CNSP 10-Q
CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CNSP)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
| ITEM 1. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
| June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current Assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||
| Deferred offering costs | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Noncurrent Assets: | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses, net of current portion | ||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | ||||||||
| Total noncurrent assets | ||||||||
| Total Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||
| Current Liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Notes payable | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Total Liabilities | ||||||||
| Stockholders' Equity: | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, $ par value, shares authorized and shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 | ||||||||
| Common stock, $ par value, shares authorized at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 and and shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||
| Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | $ | $ | ||||||
See accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements.
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CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative | ||||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Total other income (expense) | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Loss per share - basic | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Loss per share - diluted | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - basic | ||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted | ||||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements.
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CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Statements of Stockholders' Equity
(in thousands, except share amounts)
(Unaudited)
| Additional | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Paid-in | Accumulated | Stockholders' | |||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Equity | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Common stock issued for cash, net | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock repurchase during stock split rounding | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | – | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2025 | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common stock issued for cash, net | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock issued for warrants exercised | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | – | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, June 30, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Common stock issued for cash, net | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | – | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2026 | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock and pre-funded warrants, net of offering costs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | – | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, June 30, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements.
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CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)
| Six Months Ended | ||||||||
| June 30, 2026 | June 30, 2025 | |||||||
| Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | ||||||||
| Depreciation | ||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash Flows from Investing Activities: | ||||||||
| Purchase of property and equipment | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash Flows from Financing Activities: | ||||||||
| Payments of deferred offering costs | ( | ) | ||||||
| Payments on notes payable | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from exercises, including future exercises, of warrants | ||||||||
| Payments to stockholders for stock split rounding | ( | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from subscription receivable | ||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of common stock and pre-funded warrants, net | ||||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | ||||||||
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, at beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, at end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cash paid for income taxes | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||
| Prepaid insurance financed with note payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Amortization of deferred offering costs to equity | $ | $ | ||||||
See accompanying notes to the unaudited financial statements.
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CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Note 1 – Nature of Business
CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“we”, “our”, the “Company”) is a biotechnology company organized as a Nevada corporation in July 2017. In March 2026, the Company announced a new corporate strategy focused on developing innovative therapies for serious diseases. The Company is leveraging its executive team’s multi-functional experiences across high-value therapeutic areas to execute its new corporate strategy, which also includes pivoting from a singular focus on glioblastoma multiforme and exploring out-licensing opportunities for its legacy assets TPI 287 and Berubicin for which the Company has intellectual property rights under license agreement with Cortice and owns pursuant to a collaboration and asset purchase agreement with Reata.
Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation - The accompanying unaudited financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim unaudited financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. The unaudited financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of the Company, necessary in order to make the condensed financial statements not misleading. Operating results for the six months ended June 30, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the final results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2026. For more complete financial information, these unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2025 included in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2026 (“Form 10-K”). Notes to the financial statements which would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal period, as reported in the Form 10-K, have been omitted.
Liquidity and Going Concern - Since inception, the Company
has a history of net losses and negative cash flows from operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recorded a net
loss of approximately $ million and used cash in operations of approximately $ million. As of June 30, 2026, the Company had an
accumulated deficit of approximately $
Cash and Cash Equivalents - The Company considers all highly liquid accounts with original maturities of three months or less at the date of acquisition to be cash equivalents. Periodically, the Company may carry cash balances at financial institutions in excess of the federally insured limit of $250,000. The Company did not carry any cash balances in excess of the FDIC limit as of June 30, 2026. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and it believes, based upon the quality of the financial institutions, that the credit risk with regard to these deposits is not significant.
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Property and Equipment - Property and equipment is recorded at cost and depreciated over their estimated useful lives using the straight-line depreciation method as follows:
| Leasehold improvement | Shorter of estimated useful lives or the term of the lease |
| Computer equipment | |
| Machinery and equipment | |
| Furniture and office equipment |
Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.
Related Parties - The Company follows Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 850, Related Party Disclosures, for the identification of related parties and disclosure of related party transactions.
Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) - Our RSUs vest over two to four years from the date of grant. The fair value of RSUs is the market price of our common stock at the date of grant. The Company reverses any previously recognized compensation cost associated with forfeited RSUs in the period which the forfeiture occurs.
Performance Units (“PUs”) - The PUs vest based on our performance against predefined share price targets and the achievement of Positive Interim Clinical Data as defined by the Board.
Warrants - The Company evaluates all freestanding and embedded warrants to determine whether they meet the criteria for equity classification under ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity, or if they must be classified as liabilities under ASC 480 or ASC 815-10. The Company evaluated the warrants and concluded they are indexed to the Company's common stock and meet the equity classification criteria under ASC 815-40, as they are settleable in shares and the Company has sufficient shares authorized. The warrants were recorded at fair value upon issuance within stockholders' equity.
Segment Reporting
The Company manages its operations as a single segment for the purpose of assessing performance and making operating decisions. The Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) is its Chief Executive Officer. The CODM allocates resources and evaluates the performance of the Company using information about combined net loss from operations. All significant operating decisions are based upon an analysis of the Company as operating segment, which is the same as its reporting segment. See statement of operations for information about combined net loss from operations.
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Note 3 – Note Payable
On November 8, 2025, the Company entered into a short-term note payable
for an aggregate of $
Note 4 – Equity
The Company has authorized shares of common stock having a par value of $ per share. In addition, the Company authorized shares of preferred stock to be issued having a par value of $. The specific rights of the preferred stock shall be determined by the board of directors.
On July 22, 2025, the Company effected a reverse stock split on a
On November 20, 2025, following approval by shareholders, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to increase the number of the Company’s authorized shares of common stock from shares to shares and to increase the total number of authorized shares of preferred stock from shares to shares.
Common Stock and Pre-Funded Warrants
On May 4, 2026, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement
(the “Purchase Agreement”) with institutional investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Investors purchased
in a private placement: (i) shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $2.30 per share; and (ii) pre-funded
warrants to purchase
Subject to certain ownership limitations, the Pre-Funded Warrants are
exercisable immediately upon issuance into one share of common stock at an exercise price per share of $0.001 (as adjusted from time to
time in accordance with the terms thereof) and expire once such Pre-Funded Warrant is fully exercised. The holder of a Pre-Funded Warrant
is prohibited from exercising any Pre-Funded Warrants to the extent that such exercise would result in the number of shares of common
stock beneficially owned by such holder and its affiliates exceeding 4.99% (or 9.99% as applicable) of the total number of shares of common
stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, which percentage may be increased or decreased at the holder’s
election not to exceed 9.99%. The gross proceeds to the Company from the Offering were approximately $
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On July 26, 2024, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (the “AGP ATM Sales Agreement”) with A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners (“AGP”). Pursuant to the terms of the AGP ATM Sales Agreement, the Company originally was permitted to sell from time to time through AGP, as sales agent or principal, shares of the Company’s common stock with initial aggregate sales price of up to $5.2 million. On July 30, 2024, the Company increased the aggregate sales price of common stock that may be sold under the AGP ATM Sales Agreement to $25.0 million (not including the original $5.2 million). On March 20, 2025, the Company increased the aggregate sales price of common stock that may be sold under the AGP ATM Sales Agreement to $43.5 million (which amount includes $6.4 million remaining from the $30.2 million set forth above). On September 19, 2025, the Company decreased the sales price of common shares that may be sold under the AGP ATM Sales Agreement to $1.8 million, which amount does not include any shares of common stock sold prior to such date.
On May 13, 2025, the Company entered into a placement agency agreement (the “Placement Agency Agreement”) with A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners (the “Placement Agent”) for the public offering by the Company of (i) shares of the Company’s common stock, (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock (the “Pre-Funded A.G.P. Warrants”); and (iii) Series F Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of shares of common stock (the “Common Warrants”). The Common Warrants and Pre-Funded A.G.P. Warrants are collectively referred to herein as the (“Warrants”). The combined purchase price of one share of common stock and one accompanying Common Warrant was $15.18 and the combined purchase price of one Pre-Funded A.G.P. Warrant and one accompanying Common Warrant was $15.17.
Subject to certain ownership limitations, the Warrants are exercisable immediately upon issuance. Each Pre-Funded A.G.P. Warrant is exercisable into one share of common stock at a price per share of $0.001 and expire once such Pre-Funded A.G.P. Warrants are fully exercised. The Common Warrants are exercisable into one share of Common Stock at a price per share of $13.68 and expire five years from Initial Exercise Date. The closing of this offering occurred on May 14, 2025.
The following table summarizes the common stock and pre-funded warrant activity for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 (in thousands, except share amounts):
| Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 | Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Shares | $ | Shares | $ | |||||||||||||
| Purchase Agreement | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Pre-Funded Warrants | ||||||||||||||||
| AGP ATM Sales Agreement | ||||||||||||||||
| Common stock and Common Warrant | ||||||||||||||||
| Common stock and Pre-Funded A.G.P. Warrants | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
Stock Options
In 2020, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2020 Stock Plan (the “2020 Plan”). The 2020 Plan allows for the Board of Directors to grant various forms of incentive awards for up to four shares of common stock. The 2020 Plan was amended effective as of August 9, 2023, which was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s annual meeting on September 14, 2023. The amendment increased the 2020 Plan by shares of common stock.
On November 17, 2025, the Company held its scheduled 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at which the Company’s stockholders approved amendments to the Company's 2020 Equity Plan including an increase in the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2020 Plan by shares. As amended, the number of shares of the common stock that may be issued under the 2020 Plan is shares (this includes the 114,916 share increase). As of June 30, 2026, there were shares of common stock remaining to be issued under the 2020 Plan.
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The following table summarizes the stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2026:
| Options | Weighted-Average Exercise Price Per Share | |||||||
| Outstanding, December 31, 2025 | $ | |||||||
| Granted | $ | |||||||
| Exercised | $ | |||||||
| Forfeited | ( |
) | $ | |||||
| Expired | ( |
) | $ | |||||
| Outstanding, June 30, 2026 | $ | |||||||
| Exercisable, June 30, 2026 | $ | |||||||
As of June 30, 2026, the outstanding stock options have a weighted average remaining term of years and aggregate intrinsic value.
Stock Warrants
The following table summarizes the stock warrant activity for the six months ended June 30, 2026:
| Warrants | Weighted-Average Exercise Price Per Share | |||||||
| Outstanding, December 31, 2025 | $ | |||||||
| Granted | $ | |||||||
| Exercised | $ | |||||||
| Forfeited | $ | |||||||
| Expired | $ | |||||||
| Outstanding, June 30, 2026 | $ | |||||||
| Exercisable, June 30, 2026 | $ | |||||||
As of June 30, 2026, the outstanding and exercisable warrants have a weighted average remaining term of years and had aggregate intrinsic value.
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Restricted Stock Units
The following table summarizes the RSUs activity for the six months ended June 30, 2026:
| RSUs | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value | |||||||
| Non-vested, December 31, 2025 | $ | |||||||
| Granted | $ | |||||||
| Vested | ( |
) | $ | |||||
| Forfeited | ( |
) | $ | |||||
| Non-vested, June 30, 2026 | $ | |||||||
Performance Units
The following table summarizes the PUs activity for the six months ended June 30, 2026:
| PUs | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value | |||||||
| Non-vested – December 31, 2025 | $ | |||||||
| Granted | $ | |||||||
| Vested | $ | |||||||
| Forfeited/Cancelled | ( |
) | $ | |||||
| Non-vested, June 30, 2026 | $ | |||||||
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2026 (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Stock options | $ | ) | $ | $ | ) | $ | ||||||||||
| RSUs | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
At June 30, 2026, the Company had $ million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related primarily to outstanding RSUs. The Company did t have any unrecognized expense related to PUs.
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Note 5 – Commitments and Contingencies
Executive Employment Agreements
On December 16, 2025, John Climaco resigned from his positions as chief
executive officer of the Company and as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company and Mr. Climaco entered into a
Separation and Severance Agreement dated as of December 16, 2025 (the “Separation Agreement”), which memorializes the terms
of his resignation and separation from service with the Company. Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, subject to Mr. Climaco’s
timely execution, non-revocation, and compliance with the agreement’s terms, the Company is providing severance benefits, including
(i) severance equal to twelve months of Mr. Climaco’s current annualized base salary, paid in twelve equal monthly installments,
and payment of his base salary through December 31, 2025; (ii) payment of Mr. Climaco’s 2025 cash bonus in the total amount of $
Reata Agreement
On November 21, 2017, the Company entered into a Collaboration and
Asset Purchase Agreement with Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Reata”). Through this agreement, the Company purchased all of
Reata’s rights, title, interest and previously conducted research and development results in the chemical compound commonly known
as Berubicin. In exchange for these rights, the Company agreed to pay Reata an amount equal to 2.25% of the net sales of Berubicin for
a period of 10 years from the Company’s first commercial sale of Berubicin plus $
Cortice Biosciences, Inc. Exclusive License Agreement
On July 29, 2024, the Company entered into an Exclusive License Agreement (the “Cortice Agreements”) with Cortice Biosciences, Inc. (“Cortice”) pursuant to which Cortice granted the Company an exclusive license to the intellectual property rights related to certain patents around the compound TPI 287 in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Japan. The term of the license will expire, other than due to a breach of the Cortice Agreements, at the end of the royalty term with respect to any licensed product in any of the included territories, which begins upon the first commercial sale in such territory and ends on the latest of (i) ten years after such sale, (ii) the expiration of regulatory or marketing exclusivity for such licensed product in such country, or (iii) the expiration of the last to expire valid patent claim in such country covering such licensed product. Pursuant to the Cortice Agreements, the Company agreed to issue Cortice shares of the Company’s common stock upon the closing of the transaction, which occurred on July 29, 2024, and shares of Company common stock upon the receipt of shareholder approval of such issuance as required by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Company also agreed to make milestone payments to Cortice in either cash or shares of Company common stock (at Cortice’s option) upon: (i) meeting the primary endpoint of a pivotal trial for a licensed product – either $15.0 million or 686 shares of Company common stock; (ii) FDA acceptance of a New Drug Application for a licensed product – either $30.0 million or 1,371 shares of Company common stock; (iii) the first commercial sale in the United States of a licensed product – either $45.0 million or 2,056 shares of Company common stock; and (iv) the first commercial sale in Japan of a licensed product – either $10.0 million or 343 shares of Company common stock. The Company’s obligation to pay the above milestones in Company common stock is subject to the receipt of shareholder approval as required by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Company also agreed to pay Cortice royalties on sales of licensed products of between 3.0%-7.5%. Finally, to the extent Cortice is required to pay any milestone payments to the original holder of the intellectual property rights licensed, the Company has agreed to make such payments to Cortice. As of June 30, 2026, there were no accruals related to the milestone payments.
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The following potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the diluted per share calculations as they would be anti-dilutive:
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Warrants | ||||||||||||||||
| RSUs | ||||||||||||||||
| Stock options | ||||||||||||||||
| PUs | ||||||||||||||||
Outstanding pre-funded warrants as of June 30, 2026 are
Note 7 – Fair Value Measurements
The following table presents information about our financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicate the level of the fair value hierarchy utilized to determine such fair values (in thousands):
| June 30, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Bank deposit account | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Bank deposit account | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Bank deposit accounts are included within cash and cash equivalents in the accompanying balance sheets and are recognized at fair value.
As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company only held Level 1 financial instruments and there were
Note 8 – Subsequent Events
On August 11, 2026, Michal Fisher was nominated and appointed to serve as a member of our Compensation Committee. Ms. Fisher was appointed to our Board of Directors on May 4, 2026.
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| ITEM 2. | MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. This discussion contains forward-looking statements reflecting our current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. See Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, available on the Securities and Exchange Commission's (“SEC”) EDGAR website at www.sec.gov, for a discussion of the uncertainties, risks and assumptions associated with these statements. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those discussed in our forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
We make forward-looking statements under the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and in other sections of this Form 10-Q. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may,” “might,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue,” and the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements, which are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us, may include projections of our future financial performance based on our growth strategies and anticipated trends in our business. These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In particular, you should consider the numerous risks and uncertainties described under Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and in other filings made by us from time to time with the SEC.
While we believe we have identified material risks, these risks and uncertainties are not exhaustive. Other sections of this Form 10-Q may describe additional factors that could adversely impact our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all risks and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.
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Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance or achievements. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We are under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this Form 10-Q to conform our prior statements to actual results or revised expectations, and we do not intend to do so. In addition, with respect to all of our forward-looking statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:
| · | our ability to secure rights to new pipeline assets; | |
| · | our ability to obtain additional funding to develop pipeline assets; | |
| · | our ability to maintain compliance with the NASDAQ Capital Market’s continued listing requirements, including any new continued listing requirements that are approved in the future; | |
| · | the success of our research and development efforts and clinical trials through all phases of clinical development; | |
| · | the need to obtain regulatory approval of our product candidates; | |
| · | compliance with obligations under intellectual property licenses with third parties; | |
| · | any delays in regulatory review and approval of product candidates in clinical development; | |
| · | our ability to commercialize our product candidates; | |
| · | market acceptance of our product candidates; | |
| · | competition from existing products or new products that may emerge; | |
| · | potential product liability claims; | |
| · | our dependency on third-party manufacturers to supply or manufacture our products; | |
| · | our ability to establish or maintain collaborations, licensing or other arrangements; | |
| · | our ability and third parties’ abilities to protect intellectual property rights; |
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| · | our ability to adequately support future growth; and | |
| · | our ability to attract and retain key personnel to manage our business effectively. |
We caution you not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Form 10-Q in the case of forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q.
Overview
We are a biotechnology company organized as a Nevada corporation in July 2017. In March 2026, we announced a new corporate strategy focused on developing innovative therapies for serious diseases. We are leveraging our executive team’s multi-functional experiences across high-value therapeutic areas to execute our new corporate strategy, which also includes pivoting from a singular focus on glioblastoma multiforme and exploring out-licensing opportunities for our legacy assets TPI 287 and Berubicin for which we have intellectual property rights under license agreement with Cortice and own pursuant to a collaboration and asset purchase agreement with Reata.
Results of Operations
Comparison of the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025
The following sets forth our results of operations (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Change | |||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 1,201 | $ | 1,167 | $ | 34 | 2.9% | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 1,499 | 1,242 | 257 | 20.7% | ||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 2,700 | 2,409 | 291 | 12.1% | ||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (2,700 | ) | (2,409 | ) | (291 | ) | 12.1% | |||||||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | 116 | 38 | 78 | 205.3% | ||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (4 | ) | (4 | ) | – | –% | ||||||||||
| Total other income (expense) | 112 | 34 | 78 | 229.4% | ||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (2,588 | ) | $ | (2,375 | ) | $ | (213 | ) | 9.0% | ||||||
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Research and Development Expense
Research and development expenses was approximately $1.2 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease of $0.6 million in clinical costs related to Berubicin is offset by an increase in headcount and related expenses of $0.6 million. R&D expense includes activity related to completing and closing out the clinical trial for Berubicin as enrollment and patient treatment is complete. Our future research and development expense will be dependent on the timing and nature of any new asset we in-license or acquire and the development expenses related to such asset.
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expense was approximately $1.5 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The increase of $0.3 million in general and administrative expense was attributable to increases in headcount related expenses of $0.6 million, which is partially offset by a decrease in professional services, including accounting consulting and investor relations fees of $0.3 million.
Other Income (Expense)
Other income (expense) was approximately $0.1 million and $0.03 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The increase in other income was mainly due to an increase in interest income due to higher cash balances in our money market accounts.
Comparison of the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025
The following sets forth our results of operations (in thousands):
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Change | |||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 4,745 | $ | 4,410 | $ | 335 | 7.6% | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 2,930 | 2,337 | 593 | 25.4% | ||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 7,675 | 6,747 | 928 | 13.8% | ||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (7,675 | ) | (6,747 | ) | (928 | ) | 13.8% | |||||||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | 160 | 81 | 79 | 97.5% | ||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (10 | ) | (10 | ) | – | –% | ||||||||||
| Total other income (expense) | 150 | 71 | 79 | 111.3% | ||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (7,525 | ) | $ | (6,676 | ) | $ | (849 | ) | 12.7% | ||||||
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Research and Development Expense
Research and development expense was approximately $4.7 million and $4.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The increase in research and development expense of $0.3 million is primarily attributable to an increase in personnel related expense, including severance, of $1.1 million and an increase in TPI-287 manufacturing and research costs of $0.5 million. These increases are partially offset by decreases in clinical costs related to Berubicin of $1.3 million. R&D expense includes activity related to completing and closing out the clinical trial for Berubicin as enrollment and patient treatment is complete. Our future research and development expense will be dependent on the timing and nature of any new asset we in-license or acquire and the development expenses related to such asset.
General and Administrative Expense
General and administrative expense was approximately $2.9 million and $2.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The increase in general and administrative expense of $0.6 million was attributable to increases of approximately $0.2 million in consulting costs, mainly attributable to business development, $0.3 million in recruiting costs and $0.1 million in severance costs.
Other Income (Expense)
Other income (expense) was approximately $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The increase in other income was mainly due to an increase in interest income due to higher cash balances in our money market accounts.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On June 30, 2026, we had cash of approximately $20.0 million and we had a working capital surplus of approximately $18.2 million. We have historically funded our operations from proceeds from debt and equity sales.
On July 26, 2024, we entered into a Sales Agreement (the “AGP ATM Sales Agreement”) with A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners (“AGP”). Pursuant to the terms of the AGP ATM Sales Agreement, we are permitted to sell from time to time through AGP, as sales agent or principal, shares of our common stock. During the period ended June 30, 2026, the Company sold 178,933 shares of common stock pursuant to the AGP ATM Sales Agreement for net proceeds of approximately $0.5 million. As of June 30, 2026, the Company sold 447,102 shares of common stock pursuant to the AGP ATM Sales Agreement for net proceeds of approximately $23.7 million since entering into the Sales Agreement in July 2024.
On May 4, 2026, we entered into a Purchase Agreement for a private placement financing that resulted in gross proceeds of approximately $22.5 million. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, we sold an aggregate of (i) 650,000 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $2.30 per share and (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase 9,143,479 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $2.299 per pre-funded warrant. The pre-funded warrants have an exercise price of $0.001 per share. The private placement closed on May 5, 2026.
We believe that the net proceeds from this financing, combined with our existing cash resources, are sufficient to fund planned operations beyond twelve months from the date these financial statements are issued. Our strategy is focused on identifying and securing the rights to development stage assets and advancing any assets we obtain the rights to. The timing, cost and ultimate success of which are all difficult to predict and as such the foregoing estimate may prove to be inaccurate. The cost of advancing any drug candidate will require significant additional capital. We have no commitments for such additional needed financing and will likely be required to raise additional capital through the sale of additional equity or debt securities.
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We will need to raise significant additional capital in the future in order to meet our future obligations and execute our business plan. If we are unable to execute our business plan, we will be required to develop and implement an alternative plan to further extend payables, reduce overhead or scale back our business plan until sufficient additional capital is raised to support further operations and the execution of our business plan. There can be no assurance that such a plan will be successful and if it is not successful we may need to cease operations entirely.
Summary of Cash Flows
Cash used in operating activities
Net cash used in operating activities was approximately $8.2 million and $8.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and mainly included payments made for clinical trial costs, officer compensation, insurance, consulting fees, attorneys and accountants.
Cash used in investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities was de minimis for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Cash provided by financing activities
Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $21.0 million and $14.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2026 included proceeds from the Offering, partially offset by the repayments on the notes payable. Net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2025 related to the sale of common stock and proceeds from our subscription receivable related to the AGP ATM Sales Agreement, which were partially offset by the repayments of notes payable.
Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
As of June 30, 2026, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.
Purchase Commitments
We do not have any material commitments for capital expenditures, although we are required to pay certain milestones fees to Reata and Cortice as described in Note 5 - Commitments and Contingencies to the financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements, including the notes thereto. As a result, management is required to routinely make judgments and estimates about the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different conditions or assumptions. Management determined there were no critical accounting estimates.
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| Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information required under this item.
| Item 4. | Controls and Procedures |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures and Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We maintain a set of disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that material information required to be disclosed in our filings under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that material information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer, who serves as our principal executive officer, and our chief financial officer, who serves as our principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
Under the supervision, and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness, as of June 30, 2026, of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Based upon such evaluation, our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer have concluded that, as of June 30, 2026, our disclosure controls and procedures were, and continue to be, ineffective because of the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting due to lack of segregation of duties (resulting from the limited number of personnel available), limited access to timely and complete information regarding the status of costs incurred in the activation of investigational sites and costs from treating patients in our study, which is a result of the use of a third-party Contract Research Organization (“CRO”) to manage the study, and the lack of formal documentation of our control environment. Management is commencing actions to address the lack of formal documentation of our control environment, although this will not address the lack of segregation of duties. Management is also working with the CRO to improve the timeliness and completeness of the data reported to the Company to address this material weakness, as well as conducting increased analysis of such data to be performed by the Company.
A material weakness is a control deficiency (within the meaning of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) Auditing Standard 1305) or combination of control deficiencies that result in a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.
It should be noted that any system of controls, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable and not absolute assurance that the objectives of the system are met. In addition, the design of any control system is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of certain events. Because of these and other inherent limitations of control systems, there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.
In light of the material weakness described above, we performed additional analysis and other post-closing procedures to ensure our financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, we believe that the financial statements included in this report fairly present, in all material respects, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.
Other than as described above, there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
| Item 1. | Legal Proceedings |
From time to time in the ordinary course of our business, we may be involved in legal proceedings, the outcomes of which may not be determinable. The results of litigation are inherently unpredictable. Any claims against us, whether meritorious or not, could be time consuming, result in costly litigation, require significant amounts of management time and result in diversion of significant resources. We are not able to estimate an aggregate amount or range of reasonably possible losses for those legal matters for which losses are not probable and estimable. We have insurance policies covering potential losses where such coverage is cost effective.
We are not at this time involved in any legal proceedings.
| Item 1A. | Risk Factors |
In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC, which are incorporated herein by reference. The risks described in such reports are not the only risks facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.
| Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
Except as previously disclosed on Form 8-K, we have not issued any unregistered securities during the quarter ended June 30, 2026.
| Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities |
None.
| Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures |
Not applicable.
| Item 5. | Other Information |
During the period covered by this Quarterly Report,
none of the Company’s directors or executive officers has
On August 11, 2026, Michal Fisher was nominated and appointed to serve as a member of our Compensation Committee. Ms. Fisher was appointed to our Board of Directors on May 4, 2026.
On August 12, 2026, the Company entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers.
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| Item 6. | Exhibits |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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| * | Filed herewith. |
| (1) | The certifications on Exhibit 32 hereto are deemed not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section. Such certifications will not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. |
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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.
CNS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
| SIGNATURE | TITLE | DATE | ||
| /s/ Rami Levin | Chief Executive Officer, President | August 12, 2026 | ||
| Rami Levin | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
| /s/ Steve O’Loughlin | Chief Financial Officer | August 12, 2026 | ||
| Steve O’Loughlin | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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