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Therapeutics Announces First Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
LOS ALTOS, California, May 14, 2025 -- Unicycive
Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNCY), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapies for patients with kidney disease,
today announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and provided a business update.
"We are making incredible strides as we
prepare for the potential FDA approval of oxylanthanum carbonate (OLC) so we can bring this treatment to people with chronic kidney disease
(CKD) on dialysis as efficiently as possible," said Shalabh Gupta, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Unicycive. "The need for
our differentiated treatment, which offers high potency and a significantly reduced pill burden for people struggling to control hyperphosphatemia,
has been further validated by new patient survey findings and patient-reported outcomes data. We remain dedicated to bolstering our commercial
infrastructure as we strive to deliver a much-needed solution to patients and healthcare providers."
Key Highlights & Upcoming Milestones
Financial Results for the Quarter Ended March
Research and Development (R&D) expenses were
$2.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $6.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease
in research and development expenses was primarily due to decreased drug development costs.
General and Administrative (G&A) expenses
were $5.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase
was primarily due to increased consulting and professional services related to our commercial launch preparation.
In addition to the above launch expenses, we continue
to focus on the manufacturing of commercial supplies, as reflected in prepaid expenses and other current assets on our balance sheet which
increased from $4.8 million as of December 31, 2024 to $7.6 million as of March 31, 2025.
Other income was $8.6 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2025, compared to an expense of $11.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to a decrease in
the fair value of our warrant liability.
Net income attributable to common stockholders
for the three months ended March 31, 2025, was $0.5 million, compared to a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $21.2 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The net income for the three-month period ended March 31, 2025, was primarily due to a decrease
in the fair value of our warrant liability.
As of March 31, 2025, cash and cash equivalents
totaled $19.8 million.
About Unicycive Therapeutics
Unicycive Therapeutics is a biotechnology company
developing novel treatments for kidney diseases. Unicycive's lead investigational treatment is oxylanthanum carbonate, a novel phosphate
binding agent currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia in patients
with chronic kidney disease who are on dialysis. Unicycive's second investigational treatment UNI-494 is intended for the treatment
of conditions related to acute kidney injury. It has been granted orphan drug designation (ODD) by the FDA for the prevention of Delayed
Graft Function (DGF) in kidney transplant patients and has completed a Phase 1 dose-ranging safety study in healthy volunteers. For more
Forward-looking statements
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These statements may be identified using words such as "anticipate," "believe," "forecast," "estimated"
and "intend" or other similar terms or expressions that concern Unicycive's expectations, strategy, plans or intentions. These
forward-looking statements are based on Unicycive's current expectations and actual results could differ materially. There are several
factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These factors include,
but are not limited to, clinical trials involve a lengthy and expensive process with an uncertain outcome, and results of earlier studies
and trials may not be predictive of future trial results; our clinical trials may be suspended or discontinued due to unexpected side
effects or other safety risks that could preclude approval of our product candidates; risks related to business interruptions, which could
seriously harm our financial condition and increase our costs and expenses; our need to raise substantial
additional capital in the future to fund our continuing operations and the development and commercialization of our current product candidates
and future product candidates; dependence on key personnel; substantial competition; uncertainties of patent protection and litigation;
dependence upon third parties; risks related to delays in obtaining or failure to obtain FDA clearances or approvals and noncompliance
with FDA regulations; and our failure, or the failure of our third-party manufacturers, or their
subcontractors, to comply with cGMPs or other applicable regulations, which could result in sanctions being imposed on us or the manufacturers,
including fines, injunctions, civil penalties, delays, suspension or withdrawal of approvals, license revocation, seizures or recalls
of product candidates, operating restrictions and criminal prosecutions, any of which could adversely affect supplies of our product candidates
and harm our business and results of operations. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking
statements as a result of various important factors, including: the uncertainties related to market conditions and other factors described
more fully in the section entitled Risk Factors' in Unicycive's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2024, and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements contained in this
press release speak only as of the date hereof, and Unicycive specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
SOURCE: Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc.
except for share and per share amounts)
| As of | As of | |||||||
| December 31, | March 31, | |||||||
| 2024 | 2025 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | 26,142 | $ | 19,769 | ||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 4,806 | 7,577 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 30,948 | 27,346 | ||||||
| Right of use asset, net | 645 | 518 | ||||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 75 | 83 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 31,668 | $ | 27,947 | ||||
| Liabilities and stockholders' equity | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 1,058 | $ | 1,397 | ||||
| Accrued liabilities | 3,562 | 4,143 | ||||||
| Warrant liability | 18,936 | 10,588 | ||||||
| Operating lease liability - current | 564 | 548 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 24,120 | 16,676 | ||||||
| Operating lease liability - long term | 117 | - | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 24,237 | 16,676 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
| Stockholders' equity: | ||||||||
| Series A-2 Prime preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share - 21,338.01 Series A-2 Prime shares authorized at December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025; 6,150.21 and 5,464.21 Series A-2 Prime shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025, respectively | - | - | ||||||
| Series B-2 preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share - 7,882 Series B-2 shares authorized at December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025; 3,000 Series B-2 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025 | - | - | ||||||
| Preferred stock: $0.001 par value per share - 9,846,891 shares authorized at December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025; zero shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025 | - | - | ||||||
| Common stock, $0.001 par value per share - 400,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025; 113,842,364 and 119,749,743 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025, respectively | 114 | 120 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 108,587 | 111,851 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (101,270 | ) | (100,700 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders' equity | 7,431 | 11,271 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 31,668 | $ | 27,947 |
Unicycive Therapeutics,
Statements of Operations
except for share and per share amounts)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2025 | |||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 6,813 | $ | 2,171 | ||||
| General and administrative | 2,391 | 5,818 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | 9,204 | 7,989 | ||||||
| Loss from operations | (9,204 | ) | (7,989 | ) | ||||
| Other income (expenses): | ||||||||
| Interest income | 69 | 226 | ||||||
| Interest expense | (20 | ) | (15 | ) | ||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liability | (11,808 | ) | 8,348 | |||||
| Total other income (expenses) | (11,759 | ) | 8,559 | |||||
| Net (loss) income | (20,963 | ) | 570 | |||||
| Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders, basic | (21,171 | ) | 510 | |||||
| Net loss attributable to common stockholders, diluted | (21,171 | ) | (6,214 | ) | ||||
| Net (loss) income per share: | ||||||||
| Basic | $ | (0.61 | ) | $ | - | |||
| Diluted | $ | (0.61 | ) | $ | (0.05 | ) | ||
| Weighted-average shares outstanding: | ||||||||
| Basic | 34,912,692 | 116,818,811 | ||||||
| Diluted | 34,912,692 | 123,834,773 |