LIMN 10-Q
Liminatus Pharma, Inc. (LIMN)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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LIMINATUS PHARMA, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
Liminatus Pharma, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit | $ | | $ | | ||
* Shares, preferred stock amount, common stock amount and additional paid-in capital data are presented on a retroactive basis to reflect the effects of the conversion and recapitalization as a result of the Business Combination consummated on April 30, 2025.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Liminatus Pharma, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
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Loss from operations | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||
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Forgiveness of unrelated vendor payables | — | — | | — | ||||||||
Change in fair value of deferred underwriting fee - common stock payable | | — | ( | — | ||||||||
Change in the fair value of warrant liabilities | | — | ( | — | ||||||||
Loss on exchange of common stock for warrants | ( | — | ( | — | ||||||||
Total other income (expense), net | ( | ( | | ( | ||||||||
Net loss | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||
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Basic and diluted net income loss per share* | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Liminatus Pharma, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
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Balance - December 31, 2024* | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||
Net loss | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||
Balance - March 31, 2025* |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Liminatus Pharma, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Forgiveness of unrelated vendor payables | ( | — | ||||
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Liabilities assumed in connection with the Business Combination | $ | | $ | — | ||
Fair value of shares to be issued to underwriter on date of the Business Combination | $ | | $ | — | ||
Transaction costs incurred upon closing of the Business Combination | $ | | $ | — | ||
Settlement of loans to Iris Acquisition Corp upon closing of the Business Combination | $ | | $ | — | ||
Issuance of common stock to Iris Acquisition Holdings, LLC | $ | | $ | — | ||
Conversion of related party short-term debt into common stock | $ | | $ | — | ||
Non-cash conversion of amounts borrowed for PIPE Funds | $ | | $ | — | ||
Non-cash impact to APIC for the elimination of accrued interest on converted related party debt | $ | | $ | — | ||
Issuance of common stock to underwriter | $ | | $ | — | ||
Deferred transaction costs in accounts payable | $ | — | $ | | ||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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LIMINATUS PHARMA, INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1. Description of Organization and Business Operations
Liminatus Pharma, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, is a pre-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, immune-modulating cancer therapies. The Company’s candidate IBA101, is a humanized anti CD47 monoclonal antibody. The next generation CD47 checkpoint inhibitor’s initial indication is expected to be patients with advanced solid cancers including non-small cell lung cancer.
The Company is subject to the uncertainty of whether the Company’s intellectual property will develop into successful commercial products.
Business Combination
On November 30, 2022, Iris Acquisition Corp, a Delaware corporation (“Iris”), the Company, Liminatus Pharma, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Liminatus”), Liminatus Pharma Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Liminatus Merger Sub”), and SPAC Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“SPAC Merger Sub”), entered into a business combination agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”).
On March 4, 2025, Iris held a special meeting of stockholders. At the special meeting, Iris’s stockholders voted to approve the Business Combination and adopt the Business Combination Agreement, among other items. In connection with the special meeting, stockholders holding
On April 30, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), the Company consummated the business combination contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, pursuant to which (a) Liminatus Merger Sub merged with and into Liminatus (the “Liminatus Merger”), with Liminatus surviving the Liminatus Merger as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and (b) simultaneously with the Liminatus Merger, SPAC Merger Sub merged with and into Iris (the “SPAC Merger” and, together with the Liminatus Merger, the “Mergers”), with Iris surviving the SPAC Merger as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the transactions contemplated by the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) the “Business Combination”), and in connection therewith the Company changed its name from “Iris Parent Holding Corp.” to “Liminatus Pharma, Inc.”
Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, among other matters, at the effective time of the Business Combination (the “Effective Time”), (i) every issued and outstanding security issued by Iris during its initial public offering (each, an “Iris Unit”) was automatically separated and broken out into its constituent parts and the holder thereof was deemed to hold
Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company’s certificate of incorporation was amended and restated to, among other things, set the total number of authorized shares of capital to
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At the Closing Date,
At the Closing Date, the Company issued an aggregate of
At the Closing Date,
Upon consummation of the Business Combination, the Company assumed a total of $
In addition, at the Closing Date, the Company settled Iris’ liabilities for $
Liminatus was deemed the accounting acquirer in the Business Combination based on an analysis of the criteria outlined in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”). The determination was primarily based on Liminatus’ members prior to the Business Combination having a majority of the voting interests in the combined company, Liminatus’ ability to exert control over the majority of the board of directors of the combined company, Liminatus’ ability to maintain control of the board of directors on a go-forward basis, Liminatus’ senior management comprising the senior management of the combined company, and Liminatus’ operations prior to the Business Combination comprise the ongoing operations of the combined company. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Business Combination was treated as the equivalent of Liminatus’ issuing stock for the net assets of Iris, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Iris were stated at fair value, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.
Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the Iris Class A Shares, Iris Units and Public Warrants ceased trading on the OTC Pink Marketplace, and the Common Stock and Public Warrants began trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) under the trading symbols “LIMN” and “LIMNW,” respectively, on May 1, 2025.
Notices from Nasdaq
On August 22, 2025, the Company received a notice from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department indicating that the Company was no longer in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) due to the delay in filing its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2025. The deficiency letter had no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common stock, and its common stock continued to trade on Nasdaq under the symbol “LIMN”. Under the Nasdaq rules, the Company had 60 calendar days, or until October 21, 2025, to submit a plan to regain compliance and if the plan was accepted, Nasdaq can grant an exception of up to 180 calendar days from the filing’s due date, or until February 16, 2026, to regain compliance. If the compliance plan was not accepted,
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the Company had the opportunity to appeal that decision to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel. On October 6, 2025, the Company filed its Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2025 and the matter was closed.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date that the condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. Through September 30, 2025, the Company has funded its operations mainly through equity and debt financings, including the proceeds from the Mergers and the PIPE Financing.
As of September 30, 2025, the Company had $
The Company has an accumulated deficit of $
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements—Going Concern, management has concluded that there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date that the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
Management’s plans relating to the above include raising additional cash through equity and debt financings or other arrangements to fund operations. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to raise adequate capital under acceptable terms, if at all. The sale of additional equity may dilute existing members and newly issued equity securities may contain senior rights and preferences compared to currently outstanding common stock. Issued debt securities may contain covenants and limit the Company’s ability to pay dividends or make other distributions to stockholders. If the Company is unable to obtain such additional financing, future operations would need to be reevaluated.
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) as determined by the FASB ASC and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “Annual Financial Statements”). In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to fairly present its financial position as of September 30, 2025, its results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, its cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, and its changes in ’stockholders’ deficit for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. Results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2025 or any future period. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024 was derived from the Annual Financial Statements but does not contain all of the footnote disclosures from the Annual Financial Statements.
Emerging Growth Company Status
After the closing of the Business Combination, the Company has elected to be an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2012, (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other
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public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results may differ materially and adversely from these estimates. The Company is not aware of any significant estimates that required management to exercise significant judgment with the exception of the Company’s warrant liability. If the underlying estimates and assumptions upon which the estimates are based change in the future, actual amounts may differ from those included in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Segments
The Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), the Chief Executive Officer, manages the Company’s business activities as a single operating and reportable segment. Accordingly, the Company’s CODM uses net income/loss to measure the Company’s single segment’s performance and allocate resources. Further, the CODM reviews and utilizes functional expenses (general and administrative and research and development) to manage the Company’s operations. The Company’s general and administrative expenses for each of the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 included $
Cash
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution which can exceed government insured limits.
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. The Company did
Loan Receivable
The Company accounts for its loan receivable at amortized cost, net of expected credit losses. The Company provides reserves against its loan receivable balance for estimated credit losses, if any, that may result from a counterparty’s inability to pay based on the composition of the loan receivable, current economic conditions and, historical credit loss activity and future expected conditions and market trends (such as general economic conditions, other macroeconomic and microeconomic events, etc.). Changes in circumstances relating to these factors may result in the need to increase or decrease the allowance for credit losses in the future. Amounts deemed
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uncollectible are charged or written-off against the reserve. On April 30, 2025, in connection with the Business Combination, the loan receivable was eliminated in consolidation as Iris and Liminatus are now consolidated subsidiaries of the Company. As of December 31, 2024,
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses consist of costs incurred by Targeted Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Inc. (“TDT”) who was performing the research and development activities for the Company in accordance with the license agreements with TDT and the annual fee paid to TDT and are recorded as research and development expenses as incurred (see Note 3).
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company’s financial assets and liabilities are accounted for in accordance with FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, which defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
The fair value hierarchy requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs when measuring fair value and classifies those inputs into three levels:
Level 1 — Observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 — Inputs other than Level 1 inputs that are either directly or indirectly observable, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the instrument’s anticipated life.
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.
To the extent the valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgement. Accordingly, the degree of judgement exercised by management in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized as Level 3. A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fair value of the warrant liability reported in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets represent a Level 3 instrument. See Note 8.
The carrying values reported in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets for prepaid expenses and other current assets, due from related party, accounts payable and accrued expenses, accrued interest, short-term debt with related parties, due to related parties and its deferred underwriting fee payable are reasonable estimates of their fair values due to the short-term nature of these items.
Warrants
The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing liabilities from equity (“ASC 480”), and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own common shares and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance, modification, and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding. As of September 30, 2025,
For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date
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thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the liability-classified warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company assesses the classification of its warrants at each reporting date to determine whether a change in classification between equity and liability is required. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, the Company had an unrealized gain on the change in fair value of the warrant liabilities of $
Net loss per Common Stock
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share. The Company has one class of common stock.
Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period, without consideration for potentially dilutive securities if their effect is antidilutive. Diluted net loss per share is computed by the net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding for the period determined by using the treasury stock method. Dilutive common stock equivalents are comprised of
Leases
The Company recognizes its leases in accordance with ASC Topic 842, Leases (“ASC 842”). Under ASC 842, lessees are required to recognize all qualified operating leases at the commencement date including a lease liability, which is a lessee’s obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis; and a right-of-use (ROU) asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. The initial lease liability is equal to the future fixed minimum lease payments discounted using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate, on a secured basis. The lease term includes option renewal periods and early termination payments when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise those rights. The initial measurement of the ROU asset is equal to the initial lease liability plus any initial direct costs and prepayments, less any lease incentives.
The Company has leased office space for a fixed period of
A lessee that makes this accounting policy election does not recognize a lease liability or right-of-use asset on its balance sheet. Instead, the lessee recognizes lease payments on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carryforwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. There were
The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax positions as income tax expense. There were
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examinations by major taxing authorities since inception. These examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with federal and state tax laws.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2023-09 “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures,” that addresses requests for improved income tax disclosures from investors that use the financial statements to make capital allocation decisions. Public entities must adopt the new guidance for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The amendments in this ASU must be applied on a retrospective basis to all prior periods presented in the financial statements and early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2025 and determined that the adoption does not have a material impact on these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements – Not Yet Adopted
On November 4, 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Accounting Standards Update 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses to improve financial reporting by requiring that public business entities disclose additional information about specific expense categories in the notes to financial statements at interim and annual reporting periods. The amendments in this ASU do not change or remove current expense disclosure requirements; however, the amendments affect where such information appears in the notes to financial statements because entities are required to include certain current disclosures in the same tabular format disclosure as the other disaggregation requirements in the amendments. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact that the adoption of this standard will have on its financial statements.
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Note 3. License Agreements
CAR-T Products License
In June 2018, the Company entered into a license and development agreement with TDT (the “CAR-T License”), whereby the Company received an exclusive license to develop and commercialize chimeric antigen receptor (“CAR-T”) products and a non-exclusive license to develop and commercialize companion diagnostics used to monitor treatment with a CAR-T product (the “CAR-T Diagnostics”). Under the CAR-T License, the Company made an upfront payment recorded as research and development expenses in the year ended December 31, 2018 and funded all of the development costs for the CAR-T products and the CAR-T Diagnostics which began with an upfront payment made during the year ended December 31, 2018 of approximately $
Prior to the completion of the Phase I and Phase II clinical trials for the CAR-T product, the Company was obligated to advance the funding for the Phase II and Phase III clinical trials, respectively, estimated at approximately $
In addition to the funding for the CAR-T development, the Company was obligated to make
In further consideration of the license, the Company also agreed to pay a low double digit royalty rate (
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the CAR-T product or CAR-T Diagnostic’s patent expires in an individual country, the Company agreed to pay a mid-single digit royalty rate (
On August 11, 2024, the Company received notice from TDT, exercising its right to terminate the license and development agreement. Please refer to “Termination and Settlement of CAR-T Products and Vaccine Products Licenses from TDT” below for further details related the termination and settlement of the CAR-T Products and Vaccine Products Licenses from TDT.
Vaccine Products License
On April 10, 2020, the Company was assigned a license and development agreement with TDT (the “Vaccine License”), whereby the Company received an exclusive license to develop and commercialize vaccine products (the “Vaccine Products”) and a non-exclusive license to develop and commercialize companion diagnostics used to monitor treatment with a Vaccine Product (the “Vaccine Diagnostics”). Under the Vaccine License, the Company was responsible for all of the development costs for the Vaccine Products after the upfront payment of approximately $
The Company amortizes the amounts due to research and development partner in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets to research and development expenses in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations as costs are incurred by TDT, based on annual budgets approved jointly by Liminatus and TDT.
In addition to the funding for the Vaccine Products development, the Company was obligated to make
In further consideration of the license, the Company also agreed pay a low double digit royalty rate (
On August 11, 2024, the Company received notice from TDT, exercising its right to terminate the license and development agreement. Please refer to “Termination of CAR-T Products and Vaccine Products Licenses from TDT” below for further details.
Termination and Settlement of CAR-T Products and Vaccine Products Licenses from TDT
On August 11, 2024, the Company received notice from TDT, exercising its right to terminate the license and development agreement, dated June 10, 2018, between TDT and Liminatus. As of August 2024, the CAR-T License and Vaccine License have been terminated.
On June 16, 2025, the Company and TDT entered and executed a settlement agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement, the Company was released and discharged from all agreements, promises, suites, disputes, claims and demands, debts and amounts due to TDT. As of September 30, 2025, the Company reversed the amounts due to TDT and recognized a gain of $
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company owed $
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CD47 License
In October 2022, the Company was assigned a license and development agreement, as amended, with InnoBation Bio Co., Ltd. (the “CD47 License”), whereby, effective March 31, 2023, the Company received an exclusive license to develop and commercialize products for the CD47 immune checkpoint inhibitor to treat solid cancers, and companion diagnostics used to monitor treatment with CD47 products (collectively, “CD47 Products”), from Curis Biotech Holdings LLC, the parent company of Valetudo, a related party of the Company, in exchange for
The Company has not paid and does not owe any license fees, management fees, developmental or regulatory milestone payments or royalty payments under the CD47 License through September of 2025.
Note 4. Related Party Transactions
Related Party Debt
Feelux Bonds
On September 15, 2018, the Company issued $
In connection with the issuance of the Feelux Bonds, Liminatus issued
The $
On April 30, 2025, upon consummation of the Business Combination, the outstanding principal and accrued interest on the Feelux Bonds, totaling $
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Feelux Bonds have a carrying amount of $
Car-Tcellkor Loan
On May 18, 2019, the Company borrowed $
On April 30, 2025, upon consummation of the Business Combination, the outstanding principal of $
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Car-Tcellkor Loan had a carrying amount of $
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Valetudo Loans
On December 1, 2022, the Company borrowed $
In June 2023, the Company borrowed an additional $
In July 2023, the Company borrowed an additional $
In August 2023, the Company borrowed an additional $
In November 2023, the Company borrowed an additional $
In January 2024, the Company borrowed an additional $
As of September 30, 2025 and 2024, the loans from Valetudo of $
Please refer to Note 5 for discussion related to notes which have passed their maturity dates.
Ewon Loans
On December 12, 2022, the Company borrowed $
On September 10, 2023, the Company entered into a loan agreement to borrow $
On December 19, 2023, the Company and Ewon entered into an additional loan agreement and the Company borrowed $
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Business Combination, outstanding principal of $
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the balance of $
Prophase Loans
On February 26, 2024, the Company borrowed an additional $
On March 6, 2024, the Company borrowed an additional $
On April 1, 2024, the Company borrowed an additional $
In May 2024, the Company borrowed an additional $
In July 2024, the Company borrowed an additional $
In August 2024, the Company borrowed an additional $
In February of 2025, the Company borrowed an additional $
In March of 2025, the Company borrowed $
In April of 2025, the Company borrowed an additional $
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As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the balance of the Prophase loans is $
Please refer to Note 5 for discussion related to notes which have passed their maturity dates.
Hana Loans
On August 1, 2024, the Company borrowed $
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the balance of the Hana Loans is $
Please refer to Note 5 for discussion related to notes which have passed their maturity dates.
Amantes Loans
On November 1, 2024, the Company borrowed $
On January 2, 2025 and January 23, 2025, the Company borrowed a total of $
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the balance of the Amantes Loans is $
Please refer to Note 5 for discussion related to notes which have passed their maturity dates.
Due to Related Party
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company has $
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Viral Gene
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company has $
Note 5. Debt
Outstanding debt classified as short-term debt as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 consisted of the following:
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| September 30, 2025 |
| December 31, 2024 | |||
Feelux Bonds |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties | $ | — | $ | | ||
Car-Tcellkor Loan |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| — |
| | ||
Ewon Loan |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| — |
| | ||
Valetudo Loan |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| — |
| | ||
Valetudo June 2023 Loans |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
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| | ||
Valetudo July 2023 Loan |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| |
| | ||
Valetudo August 2023 Loans |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| — |
| | ||
Ewon September 2023 Loan |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| — |
| | ||
Valetudo November 2023 Loan |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| — |
| | ||
Ewon December 2023 Loan |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| — |
| | ||
Valetudo January 2024 Loans |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| — |
| | ||
Prophase February 2024 Loan |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| |
| | ||
Prophase March 2024 Loan |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| |
| | ||
Prophase April 2024 Loan |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| — |
| | ||
Prophase May 2024 Loans |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
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| | ||
Prophase July 2024 Loans |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
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Prophase August 2024 Loans |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
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| | ||
Hana August 2024 Loans |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
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Amantes November 2024 Loans |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
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| | ||
Amantes January 2025 Loans |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| |
| — | ||
Prophase February 2025 Loan |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| |
| — | ||
Prophase March 2025 Loan |
| Short-term debt, net, related parties |
| |
| — | ||
Short-term debt, related parties |
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| $ | | $ | | ||
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company’s outstanding debt agreements are all past due and are classified as current in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. All of the loans are with related parties (see Note 4).
As the Company’s loans are with related parties, the Company and its related parties have mutually agreed to defer repayment until a time that is mutually agreed upon between the Company and its related parties. Accordingly, none of these notes are considered to be in default.
Note 6. Stockholders’ Equity
In connection with the Business Company, the Company’s certificate of incorporation was amended and restated to designate two classes of stock; preferred and common stock. The certificate of incorporation authorized
Preferred Stock
The Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides the Company’s board of directors with the authority to issue up to
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Common Stock
The Company is authorized to issue
On July 16, 2025, the Company entered into a settlement and release agreement with Alta Partners, LLC (“Alta”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue
On April 30, 2025, the Company settled Iris’ liabilities for $
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were
Holders of the Company’s common stock are entitled to
Warrants
As of September 30, 2025,
Note 7. Commitments and Contingencies
Leases
On July 17, 2025, the Company entered into a short-term lease for an office space in Cerritos, California (the “Lease”). The Lease commenced on September 1, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2026 and does not have any renewal option. The Company has made the short-term lease election and recognizes lease payments for its short-term lease on a straight line basis over the lease term.
For both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, lease expense related to the short-term lease was $
Legal proceedings
The Company is not a party to any material legal proceedings and is not aware of any pending or threatened claims. From time to time, the Company may be subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of its business activities.
Underwriting Agreement
Prior to the Business Combination in connection with its initial public offering, Iris entered into an underwriting agreement with Cantor was engaged as the underwriters to Iris’ IPO. Cantor was entitled to an underwriting discount of
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On October 11, 2023, Iris executed a fee reduction agreement with the underwriters to reduce the deferred underwriting discount of $
On April 30, 2025, the Company settled Iris’ liabilities for $
On October 27, 2025, six months from the closing date of the Business Combination, the remaining $
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Note 8. Fair Value Measurements
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company’s utilized to determine such fair value:
Description |
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| September 30, 2025 |
| December 31, 2024 | ||
Assets: | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
Liabilities: |
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Warrant liability |
| 3 | $ | | $ | — | ||
Warrant Liability
Upon closing of the Mergers, Iris’ public and private placement warrants were converted into warrants of the Company, which entitle the holders to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company’s private placement warrants meet the requirements for liability classification. The fair value of the warrant liabilities were determined using observable data points, such as the fair value of the public warrants as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The Company further considered specific unobservable inputs, such as the probability and timing of events and the expected equity value of the underlying shares.
The changes in fair value of Level 3 financial assets and liabilities for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 are as follows:
| Warrant liability | ||
Fair value as of January 1, 2025 | $ | — | |
Initial measurement at the Closing Date |
| | |
Change in fair value |
| | |
Fair value as of September 30, 2025 | $ | | |
Note 9. Subsequent Events
The Company has completed an evaluation of all subsequent events through the date of this filing to ensure that these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include appropriate disclosure of events both recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and events which occurred but were not recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
On October 27, 2025, six months from the closing date of the Business Combination, the remaining $
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Quarterly Report”) covers (a) a period prior to the closing of the Business Combination (as defined below) and (b) a period subsequent to the closing of the Business Combination. References in this report to “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” refer to Liminatus Pharma, Inc. (successor to Iris Parent Holding Corp.) and its subsidiaries. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements contained in this document may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the federal securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this report including, without limitation, statements in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “seek” and variations and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s final prospectus for its initial public offering filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company’s filings with the SEC can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Overview
The Company is a pre-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, immune-modulating cancer therapies. The Company’s candidate IBA101, is a humanized anti CD47 monoclonal antibody. The next generation CD47 checkpoint inhibitor’s initial indication is expected to be patients with advanced solid cancers including non-small cell lung cancer.
The Company is subject to the uncertainty of whether the Company’s intellectual property will develop into successful commercial products.
Business Combination
On November 30, 2022, Iris Acquisition Corp, a Delaware corporation (“Iris”), the Company, Liminatus Pharma, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Liminatus”), Liminatus Merger Sub and SPAC Merger Sub entered into a business combination agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”).
On March 4, 2025, Iris held a special meeting of stockholders. At the special meeting, Iris’s stockholders voted to approve the Business Combination and adopt the Business Combination Agreement, among other items. In connection with the special meeting, stockholders holding 59,844 Iris Class A Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $11.74 per share, subject to adjustment for taxes payable from the trust account, for an aggregate redemption amount of $702,359. The redemptions were settled on April 30, 2025 upon the consummation of the Business Combination.
On April 30, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), the Company consummated the business combination contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, pursuant to which (a) Liminatus Merger Sub merged with and into Liminatus (the “Liminatus Merger”), with Liminatus surviving the Liminatus Merger as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and (b) simultaneously with the Liminatus Merger, SPAC Merger Sub merged with and into Iris (the “SPAC Merger” and, together with the Liminatus Merger, the “Mergers”), with Iris surviving the SPAC Merger as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the transactions contemplated by the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) the “Business Combination”), and in connection therewith the Company changed its name from “Iris Parent Holding Corp.” to “Liminatus Pharma, Inc.”
Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, among other matters, at the effective time of the Business Combination (the “Effective Time”), (i) every issued and outstanding security issued by Iris during its initial public offering (each, an “Iris Unit”) was automatically separated and broken out into its constituent parts and the holder thereof was deemed to hold one share of Iris Class A
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common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Iris Class A Shares”) and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant that was included as part of each Iris Unit (the “Public Warrants”), and such underlying constituent securities of Iris were converted in accordance with the applicable terms of the Business Combination Agreement, (ii) at the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding Iris Class A Share was converted automatically into and thereafter represent the right to receive one share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Company, following which all Iris Class A Shares ceased to be outstanding and were automatically canceled and ceased to exist, (iii) at the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding Public Warrant immediately and automatically represented the right to purchase shares of Common Stock on the same terms and conditions as are set forth in the applicable warrant agreement, (iv) at the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding non-redeemable warrant of Iris that was issued by Iris in a private placement at the time of the consummation of its initial public offering, entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Iris Class A Share at $11.50 per share, except those issued to Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”), were forfeited, and (v) the private placement warrants issued to Cantor immediately and automatically represented the right to purchase shares of Common Stock.
Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company’s certificate of incorporation was amended and restated to, among other things, set the total number of authorized shares of capital to 501,000,000 shares, of which 500,000,000 were designated as common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and 1,000,000 shares were designated as preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share.
At the Closing Date, 7,014,633 shares of Iris Class A Shares automatically converted into shares of the Company’s common stock, on a one-for-one basis. Of the total 7,014,633 newly converted shares, 6,900,000 were issued to Iris Acquisition Holdings, LLC, the sponsor of Iris and 114,633 were issued to Iris’ public stockholders in a noncash transaction.
At the Closing Date, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in a private placement (the “PIPE Shares”) for the total consideration of $15,000,000 (the “PIPE Financing”). The PIPE Financing consisted of a cash and non - cash component. Under the cash component, the Company received gross proceeds of $10,556,500, of which $7,129,500 came directly from the PIPE investor and $3,427,000 were funded indirectly by the PIPE investor, through promissory notes between Prophase Sciences, LLC, a related party of the Company, and Liminatus. At the Closing Date, the $3,427,000 in related party debts between Prophase Sciences, LLC and Liminatus was ultimately converted into shares as part of the PIPE Financing. As part of the PIPE Financing, the gross proceeds satisfied principal and accrued interest totaling $3,316,756, which was ultimately converted into shares as part of the PIPE Financing. The non - cash component of the PIPE Financing included the conversion of $4,443,500 in amounts borrowed from a consortium of related parties. The $4,443,500 borrowed from the related parties were used to fund an unsecured promissory note between Liminatus and Iris. At the Closing Date, the unsecured promissory note was settled and the $4,443,500 in related party debts were ultimately converted into shares of the Company in a noncash transaction.
At the Closing Date, 112,222,220 Liminatus’ member units converted into 17,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. Of the 17,500,000 shares of common stock, 4,000,000 were issued to Feelux Co, Ltd. as part of an agreement between the Company, Feelux Co, Ltd. and Car - Tcellkor, Inc. As part of the agreement, the outstanding principal and accrued interest on the Feelux and Car - Tcellkor bonds, totaling $11,481,146, and 9,999,999 member units of Liminatus were converted into 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The remaining Liminatus member units were converted based on a conversion ratio of 0.1559 shares per member unit.
Upon consummation of the Business Combination, the Company assumed a total of $10,694,604 in liabilities from Iris. The Company incurred $1,518,381 in transaction costs associated with the closing of the Business Combination. The Company converted a total of $14,797,901 of related party debt and accrued interest, $3,316,756 from the PIPE investor and $11,481,146 from Feelux and Car - Tcellkor (as described above) into common stock. Additionally, a total of $169,201 in accrued interest on related party debts that were converted, as discussed above, was eliminated upon consummation of the Business Combination.
In addition, at the Closing Date, the Company settled Iris’ liabilities for $7,000,000 of the deferred underwriting fees incurred prior to the Closing Date for 700,000 shares of common stock to the underwriters in Iris’s initial public offering. At the Closing Date, the shares were not issued to the underwriter and the Company recorded as a liability with a fair value of $7,049,000. On July 1, 2025, the Company issued the shares to the underwriters, which on July 1, 2025 had a fair value of $7,245,000.
Liminatus was deemed the accounting acquirer in the Business Combination based on an analysis of the criteria outlined in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”). The determination was primarily based on Liminatus’ members prior to the Business Combination having a majority of the voting interests in the combined company, Liminatus’ ability to exert control over the majority of the board of directors of the combined company, Liminatus’ ability to maintain control of the board of directors on a go-forward basis, Liminatus’ senior management comprising the senior management of the combined company, and Liminatus’ operations prior to the Business Combination comprise the ongoing operations of the combined company. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Business Combination was treated as the equivalent of Liminatus’ issuing stock for the net
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assets of Iris, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Iris were stated at fair value, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.
Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the Iris Class A Shares, Iris Units and Public Warrants ceased trading on the OTC Pink Marketplace, and the Common Stock and Public Warrants began trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) under the trading symbols “LIMN” and “LIMNW,” respectively, on May 1, 2025.
Results of Operations
Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
The following is a comparative of our results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024:
| For the three months ended September 30, |
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| 2025 |
| 2024 |
| Change |
| % |
| ||||
General and administrative | $ | 701,170 | $ | 186,081 | $ | 515,089 |
| 277 | % | |||
Research and development |
| — |
| 357,066 |
| (357,066) |
| (100) | % | |||
Total operating expenses |
| 701,170 |
| 543,147 |
| 158,023 |
| 29 | % | |||
Loss from operations |
| (701,170) |
| (543,147) |
| (158,023) |
| 29 | % | |||
Other income (expense), net |
| (1,122,181) |
| (58,225) |
| (1,063,957) |
| 1,827 | % | |||
Net loss | $ | (1,823,351) | $ | (601,372) | $ | (1,221,980) |
| 203 | % | |||
Revenue
We did not generate revenue during either of the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. Our ability to generate revenue in the future will depend almost entirely on our ability to successfully develop successful commercial products with our intellectual property.
Operating Expenses
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses consists primarily of professional service fees, including accounting and legal services and other general operating expenses. General and administrative expenses increased by $515,089 during the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024 primarily due to increases in accounting and legal expenses incurred in connection with operating a publicly traded company.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses consist of costs incurred by Targeted Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Inc. (“TDT”) who was performing the research and development activities for the Company in accordance with the license agreements with TDT and the annual fee paid to TDT. Research and development expenses decreased by $357,066 during the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024 as a result of the termination of TDT’s license agreements on August 11, 2024.
Other Income (Expenses), net
The other income (expense), net increased by $1,063,956 from $58,225 of other expense for the three months ended September 30, 2024 to $1,122,181 of other expense for the three months ended September 30, 2025. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recognized a loss on the issuance of common stock of $1,740,000 related to the issuance of common stock in exchange for the cancellation of warrants and $19,052 of interest expense, offset by an unrealized gain on the change in the fair value of deferred underwriting fee common stock payable of $560,000 and an unrealized gain on the change in fair value of the warrant liabilities of $76,871. In connection with the closing of the Business Combination on April 30, 2025, the loans receivable with Iris were terminated, thus no interest income is expected in future periods.
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Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
The following is a comparative of our results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024:
| For the nine months ended September 30, |
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| 2025 |
| 2024 |
| Change |
| % |
| ||||
General and administrative | $ | 2,083,601 | $ | 477,542 | $ | 1,606,059 |
| 336 | % | |||
Research and development |
| — |
| 2,685,334 |
| (2,685,334) |
| (100) | % | |||
Total operating expenses |
| 2,083,601 |
| 3,162,876 |
| (1,079,275) |
| (34) | % | |||
Loss from operations |
| (2,083,601) |
| (3,162,876) |
| 1,079,275 |
| (34) | % | |||
Other income (expense), net |
| 46,011 |
| (153,681) |
| 199,691 |
| (130) | % | |||
Net loss | $ | (2,037,590) | $ | (3,316,557) | $ | 1,280,466 |
| (39) | % | |||
Revenue
We did not generate revenue during either of the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. Our ability to generate revenue in the future will depend almost entirely on our ability to successfully develop successful commercial products with our intellectual property.
Operating Expenses
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses consists primarily of professional service fees, including accounting and legal services and other general operating expenses. General and administrative expenses increased by $1,606,059 during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024 primarily due to increases in accounting and legal expenses incurred in connection with the Business Combination and due to the entity now operating as a publicly traded company.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses consist of costs incurred by TDT who was performing the research and development activities for the Company in accordance with the license agreements with TDT and the annual fee paid to TDT. Research and development expenses decreased by $2,685,334 during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as a result of the termination of TDT’s license agreements on August 11, 2024.
Other Income (Expenses), net
The other income (expense), net decreased by $199,692 from $153,681 of other expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 to $46,011 of other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recognized other income of $2,142,297 related to the settlement of TDT’s payables and interest income on loans receivable with Iris of $76,589, offset by $196,852 of interest expense on related party promissory notes, an unrealized loss on the change in the fair value of deferred underwriting fee common stock payable of $196,000, an unrealized loss on the change in fair value of the warrant liabilities of $40,023 and a loss on the issuance of common stock of $1,740,000 related to the issuance of common stock in exchange for the cancellation of warrants. In connection with the closing of the Business Combination on April 30, 2025, the loans receivable with Iris were terminated, thus no interest income is expected in future periods.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date that the condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. Through September 30, 2025, the Company has funded its operations mainly through equity and debt financings, including the proceeds from the Mergers and the PIPE Financing.
As of September 30, 2025, the Company had $724,502 of cash in its bank accounts. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there was $1,442,500 and $19,973,000, respectively, of related party debts, which are included in Short-term debt, related parties in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.
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The Company has incurred operating losses since inception and expects to continue to incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable future and may never become profitable. The Company has an accumulated deficit of $30,702,806 as of September 30, 2025. The Company had a (loss) from operations and net (loss) of $(2,083,601) and $(2,037,590), respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The Company had a (loss) from operations and net (loss) of $(701,170) and $(1,823,351), respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2025.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements—Going Concern, management has concluded that there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date that the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
Management’s plans relating to the above include raising additional cash through equity and debt financings or other arrangements to fund operations. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to raise adequate capital under acceptable terms, if at all. The sale of additional equity may dilute existing members and newly issued equity securities may contain senior rights and preferences compared to currently outstanding common stock. Issued debt securities may contain covenants and limit the Company’s ability to pay dividends or make other distributions to stockholders. If the Company is unable to obtain such additional financing, future operations would need to be reevaluated.
Cash Flows
The following table summarizes our cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024:
| For the nine months ended September 30, |
| ||||||||||
| 2025 |
| 2024 |
| Change |
| % |
| ||||
Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (9,576,471) | $ | (1,310,406) | $ | (8,266,065) |
| 631 | % | |||
Net cash used in investing activities |
| (788,108) |
| (2,300,000) |
| 1,511,892 |
| (66) | % | |||
Net cash provided by financing activities |
| 11,032,762 |
| 3,223,000 |
| 7,809,762 |
| 242 | % | |||
Net change in cash | $ | 668,183 | $ | (387,406) | $ | 1,055,589 |
| (272) | % | |||
Net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 increased by $8,266,065 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in cash used in operating activities is primarily due to the payment of accounts payable of approximately $4,058,404, settlement of amounts due to related parties of $3,427,000, and the non-cash settlement of the TDT payables for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the same period in the prior year.
Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 decreased by $1,511,892 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The decrease in cash used in investing activities is primarily to less issuances of loans to Iris prior to the Business Combination.
Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 increased by $7,809,762 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in cash provided by financing activities is primarily due to gross proceeds received of $10,556,500 from the PIPE Financing, offset by $2,563,738 in payments for the transaction costs in connection with the Business Combination. Further, the Company had additional related party debt when comparing the nine months ended September 30, 2025 to the nine months ended September 30, 2024 of $4,340,000, which is offset by payments of related party debt of $1,300,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2025. No such payments occurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgement. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. The actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
Warrants
The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing liabilities from equity (“ASC 480”), and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own common shares and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance, modification, and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding. As of September 30, 2025, 5,900,000 of the Company’s Public Warrants were accounted for as equity-classified instruments and 835,555 private placement warrants were accounted for as liability-classified instruments.
For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the liability-classified warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company assesses the classification of its warrants at each reporting date to determine whether a change in classification between equity and liability is required. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, the Company had an unrealized gain on the change in fair value of the warrant liabilities of $76,871. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company had an unrealized loss on the change in fair value of the warrant liabilities of $40,023. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company had no unrealized gain or loss on the change in fair value of the warrant liabilities.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2023-09 “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures,” that addresses requests for improved income tax disclosures from investors that use the financial statements to make capital allocation decisions. Public entities must adopt the new guidance for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The amendments in this ASU must be applied on a retrospective basis to all prior periods presented in the financial statements and early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2025 and determined that the adoption does not have a material impact on these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements – Not Yet Adopted
On November 4, 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Accounting Standards Update 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses to improve financial reporting by requiring that public business entities disclose additional information about specific expense categories in the notes to financial statements at interim and annual reporting periods. The amendments in this ASU do not change or remove current expense disclosure requirements; however, the amendments affect where such information appears in the notes to financial statements because entities are required to include certain current disclosures in the same tabular format disclosure as the other disaggregation requirements in the amendments. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact that the adoption of this standard will have on its financial statements.
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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 otherwise required under this item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our Chief Executive Officer (who is our principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (who is our principal financial officer), conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act as of September 30, 2025.
Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer has concluded that during the quarter ended September 30, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknesses described below.
Management has identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in a company’s internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of its annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The Company identified material weaknesses in its internal controls related to the Company related to: (1) the lack of a formalized control environment and oversite of controls over financial reporting and (2) having inadequate segregation of duties due to the size of the Company’s staff.
After identifying the material weaknesses, we have commenced our remediation efforts by taking the following steps:
· | We are in the process of designing formal written policies and procedures regarding internal controls over financial reporting. |
· | We are increasing communication with our personnel and third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding complex accounting applications. |
· | We are evaluating the need for additional qualified personnel. |
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the most recent fiscal quarter that materially affected, or was reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
Item 6. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this report:
No. |
| Description of Exhibit |
31.1 | ||
31.2 | ||
32.1* | ||
32.2* | ||
101.INS | XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document | |
101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |
101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document | |
101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
*Furnished herewith
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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.
Date: November 13, 2025 | LIMINATUS PHARMA, INC. | |
By: | /s/ Chris Kim | |
Name: Chris Kim | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||
By: | /s/ Scott Dam | |
Name: Scott Dam | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
(Principal Financial Officer) | ||
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