Liquidity and Capital Resources
Financial Condition
On June 30, 2024, we had $66.2 million in cash and cash equivalents compared to $141.4 million of cash and cash equivalents on December 31, 2023.
Based on its current operations, plans and assumptions, the Company expects that its balance of cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund its operations into the first quarter 2025.
As of the date of filing, our available cash is not projected to be sufficient to support our operating plan for at least the next 12 months. As such, there is substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern.
We have incurred operating losses and negative cash flows from operations since our inception. Net cash used for operating activities was $69.8 million and $46.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, we recorded a net loss of $60.5 million. Our net cash flows provided by financing activities decreased to $0.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2024 from $7.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2023 yielded by our ATM.
Our financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis assuming that we will be successful in our financing objectives. As such, no adjustments have been made to the financial statements relating to the recoverability and classification of the asset carrying amounts or classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we not be able to continue as a going concern.
Sources of Liquidity and Material Cash Requirements
We have incurred net losses each year since our inception. Substantially all of our net losses resulted from costs incurred in connection with our development programs and from general and administrative expenses associated with our operations. We have not incurred any bank debt.
In May 2022, we established an At-The-Market (“ATM”) program to offer and sell, including with unsolicited investors who have expressed an interest, a total gross amount of up to $100 million of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each ADS representing one ordinary share of the Company. The ATM program was intended to be effective through the expiration on July 16, 2024 of the Company’s existing registration statement registering the ADSs to be issued under the ATM program. The Company’s intent was to use the net proceeds, if any, of sales of ADSs issued under the program, together with its existing cash and cash equivalents, primarily for activities associated with potential approval and launch of Viaskin Peanut, as well as to advance the development of the Company’s product candidates using its Viaskin Peanut platform and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
We intend to seek additional capital as we prepare for the launch of Viaskin Peanut, if approved, and continue other research and development efforts. We may seek to finance our future cash needs through a combination of public or private equity or debt financings, collaborations, license and development agreements and other forms of non-dilutive financings.
We cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain the necessary financing to meet our needs or to obtain funds at attractive terms and conditions, including as a result of disruptions to the global financial markets. A severe or prolonged economic downturn could result in a variety of risks to us, including reduced ability to raise additional capital when needed or on acceptable terms, if at all. If we are not successful in our financing objectives, we could have to scale back our operations, notably by delaying or reducing the scope of our research and development efforts or obtain financing through arrangements with collaborators or others that may require us to relinquish rights to our product candidates that we might otherwise seek to develop or commercialize independently.
Operating leases
Our corporate headquarters are located in Châtillon, France. Our principal offices occupy a 2,447 square meter facility, pursuant to a lease agreement dated November, 2023 and represents $0.8 million cash requirement as of June 30, 2024 until March, 2033.
The lease agreement for the office occupying 4,470 square meter facility in Montrouge, France, signed on March 3, 2015, with an effective date of August 1, 2025, expired on May 31, 2024. Associated lease termination costs were reflected in the Company’s financial accounts in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 7, 2024.
Our primary U.S. office is located in Warren, New Jersey. In February 2024, we entered into a sublease agreement, commencing on March 19, 2024 and effective for 70 months, for an office of 16,704 square feet in Warren, New Jersey. The Warren office represent a $0.1 million cash requirement as of June 30, 2024 which expires December 31, 2029.
We also have facilities in North America that were intended to support our U.S. operations. We lease 5,799 square feet in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, which commenced on April 1, 2022 and is effective for 38 months.
The Company transitioned to its new offices location in Warren NJ and Châtillon France in April 2024.
There have been no material changes in our operating leases from those disclosed in the Annual Report except the impact of the new lease in Warren NJ for $1.7 million.
Purchase obligations - Obligations Under the Terms of CRO Agreements
In preparation of the launch of our clinical trials for Viaskin Peanut, we signed agreements with several contract research organizations. As of , June 30, 2024 expenses associated with the ongoing trials amounted globally to $162.4 million compared to $114.4 million as of December 31, 2023.
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