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Dar Bioscience Provides Business Update and Announces Third Quarter Financial Results
San Diego, November 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Dar Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: DARE), a clinical-stage, women s
biopharmaceutical company, today provided a business update and announced financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018.
enrolling couples in our postcoital test clinical trial of Ovaprene , our non-hormonal monthly contraceptive, and are preparing to commence the Phase2b
program of Sildenafil Cream, 3.6%, our candidate for the treatment of female sexual arousal disorder. We are also advancing our development portfolio of other product candidates that we believe have the potential to deliver a first-in-category product addressing a persistent unmet need in women s reproductive health, such as our vaginal ring technologies for hormone replacement and pregnancy
maintenance and our vaginal tamoxifen for vulvar and vaginal atrophy in women with hormone receptor positive breast cancer, said Sabrina Martucci Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dar . Our 2018 third quarter
results were in line with our expectations for advancing our novel portfolio of clinical candidates in women s health.
At September 30, 2018, we had cash and cash equivalents of $9.5 million. We believe our existing cash balance is
sufficient to fund our planned operations for at least the next twelve months. For the three months ended September 30, 2018, general and administrative expenses were $1.2 million and research and development expenses were
Our primary operations have consisted of, and are expected to continue to consist of, product research and development and
advancing our portfolio of product candidates through late-stage clinical development or regulatory approval.
Dar will host a conference call and live webcast to discuss this announcement and recent developments beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (5:30
a.m. Pacific Time) today. To access the conference call via phone, dial (844) 831-3031 (domestic) or (443) 637-1284 (International). The conference ID number for the
call is 5463588. The live webcast can be accessed under Events & Presentations in the Investor Relations section of the Company s website at www.darebioscience.com. Please log in approximately 5-10 minutes prior to the event to register and to download and install any necessary software. To access the replay, please call (855) 859-2056 (U.S.) or (404) 537-3406 (international). The conference ID number for the replay is 5463588. The telephone and webcast replay will be available until November 20, 2018.
About Dar Bioscience
Bioscience is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to the advancement of innovative products for women s reproductive and sexual health. The company s mission is to identify, develop and bring to market a portfolio of
novel, differentiated therapies that expand treatment options, improve outcomes and facilitate convenience for women in the areas of contraception, vaginal health, sexual health, and fertility.
Dar s product portfolio includes two potential
first-in-class candidates currently in clinical development: Ovaprene , a
non-hormonal, monthly contraceptive vaginal ring, and Sildenafil Cream, 3.6%, a potential treatment for female sexual arousal disorder utilizing the same active ingredient as Viagra . To learn more about Dar s full portfolio of women s health products, and mission to deliver novel therapies for women, please visit www.darebioscience.com.
Dar may announce material information about its finances, product candidates, clinical trials and other matters using its investor relations
website (http://ir.darebioscience.com), SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls and webcasts. Dar uses these channels to communicate with its investors and the public about the company and other
company-related matters. The information Dar posts on its investor relations website may be deemed to be material information. Dar encourages investors, the media, and others interested in the company to review the information
Dar posts on its investor relations website.
Forward-Looking Statements
Dar cautions you that all statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this press release, are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements, in some cases, can be identified by terms such as believe, may, will, estimate, continue, anticipate, design, intend,
expect, could, plan, potential, predict, seek, should, would, contemplate, project, target, tend to, or the
negative version of these words and similar expressions. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the potential of our product candidates to deliver a
first-in-category product addressing a persistent unmet need in women s reproductive health, our cash balance being sufficient to fund our planned operations for at
least the next twelve months, and our expectation that are primary operations will continue to consist of product research and development and advancing our portfolio of product candidates through late-stage clinical development or regulatory
approval. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, risk and uncertainties related to: our ability to raise additional capital when and as needed; our ability to develop and commercialize our product candidates;
the failure or delay in starting, conducting and completing clinical trials or obtaining United States Food and Drug Administration or foreign regulatory approval for our product candidates in a timely manner; our ability to conduct and design
successful clinical trials, to enroll a sufficient number of patients, to meet established clinical endpoints, to avoid undesirable side effects and other safety concerns, and to demonstrate sufficient efficacy of our product candidates; our ability
to retain our licensed rights to develop and commercialize a product candidate; our ability to satisfy the monetary obligations and other requirements in connection with our exclusive, in-license agreements
covering the critical patents and related intellectual property related to our product candidates; developments by our competitors that make our product candidates less competitive or obsolete; our dependence on third parties to conduct clinical
trials; our ability to adequately protect or enforce our, or our licensor s, intellectual property rights; the lack of patent protection for the active ingredients in certain of our product candidates which could expose our products to
competition from other formulations using the same active ingredients; the risk of failure associated with product candidates in preclinical stages of development that may lead investors to assign them little to no value and make these assets
difficult to fund; and disputes or other developments concerning our intellectual property rights. Our forward-looking statements are based upon our current expectations and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be
incorrect. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. For a detailed description of our risks and uncertainties, you are encouraged to review our documents filed with the SEC including
our recent filings on Form 8-K, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date on which they were made. Dar undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made, except as may be
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Dar Bioscience, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
| September 30, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 9,537,463 | $ | 7,559,846 | ||||
| Other receivables | 80,278 | 284,206 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses | 549,949 | 311,571 | ||||||
| Other current assets | 193,495 | |||||||
| Total current assets | 10,167,690 | 8,349,118 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 10,572 | |||||||
| Goodwill | 5,187,519 | |||||||
| Other non-current assets | 617,499 | 723,191 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 10,795,761 | $ | 14,259,828 | ||||
| Liabilities and stockholders equity | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 1,202,912 | $ | 966,653 | ||||
| Convertible promissory notes | ||||||||
| Interest payable | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 1,202,912 | 966,653 | ||||||
| Deferred rent | 9,292 | 392 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 1,212,204 | 967,045 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 8) | ||||||||
| Stockholders equity (deficit) | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized | ||||||||
| None issued and outstanding | ||||||||
| Common stock: $0.0001 par value, 120,000,000 shares authorized, 11,422,161 and 6,047,161 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively | 1,142 | 605 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (78,032 | ) | (18,080 | ) | ||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 35,713,662 | 25,541,210 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (26,053,215 | ) | (12,230,952 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders equity | 9,583,557 | 13,292,783 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders equity | $ | 10,795,761 | $ | 14,259,828 |
Dar Bioscience, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statement of Operations
thousands, except share and per share data)
| Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | |||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | $ | 1,175,049 | $ | 1,052,628 | $ | 3,635,413 | $ | 1,729,338 | ||||||||
| Research and development expenses | 1,446,548 | 280,793 | 4,750,823 | 312,169 | ||||||||||||
| License expenses | 350,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Impairment of goodwill | 5,187,519 | |||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 2,621,597 | 1,333,421 | 13,923,755 | 2,041,507 | ||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (2,621,597 | ) | (1,333,421 | ) | (13,923,755 | ) | (2,041,507 | ) | ||||||||
| Other income (expense) | 47,122 | (296,262 | ) | 101,492 | (330,233 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (2,574,475 | ) | $ | (1,629,683 | ) | $ | (13,822,263 | ) | $ | (2,371,740 | ) | ||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustments | $ | (18,721 | ) | $ | (9,774 | ) | $ | (59,952 | ) | $ | (9,774 | ) | ||||
| Comprehensive loss | $ | (2,593,196 | ) | $ | (1,639,457 | ) | $ | (13,882,215 | ) | $ | (2,381,514 | ) | ||||
| Loss per common share - basic and diluted | $ | (0.23 | ) | $ | (0.33 | ) | $ | (1.32 | ) | $ | (1.04 | ) | ||||
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted | 11,422,161 | 4,986,226 | 10,499,982 | 2,283,673 |
The operations presented in the interim consolidated financial statements (A) for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2018 and that include the period from July 19, 2017 to September 30, 2017 represent the operations of the Company following the Cerulean/Private Dar stock purchase transaction, and (B) that include the
period from January 1, 2017 to July 18, 2017 represent the operations of the Company when it was private, making a comparison between periods difficult.