PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we may become involved in litigation or other legal proceedings. We are not currently a party to any litigation or legal proceedings that, in the opinion of our management, are likely to have a material adverse effect on our business. Regardless of outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Other than described below, management believes that there have been no significant changes to the risk factors associated with our business as compared to those disclosed in Part 1, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
There is substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern and holders of our common stock could suffer a total loss of their investment. We will need to raise additional funding, which may not be available on acceptable terms. If we are unable to raise additional capital when needed, we may be forced to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development programs, commercialization efforts or other operations.
Our operations have consumed substantial amounts of cash since our inception. We are in early clinical development with certain product candidates and have conducted or are in preclinical development with other product candidates. To advance our product candidates into initial and later stages of clinical development requires significant capital. In addition, we are developing the RaniPill HC. If the FDA or any comparable foreign regulatory authorities, such as the European Medicines Agency, require that we perform studies or trials in addition to those that we currently anticipate with respect to the development of our product candidates or any of our future product candidates, or repeat studies or trials, our expenses would further increase beyond what we currently expect, and any delay resulting from such further or repeat studies or trials could also result in the need for additional financing.
As of March 31, 2025, our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $15.9 million. Based on our available cash resources and current operating plan, there is substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern and holders of our common stock could suffer a total loss of their investment. Our Board of Directors had initiated a review of alternatives, including potential strategic options, and of our financing strategy. Any failure or delay to obtain additional funding could force us to delay, limit or terminate our operations, make reductions in our workforce, liquidate all or a portion of our assets and/or seek protection under Chapter 7 or 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Our existing capital resources will not be sufficient to enable us to initiate any pivotal clinical trials. We will need to raise substantial additional funds in the future in order to complete the development of the RaniPill platform, to complete the clinical development of our product candidates, including RT-114, and seek regulatory approval thereof, to expand our manufacturing capabilities, and to commercialize any of our product candidates.
Based on our current planned operations, and in the absence of additional sources of liquidity, management anticipates that our existing cash and cash equivalents and anticipated cash flows from operations, will not be sufficient to meet our operating and liquidity needs beyond early August 2025. If we are unable to raise additional funds and continue as a going concern, we may have to cease operations and liquidate our assets. We may receive less than the value at which those assets are carried on our audited financial statements, and investors may lose all or a part of their investment.
We may not be able to obtain additional funding on acceptable terms, or at all. As a result of geopolitical events, including the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, inflation, rising interest rates and other conditions, the global credit and financial markets have experienced volatility and disruptions. In addition, the report from our independent registered public accounting firm issued in connection with this Annual Report on Form 10-K contains statements expressing substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. If we seek additional financing to fund our business activities in the future and there remains substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, investors or other financing sources may be unwilling to provide funding to us on commercially reasonable terms, if at all.
If we are unable to obtain funding on a timely basis, or to generate sufficient revenues, if at all, from collaboration arrangements, we may be required to:
•significantly curtail, delay or discontinue one or more of our research or development programs, the development of our oral delivery technology, including the RaniPill HC, the commercialization of any product candidates or cease operations altogether;