Operating Results
The Company incurred research and development expenses of $1,422 thousand for the three-month period ended March 31, 2021 compared to $417 thousand for the same period of 2020, an increase of $1,005 thousand. The increase in research and development expenses was primarily attributable to increases in outside services as we continue to expand our research and development activities, including external collaborations, chemical synthesis, toxicology studies, in vitro ADME and model studies, and in vivo. pharmacology and pharmacokinetic studies, as well as increases in payroll, payroll-related expenses and stock-based compensation.
General and administrative expenses were $1,051 thousand for the three-month period ended March 31, 2021 compared to $102 thousand for the same period of 2020, an increase of $949 thousand. The increase is primarily due to increases in personnel-related costs, including stock based compensation, as a result of senior manager hires, increase in expenses for legal fees relating to patent and corporate matters, professional fees for accounting, professional services and investor relations as we continue to expand our business and build management infrastructure.
As a result of the above net loss was $2,450 thousand for the three-month period ended March 31, 2021, compared to $584 thousand for the same period of 2020. The increase in net loss was due to increased research and development expenses, as well as an increase in general and administrative expenses primarily related to investments in the Company’s infrastructure as a publicly traded company.
About Gain Therapeutics, Inc.
Gain Therapeutics, Inc. is redefining drug discovery with its SEE-Tx™ target identification platform. By identifying and optimizing allosteric binding sites that have never before been targeted, Gain is unlocking new treatment options for difficult-to-treat disorders characterized by protein misfolding. Gain was established in 2017 with the support of its founders and institutional investors. It has been awarded funding support from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) and The Silverstein Foundation for Parkinson’s with GBA, as well as from the Eurostars-2 joint program with co-funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and Innosuisse. In July 2020, Gain Therapeutics, Inc. completed a share exchange with Gain Therapeutics, SA, a Swiss corporation, whereby GT Gain Therapeutics SA became a wholly owned subsidiary of Gain Therapeutics, Inc.
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