Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-209011

 

Prospectus Supplement No. 2

(To prospectus dated January 13, 2017)

 

 

Up to 5,833,334 Shares of Common Stock

Issuable Upon Exercise of Outstanding

Series A warrants and Series B warrants

 

 

This prospectus supplement supplements the prospectus dated January 13, 2017 relating to the offering of an aggregate of 5,833,334 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Oncobiologics, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) that are issuable upon exercise of 2,916,667 Series A warrants and 2,916,667 Series B warrants, originally issued as part of the units in our initial public offering, which closed on May 18, 2016.

 

On February 13, 2017, the last reported sale price for our common stock was $3.39 per share. Our common stock, Series A warrants and Series B warrants are listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbols “ONS,” “ONSIW” and “ONSIZ,” respectively.

 

This prospectus supplement incorporates into our prospectus the information contained in our attached quarterly report on Form 10-Q, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2017.

 

You should read this prospectus supplement in conjunction with the prospectus, including any supplements and amendments thereto.

 

This prospectus supplement is qualified by reference to the prospectus except to the extent that the information in this prospectus supplement supersedes the information contained in the prospectus. This prospectus supplement is not complete without, and may not be delivered or utilized except in connection with, the prospectus, including any supplements and amendments thereto.

 

 

Investing in these securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” on page 4 of the prospectus for a discussion of information that should be carefully considered in connection with an investment in these securities.

 

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has

approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful

or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

The date of this prospectus supplement is February 14, 2017.

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

 

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2016

or

 

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from              to  

 

COMMISSION FILE NO. 001-37759

 

 

ONCOBIOLOGICS, INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

 

DELAWARE		38-3982704
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)		(I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
7 CLARKE DRIVE CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY		08512
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)		(ZIP CODE)

 

REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (609) 619-3990

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes x    No ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes x    No ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer	¨	Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes   ¨    No x

 

The number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding as of February 10, 2017 was 23,631,448.

 

 

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Table of Contents

 

	Page Number
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)	1
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2016	1
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015	2
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2016	3
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015	4
Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements	5
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	14
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	24
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	24
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	25
Item 1A. Risk Factors	25
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	25
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities	25
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures	25
Item 5. Other Information	25
Item 6. Exhibits	26
SIGNATURES	27

 

  

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(unaudited)

 

		December 31,				September 30,
		2016				2016
Assets
Current assets:
Cash		$	2,078,535			$	2,351,887
Prepaid and other current assets			1,095,976				3,326,607
Total current assets			3,174,511				5,678,494
Property and equipment, net			16,440,919				16,958,553
Restricted cash			-				216,086
Other assets			830,887				852,801
Total assets		$	20,446,317			$	23,705,934
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)
Current liabilities:
Senior secured notes		$	4,933,661			$	-
Current portion of debt			110,394				586,454
Current portion of capital lease obligations			1,014,563				977,248
Current portion of stockholder notes			4,612,500				4,612,500
Accounts payable			11,049,027				5,071,520
Accrued expenses			7,342,102				6,121,942
Income taxes payable			1,854,629				1,854,629
Deferred revenue			1,212,561				1,212,561
Total current liabilities			32,129,437				20,436,854
Long-term debt			191,236				2,233,803
Capital lease obligations			113,082				320,737
Warrant liability			4,128,727				-
Deferred revenue			4,850,244				5,153,384
Other liabilities			865,526				761,334
Total liabilities			42,278,252				28,906,112
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
Series A preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share: 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares  issued and outstanding			-				-
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 23,588,031 and 22,802,778 shares  issued and outstanding at December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2016, respectively			235,881				228,028
Additional paid-in capital			144,424,554				141,965,342
Accumulated deficit			(166,492,370	)			(147,393,548	)
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)			(21,831,935	)			(5,200,178	)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)		$	20,446,317			$	23,705,934

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

 

		Three Months Ended December 31,
		2016				2015
Collaboration revenues		$	303,140			$	994,894
Operating expenses:
Research and development			13,312,306				12,733,976
General and administrative			4,888,860				4,674,155
			18,201,166				17,408,131
Loss from operations			(17,898,026	)			(16,413,237	)
Interest expense, net			386,713				398,975
Change in fair value of warrant liability			810,083				-
Loss before income taxes			(19,094,822	)			(16,812,212	)
Income tax expense			4,000				52,000
Net loss			(19,098,822	)			(16,864,212	)
Accretion of redeemable common stock			-				(939,539	)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders		$	(19,098,822	)		$	(17,803,751	)
Per share information:
Net loss per share of common stock, basic and diluted		$	(0.82	)		$	(1.36	)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted			23,196,959				13,061,557

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

Three Months Ended December 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

										Additional								Total
		Common Stock								Paid-in				Accumulated				Stockholders'
		Shares				Amount				Capital				Deficit				Equity (Deficit)
Balance at October 1, 2016			22,802,778			$	228,028			$	141,965,342			$	(147,393,548	)		$	(5,200,178	)
Proceeds from exercise of common stock warrants			301,340				3,013				-				-				3,013
Issuance of vested restricted stock units			483,913				4,840				(4,840	)			-				-
Stock-based compensation expense			-				-				2,464,052				-				2,464,052
Net loss			-				-				-				(19,098,822	)			(19,098,822	)
Balance at December 31, 2016			23,588,031			$	235,881			$	144,424,554			$	(166,492,370	)		$	(21,831,935	)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

 

  

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

 

		Three Months Ended December 31,
		2016				2015
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net loss		$	(19,098,822	)		$	(16,864,212	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			669,780				593,977
Non-cash interest expense			140,820				3,065
Stock-based compensation			2,464,052				2,490,034
Change in fair value of warrant liability			810,083				-
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable			-				(83,090	)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			2,230,631				142,073
Other assets			21,914				5,433
Accounts payable			5,898,662				(233,942	)
Accrued expenses			1,220,160				2,203,188
Income taxes payable			-				50,000
Deferred revenue			(303,140	)			(494,894	)
Other liabilities			104,192				176,087
Net cash used in operating activities			(5,841,668	)			(12,012,281	)
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of property and equipment			(148,362	)			(364,242	)
Net cash used in investing activities			(148,362	)			(364,242	)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from the sale of common stock, net of offering costs			-				11,318,690
Payment of debt issuance costs			(40,000	)			-
Proceeds from subscriptions receivable			-				4,280,149
Proceeds from future stock issuance			-				50,520
Proceeds from exercise of common stock warrants			3,013				-
Proceeds from the sale of senior secured notes and detachable warrants			8,350,000				-
Payments of capital leases obligations			(232,570	)			(222,652	)
Repayment of debt			(2,579,851	)			(180,058	)
Repayment of stockholder notes			-				(6,073,383	)
Change in restricted cash			216,086				-
Proceeds from related party receivable			-				187,388
Deconsolidation of Sonnet Biotherapeutics, Inc.			-				(401,091	)
Payment of employee tax witholdings related to the vesting of restricted stock			-				(71,760	)
Net cash provided by financing activities			5,716,678				8,887,803
Net decrease in cash			(273,352	)			(3,488,720	)
Cash at beginning of period			2,351,887				9,070,975
Cash at end of period		$	2,078,535			$	5,582,255
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Cash paid for interest		$	221,266			$	407,403
Cash paid for income taxes		$	-			$	2,000
Supplemental schedule of noncash investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment in accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	(20,711	)		$	(200,780	)
Supplemental schedule of noncash financing activities:
Accretion of redeemable common stock		$	-			$	939,539
Issuance of common and Series A preferred stock to redeemable preferred stockholders and noncontrolling interests upon reincorporation		$	-			$	(11,894,638	)
Reclassification of equity classified stock-based compensation		$	-			$	(15,118,584	)
Issuance of subscription receivable upon sale of common stock		$	-			$	(2,749,997	)
Deferred offering costs and common stock issuance costs in accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	(137,291	)		$	(1,014,281	)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements 

 

1.   Organization and Description of Business

 

Oncobiologics, Inc. (“Oncobiologics” or the “Company”) was incorporated in New Jersey on January 5, 2010 and started operations in July 2011. In October 2015, the Company reincorporated in Delaware through the merger with and into Oncobiologics, Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation, with the Delaware corporation surviving the merger. Oncobiologics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing, manufacturing and commercializing complex biosimilar therapeutics in the disease areas of immunology and oncology. The Company has established fully integrated in-house development and manufacturing capabilities that addresses the numerous complex technical and regulatory challenges in developing and commercializing mAb biosimilars. Since inception, the Company has advanced two product candidates into clinical trials: a Phase 3-ready biosimilar to adalimumab (Humira®) and a Phase 3-ready biosimilar to bevacizumab (Avastin®). Additionally, the Company has six preclinical biosimilar product candidates under active development.

 

In May 2016, the Company completed the initial public offering (“IPO”) of its securities by offering 5,833,334 units. Each unit consisted of one share of the Company’s common stock, one-half of a Series A warrant and one-half of a Series B warrant. Each whole Series A warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at an initial exercise price of $6.60, subject to adjustment. Each whole Series B warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at an initial exercise price of $8.50, subject to adjustment. The IPO price was $6.00 per unit. In addition, the Company also completed a concurrent private placement of an additional 833,332 shares of its common stock, 416,666 Series A warrants and 416,666 Series B warrants, for gross proceeds of approximately $5.0 million. On May 13, 2016, the units began trading on the NASDAQ Global Market. The units separated in accordance with their terms and ceased trading, and on June 13, 2016, the component securities (common stock, Series A warrants and Series B warrants) began trading on the NASDAQ Global Market. As a result of the IPO and the concurrent private placement, the Company received approximately $33.8 million in net proceeds, after deducting discounts and commissions of approximately $2.9 million and offering expenses of approximately $3.3 million payable by the Company.

 

2.   Liquidity

 

The Company has incurred substantial losses and negative cash flows from operations since its inception and has an accumulated deficit of $166.5 million as of December 31, 2016. The Company has substantial indebtedness that includes $10.0 million of senior secured notes due in December 2017 and $4.6 million in notes payable to stockholders that are payable on demand. There can be no assurance that the holders of the stockholder notes will not exercise their right to demand repayment. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

The Company anticipates incurring additional losses until such time, if ever, that it can generate significant sales of its products currently in development. Management believes that the Company’s existing cash as of December 31, 2016 and $1.65 million in cash proceeds in January 2017 from the issuance of the notes and warrants will be sufficient to fund its operations through February 2017. Substantial additional financing will be needed by the Company to fund its operations and to commercially develop its product candidates. Management is currently evaluating different strategies to obtain the required funding for future operations. These strategies may include, but are not limited to: private placements of equity and/or debt, payments from potential strategic research and development, licensing

 

 

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements 

  

and/or marketing arrangements with pharmaceutical companies, and public offerings of equity and/or debt securities. There can be no assurance that these future funding efforts will be successful.

 

The Company’s future operations are highly dependent on a combination of factors, including (i) the timely and successful completion of additional financing discussed above; (ii) the Company’s ability to complete revenue-generating partnerships with pharmaceutical companies; (iii) the success of its research and development; (iv) the development of competitive therapies by other biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, and, ultimately; (v) regulatory approval and market acceptance of the Company’s proposed future products.

 

3.   Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).

 

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments (which consist primarily of accruals, estimates and assumptions that impact the financial statements) considered necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as of December 31, 2016 and its results of operations and cash flows for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. Operating results for the three months ended December 31, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year ending September 30, 2017. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, presented herein, do not contain the required disclosures under GAAP for annual consolidated financial statements. The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the annual audited consolidated financial statements and related notes as of and for the year ended September 30, 2016 included on Form 10-K dated December 29, 2016 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as amended to date.

 

Use of estimates

 

The preparation of the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Due to the uncertainty of factors surrounding the estimates or judgments used in the preparation of the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, actual results may materially vary from these estimates. Estimates and assumptions are periodically reviewed and the effects of revisions are reflected in the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements in the period they are determined to be necessary.

 

Income taxes

 

The Company recorded income tax expense of $4,000 and $52,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 which is primarily attributable to the foreign withholding taxes in connection with the Company’s collaboration and licensing agreements.

 

Net loss per share

 

Basic and diluted net loss per common share is determined by dividing net loss applicable to common stockholders by the weighted-average common shares outstanding during the period. For all periods presented, the Company’s previously outstanding shares of preferred stock and other potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the calculation because their effects would

 

 

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements 

  

be anti-dilutive. Therefore, the weighted-average shares used to calculate both basic and diluted loss per share are the same.

 

The following potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the computation of diluted weighted-average shares outstanding as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, as they would be antidilutive:

 

		December 31,
		2016				2015
Series A  preferred stock			-				1,969,818
Performance-based stock units			243,774				249,510
Restricted stock units			1,224,957				1,066,193
Convertible stockholder note			-				96,618
Common stock warrants			9,806,028				-

 

Amounts in the table above reflect the common stock equivalents of the noted instruments.

 

Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. The amendments in this update explicitly require a company’s management to assess an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, and to provide related footnote disclosures in certain circumstances. The Company adopted this new standard effective in the quarter ended after December 31, 2016.

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU, No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. This guidance requires an entity to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This guidance also requires an entity to disclose sufficient information to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. Qualitative and quantitative information is required about:

 

Contracts with customers — including revenue and impairments recognized, disaggregation of revenue and information about contract balances and performance obligations (including the transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations).

 

Significant judgments and changes in judgments — determining the timing of satisfaction of performance obligations (over time or at a point in time), and determining the transaction price and amounts allocated to performance obligations.

 

Certain assets — assets recognized from the costs to obtain or fulfill a contract.

 

In July 2015, the FASB delayed the effective date of this guidance. As a result, this guidance will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Earlier application is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on its consolidated results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, (Topic 842).  This new ASU represents a wholesale change to lease accounting and introduces a lease model that brings most leases on the balance sheet.  It also eliminates the required use of bright-line tests in current U.S. GAAP for determining lease classification. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 (i.e., calendar periods beginning on January 1, 2019), and interim periods thereafter. Earlier application is permitted for all entities. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2016-02 on its consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements 

  

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which is intended to simplify the accounting and reporting for employee share-based payment transactions. The pronouncement is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 31, 2016 with early adoption permitted.  The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

4.   Fair Value Measurements

 

Certain assets and liabilities are carried at fair value under GAAP. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are to be classified and disclosed in one of the following three levels of the fair value hierarchy, of which the first two are considered observable and the last is considered unobservable:

 

■

Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

■

Level 2 — Observable inputs (other than Level 1 quoted prices), such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

 

■

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to determining the fair value of the assets or liabilities, including pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques.

 

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

 

The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

		December 31, 2016
		(Level 1)				(Level 2)				(Level 3)
Liabilities
Warrant liability		$	-			$	-			$	4,128,727

 

The table presented below is a summary of changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 valuation for the warrant liability for the three months ended December 31, 2016:

 

Balance at October 1, 2016		$	-
Issuance of warrants			3,318,644
Change in fair value			810,083
Balance at December 31, 2016		$	4,128,727

 

 

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements 

  

The warrants issued in connection with senior secured notes are classified as liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as the warrants include cash settlement features at the option of the holders under certain circumstances. The warrant liability is revalued each reporting period with the change in fair value recorded in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations until the warrants are exercised or expire. The fair value of the warrant liability is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following assumptions:

 

		December 31,
		2016
Risk-free interest rate		1.93%
Remaining contractual life of warrant		5 years
Expected volatility		93%
Annual dividend yield		0%
Fair value of common stock		$3.01 per share

 

5.   Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment, net, consists of:

 

		December 31,				September 30,
		2016				2016
Laboratory equipment		$	11,486,716			$	11,452,858
Leasehold improvements			10,031,739				10,031,739
Computer software and hardware			471,152				421,206
Construction in progress			1,083,032				1,014,690
			23,072,639				22,920,493
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization			(6,631,720	)			(5,961,940	)
		$	16,440,919			$	16,958,553

 

Depreciation and amortization expense was $669,780 and $593,977 for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

At December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2016, $3,692,913 and $3,630,683 represents laboratory equipment under capital leases. The term of the leases are between 22 and 36 months and qualify as capital leases. The leases bear interest between 5.0% and 19.4%. At December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2016, $813,200 and $732,002, respectively, of accumulated amortization related to this leased equipment has been recognized.

 

6.   Accrued Expenses

 

Accrued expenses consists of:

 

		December 31,				September 30,
		2016				2016
Compensation		$	3,786,902			$	3,884,386
Research and development			1,991,612				1,343,910
Interest payable			345,087				234,754
Deferred offering costs			-				26,028
Professional fees			582,731				486,705
Director fees			146,250				73,125
Other accrued expenses			489,520				73,034
		$	7,342,102			$	6,121,942

 

 

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements 

  

7.   Senior Secured Notes

 

		December 31,
		2016
Senior secured notes		$	8,350,000
Unamortized debt discount			(3,416,339	)
		$	4,933,661

 

In October, November and December 2016, the Company issued $1.85 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured bridge notes to accredited investors. These unsecured notes bore interest at a rate of 15% per year and had a one-year maturity date from the date of issuance. These unsecured notes were exchanged for senior secured promissory notes in December 2016 as described below.

 

On December 22, 2016, the Company entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with accredited investors providing for the issuance and sale of up to $10.0 million of senior secured promissory notes (the “Notes”), which bear interest at a rate of 5% per year and mature December 22, 2017 and warrants (the “Warrants”) to acquire an aggregate 2.3 million shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share, which have a five-year term. The Company closed the initial sale and purchase of the Notes and Warrants on December 22, 2016, issuing $8.35 million aggregate principal amount of Notes and Warrants to acquire up to 1,920,500 shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for $6.5 million of cash and an aggregate of $1.85 million of existing unsecured bridge notes issued by the Company in October, November and December 2016. The proceeds were first allocated to the warrant liability and based on their initial fair value of $3.3 million with a corresponding amount recorded as a debt discount. In addition, the Company incurred $179,526 of debt issuance costs that have been recorded as a debt discount. The debt discount is being amortized into interest expense over the term of the Notes using the effective interest method.

 

The Company used $2.4 million of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes to pay off its remaining senior secured bank loans, and will use the remainder for working capital purposes. In January 2017, the Company issued the remaining Notes and Warrants for $1.65 million of cash.

 

Under the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to customary negative covenants restricting its ability to repay indebtedness to officers, pay dividends to stockholders, repay or incur other indebtedness other than as permitted, grant or suffer to exist a security interest in any of the Company’s assets, other than as permitted, or enter into any transactions with affiliates. In addition to the negative covenants in the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, the Notes include customary events of default. In connection with the closing of the initial sale of the Notes and Warrants, the Company entered into a Security Agreement and an Intellectual Property Security Agreement, each dated December 22, 2016, granting the holders of the Notes a security interest in all of its assets.

 

Interest expense on the Notes for the three months ended December 31, 2016 was $89,892.

 

 

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements 

  

8.   Common Stock Warrants

 

As of December 31, 2016, the Company had the following warrants outstanding to acquire shares of its common stock:

 

		Outstanding				Exercise price per share				Expiration date
Series A warrants			3,333,333			$	6.60			February 18, 2018
Series B warrants			3,333,333			$	8.50			May 18, 2018
Common stock warrants issued with IPO			1,218,862			$	0.01			November 11, 2019
Common stock warrants issued with senior secured notes			1,920,500			$	3.00			December 22, 2021
			9,806,028

 

9.   Stock-Based Compensation

 

2011 Equity Incentive Plan

 

The Company’s 2011 Equity Compensation Plan (the “2011 Plan”) provided for the Company to sell or issue restricted common stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), performance-based units (“PSUs”), cash-based awards or to grant stock options for the purchase of common stock to officers, employees, consultants and directors of the Company. The 2011 Plan was administered by the board of directors or, at the discretion of the board of directors, by a committee of the board. The number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2011 Plan is 1,159,420. As of December 31, 2016, PSUs representing 243,774 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding under the 2011 Plan. In light of the December 2015 adoption of the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, no future awards under the 2011 Plan will be granted.

 

2015 Equity Incentive Plan

 

In December 2015, the Company adopted the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”). The 2015 Plan provides for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, performance stock awards and other forms of equity compensation to Company employees, directors and consultants. The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the 2015 Plan is 1,930,460 shares. As of December 31, 2016, RSUs representing 1,224,957 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding under the 2015 Plan and 221,590 shares remained available for grant under the 2015 Plan.

 

 

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements 

  

The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense in the following expense categories of its statements of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

		Three months ended December 31,
		2016				2015
Research and development		$	386,109			$	1,356,408
General and administrative			2,077,943				1,133,626
		$	2,464,052			$	2,490,034

 

		Three months ended December 31,
		2016				2015
Equity-classified compensation		$	2,464,052			$	98,172
Liability-classified compensation			-				2,391,862
		$	2,464,052			$	2,490,034

 

Performance-based stock units

 

The Company has issued PSUs, which generally have a ten year life from the date of grant and vest 50% after the third anniversary from issuance and the remaining 50% on the fourth anniversary. The PSUs are exercisable upon the earlier of (i) a change in control, (ii) consummation of an initial public offering, or (iii) a corporate valuation in excess of $400 million. Upon exercise, the PSU holder receives common stock or cash at the Company’s discretion.

 

The following table summarizes the PSU activity for the three months ended December 31, 2016:

 

		Number				Base
		of				Price
		PSUs				Per PSU
Balance at October 1, 2016			247,309			$	6.33
Forfeitures			(3,535	)			7.40
Balance at December 31, 2016			243,774			$	6.35

 

As of December 31, 2016, there was $532,508 of unamortized expense that will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.46 years.

 

Restricted stock units

 

The following table summarizes the activity related to RSUs granted during the three months ended December 31, 2016:

 

						Weighted
		Number				Average
		of				Grant Date
		RSUs				Fair Value
Balance at October 1, 2016			1,094,351			$	28.61
Granted			615,000				2.11
Vested and settled			(483,913	)			29.05
Forfeitures			(481	)			29.05
Balance at December 31, 2016			1,224,957			$	15.13

 

 

Oncobiologics, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements 

 

The Company has granted RSUs that generally vest over a period of two to four years from the date of grant. In addition, vesting of the RSUs was also dependent upon the closing of the Company’s IPO, which is a performance condition that is outside the Company’s control. Therefore, the Company did not recognize any stock-based compensation until the consummation of the IPO in May 2016. As of December 31, 2016, there was $11,402,327 of unamortized expense that will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.42 years.

 

10.   Subsequent events

 

On January 6, 2017, the Company raised an additional $1.65 million of cash proceeds from the issuance of Notes and the issuance of 379,500 Warrants pursuant to the December 2016 Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement.

 

On February 3, 2017, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with the investors party thereto, all of whom are purchasers of the Notes and Warrants issued pursuant to the December 2016 Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement.

 

On February 6, 2017, the Company extended the expiration date of its outstanding Series A warrants to February 18, 2018 by entering into an amendment to the Warrant Agreement dated as of May 18, 2016 between the Company and the American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as warrant agent.

 

 

Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

You should read this section in conjunction with our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Part I. Item 1 of this report and our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for the years ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 included in our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2016, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, or the Securities Act, on December 29, 2016, as amended to date.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This discussion contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are identified by words such as “believe,” “may,” “could,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “seek,” “plan,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “potentially” or the negative of these terms or similar expressions in this report. You should read these statements carefully because they discuss future expectations, contain projections of future results of operations or financial condition, or state other “forward-looking” information. These statements relate to our future plans, objectives, expectations, intentions and financial performance and the assumptions that underlie these statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2016, filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Securities Act on December 29, 2016, as amended to date, and elsewhere in this report. Forward-looking statements are based on our management’s current beliefs and assumptions and based on information currently available to our management. These statements, like all statements in this report, speak only as of their date, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise these statements in light of future developments.

 

Overview

 

We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing, manufacturing and commercializing complex biosimilar therapeutics. Our current focus is on technically challenging and commercially attractive monoclonal antibodies, or mAbs, in the disease areas of immunology and oncology. A mAb is a type of protein that is produced by a single clone of cells or cell line and made to bind to a specific substance in the body. Our strategy is to cost-effectively develop these biosimilars on an accelerated timeline, which is fundamental to our success and we believe positions us to be a leading biosimilar company. We have leveraged our team’s biopharmaceutical expertise to establish fully integrated in-house development and manufacturing capabilities, which we refer to as our BioSymphony Platform. We believe this platform addresses the numerous complex technical and regulatory challenges in developing and commercializing mAb biosimilars and was designed to provide significant pricing flexibility. We have identified eight biosimilar product candidates for further development and have advanced two of these product candidates through Phase 1 clinical trials and into preparations for Phase 3 clinical trials: ONS-3010, a biosimilar to adalimumab (Humira®), and ONS-1045, a biosimilar to bevacizumab (Avastin®).

 

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ONS-3010 We have successfully completed a randomized, double-blind, single-dose and single-center Phase 1 clinical trial comparing ONS-3010 to Humira in three treatment arms. In this trial, ONS-3010 met its primary and secondary endpoints, demonstrating a similar pharmacokinetic (meaning how the body affects the molecule), or PK, profile, as well as an immunogenicity profile equivalent to both U.S.- and E.U.-Humira across all three treatment arms. In addition, ONS-3010 demonstrated a rate of injection site reactions lower than that of Humira. We have received regulatory feedback and agreement on our Phase 3 clinical trial design in the sensitive plaque psoriasis patient population from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, the European Medical Agency, or EMA, and national agencies such as the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, or MHRA, and the Swedish regulatory authority. We have also completed a site feasibility study to identify global sites (North and South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand) in preparation for the commencement of our planned Phase 3 clinical trial in 2016.  Humira is currently approved in the United States for multiple indications. We initially intend to seek approval of ONS-3010 for the treatment of plaque

 

  

psoriasis, and will seek to expand such approval to the same indications as Humira as appropriate. We have informed the regulatory authorities of our intent to seek extrapolation to all approved Humira indications, and have also reviewed our Phase 3 interchangeability study design with the FDA.

 

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ONS-1045 We have completed a randomized, double-blind, single-dose and single-center Phase 1 clinical trial. In this trial, ONS-1045 met its primary and secondary endpoints demonstrating a similar PK profile, as well as an immunogenicity profile equivalent to both U.S.- and EU-Avastin. We are preparing ONS-1045 for a global Phase 3 clinical trial to commence upon receipt of additional funding. Avastin is currently approved in the United States for multiple indications. We initially intend to seek approval of ONS-1045 for the treatment of non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer, and will seek to expand such approval to the same indications as Avastin when appropriate. We have informed the regulatory authorities of our intent to seek extrapolation to all approved Avastin indications, and have also discussed our study design with the FDA.

 

Through December 31, 2016, we have funded substantially all of our operations through the sale and issuance of our common stock, preferred stock and senior secured notes and warrants, generating approximately $147.9 million net proceeds. In January 2017, we issued additional senior secured notes and warrants and received $1.65 million in cash proceeds.

 

As described in their audit report included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2016 filed on December 29, 2016 with the SEC, as amended to date, our auditors have included an explanatory paragraph that states that we have incurred recurring losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception and have an accumulated deficit at September 30, 2016 of $147.4 million and $4.6 million of indebtedness that is due on demand. We will need to raise substantial additional capital to fund our planned future operations, commence Phase 3 clinical trials, receive approval for and commercialize ONS-3010 and ONS-1045 and continue to develop our other pipeline candidates. We plan to finance our future operations with a combination of proceeds from the issuance of equity securities, the issuance of additional debt, potential collaborations and revenues from potential future product sales, if any. There are no assurances that we will be successful in obtaining an adequate level of financing for the development and commercialization of ONS-3010, ONS-1045 or any other current or future biosimilar product candidates. If we are unable to secure adequate additional funding, our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows may be materially and adversely affected. These matters raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if we are unable to continue as a going concern.

 

Our current cash resources of $2.1 million as of December 31, 2016 and the proceeds from our January 2017 note and warrant issuances are expected to fund our operations through February 2017. To provide additional working capital, we continue to engage in active discussions with global and regional pharmaceutical companies for licensing and/or co-development rights to our late- and early-stage pipeline product candidates. While we expect to finalize one or more of these transactions in early 2017, there is no guarantee that we will be able to do so. If we are not successful in raising additional capital or entering into one or more licensing and/or co-development rights agreements, we will be required to scale back our plans and place certain activities on hold.

 

We do not have any products approved for sale and we have only generated revenue from our collaboration agreements. We have incurred operating losses and negative operating cash flows since inception and there is no assurance that we will ever achieve profitable operations, and if achieved, that profitable operations will be sustained. Our net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2016 was $19.1 million. We also had net losses of $53.3 million and $47.4 million for the years ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. In addition, development activities, clinical and preclinical testing and commercialization of our product candidates will require significant additional financing.

 

Collaboration and License Agreements

 

From time to time, we enter into collaboration and license agreements for the research and development, manufacture and/or commercialization of our biosimilar products and/or biosimilar product candidates. These agreements generally provide for non-

 

  

refundable upfront license fees, development and commercial performance milestone payments, cost sharing, royalty payments and/or profit sharing.

 

Selexis SA

 

In October 2011, we entered into a research license agreement with Selexis SA, or Selexis, pursuant to which we acquired a non-exclusive license to conduct research internally or in collaboration with third parties to develop recombinant proteins from mammalian cells created lines using the Selexis expression technology, or the Selexis Technology. The original research license had a three-year term, but on October 9, 2014, was extended for an additional three-year term through October 9, 2017. We may sublicense our rights with Selexis’ prior written consent but are prohibited from making commercial use of the Selexis Technology or the resultant recombinant proteins comprising our biosimilars in humans, or from filing an investigational new drug, absent a commercial license agreement with Selexis covering the particular biosimilar product candidate developed under the research license. In connection with the entry into the research license, we paid Selexis an initial fee and agreed to make additional annual maintenance payments of the same amount for each of the three years that the research license agreement term was extended.

 

Selexis also granted us a non-transferrable option to obtain a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide commercial license under the Selexis Technology to manufacture, or have manufactured, a recombinant protein produced by a cell line developed using the Selexis Technology for clinical testing and commercial sale. We exercised this option in April 2013 and entered into three commercial license agreements with Selexis for our ONS-3010, ONS-1045 and ONS-1050 biosimilar candidates. We paid an upfront licensing fee to Selexis for each commercial license and also agreed to pay a fixed milestone payment for each licensed product. In addition, we are required to pay a single-digit royalty on a final product-by-final product and country-by-country basis, based on worldwide net sales of such final products by us or any of our affiliates or sub-licensees during the royalty term. At any time during the term, we have the right to terminate our royalty payment obligation by providing written notice to Selexis and paying Selexis a royalty termination fee.

 

IPCA Laboratories Limited — Humira (ONS-3010), Avastin (ONS-1045) and Herceptin (ONS-1050)

 

In August 2013, we entered into a strategic license agreement with IPCA Laboratories Limited, or IPCA, under which we granted IPCA and its affiliates a license for the research, development, manufacture, use or sale of ONS-3010 and, by amendment in May 2014, ONS-1045. The license is exclusive with respect to India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, and non-exclusive with respect to Nepal and Bhutan. Under the terms of the August 2013 agreement, we received an upfront payment from IPCA, and are eligible to earn additional regulatory milestone payments for each of ONS-3010 and ONS-1045. In addition, we are eligible to receive royalties at a low teens percentage rate of annual net sales of products by IPCA and its affiliates in the agreed territory.

 

In January 2014, we entered into an agreement with IPCA to assist IPCA in establishing its research, development and manufacturing capabilities for mAbs and biologics, including, in part, through collaborative development, manufacture and commercialization of ONS-1050 (our Herceptin biosimilar), in the agreed territory (as specified below). The agreed territory for ONS-1050 includes the Republics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan, while the agreed territory for any product candidates developed independent of our involvement is global without geographical restriction. We also agreed to assist IPCA with its research and development program. Under the terms of the January 2014 agreement, we are eligible to receive development payments and commercialization fees. In addition, we are eligible to receive royalties from IPCA at a mid-single digit rate on annual net sales of ONS-1050 commercialized by IPCA and its affiliates in the agreed territory.

 

As of December 31, 2016, we have received an aggregate of $5.0 million of payments from IPCA under our various agreements.

 

Liomont — Humira (ONS-3010) and Avastin (ONS-1045)

 

In June 2014, we entered into a strategic license agreement with Laboratories Liomont, S.A. de C.V., or Liomont, under which we granted Liomont and its affiliates an exclusive, sublicenseable license in Mexico for the research, development, manufacture, use or sale of the ONS-3010 and ONS-1045 biosimilar product candidates in Mexico. Under the terms of the agreement, we received an upfront payment from Liomont, and we are eligible to earn milestone payments for each of ONS-3010 and ONS-1045. In addition, we are eligible to receive tiered royalties at upper single-digit to low teens percentage rates of annual net sales of products by Liomont and its affiliates in Mexico. As of December 31, 2016, we have received an aggregate of $3.0 million of upfront and milestone payments from Liomont.

 

  

Huahai — Humira (ONS-3010) and Avastin (ONS-1045)

 

In May 2013, we entered into a series of agreements with Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., or Huahai, to form an alliance for the purpose of developing and obtaining regulatory approval for, and commercial launch and marketing of licensed products in an agreed territory, as described below. The agreements include a strategic alliance agreement, which sets out the governance framework for the relationship, along with a joint participation agreement regarding joint development and commercialization of ONS-3010, and a co-development and license agreement for each of ONS-3010 and ONS-1045. As of December 31, 2016, we have received an aggregate of $16.0 million of upfront and milestone payments from Huahai.

 

As contemplated by the strategic alliance agreement, we entered into a joint participation agreement with Huahai where we agreed to co-fund the development and share the value ownership interest of ONS-3010 in the United States, Canada, European Union, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Under the agreement as amended, we are responsible for completing a defined “Phase-3 Ready Package” at our expense, for which the portion of the funds received from Huahai to date under this joint participation agreement was used.

 

In the event Huahai funds its proportionate share of development costs incurred after completion of the “Phase-3 Ready Packages,” Huahai would be entitled to retain its 51% value ownership, with us entitled to retain our 49% value ownership, of ONS-3010 in the agreed territories. To maintain its 51% value ownership of ONS-3010 as of December 31, 2016, Huahai is required to make a payment to us of approximately $14.4 million. Similarly, revenues from commercialization of ONS-3010 in the agreed countries (including major markets such as the United States and the European Union, or EU, among others), would also be shared based on such proportional ownership interests. In the event that Huahai does not fund its proportionate share of such development costs, the joint participation agreement provides for a proportionate adjustment to our respective value ownership interests based on our respective investments in such development costs, which would increase our value ownership interest in ONS-3010. Under the joint participation agreement, we could also be required to form a joint venture to further develop and commercialize ONS-3010 with Huahai in the agreed countries, if so requested by Huahai.

 

In conjunction with the strategic alliance agreement, we also entered into a co-development and license agreement with Huahai, under which we granted Huahai and its affiliates an exclusive license, in the territory (as specified below) for the research, development, manufacture, use or sale of ONS-3010 or ONS-1045 in China, including, the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. We will each bear our respective costs under the development plans. Huahai agreed to carry out all clinical, manufacturing and regulatory requirements necessary for approval of the products in the agreed territory. Under the terms of the agreement, we received an upfront payment from Huahai for ONS-3010, and have received regulatory milestone payments for each of ONS-3010 and ONS-1045.

 

Components of Our Results of Operations

 

Collaboration Revenue

 

To date, we have derived revenue only from activities pursuant to our collaboration and licensing agreements. We have not generated any revenue from commercial product sales. For the foreseeable future, we expect all of our revenue, if any, will be generated from our collaboration and licensing agreements. If any of our biosimilar product candidates currently under development are approved for commercial sale, we may generate revenue from product sales, or alternatively, we may choose to select a collaborator to commercialize our product candidates.

 

  

The following table sets forth a summary of revenue recognized from our collaboration and licensing agreements for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

		Three months ended December 31,
		2016				2015
IPCA Collaboration		$	65,268			$	105,433
Liomont Collaboration			59,160				595,566
Huahai Collaboration			178,712				293,895
		$	303,140			$	994,894

 

The following table summarizes the milestone payments and recognition of deferred revenues from our collaboration and licensing agreements during the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

		Three months ended December 31,
		2016				2015
Milestone payments		$	-			$	500,000
Recognition of deferred revenues			303,140				494,894
		$	303,140			$	994,894

 

Each of our collaboration and licensing agreements is considered to be a multiple-element arrangement for accounting purposes. We determined that there are two deliverables; specifically, the license to our biosimilar product candidate and the related research and development services that we are obligated to provide. We concluded that these deliverables should be accounted for as a single unit of accounting. We determined that the upfront license payments received should be deferred and recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis through the estimated period of completion of our obligations under the agreement. During the three months ended December 31, 2016, we revised our estimate of the period of completion from December 2019 to December 2021. We recognize revenues from the achievement of milestones if the milestone event is substantive and achievability of the milestone was not reasonably assured at the inception of the agreement.

 

Research and Development Expenses

 

Research and development expense consists of expenses incurred in connection with the discovery and development of our biosimilar product candidates. We expense research and development costs as incurred. These expenses include:

 

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expenses incurred under agreements with contract research organizations, or CROs, as well as investigative sites and consultants that conduct our preclinical studies and clinical trials;

 

·

manufacturing scale-up expenses and the cost of acquiring and manufacturing preclinical and clinical trial materials and commercial materials, including manufacturing validation batches;

 

·

outsourced professional scientific development services;

 

·

employee-related expenses, which include salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation;

 

·

payments made under a third-party assignment agreement, under which we acquired intellectual property;

 

·

expenses relating to regulatory activities, including filing fees paid to regulatory agencies;

 

·

laboratory materials and supplies used to support our research activities; and

 

·

allocated expenses, utilities and other facility-related costs.

 

  

The successful development of our biosimilar product candidates is highly uncertain. At this time, we cannot reasonably estimate or know the nature, timing and costs of the efforts that will be necessary to complete the remainder of the development of, or when, if ever, material net cash inflows may commence from any of our other biosimilar product candidates. This uncertainty is due to the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the duration and cost of clinical trials, which vary significantly over the life of a project as a result of many factors, including:

 

·

the number of clinical sites included in the trials;

 

·

the length of time required to enroll suitable patients;

 

·

the number of patients that ultimately participate in the trials;

 

·

the number of doses patients receive;

 

·

the duration of patient follow-up;

 

·

the results of our clinical trials;

 

·

the establishment of commercial manufacturing capabilities;

 

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the receipt of marketing approvals; and

 

·

the commercialization of product candidates.

 

Our expenditures are subject to additional uncertainties, including the terms and timing of regulatory approvals. We may never succeed in achieving regulatory approval for any of our biosimilar product candidates. We may obtain unexpected results from our clinical trials. We may elect to discontinue, delay or modify clinical trials of some biosimilar product candidates or focus on others. A change in the outcome of any of these variables with respect to the development of a biosimilar product candidate could mean a significant change in the costs and timing associated with the development of that biosimilar product candidate. For example, if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, or other regulatory authorities were to require us to conduct clinical trials beyond those that we currently anticipate, or if we experience significant delays in enrollment in any of our clinical trials, we could be required to expend significant additional financial resources and time on the completion of clinical development. Biosimilar product commercialization will take several years and millions of dollars in development costs.

 

Research and development activities are central to our business model. Biosimilar product candidates in later stages of clinical development generally have higher development costs than those in earlier stages of clinical development, primarily due to the increased size and duration of later-stage clinical trials. We expect our research and development expenses to increase significantly over the next several years as we increase personnel costs, including stock-based compensation, conduct clinical trials and prepare regulatory filings for our biosimilar product candidates.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses consist principally of salaries and related costs for personnel in executive, administrative, finance and legal functions, including stock-based compensation, travel expenses and recruiting expenses. Other general and administrative expenses include facility related costs, patent filing and prosecution costs and professional fees for business development, legal, auditing and tax services and insurance costs.

 

We anticipate that our general and administrative expenses will increase as a result of increased payroll, expanded infrastructure and an increase in accounting, consulting, legal and tax-related services associated with maintaining compliance with stock exchange listing and SEC requirements, investor relations costs, and director and officer insurance premiums associated with being a public company. We also anticipate that our general and administrative expenses will increase in support of our clinical trials as we expand and progress our development programs. Additionally, if and when we believe a regulatory approval of a biosimilar product candidate appears likely, we anticipate an increase in payroll and expense as a result of our preparation for commercial operations, particularly as it relates to the sales and marketing of our biosimilar product.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense consists of cash paid and non-cash interest expense related to our senior secured notes, former bank loans, notes with current and former stockholders, equipment loans and capital lease obligations.

 

  

Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liability

 

Warrants to purchase our common stock that were issued in conjunction with the December 2016 issuance of our senior secured notes are classified as liabilities and recorded at fair value. The warrants are subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date and we recognize any change in fair value in our statements of operations as other (income) expense.

 

Income Taxes

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, we incurred $0.0 and $0.1 million, respectively, of foreign withholding taxes in connection with our collaboration and licensing agreements.

 

Since inception, we have not recorded any U.S. federal or state income tax benefits (excluding the sale of New Jersey state NOLs and research credits) for the net losses we have incurred in each year or on our earned research and development tax credits, due to our uncertainty of realizing a benefit from those items. As of September 30, 2016, we had federal and state NOL carryforwards of $99.8 million and $37.0 million, respectively, which will begin to expire in 2030 and 2036, respectively. As of September 30, 2016, we had federal foreign tax credit carryforwards of $2.3 million available to reduce future tax liabilities, which begin to expire starting in 2023. As of September 30, 2016, we also had federal research and development tax credit carryforwards of $0.8 million which begin to expire in 2032.

 

In general, under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, a corporation that undergoes an “ownership change” is subject to limitations on its ability to utilize its NOLs to offset future taxable income. We have not completed a study to assess whether an ownership change has occurred in the past. Our existing NOLs may be subject to limitations arising from previous ownership changes and our IPO, and our ability to utilize NOLs could be further limited by Section 382 of the Code. Future changes in our stock ownership, some of which are outside of our control, could result in an ownership change under Section 382 of the Code. Our NOLs are also subject to international regulations, which could restrict our ability to utilize our NOLs. Furthermore, our ability to utilize NOLs of companies that we may acquire in the future may be subject to limitations. There is also a risk that due to regulatory changes, such as suspensions on the use of NOLs, or other unforeseen reasons, our existing NOLs could expire or otherwise be unavailable to offset future income tax liabilities.

 

Results of Operations

 

Comparison of Three Months Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

		Three Months Ended December 31,
		2016				2015				Change
Collaboration revenues		$	303,140			$	994,894			$	(691,754	)
Operating expenses:
Research and development			13,312,306				12,733,976				578,330
General and administrative			4,888,860				4,674,155				214,705
			18,201,166				17,408,131				793,035
Loss from operations			(17,898,026	)			(16,413,237	)			(1,484,789	)
Interest expense			386,713				398,975				(12,262	)
Change in fair value of warrant liability			810,083				-				810,083
Loss before income taxes			(19,094,822	)			(16,812,212	)			(2,282,610	)
Income tax expense			4,000				52,000				(48,000	)
Net loss		$	(19,098,822	)		$	(16,864,212	)		$	(2,234,610	)

 

  

Collaboration Revenues

 

Collaboration revenues decreased $0.7 million, to $0.3 million, for the three months ended December 31, 2016, as compared to $1.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015. The change is due to a $0.5 million reduction in milestone payments and $0.2 million reduction in the amortization of deferred revenue as compared to the prior year period as a result of the increase in the expected performance period.

 

Research and Development Expenses

 

The following table summarizes our research and development expenses by functional area for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

		Three months ended December 31,
		2016				2015
Preclinical and clinical development		$	8,944,890			$	7,007,033
Compensation and related benefits			2,469,609				2,054,773
Stock-based compensation			386,109				1,356,408
Other research and development			1,511,698				2,315,762
Total research and development expenses		$	13,312,306			$	12,733,976

 

The following table summarizes our research and development expenses by compound for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

		Three months ended December 31,
		2016				2015
ONS-3010		$	5,590,557			$	4,379,396
ONS-1045			2,755,025				2,158,166
Early-stage compounds			599,308				469,471
Personnel related and stock-based compensation			2,855,718				3,411,181
Other research and development			1,511,698				2,315,762
Total research and development expenses		$	13,312,306			$	12,733,976

 

Research and development expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2016 increased by $0.6 million compared to the three months ended December 31, 2015 due to an increase in preclinical and clinical development expenses of $1.9 million, primarily related to preparing ONS-3010 for Phase 3 clinical trials and an increase in compensation and related benefits attributable to increased headcount period over period. This increase was partially offset by decreases of $1.0 million in stock-based compensation and of $0.8 million for other research and development expenses period over period.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

The following table summarizes our general and administrative expenses by type for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

		Three months ended December 31,
		2016				2015
Professional fees		$	1,177,179			$	2,288,093
Compensation and related benefits			722,134				692,689
Stock-based compensation			2,077,943				1,133,626
Facilities, fees and other related costs			911,604				559,747
Total general and administration expenses		$	4,888,860			$	4,674,155

 

General and administrative expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2016 increased by $0.2 million compared to the three months ended December 31, 2015, primarily due to an increase in stock-based compensation of $0.9 million and an increase

 

  

in facilities, fees and other related costs of $0.4 million. This increase was offset by lower professional fees of $1.1 million as we made preparations to become a publicly traded company during the three months ended December 31, 2015.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense remained relatively flat for the three months ended December 31, 2016 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2015 as we closed on our $10.0 million senior secured note and warrant offering and repaid $2.4 million of senior bank loans in late December 2016.

 

Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liability

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2016, we recorded an expense of $0.8 million related to the increase in the fair value of our common stock warrant liability as a result of an increase in the fair value of our common stock. There was no warrant liability or related charges during the three months ended December 31, 2015.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We have not generated any revenue from biosimilar product sales. Since inception, we have incurred net losses and negative cash flows from our operations. Through December 31, 2016, we have funded substantially all of our operations through the sale and issuance of equity and debt securities and borrowings under debt facilities, raising aggregate net proceeds of $147.9 million. We have also received an aggregate of $24.0 million pursuant to our collaboration and licensing agreements. In addition, in January 2017 we issued $1.65 million of senior secured promissory notes and warrants to acquire 379,500 shares of our common stock. We will require additional capital to fund our operations past February 2017. Alternatively, we will be required to scale back our plans and place certain activities on hold.

 

As of December 31, 2016, we had an accumulated deficit of $166.5 million and a cash balance of $2.1 million. In addition, we had $8.35 million of senior secured notes due in December 2017 and $4.6 million of indebtedness that is due on demand. These matters raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. We anticipate incurring additional losses until such time, if ever, that we can generate significant sales of our product candidates currently in development. We will need substantial additional financing to fund our operations and to commercially develop our product candidates. Management is currently evaluating various strategic opportunities to obtain the required funding for future operations. These strategies may include, but are not limited to: private placements of equity and/or debt, payments from potential strategic research and development, licensing and/or marketing arrangements with pharmaceutical companies, and public offerings of equity and/or debt securities. Additionally, we continue to engage in active discussions with global and regional pharmaceutical companies for licensing and/or co-development rights to our late- and early-stage pipeline candidates. While we expect to finalize one or more of these transactions in early 2017, there can be no assurance that these future funding efforts will be successful.

 

Our future operations are highly dependent on a combination of factors, including (i) the timely and successful completion of additional financing discussed above, (ii) our ability to complete revenue-generating partnerships with pharmaceutical companies, (iii) the success of our research and development, (iv) the development of competitive therapies by other biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, and, ultimately, (v) regulatory approval and market acceptance of our proposed future products.

 

 

Cash Flows

 

The following table summarizes our cash flows for each of the periods presented:

 

		Three months ended December 31,
		2016				2015
Net cash used in operating activities		$	(5,841,668	)		$	(12,012,281	)
Net cash used in investing activities			(148,362	)			(364,242	)
Net cash provided by financing activities			5,716,678				8,887,803
Net decrease in cash		$	(273,352	)		$	(3,488,720	)

 

Operating Activities.

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2016, we used $5.8 million of cash in operating activities, primarily resulting from our net loss of $19.1 million, partially offset by the net cash provided from changes in our operating assets and liabilities of $9.2 million and $4.1 million of noncash items such as non-cash interest expense, stock-based compensation, change in fair value of warrant liability and depreciation and amortization expense. The change in our operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to increases in accounts payable related to the timing of vendor payments for research and development and in deferred revenues due to ratable recognition of upfront payments received under our collaboration arrangements. These outflows were offset by decreases in our prepaid expenses and other current assets, and increases in accrued expenses, and other liabilities that relate to the timing of vendor payments and the recognition of research and development expenses.

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2015, we used $12.0 million in operating activities, primarily resulting from our net loss of $16.9 million that was offset by $3.1 million of noncash items. The change in our operating assets and liabilities were primarily due to increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses related to our Phase 3 clinical trials and the timing of our vendor payments. These inflows were offset by increases in prepaid expenses related to the timing in which we recognize research and development expenses, and the amortization of deferred revenues.

 

Investing Activities.

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, we used cash of $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, in investing activities for the purchase of property and equipment.

 

Financing Activities.

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2016, net cash provided by financing activities was $5.7 million, primarily attributable to $8.35 million in aggregate proceeds from our senior secured notes and warrants in December 2016, these inflows were offset by $2.8 million in debt payments, primarily $2.4 million to repay senior bank loans.

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2015, net cash provided by financing activities was $8.9 million, primarily attributable to $11.3 million in net proceeds from the sale of our common stock and $4.3 million in proceeds from the collection of subscriptions receivable. We also received $0.2 million from our former subsidiary, Sonnet Biotherapeutics, Inc., or Sonnet, in connection with its note receivable. These inflows were offset by $6.5 million in debt payments and $0.4 million upon the deconsolidation of Sonnet in April 2015.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2016.

 

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

 

Not applicable.

 

  

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

 

The Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates included in our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2016, filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Securities Act on December 29, 2016, as amended to date, have not materially changed.

 

JOBS Act Accounting Election

 

The JOBS Act, permits an “emerging growth company” such as us to take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected to “opt out” of this provision and, as a result, we will comply with new or revised accounting standards when they are required to be adopted by public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

 

Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act refers to controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective, at the reasonable assurance level, as of the end of the period covered by this report.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting during our first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2016.

 

  

Part II. Other Information

 

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, we may become involved in litigation relating to claims arising from the ordinary course of business. Our management believes that there are currently no claims or actions pending against us, the ultimate disposition of which would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

 

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

Use of Proceeds

 

On May 12, 2016, the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-204091) for our initial public offering of units was declared effective by the SEC, pursuant to which we sold an aggregate 5.8 million units at a public offering price of $6.00 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $35.0 million. Jefferies LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. acted as joint book-running managers for the offering, and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. acted as the lead manager. We received net proceeds from the IPO of approximately $29.2 million, after deducting approximately $5.8 million of underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses paid by us. None of these expenses consisted of payments made by us to directors, officers or persons owning 10% or more of our common stock or to their associates, or to our affiliates. There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our initial public offering as described in our prospectus dated May 12, 2016 filed with the SEC on May 13, 2016 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4).

 

Item 3.  Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.  Other Information

 

None.

 

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit Number			Description
3.1			Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Oncobiologics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 29, 2016).
10.1			Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement by and between Oncobiologics, Inc. and the Purchasers named therein dated December 22, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 23, 2016).
10.2			Form of Senior Secured Promissory Note (included as Exhibit A to the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1).
10.3			Form of Warrant (included as Exhibit B to the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1).
10.4			Security Agreement by and between Oncobiologics, Inc. and the Secured Parties named therein dated December 22, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 23, 2016).
10.5			Intellectual Property Security Agreement by and between Oncobiologics, Inc. and the Secured Parties named therein dated December 22, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 23, 2016).
10.6			Registration Rights Agreement by and between Oncobiologics, Inc. and the Investors named therein dated February 3, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 3, 2017).
10.7			Amendment to the Warrant Agreement dated May 18, 2016 by and between Oncobiologics, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company LLC, as Warrant Agent, dated February 6, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 6, 2017).
31.1			Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2			Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*			Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS			XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH			XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL			XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF			XBRL Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB			XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101.PRE			XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

* These certifications are being furnished solely to accompany this Quarterly Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and are not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the registrant, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

  

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

			ONCOBIOLOGICS, INC.
Date:	February 14, 2017		By: /s/ Lawrence A. Kenyon
			Lawrence A. Kenyon
			Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)