EUPRAXIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2023 and 2022
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars, except share amounts)
| NATURE OF BUSINESS AND GOING CONCERN |
Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the province of Alberta on May 12, 2011, under the name Plaza Capital Partners Inc. On May 11, 2012, the Company changed its name to Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc. and continued from the province of Alberta to the province of British Columbia.
On October 10, 2012, Eupraxia Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, USA. On November 16, 2012, Holdings was registered as an extra-provincial corporation under the laws of the province of British Columbia, Canada. On October 10, 2012, Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals USA, LLC (“Eupraxia USA”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. On November 16, 2012, Eupraxia USA was registered as an extra-provincial corporation under the laws of the province of British Columbia. On January 7, 2021, Eupraxia Pharma, Inc. (“Eupraxia Pharma”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. On July 4, 2022, Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd. (“Eupraxia Australia”) was incorporated under the laws of the state of Victoria, Australia. On May 17, 2023, Eupraxia Pharma USA Inc. (“Eupraxia Pharma USA”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.
On March 9, 2021, the Company completed its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) and began trading under the symbol “EPRX”.
The Company is a clinical stage biotechnology company leveraging its proprietary Diffusphere
™
technology to optimize drug delivery for applications with significant unmet medical need. The address of the Company’s corporate office and principal place of business is 201- 2067 Cadboro Bay Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
These consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis with the assumption that the Company will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. At December 31, 2023, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $19,341,756
. The
Company has not yet generated revenue from operations. The Company incurred a net loss of $28,966,006 during the year ended December 31, 2023, and as of that date, the Company’s accumulated deficit was $105,501,295. As the Company is in the research and development stage, the recoverability of the costs incurred to date is dependent upon the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary funding to complete the research and development of its projects and upon future commercialization or proceeds from the monetization of research activities. The Company will periodically have to raise funds to continue operations and raised $15,886,537 (CDN$20,836,005) through a
non-brokered
private placement of 3,183,875 common shares in
2023 (2022 - $11,768,459 through a marketed public offering) and raised $25,026,073 (CDN$33,867,784) through an overnight marketed public offering of 8,260,435 common shares in 2024
. Although it has been successful in doing so in the past, there is no assurance it will be able to do so in the future, especially with the ongoing conflicts in the Ukraine and the Middle East affecting the global capital markets. Recent developments with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) have not impacted the Company’s outlook for cash runway. The Company holds no amounts on deposit with SVB and the convertible debt (see Note
11
– Convertible Debt) which matures in June 2024 remains in good standing, is fully drawn and is not callable by SVB. The Company is active in its pursuit of additional funding through potential partnering and other strategic activities as well as grants to fund future research and development activities, and additional equity financing.
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