Third Quarter 2021 Financial Highlights
As of September 30, 2021, cash and cash equivalents totaled $161.4 million, an increase from $4.5 million as of December 31, 2020, resulting primarily from the consolidated capital and proceeds received from the PIPE financing. Based on our current plans, we expect cash and cash equivalents to fund operations into 2024.
For the three months ended September 30, 2021, operating expenses totaled $87.3 million, an increase of $84.4 million compared to $2.9 million for the same period in 2020. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, operating expenses totaled $95.4 million, an increase of $84.0 million compared to $11.4 million for the same period in 2020. The increase in operating expenses for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021, is due primarily to a non-cash impairment charge related to an acquired contract intangible asset of $74.2 million incurred in conjunction with the merger compared to the same period in 2020.
Research and development expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2021, increased approximately $3.4 million, to $5.8 million compared to $2.4 million for the same period in 2020. Research and development expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, increased approximately $2.7 million, to $12.4 million compared to $9.7 million for the same period in 2020. This increase was primarily the result of increased expenses associated with our clinical drug manufacturing process in the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021, compared to the same periods in 2020.
General and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2021, increased approximately $6.9 million to $7.4 million compared to $0.5 million for the same period in 2020. General and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, increased approximately $7.1 million, to $8.8 million from $1.7 million, in the nine months ended September 30, 2020. This increase was primarily the result of increased personnel expenses, including approximately $2.0 million of compensation expense related to former Aerpio executives as a result of the merger.
Net loss attributable to common stockholders for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, was $87.2 million and $94.7 million, respectively, primarily driven by the non-cash impairment charge of $74.2 million discussed above.
About Aadi Bioscience and FYARRO™
Aadi is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing precision therapies for genetically-defined cancers. Aadi’s primary goal is to bring transformational therapies to cancer patients with mTOR pathway driver alterations such as alterations in TSC1 or TSC2 genes, where other mTOR inhibitors have not or cannot be effectively exploited due to problems of pharmacology, effective drug delivery, safety, or effective targeting to the disease site. Aadi’s lead product candidate is FYARROTM (sirolimus