Looking real good here. Top line number in August should tell anyone everything they need to know about market viability.
“Finalizing enrollment represents another key milestone for the Company and brings us a step closer on our regulatory path to potential approval of PMX. Spectral is now heavily focused on the regulatory phase for PMX, in addition to our continued commercialization activities with our distribution partner Vantive,” said Chris Seto, CEO of Spectral. “With enrollment now complete, we expect to be in a position to share topline results in the third quarter of this year. Additionally, the Company recently strengthened its balance sheet as we entered into a promissory note with Vantive. Not only is this a non-dilutive financing, but the promissory note provides a funding path to advance PMX through the regulatory phase and, if ultimately approved, into commercialization.”
Financial Review
Revenue for the three-months ended March 31, 2025 was $572,000 compared to $668,000 for the same three-month period last year, representing a decrease of $96,000, or 14%. Royalty revenue for the three-months ended March 31, 2025 was $142,000 an increase of $7,000 from $135,000 for the same period in the prior year. Product revenue decreased by $174,000 because of timing difference of billings.
Operating expenses for the three-months ended March 31, 2025, were $13,174,000, compared to $4,825,000 for the same period in the preceding year, an increase of $8,349,000, or 173%. The increase in operating expenses were primarily due to increase in fair value adjustment on derivative liabilities which is a non-cash item in March 31, 2025. The increase was primarily due to change in the market assumptions and market price considered for the calculation of the option feature. Also, there was an increase in the interest expense, consulting and professional fees and share-based compensation. Interest expense of $1,076,000 which relates to the three months ended March 31, 2025 in relation to the May 30, 2024 and July 19, 2024 convertible notes previously issued. The principal amount of convertible notes issued in 2024 was $9,880,000.
Clinical development and regulatory program costs (as disclosed in Note 12 of the consolidated financial statements) were $1,585,000 for the three-months ended March 31, 2025 compared to $964,000 for the same period in the prior year. A significant portion of clinical trial and regulatory costs consists of consulting and professional fees paid to contract research organizations, clinical sites, and other clinical and regulatory consultants. Increased clinical costs was due to the increase in volume of trial activities. Cumulative trial and regulatory program costs total as of March 31, 2025 was $56,415,000.
Loss for the three-months ended March 31, 2025 was $12,605,000 ($0.04 per share) compared to a loss of $4,160,000 ($0.01 per share) for the same period in the prior year. The increased loss of $8,445,000 was due to increased operating expenses, primarily due to increased fair value adjustment of derivative liability on March 31, 2025. Outside of the increase in the FV adjustment, operating expense were flat period over period.
The Company concluded the first quarter of 2025 with cash of $1,670,000 compared to $2,988,000 of cash on hand as of December 31, 2024.
The total number of common shares outstanding for the Company was 285,117,225 at March 31, 2025.
About Spectral
Spectral is a Phase 3 company seeking U.S. FDA approval for its unique product for the treatment of patients with septic shock, Toraymyxin™ (“PMX”). PMX is a therapeutic hemoperfusion device that removes endotoxin, which can cause sepsis, from the bloodstream and is guided by the Company’s FDA cleared Endotoxin Activity Assay (EAA™), the clinically available test for endotoxin in blood.
PMX is approved for therapeutic use in Japan and Europe and has been used safely and effectively over 360,000 times to date. In March 2009, Spectral obtained the exclusive development and commercial rights in the U.S. for PMX, and in November 2010, signed an exclusive distribution agreement for this product in Canada. In July 2022, the U.S. FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation for PMX for the treatment of endotoxic septic shock. Approximately 330,000 patients are diagnosed with septic shock in North America each year.
The Tigris Trial is a confirmatory study of PMX in addition to standard care vs standard care alone and is designed as a 2:1 randomized trial of 150 patients using Bayesian statistics. Endotoxic septic shock is a malignant form of sepsis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RANrHHi9L8.
The trial methods are detailed in “
Bayesian methods: a potential path forward for sepsis trials”.