Research and development (“R&D”) expenses were $54,000 and $56,000, respectively, for the first quarters of 2023 and 2022.
General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses were $6.2 million for the first quarter of 2023, compared to $5.1 million for the first quarter of 2022. The increase of $1.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the corresponding period of 2022, was primarily due to a $0.6 million increase in stock-based compensation expense and a $0.3 million increase in consulting and legal costs.
In the first quarter of 2023, the Company reported arbitration settlement costs of $4.1 million, consisting of the costs incurred related to the arbitration proceeding settlement with one of its licensees.
In the first quarter of 2023, G&A expenses included $1.6 million in non-cash stock-based compensation expense, compared with $1.0 million in the first quarter of 2022. XOMA’s net cash used in operating activities during the first quarter of 2023 was $4.9 million, as compared with $1.0 million during the first quarter of 2022.
The Company reported total other income, net, of $0.4 million in the first quarter of 2023, as compared to total other expense, net, of $0.2 million in the corresponding period of 2022. The $0.6 million variation between the corresponding quarters reflects a $0.4 million increase in investment income and a $0.2 million change in fair value of equity securities XOMA holds in Rezolute, Inc.
Net loss for the first quarter of 2023 was $9.8 million, compared to a net loss of $2.3 million for the first quarter of 2022.
On March 31, 2023, XOMA had cash and cash equivalents of $44.3 million and no debt on its balance sheet. On December 31, 2022, XOMA had cash and cash equivalents of $57.8 million. On January 17, 2023, the Company paid cash dividends on the 8.625% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (Nasdaq: XOMAP) equal to $0.53906 per share and cash dividends on the 8.375% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (Nasdaq: XOMAO) equal to $0.52344 per depositary share. In February 2023, XOMA received a cash payment from Roche, representing the second commercial payment from XOMA’s 0.5% commercial interest in the sales of Vabysmo®. This payment is reflected in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2023, as a reduction of short-term royalty and commercial payment receivables.
About XOMA Corporation
XOMA is a biotechnology royalty aggregator playing a distinctive role in helping biotech companies achieve their goal of improving human health. XOMA acquires the potential future economics associated with pre-commercial therapeutic candidates that have been licensed to pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies. When XOMA acquires the future economics, the seller receives non-dilutive, non-recourse funding they can use to advance their internal drug candidate(s) or for general