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Note 2 - Liquidity

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Note 2 - Liquidity
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
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2.

Liquidity

 

The Company is engaged in ongoing litigation with CRG. On August 30, 2022, the District Court of Harris County, Texas (the “Texas Court”) awarded CRG approximately $2.6 million in attorney’s fees on their breach of contract claims against Navidea and MT, with post-judgment interest accruing on the award at the rate of 5% per annum, compounded annually. The Company has appealed the Texas Court’s judgment to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas. As of September 30, 2023, the Company has accrued $2,711,806 of legal fees and interest pursuant to the Texas Court’s ruling. See Note 10.

 

In addition, the Company is engaged in ongoing litigation with our former President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Michael Goldberg. See Note 10.

 

The Company has previously entered into an API Development Funding and Access Agreement (“API Development Agreement”) with a strategic partner for assistance with the development and supply of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (“API”) used to manufacture Lymphoseek (technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept) that is sold by the Company in countries other than the United States, Canada and Mexico. Under the API Development Agreement, among other things, the strategic partner agreed to reimburse the Company for up to a total of $1.85 million of the Company’s out-of-pocket costs associated with such development, in two installments, subject to specified commercial and regulatory milestones. On August 11, 2022, the Company received the first installment in the amount of $800,000, which the strategic partner has the right to claw back due to the Company not satisfying certain commercial and regulatory milestones on or before March 31, 2023. The Company remains engaged in consistent communication with the strategic partner regarding this issue and the status of the API Development process. Based on these communications and the strategic partner’s expressed desire and financial and operational motivation for successful completion of the API Development process, the Company does not expect the strategic partner to exercise its claw-back right. The strategic partner is obligated, subject to certain conditions, to pay the remaining reimbursement amount upon the satisfaction of specified commercial and regulatory milestones.

 

On April 10, 2023, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Meilleur Technologies, Inc. (“Meilleur”), pursuant to which Meilleur agreed to acquire certain assets and assume certain liabilities of the Company relating to its business of developing and commercializing PET biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease (the “Business”). As part of the purchase price, Meilleur paid a cash payment of $250,000 to the Company at closing and agreed to make a cash payment of $500,000 to the Company within 60 days after the closing date. Both cash payments were made during the second quarter of 2023. In addition, Meilleur agreed to make certain future payments (as part of the purchase price) to the Company, including contingent payments and milestone payments based on potential licensing events, regulatory submissions, regulatory approvals, and net sales of any approved product derived from the purchased Business.

 

On June 14, 2023, the Company entered into a Second Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) with Cardinal Health 414, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Buyer”), in respect of that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated November 23, 2016, by and between the Buyer and the Company. Under the Second Amendment, the Buyer paid to the Company a lump sum payment of $7.5 million in cash in consideration of certain amendments to the Asset Purchase Agreement, including elimination of the Buyer’s obligation to pay a certain milestone payment to the Company.

 

The current conflict between Ukraine and Russia, and recent Middle East conflict have created volatility in the global capital markets and is continuing to have further global economic consequences, including disruptions of the global supply chain and energy markets. Any such volatility and disruptions may have adverse consequences on us or the third parties who operate in Europe on whom we rely. If the equity and credit markets deteriorate, including as a result of political unrest or war, it may make any debt or equity financing more difficult to obtain, more costly or more dilutive.

 

The Company has experienced recurring net losses and has used significant cash to fund its operations. The Company has considerable discretion over the extent of development project expenditures and has the ability to curtail the related cash flows as needed. The Company also continues working to establish new sources of funding, including potential equity and/or debt financings, collaborations and additional grant funding that can augment the balance sheet. However, based on our current working capital and our projected cash burn, management believes that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year from the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the assets carrying amount, to the expenses presented and to the reclassification of the condensed balance sheets items that could be necessary should the Company be unable to continue its operations.