10,000,000. The Company is uncertain as
to how long it will take for it to generate revenues, if any. The Company
anticipates that the products will be submitted for an IND in 2005 and then
clinical trials and approval from the FDA can take anywhere from 5 to 10 years.
It may cost hundreds of millions of dollars to bring a new drug to the
marketplace. The Company does not at this point believe that it will bring the
technologies to market and anticipate that at some point it will either seek a
joint venture partner to assist in commercialization of the technologies or it
will sublicense the
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technologies to larger pharmaceutical companies. In the event either of these
events occur and the technologies are commercialized, the Company will retain a
certain interest in the products. Such interest can not be determined at this
time, and, therefore, the Company is unable to set forth its exact interest in
the technologies once the products are sold in the marketplace. Since the
Company is uncertain at which point it will contract with a third party, it is
uncertain of the amount of additional funds it will need in order to complete
certain phases of the product's path to commercialization. Other products which
it may acquire will involve the same process discussed in this paragraph.
The Company's principal investigator at Cornell reports that the
cancer therapeutic has, through the date of this quarterly report, been tested
exclusively in a simulated laboratory environment and in mice that are
genetically bred to not be able to produce antibodies. Antibodies are normally
produced by living organisms such as humans and mice to combat the presence of
dangerous conditions, such as cancer, which the organism discovers in itself. By
utilizing these specially bred mice, the results of the cancer therapeutic may
be measured without interference from the mouse's own antibodies.
The investigators have transplanted prostate cancer cell cultures in
the form of tumor cells under the skin into these mice by injection. They then
24 hours later injected the cancer therapeutic into the same mice. Results have
been substantially consistent in showing that the Company's licensed compound
has completely inhibited the growth of cancer cells while not affecting normal
cells whereas cancer cells grew in mice that were not injected with the drug. To
date, the cell cultures that have been introduced into the mice have been
developed in the laboratory. In another test, the drug suppressed the growth of
the transplanted prostate cancer cell tumor up to 70% of its original volume
during 10 days of the daily injections of the drug. These experiments are in
progress. The mice have not shown any adverse affects.
Over the next twelve months, two more investigatory processes will
be conducted and, if they are successful, the Company will file an IND with the
FDA. Then, the Company will be required to wait for FDA approval of the IND
before additional testing is commenced. Because it is anticipated that the next
two processes will be conducted over a period of four to six months, it is
likely that FDA approval of the IND will not occur prior to the end of the
twelve month period and, therefore, it is likely that no additional testing of
the cancer therapeutic will occur during that period.
The beginning of the next phase is already in process. The Company's
laboratory is growing three-dimensional prostate tumors in agar gel, in both the
presence and the absence of the cancer therapeutic. The expected result will be
that the tumors will grow in the gel that does not have the compound present but
will not grow in the gel where the compound is present. This test must be
repeated. If this result is in fact achieved, the testing will move to the next
step.
After the soft agar gel testing, the investigators will transplant
human prostate tumor tissue into mice. This human tissue will be secured from
approved sources from patients undergoing surgery for prostate cancer. All three
types of prostate cancer cells will be introduced into the mice that are
genetically devoid of an immune system and the same results will be sought. Then
the investigator will study of tumor tissue prior to the drug treatment and
after the drug treatment to determine the success of the experiment.
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If these steps are also successful, the Company will then file the
IND for the cancer therapeutic, in connection with the treatment of prostate
cancer, with the FDA. Later, as additional cancers are tested, and if the tests
are successful, additional FDA filings will be made.
With respect to the HIV therapeutic, similar steps will be followed.
However, since funding has recently been provided to Cornell for research by the
Company, it is likely that these steps will be taken at a slower pace.
Nevertheless, various testing procedures have been conducted at Cornell with
respect to the HIV compound without any outside funding so the process will
continue at an intermediate stage. It is likely that the IND will not be filed,
if at all, before the second quarter of 2005.
ITEM 3. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The Company's Chief Executive Officer/Chief Financial Officer is
primarily responsible for the accuracy of the financial information that is
presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB. He has, within 90 days of the
filing date of this report, evaluated the Company's disclosure controls and
procedures, as defined in the rules of the SEC and have determined that such
controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that material information
relating to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries was made known to them
during the period covered by this Quarterly Report.
INTERNAL CONTROLS
To meet his responsibility for financial reporting, the Chief
Financial Officer/Chief Executive Officer has established internal controls and
procedures, which he believes are adequate to provide reasonable assurance that
the Company's assets are protected from loss. These internal controls are
reviewed by the independent accountants to support their audit work.
There were no significant changes in the Company's internal controls
or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent
to the date of the most recent evaluation by the Chief Financial Officer/Chief
Executive Officer.
PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.
(a) EXHIBITS
31.1 Certification of and Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
32.1 Certification of Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
Marc Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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(Registrant)
By: /s/ Robert M. Cohen
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Robert M. Cohen, Chief Financial Officer
Date: November 15, 2004
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31.1 Certification of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive 26
Officer pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
32.1 Certification of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive 28
Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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