CYCN 10-Q
Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc. (CYCN)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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CYCLERION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED March 31, 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements in this report, other than statements of historical facts, including statements about future events, financing plans, financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs, plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties. Use of the words “may,” “might,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “potential,” “expects,” “plans,” “seeks,” “intends,” “aimed,” “evaluates,” “pursues,” “anticipates,” “continues,” “designs,” “impacts,” “affects,” “forecasts,” “target,” “outlook,” “initiative,” “objective,” “designed,” “priorities,” “goal” or the negative of those words or other similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements that represent our current judgment about possible future events, but the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking.
Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions regarding our business, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, by their nature, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. As a result, our actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include regional, national, or global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory conditions and the following:
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See the “Risk Factors” section in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2025 for a further description of these and other factors. We caution you that the risks, uncertainties, and other factors referenced above may not contain all of the risks, uncertainties and other factors that are important to you. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will realize the results, benefits, or developments that we expect or anticipate or, even if substantially realized, that they will result in the consequences or affect us or our business in the way expected. There can be no assurance that (i) we have correctly measured or identified all of the factors affecting our business or the extent of these factors’ likely impact, (ii) the available information with respect to these factors on which such analysis is based is complete or accurate, (iii) such analysis is correct or (iv) our strategy, which is based in part on this analysis, will be successful. All forward-looking statements in this report apply only as of the date of this report or as of the date they were made and, except as required by applicable law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc.
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Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
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Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
1. Nature of Business
Nature of Operations
Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc. (“Cyclerion”, the “Company” or “we”) became an independent public company on April 1, 2019 after Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. completed a tax-free spin-off of their sGC business. Cyclerion is focused on building a new pipeline with therapeutics to treat certain neuropsychiatric diseases. Cyclerion has prioritized an individualized therapy for treatment resistant depression (“TRD”) as its foundational product candidate and has entered into a non-binding option to license agreement for the intellectual property associated with this product. With the large unmet medical need in TRD, the clinical development stage of this asset, and the strong commercial opportunity, the Company believes that this product is well suited to be its foundation moving forward for Cyclerion. The Company is currently developing an integrated development and commercial strategy in TRD. Cyclerion has one employee as of March 31, 2025.
At inception, Cyclerion was a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases with novel soluble guanylate cyclase (“sGC”) stimulators in both the central nervous system (“CNS”) and the periphery. The Company’s strategy changed and Cyclerion's sGC assets have either been sold, out-licensed or has plans to be out-licensed to a third party. The Company’s prior strategy to conduct research and development on sGC stimulators has been discontinued and Cyclerion does not intend to internally pursue research and development or commercialization with any sGC asset. The Company is leveraging its legacy sGC stimulator assets to generate revenues which, in the near-term will be used to implement its strategic building plan in TRD.
Praliciguat is an orally administered, once-daily systemic sGC stimulator. On June 3, 2021, Cyclerion entered into a license agreement with Akebia Therapeutics Inc. (“Akebia”) relating to the exclusive worldwide license to Akebia of our rights to the development, manufacture, medical affairs and commercialization of pharmaceutical products containing praliciguat and other related products and forms thereof enumerated in such agreement.
On December 13, 2024, Cyclerion announced that Cyclerion and Akebia have re-negotiated a mutually beneficial amendment to their exclusive license agreement for praliciguat, a systemic sGC stimulator. Under this new license amendment, Cyclerion will receive $
Olinciguat is a Phase 2, orally administered, once-daily, vascular sGC stimulator. On July 22, 2024, the Company entered into an Option to License Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with a third party (the “Optionee”), pursuant to which the Optionee has an option (the “Option”) to enter into an exclusive license to olinciguat for human therapeutics, subject to certain carveouts. Under the terms of the Option Agreement, the Optionee paid the Company an Option fee of $
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Zagociguat is a clinical-stage CNS-penetrant sGC stimulator that has shown rapid improvement in cerebral blood flow, functional brain connectivity, brain response to visual stimulus, cognitive performance, and biomarkers associated mitochondrial function and inflammation in clinical studies. CY3018 is a CNS-targeted sGC stimulator that preferentially localizes to the brain and has a pharmacology profile that suggests its potential for the treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases and disorders. On July 28, 2023, the Company sold Zagociguat and CY3018 to Tisento Therapeutics, Inc. (“Tisento”), a newly formed private company focused on their development, in exchange for $
Cyclerion GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary, was incorporated in Zug, Switzerland on May 3, 2019. The functional currency is the Swiss franc. Cyclerion GmbH was liquidated and de-registered in May 2024.
Cyclerion Securities Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary, was incorporated in Massachusetts on November 15, 2019 and was granted securities corporation status in Massachusetts.
On February 4, 2025, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Shelf”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in relation to the registration of common stock, preferred stock, warrants and units of any combination thereof for an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $
2025 Equity Private Placement
On March 21, 2025, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “2025 Equity Private Placement”) for a private placement of
In connection with the 2025 Equity Private Placement, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the investors, dated March 21, 2025, pursuant to which the Company agreed to register the resale of the Shares pursuant to a registration statement to be filed with the SEC no later than May 9, 2025.
Basis of Presentation
The condensed consolidated financial statements and the related disclosures are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. Additionally, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the Company’s annual financial statements have been condensed or omitted. Accordingly, these interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, which was filed with the SEC on March 4, 2025.
In the opinion of management, the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position and the results of its operations for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year or any other subsequent interim period.
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The condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Cyclerion GmbH (prior to its deregistration in May 2024), and Cyclerion Securities Corporation. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the preparation of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.
Going Concern
At each reporting period, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 205-40, Going Concern, the Company evaluates whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. The Company’s evaluation entails analyzing prospective operating budgets and forecasts for expectations of the Company’s cash needs and comparing those needs to the current cash and cash equivalent balances. The Company is required to make certain additional disclosures if it concludes substantial doubt exists and it is not alleviated by the Company’s plans or when its plans alleviate substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
This evaluation initially does not take into consideration the potential mitigating effect of management’s plans that have not been fully implemented as of the date the financial statements are issued. When substantial doubt exists under this methodology, management evaluates whether the mitigating effect of its plans sufficiently alleviates substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The mitigating effect of management’s plans, however, is only considered if both (1) it is probable that the plans will be effectively implemented within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued, and (2) it is probable that the plans, when implemented, will mitigate the relevant conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. In performing its analysis, management excluded certain elements of its operating plan that cannot be considered probable. Under ASC 205-40, the future receipt of potential funding from future partnerships, license payments, equity or debt issuances, certain cost reduction measures and the achievement of potential milestone payments from Akebia cannot be considered probable at this time because these plans are not entirely within the Company’s control and/or have not been approved by the Board of Directors as of the date of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
The Company expects that its cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2025, will be sufficient to fund operations through the third quarter of 2025, however the Company will need to obtain additional funding to sustain operations as it expects to continue to generate operating losses for the foreseeable future. The Company's expectation to generate negative operating cash flows in the future and the need for additional funding to support its planned operations, raise substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans to alleviate the conditions that raise substantial doubt include reduced spending, and the pursuit of additional capital. Management has concluded the likelihood that its plan to successfully obtain sufficient funding, or adequately reduce expenditures, while reasonably possible, is less than probable. Accordingly, the Company has concluded that substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of the uncertainties described above.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The accounting policies of the Company are set forth in Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to the consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
New Accounting Pronouncements
From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) or other standard setting bodies that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. Except as discussed elsewhere in the notes to the consolidated financial statements, the Company did not adopt any
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new accounting pronouncements during the three months ended March 31, 2025 that had a material effect on its condensed consolidated financial statements.
No other accounting standards known by the Company to be applicable to it that have been issued by the FASB or other standard-setting bodies and that do not require adoption until a future date are expected to have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements upon adoption.
3. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company’s cash equivalents are generally classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. The following tables present information about the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicate the level of the fair value hierarchy used to determine such fair values as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
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$ |
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— |
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$ |
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— |
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— |
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During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, there were no transfers between levels. The fair value of the Company’s cash equivalents, consisting of money market funds, is based on quoted market prices in active markets with no valuation adjustment.
The Company believes the carrying amounts of its accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate their fair value due to the short-term nature of these amounts.
4. Other Investment
The Company has determined that the Company’s investment in Tisento Parent is an equity security, whereby such investment does not give the Company a controlling financial interest or significant influence over the investee. Further, the Company assessed the accounting for its investment in Tisento Parent in accordance with ASC 810-10, Consolidation—Overall. After determining that no scope exception applies under the guidance of ASC 810-10-15-12 and ASC 810-10-15-17, the Company concluded that it has a variable interest in Tisento Parent through its investment in Tisento Parent common stock. Tisento Parent does not have sufficient equity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support as Tisento Parent is a startup entity in its early stages of raising funds and will require significant capital to advance its programs to commercial stage. Therefore, the Company concluded that its investment in Tisento Parent is a variable interest entity (“VIE”) in accordance with ASC 810-10-15-14(a) and is subject to potential consolidation under the VIE model. However, all activities that most significantly impact Tisento Parent and its subsidiary’s economic performance are directed by the Tisento Parent board and the board approves decisions by a simple majority. Based on the board composition, the Company determined that no one party has control over the Tisento Parent board and power is not shared because the activities that most significantly affect Tisento Parent and its subsidiary’s economic performance do not require the consent of all of the parties. Rather, all decisions are made by a simple majority vote of the Tisento Parent board. Therefore, because the Company controls no director of Tisento Parent, the Company cannot unilaterally direct any of the activities that most significantly impact Tisento Parent and its subsidiary’s economic performance. Accordingly, the Company does not hold a controlling financial interest in Tisento Parent. Because both criteria (a) and (b) above have to be met for the application of the guidance in ASC 810-10-25-44B and criteria (a) has not been met, the Company concluded that it should not consolidate Tisento under the VIE model.
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5. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):
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During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company did
6. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
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$ |
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$ |
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Other Funding Commitments
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts with clinical research organizations and other third parties for clinical and preclinical research studies and other services and products for operating purposes. These contracts are generally cancellable, with notice, at the Company’s option and do not have any significant cancellation penalties.
Indemnification Obligations
On September 6, 2018, Cyclerion was incorporated in Massachusetts and its officers and directors are indemnified for certain events or occurrences while they are serving in such capacity.
The Company enters into certain agreements with other parties in the ordinary course of business that contain indemnification provisions. These typically include agreements with directors and officers, business partners, contractors, clinical sites and customers. Under these provisions, the Company generally indemnifies and holds harmless the indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party as a result of the Company’s activities. These indemnification provisions generally survive termination of the underlying agreements. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification provisions is unlimited. However, to date the Company has not incurred material costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification provisions. As a result, the estimated fair value of these
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obligations is minimal. Accordingly, the Company did not have any liabilities recorded for these obligations as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Separation Benefits
As part of the separation benefit of the former Chief Financial Officer, the Company paid $
8. Share-based Compensation Plans
In 2019, Cyclerion adopted share-based compensation plans. Specifically, Cyclerion adopted the 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“2019 ESPP”) and the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (“2019 Equity Plan”). Under the 2019 ESPP, eligible employees may use payroll deductions to purchase shares of stock in offerings under the plan, and thereby acquire an interest in the future of the Company. The 2019 Equity Plan provides for stock options, restricted stock awards ("RSAs") and restricted stock units (“RSUs”).
Cyclerion also mirrored two of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Ironwood") existing plans, the Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (“2005 Equity Plan”) and the Amended and Restated 2010 Employee, Director and Consultant Equity Incentive Plan (“2010 Equity Plan"). These mirror plans were adopted to facilitate the exchange of Ironwood equity awards for Cyclerion equity awards upon the Separation as part of the equity conversion. As a result of the Separation and in accordance with the EMA, employees of both companies retained their existing Ironwood vested options and received a pro-rata share of Cyclerion options, regardless of which company employed them post-Separation. For employees that were ultimately employed by Cyclerion, unvested Ironwood options and RSUs were converted to unvested Cyclerion options and RSUs.
The following table provides share-based compensation reflected in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):
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Stock Options
Stock options granted under the Company’s equity plans generally have a ten-year term and vest over a period of four years, provided the individual continues to serve at the Company through the vesting dates. Options granted under all equity plans are exercisable at a price per share not less than the fair market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. The estimated fair value of options, including the effect of estimated forfeitures, is recognized over the requisite service period, which is typically the vesting period of each option.
A summary of stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025, is as follows:
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$ |
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$ |
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There were
The Company has granted certain former employees performance-based options to purchase shares of common stock. These options are subject to performance-based milestone vesting. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, there were
Restricted Stock Awards
A summary of RSA activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 is as follows:
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$ |
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As of March 31, 2025, the unrecognized share-based compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to all unvested RSAs is $
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9. Loss per share
Basic and diluted net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period as follows:
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The Company excludes shares of common stock related to Preferred Stock, stock options and RSAs from the calculation of diluted net loss per share since the inclusion of such shares would be anti-dilutive.
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10. Option/License Agreement
Option Agreement
On July 22, 2024, the Company entered into an Option to License Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with a third party (the “Optionee”), pursuant to which the optionee has an option (the “Option”), to enter into an exclusive license to olinciguat for human therapeutics, subject to certain carveouts. Under the terms of the Option Agreement, the Optionee paid the Company an Option fee of $
Akebia License Agreement
On June 3, 2021, the Company and Akebia entered into a License Agreement (the “Akebia License Agreement”) relating to the exclusive worldwide license by the Company to Akebia of its rights to the development, manufacture, medical affairs and commercialization of pharmaceutical products containing the pharmaceutical compound known as praliciguat and other related products and forms thereof enumerated in the License Agreement (collectively, the “Products”). Pursuant to the Akebia License Agreement, Akebia will be responsible for all future research, development, regulatory, and commercialization activities for the Products.
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Akebia paid a $
Under the terms of the Amendment, Akebia paid the Company $
Pursuant to the Akebia License Agreement, the Company determined the Akebia License Agreement represents a service arrangement under the scope of ASC 606. Given the reversion of the rights under the Akebia License Agreement represents a penalty in substance for a termination by Akebia, the contract term would be the stated term of the License Agreement.
The Company determined that the grant of license to its patents and trademarks, know how transfer, the assignment of regulatory submissions and trademarks and additional knowledge transfer assistance obligations represent a single promise and performance obligation to be transferred to Akebia over time due to the nature of the promises in the contract. The provision of development materials on hand was identified as a separate performance obligation. However, it is immaterial in the context of the contract as the development materials are low value and do not have an alternative use to the Company.
The consideration related to sales-based milestone payments, including royalties, will be recognized when the related sales occur as these amounts have been determined to relate predominantly to the license. The Company will re-evaluate the probability of achievement of the milestones and any related constraints each reporting period.
11. Subsequent Events
The Company has evaluated all events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued and determined that there were no such events requiring recognition or disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Information
The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the corresponding notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as the audited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve significant risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, such as those referenced or set forth under “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.
Overview
Our strategy for Cyclerion is to build a new pipeline with therapeutics to treat certain neuropsychiatric diseases. Over the past year, Cyclerion’s diligence team which is composed of committed external experts and internal personnel in their respective fields, have been conducting asset evaluations in many therapeutic areas. Throughout this process, the team identified and assessed dozens of products and other opportunities directed at addressing patient’s needs and increasing shareholder value. The team prioritized an individualized therapy for treatment resistant depression (“TRD”) as our foundational product candidate and we have entered into a non-binding option to license agreement for the intellectual property associated with this product. With the large unmet medical need in TRD, the clinical development stage of this asset, and the strong commercial opportunity, we believe that this product is well suited to be the foundation moving forward for Cyclerion. The program team is currently developing an integrated development and commercial strategy in TRD.
In addition to significantly reducing operating expenses and the potential to obtain revenues from our legacy soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator clinical assets, we intend to raise funds to support the execution of the product plans in TRD. As such, we have developed a financing strategy plan and recently filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Shelf Registration”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) which would allow us to sell registered shares of our common stock if we choose to do so. The Shelf Registration was declared effective by the SEC in February 2025.
We continue to build our infrastructure, and Regina Graul, Ph.D. was promoted to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director to our Board in August of 2024 after she was hired as President in late 2023. Dr. Graul has significant experience in research and development, product search and evaluation and has extensive knowledge growing and leading integrated high-functioning teams. We also hired Chief Financial Officer contractor, Rhonda Chicko, who has extensive experience working with early and later-stage drug development companies. To limit our operating expenses, we have used consultants rather than hiring additional full-time employees; Dr. Graul is the only current employee to date. Our goal is to hire additional C-suite executives later this year.
Financial Overview
Research and Development Expense. Research and development expenses are incurred in connection with the discovery and development of our product candidates. These expenses consist primarily of the following costs: compensation, benefits and other employee-related expenses, research and development-related facilities, third-party contracts relating to manufacturing, nonclinical studies, clinical trial activities. All research and development expenses are charged to operations as incurred.
Praliciguat is an orally administered, once-daily systemic sGC stimulator. On June 3, 2021, we entered into a license agreement with Akebia relating to the exclusive worldwide license to Akebia of our rights to the development, manufacture, medical affairs and commercialization of pharmaceutical products containing praliciguat and other related products and forms thereof enumerated in such agreement.
On December 13, 2024, we announced that Cyclerion and Akebia re-negotiated a mutually beneficial amendment to Akebia's exclusive license agreement for praliciguat. Under this new license amendment, we will receive $1.75 million in amendment payments, of which $1.25 million was paid in December 2024 and an additional
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payment of $0.5 million is due in September 2025. In addition, Akebia is responsible for all intellectual property expenses associated with praliciguat at an earlier date than as originally agreed between the parties. We are eligible to receive additional milestone cash payments of up to approximately $558.5 million in total related to potential future development, regulatory, and commercialization milestone payments for praliciguat. In exchange for a reduction in certain development milestone payments, we are eligible to receive certain higher-tiered sales-based royalties ranging from mid-single-digits to twenty percent. In 2021, Akebia paid a $3.0 million upfront payment to us upon signing of the Akebia License Agreement, and subsequently paid us an additional $1.25 million in December 2024 and is obligated to pay us an additional $0.5 million in September 2025.
Olinciguat is a Phase 2, orally administered, once-daily, vascular sGC stimulator. On July 22, 2024, we entered into an Option to License Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with a third party (the “Optionee”), pursuant to which the Optionee has an option (the “Option”) to enter into an exclusive license to olinciguat for human therapeutics, subject to certain carveouts. Under the terms of the Option Agreement, the Optionee paid us an Option fee of $150,000 in August 2024. The Optionee originally could exercise the Option on or before March 20, 2025, which may be extended for an additional two-month period for an additional fee of $25,000. The Option Period was extended for two months by the Optionee and now expires in May 2025. If the Optionee exercises the Option during the Option Period, the Parties shall promptly commence negotiations of the definitive license agreement. The terms of the license agreement will be negotiated in good faith within a period not to exceed 90 days after the date of exercise of the Option. If the parties cannot reach agreement, all rights revert to us. In addition, the Optionee has agreed to reimburse us for certain patent expenses incurred during the Option period.
Zagociguat and CY3018 are orally administered CNS-penetrant sGC stimulators. On July 28, 2023, Tisento purchased zagociguat and CY3018 in exchange for $8.0 million in cash consideration, $2.4 million as reimbursement for certain operating expenses related to zagociguat and CY3018 for the period between signing and closing of the transaction, and 10% of all of Tisento Parent's outstanding equity securities at the time of closing. Research and development expenses decreased significantly after July 28, 2023, due to sale of the Transferred Assets which resulted in a reduction of research and development efforts.
On January 27, 2025, Tisento announced that the first patient has been dosed in its global Phase 2b PRIZM study. The study is investigating the impact of once-daily oral zagociguat treatment on fatigue, cognitive impairment, and other key aspects of the rare mitochondrial disease MELAS (Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like Episodes).
PRIZM – a Phase 2b Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Investigating Zagociguat in MELAS – is evaluating the efficacy and safety of oral zagociguat 15 mg or 30 mg compared to placebo when administered once-daily for 12 weeks in participants with genetically and phenotypically defined MELAS. The PRIZM study has a crossover design, with two 12-week treatment periods separated by a 4-week washout period. All participants will receive zagociguat during one of the 12-week periods and placebo during the other. Participants who complete the study may be eligible for an open-label extension study. PRIZM is a global study that will enroll approximately 44 participants at mitochondrial disease centers of excellence in the U.S., Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06402123) for more information.
We continue to evaluate other activities aimed at enhancing shareholder value, which may potentially include collaborations, licenses, mergers, acquisitions, and/or other targeted investments.
The following table summarizes our research and development expenses, employee and facility related costs allocated to research and development expense, and discovery and pre-clinical phase programs, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. The product pipeline expenses relate primarily to external costs associated with nonclinical studies.
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2024 |
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Personnel and related internal costs |
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$ |
12 |
|
|
$ |
37 |
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Others |
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24 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Total research and development expenses |
|
$ |
36 |
|
|
$ |
44 |
|
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Securing regulatory approvals for new drugs is a lengthy and costly process. Any failure by us or our partners to obtain, or any delay in obtaining, regulatory approvals would materially adversely affect our product candidate development efforts and our business overall.
Given the inherent uncertainties of pharmaceutical product development, we cannot estimate with any degree of certainty how our programs will evolve, and therefore the amount of time or money that would be required to obtain regulatory approval to market them. As a result of these uncertainties surrounding the timing and outcome of any approvals, we are currently unable to estimate precisely when, if ever, our discovery and development candidates will be approved.
The successful development of any current or potential future product candidates is highly uncertain and subject to a number of risks. Please refer to Item 1A, Risk Factors, in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
We are unable to determine the duration and costs to complete current or future nonclinical and clinical stages of any current or potential future product candidates, including as licensed to third parties, or when, or to what extent, we may generate revenues from the commercialization and sale of any current or potential future product candidates. Development timelines, probability of success and development costs vary widely. We anticipate that we will make determinations as to which additional programs to pursue and how much funding to direct to each program on an ongoing basis in response to the data from the studies of each product candidate, the competitive landscape and ongoing assessments of such product candidate’s commercial potential.
General and Administrative Expense. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation, benefits and other employee and non-employee related expenses for personnel in our administrative, finance, legal, information technology, business development, and human resource functions. Other costs include the legal costs of pursuing patent protection of our intellectual property, insurance costs and professional fees for accounting and legal services. We record all general and administrative expenses as incurred.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make certain estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the amounts of expenses during the reported periods. We base our estimates on our historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ materially from our estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Changes in estimates are reflected in reported results in the period in which they become known.
We believe that our application of accounting policies requires significant judgments and estimates on the part of management and is the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results. Our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, of the consolidated financial statements elsewhere in Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
All research and development expenses are expensed as incurred. We defer and capitalize nonrefundable advance payments we make for research and development activities until the related goods are received or the related services are performed. A discussion of our critical accounting policies and estimates may be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 in Item 7, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations under the heading Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates.
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Results of Operations
The revenue and expenses reflected in the consolidated financial statements may not be indicative of revenue and expenses that will be incurred by us in the future. The following discussion summarizes the key factors we believe are necessary for an understanding of our consolidated financial statements.
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2024 |
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Revenue from option agreement |
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$ |
81 |
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|
$ |
— |
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$ |
81 |
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100 |
% |
Total revenues |
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81 |
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— |
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81 |
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100 |
% |
Cost and expenses: |
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Research and development |
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36 |
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44 |
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(18 |
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General and administrative |
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1,502 |
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1,574 |
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(72 |
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(5 |
)% |
Total cost and expenses |
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1,538 |
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1,618 |
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(80 |
) |
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(5 |
)% |
Loss from operations |
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(1,457 |
) |
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(1,618 |
) |
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161 |
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(10 |
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Other income, net |
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28 |
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76 |
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(48 |
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(63 |
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Total other income, net |
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28 |
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76 |
|
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(48 |
) |
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-63 |
% |
Net loss |
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$ |
(1,429 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,542 |
) |
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$ |
113 |
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(7 |
)% |
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Revenue
Revenue from option agreement. On July 22, 2024, we entered into the Option Agreement with the Optionee, which the Optionee has the Option to enter into an exclusive license to olinciguat for human therapeutics, subject to certain carveouts. We recognized revenue of $0.1 million related to the Option extension fee and expense reimbursement during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Expenses
Research and development expense. There is no significant changes in research and development expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024.
General and administrative expense. The decrease in general and administrative expenses of approximately $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 was primarily driven by decreases of approximately $0.1 million in insurance expense and approximately $0.1 million in board member fees, offset by an increase of approximately of $0.1 million in professional consulting.
Interest income. Interest income decreased by $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily attributable to the decrease of our money market fund balance.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On March 21, 2025, we closed on a private placement of 499,998 shares of our common stock, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement, for total gross proceeds of approximately $1.375 million. We also incurred transaction costs of $0.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
On February 4, 2025, we filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “2025 Shelf”) with the securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in relation to the registration of common stock, preferred stock, warrants and units of any combination thereof for an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $25.0 million. The amount we can sell under the 2025 Shelf, which was declared effective in February 2025, cannot exceed one-third of the value of our public float.
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On May 19, 2023, we sold 225,000 shares of our common stock, pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Agreement, and 351,037 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, to our former CEO, for total gross proceeds of approximately $5 million. There were no material fees or commissions related to the transaction. Such Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of our common stock on a one-to-one basis. Our shareholders approved such convertibility on July 19, 2023.
On July 28, 2023, we closed the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement receiving proceeds of $8.0 million as cash consideration, approximately $2.4 million as reimbursement for certain operating expenses related to zagociguat and CY3018 programs for the period between signing and closing of the transaction, and 10% of all of Tisento Parent’s outstanding equity securities.
Our ability to continue to fund our operations and meet capital needs will depend on our ability to generate cash from operations and access to capital markets and other sources of capital, as further described below. We anticipate that our principal uses of cash in the future will be primarily to fund our operations, working capital needs, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes.
On March 31, 2025, we had approximately $3.6 million of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents. Our cash equivalents include amounts held in U.S. government money market funds. We invest cash in excess of immediate requirements in accordance with our investment policy, which requires all investments held by us to be at least “AAA” rated or equivalent, with a remaining final maturity when purchased of less than twelve months, so as to primarily achieve liquidity and capital preservation.
Going Concern
We evaluated whether there are conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, which raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these consolidated financial statements are issued. This evaluation initially does not take into consideration the potential mitigating effect of management’s plans that have not been fully implemented as of the date the financial statements are issued. When substantial doubt exists under this methodology, management evaluates whether the mitigating effect of our plans sufficiently alleviates substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The mitigating effect of management’s plans, however, is only considered if both (1) it is probable that the plans will be effectively implemented within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued, and (2) it is probable that the plans, when implemented, will mitigate the relevant conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these consolidated financial statements are issued. In performing our analysis, management excluded certain elements of our operating plan that cannot be considered probable. Under ASC 205-40, the future receipt of potential funding from future partnerships, equity or debt issuances, and the potential milestones from the Akebia agreement cannot be considered probable at this time because these plans are not entirely within our control and/or have not been approved by the Board of Directors as of the date of these consolidated financial statements.
We have incurred recurring losses since our inception, including a net loss of $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. In addition, as of March 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $268.9 million. We expect that our cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2025, will be sufficient to fund operations through the third quarter of 2025, however we will need to obtain additional funding to sustain operations as we expect to continue to generate operating losses for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, we have concluded that substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of the uncertainties described above.
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Cash Flows
The following is a summary of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024:
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903 |
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1,375 |
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1,375 |
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Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities was $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was primarily a result of our $1.4 million net loss from operations. The net loss was offset by non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $0.1 million, a decrease in prepaid expenses of $0.2 million, an increase in accounts payable of $0.1 million and an increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $0.1 million.
Net cash used in operating activities was $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was primarily a result of our $1.5 million net loss from operations. The net loss was offset by non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $0.2 million and a decrease in prepaid expenses of $0.1 million. The net loss was also adjusted by a decrease in accounts payable of $0.5 million and a decrease in accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $0.2 million.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 of $1.4 million was due to cash received from the 2025 Equity Private Placement related to issuance of 499,998 shares common stock at a purchase price of $2.75 per share. There was no financing activity in the three months ended March 31, 2024.
Funding Requirements
We expect our expenses to fluctuate as we continue to maintain out-license opportunities and seek to broaden our portfolio through in-licensing of assets. We expect that our cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2025, will be sufficient to fund operations through the third quarter of 2025, however we will need to obtain additional funding to sustain operations as we expect to continue to generate operating losses for the foreseeable future. Failure to obtain necessary capital when needed may delay development of any current or potential future product candidates, or other operations.
Because of the many risks and uncertainties associated with research, development and commercialization of product candidates, we are unable to estimate the exact amount of our working capital requirements. Our expenses will fluctuate, and our future funding requirements will depend on, and could increase or decrease significantly as a result of many factors, including the:
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A change in any of these or other variables with respect to the development of any current or potential future product candidates could significantly change the costs and timing of the development of that product candidate.
Until such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial product revenue, we expect to finance our cash needs through a combination of public or private equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations, strategic alliances or licensing arrangements with third parties, of which there can be no assurance. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, outstanding equity ownership may be materially diluted, and the terms of securities sold in such transactions could include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of holders of common stock. Debt financing and preferred equity financing, if available, may involve agreements that include restrictive covenants that limit our ability to take specified actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. In addition, debt financing would result in increased fixed payment obligations.
If we raise funds through collaborations, strategic alliances or licensing arrangements with third parties, as to which raise there can be no assurances, we may have to relinquish rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or product candidates or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us. If we are unable to raise funds, we may need to cease operations.
Contractual Commitments and Obligations
Tax-related Obligations
We exclude assets, liabilities or obligations pertaining to uncertain tax positions from our summary of contractual commitments and obligations as we cannot make a reliable estimate of the period of cash settlement with the respective taxing authorities. As of March 31, 2025, we had no uncertain tax positions.
Separation Benefits
As part of the separation benefit of the former Chief Financial Officer, we paid $0.1 million in May 2024 and August 2024, as the former Chief Financial Officer had not secured full-time employment prior to the six-month anniversary and nine-month anniversary of November 15, 2023. We have no further separation benefits obligation to this former employee as of March 31, 2025.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, that would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements (as that term is defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K) or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. As such, we are not exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in those types of relationships. We enter into guarantees in the ordinary course of business related to the guarantee of our own performance.
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New Accounting Pronouncements
For a discussion of new accounting pronouncements see Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, of the consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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
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. Because there are inherent limitations in all control systems, a control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, as opposed to absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and 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 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. However, our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q which have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We are not a party to any material legal proceedings at this time. From time to time we may be subject to various legal proceedings and claims, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Not applicable as we are a “smaller reporting company”. You should carefully review and consider the information regarding certain factors which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
On March 21, 2025, we completed private placement of 499,998 unregistered shares of our common stock at a price of $2.75 per share resulting in net proceeds to us of $1.375 million. We intend to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes. The private placement was made to several accredited investors in an offering under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 5. Other Information
During the 2025 first quarter, no director or Section 16 officer
Item 6. Exhibits
See the Exhibit Index on the following page of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Inline XBRL Instance Document. |
101.SCH |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. |
104 |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File. |
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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.
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CYCLERION THERAPEUTICS, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Regina Graul |
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Regina Graul |
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President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
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By: |
/s/ Rhonda Chicko |
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Rhonda Chicko |
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Date: May 6, 2025
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